Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Lost and Found ❯ Chapter II ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter II

"I thought you said he opened his eyes." Rashid said, slightly peeved to have been awakened at such a late hour of the night.

"But they did open! And he started to sing while I was playing!" Trowa defended his story. "Maybe he just went back to sleep!"

"I think you need to get some sleep. Come along now young master… we'll get someone else to watch the boy for the rest of the night." They both turned when they heard a noise at the door. Duo walked in stretching and yawning, he was already dressed for the morning. Being a Gundam pilot, they all knew to be ready for anything. "What's all the commotion about?" Duo yawned again.

"The boy opened his eyes." Trowa said. Duo had been mid stretch when he heard this and looked at Trowa in a flabbergasted manner. "Huh? He did?" Duo walked over to the right side of the bed and looked down at the no name boy. Duo watched the movement of the chest, rising and falling slowly. He blinked when the boy had taken a deep breath, for Duo thought he saw an odd kind of curvature for a boy. He shrugged it off. "I believe him. But, hey… Trowa… you go on to bed. I'll keep watch now."

"That's a very good idea master Duo. Come along now master Trowa." Rashid gave Trowa a light shove out of the room, then turned to Duo. "Call if anything happens." He then left, shutting the door behind him. Duo walked over and sat down in the chair that Trowa had previously been in. "So! It's just you and me, huh buddy?" Duo chuckled to himself, then took a closer look at the boy's face. "He seems kind of familiar… like I've seen him somewhere before…" Duo shrugged and leaned back in the chair, putting his feet up on the bed. "Oh well… you might know if you don't have amnesia." Duo yawned again and looked at the clock on the bed stand. It showed that it was only three in the morning so he closed his eyes and yawned again.

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His eyes slowly opened, for the sun in them ad woken him. He looked around and saw the long haired boy asleep, sitting in the chair while he leaned over to rest his head on the bed. No name slowly sat up and looked at the sleeping boy. Could that be him? It might be, but I had better make sure. They think I'm a boy? Sounds like fun! But…

"Where am I?" No name looked down at his arm and saw the needle. This is going to hurt… No name grimaced after pulling the needle out of the vein. He rubbed the spot to make the slight pain go away, then looked around. "Where am I?" He saw the window and got up, out of the bed. He walked weakly over to the window to look out, seeing the city and beyond it, the desert. That's right… I came to the Winner Mansion to find the lost son of the Waise family. They think I'm a boy? He looked down at the tattered clothes then pulled at the collar of the green shirt to look at the chest, then looked back out the window. Yep, I'm a girl… but if they think I'm a boy… I might have a better chance of getting their respect… especially the one known as Wufei. But the one I really want to know is…

"Hey!"

Startled by this sudden outburst behind her, she quickly turned around to see the boy now sitting up, "You're up! You're awake! Stay right here okay! Duo got up and ran out of the room. Where else would I go now that I have finally found you. Although, you didn't make it easy by changing your name. Duo Maxwell. She turned to look back out the window. I'm just glad I've found him… She looked up at the blue sky. The families will go on Mama, Papa…

"So, he's right! You are up!" She heard a new voice and turned around again. She recognized the boy to be the Master of the House, Quatre Raberba Winner. She nodded to the blonde haired boy. He looks just like those images of him on the web. I must act like I don't know who they are… I heard them in my state last night about worrying if I would have amnesia, I can act that out pretty well…

"Are you hungry? Here… sit down." Quatre said as he tried to smooth out the blankets on the bed, just as the other four pilots and the guardian Rashid ran in. "So!" Rashid said with a smile, "He is awake. I'll go see to it that he gets some food." And with that he left and her eyes followed him. She gasped when she felt something grasp her hand. She looked and saw that it was Quatre who was now leading her back to the bed. She sat down and kept looking at them all, trying her hardest to look confused and frightened. "Excuse me, but, who are all of you? Where am I?" She was proud of herself for lowering her voice an octave, now she would only have to remember to talk at that same level.

"Well, at least he can speak standard." She heard Wufei say as he sat in the chair. "But what kind of accent is that?"

"It sounds a little Germanic to me… but also a hint of Irish." Trowa said, leaning against the wall again.

Well I can't help it if my father was German and my mother, Irish!

"Do you have a name?" She heard a slightly deep voice ask and she looked at the gundam pilot known as Heero Yuy.

"I… I don't know…" She added to her acting by holding her head as if she was trying to remember. I can't tell them my real name! They'll figure out I'm the vanished Princess of Neo Germany!

"Maybe your ring might help you…" Quatre said,, pointing to her finger. She looked at the ring that gave away the first letters of her names. "Well…. The name Emmer does sound familiar…"

"Emmer?" Duo asked with a smile. "Sounds like a cool name to me! Where are you from?"

"I don't know, the only thing I can remember is that I was looking for something." Their actually falling for it!! This is so great! "But, who are you guys?" She looked at each of them. "And where am I?"

"You're in the Winner Family Mansion and I am Quatre Raberba Winner. He said with a smile, then pointed to the others. "And that's Trowa Barton, Chang Wufei, Heero Yuy, and Duo Maxwell. The man who was just in here was Rashid." She nodded once to them, "It is nice to meet you all… but… how did I get here?"

We have reason to believe." Quatre began, "that you traveled through the desert and that you collapsed outside the front gates during a sandstorm. That was almost four days ago."

She nodded, "Thank you all for being so kind, but… I don't mean to intrude so I will just be on my way…"

"What?!? In your condition?!" Duo exclaimed. He was now sitting backwards in another chair, leaning it forward and resting his arms on the backrest. "Why don't you just stay here! That is, until you get your memories back!"

"No… I'll just be in the way…" She tried to act simple.

Quatre laid his hand on hers, "Please. If you don't stay, something might happen to you."

"I say you stay!" Duo said with a smile. "Quatre takes the blame for a lot of things. Sooner or later he'll say that his lack of effort is the reason why there's no air in space!" The others laughed at this, as did Quatre. Emmer blinked, then tried to chuckle for she was more used to giggling as she was brought up to do. Thinking of this made her remember her family and friends, and she stared at the floor as horrible images passed through her mind. Images of the Royal house of Schneider being brutally murdered and how only she, her Uncle, and her Cousin Hansel were the only ones to survive. The other two had been in the Colonies when the palace was raided, she had hid under her mother's bed trying to keep silent as she was murdered above her, only to escape through a secret passage only known to the both of them.

"Hey, are you alright?" came the expressionless voice of Heero Yuy.

She looked up at him, "Yes, I was just wishing I could remember things." She looked passed him, at the door were Rashid entered, followed by a kitchen girl carrying a tray of fruit, a tea pot and six tea cups. She kept her eyes downcast as she set the tray on a small table next to the chair Wufei was sitting in. He scowled at her and that only made her bow to them all and leave the room quicker.

"Why do you have to be so mean to girls Wufei?" Duo asked as he waved his hand in the air to emphasize the girl who had just left.

"That is my business, Maxwell." The Chinese boy growled. Emmer looked closer at him. She had hacked into the old files of the L-5 Space Colony that was once Wufei's home and found that at one point he had been married. Why he disliked woman was something that was not explained in the reports from L-5.

Wufei glanced at her before he went to pour a cup of tea for himself. "Besides," he began and glanced at Emmer once more, "Women are weak." He blew at the contents of the cup then proceeded to sip at the warm liquid. Emma glared at him for a short moment before sighing.

"Hey, Emmer!" Trowa said with the same type voice as Heero's. "You should eat something."

"yeah! I don't think you want to be hooked back up to that IV now do you?" Duo teased. This made her smile, "Sure. And maybe afterwards, if it isn't too much of a bother, could I trouble you for a bath?"

"Sure thing, and we'll find some better clothes for you as well." Quatre smiled.