Thank you all for helping me reach my goal of 13!! I even got over that!!! I'd do a happy dance, but I won't for the sake of looking stupid. (crowd applauds) I'd like seven more please. (crowd groans) It won't be that bad. As always, suggestions are very welcome. In fact, Sylver Secret and Artemis Nightingale gave me a lot of inspiration!! Go R&R their stuff too! Oh yeah, I'm sorry 'bout the super long wait on the updating, but hey, I've been busy w/ music, dance, TKD, school, and work.



Part 5

Problems arise in a dark cell. The fact that he couldn't see his hand in front of his face miffed Duo. With this lack of visibility, Duo had no idea who or what was breathing. He decided to plop down and attend to his wounds. The spot on his leg where he landed started to swell, but not too badly. Duo's shoulder was another matter. It was swollen to Kingdom Come, and the slightest movement of his arm sent a jolt of excruciating pain to the area. Duo tried to examine the area, but it was j- u-s-t b-a-r-e-l-y out of his reach. He swore he heard Shinigami mocking him. Duo stretched all sorts of ways. He arched his back and reached towards the spot - - - - - and he fell over. "Ack!"

A smooth feminine voice: "Can I help you?"

Duo jumped a half-mile in the air. "EEEEK!"

The girl giggled. "Your shoulder looks painful."

Duo was a tad confused. "You can see in here?"

Sadly: "I've been here for a long time, so my eyes have adjusted. Let me bandage your shoulder." Duo felt a movement of air as she moved. "I'll use the bed sheets. No one ever comes in here, so they won't notice." She ripped the bedding and Duo felt something very cold stroking his burning shoulder.

"Ah, that feels so good~~~ What is that?"

"Those would be my fingers. I am having a hard time accessing your wound. Can you please remove your jacket?"

Duo half shrugged and wiggled out of his jacket. Duo's wound and muscles were revealed through his shirt. The girl traced his muscles, which revealed to her his scars from many battles. A normal civilian doesn't acquire scars like this…She inquired where Duo got his scars.

"Oh those? Most of them are from fighting in the war, I've been shot countless times by my trigger happy buddy, and once my friend-with-the- sword came after me screaming something about injustice. Come to think about it, that was the only time he actually caught me." Duo grinned at the memory of Wufei running around trying to keep his bathrobe from falling off and grasping his sword, yelling something about his "blue-dyed shampoo" and how Duo's "ancestors would curse him."

Ouch. "What did you do in the war?"

"Well don't go telling the world, but I'm a Gundam pilot."

"Hmm. Then you must be the one looking for the serum."

Nani? "Serum?"

"Yeah, the one that will save your friend's life."

"Well, that explains everything." Not.

"I heard the people who captured me talking, and they were saying that only one person knows where it is, and that person is held in custody here."

Duo's notorious light bulb of revelation turned on. "That must be Relena!"

The girl cocked her head to the side and shrugged. "I didn't hear who it was."

Duo jumped up in a paroxysm of excitement. "This is great,…um…hmm…what was your name?"

"I haven't the foggiest notion."

Duo furled his eyebrows and scratched his head. "Whoa man, de ja vous. Well…you could name yourself in memory of a friend…"

A negative came from her direction.

"…Or use a name of someone who was famous…"

Still no.

"…My friend called himself Nanashi until he stole the name of someone he shot…"

"Nasty!"

"How 'bout we call ya Mary until we figure out a proper name for you."

"Sounds good."

"Now, about this whole 'serum thing'."





Please go read and review. If it's any encouragement, I have part 6 written, just not typed. It took me like 2 weeks to type this. I think I've got a plot twist coming…