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Lost, Found, And Lost Once More
Part 9: Past Revealed


Anger boiled in Duo's veins as he ran toward the hangars where his Gundam was. 'Damn you Treize. I'll kill you.' He thought. Duo was surprised how calm the thought was in his head when he was actually very angry. Upon arriving to the hangars, he saw that the Gundams were all in repair, and cursed. From the corner of his eye, he saw Quatre's garage, and sprinted toward it. As predicted, there was a motorcycle among other cars, and Duo grabbed the key from the key rack. ( A.N I assume that if it's Quatre's mansion and there are Maguanacs, there is no need to fear robbers…heehee!) He was just about to start the motorcycle when Heero appeared.

"What do you think you are doing?" Heero asked in monotone.

"I'm going to get Treize and get the information on the experiment. Then I'm going to give him a slow and painful death." Duo growled.

"Have you ever considered that you may be captured or killed? How that would affect the girl?"

Duo paused. "I don't care. I am going to kill him."

"And if you get killed yourself, that she will go after him for revenge, and probably die too? There's more too this that what we know. Sit still."

"And let him come to us? I don't think so!" Duo scoffed, kicking the stand bar on the motorcycle up off of the ground.

"Wait Duo!" Duet stumbled in. She had a blindfold on around her eyes but stumbled straight for him. She planted her hands in front of the motorcycle, partially to steady herself, partially to prevent Duo from going forward. The only way out was if Duo went backward, and Duet doubted he had the space to do that. "Don't go Duo, I need you here." She whispered.

"What are you doing out of bed Duet?" Duo asked. "I'll be back, I promise…"

"Don't make promises you can't keep Duo Maxwell!" Duet said firmly. "You don't know what you're up against."

"What are you talking about?" Heero cut in. Duet's head turned toward his voice.

"Treize has powers. He'll crush you before you enter within 50 kilometers of wherever he is. And I don't think you know where he is either, not by now! Duo, please, just give me time to recover!"

"That man pumped you full of experiments, treated you as a lab rat, and lied to you and you want me to wait?" Duo said, exasperated. "I can't do it." He turned the key into the ignition, straightening the motorcycle. "Get out of the way Duet." He said quietly.

"No." Duet grabbed the key and yanked it out of its place. The whir the motor died down and Duo made a grab for the key. "Duet, give me that key now."

"Duo please! Give my body time to adjust to the experiment and turn it around. I promise you that it'll be fine!"

"Duet…"

"NO!" She straightened, putting both her arms behind her back, and took two steps back. "If you want that key, you'll have to be able to get it first."

"Don't make this harder."

"Duo, listen to the girl." Heero finally interrupted the conversation. "She's 13, I think she knows what is going on in her body. Especially if what Treize did to her she can change around, we need to study her. If you left, what if she suddenly died? Then you wouldn't be at her side now, would you."

"Who said anything about dying?" Duet muttered. She slipped the key into her back pocket. "Come on Duo, make life easier for all of us, and save your own life. I'm using Quatre's powers right now, so I need to give them back to him. Just follow me. Look, give me till tomorrow, and I guarantee that I will be able to see."

"How would you know?" Duo was now extremely angry.

"Because it's happened before and it always goes away."

"What do you mean always?" Duo was stunned.

"Some of the experiments have similar side effects and this is one of them."

"If you know what it is, why did you freak out?"

"Because if you woke up and you couldn't see, no matter how many times it's happened, wouldn't you be afraid?" Duet whispered. 'Because I don't know for sure if it will go away, but I'll bet it will…' "Treize won't do anything that will seriously hurt or handicap me Duo. I know that much." She pulled off her blindfold and was greeted with a fuzzy, somewhat deformed image of Duo. She stifled a giggle. "You see Duo, I can already kind of see you. You just look a bit…odd…that's all."

"Duet…"

"We should get back to Quatre. The girl needs rest too Duo." Heero interrupted again. "We need to study her first. Find out everything we know about this power so if Treize has it to, we'll know more about it."

"I guess…" Duo smiled a bit before stepping off the motorcycle. "You always take the fun out of things though. When we do get to kill him, or even just hurt him, I get first dibs." He said.

"After me." Duet murmured. She gave Duo a hug before she fell unconscious.

Back in the medic facility, where Quatre was resting from lack of energy, he suddenly awoke, slowly feeling the energy flood back into him. It felt rather odd but good, like the warmth of a fire when you've been cold for a long time. He welcomed it. It was his energy after all. He opened his eyes and sat up.

"Quatre?" Trowa asked. Wufei looked up from his silent meditation.

"I'm fine. Duet…" Quatre struggled for an explanation when the door opened and Heero entered, followed by Duo, who was carrying Duet.

"Duet borrowed your energy." Duo supplied. Quatre nodded, hopping off the bed so Duo could place Duet onto it.

"Is she all right?" He asked, worried.

"Yea. Used your energy to talk some sense into me." Duo brushed back her bangs. "But she'll be fine."

"That's good." Quatre sighed. "She shouldn't have to be a pawn for OZ."

"I let her down when I thought she died." Duo murmured.

"No you didn't Duo. Don't worry, you were too young to really know."

"C'mon Q. We both know I had some part wrong in there. I yelled at her and if I hadn't, she wouldn't have been in there when the church was lit up like firewood, and she wouldn't have been in the situation in the first place." Duo sighed.

"Duo…it isn't your fault, I know that. You should get that into your head." Duet murmured, opening her eyes. She grinned. "You see? Now I can see!" 'Thank GOD I can see!'

"Duet! How do you feel?" Quatre asked. Duo waved his hands in front of her eyes.

"Yea…but I'm getting dizzy…" Duet grabbed Duo's hand. "Stop that Duo!"

"Sorry." He pulled his hand away, holding her hand. "Care to talk now?"

"Sure…but can I get some orange juice first?" She smiled. "Please?"

"I'll get it." Trowa offered.

'Thank you…um…"

"Trowa." Trowa filled in.

"Yes. Thank you Trowa." Duet smiled.

They waited in silence until Trowa returned with the juice. In fact, he had a tray with cookies, two cups of tea for Quatre and Wufei, two cups of orange juice for Duo and Duet, and two cups of coffee for Heero and Trowa. And taking a drink of her juice, Duet started on her story.



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When she was 5, Duet had amnesia, and somehow ended up on the street. Duo had confronted her after watching her for a short while, and when he found out she didn't really remember much apart from a big house, which had burned down last week, and her 5th birthday party, he had adopted her into his care. He had been 7. Then, they were later on adopted by the Maxwell Church, and stayed in Father Maxwell and Sister Helen's care until Duo had been 11, and she had been 9. Then, one time when Duo had been out, OZ soldiers had come in, demanding the children joined with OZ to train and become soldiers. (A.N.: 1. She cut out the part about fighting with Angela. 2: This, even Duo didn't know about, because he wasn't there…*no duh…he was buying cookies…*)

Sister Helen was in the back with the younger children, Father Maxwell talking to the soldiers with a few of the older children backing him up. He had refused to give the children to the war, and had been hit, but didn't give up. As soon as fighting started, Sister Helen sent the younger ones to the cellar to go out the window down there, but was missing Duet. She had tried to get into the room and finally opened to and pulled Duet out.

"I was stubborn because I was so angry, and I didn't realize the OZ soldiers were there and refused to move until Sister Helen made it clear. I ended up in the cellar with the other children. That was when I heard the sounds of fighting." Duet said. "So I listened to what Sister Helen said, and another orphan boosted me up to the window so I can peek out and see if it was clear to open it to run. But I saw the boots of a soldier, and we immediately ducked down. I thought they would just leave, but they broke the window. The little ones started to scream, so the soldiers filtered in pretty quickly. Sister Helen pushed them back, and begged the soldiers not to shoot or hurt them." She trailed off, looking at her hands.

"What happened?" Duo asked quietly.

"Duo…" Tears filled Duet's eyes. "I don't remember it too clearly." She whispered. "Treize made me forget because I kept on crying…and it's only been coming to me recently."

"Just tell us what you do remember." Quatre said gently. She nodded.

"One soldier got a little boy, I think he was about 4. And he held a gun at his head, and said we either went with them, or he would kill them. But…before we answered, he shot him anyway, in the head, and told us we were too slow in answering."

"Oh God. A 4-year-old?" Quatre whispered. Duet nodded uncertainly.

"That's what I remember. So before we could do anything else, Sister Helen got on her knees, and begged. We all begged with her, praying to God, but she was yanked to her feet, and herded up the stairs. Sarah, Angela, Michelle, and I tried to form a barrier around the younger ones, but then we were all yanked out. The little ones didn't have a choice. They even brought the 4-year-old's body up with us. That's where I saw the others fighting with Father Maxwell, with the other soldiers. They were losing, but they didn't give up. Then, the soldier shot at the ceiling to get everyone's attention. He said that if we didn't co operate, Father Maxwell and Sister Helen will watch while we get shot one by one."

"Those barbarians…" Quatre shook his head. "You were children…"

"Father Maxwell prayed, and so did Sister Helen. But when they spoke, they killed Father Maxwell. Everyone went into hysterics, and the soldiers set fire to his body. And then they lit up the church, and locked the door from the outside. Then I only remember crying for Duo and Father Maxwell…" Duets hands tightened into fists. "I remember seeing Duo, then I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was in a big room. It was white, and I had a lot of things plugged into me. Treize told me he had finally found me, his long lost daughter. I asked him what he had plugged into me, and he said I was hurt and it would make me feel better. I know now they were drugs, the first of the experiments, if there weren't more before I woke up, and made me drowsy, and kind of dumb I guess. So I didn't know any better and believed him." Duet looked ashamed of herself. "I can't believe I was so dumb…"

"It wasn't your fault. You were only 9 Duet." Duo said in reassurance. "Damn that Treize."

"Go on." Quatre nudged Duo, who was muttering under his breath about different ways to kill the man. Duo shut up and nodded back at Duet.

"I worked for OZ, did missions, and because no one suspected me, I got in and out of things easily. That's why so many leads couldn't be traced. I was too good, working too quickly for them to notice. I was never caught. And Treize would tell me I did a good job and give me something to 'help my system', and those were the experiments."

"When I was about 12, I finally realized the things I could do. I could pick things up; things that were at a short distance away, and make them move. I could melt into shadows. I could become invisible. You know how sometimes you sense someone?" (Several nod…) "I could make myself hidden from that sense in others. So from eavesdropping, I found out that the all I could do was a result of the experiments. So they were good, in a way. So I started to search for stuff. And then I found Duo."

"You didn't remember me?"

"I didn't have a choice Duo…so when I found you in England, I knew you were there for a reason, it was a gut feeling. So I brought you to the base. I knew instantly what you wanted, but it never occurred to me what danger I would put you through. So to make up for it, I helped you get the stuff and escape…Forgive me Duo, Heero, I only tried to help."

"It's all right…" Duo hugged her tightly. She buried her face into his shoulder. "I let you down Duo, I put you in danger, and Heero, and jeopardized your mission. If I had moved earlier with Sister Helen I wouldn't have made us late getting to the cellar, some of the orphans could have escaped…Duo I was so stupid!" She sobbed. Duo stroked her back soothingly.

"If there's anyone to blame, it should be me. If I hadn't grounded you, you wouldn't have been stubborn to leave."

"There's no one to blame. It was their time to go." Quatre said, trying to make the two feel better. But Duet shook her head.

"It wasn't, they shouldn't have died. If Father Maxwell had given a few of us over, it would have been all right. They only wanted the older ones, ages 8 and up, and there were only about 7 of us, instead of all 25 orphans."

"This Father Maxwell stood up for his will. He didn't want the children in war. Maybe by doing that, he let them die a better death then on the battlefield."

"Hn. There is no honor in dying like that." Wufei muttered. The next second, Duet was at his neck, and he was against the wall.

"Father Maxwell was not a coward." She hissed. He only glared defiantly back at her. The others stood, tense, but didn't make any move. Wufei could take care of himself against a 13 year old, or so they hoped. He would never forgive them for interfering.

"He should have allowed you to train. To become strong. To fight for what you believed for."

"Father Maxwell was not a coward!" She repeated. "If we had gone with them to train for OZ we would all have been experimented on. You think we would really have fought for what we believed in? We would have been manipulated to think what OZ wanted us to think, which was to take over the world. How would you like to have been responsible for 25 orphans? Do you think the young ones would have been allowed to live if they got us? They would have burned the church anyway! By letting all of us die then, at least we were together." Her grip tightened, and Wufei's air supply was threatened. He was surprised how strong she was. Immediately, his hands went around her wrists, and without thinking, he grabbed them tightly, trying to pull them away.

"In such a situation, whoever you are, what would you do, as a soldier, when you feel threatened?" Duet asked quietly. Her fingers tightened even more.

"Duet, stop! He's a friend!" Duo cried, leaping forward. He was angry that Wufei would say such a thing about Father Maxwell, but that didn't mean he had to die. But before Duo could reach them, Wufei tightened his grip on Duet's left wrist. A sickening crack sounded in the room as he snapped her wrist with ease.

"Wufei!" Quatre gasped, horrified. Duet dropped her useless hand to her side, the other moving to press on the pressure points of Wufei's throat. Spots appeared in front of his eyes, but he gave no indication of panic.

"Had Father Maxwell given the 7 of us away, we would have been no different from you. Simply emotionless soldiers. He was no coward. He fought to the last moment. The soldiers were the cowards, fighting against him and a few children who weren't armed. Father Maxwell protected us to the last breath in his body. Even if he didn't do it physically, he saved us from the fate of dying in a battlefield." She let go of his throat, and Wufei unconsciously took in a generous supply of oxygen. "Like I said, the younger ones wouldn't have survived anyway. The only difference was that he didn't prolong our torture anymore. We were hungry orphans. L2 is a poor colony. We would only have suffered more in training before we died in battlefield. We wouldn't have been thoroughly trained to become good soldiers; they were only using us to increase the numbers of their army. That's why the OZ soldiers are so easy to take down. They think numbers will intimidate their enemy. Maybe it's true. But Father Maxwell did the right thing. He was NOT a coward. OZ is the only coward I know." She stepped back a bit more, putting space between the two of them.

"There was no guarantee death if the 7 of you had gone onto the battlefield." Wufei reasoned.

"There was no guarantee of survival before we even got to the battlefield either." Duet countered quietly.

"She got you there Wufei." Heero said. Wufei nodded.

"Very well. Maybe there is an onna with some sense in her yet. I'm surprised one like you would understand."

"I understand a lot of things Wufei." She said. "But now, I just want to get this wrist fixed. Sorry about the behavior. But I don't like it when you called him a coward because you didn't understand." She bowed. "I apologize."

"As I do for your wrist." Wufei bowed as well.

"Don't worry. You were careful not to break it bad, or in the wrong place. It's fixable." She bit her lower lip, and gave a tug. It snapped right back into place. "Don't worry. I've broken things before. This is a light break."

"Will you reassure Duo and I and get a doctor to look at that?" Quatre said. Both he and Duo were slightly pale. Duet nodded.

"Sure."




And this was the past of Duet, as well as how Wufei in return, respected her.








Saori: So how is it?? Do I still have plot holes?? Still too focused on dialogue?? *sob sob* it's a bad writing thing..I tried my best to explain it....as for other chapters, they shall be revised after my exams are completed, and that may take some time...but in my study breaks..I'll still write...the best I can...o.k? ^.^ Please Review and tell me if I need to fix stuff up...all right? And how did u like it? Sorry this took so long...-_-'' I had to write n study...but I preferred to write...*sigh*...again..please REVIEW!!!! Really Loved!!! Thank you again Hota-chan for all those reviews!!