5.Trying to avoid the past mistakes:
Narrator's POV:
The four of them stared at the room for five whole silent minutes, as if waiting for their fourth friend to appear suddenly from thin air. But this did not happen; the wound they had inflicted was too deep. Quatre did not dream that that they would have returned to the safehouse, and were even waiting for him.
"Forget it," said Wu Fei finally. "He isn't going to come."
"Why not?" said Heero, surprised. Quatre had never failed them before.
"Didn't it occur to you that he was hurt by everything we did for the past few months? We rejected his messages, didn't answer his letters, and even felt annoyed to receive them – he must have known all of that as an empath," replied Wu Fei, angry at himself.
"And his last message," said Duo, horrified. " 'I do miss you and the others, but I do not want to become a burden. I wish you a long and successful life.' " he quoted, remembering the last line.
Silence reigned for a while; they all looked again hopefully at the door. At that moment, they would have given anything in the world to be with their blonde friend again.
"I don't like this," said Trowa suddenly.
"What do you mean?" asked Heero.
"It's happening again, Heero. We four are in one place but Quatre is not there. It was the same when we were at Lunar base, remember?"
"Yeah," said Wu Fei, remembering. "It was when his father died – "
"Oh man!" interrupted a panicked Duo, "I can't imagine how bad he had been feeling..."
"It's not that he's going to build another Zero," said Trowa, getting up. "But we have to find him. We're not going to fail him again."
"We meet here in an hour," said Heero.
With a mutual nod, the pilots went out of the safehouse to answer the call. To search for their friend, who had now withdrawn himslf away from them, trying to reduce the pain a little. Mistakes can always happen, but the question is: can we fix them before it is too late?
The living room of the safehouse seemed to have come back to life in the few hours that ensued. Heero was back in his corner, searching for the last whereabouts of the Winner heir. He scowled at the glowing screen.
//AC 196: Quatre Raberba Winner, heir to the Winner family, left Earth two days after the destruction of the Gundams.//
"I know he left Earth." Heero was on the point of hurling the laptop across the room. "I want to know where he left to."
The laptop, being the machine it was, remained passive, and Heero was beginning to like the idea of throwing the thing when he heard a voice beside him.
"Well," said Duo, "I can tell you that, but we should wait till Trowa and Wu Fei come back."
"Hn," said Heero, "where have you been?"
"I went to the outer shuttle operating station..."
"... and?" asked their Chinese friend as he came in with Trowa.
"It seems that Quatre had been on shuttle X01-593 heading to L4, one day after we left. I know he's – or had been, at least – on L4, but I don't know anything more than that."
"So that's why I couldn't find any trace of him on private shuttles," said Heero. "What about you two?" he added to Trowa and Wu Fei.
"From what I could gather, Quatre did go to the Winner estates on L4," said Trowa. "But he hasn't appeared on any public shows over there. We're not sure if he's still there."
"One of his sisters, Iria Winner, is currently at the house. She might have seen him," added Wu Fei.
"You're right. "It's true we aren'y sure of anything, but the clues point towards L4. We head there tomorrow," said Heero in his 'mission accepted' tone.
Duo sprang up and saluted them saying, "Understood, sir!" and went to his room.
"That baka," muttered Wu Fei as Duo's braid disappeared under the stairs. Trowa let out a sigh.
"What?" asked Wu Fei.
"It's just like the old times, only Quatre is missing. I wish he was here now with us," said Trowa sadly.
"I know, Trowa," said Heero. "But we're going to find him, and then everything would be fine."
"I hope so, Heero. I hope so."
To be continued...
Author's note: The story is not finished yet. Sorry but I hate sad endings and the story will lighten up soon. Thanks for all those who reviewed. I promise to upload soon. ^_^
Narrator's POV:
The four of them stared at the room for five whole silent minutes, as if waiting for their fourth friend to appear suddenly from thin air. But this did not happen; the wound they had inflicted was too deep. Quatre did not dream that that they would have returned to the safehouse, and were even waiting for him.
"Forget it," said Wu Fei finally. "He isn't going to come."
"Why not?" said Heero, surprised. Quatre had never failed them before.
"Didn't it occur to you that he was hurt by everything we did for the past few months? We rejected his messages, didn't answer his letters, and even felt annoyed to receive them – he must have known all of that as an empath," replied Wu Fei, angry at himself.
"And his last message," said Duo, horrified. " 'I do miss you and the others, but I do not want to become a burden. I wish you a long and successful life.' " he quoted, remembering the last line.
Silence reigned for a while; they all looked again hopefully at the door. At that moment, they would have given anything in the world to be with their blonde friend again.
"I don't like this," said Trowa suddenly.
"What do you mean?" asked Heero.
"It's happening again, Heero. We four are in one place but Quatre is not there. It was the same when we were at Lunar base, remember?"
"Yeah," said Wu Fei, remembering. "It was when his father died – "
"Oh man!" interrupted a panicked Duo, "I can't imagine how bad he had been feeling..."
"It's not that he's going to build another Zero," said Trowa, getting up. "But we have to find him. We're not going to fail him again."
"We meet here in an hour," said Heero.
With a mutual nod, the pilots went out of the safehouse to answer the call. To search for their friend, who had now withdrawn himslf away from them, trying to reduce the pain a little. Mistakes can always happen, but the question is: can we fix them before it is too late?
The living room of the safehouse seemed to have come back to life in the few hours that ensued. Heero was back in his corner, searching for the last whereabouts of the Winner heir. He scowled at the glowing screen.
//AC 196: Quatre Raberba Winner, heir to the Winner family, left Earth two days after the destruction of the Gundams.//
"I know he left Earth." Heero was on the point of hurling the laptop across the room. "I want to know where he left to."
The laptop, being the machine it was, remained passive, and Heero was beginning to like the idea of throwing the thing when he heard a voice beside him.
"Well," said Duo, "I can tell you that, but we should wait till Trowa and Wu Fei come back."
"Hn," said Heero, "where have you been?"
"I went to the outer shuttle operating station..."
"... and?" asked their Chinese friend as he came in with Trowa.
"It seems that Quatre had been on shuttle X01-593 heading to L4, one day after we left. I know he's – or had been, at least – on L4, but I don't know anything more than that."
"So that's why I couldn't find any trace of him on private shuttles," said Heero. "What about you two?" he added to Trowa and Wu Fei.
"From what I could gather, Quatre did go to the Winner estates on L4," said Trowa. "But he hasn't appeared on any public shows over there. We're not sure if he's still there."
"One of his sisters, Iria Winner, is currently at the house. She might have seen him," added Wu Fei.
"You're right. "It's true we aren'y sure of anything, but the clues point towards L4. We head there tomorrow," said Heero in his 'mission accepted' tone.
Duo sprang up and saluted them saying, "Understood, sir!" and went to his room.
"That baka," muttered Wu Fei as Duo's braid disappeared under the stairs. Trowa let out a sigh.
"What?" asked Wu Fei.
"It's just like the old times, only Quatre is missing. I wish he was here now with us," said Trowa sadly.
"I know, Trowa," said Heero. "But we're going to find him, and then everything would be fine."
"I hope so, Heero. I hope so."
To be continued...
Author's note: The story is not finished yet. Sorry but I hate sad endings and the story will lighten up soon. Thanks for all those who reviewed. I promise to upload soon. ^_^