http://selfdetonation.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] selfdetonation.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] windandstorm2008-08-03 06:50 pm

The world has caught on fire from what I've been told.

[Heero kicks open the door to his apartment, not caring that the top hinge pops loose. He's carrying an unconscious Dorothy in his arms, who is covered in soot, ash, blood, dirt, scrapes, bruises... Heero isn't unscathed, but unlike Dorothy, he won't be needing stitches. Just a shower. But there are more important things right now...

He ignores the gun that falls out of his pocket as he goes to lay her down on the couch, kicking the door one more time to keep it open for Duo. The kick is enough to knock the top hinge a little bit looser.
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[identity profile] maxwellian.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Dorothy..? [He stood so he could make sure she didn't pass out again] You okay over there?

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She nodded a few times.] Yeah. I'll live.

[She licked her lips, and winced at how painful it was given that the bottom one was split and the top was dry and chapped enough that it nearly cracked as she spoke.] ... Ugh, can I even sit up...?

[identity profile] pridefulscholar.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
So you'll fight again. [And damn it if he would just leave them to it. Sally might know of somewhere he could find housing at such short notice...]

[identity profile] maxwellian.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't try it, if I were you. You should stay still and rest. No way you can get better if you keep testing what hurts.

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Right. I know. ... I'm just already tired of lying down... [A short, slightly bitter laugh.]

[She wanted to talk about it, but knew better. They didn't know her position in this, nor did they realize that she knew theirs, and the longer it could stay that way, the better. Still... She tried more neutral ground.] Are you okay?

[identity profile] pridefulscholar.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Safer than you, it seems.

[identity profile] maxwellian.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? Me? Yeah, sure. Just a little scratched up. It looks worse than it feels. [Not that she could really have seen it, it just seemed like a good response to that. And dammit, where was Heero with that ice, anyway?]

[identity profile] warbeauty.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She looked up at him and shook her head.] Given how bad it looks, that's good news. [She sighed. What about her? Who was it that attacked her? He had to be dealt with soon, but how could she...? No, the thinking was giving her a headache, as well as making everything else ache even more than it already was. And in her current state, she couldn't keep that from showing. She curled in on herself, but only a bit, and rubbed at her face with both hands.] ... Does Heero have any painkillers?

[identity profile] maxwellian.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'll go get some. I think he's getting some ice, too. [Duo made his way into the kitchen]

[identity profile] maxwellian.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[And enter a Duo.]

Dorothy said she— Oh. .. Who're you on the phone with?

[identity profile] pridefulscholar.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
... Yuy? Who are you talking to?

[identity profile] maxwellian.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
What? Chang Wufei "Chang"? When did you hear from him? How'd you find him? Why didn't you tell me?

[identity profile] pridefulscholar.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[a short pause of OMGWTF] Why did you just tell him that?!

[identity profile] maxwellian.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
What— When? What the hell! [Duo was currently in a state of shock, but that was quickly giving way to anger and a small amount of betrayal — though whether directed at Heero or Wufei had yet to be decided.]

[identity profile] pridefulscholar.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
That does not— [Talk? What?] Yuy? [He tried to keep the panic out of his tone, but he wasn't completely successful] Yuy?

[identity profile] maxwellian.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[It took Duo a few seconds to find his way out of the shock and raise the phone up to his ear]

Wufei?

[identity profile] pridefulscholar.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Maxwell. [Wufei closed his eyes, all but daring his voice to shake] Please return the phone to Yuy.

[identity profile] maxwellian.livejournal.com 2008-08-04 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Return— No. Fuck no. What— Where have you been? [Without thinking about it or paying attention to what he was doing, Duo found the nearest surface and leaned his back against it. He wasn't paying attention to anything beyond his whirling thoughts and the voice on the other end of the line.]

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