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"Sally is she going to be all right?"

Dorothy's eyes fluttered but as they had for the last three hours they did not open. Dorothy appeared to be trapped in her nightmares, and they seemed to be visions… it was clear why she hadn't been sleeping.

'Cold…. So cold…. Where am I? What's going on…..? ?' Gun shots wiz by the pain explodes in her whole body. Dangers have to run have to hid, agony darkness stealing over.

"She's been unconscious for hours. Are you sure we shouldn't try to wake her?" a soft warm voice washed over her entire body.

'Quatre….. it was Quatre…. Need to reach for him. Where was he, he was near,' Dorothy thrashed trying to find Quatre.

"She seems more restless then she was a minute ago." Another concerned voice added.

"Her brain activity has increased. She's probably trying to regain consciousness." Answered a firm voice.

"Miss Dorothy can you hear me?" Quatre's voice echo in her mind, and then she felt it a touch and her eyes sprang open on their own accord.

"Run. Have to run." Dorothy struggled to sit up. Quatre wrapped an arm around her frame to hold her still.

"Miss Dorothy, are you all right?" Quatre questioned. Dorothy's frantic movements slowly then stopped.

"Quatre? Where am I? How did I get here?" Dorothy questioned.

"You collapsed. I carried you to the med wing on the Preventers base. We're in New Europe at the Preventer headquarters. We've been waiting for you to wake up. Are you all right?" Quatre questioned again.

"Just peachy." Dorothy responded dryly.

"Dorothy, Can you tell us why those men were hunting you?" Anna Une leaned against the counter and looked concerned.

"My inheritress, after Grandfather's death, then the end of the war things were a bit chaotic. I wasn't even informed that I had inherited the entire estate. I mean I am not the only Grandchild left. Grandfather apparently believed that if anything happened I would be the one to continue on in his place, he was wrong of course but he didn't know that. One of my cousins tried contesting the will but it is iron clad. The estate belongs to me, I'm honestly not certain which of them hired the tracker but they must have paid a large amount. No matter where I went they followed. The last time they caught up to me they must have been getting impatient; they opened fire in a crowed space port. I got hit once then managed to escape. They were not so lucky, opening fire in a spaceport wins you a one way ticket to Preventers." Dorothy said shrugging her shoulders.

"What about the two outside your hotel?" Duo asked leaning forward on a chair.

"I don't know. I guess the tracker could have hired more muscle but I was almost positive he was caught in the space port but I could have been mistaken." Dorothy said shrugging again.

Heero and Relena chose then to renter the room. Relena carried a tray with a cup of tea on it.

"We thought… well Heero thought it would be best if we made the tea instead of getting someone else. We figured it was safer that way." Relena said as she set the tray on top of a table next to the bed. Dorothy smiled gratefully. Watching Relena fuss over Dorothy Heero caught Quatre's eye and shifted his eyes back, Quatre nodded and slip unobtrusively away. Trowa, Duo and Wufei joined them.

"According to some Preventer's sources, there is a hit out for Dorothy, we just got confirmation." Heero said softly keeping an eye on Relena.

"For how much?" Trowa questioned.

"6 million credits." Heero answered, Duo let out a soft whistle.

"That's a lot of dough man. Anyone who is anyone is gonna be gunning for her. Maybe just having her stick with one of us isn't gonna be enough." Duo said shaking his head. Heero sighed softly.

"Perhaps it would be best if you take Miss Relena way. She will be in danger here." Quatre said his eyes on the bed watching Dorothy and Relena chat softly.

"Quatre, I doubt I could strong arm her away." Heero said dryly.

"It's admirable that she is worried about a friend but she is a liability. She will only endanger Dorothy by remaining." Trowa said softly his eyes too on the frail flower that was only beginning to come out of her shell.

"Sally won't move the girl yet; she will want her stronger before she consents to moving her." Wufei said.

"We may not have a choice, this base isn't invulnerable. It is pretty easily penetrated. Honestly I wouldn't trust anyone we didn't know from before." Quatre said frowning thoughtfully.

"That's a pretty limited pool there Q. and a lot of them are girls that aren't exactly fighters. I mean I love Hil but I don't want her in the middle of a blood bath." Duo said rocking back on his heels.

"Perhaps we could simply use Dorothy's strategy." Trowa said thoughtful.

"Trowa, it could endanger Catherine. I don't want to be responsible for getting her killed, nor would Dorothy I am sure of that." Quatre said shaking his head negatively.

Sally wandered towards the group.

"What's going on?" Sally question shooting her partner a look.

"There's a 6 million credit hit out for the girl." Wufei told her bluntly. Sally cursed softly.

"She's not ready to move, I would feel better about getting a few solid meals in her first. She's pretty weak, I don't think she's eaten a lot since she started running in earnest." Sally frowned and tapped a fingertip against her chin.

"What about a Preventer safe house?" Wufei offered. Sally raised an eyebrow and looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Well…. I would be surprised if Une wouldn't want her protected. 6 million is nothing to sneeze at." Her gaze roved the group.

"Who's gonna tell her about the hit?" Sally questioned. Trowa raised an eyebrow and made his way to Commander Une's side.

"What are we gonna do with Relena?" Sally asked looking at Heero. He raised an eyebrow and looked back at her.

"Well she listens to Heero right? So maybe if we make him her bodyguard for a couple of day's she'll stay put." Duo suggested. That got him a snort of laughter from Sally and a shake of the head from Quatre.

"I have noticed Miss Relena has a habit of being and going where she is needed the most." Quatre said softly. He moved forward towards the bed where Dorothy was struggling to sit up.

"Miss Dorothy if you would allow me to assist you." Quatre came to a stop by her side. Dorothy looked him over carefully.

"What's wrong?" Dorothy questioned tightly. Quatre looked a little confused and then sighed.

"Am I really that transparent?" Quatre questioned. Dorothy put her hand on his arm and tightened her grip.

"Heero's found out some information. It isn't pretty. Apparently there is a hit out on you and the reward amount is quite substantial." Quatre said softly. Relena gasped in shock and Dorothy's face tightened.

"Don't worry Miss Relena we'll think of a plan. We won't just leave her to be caught." Quatre said softly.

"What are we going to do?" Relena demanded as she turned to the group standing in the back.

"Relena…." Heero began Relena cut him of with a toss of her head.

"Don't you dare tell me it's too dangerous and it's better if I go away. I'm not leaving here!" Relena crossed her arms and stood her ground.

"It's admirable that you wish to protect your friend but getting her killed because you're a liability isn't a good way of trying to save her.' Trowa said bluntly. Relena looked at him stricken.

"Will I really be a liability?" Relena questioned.

"I'm afraid so, you're not a fighter.' Sally said trying to soften the blow. Relena's shoulders slumped slightly. She turned sad eyes to Dorothy. Dorothy shook her head.

"It's all right Miss Relena. I only need a couple of days rest then I'll be fine to protect my self. Don't worry about me." Dorothy said as she leaned against Quatre's arm. Quatre smiled reassuring at Relena.

"We'll protect her Miss Relena. You have my word." Quatre's eyes strayed to the door.

"DOWN!" Quatre shouted as he tackled Dorothy of the bed. They hit the other side with a grunt just a gun shot rang out. Heero rushed for Relena slamming into her and driving her down under him. Sally and Wufei dropped to the ground instantaneously. Trowa grabbed Une's arm and shoved her down Duo dropped and crawled towards the door.

"Duo do you have a clear shot?" Heero hissed.

"No, there's nobody there." Duo whispered back.

"Stay down." Trowa said softly as he began to crawl towards Duo.

"Under." Heero said as he pushed Relena gently towards the bed.

"Heero, what's going on?" Relena asked bewildered.

"They're trying to kill Dorothy." Heero said and continued to shove Relena under the bed.

"Heero, I've got them go." Quatre whispered. Heero nodded.

"Hn," Heero responded and moved in a crouch towards the others.

"They must have cleared the hall way as soon as they shot at her, there's no one here." Duo said grimly. The Preventer hospital staff looked hesitantly down the hall. Wufei waved them away.

"Dorothy, you okay?" Sally questioned as she crawled towards Quatre and Dorothy.

"Fine, let go your crushing me." Dorothy said pushing on Quatre's chest. He loosened his hold on her but didn't move off of her.

"Are you hit?" Dorothy questioned concerned at the lack of response.

"I think so…. My shoulder burns." Quatre admitted

"Let me see." Dorothy squirmed under him to get a better look at his shoulder Quatre let out a groan of pain.

"Please don't do that." He said nauseated.

"Quatre's hit!" Dorothy said with a slight panic in her voice. Sally popped up the rest of the way.

"Let me see him." Sally hissed in exasperation as Dorothy tried moving him on his side.

"Miss Relena hand me the sheet. I can use it to slow the bleeding. He's gonna need stitches." Dorothy said tightening her grip on the boy in her arms.

"Stay down all of you." Heero said glancing back at the room. Dorothy let out a little grunt of pain when she accidently pin her hair under Quatre's body.

"I'm all right Miss Dorothy. It just caught me by surprise." Quatre said trying to sit up.

"Down." Dorothy hissed in annoyance. Quatre sighed.

"Miss Relena you had best work your way under the bed to this side. We can't keep an eye on you if you're hidden from us." Dorothy instructed as she leaned back with Quatre leaning heavily against her side. Sally leaned over Quatre checking him over.

"It doesn't look too bad but I think Dorothy's right you're going to need stitches." Sally tapped a finger against the bed and caught her partner's attention.

"He needs med supplies." Sally said tilting her head towards the pair on the floor.

"How bad?" Trowa said moving forward.

"I'm all right. It just burns." Quatre forced out he shook his head and went to sit up on his own. Dorothy tightened her embraces.

"Stay still. You'll just make the bleeding worst. Let them fix you. You can't be a good babysitter if you bleed out." Dorothy said she smoothed a hand down his back checking for more injures.

Sally moved towards the door grimly. Wufei caught her arm.

"Let me. I can move faster than you. What do I need?" Wufei gave her a hard look when she hesitated.

"Gauze for now, I need to clean it before I can assess the damages. It looks like when he tackled Dorothy that it hit him high in the shoulder. It probably missed her head by inches, and it's a through and through so he's bleeding from both sides." Wufei nodded and moved cautiously out into the hall way then down towards a supply closet.

"This just keeps getting better and better. We got us a leak somewhere. No one knew who we were and they didn't know where we were going outside of the Preventer plans." Duo said rocking back on his heels again. Une hesitantly regained her feet.

"I will look into it. If we can find the mole perhaps they can lead us to her assassins." Une looked grim.

"Trowa go with her and watch your back." Heero said quietly Trowa nodded and gestured for Une to go first. She nodded and moved out quickly.

"Come on. We're leaving." Heero said coming to Relena's side she looked up ready to protest but the look in Heero's eyes negated her argument. Duo nodded to both of them and then rested his back against the door frame he kept an eye on the hallway and the other on the occupants of the room. Relena allowed herself to be pulled from her huddled position next to Dorothy and Quatre and then be hustled out the door.

"How you doing Q?" Duo asked not moving from his position.

"I'll be fine, it just surprised me." Quatre said he shifted against Dorothy's side. She shifted her hand through Quatre's hair. He sighed and leaned his head against her shoulder and relaxed into her embrace. Sally strayed towards the door looking for Wufei, she seemed more fidget than normal. She let out a soft sigh of relief when Wufei reappeared in the hallway carrying her supplies.

"Une and Trowa took the tapes of the hallway to see if they can get a look at the shooter. Yuy and the girl are on their way to her home. He said they were going to lock it down and it would be a safe zone to move them to." Wufei moved his eyes from Duo and Sally to Quatre and Dorothy.

"Let me patch up Quatre then we'll move them." Sally said giving in to the enviable. Wufei nodded and he joined Duo leaning against the door frame.

"So you think Une gonna pull you from regular duties to babysit Q and Cat?" Duo asked idly

"She has you and Trowa." Wufei responded, his eyes slipped to his partners back then back to the hall way.

"Duo's got a point. Technically Trowa and Duo aren't Preventers, and neither is Quatre." Sally responded from her place on the floor.

"This is only going to get worst." Dorothy murmured she rested her chin on top of Quatre's head keeping him immobile.

"I'm afraid you're probably right. It seems like vacation time is over, the worst is definitely about to start."Sally agreed Quatre sighed.

"Well look on the bright side Q. You kept your promise to keep her safe." Duo said from his spot of safely from the door frame. They all heard a smack sound and Duo let out a pained sound.

"Ow Fei! That Hurt!" Duo whined.

"Someday Maxwell someone is going to teach you manners." Wufei muttered in annoyance.

Authors Note: So I updated Loud cheering from my computer because I have been pecking away at this on and off for DAYS! It doesn't look it but I had to back and erase idea after idea and I'm still working out the logistics of the next chapter. It's so annoying when you know how you want it to end but can't get the story line to work with you to get you there. Oh well. Well any ways hope everyone enjoys it and let me know if it's confusing or whatever.

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