Back to Duo and Wufei, about ten hours
later…
"Nnnnnggg.
My head!" Duo groaned. "Well, at least I had a soft landing…"
"Maxwell,
get off me you baka." A muffled voice said.
"Sorry
Wu-man." Duo said getting up. "Geez! Where in the heck are we?"
"Well
obviously…we are in a hole."
"Wow,
you certainly are a genius." Duo said sarcastically. Wufei rolled his eyes and
looked around.
"I'd
say we've fallen about fifty feet down. Give or take…what kinda idiot would
make this? It doesn't look natural."
"Natural
or not, Shinigami isn't going to let some dinky hole stand in his way." Duo
stated as he rolled up his sleeves and started to climb. Wufei sank down and
started muttering into his hands.
"Of all the holes in
the world, I had to fall in this one with that baka." Wufei muttered. Duo kept
falling and falling but still got back up to climb. He finally gave up.
"I
suppose we're stuck in here until someone finds out that we're missing. How
long do you think it'll take for them to find us?" Duo asked but Wufei ignored
him. Duo sighed a mushroom cloud. "You know, it wouldn't kill ya to make
conversation. It's called common courtesy!"
"Well,
unlike you, I am far from common." Wufei replied. Duo scrunched his nose and
just put his hands behind his head. Wufei started pacing nervously around the
confined space that they had.
"What's
the matter Wufei? Claustrophobic?" Duo asked, a hint of humour in his voice.
"Of
course not. It's just that the last time I was in a room alone with you the
oxygen got cut off and we almost died."
"Yeah…what's
your point?" Wufei almost face-faulted. "Besides, this isn't even a room, it's
a hole. Duh!"
"You
know, sometimes I'm surprised at your stupidity."
"I
am not stupid. It's just funny when you get annoyed." Duo chuckled. There was
an odd moment of silence. Duo started to sing. "Lollipop, lollipop oh lolly,
lolly, lollipop. Lollipop, lollipop oh lolly, lolly, lollipop. Lollipop,
lollipop oh lolly, lolly, lollipop. Lollipop, lollipop oh lolly, lolly…um,
what's the next part to that song?" Duo asked grinning.
"Lollipop."
"Oh
yeah! Lollipop, lollipop oh lolly, lolly, lollipop."
"OH
FOR THE LOVE OF NATAKU WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP SINGING ABOUT MY FAVOURITE FOOD ON
A STICK??!" Wufei yelled as Duo sniggered.
"You
need to chill! We've only been here a couple of hours I think and besides
Quatre knows we're out here. Quatre!! The guy who blames himself because
there's no air in space. He'll find us." Duo said reassuringly.
"Don't
think you can trick me. You're just trying to make me calm so that I can find a
way out of here. You're depending on me as the superior warrior but let me tell
you something oh wise Shinigami!! I can't deliver!! I'm hungry, we're lost and
you're just sitting there like some idiot waiting in the idiots line to
Idiotland!!"
"Okay,
there is no such place because I would know…"
"SHUT
UP!!! Just let me think for two minutes in silence please!!" Wufei said. Duo
looked inside his pocket and found a bag of M&M's.
"Hey
Wufei…"
"SHUT
UP!" Wufei yelled, turning around to see that Duo had a bag of M&M's. "Oh
crap. Um Maxwell? Could I please have some of your confectionary sweets?"
"Well
I would an' all but you need your silence and solitude!! Besides, food is for
the weak and idiotic, isn't it Wu-man?!!!" Duo said and plopped down to
eat the M&M's very slowly.
Meanwhile…
"Well
this is the place that they were going to." Quatre said.
"Where
exactly could they have gone? The base is still intact." Heero said looking
around.
"Um,
guys?" Trowa started.
"Maybe
they got captured." Quatre offered.
"Duo
maybe, but I don't think Wufei would." Heero replied.
"Guys…"
"Well
I honestly don't know where they could have gone." Quatre sighed.
"It's
times like these that make you wish the braided baka would carry a cell." Heero
muttered.
"GUYS!"
Trowa yelled as Heero and Quatre looked at him in surprise. "Maybe they fell
down this hole."
"What
makes you say that Trowa?" Quatre asked.
"JUST
GIMME THE DAMN SWEETS KISAMA!!"
"MAKE
ME!"
"That
would be a good reason." Trowa replied.
"I
know what to do. I'll call the expert!" Quatre said.
Back in the hole…
"Give
it to me." Wufei said pulling the bag of M&M's one way.
"No
way José!" Duo said pulling it back the other way.
"Can't
you ever get me name right?"
"It
was a figure of speech!! Besides, why would you want to eat the food of
idiots?!"
"Because
like an idiot I let myself fall into a hole with the king of idiots!" The bag
ripped open and the sweets went flying.
"Well
thank you Mein Führer!" Duo said as he leaned against a side and put his hands
behind his head.
"Are
you just going to stand there?" Wufei asked.
"There
is no point on both of us panicking. Geez, you're certainly out of character
today." Duo replied. "I'm just a easy-going person. It's the way I was raised."
"Well
whoever raised you like that should be ashamed." Wufei muttered but Duo heard
him. His usually cheerful mask was replaced by one of complete anger. His
narrowed his amethyst eyes.
"What
did you say?" Duo said, with such calmness it put Wufei off a little.
"Well
I'm just saying as a soldier you shouldn't be so…relaxed all the time." Wufei
said, carefully picking his words so not to piss Duo off. After all, none of
the pilots even considered chirpy Duo with a dark side.
Back above the hole…
"Quatre,
are you sure this is a good idea?" Heero asked. Quatre nodded.
"So
sir, what should we do?" Quatre asked the guy standing next to him.
"Well
I am no stranger to this sort of situation. After all my nickname is The Hole."
The Hole said.
"Doesn't
that get confusing?" Trowa asked.
"I've
never had a problem before! Now, if I can build a clay model of the hole we
should be done in two hours." The Hole replied sipping a cup of tea.
"You
here that Heero? They'll be out in two hours." Quatre said smugly.
"No,
no, no. The clay model will be done in two hours." The Hole said. "**Sip!**"
"Listen
here. We need to deal with the hole." Heero said.
"Well
you are dealing with The Hole." The Hole said.
"No
I meant the ones my friends are stuck in."
"………What?!"
"I'M
TALKING ABOUT THE FREAKIN HOLE!!"
"Well
that's very kind of you but we need to deal with the situation."
"GRR!"
"You
know this has never been confusing before I met you! I'll be in my trailer!"
The Hole said.
"He
has a trailer?!" Trowa exclaimed.
Back to Duo and Wufei…
"That's
not what you said. I want to hear what you said…now." Duo said with an eerie
calmness.
"I
think you know what I said." Wufei retorted.
"Well
let me tell you something Wufei Chang. Just because everyone isn't like you,
that doesn't make them any lesser of a human being than you. Got that?"
"I
never said it did." Wufei said angrily.
"I
want you to apologise."
"No."
Wufei said. Duo chuckled and then in a split second he had Wufei pinned against
the side of a wall.
"I
said I want you to apologise."
"Why
should I?"
"Unlike
you I have feelings. When people say things like that it hurts but then again I
suppose you wouldn't know anything about that." Duo let go of Wufei and sat
down. Wufei looked at Duo, and although he didn't show it, he was surprised
that Duo had acted this way. He was usually the happy-go-lucky one of the bunch
and he let insults slide over his head.
**But
this wasn't an insult about him. I…insulted his family. I didn't mean to…I
guess I was out of line but that still doesn't give him the right to say what
he did.** Wufei thought to
himself.
"Maxwell…"
"What?"
"I…um…I'm
sorry."
"WHAT?!"
"Don't
make me repeat myself, you heard what I said."
"I
did but…I don't believe it. I'm sorry too. For what I said…it's just…"
"What?"
Duo
sighed.
"You
ever lose anyone important to ya Wufei?"
"Why?"
"Just
asking. Looking for a common ground."
"Did
you?"
"Yeah,
those 'parents' who should be ashamed of me."
"Oh…I
didn't know…"
"Not
a lot of people do."
"How
come?"
"It's…it's
not something I like to talk about."
"You
shouldn't keep things like that bottled up. It can make you crazy. Why don't
you tell me about it?" Wufei asked. His tone of voice was so…soothing. Duo was
quite surprised. **It…it couldn't hurt.**
"Well
I was an orphan and I was alone until I met this group of orphans. The leader
of their gang was called Solo. He was my best friend until…a disease hit that
is."
Back above the hole…
"Guys,
we need to think of a plan to get them out of there!" Quatre said.
"But
how, oh wise one?" Heero asked mockingly.
"I
think you've been spending way too much time around Duo." Trowa muttered.
"Hey,
do you think Sally would be able to loan us a digging car thingy?" Quatre
pondered.
"Why?"
Heero asked.
"Because
then we could dig them out ourselves with out the help of The Hole." Quatre
said.
"Good
idea Quatre. Although I don't think the hole was helping us anyway." Trowa
said.
"I
meant the guy in the trailer."
"Oh!
Yeah, so did I." Trowa covered. Heero smirked.
Back in the hole…
"That's
why I feel I have to fight. For their honour, you know?"
"Duo…"
Wufei said sadly. It was the first time Wufei had called him by his first name.
"I…I'm sorry."
"There's
no need to be!! Besides, it was a long time ago. Grieving only makes you weak,
ne?" Duo replied cheerfully.
"I
lost my wife you know. A year before the war."
"You
were married?!"
"Yeah,
her name was Meilan but she preferred to be called Nataku."
"That's
the name of you Gundam! Wow, I never knew you could be so sentimental."
"Well
I guess we both learned a little extra about each other today, ne?" Wufei said
as Duo smiled.
"Yeah,
I guess so." Suddenly, there was a loud banging noise.
"That
sounds like a digging crane!!" Wufei exclaimed.
"I
knew Quatre would save us!" Duo said. Trowa made quick work of the hole and dug
the two pilots out.
"Are
you guys alright?" Quatre asked.
"Never
better man!" Duo replied while Wufei just nodded. As they walked away Heero and
Trowa hung back.
"Let
me ask you something Heero." Trowa said.
"What's
that?"
"There
never was a mission to destroy this base, was there?"
"…No."
"So,
you devised this whole thing?"
"That's
right."
"May
I ask why?"
"Look."
Heero replied pointing to the other three boys. Duo was telling the other two
something and they were both laughing.
"Wow.
Wufei and Duo are…getting along. How'd you do it?"
"They
had more in common then they'd like to believe. Mission acomplished." Heero replied
with a slight smile on his face.
The End.
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