What the Future Holds
Chapter 20
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Relena watched Jake and Janie. Hilde was talking to Jake. In fact everyone was talking. They were afraid to fall a sleep. No one wanted to end up like Janie. She looked down at Hannah-Marie and saw her eyes were closed.
"Hannah, sweetheart, you need to stay awake," she said slightly shaking her.
"But Mommy, I'm so sleepy," Hannah-Marie said, reluctantly lifting her eyes a little.
"I know, sweetheart but your daddy wants to talk to you so you have to stay a wake," Relena said, telling her the first thing that came to her head.
"Alright. Mommy who was that man with red hair?" Hannah-Marie asked. Relena eyes widen slightly. 'What do I tell her?' she thought.
"Well, that was…um…I have to talk to Aunt Amber and Daddy before I can tell you," Relena said. Hannah-Marie rolled her eyes and asked, "Do you know Vicki's parents?"
"Victoria?" Relena asked. After she nodded, Relena continued, "Yes and don't you dare ask me who they are."
Hannah-Marie rolled her eyes again and asked, "Can I go talk to Uncle Wufei?"
Relena grinned and said in a fake French accent, "But of course." Hannah-Marie giggled and got up and walked over to Wufei. He was sitting next Sally and looked aggravated.
"Hi, Aunt Sally and Uncle Wufei," she said in her chirpy way. Sally looked up and her eyes lit. She grinned devilishly.
"Why Hannah, why don't you sit down in Uncle Wufei's lap?" she asked with that grin. Before Wufei could protest, Hannah sat down and said, "Okay."
That was as far as the conversation got before they heard screaming and gunfire.
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Heero stood there watching the one man who refused to obey him. In fact, he was smiling. It made Heero rage with vehemence. Oh, how he hated that man, hated him more than he every thought possible. Heero had always try to do as the Bible said about loving your enemies but this man made it seem impossible.
"Move or else," he said, tonelessly. It almost sounded as though he was bored out of his mind. He was hardly that.
"Go ahead, though, you might never see them again," William said in that annoying cheerful voice with that annoying smile. 'Heero, remember now, he is insane. Don't get too heartless over that' Heero thought as Trowa asked, almost sounding like Heero, "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean?" William mocked, "What I mean is that in five minutes the men I hired to kill all of you will be here in one minute."
Even as he said it, Heero heard the screaming and the firing of guns. He looked at Trowa and a understanding seem to pass between them. Heero nodded very slightly and said, "Drop the knife, William."
Saying he's name seem to have an effect on William. His eyes seem to hold some kind of realization in them and Heero imagined that might be the William that Leanna knew before their mother's death. But he couldn't really say.
William looked at him and he looked helpless. Heero almost couldn't breath and for a moment felt so much compassion for this man. But then he remembered that the William he thought he was seeing wasn't there anymore and that just a few moments ago he couldn't hate anyone more than he hated him. Yet, he couldn't get rid of the feeling and completely forgot what was going on and just stared. And William stared back. Heero thought that if things were different he might want to help this man but he then remembered that things weren't different and he could die tonight.
"Drop the knife, William," Heero said, softly, almost like he would to Hannah-Marie. Duo looked at him quickly but Heero ignored him. William looked ready to do it but a gun went off and whatever Heero saw in his eyes was gone. The coldness returned, as did the heartless. And Heero seeing this went back to "prefect soldier mode" as Duo would say.
"No," William said and turned to Lady and headed toward her with the knife raised. Lady screamed. Heero fired his gun.
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Wufei sat Hannah-Marie on the floor and got up. Everyone stared at him. They could still hear the yelling and gunfire.
"Leanna, were there any more guns?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'll go get them," she said and got up. She left the room before Wufei could say anything. He turned to the others and said, "Relena, stay in here and watch Hannah and Victoria. Reuben, if anyone comes in here, I want you to shoot them. Everyone else, I want you in the hall. Jake, you stay with Janie. I'm not about to contradict anything Heero's told you. Amber, you stay here to," he said and walked outside of the room. Reuben seemed to be in a daze at what he had been a signed to do.
"Reuben, are you okay?" Amber asked.
"Yeah, Mom. I'm fine," he muttered, staring into space. Amber walked over to him sat down. They began to whisper to each other.
Wufei came back into the room with Leanna. Their arms were filled with guns and they began to hand them out. Relena, Jake, Sophie, Sammy, and Amber were the only ones who didn't get one. Wufei and the others soon left the room.
"Mommy, what's going on?" Hannah-Marie asked. Relena pulled her close and whispered, "I don't know Hannah. I don't know what's going to happen anymore."
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Quarte had run to the fallen form of William. He pressed his fingers against his neck and was silent for a moment. He looked up and said, "He's dead. It's over."
"No, it isn't," Heero said. 'I just killed him. Why can't I believe it? I use to kill with out a second thought but now…God, forgive me' he thought.
"Marie. He…it's so horrible. Oh God, she has to be dead. I know it," Lady said as she slid to the ground crying. Duo knelt next to her and asked, "Where is she?"
Lady pointed and said, "In there."
Trowa walked into the doorway and his eyes widen. His lips tremble slightly as he whispered, "Oh my God. How could he?"
Heero walked up behind him and looked into the room. 'I'm staring to really hate him again' he thought. He shoved his way past Trowa and walked over to the bed and knelt down. He held her wrist and was quite for a moment. Then he sighed and said, "She's alive. We need to stop the bleeding and deal with what's going on up there. Lady, I want you to find a first aid kit or something like that and to clean the blood off. "
He stood and mumbled something and turned to the others.
"Quarte, stay with Lady. The rest of you come with me," he said and left the room. Lady was standing and walked into the room. Heero headed toward the stairs.
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Wufei stood in front of the stairs. He gun saw raised slightly. Three feet behind him was Hannah. A yard behind her was Hilde, a yard behind her, Catherine, then Sally, and then Leanna.
Wufei was tense. It had been along time since he actually fought with a gun and an eternality since he practiced with one. He was temped to pace but fought the verge. This was going to be a long night.
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