Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Meaning of Alone ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Title: The Meaning of Alone: Chapter Three

Author: Datiye Arisu

Warnings: See chapter one

Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No money, don't sue.

Authors Notes: See bottom.

*Heero's POV*

He heard machines beeping. Hospital machines. He was in a hospital. What was he doing in a hospital? He searched his mind for the last events he could remember. He had followed Duo to the bar. Then he had found Duo in the alley. He killed the men. He yelled at Duo. Then Duo shot him.

Duo shot him. That was why he was here. Duo shot him and he didn't die. He told Duo he loved him and he didn't die.

He wasn't allowed to think on it anymore when a perky blonde nurse and squealed in delight when she saw that he was awake. She immediately called a doctor and checked his vitals. "Oh, you're awake! We were worried you wouldn't pull through. Your friend still won't say a word. I can't wait to tell him you're up! Ever since you guys got here he just lies in bed."

"My friend?" he rasped out.

The nurse poured a glass of water and handed it to him. "Yeah, the guy with the long hair. The cops found you two in an alley. Someone called in reporting gunshots but it takes awhile to respond to that area. When they got there they found two dead bodies and him cradling you in his arms. He was rocking back and forth mumbling and crying. They thought you were dead too. They had to put you in the ambulance together because he wouldn't let you go. He hasn't said a word since we've seen him. We don't even know your names. You guys are the talk of the hospital."

Heero processed the information as it was given to him. First off, Duo was not speaking. While being disturbing, it was probably for the best. The hospital knew nothing about them. That meant that no one had come and given them the information. So no one knew they were here. "Do you have a phone? I have to call someone."

She smiled. "No problem. I'm sure you want to let someone know where you are." She left the room and came back shortly with a phone in her hand. She gave it to Heero. "Don't move around too much. I'll give you some privacy.

Heero dialed Quatre's number. It rang twice before anyone picked up. "Hello?"

"Quatre, this is Heero."

"Heero?! Oh my god, where are you? Is Duo with you?"

"Yes, Duo is with me. We are at the hospital. You need to bring Sally here and get us out."

"Why? What happened?"

"I'm not sure But we are drawing too much attention. I'm not sure where in the hospital Duo is but he isn't speaking. We are registered as John Doe's so you will have to provide identities to get us out. And don't forget to bring us clothes."

"Got it. Don't worry about a thing. We will get there in about twenty minutes. Don't do anything stupid like get yourself out."

"That is not an option. If it was I would have done it already."

"Point taken. See you soon."

Heero hung up the phone and hit the call button. When the nurse came in he handed her the phone. "Someone will be here in twenty minutes for me and my friends=. They will give you all the information you need. I would like to rest until then."

She smiled at him. "Of course, hon. I'll go tell your friend that you're okay and to expect visitors." She left the room and closed the door behind her.

Heero closed his eyes and tried to figure out what exactly he was going to tell everyone when they got there. He knew he couldn't tell them the truth.

*****

Sally and Quatre arrived at the hospital exactly twenty minutes later to pick up Heero and Duo. It wasn't too hard to get them released once they convinced the doctors that the boys were patients under Sally's care. They were signed over to her without further questioning.

Duo wasn't in very bad condition. He was able to change his clothes and walk out of the hospital under his own power but, due to his refusal to speak, was held in the psychiatric ward of the hospital.

Heero, while mentally stable, was in much worse physical condition. He was under strict orders to move as little as possible and was not to stand or sit up. He was being held in ICU but was told that he would have been moved very soon if he wasn't getting picked up. They were not able to change him into his street clothes due to his injury. He had to be rolled out of the hospital on a stretcher wearing nothing but a hospital gown and a thin sheet to cover him. Thankfully Sally had thought to bring a small ambulance instead of a car to pick them up. When they got to where they were parked she told Duo to go sit in the front seat and wait while she and Quatre loaded Heero into the back. Once he was inside the ambulance and out of earshot Sally said to Heero, "What happened to you guys? I have never seen Duo so quiet before."

Heero said, "Mission gone bad. The details are classified."

Sally looked back to the front where Duo was sitting. "Do you know what happened to him?"

Heero kept his expression blank. "I'm not entirely sure. Torture, most likely. I intend to question him tonight, if he is responsive."

Sally nodded. "And you, how did you get shot?"

"I was careless. We should get going."

Quatre jumped in. "I agree. Trowa and Wufei are waiting for us at the new location. We decided after your call that it would be best to move. We had really been there too long anyway."

*****

The new safe house that they found was smaller than the last one, farther from civilization. There was only one bedroom with two twin beds. It was decided that Heero and Duo would share the room and the other three would sleep in the living room. When they got to the house Trowa and Wufei were already there, stocking it with the supplies that they would need. Quatre and Sally brought Heero strait into the bedroom and laid him on one of the beds. Duo silently sat down on the other bed and watched.

Sally cut the hospital gown off of Heero and removed his bandages to check on his wound. "The doctors at the hospital told me that the bullet missed all of your vital organs, which is good," Sally said. "Unfortunately it tore through a lot of your muscle. They also thought it would be too dangerous to remove the bullet because of how deep it's in there. You had already lost a lot of blood by that point so cutting you open further and digging around for a bullet embedded in a muscle would have been a bad idea. So keep in mind there is a bullet in there and your body will be trying to reject it but I doubt that it will be able to. The best thing you can do is stay in bed and rest." Once satisfied that the wound was treated properly she rebandaged it with fresh gauze and covered Heero with a blanket. She left the room insisting that the boys get some rest.

Heero looked around the room, which was bare save the two beds. They would most likely add a table or two later. His eyes drifted over to Duo who was staring at him with a strange look in his eyes, one that Heero could not read. They stared at each other until it seemed as if Duo suddenly came back to reality and realized that Heero was looking back at him. He turned away and occupied himself with getting undressed. As the clothing fell away more and more bruises were revealed on Duo's skin. Heero clenched his fists at his sides. I could have stopped that. It didn't have to happen. Dou climbed into his bed and curled up almost into a ball with the covers tucked in all around him.

"What is your physical condition?"

Duo stared up at the ceiling. "I received a concussion from the initial blow to my head. Both of my wrists were dislocated form struggling in the cuffs. They were set upon arrival at the hospital. I have several lacerations in my… The guy had sharpened fingernails so-"

Heero could hear him starting to get upset so he cut him off. It was upsetting him too. "Stop. I understand. You don not have to continue."

"Thank you," Duo said quietly.

TBC

Notes:

Hi guys! Thanks to all who reviewed. Sorry I took so long to update. My computer is a piece of crap and it stopped working for like a week and a half. I've got another chapter coming up soon, probably in a week. After that I have writers block so if anyone has any god ideas lease tell me so I can get moving along on this. Also, I will be posting an entirely new fic shortly. I have most of it written so I just need to type it up. I just hope my computer doesn't die again. Well, that's what I have for now. Thanks for reading. I hope you liked it.