I'm moving on

Song by: Rascal Flats

I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons

With his right hand the young man felt the cold stone. Tracing the features

of an angel's wing he let out a sigh. He had many regrets, there were so

many lives lost because of his actions.

But this was the one that cut the deepest and never failed to keep him up at

night.

Finally content with the past I've regret

With years to heal and go over his every move, every action, and every

thought he now realized that he could not think of a single thing he could

have changed for the better.

It was time to let go of the past.

I've found you find strength in your moment of weakness

For once I'm at peace with myself

Time was truly a balm to regretted mistakes; first you're numb, then all

the pain turns into a dull ache, just enough to never let you be completely

content, but not the same ravaging pain that makes you feel like the world

and yourself have gone mad. And then, eventually it subsides and you find

something good to focus on, like the wonderful people in your life. Peace

slowly creeps in.

I've been burdened with blame trapped in the past for too long

The nightmares were the worst, the faces of those he killed never failed to

break his heart and torment his sleep and peace of mind. But of all the

faces etched into his mind there was none that had haunted him more then

this one.

Tracing the name of the man he had so admired, but failed in so many ways

tore at his heart. Like the features of the angel carved so perfect and

permanently for all time, the face of and last words of his father would

never leave him.

I'm moving on.

Only now instead of haunting him they lighted up the path in life he was

going to follow.

In this world without Gundams, mobile suits, or other machines of mass

distrection Quatre would become the complete pacifist his father had wanted

him to be.

Iria's words had been correct, their father had fought up to his last

breath. But with his words and actions that would not btring harm to any

living being. Placing a bundle of carnations on the ground, directly in

front of the angel, the blond young man moved on with his life.

I've lived in this place and I've know all the faces

In April of 197 Miss Relena and political guests in her home had been held

hostage by a terrorist group. Quatre had been officially made a Preventer

operative on the basis of his plan to rescue them.

At that time Quatre had grown bored with running his father's passed-on

fortune and was delighted with the change. But after two years of practically

living at Preventers HQ, the blond was worn out.

The same rutien relived it self every day

At four AM Heero would come in and start typing away at a computer, trying to

track down suspects. His face was usually unshaven, his blue eyes tense with

'the hunt, and his hair mussed like he had not combed it after getting up.

He would stay at his computer until he had found his man or at least gotten

a good lead.

Une would come in shortly after Heero, her hair now cut to her chin but still

less severe compared to when it was pulled back in braids. She would demand

a cup of coffee from the newest recruit and then lock herself in her office

until others arrived. Then she would bark out orders and head for a press

conference, deal with other public relations, and keep a close eye on the

politics that might lead to trouble. Overall she was fair and not hard to

get along with, but she was the last person you wanted to get in a fight or

argument with.

Six and seven would bring in Wufei and Sally, reporting in at the usual hour

that all day shift Preventers were supposed to.

Wufei kept his now long, thin braid up in a hat; he did not like it when

people compared his braid with Duo's. Wufei was always well-groomed but

seemed to always be looking for a fight. It was only recently that he truly

accepted that the era of mobile suits was really over, but the Chinese man

never complained about it.

Sally Po, no longer Wufei's partner due to a raise in rank, could still be

seen having coffee with him every morning and talking over politics and

cases. She now had her hair in a bun at the nape of her neck, but other then

that she was the same caring, insightful, skilled, and dangerous woman.

About noon would usher in Duo. Usually working graveyard stakeouts, the

brown-haired young man looked like he just got up from a hangover. But

within half an hour he would be back to his cheerful, though pessimistic,

self.

Quatre did not see much of Trowa because the taller man was stationed in

space and only came to HQ to report once a month. The two were still friends

though, and Quatre would see Catherine and the rest of Trowa's circus family

whenever they were preforming on Earth.

Each one is different but they're always the same

Not a one of Quatres friends wore their Preventers uniform exactly the same

way, each had a different taste in food, sense of right and wrong, what they

held most dear, and how they aproached everything life threw their way.

And yet... They all had the same heart beating inside of them.

No matter how times changed or how they changed themselves, they were all

fighters struggling to defend those weaker then themselves, loved ones, and

peace. For though they all gave so much of themselves and missed out on many

of the joys life had to offer not a one regretted it, cared, or was aware

that they were missing anything. They were soldiers, always meant to be and

willing to die that way.

They mean me no harm but it's time that I face it

Looking around the room Quatre spotted Heero getting ready to leave, and the

blond wondered who Heero was going after this time. An everyday thug who

might have a hot tip if Heero's threats got through to him? Or some

brainwashed kid who had been trained to believe that blowing up Earth would

bring an end to all of mankind's suffering that Heero would have to shoot to

stop? Quatre had gone after and dealt with both kinds of people

and many others who were bent on ending peace, or thought that what was going

on was a false peace and for some reason believed that killing hundreds of

people would create true harmony.

Every time he went out, or watched someone else do so, he got sick. He did

not want to kill any more, he never had, but now he knew more than ever

that he could not go on with this job. He wanted to protect the peace

between Earth and the colonies; he did not want any more misguided people to

succeed in their plans. But he could not go on being the person stopping

them.

He had spoken to Une about the pssibility of her finding his resignation on

her desk sometime soon. All she had to say was it was just a phase, that

given time he would move on out of it.

Move on, move on, the phrase stuck in his mind as he continued filling out

his paparwork. Yes that is what he needed to do. He would miss parts of the

job, like talking to Duo over coffee, or the reassuring knowledge that Heero

had his back and would not let him down. Sally's jokes and soothing

presence, Wufei's thought-provoking comments and wondering how the other

young man managed to always be a step a head of him in knowing what was

going on. Trowa's friendship and playing together at Preventer concets put

on to relieve stress. Even Une was someone he would miss, while not close to

her she had inspired him and shown him how much a person could change.

They'll never allow me to change

But the truth remained, Quatre was different from them.

He had never been able to kill without remorse, even when on the Zero system

a part of him had grieved over every life he took.

He had finally gained peace in his heart and soul, had accepted his actions

of the past and moved on from them.

But what would that mean if he kept on with what he was doing? Quatre did not

kill in six months what he had killed in one while piloting a gundam, but a

life was still one of a kind and irreplaceable.

But I never dreamed that home would end up where I don't belong

Preventer HQ and home was the same place to Quatre Raberbra Winner.

When he had joined the Preventers he had been excited. The chance to continue

to make a difference was a joy amidst the bad dreams. When kept up late at

night by the faces and voices of those he'd killed he would simply go to

work, no matter how late at night. He had let promotions pass him by because

he thought working in the field or doing research for Heero was where he was

most needed.

But now, recalling some of those promotions he wondered if he could be

keeping his home with out without contenuing continuing with his proteculer

particular??? line of work. --Clarify. Add one or two other sentences

behind this one to elaborate on what you're saying here, because I'm not

quite sure what it is.

I'm moving on.

It didn't matter, he was leaving now. With his resanation resignation typed

up and sighned signed, Quatre headed for Unes Une's office, she

--"she" ought to mark the beginning of a new sentence. would try to talk

him out of it. But --now these two sentences should be one. Replace the

period before "but" with a comma. he was determind determined, --dramatic

dash, perhaps? he would not be persaded persuaded out of his corse course of

action.

I'm moving on,

Heero could not would not convence convince him that he would get over what

was bothering him. Sally could not would not --which one? south

--??? south is a direction, I don't really think that's what you mean. him

out of it, he had found peace and he wasn't going to let go be by staying.

Wufei could not would --which one? not phylosiphy philosophize on the

situation untill until Quatre was to confused to leave. Trowa, Duo, Une or

any one anyone else Could could not would not sway him to stay. He was moving

on.

At last I can see

Life has been patiently waiting for me

Taking a deep breath Quatre let it out slowly. It felt like he had been in a

damp cave with stale air until now, now the air was fresh and gave his step

an extra bounce.



And I know there's no guarantee

But I'm not alone

There comes a time in everyone's life

When all you can see are the years passing by

And I have made up my mind that those days are gone

I sold what I could

And packed what I couldn't

Stopped to fill up on my way out of town

I've loved like I should

But lived like I shouldn't

And I had to lose everything to find out

Maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road

I'm moving on.

I'm moving on.

I'm moving on.