She tossed and turned trying to figure out how to save Lexi and keep Duo alive at the same time. She wasn't about to let him die, and she would make sure Treiz would pay for what he'd done. She heard more and more of his treachery. He was evil and out to run the world, but he'd have to get through the Gundam pilots first. Her eyes blazed with newfound fury. Treiz had no right to prey upon the innocent as he had in the past. She would try to make this go as smoothly as possible. She sighed, her light still blazing slightly in the now soaked night. She found a light suit and a dark coat. She opened her door silently, not wanting anyone to hear it creek. She wondered if Duo would forgive her. She slipped out, pausing slightly at Duo's door.

kotoba yori wakariaeru

manazashi ga soko ni areba

hito wa minna ikite-yukeru...

mayowazu ni jiyuu ni

ayamachi wo koete

kidzuku hontou no yasashisa

anata to mitsuketa kara

ai to yoberu tsuyosa wo...!

I believe your love

furue nagara

kuchidzuke ni kasaneta negai

("anata" ga ite... "watashi" ga iru...)

wasurenaide itsumo...

I believe your dream

tsunoru omoi...

itoshisa wo inori ni kaete

kono kodou wo tsutaetai yo

atsuku hageshiku...

so far away

arasoiau dake ja

erarenai dare mo... nani mo

osanai te ni sashinobetai...

kegare no nai tokimeki wo

odayaka ni toki wo

kizamu komorebi no nukumori...

daremo ga idakaretai

zutto kitto eien ni...!

I believe your love

She sighed and silently kissed her dark knight farewell as she headed towards the place where Triez held her biological daughter hostage, the remote outpost in Siberia, where this entire chaos head begun in the first place. Mako suited up in her very frigid Gundam. She checked to make sure she had enough fuel for the journey, and checked that all her systems were go. She strapped her seatbelt and flew off into the night sky. She wasn't sure if Duo would forgive her for taking off so hastily, but she knew this had to be done. Mako licked her lips out of pure nerves, and concentrated on trying to keep her Gundam in the right position. She tried to force out thoughts of Duo, which keep drifting across her head at odd intervals. She watched as the brush below her became more sparse, and looked on the monitors, to see that the temperature had dropped drastically. By midday, she would reach that hellish outpost she detested so passionately

On Duo's end

Duo awoke to the sunlight hitting his face. He yawned and creakily dismounted off the spring mattress. His plan was to go wake up Mako, he'd heard from Usagi that Mako could sleep like the dead after she finally was able to get to sleep. He grabbed a glass of water from his nightstand, but had a feeling he could not place. He sat there for a moment trying to collect his thoughts. He felt as if something was amiss, but what? He put on his usual attire (the black priest's outfit with the high neck), and walked down the hall where Mako had been sleeping when he'd left her last night. Usagi was already up and about, talking to both Quatre and Trowa in undertones. No doubt, the two had already had their morning squabble over who was better suited to be Usagi's koibito. "Ohayo Duo." Quatre called out, his voice did not have its usual cheerfulness attached to it.

Duo replied back "Ohayo, Quatre. What is going on?" He darted his eyes over to Duo, which held concerned looks.

Usagi looked the most nervous of the three. "You're not going to like what I have to tell you," She replied as she and Duo stared each other down.

" Did I miss a battle in the middle of the night or what?" He asked shocked.

"Iie, it's about Mako," Quatre fidgeted nervously.

"Nani? What happened? Is she hurt? Is she sick?" He fired questions rapidly.

"Calm down, she's gone." Trowa replied in his usual calm and nonchalant voice. "Gone? What do you mean gone?" Duo growled angrily. Quatre looked at the Deathscythe pilot fearfully and scooted closer to Usagi's side.

Trowa huffed at this movement. "Be a man for once pretty boy." Quatre shot him a death glare.

"What we mean by gone, is she took her Gundam and left. Did you two get into a fight last night?" Usagi inquired.

"Iie, we were getting along great, she said something about having trouble with Triez and.." Duo trailed off as realization hit him squarely in the face. "I should have known! That baka Treiz has Lexi! How could she go out on her own? He'll kill her!" Duo cried out suddenly, leaving the trio behind him absolutely baffled to what he was talking about.

"What just happened?" Quatre blinked.

"From what I gathered, Mako has had a run-in with Triez, and now he's out for revenge. But who's Lexi? Probably a friend Mako made in flight school." Usagi shrugged.

"He's going to go after her," Trowa chimed in on whim.

"I'd expect so, he isn't about to let his koi go after a maniac by herself." Usagi said in her matter-of-fact tone.

Quatre smiled as he looked at her. "You always know what to say, Usa-ko." She blushed slightly at his compliment, which Quatre was quite good at.

"Shall I escort you to breakfast?" His eyes were lit up in excitement, his zeal and energy, like that of a young boy, were charming. Not to mention it would make most girls become a puddle in mere seconds. Usagi blushed and Trowa tried to offer her his other arm. She looked back and forth between the two men, having no idea who's to accept. She came up with a compromise. "How about we just walk down all together instead." Quatre slightly frowned but nodded.