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Warning: This fic has some Language.
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Author's Note: Second chapter of the rewrite, one more to go and then ALL new.
A Healing Touch: Chapter 2 Questions and Answers?
by Kayko
Duo walked the bright silvery path. White mist floated in the air all around him. The coolness made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. As he continued forward and he noticed the white mist thicken, but only underneath him. The ground, once a hard payment of sorts was turning to a soft moss like feeling. He seemed to floated. A head of him he saw a figure. He was silhouetted in the distance. "Heero?" He thought, but no. As he got closer the figure was taller, wearing dark silver robes. He could tell his hair was long and untied as it hung from his head. He drifted closer and saw the man's face come into focus. To Duo surprise he found an older version of himself who stared back at him with the same violet eyes. Duo stopped about ten feet in front of his older self. He stared. Not because he look like himself, but because of the large grayish wings that protruded from his back. An angel? Why was there an angel staring at him, and why did he look like him? The angel began to speak, moving his lips yet nothing seemed come out. Duo tried to step closer but found he couldn't move. He couldn't understand or hear what the angel was trying to say. He couldn't even read his lips. What was wrong with him? Why was he seeing this being? Why couldn't he understand him? As he tried to understand the man, no the angel, it lifted his wings and a blinding white light washed over him.
Duo's eyelids open. His eyes began to focus on the ceiling above his bed. He allowed his eyes to come into the focus. He sat up and looked towards Heero's bed across from his. Empty. His desk and laptop, empty. "Where was he?" Duo thought. He glanced at the clock on the desk, 6:30am. He rolled his eyes and flopped back onto his pillow.
"I can't believe I'm up this early and where the hell is Heero? He can't be at class, since the incident they immediately left the school. "Maybe he's fixing my mistake?" He thought. "Mistake, huh? I can't really call it that. I did save a life, well two if you think about it. How did I know she is pregnant? It's like someone told me, but why? What's going through Maya's mind? I have to talk to her, but Heero doesn't want me to leave the room. To many people been wanting to see me, talk to me. Damn internet and viral vides." Duo thought turning on his side.
Some reporters got a hold of the story once a video was posted on the internet it has been crazy. Since then and they have been snooping around the school. They want an interview with the so called "Angel" who saved a young girl's life. "Ha! 'Angel' they call me, I'm far from it. Angel's don't do what I do. If anything I am the Angel of Death and with Deathscythe I am. …AHHH! I hate being cooped up!" Duo yelled slamming his fists into the mattress.
At that moment Heero walked into the room carrying something in a paper bag.
"Don't worry about it, you won't have to be cooped up after tonight."
"Oi, Heero, what do you mean?"
"I mean tonight we do this mission and get out of here."
"Thank God."
"Hn, God." Heero quietly said.
"Umm Heero?"
"What?"
"I need to see Maya."
"No, to risky." He stated flatly.
"Heero I have to see her, I have to talk to her."
"Hn…" Heero looked away and didn't answer for a while.
"Heero I'm going to see her with or without your help." Duo stated firmly
Heero pondered for a second. If he helped Duo at least he could control the situation.
"…Fine, but we do it my way."
Duo weakly smiled, finally he would be able to get some answers, he hoped.
The blanket of darkness covered the three Gundam pilots as they made their way across the school grounds. Each carrying a bag, stopping for a brief second, one figure gathered the other's bags and took off in another direction. The remaining ran towards Kenneth Hall, the girl's dorm. They slipped into the side door and punched in the four digit alarm code and hurried up the fire escape stairs to the sixth floor. Heero peeked around the corner and he saw nobody. He signaled for Duo to follow. As if they flew, they hurried down the hall to room number 642, which was also slightly ajar. Heero glanced around one again and ushered Duo inside. He closed the door and turned around to see Maya sitting her bed who brushed her long black silky hair. She smile and waited for Heero to lock the door, just in case anyone decided to come by unannounced. Duo removed his black hat and smiled at his friend, but said nothing. Heero moved himself into a chair in the corner, to allow them "space" to talk.
"Are we clear?"
Yes, I asked my roommate to give us some time and will be back later."
"Okay, so…." Duo replied.
"Is that all?" she asked.
"Is that all, what?" He asked back.
"Well you wanted to talk, let's talk."
"I don't know where to begin."
"Oh I don't know, pick anything. The weather, classes, the fact that you seemed to bring me back to life, or just maybe that you knew I was pregnant before I did."
"Ah, I see you have been thinking about that to?"
"Of course I have been thinking about it!"
"Shhh, Maya keep it down." Duo said as he gestured with his finger over his mouth.
"Sorry, but I'm very confused and don't know what I should do."
"Okay, I'll tell you everything that I know. One, I have always been able to heal myself. I do it all the time, you can even ask Heero he witnessed me doing it." Maya glanced over to Heero who was sitting upright in the wood chair. He lightly nodded conforming the statement.
"Two, I never healed someone back from the dead, I never knew I could do that."
"Wait? Never healed someone back from the dead. Have you healed people before?"
Duo looked at Heero who now was even more attentive to the conversation then he was a minute ago.
"Well, yes, it has happened once or twice." He said as he stared at Heero. The look on Heero's face was priceless, Duo thought as he brought his attention back to Maya.
"What do you mean, 'helped along'?" She asked.
"Uh, I found that out by accident and when I did that it kinda put me out of commission for a day or more. I can heal myself, which depends on the injury how long it takes, but other people…It's harder."
"Okay fine, you can heal yourself, and you healed me and not that I'm not grateful, but how did you know that, uh…ummm…I'm pregnant?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"I don't know how I knew, but something told me. Something deep down inside."
Maya turned and paced the room, her arms were crossed over her chest and she stared at the carpet. She glanced up at Heero and then over to Duo, and then back at Heero. "Who are you guys really?" She asked.
Heero and Duo both looked shocked. Duo tried to hide the fact that she figured something out, but he couldn't. Heero kept the same facade on, but inside he wondered too.
"What do you mean?" Duo asked innocently.
"You guys can't be normal students. You're into something. I don't know if it's just women intuition, or that you seem to know more than you letting on and that other guy you've been hanging around with, Wufei is it? It just seems that all three of you have known each other for a while. Like you're all buddy-buddy."
"That's not fair Maya. I'm friends with you, seems like we have known each other for a while."
"No it's different. You guys exchange glances sometimes that indicate more."
Heero was definitely surprised that this girl could see through there disguise. Even though she didn't know for sure, it was enough to piss Heero off. He stood up and nodded at Duo. It was time to leave. Duo noticed his partner and looked back at Maya.
"Okay, listen. I have to go. I'm leaving…uh we're both leaving this school tonight. There is just too much stuff going on." Maya started to frown as Duo stepped closer. He lightly grabbed her arms and looked into her eyes. "Maya, listen to me. There is a reason why you were given a second chance. If it wasn't for you then for your baby. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. I'm your friend and I'll always be your friend. Keep that in mind. You need to live."
A few tears began to roll down the young girls cheeks and she smiled. She heard a low cough from Heero, telling Duo to hurry up. "Well, you better go. I'll walk you out." She said.
"Is that wise?" Duo asked her.
"Oh yeah, the doors are lock and only those with the alarm code can get in past 10 p.m. I'll be fine. Plus who will be out there at 1:00a.m. in the morning?"
The three left Maya's dorm room and walked the halls in silence. Down the backstairs, they reached the exit. Duo turned to hug Maya goodbye as Heero opened the door and they stepped through. However, they didn't except to find about a group people outside. Again the look on Heero's face would have been priceless if it was in a different situation. The door behind locked, separating Maya and the pilots. The look of sheer panic filled her face as they were crowded in with people waving and screaming. Wanting to see "The Angel," "The Miracle Boy." They wanted to touch him, they grabbed at Duo. Heero reached back and pulled Duo forward through the crowd. It was no good. They were unable to push away from the crowd. Reporters shoved their microphones and camera into Duo's face and asked all sorts of questions.
"How long have you done this?"
"Who is the Father?" Is it you?
"Could this be an Immaculate conception?"
"Did you know you had wings?"
"Are they hidden underneath your clothes?"
"Was this a once shot deal?"
"Are you a true Healer of God?"
Duo pulled his hat farther down to hide his face. He already had a picture of him taken when he was captured in space.¹ He didn't want people to make the connection that he was the pilot of Gundam 02. In the confusion, Heero got separated from Duo. Not to far, but far enough. He had to do something. From his jacket pocket he whipped out a small communication device. "Wufei, pull the car around and meet us by the Bourbon Hall. We have a situation. Over."
"I will be there as soon as I can. Over."
"The sooner the better. Out."
Heero turned around and spotted Duo who was crutched down. People were crowded all around him. This was not good. He needed to get Duo out of there and he needed to do it fast. He threw his hand to his back, underneath the jacket and tucked in his black spandex pants was a gun. He pulled it out and pointed it in the air away from the crowd.
"HE'S GOT A GUN!" Someone yelled.
**BANG**BANG** BANG*** Heero fired. The crowded dispersed and ducked for cover
"LET'S GO!" Yelled Heero as he pointed the gun in the air.
He and Heero took off and ran to Bourbon Hall. The van that Wufei hot- wired was waited with the engine running. He saw the two Gundam pilots as they came closer. Within seconds Heero jumped into the passenger sit and Duo jumped into the back of the van. The white van sped down the grass and onto the road. Some of news vans tried to follow but they were no match for Wufei's driving. Soon they were far away from the school where Duo performed a miracle. Far away from all the questions he still wanted to ask Maya, but never had the time or the courage. He settled down and decided to get some sleep. It was going to be a long night and he needed to rest.
To be continued….
1. In the original (anime) time line of Gundam Wing, when Duo is taking prisoner in space. There was a wanted poster of him. He was also shown on TV. Face looking down and beat up, but he was shown.
Author's Note: Well hope you like what's going on. Not to much as changed in this chapter except I removed Maya from the end. It didn't make sense that she was outside.
More to come, I promise. The third chapter is written, I just need to proof it but at 2:30am my mind does not function the correct way. Sleep is required.
Feedback is always welcome, thanks.
