"Biting the bullet"
From the big picture, Sanq kingdom wasn't as bad as he pictured it. It was really nice and peaceful. Was it always like this? Even before the end of the war? How could a place like this, a place completely devoid of fighting exist?
Was this really heaven?
'Hardly.' he thought. Just because a country's peaceful doesn't exactly turn it into Eden. And it definitely isn't Heaven if someone's plotting to assassinate your leader.
He really wanted that assassin to be Heero. At least, if it was Heero, he could say that he hasn't flipped his lid just yet. Stalking, government file hacking and cold-blooded murder didn't qualify Heero for a trip to the Happy house.
"You leaving tonight? Leave the keys; I'll stay up." It was Jake. Unknowingly, he had already slipped into the habit of calling "The driver", Jake. This guy was the same Taxi Driver that had given him shelter when he first came here to Sanq kingdom. They had goten to know each other through the short span of time that they were with one another and Duo's search for Heero was not one of the things that he kept secret. However, there were two sides to the person he knew as Jake Maxinne.
Jake Maxinne: Seventeen years of age. Currently employed as a taxi driver. Born and raised by Jeremy and Nadia Maxinne from birth until the age of 11, where in which both his parent died from a car accident. Lived all his life as a resident of Sanq Kingdom.
Jake Maxinne: Long, copper brown hair but is now dyed Magenta. Hazel brown eyes. Jake is also currently employed in the Peacecraft security team. Currently on outside work trying to track down the assassin. This one fact has not been made knowledge to Duo.
"Yeah. Wanna come? I'm goin' over to The Border tonight." 4 days. Four days since the two met. Maybe it was the companionship that diluted Duo's interest in finding Heero, but he knew that Jake was a good guy. Jake showed him around town; where the great clubs were, the hot spots of town, places to be. Friends were something that were missing from Duo's life and he was glad he had this one, even though if he was kind of weird.
"Nah. Maybe later; I still got work to do. Still got to pay for the rent of this place." Duo found the guy strange for some reason. Just a taxi driver, an irresponsible taxi driver at that, and yet he seemed to be able to afford everything he had. No problem with the rent and extra bills and he always woke up late for work...
Highly irresponsible and yet, he held a special charm within him. Something about Maxinne was so similar to Maxwell, and that's what made them seem to click.
"Whatever you say." Unlatching all three of the locks, Duo walked out of the apartment,looking over his shoulder to see Jake lying on the couch, one arm slung over his eyes. Duo smiled, and left him to whatever it was he had to do.
The door shut. Duo was off to The Border while Jake had business to finish. Jake stood up, walked over to his room...
Pulled out some papers from under his bed.
And begun work.
"Heero Yuy. Supposedly from L2 Colony. Raised from birth by Doctor J for the sole purpose of being the perfect soldier. Pilot of the Gundam WING, WING ZERO and WING ZERO custom until two years ago. Disappeared immediately after the failure of operation Meteor. Last seen in Sanq kingdom, seemingly stalking Relena Peacecraft." He paused. He knew that Heero Yuy was the same person that Duo Maxwell was searching for. Heero Yuy was also the one that was accused of attempted assassination.
Somehow, everything seemed to fall together.
"How much longer am I going to have to keep this up before I get any definite proof?" He dropped the papers on the dining table and picked up the Denim Jacket casually laid on one of the seats. Now that he looked at it, partying wasn't such a bad idea after all.
* * *
The Border was exceptionally crowded that night. But as they say, the more the merrier, right? Duo had exceptionally good fashion sense that night and it showed by the amount of girls that were coming up to him to dance. His all black outfit, from his black undershirt to the black leather jacket and slacks up to his black suede shoes, he was dripping in style and sex appeal. He was young, sexy and handsome, and for some reason, it bothered him to know that other people found him attractive. He sat down, somewhere in the middle of the counter and just watched the people dance the night away. Dancing wasn't the same without the rest of the group. Well, the group was never complete anyway... Heero was never there. Even Anti-social Trowa and Wufei were there when they were invited. But Heero...
...Heero...?
Duo tried to look again, but people blocked his view. Was that the perfect soldier that he just saw back there? Could he be here? Without thinking, Duo stood up and raced to the same area to where he though he saw Yuy.
And unbelievably, he was there. In the flesh, he was there! Heero's eyes grew slightly larger as he saw Maxwell briskly walking towards him.
And then he ran, shoving people out of his face as he went and blowing faces into nonexistence with his gun if they tried to stop him.
"HEERO! DAMMIT, WAIT!" Leaping over bodies that were thrown to the floor and over tables and seats, Duo Maxwell chased after Heero Yuy. But why would Heero run away from him? And more importantly, what was the perfect soldier doing here?
Impaling his fist on the face of one of the bouncers, Heero then swung open the metal back door and slipped away from The Border club... With Duo Maxwell not far behind.
* * *
(Fuck it all. What's Duo doing here? This isn't the time or place for a damn reunion!) Heero thought as he toppled garbage cans and disrupted traffic as he ran through the crowded intersection. Duo chased after him, following the exact same lead that Heero left him. However, it wasn't really easy going after a man when there are rows of cars right in front of you.
"Heero! Where the hell do you think you're going!"
* * *
The club looked like it just had a badly done facelift. But what was even more disturbing were the people who look like they just went to a drunk plastic surgeon. So many people were dead. Men, Women, even teenagers younger than himself were dead. Such carnage in such a short span of time... Thank God, Duo wasn't one of the bodies with a bullet hole in the face.
"This is some pretty scary shit... Hey, you got any idea who did this?" Jake asked the frightened bartender, who was visibly shocked as Jake had already noticed the the dried up blood on his face.
"Hey, answer me!" The man was in a fetal position and shivering violently. There were two people beside him; one dressed similarl to the bartender and the other was a female. From deduction, Jake guessed that the man was a coworker and the girl was his girlfriend. Slowly, the man turned his wide eyed eyes to Jake, and then pointed one quivering finger to the open back door and then slumped into a deeper state of fear.
"I guess I should say thanks." Jake then quickly ran outside, and he saw a figure run out of the same alley. A figure dressed in black, with Mahogany hair trailing behind it.
* * *
A Bullet fired, destroying a drivers vision as it pierced his right eye and through his skull. His car crashed into another one and the two totaled vehicles detonated, killing dozens of pedestrians. The person with the gun was a very skilled marksman, trained for this kind of combat in every possible way. He took out innocent people with such amazing accuracy and lack of mercy that he was easily thought of as a kind of superman...
No wonder he was given the title of "PERFECT SOLDIER".
Behind the madman, another one, who could also be called equally mad, followed him. Through the explosions and blood, he ran after the killer... Like a predator going after it's prey, it followed relentlessly, not letting anything get in its path. Not until it got its victim.
No wonder he was called "Shinigami".
And yet behind the two, another followed. He dodged the crowded streets and went down the alleys and the dimly lit corridors of this colony. Although he was not on the exact same path, he was following them, and he knew every move they did. Wherever they went. Whatever they did.
He met every requirement for the "Special Forces".
Three people, all with the same route and with different intent. One wanted to get away from another. The second wanted to GET to the first. While the third was on the hunt for both of them. It wasn't long before everything was finally put to an end. The first grabbed a vehicle, shot the driver, and threw the fresh corpse out the door.
(This isn't good. I'll have to avoid every thing here... Including the local police. Duo, you asshole!) He turned, heading towards the bridge away from the colonies red light district.
The only thing between him and escape was a man. Holding an exact same gun that he was holding. The man had long flaming red hair and his gun was cocked at the car that he drove. Two shots fired, two tires blew. The car grinded against the floor and stopped, a good several meters away from the man. The driver jumped clear out of the vehicle as it collided with the bridges side, filling the air with shrapnel, fire and smoke.
"Freeze. Don't even think of getting away from my sight. I'll blow your fucking brains out if you do." The fallen perfect soldier gritted his teeth as he picked his face up from the ground. He spitted out blood and swore under his breath.
"Yeah, that's it... Nice and slow." Jake walked closer, his gun pointing at Heero's face. He moved closer to Heero, and Heero moved closer to him until the gun was at point blank range...
"Heero Yuy; you are under arrest on grounds of Homicide and bearing of illegal firearms. Also, you are to be brought in for further interrogation concerning the rumors of the assassination of Miss Relena Peacecraft. Get on your feet."
Somehow, he didn't quite understand the reason as to why Heero was there in the Border... And why in the world would he run away from Duo?
Despite the confusion and the unanswered questions, the pieces still fitted together. And now, one piece has just made his appearance.
"Jake! What are you doing?" Grabbing Heero by the collar of his shirt, he handcuffed him and proceeded to lead him away from the crime scene... Turning around just once, looking at Duo straight in the eye...
"Business. Strictly business."
The end...?
Ramble:
2) Any Constructive Criticisms? I know I suck at writing so I want you to help me! After all, How much could a little bit of your mentality cost?
3) Hmm... the chapter began running a little longer than I had expected it to go... But isn't that supposed to be a good thing? Anyway, I'll be revamping the older chapters so that they'll be a little longer, okay?