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Pain was her reality now. It was all she had to focus on. Well, that and her captors were thoroughly pissed with her. She allowed her lips to curve up in an almost feral smile. They thought that they could break her. She who had been a member of OZ, trained to withstand all such physical pain. She who had raised two beautiful daughters (for she had always considered Ashley her second child) by herself who were at this moment safe with Duo. She knew that he would take care of them, and that the information on these bastards would make their way to the Preventers. They couldn't break her if they tried, and she would never tell them where her daughters were. Because they were safe, and she was going to do everything that she could to keep them that way. Stupid idiots. Hadn't they realized that by now? Apparently not, since here they were again to try and beat the information out of her. Stupid idiots. But they would soon learn, and when they did, Hilde knew that her life would be at an end. But at least her daughters would be safe.
He watched her through the video camera, curled up in a ball on the dirty cement floor. She had yet to break and tell them what she had done with the information. He hadn't expected it to be easy, she had been in OZ after all. But something else was driving this woman, and he didn't understand it. What in the world could cause her to hold on this tightly? He had to find out what it was, and that was the only reason that she was still alive. He needed to understand what it was that drove her like this.
An aid ran up and handed a folder to him, which he scanned quickly, then sighed.
"We still can't get anything out of her?" He asked. The aid shook his head.
"All she does is laugh like she's gone mad, and taunt us with the fact that she knows something that we don't." He closed the folder and handed it back to the boy, who was about 20 by the looks of it.
"And what about her daughter? What do we have on her?"
"She's apparently with her father, Duo Maxwell-Yuy." The man bristled at the name, it bringing back memories that he would rather forget. This complicated things.
"I want you to bring that girl to me, we may be able to get some use out of her concerning her mother."
"Yes sir."
8
It was an Earthquake. Sort of. Jen knew that she was shaking, and she shouldn't be. She was in that state where you know you're asleep and don't want to be woken up completely. But there it was. Two rhythmic thumping on her bed that felt like an Earthquake. Tha-Thump! Tha-Thump! Tha-Thump! She cracked open one eye and slightly pulled the covers off her head to see what that thumping was. Daisy and Alyssa grinned and tackled her.
"She's awake!" They yelled together.
"OOMPH!" Jen exhaled when they hit her. The door to her room opened, and Heero stood in the doorway.
"I thought I told you two to leave her alone."
"But we want to play with her!" Alyssa exclaimed, turning huge puppy dog eyes up at him. Heero simply gave her a look.
"Go wake up Matt."
"But he throws us across the room!"
"That's why we padded the wall." Daisy and Alyssa grumbled but left the room. Two seconds later they were laughing and giggling as they played tag through the halls. "Time to get up. It's after ten." He told Jen. She blinked at him bleary eyed, and he switched on the light as he left. She stumbled out of bed and pulled on a shirt and jean shorts, ran a quick brush through her hair and decided to just leave it down. She went down into the kitchen, still rubbing sleep out of her eyes. She passed by Max as he was leaving his room, still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes also, as well as tying a hair tie to the end of his braid. Ashley looked up as they walked in the kitchen, and Jen saw the smirk in her eyes.
"So. The dead live." Jen threw her a look that plainly said 'don't mess with me this morning', but she apparently didn't get the message or was impervious to it by now because she just smiled sweetly and continued to feed Keily. Jen turned to Max.
"Did they really pad one of your walls?" She asked him. He gave a huge yawn before grinning sheepishly.
"Yeah. I've always thrown things when I wake up, though usually it's the phone or my alarm clock. The twins actually think that it's fun, though they're getting bigger than they used to be so they don't always make it to the wall." Jen giggled, then covered her ears along with everyone else when Jaime screamed. Kyle ran into the kitchen and hid behind Heero's legs.
"It's not my fault, I swear! I didn't know she was in the bathroom!" A very irate Jaime, wearing nothing but a bathrobe and half washed off mud mask on her face came in looking for all the world like she was going to kill one of the youngest Maxwell-Yuy's. Heero simply held out his hand to stop her as Kyle hid behind his legs.
"You'll have splotches if you don't wash that stuff off now." He said calmly. Jaime took a look at herself in the hall mirror, gave another earsplitting shriek and hauled her ass back to the bathroom. Jen barely suppressed a giggle as Kyle poked his head out hesitantly from Heero's legs.
"She's gone?" He whispered. Heero nodded solemnly and Kyle sighed in relief. "I swear I didn't know she was in there. I knocked and everything!" Heero smiled and ruffled the boys hair.
"We know Kyle." He said and steered him towards his sister, who waved her arms happily at seeing him.
"Oh, Jen, Jack called. He said that he would be bringing by some of our things today." Ashley leaned over and put a hand up to her mouth for a conspiratory whisper. "I think that he's using it as an excuse to see that we really are okay." Jen giggled as she got a bowl and some cereal.
"Sounds like him. Did he say when he'd be by?" Ashley checked her watch.
"Should be anytime now." And Speak of the Devil, a horn honked from outside just as she finished saying that. Everyone dashed to the window and saw a beat up Ford pick-up truck with a monster of a man climbing out. At his full height he stood at 6'3", had dark shaggy hair, black eyes and olive tanned skin. He had very well defined muscles from a lifetime of street fighting and basketball, and both Jen and Ashley knew that many girls(and a few guys)had had wet dreams about him. They still liked to laugh about their freshmen year when they had almost become instantly popular as everyone who'd had a crush on him tried to get on their good side to get to him.
Both girls squealed and ran out the door, and Duo looked at his daughter dumbfoundedly.
"She has to have picked that up from her mother." He said. Heero intertwined his fingers with his husbands and brought his face centimeters from Duo's.
"Then what was that I was hearing last night my love?" He whispered. Duo's mouth slowly curved up in a feral grin.
"EWWWW! Papa and Daddy are making smoochies!" Daisy called out while giggling. Duo gave the twins a look.
"Shouldn't you two be attacking Jen and Ashley's friend?" He said. They giggled and ran out of the kitchen, with Kyle and Keily close behind.
"Don't you want to greet him to, Love?" Heero asked. Duo shook his head.
"No rush. I already know him, remember? Besides, from the way that he talked about them all last year I know that he'd never hurt them." There came a crash from outside, and they looked out the window to see that the girls had tumbled into and broken one of their neighbor's potted plants. Duo and Heero cringed. "Then again, they might end up hurting him." Duo then tugged Heero gently towards the door.
"C'mon, I want you to meet this guy, you'll like him." Heero looked at his lover disbelievingly. "What? You will."
"The last student of yours that you said that about I wanted to kill." Duo rolled his eyes.
"That was just a one time thing; what are the odds of you wanting to kill two of my students?" Jack spotted them as they walked out of the house, and waved enthusiastically.
"Yo! Mr. MY! How's it hanging? Not often with him as your husband I'll bet." Heero turned a familiar look on him and Duo.
"The odds are very good." Duo jabbed him in the ribs, and Jack kept an easy grin on his face while all those who understood his joke doubled over laughing.
"Sorry to just drop by like this Mr. MY, but I had to see for myself that my little hellion-for-sisters were all right. Plus, I figured that Jen would want to get to know you a little and you'd probably ask if she wanted to stay with you, so I brought her some provisions and her life." Everyone except for Jen and Ashley looked at him like he'd grown a second head. They looked at him in disbelief.
"What do you mean, 'her life'?" Max asked, his eyebrows lifting curiously. Jack did a double take looking at Jen and Max before answering.
"Well, you know, birthday parties, Halloween, school pageants, baking mishaps, pranks gone wrong. You know, the important stuff."
"Jack you didn't." Ashley said. Jacks grin broadened.
"Of course I did, It's all in the back of the truck."
"You mean all of our silly moments, times we were being absolutely stupid, the most embarrassing moments of our lives, are in the back of your truck."
"I couldn't resist a chance to torture the two of you."
"This is payback for all the times we embarrassed you in front of your crushes, isn't it." Jack just smiled broadly as Duo and Max doubled over laughing. He began to deposit boxes and duffle bags on the ground.
"Anyway, I just dropped by to see you, I've got to get to work. See you when school starts Mr. MY, and Jen, Ash? Call me later." He then hopped into his truck and drove off, leaving all of them staring at the boxes and bags. Jen and Ashley looked at each other.
"We are so going to have to plan the perfect payback. Better than last time." Jen said.
"Most definitely." They turned around to see Duo and max looking at the boxes with pure mischievous evil in their eyes. Heero just shook his head and sighed, then turned and headed into the house. Duo turned to his daughter.
"So."
"So."
"Should I make the popcorn or should you?"
"I'll make it. You have to dig up any and all such things that involve my new siblings. It's only fair, right?" Jen asked. Max could barely contain his laughter as an idea popped into his head.
"If that's the case." He said, grinning wider than before. "Then we should call our Uncles and get them to bring their embarrassing videos." Duo burst out laughing, doubling over and clutching his stomach. Heero shook his head from the kitchen window as he talked on the phone with Wufei.
"Yeah, it sounds like Max just came up with what I told you. So are you going to bring them over?"
"I'll be dropping the kids and Sally off, I'm still working on that information that Jen gave us. If Hilde still is alive, I'd love to give her a job at the Preventers, this is some of the best work that I've seen." Heero smirked.
"Does Sally know that you're praising a woman?" Wufei scowled at him.
"Have you called Relena or Zechs yet? They'll want in on this, plus they're dying to meet Jen and her friend."
"I was going to call them after I hung up with you. If they do want in, we'll have to hold it at their place, ours is too small."
"I'm sure they'll agree. Thanks for the heads up, but I gotta get going now. See ya."
"Hn." The sound of feet tramping, body bumping, 'Hey watch it!', and giggling signaled that everyone was coming inside with the boxes of 'incriminating videos' and bags of Jen and Ashley's things. Duo was literally bouncing around the house.
"Hey love, fire up the TV and get the others over here, we're going to have a marathon." Heero shook his head.
"Not just yet, I'm going to call Zechs and Relena and see if they want in and if we can do it at one of their houses since they have more space." Everyone's eyes lit up.
"Really? We're going to see Uncle Zechs and Aunt Relena?" Jesse asked. Heero nodded.
"As soon as I call them. Put the boxes out of the way where we can find them and scatter so I can make the calls in peace. I'm sure Jen and Ashley want to see the city."
"We're getting money right?" Heero glared and Duo rolled his eyes, but both reached for their wallets and pulled out plenty of cash.
"This is for the little ones, you older kids have your own money. Jen, Ashley, do you two have money?" Heero asked as he handed the cash to Jesse, who had proven to be the most responsible of their brood. Jen and Ashley looked at each other, mentally going over what funds they had left from traveling.
"Uh, we have some, plus I think there's still plenty in our bank account." Ashley said. Duo pressed cash into both their hands.
"Consider this the first of many make-up birthday and Christmas presents. You save your bank account for school." Both girls looked like they were about to protest, but Heero just gave them a look of no protest and pushed the kids out the door.
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Sorry for the long update, but I got stuck a while back, then there was work…you get the picture. So, how did you like? Or not like? I take criticism to! Just let me know that you're reading! Also, anything you would like to see? More with Hilde, with the other kids, stuff like that. Let me know!