praecognoscere

By: Madisonne

Part: 1 / ?

Disclaimer: For some reason, the people at Bandai keep on forgetting to return my calls... So, no, I don't own them yet. Operative word: YET! MWA HA HA HA HA!!! Ahem... Don't steal, or else I'll sic my demon-chibis on you. Stop laughing! They can strip a cow of its meat in one minute! Or is that piranhas? Hmmm...

Warnings: Ethical dilemmas

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"Mmmph..." He cracked open one eye just long enough to see his best friend and lover opening the door, dressed and ready for work. "'Ve good day." With one lazy, sleepy hand, he swiped at his eyes.

"It's early. Go back to sleep."

He smiled lazily, closed his eyes, and heard the door shut. There was a downside to living within Preventer walls; his lover had taken the proximity of his work as an excuse to leave early and come home late into the night, especially in the last few weeks. The brunette would come back to the apartment tired and sad, but Wufei found it impossible to extract from his partner what was the matter.

Only moments later, he felt a huge tremor shake the entire room.

"Holy shit!" He sat straight up in his bed, terror running through his heart. "What the hell?!!" His first instinct was to brush it off as an earthquake, but then he remembered that it was almost impossible for one to occur that far from a fault line.

Almost immediately, a voice came on over the loudspeaker that had been wired into every agent's room. "Alert to all staff - the complex has been bombed. We are locking all doors and gassing all halls for maximum security. Please remain calm."

Wufei obeyed for a moment, trying to soothe his racing heart, then, as he thought about it, he panicked. "Oh my god! No!" He stumbled to the door and hit it repeatedly. "No!" The fact that he had just seen his lover walk out to his death made Wufei physically sick.

"Holy shit!" He gasped and sat straight up in bed. 'Just a dream, just a dream...' He turned over and saw Heero getting ready to leave for the day. "Don't... Don't go." He pleaded.

"What? Why?" He sat back down on the edge of the bed. "Something wrong?"

He did not know how to explain it. "Just stay. Please..." With a shaky hand, he reached out and clutched at the sleeve of his uniform. He hated to seem weak and vulnerable, but he knew that pleading was his only way to stop the brunette, short of pulling a gun on him.

"Are you okay?" Heero asked, worry lines clear on his face. "You seem..."
"I don't know... I'm just... Just..." He shook his head, unable to talk.

As in his dream, the entire room shook and Wufei's heart raced wildly. 'It wasn't a dream...'

He glanced over at Heero and was confused that the other agent had not even flinched.

"How did you know?" Heero asked, an indecipherable look on his face.

Wufei shook his head in dazed confusion. "I - I don't know..." He frowned. "I saw it."

The next moments passed quickly, too quickly for Wufei's immediate comprehension. The walls seemed to rise around him, revealing a pristine lab filled with scientists. A woman in a white coat bustled up to them and injected something into the base of his neck.

The last thing he saw was Heero leaning over him, seeming to whisper, "I'm sorry."

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Notes: I know this is short, but it's just the teaser/prologue thingie. It will get longer, I promise!