Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Scurvy, Jolly Rogers and a Whole Lotta Booty ❯ Secrets, Lies and Dirty Voodoo Priestesses ( Chapter 9 )

Secrets, Lies and Dirty Voodoo Priestesses

Quatre had slept unsoundly throughout the night but hadn't dared to venture beyond the hut. He didn't know what to do except listen to his father. He really didn't have any other options and his father did know best. They're just pirates, Quatre tried to convince himself. But he couldn't help remembering the other night when they had all eaten and laughed together like old friends. It was the most fun he'd ever had in his entire life. And then there was Trowa. He may be a pirate and have very bad taste in fashion but Quatre liked him. A lot.

"Quatre, are you awake?" Mr. Winner asked shaking the blonde boy.

"Yes father, I am."

"Good. I want you to go somewhere, Quatre and you must do as I say," Mr. Winner said looking very serious.

Quatre nodded. "Where? And what must I do?"

A smile spread across the older man's face at his son's agreement. "You shall see."

* * *

After the Voodoo Priestess Relena revealed her identity to Captain Heero and his crew she ordered the zombies to untie them all. "Blindfold them and take them back to the beach," she instructed the zombies untying Trowa, Duo, and Wu Fei. Although she ended up untying them on her own because it is a far too complicated task for a zombie to complete.

When she was finished with them she began to untie Captain Heero. "You're coming somewhere else," she said and winked.

Captain Heero's features bent in disgust but he said nothing. He was committed to his fate in order to save his crew.

All of a sudden one of the zombies fell into the large fire and began to run around trying to put its self out. This caused the other zombies to run around as well and Relena had to start yelling at them to get away from the huts and get some water.

Duo took the opportunity to get close to Captain Heero and continued to untie him. "I can't believe you were really going to stay," Duo said and tried to keep a smirk off of his face. It didn't work.

"Yes, well I had to do everything I could to save my crew," Heero said nobly.

"You didn't have to do it to impress me, Heero," Duo said as he pulled on an extra hard knot.

"Why would I do it to impress you, Duo?" Captain Heero snapped, but felt his cheeks go warm.

"Weakling!" Wu Fei shouted all of a sudden and pushed Duo aside. "I shall be the one to free the captain!" and he began to work furiously at the knot.

Duo stood back and let the Chinese man take over, then he smirked at Heero who instantly looked away.

Trowa had dried his tears and was trying to be as stealthy as possible as he looked for Quatre. But he wasn't Duo and stealth didn't come naturally to Trowa so he just ran around with the zombies looking in huts and calling Quatre's name.

Soon Relena got the zombie put out, and although it was a bit crispier than before it was still functional. Then she noticed the pirate crew trying to free her newly acquired love slave and ran over to stop them.

"No, the sexy Captain Heero is mine!" she cried and ran at Wu Fei.

He jumped out of the way when he saw her coming. He would do almost anything for Captain Heero. But touching that woman was not one of them.

"You were trying to escape!" she yelled at the still tied captain.

"Well, can you really blame him?" Duo said, "Being your love slave or running away, well I think he would choose option number two."

Relena's eyes narrowed into dangerous slits. "You think so. I can make sure you are never another persons love partner forever!" she growled.

"NO!!!" came a cry from one of them. The one who was wearing a suit like Captain Hook's but in bad need or repair. Captain Heero.

* * *

As Quatre's father lead him away from the hut he tried to look for Trowa, but he didn't find him. All he could see was the zombies running around mindlessly with one of there number on fire. But Quatre swore through all the commotion he heard someone call his name.

"Quatre," Mr. Winner said pulling the boy's arm. "Come we need to walk faster."

Quatre obediently pulled his eyes away from the scene and followed his father. "Please, be okay Trowa," he whispered to the breeze and began to trek into the jungle.

They walked for a while but it didn't feel nearly as long as the walk the night before had. And soon the trees cleared away to make room for the sand and surf. To Quatre's surprise there were ships in the distance. One was a ship he recognized and the other he knew he'd seen before. It was surrounded by a green mist.

* * *
Everyone present turned to look at Captain Heero and everyone looked equally stunned.

"But Captain," Wu Fei began, "why would you care about the rat Duo's future lovers?"

"Not that I mind the concern, but I'd like to know as well Captain Heero," Duo said quickly replacing his look of shock into his customary smirk.

"Well, it would just be a shame, that's all," Heero said without making eye contact with anyone.

"I suppose he's right, Wu Fei. To lose one's ability would be a shame," Trowa said. "And the Captain does look out for us in all sorts of ways."

Wu Fei rolled this around in his head for a moment and came to the conclusion that it was a satisfactory explanation. "It is good to know you would be so concerned, Captain," he finally said.

Heero didn't respond but Duo was boring a hole into Heero's head with his eyes. "Yes, Heero, thanks for being so concerned with my future love partners."

"Enough!" Relena finally shouted when it was convenient for the author. "I'm not concerned with any of your future love partners! As far as I'm concerned you won't have any future love partners!"

Captain Heero glared at her and his normally stagnate features moved to accommodate it. "You said they could go if I stayed."

"I know," the voodoo priestess said and smiled, "I lied."

The other three pirates looked at her in minor shock, but since they were pirates betrayal was really nothing new to them.

"How dare you, witch!" Wu Fei shouted. "What do you plan to do with us?"

Relena only laughed and the pirates all gagged. "I will use you for something very important, of course."

"This doesn't have anything to do with gold and an ancient curse, does it?" Duo ventured.

"No," Relena said. "But you will be horribly sacrificed for no good reason."

"Let me join them," Heero finally said. "I should die with my crew."

"Yeah," said Duo, "do him a favor and let him die with us. Anyway, I couldn't stand it if you out lived me, Heero."

Relena laughed even harder than before and once again the pirates gagged. "And give up my brand new love slave? Never!"

Then she began barking orders at the zombies again. "Take the prisoners to the preparation hut!"

"I don't like the sound of that," Duo said as the zombies began to surround them.

"I'm sorry, Captain," Wu Fei said shamefully.

Trowa nodded toward his captain. "If you get out of this will you make sure Quatre is okay?"

"Yes, Trowa," Heero said and looked at Duo. "I can't imagine you dying before me. Don't let it happen."

But Duo didn't get a chance to respond because the zombies had all ready started to push them away.

"You have someplace else your going, Captain Heero," Relena said as she finished untying him.

Captain Heero only shuddered.