Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Family Ties ❯ Chapter 23 ( Chapter 23 )

 

I love writing in a way that makes people ask questions!

If I get a response, that asks the right questions,

then I know that my story is being interpreted the way I intended!

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And that makes a Happy Weissangel!

 

Silvermane1: if Iris is in the mental place then who was the girl that took Quat.Top of Form 1

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Very, Very good Question!

Will I answer it?

Eventually.

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Chapter twenty-three

 

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"What did you say!?" Trowa demanded, his eyes widening in disbelief.

 

/"You heard me."/ The girl mentally sneered.

 

"I didn't say anything, Tro." Duo frowned, concerned for his friend, "Can we go?"

 

"Shut UP, Duo!" The banged boy snapped before turning his attention to the patient, "That's not possible!" He denied. "There is no way that you can be her!"

 

/"It's quite possible."/ Isis insisted. /"Though I can't explain it right now."/

 

"You drop a bombshell like that and think you can let it go without an explaination!?" Trowa fumed, "I don't think so, ISIS!"

 

"Isis? Trowa, what the hell are you talking about?" Duo demanded irritably.

 

"Shut UP, Duo!" The banged boy ordered, not looking away from the girl.

 

/"Not by choice..."/ the blonde appologized, /"I'll be called soon, and don't have time to explain it."/

 

"At least tell me where Quatre is." Trowa whispered.

 

/"..."/

 

"Isis! Tell me where Quatre is!"

 

/"..."/

 

/"ISIS, DAMN YOU! TELL ME!"/

 

"TROWA!" Duo cried, restraining his taller friend's arm as the banged boy shook the unresponsive girl. "STOP IT! HAVE YOU GONE CRAZY!?"

 

"Sir, you must stop, or we'll have you arrested for assault!" The creepy man commanded.

 

Trowa's body was tense as he glared at the blonde.

 

"Tro, please? Can we go? She can't help us."

 

"What can you tell me about her?" The taller boy demanded, abandoning the girl in favor of intimidating the doctor.

 

"D-Don't think you can bully me, young man!" The gangly man warned, backing away.

 

/"LOOK, YOU SNIVILING SPINELESS SNAKE!"/ Trowa glared, his emerald eyes flashing with a rare show of emotion. "My boyfriend has been kidnapped. The people who have him are going to kill him. THAT girl is the only clue I have as to where he is. Now you will tell me what you know." The boy's glare deepened, /"Or else!"/

 

"O-Of course! Anything, you want to know!"

 

"Who is she?" Duo asked, his violet eyes trained warily on his partner.

 

"Her name is Isis Elizabeth Winner, she is twenty years of age and has been a resident of this facility for the last thirteen years."

 

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Azure eyes blinked several times before focusing on the man that stood before her.

 

"I didn't give you permission to leave." He growled.

 

"I couldn't help it." Isis appologized.

 

"Don't let it happen again!"

 

"When will you return my daughter to me?" She asked, her cold eyes glaring ice at her boss.

 

"When everything is complete." He purred, running his fingers through the golden bangs of his favorite victim.

 

"I'm sick of you changing the rules!" Isis fumed. "It will NEVER be complete!"

 

"Then you will never see Savannah again." He smirked, "Will you?"

 

"Bastard." The blonde hissed. "Isn't it enough that you have my brother? Why do you still need her?"

 

"Insurance, of course." He mused, tracing his victim's pale cheeks, "As soon as the pilot is dead, it will be complete."

 

Isis's eyes widened in surprise, "You never said that you were going to kill him!"

 

"I never said I wouldn't."

 

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"That's what he said, Hiiro." Duo insisted, as Trowa sulked in the co-pilot's chair. "The doc insisted that she has never physically left the facility. She had a great deal of power, and no way to control it. As she matured into an adult, new powers started to emerge. Some lasting only a few hours while others became permenant. He said that she was injected with so many experimental drugs that it's a wonder she's still alive! They helped to focus her mind, but deteriated her body so that it was barely functioning. He then said that during the war, just before the Zero incident, Isis's eldest sister, Iria sent them an email recommending a New-type specialist from Russia. Apparently, this guy was a newtype as well... an illusionist? Anyways, they fell in love, and she got pregnant. He got fired and stole the baby after she was born. Isis then started to Astrial Project in order to find her daughter."

 

/"Astrial Project?"/ Hiiro frowned.

 

"Your subconcious or concious mind takes on another physical form separate from your body, which is reduced to a shell." Duo explained, "If something happens to the Astrial Projection, then the original body will die."

 

/"This specialist... did you get a name?"/

 

"Nikolai Lavrov. He was the commander at the OZ base in Russia. He was supposed to be dead." Trowa grumbled, banging his fist against the computer console. "Quatre shot him! Quatre felt him die!"

 

/"Explain."/ Hiiro asked, his eyebrow raised in surprise.

 

"It was the mission where Quatre allowed himself to be captured in order for me to get you medical attention." Trowa rubbed his now sore hand.

 

"When was this?" Duo frowned. "You guys don't tell me anything!"

 

/"You two barely survived that mission."/

 

"He has him again, Hiiro." Trowa said urgently, "And he's not going to let Quatre go as easily as before."

 

/"Damn."/

 

"Come-on, guys!" Duo exclaimed, "Will someone please tell me what the HELL is going on!?"

 

/"How's your head?"/ Hiiro asked, ignoring his lover's demands.

 

"Fine."

 

/"Really?"/ The Japanese boy quirked an eyebrow.

 

"It's none of your buisness, Yui." Trowa glared, disconnecting the communication.

 

"Trowa! What did you do that for? Talk about being rude!" Duo scowled.

 

"He doesn't need another excuse to kill us." The boy replied. "We don't have the time for it either."

 

"TIME FOR WHAT!?" The braided boy demanded, his patiance lost. "TROWA BARTON, YOU TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW! AND I DAMN-WELL MEAN EVERYTHING!"

 

The banged boy stared at his usually cheerfully hyper friend with mild surprise. Duo didn't lose his temper easily. "We don't have time-" He tried.

 

"THEN MAKE TIME!" Duo shouted. "This is about more than YOU, Trowa! This is about Quatre! About saving him! About being able to trust eachother and work together to protect him because he's our friend!"

 

'He's more than that, Duo.' The banged boy sighed. "Alright, Duo. No more secrets."

 

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"It's an illusion... only an illusion..." Quatre's mumbled voice repeated again and again.

 

'You don't sound very conviced.' the voice in his head mused.

 

"I-It's hard to believe w-when >cough-cough-cough< it f-f-feels so r-real..." the blonde chocked out. "Oh, Allah... I've only got a few inches of air left!"

 

'Don't panic!' the voice snapped, 'If you panic you will die.'

 

"I-I'm afraid..." Quatre admitted, tears filled his eyes, as he struggled to keep his nose and mouth above the rising water. "I-I want to be w-with >cough-cough< Trowa..."

 

'And you will be.' his inner voice assured.

 

"Not if I d-drown!"

 

'Quatre, listen to me!' The cold voice of the Zero system demanded, 'Trust me! I won't mislead my master!'

 

"I'm listening..." the soaked blonde whispered.

 

'You know this is an illusion! You know that this water isn't real!'

 

"Y-Yes..."

 

'Then you can't drown in it!' Zero pointed out, 'You can't breathe the water in if your body is somewhere else!'

 

"It's all in my head..." Quatre's eyes grew, "My fear... this water... THIS PRISON!"

 

'None of it is real, Quatre.' The voice said. 'You can break free!'

 

With only a hint of hesitation, the blonde closed his eyes and pushed back from the wall, allowing himself to sink to the bottom of the tiny prison. Opening his eyes, he drew in a deep breath, quelling the surge of fear that told him this was suicide.

 

'That's it Quatre!' Zero encouraged. 'He can't control you if you don't allow it!'

 

"YOU CAN'T HOLD ME HERE!" The empath screamed, his emotions creating a shield around himself. "I WON'T LET YOU!" The shield expanded, pushing away the water, pushing at the walls. "THIS IS MY MIND!"

 

The walls shattered like a broken mirror. The shards rained about the boy, leaving him standing in the midst of a void. Exshausted, Quatre collapsed in an unconcious heap.

 

'Sleep, master.' Zero ordered, 'I'll protect your mind.'

 

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To be continued...

 

A/N Let me know if I just confused the Hell out of you.

I had this chapter half way written and as I read over it,

I realized that it didn't make a whole-hell-of-alotta sense.

So I rewrote it.

Let me know what you think?

Ja ne.