Cowboy Bebop Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Ed n Duo's Greatest Adventure ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )

Ed and Duo's Greatest Adventure

Chapter 9

By Devon Masterson

AN: I had a number of people e-mail me wanting me to hurry up with the next chapter. It has been 2 months, sorry! But thanks to Yoake, Alice and to ULTRAnormalMAN or advice and the kick in the ass.

Two black clad figures crept across the lawn of a large estate cautiously from opposite ends, each making their way to their target. D stood close to the small edifice behind the house hugging it's stone walls, causing him to fade into the darkness. A guard walked by with a flashlight and swept to the area quickly then moved. "E, give me a twenty on your position."

"E is just arriving."

"How soon can you set up?" D asked into his headset.

"E will be ready in one minute."

"Good because the guard just went by and I need forty-six minutes to do what I have to do."

E nodded her head as her hands flew over the keyboard. "Security system disabled in five, four, three, two, one, zero…"

~

A guard yawned and laid back in his seat. Staring at screens all night was not his idea of fun, just once he would like a little bit of action. But he could not complain, even though his employer was a psycho witch she paid him well even it was for just sitting around watching cameras all night while his partner patrolled.

He blinked the sleep out of his eyes that threatened then frowned the garage that blinked for a moment. He picked up his radio and was about to ask his partner about it when he saw the corner of the timer still counting like normal. He watched a few more minutes then put his radio down. "Wishful thinking," he mused getting comfortable again. He could not think of why someone would steal the car anyway, it was the most hideous thing he had ever seen.

"Everything look okay, Mike" the guard asked as he walked into the station.

"Same old same old, Joe," he replied putting his hands behind his head.

Joe sighed. "I guess it'll be another long night." He sat down beside his partner and pulled out the cards. It would be another hour before he made his rounds again. "Your turn to deal."

~

"..security system disabled. D, you have one hour then footage E looped will give us away."

"That should be more than enough time," he replied as he dropped to the floor silently and made his way to the yellow monstrosity. He smiled, "Piece of cake."

***

Duo and Ed walked into the dining room through the patio doors. It was late and they did not want to disturb anybody, least of all Quatre. He was a beast if he woke up to early. Faye and Ed were the only ones who could wake him and not have bodily harm threatened by him. Of course he would apologize in the morning and be embarrassed, but it was just freaky to see him so pissed. It made you realized this was the guy that went around blowing up several colonies because he was mad. As cool as he was, he was still a dangerous man. "Maybe that's what Faye sees in him," Duo mused as he made his way to the kitchen.

"Ed's going to bed," she commented following him in the kitchen. It was four in the morning and they had eight o'clock classes. Their mission took longer than they expected. Dorothy did not go to bed until two in the morning instead of the usual midnight. She stayed most of the night working on a paper. Ed saw opportunity in this and acted accordingly, she did need some way to pass the time. It was Dorothy's problem if she did not print as soon as she finished, she should have been more thorough.

"Yeah, we had a long night, but it was awesome," Duo replied slapping fives with Ed.

"Thank you, Dueyo," Ed said as she hugged him tightly.

"Hey, it was a moral imperative," he replied holding her for a moment.

"What are you two doing?" Trowa asked as he walked into the kitchen. His eyebrow was raised in annoyance. Ed had been gone all night, where to he did not know and when he came into the kitchen to get a drink of water he saw his girlfriend in the arms of one of his best friends. The picture did not bode well especially to a protective boyfriend early in the morning.

Duo thought for a second then pulled away from Ed. He would inform Trowa next time he sneaked around with her pranking people. The situation did look just plain wrong and he would have been upset if the tables were turned. "Just being our usual innocent selves."

Trowa's expression softened to that of amusement. "What did you do to Wufei?"

"Nothing I swear," Duo replied holding his hands up. "Tro-man you look stressed. You and Ed need to spend some time alone." He pushed a confused Ed into Trowa's arms. Her face suddenly became crimson as she caught his meaning. "You two have fun and remember there are people sleeping. Night."

Trowa shook his head, it was not worth saying anything, and Ed buried her face into his chest. "He goes to far sometimes," Trowa said soothingly as he held her.

"Ed is fine, boyfriend person," she remarked smiling at him. She was still shy about the new aspect of their relationship, but she knew how to put an end or at least a cap on the teasing.

"Where did you and Duo go?" he asked.

"On a mission," she answered. "Ed wants you to be surprised." She tapped his nose affectionately. "It's sleepy time."

"I'm not tired anymore," he replied. After being up all night waiting for her, his desire for sleep left. He would just catch up on some work that he did not get to earlier.

Ed shook her head, she knew what he was thinking. "It's sleepy time not study time," she said emphatically then took his hand. "Ed thinks Duo is right. Boyfriend person is stressed."

***

Trowa covered his face nonchalantly as he stifled a yawn. Duo, Heero, and him were sitting under a tree waiting for the others show up. He could hear Duo snicker as he guessed the reason for slight sluggishness. Yes, he had been up half the night worrying about Ed and spent the other half letting her make it up to him. It was not like it was his idea, but then he did not try and stop her either. He had been debating on whether or not to skip the rest of the day and take a nap, but Ed and Duo insisted that he and the others stick around in case something interesting happened.

"You should pace yourself," Heero advised as he looked over his textbook for his cooking exam.

"I know," he said simply.

"Since we're on the subject I have to know…"

"Ed said if you continue to bother me about it she would make your music archive disappear," Trowa interrupted causally while opening his book.

Duo's mouth clamped shut. He spent the better part of his life collecting the vintage music and he knew Ed would do it too, though at some point he would get it back. "What about side comments here and there?"

Trowa shook his head. "Such a pervert," he sighed as the others came up. He put his book down, maybe now they would get some straight answers from Duo and Ed.

"So are you now going to tell us why were here?" Wufei asked once they met up with the others.

Ed smiled and sat in Trowa's lap. She looked at her watch. "Any minute now," she replied as she pulled out a small remote control.

"You didn't do what I think you did?" Faye asked. Ed smiled and snuggled up against Trowa trying to get comfortable for the show. Faye smirked then sat down. "This I have got to see."

Duo pulled out a camcorder from his backpack. If it was even half has funny as they thought it would be, he would put the footage online and sell it. He hit the record button just as they heard tire screeches in the distance. The others looked at him each trying to draw their own conclusion.

"Oh my god," Quatre said in shock.

~

Dorothy jumped into her car and tore down the street. She was late. She had to re type over half of her paper because the part she typed last night got stuck in the Wingdings font. She had never been so pissed in her life. She threw the computer out of the window leaving her to use a laptop. A loss of composure was not normally her style, but every since she and Trowa broke up things have been screwed up. She thought by leaving him she would have moved forward with better insight, but she ended up realizing how much he meant to her. Now he was with the redheaded twit and he was happy, happier than he was with her.

"It won't last long," she thought as she pulled out her lipstick. She would worry about her romantic situation later. She was over two hours late for class. It took quite a bit of negotiating to get her professor to accept her paper late. Fortunately, he was not very technologically oriented and understood her pain about her paper. What pissed off her more than anything was that no matter what she did, the regular font would not change, even when she copied and pasted to a blank document. It was perfectly horrible, she did not know how it could get any worse.

"After I turn in my paper, I'll see what he is up to," she said to herself as she came to a stop at the red light. She adjusted the mirror as she began to apply the light pink lipstick to her lips. A sudden jolt shook the car causing her to mess up and apply her cheek as well. "What in devil is going on?" she asked looking around. There was only one car in front of her but it was not close enough to have hit her.

A forked eyebrow raised as she reached into her bag beside her for a handkerchief. She was jolted again this time causing to fall practically into the passenger seat as the light turned green. To her horror her car sprung to life and peeled out, plastering her to the back of the seat as she tried to sit up.

Her car took on a life of it's own as it sped and hopped down the street with the horn playing La Cucaracha. Every time she tried to sit up she would get knocked back into the passenger seat. Her world start to spin and become distorted as a wave of nausea passed over her. "Oh, god," she replied covering her mouth. She was never one for a lot of jostling around that's why she took up fencing instead mobile suit battling. She would not be able to take too much more before the last thing she ate decided to revisit.

The campus started to come into view as she decided to jump from car out of sheer desperation. She reached for the passenger side door after struggling to pull herself all the way into it. Just as she reached for the latch on the door, the car stopped hopping down the street and became calm. "Thank, god," she sighed as she breathed heavily and sat up. Her eyes suddenly widened as got a glimpse of the dashboard console. A large yellow smiley face cackled then she heard the engine start to rev up again as she reached for the latch.

~

"What in the world?" Wufei asked in shock as Dorothy's car whizzed past them. Everyone nearby could hear her screaming and yelling as her car started doing donuts in the parking lot. "That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen," he thought as he started to snicker then decided he could afford to abandon decorum this time and fell to the ground laughing.

Duo nearly fell over in laughter and would have, it were not for him holding the camera. It way funnier than they imagined, especially with Dorothy's high pitched squeals about how she was going to be sick in the background. Screw Ebay, he was selling the footage direct. His only regret was not having a live feed. "This is too much," he laughed.

Heero raised an eyebrow then causally covered his face to hide his obvious amusement. Even he could not resist, but he was not about to let everyone else know that.

"I can't believe this," Quatre replied with mock mortification as Faye fell into his lap in uncontrollable laughter saying that she wanted a copy of the tape in between laughter and breaths. He look in the opposite direction trying not to laugh though quite a few chuckles escaped him.

Ed smiled quite proud of herself as she watched the others laughing. Trowa buried his face amongst Ed's crimson locks. She could still feel the humor from him as his body gyrated in fits of laughter though he was trying to maintain his stoicism. "Ed is glad you like," she giggled as she gave the remote control joystick another hard left.

Dorothy's car turned sharply out of the donut it was in middle of and nearly turned over. It gained speed once again and the thick eyebrow girl thought about performing her last rites for herself as she felt the car skid sideways. "Shit!" she screamed she slid toward the pavement, sure that her car was going to roll into a building or at least o to the lawn. She wished she wore her seatbelt right about then instead of worrying about wrinkling her clothes. She took a deep breath and attempted to sit up. She was face her fate gloriously. "I'm coming, grandfather," she prayed then suddenly slammed into the driver's side as the car stopped on a dime by the curve.

Blue-violet eyes widened for a second. She stopped again. This time before the car had any other ideas she pulled the latch and jumped out. She kissed the ground as she fell to her knees panting then crab-crawled away from her once most cherished possession as quickly as she could. It was hell on wheels now, she would have it towed, junked, and the person responsible for her trip downtown would pay.

"I can't stand it," Duo replied as he put the camera down and allowed his composure to fall away. He got the best parts. She looked priceless bouncing down the street with La Cucaracha playing on the horn, screaming in terror, and kissing the ground with lipstick smeared across her face. Absolutely priceless, but he would find one anyway.

"And now for the finale," Ed smiled. She hit the red button on the remote once everyone was far enough away from the car. The car shook for a moment then became still as the transmission dropped pulling the car downward. All four wheels rolled in different directions as the horn belted a warped La Cucaracha for the last time then died.

Duo's eyes widened that was not part of their plan but it was hilarious regardless. He fell to the ground in a new fit of laughter. His only regret was that he wished he could have got it on tape.

©2002 Devon Masterson

Another Bond Girl Blue Production.

Let's be real here… we all know that I don't own these characters or you would be watching this instead of reading it [with the exception of manga of course]. I just do this for kicks and wiggles [yes, I know the real expression, and this is mine] anywho don't sue me, hire me instead;p