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WARNINGS: shonen-ai, mild language
PRE-FICCIE RAMBLINGS: none at the moment...so Happy Reading!
Complications of a Simple Mission:
PART I: A Simple Mission
"The mission is simple enough: infiltrate, destroy the new weapons, blow the place up. Any questions?"
A shake of the head.
"Good. Pass the message onto the others."
"Mission accepted."
"Good luck, Heero." and with that, Doctor J cut off transmission.
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The mission had gone wrong, REALLY wrong! Somehow, OZ had found out about their plans and laid a trap for them.
"Shit!" Duo hissed when he felt a bullet pierce his upper right arm. Mind you, it wasn't so much the fact that he's shot that caused the shinigami to curse, but the fact that the bullet hole in his suit now made him unable to help Heero.
"Duo, are you alright?" Heero's voice came through the com, while firing at the last few remaining soldiers.
"I'm shot, Heero."
Heero tossed the empty gun aside and floated towards Duo. "Stay here then, I won't be long. Watch my back, ne?"
"But Hee-- "
"I'll be fine, but I can risk getting you in with a leak." Heero said seriously, cobalt blue eyes boring into violet ones, "Just in case something happens though, .... detonate the bombs if I don't come back in 10 minutes, got it?"
"You know I can't-- "
"GOT IT?" Heero repeated with a more authoritative tone of voice.
"Got it...." Duo repeated reluctantly.
Heero gave a slight nod, got up, and disappeared behind the automatic doors of the lab.
Seven minutes had passed and the eighth is approaching, but still no sign of Heero.
/Goddammit! What's taking him so long?/ Duo cursed inwardly, /He should've been back by now!/
A glance at his wristwatch showed that it's been nine minutes since those heavy steel doors slid closed behind Heero. /If he doesn't come out right now, I'm gonna-- / Duo's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the steel doors sliding open and Heero stumbling through the doorway. "Heero! What took you so long?!" Duo demanded.
"Explain later. Right now, contact the others so we can blow this place up..."
"Tch.. Well let's get outta here first, then." With that, Duo headed towards a second set of steel doors that lead out of the lab. Heero nodded and followed, only a step behind Duo.
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As they wove their way out of the maze of corridors and the patrol pattern of the guards, Quatre and Trowa managed to never let go of the other's hand, but Quatre always had a hand hovering near the comlink in his ear, in case Heero changed orders... in case something happens to Heero and or Duo....
Sensing his angel's distress, Trowa tightens his hand over Quatre's to provide some comfort. "What's wrong?" Trowa asks while turning suddenly into a hall way to avoid the passing guards, never missing a beat.
Quatre waited for the soldiers to pass before answering, "I've got a bad feeling about this mission." By the time Quatre finished his sentence, they can already see the door that will lead them to where Wufei is hiding in the forest.
"Why? The mission was a success..."
"For us, yes... But I'm worried about Heero and Duo, something just doesn't feel right."
Quatre reflexively turned his head to a side as he stepped into the blinding sunlight suddenly, only moving where Trowa lead him.
"You worry too much, koibito. See? We left the lab in one piece, 'Mission Complete'."
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"What took you guys so long?!" I demanded the couple once they are within hearing range.
"Why, hello Wufei. Glad to see you're okay." was the HeavyArms pilot's greeting. No, I didn't miss the sarcasm...
I noticed Trowa wincing slightly, and caught sight of Quatre's hand falling away from the European's arm.
...apparently, Quatre didn't miss the sarcasm either. I smirked inwardly, no need to waste energy to make Trowa's life miserable,... Quatre'll do a good job with his long lectures...
Quatre interrupts my internal musings, "Did Heero or Duo contact you recently?"
"Only once," I replied, "about 5 minutes ago."
"What did they say?"
"To blow the place up in 10 minutes, whether or not they're with us..." I also didn't miss Quatre's uncomfortable look,...too bad that couldn't be helped.
By the 7 minute mark, Quatre was pacing. A minute earlier, he had already made Trowa climg up a tree with binoculars to look for signs of them. What did I do? The only thing I can: I sat and waited... too bad that couldn't be helped either.
Suddenly, the bleeping noise that marked the end of the torturous wait sounded. My eye's flew open at the sound, Quatre whirled around to look at me with wide eyes. Both of us turned to look at Trowa, hoping that maybe he caught sight of them leaving the building. Trowa jumped down from the tree he perched on, landing gracefully in front of us, and shook his head solemnly. There was nothing else to do, the mission must be completed.
My thumb pressed down on the detonation device.
Funny how my eyes started to sting at the same time the explosion sounded....
TBC...
POST-FICCIE RAMBLINGS: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! This is supposed to be a one-shot ficcie!! Why did it end up as another series??? ...now i have three series to complete o_o;;;...
::runs off to start a one-shot ficcie:: I WILL WRITE A ONE-SHOT FIC! _!!
In the mean time... please please please please PLEASE send me feedbacks!