What the Future Holds

Chapter 21

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 Heero and the other men slowly climbed up the steps that led to the deck. Now that they were closer they heard what was being shouted. Things like, "After we kill this guy, I gonna throw a party" or "Who we killing again?"

 "What in the world?" Millardo asked to know one in particular.

 "Okay, this is officially weird," Duo said. When they reached the door that would lead them outside, Trowa looked out the window in the door. His eyebrows rose slightly and for a moment couldn't speak.

 "What is it?" Millardo asked. Trowa didn't look at him and asked, "Tell me this. How can three men make this much chaos?"

 "What!" the other four men said. Trowa nodded his head slightly and said, "That's what I thought."

 Heero climb the last of the stairs and looked out the window. There were three men on the deck. They swayed as though drunk. 'He trusted these idiots to kill us?' Heero thought, remembering William's threat. 'Unless,' his thoughts continued, 'this isn't them. Lord, I'm not sure I can do this anymore.'

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 Relena got up and began to pace. Reuben was holding Hannah-Marie, the gun resting at his side, and Sophie and Samantha were in the middle of a staring contest. Amber was talking to Jake. Victoria was watching Sophie and Sammy.

 Relena was worried. She had been since the beginning but now, the worry intensified. She hated the fact that she was helpless and wasn't in control. And the fact that they were in the middle of the ocean and miles from land didn't help.

 "Relena, sit down. You're goin' to drive us all crazy," Amber said. Relena glared slightly at her and said, "I've not walked for about a day. I'm going to walk."

 Amber sighed, rolled her eyes, and turned back to Jake.

Relena crossed her arms and bowed her head. She knew something was wrong or something was going to go wrong. She didn't know how she knew or why but something kept whispering in her ear that something wasn't right and unless she did something, she wasn't going to like it. 'But what can I do?' she thought angrily. There were times she hated beinging a pacifist. Hated beinging defenseless because anyway else would be seen as pro-war by the general public. This was one of those times. She was brought out of her thoughts when Hannah-Marie said, "Mommy, what's going on?"

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 Michael Wright, the man who burned half of the Peacecraft mansion and kidnapped Heero Yuy's loved ones, was on an engine-powered boat with ten other men. He was bored and thinking of what he would do with the money Radcliff would pay him for killing Heero Yuy. He was thinking about going to Hawaii or Russia when his boat stopped. He looked at the man driving and asked, "What's wrong, now?"

 The man stared at the water and shakily said, "There's a dead body floating in front of us along with another boat."

  Michael watch as the boat pulled up beside them. In it were twelve men and one with brown hair said, "We're suppose to help you kill Heero Yuy."

 Michael nodded and asked, "Who was the dead guy?"

 "Some chick Radcliff told us to kill. I think her name was Jamie Williams."

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 Heero turned back to the others.

 "Do any of you have a gun?" he asked. Duo shook his head and Millardo pulled out a knife and said, "This is all I brought."
 "What we have to do is get rid of them and get out of here as fast as we can," Heero said.

 "So we're just gonna run out there, yelling are heads off and kill them?" Duo said.

 "That's the basic idea," Heero said nonchalantly but thought 'I'm not sure I can kill again to night. Lord, I feel so taint.'

 "Are you alright?" Trowa asked looking at him.

 "I'll tell you when this is over," Heero said and looked at the gun in his hand.

 "Well, lets get this over with," Millardo said and walked up the last of the steps. Heero put his hand on the knob, took a breath and opened the door. Duo's last thought before he left the stairwell was 'He really has changed, hasn't he?'

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 Wufei was slightly bored now. He had lowered his gun and was leaning against the wall and everyone else was quietly talking to each other. Wufei's thoughts began to wonder to Marian and he looked at Sally. He was slightly unsure about the fact he remarried. That seemed to becoming a trend with the pilots, lately. He loved Sally, yes, but his belief in honor and such, made him wonder if it was dishonoring Marian's memory by remarrying. He supposed he should have figured this out before he married but then wasn't thinking of that. He only thought of how there wouldn't be any more solitary nights were memories could haunt him, torture him. With Sally, that all disappeared. But still, there was Marian. He sighed and looked at the stairs.

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Relena looked at her daughter and for a moment, couldn't think of anything to say. But she soon thought of something and said; "Daddy is talking to the man who wanted us here."

 'And that man is probably dead now' her thoughts finished. Victoria looked at Hannah-Marie and asked, "Would you mind playing a game?"

 "I guess. What game?"

 "I don't know."

 "Then why did ya ask?"

 "I thought you could come up with something and I'm bored." This went on for a while and Amber and Relena looked at each other.

 "She's your child," Amber said.

 "She's your niece," Relena responded. Jake chuckled lightly.

 "She's Quarte's kid," Amber said, nodding toward Victoria.

 "I agree," Relena said and sat down. The two little girls remained oblivious to the conversation.

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Hey. Hoped you like this chapter and there should be two or three more left, if I can do this right. Anyways please review and thanks to those who did.

 Ja ne,

 Pinkmoon