Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. SORRIES!!! Well here it is and I hope you enjoy. Oh and thanks for the reviews.
Love and Lust - Part 6
By Kirakira
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After searching frantically around the park, Zechs went to the nearest pay phone and dialed the only number he could think of-Relena. Her house wasn't far from the park for that matter and the girls probably just went over there...he hoped anyway. The phone kept ringing, and no one answered the phone. Meanwhile he was tapping his foot nervously, just praying for someone to pick up the phone. Unfortunately, no one did and after a few more minutes, he hung up.
"Dammit! How could I be so stupid!" Sighing, he dialed Noin's number at work. After all she did tell him to call her if an emergency came up, and this was a serious emergency. After a few rings, Noin picked up the phone, saying her welcoming line.
"Preventer Headquarters, Lucrezia Noin speaking."
"Noin, it's me!"
"Zechs..? What's wrong, you sound a little...oh god, is something wrong with the girls!? Are they ok?"
"I don't know!"
"What!? What you mean you don't know!?"
"I mean I don't know where they are-I...I...I lost them.."
"YOU WHAT!?!?!?"
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Heero was grateful when the briefing was over and left the room. Duo followed right beside him. Neither said a word to each other, afraid that the other might get mad. Duo had no reason to get a Heero anyway...he was the one that left after all. But silently walking side by side, they stopped by Lady Une's office to give her the report. Heero knocked three times and waited before proceeding into the office. She wasn't there so he laid the report down on her desk and left, heading toward his office. Duo followed right beside him. Heero was a big fan of people walking with him...even if it was one person. And this particular person wasn't someone he wanted to be around him.
"Duo, don't you have some place to be?" he asked, still looking forward. Duo thought for a minute and shook his head.
"I just started work today, so things have been going slow for me. Am I bothering you?"
"No not at all. I just didn't want you to be late...if you were going somewhere."
"Oh...well I'm not."
"Alright..." Again there was silence until finally Duo spoke.
"So...how are the kids doing?"
"Oh they're just fine," Heero replied, matter-of-factly. "They're staying with Zechs today."
"Oh...really..." Duo stopped walking hanging his head. "So I was right after all...I wasn't hearing things..."
"What...oh dammit..." Heero stopped as well, turning to look at him. "Who told you?"
Duo shook his head. "No one...I figured it out on my own..." When Heero gave him a confused expression he continued on. "I know I called your house yesterday. A little girl picked up the phone and I asked her if you were home. She called you...and well...I dropped the phone. But only for a little while." He sighed. "I got scared. I mean, I had this whole speech made out for you explaining why I left and all and I had my opportunity right there...but...I panicked and...well I-I hung up the phone."
"So...you were the one that said 'Sorry, wrong number?'" When Duo nodded Heero just sighed, leaning against the wall. "I sorta kinda knew it was you. There's something about your voice that's so different from everybody else."
"Yeah...same for you too..."
"Yeah..." There was silence for a few seconds.
"So..." Duo thrust his hands into his jacket pockets. "You're married then...lucky you..."
Heero blinked a couple times. "I'm not married."
"You're not? Well then whose kids are they?"
"Mine."
"And...?"
"And what?"
"Well they gotta have two parents...so...?"
"Uh...I don't know..."
"You don't know??" Duo looked skeptical. Heero shook his head. "Well...have you at least narrowed it down?"
"Yeah..."
"Alright then, who?"
Heero really didn't want to answer that question. He wasn't sure whether it would be alright to just tell Duo so suddenly. He wanted to wait until the right time...if a right time would ever show itself.
Just then Noin rushed right passed, keys in hand. Heero and Duo looked at her confused.
"Noin?? What's wrong?" Duo asked, walking up to her as soon as she stopped. Heero followed. Noin was breathing heavy and seemed a little worried. She looked at Heero.
"Zechs took the girls to the park today and he just call me telling me that he can't find them!"
"Really?" Heero didn't seem too surprised. He knew that Akari and Akira didn't like Zechs at all, and would do everything in their power to get as far away from him as possible. "They're probably just playing around in the park."
"That's just it-Zechs said that he looked around and he couldn't find them. He got the park rangers to assist him and they can't find them anywhere!"
"What..."
"I'm heading over there right now. I mean, they couldn't have gotten far, you think?"
Duo looked from one to the other. "Well maybe we should come along. We don't have anything to do anyway...right Heero?"
"Huh..? Oh yeah right." Heero went to his office and got his keys and jacket before joining up with them again. "Which park is he at?"
"The Central Park." Noin replied, heading for the main doors. Duo and Heero followed behind.
Heero knew what his girls were capable of. If they weren't at the park, then they had to be somewhere in the area. To make matter worse, they knew how to cover their tracks and how to stay out of view. Cursing himself for teaching them practically all he knew, Heero got in his car, Duo getting in the passenger's seat. He waited for Noin to go before leaving.
Duo wondered if it was right to leave without telling Lady Une. It wasn't like they hadn't done it before. And plus this was a serious emergency. Heero's kids were missing...or maybe even kidnapped!
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Zechs paced back and forth at the entrance of the park, waiting impatiently for Noin to arrive. He didn't know when and how he lost Akari and Akira; he thought for sure that they were right behind him. They were when that old lady was arguing with him. A car pulled up in front of him and he looked to see Noin getting out of the car. Then another arrived and Heero stepped out followed by Duo. Zechs wasn't the least bit pleased to see Duo, but he brushed that aside, staring at Heero's appearance of anger. He gulped.
"Zechs, how long have they been missing?" Noin asked. They all huddled around eachother.
"I dunno...about an hour or so.."
"When did you last see them?"
"They were behind me when an old lady was came up to me and started talking some nonsense."
"Then what?"
"Then they were gone!"
"Alright..." Noin looked at Heero. "Is there anywhere they would go?"
"Around here...? Quatre's house isn't far from here and Relena's house is just about 30 minutes up the street...if walking anyway," Heero replied.
"Well they wouldn't go to Relena's...too far away," Duo added.
"And they know that Quatre isn't home." Heero looked around.
"Heero, I'm sorry for all this, I didn't mean to put you through this, I-"
"Save your apologies. Your voice is the last thing I wanna hear right now." Heero merely glanced at him. "We'll split up. Duo, you'll come with me. Noin, you with Zechs. They couldn't have gotten far, so keep and eye out."
"Where will we look?" Noin asked.
"We just gotta stick close to the park," Zechs replied. "Like Heero said, they couldn't have gotten far. And plus they're just kids; it can't be hard to find them."
"We can't just drive around the park," Duo countered, not paying attention to Zechs' glare. "You said yourself, they're just kids. Kids have a lot of energy and can walk longer than any adult in any direction. Plus, they're Heero's kids so I'm pretty sure they know to not go to the same place twice."
"They also know how to cover their tracks, so you saying that finding them won't be difficult is entirely untrue." Heero frowned at Zechs before looking at everyone else. "Right now it 5:13, so we only have an hour or two before sunset."
"And it's supposed to rain tonight..." Noin put in, not the least bit happy about that. Heero just nodded.
"Look, all I want you do is find them. Don't give up and when you get the chance, call Quatre and the others-let them know what's going on." When everyone nodded, Heero and Duo got into one car and Noin and Zechs got into the other.
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Again, I'm sorry it took so long to put this up. I've been busy with school and all. Please review and thank you in advance!
Love and Lust - Part 6
By Kirakira
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After searching frantically around the park, Zechs went to the nearest pay phone and dialed the only number he could think of-Relena. Her house wasn't far from the park for that matter and the girls probably just went over there...he hoped anyway. The phone kept ringing, and no one answered the phone. Meanwhile he was tapping his foot nervously, just praying for someone to pick up the phone. Unfortunately, no one did and after a few more minutes, he hung up.
"Dammit! How could I be so stupid!" Sighing, he dialed Noin's number at work. After all she did tell him to call her if an emergency came up, and this was a serious emergency. After a few rings, Noin picked up the phone, saying her welcoming line.
"Preventer Headquarters, Lucrezia Noin speaking."
"Noin, it's me!"
"Zechs..? What's wrong, you sound a little...oh god, is something wrong with the girls!? Are they ok?"
"I don't know!"
"What!? What you mean you don't know!?"
"I mean I don't know where they are-I...I...I lost them.."
"YOU WHAT!?!?!?"
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Heero was grateful when the briefing was over and left the room. Duo followed right beside him. Neither said a word to each other, afraid that the other might get mad. Duo had no reason to get a Heero anyway...he was the one that left after all. But silently walking side by side, they stopped by Lady Une's office to give her the report. Heero knocked three times and waited before proceeding into the office. She wasn't there so he laid the report down on her desk and left, heading toward his office. Duo followed right beside him. Heero was a big fan of people walking with him...even if it was one person. And this particular person wasn't someone he wanted to be around him.
"Duo, don't you have some place to be?" he asked, still looking forward. Duo thought for a minute and shook his head.
"I just started work today, so things have been going slow for me. Am I bothering you?"
"No not at all. I just didn't want you to be late...if you were going somewhere."
"Oh...well I'm not."
"Alright..." Again there was silence until finally Duo spoke.
"So...how are the kids doing?"
"Oh they're just fine," Heero replied, matter-of-factly. "They're staying with Zechs today."
"Oh...really..." Duo stopped walking hanging his head. "So I was right after all...I wasn't hearing things..."
"What...oh dammit..." Heero stopped as well, turning to look at him. "Who told you?"
Duo shook his head. "No one...I figured it out on my own..." When Heero gave him a confused expression he continued on. "I know I called your house yesterday. A little girl picked up the phone and I asked her if you were home. She called you...and well...I dropped the phone. But only for a little while." He sighed. "I got scared. I mean, I had this whole speech made out for you explaining why I left and all and I had my opportunity right there...but...I panicked and...well I-I hung up the phone."
"So...you were the one that said 'Sorry, wrong number?'" When Duo nodded Heero just sighed, leaning against the wall. "I sorta kinda knew it was you. There's something about your voice that's so different from everybody else."
"Yeah...same for you too..."
"Yeah..." There was silence for a few seconds.
"So..." Duo thrust his hands into his jacket pockets. "You're married then...lucky you..."
Heero blinked a couple times. "I'm not married."
"You're not? Well then whose kids are they?"
"Mine."
"And...?"
"And what?"
"Well they gotta have two parents...so...?"
"Uh...I don't know..."
"You don't know??" Duo looked skeptical. Heero shook his head. "Well...have you at least narrowed it down?"
"Yeah..."
"Alright then, who?"
Heero really didn't want to answer that question. He wasn't sure whether it would be alright to just tell Duo so suddenly. He wanted to wait until the right time...if a right time would ever show itself.
Just then Noin rushed right passed, keys in hand. Heero and Duo looked at her confused.
"Noin?? What's wrong?" Duo asked, walking up to her as soon as she stopped. Heero followed. Noin was breathing heavy and seemed a little worried. She looked at Heero.
"Zechs took the girls to the park today and he just call me telling me that he can't find them!"
"Really?" Heero didn't seem too surprised. He knew that Akari and Akira didn't like Zechs at all, and would do everything in their power to get as far away from him as possible. "They're probably just playing around in the park."
"That's just it-Zechs said that he looked around and he couldn't find them. He got the park rangers to assist him and they can't find them anywhere!"
"What..."
"I'm heading over there right now. I mean, they couldn't have gotten far, you think?"
Duo looked from one to the other. "Well maybe we should come along. We don't have anything to do anyway...right Heero?"
"Huh..? Oh yeah right." Heero went to his office and got his keys and jacket before joining up with them again. "Which park is he at?"
"The Central Park." Noin replied, heading for the main doors. Duo and Heero followed behind.
Heero knew what his girls were capable of. If they weren't at the park, then they had to be somewhere in the area. To make matter worse, they knew how to cover their tracks and how to stay out of view. Cursing himself for teaching them practically all he knew, Heero got in his car, Duo getting in the passenger's seat. He waited for Noin to go before leaving.
Duo wondered if it was right to leave without telling Lady Une. It wasn't like they hadn't done it before. And plus this was a serious emergency. Heero's kids were missing...or maybe even kidnapped!
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Zechs paced back and forth at the entrance of the park, waiting impatiently for Noin to arrive. He didn't know when and how he lost Akari and Akira; he thought for sure that they were right behind him. They were when that old lady was arguing with him. A car pulled up in front of him and he looked to see Noin getting out of the car. Then another arrived and Heero stepped out followed by Duo. Zechs wasn't the least bit pleased to see Duo, but he brushed that aside, staring at Heero's appearance of anger. He gulped.
"Zechs, how long have they been missing?" Noin asked. They all huddled around eachother.
"I dunno...about an hour or so.."
"When did you last see them?"
"They were behind me when an old lady was came up to me and started talking some nonsense."
"Then what?"
"Then they were gone!"
"Alright..." Noin looked at Heero. "Is there anywhere they would go?"
"Around here...? Quatre's house isn't far from here and Relena's house is just about 30 minutes up the street...if walking anyway," Heero replied.
"Well they wouldn't go to Relena's...too far away," Duo added.
"And they know that Quatre isn't home." Heero looked around.
"Heero, I'm sorry for all this, I didn't mean to put you through this, I-"
"Save your apologies. Your voice is the last thing I wanna hear right now." Heero merely glanced at him. "We'll split up. Duo, you'll come with me. Noin, you with Zechs. They couldn't have gotten far, so keep and eye out."
"Where will we look?" Noin asked.
"We just gotta stick close to the park," Zechs replied. "Like Heero said, they couldn't have gotten far. And plus they're just kids; it can't be hard to find them."
"We can't just drive around the park," Duo countered, not paying attention to Zechs' glare. "You said yourself, they're just kids. Kids have a lot of energy and can walk longer than any adult in any direction. Plus, they're Heero's kids so I'm pretty sure they know to not go to the same place twice."
"They also know how to cover their tracks, so you saying that finding them won't be difficult is entirely untrue." Heero frowned at Zechs before looking at everyone else. "Right now it 5:13, so we only have an hour or two before sunset."
"And it's supposed to rain tonight..." Noin put in, not the least bit happy about that. Heero just nodded.
"Look, all I want you do is find them. Don't give up and when you get the chance, call Quatre and the others-let them know what's going on." When everyone nodded, Heero and Duo got into one car and Noin and Zechs got into the other.
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Again, I'm sorry it took so long to put this up. I've been busy with school and all. Please review and thank you in advance!
