Mind Games
By Queen of Sarab
Chapter 4
Celeste shivered, pulling her leather jacket closer around her and
glancing impatiently at her watch. Where WAS he? Duo was supposed to
meet her nearly an hour ago. It'd only been a week, but the two of them had
very quickly formed a deep friendship. Of course, that would all be over
when Celeste KILLED him for making her wait in the cold...
She glanced at her watch again. Ok, Duo Maxwell was going to
die.... Celeste sighed. Fine. If he wasn't gonna come to her, she'd go
to him. Stomping out her cigarette, she began the long tromp up to Duo's
dorm.
Celeste stopped outside Duo and Heero's dorm door, reaching for the
knob. She drew back suddenly as a flood of seriousness and worry
bombarded her mind. What..?
Drawing closer, she pressed her ear against the door to hear what
was going on. She reached out with her mind to identify the people n
the room. Heero....Trowa....Quatre....Wufei...Duo. Oh. Well, that wasn't
much of anything, they were always together. She was about to knock when
Heero's voice stopped her.
"We've got all the names we need, " Heero said. "Now we just have
to get armed and ready."
Trowa's voice cut in. "We still need to take care of the small
matter of getting in.."
"Easy," Duo laughed. "Nice, pretty explosions."
"Not that simple," Heero grunted. "This is an UNDERCOVER mission,
Duo. We can't just go blasting into an Oz gala and expect to
Assassinate someone."
Celeste drew back. Um...what? Oz gala? ASSASSINATE?
Of course, if they were against Oz...then maybe they could help her
and Aurora.
Deep in her thoughts, Celeste hadn't noticed when the door had
started to give- and still didn't notice until it flew open and she
toppled in, onto the floor. She looked up sharply to see Heero pointing his
gun down at her, a startled look on his face.
Shit.
"Um...hi?" she smiled uncertainly. "I was just...looking for Duo...."
"And that involved listening in on our conversation?" Heero asked
coldly.
"I knew she'd be trouble, " Wufei muttered.
Duo stared at Celeste for a minute, then looked very quickly back
and forth between her and Heero. "Uh..you know, maybe we should give
her a chance to explain herself." he cut in desperately, putting a hand on
Heero's wrist.
"She's a security risk, Duo," Heero said steadily, not taking his
eyes off Celeste. "A risk we really can't take."
Face pale, Duo turned away. Celeste took a deep breath and looked
straight up at Heero. She could feel that he was willing to kill her.
Would kill her. This was not a nice situation.
"LEAVE HER ALONE."
All eyes turned towards the doorway. Aurora stood there, eyes
blazing angry and golden. With a flick of her hand, Heero's gun went
flying across the room. Hitting the opposite wall, it went off with a loud
bang, the bullet lightly grazing Wufei's shoulder.
"What the..." Trowa breathed.
Duo stared at her. "How did you do that?" he whispered.
Celeste, who had jumped up as soon as the gun had gone flying,
scrambled over to stand nest to her sister. "I think we can tell them,
Rory."
Aurora glanced sharply at her sister, who looked back pleadingly,
adding mentally, -Please just trust me...this once. I won't let you
down.-
"Fine," Aurora sighed. "Close the door and sit down."
By Queen of Sarab
Chapter 4
Celeste shivered, pulling her leather jacket closer around her and
glancing impatiently at her watch. Where WAS he? Duo was supposed to
meet her nearly an hour ago. It'd only been a week, but the two of them had
very quickly formed a deep friendship. Of course, that would all be over
when Celeste KILLED him for making her wait in the cold...
She glanced at her watch again. Ok, Duo Maxwell was going to
die.... Celeste sighed. Fine. If he wasn't gonna come to her, she'd go
to him. Stomping out her cigarette, she began the long tromp up to Duo's
dorm.
Celeste stopped outside Duo and Heero's dorm door, reaching for the
knob. She drew back suddenly as a flood of seriousness and worry
bombarded her mind. What..?
Drawing closer, she pressed her ear against the door to hear what
was going on. She reached out with her mind to identify the people n
the room. Heero....Trowa....Quatre....Wufei...Duo. Oh. Well, that wasn't
much of anything, they were always together. She was about to knock when
Heero's voice stopped her.
"We've got all the names we need, " Heero said. "Now we just have
to get armed and ready."
Trowa's voice cut in. "We still need to take care of the small
matter of getting in.."
"Easy," Duo laughed. "Nice, pretty explosions."
"Not that simple," Heero grunted. "This is an UNDERCOVER mission,
Duo. We can't just go blasting into an Oz gala and expect to
Assassinate someone."
Celeste drew back. Um...what? Oz gala? ASSASSINATE?
Of course, if they were against Oz...then maybe they could help her
and Aurora.
Deep in her thoughts, Celeste hadn't noticed when the door had
started to give- and still didn't notice until it flew open and she
toppled in, onto the floor. She looked up sharply to see Heero pointing his
gun down at her, a startled look on his face.
Shit.
"Um...hi?" she smiled uncertainly. "I was just...looking for Duo...."
"And that involved listening in on our conversation?" Heero asked
coldly.
"I knew she'd be trouble, " Wufei muttered.
Duo stared at Celeste for a minute, then looked very quickly back
and forth between her and Heero. "Uh..you know, maybe we should give
her a chance to explain herself." he cut in desperately, putting a hand on
Heero's wrist.
"She's a security risk, Duo," Heero said steadily, not taking his
eyes off Celeste. "A risk we really can't take."
Face pale, Duo turned away. Celeste took a deep breath and looked
straight up at Heero. She could feel that he was willing to kill her.
Would kill her. This was not a nice situation.
"LEAVE HER ALONE."
All eyes turned towards the doorway. Aurora stood there, eyes
blazing angry and golden. With a flick of her hand, Heero's gun went
flying across the room. Hitting the opposite wall, it went off with a loud
bang, the bullet lightly grazing Wufei's shoulder.
"What the..." Trowa breathed.
Duo stared at her. "How did you do that?" he whispered.
Celeste, who had jumped up as soon as the gun had gone flying,
scrambled over to stand nest to her sister. "I think we can tell them,
Rory."
Aurora glanced sharply at her sister, who looked back pleadingly,
adding mentally, -Please just trust me...this once. I won't let you
down.-
"Fine," Aurora sighed. "Close the door and sit down."