Title: Stalking Duo 2/?
Author: Spider-Jen
Rating: NC17 (for later parts)
Pairings: 1x2, 2x2
Warnings: Yaoi (boyxboy), AU, a bit creepy?, No Beta
Summary: Heero leads a dull and drab existence until he sees a vibrant young man on his ride home.

Part 2

The next day Heero left work 45 minutes earlier than usual to be sure he wouldn't miss Duo. Earlier, while he worked on writing a proposal for a bank security account, he managed to uncover a lot of information on the history of one Duo Maxwell.

Duo Maxwell worked for a computer programming company, which Heero hacked into the HR files and discovered his social security number. His credit report showed the usual, a few late payments here and there nothing recent. He was paying off a student loan and recently received a store credit card and charged approximately $300. No collections, no legal judgments, only the one credit card balance being paid down.

Next, he looked into his college records, graduated with high grades in computer science. There were a couple notes of disciplinary actions for being drunk and disorderly his freshman year and being found making out with another male student in a previously locked school building.

Using his security clearance, Heero investigated his criminal record and found none as an adult, but a locked minor file. Calling in a favor from a local police detective, Chang Wufei, whom he occasionally assisted for his firm, he was able to read the file. Petty theft, fighting and a charge of breaking and entering which he spent a short time in juvenile detention.

Duo was listed as a ward of the state until he reached eighteen. Prior to his coming of age he resided in the Maxwell Orphanage, where he lived since he was found behind a dumpster at the approximate age of four. No birth certificate, parents listed as unknown.

Heero usually waited for the five o'clock traffic to clear out before leaving work, but not that day. The subway car came to a stop at Allen St and among a group of people Duo Maxwell walked into the compartment.

Today he wore a lighter gray slacks and his coat was buttoned up. Duo smiled and talked to various people in the car. People smiled back and generally enjoyed his company.

Duo's stop came and Heero followed him off as he did yesterday. At the second block, Heero noted a suspicious looking man leaning, against the wall at the entrance of an alley. When the man saw Duo approach he pushed off the wall.

"Hey buddy, you got a light?"

Duo slowed his walking and turned to the man. "Sorry man, I don't smoke."

As Duo started to turn away a second man grabbed him and the three of them disappeared down the ally.

Heero bolted to the entrance of the alley. Duo was pushed his front against a wall with a knife to his side. The man that held him was rummaging through the pockets of his coat. Three other men joined the first two, all holding knifes.

The man that asked Duo for the light was fidgeting from one foot to the other. "Come on Ricky, hurry up. I think I just saw some old lady peak out of that window."

Heero grabbed the man closest to him and snapped his wrist forcing him to drop his knife, then kicked him between the legs. The man crumpled to the ground groaning. The fidgeting man just stared at Heero with wide eyes. With a stride that spoke of no fear, Heero forced him back to the wall and smashed his head backwards. The mugger instantly fell to the ground unconscious.

The two guys at the other end of the alley rushed at Heero. The leader was shouting, asking what was going on and trying to crane his neck to look around while still holding Duo.

Seeing his opportunity, Duo elbowed the man in the face then turned and kneed him in the stomach. Duo's eyes briefly made contact with Heero's before the other two men were on them.

"Come on pretty boy." The thug taunted, switching his blade from one hand to the other, twitching like he was hyped up on drugs. When the man fumbled slightly with the knife, Duo kicked it straight out of his hand. Pushing forward, Duo shoved his shoulder into the man's chest knocking the wind out of him. Then Duo proceeded to kick the crap out of him.

"Pretty boy?" Duo snorted. "Man I hate that."

"Hey! What's going on here?" Two police men stood at the entrance of the alley shinning their flashlights around.

"Evening officers. These men tried to rob me and my friend and I-" Duo looked toward where he had last seen Heero only to find an unconscious mugger. He turned around twice looking all over the alley and didn't see hide nor hair of him.

"What friend, sir?" The policeman asked while his partner started putting cuffs on his suspects.

"I don't know." Duo answered vaguely still looking around.

***

Heero stood at the edge of the roof looking down at the scene below. The police were piling the muggers into police vehicles and a cop was interviewing Duo.

When the interview was over a policeman escorted Duo home and Heero followed from the rooftop. Not an exceptable distance, but he had his gun in his shoulder holster if the need should arise.

Heero watched as Duo entered the building and from the side vantage of the rooftop watched as the light on the last apartment on the third floor came on. Heero stayed on the roof watching as Duo occasionally drifted by the window for at least two hours.

Tonight had been close. What would have happened if he hadn't been there? Would the bright light that was Duo Maxwell been snuffed out completely. Heero's world seemed infinitely darker without the long haired man.

Back at his one room apartment on his mattress, Heero lay awake, planning, but not dreaming. Duo would need to be kept safe.

TBC