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Duo walked down the desolate street, his footsteps echoing in the empty city. Dim light filtered down through the broken ruins to light a path. His dark clothing blended in with the surrounding shadows. Quickening his pace he sped down the street as cautious as he could. They were close behind him.

' Why? Why now? Things had gotten so good in life!' Duo searched the shadows with his eyes as he thought. ' Another war that's what they want. And they're starting their plan by taking us out, the Gundam Pilots.' He jumped around at the sound of a crash behind him, gun flicking out of nowhere.

"Meoow?"

He lowered it with a sigh as the cat stared at him questioningly. ' I'm losing it!' Turning he continued down the street. ' Darn cat.' Duo sped up again, the others were supposed to be somewhere ahead. They had been sent to investigate the empty colony by the Preventers. They had been seperated when the fighting started. Contact was made briefly and they agreed to meet up farther into the city. Quatre had not been contacted, he had been working hard on construction with a colony and they wanted to let him concentrate. ' Maybe that wasn't the best idea in the universe. We could use his help and....' Duo stopped in his tracks, his mouth dropped as relization hit him like a two ton concrete wall. ' He doesn't know! He'll be an easy target for them!' He heard the whizzing too late and could only take a step before the pain hit his shoulder.

" No! I have.... to... warn ...hi..him." Duo stumbled forward a step then fell to the ground.





He pushed the hard hat up out of his face for the tenth time that day as he checked his chart. Construction had been going well and they were a day ahead of schedule. Looking up he observed the workers as they lifted another beam into place far above him. Turning he sighed making the hard hat once again resume position in front of his eyes with a decided plop. Light laughter reached his ears as the offending hat was lifted from his head revealing an amused Rashid.

" Why don't you go home Master Quatre?"

"Alright, I need to work on the paper work some more anyway." Quatre matched Rashids pace as they walked toward the gate.

" Take it easy for once." Rashid chided. " Were ahead of schedule and still you work like the world will fall apart if you didn't!"

" All right! All right. Point taken." They both laughed lightly as Quatre proceeded to the car awaiting him. He sat down as the door closed and Rashid stuck his head in the open window.

" Take a nice afternoon off." Turning to the driver he smiled. " Make sure he relaxes Auda!"

" Yes sir!" Quatre shook his head laughing. " All right kid lets get home." With that Auda stepped rather maliciously on the gas and took off down the street. They could still hear Rashid a block away, obviously displeased.

They were both still luaghing by the time they had reach the door of the large mansion.

" Don't worry, he'll have calmed down by tonight." Quatre gasped for more breath after the laughing while opening the door.

" Yeah but he'll never let me near car keys again!"

Quatres laughter died in his throat as the cold barrel of a gun was pressed against the side of his head. He was quickly pushed inside, Auda behind him. The door was slammed shut and locked. Quatre assessed the situation, his quick mind formulating as the armed men surrounded them. Everyone in the room was a good few inches taller then Quatre and his slight build hide his true strength. They seemed to be on high alert though, they would not underestimate him.

" Who are you?" He spoke up defiantly. A tall man in shades and a rather meancing knife in his hands strode forward to stand in front of the boy.

" You can call us the Black Rapters." His eyes studied the Gundam pilot before him. He had been told by his superiors that this one was the brain of the group. He had to admire him, the boy had brought his fellow pilots together and they had helped end the war. They were an strong team together. That was why they had decided it was best to take them down one at a time. This was just a retrieval mission. The others had shown at the colony and had been taken into custody then. Now the fun could begin, with him.

" What do you want with us?" Quatre gave the man his best impersonation of Heero. The man held back laughter at the kids attempt at a glare. The man shook himself mentally, he had actually started to like the kid. He couldn't afford to do that.

" Your to come with us. We would prefer of your own will."

" Why? What do you want with us?"

" Not us you."

With that the man pulled a gun from its place in his jacket raised it at Quatres chest and fired. Auda jumped in front of Quatre never giving a thought to his own life. The dart struck him, and he fell into Quatres arms.

" No. Auda, wake up!" Quatre plucked the dart from his arm and held the fallen man protectively against his chest. " Leave him be if it is me you want, got that?" His eyes held ice, but it was melting swiftly.

" On your feet then." Hands Pulled Quatre roughly to his feet. Seeing his opportunity he kicked out, throwing the man nearest him flying into the wall. Knocking the second man off his arm he jumped out of the way of another dart and jumped onto the man who was doing all the talking knocking them both to the floor. He struggled to wrest the gun from the mans grip. The forgotten knife flashed out of nowhere by his left cheek leaving behind a deep scratch. He leaned back in surprise giving the man time to bring his gun up knocking him soundly in the temple. Quatre fell to the floor unconscious.

Lifting himself off the ground the man studied the young man at his feet an instant before bending to lift him over his shoulder. Kicking the nearest man into consciousness again he motioned that it was time to leave. He lifted the shades over his eyes a moment and readjusted Quatre in his arms so that he could see his face. ' The boy has courage. He seems like a good kid. He should never have had to go through this.' He shook his head sadly before striding outside.

Whoo-hoo new story yeah! Gotta love it when I start somthin!