The C.O.W. Project
Part 8
Quatre looked at his cell phone and noticed Heero's number on his caller ID.
""Heero, Wufei is calling." Quatre said as he picked up the phone.
"Hey kids, hold it down a minute." Heero said, attempting to quiet the teenagers.
Everyone listened in silence as Quatre spoke to Wufei.
"Duo's been let go? ...That's great! ...Oh so Lady Une just got there. ...Okay, Heero will be there in a minute." Quatre hung up the phone and related to the others what Wufei had told him. "Okay, Wufei said that Duo has been discharged and that they need someone to pick them up. He also said that Lady Une had just arrived and but Wufei had not spoken to her because he doesn't want her to blow his and Duo's cover."
"Okay I'm on my way." Heero said standing up. He looked at his watch. "It's only 11 o'clock so Quatre, call the rental car place around here and rent me a car, tell them I'll pick it up in a few minutes. Also, rent another one for tomorrow because we can't just walk everywhere and we'll need at least two to get around anyway. We can pick that one up tomorrow morning."
"Where are we going tomorrow?" Trowa asked.
"Well I want to talk about it with you when I get back." Heero said. "I think I've got a plan."
Quatre began dialing as Heero ran out the door.
Heero walked into the emergency room to find Duo sitting in a wheelchair.
"Hey buddy! What took you so long?" Duo asked.
"Mix-up at the rental agency." Heero said, rolling his eyes.
"Hmm, hate it when that happens." Duo said with a smile.
"Well... not always..." Heero said.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I'll show you later." Heero said looking around the room. "So where is Wufei?"
"He's sitting over to your right in the corner."
Heero turned around and sure enough Wufei was sitting all by himself.
"The hospital thinks that he left. After all, we're not supposed to know each other."
"Oh, okay." Heero said. "Stay here, I'll be right back."
"Where am I gonna go?" Duo asked as Heero walked over to Wufei.
Heero walked by Wufei and dropped the keys to the car he had just rented into Wufei's lap. "You'll find it. Come pick us up in 20 minutes." Heero said as he walked right by Wufei without looking at him.
Wufei waited a few minutes and then he got up and casually left the hospital.
"Is she going to be okay?" Lady Une asked the doctor.
"Well, she will live but we're not sure how much permanent damage has been done."
Lady Une sighed. She hadn't seen her adopted daughter since she went off to college 8 years before. While Lady Une stared at the body of Mariemaia the doctor excused himself and left the room. Lady Une leaned down and kissed her daughters forehead and then turned to leave but was surprised to see a ghost standing in the doorway.
"Heero Yuy?" Une said, staring at the figure standing before her.
"Lady Une." Heero acknowledged.
"What are you doing here?"
"I need to ask you a few questions regarding Mariemaia."
"I'm afraid that I know even less than you. I haven't seen her in 8 years and I haven't spoken to her in 6."
"So you wouldn't happen to know who she was working for?"
"I'm sorry. I'm not going to be much help to you. May I ask why you need to know?"
"Come with me." Heero said as he left the room.
"...so there was a fight and she was thrown through a skylight." Heero finished.
Lady Une had tears in her eyes and her hands covered her mouth. "I had no idea!" she said, over and over again.
Heero wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to Lady Une. "I need to speak to Mariemaia as soon as I can. When she wakes up and is well enough to speak to me give me a call. This is my home number. You can leave a message because I probably won't be there but I'll check machine often.
Lady Une took the piece of paper and thanked Heero.
"Remember, you can't tell anyone what's going and if you find out anything call me and leave me a message, also at that number."
"Okay. Take care, Heero Yuy." Lady Une said as Heero began walking off.
Heero stopped and turned around. Lady Une was smiling so Heero smiled back even though his heart was troubled.
"So you just gave him the keys and told him to find it?" Duo asked Heero as soon as he had returned from speaking with Lady Une.
"Yeah, so what?" Heero asked as he pushed Duo out of the hospital and up the curb.
"What makes you think it will be so easy to find? All rental cars look the same!"
"Just trust me..." Heero said.
Suddenly a loud motor could be heard coming from the parking deck and up sped a bright red convertible sports car. Wufei was at the wheel.
"Holy...Where did you get this thing?" Duo asked as Heero lifted the front seat and helped him climb into the back seat.
"Like I said, mix-up at the rental place."
"Come on and get in." Wufei said, revving the engine. "It's late and I'm tiered."
"You just want to drive this thing don't you?" Duo said, calling Wufei's bluff.
"I hope you're buckled in Maxwell." Wufei said as Heero put his shoulder strap on.
"Oh yeah right, like you're actually gonna go fast enough to hurt anyone, you old man!" Duo said, quickly buckling in.
"Old man? I'll show you old man!" Wufei said as he sped out of the parking lot.
The three pilots whooped like they were still 17...even though they were really 36 and had teenage children of their own...who were still in a lot of danger...
To Be Continued...
Authors note: well I managed to squeeze some more happy parts in this chapter! Maybe it's cause I'm working on an extremely sad angst fic right now so I don't feel like I have to put so much of it in here! Anyways, thanks for reading this far! Next part should be out pretty soon! And I guess I should warn you guys now...I'm leaving on Sept. 23rd for 8 weeks!! And I won't have access to a comp but...I will be writing while I'm there and if you want you can write me by way of snail mail! (I want to be the girl who gets the most mail while I'm there) you can email me if you want that address and if you want to hear more about where I'm going and why email me about that as well because I'm always looking for more people to complain to about this! (as you may have guessed I REALLY don't want to go) it's an all girls finishing school-type thingy...with a very strict dress code...skirts...24/7... *shutter*...long ones too...oh the horror! And the worst part is...there's more! Email me if you wanna hear the gory details! Or you can email to talk about happier things because I love getting email anyway! ^.^* Well as always, don't forget to review!
~Bishonen Chaser
Reviewer Response:
Trowakun: You like to bounce don't you? Well I'm glad you like the fic! Thank you soooooooooo much for reading and reviewing every chapter! It means a lot to me! *hugs*
Dream Catcher: Thanks a bunch for keeping with the fic and still coming back for more! You and Trowakun are the only reasons I'm still writing this fic! Otherwise I think I would have given up by now! *hugs*
Part 8
Quatre looked at his cell phone and noticed Heero's number on his caller ID.
""Heero, Wufei is calling." Quatre said as he picked up the phone.
"Hey kids, hold it down a minute." Heero said, attempting to quiet the teenagers.
Everyone listened in silence as Quatre spoke to Wufei.
"Duo's been let go? ...That's great! ...Oh so Lady Une just got there. ...Okay, Heero will be there in a minute." Quatre hung up the phone and related to the others what Wufei had told him. "Okay, Wufei said that Duo has been discharged and that they need someone to pick them up. He also said that Lady Une had just arrived and but Wufei had not spoken to her because he doesn't want her to blow his and Duo's cover."
"Okay I'm on my way." Heero said standing up. He looked at his watch. "It's only 11 o'clock so Quatre, call the rental car place around here and rent me a car, tell them I'll pick it up in a few minutes. Also, rent another one for tomorrow because we can't just walk everywhere and we'll need at least two to get around anyway. We can pick that one up tomorrow morning."
"Where are we going tomorrow?" Trowa asked.
"Well I want to talk about it with you when I get back." Heero said. "I think I've got a plan."
Quatre began dialing as Heero ran out the door.
Heero walked into the emergency room to find Duo sitting in a wheelchair.
"Hey buddy! What took you so long?" Duo asked.
"Mix-up at the rental agency." Heero said, rolling his eyes.
"Hmm, hate it when that happens." Duo said with a smile.
"Well... not always..." Heero said.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I'll show you later." Heero said looking around the room. "So where is Wufei?"
"He's sitting over to your right in the corner."
Heero turned around and sure enough Wufei was sitting all by himself.
"The hospital thinks that he left. After all, we're not supposed to know each other."
"Oh, okay." Heero said. "Stay here, I'll be right back."
"Where am I gonna go?" Duo asked as Heero walked over to Wufei.
Heero walked by Wufei and dropped the keys to the car he had just rented into Wufei's lap. "You'll find it. Come pick us up in 20 minutes." Heero said as he walked right by Wufei without looking at him.
Wufei waited a few minutes and then he got up and casually left the hospital.
"Is she going to be okay?" Lady Une asked the doctor.
"Well, she will live but we're not sure how much permanent damage has been done."
Lady Une sighed. She hadn't seen her adopted daughter since she went off to college 8 years before. While Lady Une stared at the body of Mariemaia the doctor excused himself and left the room. Lady Une leaned down and kissed her daughters forehead and then turned to leave but was surprised to see a ghost standing in the doorway.
"Heero Yuy?" Une said, staring at the figure standing before her.
"Lady Une." Heero acknowledged.
"What are you doing here?"
"I need to ask you a few questions regarding Mariemaia."
"I'm afraid that I know even less than you. I haven't seen her in 8 years and I haven't spoken to her in 6."
"So you wouldn't happen to know who she was working for?"
"I'm sorry. I'm not going to be much help to you. May I ask why you need to know?"
"Come with me." Heero said as he left the room.
"...so there was a fight and she was thrown through a skylight." Heero finished.
Lady Une had tears in her eyes and her hands covered her mouth. "I had no idea!" she said, over and over again.
Heero wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to Lady Une. "I need to speak to Mariemaia as soon as I can. When she wakes up and is well enough to speak to me give me a call. This is my home number. You can leave a message because I probably won't be there but I'll check machine often.
Lady Une took the piece of paper and thanked Heero.
"Remember, you can't tell anyone what's going and if you find out anything call me and leave me a message, also at that number."
"Okay. Take care, Heero Yuy." Lady Une said as Heero began walking off.
Heero stopped and turned around. Lady Une was smiling so Heero smiled back even though his heart was troubled.
"So you just gave him the keys and told him to find it?" Duo asked Heero as soon as he had returned from speaking with Lady Une.
"Yeah, so what?" Heero asked as he pushed Duo out of the hospital and up the curb.
"What makes you think it will be so easy to find? All rental cars look the same!"
"Just trust me..." Heero said.
Suddenly a loud motor could be heard coming from the parking deck and up sped a bright red convertible sports car. Wufei was at the wheel.
"Holy...Where did you get this thing?" Duo asked as Heero lifted the front seat and helped him climb into the back seat.
"Like I said, mix-up at the rental place."
"Come on and get in." Wufei said, revving the engine. "It's late and I'm tiered."
"You just want to drive this thing don't you?" Duo said, calling Wufei's bluff.
"I hope you're buckled in Maxwell." Wufei said as Heero put his shoulder strap on.
"Oh yeah right, like you're actually gonna go fast enough to hurt anyone, you old man!" Duo said, quickly buckling in.
"Old man? I'll show you old man!" Wufei said as he sped out of the parking lot.
The three pilots whooped like they were still 17...even though they were really 36 and had teenage children of their own...who were still in a lot of danger...
To Be Continued...
Authors note: well I managed to squeeze some more happy parts in this chapter! Maybe it's cause I'm working on an extremely sad angst fic right now so I don't feel like I have to put so much of it in here! Anyways, thanks for reading this far! Next part should be out pretty soon! And I guess I should warn you guys now...I'm leaving on Sept. 23rd for 8 weeks!! And I won't have access to a comp but...I will be writing while I'm there and if you want you can write me by way of snail mail! (I want to be the girl who gets the most mail while I'm there) you can email me if you want that address and if you want to hear more about where I'm going and why email me about that as well because I'm always looking for more people to complain to about this! (as you may have guessed I REALLY don't want to go) it's an all girls finishing school-type thingy...with a very strict dress code...skirts...24/7... *shutter*...long ones too...oh the horror! And the worst part is...there's more! Email me if you wanna hear the gory details! Or you can email to talk about happier things because I love getting email anyway! ^.^* Well as always, don't forget to review!
~Bishonen Chaser
Reviewer Response:
Trowakun: You like to bounce don't you? Well I'm glad you like the fic! Thank you soooooooooo much for reading and reviewing every chapter! It means a lot to me! *hugs*
Dream Catcher: Thanks a bunch for keeping with the fic and still coming back for more! You and Trowakun are the only reasons I'm still writing this fic! Otherwise I think I would have given up by now! *hugs*