Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really wish I did, but it seems like I don't. Oh, well. Dreams really never come true. Especially this one.

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Crossed Paths: Chapter 1, The Mission

"Heero, come here I have a mission for you," said Dr. J as he walked into the living room.

Heero looked up and smiled. He hadn't had a mission for months and he was getting bored. "Mission accepted," he said.

"But I haven't even told you what the mission was about yet!" exclaimed Dr. J. "Doesn't matter," replied Heero.

As Heero packed his bag, Duo looked in and asked in his annoying voice, "Whatchya doing?"

Heero made a face and said, "The doc has a mission for me, and he says that I should pack my things."

"Cool," answered Duo. He looked around the room for a couple of seconds and opened his mouth to say something. 'No, Duo, you can't come with me," said Heero, who knew what Duo was about to say almost by instinct.

"Oh c'mon! Please?????"

Heero gave him his death glare. Duo shivered and crept out of the room. "I don't need to ask Heero to go. I'll just ask J!"

Dr. J was standing by the front door, patiently waiting for Heero. "Hey Dr. J! What's up?" said Duo as cheery as he can be.

"Oh, hello Duo. How are you?"

"Fine."

"Well, I'm just here to pick Heero up. I have a mission for him. He should be upstairs packing is things."

A plan was formulating in Duo's head. "Well, doc. Things have been kinda slow around here. There hasn't been any action for months, so I was wondering if..."

"Yes, Duo. You and the others are welcome to come. 'The more the merrier' I say." said the doctor while smiling.

"Why is it that everyone knows what I'm about to say?"

Duo was quiet for a moment (but being Duo, that isn't very long) and then he yelled, "Yo! Quatre, Trowa, and Wu-Wu! J has a mission for us too! C'mon down!"

Heero, who apparently had heard Duo's message, ran to the top of the stairs.

"Doc! The others aren't comin' too, right?"

"Why yes, Heero they are coming. The mission will be a lot better with five, instead of one," he answered.

"Crap. Two hours in a car stuck with Duo. Lord, help me."

Everyone was ecstatic to go.

A/N: Well, all except for Trowa, who just mainly sits in the back and reads.

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Within the hour, Dr. J's car was packed and ready to go. The only thing was that there was barely any room for the pilots and the insane doctor, but they managed to make some room.

"Hey guys!" cried an excited Duo. "I've never ridden on top of a car before! This is going to be so cool!"

"Now, Duo. Don't move around a lot. Be still and calm, and maybe you won't blow away. Ok?" said Quatre, while making sure Duo was safely secured.

"Uh-huh! Ok, something about moving, gotcha!"

Quatre sighed and got into the backseat, next to Wufei. "That baka is anything, but still and calm," stated Wufei.

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to warn him," replied Quatre.

"How long do you think Duo will remember Quatre's advice?" asked Trowa, who overhear the conversation.

Just then the car began to move back and forth, back and forth. The weird part was that it wasn't even on. "Wufei stop making that noise," scolded Dr. J, while putting the final remains of the luggage in the trunk. "It's not me you bakagami!" yelled Wufei.

"Well, then what is it," asked Quatre. Wufei though about it and then.....

"DUO YOU BRAIDED BAKA! STOP JUMPING UP AND DOWN!"

Duo had a big smile on his face while saying, "I can't help it! I'm just so excited!" Wufei shook his head and whispered to himself, "Baka."

"Now, just to make sure, is everybody ready?" asked Dr. J as he sat in the passenger's seat.

"Yeah," replied Quatre," but why are you sitting there? Who's going to drive? The only one that isn't here is He.." Quatre was cut short as he saw Heero jump in the driver's seat.

"I will be your driver today," smiled Heero.

The blond took off his seatbelt and began rummaging through the back. "Rope, rope, I need ROPE!"

"Why? What's the matter, Quatre?" asked Trowa, who finally looked up from his interesting book.

A/N: Just so you know, that italicized part was sarcasm.

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"Yeah, Quatre what's wrong", asked Dr. J, who was worried that something was wrong with his car.

Quatre glanced at both of them and said, "With the way Heero drives, Duo will be long gone before we reach the gate. Wufei, hand me that duck tape."

Heero chuckled at Quatre's remark about his driving skills. "Ok, Duo should be safely secured now, but just in case I don't want this car going over 60mph," Quatre said with a sigh.

"What! Only 60!!!!" cried Heero.

"Yes, only 60. And if this car goes 1 mile higher I will personally make sure that you will get a one way ticket to cooking classes with Relena!"

Heero shuddered at the though and said, "Fine."

They drove for hours. Duo kept humming the theme song to Pokémon. Wufei was having just about enough of it so he did the only thing he could do. "Quatre, hand me the duck tape. Uhhh... Duo's rope is breaking."

"Why sure Wufei. I didn't know you cared about Duo's safety."

"Yeah," he remarked as he looked at the pitiful amount of the tape Quatre gave him. He threw it at him and said, "I'm gonna need a lot more than that."

After Wufei got the XXXL size of tape, he stuck his body out the sunroof and said, "Time to shut up now, Duo."

He took the tape and wrapped it all over Duo's mouth. Now he could only hear a muffled cry of Duo's curses, but that was music to Wufei's ears. "All done," he said as he got back in the car.

"Wow, Wufei. You used up all of it? How bad was the rope breaking?"

"Pretty bad."

They reached Dr. J's lab about thirty minutes later. When they went out of the car to get Duo....

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Duo's hair was all messed up because of the wind, and he looked really helpless with the duck tape and ropes.. When they got him down Dr. J called to the pilots. "Everybody come here!"

When they did, they gathered in this high-tech looking room.

"Now, I have been researching on this... matter, as you would call it. My name for it is SPECs, or Scientific Particles Electrically Combined. SPECs is around us all the time, it's everywhere. No one can see it with the naked eye. The only way it will be visible is with a great deal of concentration. So I have constructed this machine to send you into a self- concentrating state where you can see SPECs."

A/N: Just so you know. I have read thoroughly through the Golden Compass series. And my information may sound weird, but it is accurate! The only thing I changed was the name of Dust.

(PS: I changed the name just for you, Breann.)

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Everybody was quiet the entire time, trying to let the information sink into their brains. Duo was the first to speak. "Huh?"

"Why do I even bother?" Dr. J said to himself with a sigh. "Just lay down on these beds and close your eyes."

They did as they were told. "But I want to keep my eyes open!" complained Duo.

Dr. J shrugged. "You may keep your eyes open if you wish to be blind." Duo gulped.

As the five pilots were lying comfortably, the doctor was randomly pushing buttons, or so it appeared. "Hey Doc?" asked a worried Duo. "Have you ever tested this before?"

Dr. J continued to press buttons, put his hand on a long lever, looked at Duo and responded with, "You five are my first test monkeys," and pulled. "WHAT!!!" they all cried in unison, but were too late to move. For they disappeared into a world where monsters are real, and adventures are a part of everyday life.

A/N: Hoped you liked that chapter! The next one will be up ASAP.

Coming up: Crazy Reunion!

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