A.N. Sorry this has taken so long, I was really sick and then catching up on school work before we hit Christmas break and then it was busy with family and work so I didn't have the time to write more then a little at a time. Please read and review, it'll help me write quicker!
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Mission: Fix Wing
There was dead silence for two minutes. Three figures started at each other, guns unwavering, minds blank, all their attention focused on their opponent.
"We have two guns, you have one. You talk first." It was, unsurprisingly, Duo's voice that broke the silence.
"You also have affection for your boyfriend… I shoot one of you just as you shoot me and you're going to face a life full of pain, blame, loneliness, and despair. You talk first." There was another staring contest.
"You work at the bar." Heero made the statement.
"Yes."
"You own a gun." She almost rolled her eyes.
"Duh."
"You're a soldier. Oz." For a split second, Heero was sure their information had been wrong, that Quatre had made a mistake. He kicked himself for trusting the blonde pilot, for not checking about who had given them the information.
Duo frowned as he watched the exchange. He knew Terra wasn't an Oz soldier, it didn't feel right. Damn it, he'd liked her the night before. She was funny and spontaneous. Plus, why would she be a part of the organization that killed her family? But then again, her files had never mentioned that she had the type of training and skill that she was showing with her gun. His thoughts were interrupted when she gave a loud burst of laughter and put her gun away in a move that bespoke of practice.
"No. Never for Oz. But since I can hear the disdain in your voice, I'm going to take a risk."
"Why are you here?" Both boys still held their guns.
"I work here remodeling this house for the Winner heir. I know you're not him, as I've spoken to him before. So who are you and why are you here?"
"Q's a friend of ours. He suggested we take a vacation 'cause we just finished an assignment." Duo responded.
"Then you don't' mind if I check."
"Nope." Duo grinned and plugged a number into the vid phone. Rashid came on a minute later.
"Mister Maxwell?"
"Hey Rashid, is Q there?"
"One moment." A few minutes later a worried blonde hurried on screen.
"Duo? What's wrong? Is it Heero?" Terra walked in front of the screen.
"Quatre Winner?"
"Ash?" Quatre smiled wider. "Wow, so that's what you look like. You always talk on the telephone instead of the vid phone."
"Yeah, well it's easier 'cause I don't have a vid phone."
"Is there a problem?" His voice was concerned.
"Not really. Just a question. Did you agree to let your two friends stay here?"
"Oh. Oh! I forgot to let you know." He looked miserable. "Duo and Heero. My friends. I'm sorry."
"No problem. Just surprised to have two guns pointed at me this morning." She noticed Duo had put away his gun. Heero's was still out as he pushed her to one side to speak to Quatre.
"Quatre. You called her Ash."
"Yes. Ashley. Why?" Heero swung his gun around and pointed straight at her
head, ignoring Quatre's dismayed "Heero!".
"You said your name was Terra." This time Terra did roll her eyes.
"It is. Terraline Ashley Brooks. To people I feel a kinship to, I tell them to call me Ash." She shoved the muzzle of the gun away from her face. "You may not call me that yet because you keep pointing that damn gun in my face!" Heero just glowered. Terra looked over and noticed another person next to Quatre on the screen. "He look, it's a party. Who are you?"
"Trowa."
"Uh huh. Now does someone want to tell me why he," she pointed to Heero, "seems to know more about me then he should and…" she narrowed her eyes as she caught sight of another figure in the background. "China boy?" Wufei's face registered surprise.
"Duo where did you-Bi Polar?" Everyone looked at Wufei strangely.
"Uh, Wu-man, what does being bi polar have to-"
"No, no. Her." He pointed at Terra who was suddenly donning a face of understanding.
"I am not bi polar," she explained to the others that were suddenly staring at her.
"Then why-"
"China boy here just is under the delusion that I am."
"That's because you are. You refer to yourself in third person or by calling yourself 'we'." She grinned.
"Terra says you should leave us alone."
"We are soooo off topic." It was Duo that broke into their argument, seeing how Wufei's face was turning purple.
"It's okay. I understand now." Heero reached for his gun thinking she knew who they were. "You need my help. I'll do it." His hand when back to cross his arms over his chest.
"Hn."
"Why?" It was Quatre.
"Ask China boy. I got work to do." She turned around and picked up her hammer. Heero reached for his gun again. "And if you pull out that damn gun one more time, I'm gunna find a way to shove it so far back up your-"
"Ash!" Without turning around, she grumbled in response to Quatre's rebuke and headed towards the back of the downstairs.
"I'll be working on the second bedroom if you need me." Her voice raised slightly as she walked away. "Terra says she loves you, China Boy!"
"Damn onna." To the other's surprise, Wufei's voice sounded more amused then anything.
"Wufei, explain." The ice in Heero's voice left no room for argument. He did not like being left out of the loop. Wufei turned serious.
"You know that before I met up with any of you I was doing similar work to yours. My main objective was to carry out the missions given to me by the Dr. But any extra time I had I gave myself self imposed missions to destroy anything that even had the rumor of being associated with OZ or any other rebel group. It turned out that I caught a rumor of that Karaoke bar being an OZ hideout. It was wrong information, thought it did turn out to be helpful in the end. Anyway, being as I was still young and willing to let my emotions play a larger roll, I went in without telling the good Dr. where I'd be. I don't want to get into it. Basically, I screwed up and I mean big time. Luckily, the soldiers that ended up taking me thought that I was just a survivor talking big. I was in a cell, beat almost to death and ready to die. I passed out and when I woke up, I wasn't in the cell, but in her apartment." Wufei's eyes glittered in amusement at some memory he wasn't going to share. "I walked out of the room she'd put me in on full alert. And came face to face with that onna growling at the computer telling it that "after Terra got her goddamn hands on the information they were going to kill it slowly". My first thought was that I'd got stuck with some stupid, delusional, bi polar psychopath because she turned around and went happy.
"She took care of me, nursed me back to health in a week and a half. I learned that she was working at the bar and had collected enough information to find out where they had hidden me. Of course she didn't know that I was a soldier and took a great risk. But in the end, she managed to get in and get out-with me. Stupid. Her weaponry training was minimal and it was an injustice the way she fought physically. I stayed for another three weeks training her to use what she had better. Then I got a new mission and left. But occasionally, she feeds me information."
"And you didn't share this with the rest of us because why?" Heero's voice was hard.
"Because, Yui, it was none of your damn business. How many contacts do you have that we don't know about?" Heero remained silent.
"Wufei does have a point, Heero."
"She knows too much."
"So what, you're going to kill her?" Wufei snorted. "That would be pointless Yui, as it was your mission to see if you could get her to help us. You'd fail your mission because she has astounding powers of observation?"
"My mission was to persuade her to our side or kill her. If I killed her I would still be fulfilling my mission requirements."
"Heero, man that is some seriously twisted thinking." Duo muttered. "I mean, more messed up then even my non-rationalization rationalization."
"Shut up, Duo."
"She's already agreed to help," Trowa spoke for the first time since Terra had left the room. "Why not just ride a long for a while?"
"Then we're coming home. Mission complete." Heero turned to leave.
"Nuh uh." It was Quatre that spoke this time. "You need to stay and destroy whatever bases in Washington you can with the information she has. New orders. And continue with the covers you have."
"Yeah, come on, lover," Duo purred. "We've kept the others longer then we needed to. See ya guys." Duo winked and turned off the com. Heero glowered at him a stalked off upstairs. Duo was having a fine time watching his partner's ass move up the stairs when something soft hit him on the chest before sliding to the floor. "Huh?" He looked down.
"It's a shirt." He looked over to se Terra propped against the door jam. "Cause you're practically naked. He looked down, forgetting that he had only been in his boxers. It was surprising that the others hadn't said anything. 'Or not. Cause we were kinda occupied with other stuff'.
"Oh. Thanks." He slipped on the flannel and noted if fell to mid thigh. "Damn, this is huge."
"I use it for painting." She turned to go back into the room.
"Hey, wait up." Duo walked in next to her. "How come you work so many jobs?"
"Because I want to be able to open my own business one day."
"Doing what?"
"None of your business." She sounded amused. "How long have you known Wufei?"
"Wu-man? A while. You?" She smirked.
"A while." And went back to sanding the bookshelf in the corner.
"Okay, so what music do you like?" Smiling, Terra hit the play button on the remote he hadn't noticed was attached to her tool belt. Puddle of Mud's song 'She fucking hates me' came on. Duo smiled and boosted himself up onto the top of the bookshelf, slowly swinging his legs back and forth over the edge.
"Your cover is pretending you're a couple." Terra spoke softly while she continued to sand the edge of the built in bed frame. Duo stayed silent. "But you're in love with him." Again it wasn't a question. Once again Duo stayed quiet. When she looked up she noticed that had stopped swinging his legs. "And he isn't completely oblivious to you." She smirked at his snort of disbelief "So what are you going to do about it."
"I don't know for sure. And I don't want to know how you know that it's not real cause we're both good at acting."
"Because the look in your eyes is unfulfilled longing and love, not satisfaction and love."
"I said I didn't want to know how you knew." He scowled. She stood straight and looked him in the eye.
"You want my help or not?"
*End Chapter
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