Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Broken Promises ❯ Wufei's Promise ( Chapter 2 )

Second scene: Wufei

The image on the screen now is of another alley. This alley, although cluttered with dumpsters, cardboard boxes and other garbage does not have an end within camera range. There are no shadows to be seen anywhere in the alley, leading the viewer to surmise that the time is around midday. There is an Asian boy dressed all in white standing in the middle of the alley, facing the camera, with a drawn sword in his hand.

This child, although he is trying to give the impression of being an older child, appears to be approximately five years of age. There are a couple of places on his sleeves that are stained red, as if from hidden wounds. There are places on the pants and sleeves that appear to have holes, either from bullet holes or from being ripped while escaping confining hands.

Once again, adult male voices are heard from out of range of the camera. Different voices from the previous scene but still carrying the same menace.

Adult male one: "Come on kid. We just wanna play with ya for a little."

Adult male two: "Yeah. Pretty boy like you should be lotsa fun."

Adult male one: "Put the knife down. We won't hurt ya."

Adult male two: "Much. Hahaha"

The child says nothing as he takes a step backwards and positions himself in a fighting stance, prepared to give his life instead of being a plaything for his two attackers.

Adult male one: "That knife ain't no good against a gun, pretty boy."

"Only if you have a gun," comes a child's voice from off to the side and a little above the Asian boy.

Adult male one: "Whatcha talkin bout? Course I got ma gun."

Adult male two: "Hey! Who took ma gun?"

"You mean this one?" questions the voice of the unknown child. The image widens a little to show the same long haired child from the previous scene sitting on top of a dumpster to the side of the Asian boy. He is holding two guns, one in each hand, and kicking his feet against the side of the dumpster grinning like he was enjoying himself immensely.

Adult male one: "Give that back!"

"No way buddy," says the long haired child as he jumps down, landing softly beside the Asian boy. "Guns ain't nice."

Adult male two: "Nice hair kid. Care to play with us?"

"Nuh-uh. Don't like ya," replies the child who then turns to the Asian boy. "Put that knife away. Ya can't run with it in your hand."

"Run? Why should I run?" asks the Asian boy even as he put his sword away.

"Cause we're smaller than them and they'll only be confused for couple more mins," comes the long haired boy's answer as he grabs hold of the Asian boy's hand and starts pulling him towards the far end of the alley.

The boys have only gone about thirty feet from where they started when sounds of pursuit are heard. The boys reach the far end of the alley and turn onto the road, deftly dodging other pedestrians. The sounds of pursuit gradually fade until they are no longer heard but the long haired child does not slow down.

After an hour of running through alleys and along roads the Asian boy pulls the other to a stop in an alley. The Asian boy stands breathing heavily, while the long haired boy quickly moves back to the end of the alley they had entered from. After checking for signs of pursuit, he returns to the Asian boy's side.

"Looks like we lost em," comments the long haired child.

"I should hope so. We must have run all over this colony by now," replies the Asian boy in a stiff and arrogant tone, having regained his normal breathing rate.

"Whatcha upset bout?" asks the long haired boy.

"I am quite capable of taking care of myself," retorts the Asian boy.

"Ya do know what they were gonna do ta ya, don't cha?" queries his rescuer.

"What do you mean? They weren't going to do anything to me," comes the irritated reply.

"Yeah, whatever. Pretty boy like you caught on da street brings a good price on this colony. Want I should take ya back to them? I'm sure I could find em for ya," comments the long haired child while investigating the garbage in the area of the alley where they are standing.

"What do you mean by pretty boy?" questions the Asian child. "And what do you mean by bring a good price?"

"Ya looks like a girl. Lotsa bad men pay ta stick pretty boys like you round here and they don't care how old ya are neither," comes the reply from the side of the alley where the long haired child was digging through a pile of trash. Turning towards the Asian boy and holding something aloft he happily calls "Ah ha! Tonight's dinner!"

"What?!" cries the Asian boy.

"What 'what'?" comes the curious reply from near the garbage pile.

"What do you mean dinner? All I see is garbage," replies the Asian boy stuffily.

"Garbage?" queries the long haired child, tilting his head to one side and looking questioningly at the Asian boy. "This ain't garbage. It's dinner, unless ya got sumpin better."

"Of course I've got something better. I'll even let you have some when we get back to my family," replies the Asian boy.

"Ya promise?" questions the long haired boy hesitantly, with a touch of hope in his eyes.

"Promise," replies the Asian boy solemnly.

"Done. Now where do I have ta take ya?" replies the long haired child, dropping what he'd been holding.

"I'm with the delegation from colony L5," comes the answer.

"Come on then. Let's get goin," calls the long haired boy as he starts moving out the end of the alley they had originally entered from. The Asian boy quickly follows. Within minutes the long haired child has led his companion back to the diplomatic compound where he belongs.

When the Asian boy appears at the gates to the compound he is quickly rushed inside the fence and into the house. His companion is forced to stay outside the fence by the guards who tell him to get lost as there isn't anything for him there. The long haired child, after minutes with no further sight of the Asian boy he had rescued, runs off when the guards threaten to shoot him for loitering.

The muttered curse shattering the silence as the screen goes blank once more sounds as if the person is saying something about injustice. Several seconds pass before another screen of text appears. The viewers are given enough time to read "This happened five days before the plague struck the citizens of L2" before the screen goes blank again.