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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: Wu Fei Notes: Challenge 87. Baby Series 3 #24. Takes
place immediately after The Gathering.
Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
A Matter Of Murder The atmosphere in the formal sitting room hit him like a physical blow. Wu Fei flashed a fiery glare about the room, noting who was seated where in relation to the position set aside for the King. Pagan and the Chief Inspector stood at the hearth, a few steps away from the overstuffed arm chair where Milliardo would position himself. The choreography had been planned carefully to ensure those in the secret passage had a clear view. He was no more pleased by the King exposing himself to a known killer than Pagan and he knew Heero and Maxwell were no less thrilled with the idea. Milliardo had his own bull headed notions and refused to listen to sense. //If this killer makes a try for him he will not survive to gloat about it.// The King did not expect there to be trouble. They were going to reveal who killed Lord Richard, but not arrest the murderer, who was graced with diplomatic immunity which annoyed Wu Fei to no end. Killers did not deserve to go free because of a few fancy words on a piece of paper. He was present as the King’s liaison to Parliament and unofficial bodyguard. Seeing the Chief Inspector present, those summoned to appear would know it had nothing to do with the courtship of the King and everything to do with the murder of a member of their delegation. His reputation as a former Gundam Pilot and position as liaison offered both discretion for the subject to be discussed and protection for the King, who refused to be excluded from the matter. Milliardo nodded briefly to the Chief Inspector and settled himself into his seat. After a pregnant pause everyone settled into their seats with the exception of the Chief Inspector and Pagan, who remained in their place and Wu Fei, who stood to the left of the King, assuming a waiting stance and glowering at everybody assembled. “Lady Rowena. Gentlemen. We have a particularly unsavoury matter to discuss this afternoon and not a great deal of time in which to do so. There is the matter of murder to be resolved and suitable compensation to Lady Rowena to be decided upon. There is also the compensation Sanc will demand be paid for being involved in this matter. We are not a country which looks lightly on being dragged into personal matters and suitable compensation to Sanc will also be discussed.” The silence was filled by the rise in tension. Wu Fei was sure he could have cut the air with a knife. He was tensing up himself and he could feel the rhythmic pulse of a headache beginning, but there was no time to indulge such a pain. These people were about to be accused of murder, conspiracy and being accomplices to murder. More than one or two of them would take exception to that. ~ * ~ |
