Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Greatest Thing ❯ In Medias Res ( Prologue )

“bleh” - Speech (as in conversations with people through voice)

*bluh* - Telepathy (as in conversations with people through the mind)

blah - Thoughts (As in the character is thinking to him or herself)

 

 

Prologue - In Medias Res

 

“You have won every battle you have fought…but, from where I am standing, you have lost everything worth fighting for. I will leave now, but know this. In me you lost a brother, in him…in him you lost everything.”

 

With those final words, the young man turned away from his once companion. His greatest friend, now his greatest foe, stood silently and watched his back unflinchingly. On this night, both were losing something precious. They were losing the only family they knew. But, at least one had warm arms of a lover to go to…the other…may his `duty' keep him safe.

 

The pack leader watched his companion leave, knowing that once his companion left, so too would his delta. He watched what he gave his life to walk away. And in that single moment, he was powerless. How had it come to this? He had built his life from nothing. He had saved a human boy, watched him grow, fed him, cared for him, loved him, and fought for him. Now, he watched that same boy leave. He should have stopped him, but he couldn't. It wasn't fair! He found this city of wolf-kin; He fought the Alpha; He earned the title of sovereign! All this was done in order to protect the human. The human who had gone out, fallen in love with his delta, turned into a half-kin and was now leaving him.

 

Powerless. The pack leader lay against his bed. The moment he took the title of Alpha things changed. The young human was no longer his only responsibility. He had the whole city of Ananse to care for. He had to assure that human slaves weren't mistreated but knew their place. He had to assure that the half-kin were treated with the same respect as a wolf-kin. He had to assure that the wolf-kin were satisfied enough to avoid rebellion. Powerless. He had done all this to keep one boy safe, and now he could no longer do that. Now he had to tend to the needs of many and could no longer find himself. He forgot himself when his young human fell in love. He threw himself into his duty and got lost. He had found sunshine though…only to lose it, once again, to duty. Powerless.

 

Duo Maxwell, his young human, his young half-kin, was leaving. And when he left, Heero Yuy would follow. His delta would throw away his title, his responsibilities, to follow Duo. Duo's words would haunt him…just as Wufei's did…just as Heero's did…and just as…

 

“You have won every battle you have fought…but, from where I am standing, you have lost everything worth fighting for.” Duo.

 

“Perhaps I am the lucky one my friend. For I have learned that I have a duty to myself as well.” Wufei.

 

“Hn. I will stay with you…but I will never leave my love. You may think that that is strength but I will never have that weakness.” Heero.

 

“I will do this for you. I will leave Ananse with them, and I will be their human slave for you. For your peace and for everything you've given me. I will do this for you, only you, because I love you.” Quatre. Quatre.

 

Trowa Barton, Alpha leader/sovereign of Ananse, was completely and utterly powerless.

 

No more

 

 

TBC…