Horrible Epilogue
Duo dropped down onto the sofa, his mouth hanging open. Trowa struggled to hide his amusement. It wasn't often he managed to surprise his friend.
Duo closed his mouth, tilted his head, stuck his finger in his ear, waggled it, took it back out and then frowned at Trowa. "Say that again."
"Quatre is Mindseye."
"Head of the League of Heroes?"
"Yes."
Duo covered his eyes and groaned. "I gave the key to your house to the Head of the Hero's League?"
"And he's my new nemesis," Trowa added just to watch the reaction.
Dropping his hands away from his eyes, his friend started in shock. "What? Why you? What happened to that bastard Golden Dragon?"
"Mindseye reassigned him to Frozen Fury and her partner."
Duo's eyes widened. "Well, I can't say I'm sorry to hear that. Bastard deserves those two psychos- but I thought they had a nemesis?"
"They broke him. He's going to be the Dragon's new partner when he heals."
"Wow. I've met that guy... it almost sounds like a punishment-"
Heero laughed from his perch on the stairs. "It is."
Duo shot him a suspicious look. "Why aren't you surprised?"
His lover shrugged. "I knew Mindseye's secret identity."
"You knew? I thought no one knew!"
Heero shrugged again. "I didn't like working for someone who never showed their face. So I did some investigating."
"You never told me. You let me give him that key!"
"Hey, you're a villain. I'm not supposed to share that sort of thing with villains. Besides, Mindseye is trustworthy. He saved Trowa, didn't he?" Heero turned his gaze onto the bemused mad scientist. "You aren't upset about the key are you?"
Trowa shook his head. "Nope."
"See?"
"But now he can just come waltzing into Tro's secret lab-"
"It's hardly a secret." Trowa pointed out. "Even Golden Dragon found it. I really shouldn't have put it in my basement."
"Well, it's not an easy thing to find some deserted tower on a mountain somewhere," Duo conceded.
"Not to mention getting all the equipment up to such a place- and the utilities?" Trowa sighed. "Still, it's all right. I'm just glad I don't have to worry about Golden Dragon anymore."
"But- Mindseye? Aren't you worried about what he'll do? I mean- he has a reputation to maintain too."
Trowa couldn't help the smile that curved his lips. "I think he's more of the redemption type of hero."
Duo smiled back, casting a glance at the man on the stairs. "I do have to say there is something appealing about those types of heroes."
Heero laughed outright. "Speaking of which, I do believe we have a prior engagement?" He said and stood up.
Duo glanced at his watch. "So we do."
"Do I even want to know?" Trowa asked.
"I'm going to make a try at that golden cat statue in the museum tonight. You know? The one that's supposed to be cursed?"
"And you're saying this in front of your nemesis?"
Duo winked. "Of course. It's no fun if he doesn't try to foil me." He turned a little, and blew a kiss to Heero before fading out, his grin hanging in the air for a moment afterwards.
Trowa looked at Heero. "Are you going to try and foil him?"
Heero smiled. "Like he said, it's no fun if he doesn't at least try to do something bad." He headed up the stairs. "Have a good evening!"
Shaking his head, Trowa turned back to his project. The Death Ray was dismantled- but he didn't feel comfortable simply throwing away some of the parts- it wasn't safe. Surely there was something he could do with them... He picked up one of the parts and studied it for a moment. Maybe if he...
"Trowa," a warm voice murmured in his head. "What are you doing?"
"Working," he answered aloud. "The parts of the Death Ray- I should use them in something..."
A mental caress made him close his eyes. "Not tonight, love. I'm nearly home- and I want to spend some time with you..."
"I started to go swirly, didn't I?"
"Yes." Quatre agreed. "You did."
"Trying to distract me?"
"It's part of the job." Amusement washed over him. "Is it working?"
"How close are you?"
"Come open the door for me?"
"I'll be right there." Trowa set the piece he'd been examining down carefully and headed for the stairs.
He could always work on the project tomorrow.
"I heard that..."
OWARI
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