A Day at the Carnival
By: Shadow and Kerry
"Hey, guys! New mission from the old men!" Duo shouted, his voice piercing through the otherwise silent safe-house. A few moments passed before the sound of other bodies stirring in the house began. Duo continued to quickly read the message, his eyes lighting up at the words. "Aww, cool…"
"You said we've received a new mission?" Heero asked coolly, walking into the overly large bedroom. Quatre walked in just behind the Japanese boy, followed shortly by Trowa and WuFei, who walked over to the bed and sat down, one on either side of Duo.
"Yeah… You want the good news or the bad news first?"
"The good news," said Quatre, leaning over in an attempt to look at the laptop screen.
"No peeking, Q! Okay. Good news is, we get to go to a carnival all day!"
"That sounds like fun!"
"Yeah, but you ready for the bad news?"
"Go ahead," said WuFei.
"How bad can it be, after all?" Trowa added quietly.
"Actually, pretty bad. The Catch 22 is the reason we're at the carnival."
"And the reason is what?" Heero asked.
"You're not gonna like this, Heero dude, but there's nothing we can do about it. We have to follow Relena around and protect her. There's rumor of an assassination attempt, and Little Miss Queen-of-the-World couldn't be convinced to stay in her safe little palace for a while."
Heero's eyes narrowed as he gave the laptop and Duo his best death glare. "What?" he said, his voice challenging the American pilot to dare make a reply.
"Now, Heero, calm down," Quatre said, taking a step closer to the young man and grabbing his hand. "It won't be so bad, I'm sure… When did you say this was, Duo?"
"I didn't, but it's Friday. That gives us three days to get ready. That's three days for you to work up some nerve and practice self control, eh, Heero?"