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"Pax Ultima"Written By: Clara Barton Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. The following
is an intellectual exercise with no intention of profit. That said,
these characterizations, words, and situations are mine. Please ask
before reprinting. Rating: NC 17 Warnings: Angst, violence, language, sex Pairings: If you need to know, please email me
and I will be happy to tell you. Summary:They fought for peace, but peace took away what they loved the most. A very grim tale of suspense and betrayal, set post-canon and featuring character death. Thanks as always to the always fabulous Cuzo
for being my beta! "Pax Ultima " Chapter Ten "What do you mean, they asked you to go with them and help find out who killed my sister?" Wufei met his gaze and Trowa knew it was bad. Wufei was the king of passive aggressive tactics - if he was looking at Trowa like this now it meant that Trowa was going to be very, very upset by whatever he had to say. "Before they left on their last mission - before... before," he concluded, and Trowa wondered over the hesitation. "Before Duo murdered Heero," Trowa supplied. Wufei sighed. "Before Heero died," he allowed and Trowa was brought up short. "What?" Wufei held up a hand. "Before that mission, they came to me and asked me to go with them. They had intel on your sister's death." "Catharine died in the riots. The entire colony - everyone died when the rioters breached the contaminant facility." "Heero didn't think so, and I thought he was paranoid - hell, Heero was always paranoid. But Duo agreed with him and they engineered some fake mission as cover so they could investigate it. They wanted me to go with them." "Why didn't you?" Wufei gave him a look. "Because I thought Heero was paranoid and I was furious with Duo for screwing over his best friend and I thought they were wrong." Trowa was finding all of this extremely difficult to wrap his head around. Wufei sighed. "They were right. Your sister didn't die in the riots. There never was a riot on L 3458." "What?" "The contaminant facility breach was a cover, a brilliant cover really - but it was a lie. The colonists were all exposed to a gas, some kind of neurotoxin and it killed all of them in a matter of hours, days for some - weeks for one." "What - how do you know this?" Wufei tapped the computer screen. "That data package Duo downloaded onto my computer. That last mission, he and Heero - they found out who was behind it, who killed Catharine." Nothing was making sense anymore to Trowa. Wufei was still staring at him, his black gaze without end or mercy. "Trowa. There's more." "What more could there possibly be?" Trowa snarled. "Duo didn't murder Heero."
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