Star Shaped Tears

Part 4

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

It didn't take long, but I found myself entering the hanger of Peacemillion. Slowly I boarded Wing Zero and sat in the cockpit. I stare at the controls for a moment before I bent down and took out a small framed picture of me and my sister. I smile sadly as I gaze upon the happy features that played on Terra's face. "Zero.. . what do I do?" I felt a small tear making its way down my cheek. "Terra.. . gomen.. ."

"Heero?"

I took my eyes off the photo when I heard my code name being called. Hiding the picture back under my seat I wiped the moisture away and leaned out of the cockpit and saw Trowa standing at the foot. I jump down and look at him, questioning him with my gaze. "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to be alone for a little while."

"Did something happen?"

He shrugged, "Quatre's becoming very clingy. Since this eerie calming he has been wanting to watch my every move."

I arch an eyebrow. "Are you sure it's Quatre being clingy or is it you?"

"Most likely both of us. When he's not so close I get worried. Worried that he has left me for someone else or in death, but then when we are close I want space. I can't win and I've come here almost every night to try and figure this out." He shook his head and glanced at my eyes. The circles were still there and now they have become a little darker and bigger. "What's going on with you?"

"I just can't sleep."

"Heero, who's Terra?"

My eyes widened a little bit now realizing that I had said the name of my sister aloud. "Terra is my little sister. Well younger twin."

"You have family?"

"No."

"But you just said-"

"Yes, I do have a sister, but I don't know if she is still alive." I could feel the tears coming again. I wait and try to stop them from flowing before I continued. "And if she is dead it will be my fault. I left her.. ."

"What happened?"

"I don't want to talk about it." My voice then became cold and hard as I spoke the next part of my statement. "Trowa, you are the only one that knows this much and I hope I can trust you with this information. If I find out that you breathed a word of it to anyone, even Quatre, I will not hesitate to do what is needed." With that I turned and left my Latin friend standing in front of my Gundam.

{Duo}

The next morning I awoke and saw that the Japanese boy was still sleeping. My heart sank as I thought what he might be going through. All the sleepless nights and when he is sleeping all the nightmares. What could he be hiding I wonder. I quietly got off the mattress and made my way into WuFei's room, only to find the Sandrock pilot there with him.

"WuFei, I still don't understand."

"Then talk with him."

I knock on the door to get their attention. When I had it I stepped inside and shut the door behind me, "I don't mean to interrupt, but I need your help WuFei."

"You too? I should start charging."

"If you don't want help just say so.. ."

He sighed heavily, "What is it Duo?"

"Heero left in the middle of the night."

"Trowa did too."

"Look, Quatre I am not sure on what Trowa's problem is, but you need to sit him down and talk instead of running to me. Now leave so I can speak with Maxwell."

The blond shook his head and just walked out. I sat down on the edge of the raven-haired boy's bed and waited to hear what he had to say. "I know that he left last night."

"How?"

"Well, Heero went straight to bed pretty much after you came back from your date, you soon followed. Trowa, as you saw, was already gone. His excuse was that he was going for a walk and would stop by at the store on the way back. And Quatre goes to bed before any of us. With all of you no where in sight I had privilege of having the rest of the apartment to myself. At around midnight I was sitting in the kitchen with the lights off, that's when I saw Heero leave."

"You know you're never going to recover if you don't rest."

"I'm fine." He muttered. He got off the bed and moved closer to his desk. Opening the top left drawer, he pulled out a silver pendant. "Here." He tossed it to me.

I caught it and looked at it, "Thanks.. . but you know I'm in love with Heero."

"Shut up. It's not for you, it's for Heero. That necklace has a tracer in it. Next time he leaves in the middle of the night we'll be able to find out where he's going by watching the red light on the map on my computer."

"When did you find the time to one; buy a necklace and two; build a tracer?"

"I get board just sitting in here. It was a random project, the pedant I've had since I was born. The violet gem in the center represents the next leader of the clan."

"So you're gonna need it back?"

"No. My colony blew up, remember?"

"Oh yeah.. . sorry."

"Don't worry about it." He walked back over to the bed and lay back down. "Just give this to Heero, say something sappy if you want, but just give it to him. However make sure that you don't hint that there is a tracer inside."

"Okay." I stood and made my exit out the door. I make my way back to my room and saw Heero sitting up in bed in a cold sweat. "Nightmare?"

"Yeah.. ."

"Well I have something that might calm you down." I advance towards him, then placed WuFei's pendant around the other boy's neck. "I'll always be with you and no matter what I'll watch over you.. ." I then took him in my arms. I could feel him loosely return the embrace and then felt a small amount of moister on my shoulder. "Don't cry. The nightmares will never become reality.. ."

{Heero}

"Don't cry. The nightmares will never become reality.. ." Those simple words played through my mind as I sat up in bed from the latest dream. I can't stand it anymore. I got up from the bed and quietly got situated and left after taking one look at my koibito.

I didn't exactly know where I was headed, but my feet just took me every which way until I reached a rundown looking building. I could only stare as memories started to fill my head.

"Mama, why do we have to live in a place like this?" I ask. I was only five years old.

"Because I said so and there is someone I want you to meet Alden."

The three of us stepped inside and were greeted by an odd looking old fart that had a claw for a hand.

I stop my memories for a moment and looked the building over. All this time I thought that the lab that I was 'programmed' in was in the L1 cluster, but I guess it was here in the cluster of L3. This is it my nightmares will end here. Terra, if you're alive I will save you this time. It's all or nothing.. .

To be Continued.. .

(*****Hey, look at that! I actually finished Part 4. I know it's been awhile and I hope it was worth the wait. I am seriously trying to get to the good part of the story, in other words the main plot, so I hope that you will be easy on me. Please send your comments to: quatre_chan5@hotmail.com. The next piece shall be done before you know it.. . oh great, now I just jinxed it.*****)