Chapter 7 – A Little Truth
Note: This chapter skips around a few times to the different people and things happening.
"News bulletin!" The TV blared in the apartment Vash, Wolfwood, and Wufei were staying in. It had been a week since Vash and Wolfwood arrived. Wufei was usually woken up by the two lovers at night. He was getting used to the moans and screams now.
"Knock it off, weaklings!"
"…In other news, a new war has broken out in the Central American area." Pictures started to flash by of men fighting with just guns and swords instead of the mobile suits. Vash and Wolfwood came in and sat down on and empty couch. "This is live action that we are seeing right now. It seems Triez is still alive and wants some revenge. His men must be in the red suits. Oh, what's this?" A picture came up with four men in a circle surrounded by almost twenty men. The guys in the middle were dressed in red. One of them turned his head a bit and a long, butt-lengthed braid was shown.
"Maxwell!" Wufei stood up. "Oh god. Maxwell! Winner! Baron! Yuy! Get out of there!"
Vash and Wolfwood both stared at Wufei. The camera on the TV zoomed in to show their faces. The only one the camera could get was Quatre. He looked scared, but determined. He also stood closer than usual to Trowa.
Mr. Winner stared at his TV and started to cry. "Quatre, why did you have to go? You could have stayed home and be safe. Now you're going do die and I can't help you. Quatre, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for everything I've done wrong."
Mrs. Winner came into the room, unaware of what was going on. She looked at the TV and placed an arm around her husband. "He hasn't killed anyone, has he?"
Mr. Winner looked at his wife with teary eyes. "I-I don't know. But look, he's fighting on the enemy's side. What have we done wrong to make him do this?"
Mrs. Winner just shook her head. "He made a choice. We can't change his mind now."
Quatre's hand shook. "What do we do? We can't kill them because we're trying to help them."
Duo looked around and spotted a familiar face. "Leave it to me." He picked up his sword and pointed it to a man. "You there! I challenge you one-on-one!"
The man smiled. "Why not. I'll take your offer."
They walked up to each other. Duo lifted his face so the man could see it. He almost fell backwards. "D-duo!"
"Just retreat. We are going to help you. That is our main plan, Zechs."
Zechs nodded. "Men! Retreat!"
He and the other men retreated backwards. Duo turned around and smiled at Quatre, Trowa, and Heero.
"Wait, what's this? It seems our guys are retreating. What's going on?" The TV reporter seemed dazed about Zechs sudden retreat.
Wufei jerked his head up at the TV from the ground. He saw his four friends un-surrounded and Zechs retreating. He sighed and got up. "I can't believe this. I should be out there with them. I should be fighting with them. They are to weak by themselves. This isn't justice!"
Vash looked at Wufei as he turned the TV off. "Why don't you go and fight with them?"
"Because Triez would know I wasn't fighting with him. He'd capture me and kill me immediately. I can't risk that for the alliance."
Wolfwood stood up. "We will help. We've got nothing else to do."
Wufei paced for a while. He stopped with a sudden idea. "Why don't you two help fight with the alliance? You guys know what's going on. You can help bring the troops into order. They probably need someone to have then in order anyway."
Wolfwood and Vash nodded.
Duo took off his uniform leaving a bare chest and boxers. He went to the bed and lay face down. Heero came in a while later.
"I think that position means you need a good back rub." Duo tried to nod. Heero gave him a weak laugh and straddled his boyfriend. He then stared rubbing his back. "Now, does that feel a little better?"
Duo turned over and smiled. "A little better. I'm just glad Zechs recognized me instead of blowing my head off."
Heero just shook his head. "Just shut up, watashi baka Duo."
Duo eyes got wide as Heero leaned over and started to kiss him fiercely. Their tongues were entwined and the sheets messed up, but neither of them cared. They only broke apart when they heard banging on the door and Quatre's worried voice.
"Duo! Heero! Open the door! Please! Hello?! Are you even in there?!"
Heero sighed and got up. Duo quickly threw on some clothes and got the bed straightened as good as he could get it. He pulled the last sheet down tight when Heero finally opened the door.
"What is it, Quatre?"
"Its Trowa! They've got him!:
Duo ran over still tugging his shirt on. "What do you mean?!"
Quatre held back a sob as a tear ran down his cheek. "They kidnapped Trowa! They apparently knew who he was. I had forgotten that he also fought on Triez's side. I totally forgot! They came into our room (right in the middle of sex too), took him out, and dragged him off to the dungeons!"
"Anything else? Did they say anything?"
Quatre looked up. "Yeah, they said something about a girl named Rayne and a boy named Sugma they also kidnapped."
