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Chapter three
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"Shh." Wu Fei warned, opening the front door of his apartment. "Sally's sleeping."
"She okay?" Duo frowned, while Hiiro raised an eyebrow.
Wu Fei sighed, and looked towards the closed bedroom door. "No.No, she's not."
"What's wrong with her?" Hiiro asked. Duo and Wu Fei both glared at him. "What?"
"Is there any sign of them?" Duo asked shaking his head.
"No." Their friend motioned them over to his desk where building schematics lay scattered on it. He picked one up, "We've searched up to this point up until I left work yesterday." He pointed to the ballroom, "But we still have this area and the gardens to search."
"Is there any chance that they left early? Or escaped?" Duo pressed hopefully.
"They had to sign in and sign out of the meeting. Besides, they would have contacted us by now." Wu Fei pointed out, heading to the kitchen just as the kettle was about to whistle. The Chinese boy turned off the heat and poured the steaming water into four mugs that waited on the counter. He pulled out a peppermint tea bag and placed it into one of the cups. "Green tea, Hiiro?"
"Please." Hiiro responded absentmindedly, "Wu Fei, is it possible that they were taken hostage?"
The boy thought about that as he brought out a box from the cabinet. Plopping two tea bags into the cups, he answered, "I suppose that is a possibility, but we've seen no evidence of such." He then reached in and brought out a pack of coco and twelve mini-marshmallows. He handed the coco and green tea to his friends before he brought the peppermint to the bedroom. Knocking softly, he went in.
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Duo flopped into a black leather recliner, drinking his coco and occasionally picking out a marshmallow with his fingers. Hiiro leaned against the wall, staring into his cup. He was scowling at nothing in particular.
"If you keep your face like that, it'll get stuck." The braided boy smirked, dropping another gooey gob of melted sugar into his mouth.
"Hn." The boy glared.
"We can head to the site as soon as Sally comes out." Wu Fei said reappearing, "She said to give her ten minutes." The boys nodded and turned back to their mugs.
True to her word, Sally emerged from the bedroom ten minutes later. She looked paler than usual, but ready for work none the less.
"Hi, Duo. Hiiro." She greeted. "It's been a while."
"Sally." The boys nodded in her direction.
"Come on." Wu Fei ushered, "Preventer Une will be expecting us."
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"We've cleared up to this mark here." Preventer Darrin Halls said showing them to where the far wall had once stood. "We've uncovered almost 400 bodies and have identified 296 of them as delegates."
"There's still no sign of Miss Relena or Representative Winner and his escort?" Wu Fei frowned.
"No." Darrin shook his head, "But we'll be uncovering the garden starting today and depending on what we find, will determine if we might finish today or not."
"Then let's get started." Hiiro suggested.
Wu Fei shot him a glare. Hiiro glared right back unfazed. "I give the orders around here, Yui." The Chinese boy warned. Hiiro simply turned and headed off.
"Wu Fei." Sally whispered, "Calm down."
The young man turned his glare on her before realizing it was her. Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself. "I'm sorry, Sally." He whispered. The woman gave his shoulder a squeeze before he turned back to the Preventers, "Okay. Hall, take your team and head northeast. Amble, take your team to the gardens. Grey, Turner, take Hiiro and Duo to our evidence and records. Sally and I will finish up in the grand hall." The operatives nodded, "Move out!"
"Do you want to tell me what that was about?" Sally asked, her hands on her hips.
Wu Fei sighed warily, and glanced at her, "Nothing." He muttered, heading off.
"Wu Fei." Sally stopped him, wrapping her arms around the young man's shoulders. She sighed, "It is most defiantly something. The tension between you and Hiiro is suffocating. If you don't want to tell me, that's fine. but."
"Sally, I said it was nothing." Wu Fei frowned, "Really, it's a petty disagreement that neither of us can't seem to get over."
Sally smiled, "Then try not to let it bother you, hmmm?"
He smiled and kissed her, "We should get to work."
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"Oh, Lord." Preventer Amble groaned as she hefted away a large rock and uncovered a bloodied hand. "I've got another one over here!" She beckoned to the medics. She wiped her brow and pushed at another stone, uncovering the form of a bloodied blonde young man. She sighed and dug out the body.
The body moaned.
"What!?" Amble gasped reaching down and checking for a pulse.
The boy moaned again.
"OH! MY GOD!" The red haired young woman yelled, "Chang! Po! I've got a live one here!" Hastily she finished unburying him, "Preventer Chang!"
"What?" Wu Fei and Sally, followed closely by two other boys came running.
"Don't touch him!" Sally ordered, "Let's get a gurney over here now!"
The boy's aquamarine eyes creaked open. His mouth opened and closed, though nothing came out through his dry, chapped and bleeding lips.
"Oh, God." Sally gasped, falling on her knees by the broken boy. "It's Quatre."
"How is he?" Wu Fei asked, kneeling by her.
"He's dehydrated." She said right off, examining their friend as the EMPs arrived. She gingerly pressed on the blonde's side. The boy writhed away from her touch, his face twisted in sheer agony. "He's defiantly has internal injuries." She took the neck brace and wrapped it around the boy's neck. "He's going to need surgery."
"Let's get him strapped in." And EMP ordered, as medical personal lifted him onto the gurney.
"Wu Fei.?" the boy called weakly in a raspy voice.
"Quatre." Wu Fei grasped the hand that the boy strained to lift, "You're going to be just fine."
"Trowa? Where's wince Trowa?" The boy pleaded, "I can't feel him."
"We're still looking for him." Duo said leaning over the Chinese boy's shoulder, "Don't worry. We'll find him." He flashed the blonde a reassuring grin.
Quatre moaned, shaking his head slowly, "No. No.No. I gotta find Trowa."
"He's going into shock." Sally warned, throwing a blanket over the boy as he began to shiver.
"Can you tell me where he was before the attack?" Wu Fei asked.
Quatre was staining to breath. A trail of blood slipped out of the corner of his mouth. "He.He was. ten. fifteen feet in.front of. me." He was fighting to remain conscious, "Please.I.I can't feel him."
"Wu Fei we need to move him or he'll die." Sally pressed. The Chinese boy nodded, letting go of his friend. "Get him out of here!" Sally barked, pushing the gurney towards the awaiting ambulance.
The friends were silent as they watched it disappear.
"Let's get a team over here!" Chang barked as the Gundam pilots began to push and move debris.
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An hour later, Trowa Barton and Relena Darlin were sent to the hospital.
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To be continued.
Chapter three
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"Shh." Wu Fei warned, opening the front door of his apartment. "Sally's sleeping."
"She okay?" Duo frowned, while Hiiro raised an eyebrow.
Wu Fei sighed, and looked towards the closed bedroom door. "No.No, she's not."
"What's wrong with her?" Hiiro asked. Duo and Wu Fei both glared at him. "What?"
"Is there any sign of them?" Duo asked shaking his head.
"No." Their friend motioned them over to his desk where building schematics lay scattered on it. He picked one up, "We've searched up to this point up until I left work yesterday." He pointed to the ballroom, "But we still have this area and the gardens to search."
"Is there any chance that they left early? Or escaped?" Duo pressed hopefully.
"They had to sign in and sign out of the meeting. Besides, they would have contacted us by now." Wu Fei pointed out, heading to the kitchen just as the kettle was about to whistle. The Chinese boy turned off the heat and poured the steaming water into four mugs that waited on the counter. He pulled out a peppermint tea bag and placed it into one of the cups. "Green tea, Hiiro?"
"Please." Hiiro responded absentmindedly, "Wu Fei, is it possible that they were taken hostage?"
The boy thought about that as he brought out a box from the cabinet. Plopping two tea bags into the cups, he answered, "I suppose that is a possibility, but we've seen no evidence of such." He then reached in and brought out a pack of coco and twelve mini-marshmallows. He handed the coco and green tea to his friends before he brought the peppermint to the bedroom. Knocking softly, he went in.
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Duo flopped into a black leather recliner, drinking his coco and occasionally picking out a marshmallow with his fingers. Hiiro leaned against the wall, staring into his cup. He was scowling at nothing in particular.
"If you keep your face like that, it'll get stuck." The braided boy smirked, dropping another gooey gob of melted sugar into his mouth.
"Hn." The boy glared.
"We can head to the site as soon as Sally comes out." Wu Fei said reappearing, "She said to give her ten minutes." The boys nodded and turned back to their mugs.
True to her word, Sally emerged from the bedroom ten minutes later. She looked paler than usual, but ready for work none the less.
"Hi, Duo. Hiiro." She greeted. "It's been a while."
"Sally." The boys nodded in her direction.
"Come on." Wu Fei ushered, "Preventer Une will be expecting us."
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"We've cleared up to this mark here." Preventer Darrin Halls said showing them to where the far wall had once stood. "We've uncovered almost 400 bodies and have identified 296 of them as delegates."
"There's still no sign of Miss Relena or Representative Winner and his escort?" Wu Fei frowned.
"No." Darrin shook his head, "But we'll be uncovering the garden starting today and depending on what we find, will determine if we might finish today or not."
"Then let's get started." Hiiro suggested.
Wu Fei shot him a glare. Hiiro glared right back unfazed. "I give the orders around here, Yui." The Chinese boy warned. Hiiro simply turned and headed off.
"Wu Fei." Sally whispered, "Calm down."
The young man turned his glare on her before realizing it was her. Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself. "I'm sorry, Sally." He whispered. The woman gave his shoulder a squeeze before he turned back to the Preventers, "Okay. Hall, take your team and head northeast. Amble, take your team to the gardens. Grey, Turner, take Hiiro and Duo to our evidence and records. Sally and I will finish up in the grand hall." The operatives nodded, "Move out!"
"Do you want to tell me what that was about?" Sally asked, her hands on her hips.
Wu Fei sighed warily, and glanced at her, "Nothing." He muttered, heading off.
"Wu Fei." Sally stopped him, wrapping her arms around the young man's shoulders. She sighed, "It is most defiantly something. The tension between you and Hiiro is suffocating. If you don't want to tell me, that's fine. but."
"Sally, I said it was nothing." Wu Fei frowned, "Really, it's a petty disagreement that neither of us can't seem to get over."
Sally smiled, "Then try not to let it bother you, hmmm?"
He smiled and kissed her, "We should get to work."
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"Oh, Lord." Preventer Amble groaned as she hefted away a large rock and uncovered a bloodied hand. "I've got another one over here!" She beckoned to the medics. She wiped her brow and pushed at another stone, uncovering the form of a bloodied blonde young man. She sighed and dug out the body.
The body moaned.
"What!?" Amble gasped reaching down and checking for a pulse.
The boy moaned again.
"OH! MY GOD!" The red haired young woman yelled, "Chang! Po! I've got a live one here!" Hastily she finished unburying him, "Preventer Chang!"
"What?" Wu Fei and Sally, followed closely by two other boys came running.
"Don't touch him!" Sally ordered, "Let's get a gurney over here now!"
The boy's aquamarine eyes creaked open. His mouth opened and closed, though nothing came out through his dry, chapped and bleeding lips.
"Oh, God." Sally gasped, falling on her knees by the broken boy. "It's Quatre."
"How is he?" Wu Fei asked, kneeling by her.
"He's dehydrated." She said right off, examining their friend as the EMPs arrived. She gingerly pressed on the blonde's side. The boy writhed away from her touch, his face twisted in sheer agony. "He's defiantly has internal injuries." She took the neck brace and wrapped it around the boy's neck. "He's going to need surgery."
"Let's get him strapped in." And EMP ordered, as medical personal lifted him onto the gurney.
"Wu Fei.?" the boy called weakly in a raspy voice.
"Quatre." Wu Fei grasped the hand that the boy strained to lift, "You're going to be just fine."
"Trowa? Where's wince Trowa?" The boy pleaded, "I can't feel him."
"We're still looking for him." Duo said leaning over the Chinese boy's shoulder, "Don't worry. We'll find him." He flashed the blonde a reassuring grin.
Quatre moaned, shaking his head slowly, "No. No.No. I gotta find Trowa."
"He's going into shock." Sally warned, throwing a blanket over the boy as he began to shiver.
"Can you tell me where he was before the attack?" Wu Fei asked.
Quatre was staining to breath. A trail of blood slipped out of the corner of his mouth. "He.He was. ten. fifteen feet in.front of. me." He was fighting to remain conscious, "Please.I.I can't feel him."
"Wu Fei we need to move him or he'll die." Sally pressed. The Chinese boy nodded, letting go of his friend. "Get him out of here!" Sally barked, pushing the gurney towards the awaiting ambulance.
The friends were silent as they watched it disappear.
"Let's get a team over here!" Chang barked as the Gundam pilots began to push and move debris.
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An hour later, Trowa Barton and Relena Darlin were sent to the hospital.
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To be continued.