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Dream Maker: Okay folks, standard yadda. I do not own Gundam Wing. *sniffs* I wish I did but I don't. The g-boys and girls all belong to their respectable owners. I promise to return them, only slightly worse for the wear, when I'm through with them. Okay, anything else?

Christa: Yup. You forgot to say that we own the plot of the story…. Well, all but the kid from the future thing….. The futuristic thing is done a lot….. Anyway, thank you to all you people who have reviewed. Sorry to leave you dangling last chapter but we ran out of ideas.

Dream Maker: Yeah, my muse here, *taps Christa on her head* couldn't think of anything else….. Pretty weird for a muse to need ideas since they're supposed to be brimming with them but hey, this is Christa we're talking about….

Christa: *flattens her little mouse ears and glares* Don't forget that I do need a vacation. You really want me to leave?

Dream Maker: Okay, shutting up….. But you people ARE forgetting to tell us your theories about who Alex is…. Anyway, please r&r, which means read AND REVIEW!

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"Heero, you couldn't handle the truth. I owe you no explanations so I will give you none." Alex replied coldly. Heero remained impassive until Alex threw a punch aimed right at his face. Because he hadn't been full out attacked since A.C. 199 he was out of practice and instinctively brought his hands up to protect his face and closed his eyes. When nothing his him he looked he didn't see Alex right off. Relena pointed behind him. Alex had used a very old tactic to get past him. Heero was so mad that he hauled back and punched the wall, making his knuckles bleed some.

"Heero, you shouldn't do that. You're more likely to damage yourself more than the wall." Alex called behind him as he sat back down in front of the TV. This time he made sure that the side of Quatre's chair was at his back. It was evident that he trusted Heero as little as Heero trusted him.

"Heero, calm down. You can interrogate him later. Besides, didn't you say to wait until after the children were down for their naps?" Heero sighed as he turned around to look at his beloved wife.

"Relena, I've never heard Kira say anything like that before. Never, and I never want to again. I can't help but think, no, I know that Alex was behind that."

"I know he was too. Kira hates strangers picking her up, especially men or, boys in this case. But she wouldn't let go of him Heero. Its like she knew he was safe. I don't like it, but I'll be the first to admit that I think we can trust him."

"Relena, children are fickle. And he didn't even treat her burn right!"

"What's this I hear about a burn?" Sally asked, coming into the kitchen.

"Kira must have burned herself on the fire grate and Alex didn't treat it right, he just put aloe on it. A lot of good that will do her, she's probably going to have a scar now." Heero snapped at her.

"He only did that? What an idiot. But if Kira was burned I need to look at her." Sally said to herself, ignoring the fact that Heero was being so rude.

"Well, a few seconds after Kira screamed I heard water running for a few seconds, then it was turned off. But there was no time for him to even apply the aloe before I got into the kitchen, that's the strange thing. I just can't explain it." Relena said just before Sally left the kitchen.

"What? That can't be right." She said, then glanced at the clock. It was 1:30 pm. "Time for the children's naps."

The adults had some difficulty putting some of the kids down for their naps but in the end it was accomplished. Or so they thought until Heero saw Alex walk out of the room Daja and Kira were sleeping in. He saw that Relena saw too. The minute Alex had gone back into the living room both of them entered the room together and found Daja asleep, but Kira was no where to be seen. The sound of a block being knocked off the small table made them spin around. Kira was sitting at the table making a small fortress out of small cardboard "bricks."

"Kira, what was Alex doing in here sweetie?" Heero asked her quietly.

"He wanted to talk to me. I'm sorry." Kira replied, bowing her head in shame.

"What are you so sorry about Kira?" Relena asked as she knelt down to her daughters level. Kira didn't answer. Instead she got out of the small chair she'd been sitting in and flung her arms around her mothers neck and kissed her.

"I'm sorry mommy. I'll never be mean again." Then se let go of her mother and ran and flung her arms around her daddy's legs. "I promise. I'm sorry. Please don't be mad at me."

Heero bent down and picked his small daughter up in his arms. "Now why would we be mad at you? What did Alex say to you?"

"He said you were sleeping and you didn't hear me crying. Aunt Sally had to wake you up." Then she hugged Heero again. "Your not mean or bad."

"We could never be mad at you Kira." Relena said as she took her daughter from Heero. "But its nap time so you need to go to sleep. Okay? Dream of pretty unicorns."

"Okay mama." When Relena put Kira down on the bed Kira crawled under the covers and fell right to sleep. Heero and Relena stood watching their sleeping children for a few minutes before they left the room and joined the others. When they sat down Quatre tapped a sleeping Alex on the shoulder. Alex jumped up and looked wildly around before he saw where he was. Then he cleared his throat and sat back down on the floor as if nothing had happened.

"Okay Alex, please explain to us exactly what just happened." Sally said.

"What do you mean?"

"What happened with Kira?"

"Yes, and what exactly were you doing in her room just then?"

Alex sighed and gave him a steely look which he avoided. "Didn't I tell you I would offer no explanations? The less you all know the better."

"Alex, how are we suppose to trust you if you refuse to tell us things we need to know?" Quatre said diplomatically.

"I didn't ask you to trust me. I have no expectations of you. I expect no trust and I need none from you. I'm just here to do my job and leave."

"What job would that be?" Hilde asked. Alex's eyes whipped towards her a Duo.

"You didn't tell her I suppose? No, you wouldn't, would you Duo? I'll say nothing unless you all agree that you have no problem with them knowing. Though I would prefer them not to know, its none of my business."

"I think I speak for us all when I ask what the hell is going on here?" Noin stated. She was outraged that she'd been left out of something that seemed very important. Alex looked at everyone before he bowed his head and spread his hands in defeat.

"As you wish. I said last night that I was from the future and that all that followed me was trouble. Mostly death and destruction more than anything else, but that's beside the point isn't it? I was sent here to keep you all alive."

He let the idea sink in with the girls before he continued. "I said last night the first assassination attempt would be Hilde. Well, actually it's the second. The first was Relena but that was six years ago. Anyway I have to keep you all alive because the future will be chaos without you. I lived there and saw it change little by little."

"How did you travel here though time? And how do you know who's going to be next?" Sally said skeptically.

"Not easily. But I know who's going to be next because I followed the news. Whenever something here changes, so do my memories."

"Your memories? You mean, the future wasn't always the way it is now? Or will be, or was or…" Quatre said.

"Yes Quatre. Someone got a hold of a time travel device and used it. They're in the stream of time now, trying to kill you one by one. It's already happened for me so I know who to keep alive."

"So, you're basically here to keep us alive, but wouldn't it make more sense to go back and stop whoever it was from getting the time device?" Wufei said.

"It would if it were that easy. We… the person who built the device and myself don't know who stole it or when. And we're the only ones who know its happening. No one else notices. Either that or no one cares." Alex said sadly.

"But what if the person who is trying to kill us finds out about you and kills you in the future before you can come back?" Relena asked worried.

"Then it will be a sad day for us all now wont it?" He said, his voice still icy and monotone like it always was. Then his eyes widened and he screamed, "HILDE! SALLY! MOVE NOW!" Seconds after he did a horrible explosion ripped through the wall that had just been behind them. Everyone was thrown to the ground and debris flew everywhere. After some of the smoke cleared the shuffling of debris could be heard as people picked themselves up out of the wreckage of what was once part of the small cottages wall.

"Is everyone all right?" Trowa called out since he couldn't see very well through the smoke that still remained.

"A better question is, is everyone accounted for?" Sally said. She counted the figures through the smoke. Ten figures though the smoke, eleven including herself. Quatre got a fan and blew the remaining smoke out the gaping hole in the wall.

"What the hell was that?!" Heero yelled at Alex. "Couldn't you have given us a little more warning? We could have been killed! Oh my god! The kids! If anything's happened to them Alex, I swear by the heavens that I will kill you with my bare hands!"

"Nothings happened to them Heero. They're all still sleeping." Quatre said in wonder. He couldn't believe that they all slept through such racket.

"How is that possible? Are you sure… you're sure they're all just sleeping Quatre?"

"Yes Noin, I'm sure. I checked and they're all still breathing."

"Oh thank god."

"Heero, I think you owe Alex an apology." Trowa stated. He was a shaken up as all the others were but he wasn't so shaken that he didn't know Heero had been out of line."

"I owe that stupid kid nothing. He almost got us all killed. I bet he planted that bomb himself. Where'd he get off to anyway?" Turning around he found Alex knelt down in the rubble holding a twisted piece of metal that was the remnants of the bomb.

"Alex? Are you okay?" Sally asked as she walked over towards him. Relena, Noin, and Hilde had fled into the bedrooms to recheck the children.

"Leave him alone Sally. He's not worth your time. He doesn't feel anything." Heero stated coldly. He had hoped that Alex would die in the explosion. (no, he didn't plant the bomb people! Get real!) Quatre walked towards him, just behind Sally. He stayed back as Sally did an assessment for injuries. When she found none she sighed and walked away.

"Alex? Are you alright?" Quatre said, placing his hand on the young mans shoulder. "Alex, you're trembling. Sally, I think he's in shock."

"I almost failed." Alex's voice was barely audible but Quatre heard him, just barely.

"Alex, we're all still here. Don't sweat it. The wall is replaceable and no one got hurt. That's a miracle in itself. Its okay." Quatre felt with his mind for what Alex was feeling but what he found baffled him. Six years ago he'd felt absolutely nothing. Now he felt utter peace and happiness, almost like he was sleeping.

"They're all gone. I can't believe it. I'm alive but Daja and some of the other kids, they're dead. They were all killed after the bomb. Sally, Hilde, Wufei, Duo, all dead. I can see body parts strewn all over the floor. My god, its such a mess. I.." Alex bent over on the grass and vomited. "All gone and there wasn't anything I could do about it. Not a thing. Why? Why couldn't I stop it? Why?" tears fell from his eyes and ran down his cheeks, leaving clean trails in the dirt.

"Alex, snap out of it." Quatre said. He shook the boy but nothing happened. Alex just continued to tremble and cry. "Heero?" Heero had come up during Alex's mad ravings and heard about his daughters "death."

"I'll take care of him Quatre." Heero picked the kid up off the ground by the neck of his shirt and punched him full force in the face, letting go as he did. Alex's head snapped sideways and he was send hurtling backwards into a tree by the force Heero had put behind the punch.

"What the heck did you do that for?" Wufei demanded angrily as he looked up from digging in the wreckage for his coat.

"He's talking like a mad hatter. What else was I suppose to do?" Heero called back over his shoulder as he walked away. Over by the tree Alex gingerly put a hand to the left side of his face. He shook his head and picked himself up off the ground and adjusted his hat.

"He's right Wufei. I'm sure I deserved that. I'm sorry." Alex said as he walked back towards the wreckage. "That bomb was planted hours ago so my secret's still safe. For now at least."

"What do you care about a secret?" Zechs said angrily. "I'm with Heero, we could have been killed!"

"If my secret gets out you will be."

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Dream Maker: Okay, how do you like that for a cliffhanger?

Christa: Can we put up two chapters in one day? Please?"

Dream Maker: No, I don't think so. But we can put the next chapter up tomorrow….

Christa: Okay! *dances around with Lady Stardancer* I cant wait! Can you?

Dream Maker: Okay Christa, calm down. Anyway, please read AND REVIEW. And PLEASE give us your theories about Alex….. we'll tell you if your right even…. Well, as long as you don't tell anyone else….

Christa: Okay, have a nice day! *waves* bye bye!

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