What the Future Holds
Chapter 16
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I'm back. I'm able to get on now because the semester is over. I was ground before. Sorry this took so long.
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It had been hot that day. Unbearable hot. Ten-year-olds, Sophie and Samantha had been complaining all day. And the air conditioner was broken. Heero was trying to fix it with Reuben's help. Amber sat on the porch, wearing a tank top and shorts. Sophie and Sammy were with her.
"Mom, how much longer till the air conditioner is fix?" Sammy moaned.
"I don't know. You'll have to ask your father," Amber said.
"But he doesn't won't to be bother," Sammy said.
"Fine. I'll ask," Amber said and got up. She heard the girls argue that Sammy had made her mad. She didn't stop it. She walked to the back of the house and saw Heero tickling Reuben, who was screaming and laughing. A smile crossed Amber's lips.
"Hey Yuy, I thought you were suppose to be fixing air conditioner," Amber said. Heero and Reuben looked up.
"Thank you," Reuben said and tired to get up. But Heero grabbed him and brought him back down on the ground.
"You aren't goin' anywhere yet, little boy," he said.
"Mom save me," Reuben cried out.
"Heero, you have three girls who want nice cold air and will do anything to get. So either fix the air conditioner or I'm going to buy a new one," Amber said.
"Oh really," Heero said as he got up. Reuben ran to the front of the house after tossing thanks over his shoulder.
"Yeah, really," Amber said.
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Amber woke up from the dream. 'Now, why did I dream that?' she thought. She turned and saw that Hannah was awake.
"Hey," she whispered. Hannah turned and whispered, "Hey, what are you doing up?"
"I was dreaming," Amber said.
"What about?" Hannah asked.
"Heero was trying to fix air conditioner at an old house we lived in when the twins were ten. They were complaining and I went to see what was taking so long. I saw Heero on the ground tickling Reuben and then I woke up," Amber said.
"Sounds nice," Hannah muttered.
"It was. Do you think Trowa and Heero will find us?" Amber asked.
"I don't know but I pray they do," Hannah said. 'That makes two of us' Amber thought.
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"Well," Leanna began before Duo woke up. When he saw the two women standing in the room, he shot up, with a cry. The cry woke everyone else.
"Who are you?" Millardo asked.
"I was getting to that. My name is Leanna McCray and I'm William Radcliff's sister," Leanna said. Heero's and Trowa's eyebrows raised, Millardo's, Duo's, and Quarte's mouths dropped, and Wufei's expression remained the same, skeptical.
"Are you his older or younger sister?" Heero asked.
"Older," Leanna said.
"By how many years?"
"Two."
"Do you know where he is?"
"Yes, that's why I'm here. I want to help you. He trusts to me, so I thought I might be able to get you to the boat."
"Alright. Is everyone alright?"
"Fro now," Leanna said. No one said anything and watched Heero.
"Do you think you could get us aboard that ship tonight?" he finally said.
"That will be the easy part," Leanna said.
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Reuben kept glaring. William glared right back. Sophie held Hannah-Marie and Sammy held Victoria. William turned and left. Sophie let out a breath and turned to Reuben.
"You idiot. Don't you dare do that, again. You're not in control, he is and he holds all the cards in his favor," she said, hotly.
"Well, someone has to stand up to him," Reuben said.
"And get killed while doing it? Or maybe someone else while you're at it? Reuben, he is dangerous and insane. He will kill anyone in his way. Remember that formula he made that Mom told us about? It killed that woman, Dorothy and made her lose her memory. He could give that to us," Sophie said.
"You're scaring them," Reuben said softly and nodded at the two little girls. Sophie looked down at them and whispered, "I'm sorry but I'm trying to knock some sense into that fool's head."
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Heero knocked on the door to the girls' room. After five minutes, Sally opened the door. Her eyebrows rose at him. He was fully dressed and it was 11:00 at night.
"Heero, what is it?" she asked.
"Wake the others up and get dressed. Meet me in my in five minutes," he said and turned.
"Why?" Sally asked. Heero turned around and said, "We're about to go on a rescue mission."
"Finally," Sally said and shut the door.
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William paced the floor. He had to do something about Reuben. Maybe he could just give him that formula. He didn't really want to do that but what choice did he have. Yes that is what he would do. Now he needed to see Leanna. He walked out of his room and towards Leanna's.
When he reached the door he knocked. There was no answer. 'She must be a sleep. I guess I'll have to wake her up' he thought. He opened the door and stepped in. It was a small, dark room and there was only a bed, dresser, nightstand and a lamp in the room. William walked over to the bed and turned on the light. There was no one in the bed and it looked as though no one had slept in it. 'Where is she?' he thought. He walked out on to the deck of the boat. There was a cold, December wind blowing. He then realized something. It was Christmas Eve. 'For once, I'll spend Christmas with my daughters' he thought.
He began to look for the small boat that he used to go to shore. It wasn't there. 'She left. Who did she take with her?' he thought and headed for Lady's and Mariemaya's rooms.
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I know this is short and I'm sorry. Please review.
Ja ne,
Pinkmoon.