In Dire Straits

By Allegra

The wind was blowing a fresh breeze that fine autumn morning. Quatre breathed it in with a sigh. He had much to be grateful for...his 29 sisters, his 4 fellow pilots, the 40 loyal members of his maguanac corps...and not to mention the immense wealth and estate his late father left in his control.

He sighed again and went inside to meet Heero's sarcastic grin. "You sentimental sap!" he bellowed. "Be a man!! Everything you have could be gone tomorrow." As was his custom, Quatre ignored him. But that very same night, Quatre had nightmares about losing what he had. So, our little blond trooper went into mutual funds!! (were you wondering when this story would stop being serious?) But the other gundam pilots weren't at all pleased with Quatre's decision...they didn't think it wise...after all, it wasn't the place of a gundam pilot to be investing in mutual funds...a gundam pilot, they argued, should be buying stocks instead!!! The boys were excited by the thrill of the stock market! They wanted in on all the high speed action that the battlefield just didn't seem to provide anymore!! The gentle and cautious Quatre was not certain...it was his money and his decision after all...however, Quatre's weakness was in not being able to turn down his friends...so, he bought shares in the stock market instead...Quatre was ready to hire an expert in the market to invest for him, but again the gundam pilots had their demands! They wanted to deal with Quatre's shares since they had been taught not to trust strangers..."But you guys don't know anything about the stock market!" Quatre argued to no avail...his kind heart put his entire father's fortune in Heero, Duo, Trowa, and WuFei's youthful, reckless, and inexperienced hands...

The gundam boys didn't quite grasp the concept of 'Buy low, sell high' ... and Quatre ended up regretting his trustful decision when the repo man showed up on his doorstep..."That'll be the house, the lab, the land, the servants, your gundam..." At that last line, Quatre started sobbing uncontrollably... "Sorry, kiddo, it's a real tragedy." And so it was all gone. The other pilots were out of a place to stay, but they never much liked Quatre's gundam or his fighting skill -or lack thereof- for that matter! Quatre noticed their smirks, got vicious, and evolved into Wolverine....suddenly and without warning, the author of this fic noticed how stupid her story had gotten, and she quickly, sharply, and rather abruptly ended it.

~*The End*~