Last Sanctuary

Last Sanctuary
by Nika

Unbeknownst to me, Wufei had sent two of his 'men' to come pick me up in the morning. So you can imagine my surprise when I woke up to someone roughly shaking me awake. I lazily opened my eyes, wiping the sleep from them as I sat up. "What?" I asked sleepily.

"Morning, sunshine," said a cheerful voice. I looked up into those violet eyes once again. Duo and Heero sat on the edge of my bed, staring intently at me.

Still not quite awake at this ungodly hour, I could only stare at the two of them, speechless. "Have you made a decision?" asked Heero, looking somewhat bored.

"Decision?" I was confused for a moment, but that was before all of last night's events came rushing back to me. "I don't--"

"Before you say anything," said Duo, holding up one of his hands to stop me from talking. "I just want you to know that we were in the same predicament as you are in right now. So we know what its like to have to make this kind of decision. Our situation was not entirely different from yours. We were on the run from the cops for something we didn't do... and that's when we met up with Wufei. He helped us out."

"How did he help you?" I was curious. Exactly what would Wufei do to ensure that nothing else would happen to me.

"He helped us get away from the authorities, staged our deaths... He was our sanctuary... the only one we had left."

"Did he kill the ones that were chasing after you?" I just had to ask. I didn't want anything to happen to Trowa, I /couldn't/ let anything happen to him.

Duo smiled at me, knowingly looking me in the eyes. "You care for that agent, don't you." Was it really that obvious? I thought I had hidden it pretty well, but apparently not if Duo had been able to tell. I /did/ care for him, his piercing green eyes, his devilishly good looks... his determination...

"He'll be out of your hair, that's all you need to know," said Heero.

"Why did you guys kill that guy back in Montana?" Since they were here, talking to me, I figured that they could at least tell me what the hell was going on.

"That man knew too much about our organization. We couldn't have him telling anyone about it, so Wufei asked us to get rid of him," answered Duo.

"And you just did what he said?" I asked incredulously. They pretty much did whatever Wufei told them to do. That's not the kind of life I want for myself. But running from the authorities isn't exactly my ideal life either...

"We owe him for saving us," Heero stated. His eyes narrowed as he looked at me, probably knowing that I was about to refuse Wufei's help.

"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be indebted to this man for the rest of my life. I can't--"

"Quatre! Please reconsider," Duo pleaded with me. Fear shone through in his eyes. I didn't know what would happen if I did refuse, but the look in Duo's eyes made me think twice about my decision.

So I thought about it again for a minute. And I came up with the same response. I couldn't serve this man like that. "I'm sorry, I can't."

"Then, I'm sorry too," said Heero as he pulled a gun from the waistband of his pants. He pointed it directly at me, aiming for my head. I closed my eyes and swallowed hard. So... this is what would happen if I refused. I heard clicking noises as Heero unlocked the safety, preparing to pull the trigger. Why was it taking him so long?

Just then Trowa burst through the door to my room, pulling his gun out and aiming it at Heero. "Freeze! FBI!" [1] At the exact moment that Trowa had broke down the door, so many things happened. Heero fired a shot at the green-eyed agent; Duo hopped up from the bed, looking wide-eyed at the two men; and I backed up against the far wall, trying not to get shot.

The shot that Heero had fired hit Trowa in his left arm, but he refused to let go of his gun. Two shots flew from Trowa's gun, but just as they were about to hit Heero, Duo jumped in front of him, screaming, "Nooo!"

Duo's body fell to the ground, clutching at the spots on his body where the bullets had hit. Trowa dropped the gun at his feet, shocked at what he had just done. You'd think that since he was an FBI agent, he would be used to this kind of thing, but he obviously wasn't. Heero's eyes grew wide as he took in the site of Duo puddled at his feet.

"Duo..." he whispered so softly that I had to strain to hear him. The room seemed to grow silent for the moment as Heero sunk down next to Duo's body.

"Heero..." Duo choked this one word out as if it was going to be his last breath of air. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth and Heero lifted Duo's head into his lap.

"You're going to be alright," he said softly to the braided one, gently pushing the chestnut bangs out of those violet eyes, now clouded with tears. "I won't let you go, koi."

Duo breathed a sharp intake of breath as he looked at the tear-filled blue eyes hovering above him. He tried to smile at Heero, but that one task looked like it pained him so much. "Aishiteru," he whispered to Heero. Blood pooled around him like a blanket, and Heero lowered his face to Duo's shoulder.

I was still standing in the corner of the room, watching the entire thing, and tears stung at my own eyes even though I didn't know Duo that well. I could feel the pain running through Heero.

Duo exhaled softly and his eyes went blank. Heero lifted his head from Duo's shoulder and looked into his still face. "Duo?" he choked out. No answer. He said the other's name again, more urgently. "Duo. No, Duo, wake up." I could actually hear the tears in Heero's voice. "No!" Heero held the lifeless body close to his own then looked up menacingly to Trowa. "You!" he yelled, drawing his gun back up.

He shakily stood, aiming the gun at Trowa. No. Not Trowa, too. I ran over to where Trowa had dropped the gun, picked it up and shot at Heero before he could let the rounds fly from his own gun. My heart pounded loudly in my ears, and each of my breaths came in ragged pants as I watched Heero stare at me in shock, then down at the wounds on his chest before slumping down next to Duo's body. The two of them lied on the floor side by side, their blood staining the motel's beige carpet. Heero shakily laid his hand over Duo's before his last breath escaped him.

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[1] I can /so/ imagine Trowa doing this! Makes for a yummy mental picture ^_^

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