Black-Angel-001: i didn't want what serena said to wu fei to be mean. sorry if it is.
Disclaimer: Don't own anything.
Things were going pretty well for Trowa. He had managed to find the base, get in, and was accepted instantly. He had to laugh at the naive soilders, no real cares and so trusting. But, the only problem was that he didn't have the clearence to get into the areas where ChibiUsa was being held. He took a small camera with him everywhere, snapping pictures when the opportunity arose. Trowa heard rumors about a small girl who was the daughter of God. Apparently, she had survived anything that the doctors had thrown at her. Of course, the kid was in a coma and in critical but alive. Trowa grimaced even thinking about Bunny's reaction. He knew it was a matter of time before he was able to get anywhere near her. But time was short. Heero had only given him three days, four if there was trouble. Something had to happen soon.
Thankfully, it did.
The guard who had duty originaly was going on a week of R&R. And since no one was available (which meant that no one wanted to get near ChibiUsa) Trowa got put on. He sent a message to Quatre as soon as he found out.
"You must wear these while you are in the room," Emerson held up a mask and latex gloves. "If there is any change you call me or the Commander. Understood?"
"Yessir," he replied automatically.
"Good, good," came the mumbled reply as the doctor walked away.
Trowa turned to the window in the door. You couldn't really see inside, just a few shapes and shadows. Tieing the mask securly onto his face and fitting on the gloves, Trowa went inside the room. All around were machines of diffrent kinds. Some showed x-rays, others showed brain waves, heart beats, things of that sort. In the back in a small corner was a small hospital bed, machines and wires in every direction imaginable. On the bed was the small figure of a child, barely visible under the blakents that covered her. Trowa walked slowly, careful of his steps. The conformation that it was Bunny and Heero's little girl didn't go very well with him. Her face was a chalky white, suken in from lack of food, bruises and impressions dotted her face and arms. The wires were hooked up to her.
ChibiUsa just floated in her world of non-reality. She felt nothing, saw nothing, but she heard everything. The beeping, murmuring of the idiots that put her there, the soft sound of footsteps. She wanted to wake up, to see the look on their faces when she woke up and told them with a smile that she made it back. That she could not and would not be killed by their sick games. ChibiUsa wanted her mom. Lights flickered in and out of her dark void, never lingering for long. If this was death, then it wasn't that bad, she figured. She heard someone say her name, a familiar voice that came from what seemed like some far away dream. Her mind couldn't place who it was, but it felt warm and caring. Her eyelids struggled to open.
Trowa was surprised to see ChibiUsa's eyes flicker only a little. Was it because she heard him calling her name? Maybe. It wouldn't hurt to see what would happen if he continued to try and wake her.
"Come on Usa, wake up," Trowa coaxed. "Come back." He went on like this for a long time.
The voice just wouldn't leave her alone. ChibiUsa wanted to stay right were she was, thank you very much. But she also wanted to find out who it was that was talking to her. Her eyes opened a little. Nothing. Just dark. She sighed and was about to close them again when it spoke again.
"No! Please ChibiUsa, Rini, wake up!"
Shock rippled through Rini. Her mother had been the only one to call her that. Her mother was the only one who knew about that nickname. Did that mean that her mom was alive? Rini hadn't seen a body, just taken the word of the man that had shot her. She inched a little closer to the surface of her black ocean, desperate for a breath. The voice encouraged her. Slowly her eyes opened, and she was blinded by light. It hurt. She squinted. A face was so close. Weird, it was familiar too. Rini blinked, wondering.
Trowa smiled in relief and happiness. "Welcome back. Do you remember who I am?"
ChibiUsa tried to speak but couldn't. Fear grew in her ruby eyes. Trowa saw and recognized it. He had seen it many times before.
"It's alright, don't worry. Your voice isn't gone; just sore from lack of use. You'll get it back soon enough."
ChibiUsa eyed him suspiciously. She remembered the uniform, the one the soilders wore in this miserable place. So, he was one of them. No, wait. This guy wasn't one of them. Her memories of before she was brought here came flooding back. She could place a name with his face now. But how to tell him that she knew him now?
Apparently, she didn't have to. Trowa noticed the recognition. He stroked the damp hair away from ChibiUsa's cool forehead. He remember his oreders, apologized with a smile and told her he would get her out. Depending on if the situation went their way he would give her a surprise. He walked away and went to get Doctor Emerson. Trowa locked the door behind him.
"Doctor," he began.
"What are you doing here?! Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on the brat?!" Emerson snapped.
"My orders were to get you or the Commander if something happened. To my knowledge, those orders have not changed," Trowa said calmly.
Emerson's face twisted and he began to twitch and fidgit. "Very well, good boy. So? What happened? Speak up!"
"She woke up."
Now the doctors face paled, then redened in excitement. Pulling out a cell, he pushed a button and talked rapidly into it. Hanging up, he ordered Trowa to escort him to the child, telling him to explain everything that had happened on the way. Trowa came up with a very interesting version of the encounter. Emerson pulled at the doorknob, gave a questioning look to Trowa who was unlocking the door even then. The doctor barely spoke a word before he was at ChibiUsa's bed, checking everything.
ChibiUsa graced Emerson with the biggest frown she could muster. Amazingly enough she was feeling better and better by the second. When he asked her to open her mouth, she did and when he looked at her throat, Rini leaned forward slightly to try and take a bite out of his nose. Yelping, Emerson pulled away. Then he laughed.
"Oh, yes, we are feeling better aren't we?" He gave her a long look. "I think you deserve a bit of rest after that."
"I conquer." Trowa turned his head to the doorway. There stood Commander Pavilion in his BDU's. Trowa performed an about face with ease and saluted. Pavilion stared Trowa up and down then saluted.
"At ease."
Trowa relaxed slightly. Pavilion walked until he stood next to Emerson at the bedside. Rini glared at them both with piercing eyes, carefull not to make eye contact with Trowa. She had figured out what was going on. Trowa was playing pretend. He acted like he was one of the bad guys, once she was ready, he would get her out. She hoped.
Trowa sent a slient thank you to the girl. She understood, to some degree, what he was doing there. He would have to explain eventually that he would leave her to get reinforcements. There were more soilders than expected at the base. Emerson made a move to remove the wiring that was connected to ChibiUsa, but she pulled away. She cleared her throat as best she could.
"No, don't you dare touch me," she whisphered hoarsly.
"Would you prefer to keep those in?" Pavilion said with amusement.
ChibiUsa shook her head. She winced. Mental note: don't do that for a while. Nodding carefully over to Trowa she tried to make it clear that she wanted him to unhook her.
"So, you've taken a likeing to our newest boy huh?" Pavilion chuckled. "That's fine. I trust him. Deveraux!"
"Sir?"
"From now on, this girl is under your care. Understood?"
"Yessir."
Pavilion looked from Trowa to Rini and back again before nodding and leaving. Emerson smiled and moved away to allow Trowa room to work.
Black-Angel-001: there ya go!