Eternal Flame

Disclaimer: I don\'t own the G Boys, I just borrow them from time to time and return them a whole lot happier ne? :) I do however own Shane, Paul, Colin, Mickey, Benny, Toby, Fayah and any other unfamiliar characters that crop up. I also own the plot if you can call it that.

Rating: NC 17

Warnings: Sap, angst, OC, Lemon, Lime, abuse, violence, language.

Pairings: 1x2x1, 3x4x3, 5xS, OC x OC and maybe some more... check each part to be sure ;)

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Status: Work in progress.

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Author: ShenLong

Authors notes: *sigh* Well here I am again caving into pressure. I know it has taken a while to get to this and for that I apologize but I could not come up with a plot I deemed worthy enough.... until now. This is yet another sequel... this time to United Hearts. I did promise I would write the wedding for you all and I intend to do that. For those that haven\'t read United or Lost Souls I recommend that you do, otherwise this sequel will not make much sense. All of your favorite characters are back and up to as much mischief as possible.
This is set fourteen months after the end of United and all the children are older now. The Gundam Pilots are all 20yrs, Shane and Fayah are 16, Paul is 15, Colin is 14, Mickey is 12, Benny is 10 1/2 and not forgetting that little rascal Toby who is 10.
Thank you to all those who supported me through the writing of United, I hope you enjoy this just as much.

\"Eternal Flame\"

April 2003 ShenLong


Chapter 39

Sally arrived at Preventer headquarters and quickly rode the lift to Une\'s floor. With long strides she soon covered the distance between the elevator and Une\'s office. She knocked on the door and waited for Une\'s voice to give permission to enter. Moments later she was inside and sitting in the chair facing Une across the large desk. She waited patiently until Une finished her call and then gave the Commander an expectant look.

Une sighed and ran her hands through her mussed hair before focusing on Sally. \"I\'m getting too old for this sort of thing,\" she muttered.

\"Funny, I thought that was Howard\'s line,\" Sally replied.

Une shook her head.

\"So, what\'s the latest?\" Sally changed the subject slightly. and plucked at her slacks while waiting for Une to speak.

\"The Phoenix port is in the processes of clearing out all craft that can be moved to give enough space for the three ships. I expect the process to take about t hot hours. I have agents on standby and transport being organized for the prisoners...\"

\"Medical?\" interrupted Sally.

\"The offenders that are injured will be taken to the Preventer Hospital where the staff is on stand-by there to treat those that require it. Civilian casualties will be taken to Mercy General. I have contacted the hospital administrator and he\'s setting aside several rooms to be used for that purpose.\"

At least Sally knew now where Leith\'s father would be going. \"I take it there\'s no word on the medical status?\"

\"No, not really. When Agent Earth reported in it was only a brief contact to arrange for their return. I will be contacting them again shortly when the communications satellite is in the right quadrant for the signal; I hope to get a few more details then.\"

\"Good.\" Sally lowered her head and thought for a moment. \"Would you mind if I went to Mercy General to oversee the care of Bob Martins?\"

\"I have no objections to that but... I expect you to fulfill your medical responsibilities to Preventer first.\"

\"Naturally. I will make sure to check each of the wounded once they arrive and assess their condition, then I can send them off to Preventer hospital in order of priority.\"

\"I would expect nothing less.\" Une rubbed her tired eyes and glanced at the clock. \"I\'ll see if I can raise the Zodiac now.\" Une turned back to her vid \'phone and punched in the code to secure a safe line, then she entered the sequence of numbers to connect her to the Zodiac. There was the usual hiss and crackle of static as the codes raced over invisible airwaves, searching for the point of connection and then finding it.

\"Zodiac here.\"

\"Ahh... Zodiac, Commander Une here. Have you commenced your return to Earth yet?\"

\"Agent Air here, Commander. Zodiac, carrier and mother ship are on their return course to Earth. We expect to reach Earth orbit in approximately thirty hours. The mother ship will be delayed for several hours as the engines are only running at half power.\"

\"Roger that, Agent Air. The Phoenix base is currently being cleared ready for your arrival.\"

\"Thank you.\"

\"Agent Air?\"

\"Yes, Commander?\"

\"I have Sally Po with me; she would like to speak with you in regards to the medical conditions of agents, civilians and detainees.\" Une motioned for Sally to come around the desk. Sally did so, noticing that the screen wasn\'t showing any picture.

\"Trowa?\"

\"Yes, Sally?\"

\"Can you please give me a status report on the agents conditions first; and I want the truth,\" she stated, knowing only too well how the former pilots would gloss over their injuries.

\"Yes, ma\'am. Agent Light suffered a bullet graze to the upper arm and thigh, some bruising and minor cuts. Agent Dark has a cut to the scalp and a strained shoulder. Agent Earth sustained a minor cut to the head. Agent Fire... \" Trowa paused sensing Sally\'s concern. \"Wufei received a laceration to the leg and severe bruising from his harness. Agent Air has pulled muscles, strained knee, minor burns, minor concussion and a fractured wrist. All agents are fully functional.\"

\"Fully functional, my ass!\" growled Sally.

\"I will get the medic on board Zodiac to speak with you in relation to the condition of the civilians and detainees. I am unable to comment on those as I haven\'t been near the medical bay since getting patched up.\"

\"Thank you, Trowa. I\'d appreciate that.\"

\"Hold on a moment while Thomas patches you through.\"

The line crackled a bit more before Sally was in touch with the sweeper medic who was able to give her the information she wanted. Satisfied that she at least had a head start on the situation she surrendered the vid \'phone back to Une who spoke with the medic herself before the call was cut.

Punching in another set of numbers, Une waited again for the call to connect. This time the call was to Quatre. It wasn\'t safe to pass too much information across the airwaves to one particular target.

\"Carrier here.\"

\"Agent Earth, this is Commander Une. I have the coordinates for you for the Phoenix base.\"

\"Thank you, Commander. Please send them through using the safe code to this computer and I will advise the other ships. I\'ll send you through the computer codes now.\"

Une moved to the small computer that sat across from the vid \'phone and waited for the encrypted message to come through. Soon she had the information she needed and proceeded to send the coordinates to Quatre, waiting a few moments to make sure he had them before speaking again. \"Coordinates sent.\"

\"Received, Commander. I\'ll program the coordinates into the ship\'s navigational system and then pass them on to the others.\"

\"Contact me again when you\'re approaching Earth orbit. If I cannot be contacted here then use the secure channel that will patch through to my cell.\"

\"Roger that, Commander.\"

\"Is Agent Fire with you?\"

\"Affirmative.\"

\"I have someone here who would like to speak with him. Please put him on the line.\"

\"Chang.\"

\"Wufei?\"

\"Sally?\"

\"Wufei are you all right? I heard you all took rather a beating out there.\"

\"I am fine. Just some bruising and a small cut.\"

\"From what I heard it\'s more than just a small cut, Wufei.\"

\"I am perfectly capable of continuing to operate without compromising the mission in any way,\" Wufei returned, feeling a little irritated at his wife\'s unnecessary concern.

\"In other words you\'re pretty much banged up. I know you, Chang, same as I know the rest of you. All I can say is I hope there\'s enough of you undamaged when you get back because I\'m gonna kick your butt so hard for making me worry about you.\"

Une\'s eyebrows shot up into her hairline.

\"I love you too, Po.\"

\"See you soon, Wufei.\"

\"Looking forward to it. Chang out.\"

The line went dead and Une was left wondering just who this hell cat was that sat opposite her. Just as she was about to ask what *that* conversation had been all about, Sally\'s cell rang. She dived into her handbag scrabbling to find the small machine before the call was diverted to her voice mail. A look of concern flashed through her eyes when she saw the caller ID. Quickly she flipped it open and spoke.

\"Paul? What\'s wrong?\"

~ * ~

Quatre quickly relayed the coordinates to the Zodiac and mother ship, confirmation of receipt coming through seconds later. The mother ship was beginning to lag behind the other two, but that was expected given the state of her engines. Duo sat back in his chair, feet resting on the console while Heero punched the new coordinates for the Phoenix base. His eyes were drifting closed as he allowed himself to relax properly for the first time in the past few days. His body ached but he ignored it, used to dealing with such unpleasantries for so long now that he wondered why his brain hadn\'t cottoned on yet and still bothered him about such things.

Heero watched his partner from out the corner of his eye while he tapped away at the keyboard, entering the numbers Quatre had sent through. Knowing his partner and lover was beginning to nod off; he quickly changed programs and began to type a message. Seconds later a reply came through and a small smile tugged at his mouth. He sent another message and then went back to the navigation program, typing in commands and numbers.

Duo felt a slight shift in the ship but didn\'t think anything of it; after all, Heero was entering the data for the Phoenix base so the ship would be adjusting its flight path accordingly. He listened to the tap, tap, tapping. The sound a familiar one to him, it actually was soothing to a point and Duo let himself doze off.

Noticing his lover\'s descent into the land of nod, Heero quickly opened up yet another program on the computer and began to type. Within the space of ten minutes he was finished and shut the machine off. He checked that the auto pilot was engaged and all systems functioning as well as they should be before moving towards Duo and waking his partner with a tender kiss. Violet eyes blinked open and Heero broke the kiss, breathing softly over his partner\'s lips he asked, \"You hungry?\"

\"Is Quatre gay?\"

Heero snorted. \"Thought you might come out with something like that.\"

\"Well, yer shouldn\'t ask such a dumb question unless yer wants a dumb answer,\" Duo snickered. \"Of course I\'m hungry.\"

\"I forgot, you\'re the walking human food vacuum,\" Heero teased.

Duo chose to ignore his lover. \"Any idea where the galley is on this bucket of bolts?\"

\"Hai. I went over the ship\'s layout.\"

\"That\'s what I loves about yer, Heero. Always thorough in everythin\' yer does.\" Duo reached up and stole a kiss of his own. \"Which way ta the food? I\'m presumin\' they do have food on this thing.\"

\"I expect so,\" replied Heero. That was one thing they had forgotten to check, although he knew there would be ration bars if nothing else. All craft were expected to carry a certain amount of emergency food supplies regardless of where they were bound.

The pair left the bridge and headed in the direction of the galley, Heero leading the way. So intent on finding food, Duo didn\'t think to check their course. If he had he would have noticed the other ships pulling further away from them and heading on a different flight path to themselves.

~ * ~

Sally\'s brow creased into a frown as she answered the call. The frown soon became a smile though. \"He can? That\'s great news. When did this happen?\" A pause. \"How did he notice it?... Another pause. Oh, I see. Right, no, no, I\'ll come back soon. I need to finish up some work here first and then I\'ll contact the hospital. I\'ll call you when I\'m on my way home. See you soon.\" Sally pushed the small button and disconnected the machine before turning to face Une who was looking at her quizzically.

\"That was Paul.\"

\"I gathered it was some sort of mini crisis from home,\" Une replied, the amusement evident in her voice. \"So, what\'s happened? He set the place on fire? The washing machine has blown up?\"

Sally laughed. \"No, nothing that drastic. It\'s Leith.\"

\"Leith? That\'s Bob Martins\' son isn\'t it?\"

\"Yes. You remember how when his dad tried to contact him and the computer self destructed?\"

\"Yes.\"

\"Well, Doctor Stokes who treated him said that as far as the test results showed it was swelling putting pressure on the spinal nerves that was causing his paralysis. Whether or not he regained any use or sensation in his lower body would depend on the length of time it took for the swelling to go down and any damage done to the nerves due to the swelling.\"

\"Spare me all the intricacies, I\'m really not up to it at thmentment,\" replied Une and took a mouthful of her coffee. \"Ugh! That\'s horrible!\" she stated as the cold coffee passed down her gullet.

\"Paul just called to let me know that Leith has some feeling back in his toes. Said they were tingling so he thought I should know and arrange for Doctor Stokes to take another look at him.\"

\"Finish what you have to do here and then contact his doctor, I\'m sure they will be able to arrange to see him as soon as possible. Which hospital?\"

\"Mercy General, same as the one the civilians are going to.\"

\"Right. Look, you head out to the Preventer hospital and double check all is ready there to receive the injured suspects. Contact this doctor and do what ever it is that needs to be done. I\'ll let you know once the ships reach Earth orbit and you will have enough time to get to the Phoenix base from Mercy and assess the wounded. Once you\'re done with that you can head back to Mercy and oversee the treatment of the civilians as well as this Leith.\"

\"Thanks, Une. That would be great.\" Sally stood up and placed the \'p \'phone back in her bag. \"I\'ll head out now and call Doctor Stokes from the Preventer hospital. Once I know what\'s happening I\'ll call you back.\" She stood up and left the office.

\"Good luck.\" Une ran her hands once more through her hair before picking up the coffee cup again. She glared at its cold contents and wrinkled her nose. \"I really need to get a coffee machine in here,\" she muttered and then stood to go in search of another cup of the liquid, preferably hot.

~ * ~

Duo and Heero located the small galley on the ship and Duo eagerly went to investigate the contents of the pantry, Heero right behind him. They were pleased to find the pantry was quite well stocked with vacuum sealed food packs. \"Beats the hell outta ration bars, eh, Heero?\" Duo grabbed a couple of packs off the shelf and read the contents.

Heero was a little more thorough in his investigation, looking through the various packs before selecting two. They took the packs back into the kitchen part and put them in the food rehydrator. Duo went in search of something liquid to wash it down with and came back moments later with a beaming smile and two containers of what looked like orange juice.

Heero smiled and then fetched their food when the bell sounded to tell them it was ready. He brought the packs back over to the bench and dropped them down, passing Duo a fork as he did so. They tore the packs open and the the steam escape before digging in.

It didn\'t take Duo long to finish his packs and down the orange juice, Heero wasn\'t too far behind him. With the trash cleared away they sat while Heero finished his juice, contemplating what to do next.

\"I wonder if this heap of junk has a shower or anythin\' like it. I dunno \'bout you, Heero but I could certainly do with gettin\' cleaned up a bit.\"

Heero sniffed at himself. \"I am getting a little fragrant myself,\" he replied. \"Let\'s go check out the crew quarters and see if we can\'t find something in the line of a bathroom.\"

Hand in hand they left the galley and went in search of a shower. The crew quarters were easy enough to find but the bathroom was proving to be a little more elusive. Finally they located one, tucked away in a corner. During their explorations they had found clothing in the crew quarters and scrounged up some clean jeans and shirts.

\"Fuck, this is tiny!\" Duo stated the obvious.

\"There won\'t be a lot of hot water either,\" replied Heero.

\"Huh?\"

\"When the sweepers did the maintenance on the engines a lot of the circuitry had to be replaced. They took what they needed from sections of the ship that weren\'t completely necessary.\"

\"Well, shit! I guess maybe we betta take the shower tagether then, yanno, save on the water and all that jazz.\" Duo wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

Despite his injuries, Heero felt his body react to his partner\'s suggestion. He slipped his arms around Duo\'s waist. \"Hai, maybe we should,\" he replied as he nuzzled Duo\'s neck.

Duo shivered and offered more of his neck.

After placing several soft kisses to his lover\'s neck and jaw, Heero pulled away. \"Come on, let\'s get cleaned up.\" They both began to strip, Heero garefully removing the strapping from Duo\'s shoulder while Duo removed the bandages from Heero\'s arm and thigh, rolling them up and placing them neatly to one side ready to be replaced once they were clean.

\"What about your hair?\" Heero asked. Duo\'s hair still had traces of blood in it from his earlier accident in the cockpit.

\"I\'ll leave it till we gets back ta Earth. Not enough water or time ta wash it properly here,\" he replied and then tied the braid up into a makeshift bun on his head. Both naked, Duo reached into the small sr cur cubicle and turned on the taps, the water burst forth, heating up rapidly. They stepped inside and pulled the door closed. There was barely enough room for them both but they managed.

Heero took the soap and began to wash Duo\'s back for him, skimming quickly over the hard muscle and down to his buttocks. He let his fingers slide along the crevice and paused to tease the tiny entrance for a moment. Duo closed his eyes and moaned softly. Heero didn\'t linger for long though, he didn\'t know for sure just how long the water would last. He shifted position and carefully soaped over Duo\'s arms and chest, then over the flat stomach and to the thighs, deliberately by-passing the half hard erection pushing up from between Duo\'s legs. With only *that* part left to wash, he handed the soap to Duo.

The American felt a little peeved that Heero hadn\'t washed his groin but then realized why Heero had left that part of him for now. He quickly returned the favor, soaping over Heero\'s back and buttocks, slipping a finger along the cleft and pushing slightly inside to tease for a moment. It was Heero\'s turn to moan and he pushed his hips back, trying to draw more of Duo\'s finger into his body. Duo though declined the offer and turned Heero around. He ed oed over the chest, arms and lower abdomen before soaping Heero\'s thighs and legs. Once done and with the hot water still flowing, he wrapped his hand around Heero\'s hardening shaft and began to work the soap into a lather, stroking the length to full hardness as he cleaned his partner.

Heero\'s hand stole forth and pinched the soap from Duo, applying the slippery stuff to Duo\'s now fully erect cock. Gently he lathered the shaft, then moved to the swollen head where he proceeded to rub his thumb across the reddened tip. Duo\'s hips thrust towards him as his own reciprocated the action, pushing into Duo\'s talented hand. They both began to mutually pleasure each other, stroking along heated shafts, pausing from time to time to bestow the tip with extra stimulation.

\"Ahhh... Heero. Fuck that feels good,\" Duo moaned as his eyes closed and he rocked his hips.

\"Nnn... Keep going, Duo. Almost there,\" panted Heero as his cock continued to push into the tunnel of Duo\'s hand.

Duo somehow managed to work his other hand in-between Heero\'s legs and fondle the hardening sac, rolling Heero\'s balls around in his palm and driving the Japanese man to greater heights of pleasure.

Heero was forced to place his spare hand upon the shower wall in an attempt to keep his balance. His knees threatened to buckle on him and send him crashing to the floor with the overload of pleasure Duo was giving him. He could feel his end drawing near and sped up his strokes to Duo\'s cock, squeezing a little harder and drawing moans which turned to screams from Duo\'s throat as the braided man was tormented further.

\"G... gonna cum, baby...\" Duo forced out as he felt his balls tighten and draw close.

\"Me too...\" panted Heero as he thrust again into Duo\'s hand. His vision began to blur as his balls constricted and the fire in his gut flared.

Duo was the first to give in to the orgasmic fire, his essence flooding along his channel and spurting out from the slit, covering Heero\'s belly and cock. It was an effort to keep his hand pumping on Heero\'s penis but he managed and soon was rewarded by a low, keening cry as Heero\'s seed erupted from the head and mingled with his own, the water washing it from their bodies and down the drain to be recycled.

They rested against each other as their orgasms rippled through their bodies, each enjoying the pleasure of the moment. The water continued to sluice down on them and suddenly turned icy cold.

That jerked them both from their pleasure and shivering, Duo turned the taps off as they both scrambled to get out and wrap themselves in warm towels.

\"Fuck that was cold!\" yelped Duo as he fled the small shower recess.

\"No need to tell me,\" replied Heero through chattering teeth.

\"Hurry up and get dried off, Hee-chan, then I\'ll re-bandage yer wounds fer yer,\" said Duo as he briskly toweled himself off and pulled on the jeans he\'d found.

Heero finished drying himself and waited patiently while Duo applied the bandages and dressings to his wounds. He slipped his own requisitioned jeans on and then turned to restrap his partner\'s shoulder before shucking on the T-shirt, Duo putting his own on as well. Once done, Duo released his hair from the bun and wound his arms around his lover, nuzzling close. \"Thanks, Heero. That was... nice.\"

\"My pleasure, Duo. Thank you also.\" Heero leant in and claimed Duo\'s lips in a kiss. \"What do you say we find a bed somewhere and take a nap for a while?\"

\"Sounds like a good idea ta me,\" responded Duo.

\"I\'ll just go check the auto pilot and make sure we\'re still on course while you find us suitable accommodation.\" Heero placed a soft kiss to Duo\'s nose.

\"Okay, lover. Don\'t be too long, will yer?\"

\"I\'ll be back before you know it.\"

~ * ~

Paul turned off the vid \'phone and looked at the blank screen for a moment, a smile on his lips. Then he stood up and headed for his room and Leith. He poked his head around the door and gave his boyfriend a grin before entering.

\"Did you managed to contact Sally?\" Leith asked, his eyes hopeful.

\"Sure did,\" Paul replied as he sat himself down on the bed next to Leith and kissed the young man. \"She said she\'s got a few things ta clear up at work first then she\'s gonna get a hold of yer doctor and make an appointment fer yer ta see \'im.\"

Leith grinned. \"Thanks, Paul.\"

\"She said she\'d call once she\'s got everyfin organized.\" There was a slight hitch in Paul\'s voice as he spoke and Leith picked up on it.

\"What\'s wrong, Paul?\" he asked tentatively.

\"Nothin\'.\"

\"Come on, spill.\"

\"Well, she asked a coupla questions which I wasn\'t sure about answerin\'.\"

\"Like what?\"

Paul turned a light shade of red. \"She asked how yer knew yer was gettin\' the feelin\' back.\"

Leith laughed and squeezed Paul\'s hand. \"And what did you say?\"

\"Well, I couldn\'t exactly tell her we was... yer know... messin\' around now could I?\" Paul\'s voice was on the defensive. If Wufei was to find out he\'d been getting intimate with his boyfriend then he had no doubts that Leith would be feeling more than the sharp edge of Wufei\'s tongue, or his legs for that matter. It didn\'t seem to enter the equation that Paul was more than well versed in the pleasures of the flesh, having been giving blowjobs, handjobs and been fucked up the ass since he was ten, all in order to survive.

\"No, I guess you couldn\'t,\" snickered Leith. \"Guess we will have to come up with an excuse we can both reme the then.\"

\"I could always say I was bringin\' yer breakfast an\' when I wents ta raise yer up in the bed a bit yer felt the tingles in yer toes.\"

\"Sounds good to me,\" replied Leith. \"I\'d say we stick with that story then.\"

Paul snuggled closer to Leith. \"I\'m glad yer gettin\' the feelin\' back, Leith.\"

\"So am I,\" replied Leith as he pressed kisses to the top of Paul\'s dark head.

\"And thanks fer earlier too.\" The heat rose again to Paul\'s cheeks as he recalled their earlier *playtime*. It had been good.

\"My pleasure, Paul.\"

\"I\'d like ta return that pleasure, Leith.\" Paul\'s voice was low and husky.

\"I\'d like nothing more than to have you return the pleasure, Paul, but not now. Let\'s wait until I\'ve seen the doctor and see what he has to say about my condition.\"

\"Okay. But once yer well and truly on the road ta recovery I\'m gonna give yer a present yer ain\'t likely ta ferget any time soon.\"

Leith shivered at Paul\'s words and he didn\'t doubt that his young boyfriend meant what he said. He could feel a faint stirring in his groin and smiled. It looked like the doctor had been right when he said the paralysis should only be temporary.

~ * ~

tbc........