Star Shaped Tears

Part 1

By: Quatre Raberba Winner (Quatre-Chan/Onna-Quatre)

{Heero}

I felt my heart beat fast and harder with each step I took. This whole building looked the same to me with its gray corridors and pale white lab rooms. I held the wall to help me move silently. My mother and Dr. J have been training me for something called Operation Meteor.

I knew little about it at this moment in time, but I could feel that they were leaving something out. My mother.. . I remember she was a kind woman until a few years ago when she brought us to this run down laboratory. She's changed into some kind of beast, all the experiments she has done on me.. . They hurt. I can just imagine what she has done to my sister, Terra.

That's what I'm searching for. I see one room that was open a bit. I moved and peered inside. I saw nothing, except someone lying in a bed. I approach cautiously and then I got my answer. Terra lay there not moving and breathing rather oddly. I took another step closer to my dear sister and saw that she had tubes and wires attached to her in the most not comfortable of places.

I glance around the room and noticed that the tubes were running through the wall and into the next room. I walk and enter my next destination. As the doors slid apart to allow my entry my eyes had gotten wider. The room was lit in an odd fashion with blue, red and green lights. I couldn't believe my eyes, were these the cylinders that were coming out of my sister?

I shut my eyes and shake my head, this couldn't be. I had reopened my Prussian eyes a minute later to see I was surrounded by nothing, but white. I can see a figure before so me I move closer, but the more I move the further it got. I can see the person's mouth move although nothing came out. I knew who it was, it was Terra.

I continued to run to her, but she still continued to drift into the distance. Mouthing the same word over and over again. The name, my name. "Alden."

I shot straight up in a cold sweat. I brought my right hand up to my face to convince myself that it was nothing, but a bad dream. I know that's not true however. I bring my hand down and look to my side. Duo was lying next to me, his violet eyes were full of worry.

"Heero," he sat up, "are you all right? You've been having nightmares all week."

"I think I'm okay.. ." my hands started to shake.

He brought up his two hands and clasped mine in his. I calmed down some then he pulled me into a warm embrace. One that I welcomed with a full heart, "Tell me, is it the same one?"

"Yes.. ." I answer hesitantly.

"What's it about? What is it that makes you so afraid?"

"I don't want to talk about right now."

"I understand." He pulled back and looked right into my eyes, "Why don't we go to the kitchen and get a cup of tea, okay?"

"I'd like that." We both stepped out of bed and made our way to the kitchen only to find the light already on. I blink a few times and then saw someone sitting at the table, "It's only WuFei." I sighed in relief.

We entered the room. The Chinese boy looked at me in curiosity then shook it off. I guess he noticed the bags under my eyes. I turned my attention to my koibito who was warming up the water. He sat down next to me and arched an eyebrow at the Altron pilot, "So why aren't YOU in bed? After all you were the one who stupidly let your guard down against those dumb dolls and got hurt."

"I couldn't sleep. I thought that maybe some tea would help."

"Well Quatre would have a fit if he knew that you weren't in your room, in your bed resting."

"Maxwell, I can't sleep very well when I have surges of pain flowing throw my right arm and at the moment I can't feel anything in my left leg. It's not easy to go to bed with something like this especially when you're thinking about it."

The American smirked a little almost as if he was trying prove his point onto WuFei, "Still, you could have called Quatre or Trowa or hell even me to come and bring you what you needed."

"I'm hurt not helpless. And you have a lot of nerve mocking me for my injuries."

"What?! Like I said before, you were the one that stupidly let your guard down."

"Me?! You were the one that was going to get your ass handed to you! If it wasn't.. ." he looked at me and saw my head move from side to side. He sighed, "Forget it."

"No I wanna know. If it wasn't for who? Heero? He was the one that saved me not you. You should think before you open your mouth."

"You remember that." He stood but almost fell back down, luckily Duo was there to catch him.

"Whoa. You okay Wu? I'm sorry for what said if that threw you off."

"It wasn't you Maxwell. My leg just kind of gave out.. ."

I stood from me seat and placed an arm around the injured boy, "I'll help you back to your room."

"Thank you."

I moved slowly so that I wouldn't cause him anymore discomfort. As we entered I set him down on his bed gently. I then bow my head, "Thank you for not telling him. I mean right now I really need all his support. The last thing I would want is for him to think of me as a coward who showed up at the last possible second."

"It's okay. I don't really care if he knows it was me who saved him. I just can't stand it when someone calls me dumb."

"I know, I'm sure Duo feels the same way."

"I know he's highly intelligent. Sometimes I wonder if he's even smarter than I am."

I chuckled at the statement. It was very possible that my lover was as smart or smarter than WuFei. I stop my laughing and bow again, "Don't hesitant to ask us for something. After all it was my fault."

"Would you stop?! I protected a teammate in combat and took the fall for him. There are no faults that have to be handed out. And I keep telling you guys especially Winner, I'm okay. I am not immobile."

"You're half way there." I walked out of the room. This was good, I was getting back to my normal self, if you could call it normal. But those images are still fresh in my mind and they will continue to plague me when I close my eyes. TBC...