"You're telling me the reason you wanted Duo this whole time was because he was going to be an heir to your company? But it's been shut down for years since you were exposed..." Wufei was trying to piece things together, but there was just something that Treize had yet to explain. "Why would you still want him after your company has been forcibly closed?"

Treize stood up and walked towards one of the huge glass windows, "The public was never told what the police found, right? This company made not only medical products, but I've managed to discover many things about humans that no one else has dared to even try. It may have caused some people to die in this process, but it was well worth it when we continued to advance science as we know it!"

The teen instantly understood what Treize was ranting about now; they had experimented on people this whole time. "So then Duo's father ratted you out once he found out what was going on, didn't he? That's why you want to get revenge on him."

"No, you've misunderstood me. My brother Takashi was one of the many scientists who did the experiments, but it is true that he was the one to give the police information that led to my company being closed. Katherine had found out and once she did she kept asking Takashi to stop me because it was inhumane, or some other nonsense she constantly spouted." The man laughed, "I can't believe I had actually fallen in love with her. She was just another person who couldn't understand the good I was doing for people of the world."

Wufei couldn't take any more of this, Treize had finally shown his true nature, and it was a little too disturbing even for Wufei to listen to. He thought the man had finished talking, but apparently he wasn't done as he continued.

"Right before my brother left, he created Zechs for me and told me that he was my new brother. At the time I didn't quite understand what he was planning on doing, but I was glad to see my brother had done something right for once. Takashi had made something more of this man than anybody had ever done before, but I'm sure he hadn't really intended for Zechs to live." The man began to pace in front of the window as he continued looking out over the city. "Zechs was just a prototype after all, and most wear out quickly but thankfully he didn't. I figured out from that breakthrough that teenagers were much easier than adults to rearrange their DNA and chromosomes to create beings even greater than humans. Duo was not only going to become the heir, but I was going to make him into something greater than even Zechs."

Wufei had stood up without realizing it and began to draw his blade, "You've ranted enough for me to hear everything I needed to. Using your own flesh and blood as just another experiment is sick, and you even used random people just for your psychotic 'breakthroughs'... You're the type of many who doesn't even deserve to live."

Treize said nothing as he turned from the window; a look of amusement was evident as he watched Wufei become even more enraged. He had taken a liking to this young man, and knew that he wasn't going to kill Wufei as he would be a perfect experiment as well. "You're just as interesting as that young man, I believe his name was Heero, which Zechs was talking about. My nephew has continued to bring me more and more test subjects just like his father."

He refused to listen to it any longer, it was just the rambling of a sociopath who thought he could better the world through the loss of human life. The teen waited impatiently as Treize drew out his blade slowly, as he still continued to talk not realizing Wufei didn't care about his side of the story anymore. As soon as the blade was fully drawn, Wufei attacked, his honor had prevented him from killing the man from behind but he would show no more mercy.

Treize was able to continue talking even as Wufei attacked him relentlessly, the man made it seem like parrying Wufei's blade was easy. "Believe me Wufei, you'd be my favorite of all of my experiments."

The Chinese teenager had let his guard down for a mere second when Treize said it, and it gave the man the chance to grab Wufei's chin and steal a quick kiss. This not only shocked, but thoroughly pissed off the teenager even more. As soon as he pulled away from Treize, he slashed at the man and cut Treize deeply across his torso from his shoulder to his stomach.

Treize didn't seemed to be fazed by the injury as he continued to wear a triumphant smirk. Again Wufei attacked, more viciously than before and he began to cut Treize more and more. He only stopped as he was beginning to become exhausted from this fight, Treize had managed to do a fair amount of damage to Wufei as well during their fight.

But Wufei knew the man wouldn't be able to take much more, and his thoughts were proven to be true as Treize fell to the ground. He was on his hands and knees when Wufei towered over him, "You've lost."

"That's true, I have lost... Something that hasn't happened for so many years." Treize grabbed his sword and Wufei jumped away expecting to be attacked, but he wasn't the target Treize had been aiming for. "My death will be the reward for you."

He impaled himself with the blade, straight into his own stomach, and fell to the ground to allow himself to bleed to death. Wufei didn't know what to do, he suddenly felt a sense of panic that he hadn't felt in so long. He ran to the man's side, but wasn't sure what he could do now.

Just a few minutes earlier he had told the man he deserved death, but hadn't wanted the man to take his own life in this manner. This was the cowardly way to die, to kill yourself because you're too scared to face up to what you've done. There wasn't any way Wufei would be able to save him, so he left the man crumpled there on the floor and went back to the elevators knowing that this moment would haunt him forever.

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Duo knelt beside his father and just looked at the man, he looked so vulnerable that Duo wanted to look away. The sight of such a man who was always in control, had always protected Duo as a child, had always been there for him after his mother was murdered. The teenager regretted all the times he had told the man that he hated him, all the times he had told himself he would be better off alone.

Now the thought of being alone terrified Duo, it made him tremble as he put a hand on his father's. He couldn't manage much more than a whisper, "Please don't leave me... Dad..."

Duo already knew he was crying even before he felt the tears streak down his cheeks, and at that moment he knew it was hopeless. There was nothing that would bring his father back from this state of near-death.

"Duo, don't cry for me... I'm just an old man who got what I deserved for the sins I've committed." Timothy smiled at his son, "I love you, Duo... No matter what anybody tries to say... I've always loved you."

He had grabbed his son's hand before, but now it was limp and lifeless. Duo stood up as he continued to feel tears streaming down. He could hear Quatre trying to comfort him in some way, but the blonde sounded muffled and far away. There was only one thought in his mind now, only one thing was going to satisfy him and he knew he had to do it.

He had come prepared, Duo hadn't expected to use it before, but now he knew exactly what he had to do.

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Heero had reached the floor he was hoping Wufei was on, and as soon as the doors opened there stood Wufei. The teenager looked exhausted and had a few minor injuries, but didn't say anything to Heero as he stepped into the elevator. As the doors closed Heero wasn't sure what he could say to Wufei, since he had no idea what had happened for sure, though he had a clue.

"He only wanted Duo for some sick experiments... He killed so many people just for some breakthrough in science, and then killed himself." Wufei explained quietly.

The brunette didn't say anything, but this made him worry more about Duo. They were traveling back down to the floor where Duo and Heero had parted ways, and it was a long agonizing ride down.

After a couple of minutes that seemed like hours to Heero they reached the floor they wanted. Just as the doors were opening they heard the noise, something neither of them had been expecting to hear as they rushed out of the elevator.

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Trowa was trying to land a hit whenever possible, but he now figured out that he couldn't go too close to Zechs for a long period of time. Something about the man was just abnormal, he had powers that Trowa couldn't have even dreamed of. All during their fight the blonde man had been talking about how he was created from just an ordinary teenage boy, much like Trowa, and how it had been the best thing to have ever happened to him.

"Are you sure you're not interested in a body like mine? Powers like mine? If you had the powers you would've been able to protect your sister just as easily as I was able to attack her." Zechs taunted Trowa relentlessly and continued to anger the teenager even more.

What happened to Zechs next hadn't been planned. Or in Trowa's case, it hadn't even been expected. There was suddenly a loud gunshot that echoed throughout the empty area, and three more followed in succession. Zechs fell to his knees as blood began to seep out of the wounds and through his clothing.

Duo stood at the top of the staircase, his hand shaking slightly as he held the gun. "You killed them! You killed my parents you fucking bastard!"

Out of the corner of his eye, Duo could see Heero and Wufei coming around out of the elevator and towards him. The teenager used long strides to get over to where Zechs was and pointed the gun directly at the side of his head.

"What? Are you gonna kill me?" Zechs mocked Duo even at gunpoint, "Are you just upset I killed your mommy? And then your daddy? You're pathetic Duo, I can't believe Treize ever wanted anything to do with such a weak person like you."

Zechs stood up even as blood continued to pour from every open wound, he grabbed Duo by the throat and held him up off the ground. This resulted in Duo dropping the gun in an attempt to pry off the man's hand.

"It won't take much to crush your throat, do you want to see?"

Duo's vision began to blur and then it all went black.

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His eyes opened and he found himself lying on the ground outside where it was still raining. Duo sat up and could now see that there were police officers everywhere and a couple of paramedics examining Wufei only a few feet away. He saw Heero was talking to an officer and started to get up, but had trouble as he quickly felt too dizzy to stand up straight.

He must have made a noise or said something, because Heero turned around then and caught Duo right before he fell.

"You should sit and rest Duo, you're too weak right now." Heero helped Duo sit down gently.

"What's going on? I thought Zechs was..." Duo's eyes widened as he began to remember what happened.

Heero sat down beside Duo, "Zechs is dead Duo. When he began to choke you we all ran to help you, but I was the first one to get there and I grabbed the gun. I shot him in the heart, or close to it, to make sure he stayed dead."

Duo let out a small sigh and then leaned against Heero, needing to be able to feel someone with him.

"He's dead, isn't he?"

Heero was silent for a moment, he seemed hesitant to answer.

"Yes... I'm sorry Duo."

Duo could feel tears again, but tried not to cry. "It's alright... at least I got to say goodbye this time."

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I know for some fans you don't want the end to come too fast, but this morning I woke up and I just felt like writing this chapter. This is not the final chapter, but the next chapter will be! I hope this is wrapping up nicely for all of you and it's not getting too weird or anything!

Hope you enjoyed this chapter (with all the death and depressing things).

Please R&R!

Shari Maxwell