Chapter12: Left Alone
By: Akira006
Disclaimer: I do not own the g guys! I do own their gurls!
Josie and Heero had been tired that next night when they laid down in bed, still clothed from the day. However, Josie, being the paranoid insomniac, couldn't help feeling something was off. She cuddled closer to Heero who lazily threw an arm around her as he dozed in and out of sleep. Her heart still pounded fast in her chest though she forced her eyes closed. Staring out into the dark would only make her more afraid. But time passed by, without anything happening, so Josie calmed down.
Now she looked at Heero. He was handsome. Did he-Could he possibly understand how much she loved him? She expressed it the only way she could: "I'll love you, Heero Yuy, always and forever." She didn't receive an answer, but she was content for the moment.
Josie could have sworn she felt a dip in the bed next to her . . . Her heart once more sped up uncontrollably. Slowly, she turned to see the dark outline of a slim figure, and she screamed. Heero was up in a second, out of bed and on his feet with . . . a gun cocked in his hand. She found herself in the middle between the dark stranger and her Heero, both armed and ready. The stranger was the first to shoot wordlessly. Josie screamed once again, paralyzed by fear as she looked to see Heero evade it and shoot back.
The stranger dodged as he ducked out the door into the moonlight. Heero threw on his jeans and a jacket, placing the gun inside his jacket. "I have to leave," He said to Josie emotionlessly. She didn't know what to say. "But Heero . . ."
"Go back home," He instructed. "I'll find you there."
"But Heero," She once again started, but he was gone. She sat there in the dark, stunned. Soon the alarm went off.
Josie hurried outside and ran down the halls as doors were opening to show sleepy passengers. She could only think about Heero. She stopped suddenly at the edge of the ship as she watched soldiers swarm the ship. The petty few guards that the cruise ship had didn't stand a chance. Josie had no idea what to do. "Heero!" She screamed as she ran through the halls, searching for him. Someone grabbed her hand and pulled her down some stairs. She finally realized it was Heero.
He led her to a boat where he tapped in the computer. "This will take you to port at London. Take a ship back home. I'll meet you there," He instructed as he finished.
"What are you going to do?" Josie asked, purposely blocking him from leaving.
He sighed. "What I've been doing. Something's starting, Jos, and I'm a part of it unfortunately."
She didn't know what to say. He pushed past her. "Wait! Don't go yet!" She objected. He looked at her and kissed her quickly.
"I'll meet you at home," He promised before pressing a button and jumping off the boat as it sped off. Josie felt tears run down her cheeks as she watched the ship go up in flames. "Heero!" She shouted at it. 'Please be alright.'
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Josie picked Adam up at Nehria and Wufei's home. She and Nehria sat in the living room in silence. Josie wasn't sure how to word her question, but Nehria said it first.
"Chang left too." She took a sip of her coffee. "They all did."
"Do you know what's going on?" Josie asked worriedly.
"No. None of us do. Did-did Heero say anything?" Nehria asked with hope in her eyes.
"Nothing worth mentioning."
"I suppose it's begun."
"It's begun?"
Nehria sat in silence for a moment. "I heard Wufei with the guys in here talking once. They were speaking of-of war and of Gundams."
"Gundams?!" Josie asked with wide eyes. "I thought they said there really weren't any."
Nehria shrugged. "I don't know . . . but if there are Gundams," Nehria looked at Josie seriously, "they're involved with it." Josie saw tears in Nehria's eyes who looked down to hide them and wiped them away.
Adam ran down the stairs and into the living room with his pack on his back. "Where's daddy?" He asked as he looked around the room for any sign of him.
"He . . ." How could she answer when she didn't even know where Heero was. "He had to go somewhere for work." Adam's face fell. "But he'll come home soon."
"How soon?" Adam asked slowly.
"Soon," Josie repeated. It turned out that soon was more than the 9 months they waited for him. However, there still was hope. That morning, Josie found a letter in the mail without a return address.
'Leave to Earth A.S.A.P.'
Did he have to be so short? Josie asked herself. What was going on?! She finally couldn't take it anymore; she just snapped and fell to the floor crying. Adam scurried in. "Mom, what's wrong?" He asked with big eyes.
Josie shook her head and tried to force the lump out her throat. "Nothing," Josie croaked.
Adam had tears in his eyes now. "Is it about daddy? He's not coming home is he?"
"Oh, baby, no, no! That's not it." She pulled him into a giant hug. "How could you think of such a thing?"
"I had a dream that daddy never came home," Adam admitted.
Josie held him closer. "Aww, sweetie. Daddy's coming home. In fact this is a letter from him," She said to lighten the mood.
"Really?! What does it say?!" Adam asked curiously.
"It says . . ." Should she lie? Should she say it says he loves him? Should she tell the truth? "It says that he wants us to go to Earth when we can."
"Why?" Adam asked as he tilted his head.
"I-I don't know."
"When are we going?"
"I don't think we are going," Josie said. She couldn't just up and leave like that. No matter what Heero said, she had responsibilities. Not to mention, he hadn't even given her a good reason.
"What if daddy wants to meet us there?" Adam asked.
Maybe . . . but Heero promised he would meet them here. "He said he was going to meet us here. So we're going to wait for him like he told us to."
"Why?"
"Because we love him."
Akira: I hope you guys are liking this so far. Hehe poor lil Adam . . . God, I'ma feel so bad for you all when yall see what happens in the next chapter . . .
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