Heero piloted the shuttle that Hilde and he had taken to get back to L2. After they landed, they headed for her apartment...or rather Duo's and her apartment. Once they got there Heero headed upstairs to put her luggage away. All Hilde carried was the jacket. She walked quickly through the house, searching the kitchen and the living room. She headed for the basement. Who knows, he might be working down there like he usually was. Heero put her stuff in her room and headed back downstairs. Hilde was now sitting on the couch in the living room staring at a piece of paper on the table. Apparently she had given up on her search. Heero let out a low sigh and walked over to her and sat down. She didn't look at him. There was a long moment of silence. Heero didn't know what to say to her and didn't want to start up a conversation unless she wanted to talk.
"I didn't want to believe this." She finally said. Heero sat back in his seat and nodded.
"I'm sorry." He answered. She was still staring at the piece of paper in front of her. Heero sat up and got a better look at it. It was a marriage certificate. He picked it up and read it, then looked over at her, surprised. He noticed that she had been crying. He put the paper back on the table.
"When?" Was all he asked her.
"A couple of days before we left to go to the Preventer's ship with Trowa. We couldn't afford anything big...so that's why no one knew about it." She admitted sadly. There was another long moment of silence. Heero wasn't sure what to say again. Hilde sniffed a little and quickly whipped her hand under her eye. She still looked as though she had been crying.
"It's really going to be quiet around here." She remarked.
"Things will get better,..easier." Heero said trying to sound sympathetic but to him it sounded kind of lame. He had never had anyone try to comfort him whenever he had lost someone so he didn't know too much about what to say now. But for some reason he felt like he had to say something.
"I hope so..." Hilde answered beginning to show signs of crying again. "I don't see how things could get any worse." She added dropping her head into her hands and sobbing. Heero put his arm around her shoulders and she leaned against him and more tears came.
"This..can't really be..h..happening. He c..can't be gone." She cried out and was now shaking uncontrollable. Heero decided he was going to have to call Preventer's headquarters and ask for some time off.
***
Meanwhile on the Preventer's ship, Trowa was finally awake and already heard about the accident. Quatre really didn't want to tell him so soon but he knew it was inevitable. He had done the best he could at explaining it to everyone. Sally had given him the rest of the day off as well as a couple days afterward. She knew he had had a rough day like everyone else. She decided to begin the task of investigating the area where they found Wing Zero. She was going to send information to the nearest colonies in that area and let them know about the incident and maybe get some help from them. The next few days were going to be hectic for her and this task was hard enough. She had avoided the situation with Trowa, she was a doctor afterall but felt she was too close. That's where Quatre's sister came in. And now with Trowa recovering, Heero and Quatre off, and Duo missing, possibly dead, she hoped that nothing serious would happen. She was trying very hard to stay optimistic about the situation. Afterall Gundam Pilots were known to be dead before and suddenly show up again, so she had reasoning behind her. Although she did have to look at the other possibility here. She didn't want to seem like this wasn't affecting her but she knew that if Duo was dead, she was going to have to replace him. She also knew that that task wasn't going to be easy considering people with those skills were hard to come by now. Once she had finished up sending out her information she headed for the medical facility to let Quatre know he could leave if he wanted to.
***
The next couple of weeks passed slowly as there was no reply to Sally's information. Trowa had recovered enough to where he could go home. Quatre came and went, just to see if he was needed, Sally figured he would do that. Wufei was in the Sanq Kingdom, helping Relena install a couple of security systems. Heero would have normally done that but Relena knew he was busy helping Hilde on L2. He seemed to be her phone service since she had been getting so many phone calls lately. Heero finally just had the number changed because people were even calling at night when it was way too late to be calling. He only gave the new number to close friends. Occasionally Relena would call to see if they needed anything or if she could help in any possible way. Heero had really appreciated her understanding and wanting to help, considering how busy she was. Sally called alot too. Usually it was something regarding Wing Zero. Heero finally told her to store what was left of it and not to rebuild it. He knew that if the technicians restored it, at least half of the staff wouldn't be happy. And deep down he knew it wouldn't be the same when he sat in it either. Sally had also asked him about having a funeral. Since Hilde hadn't mentioned anything about it he didn't feel that it was their place to have one without her consent. As long as she didn't bring it up, he certainly wasn't going to. So that question would remained unanswered, especially since Hilde wasn't up for talking much about anything lately. The only thing Heero made sure she did, was eat. As long as she did that, his job there was important. Just as Sally had hoped, not too much happened that she couldn't handle. She had only one occasion where she felt Trowa could have done a better job then the person she had assigned, but she didn't want to ask him. She definitely needed Heero around alot more then she had hoped though. She felt bad calling him all the time when technical stuff wasn't working and no one else knew how to fix it. She had also began the search for a replacement for Duo. As much as she didn't want it to be the case, almost a month had gone by now and there was no word about him from anywhere. She was having a hard time with the people who came in for the job. None of them had any skills that were needed. She had finally hired someone who used to manufacture the mobile suits made at the Victoria base. But they were still inexperienced considering how long ago that had been. Wufei certainly didn't like the new guy very much since it was his responsibility to train him. Sally was telling the technicians where to put some of the equipment away on the day Wufei started training. At one point he was literally yelling at the other guy as loud as he could. Sally looked over and just laughed to herself. Maybe she should have asked someone with more patience then Wufei. She finished typing up some evaluations as Wufei walked over to her in a huff. She stood up to greet him.
"Having some problems?" She asked him.
"I can't train this guy. He knows nothing." He said getting something to drink from the mini-fridge near her desk.
"I would have never guessed I'd see the day you'd actually miss Duo." She mentioned pushing her chair in. Wufei shook his head and gave her a half-smile.
"Maxwell might have been obnoxious and annoying but he knew his stuff." He admitted gesturing with his drink at the new guy.
"This guy can't even hack into the easiest program." Wufei explained. She looked over at the new guy who obviously wasn't sure what to do and seemed to making whatever they had been working on worse. He looked over at Wufei and Sally in a panic. Wufei finished his drink and let out a low sigh.
"Guess I better go see what he's ruined." He said and headed back over. Sally picked up her files off the desk and looked back to where Wufei and the new guy were. She could tell Wufei was getting aggravated by his expression as the guy was trying to explain what had happened.
"How'd were you able to completely whipe the entire system out? I told you not to hit those keys. Now we have to start all over again." Wufei said back angrily. Sally had a feeling that the new guy wasn't going to be around for very long at the rate things were going.
***
Later Wufei told Sally that they would have to install an entirely new computer system and that all of their files would have to be uploaded again.
"You would have never guessed that someone who knew so little could do so much damage." He mentioned
"I think that he's had enough training for the first day." She said holding a phone to her ear.
"I think it's enough forever." Wufei added quickly. Sally just smiled.
"Maybe I can see if Heero can come in and help out with that. Maybe he can even bring Hilde along with him. She could use some time out of the house, I'm sure." She thought out loud. She had been on hold to talk to Une. Finally she was connected.
"Hey we had an accident up here today and will need to reorder some new computers." She explained. She was hoping Une wouldn't be too upset about that considering how much it was going to cost.
"How many do you think you'll need?" Une asked with a sigh.
"I didn't want to believe this." She finally said. Heero sat back in his seat and nodded.
"I'm sorry." He answered. She was still staring at the piece of paper in front of her. Heero sat up and got a better look at it. It was a marriage certificate. He picked it up and read it, then looked over at her, surprised. He noticed that she had been crying. He put the paper back on the table.
"When?" Was all he asked her.
"A couple of days before we left to go to the Preventer's ship with Trowa. We couldn't afford anything big...so that's why no one knew about it." She admitted sadly. There was another long moment of silence. Heero wasn't sure what to say again. Hilde sniffed a little and quickly whipped her hand under her eye. She still looked as though she had been crying.
"It's really going to be quiet around here." She remarked.
"Things will get better,..easier." Heero said trying to sound sympathetic but to him it sounded kind of lame. He had never had anyone try to comfort him whenever he had lost someone so he didn't know too much about what to say now. But for some reason he felt like he had to say something.
"I hope so..." Hilde answered beginning to show signs of crying again. "I don't see how things could get any worse." She added dropping her head into her hands and sobbing. Heero put his arm around her shoulders and she leaned against him and more tears came.
"This..can't really be..h..happening. He c..can't be gone." She cried out and was now shaking uncontrollable. Heero decided he was going to have to call Preventer's headquarters and ask for some time off.
***
Meanwhile on the Preventer's ship, Trowa was finally awake and already heard about the accident. Quatre really didn't want to tell him so soon but he knew it was inevitable. He had done the best he could at explaining it to everyone. Sally had given him the rest of the day off as well as a couple days afterward. She knew he had had a rough day like everyone else. She decided to begin the task of investigating the area where they found Wing Zero. She was going to send information to the nearest colonies in that area and let them know about the incident and maybe get some help from them. The next few days were going to be hectic for her and this task was hard enough. She had avoided the situation with Trowa, she was a doctor afterall but felt she was too close. That's where Quatre's sister came in. And now with Trowa recovering, Heero and Quatre off, and Duo missing, possibly dead, she hoped that nothing serious would happen. She was trying very hard to stay optimistic about the situation. Afterall Gundam Pilots were known to be dead before and suddenly show up again, so she had reasoning behind her. Although she did have to look at the other possibility here. She didn't want to seem like this wasn't affecting her but she knew that if Duo was dead, she was going to have to replace him. She also knew that that task wasn't going to be easy considering people with those skills were hard to come by now. Once she had finished up sending out her information she headed for the medical facility to let Quatre know he could leave if he wanted to.
***
The next couple of weeks passed slowly as there was no reply to Sally's information. Trowa had recovered enough to where he could go home. Quatre came and went, just to see if he was needed, Sally figured he would do that. Wufei was in the Sanq Kingdom, helping Relena install a couple of security systems. Heero would have normally done that but Relena knew he was busy helping Hilde on L2. He seemed to be her phone service since she had been getting so many phone calls lately. Heero finally just had the number changed because people were even calling at night when it was way too late to be calling. He only gave the new number to close friends. Occasionally Relena would call to see if they needed anything or if she could help in any possible way. Heero had really appreciated her understanding and wanting to help, considering how busy she was. Sally called alot too. Usually it was something regarding Wing Zero. Heero finally told her to store what was left of it and not to rebuild it. He knew that if the technicians restored it, at least half of the staff wouldn't be happy. And deep down he knew it wouldn't be the same when he sat in it either. Sally had also asked him about having a funeral. Since Hilde hadn't mentioned anything about it he didn't feel that it was their place to have one without her consent. As long as she didn't bring it up, he certainly wasn't going to. So that question would remained unanswered, especially since Hilde wasn't up for talking much about anything lately. The only thing Heero made sure she did, was eat. As long as she did that, his job there was important. Just as Sally had hoped, not too much happened that she couldn't handle. She had only one occasion where she felt Trowa could have done a better job then the person she had assigned, but she didn't want to ask him. She definitely needed Heero around alot more then she had hoped though. She felt bad calling him all the time when technical stuff wasn't working and no one else knew how to fix it. She had also began the search for a replacement for Duo. As much as she didn't want it to be the case, almost a month had gone by now and there was no word about him from anywhere. She was having a hard time with the people who came in for the job. None of them had any skills that were needed. She had finally hired someone who used to manufacture the mobile suits made at the Victoria base. But they were still inexperienced considering how long ago that had been. Wufei certainly didn't like the new guy very much since it was his responsibility to train him. Sally was telling the technicians where to put some of the equipment away on the day Wufei started training. At one point he was literally yelling at the other guy as loud as he could. Sally looked over and just laughed to herself. Maybe she should have asked someone with more patience then Wufei. She finished typing up some evaluations as Wufei walked over to her in a huff. She stood up to greet him.
"Having some problems?" She asked him.
"I can't train this guy. He knows nothing." He said getting something to drink from the mini-fridge near her desk.
"I would have never guessed I'd see the day you'd actually miss Duo." She mentioned pushing her chair in. Wufei shook his head and gave her a half-smile.
"Maxwell might have been obnoxious and annoying but he knew his stuff." He admitted gesturing with his drink at the new guy.
"This guy can't even hack into the easiest program." Wufei explained. She looked over at the new guy who obviously wasn't sure what to do and seemed to making whatever they had been working on worse. He looked over at Wufei and Sally in a panic. Wufei finished his drink and let out a low sigh.
"Guess I better go see what he's ruined." He said and headed back over. Sally picked up her files off the desk and looked back to where Wufei and the new guy were. She could tell Wufei was getting aggravated by his expression as the guy was trying to explain what had happened.
"How'd were you able to completely whipe the entire system out? I told you not to hit those keys. Now we have to start all over again." Wufei said back angrily. Sally had a feeling that the new guy wasn't going to be around for very long at the rate things were going.
***
Later Wufei told Sally that they would have to install an entirely new computer system and that all of their files would have to be uploaded again.
"You would have never guessed that someone who knew so little could do so much damage." He mentioned
"I think that he's had enough training for the first day." She said holding a phone to her ear.
"I think it's enough forever." Wufei added quickly. Sally just smiled.
"Maybe I can see if Heero can come in and help out with that. Maybe he can even bring Hilde along with him. She could use some time out of the house, I'm sure." She thought out loud. She had been on hold to talk to Une. Finally she was connected.
"Hey we had an accident up here today and will need to reorder some new computers." She explained. She was hoping Une wouldn't be too upset about that considering how much it was going to cost.
"How many do you think you'll need?" Une asked with a sigh.