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ON TO CHAPTER 13
LIFE LOVE AND FAMILY
THE AFTERMATH
BY ORACLE AT DELPHI
The crowd gathered in the moonlight to watch the trailer sway
back and forth and to and fro. The one thing the circus
performers loved more than putting on a show is watching one.
Catherine and Jase never let them down. About an hour after
each show, they all gathered near Catherine's trailer placing
bets on whether the it will tip over on the left side, right side
or stay upright. The last time it fell over on the right
side. The bearded lady and the midgets won a tidy sum that
night. The trailer finally came to halt upright. Groans,
mumbles and swearing could be heard from the losers as they paid
the manager for he was the lucky winner. The manager smiled
as he counted his winnings on his way back to his own trailer.
'I wonder what they all will say when they find out Jase bolted
the trailed to the ground with springs.'
~*~*~
"Damn, the trailer didn't tip over." Catherine said
as she lay atop of Jase.
"That's cause I bolted it to the ground with springs."
Catherine smacked Jase with the pillows, "Whatcha go and
do that for?"
"Cause the last time the trailer tipped over and broke your
imported china. And if you recall you REFUSED to let me
touch you for a whole two weeks."
Jase flipped Catherine on to her back, "I never want to go
with out touching you again." He said as he traced the outline
of her face with the back of his hand.
Catherine smiled a pulled his face in for a passionate kiss.
When they broke apart Jase began kissing and sucking on her neck
while she played with his yard long chestnut hair.
"Ya know", Jase said in between kisses. "I wonder
if Trowa and Kellee are doing what we're doing."
"Why would they be doing what we're doing?" Catherine
asked confused.
"Cause", he replied between more kisses, " Trowa
took Kellee out and", he paused, "I know they want to."
Catherine stopped what she was doing, "What did you just
say?"
Jase grunted and hoisted himself up on his elbows, "I said
Trowa took Kellee out and..."
"GET UP! GET OFF! GET DRESSED!"
Catherine shoved Jase off of her and bolted for her laptop.
"Damn babe" Jase said as he scratched his head bewildered,
"was I really that bad? I love to hear ya respond to me but
thats not exactly what I had in mind."
Catherine ignored him as her fingers flew across the keyboard
bringing up the tracking system. She stared at the screen noting
four blips, Relena, Hilde, Sally and Kellee all converging on
the Loft. She grinned evilly as she noted Jai was still there.
"That bitch did it." Catherine said excitedly as she
jabbed her leg into her jeans.
"She sure did. What the bitch do?" Jase said with a
mixture of excitement and confusion although he had no clue what
was so exciting.
Catherine threw Jase his clothes smacking him in the face, "Hurry
up, we don't want to miss this."
"We sure don't. What don't we want to miss?" he asked
getting more confused by the moment.
"Jai's reaction when she finds out she lost the bet."
Catherine answered as she grabbed her shoes.
"Oh. OK." Jase replied putting his arms in his shirt.
Jase was buttoning his shirt and then suddenly paused, "Wait
a minute. What bet?"
~*~*~
Duo was the first to arrive back at the Loft. He wanted
to hear how Hilde's date went. He snickered as he thought
back to the food fight and her wimpy date. Duo noticed that
the room was lit with candles. Curious he walked over to
the table and found four bottles empty bottles of wine and the
unfinished Monopoly game.
Duo chuckled, "Leave it to Quatre to come up with a way to
make Monopoly romantic. Way to go Quatre."
Duo sprawled himself on the love seat to wait for Hilde to show
up. He closed his eyes and began dozing. Eventually he fell asleep.
***SMACK***
Duo awoke with a start and a stinging handprint on his cheek.
"What the Fuck!" he shouted disoriented.
When he finally focused his vision he came face to face with hell
and all its fury.
Duo rubbed his cheek, anger flashing in his eyes, "Hildeya
knowI'm getting really tired of you smacking me."
Hilde put her hands on her hips and leaned forward, "Duoya
knowI'm getting tired of having a reason to smack you."
"You ruined my date you bastard." She seethed, "plus
you got me arrested."
Hilde bawled up her fist, drew back and aimed for his jaw. Duo
caught her fist mid punch, pissing Hilde off.
"When will you take the hint that I DON"T WANT YOU!"
she spat as she threw another punch in which Duo easily caught.
"NEVER!"
Hilde struggled with Duo trying to free her hands from his tight
grip. As soon as she'd get one hand free he'd catch it again.
"Damn it, Duo!" she said as she continued to struggle,
"what do you want from me?"
"EVERYTHING!"
Duo yanked on Hilde's hands causing her to fall to her knees and
in between his. He crushed her lips with his in a fierce kiss.
He let go one of her hands and placed his free hand at the base
of her neck. He ran a finger up to her hairline causing he to
gasp. When she opened her mouth he slipped his tongue in and pulled
her closer to him deepening the kiss. Hilde was seeing stars,
moons and comets. She often wondered what it would be like
to be kissed by Death but she had no idea it would be like this.
If being kissed by Death is always this good, she will spend eternity
dying in his arms. Duo was desperate and he was tired of
playing this game. He was putting all that he had to give her
in that one kiss. It might just be his last shot. He held her
close to him as if his life depended on it. Hilde was still
dazed when the kiss ended. As soon as she came to her senses she
punched him in the groin. Duo's eyes crossed and tears sprang
to them as he doubled over holding himself. He fell over on his
side.
"Why? Why?"
Hilde grabbed him by his chin and looking into his pained filled
eyes said, "The devil made me do it."
Hilde left Duo to his agony and walked over to the table.
"I see Jai beat Quatre." She said survey the game board.
"How do you know that?" Duo asked in a whisper for that
was all he could manage at the moment.
"There's a hotel on Marvin Gardens and that is her favorite
property. She always wins when she has it. Speaking of which,
where are they?"
Duo was finally able to sit upright on the love seat, "I
guess Quatre got lucky."
***BAM***
Relena slammed the door open as she entered and with all her might
tried slam it in Heero's face but he caught it and slammed it
for her. Hilde and Duo stared at the dripping wet couple.
Relena walked over to the nearest table, grabbed the vase and
hurled it at Heero's head. Heero effortlessly ducked and the vase
crashed into the wall.
"'Reyna' will you stop throwing shit at me." Heero calming
said.
Relena picked up the a small statue, "Well if you stop moving
so I can hit you, I won't have to keep throwing stuff at you."
Relena threw the statue at his head and he caught it effortlessly,
pissing Relena off.
"Look 'Reyna', you should be thanking me for protecting you
from that bastard."
Relena advanced on Heero, yanked the statue from his hand looking
in his eyes she said, "Damn you Heero! I don't need you to
protect me! I don't need you to follow me around! I don't need
you to spy on me from the shadows! I NEED you to LOVE ME! That
is ALL I NEED from you!" punctuating every word with a poke
of the statue in his chest, "Sadly, Heero you are a "perfect
coward" when it comes to giving me what I need."
Heero was stunned and dumbfounded. Relena put all of her cards
on the table. Now it was time for him to do the same.
Duo and Hilde remained silent in the dark. Heero and Relena had
reached an impasse in their relationship or lack there of.
They wanted to see the whole show so they could relate all of
the details to the others.
'Heero buddy don't blow it.' Duo thought trying to will
the message to Heero.
Heero the man wanted to pull her to him and show her just how
much he loved her but Heero the soldier refused to acknowledge
such things as feelings, emotions, desires. Heero still
needed time to reconcile the two persona's. Unfortunately as Jai
told him earlier his time has ran out. The next move was his and
he needed it to be the right one.
Heero held out his hand to touch her cheek, "Relena I"
"There's nothing wrong with the way I drive, Onna."
Wufei said as he and Sally entered the Loft.
"Wufei, its not my fault that old "Onna" passed
you in her wheel chair and flipped you off." Sally replied
as she flicked on the lights.
"Why did you drive so slow and take the long way back anyway?"
Wufei didn't bother to respond.
"Hmph", Sally said as she crossed her arms, "I
just wanted to see if you would admit that you actually liked
having my arms around you."
Wufei glared at Sally and in a warning tone said, "Onna"
"What the hell happened to you?" a shocked Sally asked
a pink haired Relena oblivious that she just interrupted the couple.
Duo and Hilde began laughing from their respective places.
Heero and Relena looked at the pair for that was the first time
that they realized that they were there.
Holding her sides Hilde said, "Relena, if you put your hair
in two ponytails you'd look just like the Rini kid from Sailor
Moon."
Duo and Hilde continued to laugh while Sally tried to hide her
laughter behind her hand and Wufei smirked. Relena looked
at herself in the mirror hanging on a nearby wall. She had to
admit, Hilde did have a good point. Relena then walked over to
the table and stood on the Monopoly board. She tried her into
two makeshift ponytails, got down on her knees and waving her
arms said, "In the name of the moon I shall hit you in the
knee caps and kick you in your ankles."
Hilde hopped up on the table. Both girls stood back to back and
said, "We will punish you!"
The room erupted into laughter, which effectively broke the tension
created by Heero and Relena.
Relena looked down, realized she was kneeling on a Monopoly board
and smirked, "I see Quatre tried to play Monopoly with Jai.
Speaking of which"
The door flew open, smacking Wufei in the back causing him to
stumble into Sally.
"DAMN!" Wufei shouted as he steadied Sally and himself
to keep from falling.
Wufei glared at the overly excited couple.
"Did we miss it?" Catherine asked as she looked around
the room.
"Miss what?" Relena asked.
"Jai's reaction." Jase answered.
"Jai's reaction to what?" Heero asked confused.
"To losing the bet." Catherine replied.
"What bet?" Sally asked.
"What is this 20 questions?" Jase replied.
"Why don't you tell us what has you two so damn hyper?"
Wufei said annoyed.
It hit her and Hilde's eyes widen in shock, "You mean Kellee
actually got your brother to take her out. Hell has frozen over."
"Uh, can someone supply some details, a summary, something?"
Duo suggested.
Catherine inhaled deeply, "Jai and Kellee made a bet that
if Kellee could get Trowa to take her out, Jai would go out with
Quatre. Jai was sure not to lose, Kellee talks too much for Trowa
but she did. Where is Jai I know that she's here, unless she's
not wearing her tracker."
All of a sudden the heard a loud thud from the kitchen and all
eyes turned toward the kitchen door.
"WHO THE HELL IS GRANT?!"
~*~*~
Quatre's voice jolted Jai back to reality.
"What?"
Quatre got up from the floor and walked towards her. Looking
her in the eyes said, " You said not again Grant and then
you punched me. Now tell me, who the hell is Grant?"
Quatre felt a different kind of fear emanate from Jai and knew
that what ever she was hiding she was afraid of it.
She turned from his gaze, "I have no idea what you're talking
about." She replied nervously as she hopped off of the opposite
side of the counter.
Quatre folded his arms over his chest, "Then why did you
shove and punch me?"
"Maybe I was sick of you touching me." She shot back.
"I doubt that." he responded smirking.
Jai was indignant, "Oh really? That's one hell of an ego
you have Casanova. Never been turned down?"
Quatre leaped over the counter and with a predatory look advanced
on Jai causing her to back away.
"I could tell by the signs you gave me. You said you didn't
care where I was going as long as I hurried up and got there.
So I did. Or maybe it was the way you sighed when I was nibbling
on your ear. Or maybe it was the way you pulled me closer to you
when I was licking the chocolate off of you."
Jai backed into the wall and Quatre caged her in with his arms
on each side of her head, his face mere inches from hers "Or
maybe it was the way you wrapped your legs tighter around my waist
as I kissed you. I know you liked it you couldn't even form one
coherent thought."
She began to get lost in his eyes as he pinned her to the wall
more with his stare than his body. Her eyes narrowed in realization.
"You were reading my mind." she stated rather than asked.
"I don't believe you Quatre. I don't believe that you were
reading my mind. That's the ultimate invasion of privacy.
How could you?"
"What did Grant do you?"
"He didn't do anything to me."
"I thought you didn't know what I was talking about?"
Jai shoved Quatre out of her way and stormed out of the door.
"Nai Nai wait." Quatre called after her.
Jai stormed through the kitchen door dressed in only her shorts
and her bra oblivious to the eight pairs of eyes staring at her.
A shirtless Quatre emerged right behind her.
"Nai Nai wait." he said as he grabbed her by her arm,
"I want to know who Grant is and what he did to you?"
"You called Quatre, Grant? Why?"
Quatre and Jai's head snapped toward the voice. Jase was
staring at Jai with anger in his eyes. Catherine took note that
Jase was pissed at Jai.
"Not now Jason"
"Why not now Janai. You lied to me. You told me that you've
put it all past you."
"Now is not the time Jason."
Quatre looked from Jai to Jase, "Who the hell is Grant, Jase?"
Jase ignored Quatre's question, "Janai you need help."
"There's nothing to help because nothing happened."
Jai shot back.
"You're in denial Janai! You're lying to yourself! Can't
you see that?" Jase yelled.
Janai picked up an empty wine bottle and hurled it at Jase's head.
Jase ducked just as the bottle hit the wall with great force and
shattered.
Jase looked at Jai with anger blazing in his eyes, "That
just proved my point."
"Jai, what the hell were you two doing? And who the hell
is Grant?" an irritated Heero demanded as he stared at the
couple.
Jai looked down and noticed that she was wearing her bra. The
bra had chocolate smears all over it particularly where her nipple
was.
"Fuck!" she said as she turned on her heal and stalked
back to the kitchen.
"Uh, Quatre. You have chocolate on your chin." Duo said
smirking.
Quatre turned an evil glare at Duo, "Shut the fuck up, Duo."
Jai remerged from the kitchen buttoning her shirt and heading
towards the door.
"Nai Nai? Where are you going? We really need to talk."
"Quatre, you've been reading my mind all night. I think you've
had more than enough conversation from me. Heero, if you stop
fucking up with Relena you could be doing what I was doing. "
Jai looked at Jase, "And Jase, AARGH!! Just fuck you."
She said waving her arms and then reaching for the door.
Jai swung the door open and a kissing Trowa and Kellee fell in.
Trowa stretched his arms out just in time to stop their fall while
Kellee clung tighter to his neck in order to keep herself from
slamming into the floor.
Jai looked down at the kiss swollen lips of the couple in the
floor, indicating that they have been at it for a while. She then
looked up the ceiling and out stretched her arms, "At some
point during the night the heavens opened up and said JaiFUCK
YOU!"
Jai let her arms fall to her sides and walked to the liquor cabinet.
She removed a fifth of tequila and proceeded to drink directly
from the bottle, downing the bottle without stopping.
Trowa and Kellee got up from the floor to face eight stares. Kellee
quickly diverted attention from her and Trowa to Quatre.
"Quatre, I have a surWhat happened to your shirt?" Kellee
asked.
Quatre never took his eyes off of Jai, "Now is not the time
Kellee."
"But Quatre I have the perfect date for you? She's"
Kellee never got to finish her sentence for Quatre released all
of his anger, "Who in the hell got the idea I need my sisters
to find me a fucking wife in the first place. You of all people
should know how I feel about that shit and here you go finding
someone else to waste my time. If I were you, I would choose another
time to piss me off."
"I have to agree with Quatre. All 28 of his previous dates
have all been failures the 29th won't be any different."
Jai said.
"Jai now you know..." Kellee began.
"Kellee, I refuse to go out on any more blind dates. How
many times do I have to drill that into that fucking thick skull
of yours."
Quatre then turns to Jai, "How in the hell do you know about
my previous dates?"
"I always like to check out the competition." Jai replied
smirking.
"What the fuck?!" Quatre said then continued, "what
competition?"
"But Quatre, you don't unde..." Kellee began.
"Kellee, tell who ever the hell this date is thanks but no
thanks. If you haven't noticed, I already have my hands full."
He said looking back at Jai.
"Quatre!"
"You heard the man Kel" Jai said smirking, "he
said thanks but no thanks."
Jai walked over to the fireplace and moved the poker to the right.
The wall of the fireplace rose to revel a slide tunnel exit.
Kellee noticed that Jai was going to make a break for it.
"Oh hell no bitch, I won the bet fair and square."
Jai looked at Quatre, then Kellee and smiled, "Yeah you did
but he said "thanks but no thanks" and I can't force
him to fulfill it. Besides it looks like things worked out better
for you because of it", she said and then jumped in the tunnel.
The tunnel closed behind her. Kellee ran for the fireplace.
"Janai Yuy, get your ass back here." She yelled through
the wall.
Kellee moved the poker to the right but the wall didn't open,
"That bitch locked me out!"
Kellee ran over to the sofa, ripped the cushions off and lifted
the metal lid that was located under the cushions. There
was a hidden stairwell and she ran down it to try and catch Jai.
Quatre stared at the fireplace. Duo walked up to Quatre.
"Sucker."
Quatre looked at Duo with narrowed eyes, "Do I look like
I want some damn candy, Duo?"
"I think Duo was calling you a sucker." Trowa said.
"What?"
Trowa walked over to Quatre, "Quatre, I think there is something
you should know."
Quatre turned his attention to Trowa.
"To make a long story short, Jai and Lee made a bet. If Lee
could get me to take her out then"
"Jai would have to go out with me, right."
Trowa nodded.
"So, Jai just suckered me out of our date?"
All heads in the room nodded.
Quatre bawled up his fist and rammed it straight through the kitchen
door causing the girls on the room to jump in surprise. Quatre
removed his hand from the door and ran it though his blond locks.
"Jase, who is Grant and why does he have Jai so bent out
of shape." Catherine asked.
Jase faced Catherine with sad eyes, "Babe, please don't ask
me that question and that way I won't have to lie to you."
"What the hell does that mean?" Relena asked.
"It means that I can't tell you. I promised, now I wish I
hadn't"
Quatre out stretched both hands, placing them on the wall and
lean into the wall, flexing his tensed back muscles. The girls
looked at the blond pilot in awe.
"Damn." Hilde said looking at Quatre in a whole new
light.
"No shit." Sally agreed inspecting the well-toned muscles.
"I never would have guessed that you were carrying a six
pack." Relena said astonished.
"I was thinking it was more like a 40." Catherine said.
Quatre turned and glared over his shoulder at the russet haired
woman.
Kellee came in the front door slamming it behind her, "Bitch
left on her bike before I could catch her. Plus she rode over
her tracker. What the hell is her problem?"
"By the way, Quatre" Kellee began, "you may want
to put your shirt back on."
"That would be nice but Jai just left wearing it."
"We'd better split up and find her." Jase said.
Heero reappeared from one of the bedrooms and tossed Quatre one
of his shirts.
"Where do we start looking?" Quatre asked as he pulled
the shirt over his head.
Heero reached for the door, "The shadiest bar in the shadiest
part of town."
"Why would she go there?" Wufei asked.
Sally snorted, "To pick a fight."
The group paired off and when in search of the crazed terrorist.
~*~*~
It was 3:13am when Jase spotted a dark purple bike with yellow
lightening bolts.
"Hey Duo, stop the truck. That's Jai's bike."
Duo pulled his truck into the parking lot of a seedy bar.
The red neon sign was supposed to read "Swankey's" but
the "S" wasn't lit so it read "wankey's".
Jase looked at the bar and frowned. It reminded him of the
house made of sticks that the three little pigs built. With a
huff and puff the whole damn thing would blow down.
The twins got out of the truck and hoisted Jai's bike up into
the bed of the truck. Duo pulled out his cell phone and dialed.
"Yuy" Heero answered.
"Hey Heero, we found your sister. She's at some dive called
Swankey's."
"Roger that. I'll call the others and we'll meet you back
at The Loft. And Duo, watch your ass."
"Heero! I didn't know you cared."
"Literally Duo, watch your ass." Heero said and disconnected.
Duo stared at the phone a moment before putting it back in his
pocket.
"Well you ready." Duo said gesturing to the entrance.
Jase looked at the door in disgust, "Nope but I don't have
a choice."
Duo and Jase began walking toward the entrance.
"Hey just think of it as an adventure." Duo said as
they reached the door.
"Don't worry when Jai gets drunk it always is." Jase
replied as he opened the door.
The brothers walked into the bar. There were people from
one wall of the bar to the other. Old country music blared
from the speakers. The bar stank of cigarette smoke, alcohol
and stale piss. Jase was grateful he and Catherine didn't
have time to get a bite to eat earlier. Duo and Jase shouldered
their way through the crowd earning a few stares and appreciative
looks. They finally arrived at the bar. The bartender
looked them both over.
"YOU HERE FOR THE GIRL?" The middle-aged man in a dirty
white tank top that said "Angel" and blue jeans with
his belly hanging over the top asked.
"YEAH HOW DID YOU KNOW?" Duo shouted back.
The man jerked his head toward the crowd, "JUST LOOK AROUND
YOU."
Duo and Jase looked into the wall length mirror behind the man.
And for the first time they noticed that a very important element
was missing from the crowdwomen. Jase looked at Duo, Duo
looked at Jase then they both looked back at the bartender who
flashed them a smile.
"SHE YOUR SISTER." The bartender asked.
"YEAH" Jase answered.
"HERE" he said as he handed them a wad of money, "SHE'S
BEEN DRINKING ALL THE REGULARS UNDER THE TABLE. THAT GIRL'S A
REAL FIRECRACKER. BROKE BIG JIM'S ARM WHEN HE TRIED TO FEEL
HER UP. NOW SHE'S TAKEN ON BUTCH IN A DRINKING CONTEST. THEY'VE
ALREADY DRANK TWO BOTTLES OF BARCARI, A BOTTLE OF JACK DANIELS,
THREE BOTTLES OF SMIRNOFF AND NOW THEIR WORKING ON THEIR THIRD
BOTTLE OF TEQUILA. I DON'T KNOW WHERES SHE PUTTING IT ALL."
He shouted over the noise.
Duo let out a long whistle, "MY GUESS SHE'S GOING TO PUT
IT ALL IN STREET AS SOON AS SHE HITS THE AIR."
Jase felt eyes looking at him and turned around. A gray-haired
man licked his lips, blew him a kiss and winked.
Duo's eyes widen as he felt hot alcohol smelling breathe in his
ear, "HEY BABY, I'M BI AND I'D LOVE TO SINK MOBY INTO YOUR
SWEET OCEAN WHILE YOU WRAP THIS LIFE LINE", pulling on Duo's
braid, "AROUND MY NECK. I JUST LOVE A WOMAN WITH LONG HAIR."
Duo cringed turning to faced the man and through clenched teeth
said, "LISTEN BUDDY, I AM NOT BI. I AM NOT A WOMAN AND IF
YOU BRING MOBY ANY WHERE NEAR ME I'M GONG TO HARPOON HIM."
The man held up his hands in surrender and backed away.
"LET'S GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Jase shouted to Duo.
"THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, UH", he pause to read his shirt,
"ANGEL." Duo shouted to Angel.
"TAKE CARE FELLAS." Angel shouted back.
Jase and Duo made their way over to the back corner table that
was surrounded by a crowd. As Jase and Duo arrived at the front
of the crowd they saw Jai downing a shot of tequila as a big,
burly, hairy faced man sitting directly across from her watched.
Jai closed her eyes as the burning amber liquid made its way down
her throat. When it was done, Jai opened her eyes, smiled at the
man and slammed her glass down on the table. The crowd whooped
and hollered. With a steady hand Jai poured the last of
the tequila in the glass. Butch picked up the and quickly
swigged the liquor down his throat and slammed his glass on the
table. The crowd whooped and hollered again.
"All gone." Jai said in a kiddy voice as she turned
the tequila bottle upside down. And then threw it over her shoulder.
"OK Jai its time to go home." Jase said.
Jai looked over at the source of the voice. Her eyes crossed up
and her lips pursed as she tried to focus her vision. Jai
looked back at Butch.
"My bro wer", she said jerking her thumb in Jase and
Duo's direction, "say I cain't play no mo. I got ta go om."
Jai bawled up the money on the table and began to stuff her winnings
in her pockets. She started to get up from the table with
a little help from Duo. Butch slammed his huge iron fist on the
table, "Yous gos nose 'ere. I ont mi moneys. DDDor nuttin'.
Yous choose drank."
Jai jerked her arm from Duo and plopped back down in the chair,
"K" she said in a childish voice with wide eyes.
Jai put the balled up money back on the table and Butch put his
up to match hers.
Waving her arms she hollored, "ANGEL!!! TWOF BOWLES OF SAKI!!!!"
The crowd ooh, ahhed and cheered as Angel walked over with two
bottles of SakI'.
Jai took the bottles from Angel and handed one to Butch.
"Chug on free. Onetwoffree"
Jai and Butch began chugging the bottles of Saki.
Duo and Jase looked at the two amazed. Jase shook his head
Jai was going to be hell to deal with in the morning.
The two finished at the exact same time and slammed the empty
bottles on the table. Jai and Butch entered into a staring
contest.
Jai smiled at Butch. Butch smiled back baring his missing
two front teeth and then fell over out of his chair. The
crowd cheered.
Jai stood on shaky legs and peered wide eyed over the side of
the table at the man sprawled on the floor, "Thatsh double
fo mi an nuffin fo yoush."
Jai began stuffing her pockets with the money. She stopped suddenly
and whipped her gun out as
Butch rose from the floor with a gun in his hand.
"Yoush ont fuck wid mi cause I's ot one bullet fo da ech
of yas." She said waving her gun from Butch to the space
next to him.
Jase and Duo realized Jai was seeing double. It was definitely
time to go. Jase and Duo were about retrieve the drunk terrorist
when they both felt a pair of hands grabbing on their ass and
working their way forward.
"We've always wanted to fuck a set of twins."
Both Jase and Duo turned at the same time and their fists collided
with the faces that belong to the men with the offending hands.
The men flew back and landed on a couple of tables breaking them.
Jai drew back her fist and landed it on Butch's nose. She then
turned to the nearest person and kneed him in the groin.
"Damn it!"
"Uh, sorwy ooh oh." Jai slurred as Duo continued to
hold himself for the second time tonight.
A few of the patrons began throwing chairs and punches.
The Friday night brawl at Swanky's began. Jase hoisted Jai
over his shoulder and Duo punched path out of the bar. When
they were out of the bar, they all got in the truck putting Jai
in the middle and burned rubber out of the parking lot.
"And just think, I thought I was going to get away without
throwing a punch." Jase said looking at Jai.
"Welsh, at leash dis time I didshn't ave a gun to mi ead."
Jai slurred and passed out.
Duo looked at Jai shocked then he looked at Jase.
"What the hell is she taking about?"
Jase banged his head on the back of the seat. Jai was going to
make his life hell.
~*~*~
The door to the loft swung open and Jase walked in wearing a pair
of pink bunny boxers and carrying a sleeping Jai in his arms.
A laughing Duo followed them in and closed the door.
"Pink bunny boxers? Have you no shame?" Wufei asked
as Jase laid the sleeping terrorist on the couch.
"I left it on the side of the road along with my pants."
Jase replied.
" Well she did tell you to 'ove out o mu ay" Duo said
imitating a drunk Jai.
"She was slurring?" Hilde asked shocked.
Duo began laughing, "Boy was she ever."
"And you didn't get it on tape!" Hilde shouted.
"Hey I was too busy dodging MobyDick. By the way, Heero
why didn't you tell me it was a gay bar."
Heero looked at Duo, "I told you to watch your ass."
"Do you know what she had to drink?" Heero asked as
her kneeled down by his sister.
"Well when we found her, she was in a drinking match and
according to Angel the Bartender she had at least two of Barcardi,
three bottles of Smirnoff, a bottle of Jack Daniels, three bottles
of Tequila and after we got there a bottle of Saki, straight."
Jase said.
Relena let out a long whistle, "That is a lot of alcohol."
Jai shot straight up on the couch and looked at Heero wide eyed.
"Heero you're alive!" she shouted as she launched herself
at him knocking him on his back.
Quatre, Kellee and Trowa emerged from the roof stairway just in
time to see Jai tackle Heero.
Heero pried Jai from him, "Why wouldn't I be alive?"
Jai jumped up from Heero, "I was in Madrid and I saw Wing
go BOOM!" she said throwing her hands in the air.
"And then your body flying", she pretended to be flying
around the room, "through the air and then it bounced, "
she bobbed her head up and down, "and landed on the ground."
She grabbed Heero by his collar, "And then I saw the blood
drain form your body. And your eyes, your eyes stared vacant
at me. They were saying Jai Jai, You let me die."
Jai fell to her knees, "And in the middle of that square
I cried. I promised momma I would take care of you and I let you
die. She asked me to take care of you with her last dying
breath and I let you die."
Tears began to fall from her eyes, "And then I ran through
the streets screaming and crying to the heavens for forgiveness.
I ran until I couldn't breathe any longer. I cried so long
and so hard that I never heard them when they came for me.
Then they killed me. That was my penitence for letting you
die, " she finished staring at the floor as tears rolled
sown her face.
The whole room was silent as Jai continued to cry on the floor.
Heero got down on his knees in front of his sister. He put
a hand on each side of her face and raised it to meet his.
Using his thumbs he wiped away her tears.
"That was not your fault. It was my choice to self-detonate.
You didn't let me die and you didn't let momma down. You
have always taken care of me and I have always taken care of you.
I will always be here to take care of you just as I know you will
always be there to take care of me."
Jai threw her arms around Heero as he did the same. Heero
felt Jai go limp against him. He pulled back slightly to
see that she had fallen back asleep. Heero picked up Jai
and carried her to her room located in the hidden hallway.
Heero emerged from her room about 15 minutes later. He sat down
in the chair and put his head in his hands.
Guilt weighed heavily on his heart, "I had no idea she saw
Wing self-detonate. She never mentioned anything about it."
"I remember when Trowa was going to self-detonate. I wouldn't
wish that feeling on anyone." Catherine said sadly.
"Whose "they"? Does it have anything to do with
this Grant guy?"
Jase clenched his fists, "It has everything to do with him."
"QUATRE!!!"
Quatre took off for Jai's room with the others close behind.
As soon as Quatre reached the door, it swung open. A pair
of arms reached out and pulled him in.
~*~*~
Dorothy looked the raven-haired aristocrat over, leaning back
in her chair, "Are you sure she will remember you? I need
her to be distracted."
The six foot three stocky built man flashed Dorothy a smile, "Trust
me, Janai Yuy could never forget me. When she sees me she's not
going to want to have anything else to do with Quatre Winner."
He finished with a wink.