Author's note: Muhahaha, well...now, the moment of truth! Now we will see just who got shot! OO At least no one killed me yet for that cliff hanger on the last chapter (...yet... >: ) muahahah! ) "I'm just not a thirteen year old maniac anymore...I'm fourteen! (not that that's changed within the last...uh...six months?) Okay...sorry, i'm rambling now, just read the story and forget my mindless babble. The reviewer responses are after the story as usual and if i didn't put a disclaimer on the first chapter, the usual apply.

Cheer, and this is out early for the holidays! Merry Christmas y'all!

Love, Red Tail

A Perfect Collection, Chapter Four

The trigger of the gun was pulled. Prussian eyes widened and a gasp sounded through the air. Heero stared as he watched his friend and comrade Duo Maxwell stumble to the floor while clutching his abdomen. He saw the blood oozing between the cracks on his hands, which clutched the wound desperately.

"Duo!" The Perfect Soldier cried out, knowing that even though Duo was a Gundam pilot, he had never been shot so dead on before. His body wasn't trained so vigorously as his either.

Une cried out and slapped her hand over her mouth as her body quivered and she blinked back tears when she saw the braided baka fall to his knees, almost in a fetal position while he was doubled over as visible tremors of pain raked his body. She fought the emotions welling up in her and screamed as she pounded her fists on the unbreakable windows.

"Duo!" She cried and Duo weakly turned his head to her at the commotion she had caused. Sakui turned his head to look at her with a raised eyebrow before giving her a malicious grin that seemed plastered onto his features.

Duo turned to look back at the man who shot him and bent over again as another tremor raked through his body. Weakly, he raised his head and drew in a shaky breath. "…B-Bastard…" He spat out, words dripping with venom.

"Yes," The man snidely retorted. "I am."

Heero growled as he raised his gun and moved the rush forward before he found himself paralyzed to one spot. His eyes were wide and he drew in a sharp breath, getting a sharp look from Duo and a knowing grin from Sakui.

The brunet fought to breathe, raising his head and shooting a glare at Sakui. "What the…hell did you do to me?" He hissed sharply as he panted from exertion.

"Oh nothing." The man said with false innocence. "Just that chemical that was thrown at you." The man ignored the death glare being thrown at him. "You see…during our little fight, you moved the chemical around more."

"You son of a—"

"Now we can finish this easily." Sakui grinned. He rushed forward at the soldier as the teen fought control over his body and tried to move, only much slower than his normal reaction time. Luckily, a stone was in the way and the soldier tripped, falling out of the way from the punch with the help of gravity.

"Good." Heero thought he heard the man whisper to himself but brushed it off. After all, why would people compliment themselves for missing something?

'After managing to rise to his feet, Heero was so lucky on the next punch. With swift speed, Sakui grinned as he lunged forward, low to the ground as he propelled himself towards the drugged boy. He threw his fist forward, smiling sickly as he felt the muscles of the Perfect Soldier's abdomen connect with his knuckles.

"…Y-you b-bastard!" Heero gasped as the wind was knocked out of his body. He growled at himself for being weak when he felt his vision falter and begin to dissipate. Heero's muscular body hadn't moved and nor had Sakui's, knuckles still pressed against the soldier's body.

"You'll be a perfect addition to my collection. I won't make any mistakes this time." He whispered with pleasure into the ears of the teen.

Heero's eyes slightly widened before he drew a shaky breath, his prussian blue eyes dulled as he felt more light headed. Consciousness slipping, cursing himself mentally as he felt his body give away to the darkness he had managed to barely fight off until now.

When Sakui felt the teen lean over onto his arm as he collapsed, he grinned and whispered, "Nighty night."

TBC

Author's note:

Muahahah! I got you all! It wasn't Heero that was shot, but it was Duo! Ahahahah! There's a major plot twist for you all. I read this and I was like, 'I need to write the next chapter before I forget it!'
Sadly, I haven't been able to update since I had to write a fifteen page max short story. Easily done of course, but the limit was hard to go by. I had to edit a lot of things and it had to be school appropriate (no swearing…aw…!) and I couldn't add a lot of gore but I think that it turned out quite nicely. I may post it, I may not. It's a one shot of course and original .
Anyhow, here's a shout out to the reviewers: (btw, thanks to those who did review, the encouragement is awesome!)
Currently, I'm really hyper on pepsi, which helps me write so quickly (chapter done in under an hour, is that a record?) so if the responses scare you, please don't mind the babbling!

Lockea: Yes, another review and you're going to update (yeah!) Were you surprised when you saw that it was Duo that was shot and not Heero? 'Queen of Heero Torture' isn't' a bad name, neh? Muahah, but if you think about it, if ya can't write romance, write action or angst! (Though I may try writing a few romance/drama fics…O-O be afraid, very afraid!)

DogDemonK9: Thanks for the compliment! . It really cheers me up! I'll be sure to keep writing (hopefully) as long as I can still think and use my fingers . Btw, if I didn't say so last time, yes…roasted peanuts are good! - Yummy yum to my tum! Thanks for the review!

Artgirl150: Thanks for the reviews, you really seem to like my stories, it's cool that people (I think) like them (a lot possibly?)! Thanks for the review again.

If I missed anyone, I'm really sorry! Sometimes I can really space out (O.O) …Like then… ahem and now I'm going to go and eat my Tombstone Pizza (go cheese!). "Yummy yummy to my tummy!"

Love,

Red Tail