Duo's Kidnapping

Heero paced back and forth across Ming\'s office. Trowa sat and watched him, he looked worried. Scared and worried. Too many things were happening that he could not control. This was not a thing that he had to deal with before. During the war, just about everything that happened to him or his comrades was a situation that was easily resolved. Now, however, it was not so easy.



"Heero, please sit down," Trowa begged. "You look frantic almost."



"I can\'t sit down! How do you expect me to just sit and wait?!" Heero yelled. "He\'s out there, he\'s out there and he\'s suffering! And you ask me to sit down?!" Heero gave him a glare, almost threating his life in a way. This was a serious issue, and Heero was not here to play.



Ming entered his office. "Heero, Trowa, I have not meant to keep you waiting. Tonight, at 22:00, the exchange will take place. We are trying to get as much intel as we possibly can as to Duo\'s location. We know he will be at the base prior to the exchange, but we are not for sure how soon. We need to get you both stationed in there as quickly as possible and let you hide out until it is time to strike. We will try to get you as many weapons as possible for you to be armed with. As you know, you will not have much time once they find out that the exchange is not going to happen."



"I understand clearly, Ming," Trowa acknowledged.



"Hn," Heero said with his usual annoyed reply. He knew about running a stealth mission, after all, this was personal, the most personal mission he will ever go on.



Trowa looked over at Heero and saw the expression on his face. He knew Heero was ready, more ready than he could ever be.



"So, the time now is 18:00. I need you both to take it easy until time to report for mission briefing. Report back here at 21:00. Please be suited and ready to go. Report to the armory thrity minutes prior to coming here. Take anything you need. Dismissed. See you again at 21:00," Ming informed them both.



"Heero, I think we should get something to eat, we need our strength," Trowa suggested. Trowa led the way to the elevator. "Heero, I am worried about you. I know you are worried about Duo and the mission, but you need to think about yourself right now, most of all. Get your mind cleared and prepared for tonight. Any distraction could cost you your life."



"Trowa," Heero said, looking up at him, tears almost welled up in his eyes, "If he died, I don\'t know what I would do!" Heero fell to his knees and began to cry. "I know I have to concentrate on the mission, but if I died that would be a sacrifice I would be more than willing to make for him. I love him Trowa! I love him with all my heart! I have to find him and tell him, even if it is the last thing I do!"



Trowa kneeled down and hugged him, feeling his tears wet his shirt. "Heero." He knew that there was nothing that he could say or do to make him feel better.



In front of them, the elevator doors opened, revealing them to the waiting soldiers on the other end. Trowa glared at them all, helping Heero up. "What the hell are you staring at?" Trowa yelled at them. "I could have you all court martialed if you don\'t move out of my way and quit staring!"



Heero wiped his eyes as they walked down the hall. "Thanks, Trowa, I owe you one," Heero told him.



"You don\'t owe me a thing," Trowa said to him. He looked over at him, "Everything will be fine."



Heero smiled at him. Maybe he shouldn\'t have cried. Now, he felt bad. Heero Yuy, the Perfect Soldier, has shown weakness. He cried. When was he supposed to be capable of crying in the first place? He had never cried before and did not want to be labeled as a crybaby. "Trowa, I am just so scared, scared that I will never see him again. The last time I saw him, we got in an argument. It was over something stupid. He had eaten the last of my oatmeal pies, and pawned it off on WuFei, when I saw him eating it. That\'s why he was at the grocery store. I can\'t believe someone would kidnap him at the grocery store. There had to have been people there! Didn\'t anyone care? Didn\'t anyone notice? It doesn\'t matter now, I am rambling on. I just want to tell him everything!"



By the time that they had reached the cafeteria, so many soldiers were following them down the hall, listening in on their conversation that it was almost annoying.



Trowa pulled out his gun, "I will shoot the next soldier that follows me!" Heero pulled his out as well.



"Oh my!" shouted one of the soldiers, "That\'s Heero Yuy and Trowa Barton! Leave them alone. Let\'s get out of here!"



Trowa sighed putting away his gun as Heero did. They walked into the cafeteria for hopefully a stress free meal.