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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 Notes: Challenge 140. Baby Series 3 #191. Takes
place a few minutes after Bluff. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
Flouting The Rules Duo's feet barely touched the steps as he raced down the staircase, arms spread to maintain his balance. There was supposed to be no running in the palace hallways and certainly no haring up or down a staircase at full flight, but these were exceptional circumstances in an exceptional situation so he considered it acceptable to flout the rules. Just this once. After all, it wasn't as though he did it every day… was it? There was simply no way in hell he was going to allow Zechs to get away with sneaking out of the mansion to bypass their trap. //No way! Just not going to happen.// He leapt the last four steps, landed neatly and was running again, braid flying out behind him and arms pumping, his stride long and confident. He was on the ground floor now and well on his way to the West Wing. He'd be there before they could open the door to let the man in and then… Ah! //I'll jump his sexy as hell ass as he comes in the door and I'll take him down. While he's down I'll be having a few pointed words with him about sneaking around and twisting the rules to suit himself.// But, Duo had to admit, there had been nothing in the rules that actually stated the King could NOT exit the palace and re enter from another point. In fact, there were very few rules indeed, one could even enlist the aid of bystanders… he had done so himself. So, he decided, giving Zechs his due, it would not be against the rules of the Run for Zechs to let himself out of the palace and have a guard or servant let him back in. Pagan had warned security what was going down and Duo had made use of that ruling earlier in the run, not that he had actually called security; he had just `persuaded' an unsuspecting guard to give him a little information. Duo's head long run slowed and he stopped, standing scowling at the wall, hands on his hips as he dragged air into his lungs. Scratching his head as he considered that thought. He had spoken to a guard, but not over an open com channel. He had come across the man in the East Wing and used him to determine Zechs was not ahead of him. Blue eyes with a hint of violet looked back the way he had come as he considered the errant thought that nagged at him. This was just… wrong. "You sneaky bastard. You haven't left the bloody palace at all, have you? Why the hell would you call over an open com channel and ask to be let back in? An open com line… Shit, think Maxwell! Use your brains and think! The man is bluffing and definitely heading upstairs!"
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