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"Baby Series 3"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Duo + Wu Fei Notes: Challenge 139. Baby Series 3 #189. Takes
place just after Two Being One. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
Cunning "Okay," Duo breathed, studying the entrance to the Eastern wing with narrowed eyes. "I just know you are up there, Zechsy and by this time you should be on the way back." Chang considered the shadowed hallway, dark eyes thoughtful. "It would not do to underestimate him." "He's cunning." "Not prone to thoughtless action," Chang agreed. "There are four ways he could get back into this wing and head for the check point." "He might descend to the ground floor and use any one of four flights of stairs to reach the checkpoint." "Or he could use the servants stairs to enter the central wing on any of the floors and then use any of the staircases to go up to the checkpoint." Duo pursed his lips and cocked his head to one side. "He could be just out of our line of sight too. And there are the secret passages to be considered." "He could indeed. There are ample possibilities open to him. He might go straight up to the attic level, cross the attic and come down to the checkpoint." "And we are not allowed to `camp', so we have to keep moving and not stay in one place for any particular length of time." Chang nodded in agreement and dark eyes met blue-violet. Duo's generous mouth widened quickly into an expansive grin. "I don't think they give consolation prizes in this race, do you?" "I believe I can say with confidence that they do not." Wu Fei inclined his head slightly, eyeing the open double doors marking the East Wing. "Do you wish to take above or below?" "Either one, I'm not fussed. How long will it take you to do the run to the checkpoint?" "If I take the lower levels… perhaps seven minutes." Duo nodded slightly. `It will be all uphill for me, so maybe as much as ten minutes and I'll have a quick peek at the attic level too. Straight run through and meet you there?" "Then we work our way back to this point on our way to the kitchen. If somehow we miss him, that is the last place he has to go." "And there is only half an hour or so for him to do it in. All of the secret passages will eventually lead to the main hallways, even those entering into rooms, the only way out is a main hallway. That's where we mark territory at what, six steps distance?" "That should be sufficient to give some indication as to his path." Duo chuckled softly as he passed Wu Fei a decorated container, keeping a second container for himself. `Here's the ammo. There should be enough for us to mark his course." Wu Fei sniffed delicately and wrinkled his nose. "Rose?" "It was all that was in the bathroom and I didn't
think it particularly mattered. Just remember we owe an apology to
the staff in the morning."
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