Maxwell's Demon Prologue

Maxwell's Demon
Prologue
By: Madam Hydra

Relena is generally portrayed as being rather clueless.  But what if

Relena actually *knew* something that none of the other Gundam pilots

did?  What if she was the only one who realizes the sinister truth

about Duo Maxwell?  What if she was  RIGHT!?

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    MAXWELL'S DEMON:  A Gundam Wing fanfic by Madamhydra

        (a "Relena Knows Something" dark romantic comedy)

        (AKA, the fable of "The Girl Who Cried 'Heero!' Too Often")

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WARNING:  shonen-ai, mild yaoi, characters wildly OOC...

I'd like credit Joyce K. Wakabayashi's terrific story "Death and the

Soldier", as much of the inspiration and background for "Maxwell's

Demon".  ^_^  Please check out her other great GW fics at her website

called "Gundam Wing on Acid"!

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    "MAXWELL'S DEMON" - An idea of famed physicist James Clerk Maxwell

proposing a 'demon' (a device or entity) who could theoretically do an

impossible task -- violate the second law of thermodynamics by making

heat flow backward from cold to hot (without doing any work).

Basically something that theoritcally allows you to do something which

otherwise might be extremely unlikely in reality.  ^_^

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    Prologue

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    "Get out!  Get out!" came an outraged female scream.

    Relena Peacecraft's band of groupies never would have recognized

their idol as she screamed at the suspicious-looking man who hastily

scuttled away from her wrath.  Now alone in her office, she stared

down at the photos scattered all over her desk, her eyes bulging in

rage.

    She grabbed one and tore it to shreds, then started on another.

    "This... this can't BE!!!  There's NO way this can be true!!!"

    At that moment, some foolhardy soul knocked on the door.

    "What do you want!?" the Peacecraft snarled.  Hell hath no wrath

like a woman scorned....

    Her secretary timidly poked her head into the room and said in a

quivering voice, "Relena-sama, someone dropped off this package for

you.  He said it was VERY important and that you absolutely HAD to see

them!  He ran off before I could stop him, but he said that you'd know

how to contact him."

    Relena snatched the package from her secretary's hand and slammed

the door in the poor woman's face.  She then torn open the envelope,

yanked out a handful of photos, and glared at them.

    Then the color drained from her face.

    "Oh no... oh no... oh no... it can't be...."  She shuffled hastily

through the stack of large prints.  "Unbelievable...."  But as she

stared at the pictures with a horrified expression, she muttered, "Of

course.  That's the only POSSIBLE explanation!"

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[two days later]

    The waiting had been so hard.  Trying to locate him had been

difficult enough, but then having to wait for the right moment to

approach him....  But she hadn't wasted the opportunity.  She made

arrangements, devised backup plans....

    Relena slung her oversized purse over her shoulder like a soldier

shouldering his backpack.  She knew what she had to do and she wasn't

about to let a little thing like mortal danger stop her.  For the sake

of love, Relena Peacecraft was prepared to go to any lengths to save

the man of her dreams.

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    "HEEERRROOO!!!"

    Standing outside their current safehouse, the cobalt-eyed Gundam

pilot, otherwise known as Heero Yuy, turned to see the all too

familiar sight of Relena rushing toward him.

     "Go away," he said flatly.

     Relena blatantly ignored the words and glomped onto him.  As she

clung to him like a starved leech, she babbled, "Oh god, I'm so glad

to see you!  I've been absolutely frantic!  You can't imagine how

worried I've been!  I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find you

in time!"

     Heero scowled at her as he wondered if he should use his full

strength to free himself and risk injury to Relena.  He was seriously

contemplating it.  His frown deepened as she continued with her

incoherent mutterings.  What the hell was the matter with the girl?

She was prone to gushing all over him, but she had never been THIS

bad.

     He involuntarily winced as she wailed, "Hee-eerrooo!  I have to

warn you  about the terrible danger you're in!"

     "Then stop wasting time moaning about it and just tell me," he

replied in his usual distant monotone.

     Heero barely managed to keep himself from backing away as she

leaned VERY close to him, her eyes swimming with tears of relief.  She

opened her mouth just as a familiar husky voice cheerfully spoke up

right beside her.

     "Yeah, why don't you just spit it out?"

     Relena suddenly went rigid.  Then ever so slowly, she turned her

head to find Duo Maxwell grinning playfully at her from only a few

inches away.

     "IYYYYYYYAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

     An earsplitting shriek of terror tore through the air and kept

going... and going... and going....

     "Owww!" yelped Duo, his head ringing from the sound of Relena's

scream going off only inches from his ears.   He hastily scuttled

away, his hands protectively clapped over his abused hearing organs.

     Heero had endured battle injuries, gunshots, broken legs and

enemy torture with barely a grimace, but this time, he couldn't stop

himself from visibly cringing.  He would have followed Duo's example

and tried to flee the scene, except Relena continued to cling to his

waist like a limpet.

     Wufei exploded from the bushes, sword in hand, followed rapidly

by Quatre and Trowa, both armed with guns.

     "What!?  What!?" the Chinese pilot snapped, his black ponytail

lashing wildly about as he searched for the enemy.  But the only

people he could see was Relena who looked as if she was doing her best

to get closer to Heero than his spandex shorts -- an obvious

impossibility -- and Duo, who was now sitting on the ground doing his

best to stuff his braid into his ears to muffle the sound of Relena's

shrieks.

    Trowa's and Quatre's relatively soft voices were no match for

Relena in full cry so it was left to Wufei to do his best to shout her

down.  The cacophony went on until finally even Relena ran out of

breath.  Still clinging desperately to Heero, she ducked behind him,

her bosom heaving as she gulped for air.

    A thoroughly exasperated Wufei bellowed, "WOMAN, WHAT THE HELL'S

WRONG WITH YOU!?!?"

    Peeking warily around the Wing Gundam pilot, she shouted, "Heero,

you're in terrible danger!  You've got to kill the unholy monster

before he tries to destroy you and devour your soul!"

    "WHAT monster?" Heero growled ominously.

    "HIM!!!" she replied, pointed a quivering finger directly at Duo.

    For once, Duo was left totally speechless, his clear, blue-violet

eyes widening in utter disbelief.  His mouth opened and closed a few

times as Quatre and Trowa exchanged dubious looks.  Wufei slammed his

sword back in its sheath in disgust.  Finally, all Duo could do was

wiggle his fingers in little circling motions beside his head in the

familiar gesture denoting total insanity.