New Haven

Chapter Twenty-Four: Fuck you sisters!
Iria turned sadly away from the door to find her brother and one of his lovers standing behind her. The look on his face froze her in place. Her brother had only had this look on his face once before. When there father had been killed. Her heart quailed at the sight.
“No?” He commented/asked of her.
Iria couldn’t find her voice to answer. It had froze with the rest of her body.
“It seems that I have been too lenient with my sisters.” He murmured quietly. The glow in his eyes promised retribution. “It seems that I will have to go over what is going on in the company that makes this impossible.” The quiet voice he used sent shivers down the listener’s spines. Something about it promised dire things to come.
“I think that they were under the impression that they had any say in the matter.” Heero added in his own icy tones. “Did Quatre not say that this was a project he wanted to go through?”
Iria felt the axe falling. The one that cut away jobs and finished careers. She and her sisters had not read her brother correctly. He wanted this project. He would be getting it not matter what chaos it caused. She tore her eyes away from Quatre and let them rest on Heero. It was a mistake. She had thought the look on Quatre’s face was deadly. Heero’s made the look on Quatre’s look like nothing more than a chip of ice.

Wufei listened to the conversation in the doorway absently as he comforted his love. This project was Duo’s baby. It was his way of repaying his debt to society. One that Duo thought he could never repay. Wufei thought that his love had already paid with more blood, tears, and sweat than was possible. But he also knew that this project meant heaven on earth to the man he loved. He ignored the children and Howard as he tried to console his love.
“Duo.”
Wufei looked up to see the look on Quatre’s and Heero’s face at the call. He nudged his love to turn around.
“My sisters were under the impression they had any say in the matter of your idea.” Quatre said in icy tones that dropped the temperature in the room causing the teens to shiver in fear. Sakura ignored it as she chattered to her new grandfather.
Duo stared at the expressions on the men’s faces. His violet eyes were as wide as they could possibly go.
“They have no say in whether this project is rejected or not. This project is accepted and will go through. The money is not a problem. I own this company. They run it for me. I say what goes and what doesn’t. It seems that I have been leaving them with to much time on their hands. That they went against my wishes is their down fall. It would seem that I have to find more work for them to do and set down my laws again.” Quatre turned back to his sister. “Do you remember what I told you as I entered medical school?” He asked Iria.
Iria shook her head slowly. She couldn’t remember anything at the moment. Let alone back then.
“I informed all of you that if I brought something to your attention that it was something I wanted done. I didn’t think I needed to remind you.” His eyes flashed with deadly intensity. “It would seem that you all need reminding.” He pivoted on his heel and strode down the hall.
Heero looked at Iria in icy disdain. “You forgot. I don’t think any of you will do so again. I would hate to have to remind you.” He turned to look into the room at the tear stained face on the man on the bed being comforted by his friend. By the man he considered his brother. “You hurt my family. Don’t ever do it again.” He told the women. He let the dire tone of his voice inform her that he meant every word he said. He pivoted to follow his love. He knew where he was going. Quatre was going to tell Trowa of what he was doing and where he was going.
Duo watched as Iria slid down the wall to collapse onto the floor. For some reason he actually pitied her. He pushed away from Wufei and slid from the bed. He shuffled over to her holding the box of kleenex he had grabbed from the night stand. “You knew this would happen, didn’t you?” Duo asked the woman as he slid down the wall to join the woman on the floor. “You tried to warn your sisters. But they wouldn’t listen.”
Iria slowly looked up. Her face was pale under her golden skin. Almost gray in color. She nodded. “I remembered earlier today the warning and told them but the older sisters just wouldn’t listen. They said that he would do what they advised as always. But he never brought a project to us before.”
Duo looked at her with quiet understanding. “Quatre is not one to be swayed easily. When I figured out who he was I knew that the project was a go. But I guess I thought you actually had control of the company. If I had known he would go zero like this…” Duo waved absently.
“What do you mean zero?” Iria asked hesitantly.
“I called it going zero when he went psycho after your father was killed. You know when he destroyed that colony.” Duo looked at her wryly. A droll grin on his face. “You know zero percent there.”
Iria blinked and gave a tentative smile. “Yeah I get it.” She said dryly.
“I did what he asked me even though.” Duo told her quietly. “I followed Sandrock’s orders because I understood what he felt.” He looked up to find Wufei hovering over him. “I think he felt that you had nothing to do with this or he would have fired you on the spot. Don’t worry Iria everything will be alright. You just don’t come between those he thinks of as his own personal family. You sisters aren’t as close as his lover’s and the ones he considers almost as siblings. You never will be because you don’t understand what went on during the war and what he had to do. What we all had to do.” Duo told her accepting the hand Wufei offered. He allowed himself to be pulled up. “Just prove to him that you wanted this with all your heart. He’ll calm down towards the ones that did.” He looked into Wufei’s understanding eyes.
“It’s the sisters who don’t understand that will find themselves at the short end of the stick.” Wufei told his calmly. “Ohhh,” Wufei turned back to the woman. “Don’t ever think of giving our daughter anything in p, i, n, k.” He spelled out the word to the woman quietly. “It will not be received kindly.” He told her dryly. He indicated Sakura happily sucking a thumb as her Grampa read to her from the story book he held. Katey was as immersed as her niece. Damian was more interested in what the other adults were talking about.
“I would advise getting out of here and staying out of Quatre’s sight till after he has had his conversation with his other sisters.” Duo advised Iria. “He has this odd tendency to let the shi…crap fall where it wants too.” He corrected himself absently as he looked fondly over at his new family.

Trowa watched Quatre as a nurse set up a vidphone in the room. Something had angered his blond love. Something he didn’t know how to fix. He looked away as Heero entered the room. He had the same expression as his blond love. Trowa went cold he would be the only voice of reason.
“Ahhh,” Quatre murmured as his first sister answered the phone. “Fatina. I am setting up a meeting tomorrow at 10:00. This meeting is to be attended no ifs, ands, or buts. You will set up the vidphone part of the meeting with those of our sisters who are off planet. We have matters to discuss.”
Trowa widened his eyes at the pleasant tone that his love was using. Heero stood at his loves shoulder. Not a muscle twitched. Trowa moved to see their faces. The pleasant looks on their faces nearly sent him running screaming from the room.
Heero looked up as Quatre disconnected the line. “They said ‘No.’ to Duo’s plan.” Was all the response he gave.
Trowa felt the ice from his loves’ icy demeanor pass on from them into his own veins.
Heero nodded at the steely look that passed over Trowa’s face.
Trowa turned away and fixed his face more pleasantly as he sat by his knew son.
The boy looked up questioningly. He ignored the pain he was in to see what was wrong.
“You know Sakura has a baba and a daddy, right?” Trowa asked in his usual quiet gentle tones. He looked up at the girl he had taken as his sister. He received a nod and two blinks of ‘yes’. He looked back down focusing on the boy. “Well their daddy has a plan to help people and your daddy and tousan are not happy with your aunts response. Your daddy thought he had made it clear that this plan would be put into motion no matter what.” He looked back up including his sister in his words. “So daddy is going to tell his sisters what he thinks of what they decided.” He smiles. “Don’t worry if they are a little cold Angel, Alex. They have a hard time when people hurt the ones they love. And they want Duo to be happy and this project will help him be happy. I think it will also help you two be happy as well.”
He looked back over at his loves. He sighed as he felt what they were feeling. It angered him no end that Quatre’s sisters could do this. He looked back to meet the cobalt blue eyes of Angel. He reached slowly over and ruffled her auburn locks of short wavy hair. She had a face similar to Duo’s heart shape with a cute little button nose and a mouth made to smile. She was wearing new clothes that hugged her voluptuous figure.
He looked down at Alex and rolled his eyes at the glittering amber eyes shinning out of a cherubic face. His long straight nose didn’t quite fit his face but his face promised to grow into it. He would be a very masculine looking man once he grew up. Alex looked so frail as he lay in the hospital bed. He almost hadn’t survived the escape from his torture at the enemies hands. Quatre had worked his magic to keep their new son alive and would keep doing so with the help of Dr. Sally Po.
Heero left his designated post at Quatre’s side and wrapped an arm around his tall lithe lover for support. “I love you.” He whispered in Trowa’s ear. He looked over at Angel and then down at Alex. “Duo’s plan will help children like ours.” He said softly. “I will not allow that plan to die.” He growled softly. He was surprised when Alex winked up at him. His lips curled slightly.
Alex gave a big pain laden smile at the effort he took to get this man to smile. He knew that it was now his job to make his family smile. He would do everything in his power to do so.
Quatre had turned and when he heard Heero’s words. He saw what Alex had done and smiled softly. He had a family he wanted to protect. Duo’s and Wufei’s were apart of that family. His sisters had done something to what he considered his real family. That was not allowed. He turned back to the calling of his twenty-seven sisters. They would find out what it was like to get on Sandrock’s bad side. They would never make that mistake again.

Wufei groaned as someone prodded him awake. He opened his eyes to growl at said person to find Quatre looking down at him in irritation.
“Are you coming?” Was all he asked. “If so wake Damian to come as well.”
Wufei looked up into the face that hadn’t calmed down from yesterday. He nodded. He had his own vendetta against the sisters. They had made his Duo cry. He turned and placed a deep luxurious kiss to Duo’s lips to wake him.
Duo purred happily and slowly woke up. He looked at his dragon curiously. He checked the clock on the night stand and frowned at Wufei.
“Quatre is going to read the riot act to his sisters. I am going and taking Damian.” The lawyer told Duo in hushed tones. “Take care of the girls okay.”
Duo yawned and nodded. He was sorry to miss the event. “Vidcam it would you.” He mumbled as he snuggled his munchkin closer.
Wufei chuckled. He looked at Quatre with a raised eyebrow.
“I already promised Trowa.” Was the doctor’s reply.
Wufei slithered out of the bed and moved to the cot Damian had taken over. He tapped the youth on the forehead. The eyes popped open instantly.
“Wha’s wrong?” Damian asked in a sleepy grumble.
“Your coming with me to see what Quatre does to people who enrage him.” Wufei told the Damian.
A slow smile spread over Damian’s face. “Okay. Gotta go to the washroom first. What about Katey and Sakura?” He asked absently as he pulled himself out of the cot.
“They are going to stay with Duo.” Wufei told him in quiet tones. “They don’t need to see this yet. I wanted to show you how to shave so let me go to the washroom first and I’ll set up the things to do so.”
Damian looked at him wide eyed with amazement. He had never thought about that before. His voice had changed already to a deep baritone similar to Duo’s but it rumbled instead of rasped. He waited for Wufei to come out again and the lawyer was dressed in an expensive suit. The jacket was thrown over his arm.
Damian slipped into the room and found a similar suit for him. It just didn’t have a jacket. He relieved himself and dressed himself quickly. Then stuck his head out of the door to tell Wufei he was ready. He saw Wufei murmuring quietly with Duo and grinned. He had never seen real love before and seeing these two men together showed him what it was really like. ‘Maybe I’ll find it too.’ His mind thought as he watched.
Wufei looked up and joined Damian in the bathroom. He showed him what to do and did his own face. “You’re shoulders are to broad to fit anything that we wore at your age.” He told the teen. “And not broad enough for what Trowa wore. So no jacket. But I think you are similar to Duo. You wouldn’t wear it for long anyway.”
Damian blinked as he carefully shaved his face following the motions of the older man. He thought about what he said and agreed wholeheartedly. “What am I supposed to do at the meeting?”
“Just listen and answer any question Quatre will throw your way honestly.” Wufei told him. “I don’t think Quatre knows what he wants from you yet.”
Damian nodded. He knew Wufei wouldn’t let anything happen to him. For some reason he knew that Wufei thought of him as family. And family to this man meant something very important.
Wufei lead the way out of the washroom and motioned the youth to the doorway where Quatre was waiting with Heero and a young lady. He made his way silently to the bed and placed a kiss on the two figures sleeping there. On wrinkled a nose and the other purred happily. He turned and joined the group at the door and shut it behind them.
“I didn’t know you were coming too Angel.” Damian was saying as Wufei joined them. “Do you know what is going on?”
“Yeah Quatre’s sisters hurt some one he considers a brother more than he considers his sisters family and he is telling them what he thinks about it and who’s boss.” The girl replied.
“They hurt Duo.” Damian confirmed quietly. “When Quatre is through I hope no one tries to do it again.”
Wufei smiled. That was the voice of a brother speaking through the young man. He would make Duo a good brother.
Heero looked over at Wufei and smiled. He liked the teen already. “We have to get going. You two have a lot to learn before the meeting.

Wufei sat back in the chair he had taken in the conference room and listened to Quatre and Heero explain Duo’s project to the teens. Damian was staring at them quietly taking in everything not asking a question. The girl who was actually named Angel was asking questions a mile minute.
A rap on the door broke the conversation and Quatre looked at his watch. He nodded and called for the person to enter.
The first of Quatre’s sister’s entered quickly with two others close behind. They had vidphone equipment to set up with them as well.
“There will be fourteen of my sister’s here for this conference. Thirteen will be here by vidphone. One of them is not apart of this and the last one was killed in the attack on my father during the war.” Quatre told the teens.
His sisters looked curiously at the teens but left their questions till later as they set up the connections for the phones.
At 10:15 the last and eldest sister entered the room. Quatre was staring up at a picture on the wall ignoring the murmuring of the women who were slowly filling the room. The vidphones had been right on time. It was the elder sister’s who were causing this delay.
“I said 10:00.” Quatre said quietly as his eldest sisters took their seats. “Not 10:15, not 10:05, not 10:10. 10:00.”
“Well you didn’t give us much warning Quatre.” One of them was bold enough to say.
Quatre slowly turned to the group. Gone was the easy going man that had been there when the first sisters had arrived. In his place was a very angry, very furious man. “When I went to medical school I told you that you had to run everything about this business through me. That if I liked an idea and brought it to your attention that it was to be implemented right away. I find that you haven’t been doing any of the things that I requested that you do. So,” He paused as he let his eyes wander the group. “It seems that we must revise how this is done.”
Splutters and mutters of protest were heard from around the room and the vidphones.
Quatre raised a hand. “This is MY business.” He stated in icy softness. “Heero and myself will be going over every aspect and business dealing that this company has had since I went to medical school. We started last night in fact. Doraia, it seems that your are in dealings with a known crime lord. I thought better of you.” He turned to the sister with quiet disdain and anger. “Clear your things from your office and remove yourself from this building in two hours. Preventers will be contacting you about your business.”
The woman in question protested hotly. “You have no right…”
Quatre turned back to the woman in question. The fury that radiated from him was nearly enough to topple a building. He motioned to two security guards to take the woman from the room. “I can. I have. And I will.” He stated in such tones that they were like ice cubes dripping from his lips.
Wufei hid his grin behind his fingers as he watched Quatre tear into his sisters. He was glad that he was taping this for Duo. He wouldn’t believe what he was told in a light year.
“Alaigha, it seems that your medical breakthroughs are getting on the unethical side. I will be looking further into it.” Quatre had turned his attention to one of the vidphones. “There are some people as well as Preventers who would like to talk to you about that. It seems that you have been buying test subjects from a base that I am acquainted with on earth.” He tsked softly. “You will find security officers ready to take you from the facility and deliver you into their hands. Enjoy your future.
“Maghada,” Quatre turned to another sister. All his sister looked very similar to him in looks. It was as if they had been cut from the same cloth. The only difference on most was height or a slight difference in eye color. “I heard that you turned down the offer from Planet Kingdom. Very good. But please next time okay it with me. Get all the information and make sure it comes through me first.” One woman sighed in relief. The other’s quailed in fear as Quatre went on in his crusade.
Two hours later twenty sisters sighed in relief that they had survived their brother’s rampage.
“This is the new order of things.” Quatre began as he finished his cutting remarks and delivering justice. “Everything has to be put through me if it meets my standards then we do business otherwise it goes in the trash bin. I brought an idea to you. You put it in the trash bin. I don’t like that.”
Twenty women winced as they slid further down in their chairs.
“Quatre the idea had merit but it just can’t be implemented at this time.” One of the sisters had the nerve to state.
“NO!” A fist slammed down on the table. Twenty women turned to see an enraged youth glaring at them. “There is never a right time to implement things of this nature. It has to be done now. It needs to be done now. Or people like me and Angel will be forgotten and never make it in life. They will waste away. Do drugs. Sell themselves to live. This plan, this idea, this project, has never been needed more than it is needed now. If we don’t try we will never know if it can be done.” Damian stood glaring at the women. “My brother was right. If you have money you abuse the use of it. You don’t care if you hurt people. Well I know that that has to change. It has to change quickly or there will never be survivors. There will never be life for anyone accept those people who are rich.”
Wufei moved quickly. He placed gentling hands on his brother-in-laws shoulders. “Damian is correct. If we don’t start doing something. It will never get done. And children like Damian,” Wufei indicated who he was talking about. “Angel, my new sister, and the love of my life will never be able to have a chance at true life and love.” He looked at each woman in turn. “It has to start somewhere. I say here.”
“And that my dear sisters is why this project starts here and now.”