Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Betrayal ❯ The File ( Chapter 3 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing.

Pairings: a brief OC+4/4xOC, OCxOC, 2+4+2, 1x2x1, 3+4+3, eventually 3x4.

Category: set after the war about AC 200, betrayal, romance; OOC; maybe lemon probably lime; Angst; yaoi

Warnings: Cheating, language, lies, lust, good dreams, friends.

Spoilers: I'm not sure if I'm going to put anything that pertains to the series. If I do all warn ahead of time. In this chapter nothing really just what's in the file is revealed. I hope

Rating: R

Author's Note: Please do not read if any of this will offend you. First off I need to thank my wonderful beta reader, Mookie, is a wonderful person for putting up with me and for taking me back after my long absence. I know I've been horrible for not updating sooner, but school and procrastination have prevented me from well everything. I must also thank all of those that have given me reviews, it is all of you that have finally forced me to sit down and write chapter 4. I truly hope you enjoy finding out what is in the envelope and that you aren't disappointed, that's another reason it took me forever to update I was afraid that every one would be disappointed; I never thought this fic would be as popular as it is. And to think I was not going to write it in the first place well I glad I did and I will try my darndest to get chapter 5 out as soon as I can, right now my fic's are competing with eight papers for school that I have to write so I hope you can forgive me if I'm a little slow on the uptake. Well that's all I have to say please read and I hope you all enjoy if not you can always yell at me.

Author: Benji Coyle

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Betrayal

"Heero, I need your help" Duo said in a dark voice.

"Duo, where are you? I just got home an hour ago and you weren't here. I was worried about you."

"I left you a note on the kitchen table, telling you I went to Quatre's."

"Helping with the wedding, are you?"

"Not exactly."

"The only thing on the table is an ink stained piece of paper under a glass of half finished water."

"Oops, that was the note, but don't get mad; I used a coaster this time."

"I won't get mad; I was just worried about you."

"Ah, that's so sweet, but I really need you to come to L4 on the double. I'll debrief you when you get here."

"No problem. I love you. See you soon."

"Love ya too, bye-bye."

Duo disconnected his end of the line and looked around the kitchen trying to think of a way of facing Quatre knowing what he knew. "Well, I'd better go get this over with." He slowly trudged up the stairs to Quatre's office. Rounding the corner, he expected the office door to be closed. "Quatre, why didn't you shut the door?"

"What's the point the lock doesn't work" Quatre was sitting at his desk leaning back in his chair. His vid-phone was out and he was idly playing with the piece of paper with Ryan's number on it.

"Have you called him yet?" Duo asked as he stepped further into the office.

Quatre just shook his head.

"Are you going to?" Duo asked trying not to sound tart.

"I was going to, but now I'm thinking about it." Quatre replied while he folded and unfolded the piece of paper.

"Why?" Duo asked before he could stop himself.

"Don't know, seemed like the right thing to do." Quatre replied with a shrug.

At that moment Duo thought it was the perfect time to tell Quatre everything that was in that file and he began to tell him "Quatre?" but his confession died in his throat when he saw Quatre's expectant face.

"Hm?" Quatre asked after several minutes had passed.

Duo racked his brain for a moment trying to think of something to say. "Can I crash with you since the beds won't be in for awhile?" Duo mentally smacked himself and chided himself 'that was weak, idiot.'

"Sure. What did Rashid need you for?" Quatre asked sensing something was up.

"I'm too tired to talk about it now, let's discuss it when Heero gets in tomorrow," Duo answered, not quite lying but avoiding the subject.

"Okay. Wait did you say Heero's coming."

"Yep, I called home to let him know where I was and he said he'd be here tomorrow."

"Does he know too?"

"No, I thought it would be best to tell him in person. Is it alright that he's coming?"

"Of course; just as long as he doesn't try to cheer me up too."

"I doubt it."

"Where will he sleep?"

"On the floor until the beds come, and then of course with me." Duo answered with a suggestive wink.

"I figured out where he would sleep after the beds arrived," Quatre mumbled.

"Aw, is wittwe Quatre blushing?" Duo asked in a patronizing voice.

"I thought you said you were tired, so go to bed." Quatre growled out.

"Are you coming too, or are you going to make that phone call?"

"I'll call in the morning," Quatre said, stripping off his shirt and lying down on the bed.

"Sounds good, Duo replied, pulling off his own clothing, leaving him in just his boxers. He then crawled in bed next to Quatre.

"Goodnight, Duo."

"Goodnight, Q."

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The next morning the two awoke to a persistent knocking on the office door.

"Am I interrupting anything?" the mysterious guest asked dryly.

Quatre rolled over and put a pillow over his head while Duo sat and looked at their company

"Heero," came Duo's groggy slur as he stumbled his way over to his boyfriend. "I've missed you so much, and Quatre's been being mean to me," he whined.

"Hello, Heero" came the muffled greeting from Quatre.

"Hi, Quatre, how are you holding up?" Heero asked, completely ignoring Duo.

"I've been better. By the way, your boyfriend's great company." Quatre said in a very sarcastic tone while he sat up and rolled his eyes.

"See, see? I told you he's just been horrible. First he made me break into his office before I could even see him. See that lock there, it's a nightmare, and it took me forty-nine hours to pick. Can you believe that? Forty-nine hours, and then he's not even thankful when I rescue him from his cell." Duo said with a little more enthusiasm now that he had an audience.

"Forty-nine hours? Hm, I could have done it in twelve." Heero said as he looked over the lock.

"You! See if I ever talk to you again." Duo said crossing his arms with a mock pout.

"Like that's a real threat," Heero said, shaking his head.

"Guys, if you don't mind, I'll go downstairs and get some coffee while you bicker," Quatre said, scooting off the bed and grabbing his shirt.

"Can you get me a cup, too?" Duo asked with his trademark grin.

"Just come down stairs and get it yourself, when you're ready," Quatre replied, heading out of his office and towards the staircase.

"That will be fine," Heero told Quatre's retreating form. As soon as his footsteps could no longer be heard, Heero asked, "Okay, what's so urgent that you drag me here before I have a chance to get settled in from my last trip? And where's Ryan?"

"I really was going to let you rest a bit. I knew you'd be tired, so I told Rashid you would be here in a week or two, but something came up and I needed you here. A couple days ago, I get a message from Rashid telling me the wedding's been canceled. So I called back to find out why. Rashid told me that Quatre found Ryan in bed with a woman. Actually, Quatre told me that; Rashid just said Ryan was cheating on him. Well, as it turns out, Quatre had barricaded himself in his office and refused to see anyone, including Rashid, so I offered my services," Duo said, sitting back down on the pullout bed.

"And picking Quatre's lock was your idea of help?" Heero asked, trying to place all of the previous events.

"It's the only thing I could think of to get Quatre out of his office," Duo replied, pouting for added effect.

"Okay, what's so important? I know you are more than capable of taking care of all of this."

"It's something that will crush Quatre."

Heero quirked an eyebrow at this comment.

"After Ryan was escorted out, Rashid ordered a full background check done on Ryan Summers," Duo stated matter-of-factly.

"I thought that had already been done."

"It had, sort of. It's just they never ran his prints through the system."

"Why?"

"I don't think Quatre would let them. Rashid told me that Quatre threw a fit after he found out what Rashid had done. Told Rashid that it was no way to start a relationship with someone. Well, it turns out that Ryan Summers has a clean record, but his prints showed a different picture. They came back belonging to one Blade Casidhe, wanted in fifteen countries on Earth and in three different colonies. His crimes include murder, identity theft, fraud, robbery, and a multitude of others. He's also married to one Brenna Casidhe, and I believe that is who Quatre found in his bed. Quatre told me he recognized her but could not remember where from. I do; he met her by the name Eden Davi Summers, Ryan's younger sister." Duo said as he pulled out a file that was hidden in the shirt he had worn the night before.

"They are wanted for questioning in the disappearance of David Ryan Summers, a 12- year-old boy that went missing two and half years ago on L2. At the time, a friend of the family, Bailey Cowen, was watching him. She and David went to a park across the street and were never seen again. Bailey's prints matched Brenna's when they ran them through the system. It seems that Blade and Brenna have been watching Quatre for a while at the apartment where Bailey was staying with her 'brother,' Alec Cowen. Excerpts from newspapers and magazines containing information on one Quatre R. Winner had been cut out. Furthermore, the phone records showed frequent calls made to the L4 area for apartment listings and information."

Duo continued to flip through the file. "No one warned Quatre; the police did not notify anyone on his staff or even tell the L4 police about it. Can you believe that?"

Heero cut in, "wait, did they warn the L4 police that two suspects were headed their way?"

Duo scratched his head sheepishly. "Sorry; they did warn them about the possibility that they could be coming here, but they did not tell them about their Quatre-collecting hobby. Is that a better explanation?"

Heero nodded.

"Let's see, where was I? Oh yeah, as I was saying before you interrupted me. On Earth, in Canada, the bodies of two missing hikers, Bailey and Alec Cowen, were found buried behind the house belonging to one William Riley."

Heero interrupted again "Who, let me guess, turned out to be an alias for Blade Cowen."

"Yep, there are at least 15 more cases that can be attributed to them."

"So Quatre was conned," Heero asked while he pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Big time. From the trail, it looks like they have been preparing for this for the past five years. Wait, Heero, where are you going?"

"To call for backup; I don't think they're going to let Quatre go so easily."

"Shouldn't we tell Quatre first?"

"We'll tell him as soon as I know that help is on the way."

"I'll go keep Quatre company," Duo told Heero's retreating figure.

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Downstairs Quatre was sitting on the kitchen counter in front of the vid-phone listening to his messages. Duo stopped in the doorway and listened to the message that Quatre was playing from one of his 'dear' older sisters.

"Quatre, dear, why are you calling off the wedding? We have already been over that 'little issue.' And we have all agreed that THAT can be overlooked. But come on, really, we don't care what your little hang-ups are now. We just believe that it would be in everyone's best interest if you just SUCKED-IT-UP AND GOT MARRIED. Do you understand how many problems you're causing your family right now? I'm just saying that maybe you should think of us first for a change. You don't do that enough, you know. How do you think this little embarrassment is affecting us? Well, please call me so we can discuss this further and maybe you will start considering others for a change. Ta, dear LITTLE brother."

After the messaged was played Quatre slammed the delete button and started scanning through and deleting messages from his sisters knowing that all one hundred messages left from twenty of his sisters would all sound alike. Quatre also knew that the eight sisters that were on his side would not leave him a message on this line. He also noticed that he had at least a hundred more messages from other guests of the canceled wedding and ignored those, not wishing to see what they had to say. There were also sixteen messages from Ryan and one from Ryan's sister. A morbid fascination took over him and he clicked to see what she had to say.

"Oh, Quatre I'm so sorry. Ryan told me everything that happened. Please call him; let him explain it to you. He's worried sick about you, dear. And he never meant to hurt you. He went out to a club and had a little too much to drink, I really don't think he knew what was happening. I know him and he would never do something like this intentionally. He's a good man, Quatre, and he loves you dearly. Well, I must be going now, but understand that you are like a brother to me and I only want the best for you. I love you; take care."

Duo watched as Quatre replayed the message again and again; each time as Quatre replayed the message his face grew paler and paler. At the end of the message on the fifth replay Quatre ran over to the sink and got sick. Once he was done he turned on the sink and splashed cold water on his face murmuring "oh, God, it was his sister." And he began to gag again. Upon seeing this, Duo ran over to Quatre's side to try and comfort him.

"Quatre, it's okay everything is going to be all right."

"But it was his sister."

"Quatre, I have to tell you something. It's not going to be easy for you to hear, but I need you to calm down first. Go sit back down on the counter and let me make you a cup of tea."

"But it was his sister."

"Quatre, listen to me; I need you to calm down. I know this is hard, but I need you to calm down," Duo repeated in a calm steady voice. Quatre buried his head in Duo's shoulder and let out an anguished sob. Duo stood there holding Quatre, trying to calm him.

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Meanwhile Heero was upstairs getting off the phone with WuFei. After his conversation had ended, he began to dial the number for the circus that was currently touring the L3 cluster. As the phone rang, Heero tried to steel himself for the conversation that was about to take place.

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"Trowa, aren't you going to answer the phone?" Catherine asked as the phone rang for the seventh time. Trowa was lying on the couch staring at the ceiling while petting his tabby cat. From the looks of things, Trowa had not shaved or showered for some time.

"Nn busy" Trowa replied remaining motionless.

"Oh, for Christ sakes, Trowa! What the hell is wrong with you? You've been lying around like a useless sack of potatoes for the past month. Do I have to do everything around here?" Catherine asked, stomping over to the vid-phone and answering it. "Moshi, moshi."

"Moshi, moshi. Is Trowa there?"

"Oh, Heero, it's so good to hear from you again. How is everything? Wait; are you at Quatre's, because the ID shows it's from an L4 location. Are you helping him get ready for the wedding? Trowa and I are just so excited about seeing everyone again."

"Cathy, yes, Duo and I are staying with Quatre. No, the wedding has been canceled; didn't you get Rashid's message? That's really not important now; I need to speak with Trowa, it's urgent, and it concerns Quatre."

Trowa had been listening to their conversation, and at the last remark, he quickly sat up with an indignant hiss from his cat and walked over to the vid-phone.

"What do you need, Heero?" Trowa asked, bumping Catherine out of the way.

"What the hell happened to you? You look like hell walked over," Heero asked, taken aback at seeing his old friend's haggard appearance.

"Save it, Heero. What about Quatre?"

"There is reason to believe that Quatre's life may be in danger. Duo and I are already here. WuFei will be here in three days, and I need to know when I can expect you?"

"As soon as I can catch a shuttle. Out."

"Out."

"Cathy, change of plans; get me a ticket on the next shuttle to L4. I need to go get ready," Trowa called out to Catherine on his way to the bathroom.

Fifteen minutes later Trowa was clean, shaved, and packed. "Sis, what are all these bags doing by the door and why is Ragna in a cage?" Trowa asked as he placed his bag beside the door.

"We're going with you of course."

"But..."

"Don't but me, mister. We were going to go with you for the wedding and we are going with you now and that's final."

"Why don't you stay here and come after you know."

"I am not staying here by myself to watch them tear down the circus for the final time. We were going to be gone for that anyhow, being at Quatre's wedding at all. We'll just worry about everything else once this whole mess has been dealt with. Helping you guys out will help take my mind off losing my childhood home, okay."

"Yes, Cathy, but how we get all this to the shuttle port?"

"I called a cab; thanks for seeing things my way."

"Like I had a choice."

"Not really. Now help me see if we got everything."

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Heero came downstairs after his conversation with Trowa to find Quatre crying into Duo's shoulder. Duo noticed Heero's presence and acknowledged it with a wary nod. Heero mouthed a silent question to Duo, 'I thought we agreed to tell him after I had made the calls?'

'I didn't tell him anything; he just figured out who the girl was,' Duo mouthed back.

'Oh.'

'Yep. Can you make some tea for him?'

'Of course,' Heero ended the silent conversation.

Several cups of tea later, Quatre sat at his desk while Heero and Duo sat in chairs across from him.

"Quatre, Duo and I have come across some information that you probably won't like, but you need to know. Duo, give him the file. Ryan Summers is an alias for a man named Blade Casidhe; he is a suspect in the murder and disappearance of several people. Eden Davi Summers is the alias for his wife and partner-in-crime, Brenna Casidhe."

"So she's not his sister?" Quatre asked in a dead tone.

"No, she is not his sister."

"And he never loved me?"

"I don't know," Heero winced as he answered.

"And he lied to me?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Money."

"Okay, I think I want a nap now."

"Can I stay with you, Q?" Duo asked the enigmatic lump that was Quatre.

"If I said no, would that stop you?"

"No"

"Then yes"

TBC

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Note:

To justify my reason for Quatre breaking down when he realizes who Eden is well first he thinks its Ryan's sister, and that's just gross. But further more Trowa left Quatre for Catherine and that's Trowa's sister, either biologically or adopted it really does not matter. It just mirrors the fact that Quatre believes that all the men in his life leave him for there sister's. So basically Ryan's betrayal reminds Quatre of Trowa's betrayal.

Next Time Catherine and Trowa arrive and the furniture also arrives. Maybe another shopping trip with Duo and Heero.