Why? : Chapter 4
By: RurouniGirl
Trowa hurried upstairs. He was worried. Quatre hadn't come down for breakfast.
The room was empty as he entered it. He hurried to the bathroom and paused outside the door. He was startled at what he heard. It sounded like someone crying.
Slowly he opened the door and stopped short at what he saw. Quatre was huddled in the corner, knees pulled up to his chest. His face was buried in his knees and his shoulders heaved with every sob.
Trowa ran over and gently pulled Quatre into his arms. "What's wrong, little one?"
Quatre just shook his head, confusion clouding his eyes. Confusion, pain, sorrow, and fear. Quatre didn't know what was wrong and it scared him.
Trowa just sat there holding him and whispering soothing words. 'What else could he do? Without knowing what was wrong, he couldn't do anything.'
Just then Duo knocked on the door. "Trowa," he called softly.
"In here."
Duo stuck his head in the door and froze. "What's wrong?" he asked. Duo was at a loss. He had never seen Quatre like this before.
Trowa shrugged. "I don't know," he said helplessly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei entered Ling's room carrying a tray. "I brought you some breakfast," he said. "I hope you're hungry."
She smiled. "Thank you."
He nodded as he sat on the bed. "How are you feeling?"
There was a flicker of emotion visible in her eyes, and then it vanished. "Fine," she said.
Just then there was a tap on the door and Duo entered the room. "There's a message for you."
Wufei stood up. "I'll be back in a little while," he told Ling as he followed Duo out of the room and downstairs.
He sat down in front of his laptop and read the details for his new mission. He was to take Shenlong and destroy an OZ military base, after collecting data from the maincomputers. This time, the mission was a solo. He wouldn't have a partner. He deleted the message and went to prepare Shenlong for the mission.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo knocked on Heero's door. When there was no answer he opened the door and looked in. The room was completely empty. He sighed and went to check the hangar. Sure enough, there was Heero working on Wing Zero.
He turned to leave, but stopped short as he noticed the empty place where Wufei's gundam usually stood.
"Hey, Heero!" he called. "Where's Wufei?"
Heero jumped down next to Duo. "He's on a new mission."
Duo stared at him incredulously. "What kind of mission?"
Heero didn't answer.
"Kuso! He went on a suicide mission! Damn!"
Heero glared at him and Duo shut up. "His orders were to get information from the main computers, then destroy the base. He was ordered to go alone."
Duo frowned. "What if he's caught? Damn it!"
He looked up at Deathscythe, a sly grin crossing his face.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei rounded the corner and waited for the guards to pass. He sighed. That had been a close one. He hadn't heard the guards coming and had just made it down the hall before they appeared around the corner.
He made his way down the hall and entered the computer room. He hacked into the system and started to download.
"This is going to take longer than I thought."
Just then an alarm screeched loudly. "Damn. They know I'm here."
He looked at the computer. The download was almost complete. Wufei whirled around as the door was flung open. The last thing he remembered was a gun speeding toward him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Heero hurried into the kitchen. "Where's Duo?"
Quatre and Trowa looked up, a little startled.
"He's not upstairs?" Trowa asked.
Heero shook his head.
"I saw him going towards the hangar. He said he was going to make some modifications on Deathscythe." Quatre looked at Heero. "Is something wrong?"
All the color had drained from Heero's face and his lips quivered.
Heero didn't answer. He turned and ran toward the hangar, all ready knowing that his suspicion was right.
He reached the hangar and flung the door open. Deathscythe was gone. Heero felt a horrible sinking feeling in his gut. Duo had gone after Wufei.
His legs felt like they were going to collapse. He slumped against the wall. 'If anything happened to Duo he didn't know what he would do. He had to go after him.'
Trowa walked in just as Heero took off. He went back to the kitchen and started to get a tray ready to take up to Ling.
"Heero went after Duo?"
Trowa looked over at Quatre and nodded.
"I'll take the tray up."
Trowa handed him the tray and started to clean up the kitchen.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Quatre entered the room and smiled. Ling was sitting in the bed looking very restless and impatient. She looked up when Quatre came in.
"When can I get out of this bed?" she asked.
Quatre chuckled. "As soon as the stitches come out."
She sighed.
"Are you hungry?"
"I'm starving," Ling replied, taking the tray. "Thank you. I'm Ling Saada."
Quatre smiled. "I'm Quatre Raberba Winner."
"I hope I'm not interrupting," Trowa said as he walked into the room.
"Not at all."
Ling finished eating and set the tray down. Trowa checked the wound and was surprised at how fast it was healing. The stitches would be able to come out within a day or two.
"Good. I can't wait to get out of this bed."
Trowa smiled and laughed with Ling and Quatre.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei groaned as he slowly regained consciousness. His head was pounding. He sighed.
'How was he supposed to get out of this one? He had no way of escaping. He didn't even have his katana. It was still in the cockpit of his gundam. Well at least his gundam was still safe.'
"So you're finally awake."
He looked up as someone entered the cell. Something about the voice told him that this man was more dangerous than he looked. He walked over and grabbed Wufei by his shirt, pulling him to his feet.
"Come on."
Wufei followed without a sound.
He was led to a small, dimly lit room. They roughly pushed him into a chair in the middle of the room. The interrogation started. Wufei remained silent.
"Answer, you son-of-a-bitch!"
He didn't say anything.
The man turned angrily and walked away. Suddenly he whirled around and sent his fist flying. Wufei tumbled over, and landed on his knees.
"Still not gonna talk? Fine. Then you deserve this."
The man grabbed Wufei and punched him again. He hit the wall with a thud and slumped against it. The man came at him again and again. He didn't stop until he had beaten the crap out of Wufei.
He slumped against the wall and tried to stand, but he was too weak. The man approached him, an evil grin crossing his face.
Two guards grabbed Wufei's arms and pulled him up. He felt the man pull his pants down. He struggled weakly, but the guards tightened their grip.
'This isn't happening. This isn't happening.'
He felt the man move behind him, then he screamed as pain ripped through his body. It felt like he was being torn in half. The man pulled out, then quickly thrust back in. Wufei gasped.
'How is this happening?'
Finally the man pulled out, leaving Wufei slumped weakly against the other two guards.
To Be Continued...
By: RurouniGirl
Trowa hurried upstairs. He was worried. Quatre hadn't come down for breakfast.
The room was empty as he entered it. He hurried to the bathroom and paused outside the door. He was startled at what he heard. It sounded like someone crying.
Slowly he opened the door and stopped short at what he saw. Quatre was huddled in the corner, knees pulled up to his chest. His face was buried in his knees and his shoulders heaved with every sob.
Trowa ran over and gently pulled Quatre into his arms. "What's wrong, little one?"
Quatre just shook his head, confusion clouding his eyes. Confusion, pain, sorrow, and fear. Quatre didn't know what was wrong and it scared him.
Trowa just sat there holding him and whispering soothing words. 'What else could he do? Without knowing what was wrong, he couldn't do anything.'
Just then Duo knocked on the door. "Trowa," he called softly.
"In here."
Duo stuck his head in the door and froze. "What's wrong?" he asked. Duo was at a loss. He had never seen Quatre like this before.
Trowa shrugged. "I don't know," he said helplessly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei entered Ling's room carrying a tray. "I brought you some breakfast," he said. "I hope you're hungry."
She smiled. "Thank you."
He nodded as he sat on the bed. "How are you feeling?"
There was a flicker of emotion visible in her eyes, and then it vanished. "Fine," she said.
Just then there was a tap on the door and Duo entered the room. "There's a message for you."
Wufei stood up. "I'll be back in a little while," he told Ling as he followed Duo out of the room and downstairs.
He sat down in front of his laptop and read the details for his new mission. He was to take Shenlong and destroy an OZ military base, after collecting data from the maincomputers. This time, the mission was a solo. He wouldn't have a partner. He deleted the message and went to prepare Shenlong for the mission.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Duo knocked on Heero's door. When there was no answer he opened the door and looked in. The room was completely empty. He sighed and went to check the hangar. Sure enough, there was Heero working on Wing Zero.
He turned to leave, but stopped short as he noticed the empty place where Wufei's gundam usually stood.
"Hey, Heero!" he called. "Where's Wufei?"
Heero jumped down next to Duo. "He's on a new mission."
Duo stared at him incredulously. "What kind of mission?"
Heero didn't answer.
"Kuso! He went on a suicide mission! Damn!"
Heero glared at him and Duo shut up. "His orders were to get information from the main computers, then destroy the base. He was ordered to go alone."
Duo frowned. "What if he's caught? Damn it!"
He looked up at Deathscythe, a sly grin crossing his face.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei rounded the corner and waited for the guards to pass. He sighed. That had been a close one. He hadn't heard the guards coming and had just made it down the hall before they appeared around the corner.
He made his way down the hall and entered the computer room. He hacked into the system and started to download.
"This is going to take longer than I thought."
Just then an alarm screeched loudly. "Damn. They know I'm here."
He looked at the computer. The download was almost complete. Wufei whirled around as the door was flung open. The last thing he remembered was a gun speeding toward him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Heero hurried into the kitchen. "Where's Duo?"
Quatre and Trowa looked up, a little startled.
"He's not upstairs?" Trowa asked.
Heero shook his head.
"I saw him going towards the hangar. He said he was going to make some modifications on Deathscythe." Quatre looked at Heero. "Is something wrong?"
All the color had drained from Heero's face and his lips quivered.
Heero didn't answer. He turned and ran toward the hangar, all ready knowing that his suspicion was right.
He reached the hangar and flung the door open. Deathscythe was gone. Heero felt a horrible sinking feeling in his gut. Duo had gone after Wufei.
His legs felt like they were going to collapse. He slumped against the wall. 'If anything happened to Duo he didn't know what he would do. He had to go after him.'
Trowa walked in just as Heero took off. He went back to the kitchen and started to get a tray ready to take up to Ling.
"Heero went after Duo?"
Trowa looked over at Quatre and nodded.
"I'll take the tray up."
Trowa handed him the tray and started to clean up the kitchen.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Quatre entered the room and smiled. Ling was sitting in the bed looking very restless and impatient. She looked up when Quatre came in.
"When can I get out of this bed?" she asked.
Quatre chuckled. "As soon as the stitches come out."
She sighed.
"Are you hungry?"
"I'm starving," Ling replied, taking the tray. "Thank you. I'm Ling Saada."
Quatre smiled. "I'm Quatre Raberba Winner."
"I hope I'm not interrupting," Trowa said as he walked into the room.
"Not at all."
Ling finished eating and set the tray down. Trowa checked the wound and was surprised at how fast it was healing. The stitches would be able to come out within a day or two.
"Good. I can't wait to get out of this bed."
Trowa smiled and laughed with Ling and Quatre.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wufei groaned as he slowly regained consciousness. His head was pounding. He sighed.
'How was he supposed to get out of this one? He had no way of escaping. He didn't even have his katana. It was still in the cockpit of his gundam. Well at least his gundam was still safe.'
"So you're finally awake."
He looked up as someone entered the cell. Something about the voice told him that this man was more dangerous than he looked. He walked over and grabbed Wufei by his shirt, pulling him to his feet.
"Come on."
Wufei followed without a sound.
He was led to a small, dimly lit room. They roughly pushed him into a chair in the middle of the room. The interrogation started. Wufei remained silent.
"Answer, you son-of-a-bitch!"
He didn't say anything.
The man turned angrily and walked away. Suddenly he whirled around and sent his fist flying. Wufei tumbled over, and landed on his knees.
"Still not gonna talk? Fine. Then you deserve this."
The man grabbed Wufei and punched him again. He hit the wall with a thud and slumped against it. The man came at him again and again. He didn't stop until he had beaten the crap out of Wufei.
He slumped against the wall and tried to stand, but he was too weak. The man approached him, an evil grin crossing his face.
Two guards grabbed Wufei's arms and pulled him up. He felt the man pull his pants down. He struggled weakly, but the guards tightened their grip.
'This isn't happening. This isn't happening.'
He felt the man move behind him, then he screamed as pain ripped through his body. It felt like he was being torn in half. The man pulled out, then quickly thrust back in. Wufei gasped.
'How is this happening?'
Finally the man pulled out, leaving Wufei slumped weakly against the other two guards.
To Be Continued...