Chapter 6
Jai decided to set up an "accidental" meeting with Quatre, or at least try to cross his path. When she managed it, he was coming out of his room for lunch, he had to eat sometime, and she passed him, giving him a quick scan. What she saw bewildered her. And then ignited her temper, and she stormed off toward Heero's quarters.
Duo, who had also been monitoring Quatre by hacking into the building's security system through his laptop, at Heero's request, noticed something strange. Jai had been standing in a walking position outside Quatre's door for the better part of five minutes. Then, when Quatre came out of his quarters for lunch, she started walking, and went by him. She paused for a moment, and when he transferred to a different camera for a better view, he almost choked on his pepsi. Her face had absolute fury written all over it. He could take an educated guess at what she had just found out, inasmuch as Heero had notified him that she was telepathic.
"Uh oh. That isn't even a Yuy death glare. That's like…doomsday glare, or something." Heero had told him about his plan, and when he saw Jai head toward Heero's quarters, he knew that someone's getting hurt. He very quickly set a new disc into the slot, and scrolled to a camera recording Heero's room. He was about to witness what he figured would be the fight of the century. Two people, who were trained in every conceivable way to kill someone, knew every nerve ending in the human body, and how to use them. Siblings, both knew all of the other's weaknesses. 'This is going to be SO cool.' He thought as he pulled a burger out of his takeout bag.
Jai busted the door to Heero's room open with minimal effort, saw him sitting at his laptop, and stomped over to him, and kicked the back legs off the chair he was sitting on. It was only a momentary upset, as Heero turned the fall backward into a roll, grabbed Jai's calf, and spun it around, effectively throwing her off balance. When both of them had recovered, they were facing each other in their individual fighting stances. So they were basically just standing there staring at each other.
"I suppose you figured it out."
""Figured it out!" she rushed him with a flying elbow, which he countered, tripping a foot as she went by. This didn't trouble her, though, for as she went down, she spun and lashed out with her left foot, which was also blocked by Heero. She turned the fall into a backward roll, and was up almost immediately. She rushed him again, this time with a running kick. He knocked it aside, attempted an attack of his own with his left fist. She ducked, and the punch went over her right shoulder. She got up again, and grabbed his still outstretched arm, spun him around, and flung him through the air across the room. Heero flipped forward through the air, did a half turn, and landed on his feet facing Jai. They both glared at each other for a moment, and the next instant, they were both about a foot away from each other, smothered in a flurry of kicks and punches. None connected on either of them, as they were blocked, brushed aside, or grabbed for a throw. When they were grabbed, the throw was met with it's counter, which left them both staring at each other from across the room again. Neither would back down, and neither was tiring. Jai attempted a spin kick, Heero ducked under it, attempted to kick her other leg out from under her, but she leaped in mid kick and aimed a roundhouse punch at Heero's face. Heero met her fist with the side of his arm, and blocked it. Jai reversed her spin, and aimed another fist at Heero's head, but he blocked it and threw another kick. She caught his leg in mid air, attempted to knock the other out from under him, but he leaped over her foot and in the same move, aimed his leg at Jai's head. She ducked under it, and his other leg was torn from her grasp. Once again, they were staring at each other from a small distance. Heero lashed out with a lunging kick, and turned it into a spin when she ducked. At the same time, they both lashed out with their right hand at each other's necks, and both hit the same nerve, and both collapsed in a heap on the floor, unconscious.
Duo had never had so much fun in his life. This was better than he expected, and he expected a lot. He hacked on his burger when Jai smashed Heero's chair, and was then treated to the best fight he had ever seen, in a movie or otherwise. It was like watching a acrobatics show, or a fight where they had to try to hit something that wasn't there. When they both somehow managed to knock each other out, Duo almost died laughing. They both nailed each other in the side of the neck, and formed a large lump on the carpet. When he had finally recovered, his food forgotten, he ran out to seek medical help for the unconscious siblings. He ran down the hall, and across the building to the Med Lab. He burst through the door, struggling with uncontrollable giggles again, and gestured for Sally, and Wufei, who was with her, to follow him. Halfway back Sally saw him regain his composure, and asked him what was going on.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." He said, wiping tears of laughter from his eyes. He turned to Wufei, who was running alongside them. "You're coming too, Wu-chan?"
"Don't call me that. And yes, I am coming. Your last gift was so entertaining, why miss this? Where are we going, anyway?"
"To Heero's quarters. Or what's left of them." Remembering what he had managed to catch on tape, he started laughing again, and had to slow down a little. As they passed Hilde's quarters, Duo knocked on the door as they went by, and Hilde opened the door a few moments later. She looked around, and spotted the trio down the hall.
"Hey! Wait up! What's going on? DUO!!" she called after them, as she ran to catch up. "Damn it." she whispered to herself as she ran. What was he up to now? And with Sally and Wufei in tow?
When they reached Heero's quarters, Hilde having caught up, they noticed what Duo supposed he should have suspected. The door was already open, Jai having been too furious to really care whether it was closed or not. The four walked cautiously into the living room, not really knowing what to expect. What they encountered was several dozen small pieces of former furniture, holes in the walls, a hole in the floor about the size of a foot, and the Yuy twins in a small pile in the middle of the room. Sally's eyebrows shot up as she took this in. She walked over to them, and checked each of their pulses.
"Well, they're both okay, physically. From the way they seem to have collapsed, they hit each other at almost the same time, to the milli second."
Wufei was still surveying the damage to the rooms. The fight seemed to have ranged over pretty much every room. How had they managed to virtually destroy almost everything else, and somehow not harm each other? And how had Jai, training or no training, managed to stand against Heero? No one else among them was likely to last more than three seconds. He decided it was time to revise his list of weaklings further, and mark out another name. He studied the hole that had been put in the floor. Finishing move, he reasoned, though it appeared to have missed. The holes in the walls and the obliterated furniture were easily explained. They had managed to dogde rediculously powerful strikes, and those strikes had then contacted the furniture or walls. He shook his head, and walked back to the other three.
Duo was turning crimson trying not to laugh, and Hilde was doing the same. No one here had ever seen Heero completely unconscious, and while it was unnerving, it was somehow amusing to see Heero so peaceful, his mouth hanging slightly open, and Jai the same. His eyes were closed, lightly, and he seemed to be almost……..well, happy. Heero never let emotion out, and Duo had wondered on several occassions whether he HAD emotions.
As if on cue, both if the sibling's eyes snapped open, and they sprang apart, adopting their quasi stances again. They both had the most hideously make-grown-men-cry EVIL looks on their faces, glaring at each other once more. Only then did they seem to notice the visitors, and eased a little. They looked at the intruders like a lion at a sheep, and while this did little to remove the group, it did give them a little better understanding of the temper of these two, which seemed to only be ignited by one or the other.
Duo, realizing the neccesity for peacemaking at this point, decided not to make snide comments, and spoke rather softly, even with a certain almost-paternal tint to his voice, which forced Wufei, Sally, and Hilde to shake even harder with repressed glee.
"Well, well, what have we here? You know, these quarters ARE owned by preventer H.Q. It would be SUCH a shame if Lady Une found out about this."
Both of the siblings, while they knew that Duo was right, were in no condition to actually agree with anyone about anything. They both had unfinished business, and now they knew they would have to repair the shambles, or they would be demoted from Class A to Dish Washer. Fortunately, they would be able to fix most of it with some plaster, and buy new furniture with Heero's paychecks. It wasn't like Heero ever spent anything anyway, and had been working here for five years. He didn't know or really care what was in his account. He lived here, didn't pay rent, and the only thing he ever bought was gas for his motorcycle, on the rare occasion when he left H.Q. He ate at the cafeteria, and didn't exactly pay the bills.
Wufei held back his laughter with the least exertion, his black eyes snapping with mirth, and a small smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. Sally was suddenly struck by a fit of coughing, witch required her to place her hand in front of her mouth, her eyes watering.
"Are you okay, Sally?" Duo asked, all innocence, no hint of the mischief she knew he took such delight in causing, and she nodded helplessly.
Hilde was making odd noises, caused by her valiant attempts not to laugh. She was openly shaking, leaning against the far wall, her quaking intensifying every time she glanced at the twins and their foul expressions. Her face was turning red, and she was wondering whether she would ever be able to draw breath again. She was considering letting the urges to simply let merriment run free overtake her; at least then her respiratory system wouldn't collapse.
"You know, I don't think either of you have realized how I knew you were here. You both know how long it takes for that strike to wear off, and you know I was here when you woke up. Do the math. I had to get these three, also. So, now that we all know I knew what you were doing, take a guess how."
Heero and Jai's faces grew stormier, and Duo had to wonder if what he was doing was smart. He figured, if he had to die, it was quicker to go with Heero's gun than most other methods.
"I see you know what I'm talking about. Good. And believe me, even if you do manage to find my personal copy, you have no idea how many copies I made, or where they are. Not to mention the fact that Lady Une would like nothing better than substantiated proof of what happened to this room if I tell her, so another brawl is out of the question."
With that, and one final glance that notified the two how much he had enjoyed this, the four merry cohorts turned and walked out of the room.
Wufei allowed a little of his enjoyment to show for a change, though he promised himself a good long laugh when he had the time and privacy to enjoy it. He let out a snicker, and clapped a companionable palm on Duo's shoulder.
"Duo, I have no idea whether I'm supposed to hate you or just dislike you. Almost at the same time, you've managed to be decrease my mental stability, and keep me sane at the same time. Though I must say I'm glad you've directed your immature pranks toward other persons. I got almost a full nights sleep yesterday."
"Don't worry, you'll get your turn." Duo promised solemnly, though the gleam in his eyes betrayed the tone of his voice.
"Alright, you two, we'd better get out of here while they get the evidence of their little scuffle cleaned up. They're likely to attack anything that moves, camera or no camera." Sally interjected.
Wufei and Duo just kind of stared at her for a couple of seconds, and then Duo said, "Get out of here? Like where?"
"Well, it's almost six o' clock. Maybe we could go to dinner? If we leave now, we could beat the evening rush."
"Well, if it's dinner you're after, you could have just said so. My stomach is talkin'." Said Duo, rubbing his midsection. The four continued walking. "Where do we go, though? I don't think you had fast food in mind, so Drive-Thru is out of the question. I feel like Chinese. How about it?" He asked, glancing at the others. Sally and Hilde agreed enthusiastically, and Wufei simply gave a curt nod. "Well, Chinatown it is. We'll decide which restaurant from there. Everybody okay with that?" This once again received approval from the others, and Duo suggested they all get ready, and parted ways, Duo and Hilde down one hall off living quarters, and Wufei and Sally down another.