Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Journey To Gundam ❯ Duo's Dead End ( Chapter 7 )

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Okay new chapter! Duo Maxwell! The moment you've all been dreading? the moment you've all been waiting for? With Odessa..theres really no telling.

Disclaimer: I Do NOT I repeat DO NOT own Gundam Wing. I don't even own cracker Jacks! but if I did there would probably be cooler prizes.


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Charl sighed, this just wasn't pleasant. No, this was down right miserable. He hated ships, he hated space, and he really didn't like the queasiness. Immediatly he grabbed the little white bag from the seat and let it all out, his lunch, breakfast, dinner, and afternoon snack.

"Oh Charl, try to keep quiet."

Charl looked up, just staring at Odessa. "What?"

But Odessa wasn't paying attention, instead she appeared to be looking at a pamplet or broschure of some sort. In curiousity Charl peered closer. "'So you want to be an OZ soldier'. Odessa are you nuts?"

Stupid question.

Odessa smiled, adjusting her sunglasses. "Well you know that incredibly handsome Wufei, well he mentioned OZ. So I thought I'd look into it."

"Where exactly did you get that pamplet?"

"Out of a Cracker Jack box. Actually it's very intresting."

"What the pamplet or the prizes we've been getting in Cracker Jack boxes lately?"

"Oh thats silly Charl, theres always been prizes like this in Cracker Jack boxes."

"Not for me, I always end up with stickers."

His stomach lurched as he felt that bag of honey roasted peanuts coming back up. Without thinking he grabbed the OZ pamplet and, freed any food that might have been trying to settle in his stomach.

Odessa looked at Charl. "Well I know you don't like OZ Charl, but you didn't have to be that way about it."

Charl looked at Odessa just staring at her in disbelief when the captains voice came over the speakers. "Welcome folks, we are now coming in for a landing at Colony L2 Please have your tray tables in the upright position and turn off all your elec....yaaa!"

People gasped as the shuttle began to take a dive. Charl looked at Odessa who was furiously playing a handheld game device. "Odessa!"

"What?"

Charl pointed out the window and Odessa began to understand. "Oh..right!"

Dutifully she switched off her game and almost immediatly the shuttle righted itself.

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Charl sighed. "I never want to go on a shuttle again."

"Oh come on Charl, the flight wasn't that bad."

"You nearly crashed the plane!"

"Shuttle Charl, it's called a shuttle."

Charl groaned.

Odessa checked the address, looking again at the small house. "Duo Maxwell, here we go!"

"God have mercy on your soul.."

"What was that Charl?"

"Oh! nothing."

Odessa nodded and rapped on the door. There was movement withen and then the knob turned to open. There, in the doorway was a young man about 15 with indigo eyes and long chestnut hair that reached his thighs and hung loosly around his body. "Hello, can I help you?"

Odessa smiled. "Good evening miss, is there a Duo Maxwell home?"

The boy's eyes widened. "I'm not a girl!"

"Oh...right. Well is a Duo Maxwell home?"

"Depends on whos asking."

"Odessa I think that is.."

"Be quiet Charl, I need to find Duo Maxwell."

"But Odessa!"

"Not another word, if you can't take this job seriously Charl there really is no hope."

Charl groaned.

From withen the house a girls voice called out. "Whos that at the door?"

"Hey yea who are you?"

Odessa smilled. "Odessa King and Charl Thatcher, reporters from Epic Post Weekly."

"Oh." The boy called back. "Just some reporters Hilde!"

Odessa squeeld. "Hilde! Wow I don't know why I hadn't seen this before!!"

The boy smiled. "Yea I know, it's hard to recognize me without my..."

"You know Duo Maxwell don't you?!"

The boy nearly fell over in complete shock. "Oh..ya....Personally."

"Ooo you want to go to lunch? We really need info! You see, we're running this article, and it's very hard to find these pilots, you'd think they were wanted men or something."

Charl groaned yet another time. The boy blinked. "Uh, yea, okay." He called back into the house. "Hilde! I'm going to go have lunch with two strange reporters!"

The voice replied. "Alright! Have fun!"

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"Uh, Odessa?"

Odessa looked at Charl. "Hmm?"

"I really think this guy is Duo."

Odessa smiled as she accepted her salad. "Oh thats ridiculous Charl."

"How Odessa? how is this ridiculous?"

"It's obvious. Duo Maxwell always wears a braid, this guy doesn't have one."

Charl sighed, resting his head into his bowl of soup just as 'duo' slipped into the booth. "I'm starved!" He glanced at Charl. "Whats wrong with him?"

"Oh, he had a long flight."

'Duo' blinked. "Oh. So, what brings you to L2?"

Odessa smiled. "Sailor Pluto."

".....Okay. So, did you just bring me here for lunch or..."

"Oh yes! I do have a few questions."

"Like what?"

"How long have you known Duo Maxwell?"

"All My life."

"He's a decent man?"

"I run and hide but never lie."

Odessa adjusted her sunglasses, glancing at her notepad. "Thats great but, what about Duo?"

'Duo' groaned. "Lady are you dense?"

"Pardon?"

"I've been with you not yet twenty minutes and I've met OZ soldiers with better eyes than you."

Charl looked up from his bowl of soup.

Odessa blinked. "What exactly do you mean?"

'Duo' put his hand on his head. "Unbelievable."

Charl sighed. "You have no idea."

Odessa looked at the two men in confusion. "What?"

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