Soul of Outer Space
A New Generation
Part 7
"Quatre do you think they went to Rashid's?" Clara asked.
"We told them to…lets just hope that they did."
"Who's Rashid?" Hilde asked.
"Remember all those guys that were willing to die for Quatre during the war?"
"Yes."
"Well Rashid's their leader."
"Well at least we know the kids will be safe." Trowa said.
"Well I'm afraid that they aren't safe remember Laura's with them."
"That's right I forgot."
"Well at least we know that she won't be able to get too much out of them."
"How do you know that?"
"Well the boys trust no one and knowing Solo he's probably all over her."
"You have a point there."
"And I taught all of them to be on their guard at all times."
"FREEZE" all the boys jumped up. Christian, Leo and Jeramy pulled out their guns. "DROP YOUR WEAPONS" they all heard screams from inside the truck.
"The girls." They all whispered.
"DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND WE WON'T HURT THEM."
"Okay we'll do what you say just don't hurt them."
"BRING THE GIRLS HERE!" The mysterious voice called. There were a couple more screams and a cry, "Mr. Herro? Miss Clara?"
"Leave my brother and sister alone." Christian screamed.
"Master Quatre?" the man appeared holding Derrick and Lena behind him another group of men appeared holding every one else. Christian stepped forward. "Master Quatre?" the man asked again.
"NO!" Christian said, "He's my father." The man was so startled that he dropped Lena and Derrick. The two of them sprinted away and ran to Christian. Christian held Lena as she cried and Derrick hid behind his brother.
"Let the rest of them go." The man shouted and the rest of the girls were released. Melanie ran to Jeramy and he picked her up and twirled her around as she cried. Lesley ran to Odin whom usually not to fond of his sister held her. Courtney ran to Christian after the little family reunions they all joined in a group huge. Laura stayed back a little; Odin saw this and motioned for her to join them. When they heard a gun click they looked up to see the man pointing a gun at them. Christian pushed Courtney, Derrick, Lena and Laura behind him to protect them.
"Who are you?" Christian shouted. The man stepped forward out of the shadows.
"My name is Rashid."
"And I'm Christian Quatre Winner." After saying his full name the group of men began to whisper. Then the one called Rashid began to laugh,
"That's why I thought those two were Mr. Herro and Miss Clara. Their twins aren't they?"
"Yes?"
"They look just like their mother and Uncle. Who are the rest of you?"
"Solo Maxwell."
"Jeramy Barton and this is my sister Melanie."
"Lesley Yuy and that's my older brother Odin."
"Leo Chang."
"Courtney Smith."
"Lena and Derrick Winner." The group gave a bow.
"Who is that?"
"Oh," Christian said taking Laura's hand, "This is our cousin Laura."
"It's a pleasure." She made a deep curtsy.
"Well what brings you kids into the dessert?"
"Well my father sent me to find you."
"What is something wrong with Master Quatre?"
"If we could talk about it in private?" Christian said.
"Of course. Men drive their truck they will be on the lunar with me so we can get them to base faster."
"Yes Sir." The men saluted and the kids climbed into the lunar with Rashid.
"So that's all we know." Jeramy finished. Rashid stroked his chin in deep thought.
"That's what our parents told us and we didn't even know about you until my father gave me the address." Christian said looking at the older man.
"Will you excuse me for a minute?" Rashid suddenly asked, they looked at him but nodded yes. Shortly after he returned holding a file. He gestured to Laura, "What did you say your name was again?"
"Laura" she shifted uncomfortably.
"That's what I thought." Rashid was about to grab is gun when Laura rose hers. She gave a short laugh.
"I don't think so old timer." She said,
"What's going on here?" Christian asked standing up.
"She's not your cousin." Rashid said,
"What?"
"All your sisters have kept in contact with me and none of them have a daughter named Laura."
"How did you know to suspect her?" Lena asked.
"She doesn't have the same fiery love for life that is in all Winner descendents." Rashid said.
"What a touching speech to bad it will be short lived all of you on your feet NOW!" they all got to their feet and she shoved them into a closet.
"There that should hold you for now." She said, 'Now to blow this place up'
"Clara will you please sit down your making me nervous." Relena asked.
"I'm sorry," She said sitting down next to her husband, "I just have a very bad feeling."
"What do you mean?" Sally asked.
"Oh no here we go with Clara's Bad feelings corner"
"Shut up Heero no one asked you."
"I'll save you the trouble. Every one the kids are fine we will be docking any minute now and then it's just a matter of hours till we get to the base."
"I guess your right nothing to be afraid about-" they all jumped up startled as they heard loud explosions in the distance.
"Oh God." Relena said before she broke down crying.
Odin took off running down the hallway after,
"Laura! Wait! You don't have to do this!" Odin continued running after the fleeing girl,
"Let her go Odin… we need to get out of here." He turned to see Christian striding towards him. Suddenly the whole base shook.
"God she is fast!" Solo yelled heading their way carrying Lena in his arms.
"Oh my God is she okay?" Christian asked taking his little sister from his friends' arms.
"She should be when the bast shook the light fixture shattered. I shoved her out of the way and her and Derrick hit their heads at the bottom of the table in there. Derricks okay." Christian sighed with relief.
"I don't mean to be rude but we need to get out of here NOW." Courtney said from the doorway.
"Roger that Princess and away we go." Solo then grabbed Courtney's arm and dragged her down the hallway the others at their heels.
Laura pressed the last button. 'Well my victory will be short lived… but I'm not going to jail for this not now not ever.' She looked at the group of people that she had pretended to be friends to run down the hallway. Her eyes narrowed, 'how dare they try to escape if I'm going to die they are gonna die too' she pulled out a detonation devise,
"I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN HELL!" she screamed and hit the button. Outside there was an eerie silence then the entire base burst into flames.
Odin pulled Lesley out of the burning flames and held her close to him.
"Shh its okay I'm here." He said trying to comfort his sister.
"Lesley? Odin? Is that you?"
"Christian?"
"Over here." Odin picked Lesley up and broke out into a run towards his cousins when he reached them he saw that they were scratched up just as bad as he was. When the base had exploded they had been at the exit the power had sent them all flying in different directions splitting them up. Odin reached them and found a coughing Courtney crying into Christian's shirt, while Lena held onto the two of them,
"Have you seen Derrick?" Lena choked out. They shook their heads no. She broke down crying and Christian pulled her closer to him.
"I'm here." Came a voice behind them they turned to see Derrick, Melanie and Leo limping towards them all using eachother for support.
"Derrick!" Lena jumped up and ran towards her brother after hugging him she let him lean on her for support and helped him back to the others.
"Where's Solo and Jeramy?" Melanie said as they all limped towards a safe part of the dessert. Lucky for them that the Magnas hadn't taken their trucks into the base when it had exploded so the Gundams were safe. Courtney rushed inside and brought out blankets for every one and the first aid kit.
"I don't know." Leo said.
"What do you mean he was with you when it exploded!" Melanie asked tears threatening to come down her face.
"Melanie calm down I'm sure he's fine he's probably with Solo trying to find us right now." Christian said in a comforting tone.
"SOLO!" they all looked up in time to see Lena holding her blanket around her run towards two figures in the distance. The others took off in a run after her.
"LENA! Thank god your okay." Solo said as she jumped into his arms and cried.
"Rashid?!" Derrick called as they neared the figures.
"I believe he belongs to you." Rashid motioned to Jeramy in his arms, "I believe he broke something."
"JERAMY!" Melanie threw herself at her older brother and cried.
"Shh Mel its okay I'm here now."
"I was so afraid." She cried.
"Rashid why don't you come back with us?" Leo said.
"I can't to much work to get done here." Rashid turned and started heading back towards the base.
"Rashid." Courtney called, he turned and looked at her, "Thank you." He nodded and continued heading towards the base. Christian looked at his sister who was still in Solo's arms and smiled, 'maybe things will have a happy ending after all' he felt a warm hand slip into his and a head against his shoulder. He looked at the owner and smiled.
"Come on lets get every one inside and head back towards the dock." Christian nodded his head and every one got into the truck and headed back towards the dock.
"Oh my god!" Catharine whispered as they entered the once base that was now a pile of rubble.
"You don't think-" Relena began.
"SOLO!" Duo called.
"CHRISTIAN"
"JERAMY"
"ODIN"
"LEO"
"MELANIE"
"DERRICK"
"LESLEY"
"LENA"
"THEY AREN'T HERE STOP YELLING!" Rashid called coming up out of a pile of rubble.
"Rashid?" Quatre called.
"Master Quatre its good to see you again." The two men shook hands; "You've done a great job raising your kids."
"You said they weren't here?" Hilde asked.
"No. After the explosion some of them were hurt pretty bad so I think they decided to go back to town."
"Back to town?" Lee asked.
"Yeah you know the docking bay."
"Thank you very much Rashid. I'm sorry we can't stay longer." Clara said rushing away.
"Yes thank you very much for the information." Dorothy called. As soon as they were all in the car the women broke down sobbing.
"Girls stop crying the kids are fine." Trowa said.
"We know it's just that we are just so happy that they are okay." Sally cut in.
"Women so weak-" Wufia began but was soon shut up when he saw six glares in his direction.
"Wufia just shut up before you make things worse." Heero said and began to drive the car back towards the dock.
"OW" Jeramy hollered in pain as Courtney set his bone back in place.
"I'm sorry bot it's the only way." She said. She then turned to see every one else. Out of the entire explosion Jeramy had come out the worst. One broken bone and several burns.
"Maybe this will help with the pain." Lena said coming towards him with some warm tea in her hands.
"Thanks Lena." He said taking it from her hands. She then went over towards Solo who was sitting by the window looking out while he rapped his sprained wrist.
"Would you like me to do that?" Lena asked taking the seat next to him,
"Sure." She began to rap his wrist up and looked at the other people in the room. Melanie was doing her best to calm and ease the pain from Jeramy. Leo and Derrick sat in a corner together talking while Leo rapped Derrick's ankle. Courtney was in the front with Odin, Christian and Lesley. They were trying to get Christian to stop driving so Courtney could clean him up. Odin was there to drive while Courtney did this and Lesley refused to leave her brother's side.
"I better go check on Derrick." Lena said as she finished rapping his wrist and began to get up. Solo caught her arm.
"Please," he looked into her eyes, "Don't go." She sat back down next to him. The window was on the other side of the room and was open. As the night set in the dessert cooled bushing cold breezes threw the truck. Lena shivered and hugged her self. "Cold?" he asked catching sight of her. She nodded her head. He then motioned for her to sit closer to him. She scooted closer and before she knew it she was in his lap, looking into his eyes.
"Solo?" she asked.
"Today I found out how much you meant to me," he looked away from her and looked out the window, "When the base exploded I saw you fly away from me. I wanted to hurt Laura for doing that to you. Before I always thought of you as Christian's little sister, a friend, like family, then I guess somewhere along they way you became more. Lena you mean so much to me, I don't know how it happened or why all I know is that it did." He looked back into her eyes and noticed tears.
"Oh Solo. Why didn't you tell me sooner? I care about you too. If anything had happened to you I don't know what I would do." She smiled at him and he smiled back. They brushed their lips together softly then returned to looking out the window.
"Heero look their they are!" Clara cried as they closed the distance between their car and a giant truck. Heero hit the gas a speed in front of the car. Christian who at the moment was in a heated argument with Odin didn't notice. He looked back at the road,
"What the-" he hit the breaks bringing them to halt. In the back they could hear loud crashes. "Is every one okay?" he called.
"How about a heads up next time?" Solo called from the back.
"What kind of maniac" Odin began, "Dad?"
"Uncle Heero?"
"Hey you guys its our parents!" they kids dove out of the car and into the rushing arms of their parents.
"Oh my god we were so worried about you"
"Where have you been"
"You did a good job of taking care of your sister" the families hugged each reacquainted with their family. With that they headed home. To live happily ever after.
Okay I'm tired of this story and nobody seems to like it so just screw it. I'm ending it here because like I said nobody really likes so their if you want me to continue please send me your e-mail address and I'll continue the story and send in to you.