Duo checked for a pulse and a wave of relief washed over him. Heero had
already gone to get towels and the first aid kit. Wufei had gotten up and
got Donna out of the door way so that they could carry Ashleigh into the
house. The only one who hadn't gotten up was Chasity.
"We have to get her to a doctor." Duo said franticly as he carried the body into the house, "Her body is still warm so i'm guessing that she was shot recently."
"I'll go see if anyone is still around." Wufei quickly went out of the house and went to go look around the back yard for a suspect.
Heero came back to the kitchen with the items and took a towel and put it on her wound.
"She's lost too much blood." He said after a few moments.
"I'm going to take her to a hospital." Duo started for the garage, but Heero tugged him aside before he reached it.
"Keep your identity low. Who knows who is trying to kill the girls or even us, so keep a low profile." Heero told him in his usual manor, "We are switching houses ASAP. I'll notify you when we have reached it. I'll transport Deathscythe with Wing Zero so all you need to do is get to the house."
"Alright." He agreed and ran off to the garage.
* * *
"Mr. Maxwell?"
"Yes?" Duo stood up when the doctor walked into the waiting area.
"The bullet did no damage and just barely missed her right lung. She is asleep right now and we are transferring her to a room. We want to keep her over night to see that she recovers enough and she will be free to go home tomorrow." He explained as he pushed his glasses up his nose, "Do you have any idea how this happened?"
"No. One of her friends found her on the back patio this morning. Other than that we don't know." Another wave of relief washed over him when the doctor told him the news.
The doctor left shortly after and Duo walked over to the phone. He dialed the house number and waited for someone to answer.
"Hello?" Donna answered.
"Is Heero there Donna?"
"No he disappeared somewhere. How is Ashleigh doing? Is she okay?"
"She's fine. The bullet just barely missed the right lung. They want to keep her overnight to see if she will recover."
"That's a load off my chest. Heero told me that we are switching houses. We are going to the one in Florida."
"Ah. My favorite one. Alright. See ya later." He gave a quick wave and hung up.
Duo then called the privet line that was in the hangar.
"Heero here."
"Hey Hee-chan."
"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that Duo?"
"Um....." Duo put a finger to his chin and looked at the ceiling, "591,642."
"....."
"Heero i've been thinking. Do you think that it would be safer for the girls if they stayed with Relena? I mean after what happened to Ashleigh. You're right the person who shot her could be after us and is trying to weaken our defenses by hurting them." Duo got a look of seriousness in his eyes and face.
"For once in your life you actually thought of a good plan." Heero said smugly, "That is if Relena agrees to it."
"Why wouldn't she? After all they are relatives. Besides who wants to see their Aunt die even if she is supposed to be over 300 years old. When was the last time she turned us down Heero?"
"......."
"My points exactly." Duo's cocky grin replaced his serious one in a split second.
"Alright you talk to Relena." Heero then hung up.
"What no good bye?" Duo looked at the receiver of the phone and shook his head.
After calling Relena the doctor let Duo go see Ashleigh. The talk with Relena was not a pleasant either. She near about fainted when she heard that Ashleigh was shot. Relena opted to go down there, but it took a lot of persuading to keep her from going. She immediately said yes to the girls to stay with her. They were to go to her academy up in California with her.
When Duo walked into Ashleigh's room he flinched when he saw the IV in her. He hated hospitals especially when one of his friends was in one. Duo walked over to her side and brushed a piece of stray hair away from her eyes.
* * *
Hours passed and soon it was dark out. Ashleigh hadn't woken up yet and they had taken her off the IV much to Duo's relief. Now he was standing out on the balcony looking up at space. He rested his arms on the railing of the balcony and sighed.
'I really wish she would wake up. If she doesn't then we won't be able to leave and can't stand seeing her in here.' He kept his gaze on the sky not noticing the movement behind him.
* * *
Ashleigh woke up to have a light breeze cross her face.
'What happened? Why am I here?' She thought to herself as she sat up, 'Ow! That's right....' She put her hand on the right side of her ribs, 'I walked out on to the patio this morning and then felt a searing pain on right side then passed out.' She took her gaze off of her side and to the open balcony door, 'Duo......'
Ashleigh slowly got up and took the robe that was draped over the nearby chair and pulled it on her body and tied it. She quietly walked to the door and stood there and looked at Duo.
'He looks so beautiful with the wind blowing his hair.' She stood there for a few moments and took in every thing about him.
After a few moments she stepped out into the December night and came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. It startled him and looked over his shoulder to see a brown mess of hair. She rested her head on his shoulder blade and sighed.
"Thank you Duo."
"For?"
"Baka." She giggled and loosened her grip on him and turned him around, "For staying with me and getting me here. I really didn't pass out till I felt you hold me. I would have yelled, but the pain was too much that all I could do was lay there." Ashleigh wrapped her hands around his waist again and put her head on his chest.
Duo put his arms around her and held her tight then whispered, "I thought I lost you today."
"I'll never leave you Duo. Never unless you want me to. ACK!" She cried out when Duo picked her up.
"You shouldn't be out of bed you know that." He grinned at her as she struggled, but stopped when she felt the pain that went trough her.
"So. That won't stop me from anything. I'll get up and down as I please." She folded her arms over her chest as he put her on the bed and sat in the chair next to it.
"Really. What if you hurt yourself more?" He looked at her in a sarcastic way from beneath his bangs.
"That's my problem. Besides i'm not a klutz." She got up from the bed and sat on him.
"Well looks like I can't keep you from doing what you want now can I?" He laughed as he tried to move her so that he wasn't eating her hair.
After many failed attempts Dou finally gave up trying to move her and sat back in the chair. An idea then popped into his head. He opened his legs and Ashleigh fell onto the cushion of the chair. He put his arms around her and rested his chin on top of her head. After a few moments of awkward silence Duo decided to talk.
"Ashleigh....."
"Hm?"
"We are moving to a different house, but..." He was hesitant to tell her the rest of his thought.
"But?"
"But we all decided that you and the girls are going to stay with Relena at her academy."
"That's fine. You'll be able to visit right?" She leaned her head back to look at him.
"Well that's where the problem is. Her academy is in California and the house we are going to is in Florida."
Ashleigh abruptly turned around and looked at him her face full of disbelief. She scanned his face and found no signs of him joking, "You're not joking are you?"
"No. We feel that it is the safest this way. Staying with Relena that is. We would change, but Heero already has the Gundams in Florida. As soon as Trowa and Quatra get back we are going to try our hardest to transfer to California. I promise you." He tried to persuade her as not to think that they were abandoning her and the girls.
Ashleigh tried to look down, but Duo's hand caught her chin and made her look at him.
"Ashleigh?" He scanned her face.
Ashleigh just closed her eyes for a few moments then opened them again and her eyes were glossy. A tear rolled down her face as she looked into his colbot eyes. Duo immediately pulled her into a hug and put a hand on her head.
"I'm so sorry Ashleigh." He apologized several times as he stroked her hair as she cried.
They sat there for who knows how long and Ashleigh's tears subsided and she became quiet. Duo felt her muscles relax and realized that she was asleep. He carefully got up and put her on the bed. He covered her up and walked out of the room. He leaned against the wall next to the door and slid down it till he was sitting on the floor. Duo sat there with his face in his hands on his face for the next 20 mins.
* * *
RING - RING!!
"Hello."
"Hey Heero." Duo said solemnly with a tiny bit of cheer on his face.
"I take it she didn't take it well."
"Yea. At first she thought I was joking, but when she realized that I wasn't she got upset. She cried herself to sleep. It looked like someone ripped her heart out when she looked at me." Duo told him sadly the tiny bit of cheeriness disappearing.
"The others don't mind except for, Charity?"
"Chasity."
"She refused to let go of my leg."
That got Duo laughing. He cracked up so much that he practically fell off the chair he was sitting on.
"Omera o Kuroso."
"Alright, alright." Duo managed to choke out as he tried to suppress his laughing, "Don't need to put my life on the line. When is their flight?"
"Tomorrow at 3pm. Relena said that she would meet them at the airport when they arrive"
"Alright then see ya tomorrow." With that he hung up.
Back up in Ashleigh's room Duo sat at the table in there with his laptop open (courtesy of Heero when they came to see Ashleigh). He just checked his e-mail and found a letter from Professor O (if I have the wrong person here tell me so I can fix it. I was never to familiar with the Drs. Pretty much the only one I know of is J. ^_^;). The letter read:
Duo,
We have been notified that there are currently 3 women staying with you. If these 3 are of no use to your purpose then dispose of them immediately.
Professor O
"What kind of shit are they trying to pull?" Duo scoffed as he shut down his laptop and closed it.
Duo leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head before glancing at Ashleigh.
'We don't mean to do this Ash, but I hope you will accept that it's all we can do to protect you' He got up and went to the chair next to the bed and kissed Ashleigh's forehead before settling in the chair and falling asleep.
"We have to get her to a doctor." Duo said franticly as he carried the body into the house, "Her body is still warm so i'm guessing that she was shot recently."
"I'll go see if anyone is still around." Wufei quickly went out of the house and went to go look around the back yard for a suspect.
Heero came back to the kitchen with the items and took a towel and put it on her wound.
"She's lost too much blood." He said after a few moments.
"I'm going to take her to a hospital." Duo started for the garage, but Heero tugged him aside before he reached it.
"Keep your identity low. Who knows who is trying to kill the girls or even us, so keep a low profile." Heero told him in his usual manor, "We are switching houses ASAP. I'll notify you when we have reached it. I'll transport Deathscythe with Wing Zero so all you need to do is get to the house."
"Alright." He agreed and ran off to the garage.
* * *
"Mr. Maxwell?"
"Yes?" Duo stood up when the doctor walked into the waiting area.
"The bullet did no damage and just barely missed her right lung. She is asleep right now and we are transferring her to a room. We want to keep her over night to see that she recovers enough and she will be free to go home tomorrow." He explained as he pushed his glasses up his nose, "Do you have any idea how this happened?"
"No. One of her friends found her on the back patio this morning. Other than that we don't know." Another wave of relief washed over him when the doctor told him the news.
The doctor left shortly after and Duo walked over to the phone. He dialed the house number and waited for someone to answer.
"Hello?" Donna answered.
"Is Heero there Donna?"
"No he disappeared somewhere. How is Ashleigh doing? Is she okay?"
"She's fine. The bullet just barely missed the right lung. They want to keep her overnight to see if she will recover."
"That's a load off my chest. Heero told me that we are switching houses. We are going to the one in Florida."
"Ah. My favorite one. Alright. See ya later." He gave a quick wave and hung up.
Duo then called the privet line that was in the hangar.
"Heero here."
"Hey Hee-chan."
"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that Duo?"
"Um....." Duo put a finger to his chin and looked at the ceiling, "591,642."
"....."
"Heero i've been thinking. Do you think that it would be safer for the girls if they stayed with Relena? I mean after what happened to Ashleigh. You're right the person who shot her could be after us and is trying to weaken our defenses by hurting them." Duo got a look of seriousness in his eyes and face.
"For once in your life you actually thought of a good plan." Heero said smugly, "That is if Relena agrees to it."
"Why wouldn't she? After all they are relatives. Besides who wants to see their Aunt die even if she is supposed to be over 300 years old. When was the last time she turned us down Heero?"
"......."
"My points exactly." Duo's cocky grin replaced his serious one in a split second.
"Alright you talk to Relena." Heero then hung up.
"What no good bye?" Duo looked at the receiver of the phone and shook his head.
After calling Relena the doctor let Duo go see Ashleigh. The talk with Relena was not a pleasant either. She near about fainted when she heard that Ashleigh was shot. Relena opted to go down there, but it took a lot of persuading to keep her from going. She immediately said yes to the girls to stay with her. They were to go to her academy up in California with her.
When Duo walked into Ashleigh's room he flinched when he saw the IV in her. He hated hospitals especially when one of his friends was in one. Duo walked over to her side and brushed a piece of stray hair away from her eyes.
* * *
Hours passed and soon it was dark out. Ashleigh hadn't woken up yet and they had taken her off the IV much to Duo's relief. Now he was standing out on the balcony looking up at space. He rested his arms on the railing of the balcony and sighed.
'I really wish she would wake up. If she doesn't then we won't be able to leave and can't stand seeing her in here.' He kept his gaze on the sky not noticing the movement behind him.
* * *
Ashleigh woke up to have a light breeze cross her face.
'What happened? Why am I here?' She thought to herself as she sat up, 'Ow! That's right....' She put her hand on the right side of her ribs, 'I walked out on to the patio this morning and then felt a searing pain on right side then passed out.' She took her gaze off of her side and to the open balcony door, 'Duo......'
Ashleigh slowly got up and took the robe that was draped over the nearby chair and pulled it on her body and tied it. She quietly walked to the door and stood there and looked at Duo.
'He looks so beautiful with the wind blowing his hair.' She stood there for a few moments and took in every thing about him.
After a few moments she stepped out into the December night and came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. It startled him and looked over his shoulder to see a brown mess of hair. She rested her head on his shoulder blade and sighed.
"Thank you Duo."
"For?"
"Baka." She giggled and loosened her grip on him and turned him around, "For staying with me and getting me here. I really didn't pass out till I felt you hold me. I would have yelled, but the pain was too much that all I could do was lay there." Ashleigh wrapped her hands around his waist again and put her head on his chest.
Duo put his arms around her and held her tight then whispered, "I thought I lost you today."
"I'll never leave you Duo. Never unless you want me to. ACK!" She cried out when Duo picked her up.
"You shouldn't be out of bed you know that." He grinned at her as she struggled, but stopped when she felt the pain that went trough her.
"So. That won't stop me from anything. I'll get up and down as I please." She folded her arms over her chest as he put her on the bed and sat in the chair next to it.
"Really. What if you hurt yourself more?" He looked at her in a sarcastic way from beneath his bangs.
"That's my problem. Besides i'm not a klutz." She got up from the bed and sat on him.
"Well looks like I can't keep you from doing what you want now can I?" He laughed as he tried to move her so that he wasn't eating her hair.
After many failed attempts Dou finally gave up trying to move her and sat back in the chair. An idea then popped into his head. He opened his legs and Ashleigh fell onto the cushion of the chair. He put his arms around her and rested his chin on top of her head. After a few moments of awkward silence Duo decided to talk.
"Ashleigh....."
"Hm?"
"We are moving to a different house, but..." He was hesitant to tell her the rest of his thought.
"But?"
"But we all decided that you and the girls are going to stay with Relena at her academy."
"That's fine. You'll be able to visit right?" She leaned her head back to look at him.
"Well that's where the problem is. Her academy is in California and the house we are going to is in Florida."
Ashleigh abruptly turned around and looked at him her face full of disbelief. She scanned his face and found no signs of him joking, "You're not joking are you?"
"No. We feel that it is the safest this way. Staying with Relena that is. We would change, but Heero already has the Gundams in Florida. As soon as Trowa and Quatra get back we are going to try our hardest to transfer to California. I promise you." He tried to persuade her as not to think that they were abandoning her and the girls.
Ashleigh tried to look down, but Duo's hand caught her chin and made her look at him.
"Ashleigh?" He scanned her face.
Ashleigh just closed her eyes for a few moments then opened them again and her eyes were glossy. A tear rolled down her face as she looked into his colbot eyes. Duo immediately pulled her into a hug and put a hand on her head.
"I'm so sorry Ashleigh." He apologized several times as he stroked her hair as she cried.
They sat there for who knows how long and Ashleigh's tears subsided and she became quiet. Duo felt her muscles relax and realized that she was asleep. He carefully got up and put her on the bed. He covered her up and walked out of the room. He leaned against the wall next to the door and slid down it till he was sitting on the floor. Duo sat there with his face in his hands on his face for the next 20 mins.
* * *
RING - RING!!
"Hello."
"Hey Heero." Duo said solemnly with a tiny bit of cheer on his face.
"I take it she didn't take it well."
"Yea. At first she thought I was joking, but when she realized that I wasn't she got upset. She cried herself to sleep. It looked like someone ripped her heart out when she looked at me." Duo told him sadly the tiny bit of cheeriness disappearing.
"The others don't mind except for, Charity?"
"Chasity."
"She refused to let go of my leg."
That got Duo laughing. He cracked up so much that he practically fell off the chair he was sitting on.
"Omera o Kuroso."
"Alright, alright." Duo managed to choke out as he tried to suppress his laughing, "Don't need to put my life on the line. When is their flight?"
"Tomorrow at 3pm. Relena said that she would meet them at the airport when they arrive"
"Alright then see ya tomorrow." With that he hung up.
Back up in Ashleigh's room Duo sat at the table in there with his laptop open (courtesy of Heero when they came to see Ashleigh). He just checked his e-mail and found a letter from Professor O (if I have the wrong person here tell me so I can fix it. I was never to familiar with the Drs. Pretty much the only one I know of is J. ^_^;). The letter read:
Duo,
We have been notified that there are currently 3 women staying with you. If these 3 are of no use to your purpose then dispose of them immediately.
Professor O
"What kind of shit are they trying to pull?" Duo scoffed as he shut down his laptop and closed it.
Duo leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head before glancing at Ashleigh.
'We don't mean to do this Ash, but I hope you will accept that it's all we can do to protect you' He got up and went to the chair next to the bed and kissed Ashleigh's forehead before settling in the chair and falling asleep.
