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[blah blah] are Chinese words, but in English...as in English..but said in Chinese...u get it ...o.k...going on..

Silent Child
Part 5: No More Tension



==Recap==

And in the back of his mind, he decided that Chi Ling was indeed his daughter from the future. His daughter he had endangered for his carelessness, and hesitance. He would not forgive himself if Chi Ling got hurt.



==Now==

By now, the OZ intruders knew that they were found out, not only because of the alarms, but because of the little girl's scream.

"Shut up!" One of the soldiers by the struggling girl hissed. Chi Ling twisted around, turning her head, but the large hand held her in place. Taking a different chance, Chi Ling jerked her head back. The man was surprised as her head hit his collarbone, and it gave Chi Ling enough time to place her teeth over his hand and bit hard.

The soldier grunted in surprise and Chi Ling screamed again.

[BABA! BABA!] She thrashed, kicking back at the man who still held her.

"Shut up!" He hissed, shoving her to the next soldier, who followed his example and clapped his hand over her mouth. His other arm encircled her waist, trapping her arms as well, and this stronger man gripped her tighter.

The hand that smacked down on her mouth stunned her, and Chi Ling fell limp for a moment.



Wufei ran even faster toward the forest. He knew from the sound of Chi Ling's call that she was in the clearing. Behind him, he heard Trowa, Duo and Heero running after him. He debated with himself if he should slow down and sneak up on the intruders with the others, or run right in.

[BABA! BABA!] Wufei froze for a fraction of a second upon hearing the louder scream. There was no time to sneak in. He waved the sword in the air for his comrades to see, signaling them to charge. He wove along the familiar path toward the clearing, wielding the sword. In moments, he entered the clearing. His black eyes clearly showed how angry he was as he paused, scanning and counting the men.

'Kuso! How did 15 men get past the Maguanacs?' He wondered.

"Let the girl go!" He demanded. One of the OZ soldiers, most like the one in charge, stepped forward, laughing, just as the three other Gundam Pilots ran up behind Wufei.

"Why should I?" He raised a hand in signal, and the soldier holding Chi Ling came forward, handing the girl to the first soldier. He knelt down, placing the girl on the ground, a gun at her head. He clicked the safety off. "Tell me, why should I let her go?"

"She's only a child, and has nothing to do with the war. She's innocent."

"Aren't we all?" The soldier sneered. "She's pretty, and Chinese too. Is she your sister?"

"No." Wufei growled.

"What do you want?" Duo asked.

"I'll give you a choice. Lose the girl now," The soldier nudged Chi Ling's head with the gun. "And fight it out with us. But you don't get weapons. Or, give us the Gundams as well as Pilot 01." The soldier tilted his head toward Heero, who glared at him.

"Just let the kid go. When did OZ soldiers take children as hostages?" Duo asked angrily. "Where is your honor?"

"Talk about honor to Colonel Treize." The man sneered. "Make up your minds."

[Baba…] Chi Ling's eyes filled with tears. It was obvious she didn't know what was going on.

"Let her go. I'll be your hostage. She doesn't know what's going on." Wufei said.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" The man snarled. "I'm as good as dead taking you as a hostage."

"Wait sir, he has a point. Why not take him as hostages?" One soldier whispered.

"Because these are the pilots!" The man said, his eyes not leaving Wufei's. "What will it be, 05?"

"Wufei." Trowa whispered. Wufei didn't know what to do. He opened his mouth to speak, but Heero raised his hand, silencing him.

"Yuy-" Wufei started.

"We'll give you the Gundams." Heero cut Wufei off. "And I'll go with you. Let her go."

"Heero?" Duo gasped, surprised.

"Smart, Pilot 01." The man stood, bringing Chi Ling off her feet with him. "Come over here."

Heero raised his arms up in the air, and took a step forward. His eyes narrowed, and he gave a flick of his wrist. At the same time, his other hand, holding his gun, threw his weapon straight up into the air.

Caught off guard at the sudden movement, almost all eyes went up to watch the flying object. Grabbing the sword Wufei held, Heero yanked it from his grasp and sprinted toward the soldier holding Chi Ling.

"What the-" The man's surprised as cut short as Heero cut the arm holding Chi Ling sharply and deep. The man screamed in pain and surprise as Heero caught the girl before she hit the ground, being dangled a few feet above. He dropped the sword, caught the gun, and held it point black between the soldier's eyes. Everyone stood on guard as Heero shifted Chi Ling in his grip to settle against his hip. Her eyes were wide, looking at the man who had held her captive just moments ago.

"Who sent you?" Heero asked calmly, cocking his gun. The man's eyes widened.

"Lieutenant Nichol…" He stuttered.

"To get me and the Gundams."

"Yes…"

"How did you plan to do that without knowing the girl was here? How did you sneak in?"

The man opened his mouth to answer, but three shots rang out. Instinctively, Heero dropped down, his body covering Chi Ling's as pain seared up his arm and he dropped his gun. The man he had been questioning fell down dead beside him. A cursing soldier at the side of the ring went down as well. More shots rang out as Heero rolled swiftly to his feet and ran toward the other pilots whom he knew would cover him. Chi Ling screamed, afraid, and Heero immediately covered her eyes. It wasn't right for a child to see blood and death.

In a minute, all the OZ soldiers were down.

With his back still to the dead soldiers, Heero removed his hand from Chi Ling's eyes, the girl trembling in his grip. There was a sigh of relief from Duo as they made sure all the soldiers were either dead or too wounded to attack them or run anymore. Heero looked up, tensing, hearing footsteps running towards them, but relaxed when he saw Rashid and a few other Maguanacs. They immediately swarmed the clearing, pulling up the soldiers that were wounded and tying them up. Wufei came over, putting his gun away at the back of his waist before reaching for Chi Ling. He took her from Heero, almost awkwardly hugging the shaking girl close.

"Thank you Heero."

Heero shook his head. "It was nothing."

"Yo Heero, you're bleeding. Let's get back to the safe house." Duo said as Trowa made sure that the Maguanacs would take care of things in the clearing. Heero immediately brought his hand up to cover his wound to stall the blood flow.

"Hn."

Together, they trekked back to the mansion.



"Heero! What happened?" Quatre asked, as Heero was the first to enter. "Wufei! You found Chi Ling!" He added.

"Quatre, will you grab the first aid kit?" Duo asked. Quatre nodded, immediately reaching into the cupboard under the sink to produce the white box.

"What happened?" He asked again.

Duo sat down on the chair next to Heero as he started to speak. "The intruders were in the clearing. When we got there, Chi Ling was already there, held hostage. They wanted the Gundams and Heero, but also offered that if we dropped our weapons, they would kill Chi Ling and we were allowed to fight them, unarmed."

"That's murder!" Quatre gasped as he handed the kit to Trowa who had offered to clean up Heero's wound.

Duo nodded. "But Heero offered to go with them, raising his arms to surrender and all that. Then, he flicked his wrist to signal us, and threw his gun into the air. Everyone turned to watch the gun and he grabbed Wufei's sword and cut the head-soldier's arm, grabbed Chi Ling, caught the gun, and then held the soldier at point blank, demanding answers." Duo rolled his eyes. "Perfect Soldier."

"What were those three gun shots?" Heero asked monotonously.

"One man tried to shoot you. Duo shot his arm when he saw that, so the bullet hit your arm instead. Then, another soldier shot their own captain, probably to prevent him from speaking anymore." Trowa answered, examining the arm. "I need to take the bullet out."

"Just do it."

"This'll hurt."

"I know. I can take it." Heero grit his teeth together.

"Wufei?" Quatre turned to the Chinese youth, who was explaining things to Siu Guan. He had knelt down, Chi Ling sitting on his knee. Siu Guan was just nodding as Wufei turned at his name.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Why don't you take them out of the kitchen? Chi Ling seems a bit shaken up."

"I'll go with you guys." Duo offered, standing. Wufei nodded.

"All right." He said, uncharacteristically quiet. He stood, shifting Chi Ling in his arms and walked out of the kitchen.

"Let's go Siu Guan." Duo said, a hand at the boy's shoulder, steering him to follow the other two out of the kitchen.



Duo followed Wufei up the stairs to his room. He sat down on his bed, sitting Chi Ling down next to him. Siu Guan sat on the ground, and Duo shrugged, pulling out the chair from Wufei's desk, turning it around, and straddling it backwards.

"What's wrong Wufei?" Duo asked, serious.

"Nothing."

"Come on, something's wrong."

"Nothing Maxwell." Wufei said. "Can you watch them for a moment? I must go retrieve Siu Guan's sword and clean it first."

"Rashid said he'd take care of it. Now spill." Duo was insistent.

[Chi Ling, where'd you go?] Siu Guan asked, frowning at the girl.

[Forest.] She whispered.

[And you couldn't stay hidden?]

[I sneezed.]

[I'm sorry Chi Ling.] Wufei said. [You're my daughter, and I couldn't even protect you like Yuy could.]

[It's o.k. I shouldn't have gone out without a weapon.] She murmured. [But you said you weren't my father.]

[No. I'm not. Not until the future. But since you traveled back, I guess I am.] Wufei said. Chi Ling smiled shakily.

[Baba…] Chi Ling hugged Wufei.

"Aw, now that's just sweet, but what happened?" Duo asked.

"Duo…" Wufei let a small smile grace his expression. Duo almost gawked at him in surprised. "Meet my daughter, Chang Chi Ling."

"Your DAUGHTER?!" Duo screamed, standing up. "When did you get a daughter?"

"Baka Maxwell." Wufei shook his head. "They came from the future."

"That's right." Duo sat down. "But how come they don't know English?"

"They say they grew up in a Chinese Colony, rebuilt L5. They are here to make sure things change in the future. I lost my wife and shut out my child. They're here to make sure it won't happen, to stop the war and taking over of the rebuilt L5." Wufei explained.

"So you were silent because you felt you couldn't protect your own child."

"Hn." Wufei smirked. "I'm surprised you could figure that out on your own."

"Oh, that's just mean." Duo stood again and walked over to them. He knelt down in front of Wufei and Chi Ling, looking at the girl. "Is she scared?"

"Probably by the gunshots. But I've trained her, my future self that is."

"She's only 5! How much could she know?"

"Enough. I had a hard time following her earlier."

"Hm…" Duo grinned at Chi Ling. "Say 'Uncle Duo'."

Chi Ling looked at him, cocking her head to the side as she studied him. She grinned and turned to Wufei, pointing to Duo.

"Baka." She pronounced clearly. Wufei chuckled, nodding.

"That's right."

"Oh, this is just great. Now a 5-year-old is calling me stupid and idiotic." Duo huffed, throwing his hands up. But he was grinning.

Siu Guan watched with a half smile.


['Welcome to reality, Protector.']















Saori: AMAZING SAVE BY HEERO!

Heero: Hn. I'm the Perfect Soldier. What do you expect?

Saori: Don't get cocky! O.k, I do know I may be defying the laws of gravity in that Heero was able to do all that before catching his gun, but..it's fanfiction o.k? and Heero's real strong...so he'd throw the gun real high...assuming also there are no overhanging branches in the way....so..YAY!! Next Chapter: The find out exactly what happens in the future, but...more bad guys come from the future..?! Please Review and keep reading!!!