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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Pairing: Duo + Heero + Wu Fei Notes: Challenge 22. Baby Series 2 #13. Takes place approximately fifty minutes after of Tea and Memories. Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Many thanks to Dulin for her work as beta.
Blizzard “What do you think set him off?” It was bitterly cold, prematurely dark, and the snow was a heavy curtain enveloping them and with a bitter wind rising. Heero had ensured the video conference suffered a failure explainable by inclement weather. Discreet questioning of the staff had tracked Milliardo to the rear of the palace where two maids complained about some idiot leaving a door open and allowing not only the cold to enter but also a reasonable sized snowdrift. “Something small. That’s all it takes to bring back things best forgotten.” Chang grunted. “It does not take much to take a man down in this weather.” Duo sighed, a long stream of misted breath further obscuring his vision and slipped on concealed ice, landing flat on his back in a snow drift. Strong hands pulled him out and Wu Fei nodded at his breathless thanks. “There is a cabin in the woods behind the ruins. He might make for it.” Heero offered. //If he has stopped running.// Chang thought. //He may have return to the palace whilst we search.// Distance was distorted by the elemental world they struggled through. Nothing was familiar and it was with some surprise that Duo made out a stand of stone he recognized as a part of the old palace. The partial wall afforded some small shelter from the gusting wind. “How far to the cottage?” “A few hundred yards into the forest. Most people don’t know it’s there but Milliardo brought me here once. I think it may have been a gamekeeper’s cottage.” Stumbling on feet numb with cold despite thick boots and warm woolen socks, gloved hands stiff with cold and the scarves would not cover enough of their faces to give relief. Twice Heero back tracked, certain they had stumbled too far in the darkness. The wind was a wailing howl in the trees growing thick around them and offering some small relief from its force as they stumbled to the building. The door was open, snow penetrating the dark room beyond and their flashlights seemed incapable of piercing the gloom. “Get in.” Heero growled. “We can’t stay out in this.’ Duo turned worried eyes to the night and a wind driven flurry of snow hit him in the face and Chang pulled him into the cabin. Shivering in his wet clothes Duo turned at a curse to find Heero kneeling. The torch light revealed the glimmer of white gold hair and a long form sprawled over the dirty ice encrusted cabin floor. “Looks like he slipped on a patch of ice. Hit his head.” Heero looked up at a small hole in the roof allowing snow to settle on the broad back of the King. “Get that door shut and start a fire. I’ll see what I can do about that hole.”
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