Lena Ban Obsidian presents:
Yes, another songfic.

This is a different version of ‘All Worked Out’ by Semisonic. As you can see, I do not own the song. Nor do I own the Gundam bunch. (weeps bitterly)

Wufei & Trowa: There, there… (Pat her on the back)

Quatre: You hypnotized them, didn’t you?

Lena: Well…

Heero was beginning to regret having allowed the others to drag him to this club of theirs. The people were fine, as long as you didn’t want charisma over snobbishness, and the food was all right, but Relena didn’t look like she was enjoying herself any more than he was enjoying their basically wasted night. The only person who had showed up was Duo, and he had traded a few brief, callous words with the couple before winking at an oddly happy Relena anddisappearing again.

“Maybe we can…sneak out, or something,” He murmured to his fiancée. Relena gave him an arch look and primly shook her head before patting him on the shoulder, smilingapologetically.

“We can’t disappear on this; besides, I hear that the bands start playing after ten-thirty.” As if on cue, the lights dimmed and the black velvet curtains that had remained mysteriously shut over the stage began to draw apart, revealing- of all things- Duo, in ragged jeans, a red shirt, a bandanna, and battered sneakers. Winking in Relena’s general direction, he began to sing, content with the single spotlight that was on him.

She’s got it all worked out

Heero started as a guitar strummed up a joining chord with the melody; the rest of the stage remained dark, however, so none of the audience members could see the guitarist.

In her mind

Relena smiled to herself, making a mental note to thank Duo after the performance was over. This was surely a way to amuse her beloved Heero, or at least annoy him enough to amuse the others after wards with his impotent threats tokill them.

Heero’s eyes widened as he realized where the words were leading, and then he began to glower at the braided boy on stage. The rest of the audience was cheering.

And you’re part of the plan

Enjoying himself immensely, Duo pointed to Heero in order to illustrate the words, smiling with all the mischief he could muster. It was hard, working against the Death Glare.

After a quick glance to make sure Relena was also enjoying herself at Heero’s expense, he continued on asmelodramatically as he could.

And you don’t have the final word

A bass and drums pounded to set in their entrance, and the stage was suddenly blindingly white, which revealed Quatre to be the guitarist, Wufei the bass player, and Trowa the drummer. All three had smug almost smiles on their faces, and they pointedly ignored the glares Heero shot at each. Wufei was moving with the music, letting the bass play him, so to speak, and Quatre looked like he was cradling his guitar. Trowa looked like he was having plenty of fun slamming the drums in time to Duo’s song.

All four were dressed in the same raggedy kinds of jeans, with run-down sneakers, but each had a specific color for their shirt- Quatre was wearing blue, Wufei green, and Trowa purple. It was a nice effect, because the other more mellow colors helped to make Duo stand out.

Not that he needed any help with the way he was acting outhis song.

She’s got a long head start

Heero began to grit his teeth, and Relena smothered her laughter behind a few rough coughs. The ploy obviously didn’t fool her fiancée; his glare turned to include her aswell, now.

On your brain

Duo ducked as a miniature Gundam shaped stuff-creature came flying his way. All three other band-members stared wide-eyed at the thing, watching it fly in an arc past Duo and on to the high hat. For effect, Trowa began banging that as well, making sure to avoid the doll so that it didn’tfall off.

Scattered laughter was heard from the audience, and Heero clenched his fists, unclenching them immediately as hestared in shock.

Duo had whipped of his shirt to reveal a temporary tattoo that read: 1 X R 4VR, with a flaming heart around the words; a wave of snickering passed through the audience.

And your heart is afraid

Heero nodded dumbly, thinking, damn straight it’s afraid, what the hell are you doing? Relena suppressed more laughter by ducking her head beneath the table and pretending to fix her skirt. Duo thumped his now quite bare chest to illustrate the song, and the remaining three band members sent evil grins Heero’s way.

He sincerely hoped that this wasn’t really happening.

And you don’t get to say you’re thinking

Quatre and Wufei simultaneously whipped off their shirts to reveal similar temporary tattoos, though the hearts were the colors that their T-shirts had been. Trowa was too busy at the drums to remove his own, or so it seemed- faster than light, he dropped the drumsticks for a moment, whipped off his shirt and tossed it to some lucky audience member, and grabbed the sticks again, not missing a beat.

His temporary tattoo was much the same as the others.

Now that Heero was too shocked to look away from the stage, Relena stole away from the table and around backstage…

Come on, make it easy now
(Make it easy now)

Quatre and Wufei joined in the singing, and Heero’s eyes glazed over. His thoughts had pretty much stopped at:

Tattoos…all of them…color-coded… The audience was cheering loudly (it was surprisingly about eighty-five percent female) and the lucky members who had caught the four boy’s shirts were waving them around in the air and screaming.

Come on make it easy on us all
(Make it easy now)

Duo made a big puppy lip and knelt down before Heero, adopting a pleading position. Wufei and Quatre reflected his expression, but Trowa was completely lost in the rhythm, andstarting to smile.

Come on, make it easy now, or tears may fall
(Ooooooo…)

The music suddenly dropped to nothing and the four boys all dropped their heads, looking completely lifeless. Relena stepped out on stage wearing jean shorts, a tattoo bracelet and an orange-swirled-pink spaghetti top, her hair in a ponytail. She patted Duo on the shoulder and his head slowly lifted, his voice and the guitar the only sounds in the room as the audience waited expectantly.

She’s got it all worked out

Relena nodded, proceeding then to defensively hug Duo and then turn with a happy smile to Heero. The boy looked like he was in a coma.

I’m afraid

From nowhere, Duo produced a calendar to illustrate his next line, pointing to the exact day of the exact month that the couple was to be wed.

And your time is arranged

Relena smiled at her fiancée and stepped away from Duo, beginning to dance gracefully around the stage, drawing the eyes of the fifteen- percent of the audience that was notfemale.

And it’s strange but you’re feeling fine

The music roared back up to full blast, jolting Heero out of his coma in time to see Relena dancing on the stage, seductive as a snake. The instrumental part of the band turned into to each other, creating a triangle of their sound so that they bounced off of each other, and wholeheartedly immersed themselves in their solo, Wufei truly excelling on the bass and Quatre enjoying the wa-wa option on his guitar. (Evil smile)

(Instrumental solo)

Nodding briefly to each other, the trio began singing background chorus, Trowa managing the counter-tenor at the top and the other two managing the lower notes. Screams were coming from the crowd once more.

(She’s got it all worked out)

Trowa whirled his drumsticks and performed other small tricks, never losing the rhythm, to receive more screams from the extremely receptive audience. The banged-boysmirked.

The other two winked at each other and turned back outwards to Duo, who was now dancing in coordination with Relena.

(She’s got it all worked out)

Heero watched, eyes wide, and wondered idly how and when Relena had learned to dance like that. The Queen of the World paused a moment to blow him a kiss, and then did a whirling flip over Duo’s head that even made Trowa’s eyeswiden in surprise.

I feel another coma coming on, The Japanese pilot thoughtcalmly.

(She’s got it all worked out)

Duo snickered mentally when he saw Heero’s eyes glaze over again. He is never gonna forgive us. Ever. But when he turned to wink at Relena, she looked so happy with herselfthat he didn’t care.

(She’s got it all worked out)

Taking up his mike again, Duo prepared for the final verse of the song. Quatre sidles up to do the harmony, and they smiled at each other, performing as much for themselves and their own amusement as the audience.

She’s got it all worked out

Relena jumped off the stage and into Heero’s lap, startling him out of his coma again, and stroked his hair. He blinkedat her in wonder.

I’m afraid

Duo turned his eyes elsewhere, fearing a sappy moment and knowing it would make him feel sick if he saw it. Quatre watched on with glee and genuine happiness for thesoon-to-be newlyweds.

And your time is arranged

Heero looked at Relena. Relena looked at Heero. Stars sparkled in both pairs of blue eyes. (Bwa ha ha! I buildsuspense!)

And it’s strange but you’re feeling fine

As the echoes of the music faded off, Duo gave the other performers a thumbs-up and launched himself into the screaming crowd. Quatre shrugged to Wufei, and they followed his example. Trowa leapt up form behind the drums, doing a triple flip, and landed among the throngs of beautiful,love-struck women.

He was smiling widely. Heero and Relena leaned closer, closer…

They kissed. Deeply.

“How do you feel, Heero?” Relena asked, breaking the kiss to search her love’s face for signs of unhappiness. She found a contented, silly smile instead. “I’m feeling…fine…”

Ta daaaaaa! The end!

Lena: Would you like a ramble?

Audience & Cast: (who are all gagged and bound) mmmmpph!Mmmppphhhh!

Lena: You’re sooo enthusiastic! All right…

Suddenly, Batman and Robin run into the room.

Batman: Stop right there, evil fiend!

Robin: Yeah!

Lena: Who, me? (Looks very innocent)(Batman and robin nod vigorously)

Lena: (sighs) Okaaaaaayyyyy… (Is reluctant)

Batman: Well, that’s that!

Robin: (all gung-ho) our job here is done!

They leave, forgetting to ungag and unbind the audience and cast. They struggle, but are unable to get free.

Lena: Here, let’s watch a movie! (Puts in Monty Python andThe Holy Grail)

Audience and Cast: Mmmph! ^_^

TV: Supposing two swallows carried it together?

And so, another day ends and a fic is born of the void that is my imagination. Thank you all for reading.