Author's Notes: See? I'm back in the road! Shin's Voice once again. I am a Duo-obsessed! Had you realized it? I like writing about Duo and Heero's friendship and that kind of stuff, but I'm trying a new plot: I'm introducing Quatre to a main role here, and Duo is gonna be the one helping now. How so? This is the summary: A mission goes wrong and the G-boys are captured. After a brutal fight to escape, they made their way out, but Quatre remains prisoner. When the others face the possibility of losing their kind friend, they all decide to take the risk and go save him. Finally, they retrieve him, but they are surprised to find out that Quatre is not the same kind person he used to be…What did OZ do to him? He has been turned into a cold, hard soldier. How will the others turn him back?





"The Other Side of the Gentle Soldier"



Chapter One.





"They found us! They found us!"



"If you keep screaming they will get us too" –Heero scowled as he and Duo ran across the base's corridors.



"01 and 02! 01 and 02, answer! They got your location!" –Quatre's voice sounded through the portable communicator in Heero's hand.



"Give me that" –Duo snatched the COM from Heero's grasp as 01 shot some soldiers in the other hall. "Hi there, Q. Gotta plan for us to get out of here?" –the American asked as he also started firing.



"Take the 4-CB corridor and then turn to the right down to the store room. Look for the detonation. I'll go down with Sandrock to get you. You have 15 minutes" –the voice instructed.



"You got that sure. Thanks, Q" –Duo quipped as he dragged Heero by the arm and both started running.



***



"05, fly through the Aries left patrol and keep them busy. 03, I'll need backup in this zone." –the strategist organized the air combat over the base's location.



"Why are you leaving your position?" –Trowa asked.



"I'll go down to get some passengers. Would you please take my place here?" –the Arab smiled in the COM screen.



"Rodger that" –Trowa replied as Heavyarms occupied Sandrock's place.



Some minutes later, the white Gundam made its way to the low part of the base, its giant scimitars wrecking havoc among the Leos guarding there. Soon, the fire of the explosions could be seen meters above, when Sandrock made a little arrangement in the base's wall: a decent big hole as a escape route.



"Right on time, my friend!" –Duo exclaimed at the sight of 04.



"Get in first. I'll take these Ozies while you go" –Heero ordered, while facing a dozen of soldiers right behind them.



"Oh no, don't even think about it. That wound in your side is bleeding like hell, so don't play the hero now. You go first" –Duo retorted as he pushed Heero through the hole.



"You must hurry!" –Quatre yelled as he opened the cockpit. "Come on, Heero!"



"Take him in! He's injured!" –Duo yelled from behind, making sure 01 entered into Sandrock's cockpit.



"Are you o.k.?" –04 asked as he sat Heero in his seat.



"Of course! That baka was exaggerating!" –Heero replied, not very pleased at the idea of being saved.



The sudden noise of another dozen of Dolls surrounding the place startled them.



"How come there are so many?" –the blonde wondered, half in amazement, half in worry.



"04, here 03. The troops are getting backups. Repeat, backups coming. We must leave immediately" –Trowa's voice just confirmed the pilots suspects.



"I'm going down to get Duo" –Quatre declared, loading his gun and taking off his pilot's goggles. -"If we are not here in 5 minutes, get Sandrock out of this place. Make sure 03 and 05 leave too"



Heero just nodded, nonchalant as usual. Quatre jumped out of the cockpit and entered the base through the hole.



"Duo!" –he called, already firing his gun against some soldiers who seemed to be waiting for another pilot.



"Right over here!" –came the agitated response.



Some meters ahead, Duo was surrounded by a circle of guns, as he shot down as many as he could. Soldiers started to back off as the fires of another gun cut the air.



"Back off! Give up your weapons and surrender! Now!" –Quatre forced his voice to overpower the battle noise. Finally, he was able to get beside Duo, who was now kneeling on the floor.



"Injured?" –the smallest asked, his gun still aiming.



"Just a scratch" –Duo smiled despite the situation.



"Lets go" –Quatre murmured, helping Duo to run towards the new 'exit' in the wall.



Meanwhile, Wufei and Trowa were having problems to hold back the great number of suits around them.



"Five minutes" –Heero declared, closing the cockpit's doors and lifting Sandrock from the ground. Just then, the two figures of 02 and 04 came into view, right some distant under it.



"They're there!" –Wufei pointed.



"Don't leave your position" –Trowa reminded him. They both had to remain fighting in order Heero was able to retrieve them.

Precisely, Sandrock was lowering to the ground again, its hand outstretched for the other two to climb in. With Quatre's help, Duo was able to climb into, but Heero was forced to back off by the enemy's fire.

Duo was clinging from the suit's finger and Quatre was still on ground. Soldiers were coming from the base like bees from their honeycomb. Sandrock lifted a bit more while Heero tried to duck the laser's beams.



"What are you doing?!" –Duo's voice rang from the COM to Heero's- "Cat is still down there! Go down!"



"Can't" –was Heero's response as the 04 Gundam flew even higher. Duo's eyes went wide. He looked down, and spotted 04 pilot in the same place, a little device in his hands.



"04 here. 01, alert 03 and 05 of danger from the west zone. Another Dolls troop is coming…you guys better leave…"



The four pilots were able to hear Quatre's recommendation. He was now being surrounded by OZ soldiers, totally helpless.



"Copy that" –Heero replied as he set the course out of the battle.



"Copy that!? No way, Heero!" –Duo screamed at 01's reaction. Trowa and Wufei stayed silent, though none of them moved.



"He's a pilot. Knows the risks" –Heero replied, cold tone as always.



"Don't you come with that! He came to rescue us and we leave him there!?" –Duo protested, his hands clenched in fists- "We are talking about Quatre! Quatre! He would have stayed if any of us were down there…" –Duo said.

Heero didn't answer this time. There was a brief pause before the 04 Gundam turned around in an attempt to rescue the now captured pilot. Almost instantly. Heavyarms and Shenlong also returned to try to save Quatre.

But, as the blonde strategist had said before, there were more Dolls coming. Much more Dolls coming.



***



"Take them to the cell" –the OZ general said, quite pleased with himself. And which general wouldn't be proud for having captured the 5 Gundam pilots!



The pilots were cuffed, hands behind their backs, and surrounded by almost 10 armed soldiers.



They made their way there in silence, not even Duo said a word. However, that didn't mean he wasn't willing to.



'Damn these bastards!' –he thought, while they were pushed to walk faster. -'Now, this I call a screw up situation. Heero is still bleeding, Trowa has a broken arm, Wufei seems like he is going to pass out soon…and count me in. This pain can only be like three thousand of broken ribs. Well, at least Cat is fine…'



"Move, you damn kids!" –one soldier ordered, pressing the gun into Quatre's back.



Some moments later, they were thrown into a highly shielded cell; security systems of all types guarded the doors. The general arrived a little later, an evil grin in his face.



"So, prisoners, it's time for some questions. You know how this works: I ask, you answer, unless you want to see red…"



The pilots were forced to kneel in line, but of course, they all presented a determinate expression in their faces. That Ozie wouldn't get a single data from them. The process began.





To Be Continued



***Shinigami's Voice***



A/N: Please R&R! I'm posting the 2nd chapter right now, come and read it! It's way damn cool, if I can say so myself. Come on, nice people, tell me what you think. See ya!