New Haven

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Ground Breaking.
After the dining room had been cleared of their brunch everyone had looked over the architect designs that the architects had come up with and discussed placement and situation of areas in the buildings. Not much had needed changing and everyone was happy to get started on this.
The door bell rang and Trowa went to answer.
He came back wearing a slight grin. Une, Sally, Howard, Noin, Zechs, and a few children following him. Introductions were made.
Howard immediately started an argument with his brother. Who happily obliged him.
Sakura decided to show off her room to little Gerald and two children that Zechs and Noin had taken under their wing.
“There is a large group of men and equipment gathering just down the street.” Sally informed everyone. “Should we be going out there. Anne already checked out there documentation and it is perfectly legal. They say that a hospital is going in in that area. Emergency only.”
Une had already snagged the plans for the Preventer office and was perusing it. She grinned at a few notes that Heero had made. They were changes that she would have thought of as well. “I’ll get in touch with Commissioner Anders, Fire Chief Bollock, and Commissioner Calburn. They will have to go over the building plans for their new departments and okay them. I’m sure they will. They had already seen Duo’s plan and told him if he could manage to get the backing they would gladly move in. They need offices in this area badly.”
“Perfect.” Dr. Jacobson told her. “I’ve already got an interested person in the ‘Grocery Store’ part of the mall. Wal-Mart wishes to have it. They think that it will be a good thing and it will have more than enough space when we are through. In fact we plan on making it six stories of store. Under ground parking. We want the parking lot mentioned in the map for apartment renters to use.” He glanced at his watch. “But right now we have to get outside for the ‘ground breaking’ as they say.” He looked over at Duo who was leaning against Wufei. “We would like Mr. Maxwell with the help of Mr. Chang to make the first blow to the building.”
Everyone slowly stood and Quatre, Heero, and Angel grabbed everyone’s coats. They handed them out to individuals and motioned people to start on their way as they called the children in Sakura’s room to order.
Wufei assisted Duo into his coat. They followed the still arguing pair of Greens. Damian and Katey were right behind them Sakura’s hands firmly in their grasp as they made their way out a different door to the front of the building. Everyone trooped to were the machinery and men were waiting.
A man broke away and trotted over when he saw the architects. He was a tall lanky man that must have been called toothpick a lot. His Hair was starting to turn salt and pepper. The salt already dominating the pepper. “Everything is ready for us to start sirs.” He informed the doctors. “If you have Mr. Maxwell come with us we can do our job.” He said with a big grin.
Duo shuffled forward questioningly. Wufei at his side assisting him over a few obstacles that were to keep bystanders out of the way.
“I heard that you had been recently injured.” The man told him in heavily accented New Yorker speech. “Will this man be helping you?”
“You bet.” He looked around. “I think I had better take out one of those cement stairs over there.” Duo motioned to one of the stairs that lead to the apartments above the store. “I’ll have an easier time swinging downward than side ways.”
The man grinned and whistled motioning for a sledge hammer. When it was brought over Wufei took it easily surprising the worker.
Wufei grinned and swept it up to rest on his shoulder as if it was a feather. He motioned Duo to get into the position he wanted and curled himself around Duo.
Duo lifted his hand to grasp the handle of the hammer. He placed his hand above Wufei’s and Wufei’s other hand came to be placed above his own. “Ready.” He told his love.
Wufei lifted the hammer and got a steadying grip on his love.
The hammer whooshed through the air and came down with a resounding thud. Dust and cement chips exploded from the steps. The hammer was driven through the third step and was lodged there. Cracks could be seen running in a crazed pattern through the six steps and landing making it look like a crazy jigsaw puzzle.
“Shit. You guys can do that with a sledge hammer injured?” The man They assumed was the foreman growled out stunned. “I can’t wait to see what you can do when your actually on your feet.” Laughter spread through the group at the statement.
“Just a sec.” Duo informed the man. “Hey ‘Ro. Come pull this out would you. Then show them what you can do.”
Heero looked at him with a slight smile he pressed kisses to his loves and nodded to his relatives. He made his way over and pulled the hammer out of the steps easily with a small yank. Two men had already tried to get it out for him and were unable to do so. Whistles of appreciation met his move. He stepped over to the biggest visible section of brick wall and eyed it. He shifted his stance to perpendicular to the wall. He took a firm grip on the handle of the hammer and settled into a baseball swinging stance.
One of the men rushed forward and slid a hard hat on his head and received a quirk of lips for his efforts. Heero resumed his position and waited for the man to retreat. Once he had left the area the hammer was swung as easily as if it was a bat. It slammed into the side of the building.
Chunks of brick flew as a huge hole formed. Everyone stared in awe as cracks began to form spreading out from where the hammer had hit. Awe spread as the cracks kept moving outward and upward. No one knew when they would stop when something shifted.
“Oh shit.” Duo murmured. “Run!” He roared.
Wufei scooped him up as people scattered from the area. Heero moving quickly to join them. He had already started to move when he felt the movement beneath his feet. The workers scattered for cover Heero and Wufei just making it.
The bystanders stared as the front of the building sheered away and slid to the ground in a rushing roar that filled the air. Dust and brick and stone splinters filled the air peppering the people close enough to the building.
Duo, Wufei, and Heero slowly stood as the noise finally died away. They stared at what had happened.
“Well I guess you showed them.” Duo told Heero with an unrepentant grin.
Wufei roared with laughter at the surprise that spread across Heero’s face soon to be joined by all the workers.
Heero glared for a moment and finally chuckled as he saw the hilariousness of the scene. His laughter soon built till he was roaring along with the others.
The foreman approached them chuckling. “Well you took care of half the work for us.” He informed Heero holding another sledge hammer. “Do you want to try and see it you can do the rest?” He added in sarcasm.
“No thank you. I wouldn’t want to deny you the pleasure.” Heero answered dryly as he got control of his laughter.
Duo couldn’t take any more. It was too much for him. He slid down the side of the truck he was leaning against clutching sides gasping for air and whimpering.