Fusion of Flesh and Silver

Chapter 2

Duo laid Heero on a metal table in his workshop because it was stable enough to support Heero's weight. As Duo cut the trench coat Heero'd been wearing, he gasped in complete shock. Not really at the long cut down Heero's middle but, rather at Heero himself. Where his chest was it had become plated on one side, one arm was completely replaced with an artificial arm, however, where there should have been an hand, it curved into a gruesome scythe like blade. Duo noticed the blood on the silver blade, and shuddered. "Oh, Heero....", Duo muttered.

As he got started, Duo first fixed the mechanics of Heero first, since they seemed to have life supporting abilities. He worked endlessly, carefully putting back together the tubes, and wires. How had Heero gotten like this? What could do this to him? Duo felt a small joy as Heero's breathing got suddenly stronger. Now, with the medical training on war injuries, Duo could handle the still human bits of Heero's body. It was a good thing Sally Poe, and Hilde had been willing to give him that type of basic training.

.....

Heero woke with a start, he looked around him at the basic black, and red bedroom. He knew he should be dead, but was this the afterlife? Or just a normal bedroom, Heero got up out of bed, pain filled his gut as he moved. Heero looked down at his bare upper body and noticed the little stitches over his skin. Heero moved over to the wall, and looked at the pictures, each had Duo in them in some form or another. Then Heero remember what had happened just before he passed out, how he'd seen Duo. Heero felt sore all over, and noticed he had cut himself more than once. All of a sudden Duo opened the door, and stared at Heero in utter shock. "Man, when I fixed you up, I'd thought you'd be out for days, Heero.", Duo muttered.

Heero watched carefully as Duo sat on his knees to check how his stitches were holding up. As Duo reached for Heero's robotic arm, Heero jumped a slight bit. "It's okay.... I just need to get a closer look, Heero.", Duo explained.

Heero's eyes filled with tears even as he tried to push them back, and he brought the blade to his neck this time. He was going to die for sure this time, in a way Duo could never fix. "Now, Heero.... Is that really the answer your looking for right now?", Duo asked, calmly moving forward, "It's okay, you've been hurt, I can understand that, but, it's not the way to fix it."

Before Heero could stop him, Duo wrapped his arms around his neck, pushing the blade down, and away. Heero wrapped his one good arm around Duo's neck, and crying, buried his face into Duo's shirt. He felt Duo's fingers stroke his hair and heard Duo hushing him gently. "Now, Heero, I understand you're in pain, but, don't kill yourself, all right?", Duo motioned for the blade, "That, I'll get a lightweight case, that way it can't hurt anyone you don't mean to.",

Heero nodded, since he couldn't talk to Duo small gestures would have to do for now. Duo got up, pulling Heero from the floor with him. "Now, let's go eat, since breakfast is ready.", Duo happily stated.

.....

Duo watched as Heero ate vigorously, apparently starving from lack of food, or do to stress. Duo watched Heero down another pancake, then a glass of milk right after. "You must have been walking around for a long time like that huh?", Duo asked.

All he got was quick nod before Heero stuffed a piece of toast in his mouth. Duo then noticed that one eye wasn't normal, well, it was, but then, it wasn't. It was normal except the eyeball wasn't human, it was a light, glossy blue, and Duo could see the robotics just barely. Heero finished eating before wiping his mouth on the napkin, then looking at Duo. Heero noticed the food still on his friend's plate, and made a 'Go ahead, and finish up.' gesture.

Duo snapped out of whatever he'd been daydreaming about, and went back to eating. "Heero, why haven't you been saying much lately, hmmmm?", Duo asked.

Heero motioned towards the area his voice box should have been, and made a cutting gesture. "Oh, you mean, someone cut them off?", Duo asked.

Heero nodded slowly, looking downward at his one hand while doing so. "That's horrible, how'd all this happen?", Duo gestured towards the arm.

Heero shook his head quickly, his eyes burning from the tears held back. "Okay, you don't have to tell me, all right?", Duo looked at Heero, "Trowa might be able to help with the voice thing though. That's why he use to not talk that much, it hurt his throat.",

Heero looked puzzled for a while. "Oh, he did go see a doctor of course, it seems one of his vocal cords wasn't fully attached, so he created one, and had it surgically put in.", Duo continued, "He's been working on stuff like that for a while, and he doesn't even need to put the people to sleep to install one in."

Heero looked up at Duo a slight gleam of interest. "We can go see him later today if you want.", Duo suggested.

Heero nodded his agreement, before Duo rose from the table, "But, right now, I think you should get a little more rest, you need it for your health.", Duo told him, "Now, go on, all I'm going to do is clean up down here, kay?",

Heero nodded again before walking to the bedroom he'd woken in, Duo had set some pajama's with a cut off sleeve. Heero figure that these were his to have, and slipped into them, having a little trouble with the blade, but soon was dressed.

Heero once again fell into a state of deep, dreamless sleep.

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Later, after Heero'd woke up, he walked into the living room to find Duo talking with Trowa, who still looked the same, only a little more in a talking mood. Heero stepped forward, just in view of Duo's sight. "Ah, there's Heero. Have a nice nap, sleepy head? It's already four o' clock.", Duo joked.

Trowa turned, and slowly got up to face Heero, who, despite his being tall the last time Heero had seen him, had grown another couple inches. "Let me see your neck, okay?", Trowa instructed, putting on gloves, and getting down to business, "There's nothing of the vocal area left here.",

"Does that mean everything?", Duo asked.

Trowa nodded, "It'll be the hardest case of replacement I'd ever done, but, I can do it.", Trowa told Duo, "This is the first time I'll have to construct the whole thing from scratch, but, I will.",

"Thank you Trowa.", Duo said, "Heero means that too, if he could say it.",

"Friends help friends in need, right?", Trowa said, "Heero, you be careful, okay?",

Heero nodded, before going back inside. "You be careful with him Duo, he be very unpredictable at times.", Trowa reminded him.

"I'll keep that in mind.", Duo said, turning back inside.

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