"Dude you have a pager?" Duo asked when he saw Heero hold it up so he could see the number he was calling. "Since when did the Perfect Soldier decided to get a pager?"
"Duo, I'll kill you." Heero growled as he listened to Hotaru explain what they had seen when Serena came in. Heero didn't tell her about Serena's current condition but did tell her that they would be at the school soon.
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"Damn." Duo whispered when he walked into his dorm that night. He made sure that the girls were no where around as he turned the light on. Walking over to Serena he noticed that she was covered in lacerations, on her arms, legs, back, and stomach. Making sure she didn't have a fever he went to go change into some night clothes.
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"What happened to her?" Lita growled as she and Raye cornered Quatre in the hallway. Quatre looked up at the two angered women and put his hands up in defense.
"We're not really sure. The doctor said that she had been whipped and drugged." Quatre told them as he backed away from them not wanting to be in their path if they got violent.
"I wonder what the reason was this time." Raye muttered as she looked up at Lita. Lita shrugged before offering a small smiled to Quatre.
"Sorry about that, it's just that no one was telling us anything. Well, I'm going to go tell Mina and Hotaru this so that they can try and get some sleep. Night." Lita waved as she walked down the hall to her dorm. Raye sighed as she turned to head to her dorm.
"If Wufei says one wrong thing about Serena, you're going to be down one man for the rest of this war." Raye threatened as she cracked her knuckles before walking into her room. Quatre raised an eyebrow at the two's actions before shaking his head and walking to the dorm he shared with Trowa.
"I'm glad I don't share a room with either of them." Quatre muttered as he unlocked the door to his room.
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"How can you walk after everything that happened to you?!" Duo exclaimed as he came out of the bathroom the next day to see Serena zipping up parts of her catsuit. Almost every part of the suit had to be zipped up the legs, arms, waist, front, and back. Serena glanced over at him and shrugged. Grabbing a pair of blue jeans she slipped into them before grabbing her bag. "Babe, you just received hell yesterday, G-d knows what was put into you."
"I've just receved hell Duo? Yes, so the punishment was doubled. It's nothing new." Serena told him as she headed for the door.
"Serena, just humor me and stay here." Duo pleaded as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders gently.
"I deserved this punishment, Duo, and I will live with it like I always have." Serena told him as she walked out of the room and towards first hour. Duo followed after her once he had gotten his stuff.
"Serena please."
"Duo give up." Serena muttered as she walked into the classroom. Smiling at Tasumi she took a seat in the back of the room. Duo cursed under his breath as he took a seat next to Quatre. When Tasumi started the class he was unnerved, Serena actually smiled at him, that was a new one for the books, and she wasn't sitting next to Duo which was a change since she had sat by him since she class started. Glancing around the room he wrote the assignment on the board and got started on grading tests.
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"Why's Serena sitting in the back with Heero and Trowa?" Quatre asked as he turned to look at the group of three sitting to the left of him and Duo.
"She's too prideful. I tried to get her to stay in the dorm. You should have seen what they did to her." Duo whispered back as he continued to work on some of the assignment. "Oh and they weren't from OZ."
"Who were they from then?" Quatre whispered, wide eyed as he turned to glance at Duo.
"Her doctors." Duo snorted as he turned to watch Trowa read something that Serena was typing on her laptop. Even Heero seemed slightly interested in what was being written. Shaking his head he continued on with his work. "Seems it's nothing new to her."
"Why would some one want to do something like that?" Quatre whispered as he began putting his books away.
"How should I know?" Duo asked as he followed Quatre's example and packing his things into his bag. When the bell rang a loud 'ack' was heard as they turned to see Serena, sitting on the stairs, that were in the center of the class room, stareing up at Trowa and Heero in accusion as she picked her self up. Marching down the stairs she turned to look back at the two before running out of the room in a panic. Wufei who had been silent, raised an eyebrow as he looked up to see what had caused her to bolt. His eyes widened, as he too, slipped out of the room not waiting for them.
"I'm telling you they're up to something. It's not normal to see the two of them smile." Serena murmured as she walked next to Hotaru. Hotaru raised an eyebrow as she listened to Serena explain what she had seen. "You know that they never got us back for throwing Heero into the ocean."
"I've been wondering about that, just being tied up for half an hour doesn't seem normal for them." Hotaru answered as they walked in the chorus room and sat with the sopranos. "You think we should be on guard?"
"That experience was very unnerving. Other than the fact that they decided they wanted to off balance me in math." Serena told her as she watched the remaining four pilots walk in. Sighing she leaned back in her chair. She was going to have to take it easy today since her ribs were still sore.
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"Okay Mina, I know you're happy to see me and all. But let me go!" Serena hissed as Mina tightened her hold on Serena. They heard Serena growl as she pried Mina off of her, grabbed her lunch and stormed out of the lunch hall.
"Mina she's in pain, physically and mentally." Raye told the confused and hurt blonde. "Her punishment was kicked up a knotch."
"Oh my G-d. I can't believe I did that." Mina sobbed as she sat down in a nearby chair. "I completely forgot, you know, it's just hard to see and feel her pain."
"We know Mina, but you have to be careful around her now. She's hurting a lot, she's just filled with a great amount of honor and pride. She'll never show it." Raye whispered as she glanced out the door that Serena had walked out of, to see the pilots enter. "You know what, I don't feel like dealing with them right now."
"Let's go sit out in the gardens then." Hotaru suggested as she picked up her lunch and lead the way out to the rose gardens.
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Rini won't be reappearing until the sequel, if you people so wish that I write one.
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