Number 9;; Metalman (thousandsticks) wrote in prompt_100, @ 2009-09-30 11:01:00 |
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Entry tags: | fandom: gunstar heroes. #: prompt 012 |
It Can Wait (Prompt #12)
Title: It Can Wait
Fandom: Gunstar Heroes
Characters/Pairing: Red, Blue
Rating: PG
Word count: 297
Challenge/Prompt: #12 - sick
Summary: When it comes to pride and family, even sickness and gems can wait.
The brothers stopped for rest under the shade of one of the trees, having just made it through another wave of cyborg drones. Red stood up straight, holstering his gun. Blue hung his head low, panting heavily. He didn't have the nerve to tell his twin brother that he didn't feel well.
"L-let's keep going. Pink can't be too far now." Blue murmured, using his left hand to adjust his headband slightly. He was really wiping the sweat off his forehead. He was sure his twin brother didn't need to know about the fever.
Red glanced to him, his ruby eyes flickering with a hint of concern. "Are you sure? You don't look so hot, Blue. We can rest up if you want."
"No. It can wait." Blue said, straightening himself up and withdrawing his gun from his holster. Sapphire eyes darted aside. "We can keep going."
The twins ran from the safety of the forest's cover now, finding themselves in a wide-open, rather large glade. A large pink mecha leaped from the forest, landing nearby. Blue told himself he had to concentrate, but he couldn't. A tickling nagged his throat. Just as he was about to fire a few shots of the lightning laser he was so fond of, he took to a fit of coughing and was struck by a red laser shot from Pink's hitman, Kain. That was all it took for Red to snap and unload his fury and the flames from his gun on the mecha. In the haste to eject herself and her flunkies from the mecha before it exploded, Pink tossed the Blue Gem overboard.
"You gonna get that gem?" Blue murmured.
Red shook his head, kneeling next to his wounded, ill brother. "It can wait. You're more important, brother."