Baby Series 2

by karina001

Milliardo Peacecraft is now King and Chang Wu Fei and Duo Maxwell are employed by the King, but Chang wants more from Milliardo than a job, and Maxwell seems to have his own ideas of how things should go.

21. Chapter 21 Cold

Title: Cold

Author: Karina

Rating: PG

Pairing: Heero Duo Wu Fei

Notes: Challenge 24. Baby Series 2 #21. Takes place about the same time as Waiting.

Spoilers: None

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.

Many thanks to Dulin for her work as beta.

Cold

"Do you have a problem, Chang? Keep him warm; don't bounce up and down like that all the time." Heero scowled, eyeing the darker man with his amusement well hidden. "If you don't settle down and try to get some sleep it's going to be a long night."

"It is going to be a long and uncomfortable night regardless. I am cold, no doubt He is cold and you can not tell me you are not freezing. Maxwell, are you not cold? This is not working, Yuy."

Duo huffed, pressing a hand to the pale shoulder separating him from Chang. His front was far warmer than his back and that was not saying much. A great deal of the chill was caused by them having only a threadbare blanket between their naked bodies, and the iced over floor thawing with their body heat. The result was they were lying on a wet blanket.

"So many bloody drafts in here the heat can't build up to an appreciable level. Someone has to stay awake all night to feed the fire, or we will freeze to death by morning." Duo muttered.

Outside their meager shelter they could hear the rising howl of the wind. Conditions were deteriorating and the temperature in the hut seemed to be lower than it had been.

"Suggestions?" Yuy snapped out. "Well? You have a better idea?"

"Would they send out a search party in this?" Wu Fei queried. "They know the local conditions better than we do, and they know the area."

"It would have to be people from the palace." Duo responded. "Emergency services are tied down to localized areas, and by morning it's unlikely they will be of any use anywhere in Sanc until the roads can be cleared. That won't be until the blizzard lets up."

"How do you know this?" Chang peered over Milliardo's shoulder.

"Milliardo and I talk. We're both engineers. He told me he wanted to open up the old tunnels, but they had to be found, inspected and made safe. Not easy or cheap, but the best hope to give Sanc life in a blizzard."

"We are at a disadvantage in that we don't know the local conditions. If we did we might be able to chance making an attempt to return to the palace." Heero commented.

"Not a good idea for us to try it, I think." Duo sat up and tucked the blanket closer to his side.

"If we tried to we would freeze, and if we stay here we will freeze anyway." Chang grunted. "We would do better to remain however. At least there is shelter from the wind, and the fire does something to warm the air."

"Agreed. It's just going to be an uncomfortable and long night."

Duo felt a stir of movement. Glancing down he noted the flicker of an eyelash, and the curling of long fingers into a fist.

"Ah, guys, I think we have a problem."

End

Karina Robertson 2005