**WELL HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY! -jumps in happily in a pose- Well anyways here comes the next chapter to the story ^^ Hope I have a few people who have gotten interested enough to keep on reading through as I post up each chappie =D ANYWHO! I am feeling really pumped up since I am spending time with my BUNNY! -glares- my Bunny... mine mine mine mine! But other than that I'm about to start physical therapy on my back and switched to some new medication that has REALLY helped my poor abused nerves in my poor crumbling back that is making me a lot less of a grumpy butt so I can live with that ! So hope you enjoy as the mystery starts to be poured into the LARGE cooking pot! AWAY WE GO! **
Chapter Two: Outings and Coverage
The college day had ended on a more happy beat with the promise of weekend fun, but just getting to the weekend was going to prove to be a lot more difficult than previously thought. The rest of the week brought about hours of hard laboring over computers and many paper routes. Many people milled about the ever busy, bustling streets, suits and ties and briefcases adorning the working class that mingled together in the tedious everyday grind known as life. The roads were constantly packed here lately with beeping horns and radios that pulsed their souls into the surrounding life and pavement.
Days seemed to slowly merge together and it was driving Duo up the wall and down the road of needing a mental jacket to survive it all. He had just finished his repairs down at the auto shop he worked at and gotten his shower for the night and already found himself to be rather bored with life in general. He had found no games to play, and nothing interesting on the television and so had opted to just hit his head against the window for several long moments as he lost himself in his thoughts. He was pulled from his fun activity of 'kill the brain cells' by a cool hand lightly tugging at his braid and ceasing his motion. With his head being tilted back and his braid being used as a leash for some pet his vivid eyes peeled back at Heero who sat a bag of food upon his face silently. The large smile was all that could be seen upon duo's face as he squealed in pure delight.
"Awesome! Heero my man you rock! I think I do detect a deliciously, bad for me cheeseburger within this bag and a large fry to go with it... and do I see a chocolate shake on the counter with my name on it?" he asked very happily.
"Aa" Was all Heero muttered before he smirked and walked into the living room.
Duo's ears soon picked up the clicking of laptop keys as Heero got to work on some of the reports he was currently working on. Duo just sighed and flipped from his position to roll to his feet where he moved to grab his shake to take a large slurp. With food and shake in hand, Duo made his way into the living room as well and glanced over to Heero busy and hard at work like usual. Plopping his happy butt down in his favorite recliner he stretched out and then curled himself within the comfortable leather. He was quiet as he all but devoured his food with much gusto before just focusing on the icy cold delight of pure sweet chocolate delectability.
"Ohh, by the way Heero...Quat called me and told me that we would all just meet at the mall since he needs to get some strings and such for his violin. Plus it would be the best place for us all to hang and shop and stuff for the day and Tro suggested ordering in pizza and bringing it back here and just taking it easy.. if you would like to that is" he offered with a shrug and a large, toothy grin.
With Heero being preoccupied, the typing just paused momentarily, but it was enough for Duo to know that Heero understood and was fine with the plan. At least now, the weekend was looking up and would HOPEFULLY be a fun fill, eventful weekend with loads of fun and excitement! For the time being, Duo would just have to suffer through the rest of the night and that was perfectly fine with him since come the rising of the sun the day would start... well more so towards the afternoon. Once Duo finished his food he took the black, sleek remote and clicked on the television to the weather, just wanting to check and see just what lay in store for the coming day and wishing it would be sunshine.
With a new day having dawned and the heat once more rising throughout the entire city, the sun shone down with a rather vigorous ferocity. It was a day that a few light showers would have been a lovely happening even if just to cool down the burning pavement. Even with the blistering heat wave, Duo was pumped up and ready to go. He had showered and dressed, fed his rumbling tummy and knew the day, though hot, would be a kicking-awesome one for sure! He found himself frozen though as he glanced up at hearing footsteps, though very faint, gracefully approaching him. Looking up he was met with a beautiful sight he never grew tired of seeing; Heero in rather tight, form fitting blue jeans and a dark green tee-shirt and simple sneakers. His unruly hair all over the place and a pair of awesome shades covering the hard, cobalt eyes. In Duo's opinion, his living fantasy just waltzed in and made him that much more happy to start the day off in a much better way!
Both would announce their good mornings with Duo being the one to speak the most words and finally it was decided that they had best head on off on their way to meet up with the other guys. Being as it was such a scorcher of a day, Heero had been alright with them taking his car to the mall, plus he needed to fill her up with gas anyways so it would save him a trip in the end. Heero had gone down to his car, leaving Duo to lock up and dash behind to play catch-up, but it never took the braided man in his late teens to get there. Once they were both settled into the comfortable seats of Heero's car and buckled, the car would speed from its parking space and rush to the roads to head towards the mall.
The mall was a grand sight to behold at first glance. It was two stories and held over seventy stores within its walls. On the outside the building was a grey-beige like color and was designed with many windows to allow ample sunlight to filter through at all times. Outside was a grade, multiple level parking lot with trees and shrubbery planted throughout to add a bit of culture and peace to the hustle of the everyday shoppers. Stepping into the mall itself was like being engulfed in a cooler as the cool air wrapped each person in a thick blanket. Within the building, many stores were set up, some with games, others with clothes and shoes. Such a wide variety of products as well as a massive food court that filled the air with such a pleasant aroma.
Duo and Heero easily entered the cool building and made their way towards the food court to find a table to settle at and wait. Heero seemed to be rather bored showing hardly any kind of interest, but Duo was lightly tapping his foot in much anticipation it seemed. They were not waiting too long before a shadow fell over their table that was joined by two others. Looking up the pair would be greeted to the sight of Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei. Quatre was giving a very kind, gentle smile and was prepared as Duo launched himself at him in a fierce hug. Many 'hellos' and greetings were exchanged before the group of five would set off to the Strings and More store located on the other side of the mall.
The innocent looking blond took his time searching through the strings for the perfect set that would do wonders for his violin. His slender, pale fingers also picked up a pack of rosin before glancing sideways to Trowa who was inspecting a few penny whistles while he waited. Trowa and Quatre were the musical ones in the bunch and often enjoyed playing duets together for their friends. Duo, on occasion would throw his voice into the mix and together that would play amazing songs together for fun. Time spent in the shop of music passed by quickly and it was not long before the gang was finished and making their way back out into the milling people that moved around in scattered groups, bags hanging from hands and arms. Since they had already got what they had planned to get, they moved to the ice cream shop located on the top floor of the food court to treat themselves to the frozen delight.
After somehow spending a good three hours at the mall, the crowds had begun to thin out as many people had finished their business and headed on their ways home. Deciding that they had enough of the mall, it was decided that pizza would be ordered and everyone would meet back at Duo and Heero's apartment. With the plan chosen, they split up with Heero and Duo going their own way from Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei. Heero had gunned it and stopped to grab plenty of beverages to drink for when everyone met up. Reaching the apartment hardly took much time since the streets were fairly empty for some odd reason. It began to send a strange feeling through Duo's entire body as he glanced over to Heero from the corner of his eye and noticed that the grip upon the steering wheel was more tight than normal. Pulling into the parking garage for their living quarters, Heero finally turned off the car and looked to Duo very seriously and reached out a hand to gently run it down the side of Duo's cheek almost ghost like.
"Be careful Duo... I feel something strange is going on..." his voice was a soft tone and...caring?
"I'm always careful... lady luck just hates me... but I can sense something going on.. " Duo muttered with a smirk, trying to fight off the flush upon his cheek, "Well.. let's get going... I think I see Wufei's car pulling in."
Heero nodded and moved from the car and waited for Duo to get out before he locked up his car and set the alarm, just to be on the safe side and glanced to the sleek black sports car that held flaming red stripes upon the side. Sure enough Wufei stepped from the car with Trowa in tow, shifting the seat to allow Quatre to get out of the back seat of the awesome coup. Duo, seeing who it was and seeing the four large boxes of pizza happily threw a hand up into the hair and waved frantically with much gusto and enthusiasm. They would once more seem to move as a group, Heero leading the way as the journey to the apartment begun. Luckily, it would not be too hard to get everything up and into the apartment and set up. Duo had pulled out plates, glasses, ice, and napkins so they would be ALL prepared for their soon to be devoured meal.
Once everything had been set up, it had been utterly destroyed by many questing hands searching for the slices of pizza to satisfy the hunger deep within their stomachs. Glasses were filled with various sodas and other liquids and bodies were soon sprawled anywhere they could be within the living-room. While eating, Duo moved to flick on the television and nearly chocked upon his pizza as he quickly turned up the volume full force which, in turn, caused the other's to cease their chatter. On the screen had a new reporter with a most serious expression upon her features. She stood in front of a normal looking home with two parents that were clinging to one another and crying as though they had been ripped apart. the new flash was on several channels and proved to be of the MOST importance.
~In further news, we interrupt your normal viewing schedule to bring you this breaking report! Only hours ago at this residential house, their children, a boy and girl seem to have simply vanished in thin air. They are approximately nine years of age and are of the vampire race. The parents are offering a huge reward of a hundred thousand dollars to anyone who knows anything and can bring them home. On further news and investigating this further several investigators have linked it to the recent string of disappearances happening sporadically around the city. It appears that so far a total of fifteen individuals, including these two children have just vanished. No clues have been left behind to indicate just how or where they might have gone or been taken to, but officials are warning people to be extra careful and cautious when out and about and never go alone if it can be helped. It has been proven that all fifteen were all non-humans and so the special force will be involved to help offer better protection to those that we feel might be at a greater risk. Updates will be reported hourly if anything changes. Now back to your original programs.~
The room was completely silent as the reporter spoke in her very stern voice. Her pointed ears twitched and her eyes shone fiercely showing that this was a matter she would be telling in great detail for sure. Once the report had finished, the tv flickered back to the original show which was a random anime that came on around this time that was pumped full of action and everything in between. The television though was last on their minds as Duo suddenly glanced over to Heero who was staring rather intently at him before glancing to the other three who were also glancing around with the same expression. With the silence it was beginning to irk Duo so he shifted within his chair gently and shook his head, his braid tumbling gently over his shoulder like the water cascaded over a waterfalls edge.
"Shit... this must be what is putting me on edge... it's heavy in the air...and it's so silent it's like a scream of death" Duo muttered darkly as his bangs covered his almost glowing eyes.
"Aa, I've noticed something in the air... strange.. scents and some people acting differently... but I don't fully understand yet... so we just need to be on guard" Heero grunted.
"Yes...I've not heard anything from the meetings I have to attend...but I'll keep my channel open just in case I get some strong thoughts...but.. we should go ahead and go.. get home before it gets fully dark just to be on the safe side." Quatre spoke in a soft, musical voice.
Both Trowa and Wufei merely nodded before standing up to divide the leftover food in half before leaving with their little blond lover in hand to head to the car and then to their flat. Duo had made them promise to send him a text or give him a call as soon as they were home and locked in so he knew they had made it safely. Once they had gone, Duo made sure to lock the door and put up the food before making sure the kitchen was clean. He had a very bad feeling about this... almost a sense of déjà vu it seemed.
He turned around slowly and was pushed back against the wall by a pair of warm lips to his. Duo blinked, truly being stunned and unsure about this. Heero never came at him like this when he joked.. he always burned an article of clothing then tormented him, but this kiss had shocked him as he gasped into it long enough to hear the growl from Heero as the taller male slide his tongue within Duo's now parted lips for a taste. Before Duo knew what had happened Heero was gone and he was left feeling utterly cold and alone, eyes staring at where Heero had been moments before. He just sighed and rubbed his eyes, passing the kiss off as maybe just being a trick and figment of his imagination since the day had really wiped him out and so he headed off to his bedroom. Inside the privacy of his room, his clothes soon slid like silk from his body to the floor in a heap and pile to be left as Duo slide into bed, nude and uncaring that tonight he would wear no pajamas and to hell with the consequences. He was tired... and after that report, he felt like he was almost being watched. Perhaps things would not seem so bad in the light of a new day come morning, but until then the apartment went still and silent as Duo soon fell into his dream world.
End Chapter Two
Author's note: WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK THUS FAR? Next chapter takes a look on the dark side of life and is about the EVIL BASTARDS! and kind of looks into just WHAT might be going on.. but it won't tell everything since that will be coming in later chapters... also I am currently working on a couple other fan fictions as well... I have a Witchblade I am working on and I am also doing a Rosario + Vampire fan fiction that will a yaoi one by the way so keep on the lookout and let me know what you think !