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A little short, but I hope you like!

Duo couldn't think passed the pounding headache as their shuttle neared the space port of the Preventer Colony. Mihn put a hand on his shoulder, worry evident, but for his or Elle's sake, he didn't know. "What's wrong?"

"I got this migraine…"

"Could it be Elle?"

He looked at her. "How should I know?"

"Duo, you're linked to her."

He gave an exasperated sigh. "What does that even mean?"

She sighed. Seems like she was going to have to explain it without Elle after all. If she wanted to find Elle, that is. "You aren't just you anymore, you're her too. Your link runs deeper than any connection in this known universe. You can feel what she feels, see what she sees, and experience what she experiences. Everything you are, is also her; and everything she is, is also you."

"Gotta be honest, that was confusing as fuck."

She glared at him. "I don't know how to make it make sense."

"Try using science." He suggested.

Mihn sighed. Of course it wouldn't be that easy. "Your brains are linked. Every mind exists on a separate frequency, but when Venitian twins are born, their brains are on the same frequency. Since your brain controls what you feel, smell, hear, and experience, twins' brains experience all those together."

Duo blinked. "Okay, that makes a little more sense."

"So your headache could be what Elle is feeling. If you try to concentrate on it, you might be able to pick up where she is."

"But why is this happening now? Why all of a sudden?"

"Well, distance can affect the connection, and we came to Earth from the Klutton Cluster, so being closer may have had something to do with it." She said honestly.

"Wouldn't we have connected at birth?"

She shook her head. "Venitian usually don't fully connect until their toddler years. It doesn't happen till the brains are more developed. If you two were separated at birth, you never got to connect."

"You keep saying Venitian. What am I, from Venus or something?"

"Yuvon, actually. It's the planet of the Venitians."

"Wait, so I am an alien?!" He yelled. Mihn shushed him, and people on the plane looked at him with worry. He quieted. "So I am an alien?"

"Technically, yes. But we're all human, just from different planets."

"Wait, so you're an alien too?" He whispered, shocked.

She nodded. "Though I'm not exactly one race. That's not the point. What's important is you linking with Elle and finding her."

"I thought connecting was a bad thing?"

"Connecting fully is. Though, I never thought you could switch or sync without fully connecting."

"Do what?"

She shook her head. "Another lesson for another time. Connecting isn't what's bad, what's bad is connecting will link you to all Venitian, and there are bad ones out there looking to get rid of Venitian."

"Why?"

"It's a long story. Concentrate!" She pushed him lightly in the arm, but it rocked him pretty hard. "Focus on the headache, and see if you can find Elle."

"I can try…" He tried to concentrate, thinking about the headache, but nothing seemed to happen. "Either I'm dong it wrong, or it's not working."

She sighed. "Elle's better at meditating… I'll see if I can walk you through it. Try closing your eyes." Duo sighed, then sat back and did as told. "Try to relax, don't focus on the headache, but why you have a headache. Think about where it's coming from."

"Like where it hurts?"

"Sort of. More like, what made you have a headache?"

Duo took a deep breath and tried to think about where the headache started. It started on the plane about an hour ago. Maybe because they were getting closer to their destination? That meant closer to Elle.

"Now think about Elle."

"But I've never met her."

"Yes you have. She's an extension of you. Remember the time you switched with her, when you were her. It's the same feeling."

"I'm feeling an identity crisis coming on."

Mihn sighed, exasperatedly. "You are an individual, you just share the same brain. You and Elle might have similarities, but you also have differences."

He looked at her. "Like what?"

"Like how Elle wouldn't have a problem meditating." He snorted. "Now concentrate!"

Duo rolled his eyes. "You're bad at this."

"Do you want to find Elle or not? I can go look for her myself."

"Fine! I'm concentrating!" He took another deep breath, trying to calm himself. But he was still right; Mihn wasn't good at coaching through a meditation. He tried to think of someone who did know how to meditate, and thought of Wufei.

He didn't know Wufei all that well, but he had seen him meditate. He would breathe evenly, and sit on the mats in the gym in silence. Duo caught him one time after a mission.

Duo started with closing his eyes, and taking deep breaths. He focused on drowning out the sound around him, till he was only concentrating on himself and not his surroundings. He opened his eyes.

And he was suddenly in some kind of metal cell lying on the floor. His head hurt, like he had been hit. He couldn't completely move; like he wasn't in control, unlike last time. He felt himself trying to untie himself from the rope cutting into his wrists, when the metal door opened and a couple of Preventer soldiers walked in.

One he recognized as Heagan. "Looks like you're awake."

"I suppose you want to kill me for something?" Elle said, sounding bored.

"I just want you out of the way."

She scoffed. "This is gonna look bad when I get out."

"By that time, it'll be too late."

"How long do you plan to keep me here?"

"However long it takes." Heagen smirked, then left, slamming the door behind him.

"How many times do I have to tell you, I'm not Duo!" She yelled to empty space. She groaned. "Dammit, how do I always get myself in these situations?"

Duo gasped, coming back to his senses and his seat on the shuttle. "What?" Asked Mihn, worried. "What did you see?"

Duo was worried. He didn't know Heagen all that well, but if he played a rat, he probably was one. "She's been captured by a Preventer."

"One of your people?"

"Not really, he's working on his own. But I have an idea of where he is, there aren't many abandoned jail houses around there."

"They didn't hurt her, did they?"

"No, but I don't know that they won't." He felt the worry start to kick in. What would they do to her? He wanted to save her, she was his sister; he had to do something. "They said they just wanted me out of the way."

"You?"

"They confused her for me." Mihn didn't look happy. "I'm sorry, she's in this mess because of me."

"Apologizing isn't going to fix anything. We have to find her."

"We'll stop by the Preventers. I might be able to get some help."

"Do we have time?"

He looked out the window of the shuttle, seeing the colony in sight. It was only a matter of minutes now. "I hope so."

.xxx.

"Any word on Duo?"

Wufei sighed, looking up at Heero from his seat at the control panel. "No, haven't heard anything. What exactly happened yesterday?"

"He was acting strange, said he wasn't Duo." Heero paused. "Has he been this strange to you?"

"He's been saying he's had weird dreams." Wufei answered honestly. "I don't know that that would conclude multiple personality."

"There was something off about him."

Wufei scowled. "How?"

"He just didn't seem like… him. And he could do those weird martial arts again."

"You don't think it could actually have been someone else?"

"Maybe, though if they were impersonating Duo, why would they tell us they weren't Duo?"

"Maybe this is all just a big misunderstanding." Suggested Wufei. He sighed. "Though between the dreams, the blacking out, and the weird new skills, I really don't know how to explain it."

"Maybe someone is using him as a sleeper agent."

"But who?"

They were both interrupted by the door swinging open and two people walking in. Both stared in shock when they saw Duo, accompanied by some random girl they had never seen before. They were too shocked to say anything as they noticed the worried look on the braided pilot's face and his sudden outburst when he walked in.

"Have either of you seen Heagen?" Duo asked frantically, with a hint of anger. The girl behind him looked just as worried and angry, if not more.

"Heagen Joseph?" Asked Wufei. "He's debriefing his crew for the next mission. Why?"

Duo didn't answer as he bolted from the room and down the hall, closely followed by the girl. Heero and Wufei exchanged a look, then went after him.

.xxx.

"I'm going to be working with Emil on securing the underground passage with the rebel group. You three will be taking hold of the system surveillance so they don't know you're coming." Three of the soldiers sitting before Heagen nodded, as another sitting closer to him gave a curt nod. "Any questions?"

No one was able to get a word out before the door opened and a certain braided pilot walked in, looking pissed.

Heagen's mouth worked before he could stop himself. "Duo? How…?"

"Surprised to see me?" Duo asked, before punching him in the face. Heagen and everyone in the room was caught off guard as Duo grabbed him by the collar and pinned him against the wall. "Start talking, I know you have my sister."

"S-Sister?!"

Wufei and Heero finally caught up. The girl was already ahead of them. They walked in on the scene before them, taken back.

"Tell us where she is!" Demanded the girl.

"I know where she is." Said Duo. "I just want this asshole taken care of first." He threw him into the table. "This guy tried to kidnap me." He said, looking at Heero and Wufei. "He wanted me out of the way because he knew I was investigating the Preventers."

Heero and Wufei immediately pulled their guns out, training it on Heagen.

"You don't know what the hell you're talking about." Said Heagen, glaring at them. "The Preventers need to expand. What are we going to do with all the jobless veterans?"

"Noble cause, but you crossed the line when you tried to kidnap Duo." Said Wufei. "If you knew about his investigation, you should have come to me."

"I knew you Gundam Pilots would want total disarmament. But you have no room to talk." He glared at Wufei. "You were just like us! Soldiers without a purpose, but you found a place. It's not fair to the rest of us!"

"This isn't about making jobs for you." Said Heero. "You just want to continue fighting."

Heagen snorted. "Isn't that why you're in the Preventers?"

Heero didn't miss a beat. "I want to protect, there's a difference."

"Can the rest say the same?" He said, motioning to Wufei.

Wufei honestly couldn't give an answer.

"Stop your senseless bickering!" Shouted the girl, cutting in. "We're not here because of your stupid inner squabbling, my friend is being held hostage and I want her back!"

Heagen looked at Duo. "So that really wasn't you?"

Duo glared. "Would I be standing here if it was?" He turned to Heero and Wufei. "I need you guys to take care of them, I have to leave."

"But you just got here." Said Wufei, as Duo and the girl headed passed them. Wufei grabbed Duo's arm, stopping him. "Wait, where are you going?"

"They have someone hostage that they thought was me. I have to go save her."

"Then I'm coming with you."

"Who's going to take care of them?"

"I will." They all looked at Heero.

Duo nodded, and the three of them left.

Wufei looked at Duo as they headed out. "Besides, you have a lot of explaining to do."

Duo sighed. "I don't know where to start."

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