Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Peace Children ❯ Chapter 26 ( Chapter 26 )

Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and none of its characters are mine. Most of the Mystical creatures are not mine. Prophets and Trackers are. 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, 3+4+3, 13+11 5+M H+Kali+H Rating CxKali Odin+OC: NC- 17, eventually Warning: several lemons, no spoiler, AU, definite yaoi, yuri lemon, OOC, angst, more as it comes

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

Peace Children Chapter 26

Heero's body fell to the floor with a "whump" as the cocoon melted away from him. "HEERO!" Duo cried out as he scrambled up from his position on the floor over to the lifeless body of his beloved. He pulled the boy's head into his lap as he felt for a pulse. "Oh, thank God," he breathed, his fear deflating as he felt the familiar "thump, thump" of Heero's heartbeat.

Duo pulled Heero further into his lap, cradling the boy's head in his arm. He rocked the two of them back and forth, petting Heero's head an whispering to him. Heero's wings kept getting in the way, but with a few adjustments, Duo was able to hold him comfortably. "Wake up, baby. Please. This can't be good for the babies," he said to Heero.

Heero's eyes fluttered open at the mention of his children, but they were not the deep blue Do had come to know. Heero smiled, not realizing that his once blue irises were now a metallic silver.

"Is it over?" he asked his tall lover, smiling tiredly at him from his place on Duo's lap.

Duo decided to ignore the changes in Heero's form -- the wings, the eyes, Goddess knew what else -- and to instead focus on comforting his angel. "You know, I think it is," he answered, hugging his mate to him.

***

Kali's spirit left Heero's body and returned to her own seconds after his cocoon erupted. She arrived in her body after her cocoon dissolved, and her body dropped back down to the bed.

She opened her eyes -- now silver, like her brother's -- to see Catherine and Hilde hovering over her like two mother hens. She tried to sit up, but couldn't because of the extra weight -- wings -- on her back. Kali reached out her hand, asking for help in rising from the bed.

Catherine, who was closer to that hand, grabbed it and helped her sit up. Kali smiled at her in thanks, before the barrage of questions came.

"What happened?"

"Where did you go?"

"Are you okay?"

"Do you need anything?"

"Some water? Food? Anything at all?"

"What is the meaning of life?"

Okay, okay. Nobody asked that last question. The girls tried to find out what had happened to Kali and whether she was hurt or not.

"I'm fine," she answered. "Actually, better than fine; I'm fan-fucking-tastic. I have all these new powers now. It's like I can feel *everything*. It's great, and a little overwhelming.

"As for what happened, Heero and I ascended. We killed the Collectors," she chuckled at this. "They're dead now; they'll never hurt anyone again. It's finally over."

Hilde and Catherine looked at each other. Could it be true? Was it really... over?

Kali looked at the two of them and nodded her head. "It's true. I saw it with my own eyes. Now, however, there's a more important matter at hand."

"What could possibly be more important than the destruction of the Collectors?" Hilde questioned.

"Now that they're dead, many things," Kali answered. "What I want to talk about, though, is us. The three of us." She turned to Hilde, taking the older girl's hands in her own. "Hilde, baby, I love you. I love your bright spirit, your loving soul, and the way you look in those short shorts of yours. But most of all, I love you for you, and the way you love me back." She leaned over to place a chaste kiss on Hilde's cheek, then she turned to Catherine.

Catherine's eyes were shimmering as she heard Kali's declaration of love for another. Kali reached over to wipe a fallen tear from her cheek. "Don't cry," she whispered, "for I love you, also. Cathy, my prophet, my light, my love. I love you for the way you make me feel like a woman, for how you try to cheer me up when I'm sad, and for your loving heart.

"The two of you are the missing parts of my soul, my soul mates. I can feel the both of you in my heart, and the though of losing either of you is too much for me to bear. If you want me to choose one of you, know that I cannot. It would be like choosing between air and water; I need to both to live, and without one I would die." Kali took one of Hilde's hands and one of Catherine's hands into her lap, kneading the flesh. She refused to look at either one of them. "Just know that I am sorry that I can't give either of you my whole heart. It does not belong to me anymore, but to the both of you."

Hilde and Catherine took their hands from Kali's, and her heart fell. Obviously, neither f them wanted her if she couldn't give her all of her heart.

She gasped in surprise when the two girls settled on the bed beside her -- Hilde on one side, Catherine on the other. Catherine took Kali's head into her bosom, stroking the young girl's hair. Hilde curled her frame around Kali, her arms around Kali's waist. She place on kiss onto Kali's exposed neck.

"We'll figure this out," one of them said. "Somehow, it'll all turn out okay."

***

Wufei and Meiran were confused when their prey suddenly turned to dust. Then it occurred to them that the operation must have been successful. They returned to human form and walked into the compound, heedless of their nude state. After all, they were Mysticals, and Mysticals were not modest beings.

They easily smelled their way to the chamber room, where everyone else was. The spouses walked in to quite a sight. About fifty Mysticals -- most royalty or nobility -- were milling around in various states of undress. Trowa was holding Quatre, who had apparently fainted when the wave him , over by some empty tubes. Odin and Cassandra were talking quietly between themselves, quite obviously making up after over 5,000 years apart.

Most importantly, Heero and Duo were in the center of the room. Heero was faintly glowing, an aftereffect of the chrysalis. Duo said something and he laughed, snuggling his naked body closer to Duo for warmth. He folded his wings around himself; Duo was still a possessive mate who didn't want anybody seeing him naked.

Wufei and Meiran looked at each other, taking Heero's show of modesty as a cue to cover themselves up. They shifted to half-dragon form, their scales adequately covering them, before walking the rest of the way into the room and greeting their friends.

Selune