A Daughter's Will

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or it's characters... There, I said it.

A/N: Yes, I've finally updated. Yay! Anyways, I hope it was worth the wait. I'm planning on throwing out chapter four soon, as well, though, there's a lot of tweaking on that one, so we'll see. Keep an eye out for it. And, now, go on and read...

Elysia wasn't sure where she was exactly. She recalled being at a party of some sort and music playing. And eyes... Seeing Theo's deep, emerald green eyes...

She moaned a little as her head started to hurt and opened her eyes, bringing a hand to her forehead.

She frowned as she noticed an IV attached to her arm and an incessant beeping to her right. She then realized she was lying in a hospital bed.

"Oh, good. You're awake now. We were starting to get worried about you."

Elysia waited a second for her head to clear, trying to figure out who had just spoken, and then looked to the front of her bed to see Jade Chang smiling warmly at her. Actually it was Jade Maxwell, but she still insisted on being called by her former last name for reasons nobody had yet to explain.

"Jade?" she asked, confused on what was going on.

Jade smiled some more and moved closer to Elysia. "It's Dr. Chang, right now, actually. You sure do know how to get yourself in trouble, Ms. Yuy."

She sat down gently on Elysia's bed and looked at her. "So, how're you feeling now?"

Elysia frowned some more and looked around the room. "Disoriented, sick, my head hurts..." She looked to Jade questioningly. "How did I get here?"

Jade looked down to the clipboard in her hand and pulled out a black pen, scribbling some things down. "Well, what's the last thing you remember?"

Elysia bit her lip and tried to think back. "Um... Well, I was with Theo... And ... I think we were dancing."

Jade laughed and shook her head. "According to him, you were standing awkwardly as he moved you around to make it seem like you were dancing."

Elysia made a face as Jade sat up a bit straighter.

"At any rate, what happened is you collapsed due to some sort of drug influence on your body. I trust you didn't take anything, so it's come down to the conclusion that someone was trying to take out a few people at that there party. Makes me kind of disappointed I couldn't go." She glanced at her clipboard to read something.

Elysia looked at Jade, even more confused. "You mean to say I wasn't the only one?"

Jade made a face as she continued to read and nodded. "Unfortunately, there were four other people who suffered the same fate as you. Three weren't as lucky." She looked up to Elysia. "They're dead."

Elysia held in her surprise, not sure how to take this bit of news.

What had happened? Was this planned?

Jade studied Elysia's expression for a while and then stood up. "Don't worry. Our dear parents are already looking into this. We're going to have to let the head of security come in, though, as he has to question you and relay your night. See if there are any correlations with the other victims. I'm going to be honest right now and say someone rigged your food or something. There was a small amount of people hit, so it couldn't have just been something in the air or an illness. Why you particular five, I don't know, but hey, so goes the mystery of the world." She looked back at her chart and smiled again. "Now, then, there is one other thing I must speak with you about."

Elysia made a face at Jade's sudden change in moods, but attributed it to the fact that she was a doctor and dealt with things differently. She looked up at Jade, slightly fearful of what it was she was going to say next. "What is it?"

"These last few weeks you haven't been feeling too well, right?"

Elysia looked at her, a bit perplexed at where this was headed. "Um... yes."

Jade nodded exaggeratedly at Elysia's answer and scribbled some more at the clipboard. At least, Elysia was sure she did. "Are you aware that you've been imagining yourself with the flu?"

Elysia blinked and sat up some more in her bed. "I... uh... huh? How?"

Jade looked up for a second and nodded again. "Yep... It appears you didn't have the flu at all, you big fake."

Elysia grew a little mad at the comment. She knew what she had been feeling the last few weeks. She couldn't have imagined herself throwing up or coughing nonstop or feeling so tired all the time. "What are you getting at?" she asked, wondering if Jade was messing with her mind.

Jade smiled at her warmly and lowered her clipboard. "Congratulations, Ms. Yuy. You're pregnant."

Heero looked over the papers in his hand once more, then gave a sigh, handing them over to Trowa. He sank back into his chair and rested his hand on his forehead. "I give up. I don't understand why these people were targeted. There's no connection whatsoever. Maybe this was just a random attack."

Trowa glanced at the papers and shook his head. "I'd be much obliged to agree, Heero, but this doesn't quite seem to add up. It's too planned out to be something done just for kicks. These people had completely different businesses from each other for it to seem like they were targeted for whom they are. But I believe they all had to have some sort of deal going on amongst them for them to be taken out this way. Which is another thing; why kill justthem, if this was random? And don't forget, the bartender was taken out too, along with three of our security personnel."

The two pilots were sitting in a small office in the Preventers' Hospital where the victims of the party were taken. As it was a Preventers party that was struck, they were the ones responsible for the medical care and the investigation.

Heero and Trowa were now reading over the reports and outlines of the party and the building where it was held, among many other things like the victims' backgrounds and careers. All that had been determined was that there had to have been some sort of food or drink ingested by the victims in order for them to all have passed out around the same times as one another.

Heero sighed again and nodded. "But I can't seem to figure out where Elysia fits into all of this."

Trowa gave a shrug and skimmed through the papers. "Neither can I. That part eludes me. Perhaps she was given someone else's drink by mistake?"

Heero closed his eyes and tried to ignore that last part. The thought of losing his daughter to something as stupid as mistaken identity didn't sit too well with him. "I'd rather not think of that."

Trowa nodded and set the papers down. "Neither would I." He sighed and stared blankly at the table in front of him, arms crossed. "Maybe the security tapes will be more of a help."

"Way ahead of you, Barton," Duo announced as he walked into the room, flinging some more papers on the little table in front of the other two pilots. "Sorry to say, there isn't anything to watch."

Trowa and Heero frowned and looked up to Duo in confusion.

"What do you mean," Trowa asked.

Duo flopped down on the couch next to Heero, much to Heero's irritation, and let out a sigh. "The entire system was shut off." He thought a second, and then gave a shrug. "Actually, it was destroyed."

Trowa and Heero sat up in their seats and stared at Duo in shock.

"How?" Trowa asked in disbelief. "That system was flawless."

Duo gave a little nod. "It was, indeed. Whoever did this sure did know our system pretty well."

Heero and Trowa looked at each other stunned. How could something like this have happened?

Trowa looked to Duo questioningly. "How could they destroy it without getting caught by the..." He trailed off as his mind made the connection. "Oh, no." He looked down, bothered by the way this was going.

"These guys sure did know what they were doing," Duo said sullenly. He tapped the papers in front of him. "So, we definitely know this isn't random or unplanned. They were out for those particular five people for some reason. It's our job to find out why."

"But why Elysia?" Heero looked to Duo helplessly. "I don't understand why she was one of the victims. I mean, nobody really knows who she is or..." He stopped and frowned when he remembered something. He stood up quickly and walked over to the nearby computer.

"Heero?" Duo asked confusedly.

Trowa turned in his chair to face Heero better. "Is there something you know?"

Heero waved his left hand at them dismissively as he typed furiously at the keyboard. "Just a hunch, but if I'm not mistaken, a similar situation happened to one of our stations a few days ago. "

Duo crossed his arms and watched Heero. "What do you mean? How come I didn't hear about it?"

"Because that was the day of the riot at the Sank Kingdom courtyard and HQ didn't want us officers to look more incompetent and weak if it was mentioned the same day."

Duo thought this over and nodded. "Makes sense."

"Aha!" Heero shouted triumphantly, pulling back from the computer and pointing at the computer where a police file was shown.

Duo peered closer at the computer screen to get a better look. "Officer Sandra Burns," he read aloud," killed by gunshot wound to the head. Signs of a struggle and a beating." He looked at Heero confusedly. "How is this similar to what happened tonight?"

Heero sighed and pointed to another part of the summary. "Right there, Maxwell."

Duo leaned over some more. "No suspects, security system disabled, all officers in building... killed... " He frowned and looked to Heero slowly. "Think these are the same guys?"

Heero nodded enthusiastically. "It has to be!"

Trowa reached over Heero and moved the mouse to click on a few things on the report. "This does seem similar. However, we can't be too sure. We need evidence of a connection between the two incidents to verify that it is indeed the same people. "

Heero and Duo nodded in agreement.

Duo pulled away and stood up, stretching. "Well, it sure does look like we've got the same people here, to me. If only we knew who they were." He looked to the two pilots and slapped them on the backs in a friendly manner. "C'mon, guys. Let's go focus on something else for now. Take a break. Elysia might have woken up by now." He frowned when the two didn't move. "You've been at it for hours!" he added, hoping that that was enough to get them to go.

Trowa nodded and turned away from the computer. "Yeah... you're right... I better call Catherine and see how the kids are doing." He walked out briskly, not saying another word.

Heero hesitated, unsure if stopping was a wise idea. He was sure that if he kept searching, he might come across something useful.

Duo caught this and rested his hands on Heero's shoulders. "Don't stress yourself right now, Heero. You've done it too many times already. Go see your daughter and let us worry about this later. She's more important right now."

Heero continued to sit still, staring at the screen reluctantly. Finally, he nodded and slowly got to his feet. "Yeah. You're right. I'll look later." He grabbed his jacket off the chair he was sitting on earlier and walked out quietly with Duo.

Caterina leaned against her father's shoulder, boredom setting in. They both had been waiting in one of the waiting rooms at the Preventer's hospital for word on what exactly had happened. She really didn't like that she was told to go home and wait for someone to call her. Not that she actually went there, but that was beside the point.

She needed to know why those people had passed out and whether or not they were okay. Especially Elysia.

She looked up at her father and studied his expression. She couldn't tell if he was just as worried as she was or tired from the long night. She sighed and looked to her watch, wondering what Jacob was doing at this hour. It was well past midnight and she wasn't sure where he was at right now.

"So, I take it Jacob had another mission tonight," Quatre said, breaking the silence, while also seeming to read her mind at the same time.

Caterina looked up to her father's bright blue eyes and gave a slight shrug. "That's what he told me."

Quatre looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "So, you don't believe that's where he's at right now?"

Caterina thought a second and then gave another shrug. "He says a lot of things," she said sullenly, thinking of his broken promise.

Quatre smiled slightly at her and faced the wall across from them. "Well, my dear, sweet daughter, in relationships, this would be called trust. You have to learn to believe that when he says he's going to be somewhere, he most likely will be at that place. "

Caterina made a face and looked to Quatre, a bit annoyed. "It's not that I don't trust him, daddy. It's just that... I hardly see him. Here I am, working nonstop on the wedding plans and in the back of my mind I'm wondering if he's even going to show up at the wedding. He's always so busy and... he's either going to end up working that day or be... killed. " She looked down at that last part, not glad that she said her worst fear out loud.

Quatre smiled sympathetically and wrapped his right arm protectively around his daughter. "I don't think he'd do anything to jeopardize your relationship." He kissed her on the forehead and pulled her closer to him. "He loves, you, Ameerah," he said, using his special nickname for her. "That's all that should matter."

Caterina smiled a little and looked up at her father hopefully. "You think so, daddy?"

Quatre smiled back warmly and squeezed her shoulder. "I know so."

They glanced back at the wall, their smiles fading, as theywaited for whatever might come next, but, at least, enjoying the moment together.

Elysia stared at Jade in shock. "I... uh... what?" she stuttered.

Jade nodded and smiled some more. "Yep. You're almost two months pregnant. Coincidentally timed with a vacation you took with a certain someone back in November." She looked to her clipboard and wrote something down. "And, judging by your reaction, I was right in not saying anything to your father or Theo. Otherwise, they would've known before you and that would've sucked."

Elysia closed her eyes, trying to grasp this. "I... two months?" She opened her eyes and looked up to Jade. "Wait, why didn't you say anything to them?"

Jade gave a small shrug. "The fact that Theo asked how you were and not you and the baby was proof enough for me that he didn't know. Same thing with your dad. And if they didn't know, that meant you hadn't told them or didn't know yourself. I wasn't about to be the one to kill the surprise. Either way, it's now in your hands."

Elysia continued to sit still, silent from the shock from this bit of news.

Pregnant? How? ... I mean, obviously I know how but... What am I going to do? I can't leave my job at the orphanage... And father and I finally got that new apartment... And Theo and I hardly see each other as it is...

She froze when she thought of Theo. "Oh, no," she said out loud.

Jade frowned at Elysia's expression and sat back down on the bed. "What? Why do you look like that?"

Elysia looked to Jade fearfully. "What am I going to tell Theo?"

Jade stared at her in confusion and gave another small shrug. "That he's going to be a father." She studied Elysia's face for a minute, and then added, "That's going to be a problem isn't it?"

Elysia nodded weakly. "I ... He's not going to be happy when he hears this. He's told me before how he wants kids, but way later... Not now... He hates children."

Jade looked at Elysia wryly. "Well, he should've thought of that, before he-"

"Jade!" Elysia interrupted in distress. "Don't say that!" She covered her face with her hands and looked down. "What am I going to do?" she groaned.

Jade smiled sympathetically and put a hand on Elysia's shoulder reassuringly. "Don't worry. It'll be okay... If you want, I can help you out with telling him the news."

"Telling who the news?" Theo asked, as he strolled into the room, walking over to where Elysia laid, giving her a big hug. "Hello, gorgeous."

Elysia smiled and hugged back as well as she could and gave a sigh as she breathed in his heavenly scent. "Hey... "

Jade smiled and pulled away, sensing that the two wanted to be alone. "We were just talking about how I'm going to break the news to Shane that I managed to get Grandma Hilde and Grandma Sally to arrange the new room for Brandon."

Theo frowned at Jade's statement. "I thought he already had his own room... Isn't he three months old now? Why does he need a new room?"

Jade shook her head as she edged toward the door. "Brandon lives in three different houses and henceforth needs three different rooms of his own... When you're a father, you'll understand." She turned to walk out the door and cringed as she realized the gravity to her comment. She quickly made her exit, hoping he didn't catch her expression.

Theo merely shrugged this off and looked back to Elysia, misinterpreting the look on her face for feelings of pain. "You all right?"

Elysia just stared at him quietly, unsure of what to say. There was so much on her mind.

First off, from how and what Jade told her, it seemed as though she could have very well died that night. She was slipped something in her food at the party as somebody must have wanted her dead. Which was confusing in itself, since she had no clue who would want her taken out. It may have been mistaken identity, but how would she be able to know?

And then she wakes up to the news that she hadn't been sick the last few weeks like she had thought and was, in fact, carrying the child of her boyfriend of one year inside her.

She sighed as her mind raced, still processing what Jade told her and what she was going to have to eventually tell Theo, her father, Trowa, and most likely Theo's brother and sister and the rest of the pilots and their families. How was she going to break the news to him? It was still a huge shock for her and something she didn't think she could grasp anytime soon.

Theo watched her expectantly, wondering why she hadn't really talked yet to him.

She must still be waking up and trying to understand what happened to her. Poor thing. I wish I could fix all this and do something for her to make her feel better.

He sighed as well and wrapped an arm around her protectively. "Well, I'm glad you're all right, Elysia. I'm not sure what I would've done if you had... " He stopped before finishing his sentence, not liking the thought too much. He took a deep breath, letting it out slowly, as he restarted. "If you were... gone..." He paused then shook his head. "I take that back. I actually would've gone after the guys who did this to you and killed them one by one, slowly and painfully. And then, I would've been stuck on what to do next." He smiled slightly at her, hoping she would do the same.

To his relief, she did. She looked up at him, her lips forming a small smile as she asked," You mean, you would have only gone after these people if I had died?"

Theo gave a laugh and shook his head, wondering how she was always able to find a loophole in everything he said. "No, sweetie," he replied, gently kissing her on the forehead. "I'll still do it, if you want me too. But, I'm afraid it's not going to be as brutal. And I know how much you love gore and pain."

Elysia allowed herself to laugh at that as she knew he was right. She enjoyed watching all the crime shows and horror movies she could get her hands on, and each time she would complain how the censors wouldn't let her see the full brunt of all the homicides and deaths she wanted. It just didn't have the same impact, in her opinion.

But right now, she suddenly realized just how tired she was. It had been a long night for her, after all. And now that everybody was sure she was okay, it wouldn't hurt to have a nice rest.

She looked to Theo and hugged him. "Hey, mind if I knock out? I'm feeling really tired."

He raised an eyebrow at her, not sure if this was a good idea. "Are you sure? You're not just feeling more affects of-"

"No, I'm fine," Elysia said firmly. "Jade even said so. It's just been a long night. You know that. I'm just... really tired right now."

Theo made a face, still unsure if he should let her close her eyes and "rest". "Are you sure?" he asked.

Elysia nodded, and pulled the bed's small blanket tighter around her. "Tell everybody I said hi and I'm fine. I'll see them in the morning. It's just been too much excitement tonight."

Theo nodded and stood up slowly. "All right." He leaned down and kissed her on the lips. "Oh, and happy New Year." He pulled away and smiled sympathetically once more at her, before walking out and closing the door quietly behind him.

Elysia smiled back slightly and laid down, trying to find a comfortable spot on the small bed. She closed her eyes, sleep hitting her immediately, as she wondered what it would be like to be a mother.

A/N: Well, there's number three. Hoped you liked it and, as usual R&R. I'm praying this fic gets more attention, though, as it seems to be dying out here. If you're reading this, PLEASE review, so I know I'm not doing this for nothing. Anyways, until next, bye for now.

Oh, and by the way, Ameerah is Arabic for Princess. :)