Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge
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Author: Anaknisatanas/Shiniangel
Rating: R for language
Pairings: past ref.
to 1x2, 1xR, 1xD, 2+R
Notes: While
listening to Saliva – “REST IN PIECES” a plot began to form and this was the
result. Hope you enjoy it.
belongs to its various creators.
feedback appreciated. And this is
currently unbetta’d.
And should I do a sequel perhaps?
He stared
into the mirror, blood shot eyes looked unsteadily back at him and he just
barely stopped himself from cackling insanely.
He felt like he was going insane.
That still did not stop his hand from reaching for the bottle or taking
another sip of brandy.
“Look
everyone,” He cooed. “Look, even the
damned can fall farther than before.”
at the framed picture. He didn’t know
why he kept it. It reminded him of when
things had been good; when he hadn’t hurt this much but those times were dead
just like him, only he was still alive.
It didn’t make any sense. But he
was death when the end came he should have known he would be left with nothing,
should have known that he’d go to her.
“My name is
Duo Maxwell and I’m the God of Death Shinigami,” He intoned with a cruel smirk
as he cocked the gun. “And now it’s time
for him to die so that she knows how it feels.”
That was
the plan. He would kill her husband, his
old lover, and show her what it was like to be the alive but dead inside.
Angrily he
tossed the bottle against the wall, stood and picked up the one black duffle
bag, leaving the apartment and all the memories locked away behind him.
no future for him, only to make sure that she suffered.
best and he was the very best at Death.
Look at me my depth
perception must be off again
‘Cause this hurts
deeper than I thought it did
It has not healed with
time
It just shot down my
spine
She stood
on the balcony looking so small and lost.
Her eyes, it was her eyes that he was mesmerized by as he stared at her
through the rifle scope. They were dead.
know he had spent countless hours staring at the mirror every day for the past
two years.
His finger
poised on the trigger as he stared at Relena.
But he didn’t pull it, he held back.
There was something that didn’t seem. . . .right about the situation.
down. And then he grinned, the face of
Death. He was a former Gundam Pilot,
savior of the world twice and all that crap, he could always drop by for a
visit and if she wouldn’t admit him then he’d shoot her just for the insult.
out to see Heero with her, that didn’t matter though, so long as he knew why
her eyes were his eyes and why it made him think she she looked like some
beautiful fragile porcelain doll.
All those
dolls had dead eyes. He had doll eyes,
she had doll eyes. Duo knew why he had
them but didn’t understand why hers were the same.
the perfect husband.
“She
destroyed your relationship with Heero,” Duo reminded himself as he walked down
the street with his bag slung over his shoulder.
you during the ceremony. She had to have
known what she was doing and she enjoyed it.”
He felt
strange without his sniper rifle. He hadn’t
left the apartment much the past two and a half years and it had always been
within easy reach and now it was back at some dingy apartment he was
renting. Duo readjusted the bag on his
back and walked up to the guard house in front of Relena’s property.
“Hello,” He
said with a fake smile that no one saw through.
“I’m here to see Relena. Tell her
it’s Duo Maxwell, Gundam Pilot 02.”
You look so beautiful
tonight
Reminds me how you
laid us down
And gently smiled
Before you destroyed
my life
The guards
looked at him like he was crazy but one made the call up to the big house and a
minute later the small gate was opened for him.
One of the guards escorted him up to the house and the cherry on the
sundae was Relena Peacecraft-Yuy herself standat tat the foot of the stairs to
greet him.
She
practically threw herself at him, hugging him tightly around the neck and he
had no choice but to hug her back lest he fall and lose his balance.
her hair tickled his nose.
“Come,” She
said giving a brief smile that never reached her eyes.
She didn’t
say anything else. She grabbed his arm
and led him up to the house, practically dragging him to the kitchen and into a
small pantry. The pantry didn’t have
much in it, a preparation table that didn’t look like it got used and a s
wi
window the looked outside. She peered
around the kitchen and then shut the door, throwing the small deadbolt.
“Now if
anyone tries the door they’ll think someone using the room,” She seemed to find
that ironically amusing from her tone.
“That’s
usually the thought when a door’s locked,” Duo snorted.
“They come
in here to fuck, the staff I mean,” Relena said without preamble, no cute
little blush at the crude language.
“It’s the only room he doesn’t have bugged, the only room he isn’t
watching.”
Duo frowned
at her nervous behavior but her eyes were still doll eyes and something about
that made him uneasy.
“Who?” Duo
asked unintelligently.
“o,”
o,”
Relena rolled her eyes in an exaggerated gesture.
secretary.”
“And who
would that be?” Duo asked.
“Dorothy,”
Relena’s voice was dead and cold.
“The girl
who was so dedicated to you during both wars?” Duo had to choke back his
laughter. “This is the same girl who
stabbed Quatre and the one who followed your brother when he was deranged, that
cold hearted bitch of aan?”an?”
“The very
same,” And then he saw the brief flicker of hatred and anger in her eyes but it
bled out leaving doll’s eyes. “He fucked
me the night of the wedding, that’s what he called it.
because you weren’t all starry eyed about it.”
Duo’s eyes
went cold and angry and he knew that Relena saw it.
“I know
that you came here for somethi Rel Relena went on.
against me.”
“You’re a
bright one Princess,” Duo attempted a bow in the cramped space.
looked around the room and wrinkled his nose.
“A rather small space for fucking, wouldn’t you agree?”
“I wouldn’t
know,” Relena snapped. “Do you have any
ideas or not?”
“What sort
of ideas are you looking for Princess,” He leaned forward and breathed on her
neck, twisting a strand of hair around a finger.
lot of things. So you’ll have to oblige
me by being a bit more specific.”
“Can we
kill them?” Relena whispered in his ear.
“Or maybe just make them pay like they’ve made us pay?”
“Now why
should I help you with that?” Duo drew back, leaning against the table.
life, or don’t you remember that part?
Perhaps you jconvconveniently forgot, hm?”
“Heero told
me he left you,” Relena sighed. “I was a
stupid love struck girl who heard what she wanted to hear.
hand in marriage and I accepted without thinking it through.
Would you find it in
your heart to make this go away?
And let me rest in
pieces, and let me rest in pieces?
Would you find it in
your heart to make this go away?
And let me rest in pieces;
let me rest in pieces, pieces?
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up onto the table, thinking. Relena
began blowing her bangs in irritation and impatience.
working something out,” Duo said. “Give
me a few minutes will ya?”
nodded and crossed her arms, waiting for his decision.
virgin on your wedding night?” He asked without looking at her.
Relena answered. “I don’t see how that
helps you though.”
and I were together I was at the yard with Hilde for a weekend getting a rush
order done for a big bonus,” Duo began.
“We got done Sunday night instead of Monday evening so Hilde let me go
home early because it was her turn to do the paperwork.
jasmine and lily and I got suspicious.
Heero just said that he had a co-worker from the detective agency over
to review some files and I believed him.
But then I found some strands of hair, your color, in the bed.”
certainly wasn’t me,” Relena huffed. “I
was a virgin on my wedding night. And
Heero wasn’t exactly gentle.” She added.
means I must aid you in your quest,” Duo joked, feeling only half dead.
bastard. Everyone deserves someone
who’ll be gentle and understand their first time.”
everyone gets it,” She said softly.
everyone does,” He echoed hopping off the table.
nickname when he had actually sort of liked her.
have a plan though,” Relena clasped her hands.
prenuptial agreement?” Duo asked thoughtfully.
divorce Heero gets a small amount of compensation but not much else,” Relena
shrugged. “But it will look bad in the
media.”
make him look bad,” Duo said with a smirk reminiscent of days when he had been
alive. “Is he still playing the role of
bodyguard?”
shook her head.
then Queenie,” Duo told her. “You seem
to have a penchant for recruiting former Gundam Pilots to be bodyguards.
frowned for a moment and then understood, “Oh shit,” She said.
any of my old stuff around?” Duo asked. “You
know suits and the like?”
her bottom lip and then nodded.
him from the room without a word, taking him up to the old room that he had
stayed in whenever he had come to Sanq.
Inside the closet were several of the suits he had worn to the important
functions two and a half years ago before Heero had started killing him slowly
and then left. He took the all black one
and disappeared into the bathroom, dressing in record time.
still in the room waiting patiently. Duo
put on an ankle holster and a shoulder holster and another for his hip.
into a slot on the hip holster. The
final touch was a razor blade in his braid and a few lock picking tools.
ready for the role of bodyguard,” He smirked.
“Lead on to your quarters My Lady,” He bowed successfully in an
exaggerated manner. “After all, as your
Majesty’s bodyguard I should never be far from your side.”
nodded and gave him a small smile, looking not so much like that tragically
beautiful but fragile porcelain doll. He
found that he liked this version much better.
they didn’t meet up with Heero in the halls which Duo had been expecting and he
could tell from the tension in the way Relena carried herself that she expected
it as well. When they reached Relena’s
quarters a maid named Katy was there to help her mistress to dress.
alert.
help but look in the mirror after a few minutes.
creamy shaped breasts and soft creamy skin before quickly diverting his
eyes. He felt his pulse speed up
slightly but reminded himself that he had a job to do and he planned to ca
out
out this mission even if it killed him.
After all, both of them had been killed by Heero, even if he hadn’t
pulled the trigger. If he had it would
have been kinder than the living hell they both shared.
ready to go Relena?” An impatient voice said outside the door.
at Duo.
boss Majesty,” Duo reminded her. “Act
like it.”
enter,” Relena called out and Duo gave her cheers for keeping her voice
straight and steady.
of Duo’s greatest fears and nightmares entered the room.
a blue vest under the jacket entered.
His eyes widened in shock when he caught Duo standing there, a hand
close near a visible holstered weapon.
Duo found that it didn’t hurt as much as he thought, but boy was he
pissed.
perception must be off again
than I thought you did
hand
wife, in name only, ignoring Duo.
have forgotten with how busy I’ve been with the new treaty,” Relena said with
an airy laugh and again Duo found himself thinking that she was a remarkable
actress. “I’ve hired Duo to be my
personal bodyguard.”
bodyguard,” Heero said in a tone that brooked no argument.
my bodyguard,” Relena reminded with a gentle smile.
so I decided to hire someone more dependable, someone who I know will be
there.”
bristled at the underlying barbs aimed at him.
say soldier-boy,” Duo snickered from the wall he was leaning against as he
watched the married couple. “Other than hello
and married life certainly agrees with you but Relena did mention that you were
becoming rather forgetful of your duty.”
to talk Maxwell,” Heero snarled.
temper there now Heero,” Duo chided. “I
can see why your lovely wife doesn’t want your hand near the trigger.
who doesn’t deserve it Heero-boy. That’s
why she brought in Shinigami.”
nothing but a glorified assassin,” Heero snapped angrily.
Duo nodded in agreement. “An assassin
who works for money which her Majesty pays, which means I’m loyal only to her
and no one else. After all, she’s easy
on the eyes, paying my salary and giving me a nice place to stay and good
food. Not much to top that.”
how street trash like you would find such an offer appealing,” Heero said
insultingly.
of footsteps reached Duo’s ears and he drew his gun, aiming it at Dorothy’s
forehead.
right 02,” Relena said in calm, almost bored, tone.
Majesty,” Duo obediently lowered the weapon, playing into his role
expertly. “Pleasure to see you again
Quatre would tell me to say hello if he had known I would run into you like
this, so hello.”
hands on her hips.
Royal Majesty of Sanq, Vice-Foreign Minister, Relena Darlian Peacecraft-Yuy’s
personal bodyguard ma’am,” Duo tipped an imaginary hat to her.
I know not to shoot you if you bust into her rooms?”
private secretary,” Dorothy said.
partial nod and slipped the gun away out of sight.
n,” n,” Relena said with a bright smile.
“Why don’t we get going to greet the guests?”
Dorothy and Heero here go on ahead?” Duo suggested.
security procedures we went ovarliarlier.”
your heart to make this go away?
pieces, let me rest in pieces?
your heart to make this go away?
pieces, let me rest in pieces?
glared at the braided man but left, escorting Dorothy on his arm.
Relena hissed under her breath. “What
are you trying to pull?”
gotten this brilliant idea,” Duo turned to her.
“You see, I brought this drug along.
I was planning to try and get him back but then I saw you and I realized
I don’t want him back at all.”
impervious to most drugs,” Relena shook her head, coffered curls elegantly
swaying. “You know that.”
new drug though,” Duo smiled evilly. “It\'s
found only on L2 and very hard to come by unless you have the money and all the
right connections. And I know what it’s
made out of and it will work on Heero.”
Relena said a bit hesitantly. “What does
it do?”
him horny as hell,” Duo snickered. “Not
only that but he’ll feel like a male animal that needs to fuck someone.
fucking around on you, you give them a dose and whoever they’re currently
enamored with in a sexual way they’ll go and drag off somewhere.”
does it take to act?” She asked, eyes lighting up in pure laughter.
Duo said. “t fit fifteen minutes give or
take ten. I’ll watch him and place one
of these little things,” He pulled out a tiny little set of skin colored
circles on a white background, holding it up so Relena could see.
three hours. I’ll follow them and take a
few older females and their husbands with me and we’ll catch Heero and Dorothy
in the act. Naturally as your faithful
employee I will have to tell you about your unfaithful husband and your slut of
a secretary he’s fucking and of course those old ladies and their husbands will
join me in my righteous crusade to support my claim.” Here he fluttered his eye
lashes. “Well, what do you think?”
brilliant,” Relena laughed giving him a hug and once again he smelled the
honeysuckle and lily. “I knew you had
genius potential somewhere in there,” She tapped his head.
the man with the plan, or the braid,” Duo said gallantly offering his arm.
of Relena when they reached the reception hall.
He stood close by, watching the crowd and charming all the older women close
by, after all he would need to bring a few of them and their husbands with him
later on. They were smitten with him,
many coming over to chat with him as often as they came to chat with Relena.
eaten, Duo stood off to Relena’s right, and hands folded in front or behind him
the entire length of the meal. There
were a few older couples around Relena and he was close enough that they
engaged him in more polite banter and conversation.
eaten since the night before but that didn’t bother him.
plan. He wanted to hurt Heero and
Dorothy. He was convinced that it was
Dorothy Heero had been with while he had been with him.
dinner the party moved into the ballroom.
Heero danced the obligatory dance with Relena and Duo escorted Dorothy
out onto the floor, a pretense to stay close to Relena even though she was on
the dance floor. Duo had two of the
tracking devices, one on the tip of each finger.
behind her ear. He bowed slightly to her
at the end of the dance and gave Relena a slight smile and nod to let her know
phase one was complete.
a brief nod and went off with Heero to meet and greet some of the more affluent
guests. Duo got two glasses from a
waiter and easily slipped some of the tasteless and odorless liquid drug into
the glass in his left hand. He walked up
to Relena and handed her the un-drugged glass and Heero the other.
like to propose a toast,” Relena said to the small group around her.
peace that we are so fortunate to have, and to my wonderful husband of almost
two years for believing in me.”
near her all smiled at how sweet a girl she was and drank to her toast.
glass of champagne as well.Duo felt
like laughing but opted for a smile instead.
He glanced briefly at the watch on his wrist, noting the time.
the old ladies flirted harmlessly with him and their husbands pretended to be
offended while they joked with Duo. He
still played the role of the bodyguard, not straying to far from Relena and
keeping aware of the people around her even though none of those people were
likely to do anything. He glanced at
Heero about ten minutes later and noted that the drug affects were taking place
right on schedule.
standing close at hand and Heero’s forehead began tod wid with sweat.
placed a hand on Heero’s shoulder.
feeling all right?” She asked him in concern.
need some air, or maybe to lie down for a moment,” He replied looking at her in
interest. “If you’ll excuse me,” He
disengaged from her hand and walked briskly from the room.
followed after him in concern.
your heart to make this go away?
pieces?
your heart to make this go away?
pieces?
to Relena and gave a tiny nod. He looked
at his watch and pressed a button, activating the tracking system on
Dorothy. Where she would be Heero would
be. He noted the time and decided to
wait five minutes before going after them.
He knew that they wouldn’t make it to a bedroom, not with how far the
drug had progressed.
minutes later he charmingly offered to show a few of the older ladies and their
husbands some of the house. They agreed
with pleasant smiles. Relena gave him a
nod and he left the room followed by four couples who were all moral and
upstanding political and aristocratic types.
out paintings and bits of architecture along the route that was leading to
Dorothy.
room,” He said, having memorized all the details years ago as well as the
layout of the mansion. “Was used to
store wines that were to be used at the large parties, later it was used to
carve ice sculptures in that were on presentation during the big galas.”
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open the door with a smile and heard several of the women shriek in shock.
Duo exclaimed in shock. “And Heero, how
could you do this to your wife and queen?
She loves you!”
there is no explanation for this,” One of them men glared at the couple who had
been fucking like dogs on a table, Dorothy moaning and Heero grunting.
despicable,” A woman exclaimed, her face going purple.
Dorothy screeched. “Get ouet
et
out! Heero doesn’t love her, he loves
me!”
slammed the door in their faces and Duo turned to the small crowd he had
brought with them, looking upset.
to have to tell the Queen,” He said softly.
“Will any of you be willing to help me break the news to her, so that I
have witnesses?”
agreed. Duo led the way back to
Relena. He went up to her and whispered
in her ear. Politely she disengaged
herself from her present company and walked into another room followed by her
body guard.
it?” She asked confused at seeing the four older couples in there as well.
Majesty,” Duo said formally. “I’m afraid
I have some bad news for you. It seems
that your husband Heero Yuy and your private secretary Dorothy Catalonia have
been having an affair.”
Relena’s eyes welled with tears. “Is
this true?”
afraid my dear,” One of the older women came forward and handed Relena a
handkerchief which she used to dab at her eyes.
“We caught them in the room that was used to store wine and crave ice
sculptures.”
know what to say,” Relena shook her head.
“But I can’t trust either of them now.”
get a divorce,” One of the men who was a judge of Sanq said.
for you your Majesty and your people will rally behind you.”
you,” Relena gave a wan smile. “I think
that I’d like to go outside and get some fresh air.
entertain your guests,” Two of the woman offered.
you,” Relena bowed her head and left through the side door out into the
gardens.
around for a moment, acting unsure of what to do.
her lad,” One of the men said. “She
shouldn’t be all alone.”
the man a nod and followed out after Relena.
away the game yet Princess,” Duo told her coming up behind her.
laughing.”
how to thank you,” Relena turned to him with shining eyes.
pleasure,” Duo gave a bow.
later Relena was now Relena Darlian Peacecraft, the Yuy removed from her name
as well as from her life. Duo took the
job offer of bodyguard.
Relena said to him one evening a month after her divorce.
do,” Duo agreed. 1\'> spanspan>
your heart to make this go away?
pieces, let me rest in pieces?
your heart, would you find it in your heart?
in pieces?
your heart, would you let me rest in pieces?