Waking Morpheus

NOTE: I don't own Gundam wing :(

Chapter 1: "Hey Q-man..."

Quatre walked into the house through the front door. He could hear Trowa and Wufei in the dining room off to the right but he walked through the doorway ahead into the hallway. There's a door to his right that goes to the kitchen and to his left is the walkway into the laundry room at the base of the stairs. Quatre walked over to the stairs and quietly ascended. He reached the top. To his left the bathroom and straight ahead was his bedroom but instead of entering he turned right and continued down the hallway. Wufei's room on the left, Trowa's room on the right. He kept walking. The last two doors. Heero's on the left was slightly ajar and he could hear him tapping away on his laptop. Quatre turned to face Duo's door, grabbed the handle and slowly pushed it open as he took a couple steps inside.
Duo glanced over his shoulder. "Hey Q-man you're back!" Duo turned back around and finished putting the last of his laundry in his dresser. Smiling he started to turn around when something hit him. A sharp pain ripped through his left side and into his chest. Duo fell against his dresser and went down on his knees. He looked down and saw blood on his shirt. Duo's last image he saw was Quatre in his doorway, pointing a gun at him, and then everything went black.

Heero heard the gun shot across the hallway. He got up so fast he knocked over his chair and sprinted out his of his room. He saw Quatre standing there holding a gun and Duo was on the floor. A pool of blood was forming under his body. Wufei and Trowa bounded up the stairs and were dashing down the hallway. He roughly pushed Quatre out of his way and ran to Duo. Heero rolled Duo over and ripped the blood soaked shirt off of his comrade. He found the entrance wound and starting putting pressure on it. Trowa took the gun away from Quatre. Wufei ran to Duo and began helping. Heero swore as he realized Duo's lung had to have been compromised but at least he was still breathing.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS!" Heero screamed up at Quatre but his breath instantly caught in his chest.
Quatre was just standing there. There was no emotion in his face or spark in his eyes just an unsettling cold. Not the typical reaction of a person who just shot one of his best friends. Then without warning Quatre collapsed onto the floor before Trowa could catch him. Trowa kneeled beside him but Quatre was out cold.

"I'll call Sally." Wufei said hurriedly as he got up and ran out of the room.
"I'll get the first aid kit." Trowa said and hurriedly followed Wufei out the door.
Heero sat with Duo and looked over at the fallen blond haired boy on the floor. What could have driven him to do this. The friendly Quatre who was more likely to end arguments than start one. He was always the one keeping the peace and very loyal to his friends. His family. Heero should have felt anger and hatred at Quatre but he couldn't. Not after seeing that expression. If it was anyone else it wouldn't have phased him. If anything Heero felt confused and that was not easy.

"Come on Duo you can do this."
Sally had to have Duo transported to the medical center at Headquarters. The drive there seemed to take forever even though it was only 10 minutes away. Sally sat in the back of the van with Duo and started him on an iv and blood. Quatre was also laying back there unconscious still. The smelling salts had barely worked and Quatre had only woke up for a few seconds before falling back.
"Stay with us God of Death." she said as she grabbed Duo's hand and held it.

The other pilots were in the SUV right behind the van. Heero sat silently behind the wheel and neither Wufei in the passenger seat or Trowa in the back said anything. What could they say? Heero thought. They've been through some pretty rough times together but this was so different. So unusual. Heero glanced over at Wufei and noticed how Wufei's eyebrows were furied and how his jaw was clenched shut. In the rear-view mirror, Trowa sat with his arms crossed and was looking pointedly down at his feet. Still no one said anything but Heero understood just how worried they were.

"We're losing him!"
"Come on Duo, come on." Sally said in the operating room surrounded by nurses and doctors. She pulled all the stops. Only the best treatment for him.
"Hang another unit of blood!"

Sally walked into the waiting room where the 3 pilots were waiting anxiously. Upon her arrival they all stood up earnestly. Sally looked into each of their worried faces and realized again just how close they were to each other. What would the say about Quatre right now? What would they do if he was awake after what just happened? Would they embrace him still or shun him after this horrible day?
"Sally." Heero said.
Sally blinked out of her daydream. The stress she endured standing in the operating room for so long left her drained and tired.
"He's okay. Duo's alive and expected to make a full recovery."
Relieve instantly flooded their faces as the news sanked in.
"And Quatre?"
Sally blinked in disbelief at Heero. Wufei angrily stormed in front of Heero.
"How can you ask something like? Why should we care if that filthy traitor is okay?!"
"That wasn't Quatre." Heero stated calmly and Wufei's face dropped into a look of puzzlement. Heero brushed past him up to Sally.
"How is Quatre?"
Sally breathed out. "He's fine. He's still unconscious but there doesn't appear to be anything wrong with him that we can find."
Heero nodded.
"We should talk about this privately." Trowa said looking around the waiting room and the other workers who were occupying it.

Sally lead them to a conference room in high security section of the building and locked the door behind them to make sure there would be no unwanted interruptions. The boys each told their side of the experience one by one until there was silence.
"So what are we going to do with him?" Wufei asked once they were all seated.
"With who?" Heero asked looking intensely at Wufei.
"What do you mean with who?! That good cold-hearted bastard of course!" Wufei yelled standing up. "There's no denying what he did."
"That wasn't Quatre."
"Of course it was!"
"Stop this!" Sally yelled looking at Wufei and Heero. "This isn't going to accomplish anything."
"Look I know Quatre. We all do." Heero said looking back over at Wufei. "Do you honestly think he could have done something like this?"
Wufei sat back down without saying a word but the anger was still visibly showing on his face.
"There's nothing we can really do." Trowa said as all eyes turned to him. "Not until Quatre wakes up so we can ask him what happened."
"Fine," Wufei said as he got up and walked to the door, "but I want that scoundrel handcuffed to the bed."
"I know. We can't take any chances." Sally said although she wished otherwise.
"He's names Quatre." Heero said as his eyes followed Wufei.
"I thought you said that wasn't him." Wufei retorted back snidely before he slammed the door behind him.

The 3 pilots lounged in the waiting room again waiting for any news about their comrade. Wufei was pointedly keeping a distance from Heero and wouldn't look at him. A doctor came out of the double doors and looked at all the boys. As he made his way over to them they all stood up. "Duo's awake now. Follow me." The doctor lead them to the recovery room where he was.
Duo had raised the head piece up so he could sit up and he was looking at the ceiling. When he heard the door open he looked over and saw his friends walk through the door.
"Hey guys what's up?" he asked with a big grin on his face.
"You okay?" Heero asked as they surrounded the bed.
"Yep. Doc did a great job but he promised there will still be a scar so I can impress the ladies." Duo said jokingly with both thumbs up.
The boys smiled. Same old Duo.
Trowa brought them back to reality. "What happened?"
The smile left Duo's face as he thought back to earlier that day. "I'm not sure. I heard my door open and there was Quatre standing there. Next thing I know I was shot and Quatre was holding the gun."
"Did he say anything?" Heero asked.
"No not a word." Duo said realizing how strange that in itself was strange.
This only left the pilots even more confused about the boy who turned the world upside down this day.