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Cathrine tried again to get a hold of her brother, but no one was answering either. Sighing in frustration, she looked back to find that Heero was sleeping on the couch behind her, he must have grown tired with the wait as well. Smirking, she only stood and covered his form with the quilt, it having fallen to his waist. Faith slept by him as well, curling up next to his body and laying contently with one of his arms draped over her thin body. "Goodnight guys." Getting up and walking to her room, she found that Hilde was still up, her friend having fallen asleep. She was right, the one named Sam did have a sprained ankle like she guessed. "You should be sleeping Hilde."
Hilde smiled and rose, shaking her head. "Sorry, I can't." Walking out of the room and sitting in the kitchenette with Cathy, she spoke hopefully. "Did you get a hold of the guys yet?"
"Not yet, they're probably tired and sleeping, too lazy to get to the phone." Giggling, she motioned that they had to be quiet, Heero was sleeping.
Hilde looked, catching sight of Heero's peacefully sleeping form with his dog, they were so cute together! Whoa, what was she thinking?! Was this really Heero? "Cathrine, what could have possibly happened to change Heero this much? Last time I saw him, he was nothing short of the Perfect Soldier, now he's just like--like a child."
Nodding, Cathy poured herself some tea and offered Hilde some. The teenage girl took it willingly. "He has changed a lot, and I don't want this to be told to anyone else. When Trowa asked me if he could stay here, I thought he'd just done something like self-detonate again while in the cockpit or got himself shot up badly. I wasn't really prepared for the pain, hatred, and anger in my brother's eyes. Heero was put through torture like no one ever should be, it wasn't just hitting him physically. But more of a mental and emotional abuse.... and there were enough sick and psychotic bastards that were willing to take control of him and use his body for their own pleasures. Like he was no more than a street prostitute."
At this, Hilde nearly spit her tea out and all over the counter, choking it back and swallowing it harshly. She wasn't expecting that.
Cathy continued. "And they did this repeatedly, OZ soldiers. And no one stopped it, they didn't even try! Then they'd try and beat the information out of him each day, and continue with their sick games during the night. It's a wonder he's still alive..." With sorrowful eyes, Cathy looked at Heero who was beginning to stir and walked silently to his side, placing an hand on his chest and cooing soft assurances as he settled down. Delicately, she brushed his bangs from his eyes, then traced her fingers along the side of his cheek. He only responded to it naturally by moving toward her touch. Smiling, she looked up to see Hilde standing sympathetically by her side. "And now, no one is ever going to hurt him again, he should never have had to go through that. If anything came from that, it was this. A second chance at a life." Rising, she tucked the blanket cozily around his shoulders and watched him snuggled deeper beneath them, peace falling upon him.
Hilde watched, biting her tongue. OZ? Do such a thing to anyone, let alone him? She hated them before, but now, she loathed them with a burning passion. "Poor Heero..." Sighing, she knew that she was lucky herself to be free.
"The others didn't want to put him through the hell of war, not when he had a chance to forget it, so he's staying here. He was originally planned to stay with Relena," she whispered. "But something happened at Sally's base, he was in a dream or a nightmare, but he was awake and terrified. Like a hallucination, I guess. They'd tried to talk him out of it, but Heero nearly died from shooting himself, right through the heart. He said that he didn't see them, but the soldiers and they wanted to use his body and he wouldn't be able to kill them all so he'd rather die. He'd actually had the gun trained on Quatre, Wufei, and Trowa. He made it through that alive too, he's very lucky." Smiling softly, she led Hilde back to the counter after grabbing the laptop. "Let's see if we can't get a hold of someone."
"§ July 2, 195 AC §
§ Cathy let me sleep in today, I was really tired from the night before. She said I had a home, I just had to find out where it was. I'm trying. Then she started tickling me and Faith helped her and I said I gave up, but then I told her she cheated and it wasn't fair because I wasn't ready and she started again. Then we went outside and I saw a shooting star and made a wish, but I can't tell until it comes true so I'll have to remember. We came inside when my brothers called, but they were on a mission and I heard guns shooting and we had to help a friend so that they would be okay. Her name is Hilde. Hilde is really nice, Sis says that Duo likes her. Duo has a girlfriend! I'm going to tease him when he comes back! I couldn't talk to him last night, or would it be this morning? My sister got a hold of them and they said that everything was okay, Wufei got hurt this time and he was really tired, but everyone was okay. They were glad that everyone was okay and that I was with them and they told Cathy to tell me that I did a really good job in taking care of everyone. Cathy told me that she said to the man that he was going to make me mad if he hurt my sister or my brothers' friends and he ran away like a big baby! I wouldn't let anyone hurt them, ever! They all said that they really wanted to see my costume too and they were really curious and ready to come for a visit! Cathy told them that it was a surprise and that they'd have to wait and then she started laughing when they couldn't get her to tell them. Hilde said that. I want it all to be a surprise, so I can show them I learned a lot and practiced hard. Hilde is still sleeping and her friend is too. She hurt her ankle. In a little while, when Hilde wakes up and when Zita is ready, we are going to go practice for our act. I'm ready to learn a lot and work really, really hard! I'm going to make everyone proud of me. Here comes Zita. She says she's ready and Hilde's waking up. I let her sleep on my bed on the couch, she was really tired. I'm glad everything is okay, but I have to go and practice now. Bye."
Cathrine tried again to get a hold of her brother, but no one was answering either. Sighing in frustration, she looked back to find that Heero was sleeping on the couch behind her, he must have grown tired with the wait as well. Smirking, she only stood and covered his form with the quilt, it having fallen to his waist. Faith slept by him as well, curling up next to his body and laying contently with one of his arms draped over her thin body. "Goodnight guys." Getting up and walking to her room, she found that Hilde was still up, her friend having fallen asleep. She was right, the one named Sam did have a sprained ankle like she guessed. "You should be sleeping Hilde."
Hilde smiled and rose, shaking her head. "Sorry, I can't." Walking out of the room and sitting in the kitchenette with Cathy, she spoke hopefully. "Did you get a hold of the guys yet?"
"Not yet, they're probably tired and sleeping, too lazy to get to the phone." Giggling, she motioned that they had to be quiet, Heero was sleeping.
Hilde looked, catching sight of Heero's peacefully sleeping form with his dog, they were so cute together! Whoa, what was she thinking?! Was this really Heero? "Cathrine, what could have possibly happened to change Heero this much? Last time I saw him, he was nothing short of the Perfect Soldier, now he's just like--like a child."
Nodding, Cathy poured herself some tea and offered Hilde some. The teenage girl took it willingly. "He has changed a lot, and I don't want this to be told to anyone else. When Trowa asked me if he could stay here, I thought he'd just done something like self-detonate again while in the cockpit or got himself shot up badly. I wasn't really prepared for the pain, hatred, and anger in my brother's eyes. Heero was put through torture like no one ever should be, it wasn't just hitting him physically. But more of a mental and emotional abuse.... and there were enough sick and psychotic bastards that were willing to take control of him and use his body for their own pleasures. Like he was no more than a street prostitute."
At this, Hilde nearly spit her tea out and all over the counter, choking it back and swallowing it harshly. She wasn't expecting that.
Cathy continued. "And they did this repeatedly, OZ soldiers. And no one stopped it, they didn't even try! Then they'd try and beat the information out of him each day, and continue with their sick games during the night. It's a wonder he's still alive..." With sorrowful eyes, Cathy looked at Heero who was beginning to stir and walked silently to his side, placing an hand on his chest and cooing soft assurances as he settled down. Delicately, she brushed his bangs from his eyes, then traced her fingers along the side of his cheek. He only responded to it naturally by moving toward her touch. Smiling, she looked up to see Hilde standing sympathetically by her side. "And now, no one is ever going to hurt him again, he should never have had to go through that. If anything came from that, it was this. A second chance at a life." Rising, she tucked the blanket cozily around his shoulders and watched him snuggled deeper beneath them, peace falling upon him.
Hilde watched, biting her tongue. OZ? Do such a thing to anyone, let alone him? She hated them before, but now, she loathed them with a burning passion. "Poor Heero..." Sighing, she knew that she was lucky herself to be free.
"The others didn't want to put him through the hell of war, not when he had a chance to forget it, so he's staying here. He was originally planned to stay with Relena," she whispered. "But something happened at Sally's base, he was in a dream or a nightmare, but he was awake and terrified. Like a hallucination, I guess. They'd tried to talk him out of it, but Heero nearly died from shooting himself, right through the heart. He said that he didn't see them, but the soldiers and they wanted to use his body and he wouldn't be able to kill them all so he'd rather die. He'd actually had the gun trained on Quatre, Wufei, and Trowa. He made it through that alive too, he's very lucky." Smiling softly, she led Hilde back to the counter after grabbing the laptop. "Let's see if we can't get a hold of someone."
"§ July 2, 195 AC §
§ Cathy let me sleep in today, I was really tired from the night before. She said I had a home, I just had to find out where it was. I'm trying. Then she started tickling me and Faith helped her and I said I gave up, but then I told her she cheated and it wasn't fair because I wasn't ready and she started again. Then we went outside and I saw a shooting star and made a wish, but I can't tell until it comes true so I'll have to remember. We came inside when my brothers called, but they were on a mission and I heard guns shooting and we had to help a friend so that they would be okay. Her name is Hilde. Hilde is really nice, Sis says that Duo likes her. Duo has a girlfriend! I'm going to tease him when he comes back! I couldn't talk to him last night, or would it be this morning? My sister got a hold of them and they said that everything was okay, Wufei got hurt this time and he was really tired, but everyone was okay. They were glad that everyone was okay and that I was with them and they told Cathy to tell me that I did a really good job in taking care of everyone. Cathy told me that she said to the man that he was going to make me mad if he hurt my sister or my brothers' friends and he ran away like a big baby! I wouldn't let anyone hurt them, ever! They all said that they really wanted to see my costume too and they were really curious and ready to come for a visit! Cathy told them that it was a surprise and that they'd have to wait and then she started laughing when they couldn't get her to tell them. Hilde said that. I want it all to be a surprise, so I can show them I learned a lot and practiced hard. Hilde is still sleeping and her friend is too. She hurt her ankle. In a little while, when Hilde wakes up and when Zita is ready, we are going to go practice for our act. I'm ready to learn a lot and work really, really hard! I'm going to make everyone proud of me. Here comes Zita. She says she's ready and Hilde's waking up. I let her sleep on my bed on the couch, she was really tired. I'm glad everything is okay, but I have to go and practice now. Bye."