"Skylar? What goin' on? Where's mommy?" LeAnn asked for the 3rd time.
"Hey kid! Shut up!" The man sitting next to her said. He tried to put a piece of tape over her mouth but she bit him.
"You little shit!" he went to slap her.
"Leave her alone, Jeff," a second man said.
"But she bit me, El!"
"Let the boss handle her," El said.
"LeAnn, please don't speak anymore. Everything is fine. We are just playing a game." Skylar whispered, hoping she would buy it. He put a protective arm around her.
"I want mommy...." she whimpered.
"So do I."
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*huh, huh, huh*
Kaylee was running on her treadmill. She couldn't sleep, so she did what always calmed her down. She ran. But because it was late, she ran on the treadmill instead of going outside. Suddenly a light came on next to the couch, causing Kaylee to falter slightly in her run. She pushed the stop button and put the towel around her neck, looking up at Trowa, who was standing by the light.
"What are you doing?" he asked her
"I couldn't sleep. I didn't mean to wake you."
"No problem. But you need to sleep to work."
"I don't feel like working at a time like this." Kaylee worked at the bank because Trowa's check from the circus wasn't enough.
"Keeping busy is the only way to keep from dwelling on your problems."
"I'm not a soldier anymore, Trowa! I'm not like you! I can't just suppress my feelings and pretend everything's o.k.!" She had begun to pace the room.
"But that's why I love you. You're not like me. You're not dead inside. You don't just go through the motions."
Kaylee smiled. "You always know just what to say," she went up to him and put her arms around his neck, looking into his eyes. "And your not dead inside, as you showed me the other night," her eyes glistened.
"Well right now, there is nothing anyone can do. We just have to bide our time until we learn more about this organization." His arms encircled her waist, drawing her closer. "Oh mi amor. Lo siento, pero mas tarde bien. Yo te promiso. (Oh my love. I am sorry, but it's late. I promise you)" he leaned down and kissed her. "Come back to bed." And they went upstairs.
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"Guys! Look! Look what Heero found!" Duo called from the office of Quatre's house. Duo, Hilde, Quatre, Trowa, Heero and Kaylee were all at Quatre's on computers trying to find any information they could. The others were with Relena and the Preventors at her office trying to figure up ways to help.
"He hacked into Oz's computers and found the files on this new organization," he said, "Their called Uruhu (1). Their motives are unclear, but that they do openly work for Oz."
"Its amazing Oz is still up and running after all this time," Hilde said.
"Oz, and apparently Uruhu, since they work for them, are under cover as a protection agency, like the preventors, but we have suspected for a while that they have been building MS's." Quatre said.
Kaylee went into the kitchen to make some tea. She needed to find a way to get everyone's mind off this for a while. Everyone was going to burn out. As she walked through the door, a strong hand grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back while another hand put a cloth reeking of some chemical over her nose and mouth. She struggled, trying to untwist and kick the man behind her in the groin. But the chemical worked to fast, and he was too strong and quick. She passed out. The man slung her over his shoulder, put a note on the counter, and went out to the waiting van.