Note: Nothing special, just the usual grammar and dialogue tweaks.
Quatre’s House
Quatre took a deep breath and walked through the front door. It had been about 2 weeks since the meeting at the Preventer’s HQ, and still he had not told Noin about Kale. But earlier today he went to a business meeting and saw that the incident was starting to gain the attention of the media. He now knew it would only be a matter of time until Noin found out, so he decided today would be the day that he told her.
“Noin… are you here?”
Noin came down the steps with a worried look on her face, “Quatre, where have you been today, you weren’t home for lunch, and I was starting to get concerned.”
Quatre sighed, “Sorry about worrying you Noin, the meeting went on longer than I had expected.”
Noin smiled looking a little more relaxed, “That’s okay; I put your lunch in the fridge if you’re hungry.”
Quatre looked down slightly, “No thank you… Noin I have something to tell you.”
Noin looked at him oddly, “What is it?”
Quatre’s feet shifted slightly, “Not in here, I think you should sit down.”
They went into the living room and sat down on the couch, “Noin… a few weeks ago I got a DVD in the mail. You were ill at the time so I didn’t tell you, but I should have said something.”
Quatre paused for a second to think of the best way to tell her, “Noin there’s no real easy way to say this… but… Kale Young is still alive.”
Noin’s face went blank as she felt the blood drain from her face. She lowered her head and sat there in silence. Quatre got up and left the room to give Noin some time to think.
Duo’s House
Duo was sitting on the couch when he heard the vid-phone ringing. He quickly got up and hit the answer button.
“Hello.”
Wu-Fei’s face appeared onscreen, “Hey Duo.”
Duo smiled, “Hey Wu-Fei it’s been awhile, what’s the good word?”
Wu-Fei sighed, “Not much I’m afraid, not only do we still not know the location of the Kales base, but when we do find it, General Zen is planning on sending in just the Black Ops.”
Duo shook his head, “They can’t be serious, that’s only a 30 man team. Do they even know how many troops Kale has yet?”
“No, they say it’s manageable, but they have no idea. I have a bad feeling about this, but as long as the UMS is in charge I’m powerless to do anything.”
Duo frowned, “Looks like all we can do now is hope for the best.”
Wu-Fei nodded, “Yeah, I’ll call you back when I have more information, right now I’m going to pass this info on to the others.”
“Right, see ya later.”
Quatre’s House
Noin sat on the couch, Quatre’s words still ringing in her ears.
“Kale’s alive… no that can’t be, he died, he died when Zechs…” Noin’s breath began to quicken, “Zechs, you gave up your life so that Kale wouldn’t be able to hurt us. You died to keep us safe, but now Kale’s alive, and you’re still gone. What did you die for, was it all in vain… nothing, you died for nothing, why, WHY,” Noin picked up the lamp next to her.
Quatre heard something break in the living room and dashed into the room. He saw the remains of the lamp on the floor next to him where Noin had thrown it. He then looked over at Noin, she was on her knees, crying and screaming at the top of her lungs.
“WHY DID YOU WASTE YOUR LIFE, WHY DID YOU DIE FOR NOTHING,” She began hitting the ground with her fists, “COME BACK ZECHS, PLEASE COME BACK!”
Quatre rushed over to her and grabbed both her arms firmly, “Noin you have to calm down before you hurt yourself!”
Noin struggled in his grip, “LET GO OF ME QUATRE, GO AWAY!”
“Noin get a hold of yourself!”
Noin ignored him and managed to wrench her right arm out of his grip, she then slapped him in the face as hard as she could. Quatre winced in pain, but regained his grip on her arms. He then pinned her on her back and held her down.
“Noin please, you have to stop this now!”
Noin still ignored him and continued to struggle.
“I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, I DON’T WANT YOU IN MY LIFE ANYMORE. I WANT ZECHS BACK, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY LIFE QUATRE!”
After hearing those words Quatre grip loosened just slightly, but that was all Noin needed. She got both her arms free and immediately slapped him again. Quatre regained his composure and tried to restrain her. He got her left arm down but Noin scratched at his face relentlessly with her nails using her other hand, eliciting a sharp cry from Quatre. As blood ran down his face, he managed to pull her hand off his face and pin it to the ground.
“LUCRENZIA STOP!”
Noin immediately stopped what she was doing, as if she had just awoken from a trance. She looked at Quatre and her eyes went wide with horror. Quatre got off of her and got to his feet, breathing heavily.
“Oh god Quatre I…”
Quatre glared at her, blood running down his face and neck. Noin wanted to say something but no words came out. Quatre quickly turned around and walked out of the room, leaving Noin was in a state of shock and despair. She then started to remember what she did, tears formed in her eye’s as she now remembered everything.
“Quatre… what have I done?”
Quatre shut the door to his room and locked it. He walked into the bathroom, washed his face and neck off, and looked into the mirror. He gently began running his fingers over the marks on his face. He then closed his eyes, and as he thought about what had just happened, a single tear rolled down his face.
“Noin… after all I’ve done for you, how could you do this to me?”
End Ch-3