CHAPTER 6- PLANS

"Hi-ya Ann, and sir on the computer!" Elizabeth said with a smile as she walked back into the kitchen. She went over to the sink and placed her dishes inside as Duo walked into the room. "What's up? Find anything Heero?" Duo said as he sat down next to his fellow pilot. He tossed a final piece of toast up in the air to try and catch with his mouth, but instead watched as a hand enclosed around it. "Huh?" was his blunt reply as Elizabeth tossed it in her mouth, "thanks" she said with a wink. Duo sat there dumbfounded for a moment, blinking, and then there was "Hey! That was mine!" He got up and ran after the retreating Elizabeth, her laughing the whole time. Ann shook her head and turned back to her notes she had previously been taking. "Hold on, I'll be right back," she said as she got up from her chair and walked out of the kitchen to the stairs. There was a loud crash upstairs, and an "OW!" followed not to long after. Heero turned back to his laptop and started to type, searching for more information. He heard a couple more crashes and shook his head at the responses. "YEOWCH!" "HAHAHA!" "NOT FUNNY!" "C'MON! I CAN TAKE YAH!" BANG, CRASH, THUMP He turned away towards the stairs, looking to see if Ann had come down yet. "Like Duo to be so childish, and yet Elizabeth seems to follow his lead. Just what we need, a second Duo," he mumbled, turning back around to the computer screen. "I'll need a map," he said, looking at the coordinates of the locations he had found to be new bases. "These must be the new bases, all seem to still be intact. We still have a lot to do."

Ann walked back into her room over to the desk by the bed she had been resting in. She reached into a small pocket bag that was on the bedside table. She had it around her waist when she escaped. "Knew I needed this for something," she said as she pulled a small folded map out of the bag. Elizabeth ran in through the door and around Ann, follow by Duo hot on her heals. They were both smiling and laughing. *They act as if nothing is going on* Ann though to herself *they seem so carefree* She shook the thought from her head and Ash jumped across from the first bed to the next. Ann reached out and caught both of the trailing braids, yanking hard. "Ouch! Whoa" and "Hey! AAH!" Were the two responses as the two midair teens hit the ground. "What was that for?" Elizabeth said "we were just having fu.." She didn't get to finish before she was tackled by Duo to the ground. "I got you," he said with a snicker, pinning her down. "Hey! That's not fair! I wasn't looking," she pouted. "Life's not fair," he said with a sneer. "I'm sure you would know the half of it," she shot back, pushing her arms up with all her strength. In a second, Duo was on the floor, pinned by Elizabeth, "How's that," she commented triumphantly. "Whoa, pretty good," he commented back. Ann shook her head at the wrestling two, and made her way out the door to the stairs. She noted her surroundings, and just how big the house actually was. She walked back into the kitchen, over next to Heero, and spread the map out on the table. "Here, I have this," she said, sitting down in a chair near him. He looked over and examined it, then slid it closer to make out the small marks on it. "What are these from?" he ask, pointing down at some. "Bases mostly, for training. To destroy, or use as hideouts," she answered. "Hmm," Heero mumbled looking at the coordinates, then to the map. "Do you know the exact location of these bases around here?" he asked looking back up at her. She looked at the computer screen, then to the map, "Yep, those were the ones with the main training facilities." "Then we better get some supplies together, we have to destroy those," he said, circling the main X's with a blue pen he had next to the computer.

"Hey Liz?" Duo said looking over to the girl lying down next to him on the bed. "Yeah Duo?" she responded, still looking up at the ceiling, catching her breath from running around. "Are you really only fourteen?" he asked, placing his hands behind his head. She looked over to him, her dark brown eyes, with their deep depths, locking with the dazzling cobalt blue one's. "Uh…. no, that was just an age we were told to give out. We're actually sixteen," she said with a sigh. But the eyes staring back at her were making her nervous, they were so calm and friendly. Yet they had pain, somewhere in his soul. Though she tried, she couldn't take her eyes off the boy next to her. She swallowed hard as Duo got onto his side. He placed his strong hand onto her shoulder. It was warm to her cold, harsh movements. She wasn't sure if he felt the hard shiver that clawed at her back. She wasn't scared, she wanted to hug him, and embrace him. "Duo?" she said, looking away shyly. "What is it?" he said, a little started, taking his hand off of her. He noticed for the first time the fear that had shone in her eyes. What was it? That was the first thing he had actually seen in those deep, dark regions, except the pain. Could she love him? He was a year older, but it didn't matter. Seeing her sent a tingling feeling up and down his spine. "You know," he paused, seeing her look back over to him, "your very pretty." He brushed back some strands of brown hair that had wondered from her braid, out of her face behind her ear. She smiled, feeling his gentle touch against her cheek as his hand grazed her. He watched as the fear faded from her eyes, replaced by a warm shine. "Thank you," she replied. They heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Duo sat up on the bed and turned towards the door, letting his boots hang off the bed. Elizabeth rolled over towards the window that was letting a slight warm breeze in, it slowly moved the light blue curtains around, cascading into different areas of the frame. The door opened and reveled Ann at the entrance. "Get ready, we're moving out towards the base 6:189 in Canthral," she informed them. She looked from Elizabeth to Duo, shook her head, and then walked out. She made her way down the stairs. As she walked back into the kitchen, Heero stood up from the table and closed the laptop. Now all there was to do was pack and move out.

A/N: I'm really sorry about all the time it's taken me to write this. I can't believe my luck with schoolwork. Anyway, I'm going to start working on chapter 7 right away, promise! Hope to see you around- Darken Angel