AN- Well here is the forth chapter. Again I'm sorry about the mix up of all the chapters but it's all fixed up now. Anyway there might be some language in this chap but don't worry about it. And also once again I don't own anything more then I did last chapter. Nope I'm just using my spare time (which I have a lot of since school go out) to write stuff like this to make absolutely no profit what so ever. Unless of course some big hollywood guy wants to use my idea for a movie(like that'll ever happen) then I want a cut in those profits dammit or I'll sue YOU!!! Ahem, anyway the only thing I'm getting out of this now is those very nice reviews so please keep them coming or I might have to shut down production, (meaning I'll stop writing because no one wants to read my story *sobs*) Enjoy! ^_^
Chapter 4
Duo watched the crowded streets of Rome cruise by. He was so nervous that he felt sick to his stomach. Actually his stomach had been doing flip flops ever since yesterday when he came home to Kana. Right now he'd rather be fighting a mobile doll without his gundam than going to see some priests. Father Maxwell once told him about the Vatican. He said it was so beautiful that it was like getting a peek of heaven and that you could actually feel the presence of God. That, and the fact that he might die if he didn't go, was the only reason he agreed to come with Kana. He still couldn't figure out why Heero had insisted on coming and why he didn't trust Kana. She seemed nice enough. Not to mention how cute she was. She couldn't be older than 18. Her fiery red hair had draped over shoulders when he had first seen her. Now she had it tied back, a few curly strands fell out and framed her face. She had green eyes and a sexy smile. Duo glanced over to the seat next to him which she was sitting in. Her skirt was pulled up showing off a bit of her thigh. He wished that he could just reach out and- Shaking his head he scolded himself, "no dirty thoughts, I'm going to 'the' house of God." Deciding that the scenery going by would distract him from other things, he went back to looking out the window.
"We're here." The scrubby cab driver announced.
Kana pulled a pair of sunglasses out of her bag. "Pull in to that entrance at the end." She leaned over and pointed for the cabby.
He pulled into the entrance she pointed to and stopped. Duo opened to door and looked up. The building was huge. Towers with domes on them peeked out every where. Arched windows covered the walls and large arches making small caves near the bottom. The colors were amazing. Every wall, tower and dome seemed to have a different shade of purple, or green, or blue.
Doors opened in front of them. Many men dressed in priest garb and monk shawls ran out. Heero stood beside him tensely, his trigger finger just itching. Kana shut the door of the cab after paying him. She put on her sunglasses and walked up to Duo's other side.
"They're going to want your guns. This time you can't get away with it." Her and Heero exchanged glances.
The men that had come out of the doors slowed their pace to a walk. One of them, a bigger one, roughly grabbed Kana by the wrist while another held out a box for him.
"Hey, what's going on?" Duo demanded.
"Don't worry, just do what they say." Kana assured them.
Two more priests checked Heero out. One had a metal detector and was going over him with it. It beeped in various places. Each time Heero reluctantly gave up a gun, sometimes a pocket knife.
"You must be Duo Maxwell." A short little bald man, dressed in a white cloak came up and bowed to Duo. "It's so nice to meet you."
Duo didn't know what to do. He looked at Kana who was holding out on of her arms. The small priest with the box was placing a gold bracelet on her wrist. She wasn't paying attention to him, just glaring at the man who had a tight grip on her other arm. Heero was still busy handing over all of his guns.
He smiled at the man who was awaiting his reply, "It's nice to meet you too! So this is the Vatican huh? Pretty cool place you got here. At least the outside is."
"I'm so glad you're pleased."
"Can we get on with this?" Kana walked up to Duo, the two men she was with right behind her.
"Ah, Ms Lamia. How good to see you!"
"Yeah right. Well are we going to stand out here all day or what?" She pointed over to Heero, "We will be out here forever if you don't leave him alone."
The small priest nodded and the men working on Heero stopped. "Come with me then." He started walking back towards the door.
"Who is this dude?" Duo whispered to Kana.
"Father Chanboor."
He pointed to Kana's bracelet, "What's up with that?"
"It's a tracking device. I'm not exactly trusted around this part of the Vatican."
"Uh-huh"
The inside of the vast castle was even more spectacular than the exterior. Large paintings of Jesus, Mary the Mother of God, Saints all placed in exquisite frames. there were murals and mosaics. Statues and busts of important men. Duo had never seen such a place. Except for maybe in books. Father Chanboor was babbling about something but Duo didn't pay much attention. He was having enough trouble keeping up the pace Father was walking at. Turning left then right, going through passageways and once through a wall that rotated. Both Kana and Heero, walking at his sides, seemed unimpressed by the splendor of the Vatican. It all reminded him of father Maxwell and Sister Helen. Which made him sad, imagine what they would think of him if they were.... still here. The God of Death, the real Shinigami. They would be repulsed. Duo shivered at the thought. He wasn't going to start thinking about that right now. He could do that later, when he was alone. So no one could see his tears.
Suddenly the group came to a halt. Duo almost bumped into the priest in front of him. "Huh! What's going on?" He asked nobody imparticular.
A large door opened and out walked a man in dark blue robes. A golden rope was tied around his waist and a white scarf draped over his shoulders. He looked up, his eyes rested on Duo and he smiled. Duo could feel where the cold shiver had started in the spine of his back and as it traveled slowly up it.
"Father Cambell." Kana placed her hand on Duo's back and gave him a slight push, "Here he is, Shinigami himself."
Father Cambell said nothing just continued to smile at Duo.
"Heh, nice to meet you Father," Duo said politely. Geez, this guy talks as much as Heero, Duo thought.
"Come with me." Cambell turned around and walked back into the door he had come from. The priests that were surrounding Duo, Kana and Heero all back into the wall.
Kana gave him another push and he started to walk forward. Heero followed behind him but was stopped by a number of priests. He glared at them and tried to push them aside.
Duo stopped, "Hey Heero, don't worry about me. I'll be fine. They're just probably gonna show me to my own private room. The God of Death needs a nice quiet place to stay you know." He put on his goofy grin to assure Heero he was fine and followed Cambell into the dark room. The doors made a big crash as the shut behind him.
The room was completely engulfed in blackness. "Hello! Where'd you guys go? Father Cambell?" He tried to feel his way around. The room was very big and very empty. He couldn't even find a wall. "Could someone turn on a light?" A bright red light shot right into his face. The red light didn't help him at that much. It just made things a whole lot creepier. "This is so not cool."
Out of the corner of his eye he spotted a figure rush by him. He quickly spun around, "Who's there?" The hairs on the back of his neck stood straight up as he turned around in circles trying to see past the darkness. There it was again, behind him. Then in front of him. "What the fuck is going on? Father Cambell?" Something lunged out at him. Duo reacted before he could even think about what was going on. He dropped to the floor and rolled out of the way. Whatever had just attacked him, it was big. At least a foot taller then himself. It had a disfigured face and fangs.
It came at him again, Duo dodge it's attack. Again and again, it came at him. Duo was running out of breath. 'Thump' He ran into something hard. A wall. He felt along the wall looking for a door, window anything. He stopped. The monster hadn't attacked him for a while. Maybe it couldn't find him, he hoped. He pressed his back against the wall, trying to control his heaving chest. The red light, gave off an eerie glow. The entire room looked like it was painted in blood. Suddenly the monster materialized right in front of the frantic gundam pilot. A fist the size of his own head came at him, aimed directly for his face.
* * * * *
"Excuse me, Ms Lamia." A timid little man approached Kana and Heero. After Duo had gone with Father Cambell, Heero had settled down and sat next to Kana. Heero kept glaring at the priests that surrounded them making them turn away in fear.
"Hmm.." She smiled at the small man and he took a step back, "Yes."
"Father Chanboor, he asks for you. To discuss your payment."
"Oh of course." She stood up, a hand gripped around her wrist.
"What payment?" Heero frowned at her.
She just ignored him and smiled pleasantly at the priest, "Could you tell me, how long will Father Cambell spend with Mr. Maxwell? His friend here is a very impatient man."
The man glanced at Heero and gulped then looking at the door Duo and Father had gone through, "Oh they should be all done with him by now. I just pray it was done quickly. That poor boy he didn't have a chance-"
Heero released his grip on Kana and grabbed the man by the collar lifting him right of the ground, "What the hell did you do to him?"
Kana pushed Heero away, making him let go of the now very frightened man, "Heero I'm sure it's a big misunderstanding. Duo's probably fine." She smiled at him then shot a Heero glare at the cowering priest, "What do you mean 'It was done quickly?'" She growled.
"Well, we couldn't take any chances. Father Cambell wanted him eliminated just in case-"
Before the priest finished Heero pulled a gun out of his jacket and ran towards the door. Many priests tried to stop him. Threatening to shoot them, the men quickly got out of Wing Zero's pilot way. He tried to knock down the door with his shoulder, "Umph.." He grunted.
Kana realized what he was trying to do, let go of the man and ran to help him. She stood beside him, "On three." He nodded. "One.... Two...... Three..."
* * * * *
A couple feet to Duo's right he heard a 'BANG.' The monster seemed to be a bit distracted by the sudden noise. Duo took this to his advantage. He moved his out of the way just as the gigantic fist slammed into the wall a few centimeters from his head. Grabbing the thick arm of his attacker he used it to pull himself up and knee the monster in the gut. The ugly thing doubled over backing away. Duo punched him in to face. "Shit, that hurt!" He rubbed his hand. The monster tried to get back up, "Oh no you don't" He booted the thing as hard as he could. It tumbled over on it's back. Duo stepped over the monster grabbed it by his greasy hair. He grinned at the thing, "You've met your maker." Taking the jaw of the monster he flicked his wrist and 'Snap' The thing fell down lifeless.
'BANG' a burst of light filled the room. Duo covered his eyes to see what happened. A man stood above Duo his figure surrounded by light. It took Duo a moment to realize it was Heero aiming the gun at his forehead. "Oi, Heero, It's me."
Heero lowered his gun and grunted response.
"Oww. My head." Kana stood up rubbing her head. "Oh Duo are you all right? We had a feeling you might be in trouble." She leaned sideways to look behind him, "But I guess you didn't need our help"
Heero held out his hand for Duo. Duo just stared at it not sure why the 'Perfect Solider' was acting like this. He got up on his own. "I think we've over stayed our welcome."
"I agree. Hmm, 15 minutes that's a new record for me!" Kana grinned
Duo opened his mouth to say something but Heero got to it first, "Let's go." He stepped over the broken door and pulled his gun up again. Duo followed and then Kana behind him.
"Hey, stop right there!" Father Chanboor yelled from across the room Duo had been in.
Heero started to run followed behind Duo who turned around for just a moment, "Sorry Father, but we have to run. Oh and about your dead demon dude... common give the great Shinigami a challenge next time!"
Kana grabbed the grinning baka right before he got a bullet through his head. "Duo, don't provoke them or they will!"
"Gomen!"
~TBC~
Chapter 4
Duo watched the crowded streets of Rome cruise by. He was so nervous that he felt sick to his stomach. Actually his stomach had been doing flip flops ever since yesterday when he came home to Kana. Right now he'd rather be fighting a mobile doll without his gundam than going to see some priests. Father Maxwell once told him about the Vatican. He said it was so beautiful that it was like getting a peek of heaven and that you could actually feel the presence of God. That, and the fact that he might die if he didn't go, was the only reason he agreed to come with Kana. He still couldn't figure out why Heero had insisted on coming and why he didn't trust Kana. She seemed nice enough. Not to mention how cute she was. She couldn't be older than 18. Her fiery red hair had draped over shoulders when he had first seen her. Now she had it tied back, a few curly strands fell out and framed her face. She had green eyes and a sexy smile. Duo glanced over to the seat next to him which she was sitting in. Her skirt was pulled up showing off a bit of her thigh. He wished that he could just reach out and- Shaking his head he scolded himself, "no dirty thoughts, I'm going to 'the' house of God." Deciding that the scenery going by would distract him from other things, he went back to looking out the window.
"We're here." The scrubby cab driver announced.
Kana pulled a pair of sunglasses out of her bag. "Pull in to that entrance at the end." She leaned over and pointed for the cabby.
He pulled into the entrance she pointed to and stopped. Duo opened to door and looked up. The building was huge. Towers with domes on them peeked out every where. Arched windows covered the walls and large arches making small caves near the bottom. The colors were amazing. Every wall, tower and dome seemed to have a different shade of purple, or green, or blue.
Doors opened in front of them. Many men dressed in priest garb and monk shawls ran out. Heero stood beside him tensely, his trigger finger just itching. Kana shut the door of the cab after paying him. She put on her sunglasses and walked up to Duo's other side.
"They're going to want your guns. This time you can't get away with it." Her and Heero exchanged glances.
The men that had come out of the doors slowed their pace to a walk. One of them, a bigger one, roughly grabbed Kana by the wrist while another held out a box for him.
"Hey, what's going on?" Duo demanded.
"Don't worry, just do what they say." Kana assured them.
Two more priests checked Heero out. One had a metal detector and was going over him with it. It beeped in various places. Each time Heero reluctantly gave up a gun, sometimes a pocket knife.
"You must be Duo Maxwell." A short little bald man, dressed in a white cloak came up and bowed to Duo. "It's so nice to meet you."
Duo didn't know what to do. He looked at Kana who was holding out on of her arms. The small priest with the box was placing a gold bracelet on her wrist. She wasn't paying attention to him, just glaring at the man who had a tight grip on her other arm. Heero was still busy handing over all of his guns.
He smiled at the man who was awaiting his reply, "It's nice to meet you too! So this is the Vatican huh? Pretty cool place you got here. At least the outside is."
"I'm so glad you're pleased."
"Can we get on with this?" Kana walked up to Duo, the two men she was with right behind her.
"Ah, Ms Lamia. How good to see you!"
"Yeah right. Well are we going to stand out here all day or what?" She pointed over to Heero, "We will be out here forever if you don't leave him alone."
The small priest nodded and the men working on Heero stopped. "Come with me then." He started walking back towards the door.
"Who is this dude?" Duo whispered to Kana.
"Father Chanboor."
He pointed to Kana's bracelet, "What's up with that?"
"It's a tracking device. I'm not exactly trusted around this part of the Vatican."
"Uh-huh"
The inside of the vast castle was even more spectacular than the exterior. Large paintings of Jesus, Mary the Mother of God, Saints all placed in exquisite frames. there were murals and mosaics. Statues and busts of important men. Duo had never seen such a place. Except for maybe in books. Father Chanboor was babbling about something but Duo didn't pay much attention. He was having enough trouble keeping up the pace Father was walking at. Turning left then right, going through passageways and once through a wall that rotated. Both Kana and Heero, walking at his sides, seemed unimpressed by the splendor of the Vatican. It all reminded him of father Maxwell and Sister Helen. Which made him sad, imagine what they would think of him if they were.... still here. The God of Death, the real Shinigami. They would be repulsed. Duo shivered at the thought. He wasn't going to start thinking about that right now. He could do that later, when he was alone. So no one could see his tears.
Suddenly the group came to a halt. Duo almost bumped into the priest in front of him. "Huh! What's going on?" He asked nobody imparticular.
A large door opened and out walked a man in dark blue robes. A golden rope was tied around his waist and a white scarf draped over his shoulders. He looked up, his eyes rested on Duo and he smiled. Duo could feel where the cold shiver had started in the spine of his back and as it traveled slowly up it.
"Father Cambell." Kana placed her hand on Duo's back and gave him a slight push, "Here he is, Shinigami himself."
Father Cambell said nothing just continued to smile at Duo.
"Heh, nice to meet you Father," Duo said politely. Geez, this guy talks as much as Heero, Duo thought.
"Come with me." Cambell turned around and walked back into the door he had come from. The priests that were surrounding Duo, Kana and Heero all back into the wall.
Kana gave him another push and he started to walk forward. Heero followed behind him but was stopped by a number of priests. He glared at them and tried to push them aside.
Duo stopped, "Hey Heero, don't worry about me. I'll be fine. They're just probably gonna show me to my own private room. The God of Death needs a nice quiet place to stay you know." He put on his goofy grin to assure Heero he was fine and followed Cambell into the dark room. The doors made a big crash as the shut behind him.
The room was completely engulfed in blackness. "Hello! Where'd you guys go? Father Cambell?" He tried to feel his way around. The room was very big and very empty. He couldn't even find a wall. "Could someone turn on a light?" A bright red light shot right into his face. The red light didn't help him at that much. It just made things a whole lot creepier. "This is so not cool."
Out of the corner of his eye he spotted a figure rush by him. He quickly spun around, "Who's there?" The hairs on the back of his neck stood straight up as he turned around in circles trying to see past the darkness. There it was again, behind him. Then in front of him. "What the fuck is going on? Father Cambell?" Something lunged out at him. Duo reacted before he could even think about what was going on. He dropped to the floor and rolled out of the way. Whatever had just attacked him, it was big. At least a foot taller then himself. It had a disfigured face and fangs.
It came at him again, Duo dodge it's attack. Again and again, it came at him. Duo was running out of breath. 'Thump' He ran into something hard. A wall. He felt along the wall looking for a door, window anything. He stopped. The monster hadn't attacked him for a while. Maybe it couldn't find him, he hoped. He pressed his back against the wall, trying to control his heaving chest. The red light, gave off an eerie glow. The entire room looked like it was painted in blood. Suddenly the monster materialized right in front of the frantic gundam pilot. A fist the size of his own head came at him, aimed directly for his face.
* * * * *
"Excuse me, Ms Lamia." A timid little man approached Kana and Heero. After Duo had gone with Father Cambell, Heero had settled down and sat next to Kana. Heero kept glaring at the priests that surrounded them making them turn away in fear.
"Hmm.." She smiled at the small man and he took a step back, "Yes."
"Father Chanboor, he asks for you. To discuss your payment."
"Oh of course." She stood up, a hand gripped around her wrist.
"What payment?" Heero frowned at her.
She just ignored him and smiled pleasantly at the priest, "Could you tell me, how long will Father Cambell spend with Mr. Maxwell? His friend here is a very impatient man."
The man glanced at Heero and gulped then looking at the door Duo and Father had gone through, "Oh they should be all done with him by now. I just pray it was done quickly. That poor boy he didn't have a chance-"
Heero released his grip on Kana and grabbed the man by the collar lifting him right of the ground, "What the hell did you do to him?"
Kana pushed Heero away, making him let go of the now very frightened man, "Heero I'm sure it's a big misunderstanding. Duo's probably fine." She smiled at him then shot a Heero glare at the cowering priest, "What do you mean 'It was done quickly?'" She growled.
"Well, we couldn't take any chances. Father Cambell wanted him eliminated just in case-"
Before the priest finished Heero pulled a gun out of his jacket and ran towards the door. Many priests tried to stop him. Threatening to shoot them, the men quickly got out of Wing Zero's pilot way. He tried to knock down the door with his shoulder, "Umph.." He grunted.
Kana realized what he was trying to do, let go of the man and ran to help him. She stood beside him, "On three." He nodded. "One.... Two...... Three..."
* * * * *
A couple feet to Duo's right he heard a 'BANG.' The monster seemed to be a bit distracted by the sudden noise. Duo took this to his advantage. He moved his out of the way just as the gigantic fist slammed into the wall a few centimeters from his head. Grabbing the thick arm of his attacker he used it to pull himself up and knee the monster in the gut. The ugly thing doubled over backing away. Duo punched him in to face. "Shit, that hurt!" He rubbed his hand. The monster tried to get back up, "Oh no you don't" He booted the thing as hard as he could. It tumbled over on it's back. Duo stepped over the monster grabbed it by his greasy hair. He grinned at the thing, "You've met your maker." Taking the jaw of the monster he flicked his wrist and 'Snap' The thing fell down lifeless.
'BANG' a burst of light filled the room. Duo covered his eyes to see what happened. A man stood above Duo his figure surrounded by light. It took Duo a moment to realize it was Heero aiming the gun at his forehead. "Oi, Heero, It's me."
Heero lowered his gun and grunted response.
"Oww. My head." Kana stood up rubbing her head. "Oh Duo are you all right? We had a feeling you might be in trouble." She leaned sideways to look behind him, "But I guess you didn't need our help"
Heero held out his hand for Duo. Duo just stared at it not sure why the 'Perfect Solider' was acting like this. He got up on his own. "I think we've over stayed our welcome."
"I agree. Hmm, 15 minutes that's a new record for me!" Kana grinned
Duo opened his mouth to say something but Heero got to it first, "Let's go." He stepped over the broken door and pulled his gun up again. Duo followed and then Kana behind him.
"Hey, stop right there!" Father Chanboor yelled from across the room Duo had been in.
Heero started to run followed behind Duo who turned around for just a moment, "Sorry Father, but we have to run. Oh and about your dead demon dude... common give the great Shinigami a challenge next time!"
Kana grabbed the grinning baka right before he got a bullet through his head. "Duo, don't provoke them or they will!"
"Gomen!"
~TBC~