Chapter 6: Regrets and Leads
Shasta had finally gotten out of that stupid hospital. She was very thankful but the doctor ordered her to use a stickin' wheelchair. Shasta frowned on the idea, telling the doctor she had one good leg and that she could use crutches. She dipised that thing and sometimes tried to walk on her own. But she was always caught trying and sent to her wheelchair.
"I feel so useless," whispered Shasta as she wheeled down the hallway for no apparent reason. She hated feeling this way she just felt she couldn't do anything for herself these days. Everyone escorted her everywhere and wouldn't let her out of the gates to just stroll down the street!
"Shasta wait up!" yelled Aileen as she ran toward her friend. Shasta turned the wheelchair around to her friend. Aileen seemed a little more than ecited she seemed estatic!
"The doctor called and said you can use cruches now instead of the wheel chair!" almost yelled Aileen as she hugged her friend forgeting about her broken ribs. Shasta groaned in pain but let it pass. She had been wheeling around for the past week and was thankful to actually use her good foot.
"Well what are we waiting for!? That's ditch this ride!" laughed Shasta as she wheeled back to her room with Aileen following close behind. It was the first time in months she had laughed it was a foreighn thing now.
Aileen helped her out of her wheelchair and into her cruches as Hilde got the wheelchair and pushed it out the door to Quatre. Shasta got the cruches positioned and almost fell over because her good leg just wasn't used to walking. They all laughed when they saw Shasta's face when she almost fell over. Shasta laughed as well but it soon vanished when she tried to use them falling straight on her face. Of course hurting her ribs. Shasta groaned.
Everyone almost knocked into eachother picking her up trying not to hurt her ribs or leg. Shasta tried again and did it slower and it started out pretty good. She made it all the way down the hall in ten minutes. Shasta turned and smiled her enjoyment. She made her way down the hall but stopped as she heard something outside.
Shasta shook it off and continued down the hall.
2 Weeks later
Shasta's leg had healed, but her ribs were still cracked and bruised. But since her leg had healed she could use it again. She was happy she could walk again without people always by her all the time. At the momment she strolled in the huge garden that the Yuy's owned.
"This place is very beautiful," sighed Shasta as she stopped on a bridge to gaze out at the man made pond. She felt at peace on the bridge no one there bugging her just her and herself. But she felt sad. The party was tomarrow night and she had picked her outfit out. She had refused to wear a dress but wore black pants.
She wasn't all that excited about the party, ball, thing because she would always go with her whole family not just two thirds. Without her dad everything seemed pointless. As she thought of her father and them at previous parties she cryed at all the memories.
Relena's Office 4:00 am
"Hilde you need to stop pacing and worrying it was probably a prank phone call. Nothing more," worriedly said Relena as she remembered the phone call.
"They threatened us Relena, us and our family! No one would say that on a prank call!" pretested Hilde as she started nibbling on her finger nail. Quatre walked into the room holding some paperwork.
"We've traced the phone call, It came from some abandoned military base out somewhere in space," said Quatre. After the phone call Relena ordered the phone call.
"But if they said all that stuff then..maybe," quielty said Hilde a hope sparked in her emtionless eyes. Relena just couldn't believe they'd go this far if they wanted something.
"What exactly did they say Relena?" asked Trowa as him and everyone else excluding the kids were there. Relena pressed a button on the recorder.
"If they don't talk you'd better protect you and your children at that party with your life. Or they may just go........" the voice trailed off. Apparenltly the recorder wasn't working properly.
"If we continue the party, then we could probably get some information out of them if we can get close enough," suggested Trowa as he pondered his idea.
"But their not after us their after the kids!" protested Relena and Hilde.
"Yes but we can protect them and when the kidnapper or killer shows we'll get him!" said Quatre agreeing with Trowa. Wefei as well nodded agreeing if they wanted their whole family in one peice this is the only way to keep them all safe and retreive Duo and Heero.