Part 1
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by Lilinpo
"Spit it out, kid."
The OZ soldier kicked the boy's stomach. They had been interrogating the Shinigami pilot for over an hour now, but no information was granted. Instead, the pilot just kept smiling at them, no matter how hard they hit him.
"I am getting tired of this!"
One of the soldier pulled the boy's long braid and whipped out his gun.
"Okay, kid. You wanna play games? Huh? How about a little Russian roulette? Ready?"
The angry soldier pointed the gun at the boy's head. And still, the boy was smiling. "Hey, stop it. We are not supposed to kill him."
The other soldiers started to pull the angry soldier away from the battered boy. The angry soldier tried to shove the others away from him. But they all stopped when suddenly, they heard the boy laugh.
"Ahahahahahaha..."
The boy kept on laughing, while his interrogators looked at one another. The soldier, once again pointed his gun at him.
"Look at him! He's nuts! The freak is fucked up in the head!!"
Just when the others moved to stop him, the cell door opened.
"I will take care of it from here. You men are dismissed."
The soldiers stood straight.
"Y..yes, sir!!"
They all headed out of the cell pulling the man with the gun, and closed the door.
The boy stopped laughing. He couldn't tell who this man was, but didn't care either. He just wanted to get this over with.
"I apologize for their behaviors."
He heard the man say, but couldn't understand the meaning of it. The man slowly advanced to the boy, who was sitting against the wall. And the man squatted down.
"Duo Maxwell, I presume?"
The man's face came in the boy's view. The boy didn't recognize him at first, but the mask and the long blond hair was easy to remember.
"... Zechs ..Merquise.."
The boy whispered.
"You remembered me. I am flattered."
Zechs smiled and took a little case from his pocket. He opened it slowly, and it took a few seconds for the young pilot to realize what it was.
"Yes. It's a syringe, and there is nothing in it. Just air. But do you know what happens when someone is injected with air in their blood vessels?"
Zechs took the thin syringe and held it in front of the boy's eyes. The boy showed a little fear at first, but quickly recovered and smiled.
"No... But am I going to find out?"
"You don't have to if you tell us the whereabouts of the remaining pilots and the Gundams."
Zechs took the boy's arm and set the needle just below the joint. Zechs looked at the boy's face, and wasn't surprised when he saw him smiling.
"Just as I thought..."
Zechs sighed and put the syringe away.
"Do you always smile at death?"
Zechs stood up and tossed his gun to the boy. The boy looked up.
"...Nani..?"
"I am going to escort you out of this building, but from that point on, you're on your own."
Zechs retrieved the gun on the floor and held it in front of the confused boy.
"Whether you want to live or die, it's up to you. If you want to die, use this and shoot yourself. But if you want to live, use this as a protection. In any way, this will come in handy."
Duo stared at the weapon and closed his eyes. And then he nodded.
"Good."
Zechs said, seeing the boy reaching for the gun.
"Now, I am going to act as though I am escorting you to another cell room. Can you walk?"
The boy nodded and stood up, supported by the wall. He started limping out the door and Zechs followed, with his second gun in his hand.
Luckily, they didn't see anyone on their way and arrived at the entrance door in 3 minutes. Zechs brought his mouth close to the boy's ear from behind.
"There are 4 guards at the corners of the main gate. There are some bushes you can hide in, and there is a big oak tree at the far right. You can climb it and jump out of the gate. I have your Deathscythe hidden in the forest northeast from here. It's a good 6 mile walk.. Good Luck."
Duo nodded and slowly turned, but saw no one.
"..Ariga..to.u."
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"DUO!!"
Quatre ran up to the limping boy and hugged him. The other pilots were behind him.
"What happened?! What did they do to you?!"
Quatre looked at Duo's body, looking for any major injuries. He sighed in relief when he saw none.
"..Quatre ..gomen.. I got caught... I messed up big time..."
"DUO!! Don't say that! That's not important. What's important is-"
"Did you tell them our location?"
Duo and Quatre turned to see Heero, eyeing Duo with a cold stare.
Duo sighed and shook his head.
"Good."
Heero turned away and headed back to the mansion.
"Don't mind him, Duo. Come on, you need to put something on those bruises. It's starting to swell up."
Quatre and Trowa supported Duo to the mansion, while Wufei followed quietly behind them.
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Yes, this story is one of those unpredictable stories where the author doesn't even know what's going to happen. So if you get lost in this story, you're not the only one. ^_^
Vocab.
nani?=what? (Duo's quote)
arigatou=thank you (Duo's quote)
gomen=sorry (Duo's quote)
Wow, they are all Duo!
