A half-hour passed, and I walked back to my room after waving goodbye to my dad as he drove back to work. Our little conversation still played through my mind as I watched Heero fumbling with wires in the cockpit outside my bedroom window:
'Listen, K, just keep an eye on that Heero guy; you know, make sure he dosen't blow the house up!'
'It'll be fine, dad. Besides, they're leaving in a few hours.'
I was growing curious as to just WHAT Heero was doing, so I climbed onto the windowsill to ask.
"Uh, Heero..... exactly what are you doing?" He looked up at me.
"I'm trying to find the same frequency that another Gundam pilot, Trowa, is using in the
future so I can send him a message and explain what happened-" he stopped and glared at Roxy and turned back to me,"and exactly HOW it happened."
"Oh. Well, if their's anything I can do to help-"
"No. We'll be fine. You've done enough to let us stay here." He returned to fiddling.
"K." I stepped out of Wing Zero, and my thoughts wandered. I actually hadn't seen the whole structure....
I walked out of my room, stepping over Duo and Roxy playing in the doorway, and went through the house to the backyard. The entire machine was dark-but-multi-colored with gourgeous wings that descended from its back to barely touch the ground. It was so captivating to look at- the wings were so beautiful. Questions arose from my mind: Why was this thing used for fighting when it was so angelic looking? How does it fly? My curiosity was wearing me down. I HAD to know.....
Instead of asking Heero directly, I decided to talk to Quatre first. Duo wouldn't take me seriously and probably blurt it out. Besides, he was too busy playing with that devil-thing my family calls a pet, Roxy.
I found Quatre in the living room, sitting comfortably while channel-surfing.
"Um, Quatre, I wanted to ask you something....."
"Sure! Ask me anything!"
"Well, I was kinda curious- what does the Wing Zero look like in flight? I mean, does it actually use its wings? It is such a beautiful structure, I was just wondering-"
"C'mon, I'll ask Heero if he can show you."
I smiled gratefully. At least my curiosity could be satisfied.....
We walked to my room, having to step over Duo and the puppy on our way in. Quatre pulled himself up to the window and leaned into the cockpit for a moment. I watched, eager to see the mechanical angel in motion. Quatre stepped back into my room and motioned me to follow him. I looked over my shoulder to see the cockpit begin to close...
"Hey, where you goin'?" Duo asked, rising off the floor and patting Roxy on her head.
"To go see Wing Zero fly."
"Oh, k. I'm comin'."
The three of us made our way to the backyard. I watched as the machine seemed to turn on.
I felt the electricity and rumble in the ground as Wing Zero lifted slowly off the ground,
wings draped around it. It looked almost like a ragdoll, with every limb and outer part to it hanging lifelessly. The wings slowly lifted and, with a single flap, I could see there were four sets of wings; two larger wings and two smaller wings. It flew further up into the air, causing a strong wind to sweep through the trees. Birds took to the air, sqwaking panickedly. Wing Zero descended, landing with a graceful thud. The feeling of electricity faded, then disappeared completely. The cockpit door opened and Heero jumped out, landing on his feet perfectly.
He walked over to see me standing there, stupidly gawking at the beauty of this machine.
"Did that answer any questions?" His mood seemed lighter, more eased.
"I- yeah, I guess, it's just that.... it's so beautiful." Heero smiled, something he hadn't done since he'd gotten here. I wished he'd smile more often.... I mentally hoped.
"You oughtta see MY Gundam! It's soooo much cooler than Wing!" Duo boasted.
Something more beautiful that an angel?
"What does yours look like?"
"It's got these bat wings that are used for armor, it has a scythe, and it's black and gray. It's so cool." Duo beamed.
"Sounds pretty cool......"
"It is!!"
Heero rolled his eyes and went back to the cockpit. Quatre, Duo, and I walked back to
the living room to see if anything was on T.V.
It being 2:00, I flipped to MTV and was just in time to see Carson Daly introduce the number 10 video (Eminem's 'Stan'). Like always, they show a little bit of #10 and go straight into #9, which just happened to be....
" Jennifer Lopez with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing', #9 on TRL!" The screaming fans were shown for a half-second, just long enough for Quatre to ask "Why are they screaming like that?"
"Well, they're happy to be on T.V."
I looked over at Duo who was staring intently at Jennifer Lopez dancing in a bathing suit. He had the funniest look on his face.
I really didn't like that video too much anyway, so I flipped to the Box music network to
see if they had anything good on. Duo came out of his trance and shook his head.
Commercial.
I sighed and flipped back to J-Lo, just in time to see the end (where she throws her top off).
I rolled my eyes in disgust and was happy to see BB-Mak at #8. Quatre's eyes had
grown wide with shock and Duo was practically drooling.
Heero came into the room a few minutes later to announce that he just talked to Trowa.
"Apparently, Trowa and Wufei will arrive with a new time-clock thing.... tomorrow." He looked over at me. "I'll call a hotel or something and make reservations-"
"Oh no you won't!" I cut him off. "Don't worry about it-"
"No, we aren't going to burden you any longer." I could tell he was losing patience and
didn't like to be contradicted......
"Give me one minute. I'm calling my mom to see-" He opened his mouth to protest but I
held up my hand. "Don't refuse my hospitality!" I smiled and picked up the phone. I dialed and waited for a second. My mom picked up after two rings, as usual.
"Hey mom!"
"Hi, sweetie! How were exams?"
"Energy draining. Listen, I have to ask you something extremely important."
I spun around and glared at Duo for obviously trying to listen in. I walked into the kitchen for a little privacy and told my mom the whole story. There was brief silence on the other end, then "Honey, I think you should get some rest-"
I sighed frustratingly. "MOM! Okay, if you don't believe me, call dad and talk to him. Anyway, can they stay for tonight? I mean, I don't want to throw them out or anything, and we have plenty of room... please?"
"We'll see when I get home."
"Mom, I need a yes or no answer right now..... please?"
"I don't know.... why are you so determined to keep them here anyway?"
"I won't even have to explain that once you get one look at these guys.... know what I mean?" I said in a hushed voice with a hinting tone.
*silence*
I sighed. "Yes or no?"
"Well..... tell them yes right now and when I get home I'll talk it over with your dad." I could barely contain my excitement.
"Okay, thanks mom!" I said too loudly on purpose. "Bye!"
I clicked the phone off and tried not to sound too excited.
"See Heero? I told you.... my mom said you three could spend the night and wait for the other two."
Heero looked solemn. "But what if someone sees Wing Zero?"
"This street is not very busy, so not many cars go by. I doubt that anyone will see-"
"WHOA!!! KATIE, WHAT IS THAT?!" an all-too-familiar voice yelled from the backyard...
'Listen, K, just keep an eye on that Heero guy; you know, make sure he dosen't blow the house up!'
'It'll be fine, dad. Besides, they're leaving in a few hours.'
I was growing curious as to just WHAT Heero was doing, so I climbed onto the windowsill to ask.
"Uh, Heero..... exactly what are you doing?" He looked up at me.
"I'm trying to find the same frequency that another Gundam pilot, Trowa, is using in the
future so I can send him a message and explain what happened-" he stopped and glared at Roxy and turned back to me,"and exactly HOW it happened."
"Oh. Well, if their's anything I can do to help-"
"No. We'll be fine. You've done enough to let us stay here." He returned to fiddling.
"K." I stepped out of Wing Zero, and my thoughts wandered. I actually hadn't seen the whole structure....
I walked out of my room, stepping over Duo and Roxy playing in the doorway, and went through the house to the backyard. The entire machine was dark-but-multi-colored with gourgeous wings that descended from its back to barely touch the ground. It was so captivating to look at- the wings were so beautiful. Questions arose from my mind: Why was this thing used for fighting when it was so angelic looking? How does it fly? My curiosity was wearing me down. I HAD to know.....
Instead of asking Heero directly, I decided to talk to Quatre first. Duo wouldn't take me seriously and probably blurt it out. Besides, he was too busy playing with that devil-thing my family calls a pet, Roxy.
I found Quatre in the living room, sitting comfortably while channel-surfing.
"Um, Quatre, I wanted to ask you something....."
"Sure! Ask me anything!"
"Well, I was kinda curious- what does the Wing Zero look like in flight? I mean, does it actually use its wings? It is such a beautiful structure, I was just wondering-"
"C'mon, I'll ask Heero if he can show you."
I smiled gratefully. At least my curiosity could be satisfied.....
We walked to my room, having to step over Duo and the puppy on our way in. Quatre pulled himself up to the window and leaned into the cockpit for a moment. I watched, eager to see the mechanical angel in motion. Quatre stepped back into my room and motioned me to follow him. I looked over my shoulder to see the cockpit begin to close...
"Hey, where you goin'?" Duo asked, rising off the floor and patting Roxy on her head.
"To go see Wing Zero fly."
"Oh, k. I'm comin'."
The three of us made our way to the backyard. I watched as the machine seemed to turn on.
I felt the electricity and rumble in the ground as Wing Zero lifted slowly off the ground,
wings draped around it. It looked almost like a ragdoll, with every limb and outer part to it hanging lifelessly. The wings slowly lifted and, with a single flap, I could see there were four sets of wings; two larger wings and two smaller wings. It flew further up into the air, causing a strong wind to sweep through the trees. Birds took to the air, sqwaking panickedly. Wing Zero descended, landing with a graceful thud. The feeling of electricity faded, then disappeared completely. The cockpit door opened and Heero jumped out, landing on his feet perfectly.
He walked over to see me standing there, stupidly gawking at the beauty of this machine.
"Did that answer any questions?" His mood seemed lighter, more eased.
"I- yeah, I guess, it's just that.... it's so beautiful." Heero smiled, something he hadn't done since he'd gotten here. I wished he'd smile more often.... I mentally hoped.
"You oughtta see MY Gundam! It's soooo much cooler than Wing!" Duo boasted.
Something more beautiful that an angel?
"What does yours look like?"
"It's got these bat wings that are used for armor, it has a scythe, and it's black and gray. It's so cool." Duo beamed.
"Sounds pretty cool......"
"It is!!"
Heero rolled his eyes and went back to the cockpit. Quatre, Duo, and I walked back to
the living room to see if anything was on T.V.
It being 2:00, I flipped to MTV and was just in time to see Carson Daly introduce the number 10 video (Eminem's 'Stan'). Like always, they show a little bit of #10 and go straight into #9, which just happened to be....
" Jennifer Lopez with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing', #9 on TRL!" The screaming fans were shown for a half-second, just long enough for Quatre to ask "Why are they screaming like that?"
"Well, they're happy to be on T.V."
I looked over at Duo who was staring intently at Jennifer Lopez dancing in a bathing suit. He had the funniest look on his face.
I really didn't like that video too much anyway, so I flipped to the Box music network to
see if they had anything good on. Duo came out of his trance and shook his head.
Commercial.
I sighed and flipped back to J-Lo, just in time to see the end (where she throws her top off).
I rolled my eyes in disgust and was happy to see BB-Mak at #8. Quatre's eyes had
grown wide with shock and Duo was practically drooling.
Heero came into the room a few minutes later to announce that he just talked to Trowa.
"Apparently, Trowa and Wufei will arrive with a new time-clock thing.... tomorrow." He looked over at me. "I'll call a hotel or something and make reservations-"
"Oh no you won't!" I cut him off. "Don't worry about it-"
"No, we aren't going to burden you any longer." I could tell he was losing patience and
didn't like to be contradicted......
"Give me one minute. I'm calling my mom to see-" He opened his mouth to protest but I
held up my hand. "Don't refuse my hospitality!" I smiled and picked up the phone. I dialed and waited for a second. My mom picked up after two rings, as usual.
"Hey mom!"
"Hi, sweetie! How were exams?"
"Energy draining. Listen, I have to ask you something extremely important."
I spun around and glared at Duo for obviously trying to listen in. I walked into the kitchen for a little privacy and told my mom the whole story. There was brief silence on the other end, then "Honey, I think you should get some rest-"
I sighed frustratingly. "MOM! Okay, if you don't believe me, call dad and talk to him. Anyway, can they stay for tonight? I mean, I don't want to throw them out or anything, and we have plenty of room... please?"
"We'll see when I get home."
"Mom, I need a yes or no answer right now..... please?"
"I don't know.... why are you so determined to keep them here anyway?"
"I won't even have to explain that once you get one look at these guys.... know what I mean?" I said in a hushed voice with a hinting tone.
*silence*
I sighed. "Yes or no?"
"Well..... tell them yes right now and when I get home I'll talk it over with your dad." I could barely contain my excitement.
"Okay, thanks mom!" I said too loudly on purpose. "Bye!"
I clicked the phone off and tried not to sound too excited.
"See Heero? I told you.... my mom said you three could spend the night and wait for the other two."
Heero looked solemn. "But what if someone sees Wing Zero?"
"This street is not very busy, so not many cars go by. I doubt that anyone will see-"
"WHOA!!! KATIE, WHAT IS THAT?!" an all-too-familiar voice yelled from the backyard...