One Warped universe 3

~not my song, it's Innocent by Feul~

Trowa sat in front of a screen in the main hanger of the underground base in Italy. Relena watched him in silence. She observed as his eyes scanned whatever he was reading, noting the tense way he held himself. Throwing caution to the wind, she stood up and rested her hips against his chair.

His eyes flickered towards her, surprise concealing his determination to finish what he was doing. She moved her hand up to his shoulders and started to knead the knots away. Trowa tensed further, then winced. He resigned himself to her hands and sank lower into the chair. Relena smiled and started to hum softly.

~*~

Duo strode out of the infirmary, wiping his hands on a soft towel. He was about to yell out to Relena, as was his normal way of communicating with her, when soft humming caught his attention. Wondering what Relena would have to hum about, the braided teen peeked around a corner. And froze.

Trowa was slouched in a chair with a contented look on his normally stoic face as Relena expertly gave him a massage. A twang of pain rippled through Duo as he tried to remember the last time his friend had given him a backrub, then the twang intensified as he realized he couldn't remember. Trowa groaned softly, catching both Real's and Duo's attention. She leaned down and whispered something in his ear, making him smile. Duo couldn't take anymore, he turned and moved quickly towards his room.

~*~

Wufei was searching through the database in the base to some clue about what the hell was going on. But every file he had found so far was encrypted. He scrolled down the screen, then stopped. Fuel-innocent. It was under Duo's section, and the only file not encrypted. He double clicked on the title and immediately sound started blasting out of all the speakers on in the base.

Satan you know where I lie

Gently I go, into that good night.

Relena pulled her hands back as Trowa stood up in surprise. Neither had heard the song before. Relena put a hand on Trowa's shoulder, she wasn't sure why she did, but it just happened. Trowa wasn't even paying attention to her, only the lyrics bombarding him.

All our lives get complicated

Search for pleasure's overrated

Never armed our souls

For what the future would hold

When we were innocent

Innocent

Duo swore as he tried to get into the control room to turn the music off. He turned a corner too sharply and slammed his hurt shoulder into something sharp.. Waves of pain assaulted him, but his scream was drowned out by the song.

Angels lend me your might

Forfeit all my lives to get just one right

Wufei desperately tried to find the volume switch, or the off button, or whatever would end the sound. But he wasn't exactly sure how to do that. He swore as he just randomly pushed buttons.

All those colors long since faded

All our smiles are confiscated

Never were we told

We'd be bought and sold

When we were innocent

Yeah

Relena noticed Trowa wasn't responding to her touch. She shook him gently. No response. She shook him harder.

Yeah this prayer is for me tonight

This far down that line and still ain't got it right

 

Duo didn't realize he was sitting down until he tried to stand up. His hand was holding his shoulder, which was dripping with red liquid. //strange colour// he thought. Holding his hand up in front of his eyes, which was also red.

Oh and while confessions not stated

Our next sin is contemplated

Never did we know

What the future would hold

We'd be bought and sold

Oh

Wufei still hadn't figured out which button did which, so he simply ran, hoping to play innocent and let the others think it was a computer malfunction. He ran right into Duo, who was still staring at his hand with glazed eyes.

We were innocent

Innocent

We were innocent

Relena was starting to get scared. She shook Trowa one final time, just as the music ended. Trowa blinked his eyes for the first time in almost three minutes. He turned to Real and tried to explain himself. She saw the look in his eyes and put her finger to his lips.

"Shhhh"

She said softly, before replacing her finger with her lips. Trowa wasn't sure how to respond, so he didn't. She pulled away, slightly hurt by his portrayed indifference. He blinked rapidly several times, and then tried to speak again, but Wufei's voice interrupted him.

"Trowa!"

~*~

Wufei yelled the name one more time, then continued to try and rouse Duo. The teen was only semi-coherent, mumbling something about gundams and girls and blood. The Chinese boy looked around desperately. He needed to get Duo somewhere that he could fix his shoulder. He was in no condition to try and lift the other boy, weighing only 125 pounds, and having a slight fever accompanied with a headache.

Trowa rounded a corner and saw the pair. Relena was slightly behind him. Duo looked up at the pair. Trowa said something, but Duo didn't understand, like the banged-boy's voice was warped. He felt hands on him, gentle and urgent. He recognized Relena's, and tried to speak out to her, but couldn't get his mouth to work.

~*~

"What's wrong with him?" Relena asked, panicking slightly.

Trowa looked to Wufei as they carried the teen.

"He's in shock"

"From What?"

"Most likely his shoulder wound"

"Where'd he get that from?"

Wufei sighed in exasperation as they placed Duo on his bed. The braided boy immediately tried to place his hand on his shoulder. Trowa held his hands back as Relena got the medical kit. Wufei inspected the wound. Duo glared at Trowa.

"No good pilot"

Trowa looked at Duo in surprise.

"Excuse me?"

"try'n to steal ma girl, then killin' me. You prick"

Wufei looked to Trowa, suspicion in his eyes. The Pilot shook his head in excessive no gestures. Duo coughed harshly, as Relena entered the room.

"Well?" She asked.

Wufei switched his gaze from Trowa to Relena.

"He was attacked, stabbed"

Relena gasped, putting her hands to her mouth. Wufei let his gaze rest heavily and solely on Trowa.

"By a sharp blade. It was meant to kill him, but Duo must have moved, the incision is an accidental slip of a blade away from the heart. Under the collarbone"

~*~

In the shadows outside the base. A figure materialized, sheathing their dagger and walking calmly away. // I wonder how innocent they think I am now? //



~ There we go! Whew. That took lot. Now, I've got several more characters to introduce, but I'm putting a price on this story. Five more reviews before you get another chapter. That way I can think up so new ideas before I have to update again. Tell your friends to review, or no more story. *Wags finger* No info on Heero yet, that will be in the next chapter whether it covers his demise, or his escape. I kind of like the idea of Trowa getting comforted by Relena when Heero dies though, that could be a really good way to strengthen their 'relationship'. Ah well, I'll think of something. Chow~