What the Future Holds
Chapter 23
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When they had reached to second floor, Leanna instructed them to her room. To get there they had to go past the body of William. When Leanna saw him, she closed her eyes tightly and took a deep breath. Heero stopped long enough to tell Amber, Relena, and the kids that Quarte was through the door and to go in there. Amber seemed shocked but that was the only emotion Heero saw on her face. He sighed and kept walking to Leanna's room.
When Heero and the others got there, they did the slow task of laying Janie in the bed. Heero told Jake to stay in the bed with her and asked Leanna to take them to the control area. Leanna did it, readily. They walked to the stairs and climbed them to deck.
When Leanna opened the door that led to the deck, the cold air blast onto their faces. The wind was blowing and the water lapped harshly against the boat and rocked it slightly. It caused Heero to worry somewhat about Janie but he couldn't do anything about so he decided not to worry. Leanna led them to the front of the boat. There was a small complex on the deck of the boat and Leanna led them through its door inside.
The control room was impressive. There was a phone, radio, steering equipment, and small radar. Heero immediately went to the radio.
"What is this boat called?" he asked Leanna.
"The Omega," she said quietly. Heero turned the radio on and pressed the switch.
"This is The Omega. Is anyone out there?" he said into the mike and released the switch. No answer.
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"Quarte," Relena said to make her and the others presence known. Quarte looked up from Mariemaya quickly. His gaze went over everyone quickly but stopped when it reached Victoria. She stood next to Hannah-Marie and her clothes were a bit torn but she looked so beautiful to him. Her brown hair fell over her shoulders messily and her violet colored eyes held a small fear of what? Rejection? Hate? Quarte couldn't tell and didn't care at the moment.
What his mind was focusing on was how much love, anger, and the need to protect this fragile little thing at come over him. He wondered about how he could love someone so much when he never saw him or her before or the desire to take this little girl and crush her to him and just protect her. And the anger, so much of it. He was angry at William Radcliff. A man a couple of minutes ago he was sympatric to because of his motives and such and now he seem to hate the man.
"Quarte, maybe you and Victoria should go outside," Amber said as she looked at the stare he was giving the girl.
"Alright," Quarte said breaking out of his thoughts and stood.
"Is that alright with you, honey?" Amber asked Victoria. She nodded but her eyes never left Quarte. She and Quarte left the room. When the door shut, Quarte kneeled to get eye leveled with Victoria. For a while they just stared at each, not saying a word. Finally Quarte spoke.
"So, you're my daughter," Quarte said softly.
"Yes," Victoria said just as softly, almost fearfully. Something in Quarte broke and he held out his arms.
"Come here," he whispered. Victoria fell into his arms.
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Reuben watched as Heero tried the radio again. There was still no reponise. Heero sighed and dropped the mike. He asked, "Dose anyone want to try and run this thing?"
"I will," Wufei said.
"Alright. I'm going to go out on the deck," Heero said and turned to leave.
"Can I come with you?" Reuben asked. Heero nodded and left with Reuben following him.
"Now what?" Hilde asked. No one answer.
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Reuben and Heero stood at the rail looking at the water. It was cold out and Reuben only had on a sweater. He shivered slightly.
"Cold?" Heero asked, absently, almost apathy.
"A little," Reuben said and wrapped his arms around himself. Heero took off his jacket and wrapped it around Reuben. He then looked back out at the water. Reuben slid his arms in the sleeves and began to study Heero. He was tense and from the way he acted, off in some other world it seemed.
"Dad, what wrong?" Reuben asked quietly, confusingly. Heero sighed, closed his eyes, and tilted his head back. He was silent for a moment.
"I killed a man tonight and I'm not sure why," he said.
"What do you mean?" Reuben asked almost cautiously.
"Don't ask me that," Heero said, tiredly. He opened his eyes and looked out at the water. There was silence for a while. Finally, Reuben asked, "Dad, are we…safe, I'd guess you say?"
"You want the truth?" Heero asked. He didn't look at Reuben.
"Yeah," Reuben said, watching him intensely. Heero sighed and turned to look Reuben in the eye.
"No," he said and turned back to the water. When he did his eyes widen and he whispered, "Oh, my God."
Reuben turned to see and almost screamed.
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I know this is short but this seemed like a good place to stop. And now I really don't have an idea of where I'm going to be going with this. I've got two ideas and I'm trying to decide so this might start to move slow. Thanks for the reviews and please review for this chapter.
Ja ne,
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