Promenade
By: Lady Camigwen
-Chapter 3-
A small smile danced on his face as he stepped through the threshold of the doors into the hangar bay--on time. Briliant emerald eyes sent him a look of shock and question, but he ignored them, walking past her and to the Leopard suit.
What a suit this new model would be. But, never would it compare to his Deathscythe Hell. He smiled at the thought of his Gundam, now complete. He'd been the first to complete work on the neo-Gundams. Heero, being the perfectionist that he is, was taking the longest. Mostly in part of the new Zero System, that Duo refused to have installed into the Deathscythe Hell. Quatre had allowed the installation into the Sandrock, but he wouldn't let the Zero System touch his Gundam with a ten foot pole!
"And just what are you so happy about as to grace me with your presence at such an early hour, Colenel?"
Her voice was playfully mocking him and his smile was tempeted to frown, but he wouldn't allow it. He was not going to let her bring him down. He glanced over his shoulder at her grinning features, "Is there something wrong with showing up on time?"
"Until now, I thought that was exactly your view."
She was always so fridged... Klank!
Duo watched the wrench fall to the floor the moment the automatic doors slid open to reveal the form of a young woman with wavy aquamarine hair that seemed to almost float about the air in an ethereal manor. He shook his gaze from her and turned to his partner who looked ready to bolt and run for cover.
"Michiru..." Was all she said. Her eyes were wide with shock and she was trembling.
The women in the doorway gave her a warm smile, "Hello Haruka." A man with dark brown, almost black hair stepped through as well and took Michiru by the hand. She smiled up at him and leaned into his embrace.
The gundam pilot heard the blonde woman to his side suck in a sharp breath. He glanced sidways at her--her shaking had increased and tears threatened to spill over. What was going on? The infamous Ice Queen on the verge of tears? Who was this Michiru and what connections did she have to Haruka to cause her to react in this manor?
He had never seen any expressions other than those of a scowl or sly smirk, spread across her features. But now, she was clearly expressing that of anguish. Part of him laughed at her, saying that it served her right for being so horrid to the world. Yet another part of him couldn't stand to see such pain.
He shoved that side away. Why should he care that his partner was being ripped apart inside by some unknown inward battle? It would probably be best for his ears anyway, if he kept his nose out of her buisness. Better to have his ears bruised by her protests of anger later.
Slowly, he moved to Haruka's side. His sudden presence snapped her back into reality as she quickly threw her Ice Queen persona back into place.
Michiru walked towards the Preventers, hand in hand with the dark-haired man. They stopped and she looked up at the man and gestured to Haruka. "Kalanto, this is Haruka, the old friend of mine I told you about."
Kalanto smiled at Haruka but only recieved a cold stare shooting daggers of ice in return. He oppened his mouth to say something to her, but stopped as she quickly bent down and retrieved the wrench. She grabbed a startled Duo by the arm and proceeded to drag him off to the other side of the bay. "Sorry, Mich, but this little reunion has to wait. We've got work that needs attending to."
Duo turned back to see the hurt in Michiru's light turquoise eyes as she shook her head and murmmered something unaudiable to Kalanto.
"Damnit!" Haruka screamed as soon as Michiru and Kalanto left the bay. She released her grasp on the braided pilot and slammed both hands down on the railing, letting her head drop to her chest.
He was tempted to reach out and ask her what was wrong, but he stopped himself. She would only lash out at him, it was no use trying to comfort her. It was impossible to turn still ice to flowing lava. Instead, he grabbed the rolled up blue print from his back pocket. He unrolled it and looked it over. "Okay, it seems we still need to work on the response systems in the right leg. It doesn't seem to be responding the controls. Shall we start there? ...Haruka?"
In the brief minute he'd tore his gaze away from her, she'd vanished. A sigh escaped him as he pressed his back against the cold steel wall, looking up to the ceiling. "Why me?"
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She materialized in her office in a flash of blue. Mentally, she smacked herself for teleporting in public. Luckily for her, Duo was suddenly engrosed in, shockingly enough, work.
Everything was as dark and quiet as a starless sky before she finally allowed her tears to flow. So this was how it felt, to have your heart shattered. Visions of her and Michiru getting back together had finally vanished. She'd known Michiru was married for three weeks now, but seeing her and Kalanto together, had finally caused the truth to hit home.
Michiru had moved on... and she was alone. She prided herself on being able to hide her emotions almost as well as her partner's best friend, Heero Yuy. But, now, it didn't seem to matter. The mask had fallen off and her feelings were spilling out whether she liked it or not.
Oh, how she was tempted to contact Ami on Mercury, or Makoto on Jupiter... just someone to talk to. Dispite her earlier beliefs when she was young and striving to be a professional race car driver, she didn't want to be alone. Especially, not now. It made her feel weak and betrayed inside, but she needed the comfort. And she was willing to take if from whoever would offer it.
She was too engrossed in her own thoughts to have heard the door to her office open and close. A hand was placed on her shoulder and a worried voice asked her if she was okay.
It was him... she loathed him, but it didn't matter. She didn't care.
In a quick movement, she turned and threw herself into his arms, her hands clinging to the material of his jacket, tears flowing freely, and cries let out.
Duo stood stunned for a moment, before allowing his arms to wrap around her shaking form. He rubbed her back and gently rested his head atop hers. "Shh... it's going to be okay. Just let it out..."
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Luitenant Johnson sat with his feet propped up on the consol, starring blankly at the dozens of switching screens before him. How he hated having to do survalence... it was such a boring job, and not the job he joined the Preventers for. He watched as the screens flashed to the Foriegn Minister walking down a corridor, Lord Winner at the snack machine, Colenel Tenou vanishing into thin air... huh?
He lept up from his position and quickly replayed the scene. After a quick ckeck to make sure all systems were running properly he was forced to accept it. Still, he couldn't believe what he was seeing... this was impossible! It was like something out of Star Trek or Power Rangers. Teleportation was not possible! But yet, Colenel Tenou, clearly did it. Colenel Maxwell hadn't seemed to notice, but it was common knowledge that he wasn't the brightest star in the heavens. Johnson often wondered how in the world the man had surpassed him in rank.
This needed to be reported immediately. He reached for his cell phone and dialed up the opperator. "Yes, Agent Sewell, please."
**TBC**
Disclaimer: I do not claim to own or have rights to Gundam Wing or Sailor Moon. I am simply a fan. However, Kalanto, Luitenant Johnson, and Agent Sewell do belong to me, so please don't use them without my permission.
AN: Special thanks to Maara for beta-reading for me! *hugs* And thanks so much to those who review and encourage me to keep on writting. The next chapter is currently in the works. I hope to have many more reviews before the posting of the next chapter. Please review! Thanks! ^.^
