New Haven

Chapter Thirty-Three: Time for Answers
Duo looked at the woman silently as he wondered where he should start his interrogation. He knew that Heero and the other two wouldn’t. He decided to start with the important question. “Do you know why Heero disappeared?”
“He disappeared when his father was assassinated.” Suki murmured as she looked down at her lap. “I always assumed it was so that he wouldn’t be placed in his father’s stead.”
“Okay. I can understand that.” Duo growled. He ignored the glares being sent his way. “Did you try to find him? Did you even look for him?”
“Yes I did!!!” She snarled as she pushed from her chair. “Everyone kept telling me that he was killed just like his father. But until I found a body I wasn’t going to give up. I looked for years never giving up hope. When I walked in here yesterday. It was like seeing a ghost. He looks so much his father it’s not funny.” She wrapped her arms around herself as she turned to glare at the occupants of the table. “I never gave up hope.” She whispered. “My father kept telling me it was hopeless. That he was dead and I would never find him again.”
“How hard did you look?” Duo snarled in return.
“I looked so much that I ended up in the hospital because I wasn’t eating right and not getting enough sleep. They had to sedate me and put me on an IV to get me back to health. I almost died several times as I tried to trace where he was. His father was a great politician with a knack for computers. He handed on a few of his tricks to me. I almost found him so many times. But the man who had him always seemed to know that I was coming. He always seemed to know. I would be going through the front door and see the cigarette in an ashtray still burning. But no one could be found.”
“So why haven’t you found him since the war ended. I could understand why you couldn’t find him during the war. But why not three or four years ago?’
“The only time I thought I found him it was at Preventers and they wouldn’t let me talk to the agent I thought might be him. They kept saying it was something I had to make an appointment for. It was so frustrating. every time that I got an appointment the agent disappeared on an assignment and it was cancelled. I got so fed up I gave up. I thought maybe he would come and look for me eventually.”
Heero looked down at the table and fiddled with a fork. “A man named Odin Lowe took me with him. He was the one who killed Daddy. He said he couldn’t kill me but he could make me disappear. He also said that he had killed my mom too. When he died at the beginning of the war he had trained me as an assassin. I didn’t feel right doing it. I looked into what caused the war why it happened who was right and who was wrong. I wanted to get it to stop. I heard of a man called Sandrock who seemed to be trying to stop the war for the right reasons. I made contact with him and became an agent to aid him in stopping the war. With the help of Heavyarms, Shenlong, and Shinigami as well as Sandrock we finally made the war come to an end. I became a Preventer so I could stop it from ever happen again.” He whispered the last softly not looking up from the table. He felt a hand settle on the top of his head.
“You may have my eyes and my will to live. He tried but he didn’t manage to do it right.” His mother whispered. “But you have your father’s sense of right and wrong. I was so proud when they said you were an agent for the Preventers. I wanted to run across the room and wrap my arms around you and hug you tight. But I see that you wouldn’t know how to handle that.” She looked down at her son hesitantly. “Can I hug you now?”
Duo grinned and motioned for Trowa and Quatre to follow him away from the table as Heero turned to embrace his mother. Silent sobs racking his body.
Quatre shrugged and looked at Duo wryly. “I guess it was a good thing that we found you.” He muttered giving the long haired man a quick hug. “I don’t think we would have been able to ask her the questions that he needed answered for him. He was so anxious that she might not want him. Thank you for being a friend to us. We wouldn’t have been able to do what you did.”
Trowa placed a reassuring hand on Quatre’s shoulder and one on Duo’s. “It’s over now. Everything will be alright now.” He murmured. “Duo helped as Wufei would have. He knew that he would.” He smiled gently. “Now why doesn’t Duo call Une and ask her if it would be possible to see the ‘Doggies’ for the girls sake. I am going to go see Alex. Quatre can take you where ever you need to go. They have started on the building of the hospital.” He smiled gently at the blond. “I’m sure that it will be a break from inspecting your wonderful sisters. And it will let Wufei work on the case freely. You should take the van and Damian along as well. I think he could do with a pet. He might not admit it but he needs it just as much.”
Duo nodded as he reached for the phone on a side table in the hall. He dialed the number he knew well. He called his sister anytime that he needed some one to talk too. He knew that she would like the idea. There were many dogs that couldn’t work well with some people and needed good homes for them.
“Lady Une’s office. Who is speaking please?” A firm voice answered the phone.
“Yes this is Duo for Lady Une.” Duo responded quickly.
“Duo who?”
“Gravy. Put the lady on the phone.” Duo growled in irritation.
“Yes Mister Maxwell.” The voice told him with a laughter tinged voice.
“Lady Une.” Anne’s voice stated over the phone.
“Hey Annie.” Duo grinned waiting for the eruption.
“MY NAME IS NOT ANNIE!!!”
“Yeah, yeah you keep saying that.” Duo grinned as he watched Quatre snuggle into his very big teddy bear.
“What do you want now Duo?”
“Uhmm, it’s like this…” Duo began hesitantly. “The girls are having bad nightmares and are crawling into bed with us. We thought if they had some type of pet to protect them they wouldn’t come crawl in with us when we’re in the middle of sexual activities. Then tell everybody about it the next day.”
Laughter rang out over the phone. “You’re having the same problem huh.” A pause was heard and a murmured conversation could be heard on the background. “I think it’s a good idea I take it that you want to see if they will bond with any of our older or problematic friends.”
“Yes. That would help you as well as us.” Duo answered promptly.
“When would you like to do this?”
“As soon as possible. And I thought you, Sal, and Noin might want to take the girls shopping for clothes as well.” Quatre turned and raised an eyebrow at him at the idea. “I don’t think that your sisters would be a good idea at the moment.” He whispered to the blond doctor.
Quatre grinned and nodded. “Tell her that we can take Gerald and Damian shopping as well.”
“Quatre just said that we could take Gerald shopping if you would like.” He informed her of the option.
“I think that might be a good idea.” She murmured as she consulted someone off of the phone. “Noin wonders if you could take Damarus as well?”
“Sure the more the merrier.” Duo answered quickly. “I’m sure that Damian and Quatre could keep them out of trouble. I can supervise.”
“It’s a deal.” She said firmly. “Why don’t you come over here in about an hour and a half. That way I can clear our schedules.”
Duo grinned. “We’ll be there. How do we get the mongrels home if we end up with any of them?”
“I’ll send Zechs with them.” She said with a giggle in her voice.
“Cool! See you then.” Duo grinned. “Fei we have an hour and a half to get me and Sakura ready to go on our trip for bed buddies. Seems Une has the same problem as us.”
“What do you mean?” Wufei called from the depths of Sakura’s room.
“Quatre and I are going to take the kids to see the mongrels and then Une, Sally and Noin will take the girls shopping for clothing while we take the gents.” He called to his love. “That way you can do that work you need to and Heero can spend time with his mom. Could you rush the teens while Quat helps me get dressed?”
“I think I can manage that.” Wufei called back over the giggles that could be heard.
“Love ya Babe.”
“Love you too.”