Title: Truth, Lies and Everything In-between (Part 11)

read part 1 for the disclaimer and other notes

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"Life is bigger.

It's bigger than you,

And you are not me.

The lengths that I will go to,

The distance in your eyes.

Oh no I've said too much..

I said enough."

--Losing My Religion, REM

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Heero kept his ear pressed firmly against the door, listening to every single word the men inside were saying. He had one fist clenched tightly, his knuckles going white as his eyes were focused on the floor to his side, glaring at the floor fiercely. 'If they touch him --I swear-- I will kill each of them, slowly and painfully!'

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"Oh-ho. Now, now my son." Trieze slowly wiped away a single tear brought on by his fit of laughter. "Look, you made me cry." He turned to Quatre, who was still laughing, that same devilish smile returning. "Well, we really must be off shortly. So, why don't we get down to the business at hand? What to do, what to do." Trieze turned towards Trowa once more. Trowa backed up, plastering himself against the door.

"I don't know, what do you think father?"

"Hm." Trieze strolled over to Trowa, his eyes looking him over. "What do you think, Trowa?" At the mention of his name, Trowa's eyes snapped up to look at Trieze, his fear evident. "You were my finest assassin… But now, if you can't follow my orders, there isn't much of a choice is there?" Trieze brought up his index finger and thumb, placing them on his chin once more. "Hm."

"You d-don't have to kill me… Just… let me go…" Trowa's voice was shaky, his fear growing more as his mind raced. 'He is not going to let me go…why did I say such a stupid thing? Shit, I am a dead man. I knew this would be coming one day… But why did it have to be now? Why couldn't… Why couldn't this happen… before Heero and I got together? I mean… I love him… I don't want to leave him like this… I don't want to leave him ever…'

Trieze's eyes widened, "Let you go? Let you go?" Trieze had to laugh at that. "No, no, no. I can't do that." Trieze shook his head, as if agreeing with his own words. "No, I guess the only course of action is to get rid of the problem." Trowa stiffened, Trieze's eyes falling upon him once more.

'I knew it… Heero… I love you…' Trowa continued to stare at Trieze, trying to keep his face as emotionless as possible.

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Heero's eyes closed as he continued to listen, 'They are going to kill him if I don't do something soon… Think Heero… Think!' Heero opened his eyes, turning to Duo. Duo's eyes were focused on the door, his face showing that he too was thinking. Heero moved his eyes back to the ground. 'I… I don't know what to do… I can't see what exactly they are doing… What if I barge in there and they have a gun trained on Trowa… They are liable to fire and kill him on the spot… But if I do nothing… I know he will die… For once… I am totally clueless on what to do… Trowa…'

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"Well Quatre, I think I shall go with your idea." Trieze turned, smiling at his son. "And I have also decided to let you do the honors." Trieze reached into his coat pocket, drawing out a dueling pistol. "Here you are my boy." He handed Quatre the pistol as the young man stepped forward. Then the two turned back towards Trowa, who was now pressing even closer to the door.

"Thank you father, this is an honor." Quatre smirked, his eyes raking over Trowa.

"That it is Quatre, that it is." Trieze smiled, patting Quatre on the head once before continuing, "Why don't you take care of this in the bedroom, I don't want to have to step over a corpse on my way out." As he spoke, Trieze's voice had a hint of humor behind it. Because, in all truth, he was enjoying every minute of this.

"Sure." Quatre's eyes seemed to sparkle as he made his way over to Trowa. He quickly grabbed his arm roughly, dragging Trowa towards the bedroom.

Trowa allowed himself to be dragged into his room, watching as Quatre closed the door behind them. As soon as the door was closed Quatre began to speak. "You know, Trowa, if you would have just did what I asked a month ago…maybe this would have all been avoided."

"Oh? How would me sleeping with you have avoided this?" Trowa's voice was cold as he turned to look at Quatre.

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Heero's eyes flew wide open as the voice from inside began to quiet. His eyes quickly fell upon Duo, who was now pressing his ear closer to the door. Then, after a couple of seconds, Duo's eyes came up to meet with Heero's.

to be continued…

CCT: Nice cliffhanger, huh? ^__^