Chapter Ten
Bracing himself, Heero nodded. "Do itt."
Wufei wrapped his arm around Heero's waist, and flexed the hand that was on Heero's back. Quickly he ran his hand over the bulge. In response Heero let out a somewhat muted scream.
The others jumped, "What are you doing to him?" Duo shouted.
Heero leaned against Wufei, "Do tthe otther one. Now."
Nodding, he repeated his actions on the other side of Heero's back, ripping open the skin with his claws. The wounds were now bleeding profusely and the water was tinted pink. White bones became fully visible, where before you could only see hints of them. Wufei stood up and walked further into the tub, up to his neck, Heero had his head nestled against said neck, the water half covering his face.
The wounds now covered by the water had turned it a dark red, and were slowly getting bigger. A shudder went through Heero and a low keening sound escaped from his throat as he huddled against Wufei.
Then slowly, very slowly bones began to push themselves out of the ragged wounds. With a final sickening snap, they emerged fully. Heero collapsed against Wufei, unable to hold himself up, even his arms wrapped around his waist growing slack.
Quatre let out a squeak when he caught sight of what had emerged from Heero's back. Duo was beyond shock by this point, and Trowa blinked before falling over in a dead faint.
The mass of bones that had emerged from Heero's back, were now clearly visible. They were wings, or at least the bone frame. Instead of a gleaming white, they were light grey. Wicked black claws tipped the top of the wings, and each of the extended bones. Think bat wings, the top bone that all the other finger-like bones hang down from and the hanging bones all have claws.
The flesh on Heero's back was healing, slowly at first and then faster. When his back was fully healed, the flesh merged into the bone and started to climb up the wings, changing to a dark blue almost black color once on the bare bones. Heero's eyes slipped shut and his grip tightened slightly.
Wufei sighed. He allowed the bloody water to drain out of the tub and started to refill it with clean water. He lay Heero down on the floor in the slowly rising water and climbed out.
"He'll drown!" Duo, of course, was the first to break the silence.
"No, Duo, he won't. He can breathe just fine in water. That's what gills are for." Seems Wufei is a bit annoyed.
"...Gills?"
"Gills."
End chap
Not a cliffhanger.