Authors note: It's me again! (Screams are heard, and the sound of running feet) Well, for those of you that are left, heeeeere's chapter um…11! OH GOD!!! I must seriously be boring you people now.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything blah, blah, blah, etc and so on.
I was definitely starting to worry about both mine, and Heero's sanity; after all, here we were, standing together, me with my arms wrapped about his neck, he with his around my waist.
And he was leaning closer…
All logical thought flew out of my head however the instant his lips touched mine, all I was conscious of was Heero. Heero's hands on my back, Heero's lips on mine, teasing, stroking, caressing.
Suddenly a loud bang on the door broke us apart.
Heero muttered a curse under his breath, before glancing at me with a sideways look that quite plainly said "we'll get back to this later." And went to answer the door, leaving me standing breathless in the living room, wondering what the hell had just happened…and why.
As I turned round, I saw Wufei being ushered in. Great, I didn't need the sardonic Chinese man working out that something was up now did I?
"Hi Wufei, sit down." I said, struggling to keep my voice controlled.
"Well Maxwell, I see you've made yourself quite at home in Yuy's flat then?"
"Why yes I have, thank you." I tried hard not to let myself blush again, as my thoughts slipped over to Heero.
"Now pay attention Maxwell."
I swear that man has radar when it comes to knowing whether anyone isn't listening. He should have been a schoolteacher.
"I'm paying attention, I swear! I was just…um…"
"Looking at Heero."
"I…NO!"
He rolled his eyes but said no more on that subject.
"Now, here we have the state of the art gadgets, first of all," he pulled out a weird looking handkerchief, "this handkerchief contains a germ."
I sniggered slightly at this, "What are we going to do with a germ? Give them colds?"
"NO Maxwell, this germ is so powerful, that you must only use it in a serious circumstance."
"What does it do then?"
"It will release a fast acting flesh destroying virus when it is unfolded. When you unfold it, you will have ten minutes before it is activated, you must be at least a hundred metres away."
I shivered slightly, a virus that wiped out people in ten minutes? That was scary.
"Now, here we have (and I'm especially proud of this) a bug
buster 2000."
Even Heero looked slightly surprised at this one.
"Um, Wufei man, why would we want to kill bugs?"
"NO Maxwell, it is disguised as a spray, really, you can twist off the top, underneath is a removable gun, and then a bomb."
"Cool."
Soon after the showing of these new gadgets, Wufei left, however, before we even had time to draw breath Quatre knocked.
Opening the door I found myself face to face with the obviously distressed blond haired boy. "Hey Q man, what's wrong?"
"Its…its about the mission you guys are going on."
"Come in, you look rather…worried."
He gave me a weak grin before moving in through the open door.
"Hey Heero, we have company!"
He appeared from the open bedroom doorway, quite obviously in the process of packing as he was holding a green top in his hands.
"Who…? Quatre! What's wrong?"
I smirked slightly, "that's just what I asked."
Quatre sank into one of the over stuffed armchairs, Heero sat on one end of the sofa. As for me? I decided if this was going to be one of Quatre's long speeches then I should be comfortable. Plopping down next to Heero I curled my feet up under me and rested my head on his shoulder.
Quatre's azure eyes flicked from my face to Heero's and back again, and I wondered how much he guessed.
"So Q man, what's got you so worked up?" I asked for what felt like the hundredth time.
"Well it's…" he hesitated, "Just after you left, I got a phone call, from a guy, he didn't say who he was, but I recognised his voice, it was one of the ringmasters cronies. He said that you two had to give up chasing Treize or…or something bad would happen."
I smiled grimly at this; I could believe "something bad" would happen where Treize was concerned. But at least it let us know we were on the right track.
Heero spoke up, "Don't worry Quatre, and even though we're not giving up, we've both received plenty of threats before, there's no need to worry."
"But where are you guys going then?"
I started slightly; the guy was quite sharp for a normal person.
"We're going to Venice."
"Why?"
"Because that's where we believe Treize has gone."
He nodded as if in understanding before climbing to his feet. "Sorry to have bothered you then, I'll be going."
I made a move to stand up, but he waved me down, "No stay there, you look comfortable, and besides…" he grinned, "you two look cute together."
I began to blush again, it really wasn't my day.
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It was a pretty uneventful flight to Venice, apart from a couple of people giving me and Heero strange looks. Ah well, what do they know?
Soon we were standing in front of a hotel the size of a palace along the waterfront.
Going inside we unpacked and set out to do some sleuthing.
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"Hey Heero c'mere a second, I think I've found something."
"What is it now Maxwell."
"Hey!" I said, a little hurt, "I thought we were over that Maxwell stuff."
He grinned, "Just keeping you on your feet Duo."
We were standing in the cool darkness of a public house of records; the only sound was the quiet drip of water from outside. A faint breeze blew through the aisle, making me shiver slightly.
"Look, I've found something about a guy named Tason Karami, could that be Treize?"
"Same initials."
"He also owns quite a large proportion of the local bank, of which money keeps going missing."
"Hmm."
"I think this is how Treize is getting his money you know, he…"
But I never managed to finish my sentence, as I was interrupted by a ringing shot, which echoed through the building, bouncing off the walls.
Spinning I saw Heero crumple silently into a heap by my feet….
TBC
A/N Hahahahah! Another cliffhanger, heheheh I am
eeevil.
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