Take Off to the Sky

By: Quatre Raberba Winner

The five Gundam boys snuck into an OZ base to get important documents on the mobile dolls. They got the documents onto one of Heero's computer disks and started to run toward the entrance. They were almost halfway there, with no guards in sight, when Heero stopped running.

Quatre looked at him, "What's wrong, Heero?"

Heero looked around for a moment, "The baka's missing."

Trowa looked worried, "Let's go after him."

They turned around and ran deeper and deeper into the base to find Duo. Duo had gone the furthest into the base. He had to make sure that the guards didn't harm his friends.

On a bench dyed in twilight
Is an abandoned doll...
"If you lose your dreams everything's over",
Murmured someone...

They continued to run into the depths of the base, each corner they turned, they ended up fighting off a majority of the guards that were left.'I hope you're alive, baka,' Heero thought.

As they turned the next corner, Quatre tripped over his own feet and fell to the floor. They stopped and turned around. Trowa ran over to his best friend, "Are you alright?"

Quatre began to rub his ankle, "Leave me here and go find Duo."

Wufei walked over to them, "We'll do no such thing. It would be unjust to leave you here."

Trowa knelt down, "Can you stand up?"

Quatre shook his head, "My ankle hurts too much."

Trowa picked up the injured blond, "Let's go find Duo."

Sure enough, around the next corner was Duo, laying on the floor in a pool of blood. Heero and Wufei ran over the long-haired pilot and knelt down beside him.

Heero picked up Duo's upper body, "Come on, baka, wake up! Wake up!" He shook him a bit, "Damn baka, wake up!"

Wufei checked Duo's pulse, "Stop shaking him, Yuy. He has no pulse and he's not breathing. He's gone."

Heero picked up Duo's body and looked at him, 'Damn you, baka' "Let's go."

They headed for the exit.

Only wish...
Suddenly from the bottom of my consciousness...
It's only life...
The feelings that fire my passion...

~*~*~*

It had been three days since the mission. Heero sat on a large windowsill, looked out the window, and started at the clear blue sky, 'Why did you have to die, baka? This proves that there is no God. If there really is a God, then I hate him because he took you away from me!' Sounds of faint footsteps broke Heero's thought. He looked over to see Quatre limping into the room with Trowa right behind him, "Hey, Quatre, how's your ankle?"

Quatre sighed, "It hurts like Hell."

Heero stood up and let Quatre take his seat.

Trowa put a pillow under Quatre's foot, "Do you need anything else?"

"Can you get me a glass of soda?"

Trowa smiled, "Alright." He kissed Quatre on the lips softly, "I'll be right back."

Trowa went into the kitchen and Heero followed.

And now, fiercely, we can feel each other's bodies,
Each hidden pulse,
The passion I struggled for, the wings I embraced...
Take off to the sky

Heero watched Trowa hunt throught the fridge for a bottle of soda, "What's going on between you and Quatre?"

Trowa looked back at him, "After Duo died, I figured that any of us could die on these missions. So I decided to come clean with Quatre and I told him how I felt. It's hard, losing one of our own."

Heero sighed, "Yes, it is. He was a Gundam Pilot, and a friend, and I'll miss him, but life goes on." he walked towards the door.

Trowa looked at him, "Where are you going now?"

"To pay my respects to the baka." He left for the cemetary.

I have nowhere to return to
Just wandering through this town
Without being able to become gentle
Without even knowing what I believe

Heero stood in front of Duo's grave, "Damn baka! How could you leave us like that?  It's your fault Quatre twisted his ankle! It's your fault that all of us are living in sorrow! It's your fault you wound up dead! You're nothing but a baka!" He fell to his knees, tears starting to stream down his face, "No, I'm the baka. It was my plan that killed you. Now that you're gone, I can't tell you how I feel or hold you in my arms like I wanted to. But don't worry, I'll be with you shortly." He pointed his gun to his head, "We'll be together forever, Duo-chan" He pulled the trigger.

Only peace...
Your steady calmness...
It's only love...
The cold past becoming warm...

Quatre's eyes went wide as he looked out the window. Trowa put his hand on Quatre's shoulder, "We're going to get Heero."

Quatre sighed, "When you see Heero, just bury him next to Duo."

Trowa was confused, "What?"

Quatre looked at the sky, "It's what he wants. He wants to be buried next to Duo Maxwell"

Wufei cocked an eyebrow, "We're going after him to bring him back here."

"Think about what I told you when you see Heero."

And now, tenderly, in my heart
We can share and comfort each deep sin
In this universe the future unwinds endlessly...
Take off to the sky

Quatre continued to look at the sky, "Heero, I hope you and Duo are happy now. I would have done the same thing if it were Trowa. I just hope you are holding Duo in your arms now, and you and Duo will live on with the Space Heart."

Quatre saw something in the distance. All he could make out were two bat wings and two metal angel wings. He just sat there and smiled, "Farewell, my eternal friends"

The image in the distance became clear. It was Heero and Duo in a loving embrace. They were together at last.

And now, fiercely, we can feel each other's bodies,
Each hidden pulse,
The passion I struggled for, the wings I embraced...
Take off to the sky