Author: hostilecrayon
Pairing: 1+2+1
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing is not mine.
Another top ten drabble, this one a little longer. This one is just silly! For t_shirt1x2, an elevator shaft and half a bottle of coke.
Coke Bottle
"Duo, shine the light over here."
"I'm trying, Heero! Do you think it's easy holding on to a pen-sized light while clinging to what's essentially a steel rope 50 feet above any solid surface? If that elevator starts moving, I'm seriously screwed."
"It's not like I'm that much better off."
"At least the magnets will keep you on the wall instead of throwing you around. Who's idea was this again?"
"Yours."
Duo groaned and I grinned into the panel I was halfway inside of. "It seemed perfectly reasonable when I was standing on solid ground..."
"Well, it'll be over a lot faster if you keep the light steady. Just a few more modifications and we'll have full access to the building."
"Why couldn't we have just blown the place up? We never worried about evidence when we were Gundam Pilots." I could hear the frown in his tone, and it made me smile.
"I believe Une said it was too messy."
"Says the woman who set a small bomb off in a building on a colony."
"I never said she was sane."
"I'm still not sure how she came to run the Preventers." It was just an endless flow of banter between us, but it was calming. It made the job easier and it was the main reason I partnered with Duo as often as the main office would let me. The others were often completely silent, creating a tense atmosphere. What we were doing was dangerous, of course, but that didn't mean it had to be strained, too.
The banter came to a halt when I ran into a snag. "Damn."
"What?"
"I dropped the peg that holds this grate closed." As if on cue, a small clinking noise echoed through the shaft as it made contact with the top of the elevator.
"Do you have anything to replace it with?"
"Unfortunately, no."
"Hold on a second." The light arched away from the panel, and I could hear Duo rustling around in his pack for something. A second later, I heard a small 'aha' and something was shoved into my hand.
"Try that."
I turned slightly to glance at him. "Duo..."
"What?"
"...Is that a bottle of Coke?"
"Hey, I get thirsty, you know."
"And how is the cap going to help me?"
"Stuff it in the hole."
"Duo... it's a plastic soda cap."
"And?"
I shook my head and pushed it into the grate. I cautiously removed my hand and it stayed put. "Well, what do you know..."
"See? Genius, I tell you. Pure brilliance."
I grinned. "Yeah yeah, fawn over yourself later. We still have to get out of here."
"Wait... what do I do with the open bottle?"
"I don't know. Why?"
"Well, it's still half full."
"You can't drop it."
"Why not?"
"It'll make too much noise."
He huffed a little, chugged down the rest of the soda, and hastily shuffled up into the air duct, waiting by the edge for me. I grabbed onto the edge and pushed my face towards his, snagging a quick kiss before pulling myself up.
Unfortunately, he was still holding that damn bottle, so when he scooted back to let me up, the bottle went over the edge.
I winced at the racket it made as it went down. We stared at each other for a minute, Duo smiling contritely and me glaring. Then we heard the questioning voices and got back to business.
"You do realize we're 15 stories up and that we still have to get out of the building, right?"
He grinned evilly and pulled out his gun. "Well then, maybe we'll get to do things the exciting way after all."
I grinned. Yeah, Duo's one hell of a partner, in every sense of the word.
OWARI
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