Hello everybody! Thank you for all the reviews! I'm really glad to see that so many people like the story. By the way, I got a review that asked what the title of this fic meant. Forgive me for not translating in chapter 1. Kyodai means siblings, so the title is Gundam Siblings. I know it's unimaginative, I am sorry. By the way, thank you to FinalEnd! YAY! You finally made an account! Anyway, there isn't much that I wish to say in this author's note, except extending my thanks so, on with the fic! And Alle just wants to say how thankful he is to the reviewers thanks to you Halle didn't hit him as hard.
-Saph
The sunset was at its climax when the two brothers finally made it home. Both were out of breath and sweaty from their run, or in Alle's case, drag. Halle looked in through the lit window to check for their parents.
"CRAP!" Halle whispered, diving to shove his brother to the ground so the two couldn't be seen through the window.
"H-Halle? What's wrong?" All whispered/panted.
"Dad's home!" Halle hissed. Alle paled at this. Their father was a drunk when he wasn't in the office and he mostly took out the 'stress' of the day on the two siblings, mostly Alle because he was the weaker one.
"W-What do we do, Halle?" Alle wailed.
"Shut your hole and let me think!" Halle shushed. He climbed off his brother and got on all fours. "We'll sneak in through the window in our room." Halle whispered, crawling to the back of the house with Alle close behind.
"But, Alle, what then? Dad probably already saw our empty beds and is planning on punishing us!" Alle was crying at the memory of what their father did to them.
"Shh. We'll lock the door and the window. And we'll close the curtains and sleep 'there'." Halle whispered. By 'there' he was referring to the loose board underneath Halle's bed. The board opened up to a small, concrete room. The house used to have a basement, but the stairs had been sealed shut, the only way to get down there was the secret compartment under Halle's bed. The two often hid there when their dad was in one of his drunken stupors.
"O-okay." Alle whimpered, already used to sleeping on the cold concrete to escape their violent father. Halle seemed to know what his brother was thinking.
"I moved our stuff down there before we left." Halle stated.
When they got to the window Halle stood up and pushed it open, the two kept the window unlocked whenever they went out of the room, as a second entrance/exit when they needed to escape. As soon as the window was open he went down and picked up Alle, easing him through the window before jumping in himself. The two landed on one of the beds with barely a sound before climbing off and slowly, silently lifting the loose board.
"Wait!" Alle hissed, running to lock the room door and the window from the inside. He then joined his brother as he lifted the floor board, revealing the dark cavern within. Alle moved back, he hated the dark. Halle seemed to read Alle's mind as he took a stick out of his shirt and waved it at his brother. It was a miniature, rechargeable flashlight.
"Halle! Where'd you get that?" Alle asked.
"I bought it after the last time we went down." There wasn't any light in the basement, but that wasn't the reason Halle bought the light. He knew his brother hated the dark, it gave him nightmares. "Now, go down." He whispered to his twin. Alle complied and slowly climbed down the iron ladder carved into the concrete wall, barely noticeable, and even more dangerous to use. Halle shone the light on his brother on the way down before jumping down himself. When Halle reached the bottom and shone the flashlight on the space Alle nearly gasped. There were a number of pillows and blankets pilled in one corner, and a bunch of old teddy bears and toys. There was even a small pile of books. Alle went over to the books, a hobby of his was reading.
"Halle, where'd you get all this stuff?" Alle asked in disbelief.
"The books are rejects from libraries, schools, and your own stash. The pillows and blankets were ones I stole from mom and dad's room, and the toys are from the kids at school, they don't want them anymore." Halle stated, going over to organize the pile of stuff. As he did that Alle walked over to the two pillows.
He saw a toy on one of them and picked it up. It was a slightly misshapen teddy bear, obviously homemade. What stunned Alle the most was what was written on the bear. Written in marker on the bears' stomach was the word 'ALLE' Halle had obviously made the bear for him. Alle cried and sat on the pillow, hugging the bear. Halle came back with a thick blanket and sat on the pillow beside his brother.
"Once we get lights working in here we can use the books!" Halle exclaimed.
"Halle...thank you." Alle whispers. Halle just smiles and pats the pillows.
"We'd better get some sleep, we have school tomorrow.
To be continued...
WOW! That was a long chapter. The twins now have a secret base! YAY!
What will happen? Will their parents chase them, even there? Will Alle have to face more beatings? Will Halle kill their father? What will become of the brothers in the dark? Find out, but only if you review!
Alle: YAY! I got a teddy!
Halle: You sure did!
Saph: Aw, now you're getting along like good brothers?
Alle: ...
Halle: Shut up!
Alle: H-Halle...you shouldn't be mean to the author...he has the power to erase you...
Halle: I'll be good!
All: Review!