Another Devil

Title: Another Devil
Author: DeityOfDeath
Archive: Yes please......
Pairings: 1x2x5, 3x4
Category: Drama, romance
Rating: PG. 13 and hopefully an NC-17 sometime soon.
Spoilers: Maybe......... Episode Zero hints.
Warnings: Yaoi, Lemon scenes, pregnant men, Pregnant Duo.
Disclaimers: I never have nor will I ever own Gundam Wing or its chars. They are property of Bandai and a few other major companies.

Another Devil

Chapter 7: Shell


Here he stood. A new place. A new situation. He should have been used to it by now. They had decided it was best to move. It was safer and with their connections it would be well hidden. He had been given lots of choices. He decided that the circus was probably not a good idea. Sure, it moved a lot and it was hard to locate him among the circus folk, but he didn\'t want to be jostled and jumbled around at the moment. Eight months pregnant and on the move did not sound like fun. Especially with his bladder having more weight on it. He also said no to most of the houses Relena had to offer and surprisingly so did the others. She was in the public eye too much. She had paparazzi and press all over her estates. Sally had gotten together with Zechs and Quatre and the three of them had found this place.

It was secluded in the country side and unknown to most of the press. Its number was unlisted and it’s whereabouts secret among the higher ups. It had been one of Trieze\'s old mansions and evidentially a place that Wufei had known about. I knew that Trieze and Zechs were a pair at one time and it was known by a few of us that Wufei had been with them on occasion. Wufei had loved this mansion and since he had helped pick the mansion, Quatre picked our guards.

Quatre had almost all the maguanacs here. It seems a lot of them were surprised to see me in my new condition but they all were kind and went from talking about me to asking Quatre when he and Trowa were going to have a little Master running around the mansion. Quatre laughed and left their questions unanswered. Although, truth be told....Quatre finally got me to cave in and help him with his own plans to have a child. I don\'t think the others know yet. Quatre and I have been seeing Sally regularly and since Trowa would give Quatre anything, he easily caved at Quatre\'s request for an heir. Bet\'s are that Trowa was hoping to be a father as well.

Quatre has already been inseminated and odds are good that he\'s preggers. He\'ll probably wait til he starts showing signs before he says anything to the others. I doubt it will remain a surprise for long. Quatre\'s about a month along and already he\'s suffering from morning sickness. I feel for him. I\'m glad to be past that myself. Trowa\'s been at his side this whole time and using my own condition as an excuse he\'s called out sick from WEI for a month or more. Most of the work is being taken care by Rashid and his sisters. I can\'t wait to see the bulge grow on Quatre\'s thin frame. It would be interesting. Although even our sunny Quatre didn\'t think it was interesting at the moment. I had to keep myself from laughing when he smelled food and ran from the room holding his mouth. Currently he was lying in bed while the rest of us finished breakfast. Trowa would take a bite and then look towards the stairs apprehensively.

\"He\'ll be fine, Tro.\"

He turned to look at me and managed a frown. I just smiled and leaned back in my chair. Heero ignored the interaction between us, wise choice. I was betting he knew more than he was letting on. Wufei of course, seemed to be completely ignorant. He just stared at us, sipping his tea and then looked back down at his newspaper. Sometimes ignorance was bliss. I smiled widely and was about to sit up when a pain hit. It started in my lower back and spread through my stomach. I must have made a face or a sound because when it ended and I looked up I had all eyes on me. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly before sitting back again.

I\'d better reassure them. After the whole wacko quacko incident all of them have been on edge around me. I think they expected me to just to start screaming when it was time or better yet, keep it a secret when it was time. I don\'t think so. When its time I\'ll more than let them know.

\"I\'m fine, boys. Relax. Just a minor ache. Besides, I have a whole month before its time.\"

I almost laughed when Heero and Wufei let out a huge breath at the same time. They were as on edge as Trowa. They should try being the ones carrying a living thing inside of you. Maybe I should drop the hint after this little one is born. I put my hand atop my stomach and then sat up again.

\"So, do you think we\'ll be able to return to our home any time soon?\"

Wufei set his newspaper down and looked across the table at me, \"I would prefer we stay here until Dr. Cold is found.\"

\"How long is that going to take?\"

\"There\'s no telling really. Although from what Zechs and Une were saying, Dr. Cold has been located in a certain country not long after her surprising appearance at our home,\" said Wufei.

\"So, is it really her?\"

\"There\'s no telling. Rumor says she experimented on herself. It could be her, a clone or perhaps a relative,\" said Trowa closing his eyes.

I had a feeling I wasn\'t the only one tired of this bullshit. If it was her, why didn\'t she try to conceal herself? Why not go through some sort of change? Dye her hair, change her makeup or maybe even cosmetic surgery. Was she trying to drive me insane or was she sending a message of some sort? Watch my back? She\'s still there? What? I could have sat here and made myself frustrated for the rest of the day trying to figure this whole thing out but the child inside had other plans. He or she decided to change positions again and that meant that I needed a better place to sit and I really needed to prop my feet up. I was beginning to feel crampy again and I should probably do some stretches. I looked over at Fei and decided to let him relax and continue reading the newspaper.

I stood up after three tries and huffed my bangs out of my eyes. This was beginning to get annoying. I half expected someone to laugh but Wufei glanced up from his paper, still in his seat almost asking with his expression if I needed any help. Heero had stood behind my chair his hands out in case I needed help but not forcing his help on me. And then there was Trowa. Trowa stood meekly watching me his expression almost emotionless except for the questioning eyes. Jeez! You have a few hormone induced mood swings and everyone walks on eggshells around you.

I smiled and took Heero\'s hand and brought it up to my lips, pressing a small kiss along his knuckles. He smiled and pulled my face up to face his own. It made me smile. I remember being the tallest one out of our threesome and at some point within the last few years he had outgrown me. Wufei was close to my size but still an inch or two taller. I felt Heero\'s lips press against mine and I melted into them. We separated simultaneously and then I padded over to Wufei, leaning over his shoulder I wrapped my arms around his neck and staying there only for a minute or two before leaning in and kissing his cheek lovingly. If I had stayed bent over like that a minute more my back would be unforgiving.

He patted my hands as I slipped away and then padded out of the room.

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I felt someone gently shaking my shoulder and lazily opened my eyes. I must have fallen asleep on my Pilates mat while stretching. I had the weirdest habit of falling asleep in the oddest places. The funniest so far was the examining table while Dr. Bennett was talking to another doctor. I was being shaken again. What the hell was so important? I also must have closed my eyes again for them to be this persistent. I opened my eyes and groaned when I saw Quatre leaning over me. He looked worried. What could shake Q-bean like this? I sat up as fast as I could and wiped my eyes.

\"What\'s up, Q?\"

\"Duo we\'ve been given a mission.\"

\"A mission? What mission? A mission from Une?\"

He nodded, \"We\'re going to be heading out now but Rashid and Mustafa will be here with the staff and a few of the maguanacs.\"

I frowned, \"Should you be going on a mission?\"

At that he blinked and then frowned again absentmindedly placing a hand over his stomach, \"I should be fine. I\'ll be sure to stay in a safety zone.\"

I glared at him and he smiled, \"I\'ll be fine, Duo. Why don\'t you go upstairs where Mustafa and Rashid are? They heard you were sleeping down here in the fitness room and automatically started ranting about your health.\"

I sighed and got into a kneeling position, \"Hai, hai.\"

Quatre held out a hand and I took it half struggling as he helped pull me into a standing position. I followed him up a pair of stairs and through the dining room. When we reached the living room I laughed at the sight of Rashid and Mustafa setting up a bed on the couch. They had at least six pillows and three blankets and both ushered me over to it with big smiles.

\"Rest her Master Duo,\" I looked at Mustafa. He had this bad habit of calling me master.

\"I\'ll be watching over you while Master\'s Wufei and Heero are away.\"

Rashid nodded and then left the room. Mustafa seated himself on the loveseat across from the couch and crossed his arms. I sat down on the couch for a few minutes before finally laying back and propping my feet up. The whole time Mustafa sat on there just looking like a guard. It was unnerving. What in the hell was going on? What was this mission about?

\"Mustafa, feel free to read a book or watch TV.\"

He looked at me and then picked up a magazine from the coffee table. It was better than having him stare at me. I closed my eyes and felt sleep tugging at me. I surrendered and let the comforting dreams take me.


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\"MASTER DUO! RUN!\"

What in the hell!? I sat up as fast as I could and looked around the room. I saw Mustafa fall to the floor as a loud blast filled the room. I saw blood blossom around his fallen body and stood frozen. What in the hell was going on? Everything had been peaceful, what had changed? Why was Mustafa laying on the floor bleeding to death? Before I could walk over to him I heard the click of a gun. I looked up into a pair of cruel gray eyes. It was her. She was here. But how? How had she gotten past my security? How?

She pointed the gun at my head and smiled, \"Well, you certainly are looking well. Is all well with our child?\"

\"What happens if I say \'no\'?\"

\"I shoot first and ask questions later while I\'m examining your dead corpse.\"

This lady needs serious help. The kinda help you get when you’re strapped to a bed and a group of doctors in white coats are fitting you for your very own coat with lots of shiny buckles.

\"I\'m well and so is the baby.\"

\"The baby? I take out you haven\'t found out the sex, or are you still in denial?\"

\"I\'m not the one in denial, lady.\"

Keep the crazy lady talking and hope to God that someone shows up with a gun soon.

\"Are you stalling Mr. Maxwell?\"

\"Is it working?\"

\"No,\" and as she said it a hand slipped over his face, covering it with a white linen filled with some smelly substance. He struggled hoping to free himself but instead was rewarded by being dropped to the floor suddenly. He looked up at the person that had held the cloth to his face and saw what looked like another Dr. Cold.

\"Two......psycho bitches. That...........can\'t ...........be good.\"

His sight began to blur and as it did he noted the red spot blossoming from the doctor’s chest where the tip of a katana protruded. He smiled and it all went black.

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\"Heero, do you think Duo\'s okay?\"

\"I don\'t know Quatre, but the fact that no one was in the facility leaves a bad taste in my mouth,\" answered Heero.

As the drove up the driveway to the mansion two unknown white vans stood parked in the drive way. Heero quietly slipped his gun from whatever hiding place he kept it and held it at his side as he opened the door. Two men came out of the back of the first van, carrying what looked like 9 mm. Heero fired into both of them watching as they fell to the ground. He then went running towards the vans kicking open the back doors. Finding the first empty he went to the front seat and tore the steering wheel off, tossing it onto the driveway. He then went to the second van, repeating what he had done to the first.

\"Quatre, contact headquarters!\"

\"Already on it Heero!\"

Wufei had hopped out of the SUV they drove up in and was already making his way around back. Gun fire told the others that he had run into some opposition as well. Trowa opened the glove compartment taking out an extra gun and handing it to Quatre.

\"I know you already have one, but humor me.\"

Quatre nodded taking the gun and staying in the car. Trowa then followed suit around the other end of the house so that he could meet Wufei around back. Heero took the direct approach. Right through the front door.

Trowa had met up with Wufei around back, stepping over fallen bodies here and there. They made their way through the kitchen, stopping to take pulses of fallen maguanacs. Rashid sat propped up against one counter holding his bleeding shoulder. Trowa grabbed a few clean towels pressing them to a gaping bullet hole in Rashid\'s shoulder. Rashid nodded towards the living room and then took over the job of holding the towels. Trowa stood up nodding and changed the clip in his gun. Wufei saw his favorite Katana hanging on the wall in a nice display and quietly pulled it off. He touched the blade, making sure of its sharpness and then quietly stalked out of the kitchen, Trowa right behind him.

When they entered the dining room they could see the situation through the doorway into the living room. Duo stood starring down at the fallen Mustafa while Dr. Cold held him at gun point talking casually, as though there wasn\'t person bleeding to death on the floor. Wufei growled as he saw what seemed to be another doctor Cold sneak up behind Duo with a white rag containing some sort of knock out drug. He watched that hand cover Duo\'s mouth and nose and sat there waiting for the perfect moment to bring them both down. Duo struggled, kicking and wailing at the persons arms until his limbs began to slowly fall and go limp at his side. When Duo started sliding from the doctors arms Wufei ran into the other room, Katana in front of him. He ran straight into the doctor, plunging his sword through her body until the hilt hit her back. He watched as Duo fell to the floor and then he twisted the katana side ways ripping it from her body. A spray of blood and something thicker flew from the wound splattering Wufei, the floor and Duo\'s now unconscious body.

The doctor across the room stood there surprised, her gun aimed and ready to fire at Wufei. Trowa held his gun and fired and at the same time another gun fired. Both bullets hitting the doctor. One in the head and the other in the chest where the heart was located. Her mouth opened in an inaudible gasp and then collapsed to the floor. Behind where she had stood was Heero with his gun out. Trowa and Heero both looked down at the fallen doctor and fired into her chest one more time. They then clicked on the safeties and put them away once again.

Wufei leaned down and cleaned off his sword on the fallen doctor\'s shirt before setting it down on a nearby end table. He then walked over to Duo, leaning over him. He knelt and lifted Duo\'s head into his lap. He brushed Duo\'s bangs out of the way and gently caressed his fingers across Duo\'s sleeping features.

\"Is he okay?\"

Wufei turned to look at Heero and nodded.

Just then sirens filled the yard and a minute or two later Sally followed by Dr. Bennett, Zechs, a medical staff and investigation team entered the house. Sally rushed over to Duo and sent her medical staff to find other wounded in the house. They separated and made rounds. Investigation teams took pictures and marked where each person had been standing. Sally had stretchers brought in and had Duo lifted onto one of them. She then followed him and the ambulance drivers out of the house. Wufei and Heero followed.
Quatre stayed to help with what he could along with Trowa.

At the hospital Duo was hooked up to an IV and set in a private room. Heero and Wufei sat by his bedside vigilantly.

It took two hours to empty the house of all its victims and bodies. Each dead body was taken to the morgue and each wounded person to the same hospital as Duo. Luckily the only serious injury among the Maguanacs had been Mustafa\'s gun wound to the stomach and after a few hours of surgery he was given a green light. That left Duo feeling better. Duo was released from the hospital and since it seemed that the crime had been solved and what seemed to be the real Dr. Cold was now dead, he was headed back home.


To Be Continued.......