Here's part two. No content has been changed so far. I re-formatted this. I hope its easier to read. Thanks to all who reviewed, I'm grateful that you took the time.
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Captured Treasures II
Duo moaned. His head felt like it was going to implode. For some reason his back stung like hell and his stomach rumbled. He got up only to feel the strain of chains against his wrists and ankles. Then he remembered what happened and groaned again, slumping to the floor. He looked at his wrists. They were sore and red from the chains. Quatre chose to awaken now and he turned from his side which he had been sleeping on, to face Duo, wincing as his back touched the rough wall. His eyes were lusterless and tired.
"Hey Q-man what time is it?"
"I have no idea. It must be around midday since the sun seems like it is shining at its zenith."
He referred to the small slit of a window they had in the cell. It was the second day since they had been in this wretched cell. Duo had complained about hunger, but in the end it was futile and both chose to be silent for some time.
"Only one more day, Duo."
"And then what? We're going to be slaves again and there is nothing we can do about it " Tears of helplessness were pouring down his face.
"Duo…"
Quatre sympathetically looked at Duo, "at least we will be working in the same place, at least they aren't going to sell us."
Duo looked up and smiled genuinely, the first time since this whole ordeal had started. Quatre's optimism was really amazing. He sighed heavily.
"You're right, Q-man."
Quatre smiled and got up to stretch as much as he could being chained to the wall. The rest of the day was passed with talkings of the past and bouts of thoughtful silences.
Day 3
Duo and Quatre woke up around midday the following day. A majority of their wounds were healed although many had re-opened because they were left untreated.
Both Duo and Quatre were incredibly hungry, their voices were cracking from a lack of fluid. This wasn't as bad as many other times they had been through, but that was many years ago.
"Quatre, you awake?"
"Yeah."
"We have to get out of here "
"Well in this cell, chained up to the walls, we have no route of escape. Today is our last day in here so maybe after we get out of the cell we can escape somewhere."
"I don't know where we could go, but it is better than this place."
"I agree."
"When they open the door and come and release us..."
"Yeah?"
"...that will be our best chance. They will probably be three guards at best. When we are upstairs, there will be too many people around."
"Yeah...we'll have to make a run for that back door I saw near what was probably the kitchen when we were dragged down here. You know, that small white one."
"Yep. I know what you are talking about."
"So now we can only wait," Quatre sighed.
Duo replied by sighing also. They waited anxiously in silence both hoping that they were strong enough to over power the guards after their fast. The day crawled by slowly, the sun dipping under the horizon ever so reluctantly, so it seemed.
"What about the loot?" queried Duo.
"It's just going to slow us down," with that, the rest of the evening passed in tense silence.
Finally on the breaking point, a click was heard resounding through the bare walls of the forlorn cell. As expected, three guards walked forward, one dangling the keys mockingly.
"So what do we have here?" The first guard said in a mischievous voice, walking slowly towards Quatre.
"Pretty boys, ne?"
Quatre was about to spit on the man with the very little amount of moisture he had in his mouth when said guard reached his hand to touch Quatre's pale face, however, was stopped by the second guard slapping the man's hand down.
"They are to remain untouched, orders of Masters Trowa and Heero."
The guard sneered and turned away knowing that it would be his head if he did something against orders. Both Trowa and Heero were known to be a bit sadistic when it came to certain things. Two of the guards walked forward and released the ankle restraints and then the wrist restraints. On queue Quatre and Duo looked at each other and nodded. Both kicked the guards square on the side of the head. They staggered for a second and then passed out. The other guard stared down at them and then started to run to warn more guards. He never got really far. A long wooden fighting stick came into contact with his head and he passed out on the spot.
"For being starved, I think we did quite well." Quatre said pausing at the guard he had kicked who now had a small trail of blood trickling down from his lip onto the haggard floor.
"Let's go "
Duo said and they continued to the stairs, knocking out the guard at the top of the stairs and throwing him back down into the prison area. Inside the mansion it was dark and in general silent except for the tapestries and curtains fluttering from a window which was carelessly kept open. This was going to be easier than they thought. Creeping as silently as they possibly could they came to a landing with a window.
"Let's see if its open," Duo whispered.
Quatre grabbed the edges and pushed upwards. It did not budge.
"Shoot What now?" Duo looked around fruitlessly for another window.
Looking down, all Quatre could see that it did not really matter if the window was open. There was a sheer drop hundreds of feet down a cliff. Maybe this wouldn't be as easy as they thought.
For some reason Duo suddenly had the impression that someone was watching them. He asked Quatre this as quietly as possible. Quatre nodded and looked up scanning the darkened house. Silence. They gave up and continued the search for their escape route.
Stealthily climbing down the stairs they made their way towards the kitchen. After much wandering avoiding various security systems, they made their way towards what seemed to be the kitchen. As expected they found the white door. It led out onto an expansive lawn where at the end there was a forest, dense with vegetation, perfect for hiding. Duo reached for the door, no doubt carelessly, too excited about the chance to escape as not to think that there might be an alarm on it. Feeling the cool brass door knob in his sweaty hand, Duo turned it and pushed the door outward as to open it. As soon as it was opened even a hairs breath open, an alarm resounded throughout the mansion.
Duo and Quatre pushed the door open and started running for their lives. Their feet slammed down on the grass, their hearts pounding.
Coming to the edge of the forest they were about to plunge into it when they were thrown back by a jolt of electricity from a eight foot high electric fence that surrounded the perimeter of the lawn. Freedom was so close yet so far. "I'll hoist you up," Quatre turned to Duo, "at least one of use will be free."
"No way I'm leaving without you Q."
"Come on Duo, this is your last chance " Duo shook his head. Quatre sighed and then smiled.
"So we going down together?"
"Not if those wooden poles have anything to say." Duo replied motioning over to some spare wooden poles probably left over from some training.
Catching on, Quatre followed Duo, grabbing a pole. They stood back just as voices could be heard coming towards them.
"It's now or never," Quatre nodded.
They stood still for a second and then started off in a run. They both made it over the fence easily and started running for the forest. Soon the voices started to fade behind them. They kept going until several hours later at dawn. Extremely tired, they managed to make their way to a small under hang before collapsing out of sheer exhaustion.
Waking up almost a day later, Duo and Quatre struggled to find some food. Being unsuccessful they sat down in the underbrush and discussed what they were going to do.
"Q, what are we going to do?" Duo said weakly, more as a rhetorical question. They had already asked that question for several hours.
Several days later...
"..."
"Are you feeling alright Q-man?" Duo slapped himself mentally. Stupid me DUH How can he be feeling alright. I don't know how long we will be able to take this anymore. No food, no shelter, not even any water. "Sorry, don't answer that."
"It's ok." Suddenly, Duo got up and perked his ears up.
"Water."
"Wha?" Quatre was starting to get dizzy.
"Come on "
Duo helped Quatre get up and they started running as fast as they could on the sudden rush of adrenalin. Sure enough, they came upon a small stream. As they bent down to drink they heard a snap and before they knew anything else they were snagged hanging from a tree in a net of electrically charged wire. There was a jolt of light and pain and both Quatre and Duo passed out completely.
Ok. This was re-done too from before with no plot changes but some TLC in needed areas. Hope you liked it
Thanks for being patient.
Hotaru
