What the Future Holds

Chapter 25

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 Heero walked into the control room. Wufei was trying to figure out what button did what. Trowa and Cathy were talking with one another. Hilde and Sally talked among themselves in a corner of the room.

 "We have company," he said to get their attention.

 "What are you talking about?" Trowa asked. Everyone else turned to Heero and waited for the answer.

 "Radcliff hired a couple of men to kill us and their almost here," Heero said.

 "This is just great. I can't read what any of this says. It's written in Dutch," Wufei said. Leanna muttered something and said, "Mother was Dutch and taught him the language."

 "But he's renting the boat, right?" Hilde asked. Heero looked at her, "You're right," he then turned to Wufei, "See if the writing will peel off."

 Wufei tried and to his shock, the writing did come off. There was no writing underneath though.

 "Why would he do that?" Sally asked. She and the others were at the control board.

 "He changed after Mother's death. I think her death trigger a depression and then Amber came along. She almost looked exactly like Mother. But I wasn't there at that time so I don't know what he was like then. Well, that didn't answer your question and I need to stop dwelling," Leanna sighed softly. She crossed her arms and looked at the ground. The rest were silent.

 "I need to know who can fight and who can't," Heero said.

 "We all can. That much I know," Sally said. Heero nodded and said, "Leanna, anyone who doesn't have a gun give them one."

 "I'll go do that now," she said and left.

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Duo and Millardo weren't talking and it was driving Duo nuts. He tried to start a conversation but Millardo never let it live long. 'Why was I stuck doing the most boring job with the most boring person on the boat?' Duo thought.

 "Millardo, what is your favorite color?" Duo asked. Millardo looked at him with an raised eyebrow and said, "Orange. Why?"

 "I'm bored and you won't talk to me," Duo whined. Millardo rolled his eyes and said, "My God, you're an idiot."

 "I am not," Duo said indignantly.

 "Don't even start that," Millardo said.  Duo groaned and all but shouted, "I'm bored. Please talk to me."

 Millardo looked at him like he was an idiot and asked, "You do realize that you are begging?"

  "Yes, so please carry on a conversation with me, please!" Duo said and almost knelt. Millardo's eyes bulged. At that moment Leanna had come down the stairs, almost out of breath. She stopped in front of them and asked, "Do you have a gun?"

 Duo nodded his head yes while Millardo said, "No."

 Leanna walked over to the gun supplies, got a gun, got up, and walked back over to Millardo. She handed him the gun and said, "Go up stairs into the control room. Quarte and Reuben are on the deck and will show were that is."

 The two men ran up the stairs. Leanna looked up. Her lips moved but no sound came out. A moment later, she bowed her head and whispered, "Amen."

 She then went to the gun supply.

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 Relena and Amber were sitting on the bed. Relena was speaking to Lady and Amber was staring into space. Sophie and Sammy were trying to make Hannah-Marie and Victoria minds focus on something besides what was going on.

 Amber sighed. Her emotions had been hitting her full force and now she was to drain to feel anything. Lord, she wanted to go to sleep. She wanted to go into a world were she would forget everything. She didn't want to dream of memories, she wanted to dream of some fantasy, something completely unrelated to what was going on. 

 She sighed again and almost fell back onto the bed. She got up and said, "I'm going out into the hall."

 Relena looked at her and said, "Alright."

 She left the room then with every eye on her.

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 Janie didn't know where she was. She seemed to be floating but couldn't open her eyes. It frightened her. Sudden she began to fall. 'What's happening? Am I dreaming?' she thought. She continued to fall faster and faster and faster. 'Someone help me' she thought automatically. She fell faster and faster and faster until she just stopped.

 She was shocked at first and tried to open her eyes. When she did see saw Jake leaning above her.

 "I was wondering when you would wake up," he said, bored.

 "What's going on?" Janie asked. Jake raised an eyebrow and looked at her with ridicule.

 "We're home, waiting for that idiot of a maid to bring breakfast up," Jake said. That was when Janie looked round the room. It was like a room in a castle or mansion. Everything was white and gold and there was a fireplace. The bed was a canopy and the curtains were made of white and gold silk.  The sheets were made of silk and white. The walls were white with gold embroiders. The floor was made of white marble.

 Jake got up and walked over to a table. He was different. He was argorrant and inconcerit. What on Earth was going on.

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