When All Purpose Is Lost

When All Purpose Is Lost

By ~*Ai*~Wing

Chapter 8

Heero was about to wave goodbye to Trowa, but he suddenly felt a firm hand holding him back. Heero sensed trouble. He whipped around to find him face to face with no one other than…his own father.

"Hello, son." His father sneered.

Heero glared at with pure hatred.

"I see you're out with your…friends. Where've you been, boy?" Heero's father spat.

"It's none of your damn business." Heero hissed through his gritted teeth.

"My, my. Bad attitude. You have to learn to obey your 'master'." His father chanted with mockery in his tone.

Heero sensed the fright from Duo as he fidgeted. He also sensed that Trowa was nervous. How did he feel? Only hatred, that's all he felt. If it were a few years back, he would have been afraid. Now, he's angry, very angry. His hands started clenching up into fists.

"Leave me alone!" Heero warned.

"That's no way to treat your father." He said shaking his head.

"Oh, you're my father? I never even noticed."

"How dare you say that when I was the one who brought you up all these years? I gave you a f*cking home and got you the sh*t you needed." Heero's father screamed.

"Really? You never treated me like a son. When I was young, every time you felt like it, you beat me and swore at me. You made me get a job when I was just eleven years old. I did all the chores and repaired everything while you came home late every night drunk and f*cked up! You and your women enter and exit the house whenever you want. Those sleazy bitches were your first priority. Is that how a father treats his son? I pay most of the bills. I buy most of my possessions. Have you, in anyway, supported me if you didn't have to?" Heero was seething.

"That's it you ungrateful bastard! You're going to get it!" His father yelled as he threw a punch at Heero.

Heero reacted quickly. He caught the fist and used it to flip his father onto his back. Then he used his foot to keep his father on the floor.

"Don't you know, never start a fight with a guy who's a better fighter than you are?" Heero shot at his father.

He lifted his foot and his father got up. Just as his father was about to land a punch did they hear someone instruct them to stop.

It was a police officer. Heero's father quickly retracted his fist. They were all invited to have a 'chat' at the police station. Duo and Trowa were invited to go along as witnesses.

"So kid. Who's the guy you were fighting with?" This police officer by the name of Smith asked Heero.

"My so called father." Heero answered with venom in his voice.

"You shouldn't hit your own father." Officer Smith said.

"I didn't hit him. It was purely self-defence." Heero stated firmly.

The officer cocked an eyebrow at this.

"Self-defence?" The officer asked.

"Yes. My friends and I were leaving when he came up to me and started bothering me. He then threw a punch at me so I had to stop it." Heero explained with an eerie calmness.

"So that's the story, eh? What's the relationship between you and your father?" The officer questioned.

"Not good."

"Well then, I have a reason to believe you are lying."

"What?!?" Heero practically screamed.

"I don't believe a father would start a fight with his own kid in public other than for discipline, especially when the kid's as old as you are."

"Well you're wrong. He's never liked me ever since I was born. I don't even want to waste my energy on him. You can ask my friends. I did not start the fight." Heero said coldly.

"Well your father said…" Officer Smith started to say.

"Didn't you see him throw his fist at me when you yelled for us to stop?" Heero inquired the officer.

"Yes, but I've dealt with problem kids like you."

"I am NOT a problem child."

"Ok kid, prove it."

"Look up for my record…oh sorry, I don't have one!" Heero said with sarcasm.

"Anyhow, I'll read you your rights…"

"What? That's absurd. You all know nothing but bullsh*t."

"That's quite enough young man. Now pay attention. It's in my duty to remind you that you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law…"

By then, Heero had completely tuned the officer out. He was in total disbelief.

"What do you know about this?"

The officer that was interrogating Duo was short and fat. However, his presence made Duo squirm in his seat.

"Well, nothing really. I only met Heero yesterday." Duo sputtered as he gulped.

"You're going out with a kid after you supposedly just met him?" The officer shot at Duo.

"Y…Yeah, we became fast friends."

"How'd you meet him?"

"He arrived at the shelter last night and became my roommate."

"What shelter? Homeless?"

"No! A Children's shelter."

"What's that?"

"It's a shelter where kids go to escape from abuse and harassment."

"Is there a way I can contact the place so that I know you're not lying?"

Duo fidgeted. Crap, we're going to get into trouble for going somewhere we weren't supposed to. Duo thought as he gave the shelter's number.

"How do you know the suspect?" A tall woman asked Trowa.

"Suspect?"

"The boy that came in with all of you."

"He's not the suspect! His father should be for starting the fight."

"His father started it?" The female officer asked with a startled tone.

"Is that so surprising?" Trowa asked, seeing the officer's reaction.

"No. Well, yes. Why would the father bother him?"

"Because he ran away to a shelter. We accidentally ran into him and he started harassing my friend."

"Is your friend on good terms with his father."

"No, the poor guy's been abused by his father ever since I knew."

"Which was when?"

"I met Heero in grade 3."

"So he lived an abusive childhood."

"Precisely."

"Could that have triggered his outburst?"

"Listen woman…officer. Heero is innocent. What word don't you understand? His father has abused him ever since he remembers! He finally runs away to a shelter and he runs into his father. His father not only bothers us but also initiates a fight. You blame him for this?" Trowa burst out.

"Ok, I'll talk to my colleagues to see if they've come up with anything." The female officer sighed as she left Trowa in the interrogation room.

Infinity seemed to pass with each click of the clock. Each passing minute felt like a whole century. Today, in less than 24 hours, his world of freedom comes crashing down on him. He just sat there devoid of emotions. Was he supposed to feel angry or sad, nervous or scared? No, he would never feel sad, nervous or scared. They are going through with all this bullsh*t without evidence and in addition, he has committed no crime. Don't you bimbos know that we learn about law in school? He thought as he sat in that ugly and hard plastic and chrome chair. For the first time, he looked up to take in the surroundings. It was a dull room with a metal table in the middle. Two chairs, one was the one that he was presently sitting on, were lined up against the table, opposite from each other. He was aware of the one sided glass the made up almost half of the wall across from him. There was a security camera installed in the top left hand corner of the opposite wall. For the first time in his life, he felt betrayed, abandoned and he felt like he was living a nightmare. Actually, hasn't his whole life been a very bad and vivid nightmare?

A slight but sudden noise disturbs his thoughts. He looks up to find the door to the room open slowly. In steps a female officer. She is fairly tall and has blond hair tied up in a unique fashion. She looked stern yet understanding. The boy looked back down at his hands in his lap. He was tired of judging and reading people. At least it wasn't that idiot of an officer. He thought to himself.

"Heero Yuy, I presume?" The woman asked.

He looks up at the mention of his name.

"I'm Detective Sally Po." She introduced herself. He acknowledged this with a 'Hn'.

"You're really lucky to have such loyal friends." She said.

That particular statement catches his attention.

"?"

"Well, from the key witnesses, who were your two friends, and the other passer-bys, we have gathered much information that directs the cause of this incident away from you. I was also told by a Trowa Barton and hinted by a Duo Maxwell that your father has abused you throughout your childhood." Detective Po stated.

Heero didn't really like the idea that his whole private life was almost revealed without his agreement. However, he knows that it is for the best for this scandal to unravel itself.

"Is there any proof of this?" The female detective asks.

"…Yes." Heero mutters.

"Can you state what they are?"

"My scars, the tape I have of him screaming at me, the doctors notes, Trowa, our neighbour…" Heero said.

"Ok, we'll have a doctor examine your injuries and we'll need your tape, the notes and take an actual statement from your friend and neighbour. If we do have enough evidence, would you like to press charges?" Detective Po asks.

"Yes, I want to sue that maniac for child abuse." Heero said firmly.

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"Looks like we're going to have to read you your rights." Detective Po said.

"What? What did I do? That son of a bitch started the fight!" Heero's father screamed.

"There's no need to push the blame towards your son. We already have enough evidence to convict you of child abuse."

"What d'ya mean? What evidence?"

"For one, his injuries and the statements of two witnesses."

"The witnesses could be lying, and the injuries could be from some stupid sport."

"I don't think so Mr. Yuy. Now, let's begin. I am Detective Sally Po and I'm going to read your rights. I would like to inform you that you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can used against you in a law of court. You have the right to have an attorney to be present…"

A.N.: Hehe, had some of you fooled there, eh? Nah…I would never have Heero-chan arrested! Plus, they don't have evidence to do so! That dumb Officer Smith! Humph! Anyway, anything there unsatisfactory? Actually, I, myself, am not really satisfied with this particular chapter. I know some of you are probably saying, "She really screwed it up this time!" Yeah, I know, but that's why it took so long to post this. I couldn't get into Fanfiction.net either. It was even more crapped up before I fixed it to the present nasty state. *Sigh* However, if it's really that bad, I don't mind suggestions as to how I can revise this. One more thing (sorry I'm boring you with my note!) do you think I'm dragging this story or speeding things up too much? Personally, this is the closest I think I can do without boring ppl out of their minds, but I recently got a review saying I'm moving too fast…is that true? Please tell me when you review…thnx! Over and out ^_~

Disclaimer: All I can say is I don't have the pleasure of owning Gundam Wing -_-;!