Duo seeing she was frightened leaned close to her ear and whispered. "It's ok Neko Shinigami is here to rescue you."
Neko sighed and almost cried with happiness and relief. Duo removed his hand from her mouth and began to unbuckle the restraints.
"Is Quatre here?" Neko whispered still looking ahead of her.
"I'm right here Neko can't you see me?" Quatre asked.
The young blonde haired boy was standing in front of his beloved Neko and had just unbuckled her feet from their shackles. He stared at her sadly just realizing what they had done to his beautiful girlfriend.
New tears starting flowing down Neko's cheeks and Quatre hugged her once she was free from the chair.
"They blinded you didn't they?" Quatre asked.
Neko nodded her hands grasping Quatre's shirt and her head buried in his chest.
"I can't see anything Quatre…nothing at all. My eyes are open I know they are but its all black."
Quatre stroked Neko's hair and said soothingly. "It's going to be ok Neko, I'm here now. I'll take care of you."
Duo and Kawa stood off to the side of the two lovers and both had a look of sorrow on their face. Duo placed an arm around Kawa and half hugged her.
"There is nothing you could've done Kawa. You didn't know, and besides it might only be a temporary thing."
Kawa nodded and wiped her eyes. "I hope you're right Duo, I can't stand to see my sister like this."
"Neither can I." Duo agreed his face turning from sorrow to hatred. "Rolthen has a lot to pay for. That dirty bastard."
"Lets move you guys." Quatre said now standing his hand locked with Neko's.
Duo nodded and Kawa moved forward and hugged her sister.
"Kawa? Is that you?!" Neko said hugging her back tightly.
Kawa smiled and said, "Yes Neko-chan it is me, now are you ready to kick some Rolthen ass?!"
"Yea!" Neko said throwing her fist in the air.
The two girls laughed and then Neko looked at her sister her face grim. "Duke is behind all this too."
"Whaat? You've got to be joking." Kawa said holding her sister's arms.
Neko shook her head. "No I'm not. He was in here a while ago. He was the one that gave away our base location."
"But Duke is like our brother…why would he do such a thing?"
"For money, and power. Why else do people do such things?"
Kawa sighed and turned from her sister pacing a bit. Her eyes for fixed ahead of her and pondering.
"Whoa wait just a second." Duo said. "You mean to tell me that guy we meet when we first meet Dr. Tai, that was hugging you and stuff. Is behind all of this?"
Neko nodded. "Yes."
"That's crazy! I mean he was like all nice."
"People can hide who they really are Duo, and Kawa." Quatre said from behind Neko. His arms were crossed across his chest and his cobalt eyes stared ahead as if in deep thought.
Duo looked to him, as did everyone else.
"I think we better move." Kawa said hearing some noises from outside the hall.
"That would be a good idea." Duo said climbing into the vents.
Kawa followed Duo and then came Neko, with Quatre helping her from behind and Kawa helping from above. Once they were all in the shaft and had closed the opening Kawa announced a plan.
"How about Neko and I get our revenge on Duke and you guys go find Rolthen and blow this joint up?"
"That sounds good but how are we gonna know that its safe to blow this place?" Duo asked. "I mean I don't want to blow it up if you guys are still in here."
"We could meet somewhere…like outside the base?"
"Yea but we would still be hurt by the blast." Neko added in.
"We could radio Heero. I still have the walkie talkie." Duo suggested.
"Call Heero first and then lets make plans." Quatre said.
Duo nodded and pulled out his walkie talkie and pressed a button on the side, then spoke into it.
"Hey Zero this is Death come in."
The three pilots, and mechanic waited a few moments until they heard Heero's voice and the sound of a battle on the talking device.
"Hey Death, Zero here. What's going on?"
"Well we got Neko, she's been blinded. We don't know if its permanent but she's ok. Over" Duo replied.
"Good. What are you planning to do?"
"Well we found out that Duke is the guy that gave away our base. So Kawa and Neko plan to get revenge and then Quatre and I are going to kill Rolthen and then blow this place. But we are going to need someone to pick us up. Over"
"I'll pick you up. But just quit sayin over."
"Alright, I'll call ya when we need ya. 10-4"
Duo gave a sly snicker as he turned off his walkie talkie and slid it back into his left cargo pocket.
"Alright lets move!" he said.
Quatre turned to Neko and hugged her briefly. "Will you be alright?"
"Yea I'll be fine Quatre. I got my sister with me." She said smiling.
Quatre nodded and then continued to crawl after Duo, who had already gone ahead. Kawa continued down the opposite shaft her sister holding onto her back jean pocket. As they crawled down the shaft Kawa muttered.
"Neko I said you could hold onto my shorts, not pull them off!"
"Heh sorry sis." Neko said letting go. "I'll just follow your movement."
Kawa laughed a bit and continued down the dark shaft looking for Duke to claim her revenge.