Here's the next chapter, sorry for the long wait!
Stop: Part 5
Hilde blinked as she found herself in the darkness. It was so dark she could barely see her hand infront of her face. The silence was so thick, it seemed to press in on her as if the walls here closing in on her.
"Hello?"
Her voice echoed in the dark, vast place, giving the mystery place a feeling of vast emptiness. Hilde looked around nervously, turning to see if there was maybe something behind her.
Nothing but darkness.
She jumped as a bright spotlight suddenly turned on directly above her, leaving her directly in the middle of a bright circle of light.
"Who's there?"
Footsteps greeted her question, and she looked around frantically. Hilde jumped once a hand landed on her shoulder, and she swung her fist behind her, trying to punch her attacker. She blinked once her wrist was grabbed and she was whirled around to become face to face with the last person she wanted to see in a dark place.
"Duo..."
Duo smiled softly, but she could tell the smile was forced. She glared and wrenched her wrist out of his grip.
"What do you want?"
She could feel him start to wrap his arms around her but she stepped away. Hilde could feel Duo stiffen, and his arm reached out to grab her around the waist. Her arm suddenly shot out, and grabbed him around the wrist.
"Stop. Just stop. I don't want you touching me, I don't want you coming near me. Just stop."
"Why, Hilde? I want us to be together again."
"That's not what I want. We're over. We were over years ago when you made the stupid decision to leave me alone and pregnant."
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"Mom? Mom, wake up."
Hilde opened her eyes and blinked sleepily at the voice above her. Hallie kneeled on the bed, her face inches from hers. Hallie smiled and hopped off the huge bed as Hilde sat up. Hallie had been sleeping in the same bed as her for the past month, since Hilde had gotten her back. Quatre had been kind enough to open his home to them both for as long as they needed.
Hilde took a quick glance around the spacious room, then slipped out of the bed.
"It was just a dream..."
"Did you say something, Mom?" asked Hallie, walking over to stand beside her mother.
"No, Hon, I'm fine!"
Hilde smiled at her daughter, and walked out of the room.
Hallie looked up at her mother and tugged at her sleeve. "Why do you seem so tense? Do you think Daddy's coming back?"
Hilde blinked and looked down at her daughter. "What made you think that? And no, Daddy isn't coming back."
"Because...you jump at the smallest noises...remember that morning you heard someone come in your room? You nearly strangled him before you found out it was actually Quatre coming in you bring you some tea."
She stopped, and hugged her mother around the middle. "And I'd like him to come back...he told me he was sorry...and that he really loved you, and never meant to hurt you, or me."
Hilde glared stubbornly and picked up Hallie. "He should've thought of that a long time ago. Now stop thinking about your father okay?"
Hallie nodded solemnly, as her and mer mother went downstairs to breakfast.
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Duo sipped his coffee silently as he watched the television screen infront of him. The black and white picture showed Hilde, Hallie, and Quatre sitting around Quatre's kitchen table, eating breakfast. He smiled as Hilde wrinkled her nose in laughter at a joke Hallie had made.
He knew if anyone found out he had fixed Quatre's house to have tiny security cameras, he'd get thrown in jail.
But he didn't care.
If he couldn't be close to his daughter the normal way, then he was doing it this way.
Duo set down his empty coffee mug and sighed, rubbing the tense muscles in his neck. He couldn't stand the thought that Hilde hated him. Then again, he didn't really blame her. He DID leave her alone, broke, and pregnant. He'd seen the scars on her wrists -- obviously from when she'd tried to commit suicide during pregnancy.
He knew he'd have to confront her sooner or later, because the cameras he had set up were small, and hard to see, but they weren't 100 percent undetectable.
"Hilde, Hilde, Hilde..." he said, standing up. "I don't know why you won't come back to me...but don't worry, because I'll have you back soon enough. Like they say, love can be a very scary thing."
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Hilde laughed at the joke Hallie had just made, and took another bite of her potato. A loud clatter indicated she had dropped her fork onto her plate, and Hallie and Quatre turned to look at her. Hilde blinked as she looked at them both, and rubbed the back of her neck.
"That was weird...a sharp tingle just ran down my back..."
She picked up her fork again, and took a quick glance around the room. A sudden glint of light off of glass caught her attention and she looked up to the ceiling. Just barely visible, embedded into the plaster, was a small black glass dot.
A camera lens.
She knew Quatre didn't have security cameras, so that meant...
"Hilde? Where are you going?" Quatre asked, as Hilde stood up. "You haven't even finished your plate yet."
Hilde took a quick glance down to her half eaten plate, and looked to Quatre again. "I...have to go see someone. You don't mind looking after Hallie, do you?"
"Of course not, but--"
"Great! I'll see you both later then!"
She gave Hallie a kiss on the forehead, and grabbed her coat before heading outside.
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As Hilde drove, many thoughts ran through Hilde's head.
"He thinks I'm stupid, like I couldn't figure out who set those up..."
"Why is he doing this?"
"I made it clear I wanted him out of my life..."
Hilde blinked as she arrived in front of a small, one story house.
"That was quick," she muttered, as she climbed out of the driver's seat, and climbed the stone steps to the porch. She rang the doorbell, and waited a few seconds before the door was answered.
Wufei stood there in his traditional white tanktop and baggy pants, his hair loose and damp. He smiled slightly once he saw her there, and ushered her inside. Hilde sat on the plush couch, and sipped the green tea Wufei had poured for her.
She knew she had always been on good terms with Wufei, which was unusual since he usually didn't like women. Maybe he saw something in her? She didn't know, and maybe she never will.
"So Hilde," Wufei said, as he set down his cup. "What brings you here?"
Hilde leaned forward in her seat, clutching her cup tightly.
"I want to learn how to fight."
*End part 5*
Stop: Part 5
Hilde blinked as she found herself in the darkness. It was so dark she could barely see her hand infront of her face. The silence was so thick, it seemed to press in on her as if the walls here closing in on her.
"Hello?"
Her voice echoed in the dark, vast place, giving the mystery place a feeling of vast emptiness. Hilde looked around nervously, turning to see if there was maybe something behind her.
Nothing but darkness.
She jumped as a bright spotlight suddenly turned on directly above her, leaving her directly in the middle of a bright circle of light.
"Who's there?"
Footsteps greeted her question, and she looked around frantically. Hilde jumped once a hand landed on her shoulder, and she swung her fist behind her, trying to punch her attacker. She blinked once her wrist was grabbed and she was whirled around to become face to face with the last person she wanted to see in a dark place.
"Duo..."
Duo smiled softly, but she could tell the smile was forced. She glared and wrenched her wrist out of his grip.
"What do you want?"
She could feel him start to wrap his arms around her but she stepped away. Hilde could feel Duo stiffen, and his arm reached out to grab her around the waist. Her arm suddenly shot out, and grabbed him around the wrist.
"Stop. Just stop. I don't want you touching me, I don't want you coming near me. Just stop."
"Why, Hilde? I want us to be together again."
"That's not what I want. We're over. We were over years ago when you made the stupid decision to leave me alone and pregnant."
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"Mom? Mom, wake up."
Hilde opened her eyes and blinked sleepily at the voice above her. Hallie kneeled on the bed, her face inches from hers. Hallie smiled and hopped off the huge bed as Hilde sat up. Hallie had been sleeping in the same bed as her for the past month, since Hilde had gotten her back. Quatre had been kind enough to open his home to them both for as long as they needed.
Hilde took a quick glance around the spacious room, then slipped out of the bed.
"It was just a dream..."
"Did you say something, Mom?" asked Hallie, walking over to stand beside her mother.
"No, Hon, I'm fine!"
Hilde smiled at her daughter, and walked out of the room.
Hallie looked up at her mother and tugged at her sleeve. "Why do you seem so tense? Do you think Daddy's coming back?"
Hilde blinked and looked down at her daughter. "What made you think that? And no, Daddy isn't coming back."
"Because...you jump at the smallest noises...remember that morning you heard someone come in your room? You nearly strangled him before you found out it was actually Quatre coming in you bring you some tea."
She stopped, and hugged her mother around the middle. "And I'd like him to come back...he told me he was sorry...and that he really loved you, and never meant to hurt you, or me."
Hilde glared stubbornly and picked up Hallie. "He should've thought of that a long time ago. Now stop thinking about your father okay?"
Hallie nodded solemnly, as her and mer mother went downstairs to breakfast.
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Duo sipped his coffee silently as he watched the television screen infront of him. The black and white picture showed Hilde, Hallie, and Quatre sitting around Quatre's kitchen table, eating breakfast. He smiled as Hilde wrinkled her nose in laughter at a joke Hallie had made.
He knew if anyone found out he had fixed Quatre's house to have tiny security cameras, he'd get thrown in jail.
But he didn't care.
If he couldn't be close to his daughter the normal way, then he was doing it this way.
Duo set down his empty coffee mug and sighed, rubbing the tense muscles in his neck. He couldn't stand the thought that Hilde hated him. Then again, he didn't really blame her. He DID leave her alone, broke, and pregnant. He'd seen the scars on her wrists -- obviously from when she'd tried to commit suicide during pregnancy.
He knew he'd have to confront her sooner or later, because the cameras he had set up were small, and hard to see, but they weren't 100 percent undetectable.
"Hilde, Hilde, Hilde..." he said, standing up. "I don't know why you won't come back to me...but don't worry, because I'll have you back soon enough. Like they say, love can be a very scary thing."
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Hilde laughed at the joke Hallie had just made, and took another bite of her potato. A loud clatter indicated she had dropped her fork onto her plate, and Hallie and Quatre turned to look at her. Hilde blinked as she looked at them both, and rubbed the back of her neck.
"That was weird...a sharp tingle just ran down my back..."
She picked up her fork again, and took a quick glance around the room. A sudden glint of light off of glass caught her attention and she looked up to the ceiling. Just barely visible, embedded into the plaster, was a small black glass dot.
A camera lens.
She knew Quatre didn't have security cameras, so that meant...
"Hilde? Where are you going?" Quatre asked, as Hilde stood up. "You haven't even finished your plate yet."
Hilde took a quick glance down to her half eaten plate, and looked to Quatre again. "I...have to go see someone. You don't mind looking after Hallie, do you?"
"Of course not, but--"
"Great! I'll see you both later then!"
She gave Hallie a kiss on the forehead, and grabbed her coat before heading outside.
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As Hilde drove, many thoughts ran through Hilde's head.
"He thinks I'm stupid, like I couldn't figure out who set those up..."
"Why is he doing this?"
"I made it clear I wanted him out of my life..."
Hilde blinked as she arrived in front of a small, one story house.
"That was quick," she muttered, as she climbed out of the driver's seat, and climbed the stone steps to the porch. She rang the doorbell, and waited a few seconds before the door was answered.
Wufei stood there in his traditional white tanktop and baggy pants, his hair loose and damp. He smiled slightly once he saw her there, and ushered her inside. Hilde sat on the plush couch, and sipped the green tea Wufei had poured for her.
She knew she had always been on good terms with Wufei, which was unusual since he usually didn't like women. Maybe he saw something in her? She didn't know, and maybe she never will.
"So Hilde," Wufei said, as he set down his cup. "What brings you here?"
Hilde leaned forward in her seat, clutching her cup tightly.
"I want to learn how to fight."
*End part 5*
