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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: Heero + Relena Notes: Challenge 140. Baby Series 3 #193. Takes
place at approximately the same time as Resolve and Flouting The Rules. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
The Clock Is Ticking "Chang realised it first." Relena frowned at the monitors. "They are both heading back into the central wing… and up." "Once they stopped reacting on reflex and thought about it, they realised the idiocy of their actions. They realised Milliardo would not be a fool and announce his true intentions." "Where is my brother now?" "At the final checkpoint." "Hmmm. He can move quickly for a large man." Heero grinned. "It's a common myth that big men are slow. He's tall and solid, but he's got dynamic reflexes and long legs can eat up distance." The Princess sat back and inclined her head, watching as Maxwell raced back along the main hallway of the central wing, ignoring a set of servants stairs with a dusting of unblemished talcum powder at its base. "I thought he would take the first flight of steps up." "No. It is more likely he will stay on the ground floor and head to the kitchen. He'll trace the path back, checking to see if he can hear anyone coming in hopes of catching Milliardo in a pincer movement. Chang will go up and then come down." "But they haven't spoken to each other. How would they know where the other is going?" Heero considered the monitors for a long moment and then shrugged broad shoulders. "I would be surprised if Chang goes above the third floor. Most likely he will go to the second floor, no higher, and he will check to see if anyone has used the stairs as he heads to the East Wing. He'll go so far and then work his way down." "But he does not know where Duo is. For all he knows they may be duplicating their efforts." Heero grinned and resolved to persuade the Princess and define why he thought his reasoning was sound… and he was sure it was. He had worked with the two young men intent on pursuing the King for years and he knew their capabilities and the way they thought. "By Chang only going as far as the second floor he stands a better chance of picking up any sign of the direction Maxwell, or Milliardo, have taken. That talc is spread over most of the stairs and, once he detects a sign of someone's passing, he'll know who by the size of their footprints. Milliardo's feet are a lot bigger than Maxwell's. If he doesn't pick up any indication of one of them moving around he'll go down; because Milliardo has to go down to the kitchen." "Why did Duo remain on the ground floor?" "For the same reason. Milliardo has to reach the kitchen. Chang might have chosen to do the same thing, but then they would meet up, one going to the kitchen, the other having been there and returning. The area of the Run is tightening, the active zone shrinking. From here, it will be a game of cat and mouse. And the clock is ticking."
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