Adapting to Life
By: *~Shinigami_Star~*
A Gundam Wing Fanfiction

CHAPTER 2: SWEEPERS

RATING: PG-13 for safety, some mild language

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Gundam Wing, or any of it's characters, they belong to Bandai, and Sotsu Agency, or any of it's other respective owners (God I wish I owned them!!! That would be SUCH the best ). This story is strictly for amusement purposes only (or at least I hope it is), and I am making NO profit whatsoever!!!!

Here's chapter 2, FINALLY. For all of those who have been waiting (which I doubt there are many), I'm sorry it's taken SO long, but I've been REALLY busy lately. Anyway, it's Duo POV. This is just my screwed up view on Duo, so if you disagree on it, be free to say so, R&R is welcomed, needed, apreciated, whatever!!!! But I really like it, you should have seen me when I got my first review, I was jumping around!!!!!!! so PLEASE R&R, I love to hear other people's views on my story, no matter if they are negative or positive.

Once again, this story is Dedicated to all of the Duo fans out there. You guys are the best, because you realise that Duo is SUCH the best. I also dedicate this chapter to my friend Hannah. You have dealt with my Gundam (and Duo) obsession for almost a year now, not to mention being a great friend, for that I can't thank you enough.

Now let's get on with the show. LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!

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"Okay, coat, keys, and I'm outta here!" Wow, I never realised how long these hallways in this apartment building could see. Elevator move, come on, 1st floor!!!!! Okay, I'm finally out!
"So...... back to what I was saying. Ummmmmmmmm.............. Right! ADAPTING! Well, it took a long time for me to realise that the war was over, and I mean OVER for good. That somebody wouldn't come and attack Earth, or the colonies etc. That we wouldn't have to fight in our Gundams again. That the Gundams were Gone, that we had blown them up. You get the idea. Well after that there was the problem of finding a job I liked and wanted. What is my job you ask? Well the story of me finding the suitable job is just something I have to tell.
"It all started that day when we detinated our Gundams............."



"So, what are you going to do Duo?" Quatre looks at me.

"Oh, I guess I'll go back to the Sweepers. I know them, and Hilde's there. We get along well enough. It's always good to have somebody you are friends with to work with."

"Oh, well I hope you have good luck with that Duo!"

"Thanks Q! What are you gonna do?"
"Oh, I'm going back into space, and I'm going to coninue my work as head of the Winner Foundation."

"Cool!!!! G'luck with that!!! What you doin' Trowa?"

Trowa looks over at me. "I'm going back to the circus."

"Then I'll be sure to come to one of your shows when we're in the same area!"

"Thanks Duo."

"No problemo! Hey, do you guys know where Heero is?"

Quatre shook his head sadly. "No, sorry Duo. I haven't seen him."

"Trowa, do you?" The banged man just shook his head.

"Oh well, thanks anyway."

"Duo, I think I've got to get going, but thanks for being such a great friend," The blonde man looked at me. "We couldn't have done it without you."

"Thanks Q! We've gotta keep in touch. I'm gonna miss you guys!"

"Yeah, bye Duo! Bye Trowa!" And Quatre walked off.

"I've got to be going as well," Trowa looked at me. "You were a good companion, and a great fighter."

"Wow! Thanks T-chan! I'm gonna miss you! Keep in touch 'kay? G'bye!"

"God-bye Duo," and he waked off. I stare after them, and the slowly start to walk off. God, I'll miss those guys, but I wonder where Heero is..........



"Yup. so I went back to the Sweepers. Thinking about it, that's the last time I saw Trowa and Quatre, sure, I've corresponded with them through the internet, and so on, but still.......... I WOULD like to see them again........
"Anyway.... Sweepers. They're a great organisation. Fun people too. When I got there I was just so happy to be back at a normal job...... well kinda. whenever I heard ANY type of alarm I would jump and think that it was time to go and fight again. It was REALLY annoying, and also hard on the mind.
"I was partners with my friend Hilde. She's great, and she's colonist just like me! Sometimes I think that she understands me better thatn anybody else, simply because she ALWAYS know how to cheer me up (oh God, HENTAI ALERT! HENTAI, HENTAI, HENTAI!!!! Yeesh, seriously, if I ever find you thinking like that again, I don't know, but.............). Hilde, and I are kinda like Kindred Spirits. We thik the same, act a lot alike....... She's a GREAT friend!
"So, I was working with Hilde. The sweepers is an organisation that goes around and finds spare parts for things (1), it's a salvage group really. Anyway, Hilde and I were walking around in this junk pile when my comuter (it's a laptop) started beeping, I had mail.. I opened it up. It was a message from Heero. It was just a check up type of message, asking me how I was doing, what I was doing, if I had a permanent address, and that he was working at the Preventors/ That was when it happened, I had my first overwhelming pang of home-sickness. Now, the weird thing was, I dont' know what it was home-sickness for, but God, it hurt. anyway I replied. The pains started to come more and more frequently as time passed. Every night I would dream of Maxwell Church (2), or have nightmare about Heero getting killed. I don't know. It was just weird........
"So I started to realise that I wasn't happy at the Sweepers. But It wasn't confirmed until Hilde told me so................"



"Hey Duo," Hilde waked up to me.

"Hey, Sup H? This part has been really hard to find doncha think?"

"Yeah, but that's not what I was gonna say. Duo can I ask you a question?"

"Shoot."

"Promise to answer truthfully?"

Yeah, yeah. Remembr: I may run and......""Hide, but I never tell a lie, I know, I know."

"SO JUST ASK!"

"Okay....... are you happy here?"

That made me stop. "What do you mean," I reply slowly

"well, lately you've been kinda....... into yourself. Not as much enthusiasm when you're working. You aren't smiling CONSTANTLY. Hell, I can hear you waking yp int the middle of the night screaming from down the hall."
(NOTE FROM DUO: See, I told you. She can read me like book like nobody else can! Sometimes it's annoying, she knows me so well.)

"Okay, so I'm not jumping for joy. But I can deal."

"Duo, listen to me. Always take your hapiness first. Quit, find another job. You're a talented young man, you shouldn't have too much trouble."

"I guess I could.........."

"Hey! Why dont' you try the Preventors! Heero and Wufei are there and they are your friends. Go for it!"

"I dunno Hilde...."

"Oh come on! Tey'll be happy to accept a former Gundam pilot! Leave! Be happy!"



"So I id. I applied for a job at the Preventos the next day. they accepted. I resigned the day after that. I had never felt so free in my life...........

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tbc.......
(1) This is always what I thought the sweepers, or any other salvage group were. If I am wrong, please correct me!
(2) From Duo's Episode Zero. If you are interested in reading it, or any of the Gundam Pilot's , or if you don't know what that is go here http://www.gundamwing.org/mangaframe.html


So what did you think? Good, bad, happy, sad? Remember R&R!!!!! I hope that I will get the next chp up faster than this one! Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for reading!

What do you think Duo's job is? Is he still with the Preventors, or is he not? Find out in in Adapting to Life Chp 3: Preventors, By *~Shinigami_Star~*