Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Elements ❯ Chapter 19 ( Chapter 19 )

Disclaimer: Neither Gundam Wing nor its characters are mine. They are the property of their respective owners. Rhys (when he shows up) is not mine. He is the property of Laurel K. Hamilton. The Sidhe, the way I use them, are Laurel K. Hamilton's interpretation of the faeries from mythology. If I use Hands of Power, which I might, they are the creation of Laurel K. Hamilton, too.

Pairings: 2x1 (eventually), 6+1, 5+1, implied 3+4, R+H, H+9+H, others to be named Rating: NC-17, probably Warnings: AU, OOC, probably lemon, semi Duo- bastardization (don't worry, he gets over it), I should probably add angst, NICE RELENA Chapter 18, 3x1 lemon, but don't worry, it's just sex.

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The Elements

Chapter 19

Heero looked up from Trowa to see his brothers and Rhys rush into the clearing. He smirked as one of them yelled that they had to close the portal before They escaped. 'It's too late,' Heero thought, as he saw the spirits of the Riders flying overhead.

"You're too late!" he screamed at them. "They're already *here*!" Heero threw his arms out at the sky. "They're here and now we can begin to end this!"

Heero rose from Trowa, pulling his pants up in one motion. He looked down at Trowa, who was still in a post-orgasmic bliss and not completely aware of what was going on. "I have no further use for you," Heero said. Trowa looked up at him, a thousand questions showing in hi eyes, but said nothing.

Heero walked to his brothers, knowing that they would want some explanation as to why he had opened the portal and let the Riders out. He knew that they could see that he had done it deliberately, but what they didn't know was that he had been planning to do this his entire fifteen years as Heero Yuy. He was supposed to; the Riders had to be let onto the Earth when there were only four Elements. As he passed by Rafe, Leif, and Eric, Heero said two words: "Great Flood". He knew that they would understand what he meant by that.

Heero stumbled as one of the Riders entered him through his bare chest. He looked around as the other three Riders entered his brothers. He felt himself slowly be pushed to the back of his own mind as the Rider fought its way in.

Heero hoped that he had done the right thing, as the Rider fully took over his body.

***

A girl, maybe fifteen or so, picked the lock on Heero's trunk. She lifted the lid and hefted the Book of Shadows that Heero was supposed to protect out, placing it on Heero's bed. If she could sweat, she would have been pouring buckets--that book was damn heavy. Especially for a dead person.

She glanced nervously at the clock on the desk, estimating that she had maybe five minutes before They noticed she was missing. She flipped to the last page of the book, right after where Queen Ayiana had written about the Elements.

"Riders," she wrote at the top, "A.K.A., the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The Riders are the fabled four horsemen of the apocalypse. They act their parts as Death, War, Plague, and Famine. The Elements are to keep the portal to their world closed; however, every few thousand years, two of the Elements fuse, making it possible for the Riders to fully control them if and when the portal is opened. The last known sighting of the Riders was the time of the Great Flood. Spirit and Water were fused then, Water having died while in the womb.

"There is no known way to kill the Riders; all known incidents of the Riders end with them being sent back to their world. There is only one person who can send the Riders back to their world: the fused Element. This Element is always fused with Spirit, and it is always the *other* Element (Water in the Great Flood) that sends them back."

Kali hoped that somebody would see that and be able to use it, but she wasn't too optimistic. She had done all she could, though. She left the page open, and faded back to the Waiting Room.

***

Oberon looked at his brothers, the Sidhe bodyguard, and finally, the nymph. He laughed when he saw that the one known as Trowa finally understood what had happened, and what his part had been in it. Oberon crouched down beside the nymph, having walked back over their after gaining control of Earth's body.

"I think Earth is correct," Oberon said, "I have no further use for you." He chuckled deep in his throat as the child tried to break away from Death's gaze. "But first, I want to see if a half-nymph is as connected to his tree as a *real* nymph is."

Oberon walked--no, glided -- to Trowa's tree and put his hand on it. The tree immediately charred, turning to dust in mere seconds.

Oberon turned to his brothers--Bel, Dylan, and Gwydion--and told them to knock out the bodyguard. He watched as his closest brother, Gwydion, sucker punched his host's lover.

"Brothers," Oberon said, and the three looked at him, "we are the harbingers of a new era. We are the bringers of death, war, famine, and plague." He pointed to himself, Bel (in Leif's body), Dylan (in Eric's body), and Gwydion, respectively. "This time, the Element's strongest member is dead. My host, the fused one, does not know how to beat us, and we will prevail. Now, go forth and do your stuff. Make our time here fun and enjoyable for ourselves."

***

Duo and Relena arrived at the grove, only to see an obviously in-pain Trowa. Duo ran to him, paying no attention to his state of dress--or undress, to be more accurate.

"What happened?" Duo asked, cradling Trowa's head in his lap. "Where's Heero?"

Trowa opened his mouth, as if to say something, but no words came out. Duo leaned down and heard the end of what Trowa was saying. "...not Heero. The Horsemen ride again."

Duo rose up, confused by Trowa's words. What wasn't Heero? And what was this about horsemen? Duo didn't have much time to think about this, though, because he soon became aware that he couldn't feel Trowa breathing.

"Trowa?" Duo said, trying to feel for a pulse on the boy's neck. "Trowa! Trowa, answer me! Relena, go get help! Trowa, please be okay!"

Duo barely noticed as Relena took off running to the dorms; he was too busy trying to revive Trowa.

"Trowa!" he screamed. "Trowa, don't you dare die on me!"

Selune