Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ An Unusual Cure ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter 5

 

“Professor Fulken we have captured the intruder. We have identified him as the former Gundam pilot Duo Maxwell. We believe that he has come to free Heero Yuy.”

 

Fulken turned from his spot over Heero. The boy had been sedated and the room was being prepared for surgery. Soon Fulken would know just what had caused the implants to malfunction. Then he could correct his mistake and find a new person to replace Yuy. The person who had spook was one of the doctors in charge of Heero Yuy. He was a trustworthy man of considerable skill.

 

Fulken closed his eyes as a smile came to his face. “Duo Maxwell? Yes, I remember that name.” He remembered him quite well. “He was quite an extraordinary pilot himself.”

 

“Yes sir, what would you like us to do with him?”

 

Fulken felt his mood lift. Just when he had lost his well trained solder a new subject came forth. The boy would prove very useful indeed. “Heero was supposed to lead our army to victory within the year. That will clearly not be possible now. I had believed that we would have to start from scratch, finding another baby and raising him as we had Heero raised. But Duo Maxwell is already a skilled fighter and, though he is no Heero Yuy, with a little time under our wing he could be just as great. Oh course we will have to fit him with an obedience devise but that should not be too difficult. Let us revive Heero Yuy. Is there anything you can give him that will make his heart speed up and trigger the implants?”

 

The doctor nodded, “yes sir, the same drug we used in the testing stage. But sir, if his heart speeds up now there is no way to know how much adrenaline will be injected into his body. He may become more than even we can control.”

 

“That's a chance I'm willing to take. If Mr. Maxwell is to lead our army then he must prove himself. What better way to do that then to defeat the man he will be replacing? Prepare him at once. The sooner we do this, the sooner we can finish our experiments with Mr. Yuy.”

 

 

Duo stumbled forward crashing face first into the hard ground as he was pushed from behind. With his hands tied firmly behind his back he hadn't had any hope of breaking the fall. “You don't have to be so rough you know,” he grumbled in protest. He pulled himself up on his knees so that he could have a better look around. The room he had been thrust into was easily one of the largest laboratories Duo had ever seen. There where computers lining the walls and in the center of the room was a cage that reminded Duo very much of a cage found in some science fiction movie. The walls of the cage were made up of a high-density energy netting that would instantly kill whoever came in contact with it. Inside the netting was a group of scientists and one Heero Yuy.

 

“Heero!”

 

The boy in question looked up from where he stood. He was being held between two muscular men, both who had an unnatural sheen in their eyes.

 

Duo studied them unhappily. They were easily keeping Heero retrained. `More enhanced solders. I'd bet my life on it. Well they might be able to handle Heero but lets see how they take us both.'

 

Duo gasped as he felt his wrists being tugged up and a gun was wedged in the small of his back. “Now Mr. Maxwell. I can not have you attacking my men. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Professor Fulken, I am the founder of this army. I must say I am impressed with your record Mr. Maxwell. I would like you to join us.”

 

Duo stared at the man who was addressing him. Fulken looked like he would have fit in perfectly with the mad five. He was old with spotty white hair and a shaggy mustache. The man wore a white coat, just like everyone else in the room. It was his smile that got to Duo. It made the boy want to run and scream. This man was not healthily in the mind, to say the least. Duo did not make a move. There was a gun trained on him, and another one on Heero. He was not going to risk either one of them. Despite his energetic personality, he knew when to wait and when to make a move. Now was the time to wait and gather information. “Heero are you hurt?”

 

Heero shook his head but made no other move. The boy looked as if he was perfectly relaxed and unfazed by the situation, only his eyes told a different story.

 

“Now my dear Mr. Maxwell, you should not show such concern for the enemy. That is something we will have to work with you on.”

 

“Heero is not my enemy. Are you the ones responsible for what's happening to him?”

 

“Yes, we are the ones who gave him the implants, but that is unimportant. He shall no longer be of any use to us. He is beyond our ability to repair. You on the other hand are still very useful to us.”

 

“What the hell are you talking about?”

 

“You'll see in time. Now, release Mr. Maxwell, and give him a knife. We want to make the playing field fair. Now don't try anything with that knife. We have guns trained on Mr. Yuy and you both.”

 

Duo found himself being freed. He took the offered knife and was about to use it on the same man that had cut him free but found himself being roughly shoved forward. There was still a gun to his back. The electric mesh was deactivated leaving nothing but thin wire between Heero and Duo. `Now!' Duo sprang forward planing to cut through the wire, grab Heero, and get the hell out of this god forsaken place. The man with the gun grabbed him. “Not yet, you'll have your chance to be with him. You can bet on that.” Duo considered his options. He could kill the man easily, but then Heero might suffer for it. With great control he held his ground and waited.

 

Fulken pulled out a syringe and plunged it not to gently into Heero's arm. Duo gasped as the wire was pulled aside and he was thrown right at Heero. The electrical netting came alive again just as Heero sank to his knees. The blue eyed boy's frame shook and a sheen of sweat covered his forehead. The other guards had with drawn and left the two boys alone. Duo didn't give a shit about them at that moment.

 

Duo sunk down beside his friend and pulled him up into his arms, “Heero, hell what was that they put into you?”

 

On the other side of the wire Fulken was smiling, “it was a perfectly harmless drug, Mr. Maxwell. It will simply speed up his heart beat.”

 

`Speed up his heartbeat? Kami, but that means…'

 

Duo shook clenching down tighter on Heero. He could feel Heero's heart pounding in his chest and he knew that even now a ton of adrenaline was being pumped into his friend. He would become that mindless solder again. Tears fought there way to the surface and spilled over as Duo pressed his head against the other boy's chest. He needed to be close to him. He had to hold on, he wouldn't let him go again. “Heero please, I can't lose you. Don't let this happen. Don't become that thing again. Heero please, I love you.”

 

 

Heero's body burned with an inner blaze that pumped through his veins. He could feel something in his conscience threatening to take over. The part on him that was created from years of isolation and training was bubbling to the surface. It was telling him that he was in danger, and that there were enemies to destroy. There was an enemy there right now. His enemy was practically holding him in his lap clinging to him and crying in desperation. He could hear his enemy's words clearly. His enemy was pleading with him, telling him to fight something, telling Heero that he loved him.

 

`My enemy loves me? Well that hardly makes sense. This is Duo Maxwell, a gundam pilot of considerable skill. He is an obstacle to over come.'

 

`But Duo is not my enemy.' Another part of him argued. `He is the one that I love. I know that, though he never will. But he says that he loves me as well. Then why shouldn't he and I be together?'

 

`He will be a burden to you. He will cause you weakness.' That voice again, this time sounding desperate.

 

It was odd, the voice had always been there and Heero had never realized it. This time would be different, he was done pushing away his feelings. `No, Duo could never be a burden. It's true that he sometimes makes me feel weak and out of control, but he gives me strength also. Strength I could never get from training of any kind. I love Duo, and he deserves to know it.'

 

Heero turned to stare at the beauty in his arms. How could he have never realized what a gem Duo was? And why had he waited so long for this?

 

“Gomen nasai, Duo-chan. I wouldn't make you wait any longer.” Then he leaned down to plant a long slow kiss on the braided boys mouth. Duo's eyes widened and he gasped opening his mouth and giving Heero the opportunity to dart in. Duo tasted so good. Sweeter then anything Heero had ever known with a hint of salt from his tears. “Heero?”

 

Heero smiled as his tongue swept the inner workings of Duo's mouth familiarizing himself with every inch of it. “Hia baka.”

 

Heero wrapped his arms around the other boy and pushed him to the ground never breaking contact. Duo responded as a starving man would respond to food. He was desperate for the contact and Heero was happy to assist. Finally coming up for air Heero started planting a trail of kisses down Duo's cheek and down to his neck.

 

“Ah Heero?”

 

Heero growled in annoyance looking up to meet the boy's eyes. Duo was panting slightly and an ear to ear smile was plastered on his face. He certainly didn't seem to mind to treatment he receiving.

 

“What's wrong now?”

 

“Oh, nothing much. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying myself but I'm feeling a little self conscious with those guys watching us.”

 

“Hn.” Indeed their audience was a problem. The idea that Fulken and his people where watching them was disgusting, though their expressions were quite amusing.

 

“You two were supposed to battle, not make out! Is this another result of the implants?”

 

Heero stood pulling his braided koi up with him. “Iie professor. Your implants are useless. They have no control over me.”

 

Fulken smiled, “ that truly is a pity, however you are still in my control. If you have regained mastery of the implants then I shall allow you to remain my armies general. Oh course Mr. Maxwell may remain at your side. His skills could prove useful.”

 

Ignoring the not so generous offer Heero turned to Duo and whispered quietly, “Duo take off your shoes.”

 

“Nani?”

 

“I need the rubber on your soles. Be ready with your knife and trust me.”

 

Duo nodded and sat down removing his shoes as fast as he could. He climbed back to his feet and handed them over. Heero wasted no time. Slipping a shoe over each hand he leapt right for the electric netting. Normally the high voltage would have killed a person easily. Heero could only pray that the rubber on Duo's shoes would act as enough of a shield to give him time to brake through. “Duo throw the knife at the net now!”

 

Duo grabbed the knife by the blade and flung it at the net. A small hole appeared in it. That was all Heero needed. 'I have to make sure that the rubber makes direct contact with the net. If I touch it, I will not live long.' Heero pushed the soles of the shoes against the netting and ripped it farther apart. The electricity was dulled by the rubber, but it still hurt like hell. Luckily enough for Heero he had more adrenaline pumping through his veins then was humanly possible. Heero pushed his way through the wire and made straight for the closest guard. With a single move Heero had taken the guard's gun, taken him out of commotion, and gotten Fulken at gunpoint.

 

Duo smiled winking at Heero. “If you boys don't want to lose your leader I suggest you let us go, now.”

 

~~~

 

“So there's no way to take them out?”

 

“No Duo, not without killing myself.”

 

The braided boy sighed. It was latter that night and he and Heero had gotten a hotel room to stay in. Thanks to Fulken they had gotten out of the TURF factory with little difficulty. It's amazing how agreeable a person can be when you're holding them at gunpoint. They had taken Fulken to the authorities and then went straight for this hotel. TURF would be dismantled and the solders created to serve it would be returned to there families. The only problem was that many of them did not have families to return to. That was why they had joined in the first place. Duo sighed, even a place like this had it's homeless.

 

“What's wrong koi?”

Duo smiled, “You have no idea how much I love to hear you say that. Heero, are you going to be okay?”

Heero frowned, “I worry about the implants and what they do to me. But then again they've always been there so I guess I will just have to work on controlling them. I'll have to go somewhere, where I can't hurt anyone. At least until I'm sure that I've mastered them.

 

“No Heero, I won't let you be alone. Come back with me if you need a place to stay.”

 

“Duo I may hurt you…”

 

“No, I trust you Heero. You will hurt me if you leave. I need you.”

Heero smiled, “very well Duo-chan. But are you sure you can handle me?”

Duo epeed as Heero pounced of him. Life was indeed looking up.