Title: I Will Find You
Summary: PiperLeo. Leo goes to war as a doctor and meets Piper there who is a nurse. Leo falls in love instantly but has to choose between Piper and his wife. Think about how Piper had to choose between Leo and Dan.
Disclaimer: Don't own Piper, Leo or his wife. I do own the trickling sound in the background tho...actually I don't cos it was in one of the episodes so I don't really own anything except for the shells and guns and all those mean and nasty weapons...
Chapter 5: White to Black
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Leo's POV
I woke up on a mattress but don't open my eyes. Not just yet. I groaned, this mattress is so hard that you can't really call it a mattress. It's as hard as the ground. Except the ground is wet and muddy so you could say that this mattress is harder than the ground. I shifted slightly but realised that it wasn't going to get any better than this.
I groaned again as the pain came washing back over my body and I felt my head throb. I opened my eyes hesitantly and saw the white ceiling, a white ceiling that wasn't in the medical tent or any other place that I knew except for at home in the bathroom. I sat up slowly, so as not to aggravate my head ache and realised that this was not my bathroom.
I was in a large room with white columns and I could faintly hear the sound of trickling water. It would be soothing if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't know where I was. It was completely deserted and you could almost hear the footsteps that once were heard in these halls. No wait, those were current footsteps.
A figure in a light brown robe stepped into my view from behind one of the columns. I'm immediately awake and aware of my surroundings. The words of my old army instructor came back to me,
"If you don't know where you are immediately assume it's enemy territory. I don't care if you're doctors, you are still vulnerable to the enemy. Remember that." Obviously it had worked, I thought. Then I brought my mind back to the here and now. The figure stepped into the main part where I was standing.
I got up and stood to attention. I have to know where I am, I doubt that I'd been captured and that the enemy had white, soothing buildings but I still have to get back to the war ground. Back to Piper you mean, a little voice in the back of my mind said but I ignored it.
I studied the figure, it's robe covered everything including it's face which it kept bowed. I decided it was time to find out where I was,
"Where am I?"
"Do you love Piper?" The voice was so familiar and the question threw me off. I regained my composure and tried to strengthen my tone,
"Who are you?"
"Do you love Piper?" I felt my anger building up. Watch yourself, you don't know what he can do, I thought.
"Do you love Piper?" My anger overrided his ability to keep calm and he ran to the figure and slammed him against a column.
"How do you know Piper?" The man kept quiet and I decided that I was getting too annoyed with him,
"Answer me!" I slammed him against the column again. The man put his hands on my arms.
"Calm down Leo, I know you're a pacifist. Put all those unsaid protests to good use." The man's comment shocked me so much that I let him go. It was true, all these years of wars had made me mad and I'd always wanted to say something but I was scared of speaking out. My head throbbed louder and more painfully than ever.
"Who are you?"
"Just someone who wants you to be happy."
"I am happy."
"Do you love Piper?"
"Yes, alright? Yes I do love Piper."
"Then tell her, make her feel it." I could hear the slight desperation in the man's voice.
"Why? Why should I?"
"If you want to be happier then do this, get every second you can with her. Before it's too late." The man withdrew a bit after that and I knew that he wasn't meant to say that.
"What's too late? What happens?"
"I can't tell you." The man admitted, defeated. (AN: Recognise this?)
"Why?"
"It will affect your future. Listen Leo, please do this. Have I given you any reason to not to trust me?"
"Have you given any reason for me to trust you?" I saw the man's shoulders slumping as I said this and felt pity for him. Then I decided to go back on my words,
"Fine, I will. But what about my wife?"
"Forget about her Leo, just forget about her." My rage came back with a red flash and I pushed him up against the pillar more with my anger that was radiating off my body than with words,
"HOW CAN I FORGET ABOUT HER? SHE'S MY WIFE GODDAMMIT!"
"Leo, calm down." The man's voice as firm as well as not too harsh. I found myself calmed and I only had heavy breaths to remind me of how my temper had gotten the best of me and my headache was taking the pay from it.
"Do you love Piper?" I almost laughed when I heard this because it was as if we were starting from scratch.
"Yes I love Piper." I replied daring him to say what I knew came next.
"Then tell her, make her feel it." I laughed to myself and smiled before asking,
"I will." I could see his shoulders return to his usual posture and then I decided to throw in the thing that would mix it up a bit,
"But, I will only do so if you show me your face." I saw the man hesitate but he lifted his hood, nevertheless. I saw the face of a young man, probably in his early twenties, not much older than me even though I would've guessed he was much older because of the wiseness with which he moved and talked with. He had long dark hair and was reasonably pale. The man hesitated when he saw my face and uniform, as if it took him back. But that wasn't possible because I didn't know him.
"I'll send you back." He said with a moment's hesitation. Again I saw a white light and I felt my body somehow move downwards.
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I woke up on a table and I sat up quickly, swinging my legs over the side. I recognised the inside of the medical tent. Reg was standing before me and he asked,
"Are you okay?" I heard the distant sounds of gunfire and shells.
"What's going on?"
"You blacked out an' fainted when the first shell hit. It was probably shock or somethin."
"Where's Piper?" I asked rubbing my head which was throbbing and I stood up still rubbing my head, trying to make the throb go away. My head bowed down because I hoped that it would somehow decrease the pain.
"She's outside, taking care of some of the injured soldiers." I lifted my head and pushed Reg aside, ignored his pleas for me to not do it, and strode to the doorflap. I lifted it and was surrounded in almost darkness and, even worse, the sound of gunfire, shells and cries of pain. The full moon shone so I could see the outlines of figures. I recognised Piper, I don't know how but I did.
I started to walk towards her, it turned into a run and I was sprinting the last 10 metres when she felt me and turned her face towards me. The joy on her face was indescribable and I was sprinting towards her but at the last second I heard something whistling our way. I knew it was a shell and I tried desperately to reach her and fling her aside.
I was almost there, our fingers touched as I reached out desperately for her and I tried so hard to push her out of the way. I didn't know what had happened and when the shell landed I felt myself shaken to the very soul. I tried to see through the smoke but I couldn't see anything.
When it had cleared partially I saw Piper lying down in the mud. Unconscious or dead. I didn't know which but I hoped desperately that it was the first. I walked slowly towards her and everything else was white noise. I bent down and picked her up easily and took her to the medical tent.
Inside I checked her pulse, desperate to find the reassuring thump.....
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Phew, long chapter. Okay you guys are curious to why Chris (yes that's who the 'Elder' is) is up there and an Elder. But remember, appearances can be deceiving wink wink, nudge nudge. K, not too many hints here tho so I'm not saying nothing. =P You'll find out in the next chapter later on anyway
Nice cliffhanger eh?
P3
Summary: PiperLeo. Leo goes to war as a doctor and meets Piper there who is a nurse. Leo falls in love instantly but has to choose between Piper and his wife. Think about how Piper had to choose between Leo and Dan.
Disclaimer: Don't own Piper, Leo or his wife. I do own the trickling sound in the background tho...actually I don't cos it was in one of the episodes so I don't really own anything except for the shells and guns and all those mean and nasty weapons...
Chapter 5: White to Black
---------------
Leo's POV
I woke up on a mattress but don't open my eyes. Not just yet. I groaned, this mattress is so hard that you can't really call it a mattress. It's as hard as the ground. Except the ground is wet and muddy so you could say that this mattress is harder than the ground. I shifted slightly but realised that it wasn't going to get any better than this.
I groaned again as the pain came washing back over my body and I felt my head throb. I opened my eyes hesitantly and saw the white ceiling, a white ceiling that wasn't in the medical tent or any other place that I knew except for at home in the bathroom. I sat up slowly, so as not to aggravate my head ache and realised that this was not my bathroom.
I was in a large room with white columns and I could faintly hear the sound of trickling water. It would be soothing if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't know where I was. It was completely deserted and you could almost hear the footsteps that once were heard in these halls. No wait, those were current footsteps.
A figure in a light brown robe stepped into my view from behind one of the columns. I'm immediately awake and aware of my surroundings. The words of my old army instructor came back to me,
"If you don't know where you are immediately assume it's enemy territory. I don't care if you're doctors, you are still vulnerable to the enemy. Remember that." Obviously it had worked, I thought. Then I brought my mind back to the here and now. The figure stepped into the main part where I was standing.
I got up and stood to attention. I have to know where I am, I doubt that I'd been captured and that the enemy had white, soothing buildings but I still have to get back to the war ground. Back to Piper you mean, a little voice in the back of my mind said but I ignored it.
I studied the figure, it's robe covered everything including it's face which it kept bowed. I decided it was time to find out where I was,
"Where am I?"
"Do you love Piper?" The voice was so familiar and the question threw me off. I regained my composure and tried to strengthen my tone,
"Who are you?"
"Do you love Piper?" I felt my anger building up. Watch yourself, you don't know what he can do, I thought.
"Do you love Piper?" My anger overrided his ability to keep calm and he ran to the figure and slammed him against a column.
"How do you know Piper?" The man kept quiet and I decided that I was getting too annoyed with him,
"Answer me!" I slammed him against the column again. The man put his hands on my arms.
"Calm down Leo, I know you're a pacifist. Put all those unsaid protests to good use." The man's comment shocked me so much that I let him go. It was true, all these years of wars had made me mad and I'd always wanted to say something but I was scared of speaking out. My head throbbed louder and more painfully than ever.
"Who are you?"
"Just someone who wants you to be happy."
"I am happy."
"Do you love Piper?"
"Yes, alright? Yes I do love Piper."
"Then tell her, make her feel it." I could hear the slight desperation in the man's voice.
"Why? Why should I?"
"If you want to be happier then do this, get every second you can with her. Before it's too late." The man withdrew a bit after that and I knew that he wasn't meant to say that.
"What's too late? What happens?"
"I can't tell you." The man admitted, defeated. (AN: Recognise this?)
"Why?"
"It will affect your future. Listen Leo, please do this. Have I given you any reason to not to trust me?"
"Have you given any reason for me to trust you?" I saw the man's shoulders slumping as I said this and felt pity for him. Then I decided to go back on my words,
"Fine, I will. But what about my wife?"
"Forget about her Leo, just forget about her." My rage came back with a red flash and I pushed him up against the pillar more with my anger that was radiating off my body than with words,
"HOW CAN I FORGET ABOUT HER? SHE'S MY WIFE GODDAMMIT!"
"Leo, calm down." The man's voice as firm as well as not too harsh. I found myself calmed and I only had heavy breaths to remind me of how my temper had gotten the best of me and my headache was taking the pay from it.
"Do you love Piper?" I almost laughed when I heard this because it was as if we were starting from scratch.
"Yes I love Piper." I replied daring him to say what I knew came next.
"Then tell her, make her feel it." I laughed to myself and smiled before asking,
"I will." I could see his shoulders return to his usual posture and then I decided to throw in the thing that would mix it up a bit,
"But, I will only do so if you show me your face." I saw the man hesitate but he lifted his hood, nevertheless. I saw the face of a young man, probably in his early twenties, not much older than me even though I would've guessed he was much older because of the wiseness with which he moved and talked with. He had long dark hair and was reasonably pale. The man hesitated when he saw my face and uniform, as if it took him back. But that wasn't possible because I didn't know him.
"I'll send you back." He said with a moment's hesitation. Again I saw a white light and I felt my body somehow move downwards.
---------------
I woke up on a table and I sat up quickly, swinging my legs over the side. I recognised the inside of the medical tent. Reg was standing before me and he asked,
"Are you okay?" I heard the distant sounds of gunfire and shells.
"What's going on?"
"You blacked out an' fainted when the first shell hit. It was probably shock or somethin."
"Where's Piper?" I asked rubbing my head which was throbbing and I stood up still rubbing my head, trying to make the throb go away. My head bowed down because I hoped that it would somehow decrease the pain.
"She's outside, taking care of some of the injured soldiers." I lifted my head and pushed Reg aside, ignored his pleas for me to not do it, and strode to the doorflap. I lifted it and was surrounded in almost darkness and, even worse, the sound of gunfire, shells and cries of pain. The full moon shone so I could see the outlines of figures. I recognised Piper, I don't know how but I did.
I started to walk towards her, it turned into a run and I was sprinting the last 10 metres when she felt me and turned her face towards me. The joy on her face was indescribable and I was sprinting towards her but at the last second I heard something whistling our way. I knew it was a shell and I tried desperately to reach her and fling her aside.
I was almost there, our fingers touched as I reached out desperately for her and I tried so hard to push her out of the way. I didn't know what had happened and when the shell landed I felt myself shaken to the very soul. I tried to see through the smoke but I couldn't see anything.
When it had cleared partially I saw Piper lying down in the mud. Unconscious or dead. I didn't know which but I hoped desperately that it was the first. I walked slowly towards her and everything else was white noise. I bent down and picked her up easily and took her to the medical tent.
Inside I checked her pulse, desperate to find the reassuring thump.....
---------------
Phew, long chapter. Okay you guys are curious to why Chris (yes that's who the 'Elder' is) is up there and an Elder. But remember, appearances can be deceiving wink wink, nudge nudge. K, not too many hints here tho so I'm not saying nothing. =P You'll find out in the next chapter later on anyway
Nice cliffhanger eh?
P3