Jammin

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Part 2



Duo awoke once again to the clacking of computer keys. Groaning, he dragged himself out of bed and looked at the alarm clock. It was 6:30AM! He couldn't believe he woke up so early. Looking over at the desk, he saw Heero wearing his usual green tanktop but, he had a pair of blue jeans on. This meant it was somewhat cold out, probably raining. Wrapping a sheet around his cold body, Duo went over to his closet. Quickly glancing through his wardrobe, Duo found one of his favorite outfits. It was a pair of tight- fitting black leather pants with a glossy red T-shirt and this glossy black jacket. He got undressed and dressed, then ran over to his bed. He was giddy with excitement and pulled out Shimegami. Tuning her a little more, he plucked a few strings. Placing the pick in between two strings, he looked her over. Shimegami had to be absolutely perfect before he put her away. Satisfied with his preparations, he put her back in the bag. Jumping to his feet, he bounded over to Heero and gave him a kiss on the cheek, then quickly skipped out the door.

Heero touched a hand to his cheek. Had Duo really kissed him? He glowered at the computer like it could be intimidated and tell him the answer. Unsatisfied, he went to the kitchen and opened the fridge. Just as he suspected, Duo had pigged out last night and left Heero with nothing but a few grapes and some moldy cheese. The Wing pilot shutdown his laptop and grabbed his coat. It was definitely time to go food shopping.

It was very early and there was a small crowd in the supermarket. After grabbing all the necessary items, Heero went to look over what else he could afford. Passing one of the isles, he remembered he forgot to pick up coffee filters. He didn't want to get stuck with either rag, pantyhose, or fishnet strained coffee. Each of these incidents occurred when the two were stuck in a survival mission in Brazil. Heero shuddered at the thought of those horrid flavors of coffee. Duo had broken his arm on that mission, he also got a case of malaria too... Drawing himself out of his memories, the Wing pilot saw he was in the frozen foods isle. Deciding to be nice, he picked up a box of Duo's favorite ice-cream of the mission, Duo had a new favorite for every mission they had. This time it was

'Ben & Jerry's Caramel and Fudge Swirl'. The perfect soldier sighed and tossed it into the carriage. Then he saw it. It was a smiley face sticker with blinking eyes. Its mouth flashed "One Minute Until Happy Time!!". With his acute hearing, Heero heard the ticking.

Heero ran up to the sticker and typed in every sequence he knew by pressing patterns in the eyes. It laughed everytime he was wrong. 'Damn it! 20 seconds!! I wish Duo was here. He's much faster than me!' With those thoughts, Heero speeded away from the bomb and screamed, "GET DOWN!!!". The bomb went off with a very small explosion, but just enough to crack open the wall.

Men all in black came down through the ceiling and the open wall. Some came in from the front door. Heero dashed into an isle and hid behind and advertisement. This was one of the gangs Dr. J told him to target. Now was not a good time to attack them without his partner.

"We're here for the weapons. Let's go already!!", one of the men yelled. The store manager pressed a button on the wall which caused the floor of most of the store to open. In the pit under the floor were many nuclear bombs. All were distracted, it was time for Heero to make his move. Dashing from the cover of the display, Heero made a bee line for the door. Men yelled and shot after him, he arm was grazed up by his shoulder, but he made it out. 'Duo! Must find Duo, we have to get out of here!!!'

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Duo entered the house at four in the morning. He came into to find a glow of a laptop and a glowering Heero Yuy. "Something wrong Heero?", Duo said in a tired voice.

"You turned your beeper off, and your phone was left here.", Heero said in a deeper monotone than usual.

"So what?", Duo said and started to walk towards the bathroom.

"I found our targets.", Heero said.

"That's good. When can we act?", Duo said, removed his shirt and closed the bathroom door.

"We can't until I get a mission. Our only orders were to find them. They saw me leave, but I hacked into the camera system and removed it. We can relax for now.", Heero said this and returned to his laptop. An email appeared on the screen. It was for Duo, Heero opened it. It read:

Hey Duo!

Saturday is the next session. This is going to be our first real gig, so practice well. The reason I didn't tell you we needed a lead singer was because I didn't know how good were. I hadn't seen you for years you know. When we played all the songs from the older centuries, you were perfect!

Keep Jammin Man!,

Greg

Heero saved the email and printed it out for Duo. Maybe he would go see the group. Maybe. He got up and put the paper on Duo's desk. 'I pay attention to everything... just not what's important to me.' Looking towards the bathroom, Heero sighed as he realized Duo was in the same situation as he was. Grabbing some clothes from his bag, Heero changed into his nightclothes and turned down the covers of his bed. He lied down and drifted off to sleep, praying his nightmare wouldn't come.

Duo emerged from the bathroom and noticed the paper on the desk. He made a mental note to go check it out in the morning. Turning to the bed, Duo saw the sleeping Heero Yuy. 'Damn it Yuy, I wish you weren't such a straight arrow.', Duo thought and walked in front of Heero's sleeping form. He pushed a few strains of hair away from his face and then went to his bed. When he lied down, he was startled to hear Heero calling out softly in his sleep.

"Doctor J....I can't take it anymore. Iie!! Yamero!!! YAMERO!!", Heero started to scream and Duo bolted over to his partner. He pulled Heero into his arms and laid him against his chest. Duo watched as Heero leaned into the warmth his body provided and Heero drifted off to sleep. After Heero's nightmare had subsided, it was 4AM and Duo gently placed Heero back under his covers. He got up and read the paper that was on his desk. When he was finished reading it, he burned it and threw the ashes into a trash can before going to sleep.