Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Force ❯ Chapter 11 ( Chapter 11 )

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Beautiful Force

~*~ Chapter 11 ~*~

Quatre knocked softly on Heero's door before poking his head inside. The sight he found brought a grin to his face. Heero was leaned back against the headboard. Duo was curled up in his arms like a kitten, his head pillowed on Heero's chest. Quatre walked into the room and as he got closer to the bed, his smile was replaced slowly by a frown.

Staring down at the bandages wrapped snuggly around Duo's chest, he looked up and met Heero's dark eyes.

"Heero, is he all right?" he whispered, concern clouding his bright gaze.

"He will be." Heero answered quietly.

"Do you want me to contact Sally?"

Heero nodded absently as Duo stirred fretfully against him and he ran a hand gently over his head, murmuring softly for him to go back to sleep.

Quatre grinned at Heero's unconscious gesture and couldn't help the soft chuckle that escaped his lips when Heero looked up and caught his grin before turning away with a soft 'hn'.

Quatre turned and left the room, walking silently down the stairs and into the kitchen. His grin faded again into confusion as he caught sight of Wufei slumped over the table, sound asleep.

Creeping closer, he put his hand gently on Wufei's shoulder. The other pilot awoke at the touch and sat up, blinking blearily up at him.

"Wufei, what are you doing here? Did you sleep here all night?"

"Yes, what time is it?" Wufei asked as he stretched his arms high over his head before standing up.

"About 6 in the morning. I was just going to call Sally." Quatre replied.

"Sally? Why?" Wufei asked, his attention now focused directly on Quatre.

"Duo must have been hurt by the Oz troops that had him captive. Heero bandaged his chest and agreed that we should call Sally to check on him."

"Duo was hurt? He didn't act hurt last night when he got in." Wufei muttered, more to himself than out loud.

"Last night?" Quatre said, confusion creeping into his voice.

"Yes, I was in the hanger last night when he arrived back. Excuse me, but I need to take a shower." Wufei said absentmindedly as he strode from the room.

Quatre stared at Wufei's retreating back, bewildered by the strange actions of the other man. Shaking off his thoughts, he turned to the phone and placed his call.

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"Any harder and they would have snapped anyone of these cracks." Sally said as she wrapped Duo's ribs snuggly.

"Nah, I'm too hard too hurt." Duo joked as he winced from the pressure that she was putting on the bandages.

Sally looked down at him, an amused expression flittering across her face. Turning slightly, she caught sight of Heero hovering unobtrusively leaned back against the wall with his arms folded over his chest and a frown marring his face.

Tucking the last strip of the bandage away, she stood up and opened her medical kit. Withdrawing a small bottle, she shook out one pill and handed it to Duo with a glass of water. As he swallowed the pill, she set the bottle on the night stand next to the bed before turning back to him.

"Use these if the pain gets too bad, but no more than one every twelve hours. They also will make you sleepy." she said as she smiled down at the pale, sweating pilot. She knew he had to be in a lot of pain from her examination and treatment.

"Thanks Sal." Duo said grinned cheekily up at her, trying to ignore the throbbing pain that ached in his chest.

"No problem, now get some rest and take it easy till those ribs heal completely. I'll be back to check up on you in two weeks." Sally replied as she gathered her equipment and walked quietly from the room. Looking in Heero's direction, she gave him a significant look before leaving the room.

Heero pushed off the wall and crossed the room, bending over to smooth the hair back from Duo's sweaty forehead.

"Get some rest, I'll be back soon." he said quietly as he dropped a light kiss on Duo's brow. Duo smiled weakly back up at him as he nodded and laid back into the covers.

Heero strode quickly from the room, closing the door gently behind him. Walking downstairs, her paused in the entryway to the living room where the other pilots and Sally had gathered. He looked pointedly at Sally, silently telling to tell them what the problem was.

"First thing, Duo's going to be fine. Primarily the bruising is nasty in appearance and very painful but will heal quickly. What I am concerned about is the three ribs that are cracked that will take much longer to heal." she frowned as she looked steadily around the room at the others. "I want all of you to promise me that he will take it easy. I don't want him lifting anything or bouncing all over the house like he always does." Her glare encompassed the others who, with the exception of Heero, shifted uncomfortably.

"Don't worry Sally, we will make sure he rests." Quatre, always the diplomat, piped up.

"I mean it, no missions either." she continued causing Quatre to squeak and burrow into Trowa as her glare focused on him. Trowa wrapped a comforting arm about him as he looked blandly back at her.

"Onna, we have given you our word." Wufei growled, his dark eyes glittering as he leaned forward as if to rise.

"I'll inform the doctors, and he will not get past me." Heero said bluntly. The others looked up in surprise but kept their comments to themselves.

"Good. Well then, I need to get back to the clinic." Sally said as she stood up to leave.

"Thank you Sally for coming." Quatre said as he peeked back up from where he was buried in Trowa's arms. Sally smiled softly as she nodded back to the blonde pilot.

"Anytime Quatre, but I would prefer it not to be when you all are hurt. Next time lets make it a pleasure call." she said sliding her arms into her coat.

"Yes, we should. Have a good trip back Sally." Quatre said as he untangled himself from Trowa and stood. Leaving the other pilots in the living room, he quickly escorted her to the door before returning. Slouching down onto the couch next to Trowa, Quatre looked around at the others.

"So what are we going to do about the doctors?" he said. The other three did not need him to elaborate further. They knew that the doctors' had set Duo up for some reason and they needed to find out why. But the hard part would be how. They sat quietly thinking of the plans that they needed to gain the information they needed.

"I'm going to check on Duo." Heero said as he pushed himself up off the wall and left the room. Trowa, Quatre and Wufei stared after his departure silently until Quatre's giggle echoed the room. Trowa and Wufei's attention focused onto the giggling blonde.

"Mind sharing what's so funny?" Wufei said flatly, one dark eyebrow arched.

"Just remembering the scene I found this morning." Quatre giggled again, then stifled a yelp as Trowa dug his fingers into his side.

"So share." Trowa murmured softly.

"I think that they finally admitted to each other how they feel." Quatre said as he wiggled out of Trowa's range.

"Well, its about time." Trowa said, looking up he caught a glimpse of Wufei's face. "What's wrong Wufei?"

"Uhm, nothing." Wufei started, shaking his head slightly. "That's good, it's about time those two got together." With that, he stood and quickly exited the room. Trowa and Quatre exchanged puzzled looks as they heard the front door slam shut.

"What was that about?" Quatre asked puzzlement clouding his features.

"I'm not sure love, but we will find out in time I am sure." Trowa said as an unlikely thought raced through his mind.

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A/N: Sorry for the long break between chapters, but I have three open stories that I am working and I am talking 6 hours of college classes this semester, along with working full time. Homework has been taking up most of my writing time. Please be patient, I will finish this story.

~DBZ Vegeta