(Okay so this time I made sure to ask someone, who wouldn't shoot me, for Gundam Wing… oddly enough Heero's been giving Relena shooting lessons O.o)
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June 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th … 203 A.C.
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"Tell me Duo, why is it taking longer to go forward in time rather than backward?" Wufei asked only slightly agitated.
"Why are you asking me like I have all the answers?" Duo asked from the driver's seat, genuinely confused
"I don't know maybe it's the fact that you built the time machine"
"Oh" there was long silence "well we are going against time here"
"…"
"Okay"
"…"
"Hey I know, why don't I try that radio I put in, it should work while in transit" Wufei shot him a look "What?"
"Were you thinking of mass producing this thing?" Duo shrugged
"It was a thought" Duo grinned as he started flipping switches, there was some static "hello, hello…Quatre Trowa are you there?" there was more static before Quatre's voice came over the line
"Duo did you actually take the time to install radios onto this thing?" he asked
"Why does everyone criticize my creative genius?"
"Because half the time it's useless" Wufei mumbled
"At least I tried to blow up my suit when I got captured" Duo retorted
"And you gave up all hope when the air was running out" Duo stuck his tongue out at Wufei and then turned to the mic.
"So… how's Raylin holding up?" there was a long silence on the other line
"Raylin's with you guys" Trowa's voice filtered over, Duo and Wufei exchanged glances
"Trowa are you alright? Because Raylin said he was going with you" another long silence
"Raylin said he was going with you guys" Quatre said
"But he said he was going with Trowa! I remember distinctly because I warned him that Quatre was on the same flight… sorry Quatre"
"It's okay" Quatre said, more out of habit than anything else. "But I remember perfectly well that he said he was going with Wufei because I told him how disappointed he was"
"Does anyone get the feeling that we are being set up?" Wufei mumbled but it was unnoticed
"But he said uncle Trowa" Duo stated
"And I'm telling you he said uncle Wufei" Quatre replied
"Are you saying he's lying?"
"No Duo I'm not saying he's"
"Good because Raylin doesn't lie" Duo cut in "he said Uncle Trowa"
"Did he say which Uncle Trowa?" Trowa's question brought everything to a halt, Duo cursed, Wufei banged his head on the dash and Quatre mumbled something along the lines of 'exactly like his mother'
"Maxwell! Turn this tug boat you call a machine around this instant!" shouted Wufei (annoyed now)
"I don't appreciate you calling scythe a tug boat and no I won't" Wufei gave him a look that said you named it? Then sighed and asked
"Why won't you turn it around?" he really named it?
"Because Wufei, this is no one way street we're driving and I'm not about to make an illegal U-turn!" the last thing I need is the possibility of being split in half
"Guys don't worry" Quatre's voice came over the line "we'll just turn it around once we land in the right time zone okay?" Wufei huffed and Duo nodded forgetting that Quatre wouldn't be able to see it. Let's just hope he doesn't do anything stupid while we're gone
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June 19th 203 A.C.
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They were staring at him, well one was glaring at him while the other one gave him a blank look… I just had to sneeze didn't I? Raylin gave them both a small smile
"What are you doing here?" Wufei asked
"Heh, heh… well you see I kinda told uncle Duo that I was going with uncle Trowa and then I told uncle Quatre that I was going with uncle Wufei and this is the only vehicle that you guys leave together in…" Wufei face palmed and Raylin was sure he heard Trowa laughing.
"That's it we're turning back"
"You can't" Raylin said urgently
"And why not?"
"You're getting there in time could make the difference in a life or death situation"
"Do's it?" Raylin looked away
"I won't tell you" Wufei glared at the child; but before he could say anything Trowa spoke up
"It doesn't really matter now, his 'Uncles' left already so we're stuck with him for the moment" Wufei grumbled a bit but held his peace, after an hour they made it to the house Trowa parked and then turned to Raylin
"Stay here" he ordered Raylin gulped and then nodded; out of all his uncles Trowa was the scariest when angered, mainly because he wouldn't punish you; he would just remind you of how stupid you were later on and stare at you silently. when he walked out of the empty house a half hour later, (fallowed by a glowering Wufei) Raylin could tell that he was not going to enjoy the trip back maybe this was a bad idea
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A little while later
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Once they arrived at Heero's home Raylin was sat in a chair and made to wait for his punishment, then Heero came in
"Duo didn't answer his phone but Relena found this address stashed in the plant-" he stopped upon seeing Raylin "you are supposed to be at home... in the future" he said pointedly. Raylin just rubbed the back of his head nervously
"Apparently myself and Wufei were the only Uncles Raylin promised to go with and our future selves left in separate vehicles" Trowa said calmly "we would have brought him back sooner but he tricked us into thinking that there was a life or death situation at the other house" Raylin flinched there it was the Trowa Barton guilt trip Heero eyed his son
"Well?" somehow I think he wants me to explain
"Well you're the one who told me to act on my emotions" Raylin said feeling somewhat like a guilty school boy trying to explain to his father why he got detention, it was… chilling how his father's disapproving look was scarier than all of his uncles combined. Finally Heero sighed
"Wufei this paper has an address on it. It also has the name Mitchell Cains remember him?" Wufei took the light blue paper Heero had in his hand and studied it
"The man you punched at your wedding?" he asked slightly amused, there was a short pause before Heero finally said
"Yeah… him, check him out for me" then he turned to Raylin "I will deal with you later… come on Trowa we're checking out the house" it was quite as Heero and Trowa left the drive way, then Trowa snickered
"What's so funny?" Heero asked, not taking his eyes off the road
"You seem to be adapting well to being a father" Trowa said amused; there was another silence
"Because I may not get a chance to" Heero whispered quietly and all conversation ceased.
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June 20th 203 A.C.
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It was dark… really dark, not that he wasn't used to the dark, in fact he remembered two separate occasions where he was stuck in a dark cell much like this one. Except he wasn't tied to a chair in either of those cases… his nose itched… he couldn't feel his fingers anymore… his leg was falling asleep this is so BORING when are they ganna come in here? They had tied him to the chair yesterday and still hadn't come back yet, he was getting cramps in his arms, legs, neck you name it; he did not have the ability to move and he didn't know if his wife was alright' so he had a right to complain
The door opened, finally, three men came in; two of whom looked like snot nosed aristocrats and the third one was
"Cains haven't seen you since the wedding how's your jaw I heard that Heero broke it" Duo said with a wide grin Cains, a tall pale haired man with mouse black eyes, stared at Duo coldly, it had a bloodcurdling effect on most people but all it did was make Duo's grin widen the game's afoot… always wanted to use that line heh… heh
"Tell us" snob number one said arrogantly "where are the other Gundam pilots?" Duo blinked oh so this is what it's about
"You know if you brush your teeth once in a while and maybe get a little plastic surgery on the left side I think you'll do okay" Duo said acting as though he was giving some great advice "I mean seriously I can smell you breath from here and even in the dark you look like a-" he never did finish that sentence, but there was now a throbbing pain in his right cheek; his eyes snapped open and he saw Cains shaking his fist out "you know something Cains I never really liked you" Cains just sneered
"Same here rat boy"
"You know that jokes gotten old mousy" another pain came to his eye that's ganna leave a bruise there was a cough to remind everyone that there was more than the two of them in the room
"Oh yeah" Duo said "back to business, I'd clap my hands but they're tied behind my back" was it just him or did snob number two look amused
"I repeat where are the other Gundam pilots?" snob number one spoke again
"That's kinda hard to tell we separated after the war" another pain, this time in the stomach, "ya know you'd think the snobs would do their own dirty work but instead they make the corrupt cop do it" Duo coughed there was a soft snicker Duo could've swore it was snob number two and 'oh look' he got hit again.
"Tell us where the other pilots are" number one was obviously getting impatient well too bad, the god of death is well known for being obnoxious and time consuming.
"Not sure, at least two of them move around too much"
"What about the other two?" Duo shrugged
"I don't keep it written down" another punch to the stomach
"What about their names" snob number two spoke up, amusement was clear in his voice
"We weren't that close during the war"
"You fought together!" Cains exclaimed
"Yeah near the end when most of the fighting was over" Duo said; that got another hit this time in the knee "ow…"
"Give us names" number one said
"Okay" Duo said cheerfully; there was a long stretch of silence
"Well?" Cains said. Annoyed now
"Well what?" Duo asked innocently and there was another hit in the knee
"Don't play dumb… who was the pilot of the Wing Zero?"
"…" after the next hit Duo's knee became dislocated "ow that hurts you know"
"Tell the nice gentlemen who the pilot of the Wing Zero was" Cains said threateningly
"I can't very well tell you the name of a pilot who doesn't exist"
"What do you mean?" number two asked
"I mean we were all the pilots" for at least five minutes before we let Heero keep it, but that's a different story
"Tell us who pilot 01 is then" number two asked
"Him? He's Kid" Duo's knee was relocated slowly the idiot didn't relies that that brought immediate relief afterwards fine by me
"Tell the truth now" Cains said
"I am you moron"
"How about the name of pilot 02?" number two seemed to find this little banter fest amusing
"That's me"
"Then how about pilot 03?"
"Nanashi" Duo said curtly
"Now we're getting somewhere, Nanashi is that Japanese?" number one asked
"Yep he got it from a Japanese mercenary... let people call him by the literal translation though"
"And that is?"
"No Name" Duo got hit in the stomach again
"What about pilot 04?" Duo liked number two he was amused by his antics wonder how long that will last?
"Zero" the sensation of being kicked in the ankle with a steal toed boot was not pleasant
"Another Japanese name?" number one asked
"No that's just what we call him"
"And pilot 05?" number two asked
"Nataku" Duo stated he was hit in the face again
"You will tell them the pilot's names" Cains said
"I told them! The names are Kid, No Name, Zero and Nataku. I don't blame you if you can't get it right you're just the lackey" again the ankle
"I don't think he's going to tell us anything" number two said obviously talking to Cains and number one "I think we should let Cains have some… quality time with him"
"Agreed" number on said, negative point for number two
"Don't worry sirs" Cains said arrogantly "I'll get him to talk"
"I've been talking already!" Duo yelled and was hit in the face for it once the door closed
"It's time to make you sing street rat" Cains smirked while cracking his knuckles
"You can try mousy" Duo grinned "but I'll let you know now… I'm a horrible singer" and so it began
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Chapter 7 small preview
"Duo you idiot"
"Hey mousy"
"I don't have a time machine"
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Wow that was quick heh…heh…heh okay so I will give you cyber cookies if you can figure out the meanings behind all of the nicknames… though to my mind it's pretty obvious lol so anyway I now have an announcement there is a pretty blue box, a clickable blue box below this announcement please click it and review… it might save Heero's life