Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Peace Children ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

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Peace Children Chapter 6

The first thing Heero noticed when he came to was that he couldn't feel his sister. At all. Except for right before he went to Limbo, he had always been able to feel her. Even if she was miles away and he hadn't spoken to her in hours, he could still feel her in the back of his mind. But now he couldn't.

"You're awake," someone said, coming to hover over Heero's bed.

Heero opened his eyes. "Where's Kali?" he asked.

"Who?" the person asked, confused. Heero could now see that it was Duo. "Anyway, you're in the hospital. You and Sera passed out, she's in a different room. Your father is on his way here now."

Suddenly there was a commotion outside of Heero's private room, and Kali burst into the room.

"Heero. I don't have much time," she told her brother, completely ignoring Duo's presence. "The change in me is starting and I don't want to hurt you. I just wanted you to know that I love you." With that, she kissed him chastely on the lips and ran out of the room.

Even when they kissed, Heero couldn't feel her in his head.

***

Odin barely had his car parked before he was out of it and running into the hospital. When he got in the doors, he rushed to the front desk.

"Where are Aldin and Sera Lowe?" he fiercely demanded.

"Just a moment, sir," the lady said while she typed the names into the computer. Odin barely quelled the urge to throttle the woman as she lazily looked for his children. "Okay, sir. They on the 4th floor. Rooms 416 and 417, respectively."

Odin ran to the elevator as soon as the woman said the room numbers. He pushed the button for the car to come, and when the doors didn't immediately open, he ran for the stairwell. Odin was really afraid because he couldn't feel his children in his mind anymore.

***

"Aldin?" Duo asked. "Aldin what was that about?" Duo had been holding Heero's hand and hadn't let go of him even when Kali kissed him. "Oh, I don't care." he said, and smothered Heero with kisses. "I was so sure I had lost you. When you stopped breathing, I felt like my heart had been ripped in two and then clogged on. I know we haven't known each other long, but I've never felt this way about anyone before. Aldin,... I-I love you."

Heero smiled at Duo's confession. "You're right. We haven't known each other that long. We don't know much about each other. You don't even know my real name. But I'd like you to." Heero put his hand on Duo's temple. He said, "I love you, too, Duo," before showing him everything.

***

Kali ran out of the hospital. With the knowledge that she was the War Child came the knowledge that she would soon lose herself. She knew that War had no soul, and soon her body would be an empty vessel. A powerful vessel, but empty nonetheless, with no soul or conscience.

Kali had to do something before her soul was completely consumed by the darkness within her. She had to pay a visit to a certain white-blond rapist.

***

Heero let go of Duo's temple and with it, his mind. He loved Duo with all his heart, and he now had the power to make the older boy stay with him, but he wanted it to be Duo's decision.

"Wow, that was intense." Duo said, stepping back a bit away from the boy he had known as Aldin. "So, your real name's Heero? And you aren't human?"

Heero nodded his agreement with both of these questions-that-weren't- really-questions. "Yes."

"How do I know this is real?" Duo asked, finally letting go of Heero's hand. "How do I even know you're telling the truth? I'm going to need some time." With that, Duo turned to walk out of the room and bumped into Heero's guardian.

Odin was carrying an unconscious Hilde. He set her down in a chair an went to his son's bed. "Sera's not in her room," he said quietly, reaching out to take Heero's hand. "Do you know where she is?"

"Cut the crap, *Odin*," Heero spat, becoming furious with his so- called father. "He knows our real names." Heero pointed to Duo, who was still in the room and tending to Hilde. "I told him everything." Heero jerked his hands away from his father's. He looked down at his lap, hands playing with the scratchy hospital sheets. "Why didn't you tell us?" he asked, his eyes filling with tears. "At least then we would've been ready."

"How much do you know?" Odin asked the boy he had raised from infancy. "How did you find out?"

"I know everything, more than you, even." Heero answered. "As for how I found out, a little birdie told me. A little birdie whose death you were partly responsible for, and who told you where to find us." Heero steeled himself for what he was about to say. "Go back to the Collectors, *Daddy*. You're not needed, or wanted, here anymore.

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