Kito lay in bed with is eyes blind to all that was around him. His
eyes were closed but his mouth opened from time to time to mumble a few
words about the dark gundam but his body was limp from the tranquilizer.
The man who had taken him from the grassy field watched over his brother closely but had fallen asleep in an orange chair. His head had nodded off to the side on his shoulder but he snapped back to attention when the doctor entered with a nurse.
"Well Heero it seems to me that your brother is fine for the time being." The doctor replied stroking his gray pointy beard. His brown eyes were glassy while he looked over the white report that was held by his quivering hands.
"Can you fix him though, that's all I want to know." Heero demanded blinking his eyes to adjust to the light.
"I could have. . .but you did not bring him in early enough. I am truly sorry Heero but the cells have almost all of his body. It would take years to extract them."
Heero looked to the floor in defeat, he knew that he had failed in saving his only family left. He felt ashamed but his body never shed a tear because he had never learned how. The feeling welling up inside of him was enormous and made his body quake with grief. "I had all the time in the world and I didn't save him." Heero reflected.
"It happens to the best of us." The doctor comforted.
"I don't want to be comforted by you! Leave!" Heero shouted.
The doctor and nurse left and shut the door quietly to leave Heero in his chair holding his head.
Her long blond hair was glossy in the sunlight and her blue eyes took in the sterile scene around her. Her red dress was tightly fitting but her blue coat covered her shoulders and came down to about her waist. Her heels were about the only thing that Heero saw at first was her red high heels that had blunt height.
"Can I help you?" Heero asked lifting his head trying to hide his watery eyes.
"Kito. . ." She whispered as she ignored Heero's question and fell to her knees at Kito's bed side.
"Excuse me?" Heero asked politely but the girl had already thrown herself into a crying fit on Kito's bed. Her back spastically moved up and down as the knitted blanket muffled her sobs.
"Kito you can't leave me, don't leave me like this." The girl begged into the bed.
Heero just stood there very confused by the girl who had just walked in and started to sob over Kito. He somehow felt terrible that he couldn't help her but she was a stranger. Kito had a secret life, a life that Heero would never understand.
"I'm sorry." The girl finally said standing up and sobbing.
"Who are you?" Heero blurted out because that is the only thing that was on his mind.
"Me? Oh. . .no one you need to know. How do you know Kito?"
" He's my brother, who are you?" Heero answered getting angry.
The girl clasped her hands together on her chest and looked to the floor, "He lied to me, he said you were dead."
"Kito? What? Who are you!" Heero demanded
"Tell me where you were while Kito was suffering." The girl demanded back.
"I had not seen my brother in forever and decided to visit him but found him in a state of disarray so I tried to help him. He refused and fought me until he escaped. I just only found him."
"They can't help him, I tried to but he seems to have forgotten who I am. He tried so hard to get to the dark Gundam. I will always hate myself for not being able to prolong this."
"All I want to know who you are!" Heero broke in practically shacking her with his words.
"Relena." She answered looking into Heero's eyes.
"Heero." Heero answered back as they stood together looking at each other. Somehow in the warm sunlight they both seemed like they could have stood there forever.
"Heero. . ." Kito moaned.
"Kito!" Heero cried breaking the eye contact to lean down next to his brother.
"I can't kill you. . .you're my own kin."
"Kito?" Relena asked.
"We were always the best of friends but now something darker has consumed me. Please. . .take my life. . .I cannot live in darkness forever." Kito softly said taking his brothers hand.
"I can't kill you Kito, we can fight this." Heero reassured.
"The only thing I ask is for you to protect Relena." Kito requested. "Now Hurry do it now."
"K. . .ito." Rlena sobbed.
Heero let go of his brother's hand and stood up, "It's for the best." He then took a needle and dipped it in some poison and walked back over to his brother.
"Goodbye Heero." Kito whispered as Heero inserted the needle into his arm and pushed the fluid into his vain.
"Goodbye brother." Heero whispered back as he set the needle on the nightstand and took Relena's arm and led her out into the hallway.
"You. . .killed him?" Relena asked her eyes glassy and quavering with sorrow.
"You want him to resurrect the dark Gundam? It's better this way. Besides he's my own brother and I am not crying so there is nothing to cry about. He's not suffering anymore and can be happy."
"I just. . ." Relena stuttered but Heero just pulled her arm away from the door.
Even if Heero didn't like to admit it, he was crying inside just like Relena. His brother, the only person who could ever understand him fully was now gone. It was the right thing but Heero did not like to sacrifice his own brother for it. Kito was one of the countless lives required to keep the Dark Gundam away from humanity.
The man who had taken him from the grassy field watched over his brother closely but had fallen asleep in an orange chair. His head had nodded off to the side on his shoulder but he snapped back to attention when the doctor entered with a nurse.
"Well Heero it seems to me that your brother is fine for the time being." The doctor replied stroking his gray pointy beard. His brown eyes were glassy while he looked over the white report that was held by his quivering hands.
"Can you fix him though, that's all I want to know." Heero demanded blinking his eyes to adjust to the light.
"I could have. . .but you did not bring him in early enough. I am truly sorry Heero but the cells have almost all of his body. It would take years to extract them."
Heero looked to the floor in defeat, he knew that he had failed in saving his only family left. He felt ashamed but his body never shed a tear because he had never learned how. The feeling welling up inside of him was enormous and made his body quake with grief. "I had all the time in the world and I didn't save him." Heero reflected.
"It happens to the best of us." The doctor comforted.
"I don't want to be comforted by you! Leave!" Heero shouted.
The doctor and nurse left and shut the door quietly to leave Heero in his chair holding his head.
Her long blond hair was glossy in the sunlight and her blue eyes took in the sterile scene around her. Her red dress was tightly fitting but her blue coat covered her shoulders and came down to about her waist. Her heels were about the only thing that Heero saw at first was her red high heels that had blunt height.
"Can I help you?" Heero asked lifting his head trying to hide his watery eyes.
"Kito. . ." She whispered as she ignored Heero's question and fell to her knees at Kito's bed side.
"Excuse me?" Heero asked politely but the girl had already thrown herself into a crying fit on Kito's bed. Her back spastically moved up and down as the knitted blanket muffled her sobs.
"Kito you can't leave me, don't leave me like this." The girl begged into the bed.
Heero just stood there very confused by the girl who had just walked in and started to sob over Kito. He somehow felt terrible that he couldn't help her but she was a stranger. Kito had a secret life, a life that Heero would never understand.
"I'm sorry." The girl finally said standing up and sobbing.
"Who are you?" Heero blurted out because that is the only thing that was on his mind.
"Me? Oh. . .no one you need to know. How do you know Kito?"
" He's my brother, who are you?" Heero answered getting angry.
The girl clasped her hands together on her chest and looked to the floor, "He lied to me, he said you were dead."
"Kito? What? Who are you!" Heero demanded
"Tell me where you were while Kito was suffering." The girl demanded back.
"I had not seen my brother in forever and decided to visit him but found him in a state of disarray so I tried to help him. He refused and fought me until he escaped. I just only found him."
"They can't help him, I tried to but he seems to have forgotten who I am. He tried so hard to get to the dark Gundam. I will always hate myself for not being able to prolong this."
"All I want to know who you are!" Heero broke in practically shacking her with his words.
"Relena." She answered looking into Heero's eyes.
"Heero." Heero answered back as they stood together looking at each other. Somehow in the warm sunlight they both seemed like they could have stood there forever.
"Heero. . ." Kito moaned.
"Kito!" Heero cried breaking the eye contact to lean down next to his brother.
"I can't kill you. . .you're my own kin."
"Kito?" Relena asked.
"We were always the best of friends but now something darker has consumed me. Please. . .take my life. . .I cannot live in darkness forever." Kito softly said taking his brothers hand.
"I can't kill you Kito, we can fight this." Heero reassured.
"The only thing I ask is for you to protect Relena." Kito requested. "Now Hurry do it now."
"K. . .ito." Rlena sobbed.
Heero let go of his brother's hand and stood up, "It's for the best." He then took a needle and dipped it in some poison and walked back over to his brother.
"Goodbye Heero." Kito whispered as Heero inserted the needle into his arm and pushed the fluid into his vain.
"Goodbye brother." Heero whispered back as he set the needle on the nightstand and took Relena's arm and led her out into the hallway.
"You. . .killed him?" Relena asked her eyes glassy and quavering with sorrow.
"You want him to resurrect the dark Gundam? It's better this way. Besides he's my own brother and I am not crying so there is nothing to cry about. He's not suffering anymore and can be happy."
"I just. . ." Relena stuttered but Heero just pulled her arm away from the door.
Even if Heero didn't like to admit it, he was crying inside just like Relena. His brother, the only person who could ever understand him fully was now gone. It was the right thing but Heero did not like to sacrifice his own brother for it. Kito was one of the countless lives required to keep the Dark Gundam away from humanity.