Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ ShadedViolets ❯ Halos ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

ShadedViolets : Prologue

Scene 1: Halos

"C'mon, 'Ro, that's bullshit, you can skip one night," Duo Maxwell chattered away on his cell phone animatedly. "It's me! You're seriously gonna deny a night with me to go to a première? You hate wearing suits! And she'll make you wear a tie! She always does! It's so she can strangle the life out of ya, 'Ro!"

Duo glanced over at his brother, who was chuckling at the conversation. Solo was currently driving them home after a very long and tedious meeting about their upcoming tour, which started in three weeks. It seemed lately that the meetings were endless, and this one had gone longer than expected. Both of them were glad to be going home finally, as it was already nearly midnight. It would only be a short while now before Solo would be climbing into bed with his wife and baby daughter, and Duo would be climbing into bed with Heero Yuy, his band-mate and occasional lover.

At least, this was what Duo hoped, if he could convince Heero to leave his ex-wife and her première. So far, it wasn't going well. Heero was getting more and more immune to Duo's pleading every time.

"What is this première even for?" Duo asked, exhaling in frustration at how stubborn Heero was being. He paused as Heero answered. "Perfume? Seriously? You're going to refuse me to go to a perfume party with Relena? Heero, c'mon! Stop torturing yourself! You know that if you go to this thing you're going to have to stand around drinking light champagne for hours on end while you listen to everyone blabbing on and on about how 'Lena's tenth generic perfume is 'the perfect blend of aromas'. Do you really want to do that to yourself?" Duo paused as Heero spoke again, rolling his eyes at Solo to express his impatience.

"Damn, poor Duo is gettin' refused! How could this happen?" Solo mocked Duo's manner, getting a side shot with a fist to the shoulder for it. Solo laughed at the ease of teasing Duo, who lived his life as a tease to others. "Relena must have a gun to his head on the other line. Keep tryin', Duo." Solo laughed some more.

"You know you want to come over and spend the night with me," Duo ignored Solo's antics as he continued to push with Heero. "Well, then she can deal with me...what? No, she would not win. I'm Duo. I always win." Pause. "She would not...c'mon, Heero, I don't think Relena hates me that much. We're frenemies." Pause. Then Duo suddenly exclaimed. "I did not make you guys divorce!"

Solo burst out laughing again at this as they turned onto the road that led home. "I wish I was recording this," he grinned.

"The 'other woman'? I was not the other woman! Relena was the one who was all crazy when you were married!" Duo defended himself loudly. "She broke into my house!" Pause, then an exasperated huff. "Fine. I just thought she was over it." Duo put a hand on the dash as Solo came to a stop for a red light. It turned green in the next second. "I didn't think she hated me still." Duo looked over to Solo as they pulled forward. "Hey, ya think Relena hates me?"

Duo's eyes widened as Solo looked over to answer, a halo of light suddenly flaring up around his brother. "SOLO!" Duo shouted his brother's name as he realized what was coming.

Time seemed to slow for Duo. The light flashed a brilliant white before there was the thundering smash of glass shattering and horrendous crunch of metal on metal, the truck colliding directly with the driver's side of the mercedes. The impact slammed Duo forcefully against his seat belt, viciously taking his breath away as the two vehicles slid violently across the intersection. Sparks flashed and the screech of metal on pavement resounded in Duo's ears before the tail of the car on Duo's side clipped a pole, sending it spinning suddenly in the other direction. This slammed Duo against his door as glass shattered across his face, the window imploding inwards from the impact. He felt pain and then weightlessness as the car flipped into the air. It landed on the roof with a sickening crunch, and then Duo's world went black, the car skidding to a smoky stop off the side of the road. Silence reigned as the crash ended.

But for one voice, desperately calling out into a cell phone on the other side of town. "Duo? Duo, answer me! DUO!"