Women are Not Weak
Cat sat on Duo's desk while she watched Duo pout in his seat looking like he'd lost his best friend. Since she'd seen Heero at breakfast and everyone else seemed okay in general Cat had to assume that Heero was still alive and well. She'd come in with Mariemaia who was now getting a lesson in mechanics from Hilde while Duo watched Cat while he did paperwork and he had yet to smile once. Well paperwork was what he was suppose to be doing anyway, Cat thought with a roll of her eyes as she watched him. Really all he was doing was repeating the same thing over and over again on the screen and she wondered with detached amusement when he would realize it.
"I just don't get it, Sassy." Duo said with such a dejected tone that Cat decided not to rip his face off for using the dreaded name just this once. "I've tried everything to get Hilde to go out with me but she always says no. She says I'm nothing but a girl obsessed playboy and that she has no intent of screwing up our friendship by becoming one of my temporary girls. But it's not like I just want her in bed..honest." Duo said having a feeling that if Sassy could have spoke she'd have said that was precisely what he wanted. "Hilde's great and my best bud besides Heero...but I can't make her see that I'm seriously interested. You're a girl right? So what am I doing wrong here? Damn but I wish you could talk... though I'd likely regret it later when you were reaming my ass for calling you Sassy." Duo added with a gloomy smirk.
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Damn right I would, Cat said though she was starting to feel bad for him since he couldn't help the fact that he was an idiot a lot of the time if a nice one. The guys had reamed Duo for three hundred bucks last night at cards and Duo did seem to genuinely be miserable about this whole Hilde thing. Not that he didn't deserve it considering he acted like the stereotypical playboy only he relied on his charms more then his looks. Looking around the office no one could mistaken this area for Hilde's with all the girlie pictures either. Inspired with an idea Cat acted before she could think of exactly why she wanted to help the dumb idiot. Walking across the desk she waited till Duo was looking at her before starting to scratch a picture on his calendar of a well endowed blonde in a barely there bikini.
"Sassy! Hey you're ruining it!" Duo said as he grabbed the cat and pulled her away from the picture then looking at the picture then back at the cat the light slowly dawned and Cat could almost see the light bulb as he caught on to what she'd been trying to get him to see. "Of course..the pictures. I'll get rid of all the pictures and throw them in the trash!" Caught up in his happiness Duo grabbed Cat up and putting her at eyes level kissed her right on her furry face before setting her down on his desk. Quickly he got out of his chair and took down all the pictures of girls in his office except those featuring girls he was friends with like Relena or Sals. Bundling them all up into one big ball of paper Duo was going to miss them but Hilde was more important to him. Shoving them into the trash Duo rubbed his hands together with a pleased look on his face before he started to gag realizing he'd kissed a cat.
Busy gagging herself Cat had completely ditched her no bathing herself decision as this was an emergency. Frantically cleaning her face Cat alternated between hissing and swiping at her face in horror. This was the scene Hilde and Mariemaia came in on. Duo rubbing his face to try to get fur out of his mouth and Cat frantically bathing herself like her life depended upon it.
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"Ah..Duo are you okay? What's wrong with the cat?" Hilde said as she walked over to her partner with an amused look that changed to shock when she realized that all of Duo's stupid pin up pictures were missing. "And what happened to all your pictures?" Hilde asked then realized that she was looking at them only they'd left the walls and had landed in the trash instead. Where they belonged in her opinion but that wasn't the point since Duo had never thought so as he was a stupid hormone crazed guy like the rest of his gender.
"I got rid of them." Duo managed pretty sure he wasn't going to cough up a hairball anytime soon. He'd been so busy spitting out fur he hadn't even noticed they were coming in till Hilde was standing in front of him. "I decided that there was only one girl who's picture I wanted in here." Duo said with a smile as he pointed to his desk where a framed picture stood in a silver frame in comparison to the other cheap plastic ones. Hilde had noticed it before but since Duo's desk was always a hazardous area she hadn't really checked it out. Curious Hilde walked over and picking the frame up turned it around to see herself and Duo grinning back at her, their arms around each other as they say on a picnic table. Surprised Hilde stared at Duo who smiled back at her, neither aware of Mariemaia and Cat slipping out of the room to leave the two alone.
Sickened all around Cat lay in Mariemaia's arms and made a solemn vow never, ever to help another living being again so long as she lived.. which wasn't that long to begin with. Tempted to start hacking again at the thought of the fact that she'd been kissed by Maxwell Cat held it in and instead made plans to hurt him. Then again if she hurt him he wouldn't let her watch movies with him anymore, Cat thought with a frown on her furry face. Reconsidering Cat decided that when they met in the after life she'd hurt him then instead. Pleased with that idea Cat decided to let the incident vanish from her mind and forget about the horrifying experience. Turning her attention to picturing how Duo had looked trying to get hairs out of his mouth with Hilde watching Cat felt a lot better till she remembered how he'd gotten the hairs on his mouth and then she had to fight the gag reflex again.
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A Few Hours Later
Once again in Mariemaia's arms the two were walking down the hallway of Preventers with Wufei who was on his way to get some lunch from the cafeteria. Mariemaia had been invited out to lunch with Relena, Quatre and Heero so she was taking Sassy to Trowa to watch for an hour while she was out. Since it was Wufei and Mariemaia they didn't talk much but that suited Cat who couldn't stand useless chatter about things no one really cared about. Walking past Sally and Wufei's office door Wufei came to a halt when he heard a man yelling inside and walking to the open door he and Maia looked around the corner just in time to see a strange man neither of them had ever seen before pull back his hand and slap Sally hard across the face. The blow sent her flying backwards and crashing into her chair then the floor taking the chair with her as she hit the ground with a loud crash. On something close to a roar of fury Wufei was into the room and grabbing the man in a blur, whipping the slightly older man around by his arm then ramming his other fist into the bastard's face. The man's head snapping back Wufei tightened his hold on the man's wrist and using it sent the man crashing into Wufei's solid oak desk with a crash. Far from done Wufei was across the room in seconds picking the man back up and slamming him against the nearest wall. Hold him up by his collar with one hand Wufei used the other to begin landing punch after punch to the man's stomach with rib crushing intensity.
Fearful Mariemaia dropped Sassy and ran over to Sally, helping the other woman sit up while Sally cradled her cheek then remembering the other man and Wufei used the desk to get to her feet then stared in shock as she watched her calm and controlled partner beat Clow into a bloody pulp. "Wufei..stop!" Sally called out but he appeared to either not hear her or not care. Soldiers coming running into the room Sally ordered them to get Wufei to let the man go and taking three of them they were finally able to get Wufei to let go, his victim crumbling to the ground. Shouldering off the three soldiers Wufei marched over to Sally and with a marked gentleness cupped her face and turned her head carefully to see the growing bruise in the shape of a hand print on her pale cheek. Eyes glowing with an anger Sally had never seen in him eyes Sally placed her hands over his. "It's okay, I'm okay. Please don't hurt him anymore, Wufei. Please."
"Filthy, useless, bitch." The man in question said as he was helped up by soldiers, one on either side while one soldier held the cat who had been about to pounce on the man when the soldier had caught her in time. He was obviously Asian with black hair and eyes and was dressed Chinese clothing standing just slightly taller then Wufei though that had obviously made no difference. "She had it coming..worthless weak female."
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Well that was just that. Wiggling out of the soldier's hold Cat launched herself at the man and opening her mouth wide latched onto the bastards nose as her teeth pierced through, her front and back claws digging in like mini daggers into his face as he screamed into her fur as she held on. He raised his hands to try and force her to let go but only screamed more and louder since that made her nails only dig in deeper. Yelling for help most could just stare at the sight of the big fluffy kitty who'd attached herself to the man's face, blood running down from the various puncture wounds as the cat took her pound of flesh.
"Wufei get her off!" Maia demanded as she hurried forward to remove the cat not because she didn't think the bastard deserved it but because she didn't want Sassy to get into trouble. Trying to get Sassy to let go only made the man scream more though and Mariemaia looked at Wufei for help.
"He deserves it." Wufei said coldly but after pleading on Sally's part he went over but he couldn't get her to let go either. Getting one of the soldiers to go get Trowa Wufei walked back over to Sally and to the shock of everyone picked her up into his arms and carried her out of the room to take her to the medical wing to get looked over. Too shocked to say anything Sally let him, not even commenting when they met up with Trowa who's eyes had gotten darker at the sight of Sally's face. After hearing Wufei's explanation Trowa assured them he'd take care of Sassy then headed into the room to find the scene exactly like Wufei had described it with Maia begging him to make Sassy let go since some of the soldiers were talking about tranqing the cat. Assuring everyone that that was necessary Trowa walked over to the cat and had to admit that he had to hand it to her. For such a little thing she was very skilled at taking on things a lot bigger then she was and winning.
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"Cat, you need to let go of him right now." Trowa said in a reasonable tone like he was talking to a person instead of a cat. "If you don't they'll tranq you and I know you don't like needles, especially ones that will make you all sick and spaced out. Plus none of us guys can finish what you and Wufei started with you in the way. It's not fair for you to hog all the fun now is it, Cat?"
Thinking of the needles was bad enough that she wanted to get off right there but pride had her sticking to it but Trowa was right..it would be unfair of her to hog the asshole all to herself even if she wanted to murder the son of a bitch. After all she couldn't but the guys could. Feeling his hands gently encircle her waist she let go and let Trowa hand her off to another soldier before the Silencer turned back to the bastard and punched him in his bloody face, busting the guy's nose. Hearing the sound of running feet Trowa looked over to see Duo, Heero and Quatre all standing in the doorway with varying degrees of outrage. "I take it you guys can finish the job while I clean her up?" Trowa said as he took the cat back from the soldier who was more then glad to hand her over again. When the guys nodded in agreement, mean looks on their faces Trowa exited the room to get Cat cleaned up while Heero and Duo each took an arm and dragged the guy out of the office with Quatre following behind calmly rolling up his sleeves. Telling Maia to go off and find Relena for lunch Quatre told her to tell Relena that he and Heero wouldn't be able to join them. Nodding her head Mariemaia watched them go then ran off to tell Relena what had happened.
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After lunch
Sitting in Trowa's lap Cat figured that this was as close to heaven as she was ever going to get as Trowa gently ran a comb through her fur as he blow dried it. She'd gotten blood on her as well as some oil from the garage which meant another bath in Trowa's opinion and she wasn't complaining. She'd had one the night before but she preferred this one since Trowa was much more careful about getting soap in her eyes and making sure the water was a nice temperature. Duo was just too easily distracted, Cat thought with a happy sigh. Trowa was always thorough in whatever he did Cat had noticed and she appreciated a person who did his best no matter how small or unimportant the task was. Soon she was back to her fluffy cuteness and Trowa put the hairdryer away as well as the comb before picking her up in his arms and carrying her out of the room to go find Maia. The picture of good behavior on the ride there one would almost believe she was nothing more then a cute furball..if it weren't for the fact that she already had a reputation around Preventers and most feared her though they had to appreciate her ability to punish those who deserved it. Hearing Trowa's name called Trowa turned with Cat in his arms to see Relena hurrying over in a blue suit, her heels clicking on the floor.
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"Is this, Sassy?" Relena asked and when Trowa nodded Relena looked over the fluffy kitty and had to laugh. "Never a dull moment in Preventers when you're around, young lady. Will I get my hand taken off if I pet you?"
"You're Quatre's friend therefore you're pretty much safe." Trowa said for Sassy's benefit though there was warning in his voice that told Cat quite clearly that she'd be in trouble if she tried to take a chunk out of Relena's hand. Allowing Relena to pet her Cat tried to forget who was petting her since she didn't think too much of the pacifist princess and it wasn't like she could pretend it was Trowa either. Trowa's hands were bigger and his fingers were longer, a musician's hands. Plus Relena's were really soft while Trowa's were slightly rough and calloused from hard use. "Did you and Mariemaia have a nice lunch?" Trowa asked politely when Relena moved her hand, glad that Cat had behaved herself.
"Yes though we cut it short so that we could go see Sally first." Relena said with an angry look on her face. "She only got a bit bruised and a bump on her head but I was tempted to follow the other boys and help them kick that jerk's ass."
"I understand that the gentleman couldn't have possibly missed the fact that he's lucky to be alive." Trowa said with a hint of a cool smile on his lips. "I doubt he'll be bothering Sally or stepping onto Preventers property again."
"Yeah. Apparently Sally knew him when she was younger and he was here to talk to her about something though she wouldn't tell anyone what." Relena said with a concerned look on her face. "But we'll get it out of her if it kills us."
Then send demented Dorothy to do it so that she can die, Cat thought with a smirk on her fluffy face. I'll make myself have hairballs just so I can throw them up on her grave