Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Camp Kaboomy ❯ ch. 3 ( Chapter 3 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

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Chapter Three

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Bright morning sunlight coaxed the small boy from his drug induced slumber. Blinking the sleep from his eyes, the blonde sat up and yawned. Dazed, he looked about the room when a sudden and intense fear gripped him.

`This isn't my room!'

Just then the door opened and someone stepped into the room. Panicked, the small boy scrambled for a hiding place.

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The banged boy frowned slightly at how frightened the other boy was. The poor kid was shaking worse than a marracca and had crammed himself so tightly into the corner; it'd be nearly impossible to get him out, unless he came of his own free will.

“My name's Trowa. What's your name?” The banged boy said in a quiet tone.

“. . .”

“Did you just get here last night?”

“. . .”

“I know being in a new place can be scary. I was scared when I first got here. . . but I think you'll like it here. The adults are real nice, and they won't hurt you.” Trowa offered a shy smile, and held out his hand. “Won't you come out?”

The blonde blinked at him nervously.

“I promise I won't hurt you. We can even be friends. It's not so scary when you have a friend to make things better.”

Hesitantly, the smaller boy reached out and took the offered hand and inched his way from under the bed.

“Welcome to Camp Kaboomy, Friend.” The banged boy smiled.

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“What's taking Tro so long with the ice?” Duo whimpered, cradling his arm close to his body. “This hurts!”

“That's a good, question.” Sally frowned, heading towards the back door. “Trowa? Did you find the ice?”

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The small blonde tensed at the sound of the nurses voice. His breathing became irratic and frightened. Struggling against the banged boy's grip on his hand, the boy broke away and dove back under the bed.

A bit confused, Trowa peered under the bed. The boy had crammed himself even further under the bed then before. “It's okay. . .” The banged boy whispered, “It's okay. . .”

“Trowa, please tell me that you didn't bring in another animal!” Sally's irate voice said from the doorway, “I told you no more after the skunk you brought in last week!”

“No, Nurse Sally. I didn't bring any animals in here.”

“Then what are you doing under the bed?” Sally frowned, “And where is the ice?”

Trowa blinked, “Ice?”

“For Duo's arm?”

“Oh! I've got it right here!” The banged boy said, lifting the bag that he still held in his hand.

“Why haven't you brought it back yet?”

“There's a boy under the bed, Nurse Sally. He's real scared. Won't come out.”

“A boy?” She blinked and looked at the empty bed, seeing it for the first time since coming into the room, “Quatre!”

“Is that your name?” Trowa asked, looking back under the bed, a gleam in his eye. Timidly, the blonde nodded. “I like it!”

“Quatre?” Sally called peering under the bed as well, “What are you doing under there?” She reached, intending to drag the boy from hiding.

The boy's eyes grew large as he seemed to shrink away from the nurse's grasp, a tiny whimper escaping his throat.

“Quatre?” Trowa said in a quiet tone, “Can I come under there too?”

The boy blinked in surprise and offered a small nod.

“Trowa, what are you doing?” Sally demanded. “Get out from there.”

“That's Sally.” The banged boy said, ignoring the nurse's demands. “She's a nurse. She takes care of us when we're sick. Right now, she's helping my friend, Duo. He hurt his arm. You don't have ta be afraid of her. She's nice.”

“. . .” The boy looked doubtful.

“I promise, she's not going to hurt you.”

Like a weary animal, tense and alert for danger, Quatre followed Trowa out of hiding. When they had cleared the bed, the blonde latched onto the banged boy's arm, wide eyes shifting, searching his unfamiliar surroundings.

“That's better.” The boy smiled gently.

“I'm impressed.” Sally nodded somewhat amused. "Hiiro?"

"Yes, Ma'am?" The small Japanese boy responded almost immeadiatly, coming into the room.

"I want you to find Sister Noin, and ask her to come here. I need to take Duo to the hospital, and Call Lady Une about this morning's insident."

"Hai." The boy nodded before disappearing through the door to do as he was told.

"Now, then, I'd like to give you a look over, Quatre. To make sure that you're alright." Sally said with a kind smile.

As the nurse reached for the boy; the child gave a frightened whimper before running from the room. "Quatre!" Sally shouted, "Stop! Come back here!"

"Nurse Sally!" The banged boy protested, grabbing the adult's arm, "You're scaring him!"

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"Do you think we'll get in trouble?" Wu Fei asked, looking down at his feet.

"I dunno. . . maybe. . ." the braided boy shrugged, immediately wincing. "My arm getten broke was an accident. . . One that wouldn't have happened if you hadn't thrown Deathsythe onto the roof of da library!"

"I wouldn't have thrown it if you had just left me alone!" Wu Fei protested.

"It's not my fault you're always grumpy!"

"It is too!" The Chinese boy shouted back.

"It is Not!"

"Is too!"

"IS NOT!"

"IS TOO!"

::Whimper::

"Huh!?" both boys turned towards the back room. There stood a tiny blonde boy that they had never met before.

"Uh. . ." Wu Fei blinked.

"HI! I'm Duo, and that LOUD mouth is Wu Fei! What's your name, kid?"

". . ."

"QUATRE! STOP! Come back here!"

". . .!"

The two friends watched amazed at the tiny kid's speed as his eyes grew large, paniked, quickly scanning the room before diving into the cramped space between the nurse's file cabnet and the wall.

Hopping off the examination table, hissing in pain, Duo crept over to the boy's hiding spot, cradling his arm. "Oi, it's okay. . ." He said in a quiet voice.

The blonde covered his ears, shaking his head as tears streamed down his face. ". . .!"

"Quatre, is that your name?" Wu Fei asked, peering over the braided boy's shoulder.

"Duo? Wu Fei?" A gentle voice called. "What are you doing? You know Nurse Sally will be upset if you set another booby-trap."

"We're Not!" the boys exclaimed. "Sister!"

"Then what are you doing?" the young nun asked, coming to investigate what had the children so interested.

"He's scared." Duo offered, stepping aside.

"Quatre." The nun sighed, a sad smile on her face. "I'm so sorry, Quatre. I wanted to be here when you woke up. I'm Sister Noin. I'm a friend of Rashid's."

The boy looked up at the name. /Really?/ He questioned, although he said nothing.

"Really." The nun smiled. "Things were getting dangerous at home, so Rashid brought you here; where you can be safe."

/Safe?/

"Safe."

/I wanna go home! I want my Father!/ The boy launched himself from his hiding place, into the comforting arms of Sister Noin, sobbing into her robe.

"Quatre, I know you want to go home, but that's just not possible at the moment." She ran a gentle hand through the boy's hair. "Stay here for a while, and then you will be taken home."

Hiccuping, the small child studied the nun for any trace of deception. Finding none, he looked around the room. The two boys smiled at him, as did the first boy who had, at some point, entered the room with the Nurse.

"Quatre," Sally addressed. The blonde met her gaze. "I want you to go with Sister Noin and Trowa. They'll show you where you'll be staying. After that, You can have something to eat, and then I'll give you your check-up."

"Come on." The banged boy whispered, offering his hand once more.

Timidly, Quatre reached out and grasped the hand. ". . .?"

"Don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you." Trowa promised, leading the smaller boy from the room.

"Noin, I want an explaination." Sally warned.

"Of course." The nun nodded, "Later I will tell you all I know."

"Sally. . . my arm hurts!"

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To be continued. . .

A/N . . . Okay, I don't know about you, but I'm not overly pleased with this chapter.

I like how it started, but the end just never seemed to come.

Let me know if you agree/disagree.

Laters

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Weissangel24