The Replica
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. I don't own the ORIGINAL ideas for Pacifica and Justice, but I DO own THIS version of them. Kimberly and Melena are both mine as well.
Key:
"spoken"
::thought::
"History doesn't always repeat itself, sometimes it just let's go with a hammer…" ~ The Wiz Series Quotes.
As Relena lay in the hospital bed, Heero and Justice stood over her staring down at her. Heero's mind raced as he watched his wife's life slowly fade before his eyes. ::If only Justice hadn't gotten himself into so much trouble! I could have been there to save her, taken the bullet for her. It's all my fault in the first place though, for ever thinking he could handle this.::
The twelve year old boy, who stood shorter but identical to his father, was thinking along the same lines. :I should have been able to handle that many soldiers, but instead I called to my father unintentionally causing her death.::
As Relena looked up at them she could tell they were blaming themselves, but also knew she had no time to berate them for it. She opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't find her voice for a minute. When she did she said, "Please don't give up," she paused for a space of time, "Don't give up on pacifism."
Just as she shut her eyes again, Heero's communit went off. Duo popped up on the small screen. He looked frightened and frantic. "Heero! You and Justice need to come! There's been an attack on the base!" Duo paused looking away. "Please-" then static hit the communit.
Relena who had heard Duo's plea whispered "Go." Without a backward glance Heero grabbed Justice's arm and pulled him from the room. Heero knew it would be the last time he saw Relena, alive.
Relena knew she'd said her good byes to her husband and her son, and she thought she wouldn't have the chance to say good-bye to their five year old daughter, Pacifica. Then she heard a whimper from underneath the bed, and she knew it was Pacifica. "Pacifism," she whispered, closing her eyes again. "Don't forget." And then she knew nothing more.
As Pacifica heard the flat-line of the heart monitor a knew wave of tears came over her eyes, but not her judgment. She knew the doctors would enter at any moment, and scrambled out and down the hallway. As she ran she whispered fiercely, "I won't forget!"
She ran down to the ambulance entrance, and took a cautious look behind her, as she ran into the road. When she turned to look in front of her again, the only thing she saw was the red cross of an ambulance. She saw a flash of light, and then darkness.
Heero came into the house, after the battle, counting heads. He counted and re-counted, but always came up one short. ::Someone's missing!:: Just at that moment the phone rang.
"Hello?" he asked.
"General Yuy?" asked a female asked on the other end.
"Speaking," he replied tersely, still counting heads.
"I'm calling in regards to your wife," said the female voice.
His attention was immediately snapped to the phone, "Yes?"
"She passed away just now," said the voice uncaringly.
Heero dropped the phone in shock, drawing everyone's attention, except Dorothy, who was to intent on trying to feed her child. The group knew what the shock on Heero's face meant, their beloved leader was dead.
Their hope was gone. Never again would there be peace. The children had tears in their eyes, Justice wore one trailing down his cheek. ::There will be time for my grief later.:: Heero thought. Duo returned the phone to its hook. Heero went back to recounting. After a few times of counting he called to the group, "Families, NOW!" Everyone knew what that meant, someone was missing.
A few moments later when each family was lined up oldest to youngest he again scanned the room. At last he turned to his own family. Pacifica was missing. "Pacifica…" Justice looked around for his little sister. No one was behind him.
Immediately the house went into pandemonium. "Where was she?" was the dominant question. The person who saw her last had been little Kimberly, the third of the Maxwell children. "I saw her," said Kimberly, "sitting outside on the porch, staring into space like she usually does. Then I went in as Uncle Heero and Justice went out to see Aunt Relena."
Heero thought for a minute, ::I didn't see her there. Is the child lying, or did…:: he ran out the door grabbing the keys to his car as he ran. ::No,:: he thought. ::She wouldn't have? Would she?:: he speeded up letting his zero sense drive. ::half a chance she would::
The light hurt her eyes. That was all she could think about, was that the bright light hurt her eyes and she had to get away from it. She stood shakily, only to hear a soft voice calling, what must be her, since no one else was out here. "Lania?" she followed the voice, it led away from the light, and pain. "Lania, where are you?"
She stumbled further towards it as a thought occurred to her, ::There was supposed to be something that I was to remember, wasn't there?:: A mechanical hand clamped on to her shoulder as the thought occurred, ::Pacifism:: One red eye, and one blue eye gleamed in the darkness near her.
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Well?
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. I don't own the ORIGINAL ideas for Pacifica and Justice, but I DO own THIS version of them. Kimberly and Melena are both mine as well.
Key:
"spoken"
::thought::
"History doesn't always repeat itself, sometimes it just let's go with a hammer…" ~ The Wiz Series Quotes.
As Relena lay in the hospital bed, Heero and Justice stood over her staring down at her. Heero's mind raced as he watched his wife's life slowly fade before his eyes. ::If only Justice hadn't gotten himself into so much trouble! I could have been there to save her, taken the bullet for her. It's all my fault in the first place though, for ever thinking he could handle this.::
The twelve year old boy, who stood shorter but identical to his father, was thinking along the same lines. :I should have been able to handle that many soldiers, but instead I called to my father unintentionally causing her death.::
As Relena looked up at them she could tell they were blaming themselves, but also knew she had no time to berate them for it. She opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't find her voice for a minute. When she did she said, "Please don't give up," she paused for a space of time, "Don't give up on pacifism."
Just as she shut her eyes again, Heero's communit went off. Duo popped up on the small screen. He looked frightened and frantic. "Heero! You and Justice need to come! There's been an attack on the base!" Duo paused looking away. "Please-" then static hit the communit.
Relena who had heard Duo's plea whispered "Go." Without a backward glance Heero grabbed Justice's arm and pulled him from the room. Heero knew it would be the last time he saw Relena, alive.
Relena knew she'd said her good byes to her husband and her son, and she thought she wouldn't have the chance to say good-bye to their five year old daughter, Pacifica. Then she heard a whimper from underneath the bed, and she knew it was Pacifica. "Pacifism," she whispered, closing her eyes again. "Don't forget." And then she knew nothing more.
As Pacifica heard the flat-line of the heart monitor a knew wave of tears came over her eyes, but not her judgment. She knew the doctors would enter at any moment, and scrambled out and down the hallway. As she ran she whispered fiercely, "I won't forget!"
She ran down to the ambulance entrance, and took a cautious look behind her, as she ran into the road. When she turned to look in front of her again, the only thing she saw was the red cross of an ambulance. She saw a flash of light, and then darkness.
Heero came into the house, after the battle, counting heads. He counted and re-counted, but always came up one short. ::Someone's missing!:: Just at that moment the phone rang.
"Hello?" he asked.
"General Yuy?" asked a female asked on the other end.
"Speaking," he replied tersely, still counting heads.
"I'm calling in regards to your wife," said the female voice.
His attention was immediately snapped to the phone, "Yes?"
"She passed away just now," said the voice uncaringly.
Heero dropped the phone in shock, drawing everyone's attention, except Dorothy, who was to intent on trying to feed her child. The group knew what the shock on Heero's face meant, their beloved leader was dead.
Their hope was gone. Never again would there be peace. The children had tears in their eyes, Justice wore one trailing down his cheek. ::There will be time for my grief later.:: Heero thought. Duo returned the phone to its hook. Heero went back to recounting. After a few times of counting he called to the group, "Families, NOW!" Everyone knew what that meant, someone was missing.
A few moments later when each family was lined up oldest to youngest he again scanned the room. At last he turned to his own family. Pacifica was missing. "Pacifica…" Justice looked around for his little sister. No one was behind him.
Immediately the house went into pandemonium. "Where was she?" was the dominant question. The person who saw her last had been little Kimberly, the third of the Maxwell children. "I saw her," said Kimberly, "sitting outside on the porch, staring into space like she usually does. Then I went in as Uncle Heero and Justice went out to see Aunt Relena."
Heero thought for a minute, ::I didn't see her there. Is the child lying, or did…:: he ran out the door grabbing the keys to his car as he ran. ::No,:: he thought. ::She wouldn't have? Would she?:: he speeded up letting his zero sense drive. ::half a chance she would::
The light hurt her eyes. That was all she could think about, was that the bright light hurt her eyes and she had to get away from it. She stood shakily, only to hear a soft voice calling, what must be her, since no one else was out here. "Lania?" she followed the voice, it led away from the light, and pain. "Lania, where are you?"
She stumbled further towards it as a thought occurred to her, ::There was supposed to be something that I was to remember, wasn't there?:: A mechanical hand clamped on to her shoulder as the thought occurred, ::Pacifism:: One red eye, and one blue eye gleamed in the darkness near her.
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Well?