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A/N: I was waiting on a bata reader to get to this, its been three days. I am posting this, if anyone wants to bata read for me, please PM me.

Don't Close your Eyes

Chapter 2

Contact with the other pilots was supposed to be if emergencies happened. Well they called this an emergency. Duo sat down on the bed and then lay back as his feet hung off the end the cell phone pressed against his ear. He heard the ring and in the middle of the second one there was a click and then someone on the other line. "Zero-two to zero-four," Duo said at once.

"Duo," there was pain in Quatre's voice. Duo watched the ceiling fan spin around as he waited for the other pilot to calm his nerves. "Duo they got Trowa." The Deathscythe pilot closed his eyes as he waited for Quatre to continue. "I contacted Wufei, he's on his way. We're going to help him escape." There was a pause. They all knew that they weren't supposed to attempt rescue missions, it was dangerous.

"Quatre," Duo's voice came out when Sandrock's pilot didn't say anything else. "Get Trowa back and call before you bust in that Oz place, and call when you get out." What else was he going to say? To not get Trowa, to leave him in the hands of the soldiers so that he could be tortured to get information from and killed, or just plainly killed.

"Thank you Duo," Quatre said and judging from the sound of it Quatre was nodding his head, "I will call. I promise." There was a click and the line died. Duo looked at the phone in his hand as he held it up. The time of the call flashed on the screen and then the screen went black. It was just his luck that he was here on surveillance with Heero; he couldn't help Quatre or Wufei to get Trowa back. No sense in lying on the bed, Heero would want to know what was going on. He slowly pushed himself off the bed and walked back out to the main living area.

Heero looked up at Duo was he entered the room. "Status?" he questioned.

"Confirmed," Duo replied before taking his cup and drinking some of the cold contents. "Trowa was captured and is being held at the Oz base. Quatre contacted Wufei. Wufei is meeting him somewhere and they plan on getting Trowa out of there," Duo said watching for any reaction from Heero.

"Rescue mission," Heero supplied, Duo nodded his head to agree. "Calling?" he asked.

Duo nodded his head, "before and after the mission," he informed. Heero nodded his head. They spoke no more of Quatre's mission to rescue Trowa. It would either work and they would all be free again, or it wouldn't work in which case three of the five would be captured. For now they didn't know. It wouldn't do to worry about Quatre's mission when they had one of their own to do. Heero watched as Duo took the headphones and started to listen to the conversations again. He made himself busy with playing with two pencils. One in each hand knocking into each other as if they were fighting, the dull sound of the click drew Heero's eyes to him.

"Duo," Heero called his name. The braided pilot looked up at him to show that he was listening. There wasn't a hint of amusement in his features. "Stop."

"But it's so boring!" Duo whined and placed his head in his arms on the table. He knew that Heero had the most boring part. At least he got to listen to something, though not really what he wanted to listen to. But watching a few people sit and stand around in a warehouse with no sound was much more boring. Duo tried it the third day and fell asleep after four hours of it. Duo laughed to himself. Heero looked up at him; Duo shook his head as an answer. No wonder Heero drank so much coffee.

The hours ticked by as Duo listened and he thought about his plans to make Heero laugh. So far nothing seemed right and would only serve to annoy the Wing pilot or get Duo shot. Neither sounded good for him. He closed his eyes and listened to the sound of voices.

"Duo," Heero called, and he looked up blinking a few times at Heero. His left side of his face felt numb. Heero didn't look happy either. "You fell asleep," Heero said. Duo looked at the clock on his computer and sure enough he had fallen asleep for a few hours.

He put a grin on his face and rubbed the back of his head some. "Yeah guess I did, they didn't talk about anything important," he said and leaned back in the chair.

"Food is in the kitchen," Heero said and moved to the other side of the table. Duo watched him and placed his head back on the table. He blinked at the wood and took off the headphones, letting them drop to the table he walked into the kitchen and looked to the stove. There was a stir fry in the pan and rice in a pot. He grabbed himself a plate and was dishing himself some rice when he heard Heero calling him from the other room. Duo walked back and picked up the headphones and stuck one to his ear. Heero was watching the screen. Duo watched Heero.

"Its a couple confessing their love after they saw a movie just down the street," Duo explained as he looked out the window to the warehouse. Heero watched him. The woman was in an Oz uniform. They were still talking. Heero was watching Duo; if they said anything important he would write it down. They kissed and the woman walked inside the warehouse and the man watched the door and then turned and left. He listened on as she walked through the warehouse and whispered to one of the guards inside. He turned to Heero. The Wing pilot was watching him carefully. The other conversations and noise was over powering their whispering. He would have to listen to it again later. He took off the headset and leaned against the wall watching the warehouse doors.

"Anything?" Heero asked. Duo shook his head.

"I'll have to get their conversation alone," Duo said and went the computer and looked over the screen. "And that has to wait until the night is finished." He hung his head and his eyes turned to his cell phone. Heero picked his bowl and started to eat again watching the screens. Duo watched him for a moment and then went back into the kitchen to finish dishing out his own dinner. He walked back out and looked over Heero's shoulders. "Where did the Oz soldier go?" he asked.

"Into the restroom," he said, Duo turned his attention to that camera. Eating the stir fry behind Heero he watched as the employees started to clock out. "You may have to go back and put a camera in that restroom." Heero said.

"Okay that's just gross, you want to watch people," Duo paused as he looked at the clock. "Now that you mention it, that Oz soldier has been in there for a while huh?"

"Forty-six minutes," Heero confirmed. Duo whistled and shook his head.

"If I try and go in there I will be caught by at least two cameras," he said and pointed to two cameras that were pointed at the restroom door.

"Don't go that way," Heero returned.

"Nope I have a better idea. Do you still have that Oz uniform?" Duo asked. Heero turned his attention to him and grabbed his braid. "Hey!" he yelled and rounded on the perfect soldier.

"Your braid isn't military cut," Heero said.

"I'll hide it," Duo countered holding onto his braid. "I had to hide my hair before."

"Why don't you just cut it?" Heero asked. "It would be simpler that way."

Duo stood in shocked horror at what Heero was suggesting that he do to his hair. Then again, he wouldn't know what his hair really means. The perfect soldier would do what ever was necessary to get the mission done. Duo was not a perfect soldier. Heero didn't say anything else on the matter, whatever he had seen or otherwise he left Duo alone. The Deathscythe pilot let go of his hair and looked towards the bedroom door. He knew that he had a mission to complete, but that mission could wait a few days. They didn't what the warehouse thinking anything out of the ordinary was going on, who knows maybe an Oz soldier the next day would cause them to ask questions.

So with that put on hold and the situation of his hair let go for now he went to take care of the dishes in the kitchen. Once the house work was finished he went and got the conversation between the Oz woman and the guard.

Time: Week Two: Tuesday 6.33.18 pm

"Evening Sergeant June," Guard.

"Evening, have the packages arrived?" Oz soldier/Oz Officer

"One did, about two weeks ago, suspect that another shipment will be arriving sometime this week." Guard

"Good, send it down when you get it. I need to put an order in for more neo titanium," Oz officer

"Again? That's the seventh order this month…" Guard

"Can you just put in on the paper for Mister Harris for the morning?" Oz Officer

"Not coming back for a while?" Guard

"No, not with all the work that needs to be done." Oz Officer.

"Okay then, I'll have that order form for the next Soldier that comes." Guard.

"Good." Oz Officer.

"Have a nice evening Sergeant June." Guard.

Looking at his hand writing he knew that this new mission had been moved up from in a couple of days to tomorrow or the next day. He couldn't wait for Quatre's call. He had to get cameras in that bathroom and see if he cant find out where the Oz soldier had gone too. He looked at the conversation again. "Neo titanium?" Duo asked and turned his head to the side when Heero walked out of the bedroom his hair slightly damn from the shower he had just taken.

"It a metal that's used for mobile suits," he said in answer and walked over taking the conversation. "A mobile suit factory?"

"If it was a mobile suit factory why would it be hidden underground?" Duo asked. Heero shook his head. "Man, and here I was hoping for a bit of a relax time."

"The doctors don't want us to destroy it or that would have been our orders to begin with," Heero said.

"A recon you think?" Duo asked.

"No, I want a list of the names of all the employees. Write down any name you hear and where or who you heard it from," Heero said putting the paper down on the table and went to sit in the chair.

"Yeah sure," Duo said. That would make his job a little busier. However not by much it was still something. He would start tomorrow. "I'm gonna go as the soldier tomorrow."

"That's a good idea, try to get a copy of that order form," Heero replied and started to type up a report to the doctors. Duo walked over to the couch and sat down on it heavily. As soon as his butt it the cushions however there was a knock on their door. Heero grabbed his gun from beside the computer and looked towards the door. Duo got up and the knock came again. He didn't say anything as he moved quietly towards the door. He unlocked it and opened it some, making sure to keep his body from blocking any shots Heero would have. Who he noted had moved to stand to the side.

What greeted him was a strange sight, two girls about their age holding up a pie. They looked the same, except the one on the left had brown a shade lighter than her companion. Duo at once thought twins. "We heard we have new neighbors," said the one on the left. "We wanted to welcome you."

"Thanks but we're kind of loners," Duo said and flashed a smile at the girls.

"Oh we weren't asking you out or anything, we just wanted to give you a welcoming gift. This place isn't really the best of places to live at. And well it's nice to see a friendly neighbor every once and a while," the girl on the right said this time.

Duo looked at the pie and then to the girls, smiled again and took the sweet from them. "Well thank you very much I will make sure it doesn't go to waste," he grinned and watched them smile back at him and leave the landing. Duo closed the door and locked it. Going right into the kitchen he took a plastic sack and pushed the pie into it and put it with the rest of the garbage. Heero watched him as he tied up the garbage sack and went towards the door. Heero nodded his head once. Now Duo wasn't one for throwing away sweets, but he didn't know the girls, no one he knew or trusted made it and he wasn't going to take any chances.

So he went put the bag in the bin and walked back up the stairs. Entering the apartment Heero watched him as he locked the door again.

Tomorrow Duo would go over as an Oz soldier, get a copy of the order, and set a camera in that bathroom. Simple and easy mission to do and shouldn't involve him fighting. But for now he was going to go to bed.

Duo walked out of the bedroom dressed in the military uniform of Oz. He was buttoning that last clasp at his throat as he walked out. "You have a window of fifteen minutes," Heero said. Duo went to stand beside him and looked over his shoulder. "This man makes around the warehouse and goes into the bathroom for two minutes before making his rounds again."

"Like clock work?" Duo asked. Heero nodded his head. Duo straightened and placed a radio in his ear. Duo hid his braid effectively enough that it just looked like he needed a new hair cut of not cutting it for a couple of months. "Well, wish me luck," Duo said and walked for the door. Heero watched him leave and looked back to the screens he was being displayed. Duo came into sight of the camera some twenty minutes later. He walked into the building.

Heero grabbed the headset and listened to the conversations. The manager of the warehouse walked out of the office and greeted Duo.

"Hello Officer-" the manager trailed asking for the name.

"Maxwell," Duo said, of course the not lying policy that Duo had was outstanding.

"Officer Maxwell, I have an order for you to sign," the man said and led him to the office where he took a clipboard and handed it over to Duo to sign.

"I will need a copy for my senior officers, I am just an errand boy today," he told the manager.

"Huh? Oh sure, I have a copy for you already," the man said. As soon as Duo signed the order under Officer Maxwell he took the extra paper and nodded his head to the man.

"Hey, mind if I use the bathroom? The base is a ways away," he said. The manager nodded his head and pointed in the direction of the bathroom. Duo walked in and looked around.

"Three," Heero said in his ear.

Three minutes to poke around and set up a camera. First thing was first, the camera he climbed on a sink and placed the small camera up on the mirror. The stalls were all floor to ceiling. He placed a second camera and microphone on the wall opposite the door. He was washing his hands when the man walked in. He nodded to Duo as the Gundam pilot dried his hands, he nodded in return. Walking out of the building he turned and walked down the street. As he cleared the camera, Heero spoke through his ear piece.

"That was easier then I thought it would be, the two cameras are working as well," he said to Duo.

"Yeah, it seemed a little too easy for my liking," Duo said back and turned a corner.

"It's a warehouse zero-two, it's not like they are the oz soldiers," Heero replied.

"I don't know, it still feels off," he replied and turned again going back to the apartment from the back ally. It took him a bit longer to get back. "Coming in," he said and unlocked the door. He walked in to see Heero at the computers watching them; Duo took off the uniform as quickly as he could. Pulling his braid out from his shirt he let it dangle behind him as he walked over and leaned over Heero's shoulder and hand him the paper he had requested. Heero took it and looked over it.

"A hundred and fifty tons of neo titanium," Heero stated as he looked at the order form. "It would seem that they are building something there."

"Mobile suits?" Duo asked as he took off the Oz jacket and was started to take off the layered shirt.

"It would be ineffective to have a mobile suit factory there," Heero said and turned to look at Duo. The Deathsythe pilot made a face as he pulled the shirt over his head and shrugged.

"I guess if it would have to be as large as New Edwards?" Duo asked. Heero nodded.

"That would be most effective," Heero said as he folded his arms. "Something is going on here. But all we were ordered for right now is to monitor and take down conversations and names," he finished.

"If we get the chance don't you think we should check it out?" Duo asked. Heero thought about this idea and then shook his head.

"Those are not our orders," he replied. Duo straightened and rubbed his head.

"Did Quatre call?" Duo asked and picked up his cell phone.

"No," Heero replied. Duo nodded and went to go get changed. As he was putting on a t-shirt he looked at the phone hoping for it to ring. Which it didn't.

"Come on Quatre…" he said as he walked out to the main room and sat down on the couch. He sat the phone beside him and started to lean back, however as soon as he did it rang. He picked it up quickly.

"Zero-four to zero-two," Quatre said.

"Zero-two," Duo responded.

"We're going." That was all Quatre said before there was nothing on the other line besides a faint beep.