Deep Within

By: Nananashi-silence

A/N this fic is dedicated to Adam, even if he never reads it. Ashiteru Adam Kun. Please excuse any typos, I'm not feeling well, but, the show must go on. Hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the last 2!

Chapter Three: call from the dark

I can't move, can't think, all I see is darkness, I can't move! Who is controlling my body, what will it take to regain control of my mind!

Even in the darkness your voice haunts me, its you, your fault, all your fault that I am the way I am. Die. Then I can release myself from your grip. What is this? Your blood on my hands? I'm not dreaming? Good, now I can pry your cold dead fingers from my heart. You are truly gone, now I can live without pain.

What? Why do I still hurt? Your death was meant to free me, why am I still locked inside my pain? You haunt me even in death, so now I must die.

Duo awoke and wiped her face finding it soaked with sweat and tears, had she been crying in her sleep? Turning her head to face the digital alarm clock that was flashing 3:21 A.M. in bold red numbers. She stood and walked to the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face. She looked into the Mirror and sighed.

(Well, I'm awake now, might as well go downstairs)

She left the bathroom to head downstairs, but not before she grabbed a couple of pills from Cal's stash. She walked into the kitchen and poured herself glass of wine and swallowed all three pills. Then topping off her wine, she headed to the living room where she found a big screen TV and a semi circle couch along with two lazy boy chairs and a computer in the far corner. Glancing at the computer again, she noticed Quatre sitting in front of the screen waiting for something to download.

"Hey Quat, couldn't sleep either?"

Quatre Jumped and turned around quickly in her seat to face Duo.

" Oh god duo! Its only you, you scared me!"

Duo smiled and sat on the arm of one of the chairs that had been pushed against the wall.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

"What are you doing up anyway duo? I would think jet lag would have you passed out."

"Oh, me, I just couldn't sleep, it surprised me to."

(Oh shit, their kicking in)

Duo closed her eyes as the room began to spin. She held her head in her hands as she attempted to steady the world.

"Duo? Are you alright?"

Duo opened her eyes and stared at Quatre in shock as the computer swallowed her whole, and then slowly began to consume the room. As it enveloped her, she was lost in a world of lights and wires, flying down a neon tube of swirling beauty, she couldn't help but stare, Quatre was at the end of the tunnel.saying something.

"Duo?"

Her voice was faint, almost inaudible against the roar of color. Duo closed her eyes again, blocking out the colors. When she opened them again, Quatre was standing in front of her with her ands on duos shoulders. The room was Welling in and out as Duo climbed to her feet and attempted to walk to the kitchen, but she fell back down onto the chair and Quatre's face turned more worried. Duo reached up and wiped a strand of platinum blonde hair from her eyes and smiled.

"Don't worry, about me, I'm fine."

She smiled again and succeeded in standing and walking to the kitchen to pour two tall glasses of Bacarti. After making her way back out into the living room she saw Quatre pointing to her and saw Cal and Wufei come down the stairs, and Trowa embrace Quatre's frail form lovingly. As Duo walked closer to them, Cal stepped forward and grabbed her arms to steady her, then looking back to the rest of them he laughed and nodded.

"She's just drunk, you can all go back to bed"

Duo scowled at Cal and pulled rather clumsily out of his grasp, spilling alcohol all over the place.

"I am not drunk, I'm"

Cal clasped his hand over her ass and pressed his mouth to hers in an attempt to shut her up. She struggled for a moment before falling into his kiss. She let her hand trail along his arm, and then fall so that it caressed his hips. She did these things as if she were in a dream, unsure if it was real or fake. She pulled away from him and walked over to the stereo system and put in Quatre's Metallica CD, and after turning the volume to half mast, she began the CD. Yelling over the sound she called out.

"LETS PARTY!!"

Quatre looked at Trowa who shrugged and pulled her onto the sofa in a passionate kiss, and wufei screamed out something about injustice to the early morning and then began to dance. Cal smiled at her and whispered into her ear

"Your more fun high than I ever imagined. "

She smiled at him and kissed his lips softly and then went back into the kitchen to mix drinks for everyone. AS she stepped back out into the living room she stopped dead in her tracks as Heero walked into the room, gun poised to shoot.