| Disclaimer: I don�t own any Gundam stuff in any way, shape or form. I�m not making any money off of this, please don�t sue. Warnings: Language, original character, violence Expanding Horizons �Ok, what did you do with her this time.� Zechs demanded, trying to look angry, but obviously tired and exasperated. �I�ve looked in the prisons.. the mental facilities, the loading docks� All of the usual places. I know she�s been a pain, but I hope you didn�t kill her.� Folding his arms across his chest, he tried to stare down the unblinking alien before him. �No, I have not killed her.. yet. But if Relena doesn�t leave Heero alone, Duo or I will end up killing her. Heero is ours, and no childish brat like your sister is going to make him miserable.� Vah slowly stood, and walked over to the map on the wall. Placing a delicate finger on it, she turned to give him an unreadable expression. �She�s here. Weapon bay four has five missile tubes. You�ll find her in the third one.� Lifting a hand before her, she gave him a hard look. �Next time she bothers Heero in any way, I will put her back in there, and hit the launch button.� Zechs was running before she had even finished speaking. Speeding through the halls, he couldn�t believe how far this had gone. True, it was embarrassing to have one�s sister throwing herself at a married man.. but having to save her life once a week was getting to be more than the Lightning Count could take. Forcing the cold bay doors to open, he shivered in the cool air that blasted him at his entrance. �I hope she hasn�t been in here too long..� He muttered as he hit the release to open the missile pod. Relena was in absolute hysterics. Screaming and crying must have kept her warm., for she seemed fine as he pulled her out of the coffin-like space. �Damn you Relena, this has gone too far!� He roared, shaking her by the shoulders. �If you don�t leave Heero alone, I�ll launch you out of one of these myself!� Shock quelled her tears for a moment as she stared at her brother in disbelief. Then she started crying harder, stung by his harsh words. �I give up.� Zechs released her and stormed out of the frigid space. �If she gets herself killed, it�s her own damn fault.� *** Duo carefully entered the room, concerned by the tremendous waves of rage that emanated from Vah. �What�s wrong?� He asked, sitting beside her on the couch and putting his arm around her. She didn�t even seem to notice his presence. �Darling?� Duo moved to cup her face in his hands. �I know you�re upset� will you please talk to me about it?� Duo grew even more worried by her continued silence. Examining her closely, he noticed she looked different somehow. The clean, cold lines of her face seemed softer.. more rounded. In fact her entire figure seemed slightly swollen. Lifting his fingers to her forehead, he suddenly laughed at himself. How cold or hot she was wouldn�t give him any idea if she was sick.. she wasn�t even human. Absorbed in his worry, he nearly fell over when she finally spoke. �I�m going to kill her. I�m going to rip out her wretched little heart and serve it to Heero on a platter.� Vah announced, anger marring her usually calm tones. Eyes narrowing, she quickly got up and went to the kitchen, returning with a large carving knife. Duo�s eyes widened as she headed towards the door, fully intent on carrying out her decision. Carefully removing the knife from her hand, Duo picked her up and carried her to the couch.. noticing that she seemed somewhat heavier too. �Something�s wrong with Vah..� Duo thought out to Heero as he listened to her descriptions of killing Relena grow more dramatic.. and definitely more disgusting. He felt her body shiver as he held her tightly, hoping Heero would know what to do.� Come on darling.. I know Relena is a pain, and she drives us all nuts.. but there has to be a better way of dealing with this than cutting her into small pieces!� A sudden crash filled the room as the door hit the wall, followed closely by four gundam pilots and a medical team. �What happened?� Wufei demanded, pulling Duo to one side. At Duo�s shocked and blank look, he went over to where the doctors were working, doing all they could to figure out what was wrong. Wufei started at her, barely hearing the doctors comments of �Her pulse is over 200.. is that normal?� Biting his lip, he looked away from the beautiful woman to stare out the window.. Trowa was also staring at the panicked figure.. studying how she had changed over the past few weeks. Her form almost looked human in it�s contours� from the soft curves of her face.. to the softly rounded curve of her stomach� Suddenly Trowa�s eyes widened as realization hit him.. could she be? He almost voiced his question aloud, but stopped as he noticed Quatre was missing from his side. �Where did Quatre go?� Trowa looked around the muddle of people to see his beloved slipping out the door, holding a very large kitchen knife. �We have a problem. Heero, Wufei, come with me! We have to stop Quatre!� Breaking into a run, he sprinted after the blond boy who was the center of his life. Heero and Wufei looked up numbly, then broke into a run after Trowa, knowing if he was panicked, it had to be something important. �We�ve got to find Quatre as soon as possible.� Trowa said over his shoulder to the two pilots behind him. �The last time I saw that look on Quatre�s face was when he was in Zero.� Horrified, the men ran faster. Turning the corner, they plowed right into a scene from a nightmare.. Quatre had Relena up against the wall, the kitchen knife pressed up against her throat. �Quatre, No! Don�t do it!� Trowa yelled, shocked by the silver sheen over his love�s dark eyes. �She�s not important.� He said, gently pulling Quatre�s arm back, half-afraid his hand would slip. �I have to kill her, she�s bothering Heero!� Quatre insisted, trying to pull the knife closer to the terrified girl�s throat. �I�m sick of her trying to interfere in something she doesn�t understand or care about.� As Trowa finally pulled Quatre away from his victim, he threw the knife across the room with professional ease. Picking his lover up, Trowa ran back down the hall, listening to Quatre�s ranting grow quieter, and quieter, becoming soft snores. Sighing, Trowa gently lowered him to the bed beside Vah and pulled a doctor over to look at him. �He almost killed Relena.� Looking concerned, the doctors fluttered over both of them, not really accomplishing anything. Wufei finally had enough and drove them from the room. Muttering about the injustice of idiots being doctors, he walked to the console in the wall and accessed the computer databases. �Access approved: Wufei, Chang.� The slightly annoying voice of the computer grated on everyone�s nerves as usual. �Medical records of Vah Delierion� accessing�� Suddenly several pages of strange symbols appeared on the screen. Wufei started swearing under his breath until Heero absently shoved him out of the way, obviously able to read the strange letters before them. Completely absorbed, he paled and flushed by turns, and Duo looked absolutely shocked and baffled, as Heero mentally relayed the information he was getting. �Genetically engineered?� Duo stuttered, looking at his wife out of the corner of his eye. �I thought they all had powers like that�� Duo could barely think through the waves of emotion tearing through himself and Heero. �Indestructible save in certain situations? What situations??� Balling his fists, he looked like he was ready to hurt something, until Wufei came over and put his arms around Duo from behind. The simple act of kindness shocked Duo more than the information he was getting. Calming down, he began to think rationally again. �Nothing here seems to apply.� Duo murmured, feeling Heero searching again carefully. �What if she�s pregnant?� Trowa asked, clutching Quatre�s hand carefully. �Human women sometimes have trouble controlling their emotions when they�re pregnant, why not her?� In perfect unison, Heero and Duo�s mouths fell open. Staring at the woman they loved, they couldn�t say anything, knowing that Trowa was right. They might have stood there for hours, save for the lights suddenly flashing red. �Oh Shit.� Trowa stared up at the blinking lights, balling his fists in anger. �What a time for an attack.� Running towards the docks, Heero and Duo could barely think over the emotions that shuttled back and forth between them. �What are we going to do?� Duo thought, his worry making his mental voice shake. He could only half-listen to Heero�s reassuring answers as he powered up his Gundam, once again trying to assume his �God of Death� Persona, where he could fight through anything and everything. �At least Trowa will take care of them.� He whispered, feeling himself meld with Heero, becoming one being with two bodies. But where their wife should have been in their minds, there was only a painful silence. �Quatre� my love� please wake up�� Trowa caressed his lover�s face, running his graceful fingers over the fine contours he knew so well. Feeling his lover stir, he bit his lip, watching as his beautiful eyes opened, then cleared. �Quatre?� �I�m fine, Trowa.� Quatre gave his koi a quick kiss before he turned to the covered form beside him. �But she�s not.� Getting up out of the bed, he paced over to the window, turning to study the room quietly. �She won�t survive childbirth�. At least not without help.� At Trowa�s silent question, he closed his eyes. �She was never designed to have children. She shouldn�t even have been able to reproduce with the way she was genetically engineered. I� I was inside her mind, love. Her subconscious knows more about it then she does. She�s afraid, and rightly so. She�s not strong enough to survive it.. not even with Heero and Duo�s strength to help her.� Clenching his fists in front of him, he looked at Trowa with anguish in his eyes. �And if she dies, Heero and Duo die with her.. that�s why she�s collapsed like this, she can�t face it.� At Trowa�s look of horror, he slowly walked over and stood beside his love. �Is there anything we can do?� Trowa�s quiet question echoed and rippled between them like a ghost. �We could bond with her�� Quatre said, tears forming in his eyes. �If we all were together, our strength might be enough.. but we would all be together, forever� always in each other�s minds. Never separate, never alone together.� Hot tears scalded both of their cheeks as they held hands, savoring their last moments truly alone. Trowa slowly reached out his hand, and took one of Vah�s carefully in his own. Quatre took her other one, staring at Trowa like he was going to disappear. �I love you.� Quatre whispered, his look of pain slowly transforming into one of determination. �Wake up!� He yelled into one pointed ear, as he threw every ounce of empathy he had at the slumbering alien. Shuddering, she came instantly awake, shock and confusion marring her face as she looked up at the two men above her. �Do it, Vah. Bond with us now. We won�t take no for an answer.� Shaking her head in denial, she tried to move, only to fall back in pain. �Do it!� Quatre demanded, throwing their concern at her until she finally caved in, closing her eyes in concentration. Trowa felt a strange tingling flow up his arm� it was like an electric shock. He could almost feel his mind expanding as Vah� Duo.. Heero� and finally Quatre all took up residence in a corner of his mind. He could feel from all of them. It was frightening, yet soothing. He was suddenly caught up in Vah�s feeling of fear.. and then suddenly, he was no longer Trowa. They all moved from the bed in perfect formation, ignoring separate pains. They were fighting, and they were moving towards the fight. Climbing into their gundams, they felt themselves outside the station, fighting as they had never fought before. Chunks of metal burned through space, wreckage, bodies, all only served as obstacles to be overcome. The dance of death and destruction continued as they fully joined it. As they fought, one mind, one heart, they found the tide turning quickly. The ships that had been menacing them broke off in twos, threes, and finally attempted a full scale retreat. The destruction did not stop at that. The fighting force wiped out every mobile suit the enemy possessed. *** Vah trembled as she fell out of her Gundam. Shaking, she lay on the ground.. unable to move. Looking up, she saw a tall figure above her, knowing it wasn�t either of her husbands, or Quatre or Trowa, she tried to move away, only to be picked up and carried like a child towards the base. She could feel the men who shared her mind drawing closer, alarmed by the fear she felt. Dazedly staring above her, she finally recognized the cold, clear lines of Wufei�s face. Relaxing, she let her beloveds know she was alright. She was even amused at her rescuer�s grumbling and muttering about injustice. Smiling slightly, she was carefully tucked into bed, with a cool washcloth pressed over her eyes. �Go ahead, Wufei.� Duo smiled, putting one arm around Heero�s waist, and one around Quatre�s. �You know you want to kiss her.� Wufei looked up, anger clouding his face until he saw that the braided baka had actually meant what he said. Looking quickly over to Heero, he saw the same thing. In fact, all of the other Gundam pilots were wearing the same expression.. one of caring, and one of hope. Shrugging, Wufei carefully lowered his lips to the ones he had longed to touch for so long. She tasted of berries and sunshine. Stirring in her sleep, she reached out and grasped Wufei�s hand. Duo snickered as Wufei felt an electric tingle travel through him. Reeling, he nearly fell as he felt the others come closer.. until they were all in his mind. Looking up, he stared as the four men reached out to him, kissing him, holding him� giving him every scrap of attention he had ever wanted. �Heaven..� Wufei murmured as he felt all the ones he had ever loved held close in his mind. *** Relena walked down the hallway, feeling rather strange. She had heard the alien had returned, as had Heero, and that everyone was safe now. The war was over save for the cleaning up. Wincing, she fingered she scab on her neck, and renewed her determination. She was going to apologize for chasing after Heero. It was probably the only thing that would keep that savage alien from killing her. Besides, this was a good chance to get a last look at Heero, since to stay safe she would have to stay away from them from now on. Sighing, she barged into their room, intent on getting it over with as soon as possible. Throwing her hands up to her mouth, she stared in shock at the tangled mass of bodies laying on the bed, most of them nude or semi-nude. �I�. I�.� She stammered, blushing horribly. �I�m sorry!� she yelped, running down the hall, amused laughter following her. �Millardo� can you introduce me to someone single?� Relena stammered, white as a sheet. Amused, the Lightning Count guided his sister down a long hallway. �Of course.� |