Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Blood Bonds ❯ searching... ( Chapter 22 )

Blood Bonds

By Tygerlilee

Chapter Twenty-Two

Searching…

Disclaimer: You know what I'm going to write. I don't own Gundam Wing, I'm not making any money, etc.

Heero walked pseudo-calmly down the street with his jacket collar pulled up to his chin, hands casually in his pockets. He would have loved to sprint, but he wanted to remain as inconspicuous as possible, so he forced himself to walk slowly. His heart was racing though. It had been almost an entire year since he had done any fighting of any kind. He had changed so much, and he was not about to let some low-life war hawk terrorists ruin his newly discovered life.

Stopping in front of the stone dorm building, Heero gazed up at the darkened windows.

His home.

They should have never snuck out. He had had a horrible premonition earlier, but ignored it as paranoia.

He should have trusted his instincts.

Heero closed his eyes for a moment, soaking in the moonlight, mentally reliving his observations. Where had he seen those men before, or more specifically, the blond one?

Finally, he shook of the heavy feelings and strode over to the huge willow tree, swung easily into its branches, climbed through the propped open window, and slithered down the hall to his dorm. Quietly, he changed his clothes and climbed into bed, hoping that the others would be all right-he would only cause trouble if he stayed near.

But icy-cold fear would not leave him, it was like a huge lump of grease settled firmly in the pit of his stomach. His instincts kept on blinking red danger signals. Someone knew who he was, someone knew where he was, and someone wanted to utilize his skills.

The last time that Heero looked at the green fluorescent light of his alarm clock before he dozed off warily, it read two thirty in the morning.

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"Don't you think that it was rather odd?" a man with brown hair wearing a red toboggan asked.

"I told you already, he probably has just gotten soft. Once we convince him to join us, we'll help him get back into shape…real quick," the black haired man in a forest green coat reasoned back, never taking his eyes from the road, both hand firmly on the steering wheel.

"But still…he looked so surprised, innocent. An experienced person, even out of the loop, should have known better than to show his vulnerability. That's just stupid…and sloppy," the other man mumbled almost inaudibly, his fingertips dancing nervously across the dashboard.

"Just don't worry about it man!" another comforted from the back of the van.

Suddenly the blond man's eyes shot open. "Keep it down. We don't want to wake him before we get him somewhere more secure. He may even be faking. I agree with Jensin. This is odd."

The man in the driver's seat looked sheepish for a moment as the one in the passenger seat continued to grate on everyone's nerves with his noisy idiosyncrasy.

"I thought I said to be quiet," the blond man reminded sternly.

"Sorry," he mumbled meekly and grabbed his hand back from the dashboard.

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Heero's eyes slid open…something had woken him up. Glancing over at the clock, he glared at nothing and pulled to covers over his head.

Tap tap.

Heero shot up. That's what had woken him up! He glared at the clock, which read six o'clock, and grudgingly got out of bed.

He flung open the door but was silenced before he could yell at the offenders. "Have you seen Huy?" Kumen whispered very loudly.

Heero stopped and thought a second, then glanced up at the top bunk bed. Huy wasn't there.

"I take it he's not with you," Heero stated quickly. "When did you last see him?"

"After you left. He got up and followed where you went, wanted to make sure you were okay, I think."

Heero's eyes grew large. "He what!?! Crap, we've got to find him fast! Have you asked anyone else?"

"No. It seemed most likely that he'd be with you," Neas explained.

Heero turned back into his room, the other boys in tow, and quickly changed back into yesterday's cloths. "Are you sure he went to follow me?"

"Positive," Culver answered, quickly and nervously.

"Stay here. I'll try to find him."

"I'm coming with you," Neas whispered.

"Me too," Jimbo, Culver, and Kumen all said softly.

Heero shook his head. "I should look for him myself. Get some sleep-you'll be dead tomorrow."

"Tomorrow's Saturday, Heero," Culver said shortly.

"Besides," Neas continued, "we lost him."

"No. You all stay here, and if I'm not back in three hours, call the police."

"WHAT!! He's just out there somewhere. I'm sure that he's fine. What do we need the police fo…" Heero interrupted Jimbo's nervous ramble.

"This is a lot more serious than you think. I'll take care of it myself." With that, Heero pulled open the window and jumped to the ground three stories down, and dashed away into the dark, the four frightened boys staring in shock after him.

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When Huy awoke, a fluorescent light burned into his eyes. He felt a sharp pain cutting across his hands and ankles.

He blinked in a futile attempt to adjust to the light and tried to sit up straighter, but found it impossible to even shift.

"Don't even think about trying to escape."

"Wha…? Who are you? WHERE are you?" Huy asked, calling out to the blinding light.

Huy yelled in pain as a hand grabbed his hair and pulled his head fiercely backward. "What do you think of this peace?"

"Huh? I don't understand…"

"TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS PEACE BOY!!" the voice yelled, yanking his head further back.

"Peace?" Huy said timidly. "I like it," he almost asked, not sure what the correct answer was.

"You LIKE this peace, this peace of Miss Darlin's?"

"Y-yes. I'm sick of war-I-it almost killed my brother. I don't want any more fighting."

"Liar…" the voice hissed. "LIAR!!" it screamed, chucking Huy's head forward and kicking the chair he was tied too over. Instead of writhing like an upside down turtle, Huy lied still hoping that the person to whom the voice belonged would leave him alone. He could hear heavy breathing from a constricted chest.

Fear gripped him, keeping him stark still.

Suddenly, a door opened and slammed shut, leaving Huy alone, tied to a chair tipped over on the floor. For the second time since he was a small child, Huy cried, sobbing and shaking alone on the cold floor, and for the first time in his short life, he was scared motionless and voiceless.

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Heero sprinted back to the bar, peering down every ally. When he finally reached the bar, it was closed. He glared at the offending sign and wrapped on the door loudly…for ten minutes straight.

Finally, a very disgruntled man came to the door. "What the *** do ya want at this 'our?!?! We're closed!! Can'n you read?"

"There was a group of men in the bar last night…er…early this morning. Four of them. Do you know who I'm talking about?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"I was supposed to meet them here and I ran late," Heero lied without missing a beat.

"You should've called!"

"I didn't have the number and I didn't have access to a phonebook. Do you know where they went?"

"How do ya know them?"

"I have business," he fibbed.

"Business? What kaand of business would a teenager have with them?"

Heero narrowed his eyes, and moved a hand to his belt loop under his coat. "That's not your concern. Where did they go?"

The man swallowed nervously and glanced at Heero's hidden hand every other second as he answered, "The' lef' last night 'bout one o'clock. Out the saide door. Did'n know wheare they were headdin' ta, but I hear' um say sum'fink 'bout a kid who could fly a Gundam. Had a meet'in with 'im. 'pparently they was runnin some shady business downtown somewheres. Tha's all I know, I swear."

Heero straightened up and smiled maliciously. "Thank you for your assistance. If anyone asks about me in anyway, you don't know. Understand?"

"Well, tha might cost you a li…"

"You keep your life, head intact upon your shoulders," Heero cut his sentence short. "Am I quite clear?"

"Aye."

Heero nodded and strode away nonchalantly. Once he rounded a corner, he began to sprint again.

They must have seen Huy coming after me and thought that he was me. Crap!! I would never be so clumsy as to be seen when I know someone is following me. Surely they know that. Surely they saw us together at the table and will figure out that they have the wrong guy. Heero's mind raced as it hadn't since a certain female had been kidnapped.

What do they want? What could they possibly want from me? Then Heero's mind paused for a second as he thought carefully.

What will they do to get what they want?

Unbidden, images of Huy screamed through his mind. Heero stopped in his tracks, clutching the odd stitch in his side, and sank to his knees. His mind fogged over and Heero quickly cursed away his sickness. He felt like howling at the top of his lungs.

Heero swallowed hard and forced himself up. Taking a deep breath, he smiled to himself. Then a strange laugh, and his face was wiped clean of all emotion becoming the very being he had tried so hard to banish…except for the single tear that made it's wet path down his cheek.

A street lights clicked off as the rising 'sun' lit up the colonies deserted streets.

Heero smirked to no one in particular. He would find Huy…he would.

His head jerked to the side as he caught a glimpse of a computer through a window.

A computer café. He smiled and strode over to it, walking in the just opening shop. He popped in a couple coins and sat down, connecting on-line, and hacked his way into Wufei's computer.

Too organized and too predictable as always, Wufei, Heero thought uncharitably.

E-mails….e-mails…here we are….

Heero clicked on several likely looking messages in the in box until he found a very disturbing one. Quickly he traced the path as best he could…whoever had sent it had covered up their tracks well.

Eyes darting over the screen, typing one handed, Heero worked furiously for an hour, not noticing the woman behind the counter looking at him suspiciously. Then he noticed the time. It was ten o'clock.

CRAP!!! They'll have called the police by now!!

Heero logged of, noting the site he was on, and sprinted out the door. As he neared the dorms, he saw flashing red and blue lights shining over the top of several buildings.

Gritting his teeth, preparing himself for the torrent of questioning and confusion, he rounded the corner and sprinted into the yard scanning the yard and quickly finding his friends.

"What's going on?" Heero asked quietly in Neas' ear. Neas jumped slightly, but answered calmly.

"You didn't come back and we were all scared."

"How is everyone?"

"Kumen's blubbering, about what you'd expect." Heero nodded in agreement. "Jimbo's just been silent, which is really bad for him. I think he's the closest to Huy of all of us…except maybe you as of late. Culver's gonna wet his pants any minute. But I seriously doubt that that pig's worried about Huy."

"Typical," Heero muttered.

Neas nodded before continuing. "The police are really interested in you though, want to know what a kid could possibly do to find Huy. What took you so long? I take it you never found him."

"I was getting somewhere when I noticed the time. I figured that you guys would have called the police. I'd better make an appearance, then I'll go looking some more."

"But what can you possibly do that the police can't do? I mean, you're a smart guy and all, but what can you do?" Neas asked, worry was evident in his voice.

Heero smirked. "One, I don't have a boss to answer to thus I can break any rules I want. Two, I know Huy personally. Three, I think I was the one meant to disappear."

"What do you mean, you were the one?" Neas asked, suddenly suspicious. "What do you know?"

"Not very much, except that…your mouth is shut, understand?" Neas nodded quickly. "I left the bar last night because some guy kept watching me. I don't know who they were or what they wanted me for, but I left. I have too much experience with things like this. I ran. Huy went after me, out the back door. That was incredibly stupid on Huy's part, but he didn't know better. They probably thought that Huy was me. But that part has me worried. They probably saw us together and should have seen the difference, but evidentially they didn't. Now Huy is missing."

"What are you in, Heero? Because, if Huy gets killed because you didn't pay up or som…"

Heero angrily cut his friend off. "I told you, I'm not involved in anything. It's not what I have been doing but what I have done, what I'm capable of doing. Huy's right, I am a war veteran. But I have skills that most people don't. I've been trying to hide myself, to get out of that life, but these guys have found me which means they have access to top secret Preventor files."

"Preventor files?"

"They keep close tabs on people like me."

"And what are you?"

Heero dug a toe into the dirt, and stared intently at his foot. "I've been trying to figure that out myself. I thought I knew, but now…I thought I'd escaped myself, but now, I find I'll have to revert back to what I was." Heero looked up and smiled crookedly at Neas. "If Huy's hurt when I find him, and I will because I've never failed a mission before, I'll kill those men. To bad I disposed of my weapons a month or so back."

Neas stared at Heero as if seeing him for the first time. "KILL," he whispered harshly and hoarsely. "Heero, you can't, even if he is hurt…you…you…"

"Yes I can. They'll just be four more to add to my list, my guilty list anyway."

"Who are you?" Neas asked, eyes wide with wonder and a small amount of fright and growing nervous respect. "And don't give me that 'I don't know' crap, because we're not talking about that 'finding yourself' crud," he added harshly.

"I'm Heero Yuy."

"And who is that, besides a dead pacifist?"

"I can't tell you."

"Why not, you got some secret code name? Maybe you're a spy, 007."

"That's not funny Neas. Heero Yuy isn't my birth name anyway."

"It IS a code name?" Neas' eyes looked as if they were about to pop out of his head.

"Yes."

"Then how did you get it? Did you name yourself? That's a pretty famous colony name, you even have the Yuy part."

"I…."

"HEY, THE ROOMMATE IS HERE CAP'IN!!" a loud voice cut in and a heavy arm clapped Heero on the back so that he pitched forward. The hand then gripped him firmly on the shoulder and dragged him in the direction of the yelling.

Heero was shoved in front of a very irritated man with overlarge eyebrows and small beetle eyes. "Okay kid, where's your friend?"

"I don't know. That's why I was out looking for him."

"Now I know how you kids all protect each other, but this is important. We could be doing something much more worth our time than try'in ta track down some fool kid who's got himself in deep. Where is he."

Heero felt a horrible twist of the stomach as he snarled, "I… DON'T… KNOW…. IF… I… DID… I… WOULD… HAVE…. BROUGHT… HIM… SAFELY… BACK… HERE."

The captain jumped back a little startled at the vicious behavior. "Listen, we won't have a little brat play'in detective. Got it. Now get lost."

Heero jerked out of the other man's grip and disappeared into the crowd.

"That kid's gonna give us trouble."

"Don't I know it."

That look, what was that look in his eyes, I've seen it somewhere before, the captain thought uneasily to himself as he gazed at the confused, tangled crowd.

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A/N I ain't sayin' a word, not one single word…Except, thanks for the reviews and comments. I am really having a tough time getting any writing done, so you guys really keep me going. THANK YOU!!!

Toodles for now, Tygerlilee =^,^=