Quatre hit the ground, "Owww that hurt." Quatre rubbed his butt then saw Wufei falling only to fall through the ground. "Wufei!" Quatre yelled when he saw that.
Wufei poked his head out of the ground, then pulled himself out, "Just be lucky that I can go through things." Quatre sighed in relief then looked up and noticed Heero and Duo falling. Quatre covered his eyes; he didn't need to see this. Wufei looked at him and agreed also covering his eyes. Heero saw the ground and pulled Duo into a hug. Duo suddenly felt everything stop and opened his eyes and noticed him and Heero just hovering above the ground by three feet. Heero landed them both safely on the ground. Duo let his breath out that he was holding. Quatre had uncovered his eyes along with Wufei and looked at them. Heero looked at them and then Quatre got up and looked around for any sign that could tell them which way Trowa went.
"There looks like some sort of fire was built that way." Heero looked where he was pointing and noticed it also. Heero put his arm around Duo as him, Duo, Wufei and Quatre walked towards it.
Quatre took a look at it and nodded his head, "It looks like he went this way." Wufei looked at it with Quatre.
Duo looked at Heero and noticed something, like pain on his face, "Heero what's wrong?" Duo looked at him with eyes of concern then Heero dropped down to his hands and knees. Duo looked around then noticed the sun coming up. Duo pulled off his over-coat that hug down to his ankles and pulled it over Heero to hide him from the sun. Heero started to breathe hard, and Duo yelled to the other guys, who instantly come running. Both Quatre and Wufei pulled off their jackets and put them on top of Heero. Heero's breathing slowly went back to normal, and he began to calm down a bit. Duo lightly lifted the coats from Heero's face but still kept the sun out, "You okay Heero?" Heero looked at Duo lightly lifted the coats from Heero looked at Duo through pained eyes. Duo held out his hand to Heero, who took it in his hand, and lightly smiled.
Heero looked at Duo again, "I'm glad you're here Duo."
Duo smiled then lightly squeezed Heero's hand, "Me too." Heero let go of Duo's hand and started to lay down on the ground. "Heero?" Duo said his voice full of concern.
"Just going to-to sleep." Heero said then was out.
Heero awoke and tried to get up only to notice that something was lying across him. Heero lightly moved the coats up to see if the sun was up or not, luckily it wasn't. He noticed Duo's arm draped across him with Duo sleeping right next to him. Heero pulled the coats off him, it was getting to hot for then when he noticed Quatre walk up to him.
"Do you feel better Heero?" Quatre asked handing him some water.
Heero nodded his head, "Yes I'm fine." The he looked at Duo.
Quatre smiled, the scene reminded him of Trowa and him, "He was very worried about you, Wufei was going to walk through him is he wouldn't be quite, but he finally did. Went to sleep right next to you."
"We should get going if we want to find Trowa; he must walk by night also." Heero said to Quatre, who nodded his head in agreement then went to go wake up Wufei. Heero looked at Duo and lightly shook him by the shoulder. Duo lightly opened his eyes and looked at Heero but then closed them again. "Come now wake up we must move while its still night." Heero said to him lightly shaking him by the shoulder again. Duo lightly pulled himself and stood up but almost fell but Heero caught him and stood him back up.
Duo laid his head on Heero's shoulder then lightly spoke, "It's still to early Heero."
Heero looked at Duo then pulled him into a hug, "Come now you must wake up, we have to get a move on if we want to find Trowa." Duo lightly yawned then rubbed his eyes, still only half-awake but still that was better than nothing.
Duo was pretty much lagging behind he had never done so much walked in his life. Heero had noticed that Duo was falling behind and stopped to let him catch up then walked with him. "It's too much walked Heero; I'll never be able to keep up with you guys." Duo said to Heero, who was right next to him.
"Don't worry Duo. I won't leave you behind." Heero said to reinsure him. Duo sighed to himself but it was a little louder. Heero looked at Duo; he needed to talk to Duo about anything to get his mind off of falling back. "I could tell you the background of Wufei." Heero said finally after a moment of silence.
Duo looked up at Heero when he said that, "Okay."
Heero looked at Duo then began, "Wufei is a Grendel, the monster of Beowulf is described only as a gruesome creature that hurts the Danish moors, He is "descended from the race of Cain" and bears Cain's mark. He is humanoid in shape, nearly gigantic in stature and incredibly strong and fierce. Only Beowulf's great strength is the Grendel's undoing when hi rips the monsters arm off. The Grendel nearly bleed to death in the marshes before Beowulf heeds him on the deathbed. Beowulf must also confront and slay Grengel's mother as she seeks revenge. That's all I know about the background of Wufei."
Duo thought about this for a minute then shook his head, "That's very strange." Heero looked at Duo and wanted to say something but decided against it, he would tell Duo in time about his back ground.
Wufei, Quatre, Heero, and Duo had come to an opened field when Heero stopped. "What's wrong Heero?"
Heero looked around; he seemed to be on high alert, "It's too quiet." Duo listened and he was right there weren't any sounds at all. Quatre and Wufei had also stopped moving to listen.
"Hell Hounds." Quatre had said at last after a long period pf silence.
"Hell Hounds?" Duo asked, never before hearing that word.
Heero looked at Duo, "Various myths speak of fearsome canines inhabiting the underworlds. Most famous is probably Cerberus, the three-headed, snake-tailed hound that guards the way to Hades. Cerberus was fierce but could be overcome by brute strength as when Hercules subdued him, or lulled by song as when Orpheus entered the underworld. Garm was the hound of Hel in Norse mythology."
Duo looked at Heero, "You seem to know all the answers."
"Heero's a walking encyclopedia." Wufei said to him. Quatre nodded his head in agreement. Finally they heard what sounded like barking. Heero and Quatre looked at each other then nodded their heads; they were thinking the same thing. Quatre looked at Wufei who also nodded his head in agreement. Wufei disappeared into the ground and Quatre took off running. Duo looked at Heero, wondering what was going on. Heero pulled Duo close to him then took off running.
Heero and Duo caught up with Quatre who was on the far side of the field. Duo noticed that Heero was breathing harder then normal, "Maybe you should rest a bit Heero."
Heero shook his head no, "It will be morning soon. We should find cover." Quatre nodded his head and looked to see if he could spot Wufei.
All of a sudden Wufei showed up, "I found a place that had a lot of shade that would be good for you Heero.
"Let's get going then." Heero said, he felt the sun coming.
Wufei and Quatre had gone to sleep farther down in the cave that Wufei had found. Heero had stayed up a bit longer and was surprised when Duo walked up and sat down next to him.
"Heero you've told me about Wufei and about the rules of vampires but you still haven't told me about yourself." Heero sighed he was hoping that he wouldn't have to answer this question for a while.
"Have you ever heard of a man named Odin Lowe?" Duo shook his head no, so Heero continued, "Odin Lowe was an experimental scientist in 1732, he used people for his experiments. I was one of his experiments; right now I should be dead. My mother and father sent me to him thinking that I was going to be learning not going to be used. I came home and they noticed something different about me, I was colder, got angrier easily. I wouldn't get up in the mornings and finally wake up at night. My parents thought I would do them harm so they threw me out."
Duo looked at him with wide eyes, "H-How old are you?"
Heero looked at Duo, "3,716." Duo backed away from Heero shaking his head no, then went into the back of the cave. Heero sighed, then went to sleep right where he was sitting.
Quatre woke up and noticed Heero wasn't there. Quatre stood up and walked towards the entrance and noticed Heero standing there. "You okay Heero?"
Heero sighed, "I think I made things worse."
Quatre looked at him, "What do you mean?"
Heero looked at him, "If you were human Quatre, wouldn't you be freaked out by someone who is 3,716 years old."
"Uh oh he asked didn't he?" Quatre said to him. Heero nodded his head. "Heero you just have certain knowledge passed onto you, that doesn't mean that he'll hate you." Quatre said again.
"He sure left in a hurry last night." Heero said again then walked out of the cave. Quatre went back into the cave to wake Wufei and Duo.
"Wufei wake up." Quatre said shaking the demon.
Wufei opened his eyes, "I was already awake Quatre."
"Oh sorry I didn't know." Quatre said then walked over to Duo, "Duo you got to get up." Duo lightly moved but didn't get up. Quatre frowned then shook him again. Duo sat up and noticed that it was Quatre who woke him. Duo looked around and noticed that Heero wasn't anywhere.
"Where's Heero?" Duo asked the blonde sorcerer.
Quatre looked at him, "He left."
"Good reddens too." Duo said crossing his arms. Wufei looked at him, with wide eyes.
Quatre crouched down in front of Duo, "Duo why do you hate Heero?"
Duo looked at him, "Wouldn't you hate someone too if they were frickin old?"
Quatre shook his head no, "As long as I loved him and he loved me, I wouldn't mind the age. Heero's been through a lot, he just wanted someone to love him for who he was not by how old or what he has been through."
"I blew it didn't I?" Duo said to Quatre.
Quatre smiled, "You can still catch him if you go now." Duo got up and ran out. Wufei looked at Quatre with a confused look on his face. Quatre smiled, "Sit down I'll tell you."
Duo looked around outside trying to see if he could spot Heero. Finally he spotted him not to far away and took off running.
Heero was walking and thinking to himself. 'Why did I tell him that I'm so stupid sometimes, but I couldn't just lie to him that would have made it all worse when the truth finally came out.' Heero continued to walk and lightly heard his name being called. 'Quatre must be coming after me, he'll catch up in no time.' Heero continued to walk till he heard his name again. 'Wait a minute that isn't Quatre's voice.' Heero stopped and turned around and noticed that it was Duo.
"Duo?" Heero said. Suddenly Heero was hugged.
"Heero I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you upset, please forgive me." Duo said.
Heero pulled him away and looked into Duo's eyes, "I had already forgiven you." Duo smiled and put his arms around him.
Duo finally pulled back and looked at Heero, "Shouldn't we go back for the other two." Heero nodded his head and they started to walk back. Suddenly Duo was pounced on by a tiger. "HAAY!" Duo yelled as he went down.
Heero turned around and almost smiled at the scene, "Trowa." The tiger looked up at Heero "Quatre's worried about you." Heero said again.
The tiger got off Duo and changed into Trowa, "I was wondering id you guys were going to come look for me."
Heero looked at him, "It looks like it was the other way around." Trowa nodded.
Duo got up and dusted himself off and noticed Heero and Trowa walking off, "HAY WAIT FOR ME!"
Quatre was pacing the floor while Wufei watched him. Wufei had noticed the three of them walk up but Quatre hadn't.
Trowa smiled when he saw Quatre, "You know Quatre pacing the floor like that doesn't do anything to help." Quatre quickly turned when a voice said that.
"Trowa!" Quatre yelled then ran up to him and hugged him. Wufei put his finger into his mouth to indicate that it was sickening. Trowa smiled and lightly messed up Quatre's hair. Quatre pulled back and looked at everyone, "We should look for a way out." Then looked back at Trowa with a hint of lust in his eyes. Trowa smiled then kissed him.
Heero looked at everyone, "We should go now while it is still night." Trowa lightly pulled away from Quatre and agreed. Then they started off.