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'Blah blah' denotes thoughts

Lost, Found, And Lost Once More
Part 10: Plans of Destruction


"Duet!"

Duet looked up upon hearing her name, and smiled. "Hi Quatre!" She had been sitting in the garden at the bottom of a big oak tree, thinking. Quatre sat down beside her.

"How's the wrist?"

"Better, thanks."

"Great. It's been two hours since lunch! Have you been here the whole time?"

"Two hours? I had no idea!" Duet quickly calculated the time in her head. "That means it's 2:30! I'm late!" She jumped up. "Excuse me Quatre, I'll catch you later!"

"Wait a moment. What are you late for?" Quatre asked, also standing.

"Wufei's giving me katana lessons! 2:30! I'm late!"

"That's what I came to tell you. He said he's sorry but he has a mission. He's busy."

"Oh! Thank you Quatre!" She smiled again. "Then I can just sit here a while longer."

"Mind if I join you?"

"Go ahead." The two sat down again. It had been about 2 weeks since she had arrived at Quatre's mansion. She had quickly adapted to the missions the other 5 had at different times. Since then, she had also started learning how to use the katana, with the help of Wufei, who she called her Si Fu.

"What are you thinking about?" Quatre asked. Duet turned to Quatre.

"Can you promise not to tell Quatre?"

"Sure." Quatre was concerned. If Duet had anything to talk about, she should turn to Duo, not him.

"I'm afraid that Treize will come get me. Really soon."

"What?"

"Treize. He won't let me go so easily."

"You're right." Quatre sighed. "But Duet…"

"Hm?"

Quatre smiled. "You have to trust us, and of course, trust Duo. We'll protect you, no matter what. Don't worry about it."

Duet listened carefully before nodding with a smile. "Thanks Quatre."



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That night, Duo was heading up to his own room when he passed by Duet's door, and decided to check on her. Quietly easing the door open, Duo stepped into the room and smiled to see Duet curled at the window, asleep. The lights were still on, so he assumed she had fallen asleep when she didn't mean to. He paused only to consider if he should wake the girl, then chose to just carry her to bed. Doing just that, Duo tucked Duet in and kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight Duet." He murmured before walking quietly back to the door. He switched off the lights and stepped out, about to close the door of her room when a whimper made him look back. Duet was curled up into a small bundle under the blankets. Upon closer look, she was trembling and whimpering.

"What's wrong Duet?" Duo was at the side of the bed in a flash. He reached out to shake her, but drew back when Duet flinched away.

"Duet, it's me, Duo."

"Don't hurt me, I promise, I'll be good, don't do it."

"Do what?? I won't hurt you…" Duo trailed off when he realized Duet was having a nightmare. "Duet? Kiddo, wake up, rise and shine, time for school."

Duet continued to whimper…



==Nightmare==



Duet glanced around the dark room in fear. The dark usually led to trouble, she learned that long ago.

"You've been bad Cassandra."

"Your Excellency?"

"Very bad Cassandra. I needed you to help me on my experiments, and you left."

"You lied to me Treize, and you aren't my father."

"I brought you up these few years, has that meant nothing to you? I said I would help you find the braided one, and when I did, you lied to me, and then left. Is that how you do things?"

"No! I didn't, you lied to me first!"

The room suddenly brightened, and Duet found herself strapped to a metal table. There were needles poised around her arms, about to pierce her and empty their contents with her.

"No more, please Treize, I can't take it. There's too much pain!"

"Now, now, we know it doesn't hurt as much as you make it sound."

"Don't hurt me, please, I'll be good, just don't do it."

"I'll make you a promise Duet." Treize appeared, leaning close to her. "If you can hurt the blond one, you'll never have to fear any of these experiments again. Just the blond one. Don't kill him, but make sure he can never pilot his Gundam again."

"No! I won't hurt them!" 'Not Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, Heero…especially not Duo'

"Can you live with this?" Treize laughed as a needle was waved in front of Duet, and she cowered away as much as she could on the table.

"Don't…Duo won't let you…"

"You're Duo isn't even here. He let you come here. He placed you here."

"Duo wouldn't do that to me!"

"But he did." Treize shrugged. "I won't lie to you Cassandra."

"Quatre said…"

"How would he know?"

"No. Duo won't do that to me."

"Just take the blond away, and you'll be free…"

"Never!! DUO!!!"



==Current Situation==



"DUO!!" Duet screamed, clutching at her blankets.

"I'm right here Duet, wake up!" Duo said urgently.

"Duo? What's wrong?" Quatre asked as he passed the room.

"Duo! Please! Quatre…no!"

Quatre's eyes widened. "Nightmare?"

Duo nodded. "She keeps telling me not to hurt her, then screaming your name and my name. I can't get near her because she's thrashing too much."

Quatre's eyes never left Duet's form as she clawed the blankets, sobbing Duo and his name. With a deep breath, he closed his eyes.

"Duet let me help you." He murmured quietly.

"Quatre?!" Duo questioned, but Quatre gave him no answer. Duet's thrashing slowed slightly. Taking the opportunity, Duo quickly yet gently eased the girl into his arms and whispered comforting, incoherent words to her. She settled down, eyes fluttering open.

"Duo?"

"Duet, you all right?"

Duet looked at Duo, her expression showing confusion.

"Of course I am…why?"

"You had a nightmare." Quatre said. He sat down on the bed beside the two. "You don't remember?"

Duet shook her head. "No, I don't…nightmare?"

"You don't remember anything?" Duo asked incredulously. Again, she shook her head before she sat up.

"You kept screamed Duo and my name, and then screaming no." Quatre offered. Duet paused to think.

"I don't remember." She shrugged.

"That's o.k." Quatre murmured as he stood. "Some things are better not to be remembered. I'm heading to bed. Good night Duo, Duet."

"Night Q-man."

"Good night Quatre."

Faintly, Duet wondered if Quatre knew something. She didn't remember the dream, but she remembered Quatre's eyes. She knew he had been in her mind. She blinked. That meant Quatre knew what nightmare it was.

"You going to be all right Duet? Want me to stay here with you?" Duo asked. Duet turned to Duo, her hand wrapping around his braid, the other one around his neck in a hug. After a couple of minutes, she pulled back.

"I'll be fine. You're right next door. If something happens, I'll get you, if you or the others don't hear me first."

"Sure?"

"Positive."

"All right then." Duo stood then, ruffling Duet's hair again. She grinned and lay down as Duo tucked the blankets around her.

"Night Duet."

"Night Duo. Sweet dreams."

"You too. Don't let the bed bugs bite." Duo winked before walking out the door. He turned as he was about to close it. "Oh wait. I think I may have dropped a few caterpillars in there."

"DUO!"

"Just joking!" Duo was laughing as he closed the door. Duet giggled too. Duo always used to tease her like this. When she was younger, he actually did place a little caterpillar in her bed in the church. When she felt it crawling on her as she went to bed, she had screamed. Duo, in the next bed, waiting for it, was laughing hard as Duet launched herself at him. He stopped laughing when the caterpillar got tangled with his long hair. Sister Helen had gotten angry with him, and had punished him with a day in front of the alter, despite Duet's pleads. She had ended up spending the next day at the alter with Duo, praying together, and talking when no one was around to watch them.

She laughed again at the thought, before she switched on her bedside lamp and cautiously peered around her on the bed. She sighed with relief when she saw nothing out of the ordinary, and switched off the lamp. Fixing the blankets, a sign she now saw of her nightmare, as they were all tangled, she pulled it up around herself and closed her eyes to sleep.



"Quatre." Duo turned from chuckling to serious as soon as he had closed the door to Duet's room and walked halfway down the hall. Quatre was standing there, waiting for him.

"My room or yours Duo?"

"Yours." Duo pushed the door open and stepped in, switching the light on. He sat leaned against the table. Quatre closed the door, and sat down on the chair.

"Well?" Duo asked.

"Treize. Shots. Treize was asking Duet to hurt me, and she protested. When she said that you would save her, Treize said that you put her in the place, and then when she started screaming, he put the needle into her."

"Why would she have a nightmare about that? I mean…the needle meant experiments, that is explained from what she's been through, but, to hurt you?" Duo asked, confused.

Quatre shifted his eyes away from Duo's for a moment before answering. "Actually, if I'm correct Duo…it wasn't a nightmare?"

"What?" Duo didn't understand. "What do you mean Q?"

"It was more like…a message. There was a presence there. It wasn't just a dream. I felt it. That's why it stopped and disappeared when I connected. That's why she calmed down. That's why she didn't remember."

Duo's eyes narrowed as he stared across the room. "Treize." He growled quietly.



Duet stepped back from the door of Quatre's room. She knew she shouldn't have been listening, but she knew Quatre knew something. She couldn't help listening. Quickly, she padded back to her own room, closing the door. A plan quickly formulated in her head. If she could fake hurting Quatre, they would be free. Treize wouldn't give in so easily; she knew that. But, if she could use hurting Quatre to divert his attention, she'd have the opening she needed to destroy the important people Treize had by his side, like Zechs. Sure, Treize was the most powerful one. But if she could destroy the helpers, get captured and injected with more experiments, she'd become more powerful. Even if it meant pain and death, she'd do it to keep the others safe.



'I, Duet Maxwell, will not be used any longer. Just you wait Treize. You won't hurt the ones I love anymore than you have.'



Little did she know that Treize listened to every one single one of her thoughts. He smiled, swirling the wine in his glass, eyes narrowing. Duet Maxwell didn't know that the next experiments were going to be more painful, and destroy her, little by little. The more energy of the power she uses, the more she will be destroyed. Soon, she will no longer exist.



'I, Treize Kushrenada, will destroy Duet Maxwell. I will not be defeated. I will be victorious.'















Saori: Here we are...Chapter 10 if my FIRST FIC!! I got stuck for a while, as I did with quite a few of my fics..but it's fixed up now...I've been newly motivitated!!!!!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

Duet: O.o

Duo: She's flipped. She really has.

Duet: I'm afraid. How did this....thing...create me?!

Saori: Hey! Respect please! I AM your creator...BWAHAHAHAHA......so..what kinda things do u wanna be able to do??

Duo: Make her telepathic. Make me telepathic!

Duet: Duo, you aren't the one with powers. I am.

Duo: I WANT POWERS!!!

Saori: *sweatdropz* O.k...u two argue on that...while I go on to write another chapter of something else...here....so...READERS!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!