Hello my fellow peachels! I'm back with a new chapter. Sorry I've been away so long it's just that I've had to work a lot and make sure all my stuff is together for college and not to mention the fact that I'm moving so it's all kinds of hectic here. Well I was able to finish this chapter, but I don't know if I'm going to be able to continue writing this story after this chapter because I don't have a lot of time to write anymore. Oh well maybe you guys can help me with coming up with ideas for next chapter or something, anyway on with the story.
~ Pixie-Dust
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Gundam Wing, wish I did. I do own Althea Achos; so don't try to steal her okay. You can ask and I might lend her to you.
By the way there is going to be some Homosexual mentioning here so if you are offended by such things then don't read any further and there is also some suggestive stuff in here so you young ones might want to turn back.
To Heal and to Love Two months after the email that Quatre sent DuoQuatre was driving down the curvy mountainside road that lead to the g-boys current safe house. It was a sunny day with hardly any clouds, so Quatre had removed the top of the jeep to let the sun warm his slightly tanned skin and the wind play with his golden locks. A smile touched his lips; today reminded him of all the time he spent in the Amon's Haven in the Arinica Jungle. The first week and a half he spent in bed recuperating. While confined to his bed Althea kept him company by retelling her past. Her mother and father were spies for the colonies when Oz killed them. Oz then took Althea and put her into a program where almost all the war orphans went if they weren't lucky. There she endured the experiments they performed on the children. Oz was trying to genetically engineer a small army of superior soldiers. The Oz scientists were mutating genes and splicing them before introducing them to their lab rats…namely frightened children. Most of the children perished from the stress that the experiments put on their minds and bodies. Only a handful survived, Althea was the only girl in the group. She was one of the first test subjects so her enhancements had side effects. She was gifted with the ability to heal and cursed with the ability to kill. Her touch could either save life or end it. But death wasn't the only down side to her new 'talents.' Quatre remembers quite well what the other prospects was….
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Althea was finished with her explanation of her enhancements. Quatre sat back in a thoughtful silence before asking.
"You said that there were some cases of side effects…were you one of those cases?"
Althea nodded slowly, "Yes, my side effect was never considered by the scientists. You see I can save life or end it, but I can never give it."
Quatre couldn't quite understand what Althea meant by that, so he looked at Althea for a better explanation. Her hands went to cradle her lower abdomen.
"I can never bare children Quatre. The scientists wanted me to have a child with one of the other surviving experiments so that our gifts would pass on to another generation. Unfortunately every attempt was met with failure. You see since my body enables me to kill living things it would see the fetus as a threat and automatically destroy it. They finally gave up trying."
Tears escaped Althea's eyes as she explained her bodies 'faulty.' She looked at Quatre to find him crying also.
"To have to go through so much already only to find out that they had stolen yet another part of you. I am truly sorry Thea, I wish that there was something that I could do."
Althea smiled and grabbed his hand, giving it a comforting squeeze.
"Thank you Munir. But there is really nothing you can do. This is my gift and my curse."
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Quatre asked Althea why didn't she just use her powers to escape. But she told him that if she was wounded in anyway she couldn't heal herself. The scientists put that in there as a safety net to make sure that she didn't try anything, otherwise she would have left a long time ago. But she didn't have to try to escape because the base was attacked and destroyed. Many had died including most of the children involved in the experiment. Only three survived…Savas, Daimon, and Althea. Savas and Daimon were two other experiments. Savas was the classic example of a warrior. He was strong, quick, emotionless and precise (remind you of anyone?). His ability was to be almost indestructible. He was given a super human skeletal system. Meaning that his bones hardly ever broke and he was also able to mend broken bones faster. They also gave him extreme strength. He could bend certain metals as easy as bending a paper clip.
Daimon was able to talk to animals. He could tame wild beasts and make them do anything he wanted. He could wipe out entire bases with just a handful of deadly spiders. Daimon also moved very much like a large cat. He had a grace and agility that far passed anything that the scientist had seen. Daimon and Savas were some of the last experiments, so they didn't have side effects.
It was Dr. J who saved them actually. He offered each of them sanctuary. After discovering their 'gifts' he requested that they work for him. Althea graciously declined, while Savas and Daimon accepted. Dr. J was saddened that Althea had declined, but helped her nonetheless. He gave her one of the safe houses that was meant for the gundams in the Arinica Jungle. There she lived in peace. The only ones who knew where she was were the Lin tribe and Dr. J. The Lin are a peaceful tribe that have lived in the jungle for many generations. Oz was terrorizing the people, slaughtering them by the dozen. Althea happened upon them by chance while walking to Sincia Village for supplies. They were carrying an injured man back to their village. Althea approached them in a non-threatening way and gestured that she would like to help. They led her back to their home and presented her to their Chief and Shaman. Luckily the Shaman spoke English for trading reasons. She explained that she was a healer. They allowed her to approach the wounded man. He had a gun shot wound to his abdomen. He wasn't going to make it unless Althea worked quickly. She didn't have to worry about extracting a bullet for it had gone straight through the poor man's body. She knelt by him and covered his wound with her hands and healed him. She then passed out from the effort. When she awoke she was in the Shaman's hut and he was taking care of her. The Shaman explained that she had passed out after healing their tribesman. He then proceeded to thank her and offer her anything in return for her kindness. Althea suggested that he should teach her their way of healing, since hers drains her energy a lot. He told her that it might take a while for her to learn all their ways, but her was willing to teach her. Althea thanked him by telling him that he could call upon her healing powers whenever needed. It was an arrangement of sorts, one taking and giving when one could. It took Althea about a year to learn all their ways. The Shaman also taught her their language. Althea still helped them even though she learned all she could from them. The Lin tribe had fascinated Quatre. He had been able to meet them when Althea had been summoned by the Shaman for help. Althea proceeded to teach Quatre the basics of herbal healing. They also discussed Quatre's family and friends. He also told her about his involvement with the gundams and the war against Oz. While describing his friend Trowa, Althea noticed the way his voice filled with love and longing. Althea, much to Quatre's eternal embarrassment, asked him about his feelings for Trowa. Quatre, blushing profusely, admitted to his love for Trowa. Althea asked what Trowa felt. Quatre told her that he didn't know, and Althea sighed with just the barest of a smile gracing her lips. She then told Quatre that he should ask Trowa out. Quatre just started to babble reasons like, 'He wouldn't be interested in someone like me.' Althea told him that he would never know that if he didn't ask, she advised him to be bold and take a chance. Quatre just sat there, silently turning redder. Althea sat down next to him and took his chin in her hand causing him to look at her. She told him that life was too short to let it pass by and that she'd help him get Trowa. Quatre blushed again and asked how. She told him that first he'd have to stop blushing at the slightest thing. They accomplished this by being more open about things. Like when she took him skinny-dipping in Ila's Glen. That was an adventure and a half. But Quatre eventually got over the naked factor and stopped blushing at the sight of Althea in her most natural form. Next she worked on his sexual confidence. He wasn't very good at creating a sexual atmosphere. Althea decided that the best way to help Quatre to get over his mental block was with experience. She helped Quatre learn different ways to pleasure the body. Althea taught Quatre how to make an innocent situation, like a simple massage, a way of seduction. She also showed him certain pleasure points that can be found on the body. It was a lesson that Quatre thoroughly enjoyed learning and later participating in. Quatre and Althea, in no way, thought what they were doing was wrong. They saw it as a way of expressing their love for each other. They both understood that Quatre was in love with Trowa and nothing was ever going to change that. After helping Quatre realize his own sex appeal she then turned to the problem of his wardrobe. She wouldn't allow him to go back to wearing pink shirts and purple vests. Althea picked out a simple pair of black sneakers, Kaki cut-off shorts that end a little bit past his knees, and a rust colored shirt with two thin orange horizontal lines across the chest. Quatre actually liked his new clothes much better then his old ones. These ones provided more range of motion and also had plenty if pockets (cargo shorts). Quatre and Althea had a very eventful two months, Quatre was sad that he had to return to the real world. But as Althea had so lovingly reminded him, 'The world needs people like you. Kind hearted people who are willing to stand and fight for their beliefs.' Quatre agreed with her but he still hated to leave Amon's Haven with Ila's Glen and Calypso's Falls (the waterfall that hides the entrance the gully). Someone calling his name interrupted Quatre's mental wandering.
"Quatre…. Are we almost there?"
Quatre smiled at the little blonde nymph to his right.
"Yes Thea, just a few more miles before we get there."
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Well there you have it. That was a bit long there. I hope you liked it and I'm sorry for some of the suggestive situations there. I hope that I didn't offend anyone and I'm not trying to promote casual sex if that's what you're thinking. I was just writing about two people who love and trust each other expressing it in a very adult way. Well, please review and flame if you feel the need to.
