Quatra woke with a start. His blonde hair falling freely to frame his
face and shoulders. He had not cut it since the colonies last revolt. He
was now 22. It was his birthday and he had been awoken by a nightmare.
There was a knock at his door.
"Come!" He called in a strained and hoarse voice. A woman walked in caring a food tray. It was heaped with several different types of foods. Quatra's mouth watered and his stomach growled loudly. Another lady walked in behind the head maid.
"Good morning, Quatra." Andria looked as beautiful as ever. Her hair, the color of sand as the dessert sun beats upon it, draped down her shoulders and past her waist. She had on a pair of dark blue riding pants with a billowy cream shirt. He climbed from his bed. His nakedness didn't even phase her, all though he was a slight pink.
"You must remember, my king. I was raised in a rather rough place and I have experienced many things during the past wars. Bandaging wounds was more dodging once the soldiers woke up." A slight smile played upon her lips. Quatra wrapped a robe around himself.
"How did you sleep last night, my wife?" Andria smiled.
"As well as can be expected when your sister is birthing and you yourself is sick because you are with child as well." Quatra's head snapped up with surprise as he was tying his robe.
"With child?"
"Yes, my king." Quatra smiled at Andria's reply.
"I see. What are you here to discuss with me? The name or when the birth is to be?" Andria smiled sweetly at Quatra. Quatra had been more interested in men than women until Andria had come along one night and turned him into a man.
"Love?" Quatra looked into Andria's deep hazel green eyes. There was more worry than peace in them.
"What troubles you?" He sat across the table after seeing to it that she was comfortable in her chair.
"Well.I came to report some disturbing news. A castle in the old Cinq Kingdom was destroyed when the current ruler was having a 'party'." Andria heaved a sigh.
"They say that every living person is now dead. She was tortured and raped first, thought. Also, when they sent in an agent to gather information from her, he too was killed.gut-shot. The agent was a friend of yours, I believe. Heero Yuy?" Quatra's face fell.
"Must I remember a past I buried long ago?" Quatra raised his tan hands to cradle his face. "What must I do, love?" "They ask you to meet with them for a final recognition of the body and for the funeral."
"Wait.you said body.isn't there supposed to be two?" Andria shook her head.
"They could not find Heero Yuy's body. It'll be a private funeral. For just Relena." Andria could see Quatra start to shake and his skin went a deathly white.
"Quatra, you aren't required to."
"No!" Quatra's voice rang like steal but was the softest tone he had spoken in yet.
"No.please arrange for transportation.we will leave immediately."
"Are you sure that is Relena Dollian/Peacecraft?" A broad-shouldered man stood over Relena's cold and purple body lying on a cold, steel table. Quatra nodded.
"Yeah.that's her. What about Heero Yuy? Where is his body?" The doctor looked perplexed.
"When we arrived his body was no where to be found." Relena's body was severely bruised but he could tell that it was her. He turned from his friends' body and found himself face to face with Andria. He tucked her under his arm.
As they were walking out of the building, someone called his name.
"That's not him, Trowa!"
"Yes it is!" Quatra turned to face two people running at him. One of them he barely recognized because his hair had been buzz cut, and the other had long braided brown hair. Trowa and Duo.
"Hello, Trowa.Duo. How are you guys?" Duo's mouth fell open and Trowa ginned.
"I knew it was you! You grew out your hair!" Trowa laughed and then he caught sight of Andria.
"Who is this Quatra?" Trowa looked hard at Andria as he asked this question.
"Yea, you got a girlfriend?" Duo teased. He laughed a little at his joke.
"Actually.she's my wife." Trowa's mouth fell open and Duo shook Andria's hand.
"Congrats! You got the grand prize!" Duo kept her hand and asked for her name. Quatra told him and Duo presented her with a kiss on the hand. Trowa turned on his heal and stalked away. Duo was doubled-over laughing by the time Quatra understood what had just happened.
"I.I.DUO!"
"What?! I didn't do a thing! But Mistress Une wishes to speak to us! All of us!" Duo turned, still laughing, and started to walk toward a huge two- story brick building.
Quatra and Andria followed Duo toward the brick building. Before they reached the entrance a young, dark haired girl came running out, with hair streaming behind her, and jumped up into Duo's arms.
"Daddy!" The girl hugged him tightly as he held her aloft.
"Kera! Where's your mommy, darling?" Kera pulled back from her daddy. She looked a lot like him and she had his laughing sarcasm, too.
"Oh.mommy is inside talking to Ms. Une, Mr. Chang, Mr. Trowa, and all the other people!" She giggled.
"Ok, sweetheart." He set Kera on the ground.
"Go inside and tell your mama I'll be in in a few minutes, ok?" Kera nodded her head.
"Alright daddy." Kera turned from them and ran for the building. Duo laughed softly.
"That's my Kera, Quatra, she's my daughter."
"Who's the lucky lady, bro?" Quatra walked up beside Duo and clasped a hand on his shoulder.
"Hilde.we always liked each other, I guess." He smiled.
"Alright.lets head on inside." Duo walked toward a door in the side of the brick building. He held the door open for Andria and Quatra and entered after them himself. It was dark and cool in the hall that they entered. The plush carpet gave a bounce to Quatras' step. Lights shown into the hall and as they passed the rooms, Duo turned off the lights. This hallway was the length of the building. Many halls crossed over but they did not stray from their current path. Their hall dead-ended into a gigantic stairway. The stairs rose out of the floor and on into the darkness. They climbed the broad and carpeted stairway. Sweat trickled down Quatras' back from the heat of the outside and then coming into the cold. As they climbed they saw that the stair way split in two and curled around to face the opposite direction that they climbed towards. They came to the top of the stairs and turned to their lefts and walked through a doorway into a brightly lit room. Lady Une, Trowa, Cathy, Hilde holding Kera, Wufei, Sally Poe, and a young woman standing, politely, in front of Lady Une. They all welcomed them with smiles and greetings to both Quatra and Duo.
"Good day Quatra. Duo, will you please escort Mari-maya to the main building? Her ride is here to pick her up." Lady Une the young woman a push toward Duo.
"I." Mari-maya tried to resist Lady Unes' instructions but Duo wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"Come on child. It's alright. I won't bite!" Duo was laughing as he lead Mari-maya out of the room.
"THAT was Mari-maya?!?" Quatra looked stunned. Andria came out from behind him and everyone stared. Andria gave a courtesy.
"Hello.I'm Andria Zelyina Rababa-Winner. Nice to meet you." Lady Une walked forward and shook her hand.
Quatra fell back onto his hotel bed. Things were getting out of hand. How could Une ask for them to take another mission? Two of them were married, Duo had a kid, and Heero was dead.
"Damn.this just isn't going my way." Andria looked over at him from the table she sat at reading.
"And how would it go if it was going your way? You know I oppose this whole mission." Andria stood and walked to the bed Quatra was laying on. She sat down beside and brushed his hair back from his face.
"I know you don't support it but this has to be taken care of. If.you never know who might get attacked next and.Duo has a wife and child.I have a wife." Quatra gave a weak and half-hearted laugh that sounded more like a sob than anything.
"Oh, Quatra, I know. And I also know how hard it's going to be to kill him but.you have to admit that raping your own sister does put you in the insane and mentally SICK category and that could prove to be dangerous. I don't want our child to grow up without their father." Quatra laughed weakly and stroked Andrias' cheek. She bent down and kissed Quatra's lips softly but didn't get the chance to pull away as Quatra let all his frustrations out in a very "productive" way.
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"Come!" He called in a strained and hoarse voice. A woman walked in caring a food tray. It was heaped with several different types of foods. Quatra's mouth watered and his stomach growled loudly. Another lady walked in behind the head maid.
"Good morning, Quatra." Andria looked as beautiful as ever. Her hair, the color of sand as the dessert sun beats upon it, draped down her shoulders and past her waist. She had on a pair of dark blue riding pants with a billowy cream shirt. He climbed from his bed. His nakedness didn't even phase her, all though he was a slight pink.
"You must remember, my king. I was raised in a rather rough place and I have experienced many things during the past wars. Bandaging wounds was more dodging once the soldiers woke up." A slight smile played upon her lips. Quatra wrapped a robe around himself.
"How did you sleep last night, my wife?" Andria smiled.
"As well as can be expected when your sister is birthing and you yourself is sick because you are with child as well." Quatra's head snapped up with surprise as he was tying his robe.
"With child?"
"Yes, my king." Quatra smiled at Andria's reply.
"I see. What are you here to discuss with me? The name or when the birth is to be?" Andria smiled sweetly at Quatra. Quatra had been more interested in men than women until Andria had come along one night and turned him into a man.
"Love?" Quatra looked into Andria's deep hazel green eyes. There was more worry than peace in them.
"What troubles you?" He sat across the table after seeing to it that she was comfortable in her chair.
"Well.I came to report some disturbing news. A castle in the old Cinq Kingdom was destroyed when the current ruler was having a 'party'." Andria heaved a sigh.
"They say that every living person is now dead. She was tortured and raped first, thought. Also, when they sent in an agent to gather information from her, he too was killed.gut-shot. The agent was a friend of yours, I believe. Heero Yuy?" Quatra's face fell.
"Must I remember a past I buried long ago?" Quatra raised his tan hands to cradle his face. "What must I do, love?" "They ask you to meet with them for a final recognition of the body and for the funeral."
"Wait.you said body.isn't there supposed to be two?" Andria shook her head.
"They could not find Heero Yuy's body. It'll be a private funeral. For just Relena." Andria could see Quatra start to shake and his skin went a deathly white.
"Quatra, you aren't required to."
"No!" Quatra's voice rang like steal but was the softest tone he had spoken in yet.
"No.please arrange for transportation.we will leave immediately."
"Are you sure that is Relena Dollian/Peacecraft?" A broad-shouldered man stood over Relena's cold and purple body lying on a cold, steel table. Quatra nodded.
"Yeah.that's her. What about Heero Yuy? Where is his body?" The doctor looked perplexed.
"When we arrived his body was no where to be found." Relena's body was severely bruised but he could tell that it was her. He turned from his friends' body and found himself face to face with Andria. He tucked her under his arm.
As they were walking out of the building, someone called his name.
"That's not him, Trowa!"
"Yes it is!" Quatra turned to face two people running at him. One of them he barely recognized because his hair had been buzz cut, and the other had long braided brown hair. Trowa and Duo.
"Hello, Trowa.Duo. How are you guys?" Duo's mouth fell open and Trowa ginned.
"I knew it was you! You grew out your hair!" Trowa laughed and then he caught sight of Andria.
"Who is this Quatra?" Trowa looked hard at Andria as he asked this question.
"Yea, you got a girlfriend?" Duo teased. He laughed a little at his joke.
"Actually.she's my wife." Trowa's mouth fell open and Duo shook Andria's hand.
"Congrats! You got the grand prize!" Duo kept her hand and asked for her name. Quatra told him and Duo presented her with a kiss on the hand. Trowa turned on his heal and stalked away. Duo was doubled-over laughing by the time Quatra understood what had just happened.
"I.I.DUO!"
"What?! I didn't do a thing! But Mistress Une wishes to speak to us! All of us!" Duo turned, still laughing, and started to walk toward a huge two- story brick building.
Quatra and Andria followed Duo toward the brick building. Before they reached the entrance a young, dark haired girl came running out, with hair streaming behind her, and jumped up into Duo's arms.
"Daddy!" The girl hugged him tightly as he held her aloft.
"Kera! Where's your mommy, darling?" Kera pulled back from her daddy. She looked a lot like him and she had his laughing sarcasm, too.
"Oh.mommy is inside talking to Ms. Une, Mr. Chang, Mr. Trowa, and all the other people!" She giggled.
"Ok, sweetheart." He set Kera on the ground.
"Go inside and tell your mama I'll be in in a few minutes, ok?" Kera nodded her head.
"Alright daddy." Kera turned from them and ran for the building. Duo laughed softly.
"That's my Kera, Quatra, she's my daughter."
"Who's the lucky lady, bro?" Quatra walked up beside Duo and clasped a hand on his shoulder.
"Hilde.we always liked each other, I guess." He smiled.
"Alright.lets head on inside." Duo walked toward a door in the side of the brick building. He held the door open for Andria and Quatra and entered after them himself. It was dark and cool in the hall that they entered. The plush carpet gave a bounce to Quatras' step. Lights shown into the hall and as they passed the rooms, Duo turned off the lights. This hallway was the length of the building. Many halls crossed over but they did not stray from their current path. Their hall dead-ended into a gigantic stairway. The stairs rose out of the floor and on into the darkness. They climbed the broad and carpeted stairway. Sweat trickled down Quatras' back from the heat of the outside and then coming into the cold. As they climbed they saw that the stair way split in two and curled around to face the opposite direction that they climbed towards. They came to the top of the stairs and turned to their lefts and walked through a doorway into a brightly lit room. Lady Une, Trowa, Cathy, Hilde holding Kera, Wufei, Sally Poe, and a young woman standing, politely, in front of Lady Une. They all welcomed them with smiles and greetings to both Quatra and Duo.
"Good day Quatra. Duo, will you please escort Mari-maya to the main building? Her ride is here to pick her up." Lady Une the young woman a push toward Duo.
"I." Mari-maya tried to resist Lady Unes' instructions but Duo wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"Come on child. It's alright. I won't bite!" Duo was laughing as he lead Mari-maya out of the room.
"THAT was Mari-maya?!?" Quatra looked stunned. Andria came out from behind him and everyone stared. Andria gave a courtesy.
"Hello.I'm Andria Zelyina Rababa-Winner. Nice to meet you." Lady Une walked forward and shook her hand.
Quatra fell back onto his hotel bed. Things were getting out of hand. How could Une ask for them to take another mission? Two of them were married, Duo had a kid, and Heero was dead.
"Damn.this just isn't going my way." Andria looked over at him from the table she sat at reading.
"And how would it go if it was going your way? You know I oppose this whole mission." Andria stood and walked to the bed Quatra was laying on. She sat down beside and brushed his hair back from his face.
"I know you don't support it but this has to be taken care of. If.you never know who might get attacked next and.Duo has a wife and child.I have a wife." Quatra gave a weak and half-hearted laugh that sounded more like a sob than anything.
"Oh, Quatra, I know. And I also know how hard it's going to be to kill him but.you have to admit that raping your own sister does put you in the insane and mentally SICK category and that could prove to be dangerous. I don't want our child to grow up without their father." Quatra laughed weakly and stroked Andrias' cheek. She bent down and kissed Quatra's lips softly but didn't get the chance to pull away as Quatra let all his frustrations out in a very "productive" way.
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