Betrayal??
"What a waste of time!" muttered Duo as he slumped
onto the toilet lid in the corner "It was obviously a
trap!" he stated darkly. Wufei lay staring at the
ceiling on the one and only bed in the room
"shut up Maxwell!" he said angrily "there is
no point
to your incessant whining!" Duo looked sharply at his
intolerant companion before grinning mischievously,
"Am I interrupting your beauty sleep Wu-man?"
"Do not call me by that infantile nickname, Maxwell! I
Don’t see why I had to be stuck with you anyway Trowa
or Quatre would've been better company" he spat. Duo
pretended to take no notice of Wufei’s harsh words,
keeping his idiotic grin pasted on his face, but deep
down it had stung.
...The mission had
been to break into one of OZ's
bases, steal some top-secret data from the computers
and the destroy the base. Duo's skills in stealth had
been needed to infiltrate the base and once he had
reached the main control room it didn’t take him long to
figure out that there was NO data; it had all been a
set up and while he had been getting to the control
room his comrades had been captured...
The rattle of keys
in the door brought him back to
the present, the guard dropped two bowls on the floor
containing bread and water. On closer inspection the
bread looked stale and the water smelled...funny. Duo
decided to eat it, even though he hadn’t had much of an
appetite lately, but he didn’t want Wufei to notice.
He regretted that
decision half an hour later as he
knelt on the floor by the toilet getting sick. Well,
it couldn’t have been the food because Wufei had eaten
it too and it had had no effect on him but the food had
definitely triggered it. Duo groaned and wiped his
chin leaning against the wall 'Hurry up and save us
Heero' he thought to himself, his stomach heaved and
he lunged towards the toilet.
"Are you quite finished Maxwell?" Wufei asked
irritably "You're interrupting my thinking!" Duo
glared at Wufei
"Well sorrrry" Duo said sarcastically he was about
to
come up with a really smart retort when he heard a
muffled "Uummphh" outside the door, apparently
Wufei
had heard it too because he was now looking
expectantly at the door. They heard the turn of keys
in the lock and the door swung open with Heero
standing in the doorway.
"Hurry up!" Heero said "before they find the
guards"
Quatre peeked from over his shoulder and urged them to
hurry. Wufei jumped to his feet an was out the door in
a matter of seconds. Duo however staggered to his
feet and followed on more slowly. Heero tossed him a
gun.
"C'mon Duo! We don’t have all day" he said
impatiently.
Duo hurried after the four barely able to keep up.
Suddenly his legs gave way and he fell to his knees
breathing heavily. His strength ebbing with every
labored breath.
"I think I’ll just stay here you guys" he gasped.
Heero turned his face livid with anger but when he saw
Duo his eyes widened in horror
Duo was shocked
when Heero had come back for him he
had honestly expected him to leave. Heero grabbed his
hand and pulled him to his feet
"You'll have to help me Duo" he whispered kindly
"I
cant carry you the whole way so at least try to run"
Duo nodded lost for words
He had no idea how
but they eventually reached the
shuttle. Trowa took control and started their flight
out of there. Heero carefully lowered Duo into one of
the seats and buckled him in. The Americans face was
pale and his bangs clung to his sweaty brow. Each
breath was more difficult and he was finding it harder
to stay awake.
"Duo, Duo, can you hear me?" It was Quatre's
voice, he
sounded worried "c'mon Duo just open your eyes"
"Ithinkimgonnabesick" he mumbled trying in vain to
open his seat belt. Quatre released him and he made a
B-line for the toilet throwing up upon reaching his
destination,
"that hit the spot" he grinned weakly. He tried to
stand but collapsed to the floor only to be caught by
Heero who lifted him and carried him back to his seat.
Duo looked up at Heero as he was being buckled in
again
"Thank you" he mumbled and closed his eyes
Heero frowned down
at the now sleeping form of Duo,
nobody should be that light.’ I wonder if he's been
eating properly' Heero thought making a mental note to
ask the American later. He leaned down and brushed
Duo's chestnut bangs back and felt his forehead 'He's
burning up!' Heero thought worriedly. He would notify
Sally and have her check him as soon as they got back
to the safe house.
When they got back
to the safe house Heero carried
Duo to his room then left momentarily to get his
laptop from his room to e-mail Sally. She came as soon
as she got the e-mail and found the pilots in Duo's
room. Quatre was seated by the bet placing a wet cloth
on Duo's forehead and the others were standing by the
wall. She examined Duo; he was a bit bruised from his
rough handling when he had been caught. He had a fever
but that was easily taken care of. She eventually came
to her conclusion
"Food poisoning" She stated, "What has he
eaten over
the past few days; anything unusual?"
"That’s a stupid question, woman!! Maxwell eats
everything" Wufei said, Heero wondered about that
having felt how light Duo had been earlier
"Well the fever should be gone tomorrow if he takes
his medication but he'll be fairly weak for a few days
after that so no missions for him" she ordered
"Well I
gotta go, but ill come back in a few days to check on
the patient"
A few hours later
Duo woke. Heero was supposedly
taking his turn watching Duo but he had dozed off. Duo
watched him while he slept, head leaning forward as he
breathed slowly and quietly. 'He’s so beautiful'
thought Duo 'Id die if he ever found out I liked him'
His dark hair hung in his face casting shadows over
his lean features. Suddenly the laptop bleeped and
Heero’s eyes flew open. Duo was caught off guard and
found himself staring into Heero’s amazing Prussian
eyes
"How long have you been awake Duo?" he asked
leaning
down to feel his forehead. Duo looked flushed so Heero
got a wet cloth and dabbed Duos forehead and cheeks
before going over to read the message on his laptop.
Duo had blushed
bright red when Heero had caught
him looking at him, but thankfully Heero had assumed
it was the fever. He watched as Heero went to read his
e-mail
"Vie got a mission" Heero said simply "Ill
have to
leave soon, do you want anything before I go?" Duo sat
up and stretched,
"I could use a drink" and after a few seconds he
added
"if you don’t mind" Heero returned with a glass of
milk
he picked up a bottle opened it and handed Duo some
pills
"Take these, you'll feel better after" Duo couldn’t
believe Heero was being so considerate, he almost
sounded concerned. But why would anyone be concerned
about him, he was nothing but a burden, he thought
sadly
Heero watched Duo
as he drank his milk, his eyes
caught the look of intense sadness which came on Duo
in an instant and was just as quickly covered up
"Whets the mission?" Duo asked enthusiastically
maybe
a little overly enthusiastically
"Blow up one of OZ's bases" Heero stated
"How long will you be gone?" Duo asked, Heero eyed
him
suspiciously-since when did Duo care how long he'd be
gone for
"Just a day" Heero said "Now rest!"
Duo lay down and curled up on the bed like a cat, his
messy braid hanging over the edge of the bed. Heero
lifted it and placed it on the pillow next to Duo then
he went to his room to get his gun and a couple of
refills. he was well gone before Duo woke again
Duo yawned and
stretched lazily. He felt much
better today and his appetite had returned, somewhat.
He hurried to the kitchen in his boxers and a baggy
T-shirt for some toast. He carried it back to his room
to eat so as to avoid getting lectures from the others
about being out of bed. He picked the crusts off the
toast and tossed them in the bin then down the
remainder.
He was just
climbing back into bed when Wufei
charged into his room
"Yo Wu-man, what's stung you this morning?" Duo
joked
getting a bit unnerved as Wufei neared him. Suddenly
Wufei shoved Duo and he crashed into the wall. He slid
down the wall and landed in a heap on the floor
"Owwww what t'hell you do tha' for" he said
groggily
stars still floating about his vision. Before he knew
what was happening Wufei hauled him up off the floor
and threw him on the bed. Wufei caught both his wrists
in one hand and pinned them above his head. He leaned
down and kissed Duo on the lips. Duo eyes widened and
he struggled to get away but he was still too weak
from his illness. Wufei’s other hand was behind his
head and it caught a fistful of hair and tugged. Duo
roared and Wufei took advantage of his open mouth and
rammed his tongue into Duos unwilling mouth
Duo was panicking,
cold sweat running down his
forehead and disappearing into the chestnut locks but
his struggles were lessening as he began to tire.
"Stop" came a voice. Wufei pulled back leaving Duo
lying in the bed his lips red and sore. He turned to
Trowa about to thank him for his intervention when his
mouth dropped open in surprise. Trowa was playing with
a knife in one hand and the other was wrapped around
Quatre, who had both his hands around Trowa’s slim
waist. Damn they looked evil!! He sat up on the bed as
Trowa walked closer, his mouth was dry and his heart
was thrashing against his ribcage. Trowa looked at Duo
an evil gleam in his eye as a smile played on his
lips. His hand shot out and he grabbed Duo braid and
used it to make Duo stand. Duo whimpered his head
already hurting from his encounter with Wufei. Trowa
grinned before hurling him into the wall. What was
happening?? These boys were his...his...friends...a
single tear slipped free just before he lost
consciousness
to be
continued.......
Whew well that took a while now didn't it!! Well
there's more to come...I bet your wondering what happen to
duo, well u'll jus have to wait, id just finished
reading Ground Zero so that’s where I got the idea sort
of...Well let me know what you thought!
Juliet