Chapter 14- Going to The Chapel
"Sar? Sarian?" Heero's voice called to her from the sea of white. Then, Sarian saw a shadow, until finally she could clearly see Heero's face. He sat next to her in a wooden chair. Her hospital bed was next to the window. Machines and tubes protruded from her body, beeping and doing their jobs. "Sarian? SARIAN!"
"What the hell is the matter with you?" Sarian said groggily. I hate painkillers. "Where's Helix and Ladae? Are they dead?"
"No, you're not at the Compound anymore. You're in Tokyo Hospital. We brought you back," Heero's voice, sounded weird, it sounded very different.
"Yeah, thanks for noticing us," Duo's voice called at the end of her bed. From her inclined position, Sarian could see Duo, Wufei, Quatre, Mika, and Relena. "Sally and Milliardo just left. They have to make a televised speech on the thing with Delta."
"Trowa? Where's Trowa?" Sarian closed her eyes. God, make him be alive.
"I'm right here," Trowa's voice was husky, and he sounded pained. Sarian turned her head to the left, and saw Trowa lying in a bed as well, but with much more tubes and machines around him than Sarian. "You're lucky. Heero and Wufei were able to give you blood when they were bringing you back. That's why you're not so bad off," Trowa's face contorted in pain.
"You don't have to say anything," Sarian said gently.
"What the hell is going on?" Wufei grumbled. "Heero hasn't told us anything yet. Why did Delta Compound want the two of you, and not just you, Sarian? Who was that man who shot Trowa?"
"I can explain everything," Sarian said, but Heero interrupted.
"No, you lie still. We don't want you aggravating those wounds," Heero told her. Then he turned to the rest of the group. "My real name is X212H, or Helios. Sarian and I are twins. Our father is Helix McCarthy, the man who ordered our capture. He wanted us to join him in the war for a dictatorship that spans the globe and the space colonies, but we refused. That's when you guys showed up. I escaped when I was seven, and I met you eight years later."
"The guy who shot Trowa was named X221L, or Ladae as he was named by his father. He was a boyfriend of mine when I was fifteen, but Helix caught us and took him away. Everyone believed he was dead, until he reappeared as Jack DeLaur. He wanted me to love him again, but I shot him down instead," Sarian bit her lip.
"You mean you killed him," Mika said, unbelieving.
"You shot at an ex-boyfriend? How horrible!" Relena looked feverish.
"It was either shoot him, or die," Sarian replied.
"We escaped, but Helix shot Sarian, and she fell. It was a good thing Duo had run back, and was able to cushion the fall," Heero looked at the man.
"He means she fell on me," Sarian had just realized he had his head wrapped in bandages. "She was already unconscious though from pain,"
"So, you two are twins?" Mika wagged her finger in front of them.
"Yeah, we were born of the same mother at the same time. I do believe that constitutes being a twin," Sarian replied sarcastically.
Relena paused, then said, "Well, that explains a lot,"
"So, what steps is the government taking to secure safety?" Sarian wondered.
"Milliardo has deployed all troops to guard major cities and landmarks. The space troops have just received orders to be on the look out for other terrorist activities. The entire worlds on code red, and checkpoints have been set up. Every person is being issued special I.D.'s that will allow him or her public transportation, and access into office buildings. Everything is being checked," Relena played with a tress of hair.
"Good that's good," Sarian lay back, and drifted off to sleep.
* * *
"Hold still," Heero gingerly maneuvered the scalpel so that the skin would be easy to sew back up.
"It's kind of hard when it hurts like hell," It was a week later, and Sarian was sitting up in her bed, having Heero remove her poison capsule.
"You're fine. You're lucky you were out of range of the button that makes these explode," Heero took a pair of tweezers and stuck them down into Sarian's skin. "This may hurt,"
"It already does dumb ass!" Sarian growled.
"Katie's vocabulary is affecting you in bad ways. Have they been to see you yet this week?" Heero took his eyes off the cut for a minute.
"Yeah, all of them came in. Yuna and Kenny are doing well. They both have jobs now at the new CD store in Rippongi district." Sarian looked at the job her brother was doing.
"Good, that's nice." Heero jerked the tweezers up sharply, and up between the tines was a blood- covered pill. "Got the little bastard," He commented.
"Good, just control the flow of blood for now," Sarian dabbed at her own wound with a cotton wad.
"You know, he will come back for us. Helix isn't the type of man that will just let people like us go free."
"I know, he'll be back," Sarian looked her brother in the eye.
"Yeah, and we'll be waiting," Heero smiled.
Sarian did too, "Let the battle begin,"
* * *
"I do,"
"Good, by the power invested in me by the country of,"
"Get on with it!"
"Quiet Duo!"
"Where was I? Oh, yes, by the power invested in me by the country of Japan, I now pronounce you man and wife. The consent has been given by the guardians, you may now kiss the bride,"
*Kiss*
"I now present to all of you present, Mr. and Mrs. Trowa Barton,"
AUTHOR'S NOTE- See you later in the next fic in the series. Karma will be out shortly.
God bless you all,
Hatsuri Botosai ^-^
