4:15 p.m.
June tenth, A.C. 206
L3 Colony
Barton-Winner household
Quatre grew still with shock as the information rolled across the screen. Abducted. Duo's children had been taken out of their own beds, from their own home. Only Jillian was safe, and Duo refused to let her out of either his or Hilde's sight. Heero's little girls gone as well. Both of them, taken from right behind him at a political gathering. Wufei's children, both gone. Taken from the mall. Police couldn't decide whether or not the abductions were connected but Quatre knew. He had known something was wrong the moment he had woken last night, panting for breath. Heero had turned off his emotions, retreated to that place where nothing hurt. Where he was blank and all that existed was the mission. It had Duo's overwhelming grief, Hilde's pain. It had shaken him out of sleep and though he hadn't been able to place it last night, he could d so now, ever so easily.
Before he even realized it, he was away from the television screen and dashing up the stairs, in a madman's rush to get to his daughter. His little miracle. His and Trowa's darling daughter. He stood in the doorway, eyes brimming with relief. There sat Cassandra, Trowa at her side, reading a book. Trowa's dark penetrating gaze looked up when he heard someone in the doorway. One look and he was up and across the room. Quatre shook in his arms and Cassandra concerned ran over to her father and hugged one of his legs. Cassandra was now three years old and a little bundle of joy. She had Quatre's exuberance for life as well as his rich golden hair. Trowa's genes were evident as well, her dark green eyes were the same shade as the man she called papa and her hair though as sunny and golden as Quatre's curled and tumbled about her like tiny waves. "Daddy are you okay?" Cassandra was different from other children, she had his gift. His empathy, she knew he was hurting, but he threw up his mental shields to lock out his grief. No need for her to feel that. He nodded once hugged Trowa like a desperate man. He needed him right now, because he was about to tell him what had happened, though not within earshot of Cassie. Holding her parents' hands they walked down to the living room where she continued to try and read the simple starter book that she and Trowa had been looking at. Once out of earshot but still where they could see her Trowa looked at Quatre.
"What is it?" The words were murmured so softly that Quatre could barely hear them, even though Trowa's forehead was rested against his. "It was on the news, Trowa.someone.someone has taken.abducted children." At Trowa's confused silence Quatre spoke softly. "Heero's girls, Duo's.all but Jill and both of Wufei's children. All gone..I thought." Trowa interpreted Quatre's leave off.
"You thought they had Cassie." "Yes" It was a tortured whisper
"You know I would never let anyone-" "Would Heero? Or Wufei? For Allah's sake would Duo? I was afraid that I'd not find her, but you.you dead and cooling" Quatre's body shuddered once more and Trowa tried vainly to protect the smaller man with his body.
"I'll not leave you Quatre, not now, not ever. You go, I go." Quatre stood up straighter, sharing a soft intimate kiss with Trowa. "How is it, you always know what to say?" Trowa's eyes twinkled softly but within them were a sorrow so deep Quatre would have wept if not for the shields he held so tightly around himself. He knew what Trowa was thinking. "I'm going to call them, we should all be together, we can't lose any more of them.and I know you want to help Duo, and Heero and Wufei hunt down the bastards that did this."
*** Quatre had called up Duo and Hilde first, it seemed like a scene from a nightmare. Duo had answered the vid phone and simply the look on his face was utterly devastating. It could have been Heero ten years ago, the way his eyes looked. They were filled with a cold fire, a ferocity, but they were dead. Dull. In the background he could see Hilde sitting on the couch Jill asleep in her lap. Duo looked haggard, and worn thin. But then he looked sort of like he had during the war. There was a fire behind those eyes that had said he would get his children back no matter the cost, and before Quatre had said a word to lend his-and Trowa's-aid Duo spoke. "Hey Quat. We're heading out to Wufei's later today.strength in numbers eh? Listen Heero and Relena are meeting up with us there. Call 'fei and see if you can come. I know that you and Trowa will help. And not to bad mouth you or anything, but we need Trowa. He'll make these bastards don't get away. " Quatre nodded once, he understood exactly what Duo meant.
Quatre was the pacifier of the group. He was deadly when it was called for. But he would let Trowa go after those bastards this time. This was not war, where strategy-Quatre's forte- this would be murder. They were going to hunt them down and kill whoever thought that they could take their children and escape unscathed. As he hung clicked the phone off a terrible thought struck him. Nobody had come for Cassie, at least not yet, and Duo, Heero and Wufei's children were gone. But what about Zechs. He didn't like watching the news, only watched the evening news and the kidnappings had escaped it last night. In a panic he called up the blonde hoping against hope that they didn't have the children. That Anwen and Van were fine. But a cold pit in his stomach was surely telling him different.
June tenth, A.C. 206
L3 Colony
Barton-Winner household
Quatre grew still with shock as the information rolled across the screen. Abducted. Duo's children had been taken out of their own beds, from their own home. Only Jillian was safe, and Duo refused to let her out of either his or Hilde's sight. Heero's little girls gone as well. Both of them, taken from right behind him at a political gathering. Wufei's children, both gone. Taken from the mall. Police couldn't decide whether or not the abductions were connected but Quatre knew. He had known something was wrong the moment he had woken last night, panting for breath. Heero had turned off his emotions, retreated to that place where nothing hurt. Where he was blank and all that existed was the mission. It had Duo's overwhelming grief, Hilde's pain. It had shaken him out of sleep and though he hadn't been able to place it last night, he could d so now, ever so easily.
Before he even realized it, he was away from the television screen and dashing up the stairs, in a madman's rush to get to his daughter. His little miracle. His and Trowa's darling daughter. He stood in the doorway, eyes brimming with relief. There sat Cassandra, Trowa at her side, reading a book. Trowa's dark penetrating gaze looked up when he heard someone in the doorway. One look and he was up and across the room. Quatre shook in his arms and Cassandra concerned ran over to her father and hugged one of his legs. Cassandra was now three years old and a little bundle of joy. She had Quatre's exuberance for life as well as his rich golden hair. Trowa's genes were evident as well, her dark green eyes were the same shade as the man she called papa and her hair though as sunny and golden as Quatre's curled and tumbled about her like tiny waves. "Daddy are you okay?" Cassandra was different from other children, she had his gift. His empathy, she knew he was hurting, but he threw up his mental shields to lock out his grief. No need for her to feel that. He nodded once hugged Trowa like a desperate man. He needed him right now, because he was about to tell him what had happened, though not within earshot of Cassie. Holding her parents' hands they walked down to the living room where she continued to try and read the simple starter book that she and Trowa had been looking at. Once out of earshot but still where they could see her Trowa looked at Quatre.
"What is it?" The words were murmured so softly that Quatre could barely hear them, even though Trowa's forehead was rested against his. "It was on the news, Trowa.someone.someone has taken.abducted children." At Trowa's confused silence Quatre spoke softly. "Heero's girls, Duo's.all but Jill and both of Wufei's children. All gone..I thought." Trowa interpreted Quatre's leave off.
"You thought they had Cassie." "Yes" It was a tortured whisper
"You know I would never let anyone-" "Would Heero? Or Wufei? For Allah's sake would Duo? I was afraid that I'd not find her, but you.you dead and cooling" Quatre's body shuddered once more and Trowa tried vainly to protect the smaller man with his body.
"I'll not leave you Quatre, not now, not ever. You go, I go." Quatre stood up straighter, sharing a soft intimate kiss with Trowa. "How is it, you always know what to say?" Trowa's eyes twinkled softly but within them were a sorrow so deep Quatre would have wept if not for the shields he held so tightly around himself. He knew what Trowa was thinking. "I'm going to call them, we should all be together, we can't lose any more of them.and I know you want to help Duo, and Heero and Wufei hunt down the bastards that did this."
*** Quatre had called up Duo and Hilde first, it seemed like a scene from a nightmare. Duo had answered the vid phone and simply the look on his face was utterly devastating. It could have been Heero ten years ago, the way his eyes looked. They were filled with a cold fire, a ferocity, but they were dead. Dull. In the background he could see Hilde sitting on the couch Jill asleep in her lap. Duo looked haggard, and worn thin. But then he looked sort of like he had during the war. There was a fire behind those eyes that had said he would get his children back no matter the cost, and before Quatre had said a word to lend his-and Trowa's-aid Duo spoke. "Hey Quat. We're heading out to Wufei's later today.strength in numbers eh? Listen Heero and Relena are meeting up with us there. Call 'fei and see if you can come. I know that you and Trowa will help. And not to bad mouth you or anything, but we need Trowa. He'll make these bastards don't get away. " Quatre nodded once, he understood exactly what Duo meant.
Quatre was the pacifier of the group. He was deadly when it was called for. But he would let Trowa go after those bastards this time. This was not war, where strategy-Quatre's forte- this would be murder. They were going to hunt them down and kill whoever thought that they could take their children and escape unscathed. As he hung clicked the phone off a terrible thought struck him. Nobody had come for Cassie, at least not yet, and Duo, Heero and Wufei's children were gone. But what about Zechs. He didn't like watching the news, only watched the evening news and the kidnappings had escaped it last night. In a panic he called up the blonde hoping against hope that they didn't have the children. That Anwen and Van were fine. But a cold pit in his stomach was surely telling him different.