Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Call Came at 5:00 ❯ Quatre ( Chapter 4 )

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The call came at 5:00

I jumped slightly, and was embarrassed because Trowa, Heero, and Wufei had seen me. But none of them commented. In fact, none of them did anything. Of course, I didn't do anything either. I was to surprised. We hardly ever get calls, and I was fairly relaxed. So it caught me completely off guard. Then Duo entered, and laughed before going over and picking it up.

"Hello?" There was a pause. Then he nodded.

"Okay." Without a word Duo went a turned the TV on. Flipping it to a news channel the face of Relena greeted us. I quite like her; she is honorable, noble, and brave. A bit obsessive perhaps, but all around a nice girl. She was about to start her speech when Heero turned to Duo.

"Who called?"

"Sally." I nodded, and I noticed the others did the same. Then Relena started speaking.

"It has been a long and hard war. And now I pleased to announce that as a result of the peace meetings between White Fang, the colonies, and all Earth factions, we have all agreed to lay down our weapons and end the war. The war is over. I repeat, everyone, the war is over." I heard the clapping but all of a sudden everything seemed surreal. It was as if I had fallen into some strange dream. Wufei turned the TV off. After a few minutes I heard Duo comment about how he never expected to live to see the end of the war. I suppose it was a joke, but Duo put no humor into it.

"I always hoped it would come…" I responded. "But now that it has I admit I have no clue what to do." They all nodded. Trowa spoke up.

"I think that's something we have to figure out on our own." Heero then turned and left. I called out after him.

"Where are you going?"

"To figure things out on my own." Duo laughed a bit. I moved to the cupboard.

"I think I need some tea. Anyone else want some?"

"I think I need something a bit stronger." With a smile he was gone to follow Heero up the stairs.

"That baka." Wufei shook his head at Duos response. He then also turned to leave. Trowa asked him where he was going, to which Wufei responded the gardens. Trowa sat down at the table and I joined him until the teakettle sang. I poured some for Trowa and myself, and then sat back down. There was so much I wanted to say, so much that wanted to coming pouring out. The war was over. And part of me wanted to scream with a mixture of happiness, confusion, and in some way, sadness. I wondered about the sadness inside of me. I heard Duo call out that he was leaving. Trowa said nothing. Of course, I wasn't even attempted conversation. I finished my tea and announced that I was going outside for a walk. He nodded and I left.

As I stepped out into the cold I just stood there to take a few breaths. I noticed the car was gone. Duo had taken it to go get drunk. Part of me thought perhaps he had the right idea. But I pushed that away. Ignoring this by getting drunk was not the way to go. I started to walk. I didn't go anywhere, and never got to far from the house. But I needed to think.

Why was there sadness? It added to the complete unreality of the situation. I should be happy. The pointless and bloody war was over. And I could even understand the confusion. How had this happened so suddenly? One minute the war was waging full scale, and the next there was peace? It didn't make much sense. Then I noticed that we hadn't had as many missions recently. Could this peace been happening for a while now but we just hadn't noticed? Had we been that blind as to not realize that the thing we were working for was coming?

As I walked I finally figured out what the sadness. A big part of me that I hadn't even realized was there wanted so badly to end the war. To be able to say that when all was said and done, I helped save more lives than I killed. That I, with the others, had stopped the bloodshed. But the war had ended without me. I had done everything I had been told to do, but it had never been enough. And here I was, a warrior with no war to fight.

There was also an underlying disappointment. Disappointment that I hadn't helped to end the war. Disappointment in myself for not being able to do more. In not being able to see this coming. In the people that had started the war because they killed so many people. There was so much I just wanted to let go of. Feelings I knew I shouldn't be feeling. There were selfish. I had no right to want to end the war. If the war was to end like that, how many more would have been killed? This was at least the bloodshed would stop. That I was happy about. I killed so much, but I never liked it. So I wouldn't miss being a gundam pilot. In theory. Not many people understand that when you pilot a gundam, it's not about being in a weapon of mass destruction. It's like being in the embrace of a friend that only wants to protect and save you. Of course, it helps to ignore that you are killing so many. For a time I taught myself to go onto autopilot when the killing was about to begin so I wouldn't have to remember. But then I realized that it wasn't fair to the people I killed to ignore their deaths. Of course, it wasn't fair to kill them either.

With a sigh I got up to move back to the house. I entered it, and went to the phone in the kitchen. It was time to go on with my future.

The phone rang before someone picked it up.

"Winner Residence."

"Hey. It's Quatre." There was an excited laugh.

"Quatre! Hey! What's up?"

"I suppose you heard about the war. Or lack thereof?"

"Yes! I was wondering if you were going to call." I was speaking to Chantelle, one of my sisters. I suppose some people would wonder how I could tell the difference between all of my sisters' voices, but I knew.

"Yeah," she replied. "I'm guessing you feel it's time to take over the company?"

"Yes. I'll need help though. I don't know to much about running a company." Chantelle laughed.

"We'll help you."

"Thanks. How are the others?"

"Well, Bonnie and Jessie are doing well. Rachell is being, well, Rachell, Hollie is traveling…" She then went down the list and told me how all of my sisters are doing. For a girl who can't name the seven dwarfs from that ancient fairy tale, naming all my sisters is an impressive feat. After she had finished we arranged a date for me to officially begin as head of the company. Then we said our good-byes and went to the living room.

Trowa was sitting there, and I went to sit next to him.

"Going back to circus?" He nodded.

"Going back to the company?" I nodded also. It appeared that we both had out futures ready. I was going to become the head of one of the biggest companies on Earth or the colonies, and he was to become a clown. I almost laughed. Here we were, absolute equals. And then we would leave, and all of a sudden our social standing would be wildly different. I would always think of him as equal though, I would think of all of the pilots as equal. We all may become totally different social standing, and nothing could ever shake my feeling that we were equal.

Wufei came in while I was thinking. Then I thought I heard footsteps behind me, but I didn't feel they mattered. After some more time passed Duo came in and headed upstairs. I then realized that we had been sitting in silence. Usually we talk…but I we were so caught up in thinking that I guess we forgot to talk. He turned to me as if to speak, but I spoke first.

"So what do we do now?"

End note: Okay…all that's left is Wufei and then the conclusions! And just so you know…the names of Quatres' sisters I made up. I don't know all there names. Not even sure if anyone knows all there names. But yes…not to much longer now!