Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Lean On Me ❯ More Questions Explained ( Chapter 12 )

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Chapter Twelve

Riley winced as Sally applied some kind of ointment on Riley's whiplash. "Careful there, Sally. That whip was not one of the most gentlest whips there ever were."

Sally chuckled. "Okay, Riley. Just one more minute. There we go."

Riley sat up on the bed. She looked at Vienna, who was sitting in a chair in the corner reading a book. "Hey Vienna, think you can come back to earth to at least let me know you are with us?"

Vienna grunted and continued reading.

Riley sighed, rolling her eyes. She shook her head.

Sally washed her hands in the sink and dried them off. "May I let the others in now?" she asked.

"Sure," Riley replied. She put her hands behind her head and stretched.

Sally opened the door. "You all can come in now," she called out to everyone sitting outside. Riley heard various footsteps walking to the door and in stepped Trowa, Duo, Heero, and Cathrine. Cathrine walked over to Riley and gave her a hug.

"I'm glad you're okay, Riley," she said. "I couldn't stand to lose you again, you know." She ruffled her younger sisters hair.

"Hey!" Riley brushed Cathrine's hand away and quickly used her fingers as a comb to fix her hair. "My hair is rather delicate, Cathy. It takes forever to fix."

"Stop grumbling," Trowa said from the doorway. "You look fine."

Riley smiled. "Thanks, bro." Her smile broadened. "I've been dying to say that for the longest time," she chirped cheerily.

Heero noticed Vienna reading her book, oblivious to everything else around her. He wandered over and tried to read the title of the book. He finally used his finger to lift the book up so he could read it; Vienna kept reading the book as if Heero wasn't there. He raised his eyebrows at the title. "`Dreaming of My Romeo'?" he read. He looked back at Riley. "What kind of junk does she read?"

"It isn't junk," Vienna replied defiantly, coming out of her dream world. "It is a very sappy book about two young lovers. But then, what would you know about romance, Heero? You aren't anything but a toy soldier with no feelings, let alone a romantic side."

Duo smiled. "Good one. Now why didn't I ever think of that one?" He scratched the back of his head.

Riley leaned forward over his shoulder. "That's probably because you aren't that smart, Duo."

Duo nodded thoughtfully. "You could be right." He then paused and frowned. "Wait a minute. Hey!" Riley and Cathrine started laughing.

Heero ignored them all. He stared at her. "Oh really? One of these days, you're gonna eat your words."

Vienna raised her eyebrows and stood up so she was face to face with him. "Is that so?"

"I doubt even you have a romantic side," Heero went on.

Duo jumped up onto the bed next to Riley. "This is getting good," he said to Riley. "I've never seen Heero like this before. Too bad we don't have popcorn, huh?"

Riley nodded. "Yeah; I mean, other than the popcorn part, that is. I've never seen Vienna like this. Normally she isn't this aggressive."

"Who do you thinks gonna win?" Duo asked. "I bet Heero will."

Riley shook her head. "Naw, Vienna will."

"How much you wanna bet?" Duo asked her, smiling.

Riley smirked. "How about twenty bucks?" she suggested.

Duo held out his hand. "Deal."

"Deal." They shook on it. Riley smiled. "You may as well cough it up now, Duo. It'll save you the time."

"Oh, I think not," he replied. "If anyone will be eating their words around here it will be you."

"Big words for such a small brain."

"Will you two hush?" Sally said.

"Sorry," the two grumbled.

Vienna glared at Heero. "I have a romantic side, but no one has ever seen it. Not even Riley."

"Prove it."

Riley bit her lip in amusement. "Oh, he asked for it," she muttered excitedly. "Come on, Vienna!" she shouted, just as Midii, Meiran, WuFei, and Quatre all ran in.

"What's all the excitement?" Quatre asked Sally.

Everyone except Vienna and Heero glared at him. "Shut up!" they all shouted.

Quatre blushed and backed up a step. WuFei pushed to the front and stopped when he saw Vienna glaring at Heero. He whistled low. "For a girl she sure has a nasty glare."

"Shows what you know about girls, Wu-man," Riley said.

"Oh you shut up, Riley," he shot back.

"Shhh!!!" everyone hissed. Riley and WuFei glared at one another but stayed quiet.

Vienna smirked. "Prove it?" she repeated. "You really want me to prove it?"

Heero nodded. "Go ahead. Prove it to us."

Riley noticed an evil glint in her friend's eye. An ominous feeling came over her and her eyes widened. "Uh-oh," she whispered. "She wouldn't."

Vienna smiled. "Are you ready for this?"

Heero frowned a bit, suddenly a bit uncertain about this. Duo noticed and cheered his friend on. "Come on, Heero! You can't let a girl whip you."

Riley eyes grew bigger. "She wouldn't!" she muttered again.

Vienna dropped the book onto the chair behind her, grabbed Heero around the neck, and pulled him close for a big kiss. Everyone's jaw dropped to the floor, except Riley. Riley slapped her forehead. "She would," she finished.

The kiss lasted for what seemed an eternity, but Vienna finally broke it by pulling away. She smiled sweetly at the extremely surprised Heero with glee. "How was that, toy soldier?" she shot in his face with a flourish. With a pleased smirk on her face, she walked from the room.

Riley grinned happily now. She looked at Duo, who shoved the twenty bucks into her hand. "Okay, I think you won," he said.

Riley grabbed it. "Thank you." She smiled and slipped down off of the bed. She grunted in pain as the whiplash and numerous other injuries throbbed with the sudden movement. She ignored them and walked out of the room as quickly as possible. "Hey Vienna, wait up, girl!"

Near the end of the hall, Vienna slowed down when Riley called and waited for her to catch up.

Riley grabbed Vienna's arm when she reached her and smiled like a clown. "I can't believe you did that, V!"

Vienna smiled. "I can't either. I wasn't thinking."

"Obviously!" Riley blurted out. "But- dang! I never would have done that, but maybe I should. You sure got his attention, that's for certain."

Vienna shook her head, her eyes closed. "Why did I do that? I let my pride get in the way and then my romantic side did too. I'm never gonna live this down."

Riley smirked. "Correction: Heero will never live this down."

Vienna smiled and said, "I think I'm gonna head over to the cafeteria. I'm getting pretty hungry."

Riley nodded and patted her friend on the back. "Okay V, I have something to do anyways. I'll catch ya later."

"Yeah, later." Vienna watched as Riley walked back the way they had came and past the room they had been in. She frowned. "Where is she going?" she muttered. She sighed and shook her head. "Why bother. There are some things I will never know, and why I kissed Heero will always be one of them."

She started down the hall, and with her stomach growling urging her on, she started to run. At the cafeteria doors a minute later, she pushed them open and walked inside. There were only a few tables occupied in one corner of the room, so she walked over to a table farthest from everyone else. After a quick visit to the food line, she grabbed an apple, a soda, and a piece of cake. She set the tray on the table and sat down in a chair. She groaned, staring at the food. Suddenly, she let her head drop to the table and she started hitting her head against it. "Why? Why? Why?" she kept repeating over and over.

Duo wandered in, a bright smile on his face. He looked around for a place to sit and then he saw Vienna sitting across the room, alone. He noticed she was banging her head on the table, and his smile faltered. What the heck? He thought. Has she lost it? He walked over to her table and cautiously lowered himself into a seat across from her. He watched her closely for two minutes, but she still didn't notice him. He cleared his throat.

Vienna looked up for a moment, but started banging her head again, muttering unexplainable things.

Duo raised an eyebrow. He cleared his throat again. "Vienna, if you don't mind my asking, but, are you okay?"

Vienna hit her head five more times before stopping to look at him. "Why?" she squeaked.

He frowned. "Why what?"

"Why?" she asked again.

Duo scratched his head. "What are you - whoa!"

Vienna grabbed him by the collar and pulled him across the table. "Why did I do that, Duo? Why!?"

He gulped nervously, blinking. "Will you let me go?" he asked, glancing down at her vice-like grip on his black shirt.

She dropped hold of the shirt and he landed on the table. "Thanks," he gasped out, catching his breath. He slid back into his seat. "Now, what is your problem?"

"Why did I do that? Why did I kiss him?" she groaned, starting to hit her head again.

"First things first," Duo said. He grabbed her hair so she couldn't hit her head anymore. "Stop hitting your head before you get a concussion. Secondly, I have no idea why you did that. Why don't you explain that to me?"

Vienna glared at him. "Let go of my hair," she grumbled. "You are about to pull it out."

Duo smiled and let her hair go.

"Thank you. And I really don't know why I did that. I just wanted to prove Heero wrong I guess. Or something like that."

Duo shrugged, taking Vienna's soda and popping the top. He took a drink of it and set it back on the table. Vienna stared at him in annoyance. He smiled at her innocently.

"I want to hurt you," Vienna stated.

"How can you hurt this cute little face?" Duo asked.

Vienna snorted and rolled her eyes. "Cute? Right, about as cute as a pig, which you are."

Duo glared at her. "Shut up."

Vienna pulled her piece of cake close to her and dug in. At least eating will get my mind off that kiss, she thought to herself. She ate two bites before noticed Duo staring at her cake hungrily. She pulled the cake closer to her. "Mine," was all she said.

"Just one little bite?"

"No."

*

Heero paced the floor of his dorm, wearing a hole in the carpet. His eyes were fixed on the ground, not daring to look up. His lips were in a tight line as well.

What happened? he thought. That was definitely unexpected. What were the odds of her doing THAT? I always thought she was quiet person, not some- oh, someone like Riley or Duo. She's too, um, too- Oh, heck! He sighed. Is she ever going to get out of my head? Especially that- that- that kiss! Gosh, I sound like an idiot, stammering on like this. What's wrong with me? I've never been this agitated before. Is it Vienna? Is she the reason why I've been acting different lately? It has to be. I started acting different when she and Riley appeared, after all. An image of Vienna smiling came to mind. His frown deepened. Great, now I am seeing her even when she isn't around. What the heck is going on here? She has invaded my thoughts. Why can't I get her off my mind! I am going-

Knock Knock!

He stopped and turned to the door. "Go away, Duo," he called.

"Duo?!" a surprised and defiant female voice declared. "I'm not Duo!"

Riley? What's she doing here? He shook his head. "What do you want, Riley?" he asked.

"Open the door and I'll tell you."

"You can talk through the door."

The rapid beating of fists on the door was the reply. Heero sighed and opened the door.

Riley glared at him. "Thank you," she muttered. She pushed her way in and walked over to a chair. She pulled it over to the center of the room, turned it around, and sat down in it backwards.

Heero closed the door after checking to see no one else was coming. "What do you want?" he repeated.

"Can't a girl want to have a nice conversation with a guy?"

Heero snorted. "Coming from you? No."

Riley pursed her lips. "How kind of you, but then, you aren't known for nice words, so I'll let it pass." She straightened. "Actually, I'm here `cause I wanted to talk to you about something-"

"No, I do not like Vienna!" he burst out.

Riley blinked and stared at him in surprise. "Um, I wasn't going to ask that," she said, but then smiled, "but since you brought the topic up, I've been wondering what's been going on between you two."

Heero glared at her. "Nothing. Nothing at all."

"Oh really? I may have been gone for a whole month, Heero, but I'm not blind. Plus, the others have said the opposite of what you just said. They've told me about how you let Vienna sleep in your bed while you slept on the couch, and how the two of you are always talking together, totally ignoring everyone else."

"We were trying to figure out the World Rebellion Federations plans! And she had no where else to sleep that day, and Duo would never have given his up."

Riley raised her eyebrows. "Hmm. Whatever you say. But, anyhoo, I really wanted to ask if you had figured out our question yet."

"Our question?" Heero said, sitting down on his bottom bunk.

"Yeah, the one about the attack at the dinner party. You know the one."

"Hn. That one. No, I haven't," he replied.

"Oh," Riley sighed, resting her head on her hands atop of the chairs back. "I had hoped you had. It's driving me crazy. I mean, why would he try to kill me, when his whole plan needs both of us alive? It doesn't make sense."

"We might be looking at the wrong angle," Heero thought aloud. "Who else was there? With Raphael, I mean."

Riley paused for a minute. "Um. There was Relena of course, me and Vienna, and- oh, and Daryn, Raphael's son."

"Bingo."

Riley almost fell out of her chair. "Bingo? When did you start saying that?"

Heero ignored her. He rambled on with his thoughts. "Maybe Daryn had something to do with it. No, that doesn't fit in. Maybe Raphael isn't the leader as I had thought, maybe its Daryn. No, that doesn't work either. Why would a son rule over his father? No, definitely not. It has to be Raphael in control and commanding all the attacks. It has to be him. I saw him talking to that guy in the back that night after all." He sighed and rubbed his forehead.

Riley drummed her fingers on the chairs back. "Are you finished so I can talk?" she asked him in a bored tone.

Heero glanced at her.

She took that as her cue to talk. "Well, while you were rambling on aimlessly, you reminded me of something. When I was being shot at, I noticed that-"

Suddenly the door opened and Trowa stepped inside. He glanced at Heero, then to Riley, and back to Heero. "Am I interrupting something?"

Riley smacked her forehead and turned her back on them both. Heero shook his head. Riley turned back around and smiled at her brother. "If you had been interrupting something, Vienna would be in here instead of me."

Heero sent her a murderous look. She smiled and waved cheekily. "I'm leaving now. I'll talk to you later, Heero." She slipped out into the hall.

Katana drummed her fingers on her desk irritably, angry thoughts running like wild fire. She had been sitting like this for some time, and it was growing old quickly. She stood from her desk and walked across the room. She went down to the bottom floor and into a large room lined with desks and tables and cabinets. Papers, bottles, chemicals, and numerous other things were on top of these. Standing over an object was a man with graying hair and round glasses perched on his nose. His eyes were fixed on the object he was working on, intent on his project. Katana watched him work for a moment before saying, "How is it coming along?"

The man continued to work. "It's coming along perfectly. Another day or two and it will be finished."

"Two days is too long. By then they could have figured it all out. Have it done by tomorrow evening, even if it means no sleep at all. It's either that, or your head will be delivered to me on a silver platter."

The man nodded. "It will be done."

"Good." She began circling the table and the man. "And so, Jackson, is it able enough to control both minds, as Raphael and I asked for it to be?"

Jackson, as he was called, nodded. "It is quite able, and more."

"Does it have a turbo?"

"Yes, ma'am. But I must warn you, if you use the turbo, as soon as you turn the machine off, their minds will have been overpowered, and they will die instantly if they are not strong enough."

"That's the whole point, Jackson. Once we are done with them, we put them on turbo, have a little fun, and kill them. Now, get to work and have it done by the assigned date." She turned and walked away. "I'm putting my faith in you!" she called over her shoulder.

Everyone was sitting in the conference room, gathered around the long table reaching over half the length of the room. Noin sat at the head of the table, everyone else lining along the sides. Riley and Vienna sat on her right with their brothers, and Heero, Duo, and Quatre were across from them.

"Does anyone know what is going on?" Noin asked them, looking at each face. "You all seem to have an idea, but I don't know anything. All I know is that it includes these two girls."

Riley snorted. "We're the main point in their game," she said, staring at the oak table. She looked up at Noin, her eyes filled with anger. "I better explain a little something first. Their leader is Raphael Baltimore, and the person directly under him is Katana. His son, Daryn, would be under him instead of Katana, but as I recently found out, Raphael and Daryn basically hate each other."

Vienna stared at her. "What the heck? And how do you know all this?"

Riley glanced at her. "Before I met up with WuFei in one of their base hangars, I had been ravaging around digging up information. I found that out, plus other things. I know what they plan to do with us, what are their weapons, and so on. I couldn't find out where all their bases are though."

"What are they planning on using you two for anyways?" Quatre asked, the other boys nodding in agreement.

Riley sighed. "Mind control. As we speak, a mind control device is being created by a brilliant genius. This device will be able to control my mind and Vienna's. The chip that Dr. J put into Vienna and I when we were younger allows that device to control us."

"You aren't making sense," Trowa said.

"Okay. Let me put it this way. When Vienna was around five, Dr. J performed a surgery on her in which he planted the chip. He used a certain medicine that caused her to forget all of her earlier memories except a few, the surgery included as a memory to be forgotten. Before me was Katana, who went through the exact same thing as Vienna did. She was with them for four years, until Dr. J realized Katana had found everything out while going through his files. He had to get rid of her, so he sent her away. He then found me, a nine-year-old kid on the streets. He chose me to replace her, but there was a difference. Vienna had had the surgery when she was around five, so the medicine would work without a hitch. But I was nine when he chose me, so there was a great chance the medicine wouldn't work on me, since the older the person was, the bigger chance of it not working. He decided to take the chance. Time was running short, and he needed someone. I went through the surgery, had the chip planted, and when I awoke, I remembered everything still. The medicine hadn't worked. I told no one, `cause I knew telling would only cause a problem, and not solve anything."

Noin frowned, staring at Riley. "And now things are coming out into the open."

"Yeah," Riley replied, folding her arms, a hint of a smile forming. "Doesn't matter now. The mind control device is being created, the WRF have found out everything they need, and now to complete it, all they need is Vienna and I."

"What do they plan to use you two for?" Duo asked.

Vienna shrugged. "We don't know."

Riley sighed and rested her head in her cupped hands. "I'm not sure if we'll ever know. Katana or Raphael will never tell us for sure, and they aren't stupid enough to have it where someone could hack into their file and find that exact answer. They're smarter than that. Especially Raphael."

Heero grunted. "Wait a minute." He looked at Riley. "You said Katana went through the same surgery?"

Riley narrowed her eyes. "That's right. So?"

"So that means that Katana has the same chip inside her as well," he finished.

Vienna smiled. "I get it. She can be controlled too. If Riley and I can be, so can she."

WuFei smirked. "Things get better by the minute."

Duo whooped loudly. "Great! Now we can see some action."

Riley gave him an annoyed stare. "Duo, the only action you will be seeing is my fist meeting your face if you don't shut up."

He smiled at her teasingly. "Is that a threat, babe?"

Riley bounced out of her seat, shoving the chair she was sitting in reeling backwards to the floor. Her eyes were fixed on Duo dangerously. "Watch it!"

"Whoa Riles, slow down," Vienna said, standing up. "He is just mocking you. Turn the volume down a notch." She bent over and picked up the chair and set it upright. "Sit!" she commanded.

Riley dropped into the chair. "I'm not a dog."

Vienna smiled and started backing away slowly, bent over and clucking her tongue. "Come here, puppy. Come here, little girl."

"Don't start," Riley stated, a smile breaking her face.

"Come here, doggie."

Riley pushed back the chair gently and took off at Vienna. Vienna squealed and took off running out of the conference room, Riley hot on her tail.

The boys and Noin winced as the sound of glass shattering on the floor was heard.

"Sorry!" Vienna shouted.

"Come here, Vienna!" Riley called. "The only thing you gotta worry about right now is the remaining time in your life!"

In the conference room, WuFei and Trowa were groaning and shaking their heads. In sync, the boys said, "Sisters."

Authors Note: What do you guys think? This chapter was basically where it clears some things up. Such as, what's up with the `Vienna-Riley' weapon thing. I know it was rather dull, but still…live with it. The story will get better, so wait. The next chapter is coming up, so stay tuned!

OH! Also, I know Heero is seriously out of character in this story, but I need him to be for it to actually fit into the story. Thanx!