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Note: I know no one reviewed the last chapter, but I'm really not surprised. It's been a long time since I wrote anything for this story. I'm kinda finishing this story for myself as well as those who asked me too, so reviews or not I'm going to finish the story.
Memory Lapse
Chapter 11 'What friends are for'
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"I thought I'd find you here?"
I turned quickly and winced as a shot of pain raced through my arm and I was forced to lean against the stiff metal of my cotpit as I tried my best to regain the my breath. I was still weak and quick movements didn't seem to be doing me any good at the moment.
"Go away," I mumbled keeping my voice hard despite the pain that was lacing its way through my chest and worming it's way to my other limbs. It was excruciating, but I didn't let it stop me. I had worked with worse and lived, this was no different.
"Back to our old selves I see." Duo bounded up the stairs surprisingly light and active despite his sweat slicked hair. "I wasn't sure you were you until you told me to go away. Old habits die hard I suppose." He leaned casually against my Gundam and shook his head.
I didn't like him touching my stuff. I narrowed my eyes and glared at him. He didn't even flinch. "I told you to go away and I mean it."
"And you sound very convincing even though you're desperately trying to catch your breath and hey is that blood?" He mocked as I pointed at my shoulder where I'd just noticed the growing spot of blood. It looked like I had ripped something.
I didn't have anything to say to him so I turned to my Gundam and started to climb inside. I wouldn't have to worry about this later. What I didn't expect to feel was my friend's, the closest thing to a friend I had ever had, hand on my injured shoulder. I turned quickly swallowing the pain and blackness that threatened to overcome my senses and reached for him but it was too late his long fingers pressed hard. I felt his nails dig into the wound ripping barely scabbed flesh open and tearing the skin around the exit wound. A silent cry left my lips as my mouth opened wide and my knees buckled underneath me. My instinct was gone and I collapsed.
"Do you see this Yuy," he asked humorlessly as his hand continued to press bruised and bleeding flesh, "if you were at even half your normal strength, hell maybe just a third, this," he paused to press the wound harder and I let out a tiny groan despite my best efforts, "wouldn't stop you. Given I realize it would still hurt like hell, but you Heero run with broken legs and don't flinch. You have to understand that can't go like this. One stray fire fight and you're down for the count. You'll be dead before you even raise your buster cannon."
He removed his fingers from my shoulder and I opened my eyes focusing on his blood stained fingers my entire body shaking and fighting unconsciousness. I didn't know what to think at that moment but my blood was boiling and if I even managed to get up I was going to kill him.
"Some of your memory must still be gone, because I seem to recall you being smarter than this. You always knew your limits. You must be missing some part of your brain called common sense." He put his hands on my arms pinning them to my sides. "You're hurt and can't afford to go out now. Stop being a moron and let me take you back to the hospital."
I glared at him the rage building again and I did nothing to squash it as I bucked upward throwing Duo off guard as I managed to roll him away. I rolled with him and ended up straddling his chest as I pulled my fist back and punched him in the jaw. I was only awake long enough to hear the satisfying crunch and his exclamation of pain before darkness surrounded me.
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"Why…" Quatre stopped as he gazed at Duo with Heero over his shoulder. "Wait maybe I should skip why and go right to 'the what happened?'"
"He was running," Duo said and laid Heero gently on the recently empty hospital bed and sighed. "For someone so small he sure does weight a lot."
"That doesn't explain why he's laid out flat?" Quatre pulled his gaze from Heero's unconscious body to Duo's face, "or why you're sporting a new bruise."
"Yeah well he didn't want to go back." Duo mumbled.
"So you decided to smack him in head with a wrench," Quatre asked raising a brow.
"No, he's the only one that did the hitting. He jumped on me and punched me in the face."
"What made him do that, or do I even want to know."
"I was just showing Heero that he was still human. I kinda agitated his injuries," Duo shook his head, "it's not my fault he was hardly able to stand on his own two feet. He passed out after he jumped on me."
"How are we going to keep him here?" Quatre puzzled as he pressed the red button on Heero's bed calling for the doctor.
"Maybe we should tie him up," Duo suggested.
"How about we keep watch, Trowa and Wufie are due back in tomorrow and they should be able to help us. No one else will be able to keep Heero in bed."
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When I finally came too I realized I felt better than I had in at least a week. My eyes were heavy and my limbs a little slow to respond but over all it was an improvement. My senses were coming back as well and I knew instantly that I wasn't alone and that I was no longer in the hanger where my Gundam was stored. Duo must have brought me back to the hospital. As the realization hit me I slowly opened my eyes and turned my head to where I though the intruder was. It was Duo sitting beside the only table in the room his booted feet propped up on the table his chair leaning back on two legs. The arrogant little bastard, I'm going to kill him.
"Don't even bother. You may feel better but you're drugged," He didn't even look up from his magazine.
I narrowed my eyes and wondered just how drugged I was. I felt all right, then again. I tried to move my arm again but it took a few moments for it to lay across my chest. I realized that it wasn't just fatigue. I really wanted to kill him now.
"No matter how much you threaten I know you can't do any real damage." Duo flipped a page in his magazine and finally peeked over the top winking at me.
My blood started to boil. When it came to Duo I usually had two reactions rage, and indifference, unfortunately for him he tended to bring out rage. "How long do you plan on trying to keep me here?"
"I'm KEEPING you here until you're better. Lucky for you Quatre relieving me in an hour, and then I think It's Trowa's turn." Duo leaned set the chair back on four legs and tossed his magazine on the table. "So what do you want to talk about? We have an entire hour."
I turned away from him and focused on my arm. If I tried hard enough I might be able to get the feeling back, at least enough to slug Duo when he came close enough to my side. I relaxed completely and closed my eyes as I tried to focus all my energy on my arm.
"Are you going to sleep again?"
I opened my eyes to see Duo leaning over my bed his annoying braid falling over his shoulder and onto my chest. I wanted to reach up and grab and then punch him for drugging me but I couldn't even form a fist. "Get out of my face." I growled as I turned away from him and focused on the wall. I didn't like feeling helpless in fact I had never felt like this before, not even when I was laid up for a week after my Gundam exploded.
"Looks like you're getting a little angry there," he chuckled, "can't do anything can you."
I felt a slight tingling in my fingers and smiled internally. I didn't realize the corners of my mouth had turned up until Duo mentioned it. He leaned a little closer and my once asleep hand balled into a fist. Using all the strength I had I flung my body weight toward Duo and watched with satisfaction as it smacked smartly across Duo's cheek.
"OW!" Duo cried and flew backward and to his knees.
I was hurting now and my arm that seemed to have woken up was aching. I hadn't noticed through the drug haze that it was the shoulder I had been shot in. I rolled onto my back as I listened to Duo moan and complain before calling the doctors. At least he would leave me alone for the rest of the day.
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"Relena hasn't woken up yet you know."
I opened my eyes again and refused to answer him. He'd been quiet for about twenty minutes before he started talking again. My punch, though not very efficient had produced a nice sized bruise on his jaw. If he came next to me again I was going to make sure his entire face was purple. The doctors had come in and wrestled me to the bed making me more tired than before and pumped full of more drugs. I wasn't going to talk to him no matter what he was saying. I closed my eyes and turned my head to the wall. I didn't care if it was about Relena.
"Is she all right?"
At first I didn't know it was me who had said it. My voice was weak and cracking and I wondered if they had slipped something else into me. I don't know why I was talking to him about her.
"I don't know really they just told me that the longer she's out the worse her chances become." Duo's voice was soft for a moment. "Her vitals are all right, but she just doesn't seem to want to wake up."
I didn't turn around, and didn't answer. Why did he say she didn't want to wake up? Relena has everything she wants a job, a family. She was injured but not that bad. She had saved him she was stronger than anybody he knew, even himself. He had tried more than once to take the easy way out. He'd tried to kill himself for the mission, but as he thought about it he wondered if that was the only reason he had tried.
"She'd probably like to see you. You could help her."
I heard him but I didn't answer him. How was I supposed to help her? I didn't anything about stuff like this. I couldn't do anything for her.
"I don't want to see her." I lied my voice a low growl. There was silence as the words escaped my lips and I didn't know if I was relieved or angered by the fact that he didn't say anything else. In fact as I lay there for the remainder of the hour Duo didn't say another word to me. He didn't even say goodbye when Quatre came to take over. I didn't want to feel hurt by the action but something inside me made me feel sorry. I wanted to tell him I was sorry for lying. I wanted to talk to Relena, but more than that I wanted to take the easy way out.
Another chapter finished and well there isn't much left. I know this one is short but I wanted to get it out.
