"I don't care!"
" Well you better start. Miss Relena is getting worried! Maxwell has not been around for the past week. Dont' you think that is going to go unnoticed for to long. Maxwell is very well know in this school. Him just dropping off the face of the earth is to suspiciouse. You are getting careless with all this meddling you are doing." A growl irrupted from Duo.
" I don't care! No matter what I do it won't be right! I can not do this by my self any longer! I need there help. Maxwell is a made up character and like any other made up character I can change his story."
Haruka frowned at the boy. " No. No you can't. Not this time. Maxwell is to to incorpriated into this school. Relena relys in on him much. THis is no longe the eara of wars. Maxwell can not just simply vanish with out causing suspicion. You intergrated him to far. As for the other pilots. What are you going to do? After that little stunt you pulled at the play I would not be surprised if they shot you on the spot. How are you suppose to ask for their help when you can't. YOu can't even talk to them or be near them!"
Relena could not see much of Duo's face. It was shadowed by his bangs. She was confused what was going on? Dou was Maxwell, Duo was alive and Duo could not contact the otehrs. She stayed silent hoping to get any information she could. She did have to chock her gasp when Duo finally looked up. Tears filled his eyes and spilled over. Never has she seen such emotion on the boy face. A face that smilled no matter what.
" Don't you think I know this. I do not understand what the Doctors are doing. Why they are doing this to me. I need help they know this but they are unwilling to bring the others back. Why? WHY? Why must I alway suffer? Why can't I retire to and leave it to others? I am tired of fighting. All I want...All I want is to take these stupid masks off I must hid behind and to be with them again. They are my friends! If I had not left that night at the theaters they could have been killed. " He sunk to his knees. " I am at a loss. I don't know where to go. Should I stay should I leave. What person should I be. Then I have to wonder what my next mission will be. I have to do something with Maxwell. He can'no longer be a part of this school or help Relena. The docotrs has ordered me to stop. What now? I still have to protect Relena from that danm faction."
Closing her eyes briefly she stepped forward. " I think that Relena can do with out Maxwell, but she can not do with out DUO Maxwell" Both spun on her in attack positions. Shock registered in their faces. She gave them a small smile" Please forgive me. I came to find out how Mr. Maxwell was doing. when I knocked on the door it opened on it own and I came in." Color drained from Duo's face. This was not good. Relena was one of the last who was suppose to know about him. Since she could not be killed at the moment. He was going to get it." I see his health is much improved then the last I had heard"
Relena closed the door. "Now lets start from the beginging. I want to know what is going on. I have a feeling that Dorothy already knows. Since I get such a headache trying to get anythign out of her. How about I hear it straight from the source."
Duo swallowed hard. This was so, so not good. He did not even want to look at Haruka. Knowing full well there was a big smirk on that face mocking him. He was trapped and no way out.
Descrbing Relena as angered at the moment was an understatement. She was furious as she paced back and forth in her office. There had to be a way to get Duo and the other four together and danmed be those wakkos that called them selfs Doctors. Who in the world were they to play God? There was a new faction to deal with as well. She wondered how long the peace would last. Humans could not stand to be peacefull for long. That was the price they payed for having free will. everyone had the right to choose what they believed in. It was when those belifs began to clash with other that people had problems and fights started. Fights that grew till it became war. Right now the thoughts of war and other things could be concentrated on at a later date. Duo and the others were her man consern. Now she understod all the moods and attitudes everyone had lately. She knew it all, including the biggest secrect Duo was hidding. Well no the biggest secrect, because she was sure the other life Duo lead was even bigger. Now...how to get both parties together. Looking out of the bay windows a smile slowly formed. There was always a back door in any situation. One just knew where to look. Reaching down at her desk she pushed the call button on her phone.
"Could you please find Ms. Dorothy and have her come to my office imidatly"
She was understanding why People like to be in possitions of power. If felt realy good when thing fell into place as you watched from above. Now she truely understood how so many can become power hugry. It is addicting. Thankfully she was smart enough to back way when need be...for now.
"YOu called for me Relena."
"Why, Yes Dorothy. Close the door and come sit down. We have much to dicuss and plan."
Haruka looked at the two girls before him. When these two began to plot together he doubt anyone was safe" Let me get this straight. YOu think the Doctors are testing Duo for some strange reason. That is why he can not have conntact with the other pilots. If he does have contact you do not belive that they will actualy be killed. The thought has crossed my mind, but with how unpridictable those danm old farts are it was safe not to test the thery."
Relena nodded. " That is the point though. Since when has Duo i ever/i played it safe? He always bent the rules and ignored protocal. He did what he wanted to get the job complete. That is what the old Dud did. When he, she was in your world though, she was made to see she could no longer do that. There must be a reason behind each act. Each act must be planned or people could get hurt. Something happened in that world that has left her shaken. The Doctors know this. That is why they set these rules. They want the old Duo back, but with the add bonus of actually thinking and planning things through." Dorothy nodded.
Haruka let out a bark of laughter. " YOu may have hit the nail on the head with that one. Her actions were always planned out but they were planned out for her to possibly die. She never wanted any of us hert. Our dreams before hers.Seeing she has a much bigger role down the road she could not die. Causing other to die instead, for the grand scheme of things. That also left a large scar on her. Pampering her as we did may not have been the best thing to do, but all we wanted was to protect her and shield her. Not to mention the scrambling of her memories. IT was so hard to watch at times and I felt so helples. So what is your plan? I want a smile on her face again and I will do what needs be to do that."
Dorothy gave a devil of a smile" That is the fun part. We are going to simply tell the pilots why Duo has done what he has." She raised a hand before Haruka could speak " we will not tell them about Duo's little secret. That is for her...him to do. What we will explain is the mental tourher the Doctors have palced on him. Once that is done. We simply set them on a course that they cause them to bump into another." Haruka leaned back and looked to the ceiling.
" It sounds nice and easy when you say it. But when it is done it is another story. Well, lets give it a try around the track. Hopefully somethign witll come out of this mess." Hotaru looked up from the pages she had been coloring while the others talked.
"Don't worry, everything will right. Usagi has away with her that always finds the path to a happy ending even when she gets off the right path for a time." Haruka arched an eyebrow at his young charge and her drawings her and her new comapion were making. The young girl showed up a few weeks ago wanting to help Serenity-sama in the most important part of her life. He was sure it was more in the influence of her two parents, the nagging one and the perverted idiot, why she came. They wanted to keep an eye out on the princess and this was the best way with out causing alarm. Who would suspect a child. THat was something else to worry about later it was the drawings that caught his attention. It was of a Senshi unifrom he had not seen before. all White but a small rainbow of color on the skirt. It was blan, but at least it was not like the three lights uniform. How they ran around in those and still thought they were modist was a mystry to him. Letting out a big sigh he turned to the two blondes. " Never in my life would I thought I would agree with a plan I am against and not at least try to fight it. Seeing I don't have much of a choice. Tell me what to do." He knew he was going to regreat those words later and later maybe sooner than he would like.
Dorothy swore to herslef as she looked at four stunned faces on the other side of the computer. Their faces were glued to the screen seeing five faces that technicily should be dead. Then again Dou should be dead as well, but that is something diffrent.
" I am glad you four finally called in. Dou finally did what we wanted all along. Go against orders and contact you. Good we need him at top working order as well as you four as well. There is a new faction..."
The docotors droned on with infromation as the boys continued to stare giving mechanical response. They heard it all but there minds were still reeling with infromation. Things clicking into place. Dorothy had explained to them Duo had orders not to have any contact with them with a risk of killing the four. She told them many things that expalined Duo's behavor.
Dorothy glanced to the shadows on the balcony. A moment ago there was two shadows, now only one remains. Duo heard what they needed him to hear. What he did next was up to him. Hopefully it did not involve him seeking the five wacoos out. That was something Dorothy wanted to do her self and now with Relena helping it should turn out to be fun. Who knew the little pricess had a sadistic streak in her. No longer able to take the sound of the doctors voice with out doing danmaged to something she snaked a hand around the power button flipping it off. "About 2pm head towards the direction of the elemetry school towards the south side of town. He has to pick a few people up there, who knows you may possibly be able to bump into him. Look about the park area. He was known to wonder around there." Looking down at her watch she smirked. " That leaves you a hour to get on the other side of town in this traffic." She quickly spun around and made her way to the balcony doors. She need not to look back to know they were gone.
"Well, I am not sure how well that went."
"Come now Ms. Relena. That went splindidly. Though there maybe a bit of a scuffle later it is better than the full out fight that may have been if we waited any longer. The world would be so much better off if it was left up to us women." Relena rolled her eyes.
"That is a nice thought, only you enjoy the fighting my dear."
"Precisly. I am worried, but I know it will work out it always has before. With little Hotaru and the other one..Diana, they assured me it would be fine."
"Don't you find it odd you are taking advice from two little girls and are calm about it."
" This coming from the girl who rulled a nation, then the whole world, help end a war, and up rising and is a polotition all btween the ages of 15 and 17? Besides, childern are the best to see the world with. They see everyting and hear everything. No one gives a second thought of a child being able to understand anything they hear. I know, personal experience. How do you think my Grandfather got to be where he was." A shadow fell across her and quickly left. She loved her grandfather, but she no longer took roots in his beliefs. Relena, Quatre and the others helped her see this.
Relena let out a sigh. " I hope you are right."
"So do I, so do I."
Duo paced back and forth, something he had found him self doing alot lately. Haruka looked at him over his book as he sat sprawled arcoss the park bench. "Something bothering you?" Dou shot her a glare. "I mean other than the fact you just found out the Docotors had not only been screwing with you but screwing your brain over." The glare intensified.
"I realy don't need more people scrwing with what is left of my sanity. Half the time anymore I can not tell if I am suppose to be Duo Maxwell street urchin turned globe terrist to Earths Sphere hero or Usagi Tsukino the perky japanese school girl who also fights deamons also a Princess and a future Queen. Not to mention all the other personalities I have asumed over the years. " He sunk into the bench defeated. " I don't have split personalities I know that, just my web lines have crossed so much here lately I am having a hard time keeping up with them. What have I gotten my self into?"
Haruka left the book open on his lap as he watch the childern play. He was at a loss a total loss. Reaching over he pulled the now female Duo into an embrace. He no longer had words of wisdom, the words he did have, he had been repeating and falling on deaf ears. What she needed was the pilots and the other senshi. Not a lone senshi in a world she no longer knew of, though it was home. A senshi who was good at protecting in with her hands and a good sholder to cry on, she was not the senshi that was good at neutrering. That was her partner and the others. Looking up she could see the waining moon in the blue sky. She sent a quick prayer for help, guidence and for the others to show up soon.
Five shadows, four bodies. Five shadows and four bodies. Four bodies and five shadows The mantra repeated in his head as he listen to his comrades argue. They had been up and down the street looking for any sign of Duo. The only sign he had was the fifth shadow. A green eyes twinkled one only visible. Sliding those eyes to the reflected shop glass a smirk grew to a grin as he watched the fifth revlection act out the others movements above them on the brick wall. The smile became chuckles, that became giggles before laughter finaly won out. He bewildered comrades looks were enough to double the dose of laughter he had. He fell against the light pole and sunk to the ground gripping his stomach as he laughed.
Quatre sunk to his knees next to his love worried. Trowa rearly laughed so what caused this session of mirth? Duo could only get Trowa to laugh this hard. Was the braided idiot around? A quick scan of the streets gave him nothing. Trowa calmed down the chuckles seeing the others search around almost sent him over the edge again.
"Four bodies, Five shadows." He schooled his face to his normal indfrent look as the others took a moment to digest his cryptic answer to the unasked question.
" In another words there is an up as well as left and right."
So much for self control. Trowa broke out into a nother set of twitters and giggles.
"Don't suppose you figured out the off switch to that Q-man?" Quatre sent Dou a dirty look over his shoulders. "Hello, missed me?" Wufie rolled his eyes upward sending a silent prayer for the last bit of his sanity.
"About as much as one would miss Oz." Duo over dramatized the remark. He clutched his chest as if he had been shot and toppled off the wall. Heero turned his back on the antics knowing the fool would land on his feet. He gave Trowa a hand up as Wufei and Duo argued. Without warning Heero spun around closed the distance and with one quick strike he belted Duo in the chin. Duo's hand snapped to the side. Heero was slightly surprised the boy did not topple backward with the force he put behind it. He shrugged off the others chidding him.
"That was for making Relena cry." Duo finaly turned his head back tounge darting out tasting blood from the split lip Heero gave him.
" I deserve that I suppose, but if you are going to hit me again. Let me turn the other check this one still stings a bit." Heero clentched his fist,tendens popping out in his arms. Duo braced himself for the next hit. What he got instead shocked him to the core. Heero reached out and pulled the boy to him. Duo's min did not just blow and atom bomb was dropped. He returned the hug with loose arms before pushing the boy back. "Maybe I should of had you punch me instead." A snort was his answer. Trowa slid up to the boy and in a quick movent had Duo in a full nelison. Dou squeawked and stuggled angainst the hold. Quatra squated down to look the boy in the eye.
" I thought you said you could not be caught." Duo shot him a dirty look as he still contunied to struggle. Quatra turned to Wufie. "THis maybe the only chance you get for him to be still. " Duo's eyes went round.
" Now Wufie don't be getten any ideas now."
" I don't know Maxwell. I don't think I can pass up this chance."
"You would hurt and unarmed man?" Not waiting for a reply Duo put all his weight behind the next tug. Just as he pulled his head back Trowa let go much to Duo's horror. The fall was going to leave a bruise for sure. Only he did not hit the ground. Someone had grabbed the front of his shirt. Opening one eye he met laughing blue eyes behind sandy blonde hair.
"Haruka am I glad..."Haruka chose to let go letting him fall the rest of the way.
"Glade to see me are you? I thought we were suppose to be heading back the house?" Duo scratched his head laughing.
"I couldn't let Relena's plan go bad could eye?" Geting up he dust himselft of quickly. " Well then...the last one there has KP duty for a week and forks up their credits for that week." Without another word he was off down the street. Haruka's eyes went wide as he began to cuss.
"Follow me and keep up. If I don't beat him there the idiot will have already hacked my bank account." With out looking to see if they were following he set off in another direction hoping to head the fool off.