I'm back! I hope people like this! When I checked my reviews, I only had
three, but I hope that by now that has at least doubled. Or I hope it will
now! ^_~
Anyways, yeah, here's the second chapter.
DISCLAIMERS: I love Duo and I love Heero, but unfortunately, I own neither one.
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"Here's where the first bombing took place," Captain Underpante said. "It was less than two months ago."
"I see," Heero said. "Duo, are you looking around?"
"Yup, sure am, and let me tell you, I am not seeing anything I like."
"What do you mean by that?" Underpante asked. "It's so dark, how can you see anything?" It was about nine at night, and it was pretty dark.
"Hey Heero, come and look at this," Duo said, motioning to a set of frayed wires. "They're not supposed to be like this, right?"
Heero knelt down and pointed the flashlight at the wires in question. "That does not look good."
"What is it?" Underpante asked. "What did you find?"
In a quiet voice Heero said to Duo, "You are recording this, right?"
"Of course."
"What do you get of this?" Heero asked his computer.
"Lines were cut, forced an explosion. The bombs weren't actual bombs, just wires touching what they weren't supposed to touch."
"That's what I get too."
"Can someone explain what's going on?" Underpante asked, looking from Heero to Duo and back again.
"Duo, you take care of it."
"Right." Turning to the captain, Duo said, "See, it's like this. The wires aren't supposed to touch. When they do, you get a really big BANG! Get it? Good. Apparently, someone out there knows how to get that really big BANG and wanted to show off. Now, me and Heero know how to make that same BANG, but we don't usually do that since the BANG is instantaneous. Someone must have built a little mechanical thingamabob to do this." Looking back at the wires, Duo muttered, "Smart little fucker."
"We're done here," Heero said. "Let's go."
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"Did you detect any metals that weren't used in the construction of the building?" Heero asked Duo.
"No, but you know that the person responsible didn't need to use some weird metals to construct his little bug." Duo was lying on the bed, connected to Heero's laptop feeding the little computer all of the images he had collected. "You could easily create some remote control cutting thing out of that metal."
"True," Heero said thoughtfully, going through the many images that were taken from many different angles. "But the person in question would have to have access to those kinds of resources."
"Would you like me to run a search for the places one could use to make the little bug?" Duo asked.
"No, anyone could make one in their garage if they had the right equipment. This is going to be harder than I originally thought."
"Yeah, but still, not everyone could get the right equipment and have a place to use it," Duo added. "Come on, let me run a check."
"Fine, if you think it will help, go ahead."
Duo's eyes lost their focus and a slight humming sound came from him. "Alright, you were right, Heero. I get four thousand people who have the required space to build the bug, and of them, three thousand who have the money to buy the needed parts, and one hundred and thirty five of them with the know-how to build it."
"Told you it was useless to run a search," Heero said. "But you're too stubborn to listen."
"Whatever," Duo said, rolling his eyes. "I'm bored, I'm going to find something else to do."
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"The incey wincey spider went up the water spout, I'm bored! Down came the rain, and washed the spider out, I'm bored! Out came the sun and dried up all the rain, I'm bored. And the incey wincey spider crawled up the spout again I'm bored!" Duo sang to no one.
He was sitting on the balcony, legs dangling back and forth just trying to keep himself entertained.
Underpante had heard the commotion and came outside to see what was going on and saw Duo on the balcony. "What are you doing out here?"
"Singing nursery rhymes," Duo answered.
"Why?"
"I'm bored and there's nothing for me to do."
"Can I ask you something? Why did Mr. Yuy bring you here?"
"Well, like he said earlier, I'm a lot more that I seem. I look and act like an idiot, but I'm not. Ask me any question, and I can answer it in less that a minute."
"Do you know random trivia?" Underpante asked.
"That's my specialty," came Duo's reply. "Hold on a second," Duo said to Underpante. He then turned in the direction Heero was in and yelled, "HEERO!"
"WHAT?" came Heero's voice from inside.
"I'M BORED!"
"THEN FIND SOMETHING TO DO!"
"THERE IS NOTHING TO DO! I'VE REDUCED MYSELF TO SINGING NURSERY RHYMES!"
"THEN COME HERE!"
"Yippee! I get to do something!" Duo said happily before he got up and skipped to the room Heero was in.
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"Hey we got mail!" Duo exclaimed.
"Read it."
"Okay. Uh, whoa, now that is what I call an encryption! Heero, you might want to take a look at this."
"Send it through the link," Heero said. Heero had hooked Duo up to the laptop again and the two were going over the pictures again. "Duo?" Heero looked at Duo and saw that he was twitching out of control. "Duo, shut down," Heero ordered instantly.
"Ca. . . n't," Duo managed to say. "Vi. . . rus."
"You can't shut down? Shit." Heero pulled up Duo's shirt and lightly tapped the part of Duo's chest that opened, exposing the wires underneath. Heero carefully found the manual override and turned Duo off. "Shit. This means someone knows we'll find them. They have to be someone close."
Heero sat back, not quite sure what to do. He hadn't upgraded Duo's memory into the laptop in almost a month, so Duo wouldn't remember who the Captain was, and the Captain didn't know what Duo was, and they both wanted it like that.
Duo had learned early on that when a person found out he was a computer, they tended to treat him like one. Duo considered himself a person, as did Heero. True, Duo was a machine and could go on the Internet and knew hundreds of languages, and could compute anything in less than a second, but he also had feelings. Duo hated it when people treated him like a machine.
"I guess we don't have a choice, buddy," Heero said to Duo's still form. "I'm going to have to tell the Captain."
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"Wait a second, you're saying that Duo is a computer? And you want me to believe this?" Underpante asked dubiously. "That idiot can't be a computer, he's too stupid."
"Would you like some proof?" Heero asked him. "I can show you right now, I still haven't gotten him operational again yet. You can watch me repair him."
"You're serious? He really is a computer?"
"Yeah." Heero led the captain to the room he shared with Duo and Underpante's eyes widened.
Duo's chest panels were open and wires were connected to little plugs near his ears. "I'm back, Duo," Heero said quietly. "Time to get you working."
"Holy shit. I have never seen something like this," Underpante said in amazement. "Hey, wait a second, if he's a computer, then why is he so stupid?"
"It's an act. You didn't think he was a computer, and that's what he wanted. Duo is an authentic AI. He has feelings, emotions, random thoughts, you name it. Other that the fact that he's a machine, he's completely human."
"But why does he act like an idiot? Not most humans act like idiots."
Heero let out a depressed sigh. "I always wanted a friend who acted like Duo, but since I'm so smart I was teased by all the kids my age who acted like him. I didn't have friends when I was young."
"So you programmed him to act like that?"
"No, you didn't let me finish. Duo was originally supposed to act like me, smart and always focused, but people soon realized what he was. Since Duo has a mind of his own, he learned that by acting the way he had been, it was easy to see what he was, so he just changed his behavior. He acts like an idiot so people won't treat him like a machine. It's the one thing that can get Duo depressed," Heero finished. "There, all done. Now all I have to do is transfer the latest memory backup."
Duo's backup memory was quickly uploaded into Duo and then Heero closed all of the panels. "Duo, start up."
"Okay, something's not quite right here, Heero," Duo said as he woke up, even before he opened his eyes. "My system says it's November, but my memory says it's September. Please explain."
"Open your eyes and you'll see something else that needs an explanation."
"Alright, who's that?" Duo said, pointing to Underpante.
"He's Captain Underpante, and you caught a virus and your entire hard drive had to be cleaned. The last thing you remember is the last day I backed your memory."
"So, he's Captain Underpants? Alright, I can live with that. But he knows what I am now, right?"
"Yes, I had to tell him so he wouldn't wonder why you wouldn't remember him."
"Hn, whatever. So what's our mission?" Duo asked, back to his normal hyper self.
"Hold on, I'll send the specifics through a link." Heero sent the files.
Duo went over the files that had been sent with an unfocused look. "Alrighty, I got it all. So it's a bomber that's using a cute little bug, right? Sweet. This is going to be fun!"
"And he's back to normal, Underpante. Just like I told you."
"I can see that," Underpante grumbled.
"Why are you grumbling, Captain Underpants? Got a wedgie?"
"I still can't believe a computer can act like you do! You are such an idiot!" Underpante yelled before he stormed out of the room.
"I don't think I like him," Duo said calmly. "It's just something about him. Hey, we got mail!"
"Don't read it! Whatever you do, please don't read it! That's where the virus came from."
"Oh, okay. Well, I'm bored, I think I'll go bother Captain Underpants. Bye!"
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O.o That was the worst way to end a chapter that I have ever seen. But oh well, it had to end, so I ended it.
Did you like it? I hope you did. If not, then you had better leave a flame. Of a flamethrower. I put one on my Christmas Wish List! I hope I get one! ^_^
Anyways, yeah, here's the second chapter.
DISCLAIMERS: I love Duo and I love Heero, but unfortunately, I own neither one.
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"Here's where the first bombing took place," Captain Underpante said. "It was less than two months ago."
"I see," Heero said. "Duo, are you looking around?"
"Yup, sure am, and let me tell you, I am not seeing anything I like."
"What do you mean by that?" Underpante asked. "It's so dark, how can you see anything?" It was about nine at night, and it was pretty dark.
"Hey Heero, come and look at this," Duo said, motioning to a set of frayed wires. "They're not supposed to be like this, right?"
Heero knelt down and pointed the flashlight at the wires in question. "That does not look good."
"What is it?" Underpante asked. "What did you find?"
In a quiet voice Heero said to Duo, "You are recording this, right?"
"Of course."
"What do you get of this?" Heero asked his computer.
"Lines were cut, forced an explosion. The bombs weren't actual bombs, just wires touching what they weren't supposed to touch."
"That's what I get too."
"Can someone explain what's going on?" Underpante asked, looking from Heero to Duo and back again.
"Duo, you take care of it."
"Right." Turning to the captain, Duo said, "See, it's like this. The wires aren't supposed to touch. When they do, you get a really big BANG! Get it? Good. Apparently, someone out there knows how to get that really big BANG and wanted to show off. Now, me and Heero know how to make that same BANG, but we don't usually do that since the BANG is instantaneous. Someone must have built a little mechanical thingamabob to do this." Looking back at the wires, Duo muttered, "Smart little fucker."
"We're done here," Heero said. "Let's go."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Did you detect any metals that weren't used in the construction of the building?" Heero asked Duo.
"No, but you know that the person responsible didn't need to use some weird metals to construct his little bug." Duo was lying on the bed, connected to Heero's laptop feeding the little computer all of the images he had collected. "You could easily create some remote control cutting thing out of that metal."
"True," Heero said thoughtfully, going through the many images that were taken from many different angles. "But the person in question would have to have access to those kinds of resources."
"Would you like me to run a search for the places one could use to make the little bug?" Duo asked.
"No, anyone could make one in their garage if they had the right equipment. This is going to be harder than I originally thought."
"Yeah, but still, not everyone could get the right equipment and have a place to use it," Duo added. "Come on, let me run a check."
"Fine, if you think it will help, go ahead."
Duo's eyes lost their focus and a slight humming sound came from him. "Alright, you were right, Heero. I get four thousand people who have the required space to build the bug, and of them, three thousand who have the money to buy the needed parts, and one hundred and thirty five of them with the know-how to build it."
"Told you it was useless to run a search," Heero said. "But you're too stubborn to listen."
"Whatever," Duo said, rolling his eyes. "I'm bored, I'm going to find something else to do."
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"The incey wincey spider went up the water spout, I'm bored! Down came the rain, and washed the spider out, I'm bored! Out came the sun and dried up all the rain, I'm bored. And the incey wincey spider crawled up the spout again I'm bored!" Duo sang to no one.
He was sitting on the balcony, legs dangling back and forth just trying to keep himself entertained.
Underpante had heard the commotion and came outside to see what was going on and saw Duo on the balcony. "What are you doing out here?"
"Singing nursery rhymes," Duo answered.
"Why?"
"I'm bored and there's nothing for me to do."
"Can I ask you something? Why did Mr. Yuy bring you here?"
"Well, like he said earlier, I'm a lot more that I seem. I look and act like an idiot, but I'm not. Ask me any question, and I can answer it in less that a minute."
"Do you know random trivia?" Underpante asked.
"That's my specialty," came Duo's reply. "Hold on a second," Duo said to Underpante. He then turned in the direction Heero was in and yelled, "HEERO!"
"WHAT?" came Heero's voice from inside.
"I'M BORED!"
"THEN FIND SOMETHING TO DO!"
"THERE IS NOTHING TO DO! I'VE REDUCED MYSELF TO SINGING NURSERY RHYMES!"
"THEN COME HERE!"
"Yippee! I get to do something!" Duo said happily before he got up and skipped to the room Heero was in.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey we got mail!" Duo exclaimed.
"Read it."
"Okay. Uh, whoa, now that is what I call an encryption! Heero, you might want to take a look at this."
"Send it through the link," Heero said. Heero had hooked Duo up to the laptop again and the two were going over the pictures again. "Duo?" Heero looked at Duo and saw that he was twitching out of control. "Duo, shut down," Heero ordered instantly.
"Ca. . . n't," Duo managed to say. "Vi. . . rus."
"You can't shut down? Shit." Heero pulled up Duo's shirt and lightly tapped the part of Duo's chest that opened, exposing the wires underneath. Heero carefully found the manual override and turned Duo off. "Shit. This means someone knows we'll find them. They have to be someone close."
Heero sat back, not quite sure what to do. He hadn't upgraded Duo's memory into the laptop in almost a month, so Duo wouldn't remember who the Captain was, and the Captain didn't know what Duo was, and they both wanted it like that.
Duo had learned early on that when a person found out he was a computer, they tended to treat him like one. Duo considered himself a person, as did Heero. True, Duo was a machine and could go on the Internet and knew hundreds of languages, and could compute anything in less than a second, but he also had feelings. Duo hated it when people treated him like a machine.
"I guess we don't have a choice, buddy," Heero said to Duo's still form. "I'm going to have to tell the Captain."
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"Wait a second, you're saying that Duo is a computer? And you want me to believe this?" Underpante asked dubiously. "That idiot can't be a computer, he's too stupid."
"Would you like some proof?" Heero asked him. "I can show you right now, I still haven't gotten him operational again yet. You can watch me repair him."
"You're serious? He really is a computer?"
"Yeah." Heero led the captain to the room he shared with Duo and Underpante's eyes widened.
Duo's chest panels were open and wires were connected to little plugs near his ears. "I'm back, Duo," Heero said quietly. "Time to get you working."
"Holy shit. I have never seen something like this," Underpante said in amazement. "Hey, wait a second, if he's a computer, then why is he so stupid?"
"It's an act. You didn't think he was a computer, and that's what he wanted. Duo is an authentic AI. He has feelings, emotions, random thoughts, you name it. Other that the fact that he's a machine, he's completely human."
"But why does he act like an idiot? Not most humans act like idiots."
Heero let out a depressed sigh. "I always wanted a friend who acted like Duo, but since I'm so smart I was teased by all the kids my age who acted like him. I didn't have friends when I was young."
"So you programmed him to act like that?"
"No, you didn't let me finish. Duo was originally supposed to act like me, smart and always focused, but people soon realized what he was. Since Duo has a mind of his own, he learned that by acting the way he had been, it was easy to see what he was, so he just changed his behavior. He acts like an idiot so people won't treat him like a machine. It's the one thing that can get Duo depressed," Heero finished. "There, all done. Now all I have to do is transfer the latest memory backup."
Duo's backup memory was quickly uploaded into Duo and then Heero closed all of the panels. "Duo, start up."
"Okay, something's not quite right here, Heero," Duo said as he woke up, even before he opened his eyes. "My system says it's November, but my memory says it's September. Please explain."
"Open your eyes and you'll see something else that needs an explanation."
"Alright, who's that?" Duo said, pointing to Underpante.
"He's Captain Underpante, and you caught a virus and your entire hard drive had to be cleaned. The last thing you remember is the last day I backed your memory."
"So, he's Captain Underpants? Alright, I can live with that. But he knows what I am now, right?"
"Yes, I had to tell him so he wouldn't wonder why you wouldn't remember him."
"Hn, whatever. So what's our mission?" Duo asked, back to his normal hyper self.
"Hold on, I'll send the specifics through a link." Heero sent the files.
Duo went over the files that had been sent with an unfocused look. "Alrighty, I got it all. So it's a bomber that's using a cute little bug, right? Sweet. This is going to be fun!"
"And he's back to normal, Underpante. Just like I told you."
"I can see that," Underpante grumbled.
"Why are you grumbling, Captain Underpants? Got a wedgie?"
"I still can't believe a computer can act like you do! You are such an idiot!" Underpante yelled before he stormed out of the room.
"I don't think I like him," Duo said calmly. "It's just something about him. Hey, we got mail!"
"Don't read it! Whatever you do, please don't read it! That's where the virus came from."
"Oh, okay. Well, I'm bored, I think I'll go bother Captain Underpants. Bye!"
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O.o That was the worst way to end a chapter that I have ever seen. But oh well, it had to end, so I ended it.
Did you like it? I hope you did. If not, then you had better leave a flame. Of a flamethrower. I put one on my Christmas Wish List! I hope I get one! ^_^