Title: Stereotypical Insanity

Fandom: Gundam Wing

Author: C-Chan

Pairings: 1x2, 3x4x5

Warnings: This is a self-insert fic, so if you don’t like them, I suggest you go away. Also, there is YAOI, as in….Guys kissing, groping, etc guys. You don’t like that, once again, go away. So! Altogether, your warnings are: Self-insert, yaoi, cursing, and of course, humor.

Chapter 5 – Suspicious

“Idea idea idea idea idea idea…” Alex chanted as she burst into her room, tossing her backpack on the bed and booting up her computer.

Not bothering with the internet for now, the young writer opened up the word document she had been working on for weeks and began typing. Ooooh, why didn’t she think of this before?!

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Despite Wufei’s warning, Cass couldn’t but wander the grounds a bit. She’d run inside first to grab whoever’s jacket, calling up the stairs to let the three know she was going for a walk. She doubted they had heard her, but oh well.

She had started towards the forest first, seeing a small path leading deeper in. She followed it slowly, admiring the beauty around her and the sounds of nature; there were hardly any places where she lived that were just so…peaceful, so tranquil.

She was surprised when the forest opened up into a large clearing with a huge building near the center; no, large wouldn’t have been an accurate description for the area in front of her.

“Holy…” She whispered, taking a few steps forward. It looked like a huge warehouse, a place where large shipments could be held with room to spare…

…or a place to hide mobile suits.

“No way,” Cassie said, walking up to the doors and placing her hand on it. It WAS an ideal place to store them, she noted. The forest she had been walking through spread around the building and continued after it, and the trees were high enough that the only way someone could notice it was if they walked back here themselves or were flying over-head.

It would be so cool to see the Gundams! She squealed mentally, stepping closer to the building. Pictures and descriptions don’t have anything against the real thing, no matter how detailed!

But I’m pretty sure they’ve got this place booby-trapped up the wazoo, she thought, glancing at the smaller door to her left. And I’m THAT dumb that I’d let my curiosity get the better of me and go looking around.

Sometimes she hated when common sense hopped in.

With a resigned sigh she turned back towards the path, determined that sometime soon, she’d get one of them to bring her out here and let her see them.

She paused when she heard the door open and shut behind her.

Okay…what was that? She asked herself, turning around again. She hadn’t seen anyone out here, and the boys were occupied with whatever right now…

Maybe…it was an animal? Or the wind?

Or OZ.

Curiosity perked once again, she returned to the front of the building, carefully and quietly opening the door to peek in. A mantra started softly in the back of her head: Idiot, you’re going to die! Idiot idiot idiot idiot…

It was dark inside, but as her eyes adjusted she could clearly see five distinct shapes in the warehouse, along with a few vehicles.

And the figure of someone looking over one of them.

Gulping and taking a few steps forward, she purposely made her steps louder than normal; hoping that it was just some hapless person who lived nearby whose curiosity was as bad as hers.

When she got close enough, the person whirled around and screamed.

“Who are you?” She asked; she gave herself a mental pat on the back that her voice didn’t crack.

Now that she was closer, she could see it was a girl, somewhat taller than herself, but much younger. She seemed frightened that she had been caught; something Cassie planned to use to her advantage.

“Who are you?” The girl countered, and Cass repressed a groan.

“I asked you first.”

”…Amy.”

“Okay Amy, what the hell are you doing here?”

“Uhm…I lost my puppy?”

Cassie face-faulted and stared at the girl. WHAT kind of excuse is that?! “Bull. What are you doing here?”

“Fine! I was wandering in the forest and found this place and wanted to look around, okay?! And what the heck are YOU doing here?”

As Cass opened her mouth, a smart-ass reply on her lips, the door opened again and the lights flashed on, startling both girls. Cass whirled around and blinked at the site of Duo and Heero standing there, guns drawn.

“Cassie?” Duo lowered his gun slightly, a slightly shocked expression on his face. Heero, on the other hand, kept his gun trained on the girl.

Eyeing Amy, Cassie slowly made her way to stand next to the pilots. “What are you doing in here?” Duo asked, blinking down at her.

“Who are you?” Heero demanded, tone clipped and cold as he interrupted any reply Cassie would have had; Amy stumbled a few steps back, then shook her head. “I…” She stopped and swallowed hard.

”She said her name was Amy,” Cass finished when it didn’t seem as if the girl was going to answer. Amy glanced at her, then back to the Wing pilot.

“Perhaps we should take this outside?” Duo said slowly, glancing at Heero, Amy, then back at Heero. Heero calmed slightly, then nodded and motioned with his gun to the door, eyes still trained on the girl. “You first.”

Amy cautiously walked past them and out the door, quickly followed by Heero, Duo, and finally Cassie. Duo stepped back to close the door behind them, then joined the small group once again as Heero began speaking. “What were you doing in there?”

”I can explain, really!” Amy exclaimed, waving her hands around. “I only wanted to know why a huge place like this was in the middle of nowhere. I didn’t think it…” She trailed off, uncertain on what words to use. As she saw it, she was in deep shit no matter how she tried to explain.

“It was obvious you weren’t thinking,” Cassie muttered, then yelped as Duo elbowed her and told her to be quiet.

“What’s going to happen to me?” The girl asked softly, looking much younger and frightened. She had the classic “Deer-caught-in-the-headlights” look, and Cassie couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. Heero had his death-glare turned up all the way, and it was pointed directly at her.

Cassie turned to give the girl a good look, now that they were outside. She WAS taller than her, by more than she thought, considering she was wearing those tacky foam-heeled shoes she say many of the teenagers from her neighborhood wearing. Her black pants flared at the bottom, decorated with embroidered butterflies and flowers, trailing up the sides of the leg to the hips. Her white shirt matched, and despite her story of “wandering around”, her clothes didn’t have a spot on them; Cass was suddenly reminded of her sister, and didn’t like that at all. Something was fishy…

Heero lowered his gun and clicked the safety on, then returned it to the holster on his lower back. “Get out of here,” he growled.

Amy wasted no time and scrambled back into the woods, not even looking back. Duo watched with wide eyes, then turned to Heero. “Why the hell did you let her go? She could have been an Ozzie!”

“If she worked for OZ, she would have had more control over her emotions and body language,” Heero replied softly, staring in the direction the girl had fled. “And if she was dangerous, she would have tried something already.”

Duo nodded slowly, seeming to accept the explanation, and returned his own gun its holster. “Can we head back then? I’m starved!”

”Hey, wait!” Cassie exclaimed, stopping the two in their tracks. “How did you guys know we were out here in the first place?”

”There’s an alarm set up that will go off and send a signal to the house if anyone goes in without entering a pass code first,” Duo replied, grinning slightly.

“Oh,” Cassie replied dumbly. That made sense.

“You should know that!” Duo continued, mock-scolding her. “You supposedly know all about us, yet you think we’d just leave our Gundams out in the middle of nowhere without any sort of protection? What kind of fan are you?!”

Cassie sputtered and glared. “I never claimed to know everything about you!”

Duo chuckled and started back towards the path, Heero in tow. Cass huffed and followed after them.

Anything Cassie would have wanted to tell them was forgotten as they got into the house to eat dinner.

A Few Days Later

Duo, Quatre, and Cassie found themselves in the attic that afternoon, sorting through numerous boxes and trunks in search of something.

This something? Girls clothes.

“I can’t keep borrowing yours,” Cassie had insisted earlier to them. “And I don’t want to blow your cover by leaving this place and heading into town.”

“And,” She continued before they could argue. “It’ll give us something to do to cover the boredom issue.”

The boredom issue had started that morning. Last minute, Heero and Trowa had received a mission, despite their “vacation”; Infiltrate an OZ base 100 miles south and gather some information on some of the newer mobile suits being developed. Both boys promised to be back by the end of the week.

And I can’t let them mope around! Cass thought to herself, glancing up from the box she was sorting through and over to the two boys. Although Wufei had to be stubborn and run off somewhere…”Find anything?”

“A couple of T-shirts, but not much else,” Duo muttered, then sneezed as dust flew up from the box he was opening.

I know we have spare clothes SOMEWHERE…” Frowning thoughtfully, Quatre moved away from the window and to the corner of the attic where a few boxes remained untouched.

Cassie sneezed, cursed, and stood up. “Man, there’s so much dust in here!” She moved towards the window and opened it, letting in the crisp, autumn breeze. “This place needs some serious—HOLY! PLEASE tell me that is NOT who I think it is!”

Both boys glanced up. “What?”

“…look out the window.” She said very quietly, stepping away and waving at it.

Duo and Quatre scrambled over and looked out the window. Conveniently, it gave a great view of the front of the house, as well as the road that lead up to it.

And coming up that road was a solitary limousine.

A pink limousine.

Duo groaned. “Aww, we don’t need this now! We’re on vacation, damnit!”

“Now Duo,” Quatre scolded gently. “I’m sure Miss Relena has a reason to be visiting us.”

“The only reason that…that….that pink TERROR would come to visit you guys is to stalk Heero!” Cassie sputtered, moving away from the window. Duo’s snicker was barely heard as she continued. “She’s SCARY! Anyone who doesn’t seem to understand the words “I’ll kill you” is a certified nut!”

“She’s got a point, ya know.” Duo grinned, and Quatre sighed.

“Alright, what do you suppose we do? Ignore her?”

“Oh no,” Cassie said, straightening her shoulders and grinning evilly. “Let me deal with her.”

”But you just said she scares you.” Duo pointed out.

“Eh, I’ll deal. She may be scary, but she’s still a little girl. And I am older, so I have to be even scarier!” She replied, a determined gleam in her eyes.

“….huh?” Both boys replied.

“Don’t worry, it makes sense once you think about it,” Cassie said cheerfully, heading out of the attic.

Duo and Quatre paused to think about it, then turned to look at each other.

“It still doesn’t make sense.”

“Should we go watch or wait here?”

“And miss a chance to see the princess put in her place? No way!”

They both scrambled for the doorway.