Guardian Angel 4

By: Hotaru

Sion continued to stare at me wide-eyed. "…but Operation Meteor was the sending of the five Gundams to Earth to destroy Oz right? So that must mean…" he said, going over facts and sputtering them out. I nodded. "You mean..you…are..were, am.. a…Gundam pilot?!?" I nodded again. Why was he flipping out? The Gundams were simply tools used to destroy life. But I can't hate them for it. We were tools as well. I doubt if those damned doctors even cared about us..making us into killing machines.

Never stopping for anything; not a plea from a dying man, not a beg nor cry from any soldier. We had to fulfill our missions for the good of the colonies. "Holy shit…holy freakin' shit…I'm never gonna get over this…" Sion continued as he paced around the room. Hilde emerged from the bathroom in a pair of pajama's and a towel wrapped around her hair. I turned the heat off and stirred the pasta. I'd forgotten about it, sorry Hilde. "What happened?" Hilde asked, looking at Sion. "I told him I was a Gundam pilot." I replied. The war was over—I have nothing to hide. People might want to kill me, maybe I should let them. I've destroyed so many lives but who would get satisfaction from killing me?

"Aye ya Heero! Are you crazy!? I though you were never going to tell anyone!" Hilde said, trying to calm Sion down. I shrugged. Finally, a half an hour later, he was calm. "So…how'd you two meet?" Sion asked, as if he hadn't nearly had a nervous breakdown earlier. Hilde smiled and said, "We met through Duo actually. He and Heero had met during the war. We eventually started hanging out together until…he disappeared." Sion looked down solemnly and apologized quickly. "What about you two?" I asked.

"Actually, me and Duo were friends for awhile, way back when we were kids. I guess you can say we were kinda like brothers.

But we got seperated a few years back, I'm not sure why exactly. I met Hilde when she was in a governmental building or something looking for Duo. I heard her say his name and sauntered on over." Hilde smacked him in the head with a pillow. "Yeah—he tried to get a date before he knew I was Duo's girlfriend." She replied, sticking her tongue out at Sion. /She said 'was' meaning, she isn't or doesn't consider herself to be no longer. There are such things as long distance relationships but I guess she finally gave up../

Hilde hopped up from the floor and went to fetch the pasta. "Cute ain't she?" Sion whispered, nodding at Hilde. I grunted. "What's it to you?" I replied. /I have to know about their relationship together. I made a promise and damn, I'm going to keep it./ He shrugged and said, "I wouldn't mind seein' how things work out between her and me. She's a great girl." I nodded in approval. /Oh great…this is when guys talk about girls they like. Please gods, don't let there be a dare seeing who can get to her first./ "Oh! The movie is coming on!!" Hilde exclaimed, looking at her watch.

"What channel?" Sion asked, hopping on the couch and picking up the remote. "Um…fifty seven I think!" Hilde called back, carrying in a big bowl of italian dressing pasta. She handed out forks and sat in between Sion and I. The movie opened with a shower scene. Then there was a noise. "Oh no" Sion said in a high-pitched girly voice. "Maybe my window leading to the deck is open. I'll just go shut it and peer outside mysteriously." Hilde nudged him with her elbow and giggled. As the girl turned from the window, a dark clad figure appeared. "Fifty bucks says he's the murderer." Sion said, forking some pasta into his mouth.

Hilde snorted and said, "Of course you dope! The mysterious deck-man is always the killer. And why do the blondes always die first?" The movie continued, becoming more and more idiotic each time the killer attacked. "Now, if I were them, I'd grab a big knife or rock or something to use as a weapon, then park myself in a corner and wait." Sion said as the main stars I guess you can call them, attacked the killer, then ran. [1] "That's because you have a brain and common sense that tells you he won't die that easily." I replied, leaning forward to catch the dangling pasta.

We continued to poke fun at the movie until the ending, which was totally ridiculous. "You know, they had the oppurtunity to kill him ever damn time he attacked, but they decided to run away like fools." I said as Hilde flicked off the t.v. "Harmless entertainment my man. I think horror movies were created for people like you and me—to make fun of 'em." Sion said as he streched his arms out. Hilde yawned and grabbed some blankets and pillows. "I'm poor and don't have a guest room so we're all gonna sleep on the couch tonight." She said tiredly. "But there are only two couches." Sion pointed out. One loveseat and one large couch.

Hilde turned to us and said, "Do scissors, paper, stone." I wrinkled my brow and asked, "What for?" She sighed and said, "Just do it." Sion shrugged and he won. Hilde handed him a blanket and a pillow and said, "You get the love seat to yourself. Me and Heero have to srunch up on the couch here. 'Night!" Hilde nestled herself in under the blankets and said, "Come on Heero, you've slept next to me before! I can't get comfortable until you're in here so let's go!" I nodded and climbed onto the couch. Hilde's socked feet layed against my chest, and mine against hers. Except her chest has something mine does not.

"Sion…do we have work tomorrow?" Hilde muttered. "I d'knoe…" Sion replied, already half asleep. /He's so much like Duo…if we find out he didn't survive, I should probably let them be together. She'd be happier since he's not a 'war freak' like me.

I woke up in the middle of the night. Sion was mumbling in his sleep. "No..mister popcorn..don't throw your life away!" I sighed and wrapped my arms around Hilde's feet. She sighed happily in her sleep, and I eventually drifted off as well. Thanks to Sion's babblings, I had a dream about popcorn. /Duo—you sure pick the craziest friends./

The next morning, one if Hilde's socks was half in my mouth and half on her foot. "Augh..Hilde get your foot out of my mouth." I said, swinging her legs around off the couch. "Aw crap! I forgot about work!" Hilde exclaimed, hopping off the couch. She hustled around getting ready while I quickly washed up, ran my fingers through my hair and woke Sion up. "Ahg…sleep…need sleep." He muttered. Hilde ran into the room and dragged him off the couch and out to her car. "Come on Heero! Kituki doesn't approve lateness. She's a very punctual person!" she warned. /Punctual..puncture…ugh. What webs we weave…/

[1] As in H2O that Halloween movie—I saw it tonight and it was just stupid. I'm sorry…it was.