Thanks to everyone who reviewed. all. two of you! ^_^ It meant a lot! I'm so out of practice with writing, and I'm not really happy with the way these are turning out. But I figure I can always revise later.

Yeah, so here's chapter 2! Please keep reviewing! And feel free to IM me at Laurana84 and tell me what you think! Even if you don't like it!! Tell me why it sucks! ^_^

Later! Laurana

Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei returned to the safe house tired and bruised, but successful in their latest mission. Immediately upon their arrival, they sensed something was wrong. The front door was slightly open, and the house was far to quiet, especially if Duo was supposed to be home.

All three pilots drew their guns and advanced cautiously towards the house. Wufei sprinted around to the back of the house. His sharp eyes caught a slight depression in the grass, indicating that someone had fallen there, and he noticed that Heero and Duo's bedroom window was open.

A shout from the house drew Wufei's attention. He raced across the lawn, into the house, and up the stairs to where he found Quatre and Trowa waiting. "Look," Quatre said, and held out his hand. In his palm lay the tranquilizer dart that had so narrowly missed Heero. Then, Quatre gestured into the darkened room to where the soldier still lay unconscious.

"Oz," Wufei growled.

"Do you think they took Heero and Duo?" Quatre asked, clearly worried.

"I think we must assume that they did," Trowa answered quietly.

"What are we going to do?" Quatre asked, voice wavering slightly.

"We are going to ask this guy where they went," Wufei replied, grinning wickedly.

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Heero snapped awake, in pain, and angry. He couldn't remember where he was, and he didn't know why he was angry. and afraid. He stared at the ceiling and tried to organize his thoughts.

Angry. he was angry at Duo. Duo hadn't escaped. He had surrendered to save Heero. Save me from what? Heero thought bitterly. He was angry at himself too. He had allowed himself to be captured, and he had been foolish. One mistake. He had allowed Duo to be captured too.

Heero swallowed his rising fear. The Perfect Soldier was not afraid. He would escape, and he would save Duo. Heero tried to sit up and found himself strapped to the table he was laying on. Now he felt cold metal cuffs around his wrists and ankles. There was no way he was going to be able to break out of these.

Heero turned his head to his right, and saw his friend lying on the table next to him, watching him.

"You awake, buddy?" Duo asked.

"Yes," Heero replied.

"How are we gonna get out of this one?" Duo said. He tried to laugh to soften the joke, but it came out sounding strained instead.

Heero opened his mouth to reply with some scathing comment, but he was interrupted by the arrival of several people into the room.

Four people in white coats, including the man who was there when they were captured, walked in. Two Oz soldiers flanked the door, and two more walked in and stood by the far wall.

The man who had captured the pilots stepped forward and introduced himself. "I am Dr. Blue," he said.

Duo snickered and commented, "I wasn't aware that doctors were claiming colors now. Did they run out of letters in the alphabet?"

"Pilot 02, Duo Maxwell. Well, Mr. Maxwell, I think that soon enough you will learn to keep that mouth of yours shut. You will both find that if you cooperate, we will be as merciful as we can. If you are. difficult. well, we have ways of making this harder."

Heero noticed that one of the doctor's expressions hardened behind Dr. Blue. She appeared upset by what Dr. Blue had said. Heero was puzzled, but he turned his attention back to Dr. Blue and glared. I'll kill you, he thought.

Dr. Blue appeared not to notice Heero's "death-glare". "You two," he said, guesturing to the two Oz soldiers in the room, "Take Maxwell into a separate cell. We'll being with Yuy."

The Oz soldiers crossed over to Duo and unlocked his cuffs. Duo was prepared to fight them tooth and nail to escape, but he realized that he had no strength. He couldn't even find the energy to walk, much less fight anyone. The soldiers half dragged him away quickly, but Duo had time to lock gazes with Heero. He stared into the Japanese boy's Prussian blue eyes for what seemed like eternity. Heero's face was emotionless as always, but Duo saw fear lurking deep in his eyes. Duo tried to fill his gaze with hope and strength, but he was dragged completely out of the room far too soon.

Dr. Blue turned to Heero. "Well, Mr. Yuy. Shall we begin?"

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whew These are taking longer than I expected. Sorry everyone! I have to wait for both my roommates to leave before I can write. I'm weird like that. ^_^ So, while they're out partying, I'll be writing fanfiction! Woo! Rock on!

Laurana