Part 40
"Eeeee!"
Trowa froze in place. "What was that?!"
"I don't know!" exclaimed Wufei, turning a quick circle, trying to fix a direction. "But it sounds horrible!"
"Eeeee!"
"It's coming closer!"
"I do have ears, Trowa!"
"Eeeee!"
"Wait! Wait..." said Trowa tightly. "I think..."
"No! Impossible!"
"But I could almost swear..."
"That's ridiculous! It's not even close!"
"But, Wufei..."
"Eeeee!"
They both leaned to peer around the curve of the building, where the sound was steadily coming closer. Very quickly coming closer.
"Maybe it's a demon."
"Maybe it's Ms Makminato."
"Eeeee!"
"Do you think it's dangerous?"
"Probably."
Trowa loosened his knife in its sheath.
Wufei loosened his katana.
"Eeeee!"
"Here it comes."
"I'll take the inside, you take the outside."
"Gotcha."
"Eeeee!"
"Eeeee!"
"Eeeee!"
The Weres drew their weapons and took up positions. It was almost upon them.
"EEEEE!"
"NOW!"
"What the hell are you two doing?!" demanded Heero from behind them.
The Weres jumped.
"Heero! Something's coming!"
"Something dangerous!
"EEEEE!"
"EEEEE!"
"EEEEE!"
Heero huffed at them both.
"Of course, he's coming!"
"EEEEE!"
"He got mail."
"EEEEE! Heero! Pictures!!! Teal sent pictures!!!" screamed Duo, flinging himself past the Weres and into Heero's arms. "Pictures of Dael!!! Look!"
Heero caught the flying bundle of Banshee and swung him around in a circle before setting him down.
Trowa and Wufei looked at Duo. Then they looked at each other. They sheathed their weapons. They looked at each other again. Then they looked at Heero. The Wyvern was listening intently to Duo's excited babbles.
The Weres shrugged their eyebrows.
Trowa said brightly, "You have pictures of your niece, Duo?"
"May we see?" asked Wufei with exaggerated politeness.
"Oh, of course! Here!" Duo thrust a handful of color prints at them. He turned back to Heero, shuffling more photos under his nose in excitement. "See, Heero? This is the dress I bought for her. And the quilt. And that's the blanket I made. And see?! Shar is wearing the necklace I made! And this is Teal. Isn't he cute? He's so nice; he loves Shar so much." Duo paused to take a breath, and Heero put his fingertips to his lips.
"Relax, Duo," he smiled. "Why don't we go to the dining hall and you can spread them out."
Duo blinked breathlessly at him. "Oh. Oh, yeah. That makes sense. Let's go!"
He bounced off in the direction of the dining hall. Heero looked at the Weres.
"What's the matter?" he smirked. "Never heard the cry of a Banshee before?"
Trowa and Wufei both flushed darkly.
Heero turned away to follow Duo. "Coming, gentlemen?" He strolled away, laughing softly.
Trowa looked at Wufei. "That was a Banshee cry?"
"I guess so," Wufei said shortly.
"Kinda scary."
"Yeah."
"Of course, that's the whole point, right?"
"Right."
"We're going to hear about this one for a while, aren't we?"
"Oh, yeah..."