"Mood Rings" Chapter 5
by plude
Duo was vaguely aware that the warm things wrapped around him were taken away. Then, he
felt himself being lifted and sat back down.
#It's official. I'm dead. Man, the afterlife sucks.#
All went black.
Duo awoke from a dreamless sleep. He had no idea how long he had been out. All he knew was
that everything hurt so he must still be alive. He wasn't sure whether or not to be happy
about that. The room around him was slightly fuzzy, but he was sure he saw lots of shiny
instruments and a huge mirror that took up half the room.
#Where the hell am I? Is this even real?#
A voice rang in over a speaker. Every word echoed through Duo's head painfully. "Ahh... 02,
I see that you are awake."
"No, I'm just sleeping with my eyes open again."
"02, I'm going to give you a choice. You can give me the coordinates of the other rebel
piolets(ack! Star Wars reference!), or you can experience a new definition in painful
torture."
Duo plasters on his best fake grin. "I believe I'll take door number two for five hundred,
Alex. Two *is* my lucky number."
"Such a pity."
As two Oz officers pile in the room Duo tries to move for the first time and realizes that
he is cuffed down.
Heero leans against the wall in his cell still refusing to eat or move. Four days worth of
plastic trays containing substances that might be considered food lay stacked up beside him.
A faint, but familiar scream echos in his ears.
"...Duo..."
An even greater anger wells up in Heero.
About an hour later, as the guard carrying the food enters, Heero flings a leftover tray at
him, breaking his neck. Bullets fly across the room from the other guards. Heero dodges
most of them, but takes a shot to the leg. The door is slammed shut, leaving Heero still
inside with the dead guard. Heero grabs the guards gun and checks the rounds. It is full.
"That was f***ed up!"
"Did you see that guys eyes?"
"Yeah, he looked like he was possessed or something."
"I don't think anyone will want to be opening that door again anytime soon."
"No $hit!"
"What about Charlie?"
"Don't ya s'pose his family..."
"He aint got none. They will probably just leave ‘em in there."
"What do you s'pose they do with the other one?"
BANG!!! BANG!!!
"Was that a gun shot?"
BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!!
Heero emptied the gun on the same spot on the wall, creating a hole just big enough for him
to get his hand through and hack into the door lock system. Within moments, he was free and
running down the hall.
Duo lay looking at the ceiling. He wondered if drywall could feel pain and what Oz's
obsession with cottage cheese was. He wondered what *was* up with those damn shades Heero
always wore. He wondered if the blood on the ceiling was his. But, most of all, he
wondered how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie-pop. He figured Oz would
kill him before he ever found out.
"Twinkle, Twinkle, little pain, in my groin and in my brain." Duo remembered the quote from
a Ray Bradberry short story, and it somehow seemed to fit the situation nicely.
#You know, that blood spot kind of looks like an anarchy symbol. Cool.#
Duo was semi-brought back to semi-reality by several loud gunshots just about the time he
finished picking his cuffs.
Heero burst into the room.
"Hey Heero, look at that blood spot. Isn't it cool?"
Heero looked at Duo. He looked like death warmed over. Heero swore he would kill everyone
in the building, no in Oz, even people who associated with Oz, even their families, even
their dentists and pets and their goldfish as he looked at Duo. Several cuts and bruises
formed swollen spots all over his beautiful face and his body was covered in cuts, bruises,
and blood.
#Beautiful?#
Heero's gaze caught Duo's.
"Heero?! ...Your eyes... they're... they're..."
"There's no time for this now."
Heero gently picked Duo up, wrapped him in a nearby hospital gown, and ran down the hall.
Laters, plude
Here is another really short chapter. Thank you everyone of all the great feedback. I will
make it a point to answer it all individually when I get more Internet time on Saturday. It
is really appreciated.
I own none of these characters.
Contains yaoi, scary stuff, and adult content. Read with discretion.
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