Basic Instinct, Part 11
Author Note: Before I start I want to thank everyone who reviewed. I
got some great ones!!!!!!! Thanks everyone! Your reviews are greatly
appreciated, and I really mean it :-) Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chapter 48
"Relena no!!!!!!" yelled Quatre as he wrestled with her on the
ground. The gun was so close to her fingers he had to hold his breath
as he saw her reach for it. Reaching out with his arm he came in contact
with it. Snatching it up he threw it as far as he could. It landed on
the field about ten feet away.
Relena, sensing his momentary distraction scrambled out from
under him and went running for it. But he reached out and grabbed her
ankle causing her to trip.
"Relena you have to stop this. You don't want to die, not truly,"
he pleaded with her. But she ignored him. Reaching out she dug her nails
into the soft soil and tried to pull herself towards it despite the added
weight of Quatre.
Gritting his teeth Quatre ignored his weary muscles. Relena had
serious adrenaline pumping through her and she showed no signs of being
tired.
"Relena if you kill yourself I'll never forgive myself," he said
more to himself than to her. She paused for a second as if registering
his words. It was all he needed. He jumped up and pinned her to the
ground with his body.
The whole time she hadn't been crying but now as she was detained
she burst into tears. Her sobs racked her body and sent shivers through
Quatre. All the time he had known her he had never seen her as out of
control as this. Not even when they were in the woods and she had went
primal on him.
He sat up and held her. Both to comfort her and to keep her from
getting away. Her sobs softly subsided after awhile and he felt her tense.
Then to his surprise she started screaming, "curse him! Curse
him for making me feel this way!" Then her tears ran anew and made dirty
rivlets down her face. She buried her face into his shoulder and he sat
patiently as she soaked his shirt with her tears.
When she finally stopped he thought she had fallen asleep. But
when he looked down at her he saw that she was wide awake and staring at
the gun that lay a few feet away. He tightened his grip on her.
"You can loosen your grip Quatre. I'm not going to kill myself
anymore. That was a mistake from the beginning." Inside she knew it was
true as she spoke the words, her voice shaking. She had let Heero take
so much from her. Her hope, her pride, her dignity. She wasn't going
to add her life to the never ending list.
Quatre loosened his grip but still did not let go. Then he spoke, "
Relena, do you want to talk about it?" His voice was quiet and soothing
and Relena could feel herself trusting him.
"I asked Heero about our relationship. He said we didn't have
one, that we weren't even friends as far as he was concerned," she said
her voice quavering. Quatre silently cursed.
How could Heero be so insensitive? But at the same time his mind
told him it wasn't Heero's fault. Heero had been trained to have no emotions.
Since he had none he took it for granted that others didn't have any
either. If anyone was to blame it was himself for even suggesting that
she talk to Heero.
"I'm so, so sorry Relena, its all my fault."
"Your fault, how is it you fault? You had nothing to do with
any of this?" asked Relena who was confused.
"I told you to talk to him. You did and it upset you so much when
it wasn't supposed to happen that way."
"Quatre it is not your fault. And its not Heero's fault. Its
mine. I had my hopes to high. And it was I who tried to kill myself
not anyone else's. Don't blame yourself. My mistakes are my own," she
told him, half bitterly and half angry.
Quatre nodded his head, but in his heart he still couldn't forgive
himself. His carelessness had almost killed the woman he loved. He should
have known better.
"Relena will you make me a promise," he said as he rose helping
her up.
"What Quatre?" she asked.
"Talk to Sally about this, or any other doctor. Just talk to
someone," he pleaded. She nodded her head and satisfied Quatre walked
her to the infirmiry so she could get her fingers reset. She hadn't noticed
the pain before, but now she did.
But instead of going to his own room he walked past it further
into the boy's hall.
Chapter 49
Ikia sat pacing in her room. She shouldn't have left Catherine
like that.
"Why does he have to do this to me. Honestly, if he hadn't of
been there I could have had so much done." Inside she knew that she could
of stayed, it wasn't as if he had a gun pointed to her head saying she
had to leave. He just made her so nervous and made her feel bad about
herself. She hated being around people like that.
Suddenly she came to a resolve. "I am not going to let him keep
me from doing what I want. I will not be intimidated."
She marched back to the hangar with a determined look on her face.
Opening the door she came face to face with him as he was getting a pop
from the machine near the door. Ignoring him she cooly made her way
over to Catherine.
Trowa felt like he had been stung. She hadn't even so much as
taken a second glance at him. He hadn't meant to hurt her. He hadn't
meant her to be emotionless like him.
"Hey Catherine, sorry about that," Ikia said, coming up to the
older girl. Catherine just smiled.
"Hey no problem. I think I can understand your motives," she
replied, then turned back to her computer. Ikia looked at the screen.
A bunch of figures and signs littered it and to he surprise she had no
idea what it meant. Which was rare. All the Gundam pilots had exceptional
computer intelligence.
"What are you working on Cat?" she asked curiously.
"Oh, just a little something," Catherine replied mysteriously.
Sensing that she would get no more from the other girl, Ikia suppressed
her curiosity and went to work on her own Gundam
Standing in front of the tall monster she was overcome with the
same awe she always had when she seen it. It looked like a living fire,
at least to her. Sitting down she got to work.
Chapter 50
"Maxwell, I know you're in there. Who all have you told," came
Wufei's shout through the wood of Hilde's door. He barged right in, then
stopped and smirked as he caught Duo and Hilde in a position much like
the position the braided pilot had caught Sally and him in.
"Well, looks like you won't be the only one to expose a secret,"
he said jolially. Duo just stared at him. This wasn't the normal Wufei.
This was the Wufei that only Sally saw. Duo smirked, he liked the change.
"Yeah, but we'll see who spills theirs first," he grinned. Hilde
got up off his lap and just laughed quietly at the both of them.
"Do you want a cup of coffee Wufei, Duo?" she asked them. "You
can continue your banter at the table instead of at the front door."
"Sure," they both answered. Hilde just smiled and soon all three
were laughing, joking, and becoming the best of friends.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its characters.
Well, sorry about the delay on this part. Unfortunately I had
it all typed up but for some reason my computer only saved the first
paragraph so I had to type it all over again :-( But its a decent size
so you all can't hate me too much lol. Thanks again to all those who
reviewed and all those who are going to, you guys are great!
I didn't expect this story to stretch out this long, but I like
how its going so hopefully there will be more parts to come! Thanks for
reading!
Author Note: Before I start I want to thank everyone who reviewed. I
got some great ones!!!!!!! Thanks everyone! Your reviews are greatly
appreciated, and I really mean it :-) Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 48
"Relena no!!!!!!" yelled Quatre as he wrestled with her on the
ground. The gun was so close to her fingers he had to hold his breath
as he saw her reach for it. Reaching out with his arm he came in contact
with it. Snatching it up he threw it as far as he could. It landed on
the field about ten feet away.
Relena, sensing his momentary distraction scrambled out from
under him and went running for it. But he reached out and grabbed her
ankle causing her to trip.
"Relena you have to stop this. You don't want to die, not truly,"
he pleaded with her. But she ignored him. Reaching out she dug her nails
into the soft soil and tried to pull herself towards it despite the added
weight of Quatre.
Gritting his teeth Quatre ignored his weary muscles. Relena had
serious adrenaline pumping through her and she showed no signs of being
tired.
"Relena if you kill yourself I'll never forgive myself," he said
more to himself than to her. She paused for a second as if registering
his words. It was all he needed. He jumped up and pinned her to the
ground with his body.
The whole time she hadn't been crying but now as she was detained
she burst into tears. Her sobs racked her body and sent shivers through
Quatre. All the time he had known her he had never seen her as out of
control as this. Not even when they were in the woods and she had went
primal on him.
He sat up and held her. Both to comfort her and to keep her from
getting away. Her sobs softly subsided after awhile and he felt her tense.
Then to his surprise she started screaming, "curse him! Curse
him for making me feel this way!" Then her tears ran anew and made dirty
rivlets down her face. She buried her face into his shoulder and he sat
patiently as she soaked his shirt with her tears.
When she finally stopped he thought she had fallen asleep. But
when he looked down at her he saw that she was wide awake and staring at
the gun that lay a few feet away. He tightened his grip on her.
"You can loosen your grip Quatre. I'm not going to kill myself
anymore. That was a mistake from the beginning." Inside she knew it was
true as she spoke the words, her voice shaking. She had let Heero take
so much from her. Her hope, her pride, her dignity. She wasn't going
to add her life to the never ending list.
Quatre loosened his grip but still did not let go. Then he spoke, "
Relena, do you want to talk about it?" His voice was quiet and soothing
and Relena could feel herself trusting him.
"I asked Heero about our relationship. He said we didn't have
one, that we weren't even friends as far as he was concerned," she said
her voice quavering. Quatre silently cursed.
How could Heero be so insensitive? But at the same time his mind
told him it wasn't Heero's fault. Heero had been trained to have no emotions.
Since he had none he took it for granted that others didn't have any
either. If anyone was to blame it was himself for even suggesting that
she talk to Heero.
"I'm so, so sorry Relena, its all my fault."
"Your fault, how is it you fault? You had nothing to do with
any of this?" asked Relena who was confused.
"I told you to talk to him. You did and it upset you so much when
it wasn't supposed to happen that way."
"Quatre it is not your fault. And its not Heero's fault. Its
mine. I had my hopes to high. And it was I who tried to kill myself
not anyone else's. Don't blame yourself. My mistakes are my own," she
told him, half bitterly and half angry.
Quatre nodded his head, but in his heart he still couldn't forgive
himself. His carelessness had almost killed the woman he loved. He should
have known better.
"Relena will you make me a promise," he said as he rose helping
her up.
"What Quatre?" she asked.
"Talk to Sally about this, or any other doctor. Just talk to
someone," he pleaded. She nodded her head and satisfied Quatre walked
her to the infirmiry so she could get her fingers reset. She hadn't noticed
the pain before, but now she did.
But instead of going to his own room he walked past it further
into the boy's hall.
Chapter 49
Ikia sat pacing in her room. She shouldn't have left Catherine
like that.
"Why does he have to do this to me. Honestly, if he hadn't of
been there I could have had so much done." Inside she knew that she could
of stayed, it wasn't as if he had a gun pointed to her head saying she
had to leave. He just made her so nervous and made her feel bad about
herself. She hated being around people like that.
Suddenly she came to a resolve. "I am not going to let him keep
me from doing what I want. I will not be intimidated."
She marched back to the hangar with a determined look on her face.
Opening the door she came face to face with him as he was getting a pop
from the machine near the door. Ignoring him she cooly made her way
over to Catherine.
Trowa felt like he had been stung. She hadn't even so much as
taken a second glance at him. He hadn't meant to hurt her. He hadn't
meant her to be emotionless like him.
"Hey Catherine, sorry about that," Ikia said, coming up to the
older girl. Catherine just smiled.
"Hey no problem. I think I can understand your motives," she
replied, then turned back to her computer. Ikia looked at the screen.
A bunch of figures and signs littered it and to he surprise she had no
idea what it meant. Which was rare. All the Gundam pilots had exceptional
computer intelligence.
"What are you working on Cat?" she asked curiously.
"Oh, just a little something," Catherine replied mysteriously.
Sensing that she would get no more from the other girl, Ikia suppressed
her curiosity and went to work on her own Gundam
Standing in front of the tall monster she was overcome with the
same awe she always had when she seen it. It looked like a living fire,
at least to her. Sitting down she got to work.
Chapter 50
"Maxwell, I know you're in there. Who all have you told," came
Wufei's shout through the wood of Hilde's door. He barged right in, then
stopped and smirked as he caught Duo and Hilde in a position much like
the position the braided pilot had caught Sally and him in.
"Well, looks like you won't be the only one to expose a secret,"
he said jolially. Duo just stared at him. This wasn't the normal Wufei.
This was the Wufei that only Sally saw. Duo smirked, he liked the change.
"Yeah, but we'll see who spills theirs first," he grinned. Hilde
got up off his lap and just laughed quietly at the both of them.
"Do you want a cup of coffee Wufei, Duo?" she asked them. "You
can continue your banter at the table instead of at the front door."
"Sure," they both answered. Hilde just smiled and soon all three
were laughing, joking, and becoming the best of friends.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its characters.
Well, sorry about the delay on this part. Unfortunately I had
it all typed up but for some reason my computer only saved the first
paragraph so I had to type it all over again :-( But its a decent size
so you all can't hate me too much lol. Thanks again to all those who
reviewed and all those who are going to, you guys are great!
I didn't expect this story to stretch out this long, but I like
how its going so hopefully there will be more parts to come! Thanks for
reading!
