Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Trowa Talks to Rocks ❯ Enter the Labyrinth ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Trowa Talks to Rocks
Reader-
we get into anything... a few warnings. The idea for this fic came like a bolt out of the blue in the middle of the night while we were riding highs from too much sugar and too much time on our hands. This is a fusion between Gundam Wing and the Labyrinth. Just so that you know, we did some tweaking with characters and had fun with it. Please don't hate us because we're nuts. Love, Titania and Oberon.
We don't own Gundam Wing or the Labyritnth, much to our pain and sorrow.

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Another day was winding down and Duo was having fun with his favorite hobby, annoying the hell out of Heero Yuy. "Whatcha doin, Hee-chan?"
Currnetly enjoying his own favorite hobby, Heero was slouched over his labtop, wishing for all the world that Duo would just disappear. "Go away, Maxwell."
"But I'm bored, Hee-baby... common!"
"Can't you go and bother someone else with all your inane yammering?"
"You cut me deep, Heero. Plus, everyone else is out on a mission! You know, you don't appreciate me as much as you should."
Heero actually paused at his work and lifted an eyebrow at Duo's words. Turning to him he asked, "Oh, and why is that?"
A grin that would have put the Cheshire cat's to shame stretched across Duo's face, "Oh, didn't you know, Hee-chan? I keep you safe from the Goblin Queen. You see, as the God of Death, she must answer to me, but she wants you. It's only my good will that keeps you safe with us and away from her."
In a kingdom far away, several goblins stirred from their slumber at the mention of their queen. They saw that it was indeed the God of Death speaking. They started to pay more attention to his words, waiting to see if he would give the sign that their queen waited so desperately for. It seemed that he was going to finally relinquish his hod on Heero.
Meanwhile, Heero actually seemed to laugh at that, but he turned his attention back to the computer. "She can't be any worse than you, Duo."
A twinge of pain flashed in Duo's eyes, but his grin never wavered. Instead, he threw his arms out wide and yelled, "Goblin Queen, oh, Goblin Queen, take this Perfect Soldier away from me!"
The goblins frowned unhappily. These were not the words they wanted to hear! They were close, but they didn't even start with "I wish"
"Damn it Duo! I'm trying to work. Right now I'd rather be locked in a room filled with Relenas than put up with this any longer."
At that, Duo's grin died. In a huff, he spin away from the desk where Heero was sitting and plopped onto his own bed. He turned his back to the Japanese boy and said under his breath, "I wish the Goblin Queen would come take you away... right now."
It seemed as soon as the words fell from his lips, the light from Heero's laptop died, bathing the room in an eerie darkness. Seized by a sudden panic, Duo sat up in bed, "Heero?"
But no answer came to him, only low evil sounding snickers from around the room. Duo rose, quickly crossing to the desk where Heero had, until recently, been working. "Heero, this isn't funny, where did you go?"
"He can't hear you, you know, Oh Mighty God of Death."
The voice seemed to come from under Heero's desk, but duo saw nothing there. It was answered by more snickering.
Tapping at the window brought Duo's attention. There he saw a large gaudy pink parrot(1) break in and glide into the room. Without warning, it morphed into the one thing that can make Duo scream out in fear, Relena Peacecraft.
"Relena, where did you take Heero? Bring him back right now!"
"What's said is said, Duo, plus, its Queen Relena to street trash like you.
"Damn it, Relena, I don't have time for this. You know as well as I do that we need Heero here to win peace. You remember peace, right? Or have we been drooling over Heero so long that we forgot about the war?"
"We indeed, Duo. We indeed."
Thankful that the dark covered his blush that his inadvertent blunder had caused, he pressed on, unwilling to grant Relena an victory. "Oh, come on, Your Pinkness, give Heero back!"
"You want him back? You'll have to come and claim him."
"Oh, I'll be there, Pinkie."
"Good." The room seemed to brighten, and suddenly Duo found himself standing on a hill overlooking a vast labyrinth. "He lies there, in my castle beyond the Goblin City."
"Is that what you kids are calling the Sank Kingdom these days?"
"Funny, Maxwell, just keep laughing. You have thirteen hours to solve the labyrinth. Fail, and Heero's mine forever."
"Like I'd give you the pleasure." Duo sneered.
"Better run, Street Rat... the clock is ticking." With that Relena faded away leaving Duo alone and facing the largest challenge he'd seen.

~*~

No matter how great the challenge, however, Duo was not one to let it beat him. "Come on, feet, let's go." However, as he drew nearer to the Labyrinth he started to notice some strange things... like Quatre pissing into a fountain. "Oi, Quat, what are you doing?"
"Pardon me!" the small blonde cried, quickly zipping up his pants and wiping his hands. Upon seeing it was Duo, he seemed to relax. "Oh, it's just you."
"Well, I'm happy to see you too, Quatre." Duo spat sarcastically. "But what are you doing here?"
The Arabian seemed to sigh with his whole body, a look of defeat on his face, "Relena told me I had to help her or else she'd tell her brother where we've been hiding."
"So?"
"Duo, have you been living in a cave for the whole war? Relena's brother, Milliardo Peacecraft is Zechs Marquise!"
"So?"
"He'll come and blow us up! End of war, we lose!"
"Oh."
"Yeah, bit of a fix there, isn't it? So I have to help her."
"Do you know where the door to this thing is?"
"The door to what, Duo?"
"You know damn well what door I'm talking about."
"'Fraid you'll have to be more specific, Duo. You have to ask the right question."
Exasperated at the Sandrock Pilot, Duo threw up his hands and demanded, "How do I get into the damned Labyrinth, Quatre!"
"Ah, you get in through that elaborately decorated door we just walked by."
Duo glared at Quatre, a glare that put most of Heero's to shame. "Gee, thanks Winner."
He strode through the opening doors with more confidence than he felt. To either side of him, the hallway he found himself in seemed to stretch on to eternity. To be honest, one way looked just the same as the other, and hopelessness began to descend around the Pilot of the Deathscythe. "Oi, Quat, which way would you go?"
"To be honest, Duo, I wouldn't go either way." He seemed to want to elaborate... but due to Relena's threat, he couldn't.
"Once again, Quatre, your outstanding help has left me speechless." He turned away. "Eanie meanie, meinie, mo." Duo jerked his thumb to the right and set off. It occurred to him that it was kinda funny, leaving Heero's fate to a game of eanie meanie, but hey. Checking his watch, he swore when he saw that his talk with Quatre had cost him a half hour. "Just another episode of wasting time with Quatre."(2)
However, the hallway really was stretching on forever, and Duo was left with the distinct impression he was wasting time that he really didn't have. Time that Heero really didn't have. Fed up, he stopped abruptly and kicked the wall, throwing himself against the opposite wall. He landed in a heap against it. "Damn you, Relena! Damn, damn, damn!"
"'ello!" Said a small voice next to his ear.
"What?" Duo turned to see a miniature Pagan sitting next to him on a brick. "Did you just say hello?"
"No, I said 'ello, but close enough. Come inside! Meet the missus."
"Uh, no, that's alright, little man. Hey, do you know the way through this thing?"
"Who me? No, I'm just Miss Relena's humble servant, sir. But, please, come inside, have some tea!"
"Sorry, dude, but I gotta solve this maze. Why do they even call it a labyrinth anyway? There aren't any twists or turns or doors or anything."
"Sure there are, Dear Boy, there's one right across the way from you!"
"What? Don't tell me that I've walked past more than just the front door."
"'Fraid so, Dear Boy."
"Damn it, Heero was right, I am a moron."
"Eh, don't be too hard on yourself. Are you sure you don't want any tea?"
"No, that's alright, buddy, thanks for your help." Duo stood gracefully, feeling recharged at the prospect of making headway on the Labyrinth. Turning once more to his right, Duo almost starting whistling when the chibi-Pagan spoke once more, "Oh, don't go that way, never go that way."
"Oi, thanks, Little Buddy."
With a wink and a nod, Duo was running down the path, gone to far to hear Little Pagan say, "That way goes straight to that awful castle."


(1.) Oh come on, if David Bowie is an owl, Relena has to be some sort of bird to, so what suites her better than a pink parrot? its Loud, obnoxious, and well, pink!
.) We had to... it's such a great movie!