Heero's Deception

Chapter 2

The four pilots all sat in the waiting room for the OR doctor to come and tell them how Duo was doing because before he went in they were told he had a very slim chance to live through the night. Duo had done a number on himself, the way he aimed the gun he managed to puncture his lungs and heart. Heero was sitting in the hard plastic chair replaying the events of the evening wondering were he went wrong and what he could have done better to keep Duo from doing this.

For starters you should have never been seeing John, and second you should have been totally honest with Duo when you wanted to end the relation ship you had with him. But now you have lost the person that you loved and the man who you promised to be with and help for eternity. Heero thought to himself as he looked up to check the clock on the wall, 11:30 only five minutes had past but to Heero it seemed as if it were five hours.

Heero then looked around the room: Quatre was crying softly into Trowa's chest as he was comforting him, and Wu Fei sat in a chair across from them in what seemed like deep meditation. Just as Heero was about to look at the clock again two people dressed in green OR scrubs entered the room. The smaller doctor took off her mask and the pilots were relieved to see that it was Sally.

Duo has just come out of surgery but it was very, very hard on his body and he has a slim chance to live like you were told before but his chance is a little greater now that he is out of surgery." Sally said as she scanned the worn faces of the four twenty year olds standing in front of her. She was just as concerned for him as they were and like the others she wanted an answer of how this happened from Heero.

"He is going to be spending quite a bit of time recuperating here if he makes it. As of right know he has a respirator breathing for him, monitors checking every vital sign and IV to help keep him hydrated and to feed him. But the damage that was done to his hart and lungs is going to slow him down greatly to the point maybe that he will not be able to ever breath on his own or ever walk again. But ring t know it is to soon to tell lets just see if he makes it through the night." Said the other doctor and then he left the room. Once the other doctor was out of sight Sally sat down next to Wu fei and looked at the boys.

" Ok some one needs to tell me what the hell happened to that boy in there right know and I want the truth the war is over so you have no reason to lie to me so spill it." Sally said looking at Heero for the answer and any one else to chime in with information that would help Duo.

" I…I was wi…with him when he…he left work to…today and he seemed fine. He ha…had a nice ni…night planed fo…for Heero and himself be…because it was th…their an…anniversary to…tonight." Quatre sat in between sobs and then buried his head again in Trowa's chest. It was at this point that all eyes turned to Heero.

"Ok… what happened was when Duo came into the apartment he found me in bed with some one else. This other person I had been seeing for a year and a half. When he came into the room he had a gun and at first he pointed it at me and then slowly he pointed at John then he turned it on him self. I tried to get the gun from him but I was not quick enough and he pulled the trigger. Then I called 911 and the while I was on the way to the hospital I call you three." Heero said in a very calm monotone voice and he looked in their faces and saw anger and he didn't blame them one bit.

" Why you son of a bitch! How…how could you do this to him how he was so supportive of you and he helped you 300 and you went and did this!" Quatre yelled as if he put all his anger in to that one sentence and then lost it all over again. The faces of the other pilots were enough to tell Heero that he was in hot, hot water for the longest time.

"Sally can we go and see him know please?" Quatre said looking at her with complete and total exhaustion on his face as if he had been up for a week straight.

" Yes you can see him know but he will not be awake but he may be responsive to sound and light but this is only natural reflex of the body. He is on a vent and the machines and Ivs like we said so it may be a bit much to handle." Sally said looking at the weary and exhausted boys. She then got up and motioned fro them to follow her down to the room were Duo lay as lifeless as a rag doll.

"There are no doors to the room and you can not pull the curtain so keep in mind what ever you say or do will be seen and heard." Sally added as they entered the ICU unit. Then they saw him, he was hooked to so much like Sally had said but it just seemed more overpowering then they had though. Duo was as white as the sheets he laid on and his hair was falling out of his braid and there was still blood matted to it. He looked so small and frail just lying there.

"Look at what you have done Heero I hope you can live with the guilt of this if he does not live." Trowa said with anger dripping from his voice as he walked by him into the room. Heero could not handle the sight of duo looking so helpless so he stood in the doorway for a few minutes and then he ran to the nearest bathroom to empty his stomach into the white porcelain bowl. Once he had thrown hp several times and then one more for good luck he sat down in the stall and just started to cry.

"Duo I am so sorry please, please if you get through this I will do everything to make it right again. Please, please just make it through be the fighter you once were." Heero cried into his hands as the events of the day sunk in. Then after about ten minutes he went down to the parking lot to catch a cab home and he bumped into Sally.

"I will be back tomorrow to check and see how he is doing." Heero said as he hailed a cab.

" Don't bother Heero there has been a no contact order until further notice per the others so you have to stay away until you are notified other wise."" Sally said as she walked back up the walk to the main entrance to the hospital.

"So don't try anything stupid because the ICU knows who you are and they know not to let you in. Sorry Heero but you brought this on your self." Sally finished just as the doors closed and she walked out of sight.

TBC…