Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Merging Causes Problems ❯ Losses and Gains ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter Three: Losses and Gains


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Chapter Three: Losses and Gains



*Serena saw giant building land in the house across the
street from her own just as she reached the corner gate of her house. She saw
the block of brick smash through her mother and father's bedroom window, and
screamed. What she didn't know was that the worst was still to come. A car
without a driver rammed full speed through the house next door to her own, pushing
the wall of the neighboring house into her own house, right through the family
room windows.

"No! Mom! Dad! No! Sammy!" She stood, paralyzed
with fear and shock. When the dust settled, she ran into her house. Picking
through the debris, she cleared a pathway to the stairs that led upstairs. She
went upstairs first, hoping that her parents had retired for a nap or any such
thing that would have gotten them away from downstairs. She reached her room
first, then skipped over it and went into her brother's across the hall.

"Sammy? Sammy? Are you in here?"

"Serena?" she heard a small voice from inside the
closet. She flung the door open and found her little brother sitting on the
floor in the middle of a heap of clothes.

"Oh Sammy! Are you alright?"

"Yeah. The house started shaking, and I thought it was
an earthquake. I stood in the doorway of the closet like I was supposed to, but
I fell and the door shut behind me. Where are mom and dad?"

"I don't know yet. Were they home?"

"Yeah, They never said they were going anywhere
anyway."

"Are you hurt anywhere?"

"No. Serena, where are mom and dad? Why haven't they
come to find us?"

"Well, the hall from the door to the living room was
blocked. Maybe they just can't get through. Stay here, I'm going to go see if I
can find them."

"Serena, was it an earthquake?"

"I don't know Sam, but I don't think so." Serena
swallowed back her worst fears as she went back down the stairs. Her brother
was alright. That was a triumph in it's own. An earthquake? Was it an
earthquake? Serena didn't think so, but far be it for her to scare her brother
anymore than he already was. Who was she kidding, she didn't want to scare
herself with the truth. As she reached the barrier, she began pulling boards,
rocks, bricks, and other building materials from the blocked path into the
family room.

"Serena? Honey? Is that you?" a voice came through
the barrier.

"Mom?" Serena dug faster.

"Serena, don't come in here."

"In where? Mom, just stay there. Is daddy with
you?"

"Serena, your father, he's, Serena, don't dig anymore.
Just stop honey."

"But Mom! You're still in there, and you're ok!"

"Serena, I'm not ok. Please honey, don't come any
farther..." A hand was revealed through the rubble. Serena grabbed it.
"Serena, listen to me. Take care of your little brother. I love both you
and him very much, and so did your father."

"Mom?" Sammy asked.

"Sammy! I told you to stay upstairs!"

"Sammy, baby. Your sister is right. Listen to her. I
love you."

"Mom? Mom!" Called Sammy. The hand Serena had been
holding so tightly loosened, then went limp.

"Mom..." Serena whispered. They were gone. Her
parents... her brother... her brother!

"Mom? Mom? Mom?" Sammy called for their mother
repeatedly.

"Sammy, Mom's gone now, and we have to..."

"No! She's still in there! Mom! Mom!" He broke
down in a temper tantrum. He screamed and raged. Serena finally was able to
grab a hold on him and just hugged him tight, her own tears mingling with his.

~~~###~~~

The five guys were
able to regroup after the dust settled. Checking themselves for injuries, they
looked around at the mobs. The people were beginning to clear the streets. In
fact, the only people they could see now were either trapped under something,
or laying very still on the street. The delegates began to crowd around them, as
if they thought the five boys could protect them from the entire world itself.

"What was
that?"

"Will she
come back?"

"Was it an
Earthquake?"

"I hate
earthquakes."

"I hate all
this dust."

"I'm
hungry."

"Hiiro! Shoot
me!"

The five guys
looked at each other and ran. Five minutes later, they were back at the start,
right in front of the destroyed Congressional Building, and an entire mob of
delegates was running down the street chasing after invisible pilots.

"Alright, so?
Anyone got an explanation for this one?" Asked Quatre.

"It wasn't
me!"

"We know that
baka Maxwell! Though by the way you eat, it could have been you walking."

"Let's not
fight now."

"Let them
have it out for once Quatre. I personally think it was one of Duo's
ex-girlfriends that he made really mad, and now is out for revenge. But Wufei
has a point." Trowa almost smirked at his own comments.

"Not you too
Trowa! Oh! Why does everyone have to pick on me?" Pouted Duo.

"We need to
find out where we are and what happened from someone else's perspective."

"He lives!
Hiiro lives!" Cried Duo. After a warning glare from Hiiro, he sobered up
his act. The pilots looked around for someone to ask, but they found nothing
short of a ghost town littered with trash, debris, and bodies. Out of the
corner of his eye, Hiiro caught the movement of something across the street.
After getting the attention of the other four, they readied their guns and
waited for whoever was coming to make their appearance.

~~~###~~~

"Sammy, grab
some of your warmer clothes and shove them into a small bag. Not a lot because
you're carrying them, not me."

"Can I bring
my game boy?"

"Sammy..."

"I
know." With that, he left to pack. Serena, too, left to pack a small
amount of her warmer clothes. After making doubly sure she had her
transformation locket and communicator, not to mention the Luna Pen and a
picture of her family, friends, and Darien, she went to collect Sammy from his
room.

Leaving their
house was another story. The front door looked incredibly unstable, and Serena
was not willing to take any chances at this point in the game. Instead, she had
Sammy climb down the tree outside her bedroom window. Climbing down after him,
she took out her father's gun, just for safety precautions. She had no idea how
to shoot the weapon, let alone how to load it or clean it. She just figured if
anyone tried anything funny, the gun would be enough to scare him or her away,
without her actually having to fire the weapon. She made Sammy wait in the
shadows behind the house while she scouted out up ahead. Seeing no one, alive,
she went out farther. She got into the middle of the street when a voice
stopped her.

"Who are
you?" Turning to face the voice, she found five boys a little older than
herself holding her at gunpoint.

"Why?"
She asked.

"Who are
you?" Serena sighed and then shrugged indifferently. One of the men made a
grab for her, and she yelped and tried to run. She was either too slow or he
too fast, because the next thing she knew, she was trapped, being held still by
two guys holding her arms. Suddenly, a blur whizzed by them. It came back
around and stopped.

"You let my
sister alone you creeps!" The little boy kicked as hard as he could, and
down went Duo for the count. His hold on the girl slipped, and finally Serena
was free of the hold the boys had had on her.

Hiiro had no times
for games. He didn't care how annoying this little boy was, or how Duo was on
the ground rolling around in pain. He didn't even care how amazingly beautiful
the girl standing before him was. He just wanted her name.

"Excuse me
please, Miss. We're sorry about our treatment of you, but we only wish to know
your name and where we are." Leave it to Quatre to get it right where the
others all failed. The girl's faced lightened three degrees and she began a
smile.

"Oh, Well, My
name is Serena, and this is Sammy and..."

"Go away! You
leave us alone!"

"Sammy!"

"Serena!"

"Spore!"

"Meatball
head!"

"Hey! Take
that back you little..."

"Miss?"

"Huh? Oh,
sorry. You're in Tokyo, Japan, the residential Jubban district to be more
precise. If you would like to go into town, take this street, turn left, then
right, then go straight past the Cross Roads Junior High School. We're going
that way now, would you like to join us, ...?"

"Oh, well,
I'm Quatre R. Winner. These are my friends, Wufei, the one who is scowling, and
Duo, the one rolling on the ground." Duo sat up and waved. "The tall one is Trowa, and the one
with the gun still pointed at you is Hiiro. We would love to join you."

"Great. If you
couldn't tell, this is my brother Sammy." 'Sammy' turned away and began
sulking. "Sorry, he's not in the best mood. We just got out of our house,
and right before we left, our mother and father died."

"Oh, I'm so
sorry."

"Yeah. Us
too, us too." The smile that had been on her face melted away, leaving a
frown in its place. Hiiro, too, frowned. A frown did not belong on this girl's
face.*