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AN: Yeah, well, life officially sucks... ummm... but... Yeah... Well, I hope you enjoy this chappie.
Assassin
Chapter 2:
Thanatopsis
It was the last day of Duo and Heero's freedom. Duo was even more excited to spend time with Hilde and Heero was even less excited of each new day. He knew that soon he would be spending twenty four hours a day, seven days a week with that braided baka. Relena hadn't even tried to make contact with Heero since "the incident." Not that Heero really cared or anything. He was busy working out.
On this day, Heero was busy working on his abs, when he heard a familiar voice. The same handsome voice he heard in Relena's front lawn. He peeked around the corner, so he could get a view of the man. The man was tall and well built, yet he looked rather skinny. He was leaning over a girl with ridiculously long blond hair. She was smiling at him and nodding. "Little Mena certainly has become very arrogant! Did you see the way she looked at you when you told her to be careful? It was the same look a teen gives his or her mother or father when they tell them that they shouldn't smoke."
"You're right..." the man sighed. "It's the training. She knows she's very powerful and that is a terrible thing for anyone to know. She is almost invincible, but she thinks she's a fucking god or something. I hope she learns her lesson."
"Fex, she learns from you. You taught her that she is invincible," the girl chided gently.
"How dare you say I taught her that, Diz. We learned from the training that we're invincible. Anyways, we almost are invincible," the man, who Heero then knew as Fex, scratched the back of his neck and shrugged. He then looked down at his watch. "Oh, it's almost four. Almost time for the 'princess' to arrive. Lets head down there."
Heero went back to his workout machine. 'Isn't there somewhere I'm supposed to be at four?' Heero asked himself. 'Shit! That's right! Dinner with,' Heero shuddered involuntarily, ' Duo and Hilde at the Calamity Café...'
Heero grabbed his bag and headed to the shower. Usually, Heero avoid the two lovers as much as possible, but when it comes to food... that's a completely different story. Heero was hungry enough to eat anything with four legs. That seeing eye dog was starting to look like a roast in Heero's eyes...
Heero shook his head and headed towards the locker/shower room.
Meanwhile...
Duo looked around as casually as possible. There was no one around. He stealthily ran forward and ducked under the trash can when the familiar sound of a car coming to a slow stop could be heard. He peeked out from behind the trash can to see who in their right mind would be driving a car in this section of the colony. It was a grand looking black limo with black tinted windows. Duo couldn't see the hint of anything behind those windows. Slowly, the back window began to roll down. Duo almost gasped because the woman, whose face had just been revealed, looked exactly like Hilde. He quickly realized, however, that her mouth was far too wide to be Hilde's. Still, he was disturbed by the likeness.
A bum, that had been sleeping under newspapers, shuffled his way towards the limo. He leaned his head close to the window. The bum's head was shaking and nodding at, for Duo anyways, random points in the conversation. The Hilde imposter's face was slowly turning red, then an ugly shade of purple. Duo started to get a sick feeling in his stomach. 'I shouldn't be here,' he thought to himself.
The bum was obviously starting to get very frightened, as suggested by his body language. His terrified voice could be faintly heard from Duo's position. "Ma'am, I said that the café was secure, to the best of my knowledge! Please, I can't stop everything for you that would look to suspicious!"
The woman's voice was very clearly heard through out the alley-way. "And you think this doesn't look suspicious?!" With that, she promptly yanked a gun up and shot him in the head.
The gun was silenced, so there was no 'BANG!' It was more like 'bang...'
Duo fell back into a fetal position, hugging his knees and cringing as the vomit inducing sent of brains drifted towards him. The sight of death was nothing new to him, but Duo found this random act of violence sickening. Death is necessary for life, but that was... cold blooded. Duo rubbed his eyes. "What am I going to do?" he asked himself out loud. 'Not report this, for one thing. I don't need to get involved in that kind of shit. Not right now, anyways. Anywho, I have to go to the Calamity Café. Maybe I can drink those images away...'
Duo sighed and got up shakily. The limo had pulled away as soon as the bum was shot. Duo silently ran into the store that was in the opposite direction of the dead bum.
The store was a cute little jewelry shop full of antiques and little doo-dads. Duo found the ring that Hilde had fallen in love with when they had fallen at this store's doorstep a few weeks ago. Tonight was the night he would propose to her.
Later...
It was 3:50 PM. The last day of Heero and Duo's freedom was coming to a too soon close. Hilde and Heero were waiting for Duo at the front of Calamity Café. A grand looking limo with pure black windows pulled into the VIP parking lot. Hilde's eyebrows raised up a little. "Someone's got a lot of money," she giggled. "Could it be your woman Heero?"
"Hn," Heero grunted. He was in no mood for joking. The prospect of being with Duo for one year straight was looming heavily on his mind.
A person, heavily clothed in furs and scarves, limped out of the car. She (for it was obviously a woman) walked calmly into the Calamity Café. "Well, lots like we'll have some companions in the VIP section!" Hilde was obviously in a good mood.
Heero shook his head. That's when Duo appeared, his eyes on the sidewalk. He looked as if he saw a ghost. Hilde ran up to him and embraced him. "Duo baby, what's wrong? You look sad."
Duo looked up and forced a smile. "That's because I am. I don't get to be with you for a whole year."
Hilde smiled at him at then kissed him. "Ashitaru, Duo."
"Ashitaru, Hilde," Duo whispered into her hair.
Heero grunted impatiently. Duo and Hilde pulled apart and laughed. "Tonight, my friends, we are going to get wasted! Yes sir. I will pay for whatever anybody wants to drink. I am planning on a little Russian vodka to begin my night! I don't know about you, but I'd be lost without it! Vodka's the shiz!" Duo laughed. "Anywho, lets go claim our VIP table!"
Meanwhile-
Fex, Diz and Mena stood at the back entrance of the Calamity Café. "So, she's in there? In the VIP section?" Mena asked she was anxious.
Fex sighed. "It's not going to be easy to get to her. She's got her people all in that place. There maybe two or three people in there that don't work for her, but besides that, everyone there will be looking for something like this."
Diz had bypassed the security systems and had control of the security cameras that were posted everywhere in the café. She was watching a live feed on her laptop computer. "She has arrived," Diz announced. She's dressed as a rich civilian. She's taking off many layers of jackets and leaving them at the front entrance. Now she's heading to the VIP section. There are no cameras in the VIP section. Mena, listen to me carefully," Diz closed the laptop. "She is wearing jeans and a red t-shirt with yellow writing on it. Her hair is short and black, or a really dark blue. I couldn't tell because the picture quality on my lap top is so bad. She's got two burly looking goonies with her. I suggest you approach them as a frightful waitress. They love to know that they have power and since even the employees are in her ring of friends, they'll love to know that you respect and fear them."
Mena rolled her eyes. "Please spare me the lecture. We've gone over it about a million times already. I'm the best assassin out there. I'm not about to make any mistakes. Now good day and I will see you when the mission is accomplished," with that, Mena turned around and walked in the café, dressed as the employee that was drugged, gagged and bound in the back of Fex's van.
Everyone that knew the girl she was dressed up as thought that Mena was her. Mena had been shadowing her for a few days now and knew all the girl's habits, much of her past and anything else that would help in fooling anyone into thinking that it was the same person.
So, the plan was being set in motion. The three groups of three had no idea what was about to take place. Nor did they even suspect the consequences of actions and accidents that were about to happen. So began the dawning of a new life for them.
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A/N: *grins evilly* Muwhahaha! A cliffhanger! (Don't ya love it when I'm evil like this?)
Love,
Elise E. Maxwell ;p
AN: Yeah, well, life officially sucks... ummm... but... Yeah... Well, I hope you enjoy this chappie.
Assassin
Chapter 2:
Thanatopsis
It was the last day of Duo and Heero's freedom. Duo was even more excited to spend time with Hilde and Heero was even less excited of each new day. He knew that soon he would be spending twenty four hours a day, seven days a week with that braided baka. Relena hadn't even tried to make contact with Heero since "the incident." Not that Heero really cared or anything. He was busy working out.
On this day, Heero was busy working on his abs, when he heard a familiar voice. The same handsome voice he heard in Relena's front lawn. He peeked around the corner, so he could get a view of the man. The man was tall and well built, yet he looked rather skinny. He was leaning over a girl with ridiculously long blond hair. She was smiling at him and nodding. "Little Mena certainly has become very arrogant! Did you see the way she looked at you when you told her to be careful? It was the same look a teen gives his or her mother or father when they tell them that they shouldn't smoke."
"You're right..." the man sighed. "It's the training. She knows she's very powerful and that is a terrible thing for anyone to know. She is almost invincible, but she thinks she's a fucking god or something. I hope she learns her lesson."
"Fex, she learns from you. You taught her that she is invincible," the girl chided gently.
"How dare you say I taught her that, Diz. We learned from the training that we're invincible. Anyways, we almost are invincible," the man, who Heero then knew as Fex, scratched the back of his neck and shrugged. He then looked down at his watch. "Oh, it's almost four. Almost time for the 'princess' to arrive. Lets head down there."
Heero went back to his workout machine. 'Isn't there somewhere I'm supposed to be at four?' Heero asked himself. 'Shit! That's right! Dinner with,' Heero shuddered involuntarily, ' Duo and Hilde at the Calamity Café...'
Heero grabbed his bag and headed to the shower. Usually, Heero avoid the two lovers as much as possible, but when it comes to food... that's a completely different story. Heero was hungry enough to eat anything with four legs. That seeing eye dog was starting to look like a roast in Heero's eyes...
Heero shook his head and headed towards the locker/shower room.
Meanwhile...
Duo looked around as casually as possible. There was no one around. He stealthily ran forward and ducked under the trash can when the familiar sound of a car coming to a slow stop could be heard. He peeked out from behind the trash can to see who in their right mind would be driving a car in this section of the colony. It was a grand looking black limo with black tinted windows. Duo couldn't see the hint of anything behind those windows. Slowly, the back window began to roll down. Duo almost gasped because the woman, whose face had just been revealed, looked exactly like Hilde. He quickly realized, however, that her mouth was far too wide to be Hilde's. Still, he was disturbed by the likeness.
A bum, that had been sleeping under newspapers, shuffled his way towards the limo. He leaned his head close to the window. The bum's head was shaking and nodding at, for Duo anyways, random points in the conversation. The Hilde imposter's face was slowly turning red, then an ugly shade of purple. Duo started to get a sick feeling in his stomach. 'I shouldn't be here,' he thought to himself.
The bum was obviously starting to get very frightened, as suggested by his body language. His terrified voice could be faintly heard from Duo's position. "Ma'am, I said that the café was secure, to the best of my knowledge! Please, I can't stop everything for you that would look to suspicious!"
The woman's voice was very clearly heard through out the alley-way. "And you think this doesn't look suspicious?!" With that, she promptly yanked a gun up and shot him in the head.
The gun was silenced, so there was no 'BANG!' It was more like 'bang...'
Duo fell back into a fetal position, hugging his knees and cringing as the vomit inducing sent of brains drifted towards him. The sight of death was nothing new to him, but Duo found this random act of violence sickening. Death is necessary for life, but that was... cold blooded. Duo rubbed his eyes. "What am I going to do?" he asked himself out loud. 'Not report this, for one thing. I don't need to get involved in that kind of shit. Not right now, anyways. Anywho, I have to go to the Calamity Café. Maybe I can drink those images away...'
Duo sighed and got up shakily. The limo had pulled away as soon as the bum was shot. Duo silently ran into the store that was in the opposite direction of the dead bum.
The store was a cute little jewelry shop full of antiques and little doo-dads. Duo found the ring that Hilde had fallen in love with when they had fallen at this store's doorstep a few weeks ago. Tonight was the night he would propose to her.
Later...
It was 3:50 PM. The last day of Heero and Duo's freedom was coming to a too soon close. Hilde and Heero were waiting for Duo at the front of Calamity Café. A grand looking limo with pure black windows pulled into the VIP parking lot. Hilde's eyebrows raised up a little. "Someone's got a lot of money," she giggled. "Could it be your woman Heero?"
"Hn," Heero grunted. He was in no mood for joking. The prospect of being with Duo for one year straight was looming heavily on his mind.
A person, heavily clothed in furs and scarves, limped out of the car. She (for it was obviously a woman) walked calmly into the Calamity Café. "Well, lots like we'll have some companions in the VIP section!" Hilde was obviously in a good mood.
Heero shook his head. That's when Duo appeared, his eyes on the sidewalk. He looked as if he saw a ghost. Hilde ran up to him and embraced him. "Duo baby, what's wrong? You look sad."
Duo looked up and forced a smile. "That's because I am. I don't get to be with you for a whole year."
Hilde smiled at him at then kissed him. "Ashitaru, Duo."
"Ashitaru, Hilde," Duo whispered into her hair.
Heero grunted impatiently. Duo and Hilde pulled apart and laughed. "Tonight, my friends, we are going to get wasted! Yes sir. I will pay for whatever anybody wants to drink. I am planning on a little Russian vodka to begin my night! I don't know about you, but I'd be lost without it! Vodka's the shiz!" Duo laughed. "Anywho, lets go claim our VIP table!"
Meanwhile-
Fex, Diz and Mena stood at the back entrance of the Calamity Café. "So, she's in there? In the VIP section?" Mena asked she was anxious.
Fex sighed. "It's not going to be easy to get to her. She's got her people all in that place. There maybe two or three people in there that don't work for her, but besides that, everyone there will be looking for something like this."
Diz had bypassed the security systems and had control of the security cameras that were posted everywhere in the café. She was watching a live feed on her laptop computer. "She has arrived," Diz announced. She's dressed as a rich civilian. She's taking off many layers of jackets and leaving them at the front entrance. Now she's heading to the VIP section. There are no cameras in the VIP section. Mena, listen to me carefully," Diz closed the laptop. "She is wearing jeans and a red t-shirt with yellow writing on it. Her hair is short and black, or a really dark blue. I couldn't tell because the picture quality on my lap top is so bad. She's got two burly looking goonies with her. I suggest you approach them as a frightful waitress. They love to know that they have power and since even the employees are in her ring of friends, they'll love to know that you respect and fear them."
Mena rolled her eyes. "Please spare me the lecture. We've gone over it about a million times already. I'm the best assassin out there. I'm not about to make any mistakes. Now good day and I will see you when the mission is accomplished," with that, Mena turned around and walked in the café, dressed as the employee that was drugged, gagged and bound in the back of Fex's van.
Everyone that knew the girl she was dressed up as thought that Mena was her. Mena had been shadowing her for a few days now and knew all the girl's habits, much of her past and anything else that would help in fooling anyone into thinking that it was the same person.
So, the plan was being set in motion. The three groups of three had no idea what was about to take place. Nor did they even suspect the consequences of actions and accidents that were about to happen. So began the dawning of a new life for them.
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A/N: *grins evilly* Muwhahaha! A cliffhanger! (Don't ya love it when I'm evil like this?)
Love,
Elise E. Maxwell ;p