Hey peoples! That's my greeting. The reason why it took so long for me to post this was because I had it written on paper, I just had to type it up. I wrote another fic too, called 'The Funeral of the Pink Pacifist Princess'. Oh, and I had to make a minor change in the second chapter. The guests haven't started arriving yet. And no, I don't own Gundam Wing. Just read pleaz!
Chapter 3: The Trouble Begins
By: Tiger Shinigami
Zechs, Noin, and Sally were going to be at the pilot's house in half an hour. Quatre was busy in the kitchen with Trowa getting dinner ready, Heero was still on his laptop, and Wufei was watching Justice League. He kept mumbling curses and such whenever Wonder Woman or Hawkgirl said or did anything. Duo emerged from his room with the Chinese finger trap on his left pointer finger. He snuck out into the living room as quiet as can be. Crawling around on his belly G. I. Joe style, he slowly made his way to where Heero was typing on his laptop. Heero was so into what he was doing, he didn't notice the God of Death creeping up on him. Duo waited until Heero's right arm was hanging down. Then he forced Heero's pointer finger into the trap along with his. Heero didn't notice until it was too late.
"What the heck...."Heero looked down and saw Duo. Duo sprang up from the floor.
"What did you just do?" Heero looked at Duo straight in the eye. Duo was looking guilty, and he was sweating.
"Me? Oh I didn't do a thing!" Heero looked at his finger, which was trapped with Duo's. Then he gave Duo the Heero Yuy death glare (TM)
"Well, Wadda know, looks like we're stuck!" Heero just jerked his finger in an attempt to free himself from the baka trap. He almost showed a sign of surprise when his finger didn't budge in the least. He tugged again and again but to no avail. Pretty soon he was gripping his arm and using his entire body to try and free his finger.
"Uaaa, Heero, you're just playing around right?! Please tell me you could get out if you wanted too!" Duo had the look of panick on his face. Heero resumed being absent to any emotion.
"Duo, what is this? How come I can't get out of it?"
"How should I know??!! There is suppose to be a way to get out of these things, but I don't know what it is!" Both of them started tugging with all their might, yet the finger trap showed no signs of breaking.
"Aw man, this is just too weird!" Duo said just to break the lasting silence. They gave up after a few minutes plopped down on the couch. Heero has an annoyed look on his face.
"Well, what are we going to do now?" Duo looking up to see the death glare (TM) that Heero was giving him.
"We need to find a way to get this finger trap off, and before everyone gets here."
Wufei looked up from the T.V. "What was that?"
"Uuu, nothing!" Duo was obiously covering something up. Literally. He covered the finger trap up quickly with a nerby blanket. Wufei got up and walked over to them. He ripped up the blanket and saw the situation.
"THAT is the problem?! Hahahahaha!" Wufei was bursting out laughing. He could hardly keep himself from rolling around on the floor. Then, when he finally got himself together, he said "This is no problem. Back in L5 this happened all the time. I was the only person who knew how to get out of these things. This should be no problem."
He knelt down on his knees so the finger trap was eye level. "In order to come apart, you must come together." He explained. He pushed the trap together, but it did not free Heero and Duo. Wufei's face vaulted.
"Um, let me try again." Wufei was starting to sweat now and he looked like he was going to panic. He was acting hysterical. He tried to release them a second time and nothing happened.
"Wow Wufei, this sure is getting us somewhere." Duo said sarcastically.
"I-I don't know what the problem is!! It's just impossible......" Wufei was so shocked, that no one had seen the look he had on his before.
"C'mon, lets go find a way to get this thing off." Heero got up and dragged Duo with him. He led them outside in the backyard of the current safehouse. Heero reached back a pulled his gun out of thin air, like always, and aimed at the finger trap.
"Hold still." He said while choosing the right spot to aim.
*Bang*
Heero's aim was perfect, but the bullet bounced off the finger trap. Heero was just as astonished as Duo was when they saw this. The bullet bounced off then killed a squirrel in a nearby tree.
"What is going on here?" Heero said in an annoyed tone. He soon disappeared into the house dragging Duo with him. Heero led them into their room and sat down at the desk, which had his laptop on it. Heero opened his laptop and began to type furiously. However, since he was typing with only one hand, it wasn't very fast.
"Uh, Heero? What are you doing?" Duo asked confusedly. (Is that even a word?)
"Contacting Dr.J, He'll know what to do." Heero replied without looking up. Then the familiar face of Dr.J appeared on the screen.
"Well, what can I do for you boys?" He greeted.
"This baka over here got us stuck in a Chinese finger trap, and we can't figure out how to get it off." Heero said giving Duo a semi-glare, therefore we don't have to put the trademark sign.
"A finger trap you say? Bah, I got stuck in one of those things way back when I was a little lad. Why, thats the reason why I have a robotic arm, I just couldn't get the trap off!" This was not good news for Heero and Duo, not good at all.
"But what about all the other robotic stuff? What explains that?" Duo asked, he just had to know.
"Well, the one robotic arm stuck out too much, so I had to add some other things in order to balance it all out. And besides, its all very cool looking." This was not the answer Heero was expecting, but he didn't let his surprise show.
"Sooooooo...... we're stuck like this?" Duo asked.
"I'm afraid so. There is really nothing you can do." Dr.J said shaking his head.
"I'm not going to give up so soon! I will not be subdued by a puny little roll of paper!!! I won't turn into a half-man half-robot either!!! I will prevail no matter what!!!! For I am the perfect soldier!!!" Heero yelled while standing on the chair proudly. Then he looked down to notice the gaping Duo and Dr.J. "Did I just say that outloud?" He asked quietly. Duo nodded, very concerned about the metal stability of his friend. Heero got off the chair, closed the laptop, and then led them into the living room.
When they got in the living room they found Wufei sitting with his head down and saying over and over to himself "I am too weak to help people with Chinese finger traps. I am too weak to help people with Chinese finger traps." Quatre was sitting next to him and patted him on the back while Wufei started crying, head cuffed in his hands.
"There, there.." Quatre was helping a torn apart Wufei, even though he thought Wufei was acting just a little pathetic. Then he looked up at Heero and Duo. That is when he noticed the finger trap.
End chapter 3! The best part is yet to come, don't give up on me! Like Lord of the Rings? Go read my friends fic! Her pen name is Windrige Shinigami.