Gundam Gangster p7: Dear Duo

Notes: Hate to disappoint you but we have sort of a jump hear, this letter is sent two years after p6 and p8 will take place three years after this why? Cause that's just the way it played out in my head I guess.

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The sound of boots could be hard as a guard approached the cell, there was a brief knock and a gruff voice saying, 'mail'. Devin one of the men in the cell hopped out of his cot and scrambled to retrieve it, afterwards he hopped back up into his little bunk.

After some shuffling he said, "Hey Duo check it out you got mail!"

He jumped up from his bed and stood face to face with the man above him, "I do?! Give it up!"

Devin smiled, "You didn't say the magic word."

"Now."

"Fine be that way." He said throwing the letter to Duo. He then went ruffling through the remaining items that were his.

Duo looked at the envelope a weird sort of joy filling him, no one had written him in all the time he had been there. He wanted to send letters himself but he couldn't reach Quatre because he moved, Wufei and Heero were dead, Hilde would probably shred anything that had his name in it, and he wasn't on writing terms with Trowa yet. He looked on the back and found the return address was to the Governors office and his curiosity peaked. 'What could they want with me?' he thought, it was odd that they would send him a letter. He opened the envelope like a child would a Christmas present and pulled a couple of sheets of paper and a few pictures he looked at the letter first; it read:

Dear Duo,

Sorry I have not written you sooner but for some reason my letters kept on getting returned, I hope this one makes it to you. How are you? Well I hope. I am doing great because I am going to marry the girl of my dreams, of course I have to tell her before I go about doing that, I just need to find the right time. About a year ago I moved in with her, so I guess you haven't been able to reach me sorry about that. Anyways her name is Dorothy Catalonia you've probably heard of her because everyone seems to have known who she is way before I did.

I don't know if you heard or not but Wufei is dead, I hear he and Sally went at it and Shi shot him, well that's just what I heard. After he died I took it upon myself to help his family make it through the hard times, luckily Dorothy helped too and she gave them a house which, needless to say, was a big help. We also babysat for a while and it helped Dorothy and me decide we didn't want kids anytime soon. Not that they're bad kids it's just they are just hard to keep up with. Shi is really quiet but likes to hide from people and Tammy is very sweet but she likes to run around and to top it all off she's fast.

Do you remember that girl Relena? I hear after Heero died she committed suicide but I still see her when I got visit Heero's grave I catch a glimpse of her but that's the only time. Those two were really more than what they seemed.

I guess you're curious as to how Hilde is doing, well she is fine and so is your son, Jason, that boy is a ball of energy. He is a lot of fun to be around Hilde says he has a natural talent get in trouble (wonder where he gets that from). On a more serious note, I don't know exactly how to break this to you but, Hilde got married to Trowa last year. I feel as I am writing this you are getting pretty pissed right about now but try not to be she is very happy and that is what you want isn't it? I enclosed some pictures for you so you will have something to remember us by. Keep in touch.

Your friend for life,

Quatre.

Duo placed the letter down and looked at the pictures; one was of Jason in Hilde's arms when he was an infant screaming his displeasure of being photographed to the world. The second one was of Dorothy and Sally sitting outdoors playing chess while Shi and Tammy ran around in the background chasing a cocker spaniel that had a video game controller in it's mouth. The last one was of Hilde, a two year old Jason, and Trowa standing in front of their house smiling for the camera. Trowa had one arm around Hilde and Jason in the other. Duo felt his blood pressure rising to deadly levels, 'That son of a bitch, he is so dead!'

"Bad news?" asked Devin from his upside down position on the top bunk.

Duo ignored him and tried to think of something to take his mind off the extreme anger that was burning in his chest. He found himself ruffling his short hair in an attempt to grab a braid he forgot wasn't there. After his first night in prison when he took his hair down to brush it he got a lot of responses from the other inmates that brought him. This occurrence brought him to the conclusion that having long wavy hair in a place with big sweaty men who will screw anything that looks remotely feminine was a bad idea. He missed his hair but it was a small price to pay to not get called 'sweetypie' by a 6ft 300 pounder called Tiny.

"You are so dead Barton."

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END P7

BY

MILO

Mmm nothing like the smell of a death threat in the morning huh? I know it was short and didn't cover everyone but p8 will. The next one will be the last one I think and it will be long and back to my person to person style of writing. Bye till next time.