DISCLAIMER NONE OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE MINE. I WISH THEY WERE, BUT THEY AREN'T. YOU CAN SUE, BUT I STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST IT.

Zita woke from her daydream with a sudden pop. "What the hell was that?" she questioned a little to loudly. Her best friends Dympna and Chrystal were across the table, eating their ice cream.

"It was outside," said Chrystal as she snapped her head up, "I don't like the sound of it. Let's get the rest of this meal to go."

"Yea," Dympna helped, "I didn't like the sound of it either."

The girls went to the registers, asked for lids, and quickly got out of the door. Zita ran to her car, unlocking it quickly, and getting in, saying, "Don't you guys think that noise was just a little TOO much like the bullet of a gun being released from a barrel?"

"Just get us away from this parking lot," Dympna was a voice of reason, "otherwise it may become all too clear of where the noise came from. And I'm not too sure I want to know." The three girls were completely in the car in less then a snap, when they heard the pop again, only this time it was louder, confirming that the noise was coming from the outside world. Zita drove the car quickly, screeching out of the parking lot.

Back at the bachelor house

"NO WAY, You guys are NOT coming," Duo yelled as he put his fully packed bags on the floor, "You weren't even supposed to know I was leaving. You weren't supposed to know anything about it, now Relena's going to attempt to hurt me."

"Don't you mean 'Relena's gonna kill me,'" said Heero, unsuccessfully mimicking Duo's usual whiney tone.

"No, I mean attempt to hurt me, killing me isn't something she could do. Her and her forces are too weak to stand up to Shinigami." He smiled, "But, anyway, back to business. There is no way I'm going to let you guys come with me," he looked pointedly at the other 4 pilots. "You've got to be crazy if you think that I'll let you do that. BESIDES the point that I only have ONE ticket, and there are FIVE of us." He pointed out.

"Yea, yea," Wufei piped up, "It doesn't matter," he placed his bags (also fully packed) next to the other 3 pairs of bags that were already by Duo's, "They'll let us on if they know what's good for them."

"Plus," Quatra stated, "We've got enough money to just BUY four more tickets. It really wouldn't be THAT hard, would it?"

"Were would this money be, Quatra?" questioned Trowa, "In the bank, maybe. Or, oops, it couldn't be there, because SOOOOMMMMEE-BOOODDDYY blew it up," he shot Heero a look.

"Hey it was an accident, I hadn't meant to hit the bank, only the person I had been talking too- WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE'S DUO!" All the pilots looked at the bags as Heero pointed this out. There were only 4 pairs of bags, and a bobby pin. Heero rushed to the window to watch as Duo dumped his stuff into the back of his car.

"Get him," ordered Heero as he snatched his bags and ran out the door. The others followed suite. By the time the other four made it down the stairs, and to the car, Duo was shutting the trunk. He noticed the clamor as his four best friends tried to ram through the door at the same time. He doubled over in laughter, and then, just as quickly ran to the driver's side door. The only problem: Heero was too quick for him. By the time Duo had gotten in and was sitting down, Heero had opened the passenger side door and was halfway sitting in the car.

"Look, it's not like I don't want you guys to go," Duo said, "It's just that I can't let you."

"Just because you can't doesn't mean we won't," Quatra was at Duo's window. His hand shot down and pushed the 'trunk' button. The guys piled all of their bags in the car, and then they piled themselves in.

At the Airport

"I'm sorry," the teller explained, "but the flight is completely sold out. We do have a later jet to New Diego at ten o'clock if you'd like to take that one?"

"Sold out?" Quatra asked calmly.

"Yes, I just explained that," she answered.

"I know, thank you for your time," Quatra backed away and then walked around the corner. "She says it was sold out," he informed his three friends. Duo had checked in already and was probably at the gate, ready to get on the plane. "She says that there is another flight at ten," he offered helpfully. Heero glanced at the clock behind him, two o'clock!

"That won't do us any good," Wufei stated plainly, "We won't know where Duo is!"

"Thanks Captain Obvious, now back to the weather forcast by State the Obviously More Obvious Man," Trowa joked.

"Trowa" - Heero

"Yes?" - Trowa

"Shut-up!" - Heero