Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. Sad, but so very true. It belongs to
all it's original creators, though I do own my original character that will
be coming up in the next chapter.
GWingAngel: Hi I'm the author! Just wanted to say that this is after Endless Waltz and it will be explained in the fic. Just wanted to say hi. Um, please enjoy?
Warnings: None in this chapter
Pairs: 1x2, 3x4, 5x?
Ragged
Chapter 1
Start the Clock
There was a dark look in his eyes. He saw changing and then all of a sudden he stopped fixing his collar. Heero Yuy is one to be dark, but this wasn't like him. His husband walked behind him and looked at him through the mirror. The long haired boy waved his hand in front of Heero's eyes and tickled him on the face with the end of his braid. Heero blinked, but was still dark. Duo took a step back. He was worried. Did he suddenly realize that he had made a mistake after a year of marriage? Duo shook his head.
Heero blinked his cobalt blue eyes and continued to fix his collar like nothing happened. Duo stepped up behind Heero again and tickled his face with the end of his braid.
"What?," Heero asked shortly.
"Nothin'," Duo answered with a huge grin. "Well, except for the fact that the great Heero was in space for a sec." Duo shrugged and straightened out his jacket in front of a three sided mirror.
"I don't' space out Duo."
"You just did Heero. I tickled you and put my hands in front of your eyes. You didn't do anything but blink involuntarily." Heero turned to Duo.
"You're right." Duo stopped buttoning his jacket. Heero sighed. "You're right. I just had a funny feeling that left me a little paralyzed. Nothing to worry about."
Duo couldn't argue. Heero admitted that he saw wrong and Duo was going to leave it at that.
"You ready for Relena's big bash?," Duo asked giving Heero a hug.
"Why are we going?"
Duo stepped back and fixed Heero's tie. "Because the great Wu-bear and the ever silent Trowa will actually be attending. Besides, we haven't made an official public appearance and I know Relena is dying to see us." Duo giggled and let Heero's tie fall from his hands and started walking out of the room.
"You know you're never nice to Relena," Heero stated.
Duo stopped and tapped his chin. "Hmm, I wonder why." He turned around and pointed his finger into the air. "Maybe it's because she's been trying to stalk you from day one!"
"Let it go Duo," Heero said passing the pilot. Duo sighed and shrugged his shoulders, then followed Heero towards their awaiting limo.
"She fell from the sky. Her ragged wings barely being able to carry her unconscious body to the safety of the top of a building. She took in huge gulps of air as the pain of her injuries radiated from her body. Blood was slowly pooling around her as the rain mixed it's self with the bluish substance."
"Blue?"
"Yes Forn, blue. Now stop interrupting. A crack of lightning made her eyes upon wide. Then she sat up not a second later when the earth shattering thunder rang in her ears. Her heart was pounding with fear, adrenaline, and the need for blood in her system."
"This is a vampire story?"
"Forn, what did I tell you about interrupting?"
"Is this a true story? Because right now it's raining, there's thunder and lightning too."
Trowa growled, trying to hold his last shred of patience, but threw his hands into the air. "I give up. I can't tell my story if you keep interrupting. I'll try to tell the story later." The kids around the ex- Gundam pilot gave glares to Forn as they got up to join the grown-up party.
Quatre smiled as he put a hand on Trowa's shoulder. "How's it going?"
Trowa put his head into his heads. "Why am I here?," he asked though his hands. Quatre sighed and sat down on the floor next to him.
"Because it's been two years since the Eve Wars. It's only one day out of the whole year that you really come here." Trowa looked at Quatre.
"When are the others getting here?" Quatre shrugged and stood up again. He brushed off his pants and smiled down at Trowa.
"You better mingle before there's another congregation of bored children." Quatre held out his hand towards his fiancé. Trowa nodded and grabbed the offered hand then was dragged through the crowd of older people to mingle.
Heero glared at the valet driver. Duo smiled apologetically at the teenager and slowly dragged the still glaring Heero towards the door.
"Your car is going to be fine. I don't' know why you insist on getting white cars any way, they only get dirty faster," Duo said.
"Hn."
"Oh, now we're back into the one worded statements huh?" He looked at Heero who was still glaring after his car. Duo sighed and shook his head. "This is going to be a very long night."
The butlers opened the white ivory doors as Duo and Heero walked in. Their coats were taken then they were led into the party.
Duo and Heero walked hand in hand into the massive ballroom, saying their hellos every once and a while. Then they were spotted. The infamous recluse and the multi-million dollar man.
"Quatre!," Duo screamed across the room. The blond man turned around and smiled. He waved his hand. "Duo!" Duo grabbed Heero's hand wand walked quickly toward the platinum blond. Quatre and Duo embraced while Heero and Trowa both gave their nods.
"Wow! It's been a year! I can't believe they separated all of us at Preventers," Duo started.
"Yeah, it's kind of sad. Well, anything for the safety of the universe," Quatre answered shrugging his shoulders. Duo leaned down towards Quatre and started squinting. Trowa and Heero gave Duo asking looks.
Duo stood up straight again and smiled.
"It looks like you two are actually getting married," Duo said winking at Quatre. Quatre blushed as he nodded. He took the necklace off from around his neck and gave it Duo. On the silver chain was a gold ring with a cat's eye jewel in the shape of a camel.
"That's so cute." Duo smiled. "So where's Wu-man?"
"How many times do I have to tell you that my name is not Wu-man, Maxwell?"
Duo swirled around and hugged the Chinese 18 year old. "Wufei!! How's it going? How's Sally?" Wufei peeled himself from the talkative teen.
"I'm fine and me and that onna are over." Quatre and Duo's mouths hung open while Heero and Trowa's eyes grew slightly wide.
"What?," Duo and Quatre asked.
"It didn't work out," Wufei shrugged. "So how's the party?"
"Wait a minute," Duo said holding his hand up, "So who are you with? Or how did it happen? Or something."
"I almost miss your chattering," Wufei mused.
"You know you miss me," Duo grinned.
Wufei shrugged. "We have major differences that we just can't cope with. We're better off as friends and I'm currently single." Duo nodded.
"Looks like the gang is here," came a sweet voice.
"Hi Relena," Heero answered turning around.
"Hi. So how's the party?"
"Should I answer that?," Duo muttered.
"Don't tell me the party is boring," she pouted. Suddenly a little boy dropped at her feet and started drooling in his short nap. Relena wrinkled her nose and stepped away. She smiled sheepishly.
"Oh well, that may answer my question. So, how's everyone?"
"Happy," Duo answered smiling at Heero. Relena sighed.
"Well, if you want to leave you can. I think I'm going to send everyone home."
"Wait!," the sleeping kid suddenly interrupted. They all looked down at the small boy.
"Forn! I've been looking everywhere for you!," an elderly woman suddenly said. She picked up the boy who leaned on her shoulder.
"This is a um great party, but it's late," the mother said and left.
"You guys can go home," Relena sighed and started making her way around the room.
"Can I talk to you guys?," Lady Une asked. They all looked up and nodded. They followed her out of the ballroom into a library. The sat down and watched Lady Une paced nervously.
"What's Up Lady Une?," Duo asked. She stopped and scanned the boys. She smiled.
"I haven't seen you all in one place for a while. I'm sorry I had to split you guys up."
Duo and Quatre glanced at each other, suspecting something was going to happen.
"What's the matter, Ms. Une?," Quatre asked. She sighed and sat in a chair.
"I need all of you on one assignment," she answered wincing. Duo's eyes grew widely as he looked at Quatre. They both smiled and started jumping up and down. Lady Une sank into her chair.
"Why us?," Wufei said, ignoring the happy ones.
"Because the office needs your expertise in tracking down a person and bringing her into our custody."
"You're asking us to capture a girl?," Trowa asked.
"She's not exactly normal."
"What are you hiding?," Heero asked. Duo and Quatre stopped and looked over and Heero.
"Shhhh," Duo hissed, "she's letting us go on an assignment."
Heero crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm not going unless I get all the information. I will get it one way or another."
Lady Une sighed again. "It's highly classified boys." Heero, Trowa and Wufei all glared at her. "She's not normal or else I would have sent only one of you. She's hard to track and get close to. She's very closed in."
"But five of us?," Quatre asked, "She can't be that bad. How old is she?"
"She's in 10th grade and her records say that she's 16, but she may be older."
"Une you're not making any sense," Duo stated.
"Details will be given to you if you decide to take this. If you don't want it you may leave now." They all glanced at each other silently asking each other their answers. She sighed and smiled. "Thank you." She reached to the side of her chair and took out five folders. They all opened them and scanned each paper simultaneously.
"Where's her picture?," Heero asked.
"We only have composite sketches because she's very elusive."
"What has she done?," Trowa asked.
"She's not supposed to be here," Une said simply. They all accepted it.
"We only know she's in somewhere on the East Coast of North America."
"When do we leave?," Wufei asked.
"Now. You start school on Monday so tomorrow you have research and shopping. Keep Duo away from the money because it's the Preventers' money." She left the room.
"This is going to be a tough case," Quatre said.
"I seriously don't think we need all five of us to go," Duo started, "What does this babe have that we don't know about?"
"Something," Wufei answered. Duo shrugged.
"Let's go. We should make this quick. I'll do the research, then we'll background check her at school, and then day after is the day we get her," Heero explained. They all nodded and left the library.
GWingAngel: How is it? I'll take any type of comments whether it's good or bad! Any! And I'll try to get my muses to get me more interesting ideas for the next chapter. Spiffy! Well, the G-Boys and me are off for the next chapter!
GWingAngel: Hi I'm the author! Just wanted to say that this is after Endless Waltz and it will be explained in the fic. Just wanted to say hi. Um, please enjoy?
Warnings: None in this chapter
Pairs: 1x2, 3x4, 5x?
Ragged
Chapter 1
Start the Clock
There was a dark look in his eyes. He saw changing and then all of a sudden he stopped fixing his collar. Heero Yuy is one to be dark, but this wasn't like him. His husband walked behind him and looked at him through the mirror. The long haired boy waved his hand in front of Heero's eyes and tickled him on the face with the end of his braid. Heero blinked, but was still dark. Duo took a step back. He was worried. Did he suddenly realize that he had made a mistake after a year of marriage? Duo shook his head.
Heero blinked his cobalt blue eyes and continued to fix his collar like nothing happened. Duo stepped up behind Heero again and tickled his face with the end of his braid.
"What?," Heero asked shortly.
"Nothin'," Duo answered with a huge grin. "Well, except for the fact that the great Heero was in space for a sec." Duo shrugged and straightened out his jacket in front of a three sided mirror.
"I don't' space out Duo."
"You just did Heero. I tickled you and put my hands in front of your eyes. You didn't do anything but blink involuntarily." Heero turned to Duo.
"You're right." Duo stopped buttoning his jacket. Heero sighed. "You're right. I just had a funny feeling that left me a little paralyzed. Nothing to worry about."
Duo couldn't argue. Heero admitted that he saw wrong and Duo was going to leave it at that.
"You ready for Relena's big bash?," Duo asked giving Heero a hug.
"Why are we going?"
Duo stepped back and fixed Heero's tie. "Because the great Wu-bear and the ever silent Trowa will actually be attending. Besides, we haven't made an official public appearance and I know Relena is dying to see us." Duo giggled and let Heero's tie fall from his hands and started walking out of the room.
"You know you're never nice to Relena," Heero stated.
Duo stopped and tapped his chin. "Hmm, I wonder why." He turned around and pointed his finger into the air. "Maybe it's because she's been trying to stalk you from day one!"
"Let it go Duo," Heero said passing the pilot. Duo sighed and shrugged his shoulders, then followed Heero towards their awaiting limo.
"She fell from the sky. Her ragged wings barely being able to carry her unconscious body to the safety of the top of a building. She took in huge gulps of air as the pain of her injuries radiated from her body. Blood was slowly pooling around her as the rain mixed it's self with the bluish substance."
"Blue?"
"Yes Forn, blue. Now stop interrupting. A crack of lightning made her eyes upon wide. Then she sat up not a second later when the earth shattering thunder rang in her ears. Her heart was pounding with fear, adrenaline, and the need for blood in her system."
"This is a vampire story?"
"Forn, what did I tell you about interrupting?"
"Is this a true story? Because right now it's raining, there's thunder and lightning too."
Trowa growled, trying to hold his last shred of patience, but threw his hands into the air. "I give up. I can't tell my story if you keep interrupting. I'll try to tell the story later." The kids around the ex- Gundam pilot gave glares to Forn as they got up to join the grown-up party.
Quatre smiled as he put a hand on Trowa's shoulder. "How's it going?"
Trowa put his head into his heads. "Why am I here?," he asked though his hands. Quatre sighed and sat down on the floor next to him.
"Because it's been two years since the Eve Wars. It's only one day out of the whole year that you really come here." Trowa looked at Quatre.
"When are the others getting here?" Quatre shrugged and stood up again. He brushed off his pants and smiled down at Trowa.
"You better mingle before there's another congregation of bored children." Quatre held out his hand towards his fiancé. Trowa nodded and grabbed the offered hand then was dragged through the crowd of older people to mingle.
Heero glared at the valet driver. Duo smiled apologetically at the teenager and slowly dragged the still glaring Heero towards the door.
"Your car is going to be fine. I don't' know why you insist on getting white cars any way, they only get dirty faster," Duo said.
"Hn."
"Oh, now we're back into the one worded statements huh?" He looked at Heero who was still glaring after his car. Duo sighed and shook his head. "This is going to be a very long night."
The butlers opened the white ivory doors as Duo and Heero walked in. Their coats were taken then they were led into the party.
Duo and Heero walked hand in hand into the massive ballroom, saying their hellos every once and a while. Then they were spotted. The infamous recluse and the multi-million dollar man.
"Quatre!," Duo screamed across the room. The blond man turned around and smiled. He waved his hand. "Duo!" Duo grabbed Heero's hand wand walked quickly toward the platinum blond. Quatre and Duo embraced while Heero and Trowa both gave their nods.
"Wow! It's been a year! I can't believe they separated all of us at Preventers," Duo started.
"Yeah, it's kind of sad. Well, anything for the safety of the universe," Quatre answered shrugging his shoulders. Duo leaned down towards Quatre and started squinting. Trowa and Heero gave Duo asking looks.
Duo stood up straight again and smiled.
"It looks like you two are actually getting married," Duo said winking at Quatre. Quatre blushed as he nodded. He took the necklace off from around his neck and gave it Duo. On the silver chain was a gold ring with a cat's eye jewel in the shape of a camel.
"That's so cute." Duo smiled. "So where's Wu-man?"
"How many times do I have to tell you that my name is not Wu-man, Maxwell?"
Duo swirled around and hugged the Chinese 18 year old. "Wufei!! How's it going? How's Sally?" Wufei peeled himself from the talkative teen.
"I'm fine and me and that onna are over." Quatre and Duo's mouths hung open while Heero and Trowa's eyes grew slightly wide.
"What?," Duo and Quatre asked.
"It didn't work out," Wufei shrugged. "So how's the party?"
"Wait a minute," Duo said holding his hand up, "So who are you with? Or how did it happen? Or something."
"I almost miss your chattering," Wufei mused.
"You know you miss me," Duo grinned.
Wufei shrugged. "We have major differences that we just can't cope with. We're better off as friends and I'm currently single." Duo nodded.
"Looks like the gang is here," came a sweet voice.
"Hi Relena," Heero answered turning around.
"Hi. So how's the party?"
"Should I answer that?," Duo muttered.
"Don't tell me the party is boring," she pouted. Suddenly a little boy dropped at her feet and started drooling in his short nap. Relena wrinkled her nose and stepped away. She smiled sheepishly.
"Oh well, that may answer my question. So, how's everyone?"
"Happy," Duo answered smiling at Heero. Relena sighed.
"Well, if you want to leave you can. I think I'm going to send everyone home."
"Wait!," the sleeping kid suddenly interrupted. They all looked down at the small boy.
"Forn! I've been looking everywhere for you!," an elderly woman suddenly said. She picked up the boy who leaned on her shoulder.
"This is a um great party, but it's late," the mother said and left.
"You guys can go home," Relena sighed and started making her way around the room.
"Can I talk to you guys?," Lady Une asked. They all looked up and nodded. They followed her out of the ballroom into a library. The sat down and watched Lady Une paced nervously.
"What's Up Lady Une?," Duo asked. She stopped and scanned the boys. She smiled.
"I haven't seen you all in one place for a while. I'm sorry I had to split you guys up."
Duo and Quatre glanced at each other, suspecting something was going to happen.
"What's the matter, Ms. Une?," Quatre asked. She sighed and sat in a chair.
"I need all of you on one assignment," she answered wincing. Duo's eyes grew widely as he looked at Quatre. They both smiled and started jumping up and down. Lady Une sank into her chair.
"Why us?," Wufei said, ignoring the happy ones.
"Because the office needs your expertise in tracking down a person and bringing her into our custody."
"You're asking us to capture a girl?," Trowa asked.
"She's not exactly normal."
"What are you hiding?," Heero asked. Duo and Quatre stopped and looked over and Heero.
"Shhhh," Duo hissed, "she's letting us go on an assignment."
Heero crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm not going unless I get all the information. I will get it one way or another."
Lady Une sighed again. "It's highly classified boys." Heero, Trowa and Wufei all glared at her. "She's not normal or else I would have sent only one of you. She's hard to track and get close to. She's very closed in."
"But five of us?," Quatre asked, "She can't be that bad. How old is she?"
"She's in 10th grade and her records say that she's 16, but she may be older."
"Une you're not making any sense," Duo stated.
"Details will be given to you if you decide to take this. If you don't want it you may leave now." They all glanced at each other silently asking each other their answers. She sighed and smiled. "Thank you." She reached to the side of her chair and took out five folders. They all opened them and scanned each paper simultaneously.
"Where's her picture?," Heero asked.
"We only have composite sketches because she's very elusive."
"What has she done?," Trowa asked.
"She's not supposed to be here," Une said simply. They all accepted it.
"We only know she's in somewhere on the East Coast of North America."
"When do we leave?," Wufei asked.
"Now. You start school on Monday so tomorrow you have research and shopping. Keep Duo away from the money because it's the Preventers' money." She left the room.
"This is going to be a tough case," Quatre said.
"I seriously don't think we need all five of us to go," Duo started, "What does this babe have that we don't know about?"
"Something," Wufei answered. Duo shrugged.
"Let's go. We should make this quick. I'll do the research, then we'll background check her at school, and then day after is the day we get her," Heero explained. They all nodded and left the library.
GWingAngel: How is it? I'll take any type of comments whether it's good or bad! Any! And I'll try to get my muses to get me more interesting ideas for the next chapter. Spiffy! Well, the G-Boys and me are off for the next chapter!
