Duo could not bring himself to eat dinner. Mrs. Malworth thought he had come down with something and put him to bed with cough syrup.
Daya walked into Duo's room and sat on the edge of the bed. "What's going on?"
Duo threw off the covers and got out of bed. "Nothing is going on, absolutely nothing!" He opened his dresser and got out a pair of pants and a shirt, then dressed, he then threw open his bedroom window. "Cover for me?" He climed out the window and down the tree, then ran accross the front yard.
Daya frowned. "Yeah sure!" He rolled his eyes, and watched his brother run off. "Cover for you my ass." Daya went after him.
The sun was down, but Heero did not make his usual trek into the land of the living. He sat in his room sipping wine, his gaze fixed on the flickering of a lit candle.
"Sparky thinks Heero is ill! You must go feed you are way too pale, yup."
"Sparky will you knock it off! I am not ill for the millionth time!"
"Okay, okaysheesh. Sparky thinks you are a mean master." He scurried under the bed.
Heero threw his wine glass accross the room, it shattered as it hit the wall. He screamed, nearly roared. " I don't know what to do anymore!"
"This all started when you met the him. You should go and get rid of him. Sparky thinks that you will be all better then."
"No... love survives even death."
"Love?" Sparky came out from his hiding place. "Oh He-chan, you are sick, you cannot love."
"That's what I thought too."
"You baka Heero! You are not in love with this him creature! He is prey, foe even, never are human creatures friend!" Sparky was jumping up and down maddened. "Shadow will kill when he finds out."
Heero sighed. "I'm already dead, it doesn't matter." Suddenly he picked up a familiar scent. He opened his eyes wide. /Duo/. He ran out of his room up the ladder and out of the warehouse.
Duo looked up from the other side of the fence. /What is that?/ the figure he saw was ghostly pale. He stepped back as the figure came closer, then he realized who it was. "Heero!"
"Duo why did you come back?" Heero was now standing in front of him.
"I..." Duo looked at the skin before him, like a pearl or even snow.
"I told you not to come back here!"
"Why should I listen to you? You lie."
"Eh?" Heero raised a brow. "Look you should go."
"What? Not going to kill me? What happened to no more grace?"
Heero glared at Duo. /Baka, He's an amazing human, he'll never come back when he knows though./
"Why are you so pale?" Duo came closer to him. "You weren't like that the first night that I met you." Heero looked like a deer in headlights, he didn't want to lie to him but what choice did he have? "Heero?" Duo waved a hand infront of his face. "What's wrong?"
"I have xp. I can't go out in the sunlight, and I have to take special medications, andsometimes they make my skin pale."
Duo looked at him doubtfully. "Then why is it so dangerous here?"
"It just is okay!" Heero looked up at the sky, /they'll be back soon./ "Duo just go okay, go home." Heero left quicker than he came.
Duo sighed and turned to leave. He made it not too steps, when he flew through the air, "Ahhh!" and landed flat on his face. He dusted himself off as he got up. " I must have tripped on some..." He looked down /a leg?/, he grabbed the object in front of him.
"OW!"
"Daya what are you doing!?"
Daya jumped up, "I could ask you the same question Duo."
"Come on let's go."
"Not until you tell me what you were doing here." Daya crossed his arms.
"Looks like you will be here awhile." Duo walked off.
"Hey! wait for me!"
Heero left Wyvern to take refuge with a friend.
Jade Lowe hit the sleep button on her alarm clock for the 5th time that morning. Then she looked at the time, 5:45. "Oh yeah, work, damn." She rolled her eyes and got out of bed with little grace.
She walked out of her bedroom and into the living room. Sitting on her couch she turned on the TV, not to anything in particular just to turn it on. She realized that she was sitting on something. /I don't remeber leaving that on the couch last night./ Then she looked down. "Heero Yuy!!" She jumped up, "what are you doing here?"
He almost laughed, " I was bored." He moved his legs ditting up on the couch.
"You are pale, what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?"
"No trouble, I just...found someone."
"You found someone? What is that supposed to mean, you found someone?" She said unammused. Heero shrugged. "Okay while you figure out who you found I am going to get some tea."
Jade went into the kitchen and poured a cup of hot green tea from her automatic tea maker, and went back into the living room, sat down next to Heero and looked at him. "Okie dokie who'd you find?"
"A mortal."
"Don't you normally do that every night?"
"He was special."
"Does Mr. Special have a name?"
"Duo Maxwell..."
"You know Duo?"
"Yes as of now, sounds as thought you do too."
"He is a friend of mine, you are right he is specail. I haven't seen him in a while how is he, what did you do to him?"
"Fell in love with him."
Jade slapped him. He looked at her blinking. "What the hell was that for Jade!?"
"You can't go doing that to people!"
"Whoud you rather me have killed him?"
"You did Odin!"
"Don't call me that!" He looked at her puzzled. "What are you talking about?"
"Shadow that's what, does he know?"
"Hai"
"Baka!"
"He found out on his own!"
"Doesn't matter." She tooke a sip of her tea. "Does Duo know what you are?"
"No I told him I had xp."
"He believed you?"
"I don't think so." Heero sighed. "He came by the fort once yesterday and once last night."
Jade looked at the clock above the TV, 6:00. She got up, went to the bathroom, and got in the shower. Heero layed down on the couch.
"What do we have here?" A tall dark figure appeared in front of Duo adn Daya.
Daya screamed, Duo's eyes widened. The figure grabbed them both gruffly and took them into the base. He took them into the basement of the warehouse Heero stayed in, and threw them in an empty room.
"Let us go!" Duo demanded.
"No." The creature looked over his two new captives. "Who are you?" He grabbed Daya's chin, Daya pulled away.
"He's my brother, leave him be." Duo glared at him.
"Duo is it? I don't beleive you've met me, I am Odin's father Shadow, he calls himself Heero."
"What do you want with us?" Duo backed away from Shadow, and got closer to Daya.
Shadow appeared next to Daya and grabbed him by his neck, he lifted him up to his level with e hand. "Such a pretty little boy." He bit his neck, Daya tried to scream but nothing came from his throat.
Duo jumped on Shadow trying to pull him away from his brother. Shadow hit him with his free hand, sending Duo into a wall, he blacked out.
Jade cam back dressed in Preventer's attire. "Heero take care of Duo, and tell him the truth."
"Yes mom."
She hit him on the shoulder. "I'll be back at 6:00, will you be gone?"
He nodded "As soon as the sun sets." She hugged him, and walked to the door. "Oh Heero, do eat something, bedsheet white is not your color." She left.
Heero stared up at her ceiling. /How do I tell him?/
Shadow threw the half drained boy on the ground. He was breathing heavy and in a daze. "I will see you two later. " He smiled. "Heero will be so surprised." He went to his room and layed down in his coffin.
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Daya walked into Duo's room and sat on the edge of the bed. "What's going on?"
Duo threw off the covers and got out of bed. "Nothing is going on, absolutely nothing!" He opened his dresser and got out a pair of pants and a shirt, then dressed, he then threw open his bedroom window. "Cover for me?" He climed out the window and down the tree, then ran accross the front yard.
Daya frowned. "Yeah sure!" He rolled his eyes, and watched his brother run off. "Cover for you my ass." Daya went after him.
The sun was down, but Heero did not make his usual trek into the land of the living. He sat in his room sipping wine, his gaze fixed on the flickering of a lit candle.
"Sparky thinks Heero is ill! You must go feed you are way too pale, yup."
"Sparky will you knock it off! I am not ill for the millionth time!"
"Okay, okaysheesh. Sparky thinks you are a mean master." He scurried under the bed.
Heero threw his wine glass accross the room, it shattered as it hit the wall. He screamed, nearly roared. " I don't know what to do anymore!"
"This all started when you met the him. You should go and get rid of him. Sparky thinks that you will be all better then."
"No... love survives even death."
"Love?" Sparky came out from his hiding place. "Oh He-chan, you are sick, you cannot love."
"That's what I thought too."
"You baka Heero! You are not in love with this him creature! He is prey, foe even, never are human creatures friend!" Sparky was jumping up and down maddened. "Shadow will kill when he finds out."
Heero sighed. "I'm already dead, it doesn't matter." Suddenly he picked up a familiar scent. He opened his eyes wide. /Duo/. He ran out of his room up the ladder and out of the warehouse.
Duo looked up from the other side of the fence. /What is that?/ the figure he saw was ghostly pale. He stepped back as the figure came closer, then he realized who it was. "Heero!"
"Duo why did you come back?" Heero was now standing in front of him.
"I..." Duo looked at the skin before him, like a pearl or even snow.
"I told you not to come back here!"
"Why should I listen to you? You lie."
"Eh?" Heero raised a brow. "Look you should go."
"What? Not going to kill me? What happened to no more grace?"
Heero glared at Duo. /Baka, He's an amazing human, he'll never come back when he knows though./
"Why are you so pale?" Duo came closer to him. "You weren't like that the first night that I met you." Heero looked like a deer in headlights, he didn't want to lie to him but what choice did he have? "Heero?" Duo waved a hand infront of his face. "What's wrong?"
"I have xp. I can't go out in the sunlight, and I have to take special medications, andsometimes they make my skin pale."
Duo looked at him doubtfully. "Then why is it so dangerous here?"
"It just is okay!" Heero looked up at the sky, /they'll be back soon./ "Duo just go okay, go home." Heero left quicker than he came.
Duo sighed and turned to leave. He made it not too steps, when he flew through the air, "Ahhh!" and landed flat on his face. He dusted himself off as he got up. " I must have tripped on some..." He looked down /a leg?/, he grabbed the object in front of him.
"OW!"
"Daya what are you doing!?"
Daya jumped up, "I could ask you the same question Duo."
"Come on let's go."
"Not until you tell me what you were doing here." Daya crossed his arms.
"Looks like you will be here awhile." Duo walked off.
"Hey! wait for me!"
Heero left Wyvern to take refuge with a friend.
Jade Lowe hit the sleep button on her alarm clock for the 5th time that morning. Then she looked at the time, 5:45. "Oh yeah, work, damn." She rolled her eyes and got out of bed with little grace.
She walked out of her bedroom and into the living room. Sitting on her couch she turned on the TV, not to anything in particular just to turn it on. She realized that she was sitting on something. /I don't remeber leaving that on the couch last night./ Then she looked down. "Heero Yuy!!" She jumped up, "what are you doing here?"
He almost laughed, " I was bored." He moved his legs ditting up on the couch.
"You are pale, what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?"
"No trouble, I just...found someone."
"You found someone? What is that supposed to mean, you found someone?" She said unammused. Heero shrugged. "Okay while you figure out who you found I am going to get some tea."
Jade went into the kitchen and poured a cup of hot green tea from her automatic tea maker, and went back into the living room, sat down next to Heero and looked at him. "Okie dokie who'd you find?"
"A mortal."
"Don't you normally do that every night?"
"He was special."
"Does Mr. Special have a name?"
"Duo Maxwell..."
"You know Duo?"
"Yes as of now, sounds as thought you do too."
"He is a friend of mine, you are right he is specail. I haven't seen him in a while how is he, what did you do to him?"
"Fell in love with him."
Jade slapped him. He looked at her blinking. "What the hell was that for Jade!?"
"You can't go doing that to people!"
"Whoud you rather me have killed him?"
"You did Odin!"
"Don't call me that!" He looked at her puzzled. "What are you talking about?"
"Shadow that's what, does he know?"
"Hai"
"Baka!"
"He found out on his own!"
"Doesn't matter." She tooke a sip of her tea. "Does Duo know what you are?"
"No I told him I had xp."
"He believed you?"
"I don't think so." Heero sighed. "He came by the fort once yesterday and once last night."
Jade looked at the clock above the TV, 6:00. She got up, went to the bathroom, and got in the shower. Heero layed down on the couch.
"What do we have here?" A tall dark figure appeared in front of Duo adn Daya.
Daya screamed, Duo's eyes widened. The figure grabbed them both gruffly and took them into the base. He took them into the basement of the warehouse Heero stayed in, and threw them in an empty room.
"Let us go!" Duo demanded.
"No." The creature looked over his two new captives. "Who are you?" He grabbed Daya's chin, Daya pulled away.
"He's my brother, leave him be." Duo glared at him.
"Duo is it? I don't beleive you've met me, I am Odin's father Shadow, he calls himself Heero."
"What do you want with us?" Duo backed away from Shadow, and got closer to Daya.
Shadow appeared next to Daya and grabbed him by his neck, he lifted him up to his level with e hand. "Such a pretty little boy." He bit his neck, Daya tried to scream but nothing came from his throat.
Duo jumped on Shadow trying to pull him away from his brother. Shadow hit him with his free hand, sending Duo into a wall, he blacked out.
Jade cam back dressed in Preventer's attire. "Heero take care of Duo, and tell him the truth."
"Yes mom."
She hit him on the shoulder. "I'll be back at 6:00, will you be gone?"
He nodded "As soon as the sun sets." She hugged him, and walked to the door. "Oh Heero, do eat something, bedsheet white is not your color." She left.
Heero stared up at her ceiling. /How do I tell him?/
Shadow threw the half drained boy on the ground. He was breathing heavy and in a daze. "I will see you two later. " He smiled. "Heero will be so surprised." He went to his room and layed down in his coffin.
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