Sea of Stars 14 Wedding on L2: The Event
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:31 am
"Sea of Stars"
A Gundam Wing Story
by Trekkiexb5
Category: Drama, Romance
Couples: 1xR, 2xH--the normal match-ups
Rating: R for language. Heero has a potty mouth and so does Zechs. It's a bit lime-y in parts, too.
Caution: part of this story is about rape, though it is really never described in detail.
Posting: I'm posting at and at , but anyone can post it, as long as my name stays attached. AND you write me and tell me how bad (or good) it was.
Summary: Relena told him to get a life, so he did, of sorts. Now, it?s her turn. But the past often shows it's ugly head at the worst of times. Are they ready to handle a past when they are just getting grips with the Present?
Gundam Wing isn't mine. If it was, you would be watching this, not reading it.
Author's notes: I am deployed, for those who know I?m in the military. So for me get any updates out takes a bit of work. Thanks to all for your patience. A special request all my BI people out there; please post this there. I can?t get to the site at this moment.
Uhm..Except this one exception. Firewall is down today. SO I won?t be able to read your replies until December. OR you can review it on fanfiction.net (hint, hint, hint!)
A special thanks goes to Chibi-Sitter. God bless her and her Amine videos she sent me! It hit the spot at the right time, THANKS CHIBI-SITTER!!
NOW, ON WITH THE SHOW!!!!
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Heero-torture, part two.
"Sea of Stars"
Chapter 14
Wedding on L2 part two: The Event
The fog slowly lifted.
So, so slowly.
The first thing I noticed was sound. Low mumbling tones.
The second thing was...
Who am I?
I couldn?t remember. However, I somehow knew it was beyond the fog, where the noise was.
But, so was pain.
For some reason, I didn?t want to feel the pain behind that diffuse, but solid wall.
I concentrated on the sound, and slowly it got clearer. I was starting to make out the difference between the noises. Voice, sounds, movements.
I couldn?t recognize the owner?s voices but I could comprehend, now, between mens? and women?s?. Even so slowly, I could diffrenate between words and syllables.
Then I understand what they were saying.
?-she?s very angery that she?s not allowed to be here.? A male voice, deep and slow, spoke.
?Hell, Hilde?s pissed that I?ve been here the whole time.? This voice, loud even in the effort of speaking quietly, felt very trustworthily to me. ?I?m surprised she hasn?t counter manned your orders and marched over here, anyways.?
The other male voice replied. ?I told her that it would put him at risk...at least his anyomity to risk, anyways.?
?Still...? The second male was interrupted by a sound and then a female voice that sounded authoritative and knowledgeable.
?He?s still out.?
?Yeah,? The second male chimed in.
?He?ll wake up very soon. The morphine has worn off. We had to give him an elephant?s dose.?
The second male answered. ?Yeah. I thought he was going to die.? His voice sounded sad. ?He wouldn?t stop screaming...?
Were they talking about me?
Who am I?
The female continued. ?Where?s Relena??
Relena...I know that word.
That person.
She.
She?s...She?s very important, I think...
If I?m sick, she should be here, right?
Suddenly, I wanted that word. Relena. I wanted to see her.
That would mean crossing the fog, the pain. To know mine.
Pain.
Something tells me I could handle the pain.
So I pushed.
....
I...
I am...
...
I am Heero Yuy.
...
Correction. I can handle most pain...but not this.
My head was on fire!!
I must have made a lot of noise because Duo spoke up. ?Hey, Buddy, Welcome back!?
hn...
I wish he wouldn?t speak so loud.
And I haven?t even opened my eyes yet, but I could tell that it would be painful also.
?Buddy? Heero??
I really, really wanted to punch him for talking so loud, but I had a feeling he really wasn?t. All noises were loud.
?Can you open your eyes, Heero??
Yes I could, I think, but I did not want to. I tried to speak, but it hurt, also, so I shook my head against the pillow.
Bad idea.
Now with the pain, came overwhelming nausea. I must have shown it because with a click of a metal railing, Sally?s hands cradled and guided my aching head to the side. There, what little of my self-control disappeared and I started to heave my guts and vomited in an apparently awaiting container.
After an immeasurable time later, I laid back against the cool pillow, my throat in agony and heaving the air filled with the smell of nausea and Sally?s perfume.
?Can you open your eyes?? she asked again.
I swallowed painfully and cracked my eyes open.
Then shut them. It was too bright.
I tried to vocalize this but it came out as horse grunts.
?Hold on,Buddy!? Duo?s voice grated across my nerves. I felt a cold metal object on my lips. I opened my mouth and took the metal spoon of ice shavings.
?Too bright.? Was my second attempt.
?Zechs, dial the light down, will you?? Sally asked. ?All right, try again, Heero??
I did. In the now dim light I saw that I was in a small room. My instincts flashed into working with sight, sluggishly inventoried everything.
Hospital?-check.
Sally?-check.
Duo?-check.
Zechs-...why?
I.V.?s-check.
Apparently an air tube at on time.-Check.
Catheters-Damn!
All body parts accounted for?- check. Thought I could do without the skull at the moment.
What else? No windows for escape. And, besides, the catheters prevented any quick escape. I once removed catheters during an escape in the past. I will NEVER do it again. There is some pain I cannot handle and that was one of them.
Regardless, something was missing. Time, yes. Reasons for being here, yes. Relena...
Where?s Relena?
Time to speak again.
?Relena?? I croaked, looking at Sally.
Sally smiled. ?For her protection, she couldn?t come. Not that she is particularly happy about it.?
?Down right pissed,? Duo chimed in.
I looked at Zechs. ?Why...you...here??
He stared back at me. ?Penance...and apologies.?
Ok...I?ll return to that when the ability to think without my brain exploding returns to me.
?What...happened?? I asked.
?You don?t recall, Heero?? Sally asked me.
I was about to shake my head, but remembered that it was a bad idea. ?No,? I swallowed painfully, prompting Duo with another ice scoop
?Do you remember the room? The mission?? I answered affirmative to both. I remember going through some papers. ?Papers,? I said hoping she got the hint.
She did. ?Good,? she nodded. ?There?s not much of a memory loss, then. She looked at me with an air of solemn countence. ?You had an seizure, Heero. So bad that you stopped.?
Oh.
?Yeah, you were screaming like you were on fire- but if you were on fire you wouldn?t scream,? This informative comment came from Duo. ?I mean, it was so unlike you, even now. You wouldn?t stop...? He trailed off, glancing down at his shoes.
Seizure, me?
I don?t understand.
Really.
...
I want Relena.
But I asked the next question, even though I didn?t want to. ?How long??
Duo and Sally looked at each other as if they were unsure how to answer. Zechs was the one who told me what I wanted to know.
?Twenty-eight hours.?
Ok. Next thought was on how to get out of here as soon as possible.
?Home...Relena.?
That was not what they wanted to hear. The pilots looked at each other then to Sally. She ignored their conveniently blank faces and glared at me with her narrowed eyes.
Duo coughed.?Uhm...Uh...This is your department.? Then he waved at me. ?See ya later, buddy. I?m gonna call ?Lena and let her know that you are now among the living. Coming, Peacecraft??
?An excellent idea.? He replied, standing up stiffly. They bailed and left me with Doctor Sally Pissed-off-and ?I-have-no-qualms-killing-stupid-people-who ignore-my-medical-advice Po.
My foggy mind managed to put the obvious facts together and outputted one word: Shit.
The news I was about to hear was not going to be pleasant.
She stared at me for a few minutes, her arms crossed. I stared back-part curious, part pissed off and part...frightened of what she was going to tell me. This was much more than broken bones and concussions.
Abruptly, she sighed, shaking her head. ?You understand that you had a seizure??
?Yes,? I heard it the first time.
?You know what a seizure is, right?? And, again, I affirmed. ?Seizures are caused by a number of things; epilepsy, other neurological disorders, electrical shock, anaphylactic shock. I ruled out epilepsy. The tests were clean. Then I looked for the disorders that have tests for them. All negative.?
She continued. ?There are tests being run on the paper, chemicals and such, to see if you are allergic to them. It?s a long shot- but I hope it comes back positive.?
I scowled. The Perfect Soldier in me disgusted by any weakness.
Funny. He didn?t perceive Relena as a weakness, anymore. Odd.
?Don?t look like that, Heero.? Sally?s voice brought me back to the current conversion. ?Allergies are easy to counteract as long as you know what they are.?
She is right, I thought, and feeling less apprehensive about the allergy theory. But she said... ?You hope?? I asked.
She sighed again, looking own at the end of the bed. ?It?s highly unlikely its allergies.?
?Why?? The fear started to rise again. This is NOT a situation I have ever encountered before and I didn?t know what to do or how to react, except to run.
Right now, the catheters were the only things keeping me in bed.
?Call it a hunch, Heero,? she sighed yet again. She was doing that a lot. She doesn?t want to tell me something. And its not allowing me to leave the hospital anytime soon, either.
?Say it.? My quiet crackly voice broke through her introspection. She met my eyes, looking hard to see if I could handle it.
I?m the Perfect Soldier, damnit! I could handle anything, right?
Right?
?It could be a previous unknown neurological disorder.? I figured that. I could do math, Sally. But...?But I don?t think so.?
Silence.
Finish Please.
?When I ran-I mean REALLY ran your DNA for the tests, I had to check for genetic disorders, you understand??
Stop silently asking permission for something you already did. Continue.
?When I finished doing up your DNA breakdown, I noticed something odd in your sequence.? She paused, looking suddenly unsure of herself.
?You have more genomes than the average human. Much more.?
She answered my sudden unasked question. ?No, I?m not 100% sure but they didn?t seem active during the event or were active when your brain returned to normal. So I don?t think that is the cause. Quite frankly, I don?t know what they are or do. But I would like to wait for the rest of the tests come back to be sure. So you are staying overnight.? She smiled at the last part, but the smile didn?t reach her eyes.
So I?m stuck here. Fine.
...
I?m a mutant freak.
I am NOT ok with this knowledge.
Calm down. She has a theory, I know she has, I can read it on her face, but I?m too tired-too angry- and too much on drugs to do anything about it.
But I do want to talk to Relena.
?Call Relena.?
Does she know? How does she feel...? No she wanted to be with me, so either she doesn?t know or she doesn?t care. I suspect the latter.
?Call her.?
Sally smiled again. ?I think we can arrange that.? She stopped, frowning.
Ah...there?s something she wants to ask me.
?I...I wonder if you mind- for proof for an idea on what?s going on with you,? She took a deep breath standing up straight. ?Could I...find your genetic parents??
Huh?
WHAT?!?!
My...
My...parents?
Suddenly questions, ideas, thoughts, that I never cared to know floated across my mind.
I have parents?
I thought I was a mutie freak?
I must have looked puzzled for she spoke. ?Your DNA is odd but your mitcochornia sequence is normal. With that evidence, I believe that you were born, like everyone else. With that, I have an excellent chance of locating your mother.?
Family.
Me.
Fuck!
What am I suppose to do?
?Let...think...ok?? I said. I wanted talk to Relena. I needed to figure this out when I wasn?t drugged up.
The concept was almost overwhealmly alien. If I could, I would have got out of bed and ran and ran.
Funny, on a colony, I would have ended up in the same place I started.
How do you face something that you would have never expected. A mother, real live parent. Or dead. But one that gave BIRTH to ME. I never even visualize me in that way. As a parent myself, that could accept, but being a child that was conceived and born, either through labor or artificial womb but a normal child...
A mother. One that, I thought, had some reason, abandoned me to a fate that no child should ever have.
It was too much. My poor blistered brain was quitting on me. I shut my eyes, tired of all the information being thrown at me.
I wanted to sleep, to forget.
I wanted Relena.
I felt Sally?s hand on my IV?d one. ?Sleep, ok? When you wake again, I?ll let the staff know that you can make that call to Relena.? Then I heard her walk to the door and leave.
I drifted back to sleep, one thought penetrating oblivion.
She wasn?t telling me everything. She learned something else from the factory.
Something about me.
I woke later feeling less disorientated and nauseated. Several doctors, when learned of my wakefulness, proceeded to pounce on me, investigated me and questioned me and questioned me and general pissed me off until I growled at them and told them how I would kill them-in detail.
With their departure, Sally came in. She refused to elaborate on what we had discussed earlier, sidestepping the issue completely. With the announcement that I would spend another night here for more tests.
I told her how I was going to kill her, in detail. Unlike the doctors who paled, she grinned and said Relena has been waiting impatiently near the phone and if I kill her, she couldn?t call Relena back to tell her I?m awake.
Bitch.
But... less than five minutes later, I was talking to Relena.
Finally.
Her voice was like...I don?t know. She sounded exhausted and relieved at the same time. She jabbered extensively, but she made me feel-still.
At peace.
That no matter what the future held for me, if I could just hear her voice, all would be well.
What is that feeling? What is the correct word?
Despite my relief to speak to her, Relena turned the conversation towards me. My new issues.
I really hate being the center of attention, as much as I hate hospitals.
I told her what Sally and I talked about.
?What are you going to do? She sounded-guarded, which put me instantly on alert.
She knew already, too.
?Tell me what in going on, Relena. What did they find out at the factory??
There was a pause. I could see what she was doing. She was looking at the antique mirror above our dresser in our room. In the frame was a folded piece of hotel stationary.
Remember your promise, Relena.
I heard a sigh of resonation.
Good girl.
?We don?t know much yet, Heero. The data Quatre managed to get out of the databases was highly corrupted, but...? A pause. Like Sally, she felt uncomfortable telling me.
Which sounded very bad for me.
She continues. ?There were references to DNA splicing and cloning. The snippet of a DNA sequence that was there matched part of yours. The...uhm...extra DNA parts, anyways.?
Shit.
?And, Heero,? She finished, her voice sad. ?The only sentence we picked out was, and I quote, ?The New Centurion Project will provide the most perfect soldiers for war.??
Oh...my...
...
What AM I???
A monster...
A Clone...
A...thing...
?HEERO!? Her yell shocked me back. I must have been quiet for some time. ?I know what you are thinking, but listen to me- I LOVE YOU-NO MATTER WHAT!!! And will love you at the end of this and will stand by you forever- got it Heero Yuy??
She was screaming at the end, I could hear the tears in her voice.
?It doesn?t matter WHO you are-you can walk away from all of this, as long as I?m with you. Don?t you fucking run away from your problems without me; GOT IT??
She knows me well. The urge to flee had been growing in the last few minutes. I closed my eyes and answered her.
?I love you. I won?t leave with out you. But I...? I trailed. I didn?t know what to say.
?Look,? Relena spoke, sounding calmer. ?Go to sleep and when you come home tomorrow, we?ll talk in person. Ok??
?Okay,? my voice was hoarse.
She continued to speak-changing the subject to the upcoming wedding. I slid down in the bed cradling the phone next to me on the pillow.
I fell asleep to the sound of her voice.
The next morning was filled with more doctors, and nurses poking and prodding with a smug Sally governing over all.
I swear to God she?s a sadist.
Poor Wufei.
However, I received their blessing to leave. So with a bagful of drugs, I was wheel chaired out to an awaiting vehicle.
Yes, I was wheel chaired.
I barely had the strength to wash and dress myself, so I didn?t protest
Sally grinned at my lack of complaint.
Definitely a sadist.
Bitch.
I dozed in the car, the hospital on the opposite side of the colony wheel. I sure as hell was walking to my room I needed all the rest I could get.
Sally woke me when we arrived. I gingerly stood up, with some help from the chauffeur. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for the welcome committee.
Which is one of the bad things about having good friends.
As I predicted, all were gathered in the same entranceway I ?greeted? Zechs. Their faces pensive with worry and relief.
Then the noise started. I mean the questions and offers of help and all the advice. I ignored them and spotted the one I wanted to talk to Relena.
She came forward to stand in front of me. Her eyes had dark rings of fatigue and worry around them. She stared at me like a was a ghost, and then she latched on to my waist, her face buried in the crook of my neck.
?Oh, Heero...? She breathed.
I would normally enjoy this, even with the audience, but I wasn't to collapse onto the floor and lay there for a week.
Another words, I had barely enough strength to stand on my own, let alone supporting her.
?Relena,? He head popped up and she looked at me. ?Everyone,? my quiet voice silenced the murmurs. ?Thank you,? yeah right. ?But all I want to do is sleep. I will talk to all later.?
Noises of apology were muttered Relent wrapped her arm around my waist and assisted me to our room.
I never realized that our room was so far away. I was actually glad for Duo?s support on the other side. Dave, Anton, and Chris carried a food tray, medication, and my bag, respectively.
I needed help changing into pajamas. Relena didn?t even question, she guided me to the bathroom, help me change, and guided me to our bed.
All of them settled me in, made me eat some excellent soup and soft bread. Like a small child. Actually they watched my every bite. I then was escorted to the bathroom, to use it this time, and then tucked into the covers after I took my million plus pills.
I was on anti-seizure meds.
If I remain this weak, just kill me. I would never want to be this kind of burden.
I hate this.
I slept as I did over the next couple of days, thank god, I got stronger. Almost to my old self.
Almost.
Relena and I talked, however, she remained unopinionated about the subject of my parents.
Do what you want, Heero, but do it for your self. Not for Sally, and certainly not for me.
?So you don?t care whether or not I found out I actually have a family??
She shook her head. ?No, I care, but in the larger scheme of this relationship, it doesn?t matter.?
Strangely, I was reassured.
The wedding loomed omoinlessly on the horizon. As I became more active, I was thrusted back into the reason I came here, anyways.
Or-a great excuse not to dwell my own problems and watch with greater and greater...amusement Duo tortured by his soon-to-be in-laws.
The next piece of this arduous journey that Duo dragged us all on was about six days after my return and forty-eight hours before they apocalypse?I mean the wedding.
The bachelor and bachelorette parties.
Yes, I attended.
Due to the meds, I was completely sober at the ?gentleman?s Club.?
Ehem...
Suffice to say, Wufei should never get drunk in public, I could guaranteed that Trowa got laid by no less than three women and the bartender, much to Dave?s dismay. One of those women was in the hallway next to the bathroom. And Quatre blushes bright red to his neck when services provided ...
Oh, hell...
It was a strip bar. A very...sleazy (?) strip club.
Duo received lap dances from, I think, every female in the establishment. Quatre also, but it was very amusing to watch him try to have a conversation with a half naked woman gyrating in his lap.
No, I did not received one. So don?t ask.
I called Relena twice, first to alleviate my boredom.
When you have the real thing, I suppose the tease isn?t as interesting anymore.
I think.
The second time is let her know that we were heading home earlier than expected. Zechs and I practically manhandled Wufei out the door while his pants were skill located somewhere on his body.
Do you know how hard it is for a man with injured ribs and another man an serious meds to drag a certifiable (but very drunk) martial arts master, off a stage with out taking the metal pole he was grasping with us and giving on a free show, out the door into the awaiting limo.
Answer...do I really need to reply?
The next day was wisely set aside for recovery. So we all slept getting early evening for dinner and final prep for tomorrow?s festivities.
Joy.
Relena and the ladies, including Hilde?s aunts and mother all crashed in one room for a ?slumber party.? At least that?s what Relena called it. Duo called it bacholorette party part two.
Whatever.
So I slept alone.
The next morning I walked down the stairs to the men?s ?staging area? after my shower. The area (a converted bedroom) had my friends in several stages of dress.
I put on my tuxedo. It was black, threats of white disappeared when we arrived on the colony. It did have stupid tails on the back and a ruffled shirt and collar. The vest was this awful pink/orange colour. The infamous salmon.
Dear God...poor Relena.
Poor me.
Then the salmon bow tie, which I was having trouble tying. I thought the groom was supposed to be nervous. Duo acted like it was any other day.
Bastard!
I pulled the tie and tried again. Why was I nervous? I could tie that horrid tie at Relena?s school, I could tie a regular tie, why not this?
What is wrong with me?
?Can I assist you, or are you going to hit me?? I refocused on the mirror in front of me and saw Zechs-all ready to go standing behind me.
?Hn.?
He smirked. ?I?ll take that as a yes,? He proceeded to grab my by the shoulders and turned me to face him.
?Why are you being so nice?? I asked as he got to work on my evil piece of cloth. ?After al, I?m the one who?s sleeping with your sister.?
He winced. ?I wasn?t very nice to you, I admit. I will admit I was wrong. The fact is that I have never saw Relena that happy before. Who am I to take that away, even if I don?t like the fact it isn?t me making her happy.?
After few more tugs on my tie, he announced, ?There. Done.?
I looked in the mirror. It was perfect. Damn. I met his eyes in the reflective surface.
?How about this, Heero,? He spoke low. ?If you can forgive me for being an arrogant, hypocritical bastard and I?ll forgive that you are a violent unfeeling asshole. Agreed??
I thought for a moment. I wasn?t angry with him anymore. It took a lot for him to any kind of apology.
I nodded.
He smiled. ?Good. Don?t forget the rings.?
As I could forget, with Duo asking me every two minutes.
We met the ladies at the rear of the dining room-cum-chapel. Relena looked beautiful-from the neck up. Ok-her hair was in this bun thing-ee and looked good on her. As for the rest...
I have said that Relena could wear a burlap bag and still looked good?
I take that back. As beautiful as Relena is, she could not make this offending piece of cloth look good.
Nothing could.
The horrid thing had a huge skirt and huge bow almost as big as the skirt on the back waist. It looked like she had wings, hideous wings. The bodice was tight, too tight. The low cut bodice was nice, for my enjoyment. However, I would rather not have anybody else enjoying Relena?s nice cleavage.
Very large cleavage-they isn?t that big-how do women do that? And still keep them...in the right place on the torso.
Then again, maybe, I don?t want to know. Some of life?s secrets I would like to remain blissfully unaware of.
Ehem...
Anyways, the short sleeves were so uhm, what?s the word- poofy? Poofy sleeves were so poofy that they ended at her earlobes.
All in that horrid colour.
Whose idea was it to have that colour, anyways?
Well-thank god we guys were in black.
She walked up to me and gave me a peck on the cheek.
?You look fabulous, Heero!?
?Relena-I would say the same to you but...? I trailed off.
?Yeah, the dress,? she sighed. She wrapped her arms around my neck and whispered in my ear. ?I have an idea about fixing the dress. It involves you, me, some privacy, a knife, and lots of alcohol.?
I paused. Her, me, a knife, and alcohol?
I was very turned on.
I was suddenly was looking forward to the reception.
I was also glad that these pants were cut a little loose.
Relena released me, grinning. She pulled off one offer lacey, to the elbow, gloves and reached up to rub his cheek.
?Lipstick,? She answered, giving me a coy smile.
She is so beautiful, even in that...thing she was wearing.
I am so privileged and lucky, even more so in the light of recent events.
She gave me a slight push backward, startling me out of my reverie.
?Stop staring and go take care of Duo, he?s fidgeting!? With a smile and a wave, she walked back to the other ladies who were helping Hilde out of the vehicle.
I returned to my post with Duo.
The ceremony itself was short. No lines flubbed, no mistakes made. Hilde did look very pretty in her dress. Perhaps the reason being she wasn?t wearing salmon.
After the ceremony, we all gathered in the garden for photos.
On the way out, Duo clasped me on the shoulder. ?Well, I did it!? He grinned. ?You?ll be next, buddy!?
I glared at him, which he is totally unfazed. ?Hey, don?t get upset, Heero! All you have to do is miss the garter toss at the reception.?
He turned, missing my evil stare. Hilde was across the lawn with the photographer, waving at us. ?Come on you too! You?re holding up the photos!?
?And the alcohol!? some one else jeered, and the crow d laughed.
Duo gave me a thumbs up. ?We better hurry! And besides,? HE said turning and walking towards the group. ?I can?t wait to hear your speech!?
I stopped in my tracks. Speech? The speech-I had forgotten about that!
I didn?t have a speech-
I forgot-
What the hell was I going to do now?
Shit!
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FYI: Chapter 15 is completed, will be out on www.fanfiction.net in the next couple of days. I don?t know if I?ll be able to get back here before December.
R&R pleez!!!!
A Gundam Wing Story
by Trekkiexb5
Category: Drama, Romance
Couples: 1xR, 2xH--the normal match-ups
Rating: R for language. Heero has a potty mouth and so does Zechs. It's a bit lime-y in parts, too.
Caution: part of this story is about rape, though it is really never described in detail.
Posting: I'm posting at and at , but anyone can post it, as long as my name stays attached. AND you write me and tell me how bad (or good) it was.
Summary: Relena told him to get a life, so he did, of sorts. Now, it?s her turn. But the past often shows it's ugly head at the worst of times. Are they ready to handle a past when they are just getting grips with the Present?
Gundam Wing isn't mine. If it was, you would be watching this, not reading it.
Author's notes: I am deployed, for those who know I?m in the military. So for me get any updates out takes a bit of work. Thanks to all for your patience. A special request all my BI people out there; please post this there. I can?t get to the site at this moment.
Uhm..Except this one exception. Firewall is down today. SO I won?t be able to read your replies until December. OR you can review it on fanfiction.net (hint, hint, hint!)
A special thanks goes to Chibi-Sitter. God bless her and her Amine videos she sent me! It hit the spot at the right time, THANKS CHIBI-SITTER!!
NOW, ON WITH THE SHOW!!!!
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Heero-torture, part two.
"Sea of Stars"
Chapter 14
Wedding on L2 part two: The Event
The fog slowly lifted.
So, so slowly.
The first thing I noticed was sound. Low mumbling tones.
The second thing was...
Who am I?
I couldn?t remember. However, I somehow knew it was beyond the fog, where the noise was.
But, so was pain.
For some reason, I didn?t want to feel the pain behind that diffuse, but solid wall.
I concentrated on the sound, and slowly it got clearer. I was starting to make out the difference between the noises. Voice, sounds, movements.
I couldn?t recognize the owner?s voices but I could comprehend, now, between mens? and women?s?. Even so slowly, I could diffrenate between words and syllables.
Then I understand what they were saying.
?-she?s very angery that she?s not allowed to be here.? A male voice, deep and slow, spoke.
?Hell, Hilde?s pissed that I?ve been here the whole time.? This voice, loud even in the effort of speaking quietly, felt very trustworthily to me. ?I?m surprised she hasn?t counter manned your orders and marched over here, anyways.?
The other male voice replied. ?I told her that it would put him at risk...at least his anyomity to risk, anyways.?
?Still...? The second male was interrupted by a sound and then a female voice that sounded authoritative and knowledgeable.
?He?s still out.?
?Yeah,? The second male chimed in.
?He?ll wake up very soon. The morphine has worn off. We had to give him an elephant?s dose.?
The second male answered. ?Yeah. I thought he was going to die.? His voice sounded sad. ?He wouldn?t stop screaming...?
Were they talking about me?
Who am I?
The female continued. ?Where?s Relena??
Relena...I know that word.
That person.
She.
She?s...She?s very important, I think...
If I?m sick, she should be here, right?
Suddenly, I wanted that word. Relena. I wanted to see her.
That would mean crossing the fog, the pain. To know mine.
Pain.
Something tells me I could handle the pain.
So I pushed.
....
I...
I am...
...
I am Heero Yuy.
...
Correction. I can handle most pain...but not this.
My head was on fire!!
I must have made a lot of noise because Duo spoke up. ?Hey, Buddy, Welcome back!?
hn...
I wish he wouldn?t speak so loud.
And I haven?t even opened my eyes yet, but I could tell that it would be painful also.
?Buddy? Heero??
I really, really wanted to punch him for talking so loud, but I had a feeling he really wasn?t. All noises were loud.
?Can you open your eyes, Heero??
Yes I could, I think, but I did not want to. I tried to speak, but it hurt, also, so I shook my head against the pillow.
Bad idea.
Now with the pain, came overwhelming nausea. I must have shown it because with a click of a metal railing, Sally?s hands cradled and guided my aching head to the side. There, what little of my self-control disappeared and I started to heave my guts and vomited in an apparently awaiting container.
After an immeasurable time later, I laid back against the cool pillow, my throat in agony and heaving the air filled with the smell of nausea and Sally?s perfume.
?Can you open your eyes?? she asked again.
I swallowed painfully and cracked my eyes open.
Then shut them. It was too bright.
I tried to vocalize this but it came out as horse grunts.
?Hold on,Buddy!? Duo?s voice grated across my nerves. I felt a cold metal object on my lips. I opened my mouth and took the metal spoon of ice shavings.
?Too bright.? Was my second attempt.
?Zechs, dial the light down, will you?? Sally asked. ?All right, try again, Heero??
I did. In the now dim light I saw that I was in a small room. My instincts flashed into working with sight, sluggishly inventoried everything.
Hospital?-check.
Sally?-check.
Duo?-check.
Zechs-...why?
I.V.?s-check.
Apparently an air tube at on time.-Check.
Catheters-Damn!
All body parts accounted for?- check. Thought I could do without the skull at the moment.
What else? No windows for escape. And, besides, the catheters prevented any quick escape. I once removed catheters during an escape in the past. I will NEVER do it again. There is some pain I cannot handle and that was one of them.
Regardless, something was missing. Time, yes. Reasons for being here, yes. Relena...
Where?s Relena?
Time to speak again.
?Relena?? I croaked, looking at Sally.
Sally smiled. ?For her protection, she couldn?t come. Not that she is particularly happy about it.?
?Down right pissed,? Duo chimed in.
I looked at Zechs. ?Why...you...here??
He stared back at me. ?Penance...and apologies.?
Ok...I?ll return to that when the ability to think without my brain exploding returns to me.
?What...happened?? I asked.
?You don?t recall, Heero?? Sally asked me.
I was about to shake my head, but remembered that it was a bad idea. ?No,? I swallowed painfully, prompting Duo with another ice scoop
?Do you remember the room? The mission?? I answered affirmative to both. I remember going through some papers. ?Papers,? I said hoping she got the hint.
She did. ?Good,? she nodded. ?There?s not much of a memory loss, then. She looked at me with an air of solemn countence. ?You had an seizure, Heero. So bad that you stopped.?
Oh.
?Yeah, you were screaming like you were on fire- but if you were on fire you wouldn?t scream,? This informative comment came from Duo. ?I mean, it was so unlike you, even now. You wouldn?t stop...? He trailed off, glancing down at his shoes.
Seizure, me?
I don?t understand.
Really.
...
I want Relena.
But I asked the next question, even though I didn?t want to. ?How long??
Duo and Sally looked at each other as if they were unsure how to answer. Zechs was the one who told me what I wanted to know.
?Twenty-eight hours.?
Ok. Next thought was on how to get out of here as soon as possible.
?Home...Relena.?
That was not what they wanted to hear. The pilots looked at each other then to Sally. She ignored their conveniently blank faces and glared at me with her narrowed eyes.
Duo coughed.?Uhm...Uh...This is your department.? Then he waved at me. ?See ya later, buddy. I?m gonna call ?Lena and let her know that you are now among the living. Coming, Peacecraft??
?An excellent idea.? He replied, standing up stiffly. They bailed and left me with Doctor Sally Pissed-off-and ?I-have-no-qualms-killing-stupid-people-who ignore-my-medical-advice Po.
My foggy mind managed to put the obvious facts together and outputted one word: Shit.
The news I was about to hear was not going to be pleasant.
She stared at me for a few minutes, her arms crossed. I stared back-part curious, part pissed off and part...frightened of what she was going to tell me. This was much more than broken bones and concussions.
Abruptly, she sighed, shaking her head. ?You understand that you had a seizure??
?Yes,? I heard it the first time.
?You know what a seizure is, right?? And, again, I affirmed. ?Seizures are caused by a number of things; epilepsy, other neurological disorders, electrical shock, anaphylactic shock. I ruled out epilepsy. The tests were clean. Then I looked for the disorders that have tests for them. All negative.?
She continued. ?There are tests being run on the paper, chemicals and such, to see if you are allergic to them. It?s a long shot- but I hope it comes back positive.?
I scowled. The Perfect Soldier in me disgusted by any weakness.
Funny. He didn?t perceive Relena as a weakness, anymore. Odd.
?Don?t look like that, Heero.? Sally?s voice brought me back to the current conversion. ?Allergies are easy to counteract as long as you know what they are.?
She is right, I thought, and feeling less apprehensive about the allergy theory. But she said... ?You hope?? I asked.
She sighed again, looking own at the end of the bed. ?It?s highly unlikely its allergies.?
?Why?? The fear started to rise again. This is NOT a situation I have ever encountered before and I didn?t know what to do or how to react, except to run.
Right now, the catheters were the only things keeping me in bed.
?Call it a hunch, Heero,? she sighed yet again. She was doing that a lot. She doesn?t want to tell me something. And its not allowing me to leave the hospital anytime soon, either.
?Say it.? My quiet crackly voice broke through her introspection. She met my eyes, looking hard to see if I could handle it.
I?m the Perfect Soldier, damnit! I could handle anything, right?
Right?
?It could be a previous unknown neurological disorder.? I figured that. I could do math, Sally. But...?But I don?t think so.?
Silence.
Finish Please.
?When I ran-I mean REALLY ran your DNA for the tests, I had to check for genetic disorders, you understand??
Stop silently asking permission for something you already did. Continue.
?When I finished doing up your DNA breakdown, I noticed something odd in your sequence.? She paused, looking suddenly unsure of herself.
?You have more genomes than the average human. Much more.?
She answered my sudden unasked question. ?No, I?m not 100% sure but they didn?t seem active during the event or were active when your brain returned to normal. So I don?t think that is the cause. Quite frankly, I don?t know what they are or do. But I would like to wait for the rest of the tests come back to be sure. So you are staying overnight.? She smiled at the last part, but the smile didn?t reach her eyes.
So I?m stuck here. Fine.
...
I?m a mutant freak.
I am NOT ok with this knowledge.
Calm down. She has a theory, I know she has, I can read it on her face, but I?m too tired-too angry- and too much on drugs to do anything about it.
But I do want to talk to Relena.
?Call Relena.?
Does she know? How does she feel...? No she wanted to be with me, so either she doesn?t know or she doesn?t care. I suspect the latter.
?Call her.?
Sally smiled again. ?I think we can arrange that.? She stopped, frowning.
Ah...there?s something she wants to ask me.
?I...I wonder if you mind- for proof for an idea on what?s going on with you,? She took a deep breath standing up straight. ?Could I...find your genetic parents??
Huh?
WHAT?!?!
My...
My...parents?
Suddenly questions, ideas, thoughts, that I never cared to know floated across my mind.
I have parents?
I thought I was a mutie freak?
I must have looked puzzled for she spoke. ?Your DNA is odd but your mitcochornia sequence is normal. With that evidence, I believe that you were born, like everyone else. With that, I have an excellent chance of locating your mother.?
Family.
Me.
Fuck!
What am I suppose to do?
?Let...think...ok?? I said. I wanted talk to Relena. I needed to figure this out when I wasn?t drugged up.
The concept was almost overwhealmly alien. If I could, I would have got out of bed and ran and ran.
Funny, on a colony, I would have ended up in the same place I started.
How do you face something that you would have never expected. A mother, real live parent. Or dead. But one that gave BIRTH to ME. I never even visualize me in that way. As a parent myself, that could accept, but being a child that was conceived and born, either through labor or artificial womb but a normal child...
A mother. One that, I thought, had some reason, abandoned me to a fate that no child should ever have.
It was too much. My poor blistered brain was quitting on me. I shut my eyes, tired of all the information being thrown at me.
I wanted to sleep, to forget.
I wanted Relena.
I felt Sally?s hand on my IV?d one. ?Sleep, ok? When you wake again, I?ll let the staff know that you can make that call to Relena.? Then I heard her walk to the door and leave.
I drifted back to sleep, one thought penetrating oblivion.
She wasn?t telling me everything. She learned something else from the factory.
Something about me.
I woke later feeling less disorientated and nauseated. Several doctors, when learned of my wakefulness, proceeded to pounce on me, investigated me and questioned me and questioned me and general pissed me off until I growled at them and told them how I would kill them-in detail.
With their departure, Sally came in. She refused to elaborate on what we had discussed earlier, sidestepping the issue completely. With the announcement that I would spend another night here for more tests.
I told her how I was going to kill her, in detail. Unlike the doctors who paled, she grinned and said Relena has been waiting impatiently near the phone and if I kill her, she couldn?t call Relena back to tell her I?m awake.
Bitch.
But... less than five minutes later, I was talking to Relena.
Finally.
Her voice was like...I don?t know. She sounded exhausted and relieved at the same time. She jabbered extensively, but she made me feel-still.
At peace.
That no matter what the future held for me, if I could just hear her voice, all would be well.
What is that feeling? What is the correct word?
Despite my relief to speak to her, Relena turned the conversation towards me. My new issues.
I really hate being the center of attention, as much as I hate hospitals.
I told her what Sally and I talked about.
?What are you going to do? She sounded-guarded, which put me instantly on alert.
She knew already, too.
?Tell me what in going on, Relena. What did they find out at the factory??
There was a pause. I could see what she was doing. She was looking at the antique mirror above our dresser in our room. In the frame was a folded piece of hotel stationary.
Remember your promise, Relena.
I heard a sigh of resonation.
Good girl.
?We don?t know much yet, Heero. The data Quatre managed to get out of the databases was highly corrupted, but...? A pause. Like Sally, she felt uncomfortable telling me.
Which sounded very bad for me.
She continues. ?There were references to DNA splicing and cloning. The snippet of a DNA sequence that was there matched part of yours. The...uhm...extra DNA parts, anyways.?
Shit.
?And, Heero,? She finished, her voice sad. ?The only sentence we picked out was, and I quote, ?The New Centurion Project will provide the most perfect soldiers for war.??
Oh...my...
...
What AM I???
A monster...
A Clone...
A...thing...
?HEERO!? Her yell shocked me back. I must have been quiet for some time. ?I know what you are thinking, but listen to me- I LOVE YOU-NO MATTER WHAT!!! And will love you at the end of this and will stand by you forever- got it Heero Yuy??
She was screaming at the end, I could hear the tears in her voice.
?It doesn?t matter WHO you are-you can walk away from all of this, as long as I?m with you. Don?t you fucking run away from your problems without me; GOT IT??
She knows me well. The urge to flee had been growing in the last few minutes. I closed my eyes and answered her.
?I love you. I won?t leave with out you. But I...? I trailed. I didn?t know what to say.
?Look,? Relena spoke, sounding calmer. ?Go to sleep and when you come home tomorrow, we?ll talk in person. Ok??
?Okay,? my voice was hoarse.
She continued to speak-changing the subject to the upcoming wedding. I slid down in the bed cradling the phone next to me on the pillow.
I fell asleep to the sound of her voice.
The next morning was filled with more doctors, and nurses poking and prodding with a smug Sally governing over all.
I swear to God she?s a sadist.
Poor Wufei.
However, I received their blessing to leave. So with a bagful of drugs, I was wheel chaired out to an awaiting vehicle.
Yes, I was wheel chaired.
I barely had the strength to wash and dress myself, so I didn?t protest
Sally grinned at my lack of complaint.
Definitely a sadist.
Bitch.
I dozed in the car, the hospital on the opposite side of the colony wheel. I sure as hell was walking to my room I needed all the rest I could get.
Sally woke me when we arrived. I gingerly stood up, with some help from the chauffeur. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for the welcome committee.
Which is one of the bad things about having good friends.
As I predicted, all were gathered in the same entranceway I ?greeted? Zechs. Their faces pensive with worry and relief.
Then the noise started. I mean the questions and offers of help and all the advice. I ignored them and spotted the one I wanted to talk to Relena.
She came forward to stand in front of me. Her eyes had dark rings of fatigue and worry around them. She stared at me like a was a ghost, and then she latched on to my waist, her face buried in the crook of my neck.
?Oh, Heero...? She breathed.
I would normally enjoy this, even with the audience, but I wasn't to collapse onto the floor and lay there for a week.
Another words, I had barely enough strength to stand on my own, let alone supporting her.
?Relena,? He head popped up and she looked at me. ?Everyone,? my quiet voice silenced the murmurs. ?Thank you,? yeah right. ?But all I want to do is sleep. I will talk to all later.?
Noises of apology were muttered Relent wrapped her arm around my waist and assisted me to our room.
I never realized that our room was so far away. I was actually glad for Duo?s support on the other side. Dave, Anton, and Chris carried a food tray, medication, and my bag, respectively.
I needed help changing into pajamas. Relena didn?t even question, she guided me to the bathroom, help me change, and guided me to our bed.
All of them settled me in, made me eat some excellent soup and soft bread. Like a small child. Actually they watched my every bite. I then was escorted to the bathroom, to use it this time, and then tucked into the covers after I took my million plus pills.
I was on anti-seizure meds.
If I remain this weak, just kill me. I would never want to be this kind of burden.
I hate this.
I slept as I did over the next couple of days, thank god, I got stronger. Almost to my old self.
Almost.
Relena and I talked, however, she remained unopinionated about the subject of my parents.
Do what you want, Heero, but do it for your self. Not for Sally, and certainly not for me.
?So you don?t care whether or not I found out I actually have a family??
She shook her head. ?No, I care, but in the larger scheme of this relationship, it doesn?t matter.?
Strangely, I was reassured.
The wedding loomed omoinlessly on the horizon. As I became more active, I was thrusted back into the reason I came here, anyways.
Or-a great excuse not to dwell my own problems and watch with greater and greater...amusement Duo tortured by his soon-to-be in-laws.
The next piece of this arduous journey that Duo dragged us all on was about six days after my return and forty-eight hours before they apocalypse?I mean the wedding.
The bachelor and bachelorette parties.
Yes, I attended.
Due to the meds, I was completely sober at the ?gentleman?s Club.?
Ehem...
Suffice to say, Wufei should never get drunk in public, I could guaranteed that Trowa got laid by no less than three women and the bartender, much to Dave?s dismay. One of those women was in the hallway next to the bathroom. And Quatre blushes bright red to his neck when services provided ...
Oh, hell...
It was a strip bar. A very...sleazy (?) strip club.
Duo received lap dances from, I think, every female in the establishment. Quatre also, but it was very amusing to watch him try to have a conversation with a half naked woman gyrating in his lap.
No, I did not received one. So don?t ask.
I called Relena twice, first to alleviate my boredom.
When you have the real thing, I suppose the tease isn?t as interesting anymore.
I think.
The second time is let her know that we were heading home earlier than expected. Zechs and I practically manhandled Wufei out the door while his pants were skill located somewhere on his body.
Do you know how hard it is for a man with injured ribs and another man an serious meds to drag a certifiable (but very drunk) martial arts master, off a stage with out taking the metal pole he was grasping with us and giving on a free show, out the door into the awaiting limo.
Answer...do I really need to reply?
The next day was wisely set aside for recovery. So we all slept getting early evening for dinner and final prep for tomorrow?s festivities.
Joy.
Relena and the ladies, including Hilde?s aunts and mother all crashed in one room for a ?slumber party.? At least that?s what Relena called it. Duo called it bacholorette party part two.
Whatever.
So I slept alone.
The next morning I walked down the stairs to the men?s ?staging area? after my shower. The area (a converted bedroom) had my friends in several stages of dress.
I put on my tuxedo. It was black, threats of white disappeared when we arrived on the colony. It did have stupid tails on the back and a ruffled shirt and collar. The vest was this awful pink/orange colour. The infamous salmon.
Dear God...poor Relena.
Poor me.
Then the salmon bow tie, which I was having trouble tying. I thought the groom was supposed to be nervous. Duo acted like it was any other day.
Bastard!
I pulled the tie and tried again. Why was I nervous? I could tie that horrid tie at Relena?s school, I could tie a regular tie, why not this?
What is wrong with me?
?Can I assist you, or are you going to hit me?? I refocused on the mirror in front of me and saw Zechs-all ready to go standing behind me.
?Hn.?
He smirked. ?I?ll take that as a yes,? He proceeded to grab my by the shoulders and turned me to face him.
?Why are you being so nice?? I asked as he got to work on my evil piece of cloth. ?After al, I?m the one who?s sleeping with your sister.?
He winced. ?I wasn?t very nice to you, I admit. I will admit I was wrong. The fact is that I have never saw Relena that happy before. Who am I to take that away, even if I don?t like the fact it isn?t me making her happy.?
After few more tugs on my tie, he announced, ?There. Done.?
I looked in the mirror. It was perfect. Damn. I met his eyes in the reflective surface.
?How about this, Heero,? He spoke low. ?If you can forgive me for being an arrogant, hypocritical bastard and I?ll forgive that you are a violent unfeeling asshole. Agreed??
I thought for a moment. I wasn?t angry with him anymore. It took a lot for him to any kind of apology.
I nodded.
He smiled. ?Good. Don?t forget the rings.?
As I could forget, with Duo asking me every two minutes.
We met the ladies at the rear of the dining room-cum-chapel. Relena looked beautiful-from the neck up. Ok-her hair was in this bun thing-ee and looked good on her. As for the rest...
I have said that Relena could wear a burlap bag and still looked good?
I take that back. As beautiful as Relena is, she could not make this offending piece of cloth look good.
Nothing could.
The horrid thing had a huge skirt and huge bow almost as big as the skirt on the back waist. It looked like she had wings, hideous wings. The bodice was tight, too tight. The low cut bodice was nice, for my enjoyment. However, I would rather not have anybody else enjoying Relena?s nice cleavage.
Very large cleavage-they isn?t that big-how do women do that? And still keep them...in the right place on the torso.
Then again, maybe, I don?t want to know. Some of life?s secrets I would like to remain blissfully unaware of.
Ehem...
Anyways, the short sleeves were so uhm, what?s the word- poofy? Poofy sleeves were so poofy that they ended at her earlobes.
All in that horrid colour.
Whose idea was it to have that colour, anyways?
Well-thank god we guys were in black.
She walked up to me and gave me a peck on the cheek.
?You look fabulous, Heero!?
?Relena-I would say the same to you but...? I trailed off.
?Yeah, the dress,? she sighed. She wrapped her arms around my neck and whispered in my ear. ?I have an idea about fixing the dress. It involves you, me, some privacy, a knife, and lots of alcohol.?
I paused. Her, me, a knife, and alcohol?
I was very turned on.
I was suddenly was looking forward to the reception.
I was also glad that these pants were cut a little loose.
Relena released me, grinning. She pulled off one offer lacey, to the elbow, gloves and reached up to rub his cheek.
?Lipstick,? She answered, giving me a coy smile.
She is so beautiful, even in that...thing she was wearing.
I am so privileged and lucky, even more so in the light of recent events.
She gave me a slight push backward, startling me out of my reverie.
?Stop staring and go take care of Duo, he?s fidgeting!? With a smile and a wave, she walked back to the other ladies who were helping Hilde out of the vehicle.
I returned to my post with Duo.
The ceremony itself was short. No lines flubbed, no mistakes made. Hilde did look very pretty in her dress. Perhaps the reason being she wasn?t wearing salmon.
After the ceremony, we all gathered in the garden for photos.
On the way out, Duo clasped me on the shoulder. ?Well, I did it!? He grinned. ?You?ll be next, buddy!?
I glared at him, which he is totally unfazed. ?Hey, don?t get upset, Heero! All you have to do is miss the garter toss at the reception.?
He turned, missing my evil stare. Hilde was across the lawn with the photographer, waving at us. ?Come on you too! You?re holding up the photos!?
?And the alcohol!? some one else jeered, and the crow d laughed.
Duo gave me a thumbs up. ?We better hurry! And besides,? HE said turning and walking towards the group. ?I can?t wait to hear your speech!?
I stopped in my tracks. Speech? The speech-I had forgotten about that!
I didn?t have a speech-
I forgot-
What the hell was I going to do now?
Shit!
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FYI: Chapter 15 is completed, will be out on www.fanfiction.net in the next couple of days. I don?t know if I?ll be able to get back here before December.
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