"We should've followed them when we had the chance" the person spoke to the shadow in front of him. "Now who knows where they are? We might never find them"

"Silence!" the shadow turned to Shane. "You dare question my orders?"

"Of course not, but-" Shane caught himself.

"Then don't argue!" the person snapped.

Shane stood silent.

"We'll get them. Don't worry about that, that's my job" the shadow continued, more calm now.

"I *will* get her, right?"

"We'll see.."

"You said I'll get her!"

"You will"

"But you said-"

"You stick to your side of the agreement and I'll stick to mine" the shadow said as if to end the argument "Now go"

Shane nodded and left without another word. As the door behind him closed the person in the shadow frowned.

"He's beginning to ask too many questions. I'll have to get rid of him as soon as the job's done"

* * *

Trin hung up the last pair of jeans in the closet and threw the now empty duffel bags onto the closet's floor. Her room was pretty big, it had a bed and a desk in the corner. There was one small window in the wall across from her bed. After almost an hour of unpacking she was finally done. The previously empty room now had framed pictures and a laptop on the desk, the closet was jammed with clothes, a few stuffed animals sat on the bed and Trin put candles everywhere she could. She might not have been boy-crazy but she had a soft spot for candles.

She walked out into the hallway and lingered outside her door. She knew Acire's room was a little down the hall and if she walked to the right of her room, made a left and walked trough a door there would be the hallway where the boys' rooms were. She hesitated then went right.

As she walked she still couldn't believe the mansion they thought the house was, was actually a top secret base. Duo briefly explained it to them, but she still had trouble comprehending that the two boys they met at the carnival were actually gundam pilots. And the base itself was by no stretch of imagination a maze. There were hallways and doors and secret walkways everywhere.

Deep in her thoughts she didn't realize she had already walked to the door and walked straight into it.

"Ouch!" she cried and rubbed her nose.

She heard footsteps behind her and turned around. As soon as she did Wufei brushed past her roughly.

"Weird onna" he muttered as he opened the door and walked down the hallway it revealed.

Trin growled in response and debated whether or not to prance on him. She decided against it, for now.

She watched Wufei disappear into one of the doors, then continued on her way down the hall. At the very end of the hallway she reached what she's been looking for. The door to the room was open half way and she could see Heero sitting at the desk and typing on his black laptop.

She knocked on the doorframe and Heero turned his head just enough to see who it was. She stepped inside and saw him stiffen, but shrugged it off.

"Um, about before. At the carnival I mean," she began slowly as he went back to typing. "What I mean to say is, thanks. For saving me."

He stopped and turned to look at her, amusement in his eyes.

"Not that I couldn't have taken them if I was conscious" she added.

"Right. No problem" he said, almost jokingly.

She rolled her eyes and silence settled over them.

"What are you doing?" she asked wanting to break the uncomfortable stillness.

For a moment he was silent then answered.

"I'm trying to find more information about the guys who tried to kidnap you"

"Oh. Why?"

"It's our mission now"

Trin nodded remembering what Dorothy had said. Heero turned back to the computer and she walked up to him looking over his shoulder. She noted that he had hacked into her school's database and as far as she saw Shane was clean. A couple of detentions and a suspension for smoking on school grounds, but nothing major. As she watched, Heero hacked into the police database and did a search there. Same thing, nothing came up.

"Well. How about that" Trin said softly.

"Something's not right" Heero said firmly.

"What do you mean? He's clean" Trin asked, confused.

"Something doesn't feel right" was his answer. She looked at him then back at the screen. As far as she could see, everything was fine.

Suddenly they heard voices and laughter coming from the hallway and turned around. Through the doorway they saw Duo and Acire wrestling. Duo had pinned Acire to the floor and was tickling her. Acire was laughing uncontrollably and tried to pry Duo off of her.

Trin blinked thinking she might be hallucinating, but when she opened her eyes they were still there. Acire somehow managed to wiggle out of Duo's grasp and was on top now. She then looked up and noticed Heero and Trin staring at them. Duo looked up as well and both of them blushed. Acire got off of Duo quickly and both of them got to their feet, Duo practically gaping at Trin.

"Having fun?" she asked.

"Yup" Acire grinned.

Trin nodded slowly.

"What are you doing?" Acire asked nodding toward Heero.

"Nothing"

"Riggghhhtt……" she drawled.

Trin glared at her and started out of the room. Acire shrieked and hid behind Duo. Heero caught Trin's arm as she was leaving. She turned to him with a puzzled expression.

"You should do something about that" he said nodding toward the black and blue bruise on her arm that was slowly getting bigger.

"It's fine, really" Trin smiled.

"Hn"

Trin laughed and walked out of the room and down the hall toward her room, Acire following her a few steps behind. When they reached the door that separated their hallway from the boys', Trin turned and noticed Duo was still gaping at her.

"Maxwell! You can close your mouth now!" she yelled and disappeared through the door. Acire followed her.

Duo watched them leave and slowly closed his mouth. In all the time he knew Heero he couldn't remember anyone, not even one of them, being allowed inside his room.

* * *

Trin tossed and turned in her sleep. After she left Heero's room her sub consciousness kept tugging at her, as if trying to tell her something, but she couldn't quite figure out what.

*Flash*

Trin was walking through the school's parking lot toward her bus. Everything was foggy. She saw Shane walking on the sidewalk to the right of her. A car pulled up to the curb, there were two guys in it.

*Flash*

"Yo Jones" the guy that was in the driver's seat yelled getting out of the car. "What's up, bro?"

*Flash*

Shane turned to face the two thug-looking guys, an angry expression on his face. They were too far away for Trin to be able to hear anything, but she read his lips.

"It's Shane Taylor now" was Shane's angry reply.

*Flash*

Trin sat up in her bed, her eyes wide. Of course, it was so simple. Shane had changed his name from Jones to Taylor.

She jumped out of bed and turned on her laptop. Quickly she hacked her way into the police database and this time did a search for Shane Jones.

The computer beeped as it found a match. She clicked on it. Her eyes widened.

"Name: Shane Eric Jones

Past Felonies:

Assault (2)

Possession of weapon (2)

Possession of drugs (1)

Possession of stolen items (1)

Tried for 2nd degree murder – Not Prosecuted

Restraining Order Filed (2)

Current Status: 30 days probation"

Trin stared at the screen in shock even as her hands gave the computer the command to print out the data.

Finally as the computer finished printing, she grabbed the papers and rushed out of her room, still barefoot and in her pajamas that consisted of sweatpants and a sleeveless tank top. By the time she got to Heero's room she was freezing, but she didn't care.

She didn't stop knocking on Heero's door until he opened it.

"What?" he asked, not looking too happy.

"Heero, Shane changed his name. That's why there was nothing on him in the police database" Trin breathed and showed him the papers. Both of them so caught up in what was happening, neither of them realized Heero was wearing nothing but his boxers.







A/N: hope you liked this chappy, cuz I did ^^;; I just got the Endless Waltz Special Edition DVD! ::jumps around the room:: It's soo amazing!!! ::notices people staring at her:: Um, heh, right, sorry bout that. Oh yeah, before I go, I would like to publicly apologize to Quatre for messing up his middle name. Gomen!

Luv,

~Misty~