Firefly 2

[Morganeth]

AN: This continuation came at the request of Aristale Wolf who didn?t want Firefly to end where it was, she wanted more. And if it?s Hurt/Comfort you want I?m more than happy to oblige.

Disclaimer: I don?t own the characters from Gundam Wing

Firefly 2

Heero opened the door for his friend stepping aside and lowering his gun. ?Good to see you both alive and well,? Duo said with a cheeky smile, winking suggestively at Relena who had shifted to the edge of the bed. ?We were relieved to get your message, why?d it take so long??

Shutting the door behind the braided man Heero threw the bolt back in place pulling in a pained breath, ?They were using local resources to track us,? Heero said lowering himself gingerly onto a nearby chair, ?It took awhile to shake them.?

?Une?s going ballistic right now. She?s got Wufei, Sally and Trowa searching the records to find the agent behind this,? Duo explained leaning back against the wall, Heero didn?t miss the way his eyes swept over Heero?s blood soaked shirt.

?It?s nothing,? he said lifting his shirt to show that the injury had been treated already. ?What?s our next move??

?Helicopter?s coming ETA thirty minutes,? Duo said pushing off the wall, he took hold of the other chair and spun it around sitting on it backwards so he could see both Heero and Relena. ?It?ll take us back to the agency,? he looked to Relena, ?You?re rooms being prepared, Une wants to keep you on site until this is sorted out.?

Relena sighed folding her hands in her lap, ?At least it?s a comfortable prison,? she said with a light sarcastic smile.

Duo just grinned and winked at her, ?We?ll make sure your guard is someone you can have a little fun with.?

Heero didn?t need either of them look at him to know that was already his job. He liked the idea of resting next to Relena, the weight of her hand on his chest, scent of her hair surrounding him. Heero glanced over in time to see a blush spread across Relena?s face.

?But before all that Une wants an immediate debrief on what happened,? Duo continued seriously returning his attention to Heero. The braided man stared for second before a smile spread across his face, ?Are you blushing too?? he asked with a laugh, ?Relena?s easy but you? I didn?t think you?re body knew how to do that.?

Heero gave no reply to that, but had a sinking suspicion he knew what Duo was talking about, ?Heero?? Relena asked worriedly, and Duo suddenly got it.

?How bad is it really?? he demanded getting up off his chair and coming to kneel next to Heero.

?Just a gunshot,? Heero hissed, as Duo pulled back the bandages to take a look at the wound. ?Bullet?s removed,? he finished looking down at his inflamed side.

?But the infection?s set in,? Duo breathed, lavender eyes looking up to meet steely cobalt. ?Relena will you bring me the first aid kit,? his attention had returned to Heero?s side.

?We cleaned out the wound,? Relena said bringing the case over.

?How long before you were able to tend to it?? Duo asked pulling out sterile gauze pads and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide.

?About four hours,? Heero replied through grit teeth as Duo pressed a soaked pad against his side the peroxide fizzling immediately. He blinked in surprise when a cool hand came to rest on his cheek and he looked up to see Relena?s concerned face. Taking hold of her hand Heero reluctantly removed it from his face.

?You must have missed something,? Duo commented.

?You?ll have to open it up,? the former pilot instructed, he?s stitched the wound himself a process Relena couldn?t bring herself to watch even though she?d plucked up the courage to help him removed the bullet.

Duo was shaking his head, ?Not here, we could just put more infection in,? he glanced at his watch, ?It won?t be much longer before the helicopter arrives, you can hold on till then?? It didn?t exactly sound like a question, but Heero nodded his head. He could feel a fire burning in his side and not just from the hydrogen peroxide; the infection was leaving him feeling hot all over, but he was alert and that?s all that mattered.

The braided man moved away from Heero getting to his feet and pulling out his cell, ?I?m going to let Une know what?s happened.?

?I?m sorry,? Relena said kneeling beside him to recover the wound.

Heero just stared at her in confusion, ?For what??

?This is my fault,? she confessed.

Still Heero was confused, ?What makes you think that??

Relena looked up at him with glassy eyes, ?You told me, you?d done this before,? she said a slight tremble in her voice ?Patching yourself up, and now this time you get an infection?? she trailed off letting that say the rest.

Heero felt a smirk pull at his lips, and he gave his head a slow shake, ?Just a matter of luck, nothing to do with you.? There had been many a time tending to a wound on his own had left it infected, but he?d learned to work through it. If Duo hadn?t been there now Heero knew he would have been on full alert and would have been able to maintain it for as long as necessary.

?Alright, Une?s going to have medics waiting for us at the agency,? Duo announced slipping his cell back into his pocket, just as the sound of the helicopter broke the relative silence of the room. Duo scooped up Heero?s coat, ?Gather your things Relena,? he said coming to Heero?s so he could take the former pilot?s arm and help him to his feet.

With Duo?s help Heero shrugged into his coat, and jerked in surprise when Duo?s hand came to rest on his forehead. ?I?ll be alright,? he muttered pulling away.

?You think you can make it to the roof?? Duo asked.

Relena was standing in front of the beds ready eyes locked on Heero, ?Don?t have much of a choice do I?? he returned sarcastically making for the door so the concerns over his health would be left behind, or he supposed more to the point follow behind. Heero couldn?t expect either Relena or Duo to stop worrying about him; they?d have to stop caring first. And he was learning just how impossible that was.

Stepping back out into the dark rain, Heero made his way down the row of rooms to the service ladder that would take them to the roof. Walking didn?t prove to be much of a problem for Heero, but as he reached up for the ladder he knew immediately that it would be a lot worse. Hauling himself up he felt the stitches pull in his side, but didn?t really caring if they tore. They would be cut out soon enough, though the less blood he lost the better. Getting to the top of the roof Heero turned to help Relena, as the lights of the Helicopter came into view, the sound of its rotor roaring in Heero?s ears. Pulling Relena up onto the roof Heero stood watching as the helicopter angled in for a landing.

The rain whipped up and Heero stood in front of Relena taking the brunt of it, the cold drops of water felt relieving to his fevered flesh. Duo led the way across the roof to the waiting helicopter helping both Relena and Heero inside. Leaning back against the seat Heero let his head rest to the side watching as the black helicopter lifted off the roof gaining altitude slowly.

?Heero??

At the sound of his name the Japanese man looked over, only to see Duo looking at him with serious concern. ?Heero, you?re shaking,? Duo pointed out, and it wasn?t until he had that Heero felt just how cold he was that soldier training numbing his mind to things that might distract him. Duo?s hand was quick to follow his comment covering Heero?s forehead again, ?You?re burning up.?

?Feels cold,? he admitted through chattering teeth, the shivering becoming more apparent.

??Get you out of the wet clothes?? his hearing was coming in and out but he caught enough of what Duo said to not fight when his friend began to pull of his soaked coat. His shirt went after and several moments later he felt a blanket fall around his shoulders. The way it crinkled in his ears Heero knew it was one of those emergency blankets.

Heero just shut his eyes for the rest of the trip, responding to Duo when his friend spoke directly into his ear. His body was tired but he wasn?t going to let himself fall asleep yet. The shivering stopped just before they landed, and Heero looked out the window to see a flurry of movement outside. The door was opened suddenly and hands were reaching in for him Heero swatted them away without thinking.

?Easy,? Duo?s voice commanded over the din, slipping past Heero and onto the landing pad Duo motioned for Heero, and the former pilot responded.

Heero got out of the helicopter and reluctantly let himself be ushered onto a gurney it was mostly with Duo?s prodding he wouldn?t have done it otherwise. The medics rushed him inside the building, they were speaking to each other and asking him question, question?s Heero didn?t feel like answering, it was so incredibly hot inside, he began to try and shrug the blankets off.

?Heero, we need you to focus!? a familiar voice broke through, and he blinked to see Sally?s face come out of the fog. He moved to sit up, ?No Heero just lay back, and let me take a look at you,? he did as she asked cobalt eyes looking to the white ceiling just catching the flashes of people moving around him the most prominent being Sally. ?Alright Heero, we?re going to get you into surgery, I?m going to give you a sedative now,? she informed.

He felt the prick of the needle in his skin and soon found the blackness swirling up to meet him, he didn?t bother fighting it. Relena was safe his job was done.

***

Heero opened heavy eyes only to see the white walls of a hospital room, for an instant that surprised him but then he remembered. Glancing down at himself Heero was pleased at the minimal amount of machinery around him. An IV led into the back of his left hand, and there was a heart monitor and blood pressure cuff but neither were on.

The door to his room opened Relena?s head peeking in. A vibrant smile lit her face when she saw that he was awake. ?How?re you feeling?? she asked softly, stepping into the room shutting the door behind her.

Heero actually had to think about it for a moment, ?No pain,? he comment lifting his left hand with the IV, Sally must have put something pretty strong in there. Though he didn?t think it was necessary, the pain before hadn?t been that bad, he could deal with any post surgery discomfort. But Sally always seemed fixed on making them as ?comfortable? as possible.

Relena came over to his bed side, ?I?m glad to hear it,? she said softly taking his left hand into hers.

?I thought you were confined to your room,? Heero muttered rubbing at his sleep crusted eyes.

?Duo promised me someone I could have fun with,? she pouted, ?When he couldn?t deliver I demanded to come here.?

?Not exactly what either of you had in mind,? the former pilot pointed out.

Relena crawled onto the bed slipping Heero?s left arm around her before gently laying her head on his shoulder, ?How do you know?? she asked with a suggestive smile. Heero leaned down to kiss those smiling lips, absently he felt Relena?s hand slip beneath the covered to gently rest on his chest, fingertip tracing out invisible patterns which caused his skin to crawl. She looked up at him the smile still in place, ?I like getting the chance to look after you.?

Thanks for Reading

Morganeth Taren?drel

[11krage]

I love how its still so heero even when he's in that state. I also love how you wrote duo. It seems that in stories where heero is paired with relena he tends to be more distant from duo and the others as apposed to in just friendship fics, don't know why. But in this one it seems the right mix.

[Morganeth]

I'm so glad you liked it, I was actually worried that I'd missed the character on Heero a little ^_~

Thanks for the review!

[Aristale Wolf]

Oh so happy!! Yay! I agree with 11krage you did good with Duo and the friendship between them. You did splendid with Heero's character as well. Can't wait to read more of your stuff! Cheers!

[Morganeth]

\o/ Yay! I'm so glad you liked it! I really enjoyed writing a second chapter to this fic, and the way the friendship turned out between Duo and Heero has got me thinking for another fic ^_~

Thanks for the review!

[Aristale Wolf]

Awesome! I can't wait to read it!

[lilac310]

YAY! The ending has just the right amount of fluff! It's so adorable how Heero admitted (at least to himself - or his subconscious...lol) that he likes 'snuggling' with Relena... *squeal* Awesome!

[Morganeth]

thank you!

I'm so glad you liked that second part. ^_^

[Elyn Yuy]