The Birds VI “ Does anyone have any /good/ ideas?” “ Kisama, Maxwell, my idea was good!” “ Burning the forest down is not a good plan!” Wufei glared over at Duo as he sharpened his sword menacingly. Smirking, Duo turned away from him, making sure to smack him with his braid in the process. “ Damn you!” Trowa cleared his throat loudly. Suddenly, everyone winced as they heard a tell tale tapping at the window. A black beak stared back at them. “ I have a plan.” Everyone looked over at him expectantly. Quatre smiled, seeming to relax visibly. “ What if we dig-” “ I have a plan!” Heero shouted, “What if we dig a tunnel under the cabin and to the vehicle!” Everyone sweat-dropped and turned to look at Heero. Except for Trowa and Quatre that is, who face vaulted onto the floor. “ THAT’S THE STUPIDEST PLAN I EVER…” * cha-click * Duo winced as he encountered a gun up the snoot,” Okay, I’ll be quiet.” `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` “ So how do we start?” Asked Quatre as he sat on the floor playing with Trowa’s bangs. “ We pull up the floorboards of course!” Cackling could be heard outside as a group of birds suddenly flew down to look through the windows. Duo laughed outright, spitting water all over Wufei and dropping his cup. “ Pull up the…? I’d like to see you try that!” “ Only a real man can do that, Maxwell!” Wufei’s noise wrinkled up in distaste as he took in his soaked clothing, “And we all know you aren’t a real man!” Duo’s eyes narrowed, “ Want to bet on that, justice boy.” “ You’re on!” Everybody watched silently as Duo walked over to the corner of the room where the floor met the wall, and leaned down, feeling along the crack for any weaknesses. Duo’s brow furrowed with confusion. “ Hey, you guys…” He turned around swiftly to look for a knife. Heero frowned. Duo’s long brown braid was caught on a nail in the floorboards. “Duo!” *snap * *thud * Duo’s hair pulled him backwards and he hit his head on the floor. “Itai…..” Quatre gasped,” Duo?” “I’m okay…pretty colors.” Wincing, Heero went to pick up Duo was the latter flailed his arms around helplessly as if trying to stay afloat. “ Auntie Em…Auntie Em….” `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Wufei looked at Duo worriedly, then smirked when he realized he was okay. “ Watch how a real man does, Maxwell!” Wufei marched over to the wall. He was too oblivious to notice Duo flipping the bird(1). “ Aiyah!” Silence “Kusou!” Wufei screamed as he looked as his red hand, “I have a splinter!” Giggling, Quatre curled up closer to Trowa, only to thump to the ground when the silent boy got up to take his turn. The sound of scribbling met his ear, and curious, he leaned over Trowa’s shoulder to get a look at what was going on. “ Oh, Trowa!” Quatre blushed as he realized what he was seeing, there he was spread out like a star on the board. < Wait a minute, that stance seems familiar… > *whoosh* Quatre jumped as a knife flew through the air to land on the board, where his picture was, right between the legs. Duo cheered, “ Go Trowa go! Go Trowa go!” Smiling weekly Quatre turned his head away from the shaking board and to his fellow gundam pilots, cheering. Heero leaned forward, “ Four five six…oh!” Quatre fainted…and fell through. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` “ Quatre? Quatre?” A light hit him full in the face and he groaned. < Leave me alone! > “ Come on, man! Wake up!” Duo smiled, “You won the contest! Now you get to have the last Gram cracker!” Whispering…. “ Kisama, Maxwell that wasn’t the deal!” Wufei hissed. “Shut up.” Quatre sat up slowly, blinking, “I win…Itai…” “ Uh, man,” Duo whispered, “ The birds aren’t on the windows anymore.” “ Hn. Good,” Wufei muttered, “ Maybe I can get some peace from that DAMN CACKLING!” A FEW MINUTES LATER… All five gundam pilots stood before the hole Quatre inadvertently made. They seemed to have all that they needed. Lights, or lighters anyway; protection, in the form of kitchen pots and pans; and digging tools, more commonly known as bowls and spoons. They were ready. Duo went in first, exclaiming at the rank smell that greeted them at the entrance and warning them to watch his braid at the same time. Heero smirked and made sure to follow directly after him. “ Ah! Heero put out that light!!!” * grin* Duo ‘humped’ and brushed at his hair nervously. He was kneeled over and in a squatting position with his flashlight in his mouth and a metal pot in his hand. Crawling forward a couple of more steps, he suddenly stopped. “ HEERO!” Meanwhile…. “ Will those two /ever/ shut up?” Wufei grumbled,” I mean the way they carry on his hardly professional…” Quatre smiled as he caught Trowa’s amused expression and scrambled further down the tunnel toward Wufei, Trowa following him at a distance. While Duo and Heero were digging, they had the hard job of trying to keep the passageway open, so it wouldn’t collapse. “ Trowa,” Quatre gasped as he held his arms high above him, “ Tell me why we’re doing this again?” “ So we can get out of here.” Quatre laughed. “ Good enough.” ````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Time passed on…and on…and on. They didn’t know how much time, but they would all bet money it had been hours. They were dirty, tired, and sore. The gundam pilots lay on the ground exhausted. “Gah! I have to wash my hair!” Trowa blinked as he felt Quatre snore gently as he leaned into his side, and he smiled. He lay his head on Quatre’s and prepared to take a nap. “ Is anyone listening to me?” “ No, Maxwell. So sit down!” “ Hey! Heero, are you gonna let him talk to me like that?” “ Hn, baka.” “ Waiii…’mpff’ …” Duo was silenced quickly with a hand over the mouth. He giggled, and a hand went up his shirt. “ Okay, that’s it!” Wufei got up quickly and walked over to the wall of dirt that still separated them from freedom. Taking a deep breath, he swung his pan high in the air, and… * clang* “ What the…” Suddenly a huge rushing sound filled the cavern. Wufei looked down in horror at the water that slowly trickled onto his hands. “ Do you guys hear that?” Duo asked softly as he hung onto Heero. Quatre and Trowa were now awake too and they began to get up in confusion. Wufei backed away,” Everybody run, now!” Suddenly a geyser of water burst out of the ground and into the air. The gundam boys all staggered to a stop and looked back fearfully. Suddenly Quatre saw a familiar object perched on the edge of the exposed hole… “ Everybody run!” They all took off, running as fast as they could back to the cabin. After what seemed like forever, they emerged. Wet, sore, and cold they ran from the kitchen and directly into the dining room as the sound of wings pervaded their hearing. Still gasping, they all looked over at each other and sighed, collapsing on the wooden table in the middle of the room. Suddenly, Duo got up and went to the far side of the room to look through the cabinets. “Yes.” Duo whispered as he pulled out a swig of sake. Everyone sweat-dropped. (1)The Finger ~_^ To Be Continued…