Author's Note: Hiya. Here's another chappy! I think we're winding down now, although, I'm not sure how many more chapters there will be. If you're going to leave a review(which I'd love to read!) try to keep it unoffensive. I am open to suggestions, but please be kind about them.

Disclaimer: You know the drill. Hopefully. ;)

Story Notes: I realize that what happened to Duo is confusing. It's supposed to be. Pretty much you're reading this fic from the perspectives of the pilots. You know what they know, which isn't all that much yet. Janice, Ree-san, and I are the only ones who actually know what's going on. A little more might be explained in this chappy.

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"Duo? How did you know they would be here?" WuFei asked looking up from Trastyre's prone figure.

"Honestly, Wu? I have no idea," Duo shrugged and gave a low sigh as he exited the room. He had just known where to go. It had to have been something that Janice had done to him. He brought his hands up to examine the scars on his palms. What did they mean? Why had Janice chosen him? He was hardly worthy of whatever gift it was the angel had bestowed upon him. The only thing he deserved to be was death... the Shinigami, not something beautiful. Never an angel like Janice had to be.

The pilot of Nataku watched his partner in silence as they headed back to their gundams. Duo seemed just as confused and lost as they were. He couldn't even begin to imagine what it must be like for the American. He blinked remembering something as he sat, prepared to take off. He hadn't seen Duo leave any bombs to destroy the base. That had been part of their mission. He opened up communications with Deathscythe shortly after taking off. They could always destroy it from the air as well. Duo just seemed too tired to want to go running back through the entire base planting bombs. "Maxwell? We still need to destroy the base," he reminded gently. "Do you need any help?"

"No thanks, Wu. I got it covered," Duo replied wearily, waving his hand in a dismissive gesture just as the entire base imploded and collapsed on itself. There would be no survivors, it had all happened in the blink of an eye. Duo faltered, checking another screen that showed the base as it crumbled. How had that happened?

WuFei stared at the violet eyed boy over the communication screen. Duo hadn't done that, had he? It didn't look like the other pilot even knew what happened. One minute the base was fine and the next, it was a pile of rubble. Oz would never have destroyed their own base like that. It just didn't make sense. Nothing was making sense anymore, ever since Duo's near fatal accident.

Duo shook his head slightly and grinned at WuFei. "Told you I got it covered," he laughed manically and to WuFei's ears, it almost sounded as if Maxwell were insane. Which he was starting to think was entirely possible. But that didn't explain anything! WuFei glowered ending the communication. So Duo had been responsible for the destruction, but how had he managed to accomplish it without alerting him?

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Pilot 02 landed at the next safe house after another exhausting mission. It had been simple really... but it shouldn't have been. It was a mission that anyone would be lucky to walk away from. Somehow, he had with little effort. At least it seemed that way. He felt drained and was unable to pinpoint the exact reason why.

Janice was no longer helping him on missions. He had stopped doing that months ago. The angel blatantly insisted that everything was Duo's doing, but the pilot didn't understand how that could be. He simply couldn't be two places in once, but that's what it seemed like was happening. How else would he have been able to pull some of the missions off without backup? It still seemed as if a paranormal force was making it easier for him to perform his duties.

Duo closed his eyes a moment and just leant back in the seat of the cockpit after he had moved the gundam into the old barn out behind the farm house. He didn't move a muscle as another presence joined him in the confining space. He knew who it was. "Janice."

"Hello, little one. You did well tonight. You deserve a rest," the angel smiled as Violet eyes shot open in panic.

"No!" Duo stared at the man. Did he know? Did he know about the dreams? They frightened him. He didn't want to lose Heero. He had just found him! Not to mention all those senseless deaths gave him the shivers and caused him to wake up with tears streaming down his cheeks.

"It's alright, Duo. You don't have to sleep just yet," Janice cooed, soothingly, brushing loose strands of hair out of Duo's face.

The pilot's eyes fluttered shut again, his face turning into the hand at his cheek. "You know what the dream means, don't you?" he murmured tiredly.

"Yes, and soon, so will you," he smiled. This little one was progressing nicely. Soon he would be able to step down and Duo Maxwell would take his place.

"Thank you for helping me tonight, for tampering with the cameras and destroying the base." Duo knew the man would deny doing any such thing just as he had all the other times. Only that first time all those months ago had he  

"You destroyed the base, not I little one," the man smiled again.

"But how?" Duo blinked in confusion. He still didn't understand what was going on anymore than he had towards the beginning of the war. Now it was drawing to an end it seemed and he was no closer to finding out what everything meant.

"You wanted it destroyed. Did you not?" the angel asked logically while inwardly laughing at the poor confused boy. True he could have made this easier for him, but that would have taken the fun out of it.

"Yes, but..." Duo was interrupted from finishing his question by the angel speaking again.

"If you want something, you can make it happen with just a touch of your mind, Duo. That's all it takes," Janice kissed the boy's forehead before disappearing from sight.

Duo climbed out of the gundam completely exhausted. He was surprised to see Heero waiting for him at the base of it. "What is it? Is something wrong?"

"I don't know. Who were you talking to?" Heero asked as he wrapped an arm around Duo's waist for support. It looked as if the violet eyed boy would collapse any minute if left on his own.

The braided pilot froze. Heero wasn't supposed to know about the angel. He groaned miserably. There was no way to hide it from Heero now. But maybe he wasn't supposed to. Surely Janice would have known if Heero had been nearby and would have left before he heard any of their conversation. "Janice..."

"Who?" Heero led Duo into the kitchen, sitting him down at the table while he got him a glass of water. He'd wait for Duo to explain before he allowed himself to feel any pangs of jealousy. But what on earth was he doing with someone hiding out in his gundam?

"He's an angel... I think. He's the one that's doing all of this to me," he gave a small grateful smile, taking the cool glass from Heero and taking a sip.

"Has he told you why?" he took the seat next to the boy, turning it slightly so that he could watch him. He wasn't sure if he believed his lover, but truth be told, Duo had never lied to him before. He decided to give the boy the benefit of the doubt. At this point, Heero was willing to believe almost anything.

"No. I've tried asking, but all he'll say is that I'll know in time... Heero? Would you still love me if I were some sort of a monster?" Duo gave him a sidelong glance watching his reaction.

Heero blinked, but didn't falter in responding, "Yes, Duo. As long as you fundamentally stayed who you are, I would love you no matter what you are."

Duo smiled softly, leaning forward to rest his head on Heero's shoulder. "I don't think I'm human anymore," he whispered shuddering slightly.

Strong arms wrapped themselves around Duo's waist and held him close. "What makes you think that?" he murmured into Duo's soft hair.

"Something that Janice was thinking a little while ago along with part of this dream I've been having. I think the dream really happened. I think it happened while I was unconscious after I was strangled. I believe Janice is the one I was talking to in the dream and he's the one who kept me from dying," Duo closed his eyes, bits and pieces of the dream flitting behind his eyelids. There was more to it than that, but he wasn't ready to voice it out loud just yet, even to Heero.

"You never mentioned having any dreams... only that one when you woke up with the cut in your hand."

"That's the same one. I keep having it, but every time I do, I remember more. I think I remember almost all of it. I'm just missing one part," Duo's lips formed a grim line of frustration.

"The part that explains what's happening to you," Heero supplied and the boy in his arms nodded.

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"Anyone who sees me has got a date with their maker! All who see me must die!" Duo growled angrily to the soldiers that had him surrounded. It didn't matter that he was unarmed, they would all die.  There time had come. He smiled grimly throwing his hands out to the sides and gripping the staffs that appeared in each fist. He glanced swiftly to each of them, his grin widening as he realized that he was now armed with two deadly looking scythes.

His eyes narrowed as he glared at each man in turn, eyes glowing slightly. "Who's first?" He sneered, snaking his arms around in front of him to cross over his chest, taking out two man as he did so. "I guess they volunteered, huh?" Duo was ruthless and efficient as he took each and every soldier out with expert flicks of his wrists.

The light in his eyes dimmed until they were once again his now customary violet. He whistled softly to himself as he took in the bloodshed. His hands gripped each of the staffs until he felt them disappear again, drawing back into his palms. He held his hands in front of him and flexed each in turn before tracing one of the finely detailed scars.

He no longer wondered what they meant. He assumed that the scythes somehow were stored in his hands and were released when needed. It looked as if he never needed to worry about being unarmed again. He focused on one of the scythes, balling his right hand into a fist until he could feel his palm heat slightly as the weapon appeared again in his hand.

"Hunh. Cool," Duo smiled as the scythe retreated again. He was unaware that Heero had seen the entire thing while in the security office watching the screening of room's security camera. 

He whirled around, scythe ready as the door opened. He sighed a breath of relief when he realized that it was just Heero. "Hiya, Heero!" he grinned sheepishly trying to hide the weapon behind his back, hoping that his observant partner hadn't yet seen it.

"Duo..." Heero paused at a loss for words. "I saw everything. I know about the scythes. What's going on?" He stood in the doorframe backlit by the lights from the hallway.

The pilot blushed, dismissing the scythe. "I'm still working on that. They are the result of whatever it was that Janice did to me," he smiled moving over to take Heero's hand. "Get the information you needed?"

Heero gave a curt nod brandishing a disc.

"Alright! Ready to go?" Duo grinned dragging the boy behind him.

"Aren't you forgetting to set the bombs?" Heero tried to pull the boy into a stop, but for all his strength it wouldn't work. Duo was too strong for him. That information alone shocked him enough to allow himself to be led back out to the Gundams.

"Don't need bombs. I know what I'm doin'. Trust me," he gave the stoic pilot a quick peck before climbing into Deathscythe and taking off. He waited until his partner had done the same before touching a thought to the base below. A few seconds later the base self destructed as the two pilots made their way back to the safe house.

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"Where the hell is Kushrenada?! He slips through our fingers every time!" WuFei ranted entering the safe house from his latest mission. He grabbed a mug from the counter and poured himself the last of the coffee. His lips curled down displaying his dislike of the lukewarm liquid.

"He's taking a bath," Duo answered without thinking.

"What?" WuFei asked incredulous.

"A bath. You know, it's how people get clean. He's taking one of those," Duo crinkled his nose slightly. "Man, he's got a fetish for roses or something!" Duo grimaced. He never wanted to picture that scene again, not that he had any idea of where it had come from. All he had been doing was thinking of where the Colonel could be, since he wasn't where WuFei had expected him to be.

WuFei stood rooted to the spot for a moment before realizing that Duo must be playing a joke on him, trying to see if he could give him a nose bleed. Well he'd be damned if he let the boy have any success.

Duo blinked ignoring his partner as the Chinese pilot left in a huff. He had known for a fact exactly where Treize had been when he thought about it. He closed his eyes and concentrated on where Heero was. He could picture him sitting in front of a schools mainframe computer, hacking into files on the parents and relatives of some of the students. The names just happened to belong to Oz officials.

He was surprised that he could make them out so clearly and chose one at random. Alex Muller. He concentrated again on the name. His eyes opened once he learned the man's whereabouts. He was being trained... retrained... for a mistake made earlier in the war. The man had failed to return with a gundam pilot. He had left the pilot dead. Duo shivered slightly. So that was the name of the man who had killed him.

TBC...

Thank you to Nelia, sara-chan, Pandora-chan, Shadowfax, and shini-girl Kit for reviewing!

Nelia: yup! Lung girl is Relena. I know that was ohhhhhh so hard to guess lol. I thought it was amusing so I had to have him remember that. Lol. Well you'll find out about how Trowa and Quatre hearing him. Or you may have already in this chappy I don't know since I have yet to write it. That dream isn't quite as bad as it sounds. Hehe I'm purposely using the worst parts of it.

Pandora-chan: umm... I can't promise that, but I can promise everything will turn out alright.

Sara-chan: I liked that particular little scene myself. I may or may not have Duo follow through with his threat.

Talythia Starseeker: Okay, then. First of all, learn how to be less offensive. Your "review" sounded more like a flame with the way it was worded. It was very narrow minded and only served to piss me off quite a bit. I don't care about your personal preferences. I care about the opinion of the readers as a whole, not the sole opinion of one when thrown at me in such a way. This story is not written solely for you and since you are the only one to complain, everything will be left as is. Now, if I got a lot of complaints about the same things you mention I might have considered changing the fic, since I have no you're out of luck.

I will not be changing it so that Duo only receives a bump on his head. That would not work with the plot of the story. What happened it intended to be confusing. He lost recent memories, but feelings are harder to erase. That's why he still remembers those.

Yes Duo lived on L2 with a harsh life knowing not to trust anyone, but by this time he's been working with the other pilots for a while and he does remember that he can trust them. That's why he wasn't suspicious of Heero. Also, Heero told him that he had often times been cruel. Duo knows no one who simply wanted to get into your pants would tell you that knowing that it might make you hate them. As for telling Quatre about sleeping with Heero, he was teasing. My view on Duo and yours are obviously different. Deal with it! The way I see him, I think he would joke about something like that after what he heard.

I am not using the Japanese to be fan girlish. I use it because I like the way it sounds. I personally hate English and think it's a hideous language. Besides the point. Most people who read Gundam Wing fanfics understand the simple Japanese phrases, so therefore they stay. If you have such a big deal with them, find another fic because I sure as hell ain't writing this for you or removing the phrases. And I don't try to 'show off' as you claimed.

Yes. Yes, it would have killed me to make the angel-guy female. Don't you find it even the least bit rude to call something someone's done stupid? Daft, eh? You just like insulting me, don't you? The name Janice comes from a character of a friend of mine has. The character's a guy and he seemed to fit the part perfectly. So now not only are you insulting me you're insulting someone I care about by calling the name stupid.

Oh yes, just to let you know, you made it sound as if reading the fic was a chore. If it is, no one is making you read this. I ask you to keep my concerns in mind. Otherwise you might find yourself ticking off quite a few other people.