"Are you okay?" Duo asked, taking his eyes from the road for a second.
"Ya. I'm just worried."
"For your friend?"
"Yes."
"Why is it such a big hurry?"
Hotaru sent him a glare.
"Sorry."
"She's going to have a baby."
Duo flushed, "Oh."
"The light from the crystal tells me how long we have. The dimmer it grows the shorter my time to get Ser out." Hotaru sighed. "I only wish I knew how." A hand touched her own, and she felt Duo's warmth and kindness soar through her.
"We'll get her out." Duo smiled, "Don't you worry."
"Thank you Duo."
It took ten minutes to get to the headquarters where they rushed through security and up to the fifth level of the building. "Hey Heero." Duo called as they stepped from the elevator. Heero glanced back at the braided pilot and wife.
"You're late." Heero said.
"Sorry." Duo sweat dropped. Heero shook his head and walked away down the hall.
"No you're not." Hotaru whispered once Heero was out of hearing distance.
"Nope." Duo grinned back. "Come on." Duo led Hotaru to an office where an old man sat looking at the ceiling.
"Maxwell." The man said standing up. "It's been awhile. I've wondered why the Preventers wanted to see me. I have a feeling you're half the reason."
Duo rolled his eyes. "Yep. Me and my friend here." He glanced at Hotaru and she slowly took of the crystal from around her neck.
"Aw. now what is this?"
"It's a crystal." Duo said.
Hotaru sweat dropped, "I.. My best friend is trapped inside that. Her life and her child's life depend on getting them out. I need to know how that can be accomplished without damaging the crystal."
"A very hard task." The man grinned. "But it shall be a challenge, and I love challenges. I shall getting working on this right away. Do you mind?" He asked Hotaru.
"I guess not. But please be careful." The man nodded to Duo, patted Hotaru's shoulder, then left the two alone."
"I'm afraid Duo."
"Don't worry about it. The professor built my Gundam. He can do anything if he can make Death scythe hell so great."
Hotaru sighed, "I hope you're right."
"Ya. I'm just worried."
"For your friend?"
"Yes."
"Why is it such a big hurry?"
Hotaru sent him a glare.
"Sorry."
"She's going to have a baby."
Duo flushed, "Oh."
"The light from the crystal tells me how long we have. The dimmer it grows the shorter my time to get Ser out." Hotaru sighed. "I only wish I knew how." A hand touched her own, and she felt Duo's warmth and kindness soar through her.
"We'll get her out." Duo smiled, "Don't you worry."
"Thank you Duo."
It took ten minutes to get to the headquarters where they rushed through security and up to the fifth level of the building. "Hey Heero." Duo called as they stepped from the elevator. Heero glanced back at the braided pilot and wife.
"You're late." Heero said.
"Sorry." Duo sweat dropped. Heero shook his head and walked away down the hall.
"No you're not." Hotaru whispered once Heero was out of hearing distance.
"Nope." Duo grinned back. "Come on." Duo led Hotaru to an office where an old man sat looking at the ceiling.
"Maxwell." The man said standing up. "It's been awhile. I've wondered why the Preventers wanted to see me. I have a feeling you're half the reason."
Duo rolled his eyes. "Yep. Me and my friend here." He glanced at Hotaru and she slowly took of the crystal from around her neck.
"Aw. now what is this?"
"It's a crystal." Duo said.
Hotaru sweat dropped, "I.. My best friend is trapped inside that. Her life and her child's life depend on getting them out. I need to know how that can be accomplished without damaging the crystal."
"A very hard task." The man grinned. "But it shall be a challenge, and I love challenges. I shall getting working on this right away. Do you mind?" He asked Hotaru.
"I guess not. But please be careful." The man nodded to Duo, patted Hotaru's shoulder, then left the two alone."
"I'm afraid Duo."
"Don't worry about it. The professor built my Gundam. He can do anything if he can make Death scythe hell so great."
Hotaru sighed, "I hope you're right."