Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing and that's it…not much else I can say. Oh, I don't know much about Asian cultures so don't fuss about the Krishna references in the story…it's suppose to be fiction. And if the Spanish is a little off, it's cause that's the best I could do with and my Gringa knowledge of the language…XD

Chapter 50

Noin finished off the last group of OZ mobile suits and said, "There. . .that should be it. Now what did they say to do after my task was completed? Oh yes, join Rachel for further instructions. Now, I suppose I just focus on her location and teleport there. . ." She said to herself, landing and envisioning Rachel in her mind. She teleported and appeared in a dark room, looking around in confusion and thinking, This doesn't look good. . .Instantly, she turned invisible and searched the darkness further, wondering where Rachel was hiding.

"Noin. . .leave. . ." Noin heard a voice echo in her head and responded quickly.

"Rachel, what is this place?" Noin thought back, still not able to see her.

"Go. . .I'll be fine, check on the others. . ." Rachel responded, ignoring her question. Finally, Noin felt her presence, walking forward and kneeling by a chained up ball curled in a corner.

"Noin, please. . ." Rachel begged in a whisper.

"You're hurt. . ." Noin whispered back, feeling her body trembling.

"Go." Rachel insisted.

"Why are you allowing this to happen? I don't understand!" Noin thought back in confusion.

"I can handle this, you must help the others."

"Rachel-"

"Go, that's a direct order." Rachel thought violently. Noin blinked in surprise and rocked back on the balls of her feet, about to refute her order when the clink of keys against metal echoed into the room.

"that's them, go before both of us are captured!" Rachel screamed in her mind, looking up pleadingly with her eyes. Noin ground her teeth and stood up, saying in a harsh whisper, "I am not leaving you." The door swung open and Rachel looked up in astonishment, finding that Noin wasn't visible.

"You, get up! Treize would like to have a talk with you. . ." A stern voiced man said, his shoulders back haughtily and his nose in the air as he stared down at her with a frown. Noin kept completely silent as she watched, waiting for an opportune moment to spring her. Rachel shakily began to crawl to her feet, slowly inching her way to a hunched over sitting position. The man impatiently stepped toward her and yelled, "Get up!"

"I'm. . .trying. . ." She said, her arms showing the weakness in her body. The man growled and bent down, sharply pulling her to her feet and dragging her out of the room, cursing her out the whole way. Noin watched on in horror as she thought, That man wore an OZ uniform. . .what has happened to the morale of this organization!

Sayla grabbed her veil and stopped it from revealing her face as Quatre tried to see her.

"Quatre, I. . .I don't think I should let you. . ." She shyly turned away. He looked down shamefully and said, "Sorry. . .I. . .was just wondering if your face was as lovely as your eyes. . ."

"My face is. . .for my husband's eyes only. . ." She said quietly. He smiled and nodded, saying, "I understand. I should go, if I'm going to finish off OZ here and help the others. Will you come?"

"I. . .I suppose. . .but you're still hurt and sick!"

"Oh, don't worry, I'm fine! I have medicine for it anyway, no big deal. . ." He smiled sweetly. They both stood and walked out of the small room, entering a quaint living room that was full at the moment with fully covered women chattering away in their native language. They all stopped and turned to him, standing and rushing over to him chattering again while taking him in their hands and guiding him over to the comfy cushions they had been sitting on.

"Sayla, what's going on?" Quatre asked over his shoulder as he was being dragged. He plopped down on the pillows and blinked curiously as the women rushed about, getting him food and doing various things, one talking to him while brushing through his silky hair. He looked at Sayla for an answer and she seemed to be lost for a minute as well. Finally, she stepped forward and spoke to them, asking them in a sweet voice exactly what they were doing. One of the sisters that was preening his feathers responded and Sayla's eyes gave away a surprised expression. She turned to Quatre and said, "Apparently, they think you're a deity sent from Krishna to protect us. It's. . .their way of thanking you."

"Krishna? Oh no, I'm nothing of the sort! I'm just a human being, different, of course, but definitely not a deity! I don't even believe in Krishna. . ."

"Neither do I. . .that's another reason my father wasn't pleased with me." Sayla said, a sparkle in her eyes of slight mischief. Quatre smiled back and enjoyed the attention for a moment before saying, "Perhaps you should explain to them. . ."

"They wouldn't understand. . ."

"Well. . .if they won't understand that. . .tell them I'm on a journey to rid Asia of the evil presence of OZ and I have chosen you to help me. . ."

"Really? You. . .you don't really want me to say that, do you?" She didn't seem too keen on this idea.

"Sure, why not!" He smiled, letting one of the sisters give him some dates.

"Alright. . .if you insist. . ." She called to her sisters and explained what he told her in their language, getting a sudden uproar of giggles and chirps from the women. A few floated over to her and rushed her off to another room and Quatre cocked an eyebrow.

"What's going on?" He called out to her.

"Um, nothing! Maybe I'll tell you later!" She shouted over her shoulder. Quatre shrugged and smiled to the women combing out his hair. She blushed and looked down, combing gentler.

"You look familiar, have we met before?" Lady Une said to Rachel as she stood in front of her hunched form on the floor. Rachel looked up and said, "Maybe, I've met a lot of OZ soldiers in my journey. . ."

"Have you now. . .any relation to the children piloting the Gundams?" Treize entered the questioning room and stared at Rachel, seeming to take in her appearance in case he'd have to find her later. The soldiers in the room stood at attention and saluted, including Colonel Une who said, "Sir! We found this one attacking a base in Los Angeles, California. We had followed a pattern of attack she seemed to be following and caught her at her last attack off guard."

"Good work, Colonel Une. . ." Treize gave her a quick glance and Rachel watched Une's response.

Heh, she still has a thing for him. And it seems in this version of the game he's playing her a little bit. . .could he have feelings too? Or is he just using her. . .we'll see soon enough. Rachel thought, putting on her best poker face as she stared up at Treize. He knelt in front of her and said with a straight face, "Whoever you are, you seem to have friends of the same mutated nature. . .they've been attacking our bases all over the world. Anywhere we are, they are too. Except as of late they seem to have slowed their attacks. Perhaps they've found out you're missing?"

"I haven't been in contact with them since my capture, possibly they don't realize I'm trying to talk to them." Rachel replied in a monotone voice. Treize stood and turned from her, walking slowly toward Une as he removed his gloves.

"We almost caught one of your allies, a man with short, eye length brown hair and aggressive tendencies. . .anyone you know?" Treize asked coolly.

Heero. . .I hope he's alright. . .Rachel thought, holding back the urge to attack Treize.

"Don't think so, most of my allies are women. . .wouldn't trust a man to save me for anything. . ." Rachel lied through her teeth.

"He was injured badly, from what information I received from the field, his wing was torn in half, bleeding everywhere, quite nasty. . .just before we got the chance to retrieve him from the tree he had fallen into, he vanished without a trace. Why didn't you do the same? Perhaps you wanted to be captured?" Treize took a syringe from Une and tested it. Rachel stared at it in surprise for a moment and almost gasp.

"Vanish? How would I do that? I'm not a magician. . ." She said, trying to sound as honest as she could.

"Either way, we'll find out the truth soon enough. . .try not to resist too much. . ." Treize said, walking back toward Rachel. Her emotions finally took over and she tried to back away, immediately feeling strong hands on her holding her down.

"Noin, help. . .please don't let him do this!" Rachel thought profusely, gritting her teeth as he took hold of her arm.

"This won't hurt. . .much. . .but then again, the truth hurts sometimes. . ." Treize said, almost grinning as he injected the contents of the syringe into her arm.

"OoooOOOHHH CRUUUDDD!" Duo yelled as the forest quickly grew to him and the girl, finally feet from swallowing them. He instinctively grabbed the girl and shielded her from the foliage as they crashed through the trees, branches breaking against Duo's body and giving him cuts and gashes. They finally got caught up in a snag of branches and the girl finally let out a shriek. Duo cringed and, still holding the girl tightly in his arms, said painfully, "It's. . .alright, kiddo, I gotcha. . .I won't let you fall."

"Usted no deja para ir!" The girl cried in Spanish, finally releasing her hold of Duo's throat and clutching his jacket. He smiled and said, "So. . .you only speak Spanish? Español?" She looked into his eyes tearfully and said, "S. . .si?"

"Okay. . .well, I don't really know that language very well. . .let's see, uh. . . no hablo Español bien?" Duo attempted at talking to her. She blinked and said quietly, "No. . .habla?"

"Nope, I speak a few other languages but mainly English. Do you know that word? English?"

"En. . .glesh. . ." She tried to sound out the word. Duo nodded and smiled sweetly.

"Usted no habla Español, sino usted habla Inglés?" The girl asked.

"Um. . .if that's English then yeah, that's what I speak. I also speak Japanese and German. . .don't know why I learned German but I guess I was just bored. . . Guten Tag?" She looked at him in confusion and he chuckled softly, saying, "Nevermind. Just sit tight, alright, I'll think of someway of getting us down safely, okay?" She blinked and he patted his chest, saying, "Lay down, rest." She slowly laid her head down and looked up at him curiously. He smiled and nodded and she smiled back, saying, "Me aflijo a que ataqué usted." He patted her back and rubbed it slowly, almost falling asleep in his hanging position. He was laying on his back, a little painful but he didn't mind, the girl resting on his chest nearly asleep. They both almost fell asleep when a distant call echoed in the forest.

"Padre. . ." The girl muttered, looking up sleepily. The call came again and she perked up, moving suddenly as she shouted, "Padre!"

"Hey, kid, sit still! We're gonna fall!" Duo said, holding the girl as the branches began to creak. She looked down at him and he shook his head. She closed her mouth and looked scared. They both heard feet crashing through the forest and she looked into Duo's eyes questioningly. He grit his teeth a moment before saying, "Call them, talk." He motioned for her to do so and she nodded, slowly leaning back to get away from Duo's head so she didn't deafen him with her calls.

"Padre, Estoy sobre aquí, en este árbol! Ayuda yo por favor y mi salvador, ningún daño él! Estamos sobre aquí! Aquí, padre, aquí!"

"Maria, recuperaremos usted, no mueva!" the powerful voice called out from below.

"Maria. . .is that your name?" Duo asked, pointed to her. She pointed too and nodded, saying, "Maria. . ." Smiling, Duo pointed to himself and said, "Duo." The girl smiled and laid back down, snuggling into his embrace and whispering, "Duo. . . mi salvador."

Relena sighed, leaning back and saying, "You are an excellent cook, Nate! Those sausages were the best! And the tea was good too. . .how could a man like you go without being married?" Nate chuckled and said, "Well. . .the sheilas don't roam much into the bush. . .so I don't meet many. . .just me and that old bugger out there. . ." Nate motioned to the dog lounging on the porch. Relena chuckled and finished off her tea, saying, "Maybe you should move to the city, I'm sure there's bound to be a girl for you there!"

"Nah, I like being alone. . .what about yourself? Got anyone back home? A beaut like you couldn't be free!" Relena blushed and said, "Well. . .actually, I do. His name's Heero, he's very nice and sweet. . .in his own way."

"A lady like you deserves a bloke who'll love ya forever, treat ya with respect. . .hope he's worth it."

"Wouldn't want another. . ." She smiled. Nate sensed her infatuation and grinned. Just then, the dog began to bark outside, causing Nate to jump to his feet.

"What is it, a bushranger? I'll knock that berk upside the-hold up, now!" Nate stepped outside and saw a man laying on the ground in a heap, tattered and looking close to death. Nate ran over to him and helped him up, saying, "Well mate, you seem to be up a gum tree here, come on inside, I'll help ya. . ." Curious, Relena stepped to the screen door and peeked out to see Nate carrying her boyfriend.

"HEERO!" Relena gasped, bursting out the door and flying to his side in a fluster.

"R. . .Relena. . ." Heero looked up slowly, his body limp in Nate's grasp. Relena took his face in her hands, looking deep into his eyes as she said, "Heero, what happened, who did this to you!"

"Relena, is it? Well, miss Relena, we should get the poor bloke indoors, it's not good to sunbake when you have open wounds." Nate said as he started forward with Heero. A little dazed from the transport, Heero tried to weakly fight off Nate.

"No, Heero, stop! He's a friend!" Relena said, grabbing his hand gently. He looked into her eyes and moaned, his body getting weaker. Relena quickly slipped under his other arm and helped Nate get him into the shack, passing by the dog that sniffed at Heero and then the trail of blood his broken wing left behind. They laid him on the floor and Nate ran off to his bathroom to retrieve his medical kit while Relena made Heero comfortable.

"I'm gonna have to make a run into the Big Smoke to get some more supplies if this keeps up! Either that or call for an ambo for him!" Nate called over his shoulder as he dug around the cabinet over his sink. Heero groaned and reached for Relena's hand, saying in a whisper, "Relena. . ."

"It's alright, Heero, we're gonna help you. . ."

"No. . .listen. . .someone. . .someone's in trouble. . .I thought it was you. . .I was. . .worried. . ." Heero gasped, looking into her eyes with sincere concern. She looked sad and said, "Heero. . .I'm glad you were concerned. . .but, if someone else is in trouble. . .wait, in trouble how?"

"Oz. . .tried to capture me. . .this was. . .all I could do. . .to escape. . ." Heero cringed and groaned again, his body twitching from the pain.

"Why did they want to capture you?" Relena was getting serious. If someone was in danger she had to do something.

"I. . .I don't know. . .they only talked about. . .another like me. . .bringing me back to Treize. . ." He mumbled, his body going limp. He gasped for air and moaned again, looking like he was holding back a lot more than an occasional moan. Relena stroked his hair and said in a calm, soft voice, "Alright, I'll see what I can do to find out what's going on. If they know about us and are trying to take us down, then we need to form a new plan. . .Heero, is something else wrong besides the obvious? What happened there?" He looked up with a blank stare. Relena leaned closer and thought to him, "Tell me in my mind. . ."

"I was about to attack OZ when some stupid village kid shot me with arrows and knocked me out. Then his father numbed my whole body with something so I can't move, only with my mind. It was too much of a drain on my mind and when I left to attack OZ again, I barely finished them off before falling from the sky and crashing into the forest. That's how my wing got broken and my body was badly torn and bruised. Then OZ found me and tried to catch me, but I teleported. . ."

"Okay, rest now, I'll take care of you." She said, kissing his forehead. He nodded slowly and let the exhaustion take him over, passing out into a deep sleep.