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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 + OC Notes: Challenge 97. Baby Series 3 #56. Takes
place immediately after Clock Watching. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
Chemistry 101 Heero snatched the printout and devoured the words, desperate to know what they were dealing with. After a moment he scowled, looked up and glared. The unfortunate chemist hunched over a little, bracing himself. “Libra? What is this?” “Preliminary results. You do realize it will take weeks to fully analyse the contents of the liquid?” “This is not something I can take to Hunter.” The chemist braced his hip against the bench and resisted the urge to snarl. He was well aware of the identity of the man before him and this report would be forwarded directly to Hunter, but he was not a miracle worker. They would have to understand the complexities of his profession. One simply could not hurry science. Even with the advances made in the last hundred years, instant analysis of chemical content was impossible. They were fortunate to have this much of a result so quickly and if the King had not already dropped dead, he was not likely to immediately feel the effects of whatever had been in his drink. There were a myriad of chemical compounds to be examined and the combinations that were possible was enough to give any self respecting chemist a migraine. People who dealt with the immediacy of guns and knives had no comprehension of the delicate complexities of the world of poison. “A skilled chemist can devise a compound to leave the victim alive for a week before it would interact with the body’s natural biology. It is possible to devise a compound that would have no effect until the victim ingested a specific food and initiate a catalytic reaction. It would kill, leaving no one aware of the actual day and time the poison was administered. The combinations are limited only by the imagination and availability of resources.” Yuy glared at the paper. “You can give me a name for the poison but no details of what it will do?” He resisted the urge to hiss like a steaming kettle. Against that glare he really did not wish to try his luck and Yuy had obviously misunderstood the nature of the analysis. “I have a result now because the most common chemical combinations are logged into the databank for comparison. The equipment here is state of the art and with lesser equipment it would take days to get any result. I am working as fast as I can and I have requested assistants to facilitate proceedings.” Heero’s scowl deepened and the chemist reached across the bench, opened a draw and drew out a small green and white cardboard box. He poured a glass of water and extricated two white pills, dropping them into the liquid. Heero watched as the water, cloudy at first, gradually cleared and the chemist held the glass out to him. “This is Libra, a soluble form of paracetamol. I keep some on hand at all times as I am prone to migraines. That is all I have for you at the moment.”
------------- Note I am well aware that I have taken a bit of poetic licence
with the chemical testing in this fic. Tests could actually take months
to produce results and since we like things a little faster in the
fictional world, at least some of the results are now in to bamboozle
the investigation team. ~ * ~ |
