Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Family Ties ❯ Chapter 19 ( Chapter 19 )

Disclaimer: I don't own the G Boys, I just borrow them from time to time and return them a whole lot happier. I do own the plot line and any other characters that appear here that are not in the Gundam Wing Universe; please do not take them without permission. Written for pleasure not profit.

 

Warnings: Angst, sap, fluff, violence, Mpreg.

 

Rating: NC 17

 

Pairings: 1x2x1, 3x4x3, 5xS, HxOC

 

Summary: Sequel to Chimaera. Life in the Maxwell -Yuy household has undergone some big changes when Duo brings Keitaro home from the hospital. Hilde's wedding is approaching and the guys find there's more to this baby business than they thought. Struggling to raise a child, work at Preventer and keep the home happy is certainly a trial for both guys. Add an assassin's threats to prominent government officials' lives and both men find their lives are suddenly changed. Just how far will one go to protect the ones he loves?

 

Dedication: to all my lovely readers out there who enjoyed Chimaera and have since begged, threatened, pleaded, bribed and blackmailed me for a sequel. ^_^

 

 

 

 

"Family Ties"

 

January. 2007 ShenLong

 

 

Chapter 19

 

The evening passed quietly for the pair, Heero checked on the program from all the shuttle ports, only to find that there wasn't anything amiss at all. All departing shuttles and their cargo checked out. Once Keitaro was changed and settled for the night, Duo joined his partner in the study to go over the disc that Relena had copied for them.

 

They scrolled through the information, noting all the purchases, dates and costing. They compared it to the cargo shuttles and found it all matched. With the volume of information it was impossible to check each one individually so Heero set about modifying his program slightly to scan through the disc's contents and do a match up.

 

It would take the program quite a bit of time to run through the entire disc, but it would be a hell of a lot faster than checking each one manually.

 

With the program scanning away, the pair went to bed.

 

Snuggling together under the covers, Duo's mind continued to turn over the events at the ESUN. His sixth sense was telling him that there was something wrong, now if only he could find it. It didn't seem logical to him that someone would try to hack a system and then shoot themselves. Why go to all that trouble? Unless there was something else, or someone else…

 

“Stop thinking,” Heero chastised.

 

“Sorry. I can't help it. There's something missing.”

 

“Missing?”

 

“Yeah. I dunno, Heero. None of this makes sense. I still can't see why someone would go to such lengths to hack a system and then shoot themselves. What good would whatever information they were hacking be when they're dead?”

 

“I don't know, but I do agree with you that there's more to this than meets the eye.”

 

“I hope Une lets us have a look at that police report tomorrow.”

 

“That's if she's got it by then. You know how slow the police system can move.”

 

“Not their fault they're understaffed.”

 

“True. Look, no amount of tossing it around in your head will get you any further to finding out what's going on. I suggest we wait until Une has the police report and see if we can get a look at it. If we can, then we can compare findings and go from there.”

 

“You're right.” Duo snuggled closer. “Love you, Heero.”

 

“Love you too, Duo. Now go to sleep.”

 

“Yes, boss.”

 

“Baka!”

 

* * *

 

“I've had a message come through from Murphy,” Duric announced and passed over a sheet of paper to Nolen.

 

Nolen took it and scanned the paper. “Fuck!”

 

Duric walked across the small room to the bar and poured a generous amount of whiskey into a glass. He handed it to his boss.

 

“Thanks.” Nolen took the offered glass and drank the amber liquid, the alcohol burning a fiery trail to his gullet. It did steady his nerves a little though. Placing the empty glass on the desk, Nolen ran his hands over his face. “He was a good man,” he all but whispered.

 

Duric picked up the paper and read the short note. “Regret to inform that Cropp has been decimated by unknown parasite. Will continue to observe and try to locate source of the parasite.” Placing the paper back on Nolen's desk, Duric thought for a moment, then spoke. “I can have him infiltrate further, or leave him to continue the other work.”

 

“No point in sacrificing another man. Have him return to his usual work. Tell him to be ready to move out very soon. Someone knew what Cropp was up to, that much is clear. It's obvious our suspicions are true for them to have taken him out. He found something, Duric, he found the evidence we need. Now, if only we can get that evidence.”

 

“Did he manage to get anything through before he was killed?”

 

“A little, not much, and exactly what and of how much use it will be I don't know just yet. I've got Farrow working on it as we speak and hopefully he will be able to scavenge enough of the transmission for us to move to the next phase.”

 

“Then I will alert Murphy to the current status and get him to have everything in place ready to go when you give the order.”

 

“Thanks.”

 

* * *

 

Duo woke to a feeling of cramping in his gut. Whilst it wasn't painful, it was certainly uncomfortable.

 

His partner shifting restlessly beside him awoke Heero and he blinked open sleepy eyes. “You okay, Duo?”

 

“Yeah. I'm fine,” replied Duo as he tried yet again to get himself into a more comfortable position.

 

Instantly, Heero was on alert. “Something's wrong. What is it?” demanded Heero.

 

Knowing he wasn't going to get out of this one, Duo sighed. “Just some stomach cramps.”

 

“You sure that's all?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Duo?” Heero growled.

 

“I don't feel ill, Heero. Just some cramping, that's all.”

 

“If you're no better when we get up for work I want you to see Sally.”

 

“Okay. Sheesh!” Duo rolled over in a huff.

 

Heero spooned up behind him and draped his arms around Duo's waist. Gently he began to rub a hand over Duo's belly.

 

Duo sighed softly, even if he wouldn't admit to it, the rubbing eased the cramps a little and he drifted back to sleep.

 

* * *

 

The following morning, Wufei entered Une's office with a scowl on his handsome face. “You requested my presence?”

 

“Ah, Agent Fire. I wanted a debriefing on what you and the other two agents managed to find out about the problem at the ESUN yesterday.”

 

“That the local constabulary are a lot of useless idiots,” Wufei snapped.

 

Une looked up sharply from the papers on her desk. “I know the police force does tend to do things in a round about way at times, but they're not completely useless.”

 

“They are incompetent fools.”

 

“And why would you say that?”

 

“They towed my car.” If looks were anything to go by, Wufei's glare was about to melt a hole through the wall of Une's office.

 

“Why on earth would they tow your car?”

 

“I had to park in a loading zone.”

 

“Ah.”

 

“I had no choice. The area surrounding the ESUN building was completely cordoned off and I couldn't find anywhere else to park. I drove around for ages trying to find a parking spot and in the end I was running out of time so I had no choice but to park in the loading zone. It wasn't as if there would be any trucks using it either given the late hour, so I can't see what the problem was,” Wufei defended himself.

 

“I see. Have you fetched your car?”

 

“I tried.”

 

“That doesn't sound promising.”

 

“They said I would have to come back later when the officer in charge of impounded vehicles would be on shift. I... I had a few choice words with the officer on duty.” Wufei clammed up.

 

Une sighed. She could clearly visualize what must have happened. Wufei would have gotten on his high horse and done some ranting, the police officer would have stuck to his guns; Chang would have ranted some more until he finally conceded defeat and would return later when the appropriate officer was on duty.

 

Chang let her think what she liked, he didn't need to let his boss know he'd only left after being threatened with arrest.

 

“I'll call the precinct afterwards and arrange to have your car released. For now, let's get back to the matter at hand. What information did you and Agents Day and Night find out regarding the incident at the ESUN?”

 

Wufei gave the commander a brief run down on the crime scene and what the officers there had told them. He also informed Une of Maxwell's insistence that there was more to this case than met the eye, but exactly what he was thinking, Wufei had yet to be privy to.

 

Steepling her fingers, Une thought deeply. “If Agent Night feels there's something more going on here, then I think we should give him the opportunity to voice his concerns. I'm hoping to have the preliminary police report this afternoon. Once I do, I'll call you all to my office and see what the police make of it and discuss anything further from there.”

 

“I'll let the other agents know then.” Wufei stood up. “If there is nothing else, I'll return to my duties.”

 

“Thank you, Agent Fire.”

 

Wufei bowed and left, closing the door behind him and heading for his office and the other cases that awaited his attention.

 

* * *

 

The cramps had eased a little during the night, but when Duo awoke and began to move, they returned. Feeling more than pissed off, Duo headed for the bathroom to relieve himself and take a shower. Removing his boxers he was about to toss them to the laundry basket when something caught his eye. He paused and checked the silky fabric. There was a small spot of blood.

 

“Ah, crap.”

 

"Duo?"

 

Duo whirled around as Heero entered the bathroom. Taking one look at his partner's guilty face and the boxers currently being held defensively against Duo's chest, Heero was suddenly wide awake.

 

"What is it?" Heero asked with a tilt of his head.

 

With a deep sigh, Duo turned and stuffed the boxers in the laundry hamper. "Nothing of concern. I'll see Sally when we get to work."

 

"Duo?" Heero's voice held a warning edge to it.

 

"Okay! I'm fucking bleeding again. Happy now?!" Duo's face was red with embarrassment and he stormed into the shower stall, turning the water on as he went. "Shit! That's cold!"

 

Shaking his head and giving a sigh of his own, Heero followed his partner into the stall where the water had finally started to warm up. He wrapped his arms around Duo's waist and pulled his partner against his chest. "It's okay, Duo. I'm sorry if I embarrassed you."

 

"I'm sorry too, Heero. I shouldn't have snapped at you. I guess I should be used to this, I was the one that decided to keep the female bits after all so I can't blame anyone but myself."

 

"I still love you."

 

"I love you too, Heero."

 

* * *

 

Cross checking the programs again before they left for work, Heero couldn't find anything amiss with the inventories from the disc Relena had given them. They all checked out, right down to the shuttles the gear had been transported on. When Duo had a quick look, he had to agree with Heero that there wasn't anything wrong at all.

 

"I'm still not convinced," Duo muttered.

 

"I don't see what else we can do. Everything here is legitimate, above board and all matches up," replied Heero.

 

"I know; but there's something, Heero. There has to be. I can feel it in my gut." Duo carried Keitaro back out of the office and put him in his play pen. "See you tonight, sunshine," he said softly, his eyes misting as he gazed fondly at his son.

 

Heero followed behind and said his good byes to Keitaro, then with a couple of words to the nurse, the pair left for Preventer.

 

They arrived and clocked in, heading to their floor and the work that awaited. As Heero hung his jacket up and booted up the computer, he gave Duo a *look*. "Are you going to contact Sally?"

 

"Yeah, yeah. Keep your knickers on, Yuy. I'll call her in a minute."

 

Satisfied with that, Heero sat down and began his day's work.

 

Duo placed his call to Sally and the doctor said she could see him immediately. With a grunt, Duo agreed and hung up. He left without a word to Heero, the Japanese man watching silently as Duo left.

 

When Duo returned a short while later, Heero took one look at his face and decided to hold his tongue. He continued to work on the files, knowing that sooner or later, Duo would let him know what Sally had said.

 

To say he was feeling uncomfortable would be an understatement. Duo was severely irritated. His talk with Sally had gone okay, he'd already got a good idea of what the doctor would do and say. Sure enough, she'd taken blood samples, given him a mild pain killer to ease the cramps and a sanitary napkin to protect himself. After Duo's previous, heated refusal to have anything to do with 'fluffy white butt plugs', she'd discreetly avoided those. She'd also had a long talk with him regarding keeping track of the date he'd started to bleed, the date when he finished and how light or heavy the blood loss.

 

Feeling more and more like a freak, Duo had been a little short tempered, something Sally ignored. She'd patiently explained to him that he was most likely suffering from PMS - premenstrual syndrome - and that his irritability would pass in a day or two.

 

Duo had preferred to call it 'psychotic and mentally screwed'.

 

When Duo hadn't said anything for a while, Heero couldn't take it any longer and thought he'd risk his husband's wrath and just ask. “How did it go with Sally?”

 

“Fine,” came the muttered reply from behind the computer screen.

 

“Is everything okay?”

 

“As okay as it can be for a man who has female bits and has to suffer through the humiliation of bleeding, cramping and all the other lovely shit.”

 

“Ah. Okay.” Heero shut up and went back to work.

 

Unable to get rid of his pissy mood and not concentrating properly on the work at hand, Duo decided to grab a coffee and maybe try to channel his irritation into something more productive - like contacting Relena.

 

While he waited for the water to boil, Duo fetched his cell out of his pocket and dialed Relena's number. He was soon put through. “Hey, princess.”

 

“Duo! Good to hear from you. What can I do for you? Did you manage to get what you wanted from that disc?” Relena reeled off the questions.

 

“Actually, that's what I was calling about. The disc isn't really giving me much at all.”

 

“Oh?”

 

“No, there's a lot of information there, but I need more.”

 

“More? What sort of more?”

 

“Relena, do you happen to know who the major funders are for the colony rebuilding project?”

 

Relena frowned and thought for a moment. “There are a few. The ESUN has donated a large portion of funds, mainly from the government coffers. I believe Winner Enterprises is also a major sponsor and the Sanq government has donated to the fund. I'm sure there are several others too. I can probably find out, but it will take a while.”

 

“Nah, that's okay. Look, would it be any trouble if you could find out the figures from the major ball players? Just what Sanq and the ESUN has donated, please? I'll contact Quatre and get his figures.”

 

“Sure. I'll see what I can do. How soon do you want them?”

 

“Soon as you have them.”

 

“Okay. Leave it with me and I'll be in touch.”

 

“Thanks, Relena. I really appreciate this.”

 

“No problem, Duo. Just promise me you'll let me know what all this is for once you can.”

 

“Will do, princess.” Duo disconnected the call and finished making the coffee.

 

Picking up two mugs, he headed back to his office and placed one cup before Heero and gave his lover a deep kiss.

 

“Mmm. Not that I'm protesting, but what was that for?” asked Heero.

 

“To say I'm sorry for snapping at you earlier.”

 

“That's okay, I understand.”

 

“I wish I did,” Duo muttered. “Women, I don't know how they put up with all this hormonal, psychotic syndrome thing.”

 

Heero snickered.

 

* * *

 

Farrow continued in his quest to make sense of what Cropp had been trying to send through before his sudden demise. Nolen had provided him with a copy of the email Cropp had started to send and it did help to fill in a few of the gaps.

 

There wasn't much to work with, but Farrow was pretty good at filling in missing links. Slowly, he began to make some sense out of the limited information he had.

 

After three days of painstaking work, Farrow was pretty sure he had the basic outline.

 

“Nolen?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“I think you should come and take a look at this.”

 

“On my way.”

 

* * *

 

“Thank you, Officer Clarke.” Une disconnected the call and turned to her computer. Bringing up the program, she waited patiently for it to load. Once it had, she went through the secure channels to open the email. With a smile, she began to download and print out the file sent through from the police department on their findings thus far in regards to the ESUN incident.

 

Once it was printed, Une retrieved it and scanned through. There wasn't a whole lot there. Pushing the button on her intercom, Une had her secretary page Wufei, Heero and Duo.

 

The three agents arrived at the commander's office and waited for the secretary to admit them. Entering the office, they took a seat each and waited for Une to speak.

 

“I have the preliminary police report here on their findings regarding the ESUN incident yesterday. I'd like you three to take a look at it and see what you think of it all.” Without any further hesitation, Une handed over three copies of the report and sat back to wait.

 

It didn't take the agents long to scan through, each face telling a different story as they perused the report. Wufei's face developed a scowl, Heero's seemed irritated whilst Duo's face screwed up in disbelief.

 

Before any of the agents could speak, Une got in first. “I take it from the looks on your faces that this report is either not true, or has missing parts to it?”

 

“Damn straight!” Duo snapped.

 

“I too have difficulty in believing how they could come to this conclusion,” Wufei stated.

 

Heero grunted in agreeance.

 

“Then I suggest we start at the beginning and break it all down, look at each part and see what the flaws are. Anything you can add,” said Une and looked pointedly at Duo, “that could help would be most welcome.”

 

“Fine with me,” replied Duo.

 

“Right. Let's get started then.”

 

~ * ~

 

tbc...