What the Future Holds
Chapter 24
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Hi and thanks for the review. Jake is going to start talking to God so you might want to skip that part if you don't believe that kind of thing.
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"Reuben, go get Quarte. Don't tell him anything," Heero said. Reuben nodded and hurried to the stairs. He raced down the stairway; sometimes skipping a step. He was panicking slightly and trying to calm down. 'Come on breathe. You don't need to go into a panic attack now. Breathe' he thought over and over again.
When he reached the room, he barged through the door. Everyone in the room looked up at his arrive. Relena and Amber sat next to Lady; Sophie, Sammy, Hannah-Marie, and Victoria sat on the floor; and Quarte was pacing slowly, obviously from boredom.
"Quarte, Dad needs you on the on the deck now," Reuben said, breathlessly.
"What is it?" he asked. Reuben shook his head, gasping for breath and said, "Not here."
Quart just nodded and followed Reuben up to the deck.
Heero was still staring over the railing when they reached him. He looked up when he heard them and said, "Look over the railing."
Quarte did as he was told, as Reuben sat down on the deck, and gasped at the sight.
"Is it…?" he whispered.
"Yes, it Jamie," Heero said. Reuben looked up at the men, still breathing heavily, and asked, "Who's…going to tell…Victoria?"
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Jake looked at Janie, scared out of his mind. He was close to a panic attack or so he thought. He was hoping someone would come and talk to him, to get his mind off what was going on. 'Well, why not God or Janie? They'll hear you' a small voice whispered in his head. It was the voice that everyone seems to hear when facing some great challenge. Jake began to speak.
"Lord, I'm not really sure what to say. I'm scared but you already know that. Then again, you knew that before I even began to feel that way," he paused. What was he saying? He felt like an idiot. He knew that wasn't what he wanted to say.
"Lord, please just don't let her die," he whispered.
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Relena and Amber stood and went over to a corner to whisper to each other.
"What do you think happened?" Relena asked.
"Don't know. I want to go home so badly and crawl in bed and just get away from all this," Amber said.
"Me, too. Do you think Heero's worried?" Relena asked suddenly. Amber looked at her.
"Why do you say that?" she asked.
"I don't know. I just have this feeling that he is," Relena said, looking at the floor.
"The only thing I know about Heero Yuy is no one knows what he's going to do or feel except him."
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Michael Wright could see the houseboat now. Only a few more minutes and they would be with in reach. He grinned. He always did love a fight. He could see it now. He and the ever infamous Heero Yuy trying to kill one another and how every second, every moment Heero Yuy would get weaker and weaker until he fell to the ground. And then, Michael would stab him in the heart with the dragger he'd brought.
His grin widened. Oh, yes, this would be perfect and he'd been rich beyond his wildest dreams.
Perfect.
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Heero was looking out into the water when he saw them. Two boats coming at them as fast as possible. 'Lord, get me through this, please' he thought and turned to Quarte and Reuben.
"They're coming," he said, monotonously. The other two looked up at him sharply.
"Who's coming?" Reuben asked. Heero nodded his head toward the ocean and Reuben got up to see. He and Quarte stare at the on coming boats.
"Can you tell how many there are?" Reuben asked.
"Twenty, twenty-three. I can't really tell," Quarte said.
"Twenty-two," Heero corrected.
"How many of us are there?" Reuben asked and looked at Heero. He was still staring out into the water.
"You want the truth?" he asked.
"Yes but it's bad, isn't it?" Reuben asked. Heero didn't move and said, "Seventeen out of twenty-one."
"It's not possible," Reuben said, thinking of their getting out of this. Heero stood and turned.
"I'm going to tell the others about this," he said as he left.
"We're not going to get through this. It's just impossible," Reuben said.
"With Heero Yuy, anything's possible," Quarte said quietly, almost bitterly. Reuben turned his head to look at him.
"What does that mean?" he asked.
"It means exactly that," Quarte said.
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Hi. Please review and thanks to those who did. And I'm sorry this took to long.
Ja ne,
Pinkmoon