Wild: HIHI!!!!!! Van, what are you doing?
Van: Playing poker with your chibi.
Wild: Right.
Chibi Wild: I win! I win! Two rounds out of three!
Wild: Wha'da win?
Chibi Wild: Some kingdom and the right to do the disclaimer!
Wild: What did you win?
Van: A waffle maker…
Wild: o.O
Chibi Wild: She doesn't own Gundam Wing or any of it's characters or Gundams or evil organizations or colonies or…
Wild: Enough all ready! No need to drag it out or rub it in! On with the fic!
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Confusion
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Heero stood in the middle of the room and watched Trowa secure the window. Behind him, Duo leaned on the door, ready to stop it from opening. A board outside creaked. In a flash Duo was at the door, straining to keep it closed. Heero joined him, pushing against the terrible strength of whatever was on the other side. Suddenly, so suddenly that Duo nearly fell over, it stopped.
"Whew, I thought l was about to lose an arm pushing that door!" Duo complained as he leaned against it.
"Now we open the door." Heero stated
"What! Are you nuts! Then it will get us!"
"And we'll get it."
Duo, grumbling about insane people, cautiously slid open the door.
It took their eyes a moment to adjust to the dimness of the hall, but when they did they could just make out a gray figure lurking there. It was not at all what Duo had expected. Instead of the tall Grim Reaper-like figure he had imagined, it was extremely short but did have a menacing air about it. With a snarl Heero launched himself at the shape. The figure suddenly had a gun in it's hand but as it slammed into the wall, the shot when wide. Well… it missed Heero and it missed Duo but behind them Trowa collapsed on the ground. Duo hurled himself at the shape. Its response time, for all of his 11 seconds, was better though. It reached inside its coat and retrieved an object and threw it at their feet. The air filled with smoke. Duo's eyes, followed by his mind, went black.
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Everything stayed black when he opened his eyes. Everything was totally black, so black you couldn't even see where wall met floor. Heck, you couldn't even see the walls! Duo liked this room. He also noticed that his hands were free. A hole of white appeared in the blackness and the figure walked through. Shoulder length red-brown hair framed the face of a woman. It would have been beautiful if it had not worn such a look of hate and disgust as she looked at Heero. To Duo's surprise Heero wore a look Duo had never seen on him, a look of intense regret and shame.
After a long silence Heero managed to choke out "Ezwin… I'm sorry."
"Sorry? SORRY!? Sorry's not good enough, O…" she glanced at Duo "…Heero. Everyone died because of you! You! I thought you cared! But no. You had to finish the job. So I've spent the last 6 years tracking you down. To make you pay. To make you pay for what you did! I even took your new last name, just to make sure I wouldn't forget. Haven't you felt the guilt eating away at you? Well, I have. I wasn't there for them, right when they needed me most. Once I found you, I started to destroy your new family. But I never even saw you try to protect them. Just like the last! And you knew I was coming after we met in the forest. Did you ever care?!?" She was nearly in tears by the time she finished her rant.
Heero looked away. "I…I can't give an excuse. Kill me and finish the job."
Ezwin got an evil look in her eyes. " I'm sorry to draw your suffering out, but I have an one errand to attend to before I help you on your way… to hell." She drew her gun and turned to Duo.
The door learned to fly and Trowa raced into the room, with no trace of blood or a wound anywhere. He had his gun trained on Ezwin. "One move and you're dead!"
Duo sighed in relief "Just in time. Thanks Tro! I almost lost my sk…Watch out!"
As Duo talked, Ezwin had slowly and carefully started to train her gun on Trowa. Trowa swung around and prepared to shoot, only to find his target blocked by Heero. Trowa slowly lowered his gun. "Why stop me Heero?" he asked quietly.
Heero replied in a voice bearly audible "Because she is my mother."
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Yami Wild: I can't believe you lost Fanelia to that pipsqueak! It was a perfectly good country!
Chibi Wild: And whom are you calling pipsqueak! You may address me as your Majesty!
Wild: shhh! You're ruining the dramatic affect of the story! Please R&R.