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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 Six "He spent half an hour on my computer and did nothing." Trowa looked over at Wufei, naked except for his boxers and sitting cross-legged on the bed. "He spent half an hour on it. He did something." Wufei looked up from his laptop to scowl at Trowa. "He didn't access any of my files. Nothing on the Preventers server. He didn't do anything." "Let me see." Wufei heaved an angry sigh. "Your computer skills almost exactly match mine. If I can't find his activity, you won't either. Only -" Wufei caught himself. "Only Heero was better at hacking than Duo?" Trowa supplied. Wufei shoved the laptop at him, half in apology, half in a non-verbal 'fuck off'. "He didn't access anything," Trowa agreed ten minutes later. "Thank you for that confirmation. It's a good fucking thing I had you here to tell me what I already -" "No," Trowa interrupted him, tuning out the start of Wufei's rant. "He didn't access any of your files or anything from the Preventers server - but he accessed something." He turned the computer so that Wufei could see the data log. "A remote server?" "Yes - and look at the amount of data he downloaded. He left something on your computer." Wufei took it back, handling it with care, as though it were a bomb that could explode at any minute. Considering that it had been Duo who had tampered with it, Trowa wasn't willing to rule out that possibility. "Don't open it," Trowa warned when Wufei's fingers rested on the keys. Wufei glared at him. "Again. Thank you for reminding me how to use my brain," he snarled. Trowa sighed. The blissful reprieve they experienced after sex had faded an hour ago, and he had been treated to Wufei's typical passive-aggressive bullshit since then. "I recognize that server address," Trowa said and frowned, trying to recall how he knew it. "It's a WEI server," Trowa realized. Wufei arched an eyebrow. "Duo accessed one of Quatre's servers to download a virus onto my computer?" "I don't know." Duo could have used any server to do that - could have just coded one in the time he took to download whatever he had from the remote server. Why Quatre? "He's planning something," Wufei decided. "Something that involves Quatre." "Why would he leave us that clue?" "What if he didn't intend to?" Trowa arched an eyebrow. Duo might appear careless, but Trowa was willing to bet their entire encounter had been calculated. It filled him with cold fury, to know that Duo had used him - used him to get to Quatre. "I should warn him." Wufei sighed. "I have a friend who can look over this and tell me what it is." "You mean you fucked someone who can look at it," Trowa translated. Wufei glared. "I wasn't a virgin when we met, Barton, and neither were you." A fair point, but Trowa wasn't running to a former lover for help. And Trowa wasn't the one Duo had pointed a gun at. "If you tell me to be careful I will rip your arm off and beat you to death with it," Wufei warned. Trowa had to work to keep from smiling. "You can try," he said once he could keep his face straight.
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