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Second fic in the set written for the 255th 500 word challenge issued by the 5x6ml.  Hope you enjoy.

Karina

 Title: Eerie Harmony

Author: Karina

Rating: PG

Pairing: Duo + Milliardo

Notes:  Challenge 225.  Baby Series 4  #132.  Takes place  approximately two hours following  Sing, Dance, Wait

Spoilers: None

Warnings:

Many thanks to ShenLong Deb for her work betaing this set of fics.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.

Title: Eerie Harmony

It was an eerie harmony, rising, wailing, with the strength of the wind.  It sent chills up his spine as he pressed his back to the window, staring out over the balcony into the wailing darkness.

“What the hell is that noise?” Duo shouted against the cacophony of sound.

Between the howl of the wind and the constant rumbling background of sound that was ice impacting against the building, it was next to impossible to hold a conversation.  Pagan had alerted him, the urgency in his voice warning him.  He had come quickly, listening to a sound that had been spoken of in legend for thousands of years.  Legends, but as they say, in every legend there is always, always, at least a single grain of truth.

Another eerie, howling harmony and Milliardo grabbed Duo who had followed him to this sheltered side of the palace and he bundled him into the study, slamming the balcony doors and making immediately for the computer terminal to one side of the desk.  The palace had its own generators and he could be assured of monitoring the storm for as long as the sensors sent telemetry.  How long the sensors would continue to hold up against this battering was anyone’s guess, but the winds were already tapping more than 200km/h and they were no where near the worst of the expected conditions.

The chill had frozen what would have been rain in areas closer to the equator, and the ice needles were lethal to anyone, or anything, left unprotected.  He shook his head reading the data, noting the current measurements and the projected measurements for the next eight hours and knew he could delay no longer.  They needed thirty minutes to ensure the palace and its vital nerve centre would survive.  He doubted any of the above ground structures, with the exception of the old military base, would survive the onslaught.  All of their shelters, including the military base, were dug deep into the ground and the Shelter Coordinators had been warned to go to the deeper levels of those shelters.

“Hunter.”

“Sire?” Pagan’s voice was tense over the com.

“Lock us down.”

“Acknowledged, Sir.”

Duo frowned, glancing at his companion. “We are already on lock down... And what is that howling?”It wailed clearly, rising strong against the background of the storm for a few chilling seconds. “I’ve never heard anything like it before.”

The King sighed softly and stared at the radar screen. “And I pray that you never do again.  That wail is legend in Sanc.  I heard about it when I was a child, from my Nanny, who loved the old folk tales.  I never thought I would hear that dreadful harmony.”

Duo scowled, resting his hands on the desk, fingers curled into fists. “So what is it?”

The King sighed softly and for a long moment stared at the window. “The Dragon’s Song.”  

End

Karina Robertson  2013