Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Had a bad day ❯ oh sh-t ( Chapter 5 )

(Author: When did I say it was gonna be a 1x2 fic??? ::confused:: Eh on with the ficcy. WARNING: ENDING IS DARK. Would have wrote more but like Trowa I work for a circus and it beacons.)

“I never thought you so stupid.”

___Protectively Duo laid curled on the floor. The leader, Duo learned name was Kenyon, stood above him in a rage. It frustrated him not that Duo pulled out the IV, but that he dared do anything against his will. Kenyon paced for a few seconds before stopping.

“Grab him and hold him, I don't want to miss.”

___Arms grabbed Duo and dragged him into to awkward kneeling possession. Duo's damaged leg sticking out awkwardly to the side unable to bend at all. What happened next, Duo figures it was done by a thin bamboo stick. Each swing whistled through the air, preparing Duo for each blow.

___Using all his strength Kenyon struck the young man. He was careful not to draw any blood. Anymore blood loss he might loose his valuable hostage. Instead he satisfied in turning the braided man's back black and blue, with a yellowish hue. It didn't please him to beat him, but he had to do what he believed was right.

___Kenyon watched till Duo relaxed, the young man hadn't passed out. He just ran out of energy to fight. Using all his strength Kenyon gave Duo one last blow. The stick broke over Duo's ribs. Distantly Kenyon noted a small truckle of blood. Duo whimpered softly.

“Ten more hours till the dead line. I pray for your sake that the Preventors, and Relena do what is right. OZ will rain supreme again.”

“Bull shit.” Duo croaked.

Kenyon grabbed Duo's braid and pulled. “Do you forget who holds the power here?”

___Duo gritted his teeth against saying more. Kenyon watched as the held still. Behind him one of the group members carried a bucket of steaming water. Not much to cause much but maybe a second degree burns. Despite all he did to Duo, Kenyon hated the site of blood.

___Once Duo's braid dropped the water was poured over Duo. The blood washing off to a slight pinkish rush on the floor. Duo cried out and tried to pull free of the arms that held him. They held fast, and picked him up. They placed him back on the cold medal table. Fearfully Duo waited for what he knew was coming next.

___Once again the demand to allow armament was turned down. Instead Relena talked about going with the terrorists. If just to keep a few more people from getting killed. Heero had showed her the picture of Duo's abduction, the picture of Duo lying on a steel bed weakly moving his leg and head as they hooked him up to an IV.

___There was no way Relena would budge on her belief for peace. Heero would have probably shot her if Quatre hadn't pulled him from the room. Once outside Quatre insisted Heero remain calm, if Relena was against them, she was. They would do this on their own.

____Quatre still held a dozen mobile suites and other armaments. They weren't the Gundams. In mean time however, they would just play Relena's game. Keep her from giving in to them long enough to find there base, then act on their own. Trowa, Wufei, Hilde, and remaining members of the Maniacs are also with them.

“We have a lead.” Wufei said greeting them in the halway. “What are our orders?”

“We're on our own.” Quatre whispered. “Relena wouldn't give, except maybe to the terrorists.”

“What now?” Wufei asked in the cold.

“Not here Wufei, we just go back to our place and wait.”

___A smile quirked on Wufei's face. Together they walked out their minds set on one thing. Rescuing or putting Duo out of his misery, but maybe they were icing for excitement. There lives after the war had become pretty dull.

___Duo shivered against the coldness around him. It felt like an eternity since he was last shoved in. His arms where tied down so he couldn't tear out the line again. They gave him what Duo figured to be not morphine, but a sedative.

//You think your smart.//

__Frightened Duo jumped, it was just a figure of his imagination. Tightly he closed his eyes trying to make everything go away. The pain in his back remained him that he was still awake, and aware.

//But your not.//

“NO!” Duo shouted. “Go away.”

//Your pathetic, but worse, a coward.//

“No, your not real, your just a hallucination.”

//Does the hallucination remember the feel of Sister Helen's dress as she passed away?// The voice growled. //The feel of your tears as you felt your last emotions.//

Duo found himself choke on his tears.

//Solo as he died, selfishly you lived.//

“No, not true, I lived because-“

//… Because what?//

“I don't know.”

//Your not needed Duo Maxwell, all you are needed is to bring death to people who other wise would have lived!//

“Just tell me, who are you…”

//Death and destruction is you. You stand so pure so innocent.// He voice hissed in disgust.

Pain pierced Duo's head as his blood pressure raised with his panic.

//Do you ever think about the lives of the people you took.// The voice continued. //That maybe the other side was right, and you are in fact wrong? That maybe one person you killed was just innocent?//

“No.” Duo whimpered.

//Did you ever morn them like you morn the people you say you care about?!//

Duo let out a sob, //Please stop.//

// I can't and won't. I am you. All that has been, all you will be, all that you will become, for I am Shinigami.//

___Violently Duo's head lurched from the sedatives, from the thought of the voice being right. Screaming Duo kicked the medal with his only good leg, the air was getting thinner. The walls seemed to be closing in on him. There was nowhere to escape nowhere to move.

___Again and again Duo kicked the door panel. How loud he screamed as his mind snapped covered up the sounds of the battle out side. Duo screamed until his voice went raw and he couldn't find any more energy. Breathing heavily he lay there still as death.

___The door opened and Duo froze. As he found himself pulled out he waited for one of them to release him. Figuring him for passed out Kenyon pulled him free of the IV and restraints. That was Kenyon's first, and fatal mistake. As soon as he was free Duo came to live and decked Kenyon. Ripping away the blindfold, a sneer replaced Duo's usual carefree grin.

___Coolly Kenyon raised the gun, and fired. Duo didn't flinch as the bullet hit him. He reacted just like Heero did; he just took it. A smile finally came across Duo's face, but it was just mockery. Looking at the blood Duo just chuckled, then he looked into Kenyon's eyes.

“You won, I am now death, and we all know you can't-kill-death.”

“You lie.”

“I may run, I may hide, but I never tell a lie.”