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"Baby Series 1"Written By: Karina
Pairing: Heero + Pagan + Duo + Helen Notes: Challenge 11 . #32 in the Baby Series. Takes place immediately after See Him Safe. Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Thanks to Dulin for her work as beta
Echoes "What’d you give Chang?" Duo brushed aside a cluster of feathery roots hanging from the ceiling. Helen drew her coat tighter about her. It was bitterly cold in the tunnel and she was convinced that she had been right in taking Chang to task over her employer’s health. Pagan followed her, slipping around the minor obstruction with the blanket wrapped baby in his arms. "A sedative to knock him out long enough to ensure he does not try following us through this." She was worried that the Preventer might misunderstand her intentions but surely he trusted his partner? "He was not well enough." "I could see that. I’m just surprised you managed to convince Chang to do it. He was adamant they go together before I left." Pagan waited for Duo to slip ahead of them before moving. He had expected Yuy to join them by now but he could hear a faint echo of movement coming from behind them which he assumed to be Heero but in the event he was wrong he kept close on the heels of the braided Preventer. He slipped a hand within the folds of blanket checking to see that Stephan was warm and in the darkness of the tunnel he planted a kiss on the tiny brow. //I am sorry. So sorry. Again I take an infant out of Sanc and again I leave you behind, though this time I know you understand. Master Yuy is not the only one who will be back for you or the redoubtable Mr Chang.// Duo paused, listening to the echoes before herding Pagan and the nurse into a small alcove and turning off the torch. //It must have been hard for Chang to do that. He’d have considered it a betrayal but it needed to be done. Zechsy sure as hell wasn’t going to make it through.// The footsteps stopped before a bend in the tunnel and he saw the glow of a torch vanish. Their pursuer had noted the silence. He felt Pagan shift Stephan into Helen’s arms and knew the old man was ready if this should prove to be anyone other than Heero. "Maxwell." Yuy’s voice echoed eerily in the darkness. "Clear." Duo snapped on the torch. Heero stepped into the glow. "Move." "Chang okay with Zechs? He’s a big armful to shift deadweight." "They will be fine." "I’m surprised Chang dosed him." Duo hustled Helen and Pagan into movement, Stephan again in Pagan’s embrace. "I’m surprised Peacecraft faked taking the pill." Yuy chuckled. Duo froze. "He faked it? Then … Do you think he’s likely to come after us?" "He knows his limits. Hard as it was for him he trusts us to see Stephan out of here. Chang will watch him." "It was not easy getting him to agree to drug the man and in the end it proved unnecessary." Helen sighed. "Chang doesn’t know that. I’ll thank you not to mention it the next time you see him." Yuy chuckled.
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