Chapter 10: "Heero..."

Trowa turned the corner and made his way through the corner. The long hallway stretched before him as he quickly but quietly walked forward. There was a turn off to his right and noise. He pressed against the wall and at the right moment swung out with his gun in the air. Another handgun was up and pointing at him but was pulled back.
"Where's Quatre?" Heero asked.
"Lost him." Trowa replied looking over Heero's shoulder.
Duo was holding up a very pale Wufei.
"He's lost a lot of blood." Heero said following Trowa's gaze. He knew he didn't have to say that Wufei needed medical attention fast.
"Well if Quatre didn't come this way.." Trowa said as he turned his attention to the remaining length of the hallway.
Heero nodded and stepped around Trowa. The boy continued walking up the corridor as Heero let Duo and Wufei go up next so he could guard the rear.
Quatre burst through the door into the command room with his gun up. He was met by five guards who also had their guns drawn.
"Well now here is my little fighter." Hypnos turned away from the computer screen and faced Quatre amused. "I am sure you have seen better days as well."
Quatre's face was covered in sweat and he took all his strength to continue standing there. His arm that held the gun was visibly shaking.
"I never would have dreamed that you would be so strong. Perhaps seeing you as the weakest link was a bit presumptuous of me." Hypnos took a step forward as Quatre's arm dipped slightly.
Quatre jerked and quickly brought his arm back up. "Stop! I'm here to end this."
Hypnos stopped his advancement and put his hands in the air. "Indulge me in this, how is it you keep combating it's effects? The other two guinea pigs had no problem murdering and torturing their friends and family when I gave them the serum of Morpheus."
"Ahh!" Quatre cried falling to his knees. The gun clattered out of his hands as he brought them up to his head again.
"Oh is it still working?" Hypnos smiled triumphantly as he reached his left hand into his pocket and pulled out a small syringe. "Would you like some more? It is quite addictive after a while."
Quatre looked up at it with an eerie hollowness to his eyes. "More..." he moaned but quickly jerked his head. "NO!"
"It will be okay I promise." Hypnos said stepping up next to Quatre. "Is it not peaceful to be in his lands of fantasy? Go back to sleep."
The last of his strength gone, Quatre's mind surrendered to the fog that he was fighting against. Two people ran into the doorway from the hallway but Hypnos had already grabbed his hair and plunged the needle into the back of Quatre's neck. Fading Quatre turned his head slightly at the figures standing on the other side of the room. "Heero..." he whispered. "I'm sor..." His head whipped back and the burning pain flowed through his veins. Then there was nothing but darkness left as he descended into the hazy fog.

Quatre stood and turned to face the two boys in the doorway. They ran towards the five guards ducking and dodging. Hypnos whispered into Quatre's ear and dawning realization showed through the liveless eyes. He nodded.
Heero knocked the gun out of the hand of the first person he reached and carefully kept the guard between him and the other ones to avoid being shot. He ducked a swing at his head and brought his fist upwards into the guard's chin. Heero twisted and kicked him in the chest sending him flying into another guard. They both fell hitting their heads hard on the metal flooring. Trowa dispatched the one he was fighting and was struggling with the other two guards.
Heero moved to reach him but was thrown to the ground. He quickly rolled and bounced back onto his feet. Quatre lunged towards Heero again. Heero ducked and countered with his own punch. Quatre blocked with his arm and threw another punch at Heero. It landed but before Quatre could continue he was pushed sideways and knocked to the ground. Duo stood there panting, the front of his once white bandages were red with blood.
Heero got up and rushed past Duo towards Trowa who was being pushed into the corner by the last two guards. He grabbed one and threw him backwards into the middle of the room. Trowa took the opening and rolled underneath the swing of the guards arm and stood up behind him swiftly hitting his neck and knocking him out. Heero dashed for the last guard who was standing up with a gun.
Quatre went unnoticed as he punched Duo in the chest knocking him down. He picked up the metal object on the ground. Heero took out the last guard. "Heero!" Duo yelled.
Heero whipped around. Quatre was standing a mere five feet from him holding a gun. With cold hateful eyes, the Arabian boy pulled the trigger.

BANG!

His body fell to the floor. Quatre brought his arm down.
He rushed to Quatre and grabbed the gun away. Quatre didn't resist him as he pushed the boy down onto the ground and held Quatre's arms, putting his knee into his back. Duo ran back into the hallway for Wufei.
"Trowa." Heero said. The boy was already running to the storage room, jumping over the body of Hypnos.
Quatre started fighting against Heero trying to push the boy off. "Heero." he whimpered with panic in his voice.
Trowa emerged with some rope and quickly set about tieing Quatre's hands. Making sure the knots were firmly in place, Trowa nodded to Heero.
"It's okay now Quatre." Quatre could hear someone talking. Heero. "Go ahead and rest." Quatre released his hold and receded into the back of his mind once again.

A week later, the five boys lolled out on the grass basking in the sunshine as the birds chirped musically in the air.
"Man oh man what another beautiful day." Duo commented smiling while sitting on the grass. He reached over and playfully rubbed the blond hair next to him.
Quatre, who was laying on his stomach with a book, pushed off the hand with his own smile. Wufei was sharpening his katana while Heero and Trowa shared a game of chess. The three of them smiled as Duo snatched Quatre's book away. "What'cha reading Q-man?"
"Hey!" Quatre yelled jumping up and reaching for his book back. Duo jumped up also and ran behind Trowa and Heero.
"Don't make me throw you in the duck pond!" Quatre laughed chasing after Duo.
Sally stood on the second story looking down at them.
"It's amazing isn't it." Noin said as she walked up to Sally and looked out the window also. "They can go through so much and yet nothing breaks their bond."
"Believe me, it was draining on everyone." Sally said putting crossing her arms. "One gunshot victim and an unconscious mystery wasn't enough, noooo. A security guard who worked for Hypnos and telling him about the boys being in the park, the same said guard who smuggled in a bomb blowing up part of the east wing, a boy being kidnapped, the others busting out the gunshot victim who was 'suppose' to be in bed..."
"Then they show up here with knife wounds, Wufei stabbed and in shock, Duo splitting his stitches, Quatre tied up and cursing at everyone, his arms covered in cuts and blood." Sally sighed at the end of her rant.
Noin giggled. "Sorry I missed it. Maybe I'll be around for the next one."
"You can have it. First sign of trouble and I'll flee to outer space even if I have to hijack the shuttle."
"Admit it, you were worried." Noin smiled as she leaned against the window.
"Every single minute of it." Sally admitted as she looked back down at the scene below her. "At least they're okay though."

AUTHOR'S NOTE
Thank you to everyone who read and special thanks to all your great and sometimes "hilarious" reviews. coughtUrNtOfAcEtHiSwAycough I'm very happy you liked it and hopefully the ending didn't disappoint. If possible could you tell me what you like and what you didn't like? I really wanted an OOC Wufei moment but kept debating in my head whether to rewrite that scene or not cause I wasn't happy with it. Though I did like how Wufei went from betrayed to believer while Duo did the opposite in the cell. I'm planning on doing another like this sometime in the near future, can't guarantee when. Hellfire, go ahead and use the phrase. I'd be really honored.
Lastly in case no one knew: Hypnos, Greek god of sleep, is sometimes said to be the father of Morpheus, Greek god of dreams. Hence Hypnos "created" the Morpheus serum that put the minds of people to sleep, dreams or "land of Morpheus" being where their minds go while the drug controlled them (Quatre thought he was still dreaming when he was in the house), and "Waking Morpheus" meant Quatre trying to "awake" from "Morpheus". Don't know if I put that well enough in the story but hopefully some people figured it out. I really don't think I'm that good of a writer.
Enough of me going on though, THANK YOU, THANK YOU and THANK YOU again.