A/N: So sorry this has taken so long. My muse hasn't wanted to work on any of my stories lately and it's getting really annoying because I want to get this one finished! I really think we're getting close to the end and I hope the next update doesn't take as long.
Duo watched as Quatre went deathly pale. "Quatre? What's wrong?"
"That's impossible," Quatre whispered.
Duo snatched the phone out of Quatre's hand. Quatre was in too much shock to react to Duo's abrupt move.
"What did you just tell him?" Duo demanded of Iria.
"I told him that Rashid called me two days ago."
Duo swore. "How can you be sure it was him?"
"He said, 'This is Rashid. Have you seen Quatre?'"
Duo frowned. "He didn't call him 'Master Quatre'?"
There was a pause. "No. He just asked if I knew where Quatre was."
"What number did he call you from?"
"I don't know. It came up as unlisted."
Duo swore again. "Look, somethin's fishy about this. If he calls again, you don't know where Quatre is and you haven't heard from him. Got it?"
"I suppose. What's going on?"
"After Quatre showed up at Heero's, he called me and a couple of our other friends. Then he called Quatre's house to see what was going on. Auda answered it and told him that there had been an attack and that Rashid and three others had been killed. For someone to call pretending to be Rashid is just…" Duo couldn't think of the word he wanted.
"Reprehensible," Wufei supplied.
"Yeah…reprehensible," Duo repeated. "If they call again, see if you can get a number and we'll trace it to see who the lowlife is that's pulling this stunt."
"Okay. I'll do what I can," Iria promised. "I'll be staying at Quatre's house on L4, so I can look into what happened. You just keep my little brother safe and bring him home."
"I will definitely do that, Iria. With any luck we'll have him home in a couple of days. Call me if you need anything."
Iria assured him that she would and Duo hung up. He looked at Quatre, who had been pulling himself together and, though still pale, didn't look like he was about to pass out anymore.
"Quatre…we'll get to the bottom of this. Iria won't tell anyone that she knows you're okay. Once we get you home it'll be easier to sort out this mess, so you've gotta relax and do what the doctors tell you, okay?"
Quatre nodded
"Quatre," Wufei said, "this is precisely why we wanted to be your bodyguards. Let us worry about this new development. You need to focus on you right now. As Duo said, it will be easier to sort once you are able to rest comfortably at home. I'm sure if anything is amiss at your home, Iria will contact Duo. I don't want you to worry yourself over things that are not certain right now. What is certain is that you are going to recover and everything will be fine. Do you understand?"
"Yes," Quatre whispered. "Thank you both. I'm sorry…it was just…I really wanted to believe that Rashid…"
"We get it, Quat. We really do," Duo insisted. "We really liked Rashid, too, ya know. We didn't know him as well as you but he was always a decent guy and he'll be missed."
"Thank you, Duo," Quatre whispered. He settled back against his pillows. "I think I'm going to try and sleep for a while. Wake me if you need to."
"Sure thing, Quat."
Wufei got up, careful not to lose his balance on his crutches. "Duo, can I speak to you in the hall for a moment?"
Duo followed Wufei out, turning off the lights for Quatre as he went. "What's up Wufei?"
"We need to find out who is pretending to be Rashid. If Iria was fooled over the phone then our suspect is likely someone who is also familiar with what Rashid sounds like. My bet is either one of his other sisters or his body double."
"What led you to that conclusion?"
"Quatre said that his body double had done a lot of damage and he suspects some of his sisters put him up to it. We just have to figure out where to start looking for him."
"Relena might know. But she might not be too keen to tell us."
Wufei frowned. "Why is that?"
"Oh, that's right, we never told you. Quatre's body double is the one that took her and Trina to that Fox guy."
Wufei swore. "That certainly complicates things. Maybe we should try to find him without asking her. Heero wouldn't appreciate us upsetting Relena again."
Duo nodded. "Yeah, I think asking Relena needs to be a last resort. Maybe when Quatre wakes up from his nap he can give us some more information on the guy, too."
"Yes, though I had hoped to have a lead before Quatre wakes up." Wufei shifted on his crutches. "I'd better get back to my room before Sally finds me out of bed and drags me there."
Duo watched Wufei make his way to a room a short way down the hall. He didn't want to go back into Quatre's room and risk disturbing the blonde. Even if Quatre wasn't sleeping Duo was sure he needed privacy to grieve Rashid's loss. Even though it wouldn't be the first time Duo had seen Quatre cry, he knew that nobody really likes to cry in front of other people.
He wasn't really sure what to do for the time being, though. Heero was with Relena, doing whatever Relena needed him to do. Duo wasn't sure he wanted to interrupt Dorothy and Trowa. Then again, they'd had plenty of time to talk already and Dorothy had said they were going to move in together so they'd have plenty of time to talk later. He walked down to Trowa's room and knocked on the door.
Dorothy opened it.
"Hi, Duo. Did you need something?"
"Not really. Just checking up on Trowa. He didn't make a break for it, did he?"
"No, Duo, I didn't run," Trowa answered from the bed. "What do you want?"
"I'm just bored. Quatre's having a nap." Duo stepped into the room.
"Oh. How…how is he?" Trowa still felt guilty about the way he'd treated the blonde and he suspected that he would feel bad about it for a long while yet.
"He'll be fine. He talked to one of his sisters to let someone know he was alive and she said someone claiming to be Rashid called looking for him."
Trowa frowned. "Didn't Heero say Rashid had been killed?"
Duo nodded. "I told her if he called again to get us his number but not to say anything about Quatre. We've got to figure out who's still going after him. Wufei thinks it's his body double."
Trowa glanced at Dorothy. "Um…you mean Paul Silver?"
Dorothy whirled around and stared at Trowa. "WHAT?! I'm gonna kill him!"
"You know him?" Duo asked.
"Don't you remember? He's Dorothy's cousin," Trowa supplied.
Dorothy pulled out a cell phone and dialed. She glowered at the wall while she waited for someone to pick up. Duo was going to ask her a question but she held up a finger to silence him when he opened his mouth.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Paul. How are you?" Dorothy's tone was clipped.
"I'm fine. And how is my favorite cousin? I haven't seen you since we spoke with Mr. Fox."
"I'm just peachy. What's this I hear about you going after Quatre Winner? I thought Mr. Fox was going to recruit him."
Duo opened his mouth again and Dorothy shook her head vehemently to tell him to shut up.
"Didn't you know? Fox's establishment experienced a raid. I assume he's been laying low as no one has seen him since so I thought I'd try to get feelers out and find Mr. Winner for him so we can get back on track as soon as possible. You haven't seen him, have you?"
"Why would I tell you a thing like that?"
"Because I'm sure that Fox will generously reward anyone who brings him what he wants. And if you tell me, I'll split the reward with you."
"In that case, I have seen him. I'm with him now."