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Chapter 8
Duo went off to go find out more about the mysterious past of those two. Chris's story had peaked his curiosity.
"Let's see, where would Cookie be hiding?" Duo said out loud, when he heard voices in the kitchen. "That sounds like her."
Duo peeked into the kitchen; careful not to make any indication he was there. Cookie was actually doing work. Duo was shocked to see her stirring something as the cook sat at the table and talked about her family. He listened closely.
"I have three children. The oldest is 18, the second oldest is eight, and the youngest is six. My husband died a couple years ago when this town was attacked." The cook was saying.
"I'm sorry about your husband. If your husband is gone, and you work here, who takes care of your kids?" Cookie asked showing concern.
"My mother cares for them while I'm here. She has her hands full right now because the youngest is sick right now. I wish I could be with her during the day, but I got to earn money to provide for them and pay doctor bills." The cook said as tears came to her eyes.
Cookie put down the spoon and walked over to the table. She placed her hand on the cook's shoulder and said, "I'll talk to Quatre and see what can be done to help you. Maybe we can get you some paid time off."
"Oh, that's so nice, no one has ever done anything like that for me before." The cook said as her eyes went from teary to grateful.
Duo closed the door quietly as he saw Cookie exit through the opposite door. He followed her down the hall and saw her enter Quatre's office. Once again, Duo peeked in the door and watched Cookie approach the desk.
In the office, Quatre looked up from the papers he was reading and smiled at Cookie.
"Hello Miss Breton, can I help you with something?" Quatre asked as he set down his pen.
"Yes, I think your cook could stand some time off after dealing with Chris and Duo today. They played one of their stupid tricks on her and I think it really shook her up. I think she could stand some vacation time." Cookie said.
"I never expected you to be the one to bring that to light." Quatre said, kind of surprised.
"Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not being nice or anything, but I know what a pain Chris can be at times. I've dealt with Chris' antics for some time now, and with Duo helping out, the cook lost a good three or four days worth of baking. I've been cleaning up after Chris, so I might as well continue doing it." Cookie said matter of factly as she settled down in a comfortable chair.
Duo thought to himself, "She covered her tracks well."
Duo leaned against the wall and waited for Cookie to exit the office and head past him. She left a few minutes later and headed down the hall with a smile on her face.
"That was nice of you," Duo said when Cookie walked by.
She was a bit startled, but quickly changed her expression when she realized it was Duo.
"What are you doing hiding in the shadows?" Cookie asked in a bored voice.
"I'm Shinigami, I live in the shadows." Duo responded.
"Boys." Cookie sighed dramatically, rolling her eyes as she continued on down the hall.
Duo ran to catch up and grabbed Cookie's arm. "I heard you talking to the cook in the kitchen, and then to come here and try to get the cook time off, that was not what I would expect from you of all people. I guess Chris was right about you."
Cookie whipped around and grabbed Duo by the hair and her voice lowered as her green eyes narrowed, "What has Chris been telling you?"
Duo was startled by the sudden change in her voice and manner. He hadn't seen this since the little episode in the pool. He thought, "She sure changes moods quickly."
"Tell me what Chris has been saying." Cookie said threateningly as she tugged his hair again.
"Calm down, all he said was that your family was the wealthiest, most respected family on your colony and you were very nice to the servants. He also said something about you saving his life." Duo responded as he attempted, unsuccessfully, to free his hair.
Cookie blinked her eyes and let go of his hair. She noticed that his hair was a little messy after she let go. She saw this and came up with one of her brilliant ideas. She smiled and said, "Okay. I'll tell you about myself, but you have to let me re-braid your hair."
Duo looked panicked and said, "Nobody messes with Shinigami's hair!"
"No re-braiding, no information." Cookie said as she smiled evilly.
Duo thought about it and realized that if he didn't agree he would never find out anything about those two.
He sighed in defeat and said, "My brush is upstairs. Don't tell anyone about this."
Cookie smiled happily and said, "Now, what color ribbon should I use? Pink perhaps. Nah.I think pink is more Quatre's style. We'll stick with black."
They settled down in Duo's room and Cookie released his hair. "Wow, it's really long. But anyway, how much did Chris tell you?"
"He only told me what I told to you in the hall. Nothing else other than funding a servant's hospital stay." Duo answered as he handed her his brush.
Cookie started brushing his hair and said, "Let's start with this. My family owned a production company. We produced mobile suits for the Earth Sphere Alliance and OZ. Our mobile suits were the best around. We had the most modern types. When the Alliance started to cheat us out of money, my colony withdrew and declared our independence. As you can guess, this didn't make the Alliance or OZ very happy. They destroyed the colony one day out of the blue. They started with my family because due to our standing, my father was recognized as a type of leader."
"Okay, that makes sense, but how did you become a gundam pilot?" Duo asked as Cookie gently brushed through his hair.
"My family had been getting upset with the Alliance and OZ for awhile, so we gave refuge to an engineer named Dr. L from a colony that was also destroyed for declaring independence. This engineer used a base on the colony to finish building two huge new mobile suits that were better than any others around. This is where Chris comes in. The Doctor had an apprentice, Chris. By the time they came to my colony I was about fourteen and had been helping design the systems for our mobile suits. That's why they were the best around." Cookie continued, not able to resist an attempt to maintain her image with Duo.
Duo sweat-dropped, but then sighed and said, "That still doesn't answer how you became a pilot.
"I'm getting there. Anyway, my colony was attacked about two years later. I had been out for the day when the attack started. When I noticed the shaking, I got home as fast as I could, only to see my house crumble. I saw the two suits that Dr. L and Chris had been building. They were fighting off mobile suits from OZ and the Alliance. One of them came over and the hatch opened to reveal Dr. L inside. She jumped out and pulled me in. I think she was trying to save me from the same fate as my parents. I watched as she manned the controls and I recognized the weapons system as the same one I designed for my family's mobile suits. I looked out and saw that the other one was starting to have trouble. I noticed Dr. L making a critical mistake in the input of commands. I tried to tell her, but she wasn't paying attention so I shoved her out of the way and jumped in myself. I went over to the other suit and started to fight off mobile suits as well. Dr. L must have seen some talent or something because she let me continue. We ended up having to escape, and my colony was destroyed anyway." During this, Cookie had finished brushing Duo's hair and started to braid it.
"I take it you're saying that you stayed with Dr. L and received your training after that." Duo said as he felt Cookie begin to braid.
"Yep. The mercenary work is mainly a way to fund our mission." Cookie said as she finished braiding his hair and put a black tie in it.
"See ya." Cookie said as she left the room.
"Well, at least I know more about her and Chris now." Duo said to himself and then added, "Hey, she did a nice job."
Chris was in the kitchen, attempting to get more previews of the desserts. Suddenly, the cell phone rang, and Chris said, "Sorry, business calls, but keep that dessert fresh for me."
The cook hadn't heard Chris sneak in. She was still mad at finding a whole day's work had been stolen and devoured in less than a few hours.
"Out you!" She shook a large wooden spoon in Chris's direction and Chris took off.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Hey what's up? I want to know 'hey, what was that?" Dr. L asked.
"Just my next meal disagreeing with me before I even get to eat it."
"Well you have bigger problems than an upset stomach. Care to tell me why our little lamb has been left unguarded?"
Chris gave a nervous laugh. "We'll get right on it boss lady!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chris sat typing away at a laptop checking the time occasionally.
"Just as I thought. That dumb chick is off on another Heero hunt."
"You need an 'e' instead of an 'I' right there, and that's not how you spell objective." Cookie observed.
"Will you stop correcting every little mistake? Dr. L is used to my writing, now go away." Chris snapped.
Cookie plucked a folded sheet of paper from Chris's pocket and fanned herself with it.
"Well, at least your girlfriend has better spelling and grammar skills than you."
Chris blushed and sputtered. "H-hey! Knock it off! Get out of my stuff!"
Cookie unfolded the note. "My darling Chris."
Chris made a lunge at her, but Cookie dashed out the tent and continued to loudly read the love letter.
"I dance with you in my dreams dear Chris." She sang out.
Chris took off after her as she ducked into the forest. Following her voice Chris ran towards the river.
"I guess I'm just a fool!" Cookie laughed.
"Cookie! I'm gonna wring your pretty little neck! If you don't give that back I swear I'll tell Quatre you want all the clothes you left behind donated to charity!"
"Catch me! Or did your sweet cook feed you to much?" She teased.
Chris jumped at her and was able to grab the back of her purple tank top. Cookie, spotting someone sitting near the river, gave a shriek and lunged forward, causing one of the shirts straps to break.
"Oh kind sir! Oh please! Help me!" Cookie cried out dramatically.
Hearing her, Wufei turned and drew his own conclusion of the scene before him. The red-haired woman threw herself into his arms and buried her face in his chest.
Chris caught up to her and ripped her away from Wufei. "Oh no you don't! Your crocodile tears aren't going to save you this time. I'm going to filet that stupid face of yours right off your dumb head."
What Chris was really going to do was tickle her till she wet herself.but Wufei didn't know that and he decided Chris could benefit from a taste of his own form of justice.
A sharp blow to the face sent Chris reeling backwards, and drew a gasp from Cookie. Wufei draped his white shirt over her shoulders and faced Chris, who was shaking off the effect of the blow.
"Ow you jerk! What the hell was that for?" Chris rubbed her cheek and stood.
"A woman is to be cherished, and never abused. Women are weak, and you shouldn't hit them."
Chris clenched her fists and took stance. "Well then what the hell did you hit me for? What do you think I am?"
Wufei, like most, didn't seem to get it and charged. "Not a man with honor!"
Chris leapt at him as well. "At least I'm not a hypocrite."
Chris delivered a vicious right hook that made Wufei's head snap to the side. Wufei did a roundhouse kick that sent Chris flying backwards.
While all this was going on Cookie had been fixing her hair in the reflection provided by the river. After she was semi-satisfied she looked around at her surroundings. She noticed that in one part of the river the water seemed to be moving more quickly. It looked kind of like a small rapids, but there weren't any rocks in the area. Cookie looked closer and noticed the outline of a gundam.
"Hey Chris! There's a gundam under the water!" Cookie shouted out.
Alarmed that his gundam was discovered, Wufei let his guard down momentarily. Chris saw this and brought her knee up, connecting with his mid-section. The impact caused Wufei to crumple over at Cookie's feet.
Cookie had pulled out her pearl-handled revolver and pointed it down at him saying, "Let me guess, Wufei Chang? Would you be so kind as to accompany us to dinner?"
Chapter 8
Duo went off to go find out more about the mysterious past of those two. Chris's story had peaked his curiosity.
"Let's see, where would Cookie be hiding?" Duo said out loud, when he heard voices in the kitchen. "That sounds like her."
Duo peeked into the kitchen; careful not to make any indication he was there. Cookie was actually doing work. Duo was shocked to see her stirring something as the cook sat at the table and talked about her family. He listened closely.
"I have three children. The oldest is 18, the second oldest is eight, and the youngest is six. My husband died a couple years ago when this town was attacked." The cook was saying.
"I'm sorry about your husband. If your husband is gone, and you work here, who takes care of your kids?" Cookie asked showing concern.
"My mother cares for them while I'm here. She has her hands full right now because the youngest is sick right now. I wish I could be with her during the day, but I got to earn money to provide for them and pay doctor bills." The cook said as tears came to her eyes.
Cookie put down the spoon and walked over to the table. She placed her hand on the cook's shoulder and said, "I'll talk to Quatre and see what can be done to help you. Maybe we can get you some paid time off."
"Oh, that's so nice, no one has ever done anything like that for me before." The cook said as her eyes went from teary to grateful.
Duo closed the door quietly as he saw Cookie exit through the opposite door. He followed her down the hall and saw her enter Quatre's office. Once again, Duo peeked in the door and watched Cookie approach the desk.
In the office, Quatre looked up from the papers he was reading and smiled at Cookie.
"Hello Miss Breton, can I help you with something?" Quatre asked as he set down his pen.
"Yes, I think your cook could stand some time off after dealing with Chris and Duo today. They played one of their stupid tricks on her and I think it really shook her up. I think she could stand some vacation time." Cookie said.
"I never expected you to be the one to bring that to light." Quatre said, kind of surprised.
"Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not being nice or anything, but I know what a pain Chris can be at times. I've dealt with Chris' antics for some time now, and with Duo helping out, the cook lost a good three or four days worth of baking. I've been cleaning up after Chris, so I might as well continue doing it." Cookie said matter of factly as she settled down in a comfortable chair.
Duo thought to himself, "She covered her tracks well."
Duo leaned against the wall and waited for Cookie to exit the office and head past him. She left a few minutes later and headed down the hall with a smile on her face.
"That was nice of you," Duo said when Cookie walked by.
She was a bit startled, but quickly changed her expression when she realized it was Duo.
"What are you doing hiding in the shadows?" Cookie asked in a bored voice.
"I'm Shinigami, I live in the shadows." Duo responded.
"Boys." Cookie sighed dramatically, rolling her eyes as she continued on down the hall.
Duo ran to catch up and grabbed Cookie's arm. "I heard you talking to the cook in the kitchen, and then to come here and try to get the cook time off, that was not what I would expect from you of all people. I guess Chris was right about you."
Cookie whipped around and grabbed Duo by the hair and her voice lowered as her green eyes narrowed, "What has Chris been telling you?"
Duo was startled by the sudden change in her voice and manner. He hadn't seen this since the little episode in the pool. He thought, "She sure changes moods quickly."
"Tell me what Chris has been saying." Cookie said threateningly as she tugged his hair again.
"Calm down, all he said was that your family was the wealthiest, most respected family on your colony and you were very nice to the servants. He also said something about you saving his life." Duo responded as he attempted, unsuccessfully, to free his hair.
Cookie blinked her eyes and let go of his hair. She noticed that his hair was a little messy after she let go. She saw this and came up with one of her brilliant ideas. She smiled and said, "Okay. I'll tell you about myself, but you have to let me re-braid your hair."
Duo looked panicked and said, "Nobody messes with Shinigami's hair!"
"No re-braiding, no information." Cookie said as she smiled evilly.
Duo thought about it and realized that if he didn't agree he would never find out anything about those two.
He sighed in defeat and said, "My brush is upstairs. Don't tell anyone about this."
Cookie smiled happily and said, "Now, what color ribbon should I use? Pink perhaps. Nah.I think pink is more Quatre's style. We'll stick with black."
They settled down in Duo's room and Cookie released his hair. "Wow, it's really long. But anyway, how much did Chris tell you?"
"He only told me what I told to you in the hall. Nothing else other than funding a servant's hospital stay." Duo answered as he handed her his brush.
Cookie started brushing his hair and said, "Let's start with this. My family owned a production company. We produced mobile suits for the Earth Sphere Alliance and OZ. Our mobile suits were the best around. We had the most modern types. When the Alliance started to cheat us out of money, my colony withdrew and declared our independence. As you can guess, this didn't make the Alliance or OZ very happy. They destroyed the colony one day out of the blue. They started with my family because due to our standing, my father was recognized as a type of leader."
"Okay, that makes sense, but how did you become a gundam pilot?" Duo asked as Cookie gently brushed through his hair.
"My family had been getting upset with the Alliance and OZ for awhile, so we gave refuge to an engineer named Dr. L from a colony that was also destroyed for declaring independence. This engineer used a base on the colony to finish building two huge new mobile suits that were better than any others around. This is where Chris comes in. The Doctor had an apprentice, Chris. By the time they came to my colony I was about fourteen and had been helping design the systems for our mobile suits. That's why they were the best around." Cookie continued, not able to resist an attempt to maintain her image with Duo.
Duo sweat-dropped, but then sighed and said, "That still doesn't answer how you became a pilot.
"I'm getting there. Anyway, my colony was attacked about two years later. I had been out for the day when the attack started. When I noticed the shaking, I got home as fast as I could, only to see my house crumble. I saw the two suits that Dr. L and Chris had been building. They were fighting off mobile suits from OZ and the Alliance. One of them came over and the hatch opened to reveal Dr. L inside. She jumped out and pulled me in. I think she was trying to save me from the same fate as my parents. I watched as she manned the controls and I recognized the weapons system as the same one I designed for my family's mobile suits. I looked out and saw that the other one was starting to have trouble. I noticed Dr. L making a critical mistake in the input of commands. I tried to tell her, but she wasn't paying attention so I shoved her out of the way and jumped in myself. I went over to the other suit and started to fight off mobile suits as well. Dr. L must have seen some talent or something because she let me continue. We ended up having to escape, and my colony was destroyed anyway." During this, Cookie had finished brushing Duo's hair and started to braid it.
"I take it you're saying that you stayed with Dr. L and received your training after that." Duo said as he felt Cookie begin to braid.
"Yep. The mercenary work is mainly a way to fund our mission." Cookie said as she finished braiding his hair and put a black tie in it.
"See ya." Cookie said as she left the room.
"Well, at least I know more about her and Chris now." Duo said to himself and then added, "Hey, she did a nice job."
Chris was in the kitchen, attempting to get more previews of the desserts. Suddenly, the cell phone rang, and Chris said, "Sorry, business calls, but keep that dessert fresh for me."
The cook hadn't heard Chris sneak in. She was still mad at finding a whole day's work had been stolen and devoured in less than a few hours.
"Out you!" She shook a large wooden spoon in Chris's direction and Chris took off.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Hey what's up? I want to know 'hey, what was that?" Dr. L asked.
"Just my next meal disagreeing with me before I even get to eat it."
"Well you have bigger problems than an upset stomach. Care to tell me why our little lamb has been left unguarded?"
Chris gave a nervous laugh. "We'll get right on it boss lady!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chris sat typing away at a laptop checking the time occasionally.
"Just as I thought. That dumb chick is off on another Heero hunt."
"You need an 'e' instead of an 'I' right there, and that's not how you spell objective." Cookie observed.
"Will you stop correcting every little mistake? Dr. L is used to my writing, now go away." Chris snapped.
Cookie plucked a folded sheet of paper from Chris's pocket and fanned herself with it.
"Well, at least your girlfriend has better spelling and grammar skills than you."
Chris blushed and sputtered. "H-hey! Knock it off! Get out of my stuff!"
Cookie unfolded the note. "My darling Chris."
Chris made a lunge at her, but Cookie dashed out the tent and continued to loudly read the love letter.
"I dance with you in my dreams dear Chris." She sang out.
Chris took off after her as she ducked into the forest. Following her voice Chris ran towards the river.
"I guess I'm just a fool!" Cookie laughed.
"Cookie! I'm gonna wring your pretty little neck! If you don't give that back I swear I'll tell Quatre you want all the clothes you left behind donated to charity!"
"Catch me! Or did your sweet cook feed you to much?" She teased.
Chris jumped at her and was able to grab the back of her purple tank top. Cookie, spotting someone sitting near the river, gave a shriek and lunged forward, causing one of the shirts straps to break.
"Oh kind sir! Oh please! Help me!" Cookie cried out dramatically.
Hearing her, Wufei turned and drew his own conclusion of the scene before him. The red-haired woman threw herself into his arms and buried her face in his chest.
Chris caught up to her and ripped her away from Wufei. "Oh no you don't! Your crocodile tears aren't going to save you this time. I'm going to filet that stupid face of yours right off your dumb head."
What Chris was really going to do was tickle her till she wet herself.but Wufei didn't know that and he decided Chris could benefit from a taste of his own form of justice.
A sharp blow to the face sent Chris reeling backwards, and drew a gasp from Cookie. Wufei draped his white shirt over her shoulders and faced Chris, who was shaking off the effect of the blow.
"Ow you jerk! What the hell was that for?" Chris rubbed her cheek and stood.
"A woman is to be cherished, and never abused. Women are weak, and you shouldn't hit them."
Chris clenched her fists and took stance. "Well then what the hell did you hit me for? What do you think I am?"
Wufei, like most, didn't seem to get it and charged. "Not a man with honor!"
Chris leapt at him as well. "At least I'm not a hypocrite."
Chris delivered a vicious right hook that made Wufei's head snap to the side. Wufei did a roundhouse kick that sent Chris flying backwards.
While all this was going on Cookie had been fixing her hair in the reflection provided by the river. After she was semi-satisfied she looked around at her surroundings. She noticed that in one part of the river the water seemed to be moving more quickly. It looked kind of like a small rapids, but there weren't any rocks in the area. Cookie looked closer and noticed the outline of a gundam.
"Hey Chris! There's a gundam under the water!" Cookie shouted out.
Alarmed that his gundam was discovered, Wufei let his guard down momentarily. Chris saw this and brought her knee up, connecting with his mid-section. The impact caused Wufei to crumple over at Cookie's feet.
Cookie had pulled out her pearl-handled revolver and pointed it down at him saying, "Let me guess, Wufei Chang? Would you be so kind as to accompany us to dinner?"
