Quatre contented himself by letting himself get completely enraptured in a book, but after a while his sisters seemed to be getting nervous since the vampire hunters were gone. Either that, or they were just thinking of ways to try and impress them in hopes that one of them could become the wife of one of the hunters. It didn't bother the blond that his sisters were going crazy over two ordinary men, but it did bother him that none of them seemed to notice the one named Trowa would constantly stare at him and watch him all the time.

"Little brother? Are you really busy?" One of his sisters poked her head in and looked slightly distressed, "I can always wait a while."

"No, it's okay. What do you need?" His azure eyes rested open his timid older sister as she walked into the room wearing one of her most expensive dresses.

"Do you think Mr. Barton would like this?"

"Yes, I think if he saw you wearing that there would be no other girl in the world who could take his eyes off of you." Quatre watched her usually pale face flush a scarlet red, and then she ran up to him and hugged him before running back out. "Girls are so strange sometimes."

He turned back towards the desk when his eyes were caught by the crescent moon that shone brightly over the sleeping village. It illuminated the houses, buildings, and streets as if they were lined with genuine silver. It was amazing how some people who lived down there couldn't see what wealth they had and complained about how his father had been more successful in making more money than them.

Quatre's father was very generous in donating money to charities and giving some more to people he would occasionally seen on the streets who needed a lot of help. Then the people would complain about him not giving them money when most of them were perfectaly capable of making their own fortune. That was another reason why Quatre and his sisters weren't allowed out most of the time unless they had protection, but Elena had been a different case. She had always been more rebellious and had demanded that she go out on her own to make her own living.

Their father had loved her independence, but he had also feared for her safety. Yet, when the people saw Elena dressed just like them and actually doing her own work instead of living off daddy's fortune, they accepted her. And now that she was kidnapped, their father absolutely refused to let them leave the house and would get anything they needed or made servants deliver messages or letters to friends.

"I hope you're alright sis..."

"What do you mean how do I know Elena?" Duo looked as if it was the stupidest question he'd ever been asked, "She worked at the little flower shop on the corner. She always used to be so nice to me, but now she's a royal bitch..."

"Do you know where she is?" Wufei asked, deciding to not to beat around the bush, "She's the one we're looking for. Her father hired us a few days ago to find her and kill the vampire who took her, Heero Yuy."

The braided boy sighed and walked over to the door, "Then what were you doing that first day when you were looking in through my window? That must have been before the man had hired you... So what are you really looking for?"

Wufei was about to reply, but this time Trowa cut him off. "Right now we're here looking for Elena, and any other business we have with Heero isn't anything you should be concerned about."

Duo's amethyst eyes looked completely disbelieving but he remained silent. He went over to the full-length mirror and touched the collar again to find it had tightened even more. For a while, Trowa and Wufei didn't know what he was doing exactly until he turned around with some faint traces of tears.

"Her room's five doors down the hallway to the left... She'll probably be asleep right now and it's not easy to wake her up. So just go and then you guys can escape through here." Duo walked over to the door and opened it to make sure that the area was clear, "No one's going to be coming up here for another ten minutes, so get her out by then and you guys will be safe."

Wufei didn't object, but Trowa knew that the orphan hadn't wanted them to come there to save Elena but he wanted himself to be saved. It wasn't long before his partner gave him a small punch to make him hurry up.

"Only ten minutes, remember?"

The two hastily went to work and didn't have any problems getting Elena or getting back to Duo's room. Just as Duo had promised, Elena it would be a real task to wake her up. As Wufei climbed down and waited for Trowa to drop her down, he had to wait for a few more minutes since Trowa had decided to pick the time to talk to the braided adolescent.

"I'm sorry... We'll come back for you, I promise."

"No!" Duo felt like just shoving him out the window, but knew better to control his anger. "Don't ever come back to this castle, and if you do I'll alert everyone and they'll kill you. After all, nobody wants an orphan to burden them... right? You'll come up here to save someone if you get paid for it, but not out of pure instinct to help another?"

"Nobody said we wouldn't help you... But we just need to get Elena out of the way first."

"I've heard people say that before, and they just abandoned me! So why should I expect any different from you? If I feel like leaving this place, I'll do it myself but I guess I could learn to like this place!"

Trowa looked horrified, an emotion Duo hadn't even thought he was capable of. "You don't understand, when Heero said you're going to be used for much more important things he meant-"

They were cut off from their argument when Duo heard the lock on the door click almost soundlessly. He turned around to find Zechs smirking as if he was a predator that had just found wounded prey.

"Shall I take care of him, Master Duo?"

Trowa apparently decided that it was not the time or place for a full out fight, and went to the window and jumped out. Evidently Wufei understood that there was danger, or Trowa wouldn't have taken such a risk. Without much trouble, Trowa landed and the two hunters took off towards the path that led from the mountain.

"I didn't ask for anybody's help!" Duo screamed at the interfering vampire who looked confused.

"But I assumed-"

"All you people just assume things, and yet have you ever once thought you were wrong? Did you ever even think to ask how I felt or what I wanted you to do? Did you?"

Zechs flicked some of the platinum blond hair that had gotten in his face out of the way, "Most people don't hesitate when someone important to them is in immediate danger. I didn't think you'd want me to stand by and watch that hunter probably kill you, if that's what he was really here to do in the first place..."

Realizing that Zechs' eyes were on the collar which was practically choking Duo now, he turned away. "Get out of here, now."

"As you wish Master Duo, but I do warn you," he said while opening the door, "Master Yuy will not allow you to live very long if you keep betraying him and destroying the tiny amount of trust he has left for you."

As I said, I kept my promise on making the chapter come sooner than the last. I still hope you guys are enjoying youselves!

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