I am so sorry I have not updated in two weeks or more. I'll explain why.
First: I was awfully sick. I could barely even walk, had a high fever,
stomach and back cramps, the works. (shudders) And then as soon as I got
over the sickness, I got grounded. Grounded from the computer and the tv
. And THEN I was hit with a huge report that was due in two days and I
was expected to research and write it and get all my note cards together
and EVERYTHING…And with finals to study for, everything is hectic.
BUT since I've let you down so much, I'll make this a VERY long chapter or at least try to make it long :P If its not long, I'll make another chapter very very soon. :P Also, I just wanted to let you all know that I have NOT lost the bet. I REPEAT: NOT lost the bet. They took a look at my situations and took pity on me. The deadline for 200 reviews is now May 20th. We can definitely get it done by then :P
I want to thank you all who have reviewed and all who have enjoyed my story. A moment to answer questions:
DISCLAIMER: Derrrr
~~~~~Quatre P.O.V (Part II)~~~~~
Relief.
Confusion.
Anger.
Love.
Worry.
Caring.
All of these I felt.
After we had found Duo in that apartment house with the strange girl from before, things went hay-wire.. And when Zech's showed up.
I was scared then. Not truly scared, mostly puzzled, which lead to fear. And then when that girl called him Father, everything turned upside down.
Upon listening in to their conversation, I, as everyone else did, heard all about the gundam 'Sacrimyst' which was piloted by the girl, Sarah. I learned of her rank and what she meant to Zech's.
I was all for killing her. I mean, a 'former' OZ official standing right there, in league with Zech's and piloting a gundam on the opposing side. Of course kill her.
Funny that I should say that huh?
Wrong.
I'm truly tired of all those people whom think I'm such a child. Trowa, Wufei…. Those ones who call me 'little one' and think I can't defend myself.
Sure I regret the lives I take. Everyone does. You cannot kill and not 'feel'. But I am not a whining baby who gets all emotional. It may seem that way at times. But I can be a killer when needed. I can be as cruel as possible.
I can destroy.
So go for it. Kill the girl. Kill Zech's. Kill the soldiers. But it wasn't meant to be.
Duo stepped in. He stopped Heero from killing her He planted himself in front of Heero's gun. That's when the real confusion started.
Duo was protecting the enemy. I felt anger then, confusion, bafflement. I didn't know WHAT to think anymore really.
And when the girl and him shared that kiss before she left, that left ME even more puzzled. I could tell the other two were as well.
Duo didn't say a word after that. We returned home, or what you could call our home. Wufei immediately tried to pry into Duo for information. All he got was a blank stare with those shimmering, glassy violet eyes.
I knew better than to pry, but I would have to have information some time. Heero seemed reluctant to let Duo out of his sight. Weird I guess, but all of us were turning weird lately.
But… Still I thanked Allah for Duo's return.
If you call it a return.
Duo spent that night in his bedroom. There was no word from him all night. He didn't even come down to eat.
Heero left a plate by his door, seeing as it was locked and did not want to disturb Duo. And then we all went to bed with heavy feelings.
When I rose the next morning, I saw that the tray of food in front of Duo's door was untouched.
Placing my head on the door, I listened for sounds. There were none.
So I continued down the stairs and cooked breakfast quickly, planning to head directly to the hospital to check on Trowa. He was going to come home in a few days and they were making a few preparations for when his trip came.
Heero came down, groggy looking, dark circles under his eyes. I had never seen him like that. He was silent through breakfast, eating before retreating to the couch and flipping on the news.
Wufei came only moments later to eat and withdraw back into his room to continue his training, even through he seemed reluctant too.. Odd.
I was left alone to do dishes.
Ungrateful bastards.
I was stuck with all the work while Wufei played with weapons, hero watched TV and Duo sat in his room like a baby.
I froze for a moment at those thoughts, but shrugged. Who cares anyway?
After cleaning the dishes, I couldn't stop myself from cleaning. So oddly, I skipped my visit to Trowa and began to clean. It wasn't long before the entire lower floor was sparkling clean. That's when I decided to give Sandrock a bath.
By the time I was done, it was really late at night and I realized I had skipped lunch in my cleaning frenzy. I guess it's the lack of things to do that's driving me this way.
So I just went back inside and stopped as sweet aromas of sticky rice and beef stew caught my nostrils. I went to see who had cooked such a delicious smelling meal.
Wufei.
My jaw literally dropped to the ground. Wufei wouldn't be caught DEAD cooking! He considered it women's work, and unfit for a man.
As I regained myself however, I clamed down. There had been a lot of changes lately. Dinner was done, so we sat down and ate, even Heero yet again. I guess he suddenly developed an appetite.
Still, Duo did not appear.
Wufei actually did the dishes too.
In my amazement, I barely realized I had wandered upstairs and was heading towards my own room.
I heard crying.
It was coming from Duo's room and for once, I noticed the door was cracked open ever so slightly.
Pressing it gently with a palm, it creaked open and allowing a ray of light to fall upon a huddled figure on the bed.
Duo was still dressed in his clothes from before, his hair was a mess and he sat, knees to his chest, his head buried in his arms.
His body racked in sobs.
Immediately, my caring instincts took over and I rushed to him, sitting upon the bed and wrapping my arms about him.
He didn't refuse the gesture.
I started to rock him back and forth, making soothing sounds and slowly repeating, "It's alright. Calm down. Everything is ok. It's alright."
I continued to repeat those few words and rocked him. Still he sobbed.
It seemed like eternity when he finally stopped. I still continued to rock him and murmur those words.
"No." His voice was ice cold, full of anger, sorrow and….fear. I froze.
"It is not alright. You don't even KNOW what I've gone through. How can you say everything is ok when you don't know a DAMN thing?" And with that, he threw me off of him and onto the floor.
I laid there, stunned for a moment, staring up into glazed, fury filled violet eyes and saw the tears that threatened to spill over their lids.
That's when I realized my mistake.
He was right. How could I just assume everything was ok? I didn't even KNOW why he was crying.
"Leave."
I stood but didn't move, "Tell me what happened Duo."
"Leave."
"No." I refused to budge, standing straight and staring at him in a mock glare fashion.
I didn't even see the punch coming.
By the time he had withdrawn, I doubled over from the hit to the stomach, gasping to replace the air I lost when he connected to my gut.
As I straightened, I saw his anger, yet sorrow filled eyes once more.
"Leave."
I still didn't budge. That's when I felt the fury.
"Why the fuck will you not tell us?" I found myself almost growling out.
He glared at me, "Why do you have to pry? It is none of your concern."
"IT IS! We CARE for YOU Duo!! We WANT to KNOW what HAPPENED NOW so we can HELP you! You shouldn't keep things bottled up inside! TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG AND STOP ACTING LIKE A FOOLISH BABY!"
I was slammed against the wall before I knew it.
Duo's face was inches from mine as he just glared at me.
It was a long time before he spoke, "Your right." He muttered hoarsely.
"The anger in my dropped as he released me, "Now are you going to tell me?"
"I love her." Is the only explanation I got before I was shoved from the room.
I stood there outside his door for quite awhile, trying to understand everything. Finally I retreated to bed and didn't wake up until evening the next day. And I was only awoken then by the rustling of Heero giving me a shove.
"What?" I manage to get out groggily.
"Get up. We have an assignment. A attack on the new base of OZ's. We are to destroy it."
I groaned as he retreated from the room.
I did NOT want to go kill anything at the moment. Too tired.
But I couldn't control my duty.
I managed a quick bath, and slipped on my clothes once more before walking down to the kitchen. Wufei and Heero were there, but not Duo.
"Duo isn't coming on this trip." Wufei muttered softly.
I clenched my fists.
Damn baby.
It didn't take long for us to enter our gundams and just well…leave.
The base was very close by and it took us no time to get there. Yet, stupidly it was almost bare with the exception of some Leo's and Aries.
We were on them before they knew it. Wufei mainly attacked the buildings, slicing through with his staff and blowing them up with a column of fire from his arm.
Heero concentrated on ripping through the Aries with his beam rifle and made his way to the control center. I took on the Leos.
There was perhaps a score on them (20) which was ok if you considered the odds.
I lunged forward with a twist on the controls and came down on them with my two sickles, slicing through two and turning to lash through two more.
However, I was hit in the back and sent flying to the ground.
Gritting my teeth, I lunged back up, letting loose a column of bullets into the array and exploding three.
I again repeated my earlier attack, whipping out only three this time. Ten left to go.
A red warning flickered on my screen and I barely avoided the oncoming bomb. Angered, I let loose a array of bullets towards the offending Leo and whipped it out, destroying the two near it as well.
I then proceeded to lash through two more with my sickle's. Five more. I took bullet hits to the torso, but lifted my small equipped shield to block most of them. Again I was hit by a beam, and sent tumbling.
But within a few minutes, I defeated them with minimal damage. The work was done. The base laid in ruins.
"Mission Completed." I heard Heero over a comlink. We could go home. And so we did.
As soon as I got home, despite how weary I was, I hopped into the car and started the long drive to the hospital. By the time I got there, it was late.
I leapt out of the truck and basically ran into the building and to the escalator. Those things took forever to ding and then forever to go up to the fifth floor.
I arrived at Trowa's room shortly after to find it empty and whipped clean.
Confusion.
I made the trip downstairs in a rush and met the nurse at the front desk.
"Where is Trowa Barton? He is not in room 224 as he was before." I breathlessly got out to the female nurse.
She gave a tentative smile, "I'm afraid Mr. Barton has been withdrawn by order of the government. They took him not to long ago. Perhaps an hour at most.… Sir?"
I was already out the door and in my car, unwilling to listen to anymore.
Shit.
OZ got Trowa.
~~~~~TBC
Cliffy! :P I won't keep you hanging for long. Believe me ko! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, the first in part 2! Please review! I need the two hundered! Thankies sooooooooooooo much for reading my story. Buh bai!
BUT since I've let you down so much, I'll make this a VERY long chapter or at least try to make it long :P If its not long, I'll make another chapter very very soon. :P Also, I just wanted to let you all know that I have NOT lost the bet. I REPEAT: NOT lost the bet. They took a look at my situations and took pity on me. The deadline for 200 reviews is now May 20th. We can definitely get it done by then :P
I want to thank you all who have reviewed and all who have enjoyed my story. A moment to answer questions:
DISCLAIMER: Derrrr
~~~~~Quatre P.O.V (Part II)~~~~~
Relief.
Confusion.
Anger.
Love.
Worry.
Caring.
All of these I felt.
After we had found Duo in that apartment house with the strange girl from before, things went hay-wire.. And when Zech's showed up.
I was scared then. Not truly scared, mostly puzzled, which lead to fear. And then when that girl called him Father, everything turned upside down.
Upon listening in to their conversation, I, as everyone else did, heard all about the gundam 'Sacrimyst' which was piloted by the girl, Sarah. I learned of her rank and what she meant to Zech's.
I was all for killing her. I mean, a 'former' OZ official standing right there, in league with Zech's and piloting a gundam on the opposing side. Of course kill her.
Funny that I should say that huh?
Wrong.
I'm truly tired of all those people whom think I'm such a child. Trowa, Wufei…. Those ones who call me 'little one' and think I can't defend myself.
Sure I regret the lives I take. Everyone does. You cannot kill and not 'feel'. But I am not a whining baby who gets all emotional. It may seem that way at times. But I can be a killer when needed. I can be as cruel as possible.
I can destroy.
So go for it. Kill the girl. Kill Zech's. Kill the soldiers. But it wasn't meant to be.
Duo stepped in. He stopped Heero from killing her He planted himself in front of Heero's gun. That's when the real confusion started.
Duo was protecting the enemy. I felt anger then, confusion, bafflement. I didn't know WHAT to think anymore really.
And when the girl and him shared that kiss before she left, that left ME even more puzzled. I could tell the other two were as well.
Duo didn't say a word after that. We returned home, or what you could call our home. Wufei immediately tried to pry into Duo for information. All he got was a blank stare with those shimmering, glassy violet eyes.
I knew better than to pry, but I would have to have information some time. Heero seemed reluctant to let Duo out of his sight. Weird I guess, but all of us were turning weird lately.
But… Still I thanked Allah for Duo's return.
If you call it a return.
Duo spent that night in his bedroom. There was no word from him all night. He didn't even come down to eat.
Heero left a plate by his door, seeing as it was locked and did not want to disturb Duo. And then we all went to bed with heavy feelings.
When I rose the next morning, I saw that the tray of food in front of Duo's door was untouched.
Placing my head on the door, I listened for sounds. There were none.
So I continued down the stairs and cooked breakfast quickly, planning to head directly to the hospital to check on Trowa. He was going to come home in a few days and they were making a few preparations for when his trip came.
Heero came down, groggy looking, dark circles under his eyes. I had never seen him like that. He was silent through breakfast, eating before retreating to the couch and flipping on the news.
Wufei came only moments later to eat and withdraw back into his room to continue his training, even through he seemed reluctant too.. Odd.
I was left alone to do dishes.
Ungrateful bastards.
I was stuck with all the work while Wufei played with weapons, hero watched TV and Duo sat in his room like a baby.
I froze for a moment at those thoughts, but shrugged. Who cares anyway?
After cleaning the dishes, I couldn't stop myself from cleaning. So oddly, I skipped my visit to Trowa and began to clean. It wasn't long before the entire lower floor was sparkling clean. That's when I decided to give Sandrock a bath.
By the time I was done, it was really late at night and I realized I had skipped lunch in my cleaning frenzy. I guess it's the lack of things to do that's driving me this way.
So I just went back inside and stopped as sweet aromas of sticky rice and beef stew caught my nostrils. I went to see who had cooked such a delicious smelling meal.
Wufei.
My jaw literally dropped to the ground. Wufei wouldn't be caught DEAD cooking! He considered it women's work, and unfit for a man.
As I regained myself however, I clamed down. There had been a lot of changes lately. Dinner was done, so we sat down and ate, even Heero yet again. I guess he suddenly developed an appetite.
Still, Duo did not appear.
Wufei actually did the dishes too.
In my amazement, I barely realized I had wandered upstairs and was heading towards my own room.
I heard crying.
It was coming from Duo's room and for once, I noticed the door was cracked open ever so slightly.
Pressing it gently with a palm, it creaked open and allowing a ray of light to fall upon a huddled figure on the bed.
Duo was still dressed in his clothes from before, his hair was a mess and he sat, knees to his chest, his head buried in his arms.
His body racked in sobs.
Immediately, my caring instincts took over and I rushed to him, sitting upon the bed and wrapping my arms about him.
He didn't refuse the gesture.
I started to rock him back and forth, making soothing sounds and slowly repeating, "It's alright. Calm down. Everything is ok. It's alright."
I continued to repeat those few words and rocked him. Still he sobbed.
It seemed like eternity when he finally stopped. I still continued to rock him and murmur those words.
"No." His voice was ice cold, full of anger, sorrow and….fear. I froze.
"It is not alright. You don't even KNOW what I've gone through. How can you say everything is ok when you don't know a DAMN thing?" And with that, he threw me off of him and onto the floor.
I laid there, stunned for a moment, staring up into glazed, fury filled violet eyes and saw the tears that threatened to spill over their lids.
That's when I realized my mistake.
He was right. How could I just assume everything was ok? I didn't even KNOW why he was crying.
"Leave."
I stood but didn't move, "Tell me what happened Duo."
"Leave."
"No." I refused to budge, standing straight and staring at him in a mock glare fashion.
I didn't even see the punch coming.
By the time he had withdrawn, I doubled over from the hit to the stomach, gasping to replace the air I lost when he connected to my gut.
As I straightened, I saw his anger, yet sorrow filled eyes once more.
"Leave."
I still didn't budge. That's when I felt the fury.
"Why the fuck will you not tell us?" I found myself almost growling out.
He glared at me, "Why do you have to pry? It is none of your concern."
"IT IS! We CARE for YOU Duo!! We WANT to KNOW what HAPPENED NOW so we can HELP you! You shouldn't keep things bottled up inside! TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG AND STOP ACTING LIKE A FOOLISH BABY!"
I was slammed against the wall before I knew it.
Duo's face was inches from mine as he just glared at me.
It was a long time before he spoke, "Your right." He muttered hoarsely.
"The anger in my dropped as he released me, "Now are you going to tell me?"
"I love her." Is the only explanation I got before I was shoved from the room.
I stood there outside his door for quite awhile, trying to understand everything. Finally I retreated to bed and didn't wake up until evening the next day. And I was only awoken then by the rustling of Heero giving me a shove.
"What?" I manage to get out groggily.
"Get up. We have an assignment. A attack on the new base of OZ's. We are to destroy it."
I groaned as he retreated from the room.
I did NOT want to go kill anything at the moment. Too tired.
But I couldn't control my duty.
I managed a quick bath, and slipped on my clothes once more before walking down to the kitchen. Wufei and Heero were there, but not Duo.
"Duo isn't coming on this trip." Wufei muttered softly.
I clenched my fists.
Damn baby.
It didn't take long for us to enter our gundams and just well…leave.
The base was very close by and it took us no time to get there. Yet, stupidly it was almost bare with the exception of some Leo's and Aries.
We were on them before they knew it. Wufei mainly attacked the buildings, slicing through with his staff and blowing them up with a column of fire from his arm.
Heero concentrated on ripping through the Aries with his beam rifle and made his way to the control center. I took on the Leos.
There was perhaps a score on them (20) which was ok if you considered the odds.
I lunged forward with a twist on the controls and came down on them with my two sickles, slicing through two and turning to lash through two more.
However, I was hit in the back and sent flying to the ground.
Gritting my teeth, I lunged back up, letting loose a column of bullets into the array and exploding three.
I again repeated my earlier attack, whipping out only three this time. Ten left to go.
A red warning flickered on my screen and I barely avoided the oncoming bomb. Angered, I let loose a array of bullets towards the offending Leo and whipped it out, destroying the two near it as well.
I then proceeded to lash through two more with my sickle's. Five more. I took bullet hits to the torso, but lifted my small equipped shield to block most of them. Again I was hit by a beam, and sent tumbling.
But within a few minutes, I defeated them with minimal damage. The work was done. The base laid in ruins.
"Mission Completed." I heard Heero over a comlink. We could go home. And so we did.
As soon as I got home, despite how weary I was, I hopped into the car and started the long drive to the hospital. By the time I got there, it was late.
I leapt out of the truck and basically ran into the building and to the escalator. Those things took forever to ding and then forever to go up to the fifth floor.
I arrived at Trowa's room shortly after to find it empty and whipped clean.
Confusion.
I made the trip downstairs in a rush and met the nurse at the front desk.
"Where is Trowa Barton? He is not in room 224 as he was before." I breathlessly got out to the female nurse.
She gave a tentative smile, "I'm afraid Mr. Barton has been withdrawn by order of the government. They took him not to long ago. Perhaps an hour at most.… Sir?"
I was already out the door and in my car, unwilling to listen to anymore.
Shit.
OZ got Trowa.
~~~~~TBC
Cliffy! :P I won't keep you hanging for long. Believe me ko! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, the first in part 2! Please review! I need the two hundered! Thankies sooooooooooooo much for reading my story. Buh bai!