Adorable Rescue

-----part 1-----

"That's the last of 'em." Heero looked at the unconscious boy in his arms, there 
in the cockpit of Wing. "Please, be all right, Duo. If they touched you..." he 
stroked the other boy's face then kissed his forehead. "I'm taking you to see a 
doctor." he decided. "You're going to be all right." he opened a com channel. "Quatre, 
tell your medics I need them to examine Duo."

"Will do." Quatre radioed ahead and prepared the medics for Heero and Duo's 
arrival.

*****

As he flew Wing toward the Winner Estate, Heero was distracted by Duo pushing 
his shirt up. "Hey! Quit that!" he said, firmly. "What the hell are...?!" his 
demand was cut off by his own gasp of surprise as Duo began to suck, quietly, on 
one of his nipples. "Duo?!"

Quatre's image appeared on Heero's com channel at that moment. "Heero, don't 
push Duo away just yet. I'll explain later." he broke the connection before 
Heero could reply.

"I hate it when he does that." Heero grumbled.


A short while later, Duo was sound asleep while Quatre spoke with Heero.

"Why did you tell me not to push Duo away?"

"It would've traumatized him." Quatre explained. 'He wasn't raped, fortunately, 
But he was severely abused both physically and mentally. That's why he 
temporarily regressed."

"Are you trying to tell me Duo was actually *nursing* from me?" Heero asked in 
disbelief.

Quatre gave a nod.

"You said 'temporarily'." Heero noted.

"Once the physical pain was less of a burden, his mind decided it could handle 
the emotional pain without needing a crutch." Quatre explained. "Duo's hurt, 
Heero. But he's going recover and he will be okay."

-----part 2-----

Duo and Heero sat on the sofa in the living room. The other pilots had gone to 
bed hours beforehand, but Heero had asked Duo to sit up with him.

"Heero?" Duo asked. "What's wrong?"

"I almost lost you, Duo." Heero said. "It made me realize how much you mean to 
me. Come, I want to show you something." He lead Duo out to where the Gundams 
were stored. 

Duo gaped in shock at what he saw.

Heero had positioned Wing down on one knee in front of Deathscythe with Wing's 
head tilted back and up.

"Heero." Duo asked, his knees buckling. "Are you... asking me to....?"

"Will you?" Heero asked.

Duo barely managed to say "Yes." before swooning.

Heero caught his new fiance and carried him back into the safe house.

"I love you, Duo." he whispered as he carried Duo upstairs to the bedroom. He 
lowered Duo onto the bed, but could not bring himself to make love to the other 
boy. "I won't defile you." he shook his head. 'Not you. You deserve better. I 
promise you, you'll be a virgin on our wedding night."

-----part 3-----

The bachelor party, held at a local hotel, was well underway. Heero smiled and 
held Duo close as they danced into the night. Quatre had made sure every dance 
was a slow one. He wanted to give them as much chance to be close as possible.

"Heero," Duo whispered as the night wore on. "I don't feel so well."

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I think I'm getting scared because... well, you know..."

Heero smiled. "Why don't you go lie down in one of the rooms and rest for a bit? 
I'll come get you when it's time to go home."

"Thanks, Heero." Duo found a bellhop who escorted him to a room. 

"You may rest here for a bit," the man told Duo. He left the room then paused. 
For a moment, a feeling of guilt overcame him. He fingered the bill in his 
pocket, took a deep breath, and walked away.

Duo drifted off to sleep. He didn't know how long he was unconscious, but he 
woke with someone else's weight on top of him and his face shoved into the 
pillow. He tried to fight them off, they weren't heavy, should've been easy to 
dislodge, but couldn't gather any strength. Something rammed into him, over and 
over, tearing him apart inside. he tried to scream, but he couldn't get his head 
up from the pillow. He fought until he could no longer deny the truth. Then, he 
lay still and waited for it to be over.

*****

The party was in full swing, Heero and the others were enjoying themselves 
completely unaware of the events unfolding two floors above them. 

"I'm going to check on Duo." Heero decided after a while. "I'll be back in a bit."

-----part 4-----

Duo felt his assailant pause, as if hearing a noise. He felt the huge thickness 
being withdraw from his torn body. Felt the rapist climb off of the bed. He 
heard the rustle of clothes and something being placed in the dresser. 

The door opened and Duo heard voices.

"Heero!" Relena's voice. "Thank god. I just got here a few minutes ago. Heero, 
he's hurt."

"Did you see the son of a bitch who did this?" Heero demanded.

Relena shook her head. "He may have gone through one of the connecting doors." 
she suggested. "I'll stay with Duo, see if you can find the guy who did this."

Heero looked around the room, trying to find any clues. Nothing. "Damn." he 
nodded to Relena. "Okay, I'm going to find the bastard to did this. Then, we're 
going to get Duo to the hospital."

"No." Relena shook her head.

"No?" Heero asked.

"I mean we should wait until he wakes up. He may not wish to go. We should 
respect that."

Heero nodded. "Just stay with him for now." he left the room, feeling torn. He 
wanted to stay with Duo, but he also wanted to find the man who'd raped him. And 
since he wanted to kill the son of a bitch, he had to find him before anyone 
else did. 

He was halfway to the elevator when something struck him. Relena had suggested 
that the rapist had escaped through a connecting door. It was a perfectly 
logical assumption. So what was wrong with it?

Heero arrived at the elevator and pressed the button. As the doors slid open he 
realized.

There were no connecting doors.

Heero ran back to the room. He rushed into the room and grabbed Relena. "You 
bitch!" he swore at her. "You fucking whore!" He slammed her into the wall, face 
first, over and over. "Is there a door there?" he asked each time her body made 
contact with the wall. "There is no connecting door."

"Dresser." Duo managed to choke out.

Heero released Relena who fell to the floor like a sack of grain. He stormed 
over to the dresser and opened it. He stared at the item in the dresser, a 
spiked strap-on with Duo's blood drying on it. He slammed the dresser shut. 

"He deserved it." Relena sobbed, holding her now-broken nose. "He was a 
worthless slut."

"If you say anything like that again, Relena, I'll shove that dildo into your 
mouth and lock the strap behind your head so you can't get it out." Heero was 
beyond pissed off. He aimed his gun at Relena.

"Don't..." Duo pleaded, weakly.

"She raped you." Heero pointed out.

"She's not worth your going to jail." Duo told him. "Please, Heero. Let's just 
go home." 

When all was said and done, Heero lowered his gun and took Duo into his arms. "You're 
right. But first I've got to get you to a hospital. You're hurt, Duo. I know," 
he added quickly, seeing the look of shame in Duo's exhausted eyes, "I know you're 
afraid that people will think less of you if they find out. They won't, I 
promise."

"How do you know?" Duo asked, too tired to protest as Heero lifted him from the 
bed.

Heero gazed down at the braided pilot with only love in his usually cold eyes. 

"Because I don't." 

-----Owari-----