Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the storyline. I'm just fiddling around with it.
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It was official, Heero Yui had finally lost it completely. He'd gone bonkers, gone off the deep end, cracked, flipped, lost a few screws, Duo was sure of it. **Those psychotic laughs of his should have been a dead giveaway that something was not right in his head**
"All right Yui, there is no way you said what I think you just said. There is now way, absolutely no fuckin' _way_ they could've cloned dinosaurs! It's impossible man!"
"Duo, what do you mean? Cloning _is_ possible, it has been done before" Quatre looked out at him from Trowas protective embrace.
"I'm tellin' ya Q, It's impossible. No-one has _ever_ been able to obtain a complete DNA strand of _any_ type of dinosaur, and the way Heero is talkin' they were able to clone _more_ than one species." If he had been in a better mood he would have found the stunned expressions on their faces amusing.
"I'm gonna go an' check the equipment for landing if anybody needs me" He stalked out of the bridge and down to where the gear had been stowed. **They probably think I'm over reacting.**
**Of _course_ they think you're over reacting. You've never given them _any_ hints that you're anything other than a 'Braided Baka'** He winced, sometimes he hated his self imposed mask.
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Another piece of the Maxwell puzzle had been thrown out. **Beautiful, complex, intelligent and he appears to know something about dinosaurs** Wufei glanced around at his fellow pilots, minus Duo. All were doing fair impersonations of fish out of water.
**If Yui is correct** He felt the flare of jealousy at the mention of the boys name **I have _got_ to get that under control. But if he is correct, then Duos' knowledge may come in handy**
"Maxwell is right" Heero stated. "No full DNA strand of any dinosaur has ever been found."
Wufei could almost hear the 'but how the hell he knew that I _don't_ know' in Yui's voice.
"Then how did they clone a dinosaur if they didn't have a full DNA strand? I didn't think it was possible!" Quatre was looking paler than he usually did.
I'm willing to bet they added something in to make a complete strand" at Heeros' nod Wufeis' eyses widened "They could not have added a humans'. Do they have no honor?!"
"No, they used a frogs".
Simple and to the point. But the mental image of a croaking, hopping Tyrannosaurus-Rex that flitted through Wufeis' mind caused him to snort with suppressed laughter.
Trowa just raised an eyebrow.
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"Have you anything else to report Heero?" Heero shook his head and Trowa looked to the others "anybody else?"
"I am kind of curious how Duo knows so much about dinosaurs, especially a fact like the DNA"
"I have found, Quatre" stated Wufei from his corner "That there is much more to Duo Maxwell than meets the eye. We have barely scratched the surface of who he is. Barton, May I speak to you for a moment in private?"
Trowa nodded and motioned for Wufei to follow him. He bent down and placed a kiss on the top of Quatres' head. "I'll be back soon little one".
"I'll go and see if Duo is all right"
He walked out of the bridge and heard Wufei follow behind him. Heading towards his cabin he motioned the Chinese teen inside. "What do you want to talk about?".
"How did you know you were in love with Quatre?"
Trowa could almost see the little victory dance that Quatre would be doing right about now. He suppressed a smirk. "Any reason you want to know?"
"I....." He seemed to think about how he was going to word what he was saying. "I have found myself....thinking about a....about someone. I find myself unable to look away when they enter the room and am extremely jealous when they show affection to other people".
**I think I have a fair idea who this person is, if the past week or so and Quatre are anything to go by** "It's Duo, isn't it?"
Wufei took on the deer-in-headlights look before he seemed to deflate "Am I that obvious?"
"Only to Quatre and myself. I don't think Duo has noticed yet" **Only because he's too busy fixating on _you_ to notice you doing the same to _him_** "All I can suggest is to talk to him. You might be surprised".
"Thank you, Trowa". He bowed and left.
**Who would have thought that I'd end up offering _romantic_ advice to a fellow pilot** He shook his head a chuckled quietly.
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It was harder than Quatre had originally thought it would be to find Duo. He wasn't with the equipment as he said he would be, though it was strewn about as though he had been there at some point. He eventually found him sitting on the railings at the bow of the ship, watching Isla Sorna loom steadily closer in the distance. "Duo, are you okay?"
"Yeah Q, I'm fine. What're you doin' out here? I'd thought you'd be shacked up with Tro again by now"
"Well....I was looking for you actually" He pointedly _ignored_ the Trowa comment, no need to give him any _more_ ammunition for his teasing. "Mind if I join you?"
"Be my guest" This was a different Duo than what he was used to seeing. He was...calmer somehow..
"So..How did you know about that stuff on dinosaurs"
Duo gave a small smile. "It was a childhood thing. I was fascinated by them so I read everything I could"
"Oh" He started to develop a sly grin that, if Duo had seen, would have sent him running for cover. "So _tell_ me Duo, what _do_ you think of Wufei?"
"What do you...."
"I've _seen_ the way you look at him. Admit it, you like him!" Quatre was practically bouncing where he was sitting, grinning his head off. Duo was scared he was going to bounce off the railings and into the water, then he'd have to try and explain to Trowa why his lover was fish food.
**Come on, admit it! I'm going to get the two of you together if it kills me. I think I have a fair idea what Wufei wanted to talk to Trowa about....I'll get the details later** "I won't tell him, don't worry"
Quatre decided it was time to pull out the heavy artillery. He decided to use his secret weapon. Years of growing up among his twenty-nine sisters had honed this particular attack to an art form. Repeated use did _not_ make the victim immune either, he should know, he used it on Trowa often enough and it _still_ worked just as well as it did the first time. Even Heero 'Perfect Soldier' Yui crumbled under its' attack.
He _looked_ at Duo.
Duos' eyes widened and he started to back away. "Don't _look_ at me like that!"
He added a slight misting to his eyes.
"I said _don't_, it won't work" He didn't sound so certain.
He widened his eyes.
"QUATRE!"
**Just a little more should do it** He trembled his lower lip.
"Shit! Oh, no, don't _please_. Don't _do_ that!"
He let his eyes tear up a bit more. **I think I got him!**
"All right, all right! Enough already! Yes I like him. Are you happy?" He didn't look happy with himself.
His face changed immediately into a grin, not a trace of tear anywhere. **Cheer up Duo, not even _Heero_ can stand up to that! All bow to the master of the puppy eyes.** He fought back a snicker. "Not quite. How much and for how long?"
"Quatre!"
He started to tremble his bottom lip again.
"You're a manipulative little bastard, you know that don't you" It was more of a statement than a question, and Duo couldn't _quite_ hide the grin on his face.
Quatre simply nodded and kept _looking_.
Duo sighed and looked back out to the island, which had grown larger since their conversation began. "I can't stop thinking about him. I seem to notice the smallest things about him, like how his cheek muscle below his left eye will twitch slightly when he's pissed. I find it adorable, and you may _not_ tell him I said that!. I'm not sure how long it's been going on. A while I guess".
Quatre put a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you Duo, for being honest". **I promise, I _will_ get you two together**.
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There had been no problems with their landing. OZ had either not spotted them, or they had yet to land. Once all of their gear had been taken off the boat, Heero set the auto-pilot to go and wait six nautical miles off the coast. A simple signal from their communicators would bring the boat back.
Currently the Gundam pilots were trekking through the undergrowth towards the OZ camp, much to Duos' disgust. He was hot, tired, thirsty and black was so _not_ conductive to the heat. He felt like he was going to roast at any second. "Hey Heero, how much further man, I'm roastin' here!"
"Their camp should be over the next ridge, so shut up baka before they hear you".
**Oh, Heero is being sooooo nice today. What crawled up his arse and died?** Duo poked his tongue out at Heero's back.
The ground was starting to incline steeply upwards so Duo put his head down to make the climb easier. He was _very_ tempted to start going 'are we there yet?' just to see how long it would take to get a reaction out of Heero.
He looked up as Wufei slowed to walk next to him. "Are you all right Duo?".
He looked concerned, Duo's heart decided to do flip-flops. **He called me Duo, not Maxwell, not baka, not a million and one other things, but _Duo_** He then realised he probably had a goofy grin on his face.
"Yeah, Wuffers, I'm goin' A-OK" He flashed a victory sign and grinned. The effect was lost as he tripped over an upraised tree root and took a nose dive into the ground. He screwed his eyes shut and prepared for impact.
Five seconds later he opened his eyes **Usually you go _splat_ by now**.
He was securely wrapped in Wufeis arms, and was being held off the ground **I could stay like this forever**. "Umm, Wufei, thanks for the save but you can put me down now" ** Not that I really want down, but.....**
Another five seconds and Duo was still in Wufeis' arms.
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Wufei had been worried about Duo. Usually he was loud and talkative, but as the trek through the jungle like growth had continued he slowly grew silent. He'd heard the note of exhaustion in his tone when he'd asked Heero how much further to the OZ camp, so he'd slowed down to make sure the American was all right.
Closer inspection showed the American was definitely not okay. The weather had been hot enough that Wufei had discarded his white over shirt before their trek had begun, but Duo had done nothing about his attire.
His cheeks were flushed red and he was sweating profusely. His bangs were sticking to his face and his braid had seen better days, with pieces of hair falling out all over the place. His eyes, when he looked at him after asking whether he was okay, had a slightly unfocused look to them. When Duo had tried to assure him that, yes, he was fine, he'd tripped on a barely upraised root and not even tried to save himself.
Wufei had caught him and picked him up. He was not going to put him down, even after he had asked him. He was _not_ going to let Duo injure himself unnecessarily **Admit it, you like holding him.**
"Everyone stop!" The group turned around and looked at him, and the boy he held in his arms.
Quatre was trying to hide a smirk, as was Trowa. Heero was, well if Wufei didn't know any better he looked slightly, very _very_ slightly, amused.
"Duo!" Quatre, ever the mother hen, rushed back to make sure the boy was all right. "What happened?".
Ignoring the blonde, Wufei adjusted how he was holding Duo for more comfort and looked at Heero. "Is there a stream around here? The heat is affecting Duo".
"Wu, I'm _fine_! I just tripped".
"You do not _look_ fine" he shot back.
Heero remained silent and looked at the two of them before heading in a different direction than before. "There is a stream this way".
Wufei followed with Duo still in his arms. He kept trying to tell himself that it was only to prevent him hurting himself, and then gave up. **This might be the only time I get to hold him, I'm going to make it last.**
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Quatre had nearly done a victory dance right then and there on the spot when he'd turned around at Wufeis call. Then he'd got a look at Duo **He doesn't look too good. All that black must _really_ be making him hot!**
He had to smile when he heard Duo weakly protesting that he was fine as they walked towards the stream. **He's probably loving every minute of this.**
"Trowa, isn't that the cutest thing you've seen?"
"Duo shouldn't have worn all that black".
"True, but when was the last time you saw him in anything _but_ black? I'm not sure if he has clothes in any other colour" Quatre made a mental note to take Duo shopping when this mission was over. The boy didn't own much as far as he knew, he'd only ever seen him carrying the one carry bag whenever he moved safe houses.
Trowa nodded "You're right. They do look cute."
By this time they had reached the stream. It was a picturesque spot. Wufei had placed Duo in a shady area on a fallen tree and was currently trying to get his top off, while Duo was trying to keep his top _on_. It was funny to watch. Quatre had a hard time suppressing his laughter as Heero moved in to help Wufei.
Quatre turned back to Trowa with a chuckle "Duo doesn't have a chance. By the way, what _did_ Wufei want to talk to you about earlier? Was it about Duo?"
"In a way yes. He wanted to know how I knew I was in love with you"
"Oh?" Heero and Wufei still hadn't managed to get Duos' top off **I've got to hand it to him, he sure can be stubborn. He still doesn't have a chance though**.
"I figured it was about Duo and told him so" He reached an arm out and wrapped it around Quatres' waist, pulling him close. "It really _isn't_ our place to interfere".
The sound of rending cloth and an indignant yelp caused Quatre and Trowa to look over to where Duo and the other two were. Heero had managed to rip the black top off Duo, only to reveal a white undershirt which Wufei was giving a disbelieving look. "Oh _my_, no wonder Duo was so hot!"
**That shirt will be useless now. I'm definitely taking Duo shopping after this**
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"aah, Lieutenant Merquise, there you are. I've been looking all over for you. I can't tell you how pleased I was to hear that you would be assisting me with this venture. I must say it is an _honor_ to finally meet the Lightning Count, not to mention work with him!" A short balding man with spectacles wearing a ridiculous safari outfit was currently heading in his direction. [1]
Inwardly, Zechs cringed. Peter Ludlow was an annoying, shifty man. Unfortunately Zechs had to play nice to him. He was impressively wealthy and an influential man within the Romerfeller foundation. **I'd like nothing better than to toss him overboard**
Taking a swig at his ever present pocket flask the man continued, unaware of his audiences discomfort. "I imagine you must be wondering what we're going after here."
"I have heard rumors of..."
"Dinosaurs my good man!" Ludlow cut him off, slapping him on the back. "Were going dinosaur hunting. Anyway, must fly. I have a million and one things to do before landing today. Toodleloo"
Zechs _really_ didn't like that man.
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"I can't believe you ripped my shirt Heero. You could have just _asked_"
"Baka, we did ask"
"Nooo, you didn't. You just tried, successfully I might add, to rip..my..shirt..off!. Unless you hadn't noticed _Yui_, I don't exactly have the largest wardrobe around".
**He sounds mad** Heero thought **But we had to get him out of his top, and he was _not_ co-operating**
"Hn"
"Oh _great_, the grunting wonder strikes again"
Heero just ignored him and passed the remains of the black top to Wufei. "Soak that in some water" turning back to Duo he cast an eye over what he was wearing. "Top.off"
Duo opened his mouth to reply but stopped as an echoing boom began and the ground started to shake. "What the hell _is_ that?! It doesn't sound like a mobile suit!"
Heero pulled his gun from...wherever he pulls his gun from, and scanned the area. The sound grew louder and he narrowed his eyes as the bushes to his left started to rustle, and something _big_ came through.
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[1] I wasn't originally going to use any of the JP characters but this guy, and a couple of others just screamed 'Dino Fodder'......I'm not too fond of this guy.
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"Oh, oh my, Trowa what _is_ that?" Quatres' eyes were searching franticly for the origin of the constant booming.
Trowa watched as Heero pulled his gun and pointed it at some moving bushes. **I would _love_ to know where he hides that thing. I didn't even know he was carrying it!**. He pulled his own gun **I doubt it will do much good against whatever is making that noise, it sounds _big_**
Heeros' eyes widened comically as he got his first look at whatever he could see. Moments later Trowa could see why.
Out of the bushes stomped a heard of, well Trowa wasn't sure what exactly they were, but they were dinosaurs. **They really did it. They cloned dinosaurs**
"Holy _shit_!" Duos' voice had raised by a couple of octaves.
Trowa looked at his gun, at the dinosaurs, back at his gun, and then put it away. **This thing's too small to make an impact on something _that_ big........If I had my Gundam here maybe, but not my gun**.
"Duo, what are they?" Trowa looked back at Quatre. He had this awed look on his face that he usually got just before he went and did something stupid.
**Uh oh**
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"I'm not _quite_ sure what species they are Q. They _look_ like
Stegosaurus', but _they_ have _clubbed_ tails, these things have spiked
tails. They're herbivores though".
**Oh, God! They actually did it. I thought Heero was kiddin' They're so
_big_** Duo watched as the heard moved downstream about one hundred meters and then stopped. **There's a mummysaur, a daddysaur, a babysaur, and all its' aunts and uncles**. He was very tempted to start cooing, it looked like Quatre already was.
He froze when something Heero had said earlier came back to him. **The way Heero was talkin', they cloned more than one species** He looked down at his feet. **If they cloned more than one species, what _did_ they clone? Heero said that four or so people died on that other island, and that there were no bodies**
He looked back up again and watched as Quatre started walking slowly towards the herd **If they only cloned herbivores there would've been bodies, but there weren't. That means somethin' ate 'em** His eyes widened **That means they cloned carnivores as well!**
**If I were the head of InGen, what would I clone? somethin' that would
bring in a _lot_ of money. That means there are probably some Tyrannosaurus-Rexs' runnin' 'round here somewhere. If we run into them we'll be fine as long as we don't move. It's visual acuity is based on movement. I'll have to warn the guys... What the _hell_ is Quatre _doin'_?!**
Quatre had managed to sneak up to the herd, near where the baby dinosaur was munching away. It looked as though he was trying to pat the baby. **Jeezus Quatre, I know you're touchy feely an' everythin' but are you _insane_?!. If those adults think you're a threat they'll attack you!** "Trowa, what the _hell_ is your boyfriend _doing?!"
Trowa gave him a sheepish look.
Duos' worst fears were realized as Quatre stepped back. A dry twig snapped underneath his foot and the baby dinosaur let out a honking cry that alerted the other dinosaurs to his presence. What was obviously one of the parents let out a bellow and charged.
"Shit! QUATRE LOOK OUT!" He tried to run and help but Wufei tackled him into the stream and wouldn't let him up again.
The next few minutes were a blur as Duo could only watch what happened.
Quatre had run into the centre of the herd and ducked as one of the adults swung its' spiked tail. **Oh God! He's goin' to get shishka-bobbed!**
"Wufei, _let_ _go_!"
The blonde sprinted towards a hollow log and dived in, just as the adult slammed its' tail into the log.
**QUATRE!**
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Quatre realized belatedly that patting that baby was probably not the best idea he'd ever had. He heard Duo scream a warning and spent the next few minutes trying not to get skewered by tail spikes. **If I get out of this alive, I'm _never_ doing something like this again!**
Those dinosaurs just wouldn't leave him alone!
Spotting a hollow log, he made a run for it, diving in head first and
crawling for his life. The adult that was chasing him slammed its' tail into the wood mere moments after him, missing his foot by a hairs breadth.Satisfied that the threat was over the herd moved on.
"Quatre!" He could hear Trowa yelling his name faintly but he was too dazed to move.
**I... I'm alive. I made it!** He was barely aware of Trowa dragging him out of the log, checking him for injury, and pulling him into a bone crushing hug.
"Quatre, are you all right? What did you think you were doing? You could've been _killed_!" He'd never heard Trowa sound like that before. "Then the Manguanacs would've killed _me_!"
**I'm _so_ loved** "Trowa, I'm fine" even he could hear the quaver in his voice. "I just wanted to pat a dinosaur. Duo said it was a herbivore so I figured it was safe to pat".
"Now those were fuckin' _big_ lizards! I don't know about you, but I
_really_ don't want to see what the bugs are like!" Duo had made his way over to Quatre and Trowa, with Wufei hovering not far behind him. "Q, just because I say that it's a herbivore doesn't _mean_ it's not dangerous.
Damnit Wu, stop _hovering_!" He turned to give the chinese teen a mock
glare. It didn't phase him very much and he kept hovering protectively over Duo. "They're pack animals whose natural habitat is chock full of predators that'll eat 'em at a moments notice. Those spikes just aren't there for decoration. They'll attack _anything_ they think is a threat".
Duo looked rather bedraggled. He was dripping wet and his hair was coming out of its' plait worse than what it had been before. "Duo, what happened to you?"
"Wu tackled me into the water when I tried to help"
Quatre was tempted to break into a victory dance but settled for doing it mentally. **It's not going to take much pushing to get these two together**
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After the excitement at the stream, the pilots had decided to head back
towards the OZ camp. Duo had cooled down and was now walking without his black over shirt. Wufei wasn't _quite_ sure where it had disappeared to. **I don't think Duo's very happy with me for knocking him into the water, or at Yui for ripping his shirt. I don't want him mad at me. I was only protecting him. I don't want to loose him before I know I even had a chance at gaining him!**
He could hear a faint droning sound coming from over on his right. It
sounded like some sort of machinery. "Does anybody else hear that?"
"Hn. Let's go." Heero headed off in the direction of the noise.
Two minutes later found the pilots crouching on a cock outcropping, watching as OZ soldiers drove a large group of varying dinosaur species into a panic. Much of the equipment they were using was state of the art.
"Look at the armour on those vehicles" noted Trowa. "They knew what they were coming after. Duo, can you identify any of those dinosaurs?"
"Yep" He moved to where Trowa and Wufei were. By the look in his eyes he was Not Happy with what he was seeing.
"See that one over there?" He pointed to a small bipedal dinosaur that OZ soldiers had surrounded. "That's a Pakiseph....Pakise...a Paki. It's domed head has a _really_ thick skull... kinda like Heero's" He shot an impish grin in the boys direction. "It's been theorized that the males would have head buttin' contests to choose their mates. When its head goes down it pretty much becomes a livin', breathin' batterin' ram".
As he spoke the Paki did just that, running at one of the OZ officers
standing behind the door of his car. It slammed its' head into the door, knocking it off its' hinges and sending the officer out the other side of the car.
Duo started snickering. "Just like that!"
Wufei fought back the urge to laugh. A glint of silver caught his attention.
**Zechs Merquise! What's _he_ doing here?**
Duo had seen him too. "Oh, look. Lieutenant Buckethead himself is here
leadin' the charge. Y'know if I were him, I'd be embarrased to be seen in public wearing a downsized trash can on my head! Hey! I wonder if he gets a tan line? Or helmet hair? What if he hits his head, does that thing echo? I'll bet it does. Hey Heero, before we have to go can we throw somethin' at Zechs' head just to see if it echos? Pleeeeeaaasee?" He started giving Heero puppy dog eyes.
Wufei chuckled quietly. **Duo, you're encouragable.**
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Heero watched with interest as the soldiers began to bring out ropes. **All the high tech equipment in the world and they're going to use _ropes_ to capture these things?**
The next few minutes proved to be quite entertaining as the OZ soldiers
discovered that maybe what they were doing wasn't exactly the smartest
thing.
**They don't have a clue what they're doing.** Heero thought as he watched a group of soldiers lasso a crested, large bipedal dinosaur. **Go for the legs baka's.** He smirked as the dinosaur flicked its head, sending two soldiers flying through the air as they held onto the ropes for dear life.
Finally some of the soldiers got a clue and tripped the dinosaur. **Time to head back to camp and make plans**.
He crawled back until he was certain that the soldiers down below couldn't see him and stood up.
"Heero...?" Duo looked at him questioningly.
**At least he's cooled down now. I don't think Wufei would have appreciated him collapsing from heatstroke** He hid a smile. He knew what was going on, or would be going on between the two eventually, and he approved. He considered the two pilots to be brothers and was pleased that they were falling for each other. **If they don't do something soon though I may offer to help Quatre set the two of them up. I'll have to talk to him later**.
The blonde pilot was going to be in for the surprise of his life.
"Head back to camp. We need to make plans".
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The moment the Gundam pilots reached their base camp Quatre grabbed Trowa and dragged him inside the stretch trailer, shutting the door behind him.
"Quatre, what are you........"
The rest of what Trowa was going to say was lost as the blonde let out a yell and started dancing around, punching the air, and looking totally and utterly ridiculous. **Victory dance** his mind supplied.
"Trowa, did you see? Wufei and Duo, they.....he.....and..." He had a grin on his face a mile wide and was positively glowing with happiness. He was also having trouble connecting a coherent sentence together.
**He's adorable when he's like this** "Slow down and start from the
beginning. Slowly, and with breaths in-between sentences".
Quatre poked his tongue out at him and tried again. "Did you see Wufei and Duo today? Wufei was actually showing _concern_ for Duo...._and_" he looked out the window to where the other three still were. "he's _still_ hovering over him!"
Sure enough, when Trowa looked out the window, the Shenlong pilot was
standing closer than was necessary to Duo and kept shooting him worried
glances.
"I give them another day, two days maximum. If they're not together by
then....."
The door opened and Heero walked through, shutting it behind him. "Quatre, Trowa, we need to talk".
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**Uh oh. He sounds serious. What's wrong? Is something wrong with Duo?!** he quickly checked back outside again. Duo was fine. He and Wufei were playing googly eyes with each other, each trying not to let the other see. It was enough to make Quatre want to pull his hair out.
"I'd like to help you set up Duo and Wufei".
If it was humanly possible, Quatre's jaw would have been somewhere near the Earth's molten core. **Did Heero just say he wanted to help set up Duo and Wufei?** He started blinking rapidly.
"What brought this about Heero?" Quatre could feel the surprise rolling off Trowa in waves. Trowa's eyes were wide, well his _eye_ was wide, he had a slight bang problem.
"They deserve each other."
Quatre waited for more but none was forthcoming. **Of course I shouldn't've expected more. This is Heero Yui we're talking about here. Master of the statue impersonation, member of Mutes 'R' Us!** "What did you have in mind?"
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It was official, Heero Yui had finally lost it completely. He'd gone bonkers, gone off the deep end, cracked, flipped, lost a few screws, Duo was sure of it. **Those psychotic laughs of his should have been a dead giveaway that something was not right in his head**
"All right Yui, there is no way you said what I think you just said. There is now way, absolutely no fuckin' _way_ they could've cloned dinosaurs! It's impossible man!"
"Duo, what do you mean? Cloning _is_ possible, it has been done before" Quatre looked out at him from Trowas protective embrace.
"I'm tellin' ya Q, It's impossible. No-one has _ever_ been able to obtain a complete DNA strand of _any_ type of dinosaur, and the way Heero is talkin' they were able to clone _more_ than one species." If he had been in a better mood he would have found the stunned expressions on their faces amusing.
"I'm gonna go an' check the equipment for landing if anybody needs me" He stalked out of the bridge and down to where the gear had been stowed. **They probably think I'm over reacting.**
**Of _course_ they think you're over reacting. You've never given them _any_ hints that you're anything other than a 'Braided Baka'** He winced, sometimes he hated his self imposed mask.
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Another piece of the Maxwell puzzle had been thrown out. **Beautiful, complex, intelligent and he appears to know something about dinosaurs** Wufei glanced around at his fellow pilots, minus Duo. All were doing fair impersonations of fish out of water.
**If Yui is correct** He felt the flare of jealousy at the mention of the boys name **I have _got_ to get that under control. But if he is correct, then Duos' knowledge may come in handy**
"Maxwell is right" Heero stated. "No full DNA strand of any dinosaur has ever been found."
Wufei could almost hear the 'but how the hell he knew that I _don't_ know' in Yui's voice.
"Then how did they clone a dinosaur if they didn't have a full DNA strand? I didn't think it was possible!" Quatre was looking paler than he usually did.
I'm willing to bet they added something in to make a complete strand" at Heeros' nod Wufeis' eyses widened "They could not have added a humans'. Do they have no honor?!"
"No, they used a frogs".
Simple and to the point. But the mental image of a croaking, hopping Tyrannosaurus-Rex that flitted through Wufeis' mind caused him to snort with suppressed laughter.
Trowa just raised an eyebrow.
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"Have you anything else to report Heero?" Heero shook his head and Trowa looked to the others "anybody else?"
"I am kind of curious how Duo knows so much about dinosaurs, especially a fact like the DNA"
"I have found, Quatre" stated Wufei from his corner "That there is much more to Duo Maxwell than meets the eye. We have barely scratched the surface of who he is. Barton, May I speak to you for a moment in private?"
Trowa nodded and motioned for Wufei to follow him. He bent down and placed a kiss on the top of Quatres' head. "I'll be back soon little one".
"I'll go and see if Duo is all right"
He walked out of the bridge and heard Wufei follow behind him. Heading towards his cabin he motioned the Chinese teen inside. "What do you want to talk about?".
"How did you know you were in love with Quatre?"
Trowa could almost see the little victory dance that Quatre would be doing right about now. He suppressed a smirk. "Any reason you want to know?"
"I....." He seemed to think about how he was going to word what he was saying. "I have found myself....thinking about a....about someone. I find myself unable to look away when they enter the room and am extremely jealous when they show affection to other people".
**I think I have a fair idea who this person is, if the past week or so and Quatre are anything to go by** "It's Duo, isn't it?"
Wufei took on the deer-in-headlights look before he seemed to deflate "Am I that obvious?"
"Only to Quatre and myself. I don't think Duo has noticed yet" **Only because he's too busy fixating on _you_ to notice you doing the same to _him_** "All I can suggest is to talk to him. You might be surprised".
"Thank you, Trowa". He bowed and left.
**Who would have thought that I'd end up offering _romantic_ advice to a fellow pilot** He shook his head a chuckled quietly.
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It was harder than Quatre had originally thought it would be to find Duo. He wasn't with the equipment as he said he would be, though it was strewn about as though he had been there at some point. He eventually found him sitting on the railings at the bow of the ship, watching Isla Sorna loom steadily closer in the distance. "Duo, are you okay?"
"Yeah Q, I'm fine. What're you doin' out here? I'd thought you'd be shacked up with Tro again by now"
"Well....I was looking for you actually" He pointedly _ignored_ the Trowa comment, no need to give him any _more_ ammunition for his teasing. "Mind if I join you?"
"Be my guest" This was a different Duo than what he was used to seeing. He was...calmer somehow..
"So..How did you know about that stuff on dinosaurs"
Duo gave a small smile. "It was a childhood thing. I was fascinated by them so I read everything I could"
"Oh" He started to develop a sly grin that, if Duo had seen, would have sent him running for cover. "So _tell_ me Duo, what _do_ you think of Wufei?"
"What do you...."
"I've _seen_ the way you look at him. Admit it, you like him!" Quatre was practically bouncing where he was sitting, grinning his head off. Duo was scared he was going to bounce off the railings and into the water, then he'd have to try and explain to Trowa why his lover was fish food.
**Come on, admit it! I'm going to get the two of you together if it kills me. I think I have a fair idea what Wufei wanted to talk to Trowa about....I'll get the details later** "I won't tell him, don't worry"
Quatre decided it was time to pull out the heavy artillery. He decided to use his secret weapon. Years of growing up among his twenty-nine sisters had honed this particular attack to an art form. Repeated use did _not_ make the victim immune either, he should know, he used it on Trowa often enough and it _still_ worked just as well as it did the first time. Even Heero 'Perfect Soldier' Yui crumbled under its' attack.
He _looked_ at Duo.
Duos' eyes widened and he started to back away. "Don't _look_ at me like that!"
He added a slight misting to his eyes.
"I said _don't_, it won't work" He didn't sound so certain.
He widened his eyes.
"QUATRE!"
**Just a little more should do it** He trembled his lower lip.
"Shit! Oh, no, don't _please_. Don't _do_ that!"
He let his eyes tear up a bit more. **I think I got him!**
"All right, all right! Enough already! Yes I like him. Are you happy?" He didn't look happy with himself.
His face changed immediately into a grin, not a trace of tear anywhere. **Cheer up Duo, not even _Heero_ can stand up to that! All bow to the master of the puppy eyes.** He fought back a snicker. "Not quite. How much and for how long?"
"Quatre!"
He started to tremble his bottom lip again.
"You're a manipulative little bastard, you know that don't you" It was more of a statement than a question, and Duo couldn't _quite_ hide the grin on his face.
Quatre simply nodded and kept _looking_.
Duo sighed and looked back out to the island, which had grown larger since their conversation began. "I can't stop thinking about him. I seem to notice the smallest things about him, like how his cheek muscle below his left eye will twitch slightly when he's pissed. I find it adorable, and you may _not_ tell him I said that!. I'm not sure how long it's been going on. A while I guess".
Quatre put a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you Duo, for being honest". **I promise, I _will_ get you two together**.
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There had been no problems with their landing. OZ had either not spotted them, or they had yet to land. Once all of their gear had been taken off the boat, Heero set the auto-pilot to go and wait six nautical miles off the coast. A simple signal from their communicators would bring the boat back.
Currently the Gundam pilots were trekking through the undergrowth towards the OZ camp, much to Duos' disgust. He was hot, tired, thirsty and black was so _not_ conductive to the heat. He felt like he was going to roast at any second. "Hey Heero, how much further man, I'm roastin' here!"
"Their camp should be over the next ridge, so shut up baka before they hear you".
**Oh, Heero is being sooooo nice today. What crawled up his arse and died?** Duo poked his tongue out at Heero's back.
The ground was starting to incline steeply upwards so Duo put his head down to make the climb easier. He was _very_ tempted to start going 'are we there yet?' just to see how long it would take to get a reaction out of Heero.
He looked up as Wufei slowed to walk next to him. "Are you all right Duo?".
He looked concerned, Duo's heart decided to do flip-flops. **He called me Duo, not Maxwell, not baka, not a million and one other things, but _Duo_** He then realised he probably had a goofy grin on his face.
"Yeah, Wuffers, I'm goin' A-OK" He flashed a victory sign and grinned. The effect was lost as he tripped over an upraised tree root and took a nose dive into the ground. He screwed his eyes shut and prepared for impact.
Five seconds later he opened his eyes **Usually you go _splat_ by now**.
He was securely wrapped in Wufeis arms, and was being held off the ground **I could stay like this forever**. "Umm, Wufei, thanks for the save but you can put me down now" ** Not that I really want down, but.....**
Another five seconds and Duo was still in Wufeis' arms.
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Wufei had been worried about Duo. Usually he was loud and talkative, but as the trek through the jungle like growth had continued he slowly grew silent. He'd heard the note of exhaustion in his tone when he'd asked Heero how much further to the OZ camp, so he'd slowed down to make sure the American was all right.
Closer inspection showed the American was definitely not okay. The weather had been hot enough that Wufei had discarded his white over shirt before their trek had begun, but Duo had done nothing about his attire.
His cheeks were flushed red and he was sweating profusely. His bangs were sticking to his face and his braid had seen better days, with pieces of hair falling out all over the place. His eyes, when he looked at him after asking whether he was okay, had a slightly unfocused look to them. When Duo had tried to assure him that, yes, he was fine, he'd tripped on a barely upraised root and not even tried to save himself.
Wufei had caught him and picked him up. He was not going to put him down, even after he had asked him. He was _not_ going to let Duo injure himself unnecessarily **Admit it, you like holding him.**
"Everyone stop!" The group turned around and looked at him, and the boy he held in his arms.
Quatre was trying to hide a smirk, as was Trowa. Heero was, well if Wufei didn't know any better he looked slightly, very _very_ slightly, amused.
"Duo!" Quatre, ever the mother hen, rushed back to make sure the boy was all right. "What happened?".
Ignoring the blonde, Wufei adjusted how he was holding Duo for more comfort and looked at Heero. "Is there a stream around here? The heat is affecting Duo".
"Wu, I'm _fine_! I just tripped".
"You do not _look_ fine" he shot back.
Heero remained silent and looked at the two of them before heading in a different direction than before. "There is a stream this way".
Wufei followed with Duo still in his arms. He kept trying to tell himself that it was only to prevent him hurting himself, and then gave up. **This might be the only time I get to hold him, I'm going to make it last.**
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Quatre had nearly done a victory dance right then and there on the spot when he'd turned around at Wufeis call. Then he'd got a look at Duo **He doesn't look too good. All that black must _really_ be making him hot!**
He had to smile when he heard Duo weakly protesting that he was fine as they walked towards the stream. **He's probably loving every minute of this.**
"Trowa, isn't that the cutest thing you've seen?"
"Duo shouldn't have worn all that black".
"True, but when was the last time you saw him in anything _but_ black? I'm not sure if he has clothes in any other colour" Quatre made a mental note to take Duo shopping when this mission was over. The boy didn't own much as far as he knew, he'd only ever seen him carrying the one carry bag whenever he moved safe houses.
Trowa nodded "You're right. They do look cute."
By this time they had reached the stream. It was a picturesque spot. Wufei had placed Duo in a shady area on a fallen tree and was currently trying to get his top off, while Duo was trying to keep his top _on_. It was funny to watch. Quatre had a hard time suppressing his laughter as Heero moved in to help Wufei.
Quatre turned back to Trowa with a chuckle "Duo doesn't have a chance. By the way, what _did_ Wufei want to talk to you about earlier? Was it about Duo?"
"In a way yes. He wanted to know how I knew I was in love with you"
"Oh?" Heero and Wufei still hadn't managed to get Duos' top off **I've got to hand it to him, he sure can be stubborn. He still doesn't have a chance though**.
"I figured it was about Duo and told him so" He reached an arm out and wrapped it around Quatres' waist, pulling him close. "It really _isn't_ our place to interfere".
The sound of rending cloth and an indignant yelp caused Quatre and Trowa to look over to where Duo and the other two were. Heero had managed to rip the black top off Duo, only to reveal a white undershirt which Wufei was giving a disbelieving look. "Oh _my_, no wonder Duo was so hot!"
**That shirt will be useless now. I'm definitely taking Duo shopping after this**
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"aah, Lieutenant Merquise, there you are. I've been looking all over for you. I can't tell you how pleased I was to hear that you would be assisting me with this venture. I must say it is an _honor_ to finally meet the Lightning Count, not to mention work with him!" A short balding man with spectacles wearing a ridiculous safari outfit was currently heading in his direction. [1]
Inwardly, Zechs cringed. Peter Ludlow was an annoying, shifty man. Unfortunately Zechs had to play nice to him. He was impressively wealthy and an influential man within the Romerfeller foundation. **I'd like nothing better than to toss him overboard**
Taking a swig at his ever present pocket flask the man continued, unaware of his audiences discomfort. "I imagine you must be wondering what we're going after here."
"I have heard rumors of..."
"Dinosaurs my good man!" Ludlow cut him off, slapping him on the back. "Were going dinosaur hunting. Anyway, must fly. I have a million and one things to do before landing today. Toodleloo"
Zechs _really_ didn't like that man.
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"I can't believe you ripped my shirt Heero. You could have just _asked_"
"Baka, we did ask"
"Nooo, you didn't. You just tried, successfully I might add, to rip..my..shirt..off!. Unless you hadn't noticed _Yui_, I don't exactly have the largest wardrobe around".
**He sounds mad** Heero thought **But we had to get him out of his top, and he was _not_ co-operating**
"Hn"
"Oh _great_, the grunting wonder strikes again"
Heero just ignored him and passed the remains of the black top to Wufei. "Soak that in some water" turning back to Duo he cast an eye over what he was wearing. "Top.off"
Duo opened his mouth to reply but stopped as an echoing boom began and the ground started to shake. "What the hell _is_ that?! It doesn't sound like a mobile suit!"
Heero pulled his gun from...wherever he pulls his gun from, and scanned the area. The sound grew louder and he narrowed his eyes as the bushes to his left started to rustle, and something _big_ came through.
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"Oh, oh my, Trowa what _is_ that?" Quatres' eyes were searching franticly for the origin of the constant booming.
Trowa watched as Heero pulled his gun and pointed it at some moving bushes. **I would _love_ to know where he hides that thing. I didn't even know he was carrying it!**. He pulled his own gun **I doubt it will do much good against whatever is making that noise, it sounds _big_**
Heeros' eyes widened comically as he got his first look at whatever he could see. Moments later Trowa could see why.
Out of the bushes stomped a heard of, well Trowa wasn't sure what exactly they were, but they were dinosaurs. **They really did it. They cloned dinosaurs**
"Holy _shit_!" Duos' voice had raised by a couple of octaves.
Trowa looked at his gun, at the dinosaurs, back at his gun, and then put it away. **This thing's too small to make an impact on something _that_ big........If I had my Gundam here maybe, but not my gun**.
"Duo, what are they?" Trowa looked back at Quatre. He had this awed look on his face that he usually got just before he went and did something stupid.
**Uh oh**
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"I'm not _quite_ sure what species they are Q. They _look_ like
Stegosaurus', but _they_ have _clubbed_ tails, these things have spiked
tails. They're herbivores though".
**Oh, God! They actually did it. I thought Heero was kiddin' They're so
_big_** Duo watched as the heard moved downstream about one hundred meters and then stopped. **There's a mummysaur, a daddysaur, a babysaur, and all its' aunts and uncles**. He was very tempted to start cooing, it looked like Quatre already was.
He froze when something Heero had said earlier came back to him. **The way Heero was talkin', they cloned more than one species** He looked down at his feet. **If they cloned more than one species, what _did_ they clone? Heero said that four or so people died on that other island, and that there were no bodies**
He looked back up again and watched as Quatre started walking slowly towards the herd **If they only cloned herbivores there would've been bodies, but there weren't. That means somethin' ate 'em** His eyes widened **That means they cloned carnivores as well!**
**If I were the head of InGen, what would I clone? somethin' that would
bring in a _lot_ of money. That means there are probably some Tyrannosaurus-Rexs' runnin' 'round here somewhere. If we run into them we'll be fine as long as we don't move. It's visual acuity is based on movement. I'll have to warn the guys... What the _hell_ is Quatre _doin'_?!**
Quatre had managed to sneak up to the herd, near where the baby dinosaur was munching away. It looked as though he was trying to pat the baby. **Jeezus Quatre, I know you're touchy feely an' everythin' but are you _insane_?!. If those adults think you're a threat they'll attack you!** "Trowa, what the _hell_ is your boyfriend _doing?!"
Trowa gave him a sheepish look.
Duos' worst fears were realized as Quatre stepped back. A dry twig snapped underneath his foot and the baby dinosaur let out a honking cry that alerted the other dinosaurs to his presence. What was obviously one of the parents let out a bellow and charged.
"Shit! QUATRE LOOK OUT!" He tried to run and help but Wufei tackled him into the stream and wouldn't let him up again.
The next few minutes were a blur as Duo could only watch what happened.
Quatre had run into the centre of the herd and ducked as one of the adults swung its' spiked tail. **Oh God! He's goin' to get shishka-bobbed!**
"Wufei, _let_ _go_!"
The blonde sprinted towards a hollow log and dived in, just as the adult slammed its' tail into the log.
**QUATRE!**
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Quatre realized belatedly that patting that baby was probably not the best idea he'd ever had. He heard Duo scream a warning and spent the next few minutes trying not to get skewered by tail spikes. **If I get out of this alive, I'm _never_ doing something like this again!**
Those dinosaurs just wouldn't leave him alone!
Spotting a hollow log, he made a run for it, diving in head first and
crawling for his life. The adult that was chasing him slammed its' tail into the wood mere moments after him, missing his foot by a hairs breadth.Satisfied that the threat was over the herd moved on.
"Quatre!" He could hear Trowa yelling his name faintly but he was too dazed to move.
**I... I'm alive. I made it!** He was barely aware of Trowa dragging him out of the log, checking him for injury, and pulling him into a bone crushing hug.
"Quatre, are you all right? What did you think you were doing? You could've been _killed_!" He'd never heard Trowa sound like that before. "Then the Manguanacs would've killed _me_!"
**I'm _so_ loved** "Trowa, I'm fine" even he could hear the quaver in his voice. "I just wanted to pat a dinosaur. Duo said it was a herbivore so I figured it was safe to pat".
"Now those were fuckin' _big_ lizards! I don't know about you, but I
_really_ don't want to see what the bugs are like!" Duo had made his way over to Quatre and Trowa, with Wufei hovering not far behind him. "Q, just because I say that it's a herbivore doesn't _mean_ it's not dangerous.
Damnit Wu, stop _hovering_!" He turned to give the chinese teen a mock
glare. It didn't phase him very much and he kept hovering protectively over Duo. "They're pack animals whose natural habitat is chock full of predators that'll eat 'em at a moments notice. Those spikes just aren't there for decoration. They'll attack _anything_ they think is a threat".
Duo looked rather bedraggled. He was dripping wet and his hair was coming out of its' plait worse than what it had been before. "Duo, what happened to you?"
"Wu tackled me into the water when I tried to help"
Quatre was tempted to break into a victory dance but settled for doing it mentally. **It's not going to take much pushing to get these two together**
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After the excitement at the stream, the pilots had decided to head back
towards the OZ camp. Duo had cooled down and was now walking without his black over shirt. Wufei wasn't _quite_ sure where it had disappeared to. **I don't think Duo's very happy with me for knocking him into the water, or at Yui for ripping his shirt. I don't want him mad at me. I was only protecting him. I don't want to loose him before I know I even had a chance at gaining him!**
He could hear a faint droning sound coming from over on his right. It
sounded like some sort of machinery. "Does anybody else hear that?"
"Hn. Let's go." Heero headed off in the direction of the noise.
Two minutes later found the pilots crouching on a cock outcropping, watching as OZ soldiers drove a large group of varying dinosaur species into a panic. Much of the equipment they were using was state of the art.
"Look at the armour on those vehicles" noted Trowa. "They knew what they were coming after. Duo, can you identify any of those dinosaurs?"
"Yep" He moved to where Trowa and Wufei were. By the look in his eyes he was Not Happy with what he was seeing.
"See that one over there?" He pointed to a small bipedal dinosaur that OZ soldiers had surrounded. "That's a Pakiseph....Pakise...a Paki. It's domed head has a _really_ thick skull... kinda like Heero's" He shot an impish grin in the boys direction. "It's been theorized that the males would have head buttin' contests to choose their mates. When its head goes down it pretty much becomes a livin', breathin' batterin' ram".
As he spoke the Paki did just that, running at one of the OZ officers
standing behind the door of his car. It slammed its' head into the door, knocking it off its' hinges and sending the officer out the other side of the car.
Duo started snickering. "Just like that!"
Wufei fought back the urge to laugh. A glint of silver caught his attention.
**Zechs Merquise! What's _he_ doing here?**
Duo had seen him too. "Oh, look. Lieutenant Buckethead himself is here
leadin' the charge. Y'know if I were him, I'd be embarrased to be seen in public wearing a downsized trash can on my head! Hey! I wonder if he gets a tan line? Or helmet hair? What if he hits his head, does that thing echo? I'll bet it does. Hey Heero, before we have to go can we throw somethin' at Zechs' head just to see if it echos? Pleeeeeaaasee?" He started giving Heero puppy dog eyes.
Wufei chuckled quietly. **Duo, you're encouragable.**
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Heero watched with interest as the soldiers began to bring out ropes. **All the high tech equipment in the world and they're going to use _ropes_ to capture these things?**
The next few minutes proved to be quite entertaining as the OZ soldiers
discovered that maybe what they were doing wasn't exactly the smartest
thing.
**They don't have a clue what they're doing.** Heero thought as he watched a group of soldiers lasso a crested, large bipedal dinosaur. **Go for the legs baka's.** He smirked as the dinosaur flicked its head, sending two soldiers flying through the air as they held onto the ropes for dear life.
Finally some of the soldiers got a clue and tripped the dinosaur. **Time to head back to camp and make plans**.
He crawled back until he was certain that the soldiers down below couldn't see him and stood up.
"Heero...?" Duo looked at him questioningly.
**At least he's cooled down now. I don't think Wufei would have appreciated him collapsing from heatstroke** He hid a smile. He knew what was going on, or would be going on between the two eventually, and he approved. He considered the two pilots to be brothers and was pleased that they were falling for each other. **If they don't do something soon though I may offer to help Quatre set the two of them up. I'll have to talk to him later**.
The blonde pilot was going to be in for the surprise of his life.
"Head back to camp. We need to make plans".
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The moment the Gundam pilots reached their base camp Quatre grabbed Trowa and dragged him inside the stretch trailer, shutting the door behind him.
"Quatre, what are you........"
The rest of what Trowa was going to say was lost as the blonde let out a yell and started dancing around, punching the air, and looking totally and utterly ridiculous. **Victory dance** his mind supplied.
"Trowa, did you see? Wufei and Duo, they.....he.....and..." He had a grin on his face a mile wide and was positively glowing with happiness. He was also having trouble connecting a coherent sentence together.
**He's adorable when he's like this** "Slow down and start from the
beginning. Slowly, and with breaths in-between sentences".
Quatre poked his tongue out at him and tried again. "Did you see Wufei and Duo today? Wufei was actually showing _concern_ for Duo...._and_" he looked out the window to where the other three still were. "he's _still_ hovering over him!"
Sure enough, when Trowa looked out the window, the Shenlong pilot was
standing closer than was necessary to Duo and kept shooting him worried
glances.
"I give them another day, two days maximum. If they're not together by
then....."
The door opened and Heero walked through, shutting it behind him. "Quatre, Trowa, we need to talk".
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**Uh oh. He sounds serious. What's wrong? Is something wrong with Duo?!** he quickly checked back outside again. Duo was fine. He and Wufei were playing googly eyes with each other, each trying not to let the other see. It was enough to make Quatre want to pull his hair out.
"I'd like to help you set up Duo and Wufei".
If it was humanly possible, Quatre's jaw would have been somewhere near the Earth's molten core. **Did Heero just say he wanted to help set up Duo and Wufei?** He started blinking rapidly.
"What brought this about Heero?" Quatre could feel the surprise rolling off Trowa in waves. Trowa's eyes were wide, well his _eye_ was wide, he had a slight bang problem.
"They deserve each other."
Quatre waited for more but none was forthcoming. **Of course I shouldn't've expected more. This is Heero Yui we're talking about here. Master of the statue impersonation, member of Mutes 'R' Us!** "What did you have in mind?"
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