Title: Incredible
Author: Karina
Rating: PG
Pairing: Duo + Milliardo
Notes: Challenge 227. Baby Series 4 #137. Takes place approximately 18 hours following Extraordinary Circumstances
Spoilers: None
Warnings:
Many thanks to ShenLong Deb for her work betaing this set of fics
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
Title: Incredible
"I've seen footage of hail stones as big as golf balls, but this is just... incredible."
The hail stones had to be large, but at present they had no recognisable feature to identify an approximate diameter. On the screen the damage being dealt by the stones was obvious, the wind driving the chunks of ice lent devastating force to something that was destructive in its own right.
Through the medium of surveillance cameras they were privy to the view and could only watch as holes were driven through the palace garages by the ferocity of the storm. An interior camera in the garages showed a hail stone slam into one of the limousines and put a distorting dent in a rear door, shifting the car sideways with the impact.
Duo whistled softly, crouching lower. Beside him Milliardo watched in silence as he cycled through the surviving cameras, observing the carnage being dealt to once pristine grounds.
"How many cameras do we have left?" Duo questioned, absently fingering the end of his braid, a tell tale sign of stress.
Milliardo observed the nervous action, reminding himself that Duo was not born to 'real' weather and had little experience with extreme weather. Weather control on a colony was a far cry from the ferocity mother nature was capable of dealing. The young man's discomfort was visibly growing.
"Upwards of a half dozen or so."
Duo nodded absently, twisting the hair around his wrist, his fingers working on torturing the end of the braid. His eyes were focused on the screen and there was a tint of violet amidst the blue that betrayed him. Fear. Fear of the unknown. Milliardo could sympathise. He was no stranger to extreme weather, having spent time in both Arctic circles during his stint in Oz, and he had lived through some nasty blizzards in Europe. He could sympathise because, he admitted to himself, he was scared. Only a fool would not be afraid of this storm and what would be left in its wake.
"I wonder how Fei is handling this?"
Milliardo reached to gently extricate the braid from Duo.
"The old military base was designed to survive much worse than this. It might be booming like a drum from the impact of the hail, but I have no doubt it will survive. Come on. We should check on the children. There is no sign of this weather improving and they will need distracting."
In their sub-ground shelter they were spared the noise of the storm, but it was eerily quiet if you watched the destruction taking place outside. Duo decided he could do with a bit of distracting. His hands itched, his head ached and there was a tightness in his chest he had not felt in years. It disturbed him. He had thought nothing as 'normal' as a bit of inclement weather could drag up these dark and better forgotten emotions.
He was Shinigami... and Shinigami did not fear anything. Right?
End
Karina Robertson 2014