What the Future Holds

Chapter 28

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 "Did you decide on anything?" Heero asked. The others looked at each and shook their heads slowly. Heero muttered something under his breath. He turned to the door and closed his eyes. 'So what are you going to do?' his mind asked him. He sighed angrily and resisted the urge to hit the wall with his fist. What were they going to do? That question ran over and over again in his head.

 "Daddy, what's going on?" Hannah-Marie asked. He opened his eyes and took a breath but didn't turn around.

 "There're some men outside who want to hurt us. I don't know why but they do," he said. Hannah-Marie didn't ask any more questions. Heero sighed again and ran a hand through his hair.

 "Well, we can't use the element of surprise anymore," Duo said. Heero turned around and looked him over.

 "True," he said.  He leaned against the door and watched everyone. Relena and Amber where looking at him worriedly but only for a few moments because of Hannah-Marie demanding their attention. Victoria sat next to Hannah-Marie but looked at the floor. Heero sighed as he remembered what happened to her mother and wondered briefly if she knew. He then turned his gaze to Wufei who was sitting next to Sally. Wufei sat with his eyes closed and Sally stared of into space. Duo sat next to them. He was watching Heero with a worried eye and holding Hilde, who was leaning against him. Catherine sat next to Trowa. Both were staring into space like Sally. Hannah and Leanna sat next to each other. Hannah was looking between Heero and Relena with a worried look, and Leanna was staring at her hands. Millardo sat next to Lucriza. Millardo was staring at Relena and Lucriza was staring at Millardo. Reuben, Sophie and Sammy all sat next to each other and were whispering quietly. Quarte was staring off into space but he looked as though he was thinking of something.

 Heero sighed again and began to stare off into space, a popular trend it seemed. The silence in the room was broken only by Hannah-Marie's voice, asking question after question and Reuben and the twins' whispers. So almost everyone jumped when Quarte raise his head quickly and asked, "Leanna, are there blueprints of the boat on board?"

 "I think so. Let me look," she said, a little surprised, and began to search the room. Heero raised an eyebrow at him but didn't say anything. He didn't need to.

 "Quarte, why do you want the blueprints for the boat?" Duo asked.

 "There might be a way out of this room that we don't know about," Quarte said.

 "Doesn't that only happen in the movies?" Amber asked with a look of disbelief.

 "It's a possibility," Quarte said a little defensively. Amber still had the look of disbelief but said nothing.

 "What gave you the idea anyways?" Wufei asked. Quarte shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know. It just came to me." 

 "Do you think there could be a ventilation system?" Heero asked and looked around the room. Quarte turned to him, glad someone wasn't against the idea, and said, "Yes. That's a possible and probably the only likely way out."

 "If there's a ventilation here, then why is it cold on the third and second floors?" Millardo asked.

 "There has to be a way to control it, if there is a ventilation," Heero said. 'So he's skeptic too' Quarte thought and sighed.

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 Michael walked slowly around the control room. The door to the entrance was locked. He sighed and glanced at the others around him. What was he going to do? He knew that everyone was in the control room and that no one was down below the decks. But he wasn't sure. What would kill everyone in the control room and anyone below the deck without killing his men? He wondered about the question and thought about voicing it. He decided against and thought more. He leaned against the rail and closed his eyes.

 The other men were looking at him like he was crazy and then at each other.  Each had the same question in their eyes. What was Michael Wright planning?

 Michael finally opened his eyes and looked at the men.

 "Did anyone bring any kind of bombs?" he asked.

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Jake sighed as he watched Janie. She hadn't moved nor made a sound. He was worried and closed his eyes. 'Lord, please don't let her die, please. She can't die. She's the only thing I have left. Please Lord' he prayed in his head. He never noticed her eyes moving behind their lids.

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 Janie watched Jake. His face looked beyond annoyed. She pushed the covers away and stood slowly. She looked around the room again. This, apparently, aggravated Jake more.

 "Why around you looking around? It's not like you haven't seen it before," he said, angrily. Janie turned to him with a surprised look. What in the world was wrong with him? she thought. She walked to the table and sat down. It was then that she noticed something. She was no longer pregnant. Her eyes widen as she stared at her flat stomach.

 Jake sat down as well and began to prepare a plate of food.  He stopped when he saw that she wasn't doing anything. He growled and asked, "Do we have to go through this every morning? When are you going to get over it?"

 Janie looked up quickly and stared at him confused.

"Get over what?" she asked, slight fear edging into her voice.  Jake's eyes widen and he stared at her in shock.

 "You spoke," he said simply. Janie was now more confused than ever.

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I have finally figured out what I'm going to do for each chapter. So things might start moving faster than they have. So please review.

Ja ne,

Pinkmoon