Death's Slave--

By: BluJester

What Duo saw was a young girl of about seven. She had her long blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail and wore a wide rimmed white hat with a yellow ribbon. She also wore a plain white dress. In her hand she held a fresh picked yellow flower. Where did she find that? I can't even see the ground in the middle of this dump, It's hard to even imagine where it's popping up daisies.

She slowly walked toward Duo with her arm outstretched offering her flower. He was suspicious seeing as the girl seemed to appear from nowhere but decided to reserve judgment. Duo knelt next to the girl surreptitiously scratching the back of his head. He was checking his supplies with the innocuous gesture.

Extra knife - check

Gun - gone (stupid Heero made me lose it)

Lock picks - check

Matches - check

Rations -check (hey, I get hungry on missions!)

Pepper spray - check

And on went Duo's list…

Duo's other hand reached out for the flower. As he grabbed the flower his fingers brushed against the girl's and a chill went down his spine. The girl was as cold as ice and when he looked up into her eyes he noticed her blue eyes seemed glossy and had a light film over them. Freaky! She smiled at him then and spoke, "Here mister." and handed Duo the flowers. Still staring at him vacantly she asked "Are you lost?"

Duo froze.

She then turned to Heero, "What have you done to my dear Mary?"

Heero's eyes widened imperceptibly at the sight of her.

He knew this girl. He looked down at what used to be the puppy; he knew that puppy too.

On his first mission he had met the girl standing before him and her puppy at a park. The girl lived across the street from a base he had been ordered to destroy. That evening when he set off the bombs he planted a mobile suit fell and accidentally crashed into the building where the girl lived. Heero had been devastated, he spent hours digging through the rubble trying to save her, unfortunately he couldn't, and for his behavior he had been sent back to the Doctors and back to be reprogrammed.

The little girl looked down at the puppy as Heero was in no state to answer her question.

"Mary, get up girl!" she commanded her dog.

Suddenly the puppy the girl and Heero had been staring at started to rise. Somehow even with a bullet hole straight through the head, most of it's midsection missing, and the fact that you could literally see its heart, and it wasn't beating, the thing still managed to rise.

The young girl skipped over to where her puppy now wobbled and scooped her up.

"What a good girl Mary" Heero watched as the girl managed to somehow hold the dog without getting a drop of blood on her and make sure the dogs organs didn't come flying out.

To say Heero was concerned about these events would be an understatement. He checked his gun only to remember that he had emptied his only clip into the dog. He turned to Duo only to realize Duo was still in the same crouch he was in to accept the girls flower. He looked to be frozen in place.

"Duo get up." Heero said trying to get the baka's attention. When the attempt failed the little girl started giggling. Watching the girl carefully Heero proceeded to walk up to Duo and wave his hand in front of Duo's face. But Duo's eyes didn't track his movements, they continued to stare off into space. Standing in front of Duo, Heero faced the girl demanding "What did you do to him?"

She giggled more, "He's just waiting to play with me."

"Give him back." Heero stated.

She pouted. "No! Not until you do what you promised me all those years ago."

Heero arched an eyebrow in thought. "I didn't promise you anything."

The girl frowned putting the puppy on the ground. She then faced him with her arms crossed. "Yes you did! You promised me that you'd kill Relena Peacecraft and you won't be getting Duo back until you finish your last mission."

TBC...

This is just a preview, I've lost my copy of Endless Waltz so until I recieve a new copy via Amazon I cannot vouch that I have names/descriptions down correctly.

FYI: There will also be more to this chapter once I recieve the DVD.

I've also revised all my previous chapters, but you probably won't be able to tell the difference.