I have a note to put up here. Nobody has to read it but if you read the other stories then read this. I have removed them from ff.net because it seems that they didn't catch on. Oh well. This story will keep going though. After all I have to at least have one story to hold on to, no? And this also means that I will possibly update sooner. I know updating every other month makes you forget the story, but guess what? I reread the whole thing. It took about an hour too. Oh well, I remember all the good stuff so I can keep going now.

Thanks to: hildie, rika_1, sweetangel, and Mama-sama. I really appreciate every one of your reviews. It motivates me to keep writing on this story.

Chapter 20: Some "Mush", (Bluntly put) and some of Hilde's Past

"..." Means someone's talking

'...' Means someone's thinking

AN: Author's Notes

"Sir Quatre, what are you doing?" Adriana asks, looking up into his eyes.

"There's something about you Lady Adriana." He says, slowly letting his head lower.

"Something about me?"

"Yes. Something that tells me to..." He stops as he lowers his head fully and is about to kiss her when...

"If you're not going to fight me, then leave me alone!"

"What was that?" Adriana asks, breaking her gaze from Quatre's and Quatre gives out a little sigh of frustration at the distraction (AN: Can you imagine?) as Adriana heads to open the door. When she does she sees the Healer walking angrily away from Wufei.

"Wait, woman! I didn't mean to offend you!"

"I told you to stop calling me woman Wufei! I have a name! It's Sally! Sally remember?! And I...Oh hi Adriana." She says, stopping to greet her.

"Hello Healer." Adriana says.

"You don't have to be formal Adriana. You can call me Sally, like everyone, well almost everyone else."

"Oh okay. Hea--I mean Sally, what is going on?"

"Oh that. It's nothing just Wufei and I having a little spat."

"Woman, hold on a second."

"Speaking of which, here he comes." Wufei catches up to them, slightly out of breath. "Yes Wufei?"

"I wasn't finished talking to you."

"Well I was finished talking to you. If you excuse me I have other matters to attend to." Sally says, and then walks off. Wufei growls slightly and Adriana gets shocked a little as Wufei walks off after Sally again.

"Woman wait! Wo--Sally wait!" He says, walking out of view. Adriana stands there, blinking for a couple of times, and then smiles.

'What an interesting pair of people.'

"Adriana?" She turns back around to face Quatre.

"Oh Quatre. Did you see them?"

"I heard them. Does that count?"

"I guess so. Oh I'm sorry. Weren't you telling me something before Sally came by?"

"Well not exactly."

"But I thought you were. You said there was something about me. What did you mean?"

"I, well...Um..." 'Oh screw it.' With that thought, he wraps his arms around her swiftly and kisses her deeply. Her eyes go wide before he pulls back. "Oh, I'm so glad I got that out." (AN: I know OOC, but I....Well....Um....Anyway, moving on...)

"Uh...Um..."

"I'm sorry that was abrupt, but next time...Well I'll come up with something better. For now I have to finish up a couple of things for the Ball and look for Duo."

"Oh um, well...I'll finish up what I have to as well and look for Hilde in case she isn't with Duo."

"Great. Then I'll see you later?"

"Um, yes, of course."

"Great. Good day to you Adriana."

"Um, you as well Quatre." And with that said, they both walk off in different directions with different faces. (AN: He he.)

Back to the Hilde's prison...

"If you don't tell me what you've done to Duo, I'll--"

"You'll do nothing. You can't do anything the way you are right now anyway. Besides I've told you your boyfriend is dead or will be dead very shortly. So why don't you--" He's interrupted as he hears a knock on the door. "Who is it?" He asks, frustrated. A guard steps inside and whispers something in the capturer's ear. "Ah perfect. I'll be right there." The guard walks outside and the capturer turns his attention back to Hilde. "I'll be back my Lady. I just have to take care of your soon to be dead boyfriend."

"No! You can't do this!"

"And why not?" He asks, and walks out, locking the door to Hilde's freedom.

'Now what do I do? Duo is in trouble. And I can't help. I can't help. I feel so helpless. So helpless just like that time.' She thinks, and then has a memory.

*Flashback*

"Oh yeah! We got enough to feed all of us now." A dark haired guy says to another guy, as he bites hungrily into a loaf of bread and then looks up as he hears a door open up and sees two girls come in with tired looks on their faces but smiling.

"You got enough?" A light haired girl asks.

"You better believe we did. But more of the credit goes to Luke of course." The second guy, a light haired person as well, says, pointing to the first guy.

"How did you do it Luke?" The light haired girl asks, while the other girl remains quiet but listens.

"Well I ducked and dodged until I was out of sight. Those coppers never stood a chance." Luke boasts slightly, as the two girls come over to the table. "Go ahead ladies, dig in, eat your fill. There's plenty to go around. We all know Craig has started digging in." The light haired guy named Craig sticks out his tongue at Luke, but Luke just laughs and turns to face the girls again. The girls stick out their hands but hesitate. "Oh come on you two. It's not poisoned I assure you. And no one will be coming after us anymore for it. I see that look of hunger on your face Exa. Go ahead." He tells the light haired girl. After his reassurance, Exa grabs a piece of meat and goes to sit next to the light haired guy biting into it delightfully.

"You never know if they still followed you Luke." The dark haired girl says.

"Ah come here." Luke says, hugging her tightly, causing her to smile as he speaks up again. "You worry too much Hilde. They didn't follow me. Now believe me and eat up. Don't make me force feed you."

"Okay, okay."

"Now there's a Lady." He says, as he kisses her forehead and then letting her go so they can both eat.

A couple of afternoons later...

"See my Lady. There's nothing to it." Luke says, his arm around Hilde's waist.

"I'm worried Luke. I still have a feeling that we're being followed."

"Aw Hilde you worry too--"

"There they are!"

"Huh?" Luke turns around to see a few police men coming after them. "Oh no. Hilde, run to the others. Catch up with Craig and Exa."

"But Luke--"

"Go now!" Hilde hesitates and then hears another voice speak up.

"Hilde, Luke!" Hilde turns her head to see Craig and Exa running up to them.

"Craig, Exa, take Hilde and get out of here now!"

"Got it!" Craig lifts up Hilde as she struggles.

"No! Luke!"

"Go my Lady! I'll see you again one day! I promise!"

"Luke!" Hilde yells as Craig pulls her off and the police men catch up to Luke. When they're out of sight and safe Craig lets Hilde go, trying to catch his breath. "I'm going back!" Hilde exclaims, starting to run back.

"Don't be an idiot Hilde!" Craig says, catching her again before she can go. "We can't help anymore."

"I want to at least try."

"Hilde, listen to Craig. He's right. We can't help. By now Luke might be gone." Exa reasons, her eyes welling up with tears.

"No, I don't believe it! We can still help!" Hilde says, her eyes also filling up with tears but from both sadness and anger.

"Snap out of it Hilde!" Craig says, shaking her. "Luke's gone. We can't help him anymore. He wanted us to go. And now we have to get out of town. He wouldn't want us caught too."

"No, he can't be gone." Hilde says, falling to her knees and covering her face crying. "No...No he can't be gone." She says, before breaking down completely.

*End Flashback*

'No! I won't let that happen to Duo. I won't!' "I won't!" Hilde cries out and then feels darkness envelop her.

End of chapter. I'm sooooooo sorry I took so long to put this up. But it is longer than my usual ones so that can be an excuse. I will have the other chapter out though soon! I mean it. See I don't have any more stories to put up so I'll have more time. As for forgetting about the story because I take too long to update just reread the story. It only took me about an hour. It's up to you. Oh and I apologize for any errors in this chapter as well. Until the next chapter then. Later!