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Nightmares
Part 2
(Okay, I had fun with this part... ^_^)
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There was... someone in his bed. Wufei sat up with a start, his heart pounding. And then he realized who it was.
It was *her*, curled up with her front to him, tangled braids laying around where his head had formally been. He blinked, trying desperately to put two and two together, and failing miserably. She was fully clothed, he noted, much to his utter relief, as he was as well, but WHY...?
"Woman..." Wufei whispered, poking cautiously at her shoulder. When all he got in response was a slight moan and a contented sigh, he tried again, poking her a little bit harder and speaking a little bit louder. "Woman!" he pronounced, pushing against her shoulder roughly. This time he did manage to get the desired response... Sally groaned aloud and rolled over on her back. She yawned, then blinked blearily up at him. And smiled. Wufei just about gritted his teeth.
"Good morning." Sally Po announced sweetly. Opps. She added to herself mentally.
Wufei did grit his teeth. "Woman, you're in my bed." He hissed at her.
For a moment Sally feigned like this was a surprise to her as well. She glanced down herself, then back up at him, the smile never faltering. "Why so I am."
Wufei's voice was beginning to take on a distinctively whiny characteristic, which was something it did around Sally, and *only* Sally. It was something that she was vaguely proud of. "Woman..." he began, glowering down at her, folding his arms across his chest.
"Shh." Sally's hand came up, clamping playfully across his mouth even as she sat up. "I told you I have a name."
'Yes. When I wake up and you're in *my* bed, it's "woman", no matter now much the word irritates you. You, woman, who shouldn't *be* in my bed. It isn't proper...' Wufei glared, but wisely bit his tongue.
"You were having those dreams again last night," Sally continued, looking serious now as she stretched, then cautiously regarded her hands. She looked up at him, all playfulness gone from her face. "I'm sorry, Wufei. I didn't mean to fall asleep." She glanced back down, ruefully fingering the hem of her Preventers uniform. "I didn't even change yet." She noted, sounding slightly surprised at herself. "I guess I was just overly tired. Yesterday was a long day after all." She blinked, then swung her legs over the side of the bed. "I'm going to get changed, and then I'll get the kettle on, 'kay?" She smirked back at him once more before getting to her feet and shuffling sleepily from the room.
Frowning, Wufei watched her go.
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It was nearly a half an hour and several moments with the super hold hair gel later that Wufei finally made it to the breakfast table. Frowning still, he seated himself and glowered at Sally as she poured him a cup of coffee. He really wished she would take that smile off of her face. It was grating on his nerves.
He was grumpy, he realized a moment later. And being an ass to boot.
Making another face, he took a sip of his coffee, and forced himself to calm. It wasn't often that he allowed his feathers to be ruffled, and whenever they were, recently especially, he seemed to been taking it out on any hapless victim that happened to be wandering by at the time, and on Sally. He supposed the latter was because he worked with the woman, and lived with her, and now apparently shared a bed with her...
He frowned again, but this time it was a thinking sort of frown. That wasn't what was bothering him, he realized. It hadn't been the first time that he had woken up feeling uneasy, but this morning the feeling was very acute... night terrors from the early hours were still fleeting in his mind. I must have been fairly bad last night... to have acquired a Sally in my bed, he reflected ruefully.
Not only that, but the feeling of dread in the very pit of his stomach was back, along with the tight anger he felt most of the time while he was actually fighting in the damned war.
Treize is dead. You killed him. He shook his head slightly. Then why did the man still haunt his dreams? And with the new terrorist activity developing...
He looked up at Sally quickly. "Something happened last night?" he asked.
She looked up from where she stood trying to convince eggs in the pan on the stove to fry, blinking. "What?" Her eyes widened, becoming almost impossibly large. "No Wufei, nothing hap-"
Wufei shook his head slightly, trying again. "Not that. You were up late. I take it there were more developments..."
Sally nodded slightly. "Um..." She raked a hand though the front of her hair. "Just needed to gather a few more notes, but I'm fairly sure we're getting really close to them now..." She sighed. "New intel kept on coming in..."
Wufei nodded once sharply. "Then I take it that we're going to take the cruiser out today?"
Sally grinned. She knew that, for the most part Wufei enjoyed working solo with her onboard on the cruisers instead of being forced to endure the office environment. Of course, if yesterday had been any testament of that... She nodded. "We'll see where Une wants us today, but probably." She turned back to her eggs, grabbing a spatula and flipping them onto a plate.
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Because he enjoyed the opportunity to be alone, Wufei usually walked to the Headquarter's base by himself in the early mornings, instead of catching a ride there with Sally. That meant that he usually left for work about an hour before Sally, and today wasn't any different. He finished his breakfast quickly and packed up his small bag, only pausing at the door to announce his departure.
"I am leaving now."
"Yes Dear!" an overly cheerful voice belonging to Sally called back from a different room.
Wufei frowned. He hated it when she called him that, about as much as he assumed that she hated it when he called her "woman." Grumbling to himself and shaking his head he pulled the door to the apartment closed behind him. Once again he considered finding his own place to live... perhaps someday soon he would, he decided abruptly. But for now, he would merely discuss it with her, once again, at a later time.
He could tell that something was wrong less than a block away from the apartment complex. Having spent several years being trained in martial arts, he felt more than could see or hear the forms trailing along behind him. He ignored them for a short bit, hoping to make it to the Headquarter's before a confrontation, but when they persisted he finally felt the need to turn and face the "empty" street behind him.
"Show yourselves!" He snapped. His strong proud voice rang back to him.
Nothing. Hmm. He narrowed his eyes.
Then he "saw" it. There.
Someone shifted in the shadows beyond his sight, but when no one emerged into his line of sight. Wufei frowned yet again. "HA!" He said, moving into position. "Come out where I can see you and fight, you cowards!!" he challenged.
Still nothing, and Wufei let his arms slowly fall to his sides. He stood there silently for such a long while that he briefly he wondered if he was perhaps loosing it, when his suspicions were confirmed.
A gentle whisper of something cutting through air came towards him, and before he could move a small sharp pain welled up from his shoulder.
Eyes wide, he stared at his shoulder. There was a newly embedded needle there, syringe empty. Cursing he yanked it out quickly, tossing it to the ground. Of all the weak....
He was too late. 'This isn't good,' he thought desperately as his vision began to blur.
He felt weak at the knees almost instantly as the street that was once empty erupted into a flurry of motion and men. Strong arms reached for him and he struggled briefly, limbs unable to fight in their rapidly numbing state. He swore and snarled at them as he was half dragged, half carried down the street towards what he assumed was their vehicle... told them they were weak and cowardly and kept on doing so until complete darkness finally over took him.
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TBC...