The Replacement Assassins
Ch. 14: For the Sake of a Child
Usagi drove like a bat outta hell down the 101 freeway dodging in between cars. Normally Heero would have drove the car but seeing as it was stolen, and Usagi knew exactly where they were going, he relented and allowed her to take the wheel, a choice that he was obviously sorry for making. After 30 minutes of crazy driving, Usagi parked into an old abandoned water dam, where Duo's gang resided.
Usagi set the car in park and never broke stride, as she exited the car and walked over to were about 15 people were standing in front of a wall, with there backs to them. Heero stayed a few behind Usagi as she noticed a familiar long brown braid attached to the head of a man crouched down in front of the wall shooting craps. Usagi gritted her teeth and ran up to the braided man, who had a gun tucked into pants in the back. Usagi pulled the gun out of the braided man's back which shocked him and caused him rise up.
"What the fuck…" he exclaimed, as he turned around, only to be met with the stiff right hook of Usagi's fist. Duo hit the ground with a thud, and was met with his Usagi's knee on his chest, and his own gun pointed at him. Once everyone got over the shock of some strange woman assaulting one of there fellow gang members, all 15 men pulled out there guns. Half pointing at Usagi, the others pointing at Heero, who had 2 guns out and pointed at the crowd. Duo wiped away a small amount blood from his nose, and looked back glared back at the woman on top of him.
"You picked the wrong place for that shit!" Duo told her.
"Oh yeah? Well let's take it to the jury, see if they'll stand up for a rat!" Usagi spat back.
Duo visibly paled. She was on to him, and not only that she was blackmailing him. She knew that he knew that the one of the cardinal sins in Duo's gang was to never drop dimes on anybody. And boy did he drop a dime. If his fellow gang members found out he dimed Usagi and Heero out, he would be in a world of shit with his gang.
"What's the story, Duo? Tell me something. Should I dump on him?" One of the thugs asked.
Duo regained his composure. "Nah, don't trip. I got it all under control." Duo replied with a nervous grin.
"That's good. Now get up. GET UP!!" Usagi commanded. Duo quickly rose to his feet.
"Keep my dice warm." Duo sighed, handing them over to one of his friends.
Duo started walking over towards his black Chevy dually with Usagi right behind him with the gun at his back, and Heero not far off, looking back every once in a while.
"Now I know what your thinking…" Duo brought up walking over his car. "And it aint even like that. Man ya'll is marked with every drug dealer in town. Now, if I'd been seen with you 2 and I didn't make that call? Shit. Id be causing myself unnecessary drama." Duo explained.
Usagi simply rolled her eyes. "We wouldn't want that now, would we?" Usagi mused. They arrived at the truck. "Alright, break out with the munitions." Usagi ordered.
"Ha! That four-five's all I got." Duo said.
"You sure about that?" Usagi said. She then walked over to the car and stuck her hand under the car close to the back tires, and lo and behold she pulled out another hidden 45. handgun.
"Damn, I forgot about that one. You cant have that. That one's on me." Duo replied with a sheepish grin.
Usagi tucked the second handgun into her waist. "Give us your keys." Usagi said.
Duo gave her a crazy look "Say what? Nah, nah, nah see now your trippin!"
"You stand by your product, Duo?" Usagi asked.
"You fittin' to bust me a cap right here?" Duo asked her. Usagi cocked the gun and pointed it at his head. Oh yeah, she meant it. Duo sighed and handed his keys out.
Heero snatched the keys from Duo, and proceeded to open the tailgate of the truck. When he did they were met with loud blaring music coming from a giant bass box inside.
"Aw, damn. You think you can make that a little louder?" Usagi asked Duo over the music.
"I told you, their aint nothing in there, you got both my straps." Duo pleaded.
Heero crawled inside the truck bed and over to the bass box. He felt around it until he felt something that was a little hallowed. He knocked on it to confirm his beliefs and opened the hidden compartment to reveal a large black briefcase. Heero pulled it out and opened it to reveal a plethora of handguns, clips, and bullets. Heero closed the briefcase, and the tailgate, and got into the drivers side of the truck.
"Thanks for the ride." Usagi said to Duo, as she got into the passengers side.
Duo walked up to the front, and knocked on the window. Heero rolled the window down.
"How the hell am I supposed to get home?" Duo asked.
Usagi leaned over and answered his question. "You've seen our car. Twist the red wire and the yellow wire together."
Heero rolled the window back up, and sped off away from the area, leaving a stunned and truck-less Duo in the dust.
J was still in his office completing his account records for Treize when a gun was slammed down on top of his paper work, breaking his concentration. J looked up into the death glare of Heero's eyes wondering what the hell was he thinking.
"The time and place!" Heero demanded. J merely looked back at him with a blank look. Heero, not in the mood for games, turned the gun towards him and pulled the hammer back.
"The boy is at the beginning of his life!" Heero pleaded with J. After a long consideration, J sighed and relented the information to Heero.
Trowa and Wufei arrived at the theater 30 minutes into the cartoon festival. They chose to eliminate the target from a high position to get a more clear shot out. Trowa chose the left balcony, while Wufei was left with the right. After they chose there sides, they opened up the briefcases they were carrying and began to assemble parts for a high powered assault rifle.
Heero sped down the streets of downtown L.A. as fast the black truck would carry him. After many near crashes and cutting through alleyways, they arrived at the theater were Quatre and his boy were watching movies. Heero and Usagi ran into the theater, Heero taking the right isle, while Usagi walked down the left. Not wanting to draw any attention, Heero and Usagi hid their guns. They slowly walked down the crowded theater trying to find Quatre.
Trowa and Wufei had finished assembling their guns and had now proceeded to scan through the crowd with their laser sights. Because there were on higher ground they were able to find Quatre faster, there he was golden mop of hair and all. And to the right sat a smaller boy, with the same colored mop of hair. Trowa adjusted the laser point on his gun and aim right at the base of the head of the small boy.
Heero, looking around, suddenly saw a red laser point. He quickly looked up to find the origin of the laser, and found it connected to the rife of Trowa. He then looked at what he was pointing at, Quatre son, right on the bottom of his skull. Heero, with not even thinking, quickly hopped on one of the seats and starting jumping over towards Quatre and his son.
Usagi saw Heero start running all of a sudden, and it didn't take long for her to put 2 and 2 together to see that he found the boy.
"Winner!" Usagi yelled. Quatre immediately turned around and looked over at Usagi with a bewildered look. "Get your kid down!!" She yelled.
Quatre quickly turned in the other direction, to see Heero diving at him. Quatre then grabbed his son and dragged him down with him.
Trowa pulled the trigger.
"Ahh!" yelled Heero as the bullet fired, and tore right through his right shoulder, as he dove taking the shot for the boy and landing on the floor. As he landed, he pulled out his gun and fired in Trowa's direction, making him duck for cover.
Not long after the shots rang out, all hell broke lose in the theater and people rushed to get out. Usagi tried to look for Wufei, but he found her first and shot at her. Usagi ducked behind a row of seats to avoid fire.
Trowa and Heero continued to exchange fire at each other, until he hid behind a row of seats, and Trowa lost track of him. Heero saw his opportunity and he crawled to the end of the row and waited for him to expose his side. When he did, Heero popped out and shot Trowa in the head. Trowa staggered for a little bit and then fell over the balcony landing with a thud on the theater floor.
Heero quickly looked over to find Quatre and huddled over his son. Heero looked at his son for a brief moment, she was laying there hugging his father, scared for dear life, with hot tears running down his eyes, and he was looking back at him. Heero then looked back at Quatre, who had his handgun pointed at Heero in uncertainty, and a rather shocked look on his face. Heero broke the uncomfortable silence.
"Go! Get your son out of here!" Heero yelled, motioning with his hand.
Quatre picked up his son, "Lets go, son!" Quatre yelled, running down the walkway avoiding fire from Wufei who was still at it. Quatre ran behind a pillar to avoid the fire from Wufei. Fortunately, Usagi was a few feet away from him and his son drawing his fire.
"Winner, get your boy outta here! I'll cover you." Usagi offered. Quatre looked down at his son, who was covering his ears with his hands in fear, and quickly nodded in approval. He rose from behind the pillar, and made it towards the exit, while Usagi provided cover fire by shooting at Wufei. Heero made his way to the movie screen and provided even more cover fire.
Seeing as Quatre and his son had already made it out the building, and the constant gunfire from Heero and Usagi, Wufei decided to cut his losses and exited the balcony and disappeared. Heero seeing that he had left decided that he and Usagi should as well before he passed out from blood loss.