*sighs*
Sherpock-yes you have to write this.
But.
Sherpock-no buts.
Fine.
Disclaimer-I don't own it so don't sue. Happy?
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Chapter 9
Problems Encountered
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Heero awoke the next morning at 5:30 sharp. It was the same as any other morning. Rummaging through his clothes, he chose an outfit and headed for the bathroom which was down the hall.
Trinity got up at 6:00, and hearing Heero in the kitchen downstairs, she too chose something to wear, and took her turn in the bathroom.
You'd think that a pattern would occur, and Duo would be out of bed by 6:30. Well, usually he'd only get up at 10. But today was going to be different.
Trinity was heading back to her room after her shower, and she'd just closed her door behind her when an explosion rocked the house, sending everything into disaster. Trinity quickly regained her balance, then poked her head out her door, and glancing down the hall to the right, the sight that met her eyes caused them to widen in fear. "DAD!!" She cried out, but before she could run to Duo's aid, someone grabbed her from behind and stuck something under her nose. Trinity was unconscious within seconds, not having time to think.
*~*
Heero, on the other hand, was running up the stairs to see what had happened. He arrived to find Trinity's door shut, he called out to his daughter, but got no response. Not having time to worry about her, Heero headed for his and Duo's room. The flames were spreading quickly, and since it looked as if the bomb had been planted in their room, it was most likely that Duo was in danger.
*~*
Fire truck sirens blared as they raced towards the Yuy-Maxwell residence. The house was burning from the explosion, the police were already there. When the fire was out, they carried out an investigation. Trinity had not been found, dead or alive.
"What do you mean you don't know where she is?" Heero demanded.
The police man trembled with fear. Heero was still recognized as a highly trained Gundam pilot, and it was not known to get him angry. "W-we can't find her, sir." The police man replied.
They were standing in the hospital, and Duo was in critical condition. Heero hadn't heard much more than "We'll tell you when we know." About his husband, and he'd been here for over an hour. And now Trinity was missing. He was sure that she would have gotten out of the house, but why hadn't she shown up?
Heero sat down on one of the uncomfortable hospital waiting chairs after thanking the police man. He needed to sort through some of the thoughts in his head. What he needed was his laptop. But it had been caught in the explosion.
He was going to have a lot of paperwork to do. The insurance company was not going to be pleased.
*~*
Trinity awoke in a prison cell, much like the ones Heero and Duo had been kept in during the wars. Noting the old fashioned style, with steel doors, and no windows, Trinity decided she was on a military base of some sort. She didn't remember much, and her head was throbbing.
She was unarmed, and her hair was a mess.
But that was the least of her worries as she remembered the explosion.
"Dad." She mumbled, sitting up slowly, her pounding head forcing her to take it easy. She scooted back so she was leaning against a wall of the cell. She couldn't see much, as there was no light, and she hadn't had time after her shower to replace her watch on her wrist.
With no idea of the time or date, Trinity sat back to wait for her captors to inform her of why and where she was being held.
*~*
"Mr. Heero Yuy?"
Heero lifted his gaze to meet that of a young female nurse. "Yes?" he replied, hopes soaring that he would be notified of Duo's condition.
"I need you to fill out these forms." She said, sympathy in her eyes.
Heero grunted as he took the clip board and pen from the nurse, and attempted to fill out the information. Of course, knowing hospital forms, most of the questions were unrelated to the situation.
"Is he allergic to any medicines? Does it matter? They've probably already crammed him full of everything." Heero grumbled as he scribbled facts down on the paper in his messy hand writing, making it as illegible as possible without having to worry about them asking him to do it over.
*~*
The door of Trinity's cell opened, and a uniformed soldier stepped in. "Trinity Yuy-Maxwell." He said, as he noticed the girl was glaring up at him from the ground. "Come with me."
Trinity glared at that soldier for all she was worth, following him, her hands chained together with a black pair of handcuffs. Three of the soldiers were escorting her to God knows where. "Where are you taking me?" She growled, as she continued walking.
"His excellency wishes to question you." The soldier replied, as he turned down a hallway, typed something into a keypad beside a door, and when the door slid open, he stepped into a . well, questioning room.
The walls were a dull gray colour, and there was a simple desk in the centre, and there were two chairs. The soldiers sat Trinity in one of them, then stood around, waiting for "his excellency" to make an appearance.
Trinity's thoughts were racing. It couldn't possibly be Treize Kushrenada, Wufei had killed him in the final battle of the gundams, before the Mariemaia incident. His excellency? This was definitely *not* making sense.
*~*
Heero stood at the counter of the hospital cafeteria. Glancing at his watch, he read 10:45. No news of Duo and Trinity still hadn't shown up. Taking the coffee he'd ordered from the lady behind the counter, Heero sat at one of the tables, sipping it slowly.
"Heero?"
Heero looked up. "Relena." He replied.
The girl sat beside him. "What."
Heero sighed, placing his coffee on the table. He looked into the warm blue eyes of his long time friend. "We're not sure what happened. There was a bomb set in our room, it went off at 6:30. Trinity's missing, and Duo's in critical condition."
Relena's eyes were wide. "But." sighing, she leaned back in her chair. "Trinity's missing?"
Heero simply nodded.
"But.she would have shown up. Something must have happened to her."
Heero quirked an eyebrow. "Are you saying she was kidnapped?"
"I never said that, but it is possible, isn't it? I mean, well.I guess there's no real explanation, but it would make sense, wouldn't it?"
Heero nodded again.
"I think you should contact the others."
"The others?"
"Wufei, Quatre, and Trowa. Nate and Ian should probably know as well."
Heero stood, drinking the last of his coffee and tossing the cup in a nearby garbage can. "I'll do that." He said, as he headed out of the cafeteria to find a pay phone.
He found one soon enough, but realized he didn't know the other pilot's numbers. Shaking his head, he dialled preventer headquarters, a number he hadn't had to use for almost 13 years.
*~*
Trinity's eyes went wide as Ian walked into the room. "Hello Trinity." He said, setting a brief case down on the desk.
"I-Ian?"
Ian ignored her comment, rustling through the papers of his brief case. "I do believe I have some questions for you Trinity. Or should I say, Trin?"
Trinity's eyes narrowed. "Only Duo can call me that. You have no right."
Ian sighed, shaking his head, an exasperated look in his eyes, as if he was dealing with a small child. "I'm the one in charge now Trinity. And you will listen to me."
"Then you're the one who planted the bomb in our house. Duo could be dead for all I know. What do you want with me?" She growled, glaring at her 'partner'.
"You'll find out soon enough what I want from you, but you were starting to catch on. You almost killed me. I tried to warn you to drop out, but no, you wouldn't listen. So now I'll have to deal with you in a different way."
"Are you this, excellency?" Trinity asked, deciding to try to get as much information out of this conversation as was possible.
"No, I am questioning you for his excellency, and I'm sure he'll be most pleased if you cooperate like a nice little girl."
Trinity shook her head. "A nice little girl? You've lost your mind Ian. I'm a gundam pilot. I know how to take care of myself."
"So you admit to being a gundam pilot?"
Trinity cursed to herself. Questioning 101, never give the other side information if you don't have to. Not that Ian hadn't known that anyway. "Yes I do, actually." Trinity replied slowly, thinking about what she was saying now that she'd made her first mistake. "What time is it? And what day?"
Ian glanced at his watch. "3:00, day after the explosion."
Trinity thought this through as he continued searching through the brief case. "Duo." she mumbled, not knowing if he was alive or dead.
"Why'd you set a bomb in our house?"
"To distract Heero Yuy, so that we could be certain we'd get a hold of you." Ian muttered, closing the briefcase. "Do you recognize this person?"
Trinity glanced at the picture. It was a photo of Relena's brother, Milliardo Peacecraft. He was currently on Mars, working for something for Relena. Now the question was, why was Ian asking her this? Did it really matter that much? "Yeah, why?"
"No reason." Ian answered. "Do you know where he is?"
"No idea."
Ian looked at her sceptically for a minute, before accepting her answer.
Trinity's thoughts were definitely not on this conversation. Duo had been hurt, possibly killed, because she hadn't dropped out. She'd endangered his life, as well as Heero's. Some way for a daughter to act. She chided herself, Ian occupied with something else for the moment. Wait a sec, since when was there another person in the room?
Trinity's eyes widened as she recognized the girl from the club the other day, the one that had been with Ian and Nate. Her short blond hair hung in her heavily lined eyes.
"I'm needed elsewhere. I'll finish the questioning later." Ian said, ordering the guards to take Trinity back to the cell, where they deposited her none too gently.
*~*
Nate's office phone rang once, and he picked up on the second ring. "Nate Winner-Barton." He said, not expecting Heero's voice on the other line.
"Hello Nate."
"Mr. Yuy?"
"I have some bad news. There was an explosion in our house this morning, and Duo's been hurt. He's in critical condition. Trinity's missing."
Nate thought this over for a minute. "You're at the hospital?"
Heero grunted a reply.
"I'll be over soon, and I'll let Quatre and Trowa know."
"Do me a favour and inform Ian as well. I'm going to call Wufei."
"Yes sir."
The line went dead. Heero picked up the phone again, dialling the home phone number of Wufei Chang, which he had gotten from Preventers.
"Yes?"
"Wufei, it's Heero."
"Is there something wrong Yuy?"
Heero explained once more the situation he found himself in, and told Wufei about Nate telling Quatre, Trowa, and Ian.
"But Ian didn't go to work today."
"He didn't?"
"No, he told me he had a mission, but he refused to tell me where it was, and what it was for. He did say something about a Catalonia."
Heero thanked Wufei, asking him to tell Ian when he got home. Pilot 01 then returned to the waiting room to do the only thing he could do. Sit back and wait. Only difference was he wasn't waiting alone anymore. Relena was here with him, and the emotional support she provided was welcomed with open arms.
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There, that's another chapter. Whoa, talk about plot twist. Don't ask where that came from. His excellency? My mind works in weird ways.
I'm sorry I didn't update for so long!! I really am!!
Anyway, leave a review, please!
~ Duo's Only Chick
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Chapter 9
Problems Encountered
*~*~*~*
Heero awoke the next morning at 5:30 sharp. It was the same as any other morning. Rummaging through his clothes, he chose an outfit and headed for the bathroom which was down the hall.
Trinity got up at 6:00, and hearing Heero in the kitchen downstairs, she too chose something to wear, and took her turn in the bathroom.
You'd think that a pattern would occur, and Duo would be out of bed by 6:30. Well, usually he'd only get up at 10. But today was going to be different.
Trinity was heading back to her room after her shower, and she'd just closed her door behind her when an explosion rocked the house, sending everything into disaster. Trinity quickly regained her balance, then poked her head out her door, and glancing down the hall to the right, the sight that met her eyes caused them to widen in fear. "DAD!!" She cried out, but before she could run to Duo's aid, someone grabbed her from behind and stuck something under her nose. Trinity was unconscious within seconds, not having time to think.
*~*
Heero, on the other hand, was running up the stairs to see what had happened. He arrived to find Trinity's door shut, he called out to his daughter, but got no response. Not having time to worry about her, Heero headed for his and Duo's room. The flames were spreading quickly, and since it looked as if the bomb had been planted in their room, it was most likely that Duo was in danger.
*~*
Fire truck sirens blared as they raced towards the Yuy-Maxwell residence. The house was burning from the explosion, the police were already there. When the fire was out, they carried out an investigation. Trinity had not been found, dead or alive.
"What do you mean you don't know where she is?" Heero demanded.
The police man trembled with fear. Heero was still recognized as a highly trained Gundam pilot, and it was not known to get him angry. "W-we can't find her, sir." The police man replied.
They were standing in the hospital, and Duo was in critical condition. Heero hadn't heard much more than "We'll tell you when we know." About his husband, and he'd been here for over an hour. And now Trinity was missing. He was sure that she would have gotten out of the house, but why hadn't she shown up?
Heero sat down on one of the uncomfortable hospital waiting chairs after thanking the police man. He needed to sort through some of the thoughts in his head. What he needed was his laptop. But it had been caught in the explosion.
He was going to have a lot of paperwork to do. The insurance company was not going to be pleased.
*~*
Trinity awoke in a prison cell, much like the ones Heero and Duo had been kept in during the wars. Noting the old fashioned style, with steel doors, and no windows, Trinity decided she was on a military base of some sort. She didn't remember much, and her head was throbbing.
She was unarmed, and her hair was a mess.
But that was the least of her worries as she remembered the explosion.
"Dad." She mumbled, sitting up slowly, her pounding head forcing her to take it easy. She scooted back so she was leaning against a wall of the cell. She couldn't see much, as there was no light, and she hadn't had time after her shower to replace her watch on her wrist.
With no idea of the time or date, Trinity sat back to wait for her captors to inform her of why and where she was being held.
*~*
"Mr. Heero Yuy?"
Heero lifted his gaze to meet that of a young female nurse. "Yes?" he replied, hopes soaring that he would be notified of Duo's condition.
"I need you to fill out these forms." She said, sympathy in her eyes.
Heero grunted as he took the clip board and pen from the nurse, and attempted to fill out the information. Of course, knowing hospital forms, most of the questions were unrelated to the situation.
"Is he allergic to any medicines? Does it matter? They've probably already crammed him full of everything." Heero grumbled as he scribbled facts down on the paper in his messy hand writing, making it as illegible as possible without having to worry about them asking him to do it over.
*~*
The door of Trinity's cell opened, and a uniformed soldier stepped in. "Trinity Yuy-Maxwell." He said, as he noticed the girl was glaring up at him from the ground. "Come with me."
Trinity glared at that soldier for all she was worth, following him, her hands chained together with a black pair of handcuffs. Three of the soldiers were escorting her to God knows where. "Where are you taking me?" She growled, as she continued walking.
"His excellency wishes to question you." The soldier replied, as he turned down a hallway, typed something into a keypad beside a door, and when the door slid open, he stepped into a . well, questioning room.
The walls were a dull gray colour, and there was a simple desk in the centre, and there were two chairs. The soldiers sat Trinity in one of them, then stood around, waiting for "his excellency" to make an appearance.
Trinity's thoughts were racing. It couldn't possibly be Treize Kushrenada, Wufei had killed him in the final battle of the gundams, before the Mariemaia incident. His excellency? This was definitely *not* making sense.
*~*
Heero stood at the counter of the hospital cafeteria. Glancing at his watch, he read 10:45. No news of Duo and Trinity still hadn't shown up. Taking the coffee he'd ordered from the lady behind the counter, Heero sat at one of the tables, sipping it slowly.
"Heero?"
Heero looked up. "Relena." He replied.
The girl sat beside him. "What."
Heero sighed, placing his coffee on the table. He looked into the warm blue eyes of his long time friend. "We're not sure what happened. There was a bomb set in our room, it went off at 6:30. Trinity's missing, and Duo's in critical condition."
Relena's eyes were wide. "But." sighing, she leaned back in her chair. "Trinity's missing?"
Heero simply nodded.
"But.she would have shown up. Something must have happened to her."
Heero quirked an eyebrow. "Are you saying she was kidnapped?"
"I never said that, but it is possible, isn't it? I mean, well.I guess there's no real explanation, but it would make sense, wouldn't it?"
Heero nodded again.
"I think you should contact the others."
"The others?"
"Wufei, Quatre, and Trowa. Nate and Ian should probably know as well."
Heero stood, drinking the last of his coffee and tossing the cup in a nearby garbage can. "I'll do that." He said, as he headed out of the cafeteria to find a pay phone.
He found one soon enough, but realized he didn't know the other pilot's numbers. Shaking his head, he dialled preventer headquarters, a number he hadn't had to use for almost 13 years.
*~*
Trinity's eyes went wide as Ian walked into the room. "Hello Trinity." He said, setting a brief case down on the desk.
"I-Ian?"
Ian ignored her comment, rustling through the papers of his brief case. "I do believe I have some questions for you Trinity. Or should I say, Trin?"
Trinity's eyes narrowed. "Only Duo can call me that. You have no right."
Ian sighed, shaking his head, an exasperated look in his eyes, as if he was dealing with a small child. "I'm the one in charge now Trinity. And you will listen to me."
"Then you're the one who planted the bomb in our house. Duo could be dead for all I know. What do you want with me?" She growled, glaring at her 'partner'.
"You'll find out soon enough what I want from you, but you were starting to catch on. You almost killed me. I tried to warn you to drop out, but no, you wouldn't listen. So now I'll have to deal with you in a different way."
"Are you this, excellency?" Trinity asked, deciding to try to get as much information out of this conversation as was possible.
"No, I am questioning you for his excellency, and I'm sure he'll be most pleased if you cooperate like a nice little girl."
Trinity shook her head. "A nice little girl? You've lost your mind Ian. I'm a gundam pilot. I know how to take care of myself."
"So you admit to being a gundam pilot?"
Trinity cursed to herself. Questioning 101, never give the other side information if you don't have to. Not that Ian hadn't known that anyway. "Yes I do, actually." Trinity replied slowly, thinking about what she was saying now that she'd made her first mistake. "What time is it? And what day?"
Ian glanced at his watch. "3:00, day after the explosion."
Trinity thought this through as he continued searching through the brief case. "Duo." she mumbled, not knowing if he was alive or dead.
"Why'd you set a bomb in our house?"
"To distract Heero Yuy, so that we could be certain we'd get a hold of you." Ian muttered, closing the briefcase. "Do you recognize this person?"
Trinity glanced at the picture. It was a photo of Relena's brother, Milliardo Peacecraft. He was currently on Mars, working for something for Relena. Now the question was, why was Ian asking her this? Did it really matter that much? "Yeah, why?"
"No reason." Ian answered. "Do you know where he is?"
"No idea."
Ian looked at her sceptically for a minute, before accepting her answer.
Trinity's thoughts were definitely not on this conversation. Duo had been hurt, possibly killed, because she hadn't dropped out. She'd endangered his life, as well as Heero's. Some way for a daughter to act. She chided herself, Ian occupied with something else for the moment. Wait a sec, since when was there another person in the room?
Trinity's eyes widened as she recognized the girl from the club the other day, the one that had been with Ian and Nate. Her short blond hair hung in her heavily lined eyes.
"I'm needed elsewhere. I'll finish the questioning later." Ian said, ordering the guards to take Trinity back to the cell, where they deposited her none too gently.
*~*
Nate's office phone rang once, and he picked up on the second ring. "Nate Winner-Barton." He said, not expecting Heero's voice on the other line.
"Hello Nate."
"Mr. Yuy?"
"I have some bad news. There was an explosion in our house this morning, and Duo's been hurt. He's in critical condition. Trinity's missing."
Nate thought this over for a minute. "You're at the hospital?"
Heero grunted a reply.
"I'll be over soon, and I'll let Quatre and Trowa know."
"Do me a favour and inform Ian as well. I'm going to call Wufei."
"Yes sir."
The line went dead. Heero picked up the phone again, dialling the home phone number of Wufei Chang, which he had gotten from Preventers.
"Yes?"
"Wufei, it's Heero."
"Is there something wrong Yuy?"
Heero explained once more the situation he found himself in, and told Wufei about Nate telling Quatre, Trowa, and Ian.
"But Ian didn't go to work today."
"He didn't?"
"No, he told me he had a mission, but he refused to tell me where it was, and what it was for. He did say something about a Catalonia."
Heero thanked Wufei, asking him to tell Ian when he got home. Pilot 01 then returned to the waiting room to do the only thing he could do. Sit back and wait. Only difference was he wasn't waiting alone anymore. Relena was here with him, and the emotional support she provided was welcomed with open arms.
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There, that's another chapter. Whoa, talk about plot twist. Don't ask where that came from. His excellency? My mind works in weird ways.
I'm sorry I didn't update for so long!! I really am!!
Anyway, leave a review, please!
~ Duo's Only Chick
