Chapter 10.

Rei ran a harried hand through her hair and grabbing her red jacket from the back of the chair, ran to the door at the sound of a hurried knock, her face falling at the site of Ami wearing a confused expression.

Laughing sardonically at the fallen face of Rei, Ami said "Its nice to know that I'm welcome."

Pushing the door open, she walked inside, not even stopping to take of her coat. Ami hadn't a clue how to break the news and so she just did what Usagi would normally have done in the circumstances and spit it out. "The car was tampered with but it was someone from the circuit. They knew their way around the car, which is almost impossible unless they themselves have been working on it."

She paused for effect "So I got a list of their mechanics from Trowa and we checked them out. One of them gave us a lead." Placing a photo on the table, she gestured and did a run down on what he was about. "His name is Elliot Myers…"

"Elliot 'speed addict' Myers?" Rei questioned. She had worked with him early on in her career, before they had become so well known.

Ami nodded "Yes, he's gotten severely in dept, and had loan sharks breathing down his neck. He told us that one day a woman came to him, about five foot, with pale sickly blonde hair and very pale features with an autocratic air. She wanted a car tampered with but not enough that it would kill someone. So he agreed. The amount she would pay him would more then cover the loan and still leave some over. But the day that he was going to do it, she came to him, almost manically. She wanted the car cut, and for it to crash and burn. This freaked him out. He agreed if only to get her off his back, but when he went to cut it he made sure to cut just enough of the wire so that it would seem that even thought it did crash and burn that it was the drivers skills who got them out alive."

Anger in her voice, Ami continued. "He only found out after that Usagi was driving and at that stage he realised that it was best to run. He was on his way to Bermuda when Trowa and I got there." Her voice rose in anger, and it wasn't a surprise that she started cursing him.

When she had calmed down, Rei asked "What else?" because she knew there was something else.

And was rewarded when Ami started to smile. "We got the phone number of the woman from him, and I'm just waiting for you so that we can go and check it out!"

Flashing her a surprise look, Rei smiled. "That's great Ami." Grabbing her jacket she reached for her bike keys, but was stopped when Ami spoke again "The guys are coming with us, they're waiting outside. All of them!" Ami tried to be subtle, but it really wasn't her best skill, that was Setsuna's department.

Sending Ami a panicked look, Rei wasn't surprised when Ami through her a tube of lip gloss and some eye liner. Turning her back on Ami, Rei quickly put her hair in a ponytail and put on the lip-gloss and eyeliner.

Walking out the door, she commented to Ami laughingly "I wondered why you where wearing make up this early in the day. Now I know why!" Ami nodded, suddenly embarrassed.

Coming out into the sun, Rei spotted Wu fei on a large black racer bike.

Zipping up her jacket, she started towards him, and once reaching him, leaned her hip against his bike. "Mind giving me a life, biker boy?" giving him her best impression of a sultry look that she had seen other girls use.

It appeared to actually work, which surprised her. Leaning forward on his bike, he patted the space behind him, "Get on," and then he started to mutter something, which she didn't catch. Resting her right foot by his she placed her hands on his muscular shoulders and leaning against them swung her long leg over. Squirming in the seat to get herself comfortable, having no idea the effect that her movements where having on the driver in front.

Mina watched amused from the top car, having a clear view of what was going on behind her and loving the fact that she could see things that the girls where probably better of not knowing at this stage in their would be relationships.

At the moment though, she was more worried about Usagi. And even though she knew that her girl was in the best place she could possible be, there was still something bothering her. Something that didn't sit right, something about one of the nurses she had seen down at the cafeteria one morning. She was used to determining who people where from a glance and often it had saved her from trouble, and that blonde nurse had all but screamed trouble at her.

Clicking her seat belt into place, the cars and bikes started to move of, and Mina became lost in the familiar and exhilarating feeling of the motion in a new car. But silently in the back of her mind, she was reminding herself to do a background check on that nurse.

Too soon in her opinion they had arrived at their destination and climbing out of the car, she took her time getting her bearings and enjoying the openness of the place. It had been a long time since she had been in the country and there was a big difference in the air quality in her humble opinion.

Pulling in a surprised breath when her sharp gaze spotted something, she looked to Ami for confirmation that this was indeed the place they where supposed to be.

But Ami had her head buried in a small compact GPS system, rechecking the co-ordinates. When she still looked shocked, Mina knew that this was indeed the place.

If it hadn't been such a worrying time, Mina would have laughed. But even so she allowed herself to smile. This was something new, and she was always open to new experiences.

Putting her system back into her bag, Ami walked forward pseudo confidently and as they walked under the sign, Ami repeated subconsciously to herself. Perpetual sorrow Asylum, this really was the day for new experiences, she thought. But god was it a terrible name or what. Looking at the rest of the girl's expressions, Ami knew they where all thinking the same thing, although for some reason the guys seemed abnormally quiet.

Chalking it up to the seriousness of the situation, Ami quickly forgot about it as they arrived at the reception area. Pulling out her notes and I.D she readied herself for some questioning.

Heero slammed the phone shut angrily. Usagi had been hurt, and none of the guys had even tried to contact him. They knew where he went when he wanted to be alone, for good ness sake they all used this place and viewed it almost like a second home.

Picking up his pace, he shoved his clothes into his duffel bag, and going outside tied it to the back of his motorbike.

Shoving his head into the office where the only one on site was, at the moment. He told them what was happening and why he was going. They had all learned the hard way that it wasn't a good idea to just disappear from this place with out telling anybody. And plus he didn't really want to worry Dana, she was like a mother to him, the closest he had ever had anyway.

Roaring down the driveway, he hoped that Usagi was doing okay.

Meanwhile thirty miles away Usagi slowly came out of her coma. Confused and a little worried, she tried moving her foot and when it didn't work became worried.

Suddenly she remembered a scene from one of her favourite Films, 'kill bill' and starring down at her toe willed it to move. Time passed extremely slowly but within a relatively short period of an hour, she had managed to move her toes. Happy at this she smiled and grabbing the alarm button that had been placed underneath her pillow, she decided it was about time to let the doctors know she was awake. It was way to easy to tell where she was, Hospitals always carried around this weird smell and feeling with them she silently commented to herself.

As she waited patiently while doctors poked and prodded her, she smiled gratefully when many of the tubes and such where removed from her allowing her to feel more comfortable.

Settling down in her pillow, she fell asleep quickly enough, but woke suddenly in the middle of the night. Looking around her for the reason that had woken her up, she spotted someone moving in the shadows. Clenching her hands together, she got ready to defend herself. Somehow she knew, she thought sarcastically that it wasn't a nurse. No nurse she knew gave injections or medicine in the dark. The dark told of someone who wanted to remain anonymous.

Suddenly the needles metallic shine where reflected by the moons light, and rolling to the side, Usagi managed to avoid the plummeting needle. Her fist clenched, she swung it at her assailant, and they where temporarily winded. Frustrated that she couldn't take care of the person herself, Usagi pressed the alarm, and within seconds nurses ran in through the door, but it was too late. The assailant had picked himself or herself up and had gone out the window.

Telling the nurses what had happened, Usagi could tell they didn't believe her, but when she showed them the needle, which was still stuck, in her mattress, they had no choice.

Giving Usagi a sedative, they set a guard outside, but Usagi didn't know this as she slipped back into unconsciousness. The one thought on her mind, where were her friends?

I know it's not much, but bear with me, if it hasn't become clear who the killer is it will soon.

Enjoy and hopefully I'll be updating more now that I am on holidays.

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