Disclaimer: I do not own the Gundam characters; I DO OWN Little Fox, Kitten, and Jessica. So please do not try to steal them. Thank you
CHEDDER CHEESE POPCORN!
Chapter 2
Turning simultaneously, Quatra, Duo, and Wufia openly stared at an 8-year-old child, with green cat eyes, and cinnamon-brown hair.
"Um, Hi." Wufia and Duo said.
"Hello, little boy." Quatra said, "What are you doing out here, so far from town?"
"I don't know. What about you, why are you out here?" Fox responded.
"We were just passing through. Can you tell us where your parents are?" Quatra asked. Little Fox quickly looked down at the ground as he remembered his family's horrific fate. Quatra, seeing that the boy was about to cry, quickly changed the subject. "My name is Quatra, and this is Wufia and Duo. What is your name?"
Smiling, Fox told Quatra and asked if they had anything to drink.
"No, sorry." Duo responded.
"Do you live around here?" Wufia asked
"No."
"Are you lost?" Quatra [this time]
"Yes."
"Wait here for a few minutes, okay?" Quatra asked.
"Kay."
Quatra turned and walked over to Duo and Wufia.
Duo's thoughts up until now
This kid is kind of cool. He has green cat eyes. I've never seen anyone with green cat eyes before. Wait, did he just say he wanted something to drink? That means he is thirsty, and thirsty people are usually hungry and thirsty, which means he wants food. [Gasp] If he wants food he might steal it from someone, namely me . . .
He's going to steal my big bag of chedder cheese popcorn! I have to hide it. Where am I going to hide my big bag of chedder cheese popcorn? Wait a minute, [another gasp] where is my big bag of chedder cheese popcorn? [Starts frantically looking around]
Not being able to find his popcorn, Duo asked Quatra just as he turned away from Little Fox to talk to Duo and Wufia.
"What are we going to do with this kid?" Quatra whispered, while ignoring Duo's question.
"We? What do you mean we? That kid is trying to steal my big bag of chedder cheese popcorn! I'm not doing anything with him!" Duo hissed at Quatra. Quatra heaved a sigh and prepared to tell Duo to shut up.
"Look, Duo, first off, he is not trying to steal from you. Second, he is obviously lost and scared. So, we have to help him," Quatra paused to calm down before continuing, "Besides, it was your fault the car is currently smashed into a tree, so you are going to help whether you want to or not!"
Seeing Quatra in such a malevolent mood shut Duo up really quick.
"I guess we take him with us. We can get Heero to hack into the Social Security's mainframe and see what kind of information he can get concerning Little Fox. Then, we can decide what to do next." Wufia suggested.
"Sounds like a good idea. Now, to get out of here, "Quatra turned to Duo and asked. "May I borrow your cell phone? Mine was destroyed in the car crash."
Several hours later they were picked up by Jessica and taken to her house where they spent the night. The next morning, Jessica decided that Little Fox needed some new clothes, so she took him shopping at the mall. Everyone else opted to stay behind.
Quatra, Duo and Wufia went into the kitchen to get a snack while Heero started hacking into the mainframe of the Social Security office. Trowa was away on some secret mission and wouldn't be back until the next day.
"Hey Cat, I was thinking . . . "
"You shouldn't think, Duo, you might hurt yourself." Wufia interjected.
Duo blinked and stared at Wufia for a moment, he then said, "You know what, Wufia, you are absolutely correct, but please don't worry to much about me. If I have survived this long without causing any permanent damage to myself I believe I can survive another few seconds. NOW! On with my thought process. We have no idea how long Fox has been on his own, right? So, shouldn't we take him to a vet, I mean, a doctor or hospital? He could, like, have some deadly viruses or something. That way we can make sure he doesn't make us sick or something?"
"Well, I surprised. I believe that is the smartest thing I have heard you say in a very long time." Wufia said.
Wufia was honestly surprised, because Duo had a tendency to: (a) run all his words together, (b) talk so fast you could not keep up with what he was talking about, or (c) talk for hours about things that were of no importance what so ever.
"Not funny, Wuffy," Duo retorted.
"Call me, Wuffy one more time and I'll ..."
"Do nothing at all. Wufia, Duo, stop arguing for one moment and I will tell you what I found, okay?" Heero interrupted.
"Okay." Duo said.
"Sure, tell us what you found." Wufia said.
"Nothing." Heero said.
Frowning Quatra asked, "What do you mean Nothing?"
"Well, I decided to check the police department's missing persons file first. Noone has reported a child of Fox's description or name missing. Finding nothing I then hack into Social Security's mainframe. As far as they are concerned, Little Fox does not even exist. I even check all the files in every state, country, and space colony. I still came up with nothing on Little Fox." Heero reported.