The Gundam Guys meet...Lara Croft.
Part Six
Warning: This chapter could get OOC later on - Literally. ^_~
The braided pilot sat as still as he could bear, and tried not to jog her.
The suspense was intolerable.
~ How does Chang do it?! ~
He calmed himself and tried to copy what Wufei had previously shown him.
He sighed, and shut his eyes for a few seconds, then opened them again.
He could wait, but he had to watch.
Duo looked over her shoulder as Lara gently unwrapped the tiny bundle.
He didn't know what it was, but it was obviously important to her, the care she took was painstaking. He almost opened his mouth to speak, but decided against it, and waited uncharacteristically patiently for it.
This genuinely surprised Quatre, he'd expected his friend and fellow pilot to ask questions and fuss about it. To joke about how slow she was, and to moan about how long it was taking.
However, opposite to his expectations he was uncommonly silent, and waited quietly for her to finish her work.
He fidgeted, and he played with the end of his braid, but he kept his lips tightly sealed, and didn't say a word.
~ Wufei really has had an influence on him. ~
He watched the concentration on her face as she took layer after layer from the box.
There was something unusual about her, something he couldn't quite place.
He placed it. It was those hazel eyes. He'd gotten so used to Duo's bright blue, Trowa's olive green, Heero's icy blue-gray, and Wufei's black, and of course even his own sky blue, that brown was a novelty for him.
Lara though didn't seem to notice Duo's anticipation, and she unknowingly ignored him as she cautiously lifted a small box from inside the bandage styled wrappings.
It was just the right size to fit in her hands; she gripped it and unlatched the lid, lifting it upwards and gently open.
All they could see was that it was full of cotton wool and packaging.
Beside her Duo sighed exasperatedly.
Quatre smiled.
~ Not that much of an influence. ~
Trowa sat in the comparatively cramped caravan of his sister Katherine, absently stroking Charlie, as she continued to ramble on about what had been happening at the circus recently. He switched off, vaguely listening to her voice, and nodding when it was appropriate. He was woken from his daze when she mentioned the ringmaster.
"...he's been going spare! He can't find a new target for me, since the other one backed out, he was scared apparently. I don't know what we're going to do, he's going to cut my act if he can't get anyone soon. We have a big show tonight, and another tomorrow, and he really doesn't want to have to drop me, because I'm one of the biggest crowd pullers of the top, next to the lions of course."
Trowa vaguely wondered how she could talk so much without really pausing for breath.
She stopped and looked at him, as if she'd just had a scientifically genius breakthrough.
He knew what was coming next.
"Yes, I'll do it for you Kathy."
Her eyes widened, and she showed her biggest show-biz smile.
"Aw, Trowa! You're so cute!" she beamed. "You'd really do that for me?"
What he thought was:
~ Of course. I've done it before, it's not exactly hard, is it? ~
But all he said was:
"Yes."
She jumped up and gave him a huge hug, upsetting Charlie in the process.
"I'll let the others know where I am first. I'll stay for both shows."
Katherine beamed at him again, and handed him the phone.
"Thank you Trowa."
Meanwhile, back at the base, Duo's teacher, Wufei Chang was standing behind Heero, as they watched the clip go through over and over again.
There was no mistake, the camera showed exactly what had occurred.
She'd just appeared, in their base, completely alone, and almost as if it was by accident.
"Heero?"
"Hmm?"
"What do you think?"
"About this?" He motioned at the image of the floating Lara.
Wufei nodded solemnly.
"I don't know. It seems to be true."
He frowned; it made no sense.
"Should we show them?"
"Maybe later. I think Dr J would be interested to know what is going on. I know I would."
"Hmm. Maybe he has an explanation? Do you think he could know?"
"I doubt it. He's an engineer, and a scientist, but not a magician. I'll mail him and let him know, send him a few jpegs."
"How long will it take?"
"Who knows. Sometimes he won't answer for weeks, but other times he shows up before I even send him the mail."
Heero had finished typing, and the mouse cursor floated over the send button.
He waited, half expecting the Dr.'s face to appear on the screen.
It didn't.
"It seems today is not one of those times." Wufei said blankly.
"No."
He sent the mail.
"Now what?"
"..."
"What if we showed them now?"
"Right now?"
"Yes."
He thought for a moment.
"We'll see what's happening in there first, then afterwards, maybe."
He nodded, it sounded like a good idea.
"Right. Let's go see what they're doing then."
He stood up from his seat, and they left for the room up the hall.
Lara held the small iridescent stone in the palm of her hand.
"The Gem of Kalamar." She announced.
"It's beautiful." Quatre said, gazing at the shimmering surface.
"It's a jade opal. Very rare."
Duo could only see it over her shoulder as she gave the blonde pilot a closer look.
"The legend says-"
"Lara can I-"
Duo tapped Lara's shoulder to ask her to let him see it.
There was a crack, like an electric-static spark.
They both flinched.
Then Duo turned around, and looked behind him.
"Duo?" Quatre called, wondering why he had turned around.
Lara looked up.
"What?"
Duo jumped again, and spun round to face her, a confused look in his hazel eyes.
Lara clapped her hands over her mouth, her bright blue eyes were wide with shock.
"Oh dear." Said Quatre.
Right at that moment, the door opened, as Heero and Wufei walked into the room.
Heero looked at the pair on the couch.
"Duo?" Quatre asked again.
"Aw crap." Came Duo's voice.
From Lara's mouth.
Wufei stared.
He was genuinely shocked.
Then he frowned.
It was another of Maxwell's tricks.
They'd rehearsed it and he spoke while she mimed his words.
Although he had to admit, it was very convincing.
"My god." Said Lara, through Duo's lips.
"Ok. Funny, game over Duo, we need to know where Lara's from." He said, in his usual non-emotional monotone, looking at Lara.
"Do you see me laughing Heero?" she replied. With Duo's exact accent.
He looked at her closely. Then at Duo. He was sitting quietly.
~ Sitting quietly? ~ His mind asked him to check that fact - Duo Maxwell did many things, but sitting quietly was not commonly one of them.
Heero half expected him to burst out laughing, like he always did, those sparkling blue eyes shining with delight at having fooled them all again.
But they didn't. They weren't even blue. They were brown.
Ok, I know it's too short, but I just thought it was such a brilliant cliff - sorry PrettyPenwriter.
^_~
Part Six
Warning: This chapter could get OOC later on - Literally. ^_~
The braided pilot sat as still as he could bear, and tried not to jog her.
The suspense was intolerable.
~ How does Chang do it?! ~
He calmed himself and tried to copy what Wufei had previously shown him.
He sighed, and shut his eyes for a few seconds, then opened them again.
He could wait, but he had to watch.
Duo looked over her shoulder as Lara gently unwrapped the tiny bundle.
He didn't know what it was, but it was obviously important to her, the care she took was painstaking. He almost opened his mouth to speak, but decided against it, and waited uncharacteristically patiently for it.
This genuinely surprised Quatre, he'd expected his friend and fellow pilot to ask questions and fuss about it. To joke about how slow she was, and to moan about how long it was taking.
However, opposite to his expectations he was uncommonly silent, and waited quietly for her to finish her work.
He fidgeted, and he played with the end of his braid, but he kept his lips tightly sealed, and didn't say a word.
~ Wufei really has had an influence on him. ~
He watched the concentration on her face as she took layer after layer from the box.
There was something unusual about her, something he couldn't quite place.
He placed it. It was those hazel eyes. He'd gotten so used to Duo's bright blue, Trowa's olive green, Heero's icy blue-gray, and Wufei's black, and of course even his own sky blue, that brown was a novelty for him.
Lara though didn't seem to notice Duo's anticipation, and she unknowingly ignored him as she cautiously lifted a small box from inside the bandage styled wrappings.
It was just the right size to fit in her hands; she gripped it and unlatched the lid, lifting it upwards and gently open.
All they could see was that it was full of cotton wool and packaging.
Beside her Duo sighed exasperatedly.
Quatre smiled.
~ Not that much of an influence. ~
Trowa sat in the comparatively cramped caravan of his sister Katherine, absently stroking Charlie, as she continued to ramble on about what had been happening at the circus recently. He switched off, vaguely listening to her voice, and nodding when it was appropriate. He was woken from his daze when she mentioned the ringmaster.
"...he's been going spare! He can't find a new target for me, since the other one backed out, he was scared apparently. I don't know what we're going to do, he's going to cut my act if he can't get anyone soon. We have a big show tonight, and another tomorrow, and he really doesn't want to have to drop me, because I'm one of the biggest crowd pullers of the top, next to the lions of course."
Trowa vaguely wondered how she could talk so much without really pausing for breath.
She stopped and looked at him, as if she'd just had a scientifically genius breakthrough.
He knew what was coming next.
"Yes, I'll do it for you Kathy."
Her eyes widened, and she showed her biggest show-biz smile.
"Aw, Trowa! You're so cute!" she beamed. "You'd really do that for me?"
What he thought was:
~ Of course. I've done it before, it's not exactly hard, is it? ~
But all he said was:
"Yes."
She jumped up and gave him a huge hug, upsetting Charlie in the process.
"I'll let the others know where I am first. I'll stay for both shows."
Katherine beamed at him again, and handed him the phone.
"Thank you Trowa."
Meanwhile, back at the base, Duo's teacher, Wufei Chang was standing behind Heero, as they watched the clip go through over and over again.
There was no mistake, the camera showed exactly what had occurred.
She'd just appeared, in their base, completely alone, and almost as if it was by accident.
"Heero?"
"Hmm?"
"What do you think?"
"About this?" He motioned at the image of the floating Lara.
Wufei nodded solemnly.
"I don't know. It seems to be true."
He frowned; it made no sense.
"Should we show them?"
"Maybe later. I think Dr J would be interested to know what is going on. I know I would."
"Hmm. Maybe he has an explanation? Do you think he could know?"
"I doubt it. He's an engineer, and a scientist, but not a magician. I'll mail him and let him know, send him a few jpegs."
"How long will it take?"
"Who knows. Sometimes he won't answer for weeks, but other times he shows up before I even send him the mail."
Heero had finished typing, and the mouse cursor floated over the send button.
He waited, half expecting the Dr.'s face to appear on the screen.
It didn't.
"It seems today is not one of those times." Wufei said blankly.
"No."
He sent the mail.
"Now what?"
"..."
"What if we showed them now?"
"Right now?"
"Yes."
He thought for a moment.
"We'll see what's happening in there first, then afterwards, maybe."
He nodded, it sounded like a good idea.
"Right. Let's go see what they're doing then."
He stood up from his seat, and they left for the room up the hall.
Lara held the small iridescent stone in the palm of her hand.
"The Gem of Kalamar." She announced.
"It's beautiful." Quatre said, gazing at the shimmering surface.
"It's a jade opal. Very rare."
Duo could only see it over her shoulder as she gave the blonde pilot a closer look.
"The legend says-"
"Lara can I-"
Duo tapped Lara's shoulder to ask her to let him see it.
There was a crack, like an electric-static spark.
They both flinched.
Then Duo turned around, and looked behind him.
"Duo?" Quatre called, wondering why he had turned around.
Lara looked up.
"What?"
Duo jumped again, and spun round to face her, a confused look in his hazel eyes.
Lara clapped her hands over her mouth, her bright blue eyes were wide with shock.
"Oh dear." Said Quatre.
Right at that moment, the door opened, as Heero and Wufei walked into the room.
Heero looked at the pair on the couch.
"Duo?" Quatre asked again.
"Aw crap." Came Duo's voice.
From Lara's mouth.
Wufei stared.
He was genuinely shocked.
Then he frowned.
It was another of Maxwell's tricks.
They'd rehearsed it and he spoke while she mimed his words.
Although he had to admit, it was very convincing.
"My god." Said Lara, through Duo's lips.
"Ok. Funny, game over Duo, we need to know where Lara's from." He said, in his usual non-emotional monotone, looking at Lara.
"Do you see me laughing Heero?" she replied. With Duo's exact accent.
He looked at her closely. Then at Duo. He was sitting quietly.
~ Sitting quietly? ~ His mind asked him to check that fact - Duo Maxwell did many things, but sitting quietly was not commonly one of them.
Heero half expected him to burst out laughing, like he always did, those sparkling blue eyes shining with delight at having fooled them all again.
But they didn't. They weren't even blue. They were brown.
Ok, I know it's too short, but I just thought it was such a brilliant cliff - sorry PrettyPenwriter.
^_~