The Ghost of Duo part 8
this version by Buzz-Chan
Wow. we're getting closer to the end! Thanks again to everyone who is reviewing my story! Ok, now for personal responses..Faith: If you're still reading, I agree that Duo is a very big wimp in this story. Believe me, I'm not happy about making him as such. Unfortunately, it's how he ended up. Spazmatic: You're right, I'm sorry. I don't claim to be an expert at the Christian religion. She needed a cross, not a crucifix. If I make the mistake in my story again, I'm sorry. And I'm curious to what exactly you meant by "Its too bunched up?" I'd like to know so that maybe I could fix it. If you're talking about those two parts in the middle, I know. I hadn't realized that Word 2000 would cause it to do that. I'm working on fixing it. And I do thank you for the comments. I always want to know what I can do better. Disclaimer: Sheesh! How many times do I have to say I don't claim ownership to Gundam Wing characters???? Only Lady V is mine!
Lady V looked at Heero with worry written over her face. It had been awhile since she had felt this way. The spirit wasn't angry with Heero, rather angry with the world. It had a score to settle and a full intention to settle it.
"What is he saying?" Heero was desperate.
"I don't know yet. I'm still sorting all of his emotions," Lady V began to breath heavily. "Something's wrong. This isn't right. He's too strong." Her breath deepened and she looked at Heero again.
"What do you mean?" Heero's eyes grew wide.
"I mean...he's going to.... take over completely," Her breath deepened still.
"What's wrong?" Heero went to stand.
"NO! Sit still...Never stand...up..in the protection...circle," Lady V's voice began to deepen and her eyes began to roll up into her head.
"What are you doing?! What's wrong? What's going on?!" Heero screamed at the girl who then fell over and began to convulse.
Lady V laid on the floor, unable to work any part of her body. The spirit was inside of her. Why hadn't the cross protected her? Why was he able to take over? Then the answer struck her and she knew why Duo was able to take over. It was the only possible answer. Everything started to go black. She wasn't able to see any longer. All of the emotions took over and she lost all control. But she still knew what was happening.
The blonde sat back up. Her breathing back to normal and her eyes, which looked somehow different, were looking straight at Heero. Her lips curled into a joyous smile. "Hee-chan! You came back!" The voice seemed too deep to have come from the petite blonde, but it still seemed familiar.
"Lady V?" Heero asked.
"Lady who? Don't you recognize me Hee-chan?" Her smile faded.
"No, it can't really be you. Can it?" Heero took in a deep breath of surprise.
"I dunno, can it?" She giggled just like Heero remembered his beloved always did.
"Duo? Is it really you?" Heero crawled closer to the blonde being ever so careful to avoid the broken fingers on his hand.
"Of course. What other spirit would you expect to haunt this old dump?" Lady V smiled.
"Why are you still here? You're dead. You should be in Hell, where we all belong," Heero questioned.
"I'm here because you made a mistake. One you don't know you made but I have to fix it. I can't, won't move on until this is finished," The joking tone had completely left Duo's voice.
"What mistake?"
"Killing me, of course."
"That was my mission. Grant it, the worst mission I've ever had to do, but my mission none the less," Heero said bluntly, trying to hide the hurt in his voice.
"You just don't get it do you? It wasn't a real mission Hee-chan."
"What are you talking about? Of course it was real. It was sent to me by....." Heero realized for the first time that the mission statement didn't have a sender on it.
"Yeah, that's right. You don't know who sent it. In all of your rush to complete the mission, you never noticed that it wasn't real. Someone set you up to kill me. I want to know why."
"But if you know all of that, then why can't you tell who sent it to me?"
"I can only tell what happened in this house right before I died. Not all the answers are given to you when you're floating around purgatory Heero. I can't stay here much longer."
"Why? I just found you again and you have to leave?"
"If I stay too long, then this woman's soul will be lost. I'll be stuck in here until she dies."
"But you'd stay with me," Heero knew he was being unreasonable.
"But she'll lose her life. Didn't we kill enough innocent people when I was alive, do we have to kill another one now that I'm dead?"
"I see your point."
"Oh, and the answer to your question, Hee-chan. Yes, you have broken a promise to me."
"When?"
"By giving her my cross. You knew that it was the most important thing in the world to me. I made you promise to never let another person handle it and yet you gave it to her."
"I'm sorry Duo," Heero cast his eyes down to the floor.
"I suppose I should thank you for it though. If you wouldn't have, I would not have been able to break all the way through to you. This woman would have had to repeat everything I said," Lady V made a motion toward herself.
"No, I mean I'm sorry for ki...completing that mission."
"I know Hee-chan. I have to go now. Good-bye. I love you," Lady V fell back to the floor again. Her body convulsed as if electricity was running through it. She screamed and then fell silent and unmoving.
"Lady V? Are you all right?" Heero wiped the wetness from his cheeks.
She laid there, still, for a moment longer. Then, the petite blonde sat up and grabbed her throbbing head. A small moan came from her throat. Lady V gave her head a slight shake and then looked around the room, gathering her senses. Then, her focus came onto Heero. For a moment, she just glared.
Lady V had never glared so hard in all her life. "You almost killed me! You let me go into this reading *wearing* something of Duo's! That cross was suppose to protect me from being possessed, not be the catalyst in the action!" Lady V stood and stormed across the room to her bag.
"I didn't know." Heero stood up too.
"Then you tell him to stay in my body so that he could stay with you. You not only presented an opportunity for me to die, you tried to kill me!" She pulled the bag from its place on a chair.
"I was being unreasonable, I know. But Duo didn't stay did he? He left you with out a fight."
"Thank the goddesses that Duo is a decent spirit. One of the few. But you...oh, you are not even close to a decent person. That'll teach me to follow my instincts all the time," Lady V began to blow out the five candles still left burning and stuff all ten of them into her bag.
"If I need you again, will you help me?" Heero, for the first time in his life, seemed to beg.
"Help you? Why should I? What possible reason could I have to want to ever help you again?" Lady V stopped what she was doing and glared at Heero again.
"Alright, fair enough. If not for me, then for Duo. You said he was a decent spirit. Would you help him cross over?" Heero's eyes were pleading with her.
Lady V was silent for the longest time. She mulled the thought over in her mind. The spirit had left her without a fight. I did start doing this so that I could help spirits. But can I really risk having something like this happen again? She stared at Heero trying to make up her mind. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End Part 8
Wow. we're getting closer to the end! Thanks again to everyone who is reviewing my story! Ok, now for personal responses..Faith: If you're still reading, I agree that Duo is a very big wimp in this story. Believe me, I'm not happy about making him as such. Unfortunately, it's how he ended up. Spazmatic: You're right, I'm sorry. I don't claim to be an expert at the Christian religion. She needed a cross, not a crucifix. If I make the mistake in my story again, I'm sorry. And I'm curious to what exactly you meant by "Its too bunched up?" I'd like to know so that maybe I could fix it. If you're talking about those two parts in the middle, I know. I hadn't realized that Word 2000 would cause it to do that. I'm working on fixing it. And I do thank you for the comments. I always want to know what I can do better. Disclaimer: Sheesh! How many times do I have to say I don't claim ownership to Gundam Wing characters???? Only Lady V is mine!
Lady V looked at Heero with worry written over her face. It had been awhile since she had felt this way. The spirit wasn't angry with Heero, rather angry with the world. It had a score to settle and a full intention to settle it.
"What is he saying?" Heero was desperate.
"I don't know yet. I'm still sorting all of his emotions," Lady V began to breath heavily. "Something's wrong. This isn't right. He's too strong." Her breath deepened and she looked at Heero again.
"What do you mean?" Heero's eyes grew wide.
"I mean...he's going to.... take over completely," Her breath deepened still.
"What's wrong?" Heero went to stand.
"NO! Sit still...Never stand...up..in the protection...circle," Lady V's voice began to deepen and her eyes began to roll up into her head.
"What are you doing?! What's wrong? What's going on?!" Heero screamed at the girl who then fell over and began to convulse.
Lady V laid on the floor, unable to work any part of her body. The spirit was inside of her. Why hadn't the cross protected her? Why was he able to take over? Then the answer struck her and she knew why Duo was able to take over. It was the only possible answer. Everything started to go black. She wasn't able to see any longer. All of the emotions took over and she lost all control. But she still knew what was happening.
The blonde sat back up. Her breathing back to normal and her eyes, which looked somehow different, were looking straight at Heero. Her lips curled into a joyous smile. "Hee-chan! You came back!" The voice seemed too deep to have come from the petite blonde, but it still seemed familiar.
"Lady V?" Heero asked.
"Lady who? Don't you recognize me Hee-chan?" Her smile faded.
"No, it can't really be you. Can it?" Heero took in a deep breath of surprise.
"I dunno, can it?" She giggled just like Heero remembered his beloved always did.
"Duo? Is it really you?" Heero crawled closer to the blonde being ever so careful to avoid the broken fingers on his hand.
"Of course. What other spirit would you expect to haunt this old dump?" Lady V smiled.
"Why are you still here? You're dead. You should be in Hell, where we all belong," Heero questioned.
"I'm here because you made a mistake. One you don't know you made but I have to fix it. I can't, won't move on until this is finished," The joking tone had completely left Duo's voice.
"What mistake?"
"Killing me, of course."
"That was my mission. Grant it, the worst mission I've ever had to do, but my mission none the less," Heero said bluntly, trying to hide the hurt in his voice.
"You just don't get it do you? It wasn't a real mission Hee-chan."
"What are you talking about? Of course it was real. It was sent to me by....." Heero realized for the first time that the mission statement didn't have a sender on it.
"Yeah, that's right. You don't know who sent it. In all of your rush to complete the mission, you never noticed that it wasn't real. Someone set you up to kill me. I want to know why."
"But if you know all of that, then why can't you tell who sent it to me?"
"I can only tell what happened in this house right before I died. Not all the answers are given to you when you're floating around purgatory Heero. I can't stay here much longer."
"Why? I just found you again and you have to leave?"
"If I stay too long, then this woman's soul will be lost. I'll be stuck in here until she dies."
"But you'd stay with me," Heero knew he was being unreasonable.
"But she'll lose her life. Didn't we kill enough innocent people when I was alive, do we have to kill another one now that I'm dead?"
"I see your point."
"Oh, and the answer to your question, Hee-chan. Yes, you have broken a promise to me."
"When?"
"By giving her my cross. You knew that it was the most important thing in the world to me. I made you promise to never let another person handle it and yet you gave it to her."
"I'm sorry Duo," Heero cast his eyes down to the floor.
"I suppose I should thank you for it though. If you wouldn't have, I would not have been able to break all the way through to you. This woman would have had to repeat everything I said," Lady V made a motion toward herself.
"No, I mean I'm sorry for ki...completing that mission."
"I know Hee-chan. I have to go now. Good-bye. I love you," Lady V fell back to the floor again. Her body convulsed as if electricity was running through it. She screamed and then fell silent and unmoving.
"Lady V? Are you all right?" Heero wiped the wetness from his cheeks.
She laid there, still, for a moment longer. Then, the petite blonde sat up and grabbed her throbbing head. A small moan came from her throat. Lady V gave her head a slight shake and then looked around the room, gathering her senses. Then, her focus came onto Heero. For a moment, she just glared.
Lady V had never glared so hard in all her life. "You almost killed me! You let me go into this reading *wearing* something of Duo's! That cross was suppose to protect me from being possessed, not be the catalyst in the action!" Lady V stood and stormed across the room to her bag.
"I didn't know." Heero stood up too.
"Then you tell him to stay in my body so that he could stay with you. You not only presented an opportunity for me to die, you tried to kill me!" She pulled the bag from its place on a chair.
"I was being unreasonable, I know. But Duo didn't stay did he? He left you with out a fight."
"Thank the goddesses that Duo is a decent spirit. One of the few. But you...oh, you are not even close to a decent person. That'll teach me to follow my instincts all the time," Lady V began to blow out the five candles still left burning and stuff all ten of them into her bag.
"If I need you again, will you help me?" Heero, for the first time in his life, seemed to beg.
"Help you? Why should I? What possible reason could I have to want to ever help you again?" Lady V stopped what she was doing and glared at Heero again.
"Alright, fair enough. If not for me, then for Duo. You said he was a decent spirit. Would you help him cross over?" Heero's eyes were pleading with her.
Lady V was silent for the longest time. She mulled the thought over in her mind. The spirit had left her without a fight. I did start doing this so that I could help spirits. But can I really risk having something like this happen again? She stared at Heero trying to make up her mind. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End Part 8