S-GoneAway

Gone Away

The pilots had to split up for this mission. Neither Quatre or Duo wanted to do it, but the other three pilots out voted them. That was why Heero, Trowa and Wufei felt so guilty Duo didn't return from the mission. They found the remains ofhis Gundam floating around in space, totally unsalvageable. Duo was not with the wreckage. The four Gundam pilots returned to base, with saddness in their hearts. None of them knew for sure, but it was pretty obvious that Duo was dead. Heero took it hard. - Mako Quatre closes the door behind him. His room is elegant, luxurious.. He slides down on the bed, emotionally exhausted. Duo... memories of their teammate invade his mind, like waves washing over and over. The door opens silently. Quatre doesn't open his eyes. The sound of silk fills his ears as someone sits on the bed beside him. "Quatre," Trowa says. Now Quatre opens his eyes. He looks at Trowa's dead eyes. Eyes that tell nothing, .. except to Quatre. Quatre can read the pain and bewilderment in his eyes. Suddenly, a rush of emotion fills him and he flings his arms around Trowa, as Trowa's tears fall on his hair. "Don't cry, Trowa... Trowa.." - Bat "Duo, I never thought you would leave before me." Heero thought as he lay down on his bed. He glanced over to his partner's bed. Empty........"It's all my fault! I never should have suggested that we split up...Duo....where are you!" Meanwhile, somewhere else... "Must keep on. I can't give up. Not now......Heero, i'll make it back! I promise!" - Sunny "But..you don't understand...." sobbed Trowa. Quatre felt Trowa's tears seep through his shirt. "Aw, what the heck," he thought, "Now's as good a time as any." And swallowing his sorrow, he leaned forward and kissed Trowa on the cheek. Trowa pulled out of his arms in shock. "But Quatre..." exclaimed Trowa. "I know this is a bit sudden, but-" "Didn't you know that I was going out with Duo??" cried Trowa. Quatre fainted. - Appolyon A hand gently slapped his face, a towel brushed across his forehead. Quatre opened his eyes to see Trowa's gently smiling, yet still sad face. "I'm sorry, Quatre, I didn't mean it." Trowa sighed. "I guess Duo's death affected me more than I thought." Quatre slowly sits up, searching Trowa's face for confirmation. Trowa looked up suddenly, eyes glowing. He's gone beyond himself, Quatre thought to himself. His pain is causing him to act irrationally. Trowa places a hand to Quatre cheek, draws his face close to his own. Quatre can see his bright eyes... - Bat A knock sounded on the door. "Come in," said Heero. Unexpectedly, it was Wufei. Heero turned away. "Uhh...Heero..." said Wufei. "I know that Duo's death was hard on you." If Heero wasn't so upset, he would have commented on Wufei's abnormal behaviour. "But I know you aren't someone to give up, so..." Still Heero kept his back to him. "If you need any help, just ask me," finished Wufei, relieved. "IF I NEED ANY HELP???!!" hissed Heero. "It was our fault he died! Trowa's, mine, yours!! Why did you have to vote to split up!!!!" "Hey!" said Wufei."It was your fault as much as mine and-" "SHUT UP!" Heero screamed, knocking him unconcious. Heero gasped. He was losing it. He had to find Duo soon... yes! He would leave the following day. But it was all Wufei's fault, it was all Wufei's fault..and he would make Wufei pay..and then he would find Duo. He crouched over the unconsious Wufei and pulled both their pants down... Soon a cacophony of Japanese and Chinese screams were heard coming from the room. - Appolyon He had known his Gundam was doomed the moment he saw the batallion of Leo's heading his way. Maybe with one of the others around he could have stood a chance. Damn if Heero had only listened to him! Now he was trapped in an delipidaded old cargo shuttle. It was a sheer miracle he managed to board it unnoticed by the enemy.They had been to engulfed in the destruction of the mecha to notice it had no pilot. He was successful in killing the two pilots of the small craft, but he was wounded and loosing a lot of blood. Duo fought with all his might to keep awake. He had to reach Heero. - Mystyangel Wufei screamed. His body had been totally ravaged and raped by Heero. He was bleeding, especially down ..there. He could hardly stand. His honour was...gone. He felt an intense anger in his stomach. He vowed to serve justice. Heero would pay for bringing shame to him and his clan. He whispered a silent prayer to his dead wife, and fell asleep in his own blood. "Did you hear Wufei scream?" Asked Quatre, between kisses. Trowa gave a throaty chuckle. "I'll bet him and Heero are having as much fun as we are now," he said, and playfully nipped Quatre's neck. "Heero and Wufei? How did you guess?" "'No one gives a scream like that unless they're..." "What?" asked Quatre. "Would you like to try?" Heero glanced at Wufei's body through a window. His anger had disipated and he no longer felt hatred towards the Chinese pilot. Still, what was done couldn't be undone. He started his Gundam and flew in the direction of the desert. - Shinigami Duo coughed and spat out some blood. He could see that storm clouds were gathering on the horizon. For some reason he thought of Heero. Quatre lay in Trowa's arms. Both of them were breathing heavily and bathed in a light film of sweat. "That was wonderful," whispered Quatre. He gazed longingly in the taller pilot's eyes. "I love you," he said. "I love you too, Quatre," replied Trowa. Suddenly there was a crash of thunder. It started pouring torrents outside. "I'm glad we're safe in here," smiled Quatre, and he snuggled closer into Trowa's arms. Heero swore at the rain that beat down on his gundam. It would hinder his search of Duo. Wufei stood by a clump of withered flowers, rain running over his body. 'I swear to you, Nataku, that I will rid the world of all injustice, including the injustice done to me," he vowed. He knelt down and kissed the petals gently. smiling bitterly, he said,'the storm can't get any worse than this..." Yet all 5 pilots did not realise that a storm would break out soon, far more fierce, and far more deadly than anyone could have imagined. - Apollyon Duo's luck was running thin. The cruiser was landing and customs was about to run a check on the ship. If only Heero were here, he'd know what to do. But Duo had to find Heero first. Unfortuneately, that was Duo's last thought, as the bleakness of unconsiousness overtook him from loss of blood. Heero felt a pang of hurt in his heart. Something was wrong... very wrong. He had to find Duo, fast! - Mako Duo sat quietly, his back to the wall. his breathing labored, and uneven. Heero.... Thinking of his lost companions, Duo fell asleep. dark dreams clouded his mind. Turning on his side, he managed to find a more comfortable place to rest his aching head. I've got to get back... He was losing more blood now. He had to find some way to stop it, or else... Duo faded in to unconscious. a face surfaced in his mind, and his breathing slowed. Heero..... - Solo Sweet As he lay beside Quatre, he couldn't help feeling guilty that he had used Quatre as a substitute of Duo. Sure, in some ways Quatre remind him of Duo. That irrespresible smile, that innocent eyes that seemed so trusting and accepting. He wondered how Heero is coping. Of all of them, Heero took it very badly. And he felt sorry for him, for he had Quatre to go to but Heero.... Heero had no one. - Wing Duo shivered in the grips of the nightmare. His friends were torn apart by a dark monster and he could do nothing but watch. He heard some one calling out his name. Heero! It was Heero, and he was dying! Duo fought desperately against what held him, but he had no strength. He watched in horror as the monster reached for his one true love... "HEEROOOOO!!!!" Duo screamed, sitting up, and immediately fell back, the pain and dizziness striving to make him want nothing more than some asprin and a bucket to loose his lunch into. When his head finally cleared, He looked around the room. It was a dark, bare little space, with only the small bed he lay on and a small side table. The one window was small and narrow, only good for letting in some air. He was a prisoner. A door opened. "Shit." Duo muttered. - Koko-chan A figure walked into Duo's cell. He was about Duo's height, but it was too dark for Duo to see his face. In one hand, he held a dagger. In the other hand, there was a long piece of nylon rope. "I'm too weak to take him out now,'thought Duo. 'I'll have to wait and see what he does." "Hello, Duo," said a familiar voice. The voice sent shivers up Duo's spine. No! it couldn't be! But why, how! "You call yourself the God of Death, 'Szi shen' in Chinese," continued the voice. "but I am the true Szi shen, and I am hear to take my revenge." "No, it can't be you!" cried Duo. "Don't bother yourself worrying with how I got here and why you are in here, just sit back and enjoy the ride to hell..." And the figure emerged to reveal a 15-year-old Chinese boy with a slick ponytail... with one swift movement he knocked Duo unconscious. Heero suddenly felt a pang of concern for Duo. For some weird reason, he thought of Wufei...and fear rippled through his heart...he brushed it away. - Shinigami "Wufei, what---what do you mean by this?" Duo stammered, "What have I done to you?" Wufei's cheeks flushed bright red, anger rippled through his heart like never before. "Revenge, such a strong word isn't it? It could come in different forms," he walked closer to Duo, "and, there could be many reasons for it." He knelt touched him on the face tenderly. Duo backed off immediately. "Wu-wufei!! What are you trying to---!!!" Wufei put his finger on Duo's mouth, silencing him. "I told you revenge take on many forms," he said huskily smiled then pushed Duo back on the bed. "You'll understand...soon." - Hail Quatre awoke during the night due to a sudden bolt of lightening. He stared at Trowa's peaceful sleeping face. "Trowa..." he whispered. Trowa stirred. "Mmmph...love you..." Quatre smiled inwardly to himself. *Who would guess that Trowa talked in his sleep? Wonder who he's talking about...* Quatre held his breath, straining his ears to hear more clearly. "Forever...precious Duo..." Quatre lay, crestfallen, on Trowa's heaving chest. *Impossible...he told me...* Tears, clear as crystals, slowly trickled down his face. *Trowa...how could you...* A loud bolt of lightening struck. Trowa woke up, sweating furiously. His sweet dream had somehow turned into a hideous nightmare. He looked beside him to make sure he hadn't startled Quatre...but Quatre wasn't there. Trowa got out of the bed and looked around the room. The door was open and a letter was placed on the desk. Apart from that, there was nothing out of the ordinary. He picked up the letter and walked towards the window. The storm was still raging on. *Where could he have gone?* - Quatre He glanced back at the letter.It was Quatre's handwriting! Dearest Trowa, whispers in the night have betrayed you. I realize now who you truly love. Why didn't you tell me? At least I would have been safe knowing. By the time you find this letter I would be long gone. Out of your reach. I won't let you hurt me! Nobody HURTS ME! Sadly though, if you want to find 'him' I will be the friend you knew and help you. The heart of the universe has revealed to me that when you find Wufei,you will find your 'forever precious ' Duo..But don't think that this betrayal dosen't come with a price..EVERYTHING comes with a price..And the Desert Prince will come to collect... Have a nice day! Quatre-Sama. Outside the lightning seemed to punctuate the end of the letter. The storm is about to unleash it's full fury. - Biggs Trowa stared at the letter in shock, hands shaking. "Quatre..." he said, his voice rich with emotion. He closed his eyes, hoping that Quatre would forgive him. But soon, all thoughts of Quatre were gone when another name popped into his mind. *Duo!* Trowa quickly scanned the letter again. It had said that Duo would be found with Wufei. *Have to find Wufei...* Trowa was about to leave the room when he suddenly remembered one of his fellow pilots. *There's only one person who cares about Duo as much as I do. Only one person who'll be able to find Wufei before...* He stopped. *Before what?* His eyes widened as realization finally dawned upon him. *Heero's right next door. He'll know what to do.* Trowa rushed out of the door. Time was running out... - Quatre "Heero! Heerooooo!!" Where the hell was he? Wasn't he with Wufei... Trowa suddenly remembered the screams he had heard earlier, when he and Quatre were... Something told him that those screams meant something bad. Unthinkingly, he ran into the Gundam hangar. "Shit, wrong turn--wait!" Only his Heavyarms was still standing in the hangar. Deathscythe was missing. So where were Shenlong, Sandrock and Wing? Muttering curses, he climbed into his Gundam and flew off in search of the others. "S-stop... please s-stop... enough... please... it hurts..." Wufei gazed at the half-dead pilot beneath. "Oh, we're just getting started, my little Grim Reaper," he murmured... - Appolyon Duo lay in the room, sobbing with pain and despair. He felt dirty… used. He didn’t dare look at the young Chinese man who stood above him with that evil smirk on his face… "Heero, where are you… where are you when I need you most… Heero… Heero…" Duo’s words replayed through Wufei’s head. "Heero this, Heero that…" Wufei muttered to himself. "Heero… I hate you." He rammed his fist into the wall, leaving a slight dent. He glanced at the shivering Duo huddled in a ball on the other side of the room, then went outside. After over 3 hours of savagely abusing and ravaging Duo’s body, Wufei felt hungry. He almost laughed aloud at the weirdness of it all. "The heart of the universe told me I would find you here…" said a mocking voice. Wufei didn’t turn around. "Finally you have found me, Quatre," he said evenly, hoping that his voice didn’t reveal the slight tremor of fear that was running through his body. "What do you want with me?" "Ah… I didn’t come here for you." "You didn’t?" Wufei was surprised. He was expecting the others to be loathing him. To be hating him with a heart-consuming malevolence. Enough to kill him. "No… I came for our common adversary. One Duo Maxwell." Quatre’s eyes glowed unhealthly. His breath came in quick short gasps, his hands shaking jitteringly. Wufei’s eyebrows raised at the word ‘our.’ He fought back the sudden alarm that Quatre gave him. "Is there another Duo Maxwell?" Wufei gestured to the room where Duo lay. "He’s all yours." Quatre smiled. As Quatre brushed past Wufei to enter Duo’s room, their eyes locked. In that fleeting moment, they saw past each others’ defenses. They saw the pain and shame mirroring their own. In that moment, they both understood. Then Wufei looked away. Quatre closed the door behind him. And Duo’s screams filled the night. - Shinigami The hinge creaked slightly as he closed the metal door tightly behind him. He thought he would feel satisfied, but he only felt anger and guilt. Anger at Trowa and guilt for what he'd done. The guilt faded though as quickly as it came and his lips twisted into a smirk as he heard the quiet sobs breaking through the door as he walked away. Duo clenched his fists, quickly releasing them as he felt to weak to be angry at present. He sniffled as he felt the chill of the cold floor benaeath his battered and broken body. His whole body trembled in pain and a burning ensued inside where Wufei and Quatre had sought their revenge, only to laugh at and mercilessly pound into him, further as he cried out in agony. He didn't understand, Wufei had muttered something about revenge and Heero and by the time Quatre came around he was in too much shock and pain to realize anything he really said. But what he really didn't understand and what hurt the most was that Heero had abandoned him. Why hadn't he come for him if Wufei and Quatre could find him so easily why couldn't Heero? Duo shuddered from the cold of the floor and his sobs had turned to silent tears. Soft tears that flowed gently down his cheek, glistening in the pale light that emitted from the narrow window. They flowed freely from his blue-violet eyes as he thought why didn't Heero care enough to find him? - Leera Hours had passed since Quatre had left but he still felt awful. That pain, the unbearable pain physically and mentally...Duo shivered on the cold hard floor, his body aching from the bruises and scratches that they had left.... "Why oh Why did they do this to me...? Heero, please come...." He was still losing a lot of blood and felt a continuous thudding in his brain. He felt tired...so tired... eventually, Duo drifted into a sea of unconsciousness, vulnerable to the deep dark haunting nightmares within him...."Heero....oh Heero....Where are you?" Heero was very anxious,"where is Duo...?" With every passing minute he knew that the chances of finding his beloved grew less. Little did he know that his beloved was in a cell, only 10km from where he was, waiting in deep despair. Duo slept as his life slowly drained away from him. His face was extremely pale and his breaths were short and shallow. Lying naked on the cold concrete floor also made him very cold....deathly cold....His body temperatures had dropped dangerously below normal. His tears had dried and his eyes were swollen from crying, they couldn't cry anymore... He saw the Grim Reaper in his nightmares, it had been frightening, with a long black cloak, darker than the darkest nights, it seemed to absorb all the colour from around him. The scythe was long and sharp and deadly, ready to cut the life line of Duo that had already come to an end. "well.." thought Duo."If Heero isn't going to come then i might as well die anyway...funny how i use to be the Grim Reaper... and now i have to die under my own hands...." Heero was getting very tense, his muscles on his body had all tightened and he held onto Wing with fists clenched, revealing white knuckles. His head turned from side to side, sweat running down like rain on his forehead, his eagle-like eyes searching the ground for signs of Duo. He had been circling the area for hours now, sure that Deathscythe had landed here but where was Duo??? Then his eyes picked out something that was very familiar to him, landing marks of two Gundams... "Why were there Gundams?...and two of them..." quickly without thinking of the dangers, Heero swerved off to the right in a desperate search for his beloved, " maybe this is where...." Heero landed Wing and distinguished the prints as Gundam Shenlong and Sandrock. Fear gripped Heero like a thousand stabs in the heart, fearing for the worst he rushed into the prison finding soldiers dead...everywhere... Someone had gotton there before him and....Heero wouldn't think of the possibilities, he searched all the cells and finally came to the one at the furthest end of the corridor...It was the last cell and it was unlocked... He slowly walked up to the door of the cell and gently pushed the door aside, all was dark inside and he had to let his eyes adjust. Then he saw him..... Duo was lying naked in the corner of the room, body unmoving. The fear rushed upon him again, only this time a thousand times worse than the one he had before. He rushed over to Duo, pulling him into his embrace. "Oh Duo..Duo..Duo..I'm so sorry..I'm so sorry..Duo.." His body was ice cold and his arms were limp, blood had drained completely from his face. This was the Duo that he had once loved, held and cared for, it was the boy that had been so caring to him, and the one that had showed more love to him than anyone he'd ever known, he couldn't lose Duo...not ever... - Endless Come on! Continue this story!