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AN: O.k, I don't know what's going on, I'm just writing what my fingers tell me to write!!!
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'Blah blah' denotes thoughts…you know…

Lost, Found, And Lost Once More
Part 8: Hopes to Remember


"Duo! What's wrong? Why is the emergency flashing?" Quatre's face appeared on Duo's upper left screen.

"Duet's stopped breathing!" Duo said, setting the Gundam on course and switching it to autopilot. He bent his head down, trying to perform CPR as best as he could in his position.

"Duo, get up and turn around. Put her on the seat and following my instructions." Wufei's face also appeared. Duo complied, placing the girl on the seat, supporting her by the shoulders.

"O.k push down on this spot on her neck for 5 seconds. Let go and do the same for the other side." Wufei instructed, indicating with his own hand. Duo found the spot, and pushed down for the given 5 counts, repeating it on the other side. Still, no movement from the girl. Blood still dripped from her mouth, and Duo swore, wiping the liquid again.

"Wufei!" Duo said desperately.

"Give it a moment Maxwell. Check if she's cold. Do you have a spare shirt in your camp pack?"

Duo shook his head, touching the girl's hands to find them as cold as ice. Quickly, Duo pulled off the outer layer of his priest garb, wrapping it around the girl. As he tiled the girl forward to wrap the shirt entirely around her, she coughed.

"Duet? Can you hear me Duet?" Duo shook the girl. With a small groan, Duet opened her eyes, blinking, and then closed them again when she shivered, whimpering in pain.

"Where does it hurt Duet?" Quatre asked. Duet didn't answer, curling into a tight ball, shivering. Duo wrapped his arms around her.

"It's all right Duet, you'll be fine, don't go to sleep. Stay awake for me all right?" Duo whispered. Duet nodded.

"Duo…" She whispered, her voice hoarse.

"I'm right here. Sh, don't talk now." Duo kissed her forehead, and picked the girl up, turning around to sit down so he could watch where the Gundam was going. An hour and a half left to destination…Duo looked back down when a hand latched onto his shirt. Duet's eyes were opened, and Duo saw that her blue eyes were darkening.

"Duo, I remember." She whispered.

"Remember what?"

"You didn't know. You thought I was dead, but I wasn't. I was just asleep. The OZ soldiers found me and took me in."

"What happened?"

"Treize told me I was his daughter. I said I wasn't, I told him to let me go, but he didn't. He drugged me…and I don't know why, I forgot about you, I forgot about everything. I only remembered that I was a part of OZ."

"That bastard." Duo muttered.

"He gave me all these drugs and I didn't know about it. He told me I was getting needles because I was sick. But then when I got older, I realized that he was doing something more than that to me." Duet paused, breathing deeply, and Duo propped her up into a better position. "My own body turned the bad things to good, so I was able to use them like a supernatural power. Like I did when I talked to you, put you back into your suit, and made your suit take off."

Duo nodded. "What else did they do to you?" He asked.

"I did stuff for them. No one suspected a little girl. But then, one time, I saw you in London, I saw your two necklaces." Duet reached up to touch the cross and the circle around Duo's neck. "And I remembered you. I knew you were doing something there, and I knew you were looking for the base. So I told Zechs, who told Treize. They sent me to meet you in the streets, to make you suspicious, give you a lead, and then they sent me to the school. I showed up at your house with the soldiers to bring you to the base. Otherwise, you wouldn't have found it."

"Why not?"

"Because Treize has the same powers, and he was able to somehow cover the base so it wasn't easily detected. So I brought you to the base. I didn't know that would make you so vulnerable, I was only trying to help. So then I got you the information I knew you needed and then tried to help you escape. I didn't mean to make so much trouble. I should have known you would come after me for better understanding. I could have faked it but you told me never to lie. I'm sorry, I lied that I didn't know you. I'm sorry I made you lie Duo." Duet shivered again, and Duo hugged her tighter.

"Just hold on for another 30 minutes, and I'll get you to a doctor. You'll be fine. Don't worry about it. We both lied once and we won't do it again. Promise?"

"Promise." She whispered. "I'm so tired, and it hurts so much." She said, a tear leaking from her closed eyes.

"Hold on, don't sleep. Just a little longer. Tell me where it hurts." Duo urged, shaking the girl again.

"My head, all over, inside. The experiments always hurt. The pain comes in little spurts, like an uneven heartbeat, each time at a different place, sometimes all at once."

"I'm going to kill that bastard." Duo vowed. "How could he give you so much pain?" Duo winced himself when he felt Duet jerk from pain and whimpered.

"I wish I could take your pain Duet, I'm so sorry."

Duet smiled shakily. "It isn't your fault Duo, it's o.k. I'm happy I got to talk to you again."

"Duo, landing in 3 minutes." Quatre informed him.

"Thanks Q-man." Duo nodded. "Duet, I need you to sit up a bit more so I can land the Gundam. Can you do that for me?"

"Yea." With Duo's help, Duet sat up more, but still leaned heavily against Duo.

"All right. Here we go…Duet?" Duo switched the autopilot back to manual and glanced down at the girl. She was panting, her eyes closed, and the pain was obvious getting more intense.

"Just hold on Duet, just hold on." Duo whispered, directing the Gundam to land. As soon as it did, he switched it off, and opened the hatch door.

"Duet?" Duo shook the girl. "Can you hold on to me? I need you to do that so I can get us down."

Obediently, Duet wrapped her arms around Duo's neck, resting against his back. "Duo, just remember, I do know you..."

Duo nodded. "Hold on and don't let go or you'll fall." He said, shifting her grip and stepping out of the cockpit. Below his Gundam, he could see the four other pilots had gathered, as well as the doctor, nurses, and a stretcher. He took the wire, standing on the hook to lower himself down, when he felt Duet slip. Immediately, he reached up to grab her arm before the girl fell.

"Darn, I told you to hold on Duet." He muttered, forgetting the wire and jumping the rest of the way, holding tightly onto the girl. Immediately, the medics swarmed around him, taking the girl. They put her on the stretcher, wrapped blankets around her, and wheeled her to the medical facility adjoining Quatre's mansion. Duo sat down on the grass, Quatre sitting down beside him.

"What did she say?" He asked.

"She wasn't dead when I left her at the Maxwell Church. OZ took her in and used her for their work. They pumped her full of experiments before this one. She said she then has some kind of power, like talking to me mentally, and putting me into my mobile suit, making my suit take off." Duo buried his face in his hands.

Quatre put his hand on Duo's shoulder. "Don't worry Duo. She'll be fine." He said. But inside, he didn't really know. Experiments were usually bad news.

Duo stood. "I'm going to check on her. Thanks for covering for me guys."

Quatre nodded, watching Duo walk toward the medical facility, shoulders slumped. He turned to the others.

"What do we do if the latest experiment is something the girl can't handle? Or what if it has bad effects? If she kills us all, if she dies?"

"Duo will just have to accept it." Heero said. "If she goes out of control, we'll have to kill her before she kills anyone."

"Duo will never harm her. He said so. He said she's been through too much…" Quatre sighed. "Let's just hope for the best."



At the medical center, an hour later, the doctor came out.

"Doc! How is she?" Duo pounced the second the doctor came out.

"Minor injuries, her pulse and respiration is low, so I'm keeping her on the respirator just in case. She has a breathing tube down her throat. As for the experiment, I'm unsure how to treat it. Because of the punctures in her head, I wrapped a bandage around her head, but I don't know if that is right. We'll have to see what happens."

"But she's all right?" Duo asked hopefully.

"I'm not sure. She's still unconscious now, and as I said, I don't know how to treat the experiment."

"Can I go see her?"

"Sure. Just be quiet."

Duo nodded, and slipped past the doctor into the room. Quatre followed, the others waiting outside. The blond teen watched as Duo pulled up a chair by the bed, and his gaze rested on the girl. She looked so small in the bed, the bandage around her head, a breathing tube and respirator covering her mouth and nose. The beeping heart monitor in the room was the only sound that broke the silence of the room. Duo brushed back Duet's bangs, his hand resting on the top of her head.

"Duet, I'm so sorry I messed up again…" Duo whispered. Quatre back up, allowing them privacy. But he expected the girl to awaken any minute.

As if on cue, Duet stirred. Duo pulled back, watching as she opened and focused her eyes. Duet tried sat up, rubbing her eyes, but Duo pushed her down. She looked at him, eyes widening.

"Duet…how do you feel?"

In answer, Duet pulled off the respirator, and before Duo could react, pulled out the breathing tube as well. She gagged a moment.

"Duet! What'd you do that for?" Duo stood abruptly, and Quatre came forward, concerned. Her eyes widened even more, and she backed away with a whimper when Duo reached out for her.

"Who are you?" She asked in a whisper. "I don't know you…"

"Duet, it's me Duo!" Duo pulled back to give the girl some space.

"Duo...? Duo...Maxwell..." Duet closed her eyes, breathing deeply. "Duo, I can't see you..."

"WHAT?" Duo waved his hand in front of Duet's face, but her eyes didn't follow. Duo dropped his hand, slumping back. "I'm going to kill Treize Kushrenada." He said in a low voice. He dropped a hand lightly on Duet's shoulder. "Right now." He turned, eyes closed for a moment. Quatre had never seen Duo so down. He placed a hand on Duo's arm.

"Wait Duo. Don't do anything outrageous. Duet comes first now."

"I'm going to have a little talk with Treize." With that, Duo pushed Quatre away and stalked quickly out of the room.

"Duo? Duo!" Duet tried to sit up, but was too weak to. Quatre caught her before she fell out of bed, and she clung to him. "Please, whoever you are, stop him, Duo will die, please!" She cried. "Please..." Quatre nodded. He could hear argument outside.

"My name is Quatre, let me go and I'll stop him for you Duet."

Duet nodded and let go. Quatre rushed out just in time to see Duo running out the door. Trowa was sprawled on the ground, and Heero and Wufei were just returning with cups of coffee. Quatre helped him up.

"Heero, or Wufei, someone go after Duo before he hurts himself." Quatre sighed, closing the door to Duet's room. "Duo is off to kill Treize."

Heero nodded and left immediately. Wufei and Trowa looked over to Quatre. "Well?" Wufei asked.

"She's awake, but she can't see. Get a doctor will you?" Quatre suddenly felt very tired. His knees were weak, and he sat down.

"Quatre?" Trowa asked. Wufei was striding toward the nurse's station to get the doctor.

"I don't feel too well..." With that, Quatre collapsed. A telepathic thought drifted into his head.

'Quatre-san, I'm sorry, I have to borrow your energy for a while...I have to help Duo...'






Saori: Wow, this story is a bit behind...it's losing it's touch coz I'm like...lost...^.^''' so...if you read this now, please review!!!! Any ideas are welcome!!! Hope it was good!