Chapter 19: Rescue – what rescue?
BOING The loud bang could have woken up the dead never mind the howling sounds that followed after. Our long haired hero had just very gracefully managed to put a sizeable dent into his forehead.
"What the fuck!" Duo said between clenched teeth. "What kind of idiot locks up manhole covers? It's THE way to get around in this blasted hell hole."
He furiously stared at the offending piece of steal. Duo looked ready to punch it. Since it looked quite solid though he figured it might be better to look for another entrance upwards. Glaring one last time at the annoying metal barrier the God of Death climbed gracefully down way he came. Very carefully of course - ladders could be very tricky.
"It's all that blonde idiots fault. He ruined my karma." Duo grumbled under his breath climbing up the next ladder this time carefully pushing upwards. Zen was probably watching in some hiding place laughing his ass off. The metal didn't give way.
"Damn it. What's wrong with this place!" Duo yelled frustrated and pushed upwards. Unfortunately the metal gave way this time and the cover flew out of his hands and crashed onto the ground with an even louder bang than before.
"God damnit. I could have sent them a freaking postcard to announce my coming. Probably the hole of L2 heard that. Congratulation Duo on being the master of stealth my ass." Duo grit out annoyed. "At least I'm out of this blasted maze."
He heaved himself out of the darkness beneath him and ran for cover. Strangely nobody seemed to care for his loud entrance. "What the hell? Nobody home?" Duo peeked out of his hiding place scanning the area. It seemed deserted.
"Strange." He shrugged, pulled his cap deeper into his face and went on his crusade.
Half an hour later...
"How am I to know where they put that little bugger if there's nobody around to spill the beans!" Duo almost spit out when he had been through floors, rooms and hallways again and again. The youth ripped his cap off in a huff and flung it onto the ground very unlike a fifteen year old.
"Maou?" A strange noise behind him.
Duo whirled around in about a nano second, gun drawn and ready and came nose to nose with - some kind of hairy monster.
"GAH!" The longhaired teen almost jumped a few step backwards. "From what horror movie did you run off?" He eyed the huge creature in front of him suspiciously. 'Boy, is that thing ugly.' Duo let his eyes roam over the huge paws, the black ratty looking fur, the mutilated ears and that thin body. He had seen a species like this in G's tutorials. The humans on Earth kept them as pets. He frowned.
"This is a dog! Aren't dogs supposed to be cute? And smaller? You could be a calf for all I know." He pointed his finger almost in an accusing manner at the giant dog. The animal only snapped after his finger.
"Yikes. Back off you freaking monster. And take it easy. That's only what I learned from old G. You don't have to take it personally." Duo had never met a dog before and that thing looked quite scary in his opinion. Not like the pictures he had seen during his training. It had just tried to eat his finger for gods sake. He wasn't trained to interact with beasts like that. 'Gah, now I sound like Heero already.' L2 only had useful animals like cows and sheeps for the production and the government kept them off-public. He had seen the first real animals on Earth.
The teen backed up slowly. "Listen you big bad doggy. I've got no time for your shit. I have to find that brat. He's a much cuter sight anyways." Duo frowned at his last sentence. That didn't come out right. Anyway G had to update his tutorial. Dogs are ugly, giant, dangerous creatures trying to eat humans. Nothing with cute, fluffy, best friend of man.
Duo had just taken a few steps backwards as he realized the dog was following him. That was definitely not the plan to be tailed by some freaking beast. "Look. Usually I'm not that much of a patient guy. But I can promise you, I won't hurt you, if you don't hurt me. It's a deal, ok!" The dog only looked at him as if Duo had gone mad and gave a slow growl. Duo threw his hands up in frustration. "God, know what! I don't care. You freaking bite me, I'll shoot you. And just WHY am I talking to you in the first way!" Duo picked up his cap smashed it onto his head and stomped off. All measures of security forgotten.
I think this chapter is kinda strange. I sat in a ten hour seminar. I thought it would never be over. So I wrote this up. Don't know how the dog got in there. What is it doing on L2 anyway? I already wrote the rest of the 'rescue the brat' mission. Give me a life sign if you're still interested in the story. My updates are lousy, ne! Sorry!