Me: Well um hi again it is I

Me: Well um hi again it is I

Disclaimer: no…I do not own Gundam wing or any of its characters neither do I own anything else copyrighted in this fic I receive no profit this is purely for entertainment so plz don't sue.

Note: italics is thought after " is what a character is saying okay.

One Step At A Time (chapt.2)

By The Pretty Penwriter

Heero awoke groggily to the sound of his telephone ringing he pulled his pillow over his head he didn't feel like talking to anyone. The phone stopped ringing and then started again I really need to get an answering machine he reluctantly rolled over and answered the phone

"Duo if this is you I will kill you if you don't have a good excuse for calling me." He threatened stoically

" How'd you know? Well it is a good reason I need help locating a missing Releana and that's not all Milliardo and Noin are gone too and as an added bonus there's no furniture in their house at all." He pleaded with Heero not knowing if he'd say yes or no or just hang up that is what Heero usually did.

"You mean all of their furniture is gone?" he asked with surprise

Duo was taken aback from the surprise response Heero gave. Duo took a second to regain his composure

"Yup so are Noin and Milliardo and Releana left a note saying she wasn't ever coming back"

He answered Heero's question as well as telling him more information.

Heero jumped out of bed alarmed the sheet falling to the floor to reveal Heero wearing boxers and a t-shirt. He was shocked Releana not ever coming back but why?

When Duo received no response after a while he spoke up.

" Hey Earth and the colonies to Heero." He said only a little worried

Heero had left the phone on his bed and was now pacing the room silently thinking the nook between his index finger and thumb resting on his chin rubbing it. Where is Releana I mean this isn't like her first she resigns then she and her family disappears it just doesn't make any sense.

He was shaken out of his thoughts by Duo yelling on the phone he picked it back up.

"Hn" he replied because anything else and Duo would've heard his voice quiver.

"Dammit Heero don't do that so will you help me or not. I'm asking for a simple answer a yes or a no just one word." He shouted over the phone annoyed this man liked pulling people's strings and Duo has had enough of him doing that. Another reason of him having slim to none patience with Heero was the theory of Releana doing everything she had done because of Heero.

Heero held the phone back he hadn't ever heard Duo angry before a small tint of fear rested in Heero's eyes

"I work al…" He hadn't even finished before Duo slammed his phone down on it's holder with enough force that it knocked the vase that rested on the table alongside it off it shattered to the floor he turned on his heel and left in a huff out towards the garden. The occupants in the living room turned to see an angry Duo stalk out of the room in such a great fury. Hilde got up to go after him.

"Don't…he needs time to think please sit down Hilde." Said a voice quietly

Hilde turned to face it's owner it had originated from Wufei because of the kindness and concern he held in his voice Hilde sat back down and stared at her clasped hands. Quatra rose from the couch and entered the kitchen he returned a while later with a broom and dust pan he swept up the debris of the shattered vase and deposited it into the trash can he replaced the broom and dust pan he sat back down onto the couch and placed his arm around Dorothy's shoulders as she rested her head onto his chest. Every occupant in the room had dark circles under their eyes those that could hack were tired from staying up all night looking for Releana and those that couldn't hack couldn't sleep because of nightmares they had about what could've happened to Releana.

Trowa rubbed his eyes he was now on his 4th cup of coffee and yet he was still tired.

" Well so far what we have managed to come up with is that Releana's home was vacant before her press conference which means they had cleared out some time before then." He deducted and a yawn escaped from his lips.

"But I went to see Releana on Friday that's only five days ago so she had to have left her home from that time period till the press conference."

She said quietly.

"Was there anything wrong with her did she seem despondent?" inquired Midii eagerly awaiting her answer.

"Well…yes Releana was all smiles but I could tell she was depressed about something her eyes held a false merriment and her smile even more fake. We were discussing out in the garden about the latest assassination attempt and when I asked if she was still considering Heero as her bodyguard she started to cry uncontrollably I had never seen her like that I asked her what was wrong but all she did was shake her head. Then Noin came running out the house and held Releana at first Noin asked me to leave politely but after I refused to leave without knowing what was wrong she…"

Hilde stopped to wipe away a few tears that had fallen during her report.

" She ordered me to leave and when I still refused Releana screamed and shouted for me to go I was afraid for my friend I didn't run I stayed it was then Milliardo came out the house he carried Releana into the house with Noin following close behind they closed the door and locked it I stayed out there for a few hours demanding them to let me talk to Releana but they never opened the door." She finished it was obvious that after the few hours she had left.

"It's all Heero's fault for her leaving why that sick…" started Sally as she just started letting out such a string of profanity and other unintelligible words

" Trowa can I see your gun?" asked Midii quietly.

He cautiously handed it to her.

"What are you going to use it for?" he inquired curious.

Midii stood and started walking towards the door.

"Nothing much I'm just going to kill Heero." She answered calmly.

Trowa stood and ran towards her he took the gun from her grasp Midii crossed her arms over her chest.

"You can't stop me from killing him Trowa I'll get a weapon sooner or later" she mumbled

"I'll help ya." Offered Dorothy she rose from the couch and walked over to Midii she removed a small pistol from her pocket and handed it to Midii while she drew a 9mm pistol from her purse.

"Hey no one's killing anyone!" ordered Quatra a bit disturbed

Dorothy and Midii sighed

Sally stood and walked towards them drawing her combat knife from her boot the sun glinted off the cool medal. She swiped it in the air.

"Then we'll just cut off something important." She said as the other two nodded they started for the door again when it finally dawned on the others what the three women were intending to cut off they flinched and ran to stop their girlfriends.

"Calm down these are just theories." Suggested Wufei not wanting to anger the three women even more so.

"Like hell they are just theories Wufei otherwise why would Releana breakdown crying at the mention of Heero's name!" exclaimed Duo near the kitchen he had heard the whole conversation.

They all turned their attention to him Trowa and Quatra had already confiscated the weapons from Midii and Dorothy while Wufei was having some trouble convincing Sally to hand over the knife. The knife in Sally's hand dropped to the floor but no one made a move to pick it up Duo lovable cheerful Duo Maxwell was pissed off and swearing. Wufei snapped out of it first and grabbed the knife.

Duo walked towards the couch that Hilde was sitting on he sat down she was about to ask him a question when she looked into his eyes that look told her he'd tell her later she nodded.

"Oh man they took away all of our lovely toys." Pouted Midii she stomped back over to where she was sitting Dorothy and Sally went back to where they were sitting quietly. Quatra looked at the gun in his hand and sighed.

"Dorothy I thought you said you got rid of this." He said disappointedly.

"Well yeah I got rid of the old one that one is brand new I bought it last weekend." She explained with a smile

Everyone in the room sighed and sat back where they were previously sitting.

The doorbell rang.

To Be Continued

"You know what I like it I really like it I get to be the tough guy." Complimented Duo

"Nice good and happy thoughts." I wink and smile at him

"Yeah blah what happened to Releana?!" asked Quatra.

"Like I said I won't bloody tell you until the Readers Review."

They roll their eyes.

"Isn't this called cruel and unusual punishment to keep us waiting like this?" asked Trowa.

"Maybe…R&R if you want more!"