Chapter 3 - The last Breath
The echo of the blast filled the alley as both former gundam pilots fell to the floor. Blood rushed out of their bodies but their hands still clinged onto the guns they had used.
Mr Kenzy stopped in her tracks hearing the blast of the gun. It seemed as if there was more than one gun because the shot was very loud. Suddenly Mr Kenzy stopped putting her hand to her mouth in shock. She fumbled with her mobile phone and dialled 000.
"Yes, I have an emergency."
Hilde sat in her chair checking the clock every 5 minutes. Why wasn't Duo back yet? She had been so upset to see him so depressed. She even made him a chocolate cake to cheer him up. He said he would be home by 7 pm unless something really bad happened and he didn't lie so something bad must have happened.
Suddenly the phone rang making Hilde jump up and shock and grab the reciever knocking the rest of the phone down.
"Yes? What? Duo? When. Where? Ok, thankyou"
Hilde dropped the reciever clasping her shaking hand around her mouth. She fell back on the couch as tears rushed down her cheeks. She had to get to the hospital as soon as possible.
Relena got up from her arm chair and turned the television onto the news.
"The Hero of the world who had only gotten into an accident 3 days ago trying to protect a girl had been found in an alley today bleeding heavily. There were two former gundam pilots who had shot eachother at about the same time. The teacher explained that the pilots had no will to live. These former gundam pilots had been identified as Heero and Duo. They are in hospital but doctors say there is barely any chance that they will survive" said the reporter.
Relena switched off the television and walked back onto her arm chair. She looked at the stars again. She wouldn't last much longer.
The irritating beeping of a machine filled his ears reaching his mind as if calling to him to wake up. He could feel needles and tubes clinging to his body and a machine was giving him air and breathing for him.
"His respiratory has been failing for a while so we will have to keep this machine on for a while longer. He'll need a lot more blood and we might need to install a heart beating machine is his heart starts failing too. Poor guy. I feel so sorry for him," said a faraway voice.
He turned his head trying to see something but his eye lids failed him and he fell back unconscious.
Ms Kenzy stood in front of her class in silence. She barely payed attention that all the students were resting their eyes on her. Finally she took in a breath and prepared to explain to the class what had happened to Heero Yuy. They had not heard much news on him since he had saved Lucy.
"Class, the day Heero saved Lucy, I hope you will all remember. There aren't many heros like that in our time. Heero suffered fractures throughout his whole body, especially his legs," the teacher stopped letting the shocked class sink in the information she had given them so far.
She gazed at the gundam pilots who dumbly watched the window. Relena stared at her desk and looked as if she was engraving something in her desk with her pen.
"Miraculasly, the next day after the accident he managed to get up and forced himself to walk, and after a while run after another gundam pilot - Duo Maxwell. Heero didn't treasure his life and in the end the two gundam pilots shot eachother." the teacher paused again. She was finding it hard to breathe now.
"They asked eachother to shoot eachother in the . . . heart. There is still chance that they will survive, but I personally believe, Heero is invinsible and will wake up today. That is why I will be leaving early to see him," said Ms Kenzy sighing as she finished speaking.
The class watched still to shocked to speak. They knew their teacher used to work in a church and some suspected she was still some what a nun but how could be so sure Heero would make it alive?
"What about Duo? Do you think he will survive?" asked a boy who was usually very quiet.
"Duo. . . hm . . . God will forgive him. Had any of you known that Duo, was raised in a church and was going to be a priest before the war?" asked Ms Kenzy.
The class became stunned except for the pilots and Relena.
"Ms, I want to come with you when you see Heero," said Mike.
"Me too," said Lucy sadly.
"Sorry, not today. I don't think he will be able to speak and it could really traumatise you kids. A machine is breathing for him and his heart is being pumped by a machine too. He is in a very critical position," answered Ms Kenzy.
She looked at her watch. Only five more minutes to go. She couldn't wait any longer. She would leave now.
"Class, because of this tradgedy, you won't be doing work today. I will leave now, and pilots and Relena, please. don't do anything we shall regret," said Ms Kenzy before leaving the classroom.
Heero opened his eyes. Was he in hell? Suddenly he saw a machine standing next to him and needles plucked into his body. He turned his head to see a smiling Ms Kenzy holding a gun. It was HIS gun. He tried pulling himself from bed but he had no control over his arms.
"Shit!" cursed Heero breaking into coughs making a machine next to him beep more often.
His eyes focused back on his gun.
"I figured flowers wouldn't be your type, so I got your gun back for you. I know you feel much safer with it. I'll leave it by your bed even though I know you could shoot yourself once you get better," said Ms Kenzy putting his gun on the free chair.
"I don't want to get better! I refuse to breathe!" Heero wheezed while trying to make his words clear.
"Don't talk to much. You can't stop your breathing because a machine is forcing you to breathe."
"I should have just put a gun to my head. Is Duo alive and where did the shot hit me?" asked Heero quickly before breaking into a fit of coughs.
"Don't talk more. I'll tell you everything you want to know. Duo is in a much more critical position than you but is alive. I didn't know anything could be worse than your position. The shot missed your heart by an inch."
Heero looked at Ms Kenzy angrily as if asking her why.
"Heero. Duo didn't want you to die. He believed you were the only hope for the pilots. Heero, don't feet ashamed about going to the church. Duo never stopped believing," explained Ms Kenzy making Heero look at her in astonishment.
"But."
"Heero, Duo didn't lie. He never said he didn't believe," said Ms Kenzy laughing.
Ms Kenzy stood and left the room leaving Heero going over the words she had spoken. Why?
Ms Kenzy walked along the wet street. The weather had been bad ever since the accident.
"Excuse me, may you be Heero's teacher?" asked a strange man appearing behind Ms Kenzy.
"What does it concern you. How long have you been following me?" asked the teacher angrily.
"Are you?"
"Excuse me, answer my question!"
"You are?"
"Yes! I am now answer!"
Suddenly the man grabbed her and shmashed her against a wall sending a burst of pain up her spine. She shivered in shock.
"Where is he?" he asked.
Ms Kenzy didn't answer. He pulled her and pushed her against the wall again. She screamed in pain but kept her mouth shut. She would never tell him where Heero was unless he told her what it was for.
The echo of the blast filled the alley as both former gundam pilots fell to the floor. Blood rushed out of their bodies but their hands still clinged onto the guns they had used.
Mr Kenzy stopped in her tracks hearing the blast of the gun. It seemed as if there was more than one gun because the shot was very loud. Suddenly Mr Kenzy stopped putting her hand to her mouth in shock. She fumbled with her mobile phone and dialled 000.
"Yes, I have an emergency."
Hilde sat in her chair checking the clock every 5 minutes. Why wasn't Duo back yet? She had been so upset to see him so depressed. She even made him a chocolate cake to cheer him up. He said he would be home by 7 pm unless something really bad happened and he didn't lie so something bad must have happened.
Suddenly the phone rang making Hilde jump up and shock and grab the reciever knocking the rest of the phone down.
"Yes? What? Duo? When. Where? Ok, thankyou"
Hilde dropped the reciever clasping her shaking hand around her mouth. She fell back on the couch as tears rushed down her cheeks. She had to get to the hospital as soon as possible.
Relena got up from her arm chair and turned the television onto the news.
"The Hero of the world who had only gotten into an accident 3 days ago trying to protect a girl had been found in an alley today bleeding heavily. There were two former gundam pilots who had shot eachother at about the same time. The teacher explained that the pilots had no will to live. These former gundam pilots had been identified as Heero and Duo. They are in hospital but doctors say there is barely any chance that they will survive" said the reporter.
Relena switched off the television and walked back onto her arm chair. She looked at the stars again. She wouldn't last much longer.
The irritating beeping of a machine filled his ears reaching his mind as if calling to him to wake up. He could feel needles and tubes clinging to his body and a machine was giving him air and breathing for him.
"His respiratory has been failing for a while so we will have to keep this machine on for a while longer. He'll need a lot more blood and we might need to install a heart beating machine is his heart starts failing too. Poor guy. I feel so sorry for him," said a faraway voice.
He turned his head trying to see something but his eye lids failed him and he fell back unconscious.
Ms Kenzy stood in front of her class in silence. She barely payed attention that all the students were resting their eyes on her. Finally she took in a breath and prepared to explain to the class what had happened to Heero Yuy. They had not heard much news on him since he had saved Lucy.
"Class, the day Heero saved Lucy, I hope you will all remember. There aren't many heros like that in our time. Heero suffered fractures throughout his whole body, especially his legs," the teacher stopped letting the shocked class sink in the information she had given them so far.
She gazed at the gundam pilots who dumbly watched the window. Relena stared at her desk and looked as if she was engraving something in her desk with her pen.
"Miraculasly, the next day after the accident he managed to get up and forced himself to walk, and after a while run after another gundam pilot - Duo Maxwell. Heero didn't treasure his life and in the end the two gundam pilots shot eachother." the teacher paused again. She was finding it hard to breathe now.
"They asked eachother to shoot eachother in the . . . heart. There is still chance that they will survive, but I personally believe, Heero is invinsible and will wake up today. That is why I will be leaving early to see him," said Ms Kenzy sighing as she finished speaking.
The class watched still to shocked to speak. They knew their teacher used to work in a church and some suspected she was still some what a nun but how could be so sure Heero would make it alive?
"What about Duo? Do you think he will survive?" asked a boy who was usually very quiet.
"Duo. . . hm . . . God will forgive him. Had any of you known that Duo, was raised in a church and was going to be a priest before the war?" asked Ms Kenzy.
The class became stunned except for the pilots and Relena.
"Ms, I want to come with you when you see Heero," said Mike.
"Me too," said Lucy sadly.
"Sorry, not today. I don't think he will be able to speak and it could really traumatise you kids. A machine is breathing for him and his heart is being pumped by a machine too. He is in a very critical position," answered Ms Kenzy.
She looked at her watch. Only five more minutes to go. She couldn't wait any longer. She would leave now.
"Class, because of this tradgedy, you won't be doing work today. I will leave now, and pilots and Relena, please. don't do anything we shall regret," said Ms Kenzy before leaving the classroom.
Heero opened his eyes. Was he in hell? Suddenly he saw a machine standing next to him and needles plucked into his body. He turned his head to see a smiling Ms Kenzy holding a gun. It was HIS gun. He tried pulling himself from bed but he had no control over his arms.
"Shit!" cursed Heero breaking into coughs making a machine next to him beep more often.
His eyes focused back on his gun.
"I figured flowers wouldn't be your type, so I got your gun back for you. I know you feel much safer with it. I'll leave it by your bed even though I know you could shoot yourself once you get better," said Ms Kenzy putting his gun on the free chair.
"I don't want to get better! I refuse to breathe!" Heero wheezed while trying to make his words clear.
"Don't talk to much. You can't stop your breathing because a machine is forcing you to breathe."
"I should have just put a gun to my head. Is Duo alive and where did the shot hit me?" asked Heero quickly before breaking into a fit of coughs.
"Don't talk more. I'll tell you everything you want to know. Duo is in a much more critical position than you but is alive. I didn't know anything could be worse than your position. The shot missed your heart by an inch."
Heero looked at Ms Kenzy angrily as if asking her why.
"Heero. Duo didn't want you to die. He believed you were the only hope for the pilots. Heero, don't feet ashamed about going to the church. Duo never stopped believing," explained Ms Kenzy making Heero look at her in astonishment.
"But."
"Heero, Duo didn't lie. He never said he didn't believe," said Ms Kenzy laughing.
Ms Kenzy stood and left the room leaving Heero going over the words she had spoken. Why?
Ms Kenzy walked along the wet street. The weather had been bad ever since the accident.
"Excuse me, may you be Heero's teacher?" asked a strange man appearing behind Ms Kenzy.
"What does it concern you. How long have you been following me?" asked the teacher angrily.
"Are you?"
"Excuse me, answer my question!"
"You are?"
"Yes! I am now answer!"
Suddenly the man grabbed her and shmashed her against a wall sending a burst of pain up her spine. She shivered in shock.
"Where is he?" he asked.
Ms Kenzy didn't answer. He pulled her and pushed her against the wall again. She screamed in pain but kept her mouth shut. She would never tell him where Heero was unless he told her what it was for.