Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Ghosts of Fort Riley ❯ Home at Last ( Chapter 6 )

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Title: The Ghosts of Fort Riley

Disclaimer: I don't own GW or MTVs Fear.

****Home at Last****

Hilde heaved a sigh of relief as she finished packing all of her clothes and accessories into her two suitcases. She
couldn't believe that she survived MTVs Fear. She wondered what Duo must be thinking now that she had proven her bravery
and guts. "Probably surprised that quiet, nervous little me stuck to her guns and saw the investigation of Fort Riley through."
thought Hilde smugly.

Just as she closed the locks on her suitcases, someone knocked on the door, interrupting her thoughts. Hilde looked
up and rushed to the door.

"Who is it?" asked Hilde through the door.

"It's me, Timothy."

"Timothy! What are you doing here?" asked Hilde.

"I came here to tell you that the taxi is here to pick us up for our ride to the airport."

"Okay, I'm ready to go. Did Jake leave already?" asked Hilde

"No, he is leaving with us to the airport, he is waiting for us down at the lobby." answered Timothy.

"I still can't believe that our ordeal is really over, it seems that it was all a dream." said Hilde.

"I know what you mean." said Timothy, "Come on let's go down to the lobby before Jake starts to worry."

He gave Hilde a smile and bent down to pick up her luggage. He stepped aside to let her by and closed the door
for her. Hilde looked at Timothy curiously, she wondered what was wrong with him. He sure was acting kind of funny and
maybe just a little bit nervous. But before Hilde could ask what was wrong with him, they had already reached the lobby
and climbed into the taxi with Jake, heading for the airport.

"Once we reach the airport, I will board a plane that will leave me in San Antonio, Texas. I can't wait to go home
and see my family again. I want to be as far away from Fort Riley as possible and regain my sanity from the crazy adventure
we had." said Jake.

Hilde gave Jake a teasing look, "Isn't it true that Our Lady Of The Lake University is haunted?"

Jake gave Hilde a mock glare, "Well, at least over there, I didn't get attacked or forced to stay in a place that gave
me the creeps."

"You were never forced to complete a dare Jake, that was your own choosing." stated Timothy.

"Timothy and I will board a plane to Boston and from there I will board a shuttle that will take me to L2." said
Hilde. "Even I need to regain my sanity, thank the Lord I'm on vacation."

"You're from L2?" asked Timothy

"Yep, I have a roommate at our house there and we both run a salvage yard." answered Hilde

"You run a salvage yard?" asked Jake.

"Is that so hard to believe?" asked Hilde, "I can fix a car, shuttle, or mobile suit like any man."

"He didn't mean to offend you Hilde. It's just amazing that's all." said Timothy, "So, is this roommate of yours
as beautiful as you are?"

"My roommate is not a girl by any means, Timothy. My roommate's name is Duo Maxwell, he used to be a
gundam pilot."

"Your roommate is a gundam pilot? That's pretty cool!" exclaimed Jake.

"Anything going on between you two?" asked Timothy, tensing immediately.

"No, of course not. He is my best friend." said Hilde, amused and a little sad.

Timothy stared at Hilde with obvious relief. So she was free to be persued! What a fool this Duo must be to not
recognize what a brilliant and sweet girl Hilde is. Timothy leaned a little closer to Hilde and gave her a possesive hug, how
much he was going to enjoy winning her love.

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Duo grinded his teeth in impatience as he at last parked his car in the Kansas airport parking lot. He hoped that
he wasn't too late to pick up Hilde. He didn't want her to be in Timothy's company any longer than was necessary, he didn't
want Hilde to fall in love with Timothy.

He ran to the airport's waiting area where it was packed with passengers and people waiting for their loved ones.
Duo looked around and spotted an airport worker giving directions to a family going to Michigan.

"Hello, excuse me. Do you know where the people from Fear are supposed to board the plane?" asked Duo in
a barely restrained voice.

"Yes, of course sir. Are you going to pick up one of the people in the group?"

"Yes, ma'am. I'm here to pick up my girl Hilde." answered Duo.

"Alright, they should be appearing down that hall within a couple of minutes." said the airport attendant, pointing
down the hall to the far right.

"Thanks lady." said Duo, rushing down the hall to greet Hilde. Duo gasped as soon as he ran down the hall. The
scene that greeted his eyes made him see red.

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The sight that greeted Duo down the hall made his blood boil with barely controlled jealousy. NO one should
touch and talk to Hilde like that except him!

"Hilde, something happened while we were investigating Fort Riley." Timothy was saying, "I know I shouldn't
be telling you this right now, but I can't hold this any longer. Hilde, I fell in love with you since the first time I saw you talking
with Sasha. I don't know there is something about you that made me fall in love with you, your bravery, your beautiful face,
and your kindness towards others. I couldn't help falling in love with you."

Hilde stared at Timothy in total shock, she suspected that Timothy might like her, but she didn't expect for him
to confess to her that he loved her! Hilde placed her hand over her chest and continued to stare at Timothy in confusion.

"You are in love with me?" she asked in disbelief.

"Yes, and seeing your courage at the face of great terror made me fall more in love with you." said Timothy
in a rush. "Please tell me that it is not too late for me to win your affections."

"Timothy, I can't tell you anything right now. When you told me that you had something to tell me, I didn't
expect this!"

"You guys, I don't think this is the time to confess whatever you guys are feeling. We are each going to miss
are flights if keep standing around." interrupted Jake.

"Will you wait a minute!" retorted Timothy, turning around to talk to Hilde. "You are free for me to love you?"

Hilde stared at Timothy with conflicting emotions. She liked him alot, but she knew that she would never love
him. She had given her heart away to someone who would probably never love her in return. Hilde stared at Timothy with
heartbroken sympathy. She could never give Timothy false hope, she knew very well how it felt to hope and then have your
hopes stomped down.

Hilde was about to open her mouth to tell him that they should probably stay friends when Timothy leaned his head
down and gave her a gentle but passionate kiss. Hilde gasped in surprise, instinctively opening her mouth. Timothy took that
as an invation and gently rubbed his tongue against Hilde's.

"You guys watch out!" shouted Jake, when he spotted a very angry Duo rushing towards Hilde and Timothy.

"What the he.....uh!" groaned Timothy as Duo's punch hit him on the cheek. Hilde screached and immediately
stepped back.

Timothy looked up and glared at Duo. Just who did he think he was! Timothy rubbed his cheek and rushed to
Duo. Duo was more than ready and gave Timothy a hard kick to the stomach, forcing Timothy to gasp in pain.

"STOP IT!" shouted Hilde as she saw Timothy give Duo a punch in the cheek, giving Duo a split cut on his lip and
a bruised cheek.

Both boys stopped fighting and stared at Hilde in surprise, as if they had forgotten that she was there. Hilde was
staring at the both of them with such freezing scorn that made them forget about their fight.

"Duo, what are you doing here! You are making a fool of me and yourself ! How could you, you big self absorved
big jerk!" shouted Hilde in great anger.

"Hilde, I didn't...I came here to pick you up and surprise you!" shouted Duo.

"Surprise me! SURPRISE ME!" shouted Hilde, her voice rising. "Is this the surprise you had planned for me!"

"No damn it to hell, I came here because I love you!" shouted Duo.

Timothy stared at Duo in rising anger, "You think Hilde is going to love you, you insensitive jackass!"

Duo turned to Timothy, "I would suggest to shut your foul stinking trap if you know what's good for you!"

"I love Hilde and I can win her heart better than you can!" snapped Timothy.

"MY GOD! WILL YOU TWO STOP IT THIS SECOND!" shouted Hilde.

Duo and Timothy turned around to stare at Hilde. She looked like she didn't love either one of them right now by
the look on her face. Jake walked over to Hilde and place a calm hand on her shoulder.

Hilde turned to Timothy and stared at him with mixed anger and heartbreaking sympathy. At that moment Timothy
realized that Hilde would never love him. He had lost her before he even had the chance to win her heart, maybe he never had
a chance at all.

"Timothy, I value your friendship, but I can never love you. I'm really sorry about that." said Hilde in an angrily
firm voice, turning to Duo in fierce anger.

"And you, you big egotistical jerk! What gives you the right to come all the way over to pick a fight and immediately
assume that I would go to you without a second thought! I have loved you since the first time I saw you and all that you ever
showed me was brotherly affection! Right now I'm so pissed off at you that I can't think straight! I don't want to be near the
both of you right now!" said Hilde in angry voice at last bursting into tears as she turned and ran outside to the parking lot. Duo
rushed after Hilde, forgetting about Timothy and Jake.

Timothy was about to go after them when he was stopped by Jake. Jake shook his head and kept a firm hand at
Timothy's shoulder. "No, Timothy. I know that you know that Hilde would never love you the way that she loves Duo. I think
that they should solve this problem for themselves."

Timothy nodded in understanding and sighed, maybe he was destined to never win a woman's love. He smiled at
Jake and bent down to pick up his back pack. "I need time to think and get my perspectives in order."

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Hilde ran with tears rushing down her cheeks as she heard Duo running in close persuit. She ran even faster but she
knew it would be no use trying to outrun the god of death. Within seconds Duo had her in his arms, Hilde struggled against his
strong grip on her and at last she gave up.

Duo just picked her up in his arms and carried her to his car. He placed her inside the Jaguar's comfortable
passenger seat and quietly started the car. He looked over at Hilde and he backed out of the parking lot, "Hilde I...."

"I'm not speaking to you right now!" Hilde snapped.

Duo closed his mouth and drove towards the highway, heading for a private airfield that had a private shuttle waiting
for them, courtesy of Quatre. Duo snuck glances at Hilde and he knew better than to try to speak to her when she was in a
foul mood. He sighed as he saw the private airfield up ahead, if no problems arose, they could be back on L2 within 5 hours.

Hilde looked at Duo when she saw the airfield up ahead. What could the braided baka be up to? She opened her
mouth to ask where they were going when she remembered that she wasn't speaking to him. As if Duo could read her mind, he
turned around to look at her and said, "Quatre booked us a private shuttle for L2. We should be home in 5 hours at the most."

Hilde just glared at Duo and turned to look out the window. She knew she couldn't take this anymore, as soon as
she returned to the house on L2 she was going to find a permanent place to stay on earth. Preferably a place near the MIT
campus, maybe that way she could get over him. She remembered when Duo shouted that he loved her, but she wouldn't take
any chances. What if Duo didn't mean what he said and only said that he loved her in the heat of the moment?

Duo parked the Jaguar in front of the shuttle and opened Hilde's door. Hilde ignored Duo's helping hand and got
out herself. She greeted the shuttle's crew and settled herself inside. Duo sighed and followed her inside, he wondered how
long Hilde was going to ignore him, he had never seen her this mad before.

Duo sat next to Hilde as the shuttle took off 10 minutes later. He turned around to look at her and grabbed Hilde's
hand firmly when she tried to snatch it away.

"Hilde, please talk to me." Duo pleaded.

"I can't. I'm too mad right now." said Hilde curtly.

"Hilde, I'm sorry I acted like a jerk back there, but I couldn't help it. I love you too much to let you go."

Hilde scoofed, "You? You honestly love me? I don't believe you Duo! You think apologizing will make things
better between us? Since the day I've met you all you ever shown me was brotherly affection and all of a sudden you pay
attention to me! How am I supposed to act Duo. You expect me to throw myself at your feet and thank my lucky stars that
you finally noticed that I'm alive?"

Duo flinched and let go of Hilde's hand, "I admit that I had acted like a jerk Hilde, I won't deny that. But I know
that I really love you. I was just afraid to admit it."

Hilde looked at Duo in disbelief, did he really expect for her to fall for that? She sighed and got up. Hilde walked
over to a private bedroom and turned to stare at Duo.

"As soon as we arrive on L2, I'm going to gather all of my belongings and move out. I can't stand this uncertainty
any longer. I love you Duo, but right now I can't believe that you love me." With that Hilde opened the door to the bedroom
and stepped inside, locking the door behind her.

Duo stared at her dumbfounded and he quietly walked into his own bedroom, hoping that by the time they got
home, that he would be able to find some way to win Hilde back.

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Duo and Hilde arrived on L2 around 8:30 pm, it was already 10:00 in the evening when they finally made it to
the house. Hilde sighed and placed her purse on the kitchen table and turned to Duo.

"What about my luggage?" she asked.

"I will take care of that right away." said Duo as he walked into the living room, to make a call to the airlines about
Hilde's luggage.

Hilde sighed and walked upstairs to her bedroom. She quickly took off her coat and went into the shower to
bathe and prepare herself to go to bed. She really didn't want to move out, she loved this house and the memories that went
along with it. Hilde got out of the shower a few minutes later and dressed in her favorite saphire blue tank top and boxers, fell
deep asleep.

Duo woke up to hearing someone moaning and screaming in terror as if a ghost was coming after them. It took
Duo a few seconds to realize that Hilde was probably having a nightmare. Without a second thought, Duo rushed out of bed
and burst into Hilde's room.

"Hilde, Hilde!" exclaimed Duo with concern, "Wake up!"

Hilde moaned as she continued to see General Custer's ghost soming after her. She shivered in pure terror as she
saw Custer's furious face come near her own. "Please don't hurt me! Please, I'm not here to harm you! Duo! Duo, save me!
Duo, I need you!"

"Hilde, wake up! It's only a nightmare!" shouted Duo, shaking Hilde gently.

Hilde struggled against Duo, still trapped in her terrifying nightmare. It took her several seconds to realize that Duo
was in her bed wearing nothing but his boxers. Hilde whimpered and snuggled closer in Duo's arms where she felt safe and
secure.

"Don't worry Hilde, it was only a nightmare. I'm here, I will protect you." soothed Duo, rubbing his hands against
Hilde's back.

"Duo." whimpered Hilde, placing soft kisses along Duo's neck and shoulders. Duo growled and tightened his arms
around Hilde's body, Hilde was driving him to the brink of insanty with her innocent kisses.

"Hilde, I don't think that is such a good idea. I won't be able to control myself if you continue to kiss me like that
baby." said Duo, kissing Hilde on the forehead.

"Duo, I love you. Please say that you love me." pleaded Hilde in desperation.

"Aw, Hilde of course I love you, I realized that I loved you when you almost lost your life getting that disk for us."

Hilde looked at Duo with tears in her eyes, she gave Duo a tired and loving smile and snuggled even closer to him,
she gently grabbed Duo's face and kissed him gently on the lips. She rang her tongue along the seam of his lips and whimpered
when she felt Duo open his mouth for her. Hilde moaned in response and shyly rubbed her tongue against Duo in a slow sensous
dance that made them both gasp for breath. Duo moaned and gently tore his lips away from Hilde, he gently traced his finger
along Hilde's smooth cheek and smiled tenderly at her.

"I love you Hilde, you never will have to prove yourself for me." and with that Duo dragged Hilde on top of him
and they both fell deep asleep together, dreaming dreams that only people who truly loved each other shared.

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End of this Chapter and story!

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