Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Peace Children ❯ Chapter 13 ( Chapter 13 )

Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and none of its characters are mine. None of the mystical creatures are of my creation. Seelie and Unseelie, the way I use them here, were created by Laurel K. Hamilton. Hands of power were also created by Laurel K. Hamilton. The story and all original characters are mine. If I forgot to credit anything to its rightful owner, please email me, and I will credit it to them.

Pairings: 2x1 eventually, 3+4, 5+? OC+? 13+11 5+M H+OC (Kali) +H Rating: NC- 17, eventually Warning: eventual lemon, no spoiler, AU, definite yaoi, possible yuri, OOC, angst, more as it comes

Author's notes: 'blah' = thoughts 'blah' = mind-speaking

<<blah>> = Low Mystical

A.N. Low Mystical is different from High Mystical in that humans can hear it, it can be translated, etc.

Peace Children Chapter 13

Heero, still in child form, got out of the car. He looked around and was slightly surprised that everybody else was already standing on the lawn.

"Let's go inside," he said in he pre-pubescent voice. They walked right inside, Odin having forgotten to lock the door in his haste to get to the hospital. Heero shut and locked the door when the last of them had gotten in; then he led them to the intelligence/defense room.

"Before we go in here," he said, "I need to know who is fully on board. Odin and myself know the risks. The Collectors have been finding us too quickly, and they will most assuredly kill us if we don't kill them first. The plan is to go to their headquarters and annihilate them. After all," Heero snorts, "it was what I was made to do. The point is, any and all of us could be killed during this, so I give you one chance to leave."

The room was silent, until finally Trowa spoke up," I will not leave. Even if I didn't have to, I would stay to help you kill the Collectors."

"Like Hell I'm going to leave Trowa," Quatre said, clutching his koi protectively. He whispered into Trowa's ear, "What do you mean, you have to?"

"Somebody has to take care of you," Hilde said in way of explanation.

"I will help you bring justice to those vermin," Wufei said, even though he meant he would bring vengeance to them.

"You know I'm not leaving," Odin laughed. "You think I'm going to let you have all the fun?"

Heero smiled at all of them in thanks before turning to Duo, who had been oddly silent. "Duo?" he prodded.

"Before I say anything, can you *please* make yourself look normal?" Duo asked. "I don't want to say this to a six year-old."

Heero consented and concentrated as he had before, only to reverse the changes. He grew taller, but he still ended up shorter than everyone in the room, excluding Hilde. His clothing changed with him, growing proportionally larger as he did. Heero's shirt changed from red to blue, and constricted on his frame as he grew, his rock-hard abs showing through the material and exposing a sliver of his tanned stomach. The jeans darkened and the band shortened to become hip-huggers. Blue eyeliner appeared on Heero's eyes, and his lips glossed over.* Finally, a necklace bearing the sign of Gemini appeared on his neck. Hero opened his eyes and the transformation was complete.

'Why'd he have to pick *that* outfit to change into?' Duo thought, his own pants getting tighter. Duo looked around and noticed the others' eyes on his baby. Quatre, who before had only looked at Heero with contempt, looked like he was ready to pounce and have his way with him. Trowa eyed Heero with undisguised lust before he looked away, crimson staining his cheeks. Hilde was looking Heero up and down, probably imagining him with green eyes, black hair, and tits. Even Wufei, his best friend for two years and whom Duo *knew* was straight as an arrow, was drooling at the sight of Heero.

The only person not looking at Heero like he was a piece of meat was Odin. Odin looked like all he wanted to do was throw a burka over Heero and gouge the eyes out of everyone who had seen him. Duo remembered that Kali said Odin was a very over-protective father to the two of them.

Before he could start World War III, Duo drug Heero out of the hall, into another room. "Where's your room?" he asked. "We need to talk, in private."

***

"Kali, my name's Kali," she said in response to Catherine's question.

"Kali," Cathy repeated. "That's a cool name." Kali motioned for Catherine to get in the car, and she did. "Where are we going?"

"We're going to Collector headquarters," Kali responded. "I'm going to fulfill my destiny."

Catherine didn't know what her new friend meant by this. She gasped when she finally understood what Kali meant. "You're going to destroy the Collectors. You're a Peace Child!"

Kali smirked at her as she sped off, neither confirming nor denying the claim.

***

Unit 5 arrived at Mercy Hospital exactly forty-six minutes and twelve seconds after they received their orders. They walked past the front desk and up the steps to the 4th floor. Nurses, doctors, and others ducked out of the way of the six armed men.

Collector Mueller stopped the unit at the door to 416 and kicked it in. The unit tensed as they waited for some type of retaliation. When none came, they relaxed somewhat.

The six readied their guns and stalked into the room. They surrounded the bed of the sleeping boy. Mueller reached out to caress the boy's cheek; he was entranced by his beauty.

'Bad Mueller,' a voice came into his mind, before the Gemini Heero exploded, killing everyone in the room.

***

As Heero led Duo up the stairs to his room, his necklace began to glow.

"What's they mean?" Duo asked, pointing to the necklace.

"It means that we have less people to kill," he answered, opening the door to his room. "This is my room. Will you tell me your answer now?"

Duo sat on the bed in the sparsely furnished room and motioned for Heero to sit by him. When the boy sat, Duo took his hands in his own. "How do you feel about me?" he asked.

"What kind of question is that?!" Heero demanded.

"The kind whose answer will determine whether I stay with you, or whether I go home and pretend this never happened," Duo replied, looking into Heero's startled eyes. "Please, just answer the question."

"I love you," Heero said, hesitantly. "I love you more than I've ever loved anyone; more than my sister, more than my father, more than my stupid cat.** I love you so much it hurts. The mere thought of you not loving me back just a fraction of what I love you makes me want to fade away. I love you so much that I would die if you left me, but I would let you go, because I would never want you to do anything you didn't want to . So, in answer to your question, Duo Maxwell, I love you."

"Wow," Duo said. "I sure am glad you said that, because I think even if you had said that you hated me, I was going to come with you. I love you, too, baby.

Selune

*this is the outfit he wore on the date

**will be explained later