Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Eternal Betrayal (Extended) ❯ Ch. 9 ( Chapter 9 )

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Chapter 9

BAD FRIENDS

 

June 30th, AC 202

Duo and Wufei calmly walked into the crowded building. They both knew what parts they played in Duo's dangerous plan, and they had prepared accordingly. They moved to the large auditorium where Relena Peacecraft was scheduled to make a speech in a few minutes.

The pair chose to stand in to stand in the back. They watched Relena climb up the stairs and stand at the podium. She began to speak. Wufei listened carefully, and he knew that Duo was studying each move she made and every word that she spoke. The Chinese man found several things wrong in her speech, such as the battle earlier in the month.

Relena scanned the room as she spoke. Finally her eyes fell on the pair. Duo smirked as she froze. It lasted only a few seconds, and she moved on with her speech. The pause didn't affect her at all.

 

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The only ship with stealth technology, the Destiny Jumped into Earth orbit. A shuttle was quickly sent down to the surface. Quatre, Trowa, Heero, and Milliardo led a team into the city. They had figured out where the pair of fugitives was heading, and they knew they were racing against time.

 

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Duo led Wufei into the large building. He barely noticed the increased security around the lobby. He knew that they recognized him at least. The long braid and violet eyes set him off immediately. “Look, Wufei. Guests,” Duo said a little more cheerfully than he should have. The two pilots sat down on a pair of chairs.

The Chinese man frowned. “Perhaps you mean victims?” he said calmly. Duo laughed.

“Perhaps. Perhaps not.” Duo shrugged. He turned to the approaching guards. “Is it true that Relena Peacecraft's here?”

“What does it matter to you, traitor scum?!” one of the guards asked. Duo grinned and relaxed in his seat.

“Good, good. Thanks for answering my question,” Duo said, pulling a small grenade out the inside of his coat. “Come on, Wufei. We have an appointment with Prime Minister Peacecraft, and I'd hate to be late.” The two pilots walked towards the elevator. He tossed the grenade over his shoulder. Wufei heard the people below scream in surprise before they tried to run away. The small bomb exploded.

 

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The alarm rang loudly, and it did nothing to raise Wufei's mood. The shrill sound began to become irritating at best. The Chinese man inserted a new clip into the handgun as he stood behind the thick pillar. Bullets ricocheted off of the marble surface. Wufei looked over at the American. The braided captain was calmly waiting out the attack. The gunfire let off slightly, but that was all the time Duo needed. He jumped out. He fired quickly. The bullets ripped through the guards; the bodies fell to the ground almost silently. Duo dashed down the hall and up the stairs. Wufei followed quickly and quietly.

Duo froze when he saw a new guard appear at the top of the stairs. He was virtually unprotected. The guard opened fire, and Duo gasped as three bullets ripped through his abdomen. Blood splashed across the carpeted stairs. As he fell, Duo shot the guard in the middle of the forehead.

Wufei ran to catch his friend. Wufei dragged Duo to a more defendable position. He didn't care about the stains he was getting on his clothes. He ran his fingers down the slender back and felt around for exit wounds. He registered two holes in the pitch black fabric. Wufei frowned. Already the wounds were healing, and it would be extremely painful to extract the third bullet. “Shit,” Wufei muttered.

“I'll be good, Wufei,” Duo gasped. Wufei could see that the braided young man was in a large amount of pain. His face was pale, and his violet eyes were tightly shut. His chest rose and fell in a fast pattern. Wufei felt for his pulse; it was almost dangerously rapid, but strong.

Soon, though, Duo bent over. He struggled to get up. Wufei saw crimson drops fall to the ground, further staining the expensive carpet. “We should rest for a couple minutes,” Wufei suggested.

Duo laughed slightly. “I'll be fine, Wufei. The nanomachines are working beautifully.” He reloaded his gun and dashed up the stairs. This time nobody stopped the pair. Wufei tried his best to ignore the obvious pain his friend was in. He only hoped Duo could last long enough to make it out of here alive.

 

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“Did you hear?! The hotel that Prime Minister Peacecraft is staying in was attacked.” Heero's attention was instantly captured. The two young women nearby laughed slightly.

“Really?!”

“Really!”

“The police have already gotten there.”

“Oh, I guess we won't get any good views then.”

 

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Wufei waited for the gunfire to pause before he glanced around the corner. He glared at the ten or so men standing at the end of the hall in front of Relena's door. The woman had barricaded herself in her room.

Duo tossed another pair of grenades down the hall. Screams were cut short by the explosions. The two pilots ran down the hall, ignoring the cries of the dying. When this was all over with, there would be more people to worry about than the one or two that survived the horrific blasts.

The door to the hotel room had been nearly completely destroyed by the two bombs, and it took a simple nudge to cause the remainder to fall to the ground. “Pardon our intrusion,” Duo said, walking into the room. He was tired and sore, and his gunshot wound ached horribly.

Relena stood angrily. “You! You can't be in here!” she yelled at him.

Duo laughed. “The door was open,” he replied calmly. He pointed to the destroyed door.

“W-what do you want?!”

“I wanted to ask you to do something before we disappeared.”

“And what is that?”

“Send out an e-mail to all of the countries and colonies saying that you pardon the exiles of any and all crimes committed, and that you release all papers on the Super-Soldier Project.”

“What?! I'll pardon the exiles, but the information on the SS Project has long since been destroyed! By your little rebellion no less!”

Duo sighed. “Just hurry up. We don't have much time.” He walked over to the window and pulled the drapes open. He ignored the two gunshots echoing from the hall. The pain-filled screams abruptly stopped.

 

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Quatre heard people gasp and point up to the third floor. He paled when he saw Duo standing in Relena's room. Quatre could see that something was wrong. Duo was extremely pale and seemed to be breathing rather hard. The brunette stared down at the crowd. He turned suddenly, and Wufei walked up to the window, covered in blood. The two spoke quickly before they both walked away from the window. The drape drifted shut.

 

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“There! I'm done! Now leave me alone!” Relena yelled at the pair.

Duo sat down on the couch. “You should probably get out of here, Relena, before time runs out.” He pulled out a small timed bomb out of the recesses of his clothes. It had miraculously survived the battle through the building. The politician paled sharply. She turned and ran out the door as quickly as she could. Duo laughed quickly. He leaned back on the couch. He covered his face with one arm, but Wufei could see the lone tear fall down his face.

“We really are horribly bad friends, aren't we, Wufei?”

 

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“There she is!” the police chief yelled as Relena exited the building. “Go! Go! Go!” The two squads ran towards the building.

Before they could enter the building, the second floor window exploded. A series of detonations followed. The shockwaves from the blasts knocked the police back as the building came crashing down.

 

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August 25th, AC 202

The three Gundam pilots, Milliardo, and several of the officers on the Sanctuary Alliance stood near the two empty graves. Although neither body had been recovered from the ruins of the hotel, it felt appropriate to give Duo and Wufei a proper burial. The empty caskets were lowered into the twin graves, and dirt was shoveled in on top of them.

Trowa held Quatre close as he led the small blonde away from the graves. Heero stood over the graves and waited until everyone else left. He knelt down to Duo's gravestone touch it. The stone was cold under his fingers. “This was your plan all along, wasn't it? To make me care for you and then leave me here alone?” he asked the marker.

 

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Ring! Ring! Ring!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Click!

“You've reached Heero Yuy's telephone. Leave your name and number and a brief message at the tone,” Heero's voice echoed through the empty house.

Beep!

“Hey, Heero, how have you been lately?” Duo's cheerful voice said from the machine. “Sorry I missed you, but I can't talk very long. You know, busy busy! My number is -.” The message was cut off.