Mel: Okeday, I'm starting to get tired now.

Tsuru: *shakes head* You do realize that you've spent the past six hours writing three chapters in a row?

Mel: not all of it! I swear! Around three o'clock my computer stopped playing my music, froze, and restarted. When it fixed itself, my drive D was my CD drive, and my drive E was my local hard disk 1 as opposed to C, which is 0…

Tsuru: Alright, five.

Mel: That's much better. Oh, and by the way, all disclaimers apply. I'm to hungry to come up with another.

Tsuru: *raises eyebrow* Hungry?

Mel: Hai… I think I'll go get something to eat…

"Well? What are you waiting for? Open it!" Kate slipped behind Heero and pushed him towards the door, trying to encourage him to let the unannounced visitor in. Heero started to pull his gun out, but was stopped by a tiny hand.

"Are you crazy? I don't even know who it is."

"Wufei's there. Don't worry." Heero looked down at Kate, and tightened his hand on the gun.

"I hope you know what you're doing…" He opened the door and stood face to face with a young girl, about his age. Her blond hair was pulled back in a braid, and she smiled with relief when the door opened.

"Oh, I'm so glad. I didn't think there would be anyone here…" Heero pulled his gun out and pressed it against the girl's head.

"What are you doing here?" The girl gulped, and motioned behind her.

"I found this boy in the woods about a week ago… he was delirious, but he kept telling me that he had to get back here. He had a broken rib, so I wanted to take him to a hospital…." Heero motioned for the girl to step to the side, and saw Wufei sitting in a wheel chair. He was quite pale, his hair was messed up and filthy, and he had metal wires in his mouth, holding his jaw in place. On top of that, he was unconscious.

"What happened to him?" Heero motioned to his mouth.

"He got into a bit of a fight with the doctor and slammed his head into a chair. They told me that was how he broke his jaw. They just let him out of the hospital yesterday… it took me forever to find this place. I—" Heero pressed the gun harder against the girl's head.

"You shouldn't have come." Trowa walked into the room to see what had happened. The moment Midii saw him, she gasped.

"Nanashi…" Heero loosened his grip on the gun slightly, but didn't take his eyes off of the girl.

"Trowa, do you know her?"

Trowa looked at the girl, then shook his head. "I don't. That doesn't mean she doesn't remember me." Midii felt her heart sink. He didn't even remember her. For the past six years, she thought of him, and he couldn't remember…

"HEERO!" Heero winced slightly as he heard Quatre's panicked tone. He forced himself not to turn around, and keep his eyes on the girl in front of him. Quatre raced down the stairs. He went so fast that his foot missed a step, and he fell half way down. He was lucky enough to land on his feet, and he skidded over to where Heero was holding the girl at gunpoint. "Put the gun down!"

"Quatre, we can't afford to—" Quatre snatched the gun out of Heero's hands, and looked over the blond girl.

"Are you alright?"

"Yes." Midii answered gruffly. She didn't like the fact that Trowa's lover had been the one to save her.

"She's the one, Quatre! I told you she would come!" Kate pressed past Heero to look up at Midii, then smiled. "Hello Midii!" Heero looked down at Kate, then back up at Midii, astonishment colouring his face.

"Don't worry Heero. I'll take care of her." Quatre put Heero's gun into his own pocket, and led Midii out of the room. Heero turned to Trowa and sighed heavily.

"Why do I feel like I've just signed my own death certificate?" Trowa walked out the door and began to check Wufei's limp body for anything that looked like a bug.

"Because you're smart." He pulled out a slim black laptop, almost identical to Heero's. "She's the one who blew up Heavyarms."

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Nothing had gone according to plan. At the moment, Midii was just drifting in a current. One would probably lead her off the edge of a cliff. "How did you know about me?" Quatre shook his head.

"I didn't. Kate did. She can see things that are happening in a different place as they're happening." Quatre sat down on his bed and offered Midii the chair next to it.

'that's it… I'm screwed. He knows who I am. He's going to kill me.' Midii braced herself for the worst as Quatre pulled the gun out of his pocket.

"I should kill you. It would be safer for us in the long run, but Kate says you know how to help Duo. Is this true?" The gun was placed on the table between them. If she wanted, Midii could grab it and get the hell out of here. "You aren't like Himitsu, are you? You aren't nearly as smart." Quatre opened up the gun, and showed her that it wasn't loaded. "I don't want to hurt you. I just want to save my friend."

'I don't know a Duo. He must be the other pilot, the one Himitsu almost skewered… I wonder why I haven't seen him yet…'

"Seen?" Quatre tilted his head to the side. "So you do have us bugged." Midii stammered, astonished.

"H-how did you know that!?" Quatre shook his head.

"You just told me." Midii grimaced. She had been trained to avoid simple tricks like that, but it seemed like he was reading her every thought. How was she supposed to outsmart someone like that? "Just because I spared your life doesn't mean I'm letting you go." Quatre stood up and offered a hand to Midii. "And don't feel angry that Trowa doesn't remember you. He's been through a lot this past year."

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Trowa opened up the laptop slowly, and passed it to Heero. "I expect she'll have put up barriers. You're better at that than I am." Heero nodded and took the electronic device. It wasn't long before he had hacked through the main line of codes.

"That was too easy. There has to be something else…" he noticed a program was running in the background and had been accessed recently. He opened it, and wasn't surprised when he hit another code set. He hacked through that easily as well, then opened the program. "What's this?" A picture of a room popped up on the screen.

"That's Duo's room…" Heero nodded in agreement. The doorframe was visible, and he could watch as Midii and Quatre passed by.

"So this is how she found us…"

"Midii? Tell me, what did you use to bug us." Trowa turned to watch as Quatre and Midii walked down the stairs. Quatre was watching the laptop, and his face was pale. He looked sick and tired, with dark rings around his eyes. His hair even looked paler than usual. "If you don't tell me, I'll have to find the answer myself." Midii glanced at the door, calculating her chances of getting out without getting shot. They were very small.

"How did you get into my laptop?"

"The codes were too simple." Heero put the laptop aside when he noticed Quatre was getting irritated.

"Midii, what was it? A chip? A camera?"

"Why should I tell you?" Quatre quickly closed the space between them and put a hand on Midii's arm.

"Because I'll know either way."

"I won't make it easier for you." Quatre slipped into Midii's thoughts, trying to find something to get her to talk. He didn't want to invade her entirely. He didn't have the energy, and he didn't know if he would be able to find his way out again. In addition, he always got a sharp pain in his head when he did this.

"A virus… computer? A program…" Quatre sighed. "How did you bug us?"

"Wh-what are you doing?" Quatre slipped in deeper unintentionally, and started to feel Midii's anxiety and fear.

"You didn't…. a friend…when?" Quatre let go of Midii's hand, and reached over Heero. "Let me see this." He picked up Heero's laptop and skimmed through the mission reports. "Great….."

"What?" Trowa peered over Quatre's shoulder to see what he was looking at.

"Duo had a mission a few days before he started feeling sick. That's when he must have done it…" Quatre shut the laptop and turned to Midii. "If you can get rid of that virus, I'll not only let you live, but let you leave in peace. If you refuse to help, I'll kill you like we should have done in the first place." A small noise came from the other side of the room. Everyone turned to see what it was. Wufei's eyes were wide, and his hands moved along the wiring in his jaw.

"Don't try to talk. You'll only make it worse." Heero walked over to Wufei and looked him over again, noting the many bruises on his body. "Are you hungry?" Wufei nodded, and looked around the room. "I'll make you a milkshake. You should be able to drink that." Quatre's eyes widened at the mention of food.

"Trowa! We forgot Duo! He hasn't eaten since yesterday afternoon!" Trowa nodded. "Heero, can you make enough for Duo to have some too?"

"Hn." Heero simply doubled the amount of milk in the mixture, and added an extra egg.

"Thanks." Quatre sighed and leaned against Trowa. "I think I'm going to take a long nap after this. I wish Heero hadn't woken me up earlier…"

To be continued…

Mel: "Heero knelled down…"

Tsuru: o.O

Mel: That's what I had typed, but the spell checker didn't catch it.

Daichi: Knell? Isn't that like a bell or something?

Tsuru: I thought it had something to do with death…

Mel: Hey, do any of you know what a knell is? Erm.. I guess it's a verb, because knelled wasn't wrong…

Daichi: Knell is a noun.

Tsuru: Maybe it's both…

Mel: I just had to ask….