Racing down the halls, the two were able to see the door close to the office before their arrival. The two stayed low so that they were not visible through the glass window on the door. Thank god that everyone else was in class right now and wouldn't suspect two girls sitting on the floor in front of the principal's office. Wufei and Duo pressed their ears close to the door to listen in on the conversation inside, careful as to remain unnoticed.
"So, Mr. Oda...or should I say Mr. Yuy? What's your purpose for being here?"
"I don't know. We were just told to come here and wait for further instruction."
"Your superiors didn't give you any information as to why your presence here is important?"
"No."
"Well, then Mr. Yuy, that would make your organization quite a disappoinment. I was hoping they were going to at least fill their soldiers in. More fun to torture information out of you than to just kill you off the bat." A gun was cocked and Duo was furious in a second. Only Wufei holding him down was making sure that he didn't burst into the room too soon. "Mr. Yuy, where's your partner. I know he's in this school, but I can't seem to find him."
"No one said my partner was in this school. We're not sent on dual missions, we report to different superiors."
"Oh, is that so? OZ intelligence says that there is an unnamed male Caucasian who is your partner in this mission. And I've been doing this for so many years that I can tell you're lying. So, Mr. Yuy, where is he? Or are you willing to die just to protect him?"
"I don't know where he is."
"You know I'll eventually kill him anyway. It's only a matter of time before I pick you all off one by one."
"Over my dead body you'll kill him." Heero chose this moment to kick the large desk over the man and duck from any shots that might have come. He pulled a gun out from the waist band of his khakis and aimed it at the man's head, cocking it quickly.
"Well, Mr. Yuy, it seems we have a standoff."
In a moment of anger, Duo broke free of Wufei's grip and kicked open the door. The Chinese man hid himself by rolling to one side of the wall, where he was not visible from the office, cocking his gun as well.
"Look, Mr. OZ soldier, drop the gun or I'll blow your head into a million pieces." Duo aimed it for a clean shot at the man's chest.
"A girl? Or information never said that there was a female Gundam pilot."
Imitating a buzzer sound, Duo walked closer slowly. "Wrong answer. Sorry, but that's incorrect! But you have a consolation prize! A bullet from my gun!"
Before Duo could pull the trigger though, the man had pulled it on him and kicked his chair at Heero simultaneously. His shooting of Duo was too distracted though and he only got him on the shoulder. The Wing pilot was almost hit squarely on the head by the chair had he not anticipated it and shot it out of the way.
"Shit!" Duo clutched his shoulder tightly and tried to coax the blood to stop pouring out from his body, but to no avail. It had only been the shoulder, but it went right through the bone and it hurt like hell.
Before the man could empty his clip on Duo, Wufei had already shot him and he had fallen to the group in a big bloody heap. Their guns had not used silencers, and the door had been busted open, it wouldn't be long before people reached the office and realized what had happened. Wufei told Quatre over their comm that they were meeting back at Heero's room and then getting their asses out of the school immediately. The mission was complete and there was really no need for them to be here anymore.
Heero spoke soft words of comfort to Duo before tucking his gun away and carrying the boy back gently in his arms. The three made their way back to the room before too much commotion had surrounded the office. By the time they were back at Heero and Trowa's room, the blond and the brunet were already waiting for them there with medical supplies.
Duo was laid down gently on Heero bed and his wound was cleaned and fixed with what they had. They needed to get back to Sally Po in order to get his arm healed properly. Quatre moved to help Heero take care of Duo, but the Japanese boy refused and told him to go and delete their files from the school's database.
Quatre left the bedroom and returned to the rather small 'living room' while giving the other two a look that told them they had best get to work with what they could and get their mission report done as well.
Back in the bedroom, Duo was fast asleep, too tired from the blood loss to be awake.
"Gomen nasai, Duo." Heero gently brushed the hair out of Duo's face as he laid blissfully unaware. The lights in the room were off and the curtains were drawn so that only a minute stream of light could come into the room. "I'm so sorry for getting you hurt." He squeezed Duo's hand and hugged him before he moved to go outside the room and leave him be to heal.
Back outside, Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei were already packing the two's personal belongings into their respective duffle bags. The laptop was already neatly packed in its casing, which only meant that the mission report and their information had been deleted from the school's database. Quatre gave Heero a look to tell him to fetch Duo from his room so that they could clean out their stuff and leave. The faster the better.
Heero didn't want to wake Duo from his slumber, but how else could he get Duo back to his room. He sighed and picked up the lithe form easily, moving very slowly to allow Duo more sleeping time.
After a long ordeal of Duo awaking and packing, the five were all ready to leave this behind them so that they could get Duo to a proper doctor. Wufei carried Duo's pack and Trowa carried Heero's so that the Japanese pilot could carry Duo and reduce activity from him to prevent further blood loss. They hadn't noticed, but Umi had stepped in on them at that moment.
"Where are you all going?"
Five heads perked up at her voice and Duo smiled weakly at her. "You don't want to know, but let's just say we're would've rather stayed."
"Hellen-chan! Why are you injured? Your uniform is stained with blood!"
Duo shrugged as non-chalantly as possible. "It's nothing. I got bitten by a dog."
She looked at the five suspiciously but didn't press further, knowing that they wouldn't tell her anyway. She walked up to Duo and gave 'her' a light hug, followed by hugs to the rest of the pilots as well. "Take care then. Will I ever see you guys again?"
"Maybe, maybe not. Fate decides that, not us."
"Then I wish you the best of luck."
The five said their good-byes and slipped out of her life as quickly as they had entered.
End Part XIII
Winding down to the epilogue like conclusion. ^_^