Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Black Swan ❯ Chapter 13 ( Chapter 13 )

Title: The Black Swan pt. 13/?

Author: DamnVespa

Category: Action/Adventure

Pairings: 2x1, 3x4, and others I just have to work out….

Archive: 1x2ml, DHML, Mediaminer.org, Gundam Wing Universe, www.angelfire.com/gundam/princess_vespa/ this is my site…*grinning*

Note: This is a spin on the movie "The Black Swan." It premiered in 1942 and starred Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara…*grins*

Warnings: Mean Duo but Heero likes it (just like in the old movies…. trust me *grins*)

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters in Gundam Wing and I don't own the movie "The Black Swan." *grinning*

Quatre, Trowa and the rest of Duo's crew sat in the cargo hold of their ship. It came as a surprise to be over run by Quinze's sailors. Apparently Duo's plan had fallen through. Quatre wasn't all that worried about Duo, he knew he would get out of the predicament fine.

They heard a scuffle from above and Quatre looked up through the latticed hole. He squinted from the sunlight flooding into the hold. He heard Quinze yelling at somebody then heard Heero yelling back. Quatre gasped and then smiled evilly.

"Quinze is in trouble now."

Trowa looked at him, "How?"

"He has taken Heero. Shinigami isn't going to like that."

Trowa nodded. The other crew started to laugh at what Quatre said. They knew their captain would get them out of this situation. They quieted when a shadow fell over them. Quatre looked up to see the bottom of one of Quinze sailors sitting on the latticed top. He put his finger to his lips to quiet the other sailors. He quietly unsheathed his dagger and jabbed it upward into the sailors' ass.

The sailor shrieked and stood up quickly. He scowled at the laughing sailors held in the cargo hold and spit at them. But that didn't discourage their laughter in the least. He just grumbled and walked off.

Quinze grumbled as he hauled the beautiful boy to the cabin on Duo's ship. The boy was being as big a handful as Duo was. He shoved the boy into the Captains' cabin.

"Now you'll stay here until I make sure Duo is dead. Then we can have some fun."

Heero stared stonily at him but didn't respond. Quinze never checked him for weapons and therefore missed that Heero carried a pocketknife hidden in his hand. Quinze then left the room and placed a guard at the door. Heero sighed and sat down on the bed and waited. He was worried at about Duo and he hoped Duo would save him.

Duo lay on the hammock and twisted around frantically trying to get the ties off. With an excited cry, he finally got his feet untied. He turned his head and felt his braid sticking to his back. He sat up as far as he could to get his braid out from under him. He swung his braid and was relieved to see it flop out from behind him. He flopped back onto the hammock and started to rock the hammock. His hands strained to grab the swinging braid. Finally they grasped the braid and took out the small dagger hidden in his braid.

He quickly cut himself out of the ropes and stood. He quickly grabbed his shirt and put it on. Then made his way to the deck of the ship. The sun beat down on him as he looked around. He realized that the ship seemed to be anchored in a cove. He heard a loud boom and then a splash near the ship. He looked in the direction he heard the sound of and saw the Royal Navy closing fast on him. He quickly looked for his ship and found it not far off. It seemed to be waiting to see what happened.

There was another loud boom and a huge splash closer than the last one. Duo flinched and hurried to the side of the ship. He held onto the dagger tightly and jumped into the water. He then started to swim as fast as he could to his ship.

Finally he made it to the rope ladder. He jumped up and grabbed a hold of it and hauled himself up. His muscles screamed in protest to the strain but he ignored them and continued to climb up the ladder until his feet could help support him.

He finally reached the top and peered over the edge to look at the deck. There didn't seem to be many men roaming that part of the deck. When the coast was clear he scurried up onto the deck and hid behind some crates. He searched around and was relieved to find that no one had seen him.

He made his way toward the bow of the ship hoping to find where they had stored his comrades, and hoping they just didn't kill them outright. He heard some laughter from up ahead and made his way there. He saw some of the sailors glaring angrily at the cargo hold and determined that was where his crew were. There were four sailors guarding the hold. Two were facing away from it while two others were glaring at it.

He waited patiently hoping that two or more would leave. He ducked into his hiding place when one of the other sailors on the ship almost found him. He stayed down and heard the sailor walk away and was relieved. He took a quick peek and sighed in relief when he realized he had not been found out.

He looked towards the cargo hold and smiled when he saw only one guard there. He didn't know where the other three had went but right now he didn't care. It was a golden opportunity and he didn't want to lose it.

He stealthily made his way to the last guard and was about to knock him unconscious when a knife was pressed up against his neck. He raised his hands in surrender and cursed. A hand came around and lifted the dagger that he had placed in his pants. He was turned and faced with Quinze, and most of his crew.

He glared defiantly at them while they laughed.

"So I see you managed to escape. Did you think you could possibly come on board without no one noticing you."

Duo didn't answer, he just glared mutely at Quinze.

"Too bad really. You come all the way here to rescue your crew only to die by my hand. Prepare to meet your end."

Quinze unsheathed his sword and raised it when they heard a loud boom and a splash so near the ship that it sprayed water on the pirates standing there. The crew panicked and ran around trying to figure out what went wrong.

TBC