Disclaimer: let me own gundam seed for one day, I beg you! No? Oh well, at least I tried.

Note: um…short late chapter. I think I need a break. Been too tired lately no inspiration and finding it increasingly difficult to write. I will try and see what I can do. Happy reading.

Rosegirl18: Haha…I'll admit. Clue is fun…but I've got no one to play with. And…they're playing it in this chapter…

SworDieXeQtion: well, not yet. Still got quite a few chapters to go, so plenty of time for all of them to go missing. Haha…or not. Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story about a cat buried in the wall. It was called black cat. Does that help clear things up?

KiraFreedom: glad you like it, and hope you'll like this chapter too!

Asga: Alyssa. Everyone is starting to like her huh? So happy.

Ailiricxxz: Haha…it's okay. And the oxygen thing…will be explained…. at the end of the story. Some mysteries are best left unsolved…until the end that is.

Yzak lover extrodinaire: Haha…Yzak is indeed. Still seems strange though…and rather OOC of him. Oh well, I guess he does have a heart after all. Wait…I always knew he had a heart…somewhere…deep down

Crazy4padfoot: you know, you're right. Unless I was talking about sardonic or is it sadistic humour? Oh well, changed the genre…to romance. Thanks for the review! And hope you'll like this chapter.

Chapter 16 – Cluedo

Yzak gently picked her up and brought her upstairs to her room.

At the top of the stairs he was surprised to find the group huddled together and whispering frantically among themselves.

"You're here. And Alyssa has finally been found." Athrun said when he saw Yzak.

"What's going on?"

"Fllay has been taken."

"How?"

"That's what we're discussing. Someone must have gone into her room and kidnapper her."

"Has anyone checked the living room?"

"Let's all go down shall we?"

The group left leaving Yzak and Nicol to take care of Alyssa.

"Well, well, well. Look who we have here?" a voice boomed as soon as they stepped into the living room.

The lights were switched on and on the table they found a Cluedo set.

"Now. Let's play a serious game of Cluedo shall we? I'm sure all of you are familiar with the game and its rules. Well all of it has been set. What you have to do is simple. Find out who, where and with what she was murdered with. No cheating. I'll be watching. You should get started time is passing rather quickly."

They looked at each other and sighed. They didn't have much of a choice did they?

Each of them took a character, with Miriallia just sitting around watching.

So the game began.

(For those of you who know, Cluedo can take rather long to play, and the more players, the longer it takes. So you'll forgive me if I don't describe what happens as they play)

An hour passed and they were nowhere close. None of them knew what would happen if they guessed wrongly, and they didn't dare take the risk.

It was only when the sun rose that Athrun finally made his move.

"I guess that it was Mrs. Peacock, in the kitchen with the wrench."

He slowly opened the black envelope and checked.

A sigh of relief escaped from him.

"Very good. Now let the real game begin. Left. Left. Left right. Can you guess where she is?"

"Shit." Sai swore.

He looked pale and haggard. All of them did. They lacked sleep and the game was taking its toll of them. Too tired to move they lazed on the couch and fell asleep.

Meanwhile upstairs, Nicol held his sisters hand and watched her sleep. He wouldn't let her go, no matter how much Yzak tried to persuade him. He didn't want to lose her again. After all the 2 siblings had a rather close relationship.

They went to school together, did their work together, ate together, and hung out together. Talked, laughed, cried, fought.

Nicol realized just how much he loved his sister when she went missing. Now that she was back with him, he wasn't going to let her go.

He really respected her. She wasn't perfect, still made mistakes, was lazy, didn't like studying, always rebelled against their parents, but he knew that deep down she loved the family a lot. She was rather sensitive and didn't like showing her true feelings for fear of rejection.

She had really gone through a lot, and he understood her struggles and was glad to have her to help him through all the ups and downs in his life.

Yzak watched the siblings. How he envied them, especially in times like this. Sometimes he really wished he had a sister or a brother. It was so boring being an only child. Most of the time he was left alone, his mother too busy with work. He guessed it was why he found it so difficult to interact with people. He was too used to getting things done his way, and couldn't really accept anything else. But it had changed. Ever since he had met this particular group.

He was learning, it was like all this time he had been locked up in a cage watching the world go by and now he had stepped out of that cage and was swept up by the world. It was a whole different experience and although he always kept a cool and calm exterior he was totally blown away and confused. Most of the time he didn't really know how to react to the situation and ended up running away, pinning the blame on something else.

He was afraid, and yet he wanted it so much. Wanted to be a part of this world.

With Nicol he felt he had gained a little brother and it felt great. With Dearka a best friend, although Dearka now seem preoccupied with other things. With Athrun it was a competitor and with every competition he knew he was improving. The rest he didn't know as well, they were just there, and it occurred to him that maybe he should try a little harder to get to know them. With Alyssa, it was strange. He didn't really know. She was easy to talk to and seemed to understand him quite well. He liked her, or at least he thought he liked her. With love who knew the answers.

Alyssa woke up. Slowly opening her eyes and feeling the pain in her limbs rushing back. How long had she been out? She wondered. The memory of what had happened flooded her mind. How had she managed to get through it? Then she saw Nicol and Yzak. She smiled and closed her eyes, content to just lie in bed with them by her side.

Note: okay…. I'm sure everyone now knows exactly how much I LOVE Yzak. So there. Different from what I've been writing…more about the characters. Hope you guys like it…and if there's anywhere I can improve…tell me! Dun keep silent, I do want to improve! Thanks. And please review.