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~~~ Chapter Sixteen ~~~

Sighing as he watched Hilde sleep Duo pulled her warm body closer to him. He was scared, scared witless to be exact. He was in a compromising situation either way he looked at it and he didn't like in one bit.

His daughter had been kidnapped not three months after he gets to be in her life. Some freaky psychopath had taken her from him he would pay for that insult not just for hurting him but for hurting Hilde. Looking down at her sleeping face he couldn't stop the grin that spread across his face. She looked so peaceful for the first time in days. She was his life and that was the other reason that the man who did this had to pay. No one messed with the god of death and lived and this was some serious carnage to his life.

Kissing Hilde gently on the forehead sighed softly. They were back to square one and since Hilde was recuperating from her injury they were taking a day off. At least he and Hilde were the rest of the team was hot on the man's trail. They had messed with one of their own, Noin had explained to him earlier that night. And no one came away from that mistake unharmed. He was touched by their devotion to him and Hilde and he knew that if they ever needed him in anyway he wouldn't hesitate for a second to help them out. His only job, or so he had been told, was to keep Hilde in that bed for 24 hours in the least and make sure she slept. So taking their advice he relaxed as he let his own body succumb to the urgings that his mind was desperately sending and drifted off to find his own sleep.

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Walking into the main room Relena sighed to herself she felt utterly useless right then. She was diplomat and was good at hardly anything else so she had been running coffee to and fro for the others. It was at least something for her to do and she didn't feel so useless when she was doing it but everyone was fine and no one was screaming for coffee so she was once again feeling useless. Turning slightly in her chair she sighed softly before a grin split her pretty face. Sally had just finished feeding her new baby and was trying to get her to burp. Shaking her head she grinned babies always brought a sense of peace to her because with them came hope. Hope of a new future without wars and guns a future where people could live in peace.

Shaking her head at her thoughts she smiled slightly as she headed to check up on her own baby. Chris had been truly upset when he had heard that his little friend had been kidnapped and wanted to know if it had anything to do with him. It had taken a lot of reassuring on her and Heero's part but they had finally gotten it across to him that it wasn't his fault that Marcail had been kidnapped. Though the moment he found out that particular detail out he had demanded to be let in on the 'mission' as he could it. She couldn't stop herself from laughing at that response he was a lot like Heero would have been at his age, she was sure, if he had been allowed to live his life as a normal child.

Walking up the stairs she smiled when she got to the room Heero, Chris and herself were staying in. He was sleeping on his side again with his hand curled into a tiny ball. His checks had the cutest way of flushing when he was asleep that with his tousled hair he was absolutely adorable. Feeling a pang of regret hit her she frowned she was furious with whoever had taken Hilde's child from her. She would go berserk she was sure if something ever happened to Chris and Heero were her lifelines oh of course Milliardo was there for her when she needed him but she wasn't her lifeline like Heero was.

Walking past Duo's room she heard a slight thump her attention. Heading in that direction she quietly opened the door. Seeing nothing she returned to her room only to stop dead. The sight she saw scared her witless and so in typical female fear she screamed loud and long.

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Later when Milliardo actually had time to think about it he realized that he never saw Heero move nor did he hear him go. The next thing he realized was the he was following the pilot before he to knew that he was following him. Hitting the door after Heero he felt his heart drop somehow he knew before he got there that Relena was in trouble.

Hitting the door in a run he stopped dead at what he saw. Heero was at the window an emotionless expression on his face. He vaguely heard the sound of a motor roaring off. As he watched Heero walked over to Relena and scooped her up in his arms. Who turned and sobbed into his arms as if her whole world was crashing down.

The sound of footsteps rushing down the hall was the next thing that hit his numb mind.

"What is going on here?" Duo demanded a sleepy look on his face as he supported Hilde who leaning into him for support. Understanding flashed across her face it hit everyone else.

"Chris…. Chris…. is…" Relena sobbed holding on to Heero's shirt as if it was the only thing that was holding her in this life. "He is gone."

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Waking with a jerk Marcail almost screamed as a body was thrown against her own. Looking at the thing that had been thrown against her she started to cry again. "Ris, ris ake up ris." She wailed at the unconscious boy. He had a nasty cut on his head and it had dried blood on it. "Are ee dead ris?"

"No." He groans holding his head as pain shot through it. "Could you stop crying? I have a headache."

"I ry ris." She says sniffling and wiping her eyes. She would not cry in front of a boy. Mommy said that boys took that as a weakness, whatever that meant, and she would not be a weakness. "Ris how ee get ere?"

"I was kidnapped." He states calmly his eyes taking in the situation. He had to get out of here his mommy would be worried and would cry and he hated making his mommy cry.

"Ee ere idnaped to? Did ee ave a ar?"

"No I was taken from my room." Shaking his head he sighed at her speech. He had always been able to say words and never had a slur or a lisp. His Mommy said that was because he took after his Dad. Chris wasn't for sure on what that meant but it had to be good because his Dad was the best man in whole world. He was sure that he would come and find them.

"I want my Mommy." Marcail wails. "And they took my Styth."

"Wing is better anyway." He mutters distractedly while looking around the room. There had to be some way out of this pit and he Chris Michele Yuy was going to do just that, he was just slightly hindered by one thing. He was four almost five and he needed to be old like 12 or something.

Blinking past her tears Marcail felt something-warm build up in her stomach and then she realized that she was mad. "Styth could whip ings utt iny day" She retorts heatedly as they embarked in there old argument. "Styth down."

That caused Chris to snort. "Whatever he would be blown to bits before he could blink."

"R ee rasy? He is awesome."

Chris was about to continue the argument when he heard a click come from the door grabbing Marcail he pulled her behind him. The door swung open a moment later and he felt his heart sink. It wasn't his Daddy. Hiding his fear best he could the youngest Yuy stared defiantly up at the man that was grinning down at the two children in front of him.

"Well, well isn't this cute?"

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"Relena sweetheart you have got to stop crying." Hilde said softly while rocking her friend. She knew what Relena was going through and it was hard. She also knew that once the pacifist got over her pain she would be furious and quiet frankly the women was dangerous when she was mad because nothing and no one got in her way.

"He is gone." She finally manages around her tears.

"I know but we will get him and Marcail back. Both of them I promise."

" I want someone to pay." She whispers softly as she shudders. "And I don't like the feeling Hilde at all."

"I know Lena it's hard but we will make it through."

"Why us Hilde? Why would they take my Chris and your Marcail?"

"There sick twisted beings and that is the best answer that I personally can come up with."

"Two wars, countless assassination attempts, and who knows what else and then they have to go and take our babies."

"I know Lena I know." She whispers as she continues to rock her friend her own tears coming to the fore. It just wasn't fair.

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Heero stared emotionlessly at his computer even though he had a thousand thoughts going through his head. Or at least Duo was sure that a thousand thoughts were going through his head he knew that they were going through his.

Both of them now had their kids lost and he really wondered in the 'bad guys' knew what was in store for them. Ticking off the God of Death was one thing. Ticking off the God of Death and the Perfect Soldier as well was an entirely different thing. Oh no he didn't think they knew…but he knew that they were fixing to find out and looking at Heero's face convinced him of one thing. He hoped they had life insurance.