Diaries of Maxwell and Yuy: Chain of Commands
Chapter 3: The Huntress
Heero lugged his suitcase up the stone stairs into a nice quaint cottage atop one of Ireland's many roaming hills. Duo grumbled and followed closely, dragging his backpack and rolling case.
"You should'a cut down on the things you packed, Maxwell." Yuy sighed opening the big oak door.
"Eh, well I didn't listen. And it's too late now. Unless you'd mind flying back 10 hours to unload some things then fly back again." Maxwell growled, shoving their bags inside.
"Oy, we've a message here." Dr. Yuy picked up the faxed letter:
Yuy and Maxwell-
I'll be over at four to see you're settled. I'll be bringing some
People with me, too.
- Inspector Trowa Barton, Deputy Quatre R Winner, and Sheriff Wufei Chang.
"Ok…what time is it?" Duo glanced at the clock "Okay. Half an hour to unpack and eat, possibly nap."
Heero smacked him with the letter.
The knocker pounded throughout the small, echoingly empty house. Yuy grabbed the door and allowed the inspector and his comrades to enter.
Trowa tipped his hat to Yuy and Maxwell "You must be Dr. Heero Yuy and Prof. Duo Maxwell, correct?"
"Yep. That's us." Maxwell emerged from the living room "What can we do for you boys now?"
Barton flipped his I.D card and badge to them "Inspector Trowa Barton. We need to sit and talk. Winner, go assist Chang in unpacking the gentlemen's' bags."
Heero offered him a seat "Now, we were summoned here being told this was a missing persons assignment. Is it?"
The Inspector cleared his throat politely "Yes, it is. But-"
"There's always a swing." Duo muttered, sipping a mug of hot coffee.
"Ahem, but there is a twist. The murderer and kidnapper is said to be female, 6'2" with longish blonde hair. She apparently has others do her dirty work for her, though. So we can never track this woman. "
Heero's thought drifted back to the woman at the airport "Are you sure she didn't have longish pink hair?"
"Yes…why?" Barton arched a quizzical brow at his question.
"N…nothing. How old is she?" He rubbed his forehead, as did Yuy always when he got a headache.
"Around 23. Such as yourself and your partner. This woman goes by an alias of 'Huntress'. No one can track her. That's why we need you, for tracking her."
"And…how do you propose we do this exactly?" Duo placed his mug atop the coffee table.
"We need you to find her headquarters and spy from there."
"Why us?"
"You're the only one's with military backgrounds. Maxwell's family line at the church, some of them had been spies and generals. Yuy, you were in the military from ages 13 to 16."
"We'll talk it over and get back to you." Yuy stood and opened the door for him to leave.
Trowa sighed and stood up "Chang, Winner…" he stared at Maxwell and Yuy for a moment "Time to leave."
They left to leave the two to decide whether or not to help.
Midnight rolled around and found the boys inspecting the scene where four female bodies had been previously found the months before. Maxwell gulped noticeably "This place gives me the creeps…"
"Like someone's watching you…" Yuy stared up at the top of a large dank warehouse.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Duo blinked, staring up at his companion.
"Because that's exactly what's happening. We're being watched." Yuy pulled a gun from his coat pocket, cocking and aiming "You there, come down quietly and quickly or I'll be forced to fire!"
The ghostly pale hand of a ragged old woman seemed to materialize in front of them, pointing south. A scratchy voice hissed out over Heero's shoulder "The graveyard…"
Duo shuddered, turning white. Yuy's breathing hastened "What do you…mean?" "The graveyard! The answer is in the cross…the graveyard…" the voice and hand vanished with the figure.
"Y-you think we should take it's advice?"
"If the old woman tells you something, do it. She's the one spirit everyone around here listens to." A woman's voice suddenly sliced the air.
The two teachers spun around and Heero stopped "You!"
Standing before them was the same woman Yuy had seen in the airport. She brandished a 45mm, smirking broadly "The asshole from the airport. Sheinbecker, take these men to the graveyard."
Another young woman emerged from behind her "'Course Maurina…You two'd best call me Hilde. Come on."
The gated yard was creepily quiet. Maurina had disappeared from the face of the earth again. "Where does she go like that?" Duo blinked, glancing around.
"Some will tell you she's not human, others say she's just quick. But I know the truth." Hilde smiled and unlocked the gate "She's mysterious. Not even I know where she goes. But I know how she does it."
"How them?" Heero cocked his gun again. Staring around the corners and turns.
"Ms. Maurina is graced with speed and agility. But that's not how, she disappears. She's a ghostly woman. Maurina will get you in a lot of trouble. Now don't ask questions, just look around." Hilde dashed ahead, loosing herself in the fog.
Heero stared up atop the gravestones, a you blonde girl, a little younger than Maurina, say perched atop a stone cross headstone. He did a double take, shooting back to her "You there, what do you think you're doing?"
She only snickered and grinned evilly "You'll never find out." Her shoulder length blonde hair bounced over her green eyes as she lept from stone to stone, phasing into nothingness.
Duo moved towards the cross "Here Yuy, I think this is the stone the old woman- Heero? What's wrong?"
"I…just say a girl up there. She dashed away before I could get any information out of her…" He held the side of his head, feeling suddenly dizzy.
Maxwell caught him just before he passed out. Hilde returned, panting "I couldn't…what happened?"
"I don't know…he says he saw a girl up there and just…fainted." Duo sighed and stuffed his coat underneath Heero's head as support.
Hilde had gone silently blanched "He saw the Lady of the Grave…"
"Who?
"The Lady of the Grave. She travels around here, but no one knows who she is or where she comes from, they just know she's here…always watching…she never sleeps or eats. Never comes into town. Just watches the graveyard, directing people to the needed graves or to family member graves. Someone told me she's been here for over a thousand years…She can't die…"
"Either that or…she's already dead." Heero sat up, rubbing his head again.
"This is just as weird as that other place…let's get going…" Duo shuddered again, glancig hastily around before slamming the gate behind them.
A/N: Oooooh, two weird girls, a ghost, graveyard, inspectors, missing people, murder, all of that nice fluffy stuff! Read forth when I decide to post the next chapter!
Summary of Chp. 4: They return with Hilde to the graveyard and search the cross, discovering just another riddle to their mystery. More of the mysterious duo and more Inspector Barton ranting up on them!