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"On Razor's Edge"Written By: Mookie
Disclaimer: I don't really need to be Captain Obvious here, do I? No ownership, no money being made. Written for fun, not profit. Warnings: language, spoilers Notes: This is an attempt to respond to
this request . As of today's date this has not been posted to
that community.
He looked over at his fellow captives. Wufei was lying
completely flat on his back, hands on his stomach, looking as if he
were sleeping restfully. Heero was sitting with his back to the wall,
shackled wrists and arms draped over his knees. Duo might have said
that it looked like Heero had accepted defeat if he’d not seen
the guy in action. When Heero was ready to call it quits he’d
go out in a blaze of glory, maybe when he was let out on his short
leash with Trowa. That still rankled, why Heero had been the one to pilot
the new mobile suit. He didn’t think he’d sighed audibly until
Heero told him to cut it out. That’s when the door slid open and Trowa walked in. Quatre screwed his eyes shut and fought down the hysterical
laughter threatening to bubble to the surface. He’d been doing
that a lot lately and it sometimes took all his energy just to avoid
sitting down and laughing until he cried. He’d made a mistake thinking that there’d
be no changes to face when he came home, or maybe the mistake was
expecting the wrong kinds of change. He’d still been at odds
with his father when he died, and that was almost as hard to digest
as his death. Quatre pushed himself away from the wall that had been
practically holding him up and his brows drew together. This was a war, and there were always deaths in a war.
He regretted what he had to do, but there was really no other option
left. “Why do you always take him?” Duo protested.
“What if he tries to blow up this mobile suit?” The look Heero gave him hurt, he wouldn’t deny
that, but he was going out of his mind hanging out in the cell with
only Wufei for company, and besides, you’d think OZ would want
to try out their new Gundams with different pilots to make sure any
of their soldier boys could handle them. He’d not expected an answer from Trowa but he got
one anyway. “If something goes wrong,” he said, “I
trust Heero will make it through.” “You’re selling out, Heero,” Duo mocked,
unwilling to let it go. “You’d think Mister Indestructible
would be able to break free and whip some Ozzie ass with the firepower
at his disposal.” He looked at Trowa and snorted. “Of course
you’d have to deal with our uniformed friend here, but I’m
sure you could take him.” Trowa smiled at him and shook his head, and it was the
smile that made Duo want to punch his lights out. “You’re
probably right,” he agreed. “But I know he won’t try.” “It’s useless to argue,” Wufei’s
voice was quiet but Duo could hear the annoyance in his voice. “He
thinks this is the best way to take down the enemy, to become one
of them.” “Take down the head of the snake and the rest will
follow,” Trowa said simply. Heero wasn’t looking at Duo, and Duo was sure that
was intentional, but it didn’t seem as if he was looking directly
at Trowa either. “We’re on our own,” he said coldly.
“And as long as we’re alive the battle isn’t over yet.”
An edge crept into his voice, suggesting that it was just as hard
for Heero to wait for an opportunity as it was for Duo to hang out
in the cell with nothing to do but listen to Wufei breathe. Or maybe
Heero just wanted to tell him to fuck off. Duo almost wished he would. He watched them leave. The funny thing was that he thought
he should apologize to Heero, and that made him laugh as he watched
the door close behind them. “Hear that, Wufei? It isn’t over ‘til
the fat lady sings.” “No,” Wufei agreed. “It isn’t.” It seemed pretty clear that was all he was going to
say about it. Duo sat down on the floor and tried to amuse himself
looking for pictures in the cracks forming in the corner. He touched
the wall where he could almost see a bird’s wing where one large
crack spidered out into several. “I wonder what happened to Quatre…” Even to his own ears, his voice sounded almost ominous. ~ * ~
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