Dr. J Returns
Prologue: Disturbing Mail Messages
By: Traci14

Anime series: Gundam Wing
Romance/action/suspense/alternate universe
Not a lemon or a lime
Yaoi: Heero and Duo
Story blurb: Dr. J comes back and captures Heero. Duo has a chance to get Heero back, but it'll be difficult. He's being brainwashed. He wont even remember Duo. Will Duo be able to get to Heero before Dr. J completes a chip that he wants to put in Heero's brain to make him more machinelike? If not, what will happen to Duo and Heero?

Dedication: This fanfiction, is, too, dedicated to SkyLark. You know who you are. If it weren't for her, I probably never would have started writing these kinds of fics.^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or any of it's characters the only characters that are mine are the ones that don't belong in Gundam Wing.

Duo brought in the mail. It had been a year since the war ended and all the Gundam pilots were sixteen now. Trowa was almost seventeen, though. Heero and Duo had discovered their feelings for each other shortly after the war was won. Now, they had shared a bed for one full year. They lived at an apartment in Japan. Duo's original idea was to go back to L2 and his junkyard, but he couldn't bare to leave Heero's side and he knew Heero wouldn't be very happy on L2, despite Heero's insistings that he'd be fine as long as he were with Duo. Every year, whenever he could, he'd return to L2 and visit the graves of the people that died in the massacre along with Solo's grave. Usually, he'd try to make it by the anniversary of the event. He'd always visit them at least once a year, rotating between events, trying to get as close as possible to the date it happened, but with being a mechanic, he had a job he had to go to and he couldn't always get off at the right time every year. Heero would always take time off with Duo, though, to go up there and he'd go with him to the graves, for moral support and then they'd visit the places that it happened. Where the Church used to stand and where Solo had died. Duo'd always ended up crying at that time of year. Duo wasn't afraid to cry in front of Heero, because Heero didn't judge him because of it. Heero would just hold Duo and let him cry, while running his hand in soothing circles on his back and whispering words of comfort. Once in a while, Heero would even cry with him. Heero usually had a reoccurring nightmare, but he didn't seem to be ready to talk about it yet. Though, this was happening a lot and Heero always ended up crying afterwards. Duo didn't like to see his love cry. It hurt him. 'Maybe I shouldn't wait until tonight. Maybe I should talk to him now. If I do that, then maybe, once he's talked about it, those nightmares would go away. I don't want him to be in pain any longer than he absolutely has too, and any pain is too long.' Duo thought to himself.

"Heero, ya got mail." Duo said, planning to work up to the nightmare thing. "Really? Who from?" Heero asked, walking up behind Duo and hugging him. "It doesn't say. That's odd." Duo said. He was used to this embrace. He'd even done it to Heero just as many times as Heero'd done it to him. It was just nice to know that they were there for each other at all times, even when they didn't need it. Heero turned his head and kissed Duo on the cheek. "Let me see." Heero said, gently taking the letter from Duo. However, Duo wouldn't let go. "Duo, let go. Tampering with my mail is a felony." Heero joked, with a laugh in his voice. "No, you haven't kissed me at all today, except for that kiss on the cheek. Your neglecting me!" Duo playfully whined. "You whine too much, okay, here." Heero said, giving Duo what he wanted. Once the kiss was broken, Duo waved the letter in front of Heero, so close that it was brushing against his nose. Heero turned his head and sneezed, though, compared to his others, this sneeze was quiet. It was actually sort of cute. "Awww, bless you." Duo said, kissing the tip of Heero's nose. Heero's nose, for some reason, was sensitive to touch. You couldn't tell, though, by how many times he'd been punched in the nose and not even flinched.

Heero sat on the couch and opened the letter. He read to himself and then promptly dropped it. He just sat there, staring into space, repeating over and over again, "No, it can't be, it just can't be." Duo was worried. He picked up the letter and read it. "Oh, God." Duo said, throwing the letter down and immediately turning to Heero. "Heero, come on, Heero, focus." Duo said, turning Heero's head to face him. "Heero!" Duo yelled. He wasn't getting a response from Heero. He seemed to be looking through him rather than at him. He didn't want to do this, but he'd do anything to keep Heero from going into shock. There was no way he could tell this to the doctors. He took a deep breath and then let it out. "I'm sorry, Heero." Duo said, then slapped Heero across the face. Heero immediately stopped talking and his eyes focused on Duo. He reached his hand up to his cheek where Duo slapped him. "Heero, I'm sorry, really I am. I didn't want you to go into shock and that's what you were starting to do. I was worried. That's the only quick thing I could think of to do." Duo started apologizing. "Duo, Duo, DUO!" Heero ended up yelling. Duo looked down at an interesting spot on the couch. "I'm not mad at you. You did what you had to do. It was only a slap. I...I just don't know what to do. D...Dr. J is back and he's gonna want me back. He's gonna know, that I've been feeling things." Heero said, trying not to cry.

Duo raised his head, hearing the difference in his voice. Duo enveloped him in a comforting embrace. "Shhh, shhh, shh. Come on Heero, we'll get through this. I wont let anything happen to you." Duo whispered in Heero's ear, as Heero cried into his chest. With Duo doing that Heero couldn't stop the tears. He just cried and held Duo closer to him, while Duo just let him cry. Dr. J wasn't dead after all. He had heard of Heero's changes and obviously knew where he lived. He also knew that Heero and Duo were lovers. This was bad. Really bad. He seemed to really not like Duo, but was threatening to get Heero back and make him into a new experiment. Duo was scared too. He rubbed Heero's back while Heero cried. Heero's sobs were dying down. "I thought I was free of him." Heero whispered. "I know, I know." Duo said, softly kissing Heero's neck.

Heero stopped crying, pulled away and rubbed at his tears. "We, we have to go to work. I need to stop this." Heero said. "Heero, we do need to go to work, but we could call in sick today. We can both stay home." Duo said. "What're we gonna say, Duo? Say that Dr. J came back from the dead and wants me back so he can turn me into another lab experiment?" Heero asked. "No, just that we had an unexpected shock and we need a day or two to get over it, that's all." Duo said. "Will the boss let us do that?" Heero asked. "I don't see why not. Come on, Heero, let me do this." Duo said. He wanted to help Heero.

Suddenly, they both started to feel drowsy. "H...Heero, are you..." Duo never finished his sentence. He passed out. Heero followed soon after, falling over Duo.

Men came into the house and took Heero, leaving a note for Duo, whom was left where he fell.

Duo woke up about two hours later. He looked around, not seeing Heero anywhere. "Heero?! HEERO?! Answer me! Please, answer me! SWEETHEART, ANSWER ME!!!" Duo yelled, getting worried. Only now did he spot the note on the coffee table. He snatched it up and read it.

Duo Maxwell,
In case your wondering, I am Dr. J. I have captured your lover, Heero Yuy. You have done an amazing job with him. He feels now. You have unraveled all of my hard work. I have decided to make more machinelike, starting with a chip that I will create and will implant into his brain. If that is successful, I will turn him into a cyborg. I am telling you this, because you care for him so much. If you truly care, then you should be able to get to him in time to stop me from implanting to chip. There will be many obstacles, including Heero himself. By the time you wake up, he'll be undergoing brainwashing. He'll resist of course, at first, which will only cause him pain. Once the pain is too much, he'll give in and the brainwashing will take effect. There will be side effects to this, if he is ever cured of this brainwashing, but you'll have to figure those out, yourselves. Of course, you'll also, have me to contend with and I am the one that made the Perfect Soldier, which you have destroyed. This is your fault.


Dr. J

"Oh, God. I've gotta save 'em!" Duo yelled, putting his shoes on and running out the door. He didn't even bother to call work. They were late anyway. Way late. Obviously, he'd gotten a huge whiff of some sort of knockout gas.


Author's note: So, how's this so far? Any comments, questions, or flames? If so, send 'em to my new mail address, traci1985babe@hotmail.com