Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, though, like most authors here...I wish I did...anyway...please read...then review...no sueing...and I own the orignal characters (Michelle and Boo) Actually...if you want to get technical...I own the real horse that Boo is designed after...and her name is Boo. So no stealing my horse! :-D

Testing Theories

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Michelle opened her eyes slowly and listened to the clicking of keys as Trowa typed on his laptop. She slowly rolled her head over to look at him. He was sitting in a chair with the laptop in his lap, facing her. But he was too focused on the screen to notice the very slight movements she had made. This can't be happening...she thought to herself. She watched him for a moment and reflected back on what happened a few hours ago. She had gone in search of her horse and found something that shouldn't exist...not in real life anyway, she saw something that only existed on television shows. How? This isn't possible...this can only be a dream, but if I'm dreaming...why can't I wake up?

Trowa looked up and saw her looking at him, but he also noted the look in her eyes that said she was deep in thought. He set the laptop down and rose from the chair. He walked over to her and knelt down beside her, "How are you feeling?"

She blinked, shaking herself out of the deepness of her thoughts. This is real! "I...I'm ok...I guess..." She moved to sit up and grunted with mild pain as her head throbbed in protest. Raising a hand to lump on the back of her head, she winced as her fingers touched the sore spot. "Guess I hit my head..."

He eyed her carefully, then looked at the back of her head, "Its a closed wound, probably from when you hit the ground. It should be okay." She nodded slightly at that, but he noted how she was now keeping a very wary eye on him, like she knew something that was making her afraid. That thought made him think that perhaps she knew more than she had initially told him. "I locked your horse in a room where she can't hurt herself, bandaged a few wounds she gained and gave her food and water." He said as stood back up.

She blinked at his statement, "How badly is she hurt?" She moved to get off the bed and regretted it when a wave of dizziness overwhelmed her for moving to fast.

Having not moved too far away, he reached out and caught her shoulder, steadying her. "Just a few mild lacerations, nothing to be worried about." He stated calmly.

"Easy for you to say," she rose slowly and started making her way to the door. "Where is she? I want to check her." He eyed her for a moment then lead the way to the room the mare was located in. "Hey girl..." Michelle walked up slowly to the mare, letting the mare sniff her over to treats, which of course she didn't have. With a snort of mild disappointment, the mare let Michelle walk up to her. Michelle ran her hands over the mare's neck and face, she checked the wounds on her chest and nodded with satisfaction that they were well treated. She then moved to checking the mare's back and belly.

"I checked her over thoroughly, the only wounds she had were to her chest." Trowa stated, hoping to get Michelle away from the mare so he could ask her more questions and find out how much she really knows.

Michelle looked over at Trowa, "Just because there are no visible wounds, doesn't mean that she didn't get hurt..." She petted the mare's flank and talked quietly to the mare, then proceeded to check a few more areas, "Easy girl...easy..." the mare shifted slightly in discomfort as Michelle finished checking her.

Trowa blinked, not sure what Michelle was checking for, then idly wondered if perhaps there was a weapon, communications or tracking device some how hidden on the horse. "What are you doing?" He asked, no suspicion showing through in his voice.

She patted the mare lightly and told her what a good girl she was before paying heed to Trowa's question. "I was checking to make sure she was okay." The look he gave her told her she better explain a bit more in detail. "She is in foal and I wanted to make sure nothing had happened, okay?"

With a slightly surprised look on his face, he nodded, "I'm sorry, I didn't know. If I had, I would have checked her for that as well." That explains why the horse is so hungry...

"Its okay," she responded, then eyed the room to make sure Boo couldn't hurt herself on anything then checked the food and water that Trowa had supplied. "She should be okay in here for a few more hours." She frowned slightly as her own stomach rumbled slightly.

Trowa nodded and held the door open for Michelle to walk out. He made sure to close the door securely behind them so the mare wouldn't follow, then followed Michelle back to the room where the computer was. He watched as she sat down on the edge of the bed, then walked back to the chair and sat down. "There will be some people passing through in about two hours. It would be best if you went with them when they arrive."

She looked at him and he could see how uncomfortable she was. "All right...thats fine I guess." She looked down at the floor and sighed slightly.

He knew but her physical actions, that she knew more than she had told him. He needed to know how much she knew and how much she could tell and figure out if she would be a threat. And if she were a threat, he couldn't allow her to leave and that thought made him frown slightly.

She pondered for a bit, wondering if she should test the theory that was forming in her head. Well...it will be better to find out quickly than to agonize over all of this. If I can figure out some of this...maybe I can start finding answers. "Trowa, is it the circus you are dumping me off on?" she asked, looking back up on him. Then instant she said his name, she could see the shock and suspicion grow in his eyes, Err...maybe that was a bad idea.

"How do you know that?" He eyed her, "You know more than you've been telling me. Who are you really? What are you here for?"

She blinked and gulped Definitely a bad idea..."I...eehh..." Oi, how do I explain this to him? This is like Miaka in Fushigi Yuugi!!! Lord what a mess! He continued to eye her and now he had a gun in his hand. She shifted uneasily. "I know that from television. You are Trowa Barton and you pilot the gundam Heavyarms, and you are also known as pilot 03. Pilot 01 is Heero Yuy, pilot 02 is Duo Maxwell, 04 is Quatre Winner and 05 is Chang Wufei." She stated the previous in a calm tone and almost expected to be shot right then and there.

He stared at her in shock, How can she know all this? In all of our hacking, OZ doesn't even know our names. How is this possible? Maybe she works for the doctors? But why would they send her? And like this? "Okay...I don't know how you know all this information, but why are you here? Who sent you?"

"If someone sent me...I'd like to know who as well" She said in a monotone voice, "And I have no clue why I'm here...I just want to go home..." she looked down at the ground and sighs. I hope the circus people get her soon...

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Author's notes: ARG!!!! I couldn't find a good place to stop...but it was getting long...so I stopped anyway. Please r/r *G* thanks...