Scarlet Love
Chapter Six:
Worried Shots
By: NightChild
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At hearing Duo's words, Quatre's face showed even more concern, and Trowa actually visibly (to anyone that hadn't been around him much) showed concern. "Do you know where he is, Duo?" asked Trowa, "And where are you?" he questioned again, having not heard where Heero's house was, therefore, not having heard where Duo was, either. Quatre nodded with every word that Trowa said.
Duo sighed, he wasn't exactly sure where he was himself, he knew that he was somewhere on earth, but that was about it. He hadn't really been in much of a state to know exactly where he was when he showed up at Heero's door and his captors hadn't told him anything helpful. "I'm not…really sure, to tell ya the truth." He said with a small parody of The Maxwell Grin. "I know that we're on earth…but beside that, I couldn't tell you. Can't you like…I dunno…track the signal or something?"
Trowa nodded and was gone from the vid-screen. Quatre moved closer to the vid-screen now that he could because Trowa had left to go track the signal. "Should we try to contacted Wufei?" he asked while listening to the distant, soft sounds of Trowa moving about their house in search for all of the things that he'd need to track the signal.
Duo nodded and chirped as best he could, "Hai!" he had picked up some Japanese during the wars while being around Heero on extended missions, granted he knew mainly insults, because that was pretty much all Heero would say to him in Japanese…. He missed Heero and was worried about him; he hoped he was safe.
Once Trowa managed to track the signal, Duo closed the connection after Quatre promised to help him contact Wufei then take the next shuttle to where he, Duo, was. He tried to contact Wufei. Getting no answer. So he tried again, and again, and again. He tried for fifteen minutes before he gave up, being impatient as he was, and leaving to go look for Heero.
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Heero sensed the gunshot before the trigger was even pulled, and he was able to doge the bullet that had been aimed for his heart. 'They're good.' Was all he thought before aiming his gun in the direction that the bullet had come from and firing. He didn't wait to hear if the bullet had hit its target before he leapt into the air, flipped and landed in the bushes, readying his gun for another shot.
As soon as he landed, he noticed that someone had already killed the man that was hidden in the bushes. The man lay in the puddle of his own blood, which still slightly dripped from the fresh gunshot wound in his left temple, dressed in a black and white uniform--black shirt, white breeches--with the letters "NRF" written in a bold, blocky white font on the black beret-like cap that lay near the still-warm body. 'Who did this?' he had not fired into the bushes, but the other side of the park where the twig snap had come from. He wasn't left much time to ponder that, because out of the corner of his eye he saw a blur of white move in the bushes and he darted after it, keeping his gun ready, and not thinking to check on his supposedly fallen target.
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AN:
I've gotten more requests for short chapters and (hopefully) quick updates. So…the chapters will be short, but I hope to update at least once a week, if not twice a week. But if I somehow manage to develop a life outside the computer (not likely), I'll start doing longer chapters with longer spaces between updates. And long chapters for me is 1,000 plus words…I like to write chapters in one sitting if I can…which is why they tend to be short.
A big, huge thank you and cookie to kaori-chan, Lady Centurion, dark cloud, LaLa Berry, MiakaChan5, Shinigami's Forlorn Angel, Water-chan, AcidSleekness, Tyi (I did send you an e-mail), and Lord Havoc's Minion for reviewing and helping me decide about the chapter length, etc.
Until next time…
Ja`ne