Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Urgent Call ❯ A Happy Ending ( Chapter 10 )

A/N Right, well this is the last chapter, unless I decide to write an epilogue, I have really enjoyed writing this story and I will definitely miss it, thanks for all the feedback I got on the last chapter, I've never gotten that much for a story before let alone a chapter. Well, anyway here it is chapter 10…

Disclaimers, etc see first chapter.

Chapter 10

"Alright, you can see him but I'm warning you Zechs, you fuck with Heero and you fuck with death, I'll not let you off easy if there's a next time understand?" The expression on the face of the pilot who had indeed called himself `Death' during the war was terror in itself but at least it was only one of them, if Duo could be referred to as an `only'…

"Duo just beat us to it but that goes for any of us, if you hurt him we'll make what we did during the war look as insignificant next to this as a pop gun next to Wing's beam cannon, understand?" Zechs spun round and saw the three other pilots blocking the only exit to the room. He really should learn to stop tempting fate like that.

The calm, smiling, friendly politician was gone, this was pure gundam pilot and Zechs knew that Quatre Raberba Winner would do exactly what he said and if the expressions on the faces of the others was anything to go by they were in complete agreement with the gentle blonde. He gulped and nodded, he understood alright, understood that if Heero got hurt again then there'd be no more coming back from the dead for him. They may not find his body again but for a very different reason, this time it would have probably been fed into a meat grinder.

Duo grinned, without amusement, "Q, Tro, Fei, glad you could make it"

"This is your last chance," the words from the normally silent Trowa Barton surprised him but evidently no anyone else, "if he isn't worth it walk away now, he doesn't expect anything so he would be hurt and we wont have to kill you, last chance to leave Zechs."

Zechs nodded, "I understand."

"Is he important enough to you?" The first words from the hot-tempered Chinese pilot who had proved again and again that he would do anything for someone he cared about or something he believed in were not a surprise, the tone of voice was, it was calm and, if he was honest, it scared the hell out of him but still he answered quickly and with complete sincerity.

"Yes."

"How important?"

Zechs looked at him slowly, his heart breaking, "important enough for me to leave forever if that's what he honestly wants."

The pilots exchanged glances, conversing with a system of gestures and expressions that had driven hundreds of OZ's code-breakers through the roof as they tried to figure out what the hell it meant during the war.

Duo stepped forwards and the other pilots stepped aside, the sight was rather bizarre as all of them were still at least a head and shoulders shorter that him. "Well then," he gave him a light push, "go on, you know where his room is."

***

"What the hell do you want?" The question was asked before Zechs even knocked on the door.

Really, Zechs mused, he shouldn't have been surprised that Heero knew he was there even before he'd come into the sight line of the gundam pilot but of course Heero was facing the window, with his back to him, naturally his guard would be up, then again he'd often wondered during the war if J's `training' hadn't involved transplanting another pair of eyes into the back of Heero's head.

"I just… wanted to talk to you."

"And say what? Sorry?" Heero spun round and Zechs gasped as he caught sight of the small bundle in Heero's arms for the first time, even if Duo had told him about her the sight still came as a shock. "Sorry Zechs but `sorry' isn't going to work this time, how could you do that to me you bastard… And would you stop gaping at my daughter, I'm sure Duo told you about her.

"How old is she?"

"Why? Want to make sure I wasn't cheating on you? Well she's three months, was born full term and yes, that means that she was conceived before the end of the war." His face was a look of spite covering up complete pain as he smirked, "betrayal hurts doesn't it Zechs? Well you aren't going to just come back into my life and destroy me again and you are not getting anywhere near my daughter."

"I have no intention of hurting you…" He was cut off by the disbelieving snort. "…again and I would never lay a finger on Elle."

"Elle? That's what he told you her name was?"

"I thought he didn't lie."

"He doesn't, well not for anything other that a very good reason anyway and besides he didn't lie, her name is Elle but it's Mirielle, I always call her Miri though. Yeah," he laughed bitterly at the look on Zechs' face, "pathetic isn't it, someone else's baby and I call her after you."

"It's not pathetic."

Heero ignored the whisper, "well guess what Zechs? I can't give you another chance, because if I do…"

"Heero please, I love you more than I've ever loved anyone else before and if you can honestly tell me that you don't want me and that my leaving will make you happy then I will, even though it would tear my heart apart to do so. I've been stupid once and I know I'll not stupid enough to do something like this again." He sighed, broken, "I'm asking you to forgive me Heero but I'll understand if you can't."

"Zechs this isn't going to be like it was before, it can't be like it was before." He ignored the whispered, `well I should bloody well hope not,' "I have a daughter now and…"

"I know you have a daughter," Zechs said softly eyeing the small bundle in Heero's arms, "that little detail was a little hard to miss."

"How would you live with her, knowing she was someone else's baby? Knowing that I cheated on you"

"I'd love her no matter who's she was," he whispered. "This is probably the closest we'll ever come to having a baby of our own. We've both made mistakes Heero, some bigger than others," he admitted, "but I wont let anything stop us working this time," he bowed his head, "at least… not if that's what you truly want."

"So… you'd `love her no matter who's she was' then, are you sure about that? No matter who's"

"Of course I am."

Heero nodded, "alright, I'll tell you, you're the father, I'm her mother."

Zechs choked. "I'm sorry," he finally managed to get out, "but I could have sworn you just said that she's my daughter and that you're her mother, isn't that usually impossible without the aid of a lot of doctors and a lot of test tubes?" The look in Heero's eyes must have told him that he wasn't joking because he laughed suddenly, "but of course what's impossible to Heero Yuy?"

"This isn't my miracle, it's Doctor J's."

Zechs looked up sharply, "the bastard operated on you?" Heero nodded, "I'm going to kill him."

"He's already dead Zechs."

"And for good reason but I'll think of something."

"Forget about him, forget about J and the other million and one other things that are in the past and so couldn't fix if you tried, think about now," he bowed his head, defeated and clearly expecting a refutation, I'll understand if you don't want anything to do with us now."

"What?!" The incredulity in Zechs voice made him look up, "what, in God's name, would make you think that finding out that she's mine would make me turn away? I was going to raise her when I thought she was some anonymous woman's Heero, an anonymous woman who you cheated on me with, I find out she's mine and you expect me to leave? Why in hell would I do that?"

"You're a prince," Heero's voice was so quiet Zechs had to strain to hear it, "you're a prince and I'm a freak, you don't need to be seen with me, you don't need to be associated with me, you don't need…"

"You are not a freak! Yes it was a little unorthodox but it gave you, us a child, a beautiful little girl who is… so unbelievably beautiful, I can't believe..."

Zechs had clearly lost track of the conversation once he started to think about his daughter, "hello sweetheart." There was nothing but complete awe in his voice as Heero carefully handed her over, the unspoken threat was there, `harm one hair on her head and what little there will be left of your life will be filled with pain so intense you'll be begging me for death.'

"Hello," Zechs said again, "I'm your father. Father! Wow I'm a father, a father! God she's so tiny," he looked up, "why is she so tiny, I thought she was three months old?"

"Yeah she is, but part of the procedure was to make her as small as possible without causing severe damage to her health, she's supposed to be that petite don't worry. She'll always be small, she should start to grow a bit more after she hits six months though."

"She's perfect, flawless… hang on a minute, did you know this was going to happen?"

Heero avoided his eyes, "I knew I could get pregnant, yes."

"Then why?"

"Because I wanted her, because I wanted something of yours for always, I know that was selfish, I'm sorry."

"Don't be, don't be sorry, but does this mean we can have more children? Does this mean we could have our own children not using a test tube?"

"You want more children? I thought…"

"You don't?"

"Well yes… but I never really thought…" Zechs just smiled at him gently and Heero's eyes narrowed, "you're taking this very well, are you sure Duo didn't tell you something."

"No, he didn't tell me anything and as for taking it well," he shrugged, "I'm a gundam pilot, accepting strange situations and the unbelievable is part of the job description." Seeing the not quite convinced look on Heero's face he took a deep breath, "Heero I love you and I love our daughter already, I loved her even before I knew she was mine because she was yours and that was enough, I love you and, if you'll have me, I want you to have this…"

With the hand he wasn't using to hold the baby he reached into his coat pocket plucked out a velvet box and handed it to Heero.

"Is this a…"

"I've been carrying it round since last year, it's the Peacecraft family engagement ring, if you want to wear it that is…"

He never finished his sentence as Heero Yuy's arms came up round his neck and he momentarily stiffened before realising he was being hugged tightly by a young man who had been born with too much responsibility, who, even now, was ever mindful of the child in Zechs' arms, who was willing to take on the world and everything in it… For him.

"Is that a yes?" The last of the shadows of his former life slipped away as he felt the slender pilot nod against his chest and he felt happiness that he hadn't known ever bubble through him as he held the one thing he thought he'd lost forever, his family.

Owari

A/N Wow, it's over - looks stunned - this is the first multi-part fic I've ever written and I'm quite proud of it. Right I have a few ideas for an epilogue or a sequel if I get a few more, what do you think? And thanks for the feedback I got for the teaser/tester thing, I think I'm going to continue it and I have a few ideas now I just need to write it…