"Quatre, meet me in the living room at midnight," Heero whispered, "Tell Trowa to come too." Quatre nodded. He was used to these kinds of meetings. "I have already told Duo and Wufei," Heero added, "Make sure Tizzy doesn't find out about this." Quatre nodded again and headed down to Trowa's room.
"Trowa, Heero's called a meeting," Quatre said shutting the door, "Make sure Tizzy doesn't find out about it."
"Wow. Heero hasn't called a meeting in a while," Trowa said, "I wonder what it is all about."
"I think I know," Quatre answered, "He's real suspicious of the girl since she was raised by an OZ officer."
"Oh yeah," Trowa said, "but what could he be plotting?"
"I don't know, but I don't like it," Quatre said angrily, "She came to us for help, we have no right to be suspicious."
"She did say she was raised by OZ," Trowa commented.
"That's all the more reason to trust her," Quatre responded, "If she was really here to infiltrate, she would never tell us that. You never say anything that might even slightly jeopardize your position."
"Yeah I guess your right," Trowa said, looking a little relieved, "I'm glad you can argue her innocence. She seems like a sweet girl, and truly seems to admire us. She stuttered a little when she spoke with me and did the same thing to Heero. Like she couldn't find the words."
"She barely talks to me," Quatre said.
"Maybe you're her favorite," Trowa said smiling.
"Ha ha ha," Quatre said, "Remind me to laugh even more later."
"I have called this meeting because I am worried," Heero began, as the five of them sat at the table in the warehouse, "I think that girl might give us away." All the pilots nodded. Not even Duo could dismiss the fact that she may betray them, despite her relation to him. "I have a plan," Heero began, "Do any of you know when she is most vulnerable?"
Duo winced, then spoke, "She gets on the 'net a lot and she is often wearing headphones."
"Thank you Duo," Heero said, "Tomorrow I will give you the signal and I want you all to go into the living room. No matter what, do not interfere." With this last sentence he looked straight at Duo. All the pilots turned to leave. Heero grabbed Duo by the arm. "Duo, this may be hard on you," Heero began, "but I have to put my mind at ease. But I can promise that I won't hurt her."
Tizzy sat, typing furiously. Suddenly a hand covered her eyes. She was grabbed roughly. "Don't struggle and I won't kill you," a voice said. It was Heero. He had disguised his voice and led her into the living room, where the other pilots sat silently. "All you need to know is that OZ has captured your precious Gundam Pilots," Heero said coldly. The rest of the pilots understood his plan. He wanted to see if she would change her tune.
"That means you are with OZ also," Tizzy said sweetly, "Thank you for saving me from these monsters! They were keeping me prisoner!" Everyone gasped silently, and tears streaked Duo's cheeks.
"May I ask the name of my rescuer?" she continued. Suddenly Quatre leaped up, knocking Tizzy out of Heero's grasp and pinning her to the ground. She looked up into his blue-green eyes. She looked over at Heero and realized what had happened. She pushed Quatre off her and stood up. In her hand, she held a knife. She dropped it and grabbed Heero by the collar.
"I could have killed you!" she raged.
"What?" Heero asked.
"She was about to skew you on that knife," Quatre informed him angrily, "She really thought you were an OZ officer. She was going to kill you!"
"Now do you see how loyal she is?" Duo screamed, jumping up.
Now it was Tizzy's turn to be confused. "What is going on?" she asked.
Trowa looked at the floor. "We wanted to see if you would betray us," he said.
"Oh I understand," she said looking at the floor. Tears rolled down her cheeks. "I knew it would come to this," she mumbled, as she walked out the door. No one spoke. Quatre glared angrily at Heero, then followed her.
He found her on the front steps, still crying. He put his arm around her. "I'm sorry," Quatre said, "Heero tends to not trust people. He didn't trust any of us for awhile."
"But he has every right to be suspicious," Tizzy sobbed, "If you knew who raised me…"
Quatre grabbed her shoulders, forcing her to face him. "You came to us for help," he said, "And you have given us no reason to distrust you. If we had found out from someone else that you were raised by an OZ officer, it would be a different story." Tizzy hugged him. Quatre stiffened. No one had hugged him in a long time.
"Thank you, Quatre," Tizzy said. She rose and went back inside.
Tizzy sat on Duo's bed holding her laptop. This time, she was not wearing her headphones. Tizzy heard a soft knock on the door. "Duo's not here," Tizzy said, "He's with Hilde."
"I know," Heero answered as he walked in. "I came to see you," he said timidly.
"What is it?" Tizzy said, a little harsher than she had meant.
"I want you to understand that I have nothing against you," he said quickly, "I just had to make sure you were loyal."
"Heero Yuy, are you apologizing?" Tizzy asked with a cocky smile.
"No, I just…" he stuttered, "I guess so. But don't expect too much."
Tizzy smiled to herself and continued working.