By Mika-chan
Epilogue
That night Quatre slept and he dreamed.
He was lying on his back, arms outstretched and chained to the ground and he frowned, not knowing why he was having this dream again. He had thought he had gotten past this...so why was that night still haunting him?
*CLING*
He kept his eyes facing upwards knowing he need not look to the side and waited with baited breath.
Red eyes appeared above him as he knew they would and yet he couldn't help but become hypnotized by them once more.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip
The liquid continued to fall on his face, yet something was different this time. The drops felt lighter, and as they fell, the redness of the eyes began to dull, slowly changing with each drop.
This--This had never happened before and he watched and waited, breathe catching in his throat at what was finally revealed before him:
Green, depthless eyes now stared back. Not ordinary green, but a shade he was familiar with and knew so well.
He opened his mouth, lips forming words as he attempted to speak, yet no sound came out.
The eyes began to move, trailing a path across his face.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
As eyes leveled to his own the liquid fell onto his lips and seeped slowly into his mouth. It tasted . . . salty.
It was salty.
Quatre blinked slowly in recognition, raising one of his hands and not taking the time to realize when it was freed. He reached up, fingers meeting flesh and began to wipe the moisture away. The tears seemed to fall even faster as he did. His vision blurred and he lifted his other hand, wrapping his arms around the now visible form above him and embraced the other closely.
Finding his voice, he whispered softly into the other's ear.
Trowa.
There they stayed, not forever because nothing lasted forever. He knew that the next time he opened his eyes everything would be as it was. There would be the war, the memories, the pain.
But he wouldn't be alone.
Heero, Duo, Wufei . . . Trowa. They would all be there for him, as he would surely be for them; there was no doubt in that.
Not anymore.
End. "Captured" (I guess I'm sticking with the title...)
Author's Notes:
I would first like to apologize for the long delay in the conclusion of this story. Writer's block wasn't the main cause rather it was more of my beliefs and doubts that interfered with finishing this piece. After writing part four to "Captured" I believe at the time there were a few controversial issues going about in a few mailing lists of mine. After taking into account what was said I was inadvertently moved to reevaluate my initial reasons for writing this story, reasons that I found changed as I continued to write it. At first, as most writers tend to do whether consciously or not, I wanted to create a little angst/pain for my favorite character (Quatre) as there was a definite lack of these kinds of stories involving him. Actually there were hardly any fiction focused on Quatre, most stories focusing on Duo or Heero when I began writing this story (about two years ago). So I suppose I decided to take the matter into my own hands.
After completing the first two parts and "Captured" started to delve into Quatre's recovery, I discovered how much I enjoyed writing the emotional aspect of this story. The conflict of "Captured" forced me into the minds of each character, to see and write how they would react to Quatre almost being raped. I'm not saying I did an excellent job because I know I latched onto the stereotypes but I felt I did at some point experienced, even if it was only a little bit, what each GW character felt. So that in itself was one good thing that came out of this story. Yet we all know that with the good there's always the bad. I realized I was also misleading people into believing that Trowa was raped when I personally do not believe that had happened. Whether he was or not is unknown and I just think that he wasn't *shrugs* To those of you who are unaware, this is unfortunately a very large and rather dangerous issue in the GW fandom to speak of. And it's also rather frustrating and exhausting to get into, so I won't.
I know this epilogue was rather short, very short actually and not written very well, but truthfully, I don't think this story really needed one. But I had already promised one and my sister reminded me of that so here it is (if it is truly horrible, please tell me and I'll remove it). Also...I never intended to write Heero and Duo's conversation because I felt it needn't the attention *ducks as projectiles are hurled* I considered it as one of those situations where you knew what was going to be spoken of already and the general outcome, so~ I don't think I needed to elaborate on it. I'm sorry if there are some of you who wanted more closure on Heero and Duo, but I honestly didn't feel there should be, as my main focus was on Quatre anyway *ducks again*
Um, so I hope you enjoyed the story and I apologize once again for the delay. I'm so relieved that this is finally done and over with ^_^;
Mika-chan
March 13, 2002