Hera couldn't make sense of this.

Thank God Heero had left the room a few minutes ago. He would *definitely* have suspected something if he were here now.

She was drenched in sweat, her eyes glittering, but empty of emotion, and, as usual unreadable, not showing how frightened she really was.

Why did she have to stay here for a whole week? The hospital had all her correct details, so Dr. J would be able to find her easily, but ... this was a private hospital, and they did have extra security

Then again, Dr. J would surely be able to get past this security system as well. It would be child's play for him.

Of all the people in the world, and of all of the `weird' things that could happen to a person, it had to be her. And the fact that a crazed Gundam engineer; namely Dr.J, was after her, made the thing a whole lot worse.

She wasn't his daughter, why did he have to make such a big deal out of it anyway? He already had Heero brainwashed. Why did he actually *need* her so much? He had already made it quite clear he wanted her back - probably to brainwash - but Hera just wanted to know *why*.

`To bad I don't know the whole truth.' She thought miserably. Just before her mother had died, she had asked her what was wrong with this Dr, but her mother had refused to tell her anything; well actually, she had said that there was nothing wrong with him, and that he was just a *very* protective, and *very* close friend.

`Yeah right,' Hera though savagely, frowning lightly. Some `close friend' he was.

She had been thinking about why he might be after her, but nothing seemed to make sense. She couldn't think. Actually, she had thought of *some* things, but they were kind of all weird.

1. He wanted to train her instead of Heero because she had a better... brain shall we put it, and she could store more information, and learn quicker, and would be very useful in a crisis because she was so level headed in these situations. (But this couldn't be the reason; it wasn't really good enough... and Heero was as good as her if not better.)
2. He was just some sick pervert that wanted to make her life a living hell. (Very likely; father had said that this man was emotionally unstable, and a lunatic.)
3. Heero had told him something about `his sister' that he desperately wanted. (Yeah right, like *Heero* of all people knew anything about *her*.)

Well, none of these suggestions were really good enough to be the correct reason. His mind just seemed to be more sick and twisted than she could actually comprehend, so she couldn't very well *guess* his true intentions.

But, back to more pressing matters, well actually, that was a very important matter... but whatever...

She was sure that he would have been able to find her by now. Where was he? What was taking him so long? Maybe he really hadn't been able to find any *correct* information about her; maybe Tori *had* actually altered the hospital's information... if he actually managed to hack into the files.

`I hope that he asked help from Heero' she thought, then shook her head. That wasn't really likely considering his big ego, but a girl could wish. If Heero had actually hacked into the system, then she was sure that he wouldn't leave a trail, he would have completely erased his tracks... whereas Tori... he wasn't THAT skilled.

Back to that same question anyway: What the hell was taking him so long?

Not that she minded, the longer Dr. J didn't find her... the better, obviously... but that also meant that he could be thinking up some sinister plot that only his `evil' mind could devise...

"Hera?"

"Tori," she whispered barley able to speak from the pain. She wasn't usually this weak... what was wrong with her? She'd probably been around Heero to long...

"Good. You're awake. You sound terrible. Are you okay?" He asked, sounding extremely concerned.

Why on earth was he so concerned? Could he actually `like' her? Nobody had actually lived long enough to be her *true* friend. It felt weird having Tori. She had to be cautious however, if she got too close, then he would surely be dead soon as well.

She nodded, unable to speak. If she did, she was sure she would probably say the wrong thing... or accidentally burst out and say something that she was sure she would regret, for example, the fact that she felt like she was dying, but she needed to get out of this hospital...

"Well... okay, if you say so. I really need to talk to you by the way."

His voice sounded urgent, tight, like he wasn't able to breath properly, and something else...

Fear? Tori? Tori scared? Was that even possible?

There was something major wrong here.

Yet again she could do nothing but nod.

She glanced quickly at the glowing red numbers of her digital clock. Man, it was three in the morning, what was this urgent? Now that she actually had a good look at his face in the moonlight, it looked as though he hadn't eaten, or slept in weeks! Literally. Mind you, he probably hadn't. Hera's problems were enough to make any man go crazy.

"Good. I'm glad you're okay... and everything."

He wasn't making any sense; he had just said that. His eyes kept on darting to the door practically every second as though waiting for a convicted mass-murderer to burst through the door any second - or Dr. J would do if they couldn't find this mass-murderer.

"I have your laptop as you requested some time ago. I would have brought it sooner, but I had to scan it for any viruses or any trails of anyone trying to hack into your system... and other things..."

He paused.

She had completely forgotten that she had asked for it. Why had she forgotten such a small piece of information like that? She must be cracking up.

"Anyway, I think that something is wrong. I think that `evil dude' should have found you by now."

Hera could see something flash behind his eyes. He was begging her silently to understand what was going on, but she was no mind reader, how the hell was she meant to know what was going on? He winked. Even in the darkness, his bright blue eyes were glowing magnificently... they were so beautiful...

`WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING?' Hera pulled herself away from *that* train of thought as rapidly as was humanly possible.

`Woah. That was weird. Anyway, `evil dude'...' Hera thought. Something about those two words seemed ... out of place. Why would he use this term for Dr. J? Why, they hadn't used it for...

Then it clicked; the room was bugged.

She put her thumb up in acknowledgement, trying not to make the slightest nose in case the microphones - wherever they were - could hear.

He nodded and smiled very briefly.

"Clothes?" He asked.

"It won't be necessary." She grinned at his smile, and then shook her head very slightly. She was going to sit there grinning like a maniac and not get anything done if she carried on like this ... "Shall we?"

He nodded.

"I'll take the lap-top with me." With that she got out of bed, quickly hauled her jumper roughly over her head, and walked noiselessly out of the room, followed closely by Tori, who tucked his gun into the waistband of his jeans. They'd need it.

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A/N: Okay, I know most of you out there, who actually read this, thought that this chapter was really boring. But I kinda really needed it for the rest of the story. I tried to explain most of the stuff that has been going on, in this chapter, but it didn't seem to work sighs oh well, I'll ask my beta-reader if she has any better ideas. Don't forget to review! Oh, by the way, I'm not putting the next chapter up until I get at least 6 reviews. Now get reviewing! Lol... Thanx. ^-^

-Fearless