Disclaimers: I don't own Gundam Wing…blah, blah, blah…Diamond Hunter is my OC.
A/N: I know it seems long, but I had to double space so it wouldn't look like crap. Also, I wrote this in like a day…after I watched the Knockaround Guys and How High, so names are similar and so are jobs, but it's not the same guys.
CHAPTER ONE: Diamond HunterHeero sighed. He, Trowa and Wufei had to get undercover jobs at this Nightclub for a mission to get information from Oz soldiers. They were going to pose as bouncers while Duo and Quatre paid their way in as customers. The three G-boys walked into the club and up to the manager.
"Ah, my new bouncers." He smiled. "Dre and Jamaul will show you what to do."
Two big dark skinned guys stood off to the side. One whispered to the other, "Why in the hell did Harry hire these guys? Look how small they are."
The other just grunted. "Follow us. My name is Dre. As you know a bouncer's job is simple. Keep out the riff raff and protect the girls."
"You guys will start off small and work your way—" Jamaul cut himself off when he saw a small guy walk out of the dressing room. "Marbles! What the fuck are you doin' here? You'd better not be pushin' SPANK again."
"No, no man. I've been clean. I haven't had anything up my nose in a year." Marbles replied.
"Marbles." Dre said.
"Okay 10 ½ months. Anyways, have you seen Diamond?"
"She's up front at the bar with Danny."
"Right." Marbles said walking back up to the front.
"Fuckin' crack head." Dre snapped. "If any of you ever see him sellin' to the girls or snortin' kick his ass. We don't want that shit 'round here."
Marbles found Diamond up in the front slammin' a few at the bar. He walked up to her and stole a drink. "Ah, I needed that after that damn encounter."
"Andre and Jamaul givin' ya crap again?" Diamond asked.
"Yes," Marbles huffed. "Hey, here's the stuff you asked my cousin, Chris to get you. He sends his regards."
"Tell him thanks." Diamond said taking the bottle of poison.
"And Taylor says he'll pick you up after you're done tonight to get your weapons."
"Does he still drive that van?"
"Yep."
"Just like Taylor, and he has the crow bar on the dash too."
"Uh-huh."
"Yo, Danny hit me with three."
"Plannin' the welcome already." Danny asked.
"Yep, with my own recipe, sug."
"That's cold, man. Part of the job?"
"Yep." Diamond said pouring poison into each shot. "I'll see ya Marbles, unless you're intending to stay for my show."
"Uh, no. Manny has a job for me."
Diamond smiled and picked up the tray heading to the back to greet the new bouncers.
"Diamond," Dre greeted.
"Just something on the house for our new boys." She said with a smile.
Heero decided to answer for all of them not wanting Wufei to get sick, Trowa to get drunk, and them blowing their cover. "Sorry, we don't drink on the job. Perhaps we'll take you up on the house offer another time."
Diamond gritted her teeth. She hated it when guys refused her drinks. "Yes, perhaps." You'll regret not taking the poison Yuy. It would have been easier and painless. Now, we'll do it Taylor's way. she thought walking back to the bar. "Danny dump these and the glasses. We don't want to accidentally hurt a customer."
Danny took the hint knowing she put poison in them for real, and he got ride of them.
Diamond took up the last slot of the night with Sweet Dreams by Annie Lennox. Little did she know that she was really being watch by the new bouncer, her target, Heero. He watched her graceful movements as she danced to the song and let men give her tips. Heero had taken a small liking to her. Thank God Relena wasn't here to lecture him. He really disliked that blonde pacifist. 'War is bad, peace is the only way we can live. Blah, blah, blah.' Heero noticed that Diamond had more muscle than the other girls and watched it ripple her skin. Diamond finished the song and let the last few men tip her before leaving stage.
Heero, Trowa, and Wufei had to wait until all the girls left before they could themselves. Diamond and her friend, Cleo, were the last to leave.
"So is Taylor picking up or do ya need me to give ya a ride?" Cleo asked.
"No, Taylor is—"
"Right here." A big man with a shaved head said.
"Taylor!" Diamond greeted hugging him.
"Hey baby. Hey Cleo." Taylor greeted back.
"Bye you two. Stay outta trouble." Cleo told them.
"We'll try. So are ya gonna me what I want?"
"I'll give it to ya alright." He replied making Diamond smile.
"Bye boys." She called to the bouncers and Danny.
Taylor escorted Diamond to his old black van with the crow bar on the dash.
Heero looked at her ass as she and her boyfriend walked away together. Damn I wish I had time for that. Heero thought letting human emotion and male thoughts rise in his mind.
"I saw that." Wufei commented.
Heero just shrugged it off as nothing and the three G-boys left. They got into their jeep with Trowa driving. Heero sat in the front passenger seat while Wufei sprawled out in the back.
"So, Wufei what exactly did you see?" Trowa asked curious of what his comrade had seen.
"Heero starin' at that chick's ass." Wufei replied.
"Well, it could be worse. He could be a homo or something." Trowa joked as they went down a steep hill. They were preparing to go around a sharp turn, so Trowa applied the brake. It didn't work, so he tried again and again.
"Shit." He cursed.
The two other G-boys looked at him.
"The brake line has been cut." He said casually.
"Taylor?" Diamond asked sitting in his van. "Did you do what I asked?"
"You mean cut that jeep's brake line? Yes, of course." He said smiling.
"Good. Thank you much."
"Anything for you baby."
"What happened to you guys?" Quatre asked with concern looking at the bruised guys.
"Did the other bouncers not play nice?" Duo teased.
"Actually, someone cut our break line." Wufei grumbled trudging upstairs.
"Quatre can you get us another ride?" Heero asked.
"Yeah, sure."
"Someone must be on to us."
"Either that or they think that your scamming on some girl's ass." Duo commented.
Wufei could be heard upstairs sniggering.
Duo looked at Heero. "Are you tryin' to get yourself a bitch? Huh? Heero?"
Taylor watched Diamond fire the guns that he supplied her. She walked back to him and said, "I think I'll go for the Laura Croft thing."
"Laura Croft, huh." Taylor said looking at her.
"Yeah, I can strip with these on as my props then bam! I got him. Heero Yuy won't know what hit him." She said aiming one of her new guns.
"The Sparkling fucking Diamond of the Nightclub." Taylor laughed. "What are you going to do until then?"
"Gain his trust of course. I'm not the club Tease for nothin'. "
"Right."
"So how's Manny doin?" Diamond asked helping Taylor load the guns up.
"Good, he, uh, wants you to come to his next social gathering."
"I would love to. I actually like pretending to be his girl. Then I can say I live the high and fine life. Ya know? Rather than to say, 'Oh, I'm an Exotic Dancer.' That just gets old." Diamond replied getting in the van.
"I know Diamond, believe me. I always have bastards stealing my goddamn money."
"Well, this should be my big break for me to get outta the club. If I get paid as much as these people say then I can."
"That'll be good for you."
"Yeah, you could be my bouncer and Marbles can be my bartender if he can stop snorting. Fucking crack head."
"Don't hold your breath Diamond, don't hold your breath."
"I know Taylor, I know. Poor crack head."
Heero walked into their safe house along with Trowa and Wufei. Another night of work done. He and Diamond exchanged looks again, but her boyfriend came interrupting them. He had to go take a cold shower. Why did he feel this way? He barely knew Diamond and yet he showed human emotion to her. It has to be my testosterone. Heero thought. After his shower Heero went straight to bed without eating. He didn't even hear his roomie, Duo, come running in for some of his shit. Heero was woken up by Duo later though.
"Hey, Heero." Duo said waking him up by shaking him. "Trowa found something you might wanna take a look at."
Heero grumbled getting up and going downstairs, and he walked over to the laptop that Trowa sat at.
"There's a posting on the internet for a bounty on your head. It's not us their after, it's you."
"Don't drink anything at the club. That first day we were first there I saw the bartender, Danny, dump the drinks and glasses. They were probably poisoned." Heero thought aloud.
"What about Diamond?"
Wufei snorted. "Please, the stripper? It's probably her boyfriend, Taylor. She's pretty small so she can't be a bounty hunter."
Yeah, but she has more muscle than the other girls like a bounty hunter would. Heero thought to himself.
"We'll just have to watch out then." Trowa said.
"It's too bad that I have to off him." Diamond said to Danny. "He's kinda cute."
"Diamond Hunter, are you starting to like this guy?" Danny asked.
"No!" she quickly replied. "It just the cute ones are always the one to get killed. Well, I will say this much, if he wasn't a Gundam pilot then me and him would have a backseat rumble."
"Diamond!"
"Oh come on Danny, it's just harmless talk."
"Talk can get you killed."
"Diamond!" Harry, the boss man, yelled. "Get ready, it's almost time. I don't wanna lose my customers."
"Yeah, wouldn't wanna lose those Oz soldiers that like to play grab ass. They tip crappy too."
"Quite complaining and get ready."
"Yes, sir." Diamond said jumping off the barstool and going backstage. She walked into her area of change which was surrounded by her coworkers.
"So what are you tonight?" Cleo asked.
"Lady Laura Croft." Diamond answered holding up the holsters with the guns in them.
"Ah."
The Oz soldiers began to pour in and then somewhere among them so did Quatre and Duo. The first thing Duo did was oogle at the strippers.
"Damn! I gotta come back here when we're not busy."
"Come on Duo."
"Are we almost ready?" one man said to the other.
"We wait until Hunter comes on then we make our move." The other replied.
The first man nodded and they took their seats in the middle of the room to watch the show.
"We almost ready?" Quatre asked Trowa.
"Yeah. Diamond is the main feature so we wait until she comes on."
"Right."
"Presenting," Harry announced, "our own Lady Laura Croft."
Diamond came on stage to the music of Delerium. She danced slowly to the music slowly removing her clothes. Along the way she let the soldiers slip her the small amounts. Heero watched Diamond's graceful movements while the others got in place. Diamond swung slowly around the pole on stage, and she slowly made her way up the front of the stage. It was about that time that a smoke bomb went off and the firing began.
"What the hell?" Heero pondered.
"Fuck!" Diamond yelled pulling out her pistols beginning to fire at the few who dared shoot at her. She ran sideways and dove off the stage keeping low to the ground when she hit. She somehow made it to the bar and used that as cover. When she looked over to her left she saw Heero. He was unarmed. Though he was her target, Diamond decided that he could get her out alive and gave him a gun. "Here. Give me cover."
"Cover?"
"Yeah, I'm not fighting all these fucking cheap ass pricks. You play grab ass with me you'd better gimme a fucking twenty."
"Right." Heero said waving her on to go.
Before she left the safety of the bar she turned to Heero and with all sincerity and truth she said, "Thanks."
Heero gave her cover fire as she had instructed. Diamond was almost home free and she got anxious and went. A small explosion went off sending her off to the side knocking her out. Through all the chaos Heero tried to get a visual of his comrades. He couldn't find them, so he went after Diamond running to her firing at the soldiers. Heero picked her up and took her out the untouched back door to his new jeep. He gently laid her down in the back seat and then floored it to one of the safe houses that was far away from the club.
Diamond awoke with a killer headache. She almost panicked when she noticed that she wasn't anywhere familiar, but then the night of chaos came back to her. Diamond couldn't remember how she got out. This could be one of Manny's safe houses. Maybe Taylor got me out. Shit! What about my target? What happened to him? Diamond thought.
Her questioned were answered when Heero Yuy walked into her room.
"You're awake." He said.
"What happened?" Diamond asked sitting up.
"You were knocked out, but I got you out."
Diamond thought a moment and decided to tackle this later. She smelled rank and wanted to take a shower. It was then she realized that she was completely naked. She didn't even have her stripper outfit on. Heero probably removed it. What the hell am I gonna wear? "Uh, do you mind if I take a shower? And do you have anything I can wear?"
"Um, I'll se if I can't find you something. This is a guy house." He said walking over to the dresser.
"Do ya mind?"
"What?"
"I may be a stripper, but I'm no whore."
"Here." Heero said tossing her a robe.
"Thanks sug." Diamond said putting it on while Heero's back was turned. She walked down the hall and found a huge bathroom. Diamond took a quick shower and when she got out she found a pair of shorts and a tank top laid out for her. She put them on and dealt with her hair before going downstairs for food. Heero was down there watching a news report—on the club. Diamond watched it. Several people were killed in it and their names were just now being released.
"We just now received some of the victims names. Danny Marco, Cleo Escobar, Andre Jackson, Jamaul Jackson,…" the names went on.
"Oh God." Diamond whispered before her legs gave out. She put her hands over her mouth. Diamond was never one for crying and wasn't about to start now.
Heero was already at her side. "Diamond?"
"It was my fault. I shouldn't have done it." She babbled.
"Done what? Diamond, done what?"
"I shouldn't have taken the job. It must've been a set up."
"The job for what?"
"The job to kill you. Hello? Didn't you know that someone was trying to kill ya. The poisoned drinks, the break line that Taylor cut…I needed the money to get out of there."
"What?"
"What? Are you surprised that a woman would do that?"
"No, we thought it was your boyfriend, Taylor."
Diamond laughed, "Taylor! My boyfriend? Oh God no. He just my friend. Besides, Taylor couldn't do that shit. I'm the crafty one."
Heero just looked at her.
"Look, I'm sorry I tried killin' ya, but the money was too tempting not to pass up. Looks like I've been double crossed, sug. Just gimme a ride to the nearest town and I'll be outta your hair."
"I can't. The jeep doesn't have enough gas. Besides if I did, I'd keep you here anyway."
"What am I like your lil' prisoner?"
"No. It's safer here. Whoever wanted you dead will be lookin' for you and watching your friends. Besides, you can pay me back."
"How? If it's a fuckin' private show I will kill ya."
Heero shook his head. "No, you can be bait when we regroup."
"What! Oh, hell no!"
"I promise that nothing will happen to you."
"You swear on everything that's dear to you?"
"Yeah, I swear on everything that's dear to me."
"Fine. Like I can leave here anyway." Diamond said getting up heading for the kitchen.