Duo strapped himself into Deathscythe and looked at his left screen at the empty space. Shenlong and Heavyarms were waiting. Wing was ready to take off. The four began moving towards the base. Quatre was there. That's all that mattered. Duo bowed his head briefly.

"Little Quatre, meek and mild

Lead me, this orphaned child.

Be our strength and be our friend

Lead the was…to the end." He said.

"Amen Deathscythe." Trowa said.

"Amen." Duo replied, jumping back into Deathscythe with a sparkling object in his hand.

"Now…LET'S KICK SOME ASS!!!!"

"AMEN to that!"

They sped towards the base, slaughtering the mobile suits in their way.

"Hey Duo, what would (gasp) an Oz base want with Quatre anyways? Would the bar-code on the back of his neck mean anything?" Trowa asked, casually picking off the Aries.

"Maybe." Duo said, cutting a Leo in half and then into fourths. He would have cut it more but it exploded. Heero came on the line from all the way across the base.

"Um…guys, you should be done…there's a new model over here!" He said. The gundams looked at each other for a second before rushing to meet Heero. They gasped.

The suit looked very much like a starfish. It had four large metal plates surrounding its small, devil-like body. The body was red and the plates were black. Its eyes were aqua.

Duo fired his shield at it. A metal snake-like hand flew from one of the plates and grabbed the shield. It was crushed like a tin can.

"Jesus. Spread out guys. We don't know what that suit can do." Duo said.

The pilot went after Wufei first. Six arms flew at Shenlong. Trowa shot at it. All shots hit an energy field. The suit turned to Trowa, retracting its arms. The body glowed blue. A large beam flew at Trowa. Wing (bird mode) pushed Heavyarms out of the way. The beam sent the gundam plowing through the nearest building.

"Heero! You ok?!" Duo asked.

"…I'll be fine. Someone get the pilot out of the suit." Heero's voice was very weak.

Duo muttered under his breath and gave the orders. 3 suits began encircling the unknown suit. It chased after Deathscythe and Heavyarms. Wufei say an opportunity. Shenlong's dragon fang buried itself into the suit's back. It pulled out what looked like a metal death chamber.

"Come on, we've got what we need." Wufei said. Duo stopped to pick up Heero.

"Mission accomplished." Heero said.



Later

"Okay Wufei, let's crack the shell and see what's inside." Duo said. Shenlong nodded and carefully pried the hatch open. Trowa stuck his head in and gasped.

"Trowa! What's wron-!" Duo stopped once looking inside. Heero and Wufei followed.

"You gonna get 'im?" Duo asked. Trowa nodded.

Trowa cautiously stepped into the cockpit and walked out with an unconscious

(Quatre)

pilot in his arms. He laid him on his back and removed the hawk-like helmet.

"Is he still breathing?" Duo asked. Trowa slowly nodded.

"Quatre…poor kid. Something like this had to happen to him." Wufei said. A dull murmur was heard as Quatre began to walk up. His eyes slowly opened and he opened his mouth to speak.

"Who…who are you?" He whispered. Trowa jumped back a bit.

"He's lost his memory!" Duo shouted.

"Shut up clown!" Heero said sharply. Trowa turned back to Quatre.

"Quatre, don't you remember?" He asked. Quatre looked at him blankly.

"Remember what?" He replied, sitting up.

*Someday days just roll on by,

Without a gray cloud in the sky.

He keeps telling himself

"I can make it on my own"

But his friends,

Cannot go on with their lives,

Without praying he's all right,

As he races through the night,

To make it home.*