Chapter 4

"All good" turned into "not so good" when Heero tried to get Duo to stand up. "Not so good" turned into "Kisama!" when Duo would not respond to nudging, pushing, tugging at his braid, or voice commands.

"Duo! Duo, wake up! We have to find someway to get out of this! Where are we now? Answer me!" Heero collapsed over Duo's limp form. He lay there like that for a while, but looked up when he heard voices.

"But there are only three petals left…"

"I know, but…"

"Hey!" Heero called toward the voices. He narrowed his eyes against the driving rain. Two figures appeared by the stone arch doorway. "Hey, can you help me? My friend isn't moving!"

"He…He…Heero…" Duo's weak voice was almost lost in the din of thunder, lightning, and heavy rainfall.

"Duo! Tell me…where are we and what do I need to do?"

"…" Duo sighed, then fell silent again. Heero dropped his hands to his sides, and felt something on the ground that was not rain. Lifting his fingers to eye level, he gasped. Blood.

"There is but one way to save him…" came a voice from Heero's left.

"You must break the spell!" This time, it came from his right.

Turning his head around, Heero saw a clock and a candlestick standing next to him, one on each side.

"Oh…great. Another spell!" Heero hung his head, lost and confused. Two and a half seconds later, his head shot up, comprehension dawning. "You were talking to me?" he asked the objects.

"Of course!" the candlestick said.

"What kind of spell is it? How am I supposed to break it?"

"First of all, we don't exactly know what the spell is, per say. But, to break it, you have to know how he feels about you, then you have to return the feelings." The clock said.

"How he feels…" Heero trailed off. Duo was practically unconscious! How was he supposed to know how Duo felt about him! "How am I supposed to know that?"

"I don't know. Find out." The clock said.

"How? It's not like I can ask him!" Heero cried. This was not getting him anywhere. Then, an idea came to him. "Where am I?"

"What do you mean?" the candlestick asked.

"I mean…my friend and I were sucked into this DisneyLand…and we just came from that mermaid movie…"

"Oh…that's what you mean. Well, this is the story of Beauty and the Beast." The clock looked incredulous, as if Heero was somehow supposed to know that already.

"Can you tell me why we're here? In DisneyLand?" Heero looked almost hopeful.

"Unfortunately, no, we can't. We don't know," answered the candlestick.

"What was that thing you were talking about in the doorway?" Heero asked, wondering if that would help him.

"We were trying to give you hints. You didn't seem to be getting it, though."

Heero sighed. They were not going to tell him any more. He could try asking what he had to do again, but it wouldn't get him anywhere.

"Your friend is dying. You have to break the spell." The candlestick moved closer to Heero.

"I don't know how! I've never seen these movies!"

"Well, in our storyline, the Beast had to learn to love someone and get that person to love him." Heero looked up at the sound of the new voice. A teapot.

"Love…" Heero breathed. Well, it was worth a try.

I know...really cheesy having the characters from the movie KNOW that its a movie and trying to help Heero figure it out...but he has to save Duo somehow...