Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Eternal Betrayal (Extended) ❯ Ch. 8 ( Chapter 8 )

Disclaimer: This is really starting to get irritating…. ANYWAY!!! GW is not mine. The plot of this story and some of the characters are, so please don't take!!!!

 

Chapter 8

Drastic Measures

 

June 15th, AC 202

“I was worried, Wufei.” The Chinese man looked up from the chessboard to study his friend.

“About what?”

“I seriously thought I'd killed you,” Duo said sadly. “And when I heard you were infected by the nanomachines in my body, I worried that you were dying.”

Wufei sighed as he picked up a piece and moved it across the board. It was the third time in nearly a week that Duo had dropped into this depression. “We're both fine now and that's all that matters,” he said calmly. “I promise to help you get through this, Duo. I won't stop you if you decide to do something drastic. Just promise me you won't regret it.”

Duo smiled. “I won't.” Wufei watched him carefully for any sign of instability, but the braided captain gave nothing away. He simply moved his queen. “Checkmate,” Duo said calmly, grinning. Wufei glared at the offending piece. “Perhaps I should teach you to play chess, ne, Wufei?”

Wufei sat back, his face red with embarrassment. “I didn't expect you to play chess, let alone know how to play it.” Duo laughed at Wufei's blush.

“Expect the unexpected, Chang Wufei.” Duo set the board back up.

 

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“You sure about this, Wufei?”

Wufei glared at the captain. “I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't sure. Now start up the system.”

Duo pressed the activation button. Wufei felt static build in the air around them. The plain room shifted into a quiet forest with a slight misting rain. He registered the familiar weight of a sharp katana in his hands. “Remember, Wufei, if you get injured while the program's running, you won't heal,” Duo said, carefully adjusting to the sword's weight. “The nanomachines will inflict the injuries. Not the fatal ones, of course.”

“Good.” The program gave them the go-ahead. The Chinese man launched himself at Duo. The braided young man blocked his strike. “What are you thinking of doing, Duo?” he asked calmly.

The captain grinned. “Something horribly drastic.”

“How drastic?”

“Very drastic. Almost enough to be insane.”

Wufei frowned as Duo pushed him back. “I never expected you to do something `insane'. Care to tell me what your plan is?”

Violet eyes flashed dangerously. “Knowledge comes with a price, Wufei. Always has, always will. Are you willing to give up the chance of returning to ignorance once I tell you?”

“I don't want to regret my choices, Duo. I promised not to interfere.”

The American smiled again. “Once we're done.” He jumped a short distance back. “Come now, Chang Wufei,” Duo said cheerfully. “Give me everything you got.”

 

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Heero glared at the two pilots as they walked in through the door. Both Wufei and Duo looked exhausted. They had also changed into different clothes from the ones that they had worn went they left the house. Duo wore bandages around his wrist and fingers; Wufei had a single bandage wrapped around his neck and sported a beautiful blue and black bruise on his exposed upper arm.

Duo went upstairs to his room, and Heero heard the door close softly. “What was that about?” Heero demanded. Wufei paused.

“What was what about?” the Chinese man said calmly.

Heero tensed angrily. “You two were gone all day, and you come home in new clothes and covered in bandages!”

“Maxwell asked me for martial arts training!” Wufei snapped. “He's 22-years-old! He doesn't need you to watch his every move!”

Heero stood up. “I don't! You two were never close, and all of a sudden you're acting like co-conspirators?! I want to know what's going on!”

“It's non of your concern!”

 

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Duo reached for the small generator. The braided captain was intent on building something revolutionary, but Wufei didn't know what it was. The Chinese man simply watched and studied his friend's actions. “The others won't like this, Duo.”

Duo looked up from the machine. “I know, but it'll all work out in the end.”

Wufei glared at the slender back. “Let's hope so...”

 

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“What have you two been doing, Wufei?” Heero demanded. “I've seen you and Duo talking seriously, and I want to know what you're doing.”

Wufei tensed. The Japanese pilot took a threatening step forward; Wufei forced himself to retreat. “It's none of your business, Yuy, what Maxwell and I are doing.”

“Like hell it is! Something's wrong! Duo spends more time with you than anyone else!”

“What does it matter to you?!” Wufei yelled back. “You're acting like his mother!”

The statement caused something to snap in Heero. The Japanese man flung himself at Wufei. The other Asian man ducked to the side, and as Heero passed by, Wufei delivered a brutal kick to his ribs. Heero jumped back. The Asian pilots glared at each other.

“This isn't over, Wufei,” Heero growled. He got up and walked out of the house. Wufei watched him leave before he went upstairs to Duo's room.

 

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“You need to disappear,” Wufei said suddenly. Duo's head shot up from the laptop. “Yuy's onto us.”

Duo quickly saved his progress and packed up his stuff. “Do you think you can stall them for 2 hours?”

“We'll meet in the Angel room.” Wufei set his watch's alarm.

“See you then.” Duo ran out of the house.

 

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“Where's Duo?!” Milliardo yelled angrily.

Wufei simply stared at the blond man calmly. “I don't know.” Wufei smirked. “Even if I did, I sure as hell wouldn't tell you.”

The normally calm and collected man flushed with murderous rage. “Tell me where he is NOW!!!”

“Or what? You going throw me out the airlock?”

“Don't tempt me, Chang!”

`Only 15 more minutes…' The Chinese man had sat here for nearly two hours going through interrogator and interrogator until finally Milliardo Peacecraft decided to try his luck himself.

The frustrated man realized he was not going to get any information from the Gundam pilot and stormed out of the room. Wufei sighed, slightly disappointed. Soon, however, he was surprised to see Trowa enter. “Barton.”

“Wufei,” the former clown said calmly as he sat down. The pair stared at each other for ten full minutes. “Milliardo says that you're planning to betray Sanctuary.”

The Chinese man snorted. “Did he now?”

“Where is he, Wufei?”

Wufei would never admit to anyone that he was half tempted to tell Trowa Duo's plan, but he remembered his oath not to interfere with anything the braided pilot did. Telling Trowa anything would be interfering to Wufei.

The interrogation continued for a few more minutes. Suddenly Wufei's alarm went off. Confusion flashed through Trowa's emerald eyes. Wufei launched himself across the table, knocking the brunette to the ground. Trowa gasped as his head hit the hard floor. Wufei ran to the door. He knew he didn't have time to worry about his stunned friend.

Guards ran out into the hall. Wufei quickly dispatched them. He couldn't afford to have many people after. Wufei ran down the hall. Praying to every god he could think of, he ignored the startled gasps of his other friends and dove out the window. He felt the glass cut into his skin, but the nanomachines repaired the injuries. He turned to land on his feet. He ran over to the entrance to the maintenance tunnels.

Duo had told Wufei the path to take to get to the Angel room. The Chinese man quickly remembered it. It only took about five minutes to get to the nearest exit to the Angel room.

The braided captain was waiting patiently next to the tank. Wufei had never seen the Angels before, and their strange mermaid-like appearance was surprising. “Wufei, come here. You should talk to Hotaru at least once before we leave,” Duo said, motioning to the silver-haired Angel in front of him. Wufei quickly walked over to the pair. “Put your hand here.” The Chinese man stared at his friend cautiously before he placed his hand on the glass. The woman put her hand against his.

It is a pleasure to meet you, Chang Wufei... I've been watching you very closely since the first war… You are an abnormality in time… Just like Duo…

“Abnormality?”

When your colony was attacked and destroyed, you were supposed to die… But now I see that it was for the better that you survived… This next battle will be a major turning point in history, and I cannot see where you both will go… But know that there is no such thing as coincidence, only inevitability… The Angel did an awkward bow and swam away. Wufei watched her disappear into the murky waters.

“That…was different…”

Duo grinned. “But it was fun, right?”

The pair turned when they heard people yelling far down the hall. Milliardo and Heero were leading a group of guards towards their position. “We should get going,” Wufei said. Duo handed him a small device. “Is this what I think it is?”

“Yep. Just press that button.” Wufei did as he was instructed. The room flashed suddenly before Wufei found himself standing in the middle of an empty field. Duo laughed enthusiastically. Wufei glared at him. “We made it!”

“You sound as though you didn't expect this.”

“Well, don't get me wrong! It works as well as I wanted it to. It's just that…” Duo pulled out his GPS tracker. “We're about 7 miles away from where I set the coordinates…”

 

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Sally gasped in surprise and froze. The sharp blade bit into her neck threateningly. “Close the door calmly,” a familiar voice said from behind her.

“Wufei? What are you doing?” she asked as she closed the door. The knife disappeared, and the Chinese man walked over to the coach and sat down. “What the hell is going on?!” she screamed at him. “You disappear for months, and the first time I see you again, you're holding a knife to my neck!”

The sounds of a flushing toilet interrupted her rant. “Ah, sorry about that, Sally,” Duo said, walking out of the bathroom. “I needed to ask you if you kept the key to my storage locker.”

“It's hanging on the rack. What do you need from it? And where have you two been?”

“I'm afraid we can't tell you much, Sally,” Duo said, walking over to the key rings. He removed the necessary key off of the rack. “All I can say is that we're taking drastic measures.” He grinned softly. He motioned for Wufei to follow him out the door.

Sally knew that Duo was planning something extreme. “Well, if you need my help ever again, just drop by,” Sally said as calmly as possible considering the situation.

Duo grinned one more time. “I'll be sure to remember that.” The door closed silently behind the pair.