Desperate

A/N: This is a re-write of my old story published under Joey Maxwell. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter One

He sat up in bed in a cold sweat. The dream he just had, or more so, nightmare, had him shivering. He looked at the clock, stretched and sighed. "Two thirty in the fucking morning.." he mumbled to himself as he walked to the bathroom. He flipped on the bathroom light, blinding him for a second, then walked to the sink, splashing cold water on his face rinsing the sheen of sweat that was on his brow. He looked at his reflection, his violet eyes looking back at him. The screaming he heard just before he woke up scared him. It sounded like his sister. He left the bathroom turning the light off and walked to the door.

He poked his head out into the darken hall. Everyone was sleeping. He walked by Heero's room and was surprised that his room was dark. Across from his room was his sisters. Duo poked his head in, to make sure she was sleeping, then slinked his way into her room making his way across the room. He smirked as he saw her, sprawled on her back in a tank top and shorts, her arm limped over her stomach. At least she was sleeping peacefully. He pulled the blankets up on her, kissed her forehead lightly and left, heading back to his room.

Six hours later, he was once again awoken by the sound of his stomach growling. He rolled over to look at the clock and he sighed. "Fucking eight thirty in the morning. Why are people even up?" he muttered, smelling pancakes cooking and hearing the soft chatter that was coming from downstairs. He sat up, threw on his usual black clothing, brushed and braided his hair and headed on down to the kitchen. He reached the kitchen and could just hear the chatter of one person. His sister. Joey could be just as chatty as could be.

Upon entering, he saw Heero, sitting at the table, still wearing those bicycle shorts and green tank, reading the newspaper. He would answer Joey in short replies mostly with his favorite "Hn." He along with Trowa and Wufei, who also sat at the table, were drinking coffee. Quatre was at the stove making pancakes and Joey was sitting on the stool helping Quatre. As soon as she saw her brother, she jumped up and hugged him. "Morning big bro!" she said happily. Duo hugged her back and went over to pour himself some coffee. "I'm so glad we're all together..and I can't wait until tonight!" Joey said excitedly as she grabbed a plate and filled it with the pancakes.

Tonight was movie night and Joey's best friend Angel was coming over. Duo's heart fluttered and he was excited to see her. "I think we need to watch a simple Chinese movie." Wufei suggested. Joey, with a mouthful of pancakes, looked at Wufei. "Booooring!" He glared daggers at her. She grinned in response. "I'm sure we can find something we all would like watching." Quatre said, as he put the pancakes down on the table.

Just then, the window shattered as a bullet came through, followed by several others. Heero jumped up and grabbed Joey, throwing her to the floor, laying on top of her until the bullets seemed to end. He looked down at her making sure she was alright. She looked at his arm and saw the blood running down it. "You've been hit Hee-chan.." He stood up with the others. "Don't worry about me. Just make sure you're safe. Go to the safe room." She looked over at Duo and he nodded in agreement. Joey crawled out of the kitchen and when she thought she was safe enough, stood up and ran right into a man who was wearing a mask. Before she could scream, darkness took over.

The shootings stopped and Heero ran out after them hearing them retreating. Duo was calling him, telling him to stop because he was injured but to him, he didn't care. Who the fuck were they? OZ? He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to look thinking he was going to see Duo, but found himself looking up at the talk, quite boy. "We have a situation. Joey has been taken." Heero's face went pale. "What do you mean taken? I told her to get to safety! Fuck." He stormed back to the house, mind going miles a minute, as the silent boy followed him. When Heero returned, Quatre, the blue eyed boy looked sadly at him trying to think of something to say. Duo, panicked, looked everywhere in the house.

"Fucking OZ." Duo said angrily, slamming his fists down on the counter when he returned. "Why the hell would they take her?" Wufei crossed his arms and leaned against the wall. "Its OZ. They want information about us. About our gundams. Maybe it wasn't even her they were after." Duo glared at him. "Shut up! We have to get her back and we gotta go now!" When no one offered to help, Duo turned on his heel. "Fine. You don't want to help, I'll get her myself!" he said walking out. "I'll go with you, you baka." Heero said. "Can't let you go barging in there without a plan." Duo gave him a smirk. "Thank you buddy ol' pal!"