New Haven

Chapter Ten: Down to Business

Duo looked up from were he was slowly eating the food which he would normally shoveled away eagerly. He stopped to look fully at the man who asked the question. “Homes for children sixteen or younger. The ones who don’t have real homes or getting away from the parents who have abused them. For young girls who have ended up pregnant or raped and have no support or help…”

Quatre blinked in surprise at the answer.

“Didn’t you read the report fully?” He asked tiredly. “Do you have the map or a copy with you?”

Quatre blinked at the question.

Trowa had already stood and went over to the door where he had placed Duo’s portfolio. He pulled out the map. He had told Iria to get copies of everything and give Duo back everything that was his. He returned to the table. The map out but also with the portfolio.

Duo took the map and handed the details of the projects that went with each building to Quatre.

Quatre accepted the information and looked at the map. It was basically the inner community where everything happened in the neighborhood. He looked up at the other man questioningly. He pointed to the empty spaces that were on the map without titles.

“Those are for businesses that we want to make available for the community. We’ll need businesses to be a part of the group.” Duo answered.

Quatre nodded.

Wufei frowned at the map. He sighed and left the table. When he came back he paused to watch the now animated face of his love.

“Legal Aid is obvious.” Duo told the others. “WRVSC is for women who have been raped. A place to seek out counseling. Cherub’s Song is a daycare center for people who have nowhere else to send their children as well as for Angel Sanctuary. The Woman’s Safe House is for battered women. To have a safe house, ya know. Apartments that take in women for a few months and let them get their lives together. The Drug Rehab Haven is for people who have been using any type of drugs. We Place is for job placement, any type of job. ALC is the adult learning center. Dragon & Angel Candle of Hope is a center to learn for teenagers at their own pace. The way they can learn. Lend and Loan is a book store/library. It will take in used books, new books and be a library as well as a store. The used books can be leant and/or sold.” Duo paused to look at the map once more to see if he had left anything out. “The Parlour Café is for young adults and teenagers to hang out. I figure the young adults could maybe help the teenagers in their homework. Have internet access, but you have to have parental permission to use it and it can block out the sites that aren’t about learning. It would be a place to hang out play games. An old fashion ice cream parlour and coffee shop.” He paused to looked at Wufei standing beside him glasses perched on his nose as he looked over the map and read some of the papers that the others had finished with. “And I thought maybe Wufei could open up the Dojo/Gym for self defense lessons.” He waited for the shout of outrage he thought was going to come. He was startled when he felt a reassuring hand drop to his shoulder. He looked up to see Wufei studying the map again. A slight turning of Wufei’s head allowed an eye to be more visible. The eyelid dropped in a wink at him. Duo smiled happily as he left them to read over the more thorough notes. He continued to eat as his stomach told him to resume. A snicker greeted the sound.

Duo finished eating and waited to see if there was any other questions they had for him. He curled up in his chair and watched yawning occasionally and eventually falling into sleep.


Wufei looked down with a tender smile at the gentle snore coming from the chair beside him.

“I will say this,” Quatre finally said from his musing as he stared at the map. “He was thorough in what he wanted to do. He looked into everything that he could from several angles.” Two grunts greeted his words.

Wufei turned from his contemplation to look at the trio. “Yes and he has done more in doing so than any other network. I think this may actually work. IF the money can be provided. If you can get the people to help out. If…” Wufei rubbed his nose and pushed his glasses more firmly onto his nose. “Do you think your sisters will take up this cause. I don’t want to see this dream he has disappear.” Wufei told the blond as his hand absently stroked the lose hair of the sleeping paramedic.

“If they don’t I will.” The hardness of the words drew everyone who was awake attention to the man across the table. Heero glared at the men. “I have more than enough money to do this. I had all of you to help me through the wars. He had no one.” Heero stood up and glared at the men. “I believe that it would be justice to use the money I alleviated from opposing forces.”

Quatre blinked. He slowly smiled an evil smile. He could and would push his sisters for this. This would help the young man that his best friend was in love with heal. He hoped that the young man would become another friend for him as well. For some reason he thought it might be possible.

He tapped his finger against his lips as he thought. On the quadruple building across from Dragon’s Lair and beside Angel Sanctuary he erased the lines and put New Haven Emergency Hospital.

He would make sure that all the people he loved were placed in this area to aid the people. He would make sure that the help came from the best. He looked at his loved ones and smiled with relish. It was time too do some real healing both for his loved ones and the worlds.