Gundam Gangsters 2001

by Milo1

This is a sad story about the G-boys living in modern times with moder day problems (has a 'Set It Off' type theme). This part isn't that agnsty but the next one will be.

5. Default Chapter Title

Gundam Gangsters 2001 p5

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing and if you haven't gotten that by now something's wrong with you.

Note: This starts at 7:00pm, a few hours after where p4 left off and last warning ANGST.

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"Why did I believe him? 'It won't happen again Cathy I swear' he says, I should have known better he is such a twit." Growled Catherine from behind the counter of her fathers hardware store, "It's late and I need to get home, I have got to learn to say no."

"Sorry I'm late." Said Trowa as he walked in, "I had some business to take care of before I left."

Catherine rolled her eyes, "That's what you always say and why did you even bother to show you only have two hours till you have to close up."

"I did have something to take care of Cath."

"Liiiike…"

"A friend of mine isn't feeling well and I had to make sure she was alright before I left."

Catherine smiled widely, "She huh? Would this she happen to be Hilde?"

Trowa's eyes narrowed, "Maaaaybe, maaaaaybe not."

"Ha! I knew it you can't fool me I read you like a book!"

"Whatever." He muttered and took his position behind the counter.

"See ya." Said Catherine as she walked out, and as soon as she did Quatre walked in.

"Trowa there you are I've been looking all over for you! Why'd you take off like that?" He said.

"Hilde got sick and had to be brought to the hospital I went to make sure she was alright."

"Why didn't you tell me I would have come."

He shrugged, "Never occurred to me."

"It should have I was worried you ran like the mob was after you."

"I didn't mean to scare you."

Quatre grinned, "It's alright, just don't let Duo figure out you're in love with Hilde."

"What is it written on my forehead or something?!!"

"Having been a victim of a sudden love attack I recognize the symptoms when I see them."

"You know you never told me your girlfriends name."

He shifted nervously, "Dorothy."

"Dorothy what?"

"You have to promise you won't tell anyone."

"Why is it a really goofy name?"

"No her last name is Catalonia."

Trowa burst out laughing, "You're dating Governor Dermails granddaughter? Yeah right!"

Quatre leaned over the counter and slapped his over his mouth, "Ssssssssssh," he hissed, "not so loud." This made him laugh harder, "Seriously would I lie about something like this?"

"No but I still don't believe you."

"I can prove it."

"Go ahead."

"Wait a sec there should be one on my shirt."

"One what?"

"See this shirt was on my bed last night and so it should have one on it." He said then pulled his shirt out in front of him and inspected it carefully. "I has a lot of them on hear this morning."

Trowa too a large step back, "I don't think I want to see this."

"No, no nothing like that…Ah! Hear's one." He said and plucked one end of a blonde strand off his shirt.

"Quatre that's your hair."

"Hold it." He took one end while Quatre backed, away the strand never seemed to end it just kept on unraveling from his shirt. Finally when he was a foot or two away the other end of the strand feel to the ground. "Now show me someone else who has hair that long."

Trowa stared at the hair in his hand and then at Quatre, "How the hell did you…"

"I don't know I found her kitten and she started hanging out with me."

"She's the one that bought you the suit isn't she?"

He nodded, "Yes and a violin, well she sort of gave me the violin."

"You are dating Dorothy Calalonia."

"Yup and I didn't even notice until I saw her grandfather."

"You didn't notice?! How do you not notice Dorothy Catalonia she is the friggin reincarnation of Rapunzel and her eyebrows aren't exactly discreet either!"

"I only saw her as a beautiful woman not the granddaughter of a man in power, besides I had hear of her but I never saw her before then."

"You need to keep in touch with reality man."

"I know, but I think I'm up to date now."

"I'm sure."

"So what is your relationship like with Hilde?"

"Same as it always has been."

"You haven't told her how you feel have you?"

"No, not at this point."

"You should maybe she feels the same way, you know I was scared to tell Dorothy how I felt but when I did I found she loved me too."

Trowa stopped him, "She has a lot of problems right now and I don't plan to add to it by asking her into a relationship with me."

"You're afraid you'll scare her off."

"No now can we please change the subject?"

Quatre looked at his friend with a worried expression, 'I know how it feels to think the one you love wont return it but it's a lot better for both of you if you get it out.' He thought sadly.

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"This one?"

"Yyyyyyno."

"This one?"

"Mmmmno."

"Duo make up your mind already!!"

"The one over there on the left…not that one, the one next to it."

With a leap Heero came down off the ladder with a thud and an Uzi in his hand he had gotten off the wall, "This one?"

"Yes."

"You're sure?"

"Hu-huh."

"Good then I'll have it for you tomorrow."

"Why can't I have it now?" whined Duo.

Heero leaned across the counter and grabbed Duo's shirt collar pulling him the rest of the way, "Can you afford it?"

"No."

"Then I have to get it out of hear but my boss is hear now so that's not a good idea."

"Right, right, but won't he notice it's gone?"

"That Mr. J can even remember his name let alone every gun on that wall that's why he hired me."

"Gotcha. You have everything else ready right?"

"Yup I have masks and back pack for the cash, oh and you have to do something about that braid it sticks out."

Duo clutched his braid protectively, "I'm not cutting my braid."

"You mean it's ok for me to give up my Harley but you won't cut your hair when there is something at risk."

"Correct."

"Then don't cut just do something with it so no one sees it."

"I can do that."

"So what do plan to do with your share?"

"I don't know buy my bike back from Alex."

"I plan to go back to Hilde and ask her to marry me."

"And if she says no?"

"Hadn't thought that far ahead." He said grimly. "I hope she does though I may not be able to do much in the way of finances but I will do all I can to help."

Heero began sorting the ammunition tray as he said, "You could try a job."

"I can't hold a job I always end up getting fired."

"So I guess you'll be babysitting then."

"I'm not so good at that either."

"Well what are you good at?!"

"Making pot holders out of socks."

"You are hopeless."

*-*

Wufei sat back in his chair and took another gulp of beer, as of late he had become a heavy drinker. He got the feeling Sally wasn't coming back, she had left him before but normally she returned the next day, this time it was different she didn't even want to talk to him and he couldn't blame her. He couldn't believe how much he missed his kids they were loud, messy, and all out pains in the ass, but he loved them. It had occurred to him that she could make it to where he never saw them again, then again Sally wasn't that type of person. These were the thoughts that kept him drinking, and they were hard to drown out. The house was a mess and he hadn't eaten a decent meal since they left, he had been forced to live off of canned soup and soda. The sound of the phone snapped through the quiet air like a whip and snapped into his ear. Angrily he reached over to pick it up.

"What?!" he snapped.

"Daddy?" said a small voice from the other end, Wufei immediately recognized it.

"Tammy hi." He said feeling his chest tighten at the sound of her voice, he missed her more than he originally thought.

"Hi I called cause I miss you a whole lot, I want to come home but mom says we can't."

"I know and I miss you too, is your head feeling better?"

"How'd you know about my head?"

"Your mom told me, I came to the hospital but I had to leave before you woke up."

"Oh, my head's ok I got stitches I don't remember how many but they don't hurt."

"That's great, and how's Shi is he doing well?"

"He's been acting funny, after grandma and grandpa left he stopped talking to mommy and me I think he's scared of something cause he looks scared. Mom put him to bed a minute ago."

"Your mother is alright as well?"

"She's been really sad but she looks better today."

"Good, and I hope I see you again soon."

"Me too, I gotta go cause mommy wants me to come to bed, love you."

"I love you too." He said and hung up. He leaned back in his chair with a deep sigh and with much surprise found he was crying. With a scowl he wiped his face but more fell to replace them, he sat up and went to into the kitchen, he was going to need a lot of beer to get through this night.

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Quatre trotted up the stairs to his apartment and stopped to look for his keys, suddenly out of the darkness someone grabbed him. From instinct he spun around with a powerful sweep kick, and stood over the person ready to strike, although his stance was shattered when he realized it was Dorothy he had just floored.

"Dorothy?! Oh baby I'm sorry!"

She sat up and rubbed the back of her head, "It's alright I shouldn't have snuck up on you like that."

Quatre helped her up and looked her over, "You look alright are you hurt?"

"No I'm fine just dizzy."

"What are you doing out hear this late it's dangerous?"

"I came to see you, and I can take care of myself."

"I'm surprised to see you so soon I thought your grandfather would have been furious."

"He was, as a matter of fact he thought I had been kidnapped."

"And he didn't ground you?"

"Oh he did but I always go out when he grounds me, he's always to busy to check and see if I'm in my room, besides I had to come see you I've been thinking about you all day." As said as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"So have I." Replied Quatre.

He leaned forward and kissed her passionately, he wasn't sure how long they had been like that but her noticed when a voice from above said, "Hey Romeo you might want to let the lady breath!"

With a jump he looked up to see all of his sisters, even the ones from the neighboring apartment, looking at them, "Don't you guys have anything better to do?!!"

"No!" they said in unison.

"Come on." Whispered Quatre. He led Dorothy away from their audience and tried not to blush too badly when the girls started clapping and whopping at them. They came to a coffee shop a couple of blocks away and went in to enjoy their new found privacy. "Sorry about that." He said once they had sat down.

"Don't worry about it I didn't mind."

"Well I bugs the hell out of me, they always do stuff like that."

"I'm more used to the media being on my tail so whatever I do is broadcast all over the country."

"That must really suck."

"Yeah I always have to be careful when I'm out like this, they would kill for a shot of me out in the public with you, they are already climbing the walls over what happened at the ball."

"Oh yeah, didn't mean to get you in trouble with that I just didn't think."

"I stopped worrying about what the press says a long time ago, so don't be sorry about it. Besides I kissed you first remember?" She said with a smile and took his hand in her own, "I love you Quatre, and I wish we could spend every moment together, but I guess I'll have to settle for seeing you whenever I can get away from Charlie." She said with regret.

"Or whenever I can find a way into your house."

"Quatre you can't sneak into my house we have guards up to the gums."

"If you can sneak out I can sneak in."

"You shouldn't try it you could get arrested."

"Well you are something worth getting arrested over. Don't worry about me I have experience with eluding the authorities, it's a skill I picked up living in this area."

"Sounds useful."

"Only when you're being chased by cops or have a girlfriend that lives in ha heavily guarded home."

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Trowa stepped inside his bedroom, threw off his work shirt and pants and replaced them with a pair of boxers and a loose fitting t-shirt. He went into the kitchen to get an after work snack, he thought of checking on Hilde but he knew she was alright and going in her room might disturb he but he found it was getting harder and harder for him to pass up a chance to see her. He sighed in defeat and went down the hall to her room. Inside he found her in bed asleep with the television on, he turned it of and sat next to her on. Carefully so as not to wake her he pulled the covers up to her shoulders and just watched her sleep for the longest, he couldn't help himself she just looked so angelic lying there. Her hair was scattered slightly over he eyes and her pale skin almost glowed in the dimly lit room. He leaned forward until he was less than an inch from her face, and he looked at her lips and wondered if he should really overstep his boundary's like this. In the end his emotions won out as usual and he kissed her gently. He was completely shocked when he felt her kiss him back, he tried to back away at first but she pulled him closer and he allowed it.

Finally she released him and looked into his eyes, "Trowa please stay with me."

He lay down next to her and pulled her into his embrace, "I never planned to leave your side." He said and buried his noise in her hair, "I'll always be hear for you." He said softly making her spine tingle.

Hilde closed her eyes and drifted back to sleep feeling whole for the first time in months, she fell asleep in the arms of her true love with a look of peace spread across her face.

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*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*

With an annoyed growl Duo slapped his alarm clock off, slid out of bed, and pulled on his clothes. He dragged himself into Heero's room climbed on his bed and stood on his back, "Wakie, wakie time to get up."

Heero turned onto his back effectively throwing Duo off, "It's to early to get up, go back to sleep."

"We have to be ready when Wufei comes to pick us up so GET UP!"

"Oh right forgot about that, give me a minute I'll be right there." Said Heero.

Duo walked back into his room and got the necessary equipment out of the closet, when he came out again he saw Heero pulling on his coat as he came out of his bedroom. He handed him the gun he had chosen and thanked him with a nod. Needless to say they were both tense, considering all that could go wrong. They walked to the rendezvous point in silence, the air was freezing cold and there were dark storm clouds above quite fitting for the mood they were in.

Duo looked impatiently at his watch, "What if he forgot."

"He didn't forget Wufei doesn't forget things like this."

"Well he's two minutes late."

"Give him a break he'll show…see there his is." Said Heero as Wufei turned into their view in a red Honda.

When he stopped in front of them they climbed in and Duo looked around at the car, "A Honda?"

"Got a problem with Hondas?" asked Wufei.

"No but couldn't you have picked something like a Mustang or a Jaguar?"

"Sorry your highness but the people in this neighborhood don't drive those kind of cars in case you didn't notice."

"Well what's with the gloves?"

"So they can't get my prints off the wheel dumbass!"

"Riiight."

"Come on guys let move get this show on the road." Said Heero.

"Hear we go." Whispered Duo to himself.

They ride may have only been one block but to Duo it seemed like forever, the tension was really thick now every breath was labored and they were all having second thoughts. He could almost taste his own fear. The car stopped and Heero secured his mask, checked his gun, and got out Duo quickly tucked his braid in his shirt and followed. Once they were inside Wufei tried not to feel so frightened but he couldn't help it after all the crimes he had committed he figured this wouldn't be so nerve racking, but it was. After a moment of waiting it started to rain and he became worried about how long it was taking the others to return and as just as he began to really fret over it he saw them come racing out. Heero had a backpack full of hundred dollar bills and a few wads of money stuffed in his coat pocket.

The two leapt into the car and the first thing he heard form Heero was, "Move it!"

He didn't need to be told twice, Wufei brought his foot down on the gas hard and the car sped away into the dark rainy morning. He let out a breath of relief and looked back, "I don't think we're being followed."

"We will be so keep going they hit the alarm." Said Duo.

"Shit that's just beautiful."

"Don't worry nobody saw our faces or anything."

"So now we go to the woods and split got it?" said Heero.

"Yes I'm almost there."

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Noin rested her head on the cold window and began to play with a strand of hair that was in her face. Another boring day and she was behind the same stupid billboard with nothing to do, but watch the rain slide down the window shield. The bracelet Zechs had sent her was on the dashboard and she found herself constantly wondering what it meant that he sent it to her. Before she could go back to pondering the mystery of Zechs' gift she heard the dispatcher call her name. She sat up and asked him to repeat what he had said.

"Officer Noin, Lieutenant Zechs is in pursuit of three armed suspects that have just robbed a bank he request that all officers if the immediate area respond. The suspects are in a stolen red Honda Civic with the license plate number JFG 784 they should be headed straight for you." Repeated the dispatcher.

She leaned forward and squinted, "I don't see any…" she was cut of as a car went speeding by at 100+mph, "I see them and I'm in pursuit!" she pulled out from her hiding place and went barreling after the culprits.

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"There's a cop on our tails!" shouted Duo.

"So lets shake 'em." Said Heero.

He rolled down his window and leaned out gun in hand, the rain slapped his face like knives but he didn't care. He fired at the tires and missed as he did the second time the car just kept swerving out of his aim, he figured whoever this was had their tires shot at before. He ducked back in the car and wiped the rain off his face. Duo leaned out his window and gave it a try, he shot aimed at the windshield but was shocked when he felt something brush against his forehead, he wiped it and found there was blood.

"That asshole shot at me!"

Before anyone responded the back window shattered, "Damn this is going to be hard." Said Heero.

"Guys where did this junction come from?" asked Wufei.

"What junction."

"The sign back there said there's a junction up ahead."

"Go left." Said Duo.

"Left?" echoed Wufei.

"Right."

"Right?"

"No left."

"Left?!"

"Right."

"So turn right?!"

"No left!"

"Left?!!"

"Right!"

"Will you make up you fucking mind!!"

"TURN TO THE LEFT!!"

Wufei swerved left just at the last possible moment, "You two are going to get us killed!" snapped Heero from his crumpled position on the window. "And that cop is still following us!"

"Well we're coming to our stop so we'll have to out run him." Said Duo.

"Damn! Why don't we just take the car down one path."

"We can't use the car it increases our chances of getting caught and besides this car doesn't move so well in mud. We can do it there are three of us and one of them so don't worry about it!" said Wufei.

"Yes but which of us will he follow?" asked Heero wryly.

"Don't worry about that now lets just do what we have to do!" Duo said.

"Alright up ahead is a thickly wooded are with four marked paths the first two lead to the docks they end on opposite ends, one leads to the city, and the other one ends on a deserted road. I plan to head into the city, it's raining so the cop shouldn't even be able to track us. Where are you headed Wufei?"

"To the docks."

"Alright take the first path on the right. Duo where are you headed."

"I'm going to the docks too the deserted road doesn't sound to promising," replied Duo.

"Ok then you take the second path from the right and I'll take the third."

"Hear we are!" announced Wufei.

Duo put the pack on and gripped it tightly in a nervous fist, "Get ready." He murmured to himself.

"We meet back at the warehouse don't forget Maxwell!" he said as he hit the brakes.

Once the car stopped, the boys jumped out of the car and mad a run for it in there separate directions.

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Noin stopped her car and ran after the last one she saw enter the woods, she knew she couldn't catch them all but one would do. She had been trained for situations like this, she knew she needed backup but true to her stubborn nature she went on anyway. She ran as fast as she could her gun was ready and so was she, this was what she lived for. Up ahead she saw the man she had been chasing after, although she could only see a silhouette of him through the rain he looked familiar.

"Freeze!" Noin shouted the suspect kept moving, as she predicted, she stopped and fired a warning shot, "I said freeze!!" The person stopped less than a foot away and turned around with a gun of his own pointed at her. At that moment she recognized him, "Heero Yuy?!"

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Heero was shocked; that the person who had run him down was a woman as well as the fact that she knew his name, "How do you know my name?" he snarled.

"Don't worry about it just put the gun down and put your hands up."

Before he could respond a bolt of lightning struck incredibly close to them, that noise was enough to distract Noin for a split second and in that second Heero took the opportunity to slap the gun out of her hand. Luckily she had quick reflexes and managed to do the same to his before he got a shot off. Heero lunged at her and brought them both splashing into the muddy ground, he then sprung up and slammed the heel of his shoe into her throat. She tried to gasp for air but it was futile finally she swung her leg up and in one swift tricky maneuver kicked him hard in the back. Heero groaned in pain as he stumbled off her and fell to the ground, she stood and looked franticly around for her gun but the rain made it nearly impossible to see anything. Heero tried to sit up but the pain shot down to the base of his spine, when he slumped back be felt something else poking into his back. When he looked over he saw the base a wooden steak that had been left in the ground, probably by campers, he reached back and tugged it out, the wet soil making his task easier. He stood, weapon in hand, and approached the Officer on wobbly legs.

Somehow in the increased rainfall Noin had lost her target the rain was so thick she couldn't even see the trees in front of her. She clutched her gun closely and listened to every sound around her then, somewhere to her left heard loud crack. She spun around and saw Heero's face right in her own, but it was too late to react with one hand he snatched the hand that held her gun and pulled it above her head and with the other hand he plunged the steak right into her chest. Noin couldn't scream, the pain was too intense, her moth opened but only blood came out. Heero released her turned and ran faster than he had before in his life he had wasted to much time fighting with her and now the rest was right behind him. They would catch him he was now sure of that, but he knew what to do about that, they were not going to take him away, he would be sure of that.

Noin staggered backwards and dropped her gun, she could feel the blood running down her cold skin, she placed her shaky hands on the steak and in one final burst of strength pulled it out. Now the blood really started to flow, she knew she needed to do something to make it stop but all she could do was fall face first into the cold wet mud.

*-*

"I see the cars!" said one unknown officer over the radio.

Zechs squinted through the rain and saw the two cars as well 'Pigheaded woman why didn't she wait for backup?' he thought to himself. He knew she would be fine on her own but he hated it when she ran off on her own like this, he always worried about her in these situations. His brought his car to a stop by the cars and got out, the rain was thick but he didn't care he wanted to find her and make sure she was safe,

"They went down one of these paths so spread out and search for them!" he shouted to the three dozen officers that were with him.

They all took off down self selected routs, Zechs got back in his car and chose one path at random as well. He was following one other officer down the path at a pretty high speed so when the car in front slammed on the brakes, stopping was a bitch. He angrily stormed out of his car over too the junior officer who had almost caused a wreck, when he arrived he found the man in question out of his car and kneeling over something in the road.

"What is it a deer?!" he asked more than a little upset.

"N-no sir it's Officer Noin." He said quietly.

Zechs felt his heart stop and he looked down and saw from the light of the headlights of the car it was indeed Noin lying on the ground. He knelt next to her, "Is she alive?"

"Yes sir."

"Well then what are you sitting hear for go call an ambulance!!" he snapped, the other officer hopped up and ran to his car to call for help.

Zechs couldn't see her wound so he turned her over to get a better look and nearly had a heart attack when he heard her scream in pain, "Noin are you alright?!"

"Never been better." She said in a voice barely above a whisper.

He carefully pulled her into his lap and that's when he saw the hole in her chest, "What happened?" he asked while trying to keep a calm face.

"I messed up sir I'm sorry."

"Who did this can you remember what they looked like?"

"It was Heero Yuy." She said her voice getting weaker with every word.

"Heero?!!" His anger vanished when he felt her shudder violently in his arms, he realized that she must be freezing, her clothes were soaked all the way through. He pulled off his own coat and wrapped it around her.

She smiled at him and tried weakly to push it away, "You need it I can't even feel anything any more."

Zechs knew this was a bad sign, "Noin don't worry the ambulance is on it's way."

"I don't think I'll last that long that's why I feel I should tell you this before I die…"

"Hey you're going to be fine now stop talking like that!"

With the last ounce of strength she had she wrapped her arm around and pulled his head closer, she was so closes he could feel her weak breath on his face, "I love you Zechs and I always have." Was the last thing she said before she stopped breathing all together.

He stared in disbelief at the body of the only woman he had ever loved, he never thought he would lose her not like this, not so soon. He had been trying to gather the courage to tell her he loved her for the longest and now she was gone and it was too late. What really hurt was she had loved him as well and all that time he had spent being afraid of messing up and breaking her heart he wound up doing just that.

"I am so sorry." He choked as he hugged her limp body wishing he could somehow bring her back or take her place in death anything rather than live the rest of his life knowing Noin had died thinking he didn't love her, that he had just used her and left her.

*-*

Duo stood on top of an old fish store located in the middle of the docks, he knew better than to make a run for it, the police were everywhere so far due to the rain the copters hadn't spotted him nor had the ground force. He didn't know how the police had gotten there so fast they just appeared from everywhere at once and started searching. He had been passed a few times by some officers who were in such a rush to search the rooftop they forgot to check behind the hooded air vent. He figured as soon as they were done looking he would escape, they were already starting to take their search further away from his actual location. From his perch he spotted something moving directly below him upon more careful inspection he saw it was Wufei creeping slowly beneath him. From his view point he could also see the police man that was about to turn the corner in front of him and this man had a canine unit with him. Duo tried to get his attention but it was useless he was going to turn the corner. There were a couple of options, stand up and make noise drawing all attention to himself and allowing Wufei to escape, or let him turn the corner and get himself killed because he knew Wufei was not going to jail with that man it was either do or die just like Heero. One the one hand Wufei was his friend even if they didn't always get along, on the other hand he didn't like the man so much he'd go to jail for him did he? His freedom or his friend. 'Why do I have to be so damn noble at all the wrong fucking times?' He thought as he threw his pack into the air vent he was hiding behind, he figured he had a better chance of retrieving it if he threw it down there than if he got caught with it.

"Hey look out there's someone around the corner!!" he shouted.

Wufei must have heard him because he turned tail and disappeared and as he suspected the officers attention was now on him. The man picked up a hand held radio and called him to everyone else's attention as well, they were on him faster than he though they would be he didn't even get a chance to attempt to escape. So there on top of an abandoned fish store Duo Maxwell was arrested for armed robbery.

*--*

Wufei hadn't moved from his spot on the couch for the past few hours he just sat listening to the storm outside. After Duo had saved him back at the docks and called all that attention to himself it had been easy for him to make it out and run home where he had been spending his time trying to calm his nerves after changing clothes and drying off. He got the feeling Heero had made it out ok but as for Duo he was going to be in jail for a long time and it was all for him. 'You have way more guts than I credited you with.' As settled down in the cushions he heard a knock at the door, slowly he got up and opened the door to see two police men standing there and he suddenly felt sick.

"Wufei Chang?" asked the taller of the two.

"That's me."

"Would you come with us to the police station for some questioning?"

"About…"

"A robbery that happened just recently sir."

"I've been hear all morning but if you insist." He said relieved they only wanted him for questioning, but what bugged him was how they had linked it to him in any way.

*-*

Hilde swallowed her last bite of pancakes and handed the empty plate to Trowa who, of course, was waiting patiently beside her waiting to take it into the kitchen, due to the fact he wouldn't let her out of the bed for anything short of having to go to the bathroom. When he left she turned her attention to the television which had noting on of any interest to her so she flipped through the channels until she came to a special news report and saw Duo's face on the screen.

"Trowa come hear quick!" she shouted, in an instant he next to her.

"What is it?"

"Look." She turned up the volume for him to hear.

"Today at around six fifteen nearly one million dollars was stolen from the Macarthian Bank by three young men, one of the perpetrators by the name of Duo Maxwell was arrested, another is unidentified, although a suspect is being questioned, and the other is at large. His name is Heero Yuy and he is his wanted for robbery and the brutal murder of Police Officer Lucrezia Noin. If you know this man or have seen him recently be extremely cautious he is armed and dangerous…" rambled the reporter.

"I don't believe this." Said Trowa, "Brutal murder of a police officer?"

"What was Duo doing robbing a bank?!"

He sat next to her and scratched his head, "What the hell went wrong?"

"You knew he was going to do that?!"

He hesitated before he spoke, "Yes."

"Why didn't you try and talk him out of it?"

"You know Duo only does what Duo wants to do and if that's what he wanted he wasn't going to give it up for anyone."

"Yeah he's just that selfish."

Trowa rubbed her back gently, "Don't let it get to you, he made a mistake and now he's has to pay for it."

She leaned into his caresses, "I won't not anymore." She said and rested her head on his shoulder, "I can't help worry about him though, old habits die hard I guess."

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"This is the last time I ask you this; Where is Heero Yuy?"

"And this is the last time I'm going to tell you I don't know who you are talking about." Said Wufei.

Zechs paced the small room like a caged animal, "Listen I know you know him and that you two are friends, that information was given to me personally by the officer your friend killed and since I trust her sources that gives me reason to believe you had something to do with the robbery!"

"You mean to tell me you're going to charge me because an unknown source told a now dead cop I hang out with Heero Yuy?!"

He clutched his hair, "You are correct since I do not know the source I cannot pin anything on you so all I am asking it that you tell me where you think Heero would be, that's it."

"I'm telling you I don't know him so what do you want me to do?"

"Ok alright I can see you're going to difficult…well if you insist upon letting a murderer roam free you do that but let it be on you!"

"Fine may I go now?"

Zechs gave him a look that could freeze water, "Yes you may leave."

Wufei stood and walked out, "Sorry about your friend though." He said as he left, in reply the lieutenant only slammed the door. Outside the rain had thinned into a slow drizzle but it was still a miserable morning. When he was a safe distance away from the police station he sank to his knees grasping his heart; he has never been so scared. Enraged he stood up and thought, 'Who would have told the police about…' then he made the connection he did know an officer named Noin, never liked her though, and Noin knew Sally and Sally knew Heero…bingo. Wufei felt it happening again a part of him that he thought he had overcome was back with vengeance. He got up went to the street, raised his hand, and yelled, "Taxi!!"

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"Mommy! Shi won't give me the blue crayon!!" protested Tammy as she tried to retrieve it from her brothers hand unsuccessfully, "Mom!!"

"Shi give her the crayon." Said Sally from her seat across from them at the kitchen table.

"But I'm not done with it." He said.

"Now."

Shi threw the crayon and Tammy and sank down in his chair arms folded across his chest, "She doesn't even need it." He pouted.

"Yes I do! See?" she held up her picture of what, to only a parent, could be described as a dolphin swimming under water, "I need it for the water!" Shi picked up his black crayon and drew a line across her picture then stuck his tongue out at her. "MOMMY!!!"

"SHI!!"

"Sorry."

"What is the matter with you? You've been acting mean like this all morning now straighten up!"

"I said I wuz sorry."

Tammy sniffled over the picture, "It looks stupid now!" she yelled angrily and slammed onto the table.

So from that point on the twins just sat and snarled at each other, 'As long as they're quiet.' thought Sally. Shi finally tired of staring at his sister, climbed out of his chair, and went to his room to play, of course Tammy followed and as expected Sally heard Tammy cream about some sort of injustice on her person.

"Will you two just share?!" she shouted back to them.

"But Tammy breaks everything!!" he replied.

"I do not you can't break a puppy!!"

"You'll find a way!"

"I will not!"

Sally got up to go break up the fight when she heard a loud *SNAP* when she turned she saw Wufei standing in the doorway and the screen door that was once in his place was dangling from a hinge. He looked very upset.

"Wufei?" she said at a loss for words.

He responded by marching up to her, grabbing her throat, and with more force than she knew he had, slammed her into the wall. "You were the one who told Noin about Heero weren't you?!" he asked his eyes burning with fury.

"What are you talking about?" she managed to cough out.

He tightened his grip and lifted her off the floor, "I know you did you loud mouthed bitch!!"

Sally struggled for air and managed to get a foot between them and push him off, "Wufei…what are you…so mad about?!" she said as she gasped for air.

He charge again this time pushing her on the floor and standing over her in a menacing manner, "Do you know you could have gotten me arrested?!"

"For knowing Heero?!"

He picked up his foot and stepped on her stomach, "Yes you stupid bitch!"

"STOP IT!!" Wufei looked up to see his son standing the hallway his fist clenched and chest heaving, "You promised you wouldn't hit her any more!!" he screamed.

Shi stood his ground as his father came closer and for the first time he realized how tall he was and how many muscles he had, it scared him sill but he wasn't going to back down. When Wufei was almost over him he went flying back across the room and into the table breaking it. Sally stood were he had been, Shi was shocked his mom could throw anything that far.

"You will NOT hurt him!" said Sally.

Wufei got up angrier now than he was when he came in, "You are so dead."

Shi could only watch as he punched her full force in the gut and sent her into the wall, this time she didn't get up. "Mom!" She tried to sit up but only fell back down holding her stomach in pain, and his father was coming toward her again. That was it. Shi turned and ran full force into his grandparents bedroom, franticly he yanked the underwear drawer out and dumped the contents on the floor. When he saw the box on the floor he opened it and got the gun out, and ran back into the kitchen as fast as he could. When he got there he saw his mother on the floor her nose was bleeding and so was her eye, his father was standing over her yelling and calling her names with Tammy was at his feet begging him to stop.

He raised the gun and recited Mariemeia's words, "Legs apart for support…keep both eyes open…and aim for the head for a quick death…"

The loud *BANG* that rang through the room was only followed by the sound of Wufei's lifeless body hitting the floor, after that no one made a sound. They couldn't, shock had completely taken over, Sally just stared at her son holding the smoking gun his small body shaking all over. He finally broke the silence by dropping the gun and running out the door as fast as he could, Sally didn't move her brain still hadn't accepted the data it was receiving.

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Zechs took one cautious step forward and paused, quietly he signaled the men behind him to follow as he crept up on the door at the end of the hall. With one kick he brought the it down and rushed in followed by thirty or more officers; as they expected Heero Yuy was there, standing in the middle of a hotel room gun in hand. He pointed it at Zechs in particular but the retaliation was useless he was outnumbered.

"Heero we have you surrounded so just give up." Zechs said trying to resist the urge to just shoot him where he stood.

Heero grinned and pointed to a large contraption on the counter of the mini-bar with his gun, Zechs looked at it questioningly, "Amazing how fast one can make a bomb out of cleaning chemicals isn't it? One spark and boom." He sneered and pulled the trigger.

Half of the fifth floor of the Lean's Hotel was blown away, and so were all the people on it.

*-*

Shi was cold, wet, scared, and hungry his head hurt and he kept seeing his father falling limply to the floor it was like a tape that just would not stop playing. He had never seen that much blood before, not even when Tammy hit her head, the image was burned into the back of his skull and it wouldn't go away, it would never go away. He was hiding in a small cave that had been created by a tree's roots in the wooded area in the back yard, the little crevice was wet and muddy and making him miserable. He had been there for hours and his clothes were caked in with mud, but he didn't care. He was too scared to go back home his mother and sister would be mad at him for what he did. Why wouldn't they be? He was mad at himself. The police were looking for him he knew because he saw their feet pass by his hiding place every few minutes, they wanted to arrest him and bring him to the gas chamber so he wasn't going to come out as long as they were looking for him. After a few minutes he was still in the same position undiscovered but that changed when a German Shepherd stuck it's snout into the hole and barked. In that small hole the sound was magnified by teen and it scared him to his very core. They were going to let dogs eat him! Suddenly the dog was pulled away and a kind faced lady knelt down and shone a flashlight in on him, he put up his hands to shield his eyes from the light.

The lady turned around and shouted, "I found him!"

He squeezed himself further back into the hole in fear, and wished his mother was there to protect him. The lady looked back in at him, "Hello Shi, my name is Paula, I'm hear to help you."

"You just want me to come out so your dog can eat me!" he cried.

"My dog won't eat you I promise he's a very good dog you can come pet him if you like."

"No! You just want to put me in jail and kill me!" He sniffled.

"No we don't." she said sweetly.

"Uh-huh !"

"Come on I won't let anyone kill you or put you in jail."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

"Cross your heart?"

"Cross my heart."

Shi thought for a moment, she seemed nice enough and now that they had found him there was no chance of escape. So slowly he climbed out of the muddy hole and into the lady's arms, to his surprise she instantly wrapped him up in a warm blanket and held him close. He hugged her tightly as if she was the last person on Earth who cared about him. She tried to put him in the back seat of her car but he just held her tighter, in the end she wound up riding with him in the back with him while another officer drove. Shi wasn't sure where she was taking him but he enjoyed the ride there, she hugged him and petted his head gently, calming his nerves. After ten minutes the car stopped he kept his eyes shut as he felt himself being carried into a building, he was to afraid it was a prison he kept his eyes shut. One minute he was in Paula's gentle embrace then he was ripped from her by a pair of arms that just about squeezed the air out of him.

"Mommy?"

"Shi I was worried sick about you!" she said tears falling from her face onto his muddy shirt.

"You were?! You mean you don't hate me?"

"No I don't I could never hate you."

Shi hugged her back so happy that his mother had forgiven him, for the first time he looked around the room and saw he was in the hospital. The same one Tammy had been in. Tammy.

"Mom is sis. mad at me?"

"No I'm not mad either." Said a voice from below, Shi looked down to see his sister standing below him with their puppy in her hands. Sally placed him on the floor and Tammy hugged him with the same force she had.

"Thanks for saving her." She whispered in his ear. Shi nodded, as his puppy wormed free of Tammy, tackled him, and showered him with dog kisses.

"Excuse me Miss Po we need to take Shi for a moment." Said a tall man who Shi assumed to be a doctor.

Sally gave her consent, and the doctor brought him to a checkup room where two officers were waiting. While the doctor inspected him the police asked questions, about what had happened where he found the gun why he shot it. The questioning made his stomach twist in nervous knots as he had to describe the whole incident to them. He was surprised when after they were done asking him things they let him go back to his mother, he was almost certain they would have arrested him, but they simply returned him to his family and told them they were free to return home.

When he looked up he heard Sally say, "But where is home?"

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END PART 5

BY

MILO

I TOLD you sooooooo, oh well you guys got the happy version I originally made it much more tragic than this but I decided to give you all a break cause you've been nice enough to read my story. Well that's it no more…jk the last part should be sort I know I know that's what I said for this part but I'm just telling you how things are going at the moment that's all alright see ya at p6!