No, I do not own Gundam Wing, but I am putting it on my Christmas list! Oh and I know my spelling and stuff stink but what can I say, English is my worst subject and the spell check doesn't work on my computer for some strange reason.

Chapter 2: Peace, Quiet, and Duo

By: Tiger Shinigami

It was around 5:00 p.m. when the pilots got back from their mission. They had just broken into a low-level security prison that was right next to Chinatown. They had to break in it in order to get information for the Preventers. The mission was extremely easy, but they were still exhausted after the day's work.

"Quatre, what were you thinking today?!" Wufei yelled.

*Flashback*

They are at the guard's gate that leads into the prison. Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei are in one group and hiding in the shadows. Trowa turned to Quatre.

"Quatre, you distract the guards."

"Okay." But then Quatre got an idea that would be able to help them. He walked up to one of the guards, and Quatre wasn't planning on distracting them either. He had something else he was going to try.

"Hey! You there!" The guard was looking at Quatre. Quatre waved his hand through the air

"You don't need to see my identification"

"Huh?"

"These aren't the droids you're looking for." He continued to wave his hand around.

"What?" Quatre was getting a very confused look from the guard, but somehow he didn't catch it.

"Move along." He said with one final hand wave.

"What are you talking about-" However he couldn't finish because Trowa knocked him unconscious.

*End flashback*

"Well, I thought it might work......" Quatre said timidly.

"I think you have been watching too many of Duo's movies." Heero cut in.

"Where is he anyway? He was supposed to be with you Heero." Trowa said. Heero just stood there a moment, then sighed.

"He went off right before we left, I think he went to explore the town or something."

It was 2 hours later, and Duo still hadn't come back yet. Quatre was getting worried, Heero hoped he hadn't been captured because then they would have to go through the trouble of rescuing him, Trowa knew Duo could take care of himself at times like this, and, well, Wufei didn't care. The pilots were busy doing various things, Quatre sipping tea, Heero on his laptop, Trowa reading a magazine, and Wufei sharpening his katana. Just then the door flew open, startling everyone. Duo stepped out with a huge grin on his face, as usual.

"Hey guys! Did ya miss me?!" Everyone just stared for a moment, but then the silence was broken. The reactions were mixed.

"What took you so long?! Where were you? We......well, I've been worried about you!"

"Lighten up Quatre, I wasn't gone that long."

"What was that? Disappearing on us like that?! That is just the kind of thing that you would do Maxwell. It takes a stupid fool to take off on his teammates without telling them where he goes! Well, don't just stand there! Say something! Are you even listening to me?!" Duo just stood there the entire time. He didn't seem to catch anything that Wufei had said. He had a confused look on his face and started scratching his head. However, there was a good reason behind all of this. Lets go to Duo's point of view for a little bit and see why...

~Duo's point of veiw~

Wufei stood their yelling and fuming.

"Injustice? Injustice?! Injustice, injustice injustice. Injustice, Injustice! Injustice! Injustice? Injustice! Injustice! Injustice?!" Duo cocked his head slightly to the side and scratched his head, and blinked in confusion.

~End Duo's point of view~

Oh, poor, poor Duo. It's really not his fault after all.

"Are you listening to me?"

"Its about time you got back." Heero interrupted. "What were you doing anyway?"

Duo looked his way, like nothing at all had happened. "I just wanted to see the local shops and stuff, that's all. Is there a problem with doing that?!"

"Well, you could have at least told us first." Quatre said as he sipped his tea. Trowa looked up from his reading and noticed Duo had a small shopping bag in one hand.

"What's that you've got there?"

"Huh? Oh, just some things that I picked up." Duo opened it up and brought out a paper lantern, paper mache dragon, and some sort of small paper tube. "Check it out! Aren't they cool?!" Duo held them up in the air.

"Um, yeah, but what is that thing?" Quatre said, pointing to the small paper tube.

"It's........um........Its a.........."

"Chinese finger trap, you numbskull." Wufei put in. Duo put one of his fingers in the finger trap.

"Cool." He said to himself. The pilots went back to whatever they were doing, while Duo ran off to his room to play with his new "amusing" toys.

The gundam pilots were inviting some company over for dinner. Quatre had somehow ended up with the job of phoning everyone and inviting them. Quatre picked up the phone and dialed Zech's number.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Zechs?"

"Yes? Is that you Quatre?"

"Yes, that's right."

"How can I help you Quatre?"

"Well, we over here were wondering if you could come over for dinner tonight. We just want to spend some time with fellow Preventers and relax for a bit. Are you interested in coming?"

"I'm sorry, Quatre, I just can't do that. You see, my hands are covered in innocent blood. I can't come over and celebrate with you."

"That's alright Milliardo, all of us have kill many in the past, but that doesn't mean...."

"No, you don't understand. I just killed a pig that I am going to cook for dinner, my hands are covered in blood, I have you on speaker phone." Quatre blinked. There was a pause.

"Well, um, why don't you wash your hands then?"

"You know, that's a good idea. When can I come over?"

Quatre finished with Zechs and called Sally, and Noin. They didn't invite Relena over because no one wanted her around. They were all able to come. However, things won't go according to plan.......


What is going to happen now? What is Duo going to do with a Chinese finger trap? Find out in the next chapter!