CHAPTER 13: Wings
"BANG!"
Heero fired his gun. He was a bit confused as of the moment. Just a minute ago he was in the lowest level. Searching, hoping to find Duo. He had lost track of his comrades due to the massive people going haywire, trying to finally escape the cursed dungeon.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find Duo, or even one who resembled him. He tried to push his way through, shouting Duo's name as loud as he could, but the crowd only led him to a old elevator shaft. Without control, Heero was dragged up, back outside again, in the field of snow.
And now there he was, in the middle of an unknown territory, thinking if what he had just done was necessary.
He had shot someone -- a guard, so it seems by the uniform. He didn't know why, but he impulsively took out his gun and shot at the man. The guard was aiming at someone, someone his blurred vision didn't allow him to recognize, as snow came falling in a more rapid intensity than before.
He ran towards the direction of the fallen bodies, and while getting nearer, he realized there were three bodies lying on he ground.
One was the guard he had just shot, another was a girl covered in blood. Heero clenched his fist as he saw that she died in a state of shock and fear.
Finally he looked at the third body, which oddly looked familiar to him. Only he was too frail, too thin, and his hair was shorter.
But it was him. And he realized it too late.
"Duo!" Heero reached for him but his body suddenly stumbled out of the way.
Harsh wind blew in his direction.
"What the…" Heero said as he tried to open his eyes.
"I'm taking them with me," a voice said.
The wind stopped. Heero opened his eyes to see another guard standing in front of him. But this time, his eyes and hair were golden. He was holding Duo in his arms.
"Give him back!" Heero said, while he aimed his gun at the guard. "I said give him back!" But the guard didn't move. He simply closed his eyes.
"Bang!" Heero fired his gun. He saw the bullet course through the guard's head. But something was wrong. He didn't bleed. He didn't fall down.
"That won't do anything," the guard said.
"Wha…" Heero stuttered. "What are you?"
Heero could not believe his eyes. But in a gust of wind, something sprung out of the guards back… something called wings.