"Avenging Angel"

Written By: Karen The Huntress

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or its characters

Rating: R

Warnings: Angst, revenge

Pairings: Implied 1x2, 2x1

Summary: Duo seeks his revenge. Based on the song "White Flames" from the Weiss Kreuz series.

"Avenging Angel "

*****

Evening settles, say your prayers.

Let me kiss you so tenderly.

As the moon begins to rise above,

I am forced to change drastically.

*****

We lay together. Lover entwined in my arms. Moonlight, filtered through gossamer curtains, bathes him in a silvery glow. Tenderly I kiss his bare back. Lips linger on a ragged scar, the cruel reminder of the final battle he waged.

In this moonlit quietude love soothes my soul. Alas tranquil moments are ephemeral. Serenity is a devious whore. Night terrors spawn torment.

Midnight.

A transient wanderer, time hovers between yesterday and tomorrow.

*****

Don't forget the person I am in the day.

Don't forget the good in my life.

Don't forget this ache I feel in my heart.

Don't forget my pain and my strife.

*****

By day I keep a vigil by his side. Strive to be good for his sake. Secretly I weep. Guilt haunts. Remorse cuts deep into my soul. Pain is both foe and friend. Never grants peaceful slumber yet keeps me focused on deadly objectives.

*****

Go to sleep and dream of happiness,

I will keep you safe in the night.

Surrounded by flames of endless white.

Sinners chased away by the light

*****

Restless. Anguish flickers across his damp face. Feverish memories stab his mind. Clutching tangled sheets my name trembles on his lips. "Duo."

Hold him tighter.

"I'm here." I whispered to banish sinister demons. "I'll always keep you safe." is promised just like every night since happiness crumbled around him.

Self-reproach is my constant companion. Should have sensed the sentry. Instincts faltered for a single second. In that inattentive instant the gun spit fire. Blur of motion. Heero jumped in front. Took the bullet meant for me.

Should have been christened in that crimson pool. Spine should have been shattered.

Should be me—the warrior with useless legs.

Days of laugher. Nights of endless love. Hope for tomorrow.

Gone.

White-hot flames blaze in my gut. "Retribution." I vow. "Forever for you, my love,"

Usual dose of sedatives. Sleep peacefully

I ease out of bed. Smooth rumpled bedcovers.

*****

See the soulless eyes of the target tonight.

See the shadow of fate hovering.

See the angel's sword lifted over his head,

Justice in the night, sparkling.

*****

Tonight like every other night I transmogrify into Heero's avenging angel.

The God of Death will meter out bloodstained vengeance until each wicked transgressor is condemned to Hell.

Cloaked in shadows as black as my heart I stalk my prey. Solitary I hunt with ghostly footfalls and predatory grace. Twin Beam Scythes sparkle with righteous justice.

I am a phantom in the darkness, demanding lives to appease Shinigami. Now OZ soldiers lie in scarlet pools. Sightless eyes search for forgiveness and find nothing but detestation.

*****

Burnin' Burnin' in the night.

Runnin' Runnin' to the light.

Huntin' Huntin' in the fight.

White flames. Night games. Lonely fight.

*****

I'll never be able to heal Heero. I can give him unconditional love, pledge my soul and be his devoted protector until my last breath.

White flames. Night games. Lonely fight.

OWARI

 

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