The assignment that I was given was not exactally the one I wanted. I guess it was everything coming back to bite me in the ass. Appearantly, the Fallen Angel had somehow figured out a loophole and needed to be recaptured. Why the job came to me, I can only guess. Either they wanted to mess with my head, or they thought that I could handle it because it was he. It did not really matter which way they put it; it was going to be one hell of a time trying to get this guy.

The hard part was going to be finding a way to trick this, this monster into giving up his power. There was no way that I could reimprision him while he still was in control of his powers. The easy part would be finding him. All I had to do was look right in front of me.

"Duo, can you please stop jumping on the bed. If you break it, we have to pay for it, and I don't want to pay for it." I could feel a migrane starting to form in the back of my skull. The mass of energy paused from said activity just long enough to stick out his tongue, he then proceded to continue to jump on the bed.

Sighing, I stood up, grabbed his braid, and yanked him off the bed that looked like the frame was going to break if a feather landed on it.

"If you're going to break something, go break something I won't have to pay for."

He sat on the edge of the bed and started to fidget with his braid. "Like what?" he almost looked childish, with his eyes twinkling like a child on his birthday.

"Like your gundam."

"What? Why would I want to go break my gundam?" he had jumped up at the suggestion and seemed agitated at the idea. I wonder why.

"Because you place too much value on it already. It is just a machine and is easily replacable. There is no reason to become attached to it. You're going to total it anyway."

He seemed at a loss for words. After a moment, he made his excuses and said he was going for a walk. I just nodded, and returned to trying to come up with a plan to caputre the Fallen Angel.

As soon as I was outside, I made a break for the trees. Screaming, I punched a tree only to find out that it made my hand hurt real bad, but it cleared the anger from my head. What I would not have given for a nice bloody battle scene right then, just something to sooth the nerves.

I sat down against the tree and pulled my knees up agianst my chest. This was going to be one long lifetime. The idiots upstairs most likely just sent Him down here to find a way to recapture me. I did so not like them at that particular moment. Knowing the idiots, they had some elaborate cover story about why I was kicked out in the first place. I mean, come on, who is going to believe some idiotic story about a guy who just happens to suddenly turn evil at the best point in his life? They all need their heads examined.

I felt the temperature drop about ten degrees while I was sitting out there. It really did not bother me, but soon Heero would get worried that I would be frozen to death or something.

Grudgingly, I started walking back toward the hotel we were staying in for the night, but decided that a nice flight would be better. Not caring what Heero said, I took off toward the river that I remembered passing on the way here.

Normally I would not have cared what Duo did, but for some reason, it bothered me that he did not react in his usual manner. I was about to go check on him when I felt him fly overhead toward the way we came. He would be back by morning, but I still felt uncomfortable.

The past few weeks, we had been on an undercover mission, but somehow we were seperated. During that time, all I could think about was his saftey and nearly blew my own cover because of it. I was starting to worry more about him than I was myself and it was getting to be unnerving.