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"Baby Series 1"Written By: Karina
Pairing: Duo + Wu Fei + Zechs Notes: Challenge 10 . #26 in the Baby Series. Takes place approximately twenty minutes after Shadows of Sorrow. Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
The Tun’s Secret Duo scowled at the anonymous email but he knew who had sent it and he knew why. Lady Une had responded to Chang’s message and it would no doubt come as a relief to Peacecraft that he would not be fighting this battle alone. They all knew it was possible that the Preventers might avoid this altercation with the Sanc government. Preventers did not need international incidents over custody battles giving them trouble. To Duo the Ministers were wrong in going about this in so clandestine a manner. He was pleased that Lady Une seemed to agree. At least she had given permission for them to pull Zechs and Stephen out. “Maxwell?” Chang appeared in the doorway. Duo sniffed back the threatening sneeze and reached for the antihistamines Helen had given him. He was allergic to something at the estate and he was fed up with a dripping nose and sneezing. “Une replied. We get him out of here and she will back us. All we need to do is get him away safely.” “That may be easier than we at first assumed. Leave the monitoring to Cherry and come with me. Zechs is waiting for us.” Duo nodded to his replacement and followed Chang through the house and down into the basement. The manor was huge and very old, a fact that was made plain when he found himself standing in what looked suspiciously like a dungeon. Looking around at the wrought iron barred cells he could easily imagine dirty straw bedding and ragged prisoners. What had Sanc needed with dungeons in country estates? “It’s a wine cellar.” Zechs materialized out of the dim light from deeper in the huge space. “At one time I believe it had the distinction of hosting a game of hide and seek when the Baron who owned it insulted his neighbours and they determined to wipe him and his family from the face of the Earth. Sanc was not always a pacifist nation. Hiding the Baron was as close to a dungeon as this cellar ever came.” “Now it is to hide you?” Duo queried. “Now it is to allow us to leave unobserved by the hounds.” Chang nodded, motioning Zechs to lead the way. Duo followed his guide in silence across the dark room, wishing that whoever saw to maintenance would use brighter wattage light bulbs. The various sized barrels and racks of wine they passed seemed to soak in the light. Coming to the far wall Zechs stopped beside a massive barrel. “Now what?” Duo queried. Silently Zechs reached out to an ornate carving on the wall beside the barrel. “Now we take a walk through the Tun and check that the way is clear.” With a click the entire front of the construction swung open with a shriek of rusted hinges. Duo grinned. “You stay and get the little man ready to travel. I’ll check out the tunnel.” End Karina Robertson 2005 Note A Tun is a massive old barrel for wine that held 250 gallons. I have been told that they still use them today. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed these snippets. |
