Part 14
Sally Po stared at me, clearly mad.
"Chang Wufei what do you think you're doing?!" She yelled.
"Leaving?" Duo offered, I glared at him.
"No he's not." Sally said and tried to reach in to grab me out. I backed away from her.
"I'm leaving." I told her and pushed her away.
"He's in no condition to leave!"
"Don't worry; we'll get him back to you." Duo said and gunned the car.
It took off and Sally was forced to jump back. I reached out the few inches to the open door and closed it.
"Man Wu-Wu I thought Relena was the psycho-stalker." Duo said as he drove.
I didn't reply to him and only watched the buildings pass by the car. I was fighting back a wave of exhaustion that came from my trip out of the hospital. I knew Sally was right, I shouldn't have left yet. I still should have stayed in bed for another month at least, most of my wounds hadn't had the chance to heal and my broken ribs still hurt. I could feel sleep trying to take me but I forced my eyes to stay open.
"Hey Wufei, get some sleep." Duo said. His voice carried a note of caring in it and seemed like for once he was saying something logical. "You're going to be pushing yourself in the next couple of days, sleep now." He didn't glance at me, but I could tell if he was looking at me there would be concern in his eyes.
I knew that Duo was an orphan, but the truth of what really went on in his mind had never occurred to me until now. Duo considered all of us his family, all of the Gundam pilots. Granted he would annoy us to no ends, but the main reason for that was he was trying to be as a brother to us. Duo's easy going attitude was mostly an act, he was concerned about each of us the way a brother would be. Everyone Duo had ever considered a family had died on him, leaving him alone again, he was worried we would do the same thing to him again. I realized then that he was worried I would die in the coming days, worried he would lose part of his family again. And that thought led me to another one, the hell he must be putting himself through, he was the reason I was almost killed by OZ. He had almost been the reason a member of his family had almost died.
"Duo it is not your fault." I told him, breaking the silence that had descended over the car.
"What?" Duo asked, taking his eyes off the road for a split second.
"You could have not prevented me from being captured." I told him, now looking at him as he drove. He was glancing at me out of the corner of one of his eyes.
"Sure I could have, I could have keep the Gundam clean."
"What happened isn't your fault Duo." I tried to tell him.
"Look it was all my fault. I knew damn well that the Gundam being dirty could attract mice and I was too lazy to clean it." I noticed his hands were held tightly to the steering wheel.
"Don't do this to yourself."
"Look I could have gotten you killed."
"Maxwell.." I stopped myself, Duo looked ready to cry.
"I can't lose anyone again." He whispered.
"Duo I am fine, you shall not lose this family." I told him, hoping to calm him down a little.
He glanced at me, I could tell he was surprised that I had figured him out.
"How can you be so sure, are you Shinigami?"
"No but you are." I told him.
"Yeah and I couldn't stop you from being hurt."
"But I wasn't killed."
"That was only luck."
"But what is luck?" I asked him.
"Luck is the fact that you didn't die."
"There is no such thing as luck, we make our futures." I told him, trying to get him to understand.
"So you wanted to be captured and tortured by OZ?"
"It was meant to be, that way we would meet Domon."
"But you just said there was no such thing as luck." Duo said, trying to prove me wrong.
"But fate does try to steer our lives in certain ways."
"Screw fate." Duo muttered. "It's wasn't fate that killed them, it was death."
I sighed, "Maxwell don't worry. You would not kill me, so neither shall Shinigami."
Duo snorted once.
"You killed brain cells, and you need all of the ones you have."
"Oh just go to sleep Wufei." Duo said.
I glared at him once then closed my eyes.
***
My door was suddenly opened, brining me out of the dream world I had drifted into.
"Wakey, wakey dragon." Duo said a smile on is face.
"What?"
"We're at the safe house." Duo elaborated.
I sighed and took off my seatbelt. I pulled myself out of the car and had to stop and close my eyes as a sudden wave of pain hit my body.
"Are you going to be ok?"
"Yes." I answered and forced my eyes to open. Duo moved me away from the door and closed it so I wouldn't have to, then began to help me walk to the safe house.
"You need to get rid of the car."
"I'll do that once you're inside."
We reached the house and Heero opened the door, gun in hand. He noted it was us and stepped to the side to let us in.
I went into the house and Duo said something to Heero then left, to go take care of the car I assumed.
I made my way into the living room and sat down.
Domon was sitting on one of the arm chairs, while Quatre and Trowa had the couch, I had taken the last chair in the room. Heero came in and leaned against one of the walls.
"That took longer then estimated."
"Sally tried to stop us." I explained.
"Sally should have been off tonight." Quatre said.
"Well she wasn't." Duo said as he entered the room, I didn't want to know where he put the car.
"It doesn't matter." Heero told everyone, "Tomorrow we leave and take down Scorpio."
I could tell nothing more would happen that night so I left everyone and went to my room in the safe house to sleep.
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A/N: The next part will be the fight..
Sally Po stared at me, clearly mad.
"Chang Wufei what do you think you're doing?!" She yelled.
"Leaving?" Duo offered, I glared at him.
"No he's not." Sally said and tried to reach in to grab me out. I backed away from her.
"I'm leaving." I told her and pushed her away.
"He's in no condition to leave!"
"Don't worry; we'll get him back to you." Duo said and gunned the car.
It took off and Sally was forced to jump back. I reached out the few inches to the open door and closed it.
"Man Wu-Wu I thought Relena was the psycho-stalker." Duo said as he drove.
I didn't reply to him and only watched the buildings pass by the car. I was fighting back a wave of exhaustion that came from my trip out of the hospital. I knew Sally was right, I shouldn't have left yet. I still should have stayed in bed for another month at least, most of my wounds hadn't had the chance to heal and my broken ribs still hurt. I could feel sleep trying to take me but I forced my eyes to stay open.
"Hey Wufei, get some sleep." Duo said. His voice carried a note of caring in it and seemed like for once he was saying something logical. "You're going to be pushing yourself in the next couple of days, sleep now." He didn't glance at me, but I could tell if he was looking at me there would be concern in his eyes.
I knew that Duo was an orphan, but the truth of what really went on in his mind had never occurred to me until now. Duo considered all of us his family, all of the Gundam pilots. Granted he would annoy us to no ends, but the main reason for that was he was trying to be as a brother to us. Duo's easy going attitude was mostly an act, he was concerned about each of us the way a brother would be. Everyone Duo had ever considered a family had died on him, leaving him alone again, he was worried we would do the same thing to him again. I realized then that he was worried I would die in the coming days, worried he would lose part of his family again. And that thought led me to another one, the hell he must be putting himself through, he was the reason I was almost killed by OZ. He had almost been the reason a member of his family had almost died.
"Duo it is not your fault." I told him, breaking the silence that had descended over the car.
"What?" Duo asked, taking his eyes off the road for a split second.
"You could have not prevented me from being captured." I told him, now looking at him as he drove. He was glancing at me out of the corner of one of his eyes.
"Sure I could have, I could have keep the Gundam clean."
"What happened isn't your fault Duo." I tried to tell him.
"Look it was all my fault. I knew damn well that the Gundam being dirty could attract mice and I was too lazy to clean it." I noticed his hands were held tightly to the steering wheel.
"Don't do this to yourself."
"Look I could have gotten you killed."
"Maxwell.." I stopped myself, Duo looked ready to cry.
"I can't lose anyone again." He whispered.
"Duo I am fine, you shall not lose this family." I told him, hoping to calm him down a little.
He glanced at me, I could tell he was surprised that I had figured him out.
"How can you be so sure, are you Shinigami?"
"No but you are." I told him.
"Yeah and I couldn't stop you from being hurt."
"But I wasn't killed."
"That was only luck."
"But what is luck?" I asked him.
"Luck is the fact that you didn't die."
"There is no such thing as luck, we make our futures." I told him, trying to get him to understand.
"So you wanted to be captured and tortured by OZ?"
"It was meant to be, that way we would meet Domon."
"But you just said there was no such thing as luck." Duo said, trying to prove me wrong.
"But fate does try to steer our lives in certain ways."
"Screw fate." Duo muttered. "It's wasn't fate that killed them, it was death."
I sighed, "Maxwell don't worry. You would not kill me, so neither shall Shinigami."
Duo snorted once.
"You killed brain cells, and you need all of the ones you have."
"Oh just go to sleep Wufei." Duo said.
I glared at him once then closed my eyes.
***
My door was suddenly opened, brining me out of the dream world I had drifted into.
"Wakey, wakey dragon." Duo said a smile on is face.
"What?"
"We're at the safe house." Duo elaborated.
I sighed and took off my seatbelt. I pulled myself out of the car and had to stop and close my eyes as a sudden wave of pain hit my body.
"Are you going to be ok?"
"Yes." I answered and forced my eyes to open. Duo moved me away from the door and closed it so I wouldn't have to, then began to help me walk to the safe house.
"You need to get rid of the car."
"I'll do that once you're inside."
We reached the house and Heero opened the door, gun in hand. He noted it was us and stepped to the side to let us in.
I went into the house and Duo said something to Heero then left, to go take care of the car I assumed.
I made my way into the living room and sat down.
Domon was sitting on one of the arm chairs, while Quatre and Trowa had the couch, I had taken the last chair in the room. Heero came in and leaned against one of the walls.
"That took longer then estimated."
"Sally tried to stop us." I explained.
"Sally should have been off tonight." Quatre said.
"Well she wasn't." Duo said as he entered the room, I didn't want to know where he put the car.
"It doesn't matter." Heero told everyone, "Tomorrow we leave and take down Scorpio."
I could tell nothing more would happen that night so I left everyone and went to my room in the safe house to sleep.
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A/N: The next part will be the fight..