Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Blood Bonds ❯ Collapse...Take Two ( Chapter 15 )

Blood Bonds

By Tygerlilee

Chapter Fifteen

Collapse...Take Two

Disclaimers: Man am I sick of writing these...I don't own GW or any of the characters. And just so you know…I am writing this as Fyerbelle holds a gun to my head…literally…she read the first part and won't leave me alone until I finish it… Oh, for anyone who doesn't know, Fyerbelle is my little sister, fellow author, and editor. She's very spastic..er… [sweatdrops as she glances behind to the plastic pellet gun held at her temple] I mean, REALLY WONDERFUL!! SHE'S A GODDESS!! [to readers: is she gone yet?] Anyway, on with the story…

Heero stopped at his locker after leaving the school's library. He had stayed late to finish up on a project-finals were still a month away so all of his teachers were getting their semester projects out of the way to leave time for studying later on.

He paused to lean against his locker. He was feeling woozy again and his sight kept blurring up on him.

Stop it, don't even think about fainting body, Heero warned himself.

He loaded up his backpack and slung it over his shoulder, the force nearly knocking him over. Then he turned to leave, but was forced to stop every couple of yards to let his vision clear.

I had better get back quickly, Heero thought nervously as he paused at the water-fountain.

It took him fifteen minutes to make his way outside into the cool night air. The school grounds were deserted-most everyone had left three hours ago and it was nearly dark. He could feel the chilly November breeze brush against him and hear a dog bark from across the street. He took a deep breath of the fresh air and felt much better.

I'll be okay, he thought-extremely relieved.

Heero strode down the stairs, his pace returning to normal when suddenly the concrete seemed to disappear from underneath him as he felt a cold hard surface crack against his cheek. Then, everything was black.

Anyone who passed at that time would have seen a dark-haired boy lying face down on the cement stairs to a school, backpack still pressing heavily down on him as the cool November night continued to descend on the street. But no one was passing...

"And now, please give your attention to the lovely Catherine and her..." the rest of what the ringmaster was saying was drowned by the cheering crowd. Kumen, Neas, Jimbo, and Huy sat towards the back of the stands, their laps' full of cotton candy, caramel apples, popcorn, and peanuts.

"Whoa! How did she do that?" Jimbo asked, spewing peanuts in every direction.

"I don't know...I think I blinked," Huy said despairingly.

"Hehe..."

"What are you laughing about *now* Neas?" Kumen inquired of the Arabian, starting to become worried. He had been laughing like a maniac all night.

"I was just thinking about poor Culver and Heero stuck in the library all night working on their English projects." He grinned at no one in particular.

Huy and Kumen shook their heads as Jimbo patted Neas on the back. "What?" Neas asked, looking blankly at his comrades' expressions.

"We just think that you've been in A.P. Biology too long, that's all," Huy explained.

Neas rolled his eyes and focused on the pretty redhead flipping from elephant to elephant.

"How much can that boy EAT?" Huy asked in an undertone after Kumen ran back to the concession stands.

"Beats me," Jimbo shrugged. "Kayla!!" he yelled suddenly. "Hey guys, I'll be right back. I wanna talk to her..." and he ran off to greet a petite blond.

Huy folded his arms behind his head and paced around in a four-foot square. The circus had just ended and he wanted to go back to his dorm. Heero might be missing him...hehe...he loved teasing him. He got really stressed sometimes-he never showed it, nevertheless, Huy had gotten to where he could read his stoic roommate's feelings.

"Will you QUIT that! Geesh, I'm getting dizzy just WATCHING you, Huy!" Neas complained as he grabbed Huy's shoulders to stop him from pacing.

Huy glared at him. "Well, I've gotta do SOMETHING while we wait for Jimbo to finish flirting and Kumen to buy out the stands!!" That's when he looked over Neas's shoulder to see a tall Latin boy with very unusual bangs springing from his forehead give him a slight wave and nod.

Huy looked over at him and nodded back politely, his eyebrows knit together in confusion. Neas turned to look at what Huy was staring at only to watch a crowd of utterly unremarkable people walk quickly here and there. "What?" Neas asked.

"Some guy, he just waved at me..." Huy trailed off.

"Hmm. You didn't recognize him?"

"Uh-ahn," he said, still staring at the spot where the boy had stood.

Neas shrugged. "Maybe he had the hots for you," he suggested.

"WHAT!! EWWWW!!! Don't even SUGGEST something like that!" Huy snapped out of his reverie by what was such a revolting idea to him. Neas snickered softly. "That's NOT funny Neas! Ug," Huy shuttered.

"Maybe it's you who's got the hots for him," Neas posed.

Huy looked over at him, his features molded into an expression of ultimate disgust. "What makes you think *that*?"

"Well, you keep staring at where he was standing. Why else would you do that?"

"Because I..."

"Okay, I'm ready to go!" Kumen declared in his loud lusty voice, cutting Huy off. He had Jimbo by the arm, having drug him from the blond girl.

"Great, it'll keep Huy from exploring his new found tastes," Neas joked.

Jimbo and Kumen looked at Huy, faces perplexed. Huy rolled his eyes, indicating that Neas was just teasing as they left through the outer gates.

Then Huy thought back to the boy.

I was staring because of his expression. I know that expression...it was just like...just like Heero's....Huy thought.

When Huy unlocked his dorm, Heero wasn't there.

Geesh, how late is he gonna stay out? Huy wondered. He sighed and changed into sweatpants and a baggy T-shirt, grabbed a couple textbooks and climbed into bed. I'll just finish my homework until I fall asleep....

RAHN! RAHN! RAHN!

A pre-calculus book went flying across the room at the offending alarm clock. "Too early..." Huy mumbled through his sheets.

Unfortunately for Huy, and fortunately for the clock, he missed and it kept on ringing. Grumbling groggily, Huy stumbled off of his top bunk and turned off the clock, flicking on the light and pulled out a change of clothes. "Com'on Heero, it's time to get up..." he slurred, zipping his khakis.

When he didn't hear Heero after knotting his tie, he started to get annoyed. Heero slept normally was and extremely light sleeper, but once in a while he slept like a rock and it was such a pain to wake him when he did. "Heero, I your gonna be late! Get up..." he trailed off as he looked over to Heero's made bed.

"Wha..." Huy looked around the room as if expecting Heero to jump out from the closet. "Heero?" he asked, lifting up the edge of Heero's blanket, checking under the bed.

Huy stood motionless in thought for a minute, then quickly ran out of the room and into their assigned bathroom. "HEERO!! YOU IN HERE!!" he yelled over the noisy showerheads. The room was steamy with the hot water and the mirrors were fogged. "HEERO!!!"

"HE'S NOT IN HERE HUY, SO SHUT UP!!" Neas's annoyed voice yelled over the running water.

"SORR-EE!!" Huy yelled back and shuffled back to his room.

Where in the heck is that guy? Huy wondered.

About the time Huy finished breakfast and still hadn't seen Heero, he started to get REALLY worried. The bell rang and he sprinted to first period.

Heero wasn't there.

Heero never skipped class.

Heero hadn't come 'home' last night.

Huy ran up to his teacher, Mrs. Ormsby, 'the recently de-preganatized'. "Mrs. Ormsby, I..."

The dark woman was speeding around the room, dragging out various pieces of equipment. "What is it Huy, spit it out," she said impatiently.

"I..." Huy was having trouble keeping up with her and talking at the same time. "I need to go to the office," he finally told her.

"What for?" she asked as she tossed several basketballs over his head.

"Uh, I don't feel well," he lied. He seriously doubted that she would let him out because his roommate was missing. She'd just say that they (both Huy and the roommate) were skipping class.

She stopped for a second, tapping her foot impatiently.

Man, she's like a hamster...always run, run, run...Huy thought idly.

"You don't *feel* well?"

"Yes ma'am," Huy told her earnestly.

She shook her head and looked at her feet. "Aaalll riiight, I guess you can go see the school NURSE...you don't go to the office if you're sick," she said, eyeing him suspiciously through her matted bangs. She pulled a pad of paper out of her pocket and hurriedly scribbled a note.

Ripping it off, she handed it to Huy and he sprinted out of the gym.

Crap, I'll have to get the nurse to sign this for me...Huy cursed silently as he swung his weight around the corner.

"Ms. Prendergast, I ah..." he began.

"YOU!! What are you doing back here! I thought I just sent you off!! How did you get back!!!" a well-endowed elderly, gray-haired woman cut him off.

"What? The last time I was in here was two and a half years ago Ms. Prendergast! Remember? Paper wad up the nose?" Huy prodded at her memory.

The woman's eyebrows suddenly formed one as she glared suspiciously down at him, hands firmly on her hips. "What is your name kid?"

"Huy Iwasato," he told her blankly.

What's going on? Why does she think that she's already seen...OH MY GOSH!!

It suddenly dawned on Huy what happened.

"Ms. Prendergast, the guy you sent out wasn't me-he just looks like me. That was my roommate Heero Yuy. Can you tell me where his is?"

"YOUR roommate looks just like you?" One of her eyebrows was arched practically into her poofy silver curls.

Huy nodded. "He's been missing since last night and I'm really worried about him."

"Is that why you are here? Looking for him?"

Again, Huy nodded.

"Let me see that note in you hand," she insisted, holding out a hand for the paper.

Huy looked down at his hand and jumped slightly as he saw the yellow paper, as if he had forgotten that it was there. "Oh, here...," he held it out to her.

She snatched it and read it. "I says here that you aren't feeling well."

"I'm not! You see, I'm just so worried about Heero that I've made myself sick, so you can make me all better just by telling me what happened to him and then I'll be okay!" He smiled hopefully up at the stern woman.

Crap…she's not buying it, Huy began to panic and his smile drooped. Heero could be hurt! Why won't she tell me anything about him? Okay then, desperate times call for desperate measures! he thought grudgingly.

"Oh come on! Please!! I already told you've I've been worried SICK!! What happened, where is he?" Huy asked her, his voice dripping with emotion as he drooped his eyes and the corners of his mouth.

Hehe, no one can resist 'the eyes,' Huy cackled inwardly.

"If he's been missing since yesterday, why didn't you call the office or police or someone else?"

"I thought maybe he was still at the school library. He went there to work on a project. It was when he wasn't there this morning that I got really worried!" Huy explained.

Suddenly the phone rang. "You stay put mister," the nurse said pointedly to Huy as she hustled off to the phone.

Heero, you poop-head!! Where are you! I'm about to get myself neck deep in trouble for your sorry hind-end!! Huy ranted silently.

The older woman suddenly reappeared in the room. "You roommate was found unconscious this morning on the back stairs of the school by one of the janitors. We sent him to the hospital-and that was just them. He's woken up and they want someone to pick him up-- that's all they'll say on the phone. If you want to you can come down there with me..." she offered.

Huy nodded for the millionth time that day.

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A/N I survived-even though Fyerbelle did switch to a sword halfway through…anyway…tell me if you like or don't like. Aren't you glad that I didn't do a chapter break before Huy found Heero? Hehe…that would have been VERY evil wouldn't? Also, I accidentally put chapter 14 in three times, and I can't delete them, so please forgive me if I've gotten your hopes up. Anyway, please review!

Toodles for now, Tygerlilee [get AWAY Fyerbelle!! Down girl!! I'm too ticklish for my own good…]