[fic] Of Newbies and Letter Openers 1/1

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Author: Sheena (Thunderfoot)

Title: Of Newbies and Letter Openers 1/1

Rating: PG

Beta: Bronze Tigress

Pairings: None

Disclaimer: No letter openers were harmed in the making of this fic. Can’t vouch for the mental health of the Newbie though.

I don’t own the Gundam Wing characters, I’m just borrowing them. The Newbie belongs to me though, mentally scarred as he is **smirk**

Author Notes: Inspired by a .wav file I have of Wufei’s Japanese voice (email me if you want to listen) and a conversation I had with Bronze over how I used it.

This fic has been rated in accordance with the approved TTFN rating for Australian and New Zealand fanfiction.

"Speech"

*Sound effects*

I worry about my mind sometimes.

 

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His objective was in clear sight now. Just a few more meters and he would reach the drop point. So far so good. He was still in one piece. Swallowing hard, he inched just that much closer to his goal.

Failure was not an option. I didn’t matter that he would rather be any place other than where he was at that time. He’d heard Antarctica was lovely this time of year, but that didn’t matter either. All that mattered was that he was a Preventer agent and he did his job. No stuff ups.

He’d known the risks when he’d signed on. No use complaining. He was almost there. Just a few more steps and he would be entering the proverbial Lion’s Den. These men were ruthless. Brilliant at what they did, but ruthless. Everyone knew the stories.

Hands tightened around the large manilla envelope, crinkling it slightly. The sound was loud in the silence. He took another step. He _would_ deliver this package. He would _not_ pee himself in the process.

It was show time.

Holding his head high, he stepped through the door and entered their domain. Ignoring the curious looks of the other inhabitants, he made his way towards his target.

Extending a hand, he dropped the envelope on Chang Wufei’s desk. The Chinese man didn’t even look up.

Preventer Agent Chris Patterson, new recruit, and over-glorified office flunky, began to relax. Mail drop successful. All limbs still attached. The people at the water cooler obviously didn’t know what they were talking about.

Then the envelope started to slide.

*Thunk*

In less time than it took to blink Chang had stabbed it to the desk with something shiny.

Agent Patterson didn’t wait to find out what it was. Weighing his options, he beat a strategic retreat back towards the water cooler... Okay, he scampered out of there so fast one could almost swear there was a dust cloud trailing behind him.

There should be rules about doing this sort of thing on the first day!

"Breaking in the Newbies again, Wu?" Duo Maxwell couldn’t help chuckling as he watched the quickly retreating back. It was most likely that the Newbie was fresh out of Uni.

Looking up from the report he had been absorbed in, Chang Wufei blinked. "What?"

He looked towards the door where the back of a fast retreating Preventer’s agent was still visible. Obviously the ‘Newbie’ that Maxwell was talking about. He glanced down at his desk and blinked again. An envelope sat there. Embedded in the centre was a still wobbling letter opener.

"Kuso!"

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OWARI