Wow... My first attempt at a horror fic. Er... Note, it's my first ATTEMPT. All the other times, it came to me naturally. But lately I haven't been myself... I'm beginning to become my old self, however. Which is more or less why I'm doing this. So, here 'tis... Nuh-uh. Every timw I start a fic with that line, it sucks. So I'll just start it with a different line that has worked much better for me. Here's... Something....
There was a shadowy figure atop the roof of one of the buildings nearby the place the gundam pilots were staying. He peered down at the place they were staying from under a hat resembling that of the average magicians, the only difference being that it had a small red symbol in the front, a series of small dots in a black circle oulined in white. He wore a green scarf that, no matter how he moved, always stayed in place, covering up his entire head except for about a half of an inch just below the top hat. Below the scarf he wore a typical black business suit, white shirt, and black tie. He wore black snakeskin boots as well as a black cape. He stood completely motionless, staring at the gundam pilots current housing. His eyes were narrow slits of a burning crimson color. Duo exited the front door of the gundam pilots house, and the man smiled. His smile couldn't be seen because of the scarf, but had anyone been nearby, they would have been able to feel him smile. His eyes grew even narrower, and he let out a small chuckle. "There he is. I will kill him, mark those words well, for I shall not rest until I kill him." The shadowy figure jumped off the roof into an alleyway where he seemed to completely disappear.
Inside The Gundam Pilots' House...
"Hey, Duo, where are you going?" Heero asked. "WHOA, I think I need to see a psychiatrist, I just thought I heard you ask where I was going. Not only that, but you also asked it like a normal person would. And... Well, you did sound emotionless, as usual, but that's two out of three." Heero punched Duo in the stomache. "OW! Okay, my mistake, I shouldn't have said anything..." "Where are you going?" Heero asked again. "Well, I was going to go for a walk. But I might have to add a trip to the hospital to my agenda..." Duo muttered. "You'd better not get into any trouble. If you endanger the mission.." "Lemme guess, if I endanger the mission, you'll kill me, right?" Heero nodded his head, and Duo left through the front door.
Once outside, Duo paused momentarily and looked around. Why does it feel like I'm being watched? Duo shook the thought out of his mind and began his walk. He walked away from all the houses towards the center of town where all the various shops, the local Wal Mart, and many other places were. Out of the corner of his left eye, Duo saw a shadow moving. He turned to his left quickly, but saw nothing. Nothing at all. "So far the nights been exceptionally weird. Heero acted like a normal human being for a few seconds, I start thinking I'm being watched, and then things that aren't there start moving around." Duo snapped out of his thoughts and saw that he was on the street all the night clubs and such were on. "Well, as long as I'm here, I suppose I should see if there are any places with some entetainment, like maybe girls..."
Duo found a place advertising girls and alcohol, so he entered. He walked up to the bar and ordered a bottle of Jack Daniels. "A whole bottle? Well, you aren't going to be drunk by the time you leave..." The bartender remarked sarcastically. Once teh bartender gave Duo the JD, Duo opened it and took a drink. A guy about Duos age sat down next to him and ordered a vodka. "Already got your target, eh, Mark?"The bartender asked as he set the vodka in front of Mark. "Hey!" Mark protested. "Aw, sorry... Jeez." The bartender walked off to the other end of the bar and took an order. "What'd he mean by 'your target?'" Duo asked. "Uh..." Mark grinned and blushed slightly. "Well, I usually come here to look for dates, and Bart knows that I order a vodka when I've found the one I want..." Duo nodded his head.
"And Bart is...?" "Oh, he's the bartender. Right, I guess you're new here, huh? It makes sense you wouldn't know his name." Duo took another drink from the bottle of JD. "So who's your 'target?'" Duo questioned. "I haven't seen any girls around here at all..." Then Mark laughed. "Well, of course there aren't any around." Duo lifted the bottle to his mouth. "This is a bar for gay guys." Duo removed the bottle from his mouth and JD sprayed from his mouth. "W-What?" Mark frowned. "You didn't know that?" Duo shook his head. "T-The sign out there says..." "Oh, right, that. Bart still hasn't gotten that down yet. Uh, HEY BART!" The bartender approached Mark. "Yeah?" "Thanks a lot, Bart. You still haven't gotten that sign down." Bart shrugged his shoulders. "Haven't gotten around to it yet. Why you so pissed off?"
"Because of that sign, one of the cutest guys I've ever seen walked in, I pretty much fell in love with him at first glance, and it turns ou the's straight." Bart glanced at Duo. "You didn't know?" Duo shook his head and took two large gulps from the bottle of JD. "Oh. I guess I should take that sign down. But didn't you even bother to look at the sign below that?" Duo shook his head. "Right... Well, I guess that makes sense, you see one sign, you don't really see a need to look at the other..." Mark took a large drink from his vodka and then began talking again. "Er... You wouldn't consider... Well..." Duo looked at him. "What?" "Well, you wouldn't maybe consider going on a date with me, would you?" Duo blinked. "That's what I thought. I didn't think there'd be much of a chance you'd say yes, after all, it was pretty obvious you're straight, but..." "Sure." Duo interrupted him. "Huh? Did you just say 'sure?'" Duo nodded his head. "To me?" Duo nodded his head again. "Really? Wow! You aren't just saying that because you're drunk, are you?"
"He can't be drunk, Mark. He hasn't had enough to drink, and it hasn't had enough time to kick in yet, anyways." Bart informed him. "Right... Uh... How's tomorrow night?" "Fine with me." Duo replied. "Okay, uh, where and when?" Duo thought carefully, and then supplied the time and place.
Outside The Bar...
"Interesting. But irrelevant. Then again, this means that I can plan to kill him there. I'll have the time to set everything up nicely." The shadowy figure with teh crimson eyes stared through the window and then suddenly vanished.
The Next Day In The Gundam Pilots' House...
There was a knock at the front door. "And Duo fights the crowds to be the first to open the door..." Duo muttered as he walked to the door. "Yeeeeees?" Duo said as he opened the door. "Mark? What are you doing here?" Mark stepped inside and Duo closed the door. "You're late by a half an hour." Duo glanced at his wrist, but he wasn't wearing a watch. He grabed Marks arm and looked at his watch. "Oh... Er, sorry..." Quatre entered the room and saw Mark. "Hey, Duo, who's that?" Duo spun around and stared at Quatre in surprise. "Um... Promise you won't tell any of the others?" Quatre looked confused, but he nodded his head anyways. "He's... My date." Quatre nodded his head slowly and in a fashion showing that that remark puzzled him. Duo explained everything, and then Quatre nodded once again and left. "Well, we should probably go then..." Duo led Mark out of the house, and the two went to a small diner in the center of town.
(Wow... Interesting. Very much so. Elton John for horror... I've gotta remember that. Kay, back to the fic...)
The Next Day...
"Duo. Where did you go last night?" Heero asked, sounding quite suspicious. "Quatre said you went for another walk, but this 'walk' of yours lasted for a very long time. So where did you go?" Duo sat down at the table. "Well, thanks for giving me a little time to wake up... You really wanna know where I went last night? Well, I found the guy we're looking for. He asked me out on a date, so I agreed, figuring it'd give me a chance to find out more about him, see if he'd reveal any information. He didn't. So that's where I went." Heero nodded his head. "He asked you on a date?" "Yeah. I wandered into a gay bar the night before last on accident, and he walked up, sat down next to me, and asked me on a date."
Outside...
"Ah, so that is what you were doing there, young Maxwell... I got tired of waiting for you yesterday, but now I've come to finish what you started." The man busted through the window into the dining room, and Duo stood up out of reflex. "Who the hell are you? What are you doing?" Trowa yelled. "That is irrelevant." The man reached into a pocket in his suit and pulled out a gun. He fired a shot at Duo, but just before it hit him, Heero jumped in the way. "You imbecile! I can see this will not be easy. Well, goodbye for now, Maxwell..." The man said Maxwell with venom in his voice. His cape blew in front of him, and he disappeared from the room. "Heero?! Are you alright?" Quatre asked, running to the fallen pilot. "Of course I am. That bullet hit my gun and didn't even scratch me." Heero pulled the gun from his pocket. "See?" Quatre nodded his head and stood up. "Duo? Are YOU alright?" Duo sat down in his chair, his face a pale white. "Duo?" Quatre asked again. "I'm fine. For now. But that man..." "Have you seen him before?" Heero asked. "Seen him before? Hell, I KILLED him before!"
To be continued...
Interesting, isn't it? I shall write more later, and it will indeed become even more interesting. And better. And more horror-like. And more... Well, more everything. That is indubitable. Now I only have two things left to say, and then I will cease writing for now. First, pleeeeeease review this!!! And then my closing line. Goodbye for now, people.
There was a shadowy figure atop the roof of one of the buildings nearby the place the gundam pilots were staying. He peered down at the place they were staying from under a hat resembling that of the average magicians, the only difference being that it had a small red symbol in the front, a series of small dots in a black circle oulined in white. He wore a green scarf that, no matter how he moved, always stayed in place, covering up his entire head except for about a half of an inch just below the top hat. Below the scarf he wore a typical black business suit, white shirt, and black tie. He wore black snakeskin boots as well as a black cape. He stood completely motionless, staring at the gundam pilots current housing. His eyes were narrow slits of a burning crimson color. Duo exited the front door of the gundam pilots house, and the man smiled. His smile couldn't be seen because of the scarf, but had anyone been nearby, they would have been able to feel him smile. His eyes grew even narrower, and he let out a small chuckle. "There he is. I will kill him, mark those words well, for I shall not rest until I kill him." The shadowy figure jumped off the roof into an alleyway where he seemed to completely disappear.
Inside The Gundam Pilots' House...
"Hey, Duo, where are you going?" Heero asked. "WHOA, I think I need to see a psychiatrist, I just thought I heard you ask where I was going. Not only that, but you also asked it like a normal person would. And... Well, you did sound emotionless, as usual, but that's two out of three." Heero punched Duo in the stomache. "OW! Okay, my mistake, I shouldn't have said anything..." "Where are you going?" Heero asked again. "Well, I was going to go for a walk. But I might have to add a trip to the hospital to my agenda..." Duo muttered. "You'd better not get into any trouble. If you endanger the mission.." "Lemme guess, if I endanger the mission, you'll kill me, right?" Heero nodded his head, and Duo left through the front door.
Once outside, Duo paused momentarily and looked around. Why does it feel like I'm being watched? Duo shook the thought out of his mind and began his walk. He walked away from all the houses towards the center of town where all the various shops, the local Wal Mart, and many other places were. Out of the corner of his left eye, Duo saw a shadow moving. He turned to his left quickly, but saw nothing. Nothing at all. "So far the nights been exceptionally weird. Heero acted like a normal human being for a few seconds, I start thinking I'm being watched, and then things that aren't there start moving around." Duo snapped out of his thoughts and saw that he was on the street all the night clubs and such were on. "Well, as long as I'm here, I suppose I should see if there are any places with some entetainment, like maybe girls..."
Duo found a place advertising girls and alcohol, so he entered. He walked up to the bar and ordered a bottle of Jack Daniels. "A whole bottle? Well, you aren't going to be drunk by the time you leave..." The bartender remarked sarcastically. Once teh bartender gave Duo the JD, Duo opened it and took a drink. A guy about Duos age sat down next to him and ordered a vodka. "Already got your target, eh, Mark?"The bartender asked as he set the vodka in front of Mark. "Hey!" Mark protested. "Aw, sorry... Jeez." The bartender walked off to the other end of the bar and took an order. "What'd he mean by 'your target?'" Duo asked. "Uh..." Mark grinned and blushed slightly. "Well, I usually come here to look for dates, and Bart knows that I order a vodka when I've found the one I want..." Duo nodded his head.
"And Bart is...?" "Oh, he's the bartender. Right, I guess you're new here, huh? It makes sense you wouldn't know his name." Duo took another drink from the bottle of JD. "So who's your 'target?'" Duo questioned. "I haven't seen any girls around here at all..." Then Mark laughed. "Well, of course there aren't any around." Duo lifted the bottle to his mouth. "This is a bar for gay guys." Duo removed the bottle from his mouth and JD sprayed from his mouth. "W-What?" Mark frowned. "You didn't know that?" Duo shook his head. "T-The sign out there says..." "Oh, right, that. Bart still hasn't gotten that down yet. Uh, HEY BART!" The bartender approached Mark. "Yeah?" "Thanks a lot, Bart. You still haven't gotten that sign down." Bart shrugged his shoulders. "Haven't gotten around to it yet. Why you so pissed off?"
"Because of that sign, one of the cutest guys I've ever seen walked in, I pretty much fell in love with him at first glance, and it turns ou the's straight." Bart glanced at Duo. "You didn't know?" Duo shook his head and took two large gulps from the bottle of JD. "Oh. I guess I should take that sign down. But didn't you even bother to look at the sign below that?" Duo shook his head. "Right... Well, I guess that makes sense, you see one sign, you don't really see a need to look at the other..." Mark took a large drink from his vodka and then began talking again. "Er... You wouldn't consider... Well..." Duo looked at him. "What?" "Well, you wouldn't maybe consider going on a date with me, would you?" Duo blinked. "That's what I thought. I didn't think there'd be much of a chance you'd say yes, after all, it was pretty obvious you're straight, but..." "Sure." Duo interrupted him. "Huh? Did you just say 'sure?'" Duo nodded his head. "To me?" Duo nodded his head again. "Really? Wow! You aren't just saying that because you're drunk, are you?"
"He can't be drunk, Mark. He hasn't had enough to drink, and it hasn't had enough time to kick in yet, anyways." Bart informed him. "Right... Uh... How's tomorrow night?" "Fine with me." Duo replied. "Okay, uh, where and when?" Duo thought carefully, and then supplied the time and place.
Outside The Bar...
"Interesting. But irrelevant. Then again, this means that I can plan to kill him there. I'll have the time to set everything up nicely." The shadowy figure with teh crimson eyes stared through the window and then suddenly vanished.
The Next Day In The Gundam Pilots' House...
There was a knock at the front door. "And Duo fights the crowds to be the first to open the door..." Duo muttered as he walked to the door. "Yeeeeees?" Duo said as he opened the door. "Mark? What are you doing here?" Mark stepped inside and Duo closed the door. "You're late by a half an hour." Duo glanced at his wrist, but he wasn't wearing a watch. He grabed Marks arm and looked at his watch. "Oh... Er, sorry..." Quatre entered the room and saw Mark. "Hey, Duo, who's that?" Duo spun around and stared at Quatre in surprise. "Um... Promise you won't tell any of the others?" Quatre looked confused, but he nodded his head anyways. "He's... My date." Quatre nodded his head slowly and in a fashion showing that that remark puzzled him. Duo explained everything, and then Quatre nodded once again and left. "Well, we should probably go then..." Duo led Mark out of the house, and the two went to a small diner in the center of town.
(Wow... Interesting. Very much so. Elton John for horror... I've gotta remember that. Kay, back to the fic...)
The Next Day...
"Duo. Where did you go last night?" Heero asked, sounding quite suspicious. "Quatre said you went for another walk, but this 'walk' of yours lasted for a very long time. So where did you go?" Duo sat down at the table. "Well, thanks for giving me a little time to wake up... You really wanna know where I went last night? Well, I found the guy we're looking for. He asked me out on a date, so I agreed, figuring it'd give me a chance to find out more about him, see if he'd reveal any information. He didn't. So that's where I went." Heero nodded his head. "He asked you on a date?" "Yeah. I wandered into a gay bar the night before last on accident, and he walked up, sat down next to me, and asked me on a date."
Outside...
"Ah, so that is what you were doing there, young Maxwell... I got tired of waiting for you yesterday, but now I've come to finish what you started." The man busted through the window into the dining room, and Duo stood up out of reflex. "Who the hell are you? What are you doing?" Trowa yelled. "That is irrelevant." The man reached into a pocket in his suit and pulled out a gun. He fired a shot at Duo, but just before it hit him, Heero jumped in the way. "You imbecile! I can see this will not be easy. Well, goodbye for now, Maxwell..." The man said Maxwell with venom in his voice. His cape blew in front of him, and he disappeared from the room. "Heero?! Are you alright?" Quatre asked, running to the fallen pilot. "Of course I am. That bullet hit my gun and didn't even scratch me." Heero pulled the gun from his pocket. "See?" Quatre nodded his head and stood up. "Duo? Are YOU alright?" Duo sat down in his chair, his face a pale white. "Duo?" Quatre asked again. "I'm fine. For now. But that man..." "Have you seen him before?" Heero asked. "Seen him before? Hell, I KILLED him before!"
To be continued...
Interesting, isn't it? I shall write more later, and it will indeed become even more interesting. And better. And more horror-like. And more... Well, more everything. That is indubitable. Now I only have two things left to say, and then I will cease writing for now. First, pleeeeeease review this!!! And then my closing line. Goodbye for now, people.