Duo sat on his bike in front of the Anything Goes circus and waited for his "prey" to show up. She didn't seem inclined to accommodate him. He'd been sitting there for two hours and it was almost 11:30. He sighed. The simulated weather was cold with a brisk breeze. He rubbed his hands together.

'Damn it,' he thought, 'I should be doing more today than just sitting around, out in the cold freezing my ass off.' He sighed. He was hungry too. Still grumbling mentally, he decided to get some coffee and a sticky bun from the gas station he'd seen a little ways down the road. Crossing the street and still keeping an eye on where he thought the girl would exit, he entered the store and immediately headed for the coffee. It was weak, but coffee just the same. Duo also grabbed two sticky buns. Setting them on the counter, he realized he also wanted some gum for later.

After telling the proprietor to wait before ringing up the merchandise, he went into the candy section to find the gum he wanted.

Diolyn stepped out of the employee entrance and wrapped her trench coat tighter to herself. She was still slightly steamed at Zarinthia for digging into her. How was she supposed to know they had missed a camera? And none of them had been identified either. Shit, what was the big deal?

Turning the opposite direction of her shop, she went into her favorite corner store/gas station. The owner had once worked at A.G. with her and Zarinthia, but had saved up his money to own the little store he'd always wanted.

"Yo," she said by way of greeting, waving at him as she walked over to the cappuccino machine and getting herself a large French Vanilla. Grabbing a donut with chocolate filling, she walked over to the counter in time to see a boy with long brown hair set down four different packs of gum next to coffee and two hot buns. 'Wow,' she thought. That used to be what she bought before Zarinthia had caught her and given her hell about her poor choice in food.

The boy paid for his items and turned, almost knocking her down. They both apologized at the same time and laughed. He looked startled when he actually looked at her for a second, but he grabbed his stuff and walked out after saying good bye. She smiled and waved at him, then set her own things on the counter and leaned forward to talk to the old gentleman.

Duo walked calmly out the door and turned toward the ladder he'd seen attached to the side of the building. Climbing it, he sat toward the edge and tore open the plastic wrapping on one of the pastries. Biting into it, he figured he'd have about five minutes to wait for the girl to come out.

He actually waited for fifteen minutes and had already devoured both coffee and pastries when she finally came out. He'd just stuck some cinnamon gum into his mouth and he almost choked on it in his excitement. Finally, she was moving. She walked casually down the street, sometimes taking random turns and back tracking. Duo followed, leaping across building tops and sometimes jogging to keep up. After half an hour of this, she finally came to a stop in front of a large, dingy looking ware house. She knocked on the door and a slit opened. She said something and pulled out a piece of paper, sending it through the slot.

The door burst open and a tall man came out, grabbed her into a bear hug and spun her around, her trench coat fluttering in a meek trail behind her. She laughed and flailed her arms weakly pretending to try to escape. He set her down and tugged on one of the two pony tails she had high on her head. She lightly punched him in the arm, and then followed the stranger into the building.

Duo jumped across the roof of a few more buildings and finally to the building the girl had entered. He snooped around the roof of the building and finally found an entrance near the far left part of the roof. It was a trap door with a ladder that led into the building. Climbing down, he asked himself how he'd find her in such a large building. Shrugging, he figured he'd just have to be very quiet and search the entire building. His feet hit the ground and he began his search.

Diolyn followed Alex through the semi-dark interior of the ware house she used as her auto shop for Gemelo Lámina. She looked up at the gundam and smiled. This was the fruit of all her work. Its armor was till bare, with no paint and the left arm still couldn't move. But now that she'd stolen the part, Diolyn would finally be able to exercise both of Gemelo's special weapons. Sighing with pleasure, she took off her coat and threw it over on of the chairs in the room and rolled up her sleeves.

Alex turned on the lights and Diolyn thanked him, already starting the finishing touches to her mecha.

Duo grinned when he heard the noise of a large power tool being put to use. He liked that sound cause it reminded him of his own business. He followed the noise as best he could, but ran into three dead ends before coming to a door that was definitely were the sound appeared to originate. Looking around for a better entrance than the door, he spotted a conveniently large air duct and decided to check out his little scoop in that way.

He made short work of the ventilation cover and pulled himself up and in. He heard his shirt rip and cursed. Admittedly, the shirt had been cheap. He shrugged it off and looked at the very large rip starting at the collar and ending at the hem. He dropped it and started crawling towards his destination, all the while cursing his bad luck and the tightness of the space he was forced to crawl through. He sighed with great relief when he finally hit his destination.

The cover of the ventilation duct had blessedly large slits and he could see quite a bit of the very bright room. He felt his jaw drop and knew he must look very comical. The girl was working on a mecha. But not just any mecha, but by the design and armor, a gundam. Leaning forward, he noticed that she was finishing up her job. The large tool she was using was connected to suspended arm hanging and she pushed to the side and stood up.

"Yo, Alex, would you help me down?" She walked carefully down the left arm and the tall boy that she'd entered with reached up and grabbed her waist, lifting her up and set her on the ground. Thanking him, she walked over to one of the three lap top computers and sat. Rooting through the cluttered desk it was resting on, she grabbed a disk and inserted it into the slot of her lap top.

Duo leaned forward to get a better look at what she was doing, but the boy, Alex, was in the way. He leaned against the cover....

Heard a horribly loud creak and fell through. He cursed when his shoulder hit the guard and he rolled quickly to his feet. Looking up, he saw that both the girl and Alex were standing defensively and not at all pleased. "Hey," he said weakly.

The girl arched a brow. "Uh-huh."