Revenge of The Lost (A Gundam Wing Fanfiction Novel)

Chapter 19: Singing For Supper

The Circus

Trowa got out of the truck with Middie. He stayed relaxed, as in most situations. "The hoodie. Take it off and leave it in the truck." Middie glanced toward him oddly, but she followed his order.

This would be intense. Middie Une got some rest yesterday, and then he brought her back to Earth. She slept on the journey only a little, her own mind and body still in a mixed-up state.

Maybe he should have let her take the pregnancy test, it would have helped her at least know if she were pregnant or not. It could have also saved him this hassle too, but RTL had pulled off impossible things before. He wanted the secure location of the Circus to test.

He also wanted Catherine to trust in the results. She knew nothing of Middie Une, so he left the testing kit to her. He trusted that Catherine grabbed a top brand bought from nowhere near them. She would be there to justify that Middie Une did not mess up the test. I don't suspect her in any way, but I cannot leave anything to chance. Neither can Catherine.

All three of them should be convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Catherine started to head over, her arms folded, and almost marching. Middie Une wouldn't want an upheaval, but Trowa never could control Catherine. He also wouldn't let Middie hide in the hoodie. This wasn't a time for hiding anything.

"Is this her, Trowa?" Catherine asked him, but walking closer toward Middie Une. Trowa nodded.

Catherine stared at her. Flashes between anger and sympathy. "A spy in the war." Middie nodded to her. "Not a spy anymore?" Middie nodded again. "Did you go to the hospital?"

Middie didn't seem to know how to answer. Trowa would not interrupt.

"Is anything broken?" Catherine asked her. "It looks like. You're broken."

Trowa watched her gesture to Middie's hand. Of course she would notice that.

Middie tried to hide it behind her back. "Professionally set."

"So Trowa took you to a hospital before he brought you here?" Catherine looked at him. "Did the doctor say she was okay? It is okay? What's the situation?"

"She didn't go to a hospital with me, Cathy." Whoever took care of it was a professional, that was clear. She didn't tell him about it though, and he was not prying into her life yet.

"Who did that?" Catherine was starting to make up her mind now. While torn between war and fighting, she was also sensitive to violence against others and Middle was still healing from the kidnapping visually and physically. "Walk."

Middie didn't move.

"Who did that?" Catherine repeated.

Middie looked at herself briefly. Like she was debating what to say.

"Well. Open your hand then." Catherine angrily reached behind her and shoved a pregnancy test into hers. "Here. Keep keeping secrets then and you'll see where that gets you with me."

That seemed to trigger Middie to tell Catherine as she brought the test box closer. "The friend I was with, it was his parents some time ago."

"His dad?" Catherine asked more assertively.

"Mostly his mom."

"Before or after she knew your condition?" Catherine asked firmly.

"After, mostly," Middie Une admitted. "We negotiated things between."

That didn't stir Cathy in a good direction. "Then what did his dad do?"

Trowa could see an unbalanced feel when Catherine asked that. Middie could seem to tell Catherine about Gin's mother but not his father as easily.