Prey for the Beast Part 5
Heero and Duo walked back to their shared room in an uncomfortable silence. Heero desperately wanted to help his lover but didn't know how. Reaching out, he gently clasped a hand and held it in his own, giving a silent, but unmistakable show of support.
Duo was startled to feel Heero grab his hand and hold it. He gave a squeeze of thanks and returned to his introspection about the current situation.
Solo watched as the pair slowly made their way across campus. He felt a surge of rage as he watched that creature touch his lovely angel. Snarling, he vowed to take Duo away from the foul creature and his influence before the night was over.
Heero heard a noise behind them and had an instant to push Duo behind him before an object came sailing through the air at the shocked pair.
He snarled in grief and rage as the severed head of a pack member struck his chest and then hit the ground and rolled a couple of times before resting face up, blank eyes empty of the spark of life.
Laughter filled the area from a dark patch in the nearby woods; a taunting voice filled their ears. "Another freak of nature has met the end it so richly deserves. Stupid wolf, I'm going to kill you slowly now. You touched something that didn't belong to you, that was too good for you, and you'll pay for it!"
Duo tried to grab Heero and calm him down but was a fraction too late to stop him from changing and plunging into the woods after the killer. He was well aware that Heero wasn't thinking and that could get him killed if he caught up to Solo and challenged him.
He cast a quick spell and changed into his uniform and took off after the two angered boys. He sent off a spell flare to alert Zechs of danger and entered what he knew was a trap for him and Heero.
Solo was elated, it had been too easy to bait the stupid wolf and get him to come after him. He knew Heero was deep into his animal persona and that his reasoning skills were decreased because of it. Just a few more feet and he would turn to attack. He would cut the fool to pieces with his ribbons.
Heero could scent his enemy and he increased his speed. He longed to rip out the throat of this arrogant bastard and bathe in his blood. He sensed that Solo had stopped and was waiting for him just ahead. He rushed into a small semi-circle of cleared forest floor and was immediately attacked, but to his disappointment it wasn't Solo attacking him.
Duo had used all of his speed to catch up with his bondmate. He entered the small clearing just in time to use his scythe to kill a huge regular wolf and push his transformed lover out of the way of a strike at Heero's back by Solo.
Heero growled low in his throat and tried to fight down his animal side. He hadn't expected the rear attack and if not for Duo, he would have been badly wounded by the slicing ribbons.
Solo was displeased at the failed ambush. He raked his eyes lustfully over the object of his obsession before speaking, "Long time no see, kid. I'm disappointed that you didn't wait for me. I was coming back to claim you."
Reaching out a soothing hand to Heero, who was growling at the possessive look in the blond's eyes, Duo took a good look at youth before them. Very little had changed about his childhood friend in looks, he was still very handsome with hazel eyes and long blond hair. "Stop this Solo. These killings are wrong. Please, let me help you."
"I'm not the one who needs help, kid. These creatures are a disease on the face of the earth and need to be wiped out. Hilde was killed by one of them and now they will all pay. She was the closest thing to a mother that either of us ever had and what do you do?! You choose to let one defile your body!"
Heero would have rushed the enraged youth if not for Duo's restraining hand. How dare this sick person belittle what he and Duo had! "I love Duo and I won't apologize for that to you or anyone. My pack had nothing to do with the death of this Hilde and it's wrong of you hunt us down and make us pay for the crimes of another!"
"Oh look, the beast can speak. Well I have a new trick for you to learn. Roll over and play DEAD, doggie!"
Duo and Heero dived to the side as Solo sent his weapon slashing forward to dig deep grooves in the ground where the pair had stood.
Duo turned quickly to strike at his former best friend, only to find scarlet red ribbon winding around his body and firmly trapping him. He cried out a warning to his lover as another band of edged ribbons lashed out and slashed at the huge werewolf.
Heero grunted in pain but demonstrated no other reaction to the deep cut that was now bleeding freely on his arm. So far he had been able to dodge the slashing and twisting weapon enough to prevent serious damage, but his body was covered in multiple cuts and he was weakened from blood loss as well as fatigue, and he was slowing down. Cursing himself as a failure, he knew that soon Solo would score a major wound.
Duo wriggled frantically to free himself, just a little more and he would escape his bindings. He knew twisted one last time and the ribbon fluttered to the ground. Grabbing his scythe, the fey boy entered the fight.
Solo barely managed to avoid the sweeping blow of the deadly scythe. His only comfort was that his angel had not been trying for a killing blow, he had been going for a disabling strike. Deciding he was through playing, the tall blond whipped his favorite weapon outward in a killing blow aimed at Heero.
Crying out in fear and denial, Duo realized that if that blow hit Heero, it would kill him. In a selfless act, he threw his body in front of his mate's and waited for the deathblow. Looking into horrified blue eyes, he whispered to his love. "Aishiteru". Then the ribbon struck its mark.
Solo cried out as he watched Duo fling himself into the path of his ribbon of destruction. He frantically used every bit of skill his father had taught him to change the flow of the weapon. At the last moment he was able to change it's edge so that it captured its unexpected prey rather than killing him. Yanking hard on the ribbon, he pulled the slight violet-eyed youth into his embrace and cast a spell. This fight was over for now, he could hear others approaching.
"NOOOO!" Zechs entered the clearing just as Yuy yelled, his voice filled with grief. Fearing the worse he swung his eyes towards where the large lycanthrope was staring, just in time to see Solo vanish with a teleportation spell. Solo had escaped and he had taken Duo with him.
TBC...
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