Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Finding Truth Behind Time Lost ❯ Introductions ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter 12: Introductions

 

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A/N: Since I said I would post after I got five reviews for this, I posted. That and Serena429 threatened to kill me if I didn't post soon since I love using cliffhangers at the end of the chapter. This is for you Serena. I hope you like it! *Hugs you and the rest of the reviewers* Thank you so much!

 

Special Thanks to Kat for beta-reading! You're awesome!

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Heero looked lost for a minute before swallowing hard and uttering the question he wanted to ask badly.

 

"Then Duo's alive?" She jumped down in front of him and folded her hands behind his head and leaned closer looking into his eyes. Heero flinched a bit at her closeness, his training kicking in and warning him that she was too close. However, he allowed it. She had the answer he wanted to hear.

 

The answer he wanted to know would either be confirmed or denied with her next words.

 

"Heero, he's alive and on this very ship... somewhere." She said and let him go. Heero breathed and sigh of relief. Now all he had to do was actually believe her and see that it was the truth.

 

"He's really alive? You're serious?" Heero asked, a bit wary that it could be true.

 

"Of course I am. I didn't get shot for nothing, you know? Besides, OZ should learn not to piss me off; which I hoped they learned since I made such an explosive exit." She started laughing and twirling on the metal railing.

 

"Why? What did you do?" Deverian asked, worry evident in his voice.

 

"Just guess." Deverian raised his eyebrow at her. Not giving into her game.

 

"You're no fun anymore." She pouted, and then smiled a second later. "Fine, I blew it up! Ka-BOOM! They weren't using it correctly any way. Hurting people with those vile acts. Most of their torture acts weren't even near my standards and were only fun when I had them done to me. I stumped them when I kept asking for more."

 

She hummed a bit and Heero was stumped. 'She actually enjoys being tortured?' He thought to himself. 'What kind of a person would enjoy such a thing?'

 

"But what they did to you shouldn't have been done at all since it caused you to be in so much pain." She turned back to Heero and looked at him sadly. "You didn't ask for your lover to be taken away from you. You were such a mess and I couldn't do anything to help you at the time. But still..." She paused for a moment and looked at all four of them.

 

"Oz shouldn't have captured your friend, nor should he have been tortured. But for what it's worth, Duo didn't have to suffer very long. I took his place after the first brutal attempt at getting information out of him."

 

"You saw them torturing Duo?" Quatre asked. "But how?"

 

"I was captured a week before Duo was and was walking around the base most of the time without anyone knowing. I staged my own capture to get into the base and hacked their systems. Getting Duo out of there was easy; I teleported him out of there."

 

"That's impossible you couldn't possibly do that woman. That feat is impossible." Wufei growled. Thinking Kira was two sticks short of a bundle. (1)

 

"Well, I can do that and did. Besides, I think the guards began to think they were going insane when they had me in their possession. That is until they couldn't find me and thought I had gotten out somehow, which I did a bunch of times." She laughed a bit and then flipped backwards up off the floor and launched off the railing.

 

"Is she suicidal?" Wufei yelled.

 

"No," Deverian stated calmly. "Just a bit insane; it's to be expected from her kind after all."

 

"Her kind?" Wufei asked. 'What does he mean by her kind?'

 

"She's an ethereal. A being that can bring peace or disaster wherever she goes. I think that's why Captain Nexxus loves her so much. She can be as sweet as a kitten one moment and terrifying and deadly in the next. It doesn't surprise me that she blew up the base, which reminds me."

 

Deverian went closer to the railing to look over only to be knocked over backwards as the female jumped on him and pinned him on his back.

 

"Getting old Devi? Or have you forgotten your training already?" She asked with a charming smile, before leaning down and kissing him on the cheek.

 

"You're older than me and you still move too fast for my liking."

 

"Of course, you're still just a kid to me." She jumped backwards and got off of him then crouched on the floor and batted her eyelashes at him.

 

"Whatever you say Kira." He got up and glared at her and she laughed only to abruptly stop and stare at the gundam pilots.

 

"Deverian? Why do the boys have those manacles on?" Deverian was about to answer when she cut him off. "Never mind, you don't have the key to the lock, do you? Open." The manacles popped open and dropped to their feet while Kira looked pleased with herself. "There now, that's better isn't it?"

 

"How did you do that?" Quatre asked, more than a little afraid of her.

 

"She's an empath, like you are, Quatre Winner; except she can sense much more than just what people are feeling. She can read your minds, teleport from place to place, heal any inflicted injury, broadcast feelings if she needs to and move objects with her mind. However, she's not limited to those things so don't under estimate her." A strong male voice called.

 

"Nexxus, you're spoiling the surprise." Kira complained and stood up from the crouch she was in. A tall, black haired older man walked up to them and regarded the gathering with a critical eye. He didn't smile or let any kind of expression enter his face. He just looked from one face to another; that is, until he let his eyes scan over Kira's form.

 

"All in one piece?" He asked.

 

"As far as I can tell as always. Although, I can turn back if you want me too." She grinned and a tiny smirk etched onto Nexxus' face.

 

"What did you teleport back here as?"

 

"This." She pressed one hand to her chest and leaned her head back only to snap it forward quickly once again. White light flashed up her body and began to change it and suddenly she was no longer in her form. She turned into a he, and that he was Duo.

 

Heero's eyes widened as he took in the sight of his dead lover. This woman had turned herself into Duo. She looked exactly like he had and Heero realized with a start, sounded like him too, as he started to talk to Nexxus.

 

"You have to understand that I couldn't turn back once they shot me. I had to start the healing process immediately or risk being incinerated."

 

"You would've enjoyed that any way."

 

"True, but it would be hard to get the others out while I tried to play possum. Oh shit! I'm sorry boys. I momentarily forgot this form would hurt your tender hearts." She snapped her fingers and stood there as she once was. Heero dared to stare more closely at her.

 

Kira's hair was a light reddish brown like Duo's was, but longer than his. Her skin was almost pure white and not the creamy ivory that Duo possessed. No, it wasn't those features that intrigued Heero the most. It was her eyes.

 

Her eyes were like the violet gems Heero was used to seeing only his beautiful lover possessing.

 

"What's a matter Heero? Do I amuse you so much that you have to stare at me?" Heero realized he was staring with a start and looked away.

 

"I'm sorry, but your eyes... "

 

"Remind you of Duo's. I know. Normally my eyes are blueish-violet but this lighting makes them seem darker than they really are. But it's nice to know you noticed." She smiled and bowed her head a bit. "My eye color changes with my moods. Think of a mood ring, you humans love so dearly at times. The ring changes color as the person feels different emotions, or so it is believed. My eyes work the same way, unless I want to control their color."

 

"Not that I'm not interested in hearing about you, I am, but why would you pretend to be Duo and save him? What does he mean to you?" Quatre asked, wondering if he offended her by cutting off her explaination.

 

"You haven't offended me at all. So don't worry." She waved her hand in the air as if she were dismissing the statement. "To be honest, I don't have any attachment to Duo. It was because of all your trainers I saved you."

 

"Our trainers?" Wufei asked incredulously.

 

"Yes, your trainers. The doctors, G, H, J, O, and S, the ones who built your gundams and trained you to pilot them among other things. I helped them come up with a few programs to run the gundams and personally helped G with the stealth feature on Deathscythe. You can call my actions towards saving you, my debt to them."

 

"Your debt?" Trowa asked, finally saying something. He didn't quite understand what Kira was, but someone with her balance might give him tips on how she could balance so easily. Maybe he would ask her later, but he soon focused on her again.

 

"Yes my debt. Children should not be fighting wars, nor growing up in them. I feel a sort of maternal instinct, as it were, towards all of you even if you don't want it to be there. I told the doctors I'd keep my eye on you and if one of you dies, well... Then my promise could not be kept."

 

The pilots were silent as this information sank in and tried to process it. Could they really believe her? Maybe. But they needed proof first.

 

"Where's Duo?" Heero almost growled. He heard enough, but didn't see any sign of his lover. He was growing restless and even though Kira had turned into Duo and said he was on the ship, they hadn't actually seen him.

 

Kira smirked, turned and walked to where they had come out of earlier. "Come with me and I'll show you." She got into the lift and crooked her finger in a 'come here' gesture and Heero immediately came forward and got into the lift. The rest of the pilots followed and Deverian came forward to come with them. Only he stopped half way, frozen to the spot he was in, unable to move.

 

"KIRA! I should come with you!" He called, trying to fight the force holding him back.

 

"But I don't require your help right now. Entertain Nexxus and hand in your report. That's an order lieutenant!" She ordered and he flew backwards towards the railing, then the doors shut and the lift took off. Quatre glanced at her eyes and notice them flash dark green before returning to normal. It was a bit eerie to see it happen even though she told them about what happened with her eyes before hand.

 

The lift stopped after a bit and Kira lead the way out and down a hallway that had doors after doors on each side of the hall. They were spread out quite a bit, but there were so many of them. Kira stopped at a door at the end of the corridor and pressed her hand against the scanner pad there.

 

"Scan confirmed. Voice activation needed." A computerized voice called.

 

"Kira Tra Er Sui Nor and four guests, body scan not needed." She said.

 

"Voice identification confirmed. Enter." The door moved aside and Kira entered first. The pilots were on high alert for anything to happen. Every nerve in their bodies acutely aware of any change in their surroundings; Kira shook her head at them and went further into the room and came to another door. She pressed a key pad and went inside.

 

The pilots watched her go in and to their surprise the door didn't shut. No one entered it though, just in case someone was waiting to jump them on the other side and put them in chains again. It was a surprise when Kira made the manacles pop off earlier, but could she really do that? Maybe it was just a cheap trick. The pilots stayed ready and then saw a figure emerge from the room.

 

That form unmistakable and the braid that no one else could possess so well. A grin was etched on that heart-shaped face and Kira came up behind him and leaned against the wall, smiling at the other pilots reactions.

 

"Hey guys! I'm glad you could make it to the party! What took you so long?" The others just gaped.

 

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TBC...

 

(1) "Two sticks short of a bundle" is a saying that's used where I live. I live in the country so it's an old saying meaning a person isn't exactly all there in the head. More likely to be partially or fully insane/crazy.

 

Now I'm not too evil am I? *grins* At least I hope not.

 

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