22-May-2000
Disclaimer: I don't own GW. I'm poor and this story is for entertainment only. No really warnings on this part. If you can't deal, don't read.
Duo snuck along the castle hallway. The two he was looking for had been placed in a room as far from everyone as possible. They had come to the castle today. Heero and Trowa. The Perfect Killer and The Silent Shadow. The world's most feared assassins. No one knew who they worked for, but Duo was certain they had only one employer. After each kill, the men disappeared without a trace. They would go unseen until it was time to kill again. Such complete vanishing acts meant someone hide them.
Duo paused outside their room. Everyone knew they were here to kill his sister, Queen Relena. These two monsters always let their victim know they were targeted by revealing themselves. Perhaps they took some sort of perverse joy in terrifying people. It never mattered though. No one had ever managed to escape them. By coming here and ignoring everyone but the Queen, they announced to all she was their next target. And what had his sister done? She'd given them rooms!
To further frustrate the young Prince, she invited them to dinner and treated them like honored guests. At dinner though, Duo noticed something. The two killers spent most of the meal staring at him; their expressions sending shivers down his spine. He'd seen soldiers looking at various women around the castle that way, but never men looking at another man with that expression. Certainly no one looking at him like that. The killers' expressions were what gave him the idea to come here. He couldn't let Relena die without trying to save her. Which was why he was sneaking around the hallways with nothing more than a heavy cloak.
No sooner did his hand touch the door than it flew open and someone grabbed him, pulling him inside. Cold steel bit into his neck as he was pressed to the wall. Pulling his wits together, Duo saw the tall assassin was the one holding him while the other watched him.
"What have we here?" The observer asked.
"Looks like the Prince, Heero." The tall man proclaimed.
"Search him, Trowa." Heero commanded.
"I don't have a weapon," Duo protested as Trowa moved to open the cloak.
"You don't have anything," Trowa said breathlessly as he took in the sight of Duo naked. Flawless skin stretched over taught muscle, wide violet eyes, long silken chestnut hair, and enough spirit to come to them alone in the middle of the night. Beautiful.
"If you have no weapons, you didn't come to kill us. So why are you here?" Heero asked.
"I thought I could make you an offer." Duo whispered.
"An offer?" Both men seemed intrigued.
"I saw how you looked at me during dinner," the Prince explained as a blush spread over his cheeks. "I thought you might be willing to trade my sister's life for something."
"We just might," Trowa rasped into his ear. "But it would have to be something of value."
"How about me?" Duo offered.
End Part 1
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