What the Future Holds
Chapter 13
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Hi and thanks to those that reviewed. We are going to have a flashback in here.
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Heero and Duo where in the Emerald Eye Harbor in the Sank Kingdom. The harbor earned its name when a couple years ago some people, who were scuba diving , found emeralds a couple miles off shore. The emeralds were found in a eye shaped rock and ever since then people called the place Emerald Eye Harbor.
"So were to first?" Duo asked. Stores were everywhere as were people.
"There," Heero said and started walking toward a building near the water. Boats were lined next to it. As they got closer Duo noticed a sign that said 'Rent-a-Boat.'
"Creative name," he said as Heero walk though the door. Inside where fishing poles and such. An old man sat behind a counter and was reading a news paper. Heero walked up to the counter and said, "Excuse me."
The man looked up from his paper and stare at the two man in his store. Both wore hats and sun glasses. It was strange because today was cloudy and the sun was barely visible. Now why would anyone wear sun glasses on a cloudy day?
"Yes how may I help you?" the man asked.
"I need to know if a man with brown hair, it almost looks red, and green eyes come in here," Heero said.
"I'm sorry I don't give information on my customers unless it's important," the man said.
"This is important. If I don't find this man, several people could be killed," Heero said.
"Who are you?" the man asked. Heero smirk and turned to Duo.
"Should I tell him?" he asked.
"What harm could it do?" Duo asked. Heero turned back to the man and said, "My name is Heero Yuy."
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Trowa and Quarte where at a run down shack with a grayish sign that said, in washed out, painted scarlet words, 'Abby's and James's Diner and Bazaar.'
"Are you sure this is the place?" Quarte asked.
"This is the address Heero gave me," Trowa said. They walked in. The place looked a little better on the inside than on the out. There were tables in one side of the room and in the other there were racks of foods and supplies. A few people were scatter though out the tables. In the center of the room was a counter with a girl who looked to be in her twenties and she had long, black hair and sapphire eyes. She was reading a magazine
Trowa and Quarte walked over to her.
"Excuse me, ms., I need to ask you something," Trowa said. The girl looked up and closed her magazine.
"I'm all ears," she said.
"Did a man with reddish-brown hair and green eyes come in anytime this week?" Trowa asked.
"Well…bout two weeks ago a man by that description came in. Said he's name was William Radcliff and that he was stayin' in Emerald Eye Harbor. Even gave me his phone number and told me to call if I ever wanted to go out somewhere but I told him I was married but he gave me his number just the same," she said.
"Thanks and I wouldn't call him," Quarte said as he and Trowa walked out the door.
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Wufei and Jake where at a place in a nice part of town called 'Mike's Supplies and Gift Shop.' It was nice looking and the front was done in mahogany wood and so was the inside. There were racks and shelves of blankets, tents and other things of the like. In the back was a table with clocks, jewelry and such. Toward the front was a counter with a man behind it. He had blond hair and brown eyes.
"Sir, I need to ask you something," Jake said. The man stared and shrugged his shoulders.
"Did a man with red-brown hair and green eyes come in here?" Jake asked.
"Yeah, he brought about twenty blankets 'bout two weeks ago. No body ever brought that may blankets before or least as long as I've been workin' here. Didn't tell me his name but I read it on one his check. Said his name was William Ratliff or something like that. Why?" the man asked.
"His uncle just died and left twenty-five thousand dollars to him. And we're trying to find him," Wufei said.
"Oh, wish I could help but I can't. Are you gonna buy anything?" the man asked.
"I wish we could but we have to get going. Thank you," Jake said as he and Wufei walked out.
"Wish I was getting that much," Jake said, when they were outside.
"It's not much," Wufei said.
"Only to the rich and famous," Jake answered.
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"You're Heero Yuy? But that's impossible," the man said. Heero took off his glasses as did Duo. The man stared unable to say anything. The man who was married to his country's leader was standing in his store.
"Sir, are you alright?" Heero asked.
"Yes, I'm fine. I just never thought…," the man trailed off.
"It's alright. Could you please answer our question?" Heero asked.
"Well, yes a man who looked like that did come in about two weeks ago. He rented my best houseboat. It has two floors. Three if you count the deck. He wanted to buy it but I don't sell. He's renting it for the year and then he's going to go to the new space colony their going to finish this year," the man said.
"Thank you and don't tell anyone we were even near the harbor. Not even your family," Heero said as he turned to leave. The man just stared. 'Heero Yuy was in my store wearin' sun glasses and a hat on a cloudy day. Strange, huh?' he thought.
When Heero and Duo got out Heero began talking.
"It's prefect. All he has to do is break their spirits and then he can do what ever he wants to them. And going to a new colony makes it even easier. They're not going to care who comes. All he has to do is have them pose as his family and he is home free," he said.
"Yeah but it's going to take a lot to break their spirits, isn't it?" Duo asked.
"It'll be a piece of cake with Amber. She isn't completely over him. She'll put up resistance because of Trowa but the question is, will it be strong enough? Will any of them be strong enough?" Heero asked.
"You the one who would know," Duo said.
"That's why I'm afraid," Heero said. Duo stared at him Heero Yuy, the prefect soldier just admit he was afraid. 'So he's human after all. Bout time he showed it' Duo thought.
"Me too," he said.
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'One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four' Amber thought as she heard the music drift to her ears. It was Mozart and the sound was distance but Amber knew the tune well. It was all he would listen to. He never listened to anything else. Never to any other composers or other types of music. It was always that song, always. That song, she hated that song. Hated the memories it brought her. Especially, one memory.
:Flashback:
"Mom , can't you make him understand?" Fifteen-year-old Amber asked, looking at her mother. She was in her parents room and they had just discovered that she and William Radcliff liked, no loved each other. But her father immediately forbade it.
"Amber, as much as I hate to say it, he's right. William is just to old for you," Amber's mother, Leah-Jean, said.
"He's nineteen and I'm fifteen. That's…only four years. Daddy your six-years-older than Mom. It's not fair," Amber said.
"That's different, Amber," Craig said.
"And just how is it different?" Amber asked. Leah-Jean looked at her husband waiting to see if he would tell her.
"That is not your concern. You cannot date that man. If I every see you so much as look at him, we will leave," Craig said. Amber stormed out of the room. As she left she heard her parents.
"Well, that went well," Leah-Jean said.
"Shut up," Craig said.
"You should have told her," Leah-Jean said. Amber stopped walking and listened.
"And have her hate me more? I'll tell her when she turns twenty-one. So what are you gong to do tomorrow?" Craig asked. Amber began walking. The important conversation was over. She began wondering down the halls, not sure where she was going and not caring. This way she was sure to run into William. Sometime. When she got to her room, very softly, she could hear music. It was coming from her room. She slowly opened the door and to her face came a confused expression.
William was sitting on her bed, holding what looked like one of her shirts.
'What is he doing and what is he listing to? Better yet, why is he in my room?' she thought. Slowly, she slid the door open.
"William? What are you doing?" Amber asked. William looked up. When he saw who it was, he turned his head and looked out the window.
"Did I ever tell you that this was my mother's room when she was fifteen?" he asked. Briefly, she wondered, not for the first time, if he was trying to turn her into his mother. She had seen a picture of the woman and they looked very much alike.
"Nope, you never told me. William, I have to tell you something," Amber said. William got up and walked over to Amber and shut the door.
"It can wait," he said. He grabbed her hand and brought her over to the bed.
"No, it can't. My father knows about…us and his forbidden me to even look at you," Amber said.
"What? Why?" William asked.
"He said you're to old for me but I don't think that's it. Thing is, I don't know what it could be," Amber said. She stared at the floor and jumped when William began caressing her cheek. She turned to look at him and he pushed her back onto the bed. He began kissing her and all she could hear was the music.
:End of Flashback:
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I think this is the longest chapter I've wrote in along time. Well, anyway, please review. And Casllisto are you still reading this?
Ja ne,
Pinkmoon