Title: Precision Nirvana
Disclaimer: Look, I don't even own the pants I'm wearing, much less the characters in this story. (If I did, I'd have a better looking pair of socks.)
Warning: This story involves male on male situations. No, I'm not talkin the Terminator movies. There will also be some very violent scenes in here. Don't read this to your kids. :P
Rating: R
Pairing: A couple of them. You'll just have to read to find out.
Duo locked the door and pushed the ugly purple couch that had been the pride and joy of Wufei for months in front of it to help slow them down.
"Wu-baby! Get you cute little ass out here!" Duo yelled, pulling the gun from the small of his back and chambering a round.
There was a scuffle from the office before Wufei stumbled out, trying to put his pants back on. Everyone froze for a second as Wufei's tender bits bounced and jiggled until he managed to struggle into his pants.
"Maxwell, this is an injustice! Why is it every time that I manage to get some peace and quiet around here, you show up to ruin it!" he raged, the shoulder length black hair that he normally kept locked up in a tight ponytail flying around him.
Just as he was about to start towards Duo, the door began to splinter as the pounding continued. For a second, Wufei looked almost comically confused before an arm pushed through the heavy barrier.
Wufei marched through the chaos and grabbed the sword from behind the deck. "Who's after you now, Duo? Someone's angry boyfriend?" he taunted, glancing back at Noin, who was busy loading her bazooka.
With a laugh, Duo moved towards the back of the office. "Not today, Wu-baby. It's just some guys looking for Quat," he said, grabbing the blonde's arm and pulling him after him as the first cracks appeared in the door. "Would you mind if I borrowed your shuttle? Thanks, Wu!"
Ignoring the angry sputtering of the Chinese man, he grabbed the keys and sprinted out of the back entrance.
As quickly as he could, he pushed through the crowd, towing Quatre and his duffels towards the private docks. When they hit the dock that he was looking for, he grinned and punched in the supposedly private and secret code of Chang Wufei.
"Duo, look out!" Quatre shouted, pushing Duo to the side as a bullet pinged into the wall where Duo's head had just been.
Blinking, Duo rolled out from under the blonde and shot the man that had been taking aim at his friend. When the man went down, Duo knew that he wasn't going to be getting back up for a long, long time.
"You're not supposed to risk your life for me! I'm supposed to be your backup," he grumbled, grabbing the blonde by his collar and pulling him upright.
Duo slapped his palm against the controls that would open the hatch just as another bullet zinged past his head. "Open you slow son of a toast-," Duo began, only to have Quatre pull him out of the way as another bullet sent sparks shooting just past his right ear.
"Hey! That was close, you bastards!" Duo yelled, ducking into the hatch and throwing Quat towards the cockpit. "Get this thing up in the air, Quat!"
The little blonde stumbled for a few steps before he caught himself on the wall and looked back at Duo, who had dropped to the floor and was shooting out the door. He smiled and shook his head at his partner, who was throwing insults and bullets with equal accuracy.
Shaking his head with a smile, he headed off towards the small two seat cockpit and started to flip switches. He heard the hatch closing as the ship's engines started to come online.
Duo threw himself into the pilot's seat and winced slightly. "Owie," he muttered, looking down at his sleeve for a second as it started to bleed before he turned his attention back to the control panel.
Pressing his lips together to keep from griping at the reckless brunette, Quatre pulled on the small earpiece that was connected to the flight system. "All systems are green," he said after listening to the voice of the computer for a few seconds.
"Let's get the hell out of here," Duo said, grinning as there was a thump against the hull.
The ship shuddered slightly as Duo pushed the engines to their maximum without warming them up. They popped out of the docking ring and blasted towards the empty black of space just as an explosion shook the ship.
"Oh hell," Duo muttered, rolling the ship towards the planet. "Who are these people and what do they want with us?"
Quatre sighed when he saw the red trident on the hull of the attacking ship. "They're after me," he muttered, gripping the edge of the console as the ship blasted their tiny craft with a beam cannon. "Duo, pull to your left!" he yelled, gripping the edge of the console and staring in horror as they spiraled towards the
station. His stomach gave a lurch as the vessel pulled out of the dive at the last minute and skimmed along the hull of the space station.
"Whooo!" Duo yelled, excitement lighting his face as one of the pursuing ships slammed into the station and lit up in its own tiny supernova. "Hang on, Quat, I'm gonna get us out of here," he said, rolling the ship and heading for the beautiful blue ball that was spinning hundreds of kilometers below.
When they hit the atmosphere, Duo angled their vessel towards the day side of the planet. Blasts lit up the edges of Quatre's vision as the ships fired at Duo and himself. He sent up a small prayer to the gods that they would pull through one more time. The ship lit up with the flames and heat from the sheer velocity of their flight. Quatre felt the shuttle shudder as they passed through the outer layer of Earth.
"We're coming in too fast, Duo! If we don't get this thing slowed down, we might as well set the self destruct!" Quat yelled, his fingers flying over the control board.
"Hang on, Quat! I'm going to eject some of the spare cargo that he's got in the back. Wu-baby is going to really miss his blow up dolls," he yelled back over the roar of the engines.
The ship shuddered as he blew the back hatch out on their cargo bay and then pulled the ship sharply up. The debris from the back cargo area exploded around them, lighting up the sky with miniature fireballs. Their ship hit a large bank of clouds just about the same time that the decoys did, and the ships that were pursuing them seemed to hesitate slightly as the hurricane force winds slammed into their vessels.
Duo hit the brakes on their ship, and the engines screamed in protest as it battled the currents of air and the gravity of the planet that they were speeding towards.
Water slammed against the ship as it was battered by the storm that Duo had flown them into. Steam poured off the ship as it was rapidly cooled by the water that was washing it.
"I'm going to take it into the water," Duo yelled over the noise of their ship screaming.
"Duo!" Quatre yelled, gripping the console and trying to suck in air that suddenly wasn't there as Duo sent the ship into a steep dive.
"YEAH!" the brunette yelled, throwing his arms above his head and staring at the clouds that were churning and flashing around their small ship.
Blue loomed before them for a few seconds before their ship hit the water hard, slamming both of them against their restraints. Duo grabbed the controls as the ship screamed in protest and started to buck under the strain of hitting the equivalent to a brick wall at two hundred kilometers an hour.
Miraculously, their ship held together under the strain and sank slowly through the water. Quatre watched as the water grew darker and darker as they sank.
"Did it work?" Duo asked, powering down their ship and letting it sink to the bottom of the ocean.
Shaking the blurry out of his vision, Quatre looked at the display and smiled. "Yes, yes it did," he said, turning to Duo and grinning.
"Hot dog," Duo said, resting his head back on the chair. "I was sure that we were gonna die."
Quatre's hand shot out and he slapped the boy across the face. "Don't EVER scare me like that again, Duo Maxwell!" he yelled, shaking his hand slightly as his hand went slightly numb from Duo's hard head.
"What?" Duo asked, rubbing the back of his head and grinning. "It worked, didn't it? Now all we have to do is wait those losers out and we can get headed to a town or something so that we can amscray."
Taking a deep breath, Quatre reigned in his temper and leaned back in his seat. "I'm sorry that I got you into this mess, Duo," he said, staring out the window into the darkness as the ship powered down.
"I thought they were a little tenacious for some random punks," Duo said, glancing over at the blonde. Quatre's already pale face seemed a ghastly shade of green with the ambient lighting from the instrument panel.
The little blonde sighed and tugged off the restraints. "I owe you an explanation, but I don't know where to start," he said, fidgeting.
"Well, maybe you should start at the beginning," Duo said, kicking his feet out on the floor in front of him. "We've got to wait those guys out anyways."
Quatre sighed and looked down at his hands. "Well, I guess I should tell you that my name isn't Quatre Barton," he said, looking up at Duo's impassive face and wincing inwardly. "It's Quatre Rebarba Winner."
Duo's eyes looked away from Quatre's to stare down at his hands. His face was blank, his body relaxed, and for a second, the little blonde thought that he might not have heard him.
"Alright," Duo said quietly, breaking the silence that had stretched between them. "So what brings you to L3, Mr. Winner?" He glanced over and gave Quat an unsure smile, before he looked back at his hands.
"You're going to laugh at me," Quat said, giving Duo a sly look from beneath his lashes.
Raising one eyebrow, Duo looked over at the little blonde. "I make no promise that I don't know I can keep," he said, staring at his long time companion.
"Well, it all started when the circus came to town. That's where I met the man that would take my innocence and my heart and stomp all over them. Trowa Barton," he said, anger coloring his voice to hide the throbbing hurt that was pulsing through it.
Yay! Chapter 3 is now hot off the presses. Thank you for bearing with my tardy self. :) I hope you liked my latest Nirvana! Don't forget: If you review, I'll send you a little teaser for the next chapter!
Lee
