The Gundam Guys meet...Lara Croft.
Part Seven
Wufei glared at Lara. This was going too far. She had only just arrived, they hardly knew her, and she was already playing jokes on them with Maxwell.
Well, he wasn't going to take it.
Not from this newcomer.
Not from this woman.
He hesitated for a minute, wondering if he should - it was dishonorable to hit a woman.
Well then he wouldn't hit her. Just pull her up and give her a strong talk.
This was intolerable behavior for a guest to behave towards him.
He stormed forwards and to grab her arm.
"Wufei I don't think-" Quatre began.
"Hey Chang!" Duo's cry of alarm was heard as he bore down on Lara.
"No!" His hand flew out as she but her arms up in front of her, her bright blue eyes staring at him, warning him - he faltered, but the momentum carried him forwards, and he did it. He grabbed her wrist.
*Crack! * There was another shock, as a sound and as an emotion.
The Chinese boy suddenly had bright blue eyes, while Lara's were jet black.
She blinked, and looked up.
Seeing Wufei standing over her, she jumped up, disregarding the stone that fell from her hands, and frowning hard - her face was dark with anger.
"INJUSTICE!" she yelled.
Wufei looked at her with a strange expression, his cerulean irises glittering, then burst out laughing, almost falling to the floor in his amusement.
Heero stood next to him, completely bewildered.
The only one who seemed to have any clue was Quatre.
"DUO! This is not funny!" He shouted, trying to get the attention of Wufei, who was buckled double with fits of giggles, and suddenly found himself short of breath.
The black haired, blue eyed pilot looked up at Quatre.
"Sorry, Quat - aha - I didn't -ha ha - mean t' get - cough, cough - ya riled."
He grinned.
"Wufei, could you please sit down?" Quatre asked politely, turning to Lara.
Her eyes narrowed as she glared at Wufei, and he growled something under his breath.
He complied.
"Thank you." Said the Winner's heir, and turned to Duo.
"Uh, Miss Cr- Lara, could you please explain?"
"I'd love to, but I'm not exactly sure myself."
Wufei was still smirking slightly, as Lara looked daggers at him.
Heero's expression was blank. His only comment was:
"Trowa is going to be confused when he gets back."
"Trowa's gonna be confused?! Man, I'm already there, pal."
Heero looked into Wufei's cobalt orbs, and merely replied:
"Duo."
"I think I'd be best, and less confusing all around, if we called you three by different names, for the moment." Quatre said quietly, and cringed in expectation of an outburst.
There was none.
Heero watched him closely, waiting for his proposal.
Quatre turned to Wufei.
"You are Duo. Duo-"
"Yeah, I know I'm Duo, I named myself, remember?"
Quatre continued oblivious.
"You are Duo Chang."
He blinked.
"Okay..." he paused, wondering whether he should chance upsetting the original Chang. He decided it was a yes. "Guess it suits me, huh?"
To say Lara glared daggers would be an understatement. Her black eyes threw swords.
Quatre faced him, and they faded slightly, as he spoke.
"Uh, Wufei? Can you be Wufei Croft? Just for now you understand, it's only temporary, until we sort this out." Quatre was being very careful with his words.
Wufei Croft merely nodded, and went back to glaring at Duo Chang.
He replied with a grin.
Quatre looked at Duo Maxwell's body. Lara's voice came from his lips.
"Lara. Lara Maxwell."
Quatre smiled appreciatively.
"Hey, That's my intro."
Duo Chang looked at his former self. The only reply was a sarcastic smile.
Heero still stood quietly, watching them closely.
This was no trick.
Lara Maxwell sat quietly still, and sighed heavily.
Wufei Croft had his eyes shut, and was trying hard not to look at himself, false or true.
Had he been still glaring at Duo Chang, he would have seen him doing something of which he would probably not approve.
The short jet-black ponytail was undone, and quickly became a braid.
It had just been finished when he did open his eyes.
"Maxwell." He growled as he realized "This is intolerable behavior."
Duo grinned. "Why, what did Lara do?"
Lara found a faint smirk on her - no, his lips, but Wufei sat silently, his eyes shut tight.
He would not call him Chang - never would he call him Chang.
He was Duo. Duo Maxwell.
"Duo, please?" Quatre begged him "Do behave."
"I am..." he replied. "...Badly."
Quatre sighed - Duo was on safe mode again. Anything wrong, he'd just laugh it off.
"Hey, come on - ya know it's not fair. At least when I was Lara I had the same hair."
Wufei reached to his side for his katana to change that fact.
However, it was not there.
He glared at Duo again.
He was sitting opposite, balancing it by the hilt on his fingers.
"Well, I would let you have it, but it could be bad for my health." He said, matter-of-factly.
"Ok g-" he paused. 'Guys' was suddenly not really a very good term to use.
"-People. Can we please calm down and then we can work out what happened?"
Quatre tried to progress in the situation, as Heero still stood and watched.
~ I wasn't trained for this...~
The three sat quietly to listen to Quatre's suggestion.
"We have to backtrack, and work out what you did, and how you did it. Then, we can just do it again, and everything will be fine, ok?"
"..."
"Truthfully or theoretically?"
"...The latter."
Silence.
Trowa hung up the phone.
"What's wrong, couldn't get through?"
"It's engaged."
"Oh. Well, you can try again later, can't you?"
~ That's not the point - it shouldn't be engaged. Unless Hilde's phoning Duo again. ~ "Yes."
"Right. In the mean time, we'd better check that your suit still fits, you've got taller since last time you wore it." She smiled, glad to fuss over him again.
He nodded amicably, and followed he to the back of the 'house'.
Charlie yawned, stretched out, and trailed after them.
He wanted to know what was going on.
Was his friend and master staying?
"Alright then, lets get this mess straightened out. What happened last?"
"Y' mean before or after Wufei attacked me?" Duo asked.
"Uh..."
"Well all that happened after was he ended up as Lara, I ended up as him, and Lara was-" he looked at his old self "-still is me."
"Before that?" Heero asked.
He'd seen what had occurred after Wufei ran at Lara, with his own eyes, but how had Duo ended up as Wufei? Or as Lara in the first place?
"Well, Lara was showing Quatre the rock, and I wanted to have a look too - so I tapped her on the shoulder and asked. The next thing I knew, I was sitting by Quatre, with the rock in my hands, and I was sitting next to - me."
He frowned at his last words; they made no sense to him.
"Ok." Said Quatre "All we have to do is get the gem, and do what you did before."
"The Gem..." Lara began, looking at her - no, Wufei's hands.
She frowned.
It was gone.
Part Seven
Wufei glared at Lara. This was going too far. She had only just arrived, they hardly knew her, and she was already playing jokes on them with Maxwell.
Well, he wasn't going to take it.
Not from this newcomer.
Not from this woman.
He hesitated for a minute, wondering if he should - it was dishonorable to hit a woman.
Well then he wouldn't hit her. Just pull her up and give her a strong talk.
This was intolerable behavior for a guest to behave towards him.
He stormed forwards and to grab her arm.
"Wufei I don't think-" Quatre began.
"Hey Chang!" Duo's cry of alarm was heard as he bore down on Lara.
"No!" His hand flew out as she but her arms up in front of her, her bright blue eyes staring at him, warning him - he faltered, but the momentum carried him forwards, and he did it. He grabbed her wrist.
*Crack! * There was another shock, as a sound and as an emotion.
The Chinese boy suddenly had bright blue eyes, while Lara's were jet black.
She blinked, and looked up.
Seeing Wufei standing over her, she jumped up, disregarding the stone that fell from her hands, and frowning hard - her face was dark with anger.
"INJUSTICE!" she yelled.
Wufei looked at her with a strange expression, his cerulean irises glittering, then burst out laughing, almost falling to the floor in his amusement.
Heero stood next to him, completely bewildered.
The only one who seemed to have any clue was Quatre.
"DUO! This is not funny!" He shouted, trying to get the attention of Wufei, who was buckled double with fits of giggles, and suddenly found himself short of breath.
The black haired, blue eyed pilot looked up at Quatre.
"Sorry, Quat - aha - I didn't -ha ha - mean t' get - cough, cough - ya riled."
He grinned.
"Wufei, could you please sit down?" Quatre asked politely, turning to Lara.
Her eyes narrowed as she glared at Wufei, and he growled something under his breath.
He complied.
"Thank you." Said the Winner's heir, and turned to Duo.
"Uh, Miss Cr- Lara, could you please explain?"
"I'd love to, but I'm not exactly sure myself."
Wufei was still smirking slightly, as Lara looked daggers at him.
Heero's expression was blank. His only comment was:
"Trowa is going to be confused when he gets back."
"Trowa's gonna be confused?! Man, I'm already there, pal."
Heero looked into Wufei's cobalt orbs, and merely replied:
"Duo."
"I think I'd be best, and less confusing all around, if we called you three by different names, for the moment." Quatre said quietly, and cringed in expectation of an outburst.
There was none.
Heero watched him closely, waiting for his proposal.
Quatre turned to Wufei.
"You are Duo. Duo-"
"Yeah, I know I'm Duo, I named myself, remember?"
Quatre continued oblivious.
"You are Duo Chang."
He blinked.
"Okay..." he paused, wondering whether he should chance upsetting the original Chang. He decided it was a yes. "Guess it suits me, huh?"
To say Lara glared daggers would be an understatement. Her black eyes threw swords.
Quatre faced him, and they faded slightly, as he spoke.
"Uh, Wufei? Can you be Wufei Croft? Just for now you understand, it's only temporary, until we sort this out." Quatre was being very careful with his words.
Wufei Croft merely nodded, and went back to glaring at Duo Chang.
He replied with a grin.
Quatre looked at Duo Maxwell's body. Lara's voice came from his lips.
"Lara. Lara Maxwell."
Quatre smiled appreciatively.
"Hey, That's my intro."
Duo Chang looked at his former self. The only reply was a sarcastic smile.
Heero still stood quietly, watching them closely.
This was no trick.
Lara Maxwell sat quietly still, and sighed heavily.
Wufei Croft had his eyes shut, and was trying hard not to look at himself, false or true.
Had he been still glaring at Duo Chang, he would have seen him doing something of which he would probably not approve.
The short jet-black ponytail was undone, and quickly became a braid.
It had just been finished when he did open his eyes.
"Maxwell." He growled as he realized "This is intolerable behavior."
Duo grinned. "Why, what did Lara do?"
Lara found a faint smirk on her - no, his lips, but Wufei sat silently, his eyes shut tight.
He would not call him Chang - never would he call him Chang.
He was Duo. Duo Maxwell.
"Duo, please?" Quatre begged him "Do behave."
"I am..." he replied. "...Badly."
Quatre sighed - Duo was on safe mode again. Anything wrong, he'd just laugh it off.
"Hey, come on - ya know it's not fair. At least when I was Lara I had the same hair."
Wufei reached to his side for his katana to change that fact.
However, it was not there.
He glared at Duo again.
He was sitting opposite, balancing it by the hilt on his fingers.
"Well, I would let you have it, but it could be bad for my health." He said, matter-of-factly.
"Ok g-" he paused. 'Guys' was suddenly not really a very good term to use.
"-People. Can we please calm down and then we can work out what happened?"
Quatre tried to progress in the situation, as Heero still stood and watched.
~ I wasn't trained for this...~
The three sat quietly to listen to Quatre's suggestion.
"We have to backtrack, and work out what you did, and how you did it. Then, we can just do it again, and everything will be fine, ok?"
"..."
"Truthfully or theoretically?"
"...The latter."
Silence.
Trowa hung up the phone.
"What's wrong, couldn't get through?"
"It's engaged."
"Oh. Well, you can try again later, can't you?"
~ That's not the point - it shouldn't be engaged. Unless Hilde's phoning Duo again. ~ "Yes."
"Right. In the mean time, we'd better check that your suit still fits, you've got taller since last time you wore it." She smiled, glad to fuss over him again.
He nodded amicably, and followed he to the back of the 'house'.
Charlie yawned, stretched out, and trailed after them.
He wanted to know what was going on.
Was his friend and master staying?
"Alright then, lets get this mess straightened out. What happened last?"
"Y' mean before or after Wufei attacked me?" Duo asked.
"Uh..."
"Well all that happened after was he ended up as Lara, I ended up as him, and Lara was-" he looked at his old self "-still is me."
"Before that?" Heero asked.
He'd seen what had occurred after Wufei ran at Lara, with his own eyes, but how had Duo ended up as Wufei? Or as Lara in the first place?
"Well, Lara was showing Quatre the rock, and I wanted to have a look too - so I tapped her on the shoulder and asked. The next thing I knew, I was sitting by Quatre, with the rock in my hands, and I was sitting next to - me."
He frowned at his last words; they made no sense to him.
"Ok." Said Quatre "All we have to do is get the gem, and do what you did before."
"The Gem..." Lara began, looking at her - no, Wufei's hands.
She frowned.
It was gone.