Chapter 11: Saying Goodbye
Duo's POV
"Duo" Amiel says after a few moments of silence. "You must get ready to go back. Say your goodbyes and promise me one thing."
"What's that?" I ask.
"Only come back here once you know who you really are."
I stare at Amiel for a second and replied, "I promise and you know I never lie, especially to a friend."
"And make sure it stays that way." Amiel says with a smile. "Now go and make sure your ready to leave."
I look at the other boys and they nod, and I nod back before leaving the room. I go to my make shift room and grab the few belongings that I had. I grabbed a change of clothes incase they didn't have any for me, which I highly doubted. I also picked up a doll which a little gave me to keep me company if I ever got lonely. I grabbed a rectangle looking binder which held pictures of the people I met here and me with them, I didn't want to forget any faces. It will be hard for me to say goodbye to all of the people I've met here. They were all so nice to me when I first woke up in Amiel's house confused and a little frightened.
Once I had packed everything I thought of valuable I picked up the duffle bag, which I packed it in, and began to head out to say goodbye to everyone. I walked down the now broken up street and stopped in front of the house, in which lived one of the men who found me in the woods. I walked up to the door and knocked, and was quickly answered by Steve. He smiled when he saw me standing there.
"Duo, it's good to see yea boy." he hugged me while my grin became bigger. Steve was a tall man, with broad shoulders. He had dark hair but most of it gone in the middle of his head. His sideburns helped form the dark beard and moustache on his face. His eyes were gray and gentle looking, like how a grandpa smiles when he sees his grandkids for the first time.
"Good to see you too Steve, though I do like to breathe now and then." He laughed and let go of me patting my back.
He caught sight of my duffle bag and looked at me, eyes slightly dimming with sadness. "You leaving here aren't you," he said, with a trace of sadness in his voice.
"Yea, I'm going with some people who say they knew me and who I was. I have to go with them, back into space."
"Well, if it's to help get that memory of yours back then you should go. Of course you would have to come back here to tell us all of who you really are and what kind of, mysterious life you have. I want to know who I saved out in that forest a year ago, and if you turn out to be someone from OZ then you still come back here so we can make you lose your memory again and make you live here forever." Steve is the only one that can rival my chatter. He can talk for hours on end, but he was also funny so it paid to listen to him talk.
"I will come back when I remember who I am, and I will let you know first." He pulls me into another hug before I begin to leave. "Oh, and Steve?"
"What?"
"I will probably be leaving in about two hours, if you can get some others and all of you can see me off there, otherwise I won't be able to say bye to everyone. I will be at that large machine near Amiel's house. Can you do that for me?"
"Sure, no problem kid. Now get going." So I left Steve and went to other houses of people who I was really close to.
I stopped at about a dozen more houses and realized I had a little less than an half an hour to say more goodbyes and get back to the Gundam. And I really needed to say goodbye to two more people who will take up all of that time.
I walked to a small house which was not to badly damage. The house held a family of five, Mr. and Mrs. Deers and their three kids. The oldest was my age and named David, he became my best friend here. The other two kids were twins, a boy, named Nicholas and a girl, named Ashley.
I knocked on the door and was answered by David. "Hey Duo, your alive." David was of course taller than me, and he always made fun of me. Sometimes being 5'6 sucks. Anyways he has blonde hair that is a bit shaggy around his face, and his eyes are an icy blue that chilled you to the bone if he was glaring at you.
"Yea, I am. How's Nicholas?" I asked. Nicholas was a small 7 year old who, different from his brother, had short, brown hair. He also had mossy green colored eyes that were very pretty in the light. He, of course being seven, was shorter that me, which made me a little happier. He got hurt while playing in the town center with his friends when the OZ soldiers attacked, knocking down buildings. Some of the ruble fell on him and knocking him unconscious and breaking some bones. Luckily David and I were not far from him and mange to get him out of harms way, saving his life.
"He's fine; he woke up not to long ago. Want to see him?"
"Sure, I need to talk to you all anyways."
He then glanced at my duffle bag and nodded. He showed me were Nicholas was, and then left to find Ashley. I walked up to Nicholas's bed, setting my bag down by it. "Hey little buddy, how yea doing?" I asked quietly.
He looked at me, giving me a grin before replying, "I felt better."
I chuckled softly, "Well you seem fine. Not everyone gets buried by falling stones and lives to tell the tale."
"Guess your right about that."
We waited for a little while longer before David came back in the room with Ashley. Ashley looked a lot like her twin brother, though her hair was past her shoulders and looked silkier. Her eyes were a little brighter green than her brothers to, giving her a more girlish look.
"What did you want to talk about Duo?" David asked.
"I just came here to tell you all that I'm leaving and I don't know when I will be back."
"Your going with those boys aren't you." Ashley stated and not asking a question.
"Yes, they might help me get my memories back."
"Will you ever come back here?" It was Nicholas who asked this time.
"Yes, I will come back once I get my memories back. I will come here second."
"Second!" Ashley said with surprise, "Why not first? Are we not good enough to be first for you?"
"No." I said laughing as she pouted, "its just that I already promised Steve I would go see him first."
"Fine" She said, "but you come here right after that." I laughed some more.
"So when are you leaving?" David asked.
I looked down at my watch, "Well, let's see…I have to leave in less than…two minutes."
"What? We have to get you there now, lets move I bet everyone is there already waiting to say their final goodbyes. Now get up and march." David said, actually making me hurry. "Do you want to come to Nicholas?"
"If you can carry me there I will come." So David picked him up and put on his shoes and we were out the door heading for the Gundam.
When we got there, in front of my Gundam was a huge group of people who have come to say goodbye to me. I also noticed that behind my Gundam were also four more Gundams, and there pilots nearby. I looked at each of their Gundams and names suddenly popped into my head, and before I knew it I was naming each of the new Gundams in what seemed to be the right order to me. It sort of scared me.
Everyone was now shouting their last goodbyes as I walked to the other pilots. "I'll see you all later and don't forget me." I yell out to everyone.
"How could we ever forget you? You were the one who made us all go partially deaf with all of your talking." I heard someone yell, realizing it was David.
"Very funny, David" I yelled back. I noticed Ashley breaking though the crowd to reach me. I bent down and she opened my hand putting something in it and kissing me on the cheek.
"You left it after the chain broke off, so I picked it up and fixed it for you." she than ran off to her brothers side.
I looked in my hand saw that it was the cross I had on when they first found me. It gave me some of my first memories, though they are scrambled still. The main thing I remember form them is a church and an elderly looking man in a priest out fit, and nun who was very nice to me. I also remembered a pile of ruble and me holding someone and crying. I had broken the chain to it when I was getting Nicholas out of the fallen ruble. I didn't notice it until I was in that Gundam when I had more flashbacks of explosions and fighting. I smiled a little thanking Ashley quietly for getting the cross back to me and fixing it to.
I got back up and waved again to everyone. I then turned around and faced the other pilots "I'm ready to go" I said.
"Alright, we don't have to go far before we reach the ship. You made a lot of friends with your attitude so don't be surprised when people are greeting you with enthusiasm." The blonde one tells me. Quatre
"Alright, but I really don't think this…Gundam will fly. It was pretty heavily damaged." I told them.
"That's true…I guess you can ride with someone because there also appears to be a breach in the cockpit and you have no suit." Quatre stops to think when the strange brown haired banged boy spoke up. Trowa
"You can ride with Yuy here. I'm sure you can both fit into his cockpit for a little while."
The messy dark haired one glared at Trowa and Trowa smiled. Heero
"Alright, is that ok with you...Heero?" I ask timidly.
"That's fine." he says without meeting his eyes, I think he might be blushing or he doesn't like me very much.
"Ok, if everyone is ready lets get back to the ship and greet everyone." with that said everyone went to their respected Gundam except for me, which I followed him to his Gundam. Wing. Damn that little voice is getting annoying.
The crowd behind us began to yell their final words to me. "Don't forget us kid." Steve. "Come back soon Duo." David. "Will never forget you" Nicholas. "Remember who you are." At that one I turned around to see it was Amiel that yelled it. I also heard the Ashley yell "Be safe." before she began to cry.
We reached Wing and Heero grabbed onto the cable, and looked towards me and said, "grab a hold and hang on tight." I did as I was told.
The cable jerked a little when it began to move, I wobbled a little before I wrapped my arms around Heero making me feel a little strange. 'This feels…right' I thought
When we reached the pilot Heero got in first and set everything up. He then motioned me to come in and sit down on the arm of the chair to the left. He then turned on the radio after Wing started up.
/Wufei grabs a hold of Deathscythe/ He said.
/Roger that Heero. /I see the Gundam with the dragon arms move and attach hooks onto Deathscythe and secure it. Shenlong. Ok you are pushing your luck voice./Deathscythe secured. Ready to go/ Wufei reported.
/Alright let's go then. / Heero had said, and with that done all five of the Gundams left the ground and began their way back to space.
A/N: Hey all sorry I haven't been updating. Yea. I was about to make the next chapter totally different, but when I reread my other A/N I said in it I would do a Duo's POV so I did. Oh well I pretty much have the next chapter thought out though so I might have it up soon. Ok well I do like reviews so yea review. And know I have to run from my brother who was just now clawing at the window to get in. so yea bye.