CHAPTER 3
Wufei stood to the side of the room cleaning his katana while Quatre helped Kody find a suitable sword for herself. Wufei came to the center of the room.
"Are you coming onna?" Kody smiled as Duo wished her good luck then moved to the center of the room. "Ready onna?"
"I do have a name you know."
Wufei held his katana up and Kody raised hers against his. Kody drew her sword back and blocked as Wufei slashed down at her. She dropped to one knee and thrust upward knocking Wufei back. She stood and advanced on him driving him back until he Flipped up, kicked off the wall and landed behind her, knocked her sword away, held her hands behind her back and pressed his katana to her neck.
"I win." Wufei released her and she bowed in mocking thanks.
"Not bad for your first fight." Heero murmured.
"What do you mean Heero?" Duo asked.
"Kody Yuu's Training: Hacking Computers, Piloting, Boxing…" He listed a few more. "…and salvage. Sword Fighting was not under your list of training in the Doctor's computers." Duo turned to Kody.
"That was your first fight?"
"Yup." Kody grinned as Wufei gave her a glare. "Not my fault I'm a fast learner." She put her sword back and got some water.
"You guys want to go to the Arcade?" Duo chirped up. Most everyone agreed.
"What's that?" Quatre asked when he heard an alarm go off. They all ran out to the hanger.
"We got company!" Duo yelled as he saw a small fleet of mobile suits headed for the safe house. They all split up and ran to their Gundams.
Heero was the first out of the hanger. He opened fire and took out the first 3 to arrive within range.
The rest of the pilots followed and dove into battle. It was a short battle given that the mobile dolls weren't that fast.
"What's that?!?" Kody yelled over the radio.
"A new Gundam. The Devil Gundam." Heero replied.
The new Gundam raised its gun and fired knocked Kody's Gundam back.
"Damn it!"
"Kody! Are you all right?!?"
"Yeah. Duo I need to get out and fix something on my suit. Can you guard me?
"Sure." The Death scythe moved in front of Hot Ice (A/N: Kody's Gundam.) and reflected shots as she climbed out to repair what she could. A cry came across the radio, as Quatre's Gundam was rendered useless.
"Trowa, Wufei, Heero? Can you still fight him?"
"Yes. We're all right." Kody got back into her suit.
"Thanks, Duo." With that she and Duo dove back into battle.
"No!" Duo cried in horror as Kody's Gundam exploded. Her suit disappeared into the forest and the four reaming suits ganged up on the Devil Gundam.
Heero shot his beam riddle, Wufei used the fire on his Gundam's arm, Trowa used the machine gun on his suit's arm, and Duo used his scythe all at the same time and the Devil Gundam exploded.
Heero, Wufei, Trowa and Duo jumped out of their suits and began to search for Kody and Quatre. Quatre was found first.
"I'm fine. Go find Kody." They all set out to find her. Duo searched the woods and found a scrap of mettle. He continued on and found a completely destroyed Gundam.
"Kody?!?"
"Duo…" came a soft reply.
"Where are you?" Duo saw a rock fly up from behind a large piece of mettle and he ran over. He pulled the mettle back and found a rather bloody Kody. He picked her up and headed back to the base.
~*2 Hours later*~
Kody lay quietly on the bed in the safe house while the pilots argued over what to do.
"We can't let her die!"
"If we take her to the hospital we will all get arrested. You have to understand that Duo." Heero frowned at the braided baka.
"So you're going to let her die so you can live?" Duo practically screamed.
"Fine we can take her but how do we get in?" Wufei asked.
"Dress as OZ soldiers…" Kody put in.
"Good idea. But what about my braid? They'll recognize it."
"Put it under your hat." Wufei mumbled.
"Cut it off." Heero suggested.
"Why didn't I think of that?" Wufei asked.
"NOT MY HAIR!!!"
"Just wear a dress and be a girl." Kody said from the bed.
"I am NOT a girl!"
"Please, Duo? For me?"
"All right." He said with a sigh.
"In the closet are some Oz Uniforms."
Within ten minutes Heero and Wufei were dressed as Oz soldiers and Duo was in a dress.
"Does this dress make me look fat?"
"Duo!"
"Sorry!"
"Quatre and I will stay behind." Trowa informed them.
"All right."
"What about ID?" Any of you bakas think of that?" Wufei grumbled. A look was passed between the pilots.
"My desk…the book…look inside." Kody winced as she tried to talk. Heero walked to her desk and opened the book sitting on it. Inside a square had been cut out of the paged to make a nice stashing place. In the hole sat Ids for her and the pilots for almost every organization imaginable. She had Oz, White Fang, Sanc Kingdom, and Romafeller. You name it: it was most likely there.
Heero grabbed 3 Ids and came back. He passed one to Wufei and one to Duo.
"Lets go."
*~*~*
"Agh!" Kody's cries of pain continued as the car continued towards the hospital.
"Hang in there." Duo whispered.
"I'm trying, Duo…"
*~*~*
Heero walked into the hospital, carrying Kody, with the other pilots. They walked to the desk.
"We have a patient. No name needed and no questions asked." Wufei showed their Ids. A nurse came up and got Kody onto a stretcher. The horses wheeled her off and Heero followed while Duo and Wufei sat down to wait.
*~*~*
Heero folded his arms while he waited for Kody's doctors to come back. One of the doctors stepped out into the hall. Heero stepped in front of him.
"How is she?"
"She had some internal bleeding and such. She should wake up soon and you will be able to take her back to the prison."
"Tell my companions." Heero pushed passed the doctor and walked into Kody's room.
Heero folded his arms and looked down at Kody as she rested.
"You're just as strong as Dad was," he whispered to her.
*~*~*
Heero was sitting out in the Lobby waiting for Kody to wake up. He heard her yelling.
"Let me out now!"
"Yup…She's awake." Duo said as they stood and headed for her room. The passed the doctor.
"You'll need these to control her," he said and handed Wufei and pair of handcuffs.
The group walked into Kody's room.
"I thought I told you to- oh hey guys!"
"Hi…"
"Hey, Duo. Want my ice cream?" Duo's eyes lit up.
"Really?!"
"Yup. They've stuffed me full with ice cream already."
"Sure!" Duo bound forward and grabbed the bowl of ice cream.
"You ready to go, Kody?" Heero asked a glint of impatiens in his voice.
"Yeah." She got up slowly and the pilots turned their backs while she changed.
Duo put the handcuffs on her wrists and was about to lead her out.
"Hold up…"
"What's wrong?" Duo questioned.
"You can't lead me out. To them you're just a civilian in a dress. Wufei or Heero has to."
"Fine." Duo let go and Wufei took hold of her arm.
The group of four walked from the room, Wufei pretending to be rough with Kody as the passed some doctors. Kody turned to look at them over her shoulder.
"I'm gonna have a little fun," she whispered.
"Don't hurt yourself." Duo whispered back and Kody grinned then twisted from Wufei's grasp and took off.
She sprinted down the hall and out the front door finding it hard to run with her hands hand cuffed.
Wufei and the others gave chase but let her get ahead. Wufei glanced at Heero who seemed to have a concerned look in his eyes. Duo noticed as well.
"What's wrong, Hee-chan?"
"She's going to hurt herself." With that Heero sped up running up beside her and grabbed her arm. "You're going to injure yourself," he hissed as he pulled her to a stop.
"Why do you care?" She questioned as she was "led" to the car by Heero. Duo and Wufei were waiting inside.
She got into the back seat with Duo and folded her arms.
"Are you all right?"
"Just peachy." She glanced at Duo.
They rode silently to the safe house and everyone got out. Duo went to get Kody out of the car. She pulled away and limped back towards the house. Duo picked her up from behind.
"Damn it, Maxwell! Put me down!" Duo laid her down on her bed then crossed the room and went out the door and sown stairs were Quatre and Trowa were finishing cooking dinner.
Heero sat down at his beloved laptop and started to hack into the hospital computer to erase all traces of Kody or the pilots. He lifted his head and noticed dinner was ready. Duo finished his quickly and took a plate up to Kody. When he stepped into the room he noticed she was asleep. He set the food down on the side table and looked at her. He sat down and ran his thumb over her lips. She was so beautiful. He just had to kiss her. No one would know. He leaned in and very gently pressed his lips to hers.
Kody quickly awoke to find Duo Maxwell's lips pressed against hers and his hands running over her body. She was quite surprised at how nice it felt and she quickly kissed him back. She arched her back against his touch and brought her hands up to his shoulders.
Duo noticed her reaction and realized she was awake. He pulled back from her and turned away. He quickly made his way out her door and she let out a growl of frustration.
"I gave into him…He'll take advantage of me like the doctors…" She quickly got up and went to the bathroom and took a nice cold shower.