AC 201 Heero and Wufei are preventors called in for an accident on a sweeper ship captained by Duo. However it was no accident there's a killer on board and it isn't human. If you like suspense and gore you'll like this horror story. (At least I'm hoping to create suspense I believed I managed it.)
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters I only get my jollies off on torturing them and my readers with horrible gory stories like the one below. Bandia and a bunch of other rich and talented folk own these characters. Please don't'sue me.
Warnings: Rated R just to be on the safe side contains yaoi, gore and minor amounts of smut.
Secondary warning: I don't think my stories are scary, not to me personally but I have gotten that in my feedback (few as there was but there was some). A kind reviewer wrote to me and said, "don't change your style of writing. It's yours. There are people out there that will appreciate it." I thank that person. So I haven't toned it down or changed how I write but I am giving you fair warning.
Jaaku na Gundam
(English Translation The Evil Gundam)
Chapter 25 Nursing WoundsAfter their bath and a good meal made by Nile everyone dragged themselves to the dorms for some much needed rest. The two sweepers could barely remain on their feet. Heero noticed the sweepers' eyeing them as they headed for their quarters. Duo seemed ignorant of their sideway stares and even Wufei seemed oblivious to it. He was more interested in Sally.
She was determined to stay up and tend to everyone. As they came to the first room from the stairs, Wufei lost her as she stepped into the dorm Quatre and Trowa would be sharing. Quatre had tried to beg off but Sally wasn't having it. She refused to be pacified until she looked at his shoulder. Trowa took his examine quietly even though he seemed to be the only pilot to have come through completely unscathed.
Their dorm was a long and narrow room in the center of the hall. Ten pairs of bunk beds were lined up along one side. Duo chose the bottom first bunk, plopping down with a moan and stretching his legs out. He didn't bother to remove the soft slipper socks they had been given when their rescuers had taken their clothes to be cleaned.
The two sweepers took the middle bunk Benson climbing to the top and Ace taking the bottom. It would have been much easy if Benson had taken the next bottom bed over but that would have put him a little closer to Heero and Wufei. Heero sensed that the two sweepers were trying to distance themselves from the pilots.
He glanced to see if Wufei noticed their actions. Wufei gave no indication that he noticed however he walked all the way to the far end of the room and took the last bottom bunk. Heero tried to hide a frown. He would have preferred the bottom bunk against the wall. He glanced at the top bunk and decided one bed closer to the sweepers was preferable. He really didn't feel like climbing.
After few moments he sense movement in the front of the room. Sally was with Duo forcing him to remove his socks. She was making her rounds, medical bag in hand as she approached each person to check vitals, clean cuts and bandage everyone even though she herself had gotten a nasty bump in the back of the head.
"Stubborn woman," Heero heard Wufei muttered under his breath.
Heero glanced at him and saw he was stretched out like Duo only his eyes were closed as if in sleep. He wasn't sleeping of that Heero was sure. He was attentively monitoring Sally's movements without looking.
Nile, Mical, and the others they met inside might have had contrived illnesses but their wounds were all too real. Heero laid quietly in his bunk as Sally cleaned the cut in his hand from the wires in Jaaku na. The wound had reopened but it was already forming a scab.
"You heal really fast," Sally said softly, very softly.
Heero could sense that Sally was curious about him. She always was since the first time she met him but Sally would never openly ask and he would never openly answer her unspoken questions. Truthfully, he wasn't too sure about the answers any way.
"Are you going to tend to me any time soon," Wufei huffed.
"I better tend your partner," Sally said a slight teasing smile on her face. "Before he gets really jealous."
Wufei snorted at the comment as Sally walked over to him. Heero watched as she sat on his bed to tend to his scalp wound. Wufei sat up his face only inches from hers. She leaned into him reaching back to free his hair. Suddenly the image seemed intimate and Heero felt like an intruder.
He turned looking past the two sweepers, Ace and Benson, sharing the double bunk in the center, to Duo sleeping alone in the front. There were eight beds between him and Duo. To Heero it could have been eight thousand.
"Come stay in my dorm," he heard Sally say softly.
Her voice was a gently whisper deep and full of longing. Heero heard it clearly. He refused to turn and look at them, yet he didn't want to give them his back—letting them know he had over heard Sally's invitation. Instead he focused on staring across the room at Duo. He was so close and yet so far away.
The soft whisper of skin adjusting in an embrace made Heero flush with anxiety. It had been a long time. Then for a second Heero couldn't hear their soft breaths and the two had become very silent. Curiously, he glanced at them from the corner of his eyes. Wufei and Sally were kissing. Wufei's dark complexion stood out starkly against Sally's pale skin. Their two forms locked in a motionless embrace. They looked like statues made of gold and ivory. With a sigh, Sally moved her lips, her mouth sliding down Wufei's chin and dipping into his neck. Heero watch as Sally defying removed Wufei's shirt. Her hands moving quickly, her long pale fingers slide down and then up his sleek muscular back as her lips move slowly down his neck to his chiseled shoulders. She kissed his collar—the rich pink of her lips worshiping his dark gold skin.
He heard Wufei moan a deep sound almost like a purr. Suddenly he pulled away from her away turning to look at Heero. His eyes half closed in passion. "Sorry we can't give a you a private screening tonight," he said huskily.
He knew Heero had been watching them. Heero felt slightly mortified but he didn't let it show. "What makes you think I would want to see it?" he replied coolly.
"See it? No, you would probably want to join in," Sally said mischievously.
Long after they were gone Heero laid in bed staring up at the bunk above him. Sally's teasing had hit a sore spot. Is that what they thought, he wondered? He glanced to the front of the dorm. Duo was gone. Heero sat up surprised. He was so deep into his thoughts that he had not realized he left. Heero slipped out of bed and quietly walked passed the two sweepers. Their deep breathing told him they were both fast asleep.
He looked into the hall and saw that it was empty. He glanced at the bathroom area. There was no light under the door. He looked at Quatre and Trowa's dorm. The room was dark and the door was cracked slightly. He made his way towards their room listening for sounds of motion within. He heard nothing as he peeked in. The room was empty.
Restless and concerned Heero went to look for his friends. All the large sleeping areas were on the third floor their rooms were dark and closed. The second floor had small private rooms, a lounge area and a workout center. Their rescuers used these rooms and they were also dark and quiet. No lights under any of the doors except for the gym. There was a faint light coming from that door. Heero frowned. It was bad enough they were getting looks from the sweepers. It wouldn't take much to make these people suspicious of them. They probably already were. Heero swallowed his annoyance and went into the room. It was empty however the light source was coming from another room close by. Heero heard the soft hum of a motor and other sounds too faint to make out.
Heero walked up to the wooden door and listened. He heard movement. It sounded like water. He peeked into the room and froze. For a moment he stared then hastily Heero closed the door remembering in the last moment to do it quietly.
There was no mistaking the entwined bodies of Trowa and Quatre even if they were slick and wet from the Jacuzzi. Quatre might have been sitting underneath Trowa but the way Trowa was quivering in his lap Heero knew exactly who was riding who. They had been so engross in their lovemaking that they didn't notice his intrusion. Even if they did, Heero doubted that would have stopped them and the last thing he wanted was another sly insinuation type invitation.
On the first floor there was a kitchen, a library and a research center plus the medical area. There was also another lounge. This one was even bigger then the one upstairs and just as empty. The structure had a sub-floor. It was locked. Heero could have made short work of the door but decided to investigate it at a later time. It was the end of his search anyway and Duo was not where to be found. Heero was sure he had checked everywhere so that meant Duo had gone outside.
TBC