"Jo!"

Jo turned round and saw Quatre, Trowa, Wufei and daemon running towards her from across the parking lot. She had just come outside to get some fresh air. She'd always hated hospitals, especially when it wasn't her who was the patient. They always made her feel crabby, so she was always glad to be able to get out and breathe properly.

Quatre was the first one to reach her and the first thing he did was give her a hug. Up until now, the shock over what had happened hadn't really had a chance to be able to sink in, but now that she was in the arms of someone she knew, it finally hit her. She wrapped her arms round him and a few tears fell onto his shoulder.

"shhhh. Don't worry, everything's going to be ok."

Jo wiped her eyes before looking at Quatre.

"thanks." she whispered.

He gave her another hug for reassurance, then turned and went into the hospital. Wufei followed him, pausing for a brief moment to lay a friendly hand on her shoulder and squeeze it. Trowa also hugged her before following the other two, leaving just her and daemon behind.

Daemon moved to stand next to her, and she put an arm round him as he leaned against her and cried.

"you ok?" she asked, when he finally calmed down.

He gave her a small smile, before coughing and trying to cover up the fact that he had been crying. Jo playfully nudged his shoulder, before asking him when Hilde and Helen were coming.

"mom finishes work in ten minutes, so she'll probably be here in five"

The pair shared a laugh at that, before daemon cast a worried glance at the hospital, that didn't go unnoticed by Jo, she nudged him.

"go on in. I'll be there in a minute"

Jo looked over to a shaded part of the hospital building. She wasn't sure exactly how she knew, but she just knew that the person that had saved her uncle was there, watching her.

"thank you." she said.

She spoke just loudly enough for whoever it was to hear her, before turning and following her friends back into the hospital.

The man standing in the shade pulled further into it as she had looked over towards him. He smiled to himself as she said thank you and watched her proudly as she calmly pulled herself together before moving indoors again. He decided to stay where he was, just in case there was any news, whether it be good or bad.

Jo sat down after returning to the others and looked in her bag to grab her book that she had been reading earlier. While waiting for the doctor to tell them about duo, she decided to finish the book. As she reached into her bag, her hand brushed against the package. She drew her hand out and Quatre gave her a funny look.

"Jo honey, are you ok?"

"yeah I'm fine uncle Quatre, I just need the toilet"

"ok, don't take too long"

"I won't"

As soon as she closed the stall door of the toilet, she grabbed the package and unwrapped it. Inside was a green tank top. The top had a few stains on it, including what suspiciously looked a lot like blood. There was another note attached to the top.

Jo, your dad wore this when he was a gundam pilot. Treasure it forever. Again, don't let anyone see it or the note.

Jo took the top she was wearing off and quickly changed into her dad's top. It fit her perfectly. She put her coat on over the top to hide it from the others.

As she moved back to the others, Quatre turned and gave her a wide smile.

"what's up?" she asked

"duo's going to be fine. The doctor said that we can go in one at a time. Daemon's in there now with him." he responded.

"that's great!"

She sat back down and waited for daemon to come back out. When he did, she smiled at him then went into the room. Duo looked up at her.

"hey, if it isn't my favourite niece." he croaked, then started coughing.

"careful uncle duo!" she said.

"hey don't worry about me jo."

"why did you lie to me uncle duo?" she asked him.

He tried to smile at her, but seeing the look on her face made him decide to tell her.

"well, I didn't want you to stay with me and end up getting hurt or killed"

"didn't want me to get hurt? Not telling me hurts more than anything else duo! I've spent years being hurt by not knowing who I am and then you do this!"

A nurse came in at that moment with an irritated look aimed at Jo due to the noise the young girl was making.

"miss, I'm afraid that if you don't quiet down then I'll have to ask you to leave."

Jo glared at duo, who shifted uncomfortably, then looked at the nurse.

"I was leaving anyway" she hissed, and walked off.

She walked past the others and they all looked at her surprised. Quatre went running into duo's room to make sure she hadn't killed him, and after taking a few minutes to make sure his dad was ok, daemon went running after her.

Jo by that point had reached the main doors and had stormed out of the hospital. She tried to smooth the glare off her face but as she looked over to the shaded art, where she was sure she could see someone looking at her, the glare returned full force.

"duo's fine. By the way, next time he's in that situation, just leave him. Maybe then he'll realise how much he hurts people by pulling stunts like he did back there!" she shouted.

A few people looked at her, one couple in particular that she heard one mutter 'is she all there?' but she didn't care. She took her coat off as she had warmed up, and as she remembered that it was duo that bought it for her, she let out an angered scream before thrusting it into the nearest bin. It felt good to feel the wind blowing on her and as she sat down on the grass to catch her breath, she felt her anger dissipating with each inhale of breath.

She stood up again once her breathing had returned to normal and began to walk up the slope on the outside of the building, as she fully intended on getting on the next bus and going home to calm herself down a bit better. She had nearly reached the top of the slope when she heard Daemon call her. She turned to look at him, and blushed slightly as she saw the sun shining on his face. Even from this far away, she could see how the sunlight made his eyes sparkle and his brown hair shone, and she couldn't help but feel completely attracted to him at that moment. She gave up her idea of going home and started walking back down towards daemon, when suddenly a van pulled up in front of her, cutting her up, and two really big, burly men jumped out. Jo screamed as they grabbed her roughly and pulled her into the van. It was so fast she was unable to fight back as one of them slammed her head into the side of the van, knocking her out..

"JO!" daemon yelled in horror.

Despite the danger he knew he was about to face, his thoughts were purely on Jo as he chased after the van. Just as he reached it, someone suddenly appeared out the window, holding a gun, and fired at him. He yelled and ducked under the nearest car to him. He shakily began to move out from under it as the van sped off, but a man stepped over to him and pushed him back under it.

"what the hell…?"

"stay down!"

"but, Jo"

The man sharply looked at him, and daemon could have sworn for a brief second that it was Jo herself looking at him.

"I know you're worried, but trust me, she'll be fine"

The man took off and jumped onto a motorbike nearby, pulling off and tearing after the van. Daemon stood up again, but his legs completely gave out and he fell back to the floor with a thud.