Duo's blood boiled and he stared holes into the bitch in front of him. She had taken his best friends life and she was going to pay. His thoughts were filled with visions of the girl's death and his sight was almost blinded by his lust for blood. Chaos had clearly affected his mind, but he could care less, all his attention was on revenge and nothing was going to stop him. Duo brought up his radiating hands and smirked, but Relena beat him to it. Before Duo could even think about shooting the power that was forming in his hands at Relena the girl shot off her gun and pain exploded through his left shoulder. The power from his hands faded and he clutched his shoulder. The woman laughed and shot off another bullet that embedded itself in his side. Blood spilled onto the floor and Relena decided that it would be more pleasurable to have the boy bleed to death than to kill him quickly. Dorothy walked over to the motionless body of Heero and hefted him onto her shoulder. She walked quickly to the awaited car and Relena followed her leaving Duo to sink to the floor.

The bleeding teen watched as the rest of the soldiers that had been attacking the house were leave and each one carried a different person. His eyes widened as he saw Quatre over someone's back and a soldier following close behind dragging Wufei across the floor. A sickening thump was heard as the man crossed the threshold and went outside banging Wufei's head down the steps. The house was suddenly empty and Duo was lying alone on the floor bleeding profusely. The pain that shot through his body was nothing compared to the despair he felt from losing not only his best friend, but his new friends too.

Taking a deep breath Duo built up the courage he knew he never had before and bit back tears as he attempted to stand. Duo gripped his side and limped into the kitchen. He bit his lip as he rummaged through the cabinets with his hurt arm. Blood leaked from his shoulder and made a trail to his elbow before making a puddle on the floor. Duo grimaced at the site of the wound. The top of his shoulder had no skin left and His muscle was clearly seen. A gaping whole was all that was left of most of the top of his ligament and the blood began to cake to his torn shirt. At last the injured boy found the first aid kit in one of the kitchens many pantries and he quickly poured peroxide into his wound. Duo fell to his knees as the liquid bubbled and fizzed, killing all the germs that were in the massive hole. Duo bit his lip hard and waited for the pain to leave before he finally sat down Indian style on the cool tiled floor. Duo peeled off his shirt and groaned as he felt the pain in his shoulder intensify at his movements. Looking at his stomach Duo stuck out his tongue in disgust. Pouring peroxide on his right hand Duo pushed his thumb and forefinger into the hole in his stomach. Duo squeezed his eyes shut and dug deeper into his wound before grasping hold of the bullet that had implanted itself in his kidney. Duo pulled his hand out and discarded the bullet before once again picking up the peroxide. Lying on his back Duo poured the liquid over his stomach and shut his eyes, trying to think about anything but the pain.

A moment later the boy lifted himself from the floor and rummaged through the first-aid kit for bandages. Finding several large pieces of gauze Duo carefully dressed his wounds. Walking out of the kitchen Duo climbed slowly up the stairs to his room. Duo found all the bedroom doors open and several soldiers lying dead on the floor. The emblems on their black outfits read Oz and Duo made sure he remembered that. Reaching the end of the hall Duo entered his already open door and quickly grabbed one of the shirts still in his bag on the floor next to Heero's bed. He quickly pulled it over his head before exiting the room.

Duo flexed his arm muscles and tested his left arm for use as he walked back to the main hall. He winced a little, but willed away the pain before closing his eyes. Duo stood in the center of the huge room breathing steadily. The boy blocked his surroundings from his mind and he concentrated solely on Heero Yuy. Duo tried his hardest to contact his friend. He spent a long time searching and calling Heero's name, but knew his efforts were futile. His best friend was dead, he had watched him die. He was alone. No one was here to help him this time and he felt himself breaking down when something warm enveloped him. Pandora opened her arms inside his mind and he gratefully melted into them. "Shh, Duo I'm here. You need to put yourself together, you're the only one here that can save your friends and that's what your gonna do."

Duo looked at his other part in confusion and she simply pushed him pack into reality. He stumbled and blinked before catching his composure. He then realized what Pandora meant, he had to find his other friends and save them, or at least try. He then felt the tiniest tug at his conscious. 'Duo.' Duo froze, but no other words came. Even so, Duo was almost jumping for joy at the fact that there was a chance his best friend was still alive. Duo then followed his newly added instincts and went outside. Looking down he followed the fresh tire marks on the road and began running in the direction he was sure the army had gone. The pain in his shoulder was milder, and although his stomach throbbed he ignored it. Duo ran as fast as his feet could carry him. He was surprised at his own speed and found himself in a town within minutes. Looking around Duo walked to the nearest gas station. "Excuse me Sir?" Duo said addressing the sales rep. The man behind the counter looked up from his magazine. "Yeah," he said while chewing on a piece of gum. "Watcha need?"

"Well I was wondering if you knew where a military base called Oz is?"

The middle-aged man looked him over. "Yeah, you keep going down this street and get on the freeway, it'll be on your right. You go about a hundred or so miles before getting off at exit 102A. You can't miss it." Duo thanked the cashier and walked out. Looking around he jogged across the street to a car rental shop. A clerk immediately came up to him. She wore a pressed business suit and a fake smile. "Hi there young man. Would you like to rent something?"

Duo nodded but before the lady could ask him anything else he spoke up. "Listen lady, I um, can't really pay for it now. I just need something that'll get be about a hundred miles real fast. I promise when I get back I'll pay you." Duo gave his best smile he could and that's when the pain in his shoulder and stomach decided they had been ignored for too long. Duo grabbed the counter in front of him and looked down at his shirt in time to see blood soaking through the fabric. Cursing under his breath he looked back up at the woman with pleading eyes, trying his best to steady himself against the counter.

The woman gasped at the boy's obviously serious injuries, but could since his urgency. But the woman was a coldhearted cars sales woman and like all car sales people she did not take pity on a fellow person no matter how dire their situation. The uptight woman shook her head; "I'm sorry sir if you have no money I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

Duo gapped at the lady's answer. Here he was in a hell of a lot of pain, bleeding like there's no tomorrow and the lady just asked him to leave. Duo could feel Pandora's anger seethe through his very pores, but before he could say anything he felt her tugging on him. The violet eyes boy gathered himself together and left and leaning against the outside of the building he had a silent conversation with his other part. ::What's the deal?::

-Well toots, your good friend Pandora just happens to know how to hot wire a car.-

Duo gapped, but pulled himself from the wall and as inconspicuously as he could he walked into one of the shops garages. Duo was surrounded by gleaming motorcycles and the woman inside his head smiled with glee. Her choice vehicle just happened to be a motorcycle. Picking out the fastest one Pandora pushed her knowledge of hotwiring and riding a bike into the boy's mind. Experienced hands tied certain wires together and Duo heard the engine turn over. Grinning he hopped on the mike and drove out of the garage, leaving behind a very pissed off cares sales lady.

Relena decided she would play with her captures later as she focused all her attention on the boy that lay at her feet in her bedroom. She had used her healing powers to stop him from dying, but boy refused to get up and she was getting frustrated. She gently raised the boy's face toward her and moved her lips to his until she could feel the boy's breath on her mouth. The blonde shivered with pleasure and moved to kiss her new pet when the boy snapped open his eyes and quickly moved away from her grasp. Relena laughed at his attempt to get away. Hero stood and looked around the room for an exit. Finding a door he ran towards it only to find it locked. Heero heard the girl behind him giggle and turned back to face her. He geared up his power and was about to attack when he felt pain shoot up from his ankles and travel through his body. The boy feel to his knees as the pain subsided and Relena walked over to him. The seemingly sweet girl pulled his hair so that the brunette was looking up at her. "Don't even try. You have metal bands wrapped around your ankles and any power you use," she tapped the kneeling man's head, "even your telepathy, electric bolts will shoot through your body." Heero tested the girl's claims and managed a 'Duo.' Before collapsing onto the floor in a heap. Relena simply laughed and went to get her toys; she was going to have so much fun.

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Important Notice, Please Read; I'm thinking about making this a 2x1 – I have it all planned out, and it won't be weird because Duo's much, much stronger than Heero- please let me know what you think, it's all up to the readers – majority rules so every vote counts. Also I have written the next chapter it's ready to go, but I will not post it until I have 10 new reviews. I know it's cruel and greedy, but I really need encouragement and lots of love so that I can write chapter 9 and hopefully chapter 10 will be a really juicy 1x2 (or 2x1) lemon if you guys are good enough.

ShitaeTenshi: Um, yeah I guess he's an "uber-mutant" O.o Griffen: Don't worry the next chapter goes into more detail about it, I have it written out and everything! Windy River: Here it is – this soon enough for ya? Hikaru: Okay so in chapter 9 the romance part of the story is gonna come out. First we gotta have the fighting and all that good stuff. Mlaine: Sorry, I hope I don't upset you even more by telling you I'm writing Love, Lust, and Food at the same time as this...I hope I make up for it with good chapters...