What the Future Holds
Chapter 5
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Amber was sitting in her room, writing a letter to an old friend of her in America, when Heero, Trowa, Sophie, and Reuben arrived at the mansion.
"Amber," Trowa said as he opened the door. Amber looked open.
"Hey," she said.
"They're here," Trowa said. Amber got up and walked up to Trowa.
"Do you ever regret marring me?" she asked.
"No, what gave you that idea?" Trowa asked, his eyes wide. Amber sighed.
"It's just lately I've been thinking about all the responsibilities you got when you married me and how you may regret it," Amber said.
"Heero once told me that marring you was probably the smartest thing I've done. I believe him," Trowa said. Amber smiled and said, "We should go down stairs."
"Yeah, we should," Trowa said. They walked down stairs.
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"Hannah, you're choking me," Reuben said as Hannah-Marie hugged him. Her arms were wrapped tightly around his neck.
"So?" she said, happily.
"Dad, help me," Reuben said. Heero grabbed Hannah-Marie's arms and took her from Reuben's arms.
"You don't choke people, Hannah," Heero said.
"Why?" Hannah-Marie asked. Heero looked at her and then turned to Relena and said, "She your daughter."
"I know," Relena said, "Hannah, you will kill someone if you choke them."
"Really, Mommy?" Hannah-Marie asked, her eyes wide. Relena nodded her head.
"Oh, sorry Reuben," Hannah-Marie said, looking at the floor.
"It's okay kid. You didn't know," Reuben said. At that time Amber and Trowa walked down the stairs
"Mom, hey," Sophie said as she and Reuben hugged her.
"Hey. How France and Germany?" Amber asked
"Pretty good," Sophie said.
"You mean they actually survived you two?" Sammy asked, jokingly.
"It's a miracle that the Sank Kingdom is still standing," Reuben said. Sammy rolled her eyes.
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When Jake got home that night, he expected Janie to be there making dinner and to greet him with a kiss. But she wasn't there. There wasn't a note left by her or anything of the sort. The rooms were empty. There was no sound, no movement. Just a place with furniture.
'Something's wrong. I know something is' he thought as he went to the phone. First, he called her parents but she wasn't there. He then tried her friends but no one had seen her. Then he called all the hospitals but there was no patient under the name of Janie Michelle Cottingham.
'Where is she?' Jake thought. At that moment the phone ranged.
"Hello? Is this Janie?" Jake asked.
"Nope sorry, this is William Radcliff and you will never see your wife again," the voice on the phone said.
"Is this a joke? William Radcliff is dead. He's been dead for about five years now," Jake said, his barely under control.
"That's what you think. I know it was you who planted the bomb, you and that idiot Sean Williams. That bomb killed Rebecca. My Rebecca and you will pay dearly for it," William said.
"What do you want?" Jake said, his voice scarcely above a whisper.
"I want you dead."
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'This isn't happening. This isn't happening' Janie thought. She was laying on the floor of some cold room. It was small and moved in a rhythmic pattern, like it was on a boat. The air was cold and moist. Janie had curled into a ball to stay warm.
'You should have never opened that door and you would be with Jake right now, safe and warm. And he would be protecting you from all this. But he isn't here Janie and you have to deal with that. For you and your child' a small voice told her.
"I don't know if I can do this, little one," she whispered to her child.
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Mariemaya was trying to find the girl William had brought here a few hours ago. 'Were would you put your prisoners, Marie?' she asked herself. 'I would put them as far down as I can because that would be the only room for them.'
She walked down the stairs of the floor she was on. 'Okay this boat has about two floors below the deck so I want the bottom one' she thought. When she reached the bottom floor, she saw only two doors. She tried one and it opened. There was nothing in the room. 'That's weird. Why cram all his stuff on the top floors than in here unless…he wants more prisoners! But who?' Mariemaya thought as she shut the door. She turned to the other door at tried to open it but it was locked. 'Good thing I got Duo to show me how to pick locks' she thought as she began to work on the lock. Finally it opened.
Mariemaya opened the door to see a woman with black, vigorous hair laying on the floor.
"Are you awake, ms.?" Mariemaya asked. The woman sat up, fear and hope in her violet colored eyes.
"Who are you and why am I here?" she asked.
"My name is Mariemaya. I don't know why you're here. I don't even know why I am here. Who are you?" Mariemaya asked.
"Janie Cottingham," Janie said.
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"Lucy, when are we leaving?" Millardo asked as Lucriza came down stairs. They were going to the mansion that day.
"In about an hour," Lucriza said going into the kitchen.
Millardo was lost in a sea of emotions. He was looking forward to seeing his sister and niece but not his brother-in-law. He didn't know how he felt about his step-nephew. Millardo liked Reuben but he was Heero's child.
'So is Hannah-Marie' his conscious told him. Millardo knew this was true. 'I don't know what do anymore' he thought.
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