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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Pagan Notes: Challenge 70. Baby Series 2 #216. Takes
place shortly after Hunter’s Paranoia.
Ripe For Harvest Pagan closed his eyes, a pained expression flitting across his craggy features. He did not see an empty bed, when he opened his eyes there would be a moon-silver haired brat who tried his patience, and over whom he had broken his heart for too many years. Milliardo Peacecraft would be in bed, asleep or glaring at him for disturbing his rest. No such luck, he sighed, staring at the mussed bedding. A flick of a finger to the transmitter in his pocket and he switched channels. “Request status report on the location of the Phoenix.” “Phoenix is at roost, Hunter.” He would need dentures if he continued to grind his teeth. Pagan pinched the bridge of his nose and puffed a tired breath. So he had slipped his guards as Pagan knew he was capable of doing. At roost was code for the King being in his suite of rooms and Pagan had already searched the suite. “Be advised the Phoenix is flying free. Locate immediately.” He heard the single colourful word before the com link went dead. He would need to see about additional training for the guards that infuriating man had managed to elude. How had he done it? “Hunter, Eagle’s Nest reports transponder location for Phoenix. Target is moving toward the office wing.” At least he had not removed the tracer. Pagan turned from the empty bed and stalked from the room considering his options. Milliardo was not a fool and he was certainly well trained, but his place was not hunting intruders. His place was in the public eye, the figurehead, the one who was protected, not the one doing the protecting. He hesitated, considering the potential for disaster and switched the transmitter to general alert frequency. “We have a situation. Multiple crops are ripe for harvest. Advise you handle the Phoenix with care, it is known to bite. I want the palace swept and the crop harvested.” He was quick to draw the unit from his pocket and thumb in the exclusive codes for his protégé, Chang, Maxwell and the King himself. “Be advised Phoenix, I am aware of your location. Respond immediately.” It was entirely possible the man had flashbacked and was stalking the palace unaware of his location. It was not a pleasant scenario but he needed to take every possibility into account. He might not have a receiver, though Pagan could not recall seeing the King’s unit in the bedroom. There were a number of possibilities that could apply to this situation and he was not particularly enamoured of any of them. Silence from the earpiece and he ground his teeth in frustration. If the man had the unit and had it turned off… unlikely, his bones told him. He might be listening and if he had flashbacked be unaware of his status as Phoenix. If he had all his sensibilities intact and was aware, then he was being a bloody-minded fool and Pagan would tell him so. End
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