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[stoicperfection]

Now that the first Duo had been secured, it was time to capture the younger version for Harth.  He had no idea why the younger one was so important when it was the older one causing all the problems. it didn't matter anyway. He had been ordered to retrieve him and he would, making sure he didn't stumble into Toph along the way.  She would be able to see right through too easily -- just like she had done with Harth.

Heero decided to wait for the younger Duo by his assigned room, already running through different scenarios in his mind. Find out what the older Duo told him, if anything, and lure him to the Pigeon Room. maybe he wouldn't even have to subdue him until the very end. Exploit their friendship from their world and use it to his advantage here. It would be a lot less suspicious and more efficient that way.

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[duomaxwell]

Son of a bitch. Things had just jumped right over 'bad' and went straight in to 'worse'. His gaze followed Heero's movements closely, though he remained tensed and crouched low, waiting for the moment to spring in to action and hopefully away from whatever Heero was going to do. Hopefully.

Damn bastard was always just that much quicker than him...

He sneered back at Heero.

"Looks like another asshole to me," he snapped, not responding to the second question. Of course he wanted to know where his double was. He just didn't want to find out the way Heero had planned for him.

[stoicperfection]

"Is that how you speak to your friend?" He shook his head, feigning disappointment before standing again. "Especially after everything we've been through."

Duo wasn't going to be such an easy fight, not nearly as much as his double had been. This one was in much better shape for starters. He didn't look tired and emotionally exhausted. This one gave a much better verbal fight too.

"I expected better from you. You couldn't even tell the difference." Once again he circled, his body just waiting for a chance to strike and tear into this Duo. Then he could toss him with the other.

[duomaxwell]

"Right now? You ain't no friend, Heero. You're a fuckin' puppet for that sick bastard," Duo snarled back angrily, fingers tightening around the handle of his scythe. Whatever happened, he wasn't going down without a fight, and unlike any of their previous scraps he wasn't going to feel bad about giving Heero hell during it.

"Funny. I expected better of you. Gettin' bit by some fuckin' vampire? That's weak, man. Th' hell happened to the Heero I knew, huh?"

[stoicperfection]

Oh, that struck a cord with him. Implying that he was weak when he was proud of his abilities, both as a human and as a vampire. If only Duo had seen what he fought against.

His eyes narrowed and he stopped in his tracks. "You'll have to find out for yourself. Go ahead and strike me."

[duomaxwell]

"Last time you said that you decked me in the gut! Fuck no! I ain't fallin' for that trick twice!" Duo yelled. His gaze remained firmly on Heero, watching and waiting but still not moving. There was shit for vantage points where they were, and the storm was getting even louder outside.

Rock and a hard place, and there he was in the middle of it.

[stoicperfection]

That was what made this room perfect and how he ended up getting caught, though Harth's abilities didn't help things either.

Since Duo wasn't going to go at him, he decided to go first. He rushed forward, attempting to knock Duo over onto the floor and pin him. He was fast and strong enough for it, but he didn't want this to end so soon. Things would get boring again.

[duomaxwell]

Duo was quick to move out of the way, pushing out from his crouched position to roll to the side and just out of arm's reach from Heero. He didn't stop moving there either, springing to his feet and swinging his short-handled scythe around in his hand.

His current position kept him blocked from the main entrance and exit to the pigeon room, but he kept an eye on it anyway, hoping to find an opening quickly.

[stoicperfection]

Heero stopped short of the blade, letting it nearly miss slicing into him. A part of him was curious to see how injured he could get and heal from. However right now he was smart enough not try it.

"Don't even try running, Duo. I'll hunt you no matter where you are." He shifted slightly, quickly moving off to the side to come around and strike Duo from behind.

[duomaxwell]

"Don't you know that never works? Man you really gotta watch more movies!"

It wasn't easy to track his movements, but Duo refused to let himself get sloppy, even with the needless taunting. He ducked the strike, bouncing back several steps. He was closer to the door, the rain pouring down hard over the entrance as lightening crackled in the sky, flashing light through the windows of the room. Still he didn't run for it just yet.

"Any chance you could just tell me where my double is?" he dared to ask, knowing it was likely futile to do so.

[stoicperfection]

"I can take you to see him. He'd enjoy your company." He was going to give Duo this once chance to come with him willingly to see his double. Not that he would be spared from him inside the circle room. It would be fun to watch the older one squirm and yell as he drained his younger double.

If not, he was more than happy to settle this now and drag his half conscious from into the circle room to see him. Either way was fine by him.

[duomaxwell]

"Nah, I think I'll pass. Thanks for the offer, though!"

Duo straightened and grinned at Heero cockily. After a beat he turned, darting for the door. At the last second, though, he wheeled back and took off for the stairs that wrapped up the side of the wall instead. He knew the next room was the long room, which was huge and open, but with more than one way to get around.

All he had to do was outsmart Heero long enough to get away from him.

[stoicperfection]

He didn't move when Duo started for the door. Instead he watched him carefully, following every step as he switched directions and headed for the stairs. Then he took a few steps forward, keeping his eyes on the pilot before he finally chased after him with his newly gained speed.

If he was lucky enough, he'd be able to pin Duo against the wall and keep him there.

[duomaxwell]

Duo dodged Heero's attempt to tackle him, but only just enough to get out of the immediate vicinity of him. Their shoulders still connected, knocking him off balance and sending him crashing on to the stairs hard. He rolled off the edge and down the several foot drop to the stone below, striking a shoulder and arm on it hard enough to bruise badly.

His scythe went clattering away, but he was on his feet again, trying to ignore how dead his arm was as he went grabbing for it.

[stoicperfection]

Their brief collision sent him stumbling, catching himself against the wall as Duo dropped from the stairs. he regained his balance after a moment or so and dropped from the stairs himself, though landing in much better shape than Duo.

Duo went for his scythe and he took the moment to move for it himself, reaching out and grabbing it right before the other pilot could get his hand on it.

[duomaxwell]

"Shit..." Duo hissed under his breath, clutching at his bruised shoulder as he stepped back away from Heero. He glared, the hand on his injured arm twitching a little, itching for the feel of a gun in it right then.

[stoicperfection]

"Not so cocky anymore." As Duo stepped back, he moved forward, brandishing the scythe in his hand. With the stairs behind him and an useless arm, there wasn't much the pilot could do against him.

"Ready to go see your double yet?"

[duomaxwell]

"Fuck you," Duo spat, feet sliding back until they came to stop at the stone that made up the stairs. Damn it all, he really was backed in to a corner now.

[stoicperfection]

There wasn't anywhere for Duo to run and even if he tried, there wasn't much he could do to fight him. Heero raised the scythe, letting him get a good a good look at it before he swung. The scythe arced down, sinking into the stone just mere millimeters from the side of Duo's head.

"I gave you the chance to come willingly. I didn't give that to your double." He spoke before changing his face, moving in with the intent to sink his teeth into Duo's neck.

[duomaxwell]

"Fuck--!" Duo shrieked loudly. Not at the scythe getting embedded near his head - that he was prepared for and barely even flinched. It was the face that got him. He'd seen a lot of terrifying things in his life but nothing like having that right in front of him, and on some one that he knew, too.

He didn't want to stand there and let Heero bite him, even if he didn't have anywhere to go. All he could do was throw his arms up and duck, trying to get through that one tiny space that was still between Heero and the wall.

[stoicperfection]

He stopped short the moment Duo ducked down. There was no way he was going to let him get away now, not when he had him this close with the other Duo only next door. Reaching down he grabbed at Duo's hair, harshly yanking him up into a standing position and slamming him back against the wall to wind him.

"You're not going anywhere." He growled, baring his fangs and leaning in against the pilot. Using Duo's hair, he yanked his head to the side and went in for the kill, sinking his teeth into the skin of his neck.

[duomaxwell]

Another scream, this time one of pain. Hitting the wall silenced him with an agonized grunt and a rush of air leaving his lungs hard enough to burn and leave him not only winded but defeated. He slumped, vision swimming even as Heero bared down on him.

Any further protests were gone then, and he made little noise when the teeth sunk in to his neck. His eyes closed, teeth clenched and body tensing for a few seconds before he became a rag doll in Heero's grip.

[stoicperfection]

He only drank enough to make Duo more manageable, releasing him from his grasp and letting him sink to the floor in a heap. Wiping his mouth with his hand, he looked down on his friend and shook his head. It was just a lingering human feeling from his friendship with this Duo and would pass. So now to take him into the circle room and wait for Harth.

Lifting Duo into his arms, he made sure no one was looking again before making his way to the other side of the room, to the circle room, and stepping in. The other Duo was in the middle of two circles and that was where he needed to place this one too and use the restraints. Then he could go find a bird and heal him.