Missing in Action
He maneuvers his awesome machine perfectly. The scythe in its hands swings for the final blow. Its blade sinks into the metal of the machine he'd been fighting. The machine goes up in an explosion. He smiles with satisfaction, his blue eyes sparkle. "Don't mess with ShiniGami." He says coldly.
He searches frantically for his friend. "Have you found him yet, Wufei?" He asks through his command center.
"Not yet." Comes the reply.
"What about you, Quat?" He asks addressing his blond friend.
"Sadly, no." He answers.
"Neither have I." Duo says sadly.
"Nor, I." Comes Trowa's rare voice.
"Duo," Wufei says. "We've been looking for three days. He's gone."
The God of Death finds tears in his eyes. "No. We keep looking. Heero Yuy is unkillable and I will find him… with or without your help."
The young Quatre sighs. "Duo, we know how you feel-"
"No, Quatre! You don't know how I feel! He's my best friend and I will find him!"
"After all he's put you through?" Trowa asks in his quiet voice.
"I deserved it all." Duo says, disgusted with himself. "He died saving me! We have to find him…"
"Let's call it quits for the day." Quatre says, knowing Duo will turn it down. "We need sleep. When was the last time you slept, Duo?"
The man rubs his eyes. "I don't know… I just want to find Heero…"
"Have you been eating?" Wufie asks, worried about the 'braided baka.' "You have to give up, Duo. At least one night's sleep and some food."
"I'm not hungry." Duo says stubbornly.
The four Gundams meet up. "Lets go home…" Duo says sadly. "But we start searching again in the morning." He starts out followed closely by the other three.
"I'm worried about Duo." Quatre says sadly. "He's stressing me out in sadness."
Wufei sighs and stares at a place on the wall. "I hope he'll be Ok."
"As long as Heero's gone he's going to be very sad." Quatre says innocently. "And that will hurt."
"Hold on…" Trowa says. "The sadder Duo gets, the more your Empathy bothers you, until…"
"Yes, until I'm as sad as him."
"Then it's settled." Wufei says. "We have to find Heero."
The young blond looks up at Wufei. "Shall we look without Duo and let him sleep?"
Wufei nods. "Yes. We have to cheer him up. He hasn't been eating, if he sleeps it's not for long, he hasn't been bothering me either!"
"He is sick." Trowa announces.
"I know! When he doesn't bother me he really is sick."
"Well he's asleep right now." Quatre says. "And he did eat and had some coffee. It had no real effect but he is eating."
Wufei stands. "Lets go then. For Quatre's sake. The empathy, it can get pretty bad, can't it?"
The blond nods. "I fear if we don't find Heero, Duo's life will fall apart." The other two boys stand and follow the worried Wufei out of the door.
XXXXX
Duo woke up from a deep sleep. "It was the dream." He mummers. "Something's wrong with Heero, I know it. Someone's got him." The sweat runs down his face and his hair sticks to his forehead. "I'll find you, Heero Yuy, and you better believe that, I will find you… No matter what. And that's a promise."
He closes his eyes to try and remember the dream. He sees lights, bright lights and big guys. He remembers seeing his friend sitting in a dark room, being brought out for some kind of study. He seemed weak. He also remembers seeing another kid, younger then Quatre. He had black hair and was trying to comfort Heero. It seemed to work, like Heero, and even him, the God of Death, knew him.
"Who was that kid?" He asks dragging himself from the bed. He looks into the mirror and sees his long brown hair soaked with sweat. "Heero…" He says in a low voice, bowing his head. A single tear runs down his cheek. After a moment he pulls himself away from the mirror and slips through the hall into the bathroom. He runs water into the sink. When it's full he turns the water off and stares down into it. After a second he takes some of the water in his hands and splashes his face.
The cold water feels good against his warm skin. He splashes his face again, trying to get rid of the tears. He looks back into the mirror. His eyes are red and starting to puff up. "Some God of Death I am…" He mutters. "I cry because my friend's missing." He looks up and around the room. He slips out of the room, down the hall and into Wufei's room.
He looks around the room. He sees the weapons and the cleanness of the room. "How clean…" He sighs. "He always wears the same boring old thing… a white robe like thing or blue muscle shirt… and here I am in my Scooby boxers and a black muscle shirt." He shrugs and goes to Wufei's closet. "I'm sure he won't mind if I borrow one outfit…" He says pulling one of the dark blue muscle shirts and pulling it on himself. Then he pulls out a pair of the white 'pajama' pants, pulls them on and ties it with a black belt like thing. "Well, they are comfortable…" He then turns and walks out of the room. As he walks past Heero's room another tear runs down his cheek and he slips into the room.
Heero's precious laptop sits on the bed. Duo walks slowly to the bed and sits on it. "Heero, promise me you'll be Ok…" He takes the laptop in his hands and opens it. He opens the laptop and pushes a button. The screen jumps to life. A few seconds after the computer sets up a box comes up. A voice comes over the speakers. "You have one message for Duo Maxwell."
Duo stares at the screen. "A message? For me?" He asks in disbelief. He shrugs and puts his finger on the mouse pad. He moves the curser to the message box and clicks it.
A screen pops up. It reminds him of a movie screen. Heero's face comes up on it. He looks upset and, to Duo's surprise, scared. "Duo," Says his scared face. "They've caught me! Don't worry, I think I'll be Ok, but please hurry and get me out! Oh, man, Duo, bud this is bad. They catch the world's greatest. They're trying to create their own perfect solider, one better then me. I've meet him and he's more like you then me! But he's an awesome fighter. Hurry up an' save both of us, he doesn't want to change! He's just a kid so hurry up and GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!!!!!! Oh no, they're comin' back. Later Duo and hurry!" Then the screen blanks out.
Duo blinks. He is in trouble! I knew it! He thinks bitterly. He stands and closes the laptop. "He's alive but I have to find him…" He furrows his brow in thought. Then it hits him. "The kid! The black haired kid! The dream… there's something about the kid. Wufei!" He shouts jumping up and running out of the room. He looks around the house but doesn't find him, or anyone else for that matter.
He runs out of the mansion, anger itching through his body. "Where the hell are you guys?!" He shouts to no one in particular. He climbs into Death Scythe. "Wufei." He says bitterly. "Where are you? I got a message from Heero. He's alive but he needs our help."
"Duo?" Wufei asks. "Slow down. We're looking for Heero, don't worry."
"I got a message from him. He's alive." Duo says slowly this time. "I think someone might be hurting him, he said they caught him. He wants us to help him and get a kid out to. A kid that they're trying to turn into a better solider then Heero, but they haven't succeeded yet."
"Where are they, Maxwell?" Wufei asks in true worry.
"Shit! I knew there was something I didn't know…"
"You don't know where they are?! Maxwell, we can't find them and rescue them if we don't know where they are!"
"I'm sorry!" Duo shouts. "But we have to find them!"
"Ok," Wufei says. "We'll come back and talk this through. Maybe develop a plan of sorts."
"Good." Duo says in cold tones. Then he climbs out of his Gundam and goes into mansion to wait.
About fifteen minutes later the three other Gundam pilots come in. Duo walks out, looking just a bit upset. "You went without telling me." He said in slight anger, leaning against the doorframe. (Lizzie: And looking incredible SEXY in Wu-man's clothes!!!!) (Hudson: Lizzie!) (Lizzie: …. Party pooper…)
The three pilots look at him. "Hey!" Wufei said. "Those are my… never mind." He says, noticing the Zero mood Quarte dancing in the blond's eyes.
"Sorry, Duo, but you were so sad…we wanted to help." Quatre explains.
Duo sighs. "It's Ok, but I wish you would have told me."
Trowa looks at Duo. "……"
Duo gives Trowa a weird look. "Ya wanna know what scares me? I understood that. And, Quat, I am sorry bout stressing you out, but I can't help it. Must suck bein' Empathic at times."
The blond shrugs. "It's Ok, Duo." He moved up the stairs and put a hand on Duo's shoulder. He smiled kindly. "You need to cry."
Duo bites his lip. "I'm not going to. I refuse it."
Right then a rainbow portal appeared in the sky. The pilots don't notice because they're looking in the wrong directions. All of them, except Duo. He stares up at it in wonder. As he watches a gold beam comes from it. "Guys…" He says. "Look."
The other three pilots turn and look at it. The golden beam of light hits the ground right in front of them. Six figures form. Five of them are humaniod, all five have wings, one looks like a dog, sort of. The golden beam disappears, along with the portal.
The four pilots stare at the six creatures. The one that looks to be female is kind of a purplish color. She has black hair and a white dress like thing on. One is kind of a pale green color. He's wearing a brown lion cloth and seems to be a bit on the chubby side. Another is a brown color. He has white hair and an eye that looks to be bad. He also looks a bit on the chubby side, but it can be excused because he looks old. He's wearing armor and a sword appears to be hanging in a sheath. The smallest looks kind of bat-like. His skin was green and he looked to be the youngest. He was wearing a dark blue lion cloth. The final humanoid one was a brownish-red color, kinda like maroon. He was wearing a dark gray-blue lion cloth. The one that looked to be a dog was huge! It was blue and looked like it could be very vicious.
"Who are you?" The girl asked.
Duo pushes past Quatre and walks to the creatures. "I'm Duo Maxwell. Those are my friends, Quatre, Wufei, and Trowa. Who are you?"
She looked at all of them. "I am Angela. That is Hudson, Broadway, Brooklyn, Lex, Bronx and this is my… Where's my father?" She asks looking around frantically.
The five creatures look around for their leader. "He's gone!"