Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Broken Promises ❯ Heero's Vow ( Chapter 4 )

Fourth scene: Heero

The fourth scenario starts with an image of a park sometime during the day. A pond is seen through a couple of trees. There are paths leading past the trees and in the far distance is seen a playground filled with children and adults. A child of around six years of age with messy brown hair, dressed in a suit, is seen walking silently towards the pond. He stops at the edge and bends towards the water, reaching out with one hand.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," came a voice from the trees. "The outdoor water 'round here ain't safe."

"What do you mean?" the messy haired boy asked as he stood back up, looking up into the trees to his right where the voice had come from; his face turned just enough that his eyes can now be seen - they are a startling prussian blue.

"Touch it and you'll get some nasty burns," came the voice from the trees in reply. "Ya can't drink it neither 'cause it'll burn your throat. Only safe water 'round here is bottled. Need a drink?"

"Oh" answered the boy on the ground. Then after about a minute, "Yes, please."

A minute later the same long haired violet eyed boy that had been in the previous three scenes landed on the ground next to the prussian eyed boy. He pulled a bottle of water from some place in the rags adorning his bruised and battered body and held it out to the other boy, saying "Here. It might be a little warm but it's safe. Either drink it all now or hide what you don't drink somewhere on you for later. People 'round these parts tend to steal bottles like this."

"Thank you" replied the other boy, taking the bottled water and opening it. After taking a couple of swallows he spoke again. "You're right, it's warm but "

"It's better than getting your throat burned" interrupted the long haired boy with a laugh. "Where's your folks? It's not safe to wander 'round here by yourself, even in the daytime."

"My … dad" the messy haired boy hesitated, "is in that building across the street. He told me to wait for him over here. Do you know where I could get something to snack on?"

"How many credits do you have?" came the quick reply from the long haired boy. When shown he continued "How good are you at haggling?"

"Don't know. Why?" answered the messy haired boy while putting his credits back in a pocket.

"Cause I know a place where you can get some fruit if you haggle, or steal in my case," came the amused reply. "Wanna find out?"

"Yes. Where do we have to go and how long will it take?"

"It's this way," replied the long haired boy as he grabbed the messy haired boy's hand and started tugging him along a path. "It won't take long to get there going this way. Come on!"

It didn't take long before the two boys reached an open air market. Approaching one of the fruit stands the long haired boy let go of the messy haired boy's hand and pushed him towards the stand saying, "Go get your fruit. I'll wait here for ya."

The messy haired boy went over to the fruit stand and started talking to the vendor. After watching the unproductive haggling of the messy haired boy for five minutes, the long haired boy wandered over and took over for him. A minute later the messy haired boy had his fruit and the two children were on their way back to the park.

"Think you can find your way back to that place you was supposed to be waitin at?" asked the long haired boy when they reached the edge of the park.

"Yes" came the monotone reply.

"See ya then" the long haired boy said as he turned down a different path then the one they had used before, quickly disappearing as the messy haired boy walked back to their original meeting place. The camera follows the messy haired boy as he returns to the place he was to meet his 'dad'. The messy haired boy sits down on the grass at the edge of the pond under the tree in which the long haired boy had been sitting.

Within a few minutes of his sitting down he is surrounded by four older children who start to harass him. As before, a voice sounds from above, saying, "You're disturbin my nap. Don't you guys have somewhere else ta be?"

Bully leader: "What do you care? We ain't botherin you."

Bully one: "Ya could always join this pretty boy down here and let us have at you too."

Bully two: "Two on one. Dem's even odds, don't cha think?"

"Not really," replies the long haired child as he once more lands next to the messy haired boy. "I was enjoyin the quiet here until you guys showed up. What ya want with this guy anyway?"

"What's it matter ta you? He ain't yours is he?" asks the bully leader with a sneer.

"He ain't done nothin ta ya so why don't cha just leave fore I have ta hurt ya" replied the long haired child with a deadly serious look on his face.

"Why don't cha make us, pretty boy?" sneered the bully leader and signaled the other boys to attack.

During the conversation the long haired boy had pulled the messy haired boy to his feet and turned him in the direction of the building his 'dad' was in. When the three bullies started their attack the long haired boy pushed the messy haired boy and yelled "Run!' before dodging the first of the attacks. Once again the camera follows the messy haired boy as he leaves the long haired child. There are no sounds of pursuit behind him, only sounds of a fight. He stops before he reaches the street and turns back towards the pond, trying to see what, if anything, is going on. He sees nothing so he sits under the tree he is in front of, facing the street and the building across it from the park, and continues to wait for his 'dad' to appear.

Minutes later his face shows signs of recognition as an older man appears at the street end of the path. As he stands he hears a voice from above him asking, "Is that your dad coming?"

"Yes" came the monotone reply from the ground.

"Guess this means I can go find my dinner now" the long haired boy says after he lands next to the messy haired boy for the third time that day.

"Thank you for helping me," states the messy haired boy as the long haired boy starts to walk away. "If you ever really need me, I'll be there for you."

The screen goes blank once more as the man reaches the messy haired boy. After a few seconds text appears on the screen. It reads: This happened during the third day before the plague struck L2. The screen goes blank again and Lady Une uses the remote to turn off the player and tv. The room remains silent.