They All Fall Down
Part 3: It begins
By: DB
"Oh Trowa, I'm so worried! I almost just died! If Duo hadn't have saved me then I surely would have had a broken neck." The little blonde held his lover tighter if it was at all possible.
"It'll be okay Little One. I'll protect you." Trowa buried his face in Quatre's hair, which was still a little damp.
"Why didn't you come out to see if I was okay?" Quatre whispered.
"I didn't hear you when you yelled. I'm sorry. I was listening to the radio with my headphones on. You saw me with them on when you came in, remember?" He said softly, rubbing the boy's back as he trembled slightly.
"Yeah. I'm sorry. it's just this whole thing has me so flustered! I wonder if Duo was right when he said we should leave. This house is deteriorating."
"Which is why it's a perfect safe house. No one in his or her right mind would come in here looking for us. They'd expect us to be in an apartment in the city, near all the crowds, where no one will see us. Just give this place one more chance Little One. I promise things will get better."
"I hope so, for all our sakes. I hope so."
~ Later, after lunch ~
"Jeezy Creezy! *" He said to himself as he studied the rat that he had cornered. "You're one huge little devil! Come here!" He lunged, but missed the rat and hit the wall. "OW!"
"What on earth are you doing?" Heero asked quietly, watching from the stairs.
"Me?" Duo asked innocently as he righted himself. The rat ran across the floor by his feet. He growled. "I'M SO GOING TO KILL YOU!" Duo pounced and found himself empty-handed. The rat seemed to mock him as it looked at him with those pupil-less red eyes. It made Duo shudder.
"Listen, baka. Set out some food for him, douse it with rat poison and hope it eats the food. If you jump around like that, you'll get yourself killed. And we can't have that, now can we?" Heero smirked.
Duo looked over at Heero, poking his two forefingers together. "But what if.um. someone eats the poisoned food?"
"Who would be stupid enough to eat food they found lying around on the floor?"
Duo grinned sheepishly and raised his hand. Heero rolled his eyes and slapped his forehead.
"Figures. Well.. Just do it and. stay away from the food, ok? You're the last one I want killed, baka." He smiled softly as Duo grinned. "I'm going back upstairs. Come get me when you're done, ok?"
Duo nodded and bounded off to the kitchen.
~ Later that day ~
"Please?"
Silence and then more typing.
"No"
"Aw come on!" the boy pleaded.
The typing didn't cease.
"Heero! Be nice!"
"I'm busy."
"Just five minutes?" Duo pouted, peering at Heero over the top of the Perfect Soldier's laptop. Heero glanced at him, the typing never stopping.
"No."
"But I wanna look at manga on Ebay!" He whined which caused Heero to growl. Duo grinned devilishly and took hold of the cords that connected into the back of Heero's laptop. "I'll do it."
"You wouldn't." Heero said that as more of a threat than a simple statement.
Duo's grin only grew wider, declaring he most certainly would unless he got what he wanted.
"Baka." He growled, giving him a death glare that would melt steel. And then, all of a sudden, he grinned. Duo immediately did not like the look of pure evil that his lover was giving him.
~ 45 minutes later ~
A very smug Heero sat perched upon a bound and gagged Duo, whom was only wearing his boxers. Heero chuckled as Duo squirmed; trying to get out of the ropes his hands were bound in. "Good luck getting out, baka. " He heard a growl and chuckled some more as he continued typing. Duo squirmed some more. "If you're looking for your switch blade. it's in your back pocket of your pants." He laughed at the muffled shouting that followed. Heero had tossed his clothing out the window into the wild garden below.
"Umph gophinmg touf kmillph mou! "(Roughly translated: I'm going to kill you) Duo shouted.
"Yeah, yeah. but you gotta get out first."
"Wamph armphm mou doumphing? (What are you doing)" Duo frowned as he tried to position his head so he could look at the laptop screen, but Heero hid it from view.
"I am writing a reply back to the doc."
"Omph. wmmhy maventph mou tmolph mhe mphothers amphout mhe mphamkers? ("Oh. Why haven't you told the others about the hackers?")
"I don't want to worry them, that's why." He frowned and continued typing.
"Pmhake phmis mphag mphoff moph phme!" (Take this gag off of me!)
Heero chuckled. "Ok, ok." He reached over and untied the cloth Heero had used as a gag for the braided boy, freeing his mouth.
"Thanks.You have a really bony ass! Did you know that?" Duo chuckled.
Heero threw him a mischievous sidelong glance before adjusting his seating.
"OW! Watch it! My spine doesn't appreciate being used as a coushin!"
"I think I liked you better with the gag on...." Heero whispered before climbing off of Duo and closing his laptop, placing it at the side of the bed. Duo was squirming, trying to untie the ropes. Heero watched with mild interest but a passive face. Eventually the braided boy broke free and rubbed his wrists gingerly.
He looked at Heero and half smiled. 'That look in his eyes. so sad. like he's being forced to do something he doesn't want to.' Duo scooted closer, cupping Heero's cheek in his hand. 'And since we got here. its gotten worse.' He smiled softly as Heero closed his eyes, leaning into the simple touch. 'Why.?'
~ Meanwhile ~
Trowa snuck up behind Quatre, whom was looking through the fridge, and wrapped his arms around the boy's shoulder.
"Ack! Trowa don't do that! Especially not in this scary house!" He chuckled nervously, trying to calm his heart as it raced in his chest. Trowa smiled.
"What are you doing?"
"Deciding what we should have for dinner." Quatre smiled and kicked the refrigerator door closed.
"You don't have to cook dinner, Quatre."
"No. I want to. really." He smiled warmly. "I've got nothing better to do. Besides. it'll lighten everyone's moods a bit I think."
~ Elsewhere ~
Wufei had taken up searching the house head to toe for whatever it was that didn't sit right with him. Cautiously, he climbed down the stairs leading into the basement, flashlight in hand. Something scurried across his path, avoiding the light. He grimaced before pressing on further.
The stairs were even more decayed than the ones leading to the second floor. The groan of each step, followed by multiple cracking sounds, was not highly appreciated by the Chinese boy. He jumped the last few stairs; a small cloud of dust appeared by his feet.
He narrowed his eyes, shining the flashlight in suspicious looking areas. The basement was barren except for a few items scattered about. Dusty white sheets clung to the mysterious items and no matter how curious he was, he didn't want to disturb the relicts. One, however, loomed in his path. It was far bigger than he was.. And resembled a large man draped in a sheet, one arm raised, the other extended towards him. He reached out, grabbing the sheet gingerly..
He pulled and was greeted by large white teeth and long shining black claws. Lifeless eyes glared down at him as its mouth was twisted into a permanent soundless roar. Wufei's eyes widened. "A bear..?"
~ Dinner ~
"Duo! Put on some clothes!" The other four pilots shouted as the braided boy came downstairs in his boxers.
He grinned. "I'd love to. but I cant. See. somebody." He glared playfully at Heero. "Threw my clothes out the window.. And there's a beehive near where they landed in the garden. Hell if I'm going out there and getting stung!" In spite of his cheery mood, the thoughts of what happened earlier made him quite nervous to sit in his chair.
"Sit down Duo!" Quatre said as he pushed the braided boy towards his chair.
Duo frowned and swallowed before gingerly sitting down in his chair. It creaked but did little more. He heaved a heavy sigh of relief, ignoring all the odd looks his friends were giving him. "So!" He said happily, even though something wasn't sitting quite right with him. "What're we eating?"
Quatre smiled, rubbing the back of his head. "Well since someone got into everything in order to make a sandwich." Everyone looked at Duo who grinned sheepishly. " I made Hamburger Helper."
Quatre passed out the plates of food he had already dished up and set what was left in the pan on the table.
Dinner came and went as it usually did, Duo ranting about something going on in the book he was reading, three of the four pilots just nodding here and there in order to convince Duo they were listening. Quatre was probably the only one actually listening.
"Wouldn't that really suck if we were stranded in a house on an island where murders where happening? Man. I'm just glad we aren't on an island. that would bite! But thankfully we aren't and we all have our Gundams if we need to leave. Oh! And the car too.... How did we get that car anyway? Oh who cares?! Oh! I wanted to ask you, Quatre, if you told the others about the sec-"
Quatre shook his head. "I will later." He half-smiled and resumed eating.
Duo gave him an odd look and then shrugged. "Heero. don't you think it's time you told everyone about the."
A warning glare quickly shut Duo up. He sighed in frustration. Wufei looked up from his meal and looked from Quatre to Heero, frowning. 'I can understand Heero being secretive. but Quatre? I don't like this.' He returned to his meal, glancing between the two every now and then.
Trowa noted the suspicious looks everyone was giving each other and chuckled inwardly. 'Amazing. how quickly suspicion can travel between friends when nothing bad has happened yet.' He thought.
Duo caught movement from the living room out of the corner of his eye. He leaned back in his chair, trying to figure out what it was, but that dark living room didn't reveal any of its secrets. Duo finished the rest of his meal and stood p, everyone watching him as he snuck stealthily towards whatever. or whoever he was after.
"Duo... what are."
"SSSHHH!" He hissed and continued on. The other pilots looked at each other and stood up, following Duo. The braided boy leapt in the direction of the noises and a loud crash filled the uneasy silence, followed by a sharp cry of pain and a string of curses. Heero flipped on the light switch to reveal..
Duo. On top of the broken remains of the coffee table.
"A little help here guys?" he winced, broken wood jutting upwards, hurting his back. Duo was lifted up and he grimaced. "Um. thanks."
"What was that all about, baka?" Heero demanded.
"I heard something! Sounded like someone or something was in here, movin' around. So I decided to come and see what it was.. And." He narrowed his eyes, spotting the culprit of the noises as it scurried out of the wreck of the former coffee table. "YOU!" he shouted.
Needless to say, a chase ensued. Duo chased down the rat while Heero chased after Duo. After an hour, Heero caught up to Duo and had him pinned down in the hallway into the kitchen. "Baka! What in the hell is wrong with you!? Didn't you leave out the poison like I said?"
Duo's front side was pressed hard onto the wood floor as Heero held his arms behind his back. "Lemme go! I have to catch him!"
"Hey.... Um. guys.?" Quatre stood behind the two boys. Heero looked over his shoulder.
"Hmm?"
"Wufei caught the mouse. You can let him go Heero." Quatre chuckled softly and turned and left.
"Well?!" Duo demanded.
Heero sighed and got up, walking back to the living room.... He could hear that Duo wasn't far behind. The braided boy slipped past Heero and plopped down on the couch next to Wufei, whom was grinning and teasing Duo about how easily he had caught the mouse.
"Yeah, yeah" Duo grumbled. "I'm thirsty. anyone else want a drink while I'm up?"
"Yeah get me a glass of water please Duo." Wufei asked, a smirk still on his face.
Duo stuck his tongue out at him. "Why of course, oh mighty mouse killer." He mumbled and disappeared into the kitchen.
"Hmm." Duo said softly as he closed the opened cabinet underneath the sink with his foot so he could examine what had caught his interest.. There was already a glass pulled out and it was filled with water. He frowned and examined the glass. It looked clean. He shrugged and then went into the fridge, pulling out a sprite for himself. He grabbed the glass of water and went back into the living room, handing it to Wufei. "Here! Oh mighty slayer of rodents!" He said sarcastically as he shoved the glass into Wufei's hand.
The Chinese boy snickered at Duo as he plopped down next to him. Heero was sitting in an armchair near the couch and Quatre was sitting snugly next to Trowa.
Duo opened his sprite and took a drink. "Now. I think you should tell them, Heero. about the email you received."
Heero looked at him and sighed. Now everyone was watching Heero. "Fine." He said quietly, sitting up and leaning forward, putting his elbows on his knees. "Doctor J sent me an email.. Someone has managed to hack into their systems and our location might have been revealed to whomever was clever enough to break into the system. He doesn't know for sure."
The other three looked at Heero incredulously.
"how."
"What?"
"Oh no."
Duo sighed and leaned back on the couch, sipping his soda.
Wufei brought his glass of water to his lips, taking a drink
"and. They received an email from their hackers as well.. Accusing us of being murderers. and stating we were undoubtedly guilty and we shall be sentenced." He looked down at the floor. "To death."
Duo nearly choked on the sprite. Heero hadn't told him that! Coughing came from Wufei. Duo looked over at him.
"He's choking!" Quatre cried. Duo was frozen with surprise. Wufei dropped his glass, the contents spilled on the floor, and leaned forward, falling off the couch.. Heero jumped out of his chair, rushing to Wufei's side, turning him over.
"He's.." Quatre whispered in horror. Duo tensed.Trowa's emerald eyes were widened with shock.
"dead." Heero said dryly. "poisoned."
* Yes. for all you Eddie Izzard fans out there. I did in fact steal that from him. ^_^
A/N: Wow.. One down 4 to go. Is it the hacker? Or. someone else? Who could have done it?
Let's review!
Heero knew about the poison both before and after Wufei's death Quatre was also retaining information about the secret passageway AND he had access to the kitchen Trowa has seemed remarkably calm throughout their stay in that creepy house. An outsider could possibly have snuck in and used the secret passageway to get into the kitchen while Duo was chasing the mouse Duo seems so innocent. he must be guilty!
Oh! For you And Then There Were None fans out there. did you notice the linking thingys?!
You all must pay attention to tiny details. They might be important.
Duo: I still say its Relena!!!
Oh come off it Duo. We know it's not Relena. Sheesh
Anyway. Until the next ch!
Bai!~*
~ DB ~
Part 3: It begins
By: DB
"Oh Trowa, I'm so worried! I almost just died! If Duo hadn't have saved me then I surely would have had a broken neck." The little blonde held his lover tighter if it was at all possible.
"It'll be okay Little One. I'll protect you." Trowa buried his face in Quatre's hair, which was still a little damp.
"Why didn't you come out to see if I was okay?" Quatre whispered.
"I didn't hear you when you yelled. I'm sorry. I was listening to the radio with my headphones on. You saw me with them on when you came in, remember?" He said softly, rubbing the boy's back as he trembled slightly.
"Yeah. I'm sorry. it's just this whole thing has me so flustered! I wonder if Duo was right when he said we should leave. This house is deteriorating."
"Which is why it's a perfect safe house. No one in his or her right mind would come in here looking for us. They'd expect us to be in an apartment in the city, near all the crowds, where no one will see us. Just give this place one more chance Little One. I promise things will get better."
"I hope so, for all our sakes. I hope so."
~ Later, after lunch ~
"Jeezy Creezy! *" He said to himself as he studied the rat that he had cornered. "You're one huge little devil! Come here!" He lunged, but missed the rat and hit the wall. "OW!"
"What on earth are you doing?" Heero asked quietly, watching from the stairs.
"Me?" Duo asked innocently as he righted himself. The rat ran across the floor by his feet. He growled. "I'M SO GOING TO KILL YOU!" Duo pounced and found himself empty-handed. The rat seemed to mock him as it looked at him with those pupil-less red eyes. It made Duo shudder.
"Listen, baka. Set out some food for him, douse it with rat poison and hope it eats the food. If you jump around like that, you'll get yourself killed. And we can't have that, now can we?" Heero smirked.
Duo looked over at Heero, poking his two forefingers together. "But what if.um. someone eats the poisoned food?"
"Who would be stupid enough to eat food they found lying around on the floor?"
Duo grinned sheepishly and raised his hand. Heero rolled his eyes and slapped his forehead.
"Figures. Well.. Just do it and. stay away from the food, ok? You're the last one I want killed, baka." He smiled softly as Duo grinned. "I'm going back upstairs. Come get me when you're done, ok?"
Duo nodded and bounded off to the kitchen.
~ Later that day ~
"Please?"
Silence and then more typing.
"No"
"Aw come on!" the boy pleaded.
The typing didn't cease.
"Heero! Be nice!"
"I'm busy."
"Just five minutes?" Duo pouted, peering at Heero over the top of the Perfect Soldier's laptop. Heero glanced at him, the typing never stopping.
"No."
"But I wanna look at manga on Ebay!" He whined which caused Heero to growl. Duo grinned devilishly and took hold of the cords that connected into the back of Heero's laptop. "I'll do it."
"You wouldn't." Heero said that as more of a threat than a simple statement.
Duo's grin only grew wider, declaring he most certainly would unless he got what he wanted.
"Baka." He growled, giving him a death glare that would melt steel. And then, all of a sudden, he grinned. Duo immediately did not like the look of pure evil that his lover was giving him.
~ 45 minutes later ~
A very smug Heero sat perched upon a bound and gagged Duo, whom was only wearing his boxers. Heero chuckled as Duo squirmed; trying to get out of the ropes his hands were bound in. "Good luck getting out, baka. " He heard a growl and chuckled some more as he continued typing. Duo squirmed some more. "If you're looking for your switch blade. it's in your back pocket of your pants." He laughed at the muffled shouting that followed. Heero had tossed his clothing out the window into the wild garden below.
"Umph gophinmg touf kmillph mou! "(Roughly translated: I'm going to kill you) Duo shouted.
"Yeah, yeah. but you gotta get out first."
"Wamph armphm mou doumphing? (What are you doing)" Duo frowned as he tried to position his head so he could look at the laptop screen, but Heero hid it from view.
"I am writing a reply back to the doc."
"Omph. wmmhy maventph mou tmolph mhe mphothers amphout mhe mphamkers? ("Oh. Why haven't you told the others about the hackers?")
"I don't want to worry them, that's why." He frowned and continued typing.
"Pmhake phmis mphag mphoff moph phme!" (Take this gag off of me!)
Heero chuckled. "Ok, ok." He reached over and untied the cloth Heero had used as a gag for the braided boy, freeing his mouth.
"Thanks.You have a really bony ass! Did you know that?" Duo chuckled.
Heero threw him a mischievous sidelong glance before adjusting his seating.
"OW! Watch it! My spine doesn't appreciate being used as a coushin!"
"I think I liked you better with the gag on...." Heero whispered before climbing off of Duo and closing his laptop, placing it at the side of the bed. Duo was squirming, trying to untie the ropes. Heero watched with mild interest but a passive face. Eventually the braided boy broke free and rubbed his wrists gingerly.
He looked at Heero and half smiled. 'That look in his eyes. so sad. like he's being forced to do something he doesn't want to.' Duo scooted closer, cupping Heero's cheek in his hand. 'And since we got here. its gotten worse.' He smiled softly as Heero closed his eyes, leaning into the simple touch. 'Why.?'
~ Meanwhile ~
Trowa snuck up behind Quatre, whom was looking through the fridge, and wrapped his arms around the boy's shoulder.
"Ack! Trowa don't do that! Especially not in this scary house!" He chuckled nervously, trying to calm his heart as it raced in his chest. Trowa smiled.
"What are you doing?"
"Deciding what we should have for dinner." Quatre smiled and kicked the refrigerator door closed.
"You don't have to cook dinner, Quatre."
"No. I want to. really." He smiled warmly. "I've got nothing better to do. Besides. it'll lighten everyone's moods a bit I think."
~ Elsewhere ~
Wufei had taken up searching the house head to toe for whatever it was that didn't sit right with him. Cautiously, he climbed down the stairs leading into the basement, flashlight in hand. Something scurried across his path, avoiding the light. He grimaced before pressing on further.
The stairs were even more decayed than the ones leading to the second floor. The groan of each step, followed by multiple cracking sounds, was not highly appreciated by the Chinese boy. He jumped the last few stairs; a small cloud of dust appeared by his feet.
He narrowed his eyes, shining the flashlight in suspicious looking areas. The basement was barren except for a few items scattered about. Dusty white sheets clung to the mysterious items and no matter how curious he was, he didn't want to disturb the relicts. One, however, loomed in his path. It was far bigger than he was.. And resembled a large man draped in a sheet, one arm raised, the other extended towards him. He reached out, grabbing the sheet gingerly..
He pulled and was greeted by large white teeth and long shining black claws. Lifeless eyes glared down at him as its mouth was twisted into a permanent soundless roar. Wufei's eyes widened. "A bear..?"
~ Dinner ~
"Duo! Put on some clothes!" The other four pilots shouted as the braided boy came downstairs in his boxers.
He grinned. "I'd love to. but I cant. See. somebody." He glared playfully at Heero. "Threw my clothes out the window.. And there's a beehive near where they landed in the garden. Hell if I'm going out there and getting stung!" In spite of his cheery mood, the thoughts of what happened earlier made him quite nervous to sit in his chair.
"Sit down Duo!" Quatre said as he pushed the braided boy towards his chair.
Duo frowned and swallowed before gingerly sitting down in his chair. It creaked but did little more. He heaved a heavy sigh of relief, ignoring all the odd looks his friends were giving him. "So!" He said happily, even though something wasn't sitting quite right with him. "What're we eating?"
Quatre smiled, rubbing the back of his head. "Well since someone got into everything in order to make a sandwich." Everyone looked at Duo who grinned sheepishly. " I made Hamburger Helper."
Quatre passed out the plates of food he had already dished up and set what was left in the pan on the table.
Dinner came and went as it usually did, Duo ranting about something going on in the book he was reading, three of the four pilots just nodding here and there in order to convince Duo they were listening. Quatre was probably the only one actually listening.
"Wouldn't that really suck if we were stranded in a house on an island where murders where happening? Man. I'm just glad we aren't on an island. that would bite! But thankfully we aren't and we all have our Gundams if we need to leave. Oh! And the car too.... How did we get that car anyway? Oh who cares?! Oh! I wanted to ask you, Quatre, if you told the others about the sec-"
Quatre shook his head. "I will later." He half-smiled and resumed eating.
Duo gave him an odd look and then shrugged. "Heero. don't you think it's time you told everyone about the."
A warning glare quickly shut Duo up. He sighed in frustration. Wufei looked up from his meal and looked from Quatre to Heero, frowning. 'I can understand Heero being secretive. but Quatre? I don't like this.' He returned to his meal, glancing between the two every now and then.
Trowa noted the suspicious looks everyone was giving each other and chuckled inwardly. 'Amazing. how quickly suspicion can travel between friends when nothing bad has happened yet.' He thought.
Duo caught movement from the living room out of the corner of his eye. He leaned back in his chair, trying to figure out what it was, but that dark living room didn't reveal any of its secrets. Duo finished the rest of his meal and stood p, everyone watching him as he snuck stealthily towards whatever. or whoever he was after.
"Duo... what are."
"SSSHHH!" He hissed and continued on. The other pilots looked at each other and stood up, following Duo. The braided boy leapt in the direction of the noises and a loud crash filled the uneasy silence, followed by a sharp cry of pain and a string of curses. Heero flipped on the light switch to reveal..
Duo. On top of the broken remains of the coffee table.
"A little help here guys?" he winced, broken wood jutting upwards, hurting his back. Duo was lifted up and he grimaced. "Um. thanks."
"What was that all about, baka?" Heero demanded.
"I heard something! Sounded like someone or something was in here, movin' around. So I decided to come and see what it was.. And." He narrowed his eyes, spotting the culprit of the noises as it scurried out of the wreck of the former coffee table. "YOU!" he shouted.
Needless to say, a chase ensued. Duo chased down the rat while Heero chased after Duo. After an hour, Heero caught up to Duo and had him pinned down in the hallway into the kitchen. "Baka! What in the hell is wrong with you!? Didn't you leave out the poison like I said?"
Duo's front side was pressed hard onto the wood floor as Heero held his arms behind his back. "Lemme go! I have to catch him!"
"Hey.... Um. guys.?" Quatre stood behind the two boys. Heero looked over his shoulder.
"Hmm?"
"Wufei caught the mouse. You can let him go Heero." Quatre chuckled softly and turned and left.
"Well?!" Duo demanded.
Heero sighed and got up, walking back to the living room.... He could hear that Duo wasn't far behind. The braided boy slipped past Heero and plopped down on the couch next to Wufei, whom was grinning and teasing Duo about how easily he had caught the mouse.
"Yeah, yeah" Duo grumbled. "I'm thirsty. anyone else want a drink while I'm up?"
"Yeah get me a glass of water please Duo." Wufei asked, a smirk still on his face.
Duo stuck his tongue out at him. "Why of course, oh mighty mouse killer." He mumbled and disappeared into the kitchen.
"Hmm." Duo said softly as he closed the opened cabinet underneath the sink with his foot so he could examine what had caught his interest.. There was already a glass pulled out and it was filled with water. He frowned and examined the glass. It looked clean. He shrugged and then went into the fridge, pulling out a sprite for himself. He grabbed the glass of water and went back into the living room, handing it to Wufei. "Here! Oh mighty slayer of rodents!" He said sarcastically as he shoved the glass into Wufei's hand.
The Chinese boy snickered at Duo as he plopped down next to him. Heero was sitting in an armchair near the couch and Quatre was sitting snugly next to Trowa.
Duo opened his sprite and took a drink. "Now. I think you should tell them, Heero. about the email you received."
Heero looked at him and sighed. Now everyone was watching Heero. "Fine." He said quietly, sitting up and leaning forward, putting his elbows on his knees. "Doctor J sent me an email.. Someone has managed to hack into their systems and our location might have been revealed to whomever was clever enough to break into the system. He doesn't know for sure."
The other three looked at Heero incredulously.
"how."
"What?"
"Oh no."
Duo sighed and leaned back on the couch, sipping his soda.
Wufei brought his glass of water to his lips, taking a drink
"and. They received an email from their hackers as well.. Accusing us of being murderers. and stating we were undoubtedly guilty and we shall be sentenced." He looked down at the floor. "To death."
Duo nearly choked on the sprite. Heero hadn't told him that! Coughing came from Wufei. Duo looked over at him.
"He's choking!" Quatre cried. Duo was frozen with surprise. Wufei dropped his glass, the contents spilled on the floor, and leaned forward, falling off the couch.. Heero jumped out of his chair, rushing to Wufei's side, turning him over.
"He's.." Quatre whispered in horror. Duo tensed.Trowa's emerald eyes were widened with shock.
"dead." Heero said dryly. "poisoned."
* Yes. for all you Eddie Izzard fans out there. I did in fact steal that from him. ^_^
A/N: Wow.. One down 4 to go. Is it the hacker? Or. someone else? Who could have done it?
Let's review!
Heero knew about the poison both before and after Wufei's death Quatre was also retaining information about the secret passageway AND he had access to the kitchen Trowa has seemed remarkably calm throughout their stay in that creepy house. An outsider could possibly have snuck in and used the secret passageway to get into the kitchen while Duo was chasing the mouse Duo seems so innocent. he must be guilty!
Oh! For you And Then There Were None fans out there. did you notice the linking thingys?!
You all must pay attention to tiny details. They might be important.
Duo: I still say its Relena!!!
Oh come off it Duo. We know it's not Relena. Sheesh
Anyway. Until the next ch!
Bai!~*
~ DB ~