ZT:Okay, this chapter is just total insanity. It is very random, but I've been wanting to do it SO bad!I don't own Gundam Wing. Enjoy!

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Calli Maxwell- (ZT: Heero! Take the stars!) (Heero: No!) (ZT: NOW!) (Heero: Eep! Fine then!) See? He took them. Isn't he a good boy? (Heero: (points gun)) Okay, shutting up now.

Gundam gurl ()- I have to cheat at Where's Waldo; that's a hard dude to find! Yeah, Sai really drives Heero nuts with that whole "You're so predictable" thing. Don't worry, he WILL surprise her in one of the upcoming chapters. As for Night Star…nope not telling!

Dark Devotions-Nope. It wasn't about her sister… but don't worry; I haven't forgotten about little sister either. Try guessing whoSHE is! Give ya a hint: she's in Endless Waltz.

Fate Sucks

Chapter 24

Vanessa let out a deep breath. Two weeks. Two more weeks until a week break from the Psycho academy! She REALLY hated it here! Sure it was peaceful and quiet, but it just wasn't the same as the colonies…

Now the question was where would she go? Usually she would just hang out with the girls, but she had a feeling that Allison was going to go her separate way this time, and Sai always broke off from the group at this time of the year. Being with Alex and Laury with no sanity to show them the limits to their insanity was just a little too mind boggling for her…

Maybe she could go with Sai. She knew that it was kinda personal what she was up to, but still, she wouldn't mind the extra support… She shrugged; she'd figure that out later.

"Nessa!" she rolled her eyes as she heard the familiar voice of Duo Maxwell. Did he have a homing beckon on her somewhere or something? He was ALWAYS finding her! She tried to ignore him.

Duo was used to this by now and ran up to her. "Hey! Lookin' forward to the break?" She didn't answer, so he continued, "Well, I am at least! I can't wait to get out of Psycho Bitch's lair and back to the safety of the colonies!"

Vanessa couldn't help but smirk, "'Psycho Bitch's lair'? Never heard THAT before!"

He grinned, "Hey! You commented on something I said without any smart remark aimed towards me in return!"

"Don't let it go to your head," Vanessa replied.

"Aww, you know you love me!" he pressed, playfully.

Vanessa nodded, "Like a lioness loves a hyena."

"Hey, that's better than some relationships I know of," he commented. Then he remembered why he was looking for her in the first place, "So…what exactly ARE your plans for break?"

Vanessa shrugged, "Probably job searching if there's nothing better to do…"

Duo raised an eyebrow, "I thought all you girls had jobs…"

"We do… but we never stay in one place for very long," Vanessa explained. "Besides, I'm getting bored with my work."

Duo chuckled, "Well, you can always tag along with me. I'm heading to L2 for my break. I gotta run some errands for an old friend and would love the company."

Vanessa thought about that for a second. L2…she had some family there… She could probably pay them a visit… "I have one condition."

Duo blinked in surprise. She was taking him up on his offer? He expected her to tell him off…or go all Power Ranger mode on him again. "Sure. What's that?" he asked.

"No excessive flirting!" she warned.

Duo laughed, "Deal!" They shook hands on it and headed back towards the rooms. "So, my errands shouldn't take the WHOLE week… Is there something you want to do or will this be your first time there?"

"I used to live there," she replied.

"Really? So, do you want to go say hi to some relatives?" he asked with a perked interest. They were from the same colony cluster. Who knew?

"You could say that…" she answered.

Duo's eyes clouded with confusion, "No simple 'yes'? What's up?"

"Well…"

"I see… so that's what you meant," Duo said as he and Vanessa neared the rooms. Vanessa had just finished explaining to him the little problem her family was having… "So…I'm guessing that's the reason why you stutter then, huh?"

Vanessa nodded, "Yeah, but at least I can talk now…when it first happened, I lost my voice complete-"

Both stopped right in front of the dorm Vanessa and Laury shared. Was that…clucking? They opened the door and blinked in surprise. Sai was leaning against a wall shaking her head. In front of her was Laury playing with a chicken.

"Meet your new roommate, Ness. Her name's Bobo," Sai said, not even bothering to look up.

Vanessa looked at Laury, "No."

Laury looked up and grinned, "Aww come on Nessa!" She picked up the chicken and hugged it, "He's cute!"

"It's 'she' and we can't have pets!" Vanessa protested.

"We're allowed to have pet birds!" Laury pointed out, "Otherwise Ally would get busted for the pigeons."

"When it said 'Birds allowed', I seriously doubt they were counting chickens in that statement," Sai replied.

Laury shrugged, "Not my fault they didn't specify what kind of bird." A bell dinged in the kitchen and Laury jumped up, "Food's ready!" She ran into the kitchen gleefully.

Vanessa looked at Sai who shrugged, "I saw her come in with it. Now I'm trying to get rid of it…"

"I'm not sleeping with a chicken," Vanessa stated. No, she would NEVER sink so low as to sleep in the same room as a chicken.

Duo grinned, "Could've been worse. She's been talking about wanting a monkey."

Laury skipped back in and sat next to Bobo. She placed a small plate down and put some of the food from her plate onto the small plate.

Vanessa blinked when she saw what she was feeding her, "Laury, what's that?"

"Chicken," she replied.

"You're feeding the chicken chicken?" Sai exclaimed, quickly picking up the plate and taking it towards the kitchen, "That is wrong on SO many levels!"

"What? You mean I actually have to make something else for her? That's too much work; I don't want a chicken any more!" Laury pouted.

Vanessa sighed, "Good. Now we'll just get the chicken and…Where's the chicken?"

The four looked around and spotted Bobo near the door. It had something hanging out of its beak.

"Is that a…wallet?" Sai asked.

Duo checked his pockets, "That's MY wallet!"

"Hey! She remembered how to do it!" Laury exclaimed proudly.

"You taught your chicken how to pit pocket?" Sai asked incredulously. Laury nodded and Sai groaned, "Catch that chicken!"

As Vanessa and Duo lunged for the chicken, it flapped its wings wildly, getting out of the way just in time to miss being squashed when Vanessa's and Duo's heads hit together. It flapped its wings wildly as it ran down the hall, with Duo's wallet still in its beak.

Sai chased after it, "Get BACK here you insane little clucking thief!" It flapped straight out the window and landed safely outside on the ground. She glared at it and jumped down after it. She growled as it took off again, still with the wallet, "Damn you."

"Get back here with my wallet!" Duo exclaimed, jumping down as well followed by Vanessa.

They all ran after Bobo at top speed. Vanessa yelled after it as it slipped under some prickly bushes. The three ran around and caught sight of it heading over a hill…

Well to make a long story short, they didn't catch Bobo. However, they did run into Heero in the midst of the chase, who shot his gun in the air, scaring Bobo into dropping the wallet. So we don't need to worry about Duo being the next victim of identity theft as a chicken goes over the border…

As the three headed back to the dorms, Duo sighed, "Chicken pot pie tonight?"

The girls agreed, "Chicken pot pie."

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