Operation: Lost Boys Part 18
Singing... someone was singing.
"Dakara... Dakara
Douzo yume wo ne?
Kirei na yume wo mitsuzukete ite.
"Watashi wa Miss Dream
Dareka no Miss Dream
Anata no... Miss Dream"
Duo groaned as he slowly regained his senses. "Harmie?"
Harmony smiled as Duo opened his eyes. "Hey, bro! Welcome back! We were worried about you!" She brushed his hair out of his eyes. "How are you feeling?"
"Like I had a fight with a brick wall and lost! Where's Heero?"
"Sleeping on the sofa over there." She nodded with her head.
Duo frowned. "Was I THAT badly hurt? I didn't think it was that serious."
Harmony closed her eyes and nodded. "That one bullet came close to your heart... the other one was just an millimeter short of damaging a vital part of your brain. We almost lost you there, bro."
Duo sighed and rested against the pillows. "Is it over? Are we finished? Can we stop fighting now?"
Harmony nodded. "We can stop fighting now, Duo. The war is over. As soon as Heero wakes up, we're taking you home. Sally can look after you there."
A doctor came in. "Ah! Mister Maxwell!"
"Lonestar."
The doctor blinked. "Pardon?"
Duo closed his eyes. "My name is Duo Maxwell Lonestar."
The doctor shrugged. "At any rate... it's good that you've regained consciousness. As for you Miss Lonestar... the tests have confirmed what Madame Heatherfield had stated. Now... if you'd like information on..." He held out several pamphlets on abortion.
"No!" Harmony glared at the doctor. "There's been enough death!"
Duo frowned. "What's going on?"
The doctor turned to Duo. "Perhaps you can talk some sense into your sister. The girl was foolish enough to have intercourse without any means of protection. I was going to provide her with information on various abortion procedures."
Duo blinked. "Harmie... you're pregnant?"
Harmony nodded with a smile on her face. "Wufei knows... he's speaking with Mama right now."
Duo quirked a grin at his sister. "So the Wu-man's gonna be my bother in law, eh? That's cool." He turned to the doctor and frowned. "As for you... don't come near my sister with talk of abortion or adoption or anything like that! My family has lost too much! It's about damn time we had an addition!" He watched the doctor leave and turned his gaze back to Harmony. "Wu-man is lucky I'm in no condition to get up, or I'd belt him one. What were you thinking, sis? What if the war hadn't ended? What would you have done if Wufei had gotten killed? To the point... you could have gotten hurt in a battle and lost the baby! What were you THINKING?"
"Duo... I wasn't going to fight anymore. Do you think I'd put any child of mine in danger? Besides... Wufei and I promised ourselves to each other that night. Had he died, I would have taken his name. We DID talk about this, Duo. I knew, full well, the dangers when I started that particular dance." She quirked a grin at him. "Besides... we had a promise to keep, remember? As soon as you feel up to it, we have a concert to do!"
Duo chuckled gently before a gentle touch drew his attention away from Harmony. "Hey, Hee-chan."
"Hey yourself, koi. I'm going to have to keep you in a bulletproof box soon if you keep getting hurt like this. You scared me." Heero continued stroking Duo's cheek with the back of his hand. "You should go back to sleep. You need your rest. We'll wake you when we're ready to leave."
Duo nodded. "Good. I hate hospitals. The doctors are too detatched for my comfort. I know it comes with the job, but... I don't hafta like it."
"Shhhh." Heero let his tension drain as Duo slowly fell asleep. "We won't ever kill anyone again!" He kissed Duo's brow. "We don't have to anymore, koi."
"Mmmm! Love you, Hee-chan."
"Ai shiteru." Heero smiled at Duo, who was now sleeping soundly.
*****
A month later, crowds all over the Earth Sphere gathered to watch what would be Medly Starr's Final performance before she became Harmony Chang full-time.
Onstage, a guitar started playing and Harmony stepped into the light.
"My brother had a coconut
He bought it for a dime
He had another one
He paid it for a lime!
"He put the lime in the coconut
He drank them both up
He put the lime in the coconut
He drank them both up"
Wufei walked up and joined in.
"He put the lime in the coconut
He drank them both up
He put the lime in the coconut"
Wufei stayed, but Harmony continued on her own.
"Poked his Heero, woke him up and said..."
Duo popped in and started moaning pathetically.
"Hee-chan... ain't there nothing I can take?
I said Hee-chan... to relieve this tummy ache
I said Hee-chan... ain't there nothing I can take?
I said Hee-chan... to relieve this tummy ache"
Heero stood in the light and scowled.
"Now lemme get this straight
You put the lime in the coconut
You drank them both up
You put the Lime in the coconut
and drank them both up?"
Wufei and Harmony chose that moment to pipe in.
"He put the lime in the coconut
He drank them both up."
Heero rolled his eyes.
"You put the lime in the coconut
Then you've got the nerve to wake me up and say."
Duo actually looked sheepish as he joined Heero in singing.
"Hee-chan... ain't there nothing I can take?
I said Hee-chan... to relieve this tummy ache!
I said Hee-chan... ain't there nothing I can take?
I said Hee-chan... to relieve this tummy ache!"
Wufei, Heero and Harmony sang together while Trowa and Quatre started playing the primitive drums. The trio danced around Duo as they sang.
"You put the lime in the coconut
You drank them both together
Put the lime in the coconut
Then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut
Drink them both up
Put the lime in the coconut
And wake me in the morning!"
After Trowa and Quatre sped the beat up, the quartet singing on stage started a round. First Wufei and Harmony, then Heero and Duo.
"Duo bought a coconut
. . Duo bought a coconut
He bought it for a dime
. . He bought it for a dime
Duo had another one
. . Duo had another one
He paid it for a lime
. . He paid it for a lime.
"He put the lime in the coconut
. . He put the lime in the coconut
He drank them both up
. . He drank them both up
He put the lime in the coconut
. . He put the lime in the coconut
He poked his Heero, woke him up and said...
. . He poked his Heero, woke him up and said...
"Hee-chan... ain't there nothing I can take?
. . Hee-chan... ain't there nothing I can take?
I said Hee-chan... to relieve this tummy ache
. . I said Hee-chan... to relieve this tummy ache
I said Hee-chan... ain't there nothing I can take?
. . I said Hee-chan... ain't there nothing I can take?
I said Hee-chan... to relieve this tummy ache
. . I said Hee-chan..."
All four sang together with a final bit of wildness.
"You put the lime in the coconut
You drank them both up!
You put the lime in the coconut
You drank them both up!
"You put the lime in the coconut
You drank them both together!
You put the lime in the coconut
Then you feel better!
"Put the lime in the coconut
Drink them both down!
Put the lime in the coconut
And wake me in the morning!
"If you wake me in the morning
I'll tell you what to do
If you wake me in the morning
I'll tell you what to do
If you wake me in the morning..."
The lights went down so that only Heero and Duo were in the spotlight. Heero gave Duo a quick kiss on the nose. "If you wake me in the morning... I'll tell you what to do" Then the lights went down.
Backstage, Quatre and Trowa were laughing like crazy.
Heero playfully backhanded the air in front of Quatre, so he didn't really hit the blonde. "THAT was humiliating!"
Duo giggled as he hugged Heero. "But fun! You gotta admit it was fun!"
"I don't gotta admit anything, koi!" Still... he quirked a grin at his vivacious fiancée. The group had decided on a triple wedding to save the hassle of planning three separate weddings.
Harmony smiled as her regular band started walking to the instruments. "One last song."
Duo grinned at his sister. "Gotta admit, sis... that purple hair dye looks cool!" He was referring to Harmony's bangs... which she had dyed purple just for this last performance. There were streaks of it throught her hair, but her bangs were solid purple.
"And you were worried!" With that, Harmony gave Wufei a quick kiss, stepped onto the stage and bowed slightly to the one box where Treize and his newly-discovered daughter, Mariemaia were sitting. The music started and she went into the mode she wouldn't enter for a long time and started to sing.
"Like the wind... you have come and gone
This broken heart... will somehow carry on
Not even death can take your love away
"I still recall... the words you said to me
I'll be strong... won't give up easily
But they're just whispers on the rising wing
"Oh I keep running
I always feel the world is falling down around me
Still I keep running
With every step I take I can hear you calling
Keep on moving till this storm is gone forever!
"Say Yes!
The fire's so much higher than yesterday
Keep it burning
"Say Yes!
Helplessly I've known the pain
When I was lost and lonely
"Say yes!
There's got to be a sign that you can send my way
"Hear me say
I can be! I can do! I can see! I can live!"
She cleared her throat and yelled over the break. "I'D LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO SENT THEIR WISHES TO ME! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! ALLOW ME TO BRING MY BROTHER BACK OUT HERE!!! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... DUO MAXWELL LONESTAR!!!!!" She laughed as a blushing Duo was shoved onstage and she hugged him tightly as the crowd roared with applause. She let him slip backstage and laughed as Heero and Wufei started teasing him a little. Then she turned her attention back to the music.
"Rising light... is shining through the pain
and it cuts... right through the driving rain
The cold steel blade that splits the darkness.
"But the light will not capture me
'Cause your dreams have finally set me free!
I'll hold them in my heart forever!
"When I look up now
It's hard to see through all the tears that I've been crying
Still I look up now
Knowing that your love is waiting for me
Stars up in the night bring hopes for new tomorrows!
"Say Yes!
The fire's so much higher than yesterday
Keep it burning
"Say Yes!
Helplessly I've known the pain
When I was lost and lonely
"Say yes!
There's got to be a sign that you can send my way
"Hear me say
I can be! I can do! I can see! I can live!
"Say Yes!
The fire's so much higher than yesterday
Keep it burning
"Say Yes!
Helplessly I've known the pain
When I was lost and lonely
"Say yes!
There's got to be a sign that you can send my way
"I'll hear you say
You can be! You can do! You can see! You can live!
"Hear me say
I can be! I can do! I can see! I can live!"
TBC...
"Coconut" was written by Harry Nilsson, but this is the Muppets Version. "Say Yes" is from the 7th episode of Bubblegum Crisis entitled "Double Vision" Really pretty song.
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