Playroom
Gundam Wing AU
Cherries
~*~* : flashbacks to Wufei's childhood.
~#~#~#~#~#~: flashbacks to Zechs's childhood
Part 7: Play
Zechs sat down on the pond's edge. "Okay, go." Wufei swallowed, "Can you promise me something first." Zechs nodded. "Sure, anything." Wufei bit his lower lip, "Promise me you won't be mad at me." Zechs nodded for a second time and watched while the boy pulled his thoughts together.
"Alfred was using me as a technician. He's some kind of spy or something."
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"Mommy, mommy!"
Wufei walked in on his mother's bridal party with his eyes covered. "Can I come in now? Linsu gets to stay in here." Melinda stood up and kissed her son's forehead. "Isn't he adorable." The other young women agreed. "You're going to do a good job at the wedding aren't you Wufei?" The boy shook his head, "You shouldn't get marry. I don't like Alfred." One of Melinda's friends laughed. "Ahh sweetie. Al's not trying to take your mommy away or anything." Melinda frowned. She knew her son was smarter than that. He wasn't put in special advance classes for nothing. "Why don't you like Alfred?"
Wufei thought about how to answer the question. // "First, there's this," // the boy thought as he felt his head. He had loved his long hair, // "Alfred insisted on this stupid hair cut." // Wufei pouted. "There's plenty of reasons mommy. Please, please don't marry him." Melinda frowned. "I'm going to have a talk with Alfred first thing in the morning sweetie. Maybe you just don't know him well enough. He really wants us to be a happy family."
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Melinda sat beside Alfred in on the couch. "He really seems worried about this whole marriage. He said he didn't like you, Al. Why would he say something like that?" Alfred sat back with a worried expression. "I think I should spend some quality time with him. Lin likes me just find, but she's a baby. Wufei is a growing boy. He needs examples doesn't he? Maybe I can take him out tomorrow. It'll be just the guys. It could be a good 'ol traditional guys day out, like my daddy use to take me on. Nothing better than that. Hell we can trade secrets. I'll report to you if has any little girlfriends and everything!"
Melinda giggled and lightly slapped Alfred's knee. "Al you're too much. Okay, take him out to the park or something. You really are a fun guy. I'm sure he'll come around eventually. But. you know he's never been very good with people. I guess that happens when you're so gifted." Alfred nodded. "You're right, babe. Well, I'll just have to work on his people skills. We can go to the park and that new museum downtown."
The young man stretched. "Why don't I go up and tell him the good news. Is he awake this time of night?" Melinda looked at her watch. "Well it's only 7:30. He's probably still up. You can tuck him in too." Alfred smiled and hugged Melinda, "Okay, but you go on upstairs. I want to tuck you in too, babe." Melinda smiled and kissed her fiancé. "Okay Al."
Al stayed and watched Melinda go down the hall and to her room. He first had to make a phone call. He looked up at the staircase. // "That's funny, I thought I saw something move up there." // He dismissed it for the moment and dialed the number. He smiled when he heard another man's voice. "Greg, I want you to do me a favor. Meet in Alden Park by the hangout. I want you to meet someone. Remember that gig in the Museum. I found someone small enough for the vents and smart enough for the panels. Good then, tell little Casey I called."
Alfred hung up the phone and looked back at the staircase. He looked just in time to see a pair of red dinosaur slippers go by. He cracked his knuckles. "Well, I guess it's time to put little boys to bed. They shouldn't be up and about at this hour. They sure as hell shouldn't be spying." He listened while hurried footsteps went down the hallway. Al knew he didn't have to walk fast to catch his little spy. Wufei had gone straight to his room and locked the door.
The menacing man knocked on the door. "Wufei, your mom asked me to come up and tuck you in. You wanna open the door buddy?" On the other side of the door Wufei shook his head and held the doorknob. "I'm already in bed!" Al pulled out a key from his top pocket. "Let me in, before I let myself in little man." Wufei thought about it. // "No he is not a good person," // the little boy shook his head and ran back towards his bed.
On the other side of the door Alfred shrugged. He slipped the key in the lock. He figured it was time to teach the little boy a lesson in respecting adults. The door opened quietly and Al walked in. There was an expression of shock on Wufei's face. "How! You can't come in here!" Alfred listened the expected sound of running water outside. Melinda was taking her bath and therefore only listening to loud music. "You got to love that woman's habits. They're so permissible." Wufei stood up. "I don't need you to tuck me in. Get out!"
Alfred sighed, "You know it's a shame you're growing up without a daddy. You don't have anyone to do father-son things with. Well, you do now. You and I are going to the park and museum tomorrow. You like that idea?" Alfred started walking towards the little bed. "You and I can hang out all day. Just the guys, no girls allowed okay?" Wufei shook his head. "I don't like you! Why would I want to hang out with you!" Alfred cracked his knuckles again. "Because."
Wufei shrunk back a little. "Because what?" Alfred's menacing frame was standing over him. "Because I say so. Because you love your momma. Piss me off kid, and you can say goodbye to your momma and sister." Wufei gasped, "No! You're lying!" Alfred pushed Wufei into the wall.
"You think I'm lying! I thought you hated me. Don't you know how damn evil I am? I'll kill you, your momma and your cute baby sister. I don't have to lie! I've done it before to other people." The man wrapped a hand around the boy's neck. "And I'll do it to all of you if you don't behave. Go ahead and try to piss me off. I'll kill them in front of you." Wufei struggled to get loose. "I won't let you hurt them!"
Alfred slapped the boy across the face. "You don't have a choice in the matter! You'll never have a choice! You'll see. I'm going to show you tomorrow." He released he grip on the boy's neck. "Lay down and go to sleep. If you try and tell anyone about this, I'll kill her without you watching. You'll never see it coming. Good night, genius." With that he stalked over to the Linsu's cradle and looked inside. "It would be a shame for a pillow to cover her little head. Hell, I could crush that tiny skull in one hand." He smirked at Wufei and finally left the room.
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The next morning, Melinda walked into a precious sight. Wufei was lying in front of his sister's crib with a flashlight and little toy gun. The young mother simply equated that the boy had a nightmare or saw a shadow move in the night. She gently tapped her son's shoulder. "Sweetie. Wake up my darling. Why are you out of bed?"
Wufei opened his eyes and smiled at the vision speaking to him. His mother was okay and talking. "You okay, mommy? Good." He sat up and looked over her shoulder. Alfred leaned on the doorframe eating an apple with a knife. That was enough to give the small boy a heart attack. ". Why.?" Melinda stood up lifted her daughter. "Why what, sweetie? Is something wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
Alfred was still cutting pieces of apple and staring directly at Melinda's neck. Wufei nodded, "Yes ma'am. I had a bad dream." Wufei stood up and backed away. "About big monsters." Melinda giggled, "Really? Well you don't have to worry about monsters anymore, sweetie. Alfred is going to protect us." Wufei didn't take his eyes off Alfred. "I can protect you mommy."
The tall man laughed, "Of course you can. You be a good boy and you'll grow up big and strong. Then you can protect your mommy from anything. For right now though, I have to teach you how." He threw the last piece of apple in his mouth and tossed the cork in the diaper trashcan. "Get dress. We're about to go out. I'm buying you breakfast, little man." Melinda frowned. "No. He's on a strict diet. He can only eat decent Chinese food. That's what my mother made me promise on her deathbed." Alfred frowned. "But you make cookies and stuff all the time!" Melinda laughed, "Yeah, but I'm Chinese. Get it. Chinese food is prepared by Chinese people."
Alfred smiled. "You're so cute Mel. Fine. Go ahead and eat breakfast here. I have some things to see to first. I'll be back in about an hour to take him to the museum." He waved and walked out of the room.
Wufei was mentally fighting himself. Should he say something. would he really kill his mother? The boy decided it wasn't worth the risk. He'll have to devise a plan in order to get rid of his cowboy menace. // "And that accent thing is so lame. He's from New York." //
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It wasn't like the boy was scared of cars or anything. It must have seemed that way. He almost cried when Melinda buckled him into Alfred car, kissed him on the forehead and said, "Bye sweetie. Have fun." He wasn't having fun. Alfred wore dark shades and drove too fast. // "He can't see! I'm going to die 'cause he's too stupid to take off his shades. Not like it's sunny today." // He looked up at the graying sky. // "It's going to rain." //
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Wufei stopped talking about his experience. "Zechs. It was Alfred. He.. He killed my mother and sister. Is that enough for right now. I'm scared." Zechs nodded. "That's enough to suspend him from coming back here. It's going to be okay now Wufei. Don't worry." Wufei started trembling and fell into Zechs's arms. "Okay. Good then Zechs. Thank you." Zechs pulled Wufei closer and kissed the top of the boy's head. "Let's just sit out here a little while longer. I want you to tell Sally you no longer want to see Alfred. He's never going to come near you again. He'll go to jail and never come back out."
A little while later, Zechs helped his little patient up. The two quietly walked back into the playroom together and faced Sally. The older woman could tell something had happened. "Well? What's the verdict?" Wufei ran over to her and hugged her. "I don't want to go with that man! I don't want to leave with him Sally, he's the one who killed mommy and Lin!" Sally pulled Wufei away and looked straight into his eyes. "Is this true Wufei? Are you sure?" Wufei nodded, "It was him. I don't want to leave with him. He said he would use me again."
Sally growled, "Oh really. I knew he was snake! That bastard is so going to jail! Security!" Sally ran out of the room to try and catch the murderer. Wufei turned and smiled at Zechs. "Thank you." Zechs nodded and smiled back until the look on Wufei's face changed. "Zechs, what about the others?"
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"Casey!"
The twin redheads opened the car door for Alfred. Cassius looked at the man and frowned. "Where's the kid? What happened?" Alfred sat inside the car and slammed the door. Greg started the car and drove as fast as possible away from the hospital. "That little brat! He squealed! I'm going to kill him!" He took a deep breath and finally noticed the ginger- haired captive. "You got him already? We might have to let him go. They'll be looking for us extra hard if they find out about the kidnapping." Greg pulled the car off the road. "How about we ditch the guy here?"
Cassius pouted. "Do we have to? Alfred, are you sure?" The dark haired man nodded, "Yeah. We have to cover our tracks. I use that old Richards name to sign in. We need a make over now." The twins were pouting like Cassius. "Sir, does that mean we won't go through the job," said Timothy. "Yeah. What about the assassination," said Thomas. "Are we going to do either," said both the brothers. Alfred frowned. "I'm going to kill the both of you if you don't shut up!"
Cassius pouted. "Stop yelling at them. That's my job." He looked out the back window. "I want to take that man with us. Let's get moving Greg." Alfred shrugged. "Fine. We'll go back to their place. The kid doesn't know about the twins. He wouldn't recognize them. We'll have to stay in the apartment all day. Go around the back Greg." Greg frowned, // "I know how drive. Shit. I didn't screw up." //
Cassius laid his head on Alfred's shoulder. "Don't worry Al, everything is going to be fine. Hell, I'll even get the kid for you. Then we can celebrate." Alfred pushed the younger man off and leaned on the car door. "Shut up Casey. You little slut." Cassius sat up smiled, "I wasn't 'till you made that way." Alfred sneered, "Right. I've never met such a welcoming nine-year old. You were plenty ready to run off with me. You acted a little professional."
Cassius shrugged, "Well duh. You said I could be a spy like James Bond, only cooler, like a bad guy." Alfred looked over to his too-eager successor. //"You are too cocky, Casey. That's why I need the kid. He knows when to stop. You think I care about you or something. Big mistake on your part."//
The blonde started frowning. "I don't think we need the brat. The last I saw of that kid he acted like he was superior or something. I'm older, who cares what he can fix. Besides, he can't even handle your tastes! What the hell do we still need with him? I could figure out-"
"Quiet!" Shouted Alfred. "You can't handle this! I want Wufei." He kicked Treize's limp leg. "And I just got an ideal."
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TBC
Gundam Wing AU
Cherries
~*~* : flashbacks to Wufei's childhood.
~#~#~#~#~#~: flashbacks to Zechs's childhood
Part 7: Play
Zechs sat down on the pond's edge. "Okay, go." Wufei swallowed, "Can you promise me something first." Zechs nodded. "Sure, anything." Wufei bit his lower lip, "Promise me you won't be mad at me." Zechs nodded for a second time and watched while the boy pulled his thoughts together.
"Alfred was using me as a technician. He's some kind of spy or something."
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"Mommy, mommy!"
Wufei walked in on his mother's bridal party with his eyes covered. "Can I come in now? Linsu gets to stay in here." Melinda stood up and kissed her son's forehead. "Isn't he adorable." The other young women agreed. "You're going to do a good job at the wedding aren't you Wufei?" The boy shook his head, "You shouldn't get marry. I don't like Alfred." One of Melinda's friends laughed. "Ahh sweetie. Al's not trying to take your mommy away or anything." Melinda frowned. She knew her son was smarter than that. He wasn't put in special advance classes for nothing. "Why don't you like Alfred?"
Wufei thought about how to answer the question. // "First, there's this," // the boy thought as he felt his head. He had loved his long hair, // "Alfred insisted on this stupid hair cut." // Wufei pouted. "There's plenty of reasons mommy. Please, please don't marry him." Melinda frowned. "I'm going to have a talk with Alfred first thing in the morning sweetie. Maybe you just don't know him well enough. He really wants us to be a happy family."
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Melinda sat beside Alfred in on the couch. "He really seems worried about this whole marriage. He said he didn't like you, Al. Why would he say something like that?" Alfred sat back with a worried expression. "I think I should spend some quality time with him. Lin likes me just find, but she's a baby. Wufei is a growing boy. He needs examples doesn't he? Maybe I can take him out tomorrow. It'll be just the guys. It could be a good 'ol traditional guys day out, like my daddy use to take me on. Nothing better than that. Hell we can trade secrets. I'll report to you if has any little girlfriends and everything!"
Melinda giggled and lightly slapped Alfred's knee. "Al you're too much. Okay, take him out to the park or something. You really are a fun guy. I'm sure he'll come around eventually. But. you know he's never been very good with people. I guess that happens when you're so gifted." Alfred nodded. "You're right, babe. Well, I'll just have to work on his people skills. We can go to the park and that new museum downtown."
The young man stretched. "Why don't I go up and tell him the good news. Is he awake this time of night?" Melinda looked at her watch. "Well it's only 7:30. He's probably still up. You can tuck him in too." Alfred smiled and hugged Melinda, "Okay, but you go on upstairs. I want to tuck you in too, babe." Melinda smiled and kissed her fiancé. "Okay Al."
Al stayed and watched Melinda go down the hall and to her room. He first had to make a phone call. He looked up at the staircase. // "That's funny, I thought I saw something move up there." // He dismissed it for the moment and dialed the number. He smiled when he heard another man's voice. "Greg, I want you to do me a favor. Meet in Alden Park by the hangout. I want you to meet someone. Remember that gig in the Museum. I found someone small enough for the vents and smart enough for the panels. Good then, tell little Casey I called."
Alfred hung up the phone and looked back at the staircase. He looked just in time to see a pair of red dinosaur slippers go by. He cracked his knuckles. "Well, I guess it's time to put little boys to bed. They shouldn't be up and about at this hour. They sure as hell shouldn't be spying." He listened while hurried footsteps went down the hallway. Al knew he didn't have to walk fast to catch his little spy. Wufei had gone straight to his room and locked the door.
The menacing man knocked on the door. "Wufei, your mom asked me to come up and tuck you in. You wanna open the door buddy?" On the other side of the door Wufei shook his head and held the doorknob. "I'm already in bed!" Al pulled out a key from his top pocket. "Let me in, before I let myself in little man." Wufei thought about it. // "No he is not a good person," // the little boy shook his head and ran back towards his bed.
On the other side of the door Alfred shrugged. He slipped the key in the lock. He figured it was time to teach the little boy a lesson in respecting adults. The door opened quietly and Al walked in. There was an expression of shock on Wufei's face. "How! You can't come in here!" Alfred listened the expected sound of running water outside. Melinda was taking her bath and therefore only listening to loud music. "You got to love that woman's habits. They're so permissible." Wufei stood up. "I don't need you to tuck me in. Get out!"
Alfred sighed, "You know it's a shame you're growing up without a daddy. You don't have anyone to do father-son things with. Well, you do now. You and I are going to the park and museum tomorrow. You like that idea?" Alfred started walking towards the little bed. "You and I can hang out all day. Just the guys, no girls allowed okay?" Wufei shook his head. "I don't like you! Why would I want to hang out with you!" Alfred cracked his knuckles again. "Because."
Wufei shrunk back a little. "Because what?" Alfred's menacing frame was standing over him. "Because I say so. Because you love your momma. Piss me off kid, and you can say goodbye to your momma and sister." Wufei gasped, "No! You're lying!" Alfred pushed Wufei into the wall.
"You think I'm lying! I thought you hated me. Don't you know how damn evil I am? I'll kill you, your momma and your cute baby sister. I don't have to lie! I've done it before to other people." The man wrapped a hand around the boy's neck. "And I'll do it to all of you if you don't behave. Go ahead and try to piss me off. I'll kill them in front of you." Wufei struggled to get loose. "I won't let you hurt them!"
Alfred slapped the boy across the face. "You don't have a choice in the matter! You'll never have a choice! You'll see. I'm going to show you tomorrow." He released he grip on the boy's neck. "Lay down and go to sleep. If you try and tell anyone about this, I'll kill her without you watching. You'll never see it coming. Good night, genius." With that he stalked over to the Linsu's cradle and looked inside. "It would be a shame for a pillow to cover her little head. Hell, I could crush that tiny skull in one hand." He smirked at Wufei and finally left the room.
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The next morning, Melinda walked into a precious sight. Wufei was lying in front of his sister's crib with a flashlight and little toy gun. The young mother simply equated that the boy had a nightmare or saw a shadow move in the night. She gently tapped her son's shoulder. "Sweetie. Wake up my darling. Why are you out of bed?"
Wufei opened his eyes and smiled at the vision speaking to him. His mother was okay and talking. "You okay, mommy? Good." He sat up and looked over her shoulder. Alfred leaned on the doorframe eating an apple with a knife. That was enough to give the small boy a heart attack. ". Why.?" Melinda stood up lifted her daughter. "Why what, sweetie? Is something wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
Alfred was still cutting pieces of apple and staring directly at Melinda's neck. Wufei nodded, "Yes ma'am. I had a bad dream." Wufei stood up and backed away. "About big monsters." Melinda giggled, "Really? Well you don't have to worry about monsters anymore, sweetie. Alfred is going to protect us." Wufei didn't take his eyes off Alfred. "I can protect you mommy."
The tall man laughed, "Of course you can. You be a good boy and you'll grow up big and strong. Then you can protect your mommy from anything. For right now though, I have to teach you how." He threw the last piece of apple in his mouth and tossed the cork in the diaper trashcan. "Get dress. We're about to go out. I'm buying you breakfast, little man." Melinda frowned. "No. He's on a strict diet. He can only eat decent Chinese food. That's what my mother made me promise on her deathbed." Alfred frowned. "But you make cookies and stuff all the time!" Melinda laughed, "Yeah, but I'm Chinese. Get it. Chinese food is prepared by Chinese people."
Alfred smiled. "You're so cute Mel. Fine. Go ahead and eat breakfast here. I have some things to see to first. I'll be back in about an hour to take him to the museum." He waved and walked out of the room.
Wufei was mentally fighting himself. Should he say something. would he really kill his mother? The boy decided it wasn't worth the risk. He'll have to devise a plan in order to get rid of his cowboy menace. // "And that accent thing is so lame. He's from New York." //
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It wasn't like the boy was scared of cars or anything. It must have seemed that way. He almost cried when Melinda buckled him into Alfred car, kissed him on the forehead and said, "Bye sweetie. Have fun." He wasn't having fun. Alfred wore dark shades and drove too fast. // "He can't see! I'm going to die 'cause he's too stupid to take off his shades. Not like it's sunny today." // He looked up at the graying sky. // "It's going to rain." //
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Wufei stopped talking about his experience. "Zechs. It was Alfred. He.. He killed my mother and sister. Is that enough for right now. I'm scared." Zechs nodded. "That's enough to suspend him from coming back here. It's going to be okay now Wufei. Don't worry." Wufei started trembling and fell into Zechs's arms. "Okay. Good then Zechs. Thank you." Zechs pulled Wufei closer and kissed the top of the boy's head. "Let's just sit out here a little while longer. I want you to tell Sally you no longer want to see Alfred. He's never going to come near you again. He'll go to jail and never come back out."
A little while later, Zechs helped his little patient up. The two quietly walked back into the playroom together and faced Sally. The older woman could tell something had happened. "Well? What's the verdict?" Wufei ran over to her and hugged her. "I don't want to go with that man! I don't want to leave with him Sally, he's the one who killed mommy and Lin!" Sally pulled Wufei away and looked straight into his eyes. "Is this true Wufei? Are you sure?" Wufei nodded, "It was him. I don't want to leave with him. He said he would use me again."
Sally growled, "Oh really. I knew he was snake! That bastard is so going to jail! Security!" Sally ran out of the room to try and catch the murderer. Wufei turned and smiled at Zechs. "Thank you." Zechs nodded and smiled back until the look on Wufei's face changed. "Zechs, what about the others?"
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"Casey!"
The twin redheads opened the car door for Alfred. Cassius looked at the man and frowned. "Where's the kid? What happened?" Alfred sat inside the car and slammed the door. Greg started the car and drove as fast as possible away from the hospital. "That little brat! He squealed! I'm going to kill him!" He took a deep breath and finally noticed the ginger- haired captive. "You got him already? We might have to let him go. They'll be looking for us extra hard if they find out about the kidnapping." Greg pulled the car off the road. "How about we ditch the guy here?"
Cassius pouted. "Do we have to? Alfred, are you sure?" The dark haired man nodded, "Yeah. We have to cover our tracks. I use that old Richards name to sign in. We need a make over now." The twins were pouting like Cassius. "Sir, does that mean we won't go through the job," said Timothy. "Yeah. What about the assassination," said Thomas. "Are we going to do either," said both the brothers. Alfred frowned. "I'm going to kill the both of you if you don't shut up!"
Cassius pouted. "Stop yelling at them. That's my job." He looked out the back window. "I want to take that man with us. Let's get moving Greg." Alfred shrugged. "Fine. We'll go back to their place. The kid doesn't know about the twins. He wouldn't recognize them. We'll have to stay in the apartment all day. Go around the back Greg." Greg frowned, // "I know how drive. Shit. I didn't screw up." //
Cassius laid his head on Alfred's shoulder. "Don't worry Al, everything is going to be fine. Hell, I'll even get the kid for you. Then we can celebrate." Alfred pushed the younger man off and leaned on the car door. "Shut up Casey. You little slut." Cassius sat up smiled, "I wasn't 'till you made that way." Alfred sneered, "Right. I've never met such a welcoming nine-year old. You were plenty ready to run off with me. You acted a little professional."
Cassius shrugged, "Well duh. You said I could be a spy like James Bond, only cooler, like a bad guy." Alfred looked over to his too-eager successor. //"You are too cocky, Casey. That's why I need the kid. He knows when to stop. You think I care about you or something. Big mistake on your part."//
The blonde started frowning. "I don't think we need the brat. The last I saw of that kid he acted like he was superior or something. I'm older, who cares what he can fix. Besides, he can't even handle your tastes! What the hell do we still need with him? I could figure out-"
"Quiet!" Shouted Alfred. "You can't handle this! I want Wufei." He kicked Treize's limp leg. "And I just got an ideal."
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TBC