Heiress to the Stars

Episode 19: Bad Things Happen To Good People pt 1

A/N: Sorry it took so long people. With the con and loosing most of my written copies of my chapters its been hard to get this done. But here it is. Its short so I'm sorry but I'll try to get the other chapters out as soon as I can.

Once Duo arrived in the hanger of the Sanq Kingdom, he put Deathscythe against the wall. Looking around he noticed that they were the first group to arrive home. Shrugging his shoulder trying to work out his stiff muscles he leapt down onto the cat walk. Without taking care of Deathscythe, he went up to the upper levels. He figured Skye could take care of his metallic partner for him. Melanie was the main concern of the day. He had a bad feeling about what had happened to her. Thankfully, the other students were in class now. In passing a few of the classrooms he noticed most of the students weren't in the room.

First, he went to his room and showered then changed into his red button down dress shirt and his black pants. Once that was done he looked around trying to figure out where Melanie had gotten to. Going down the hall, he entered her old room. The room was back in order after the incident with Lance left it a mess. The bed hadn't been touched in a while he figured. Her katana however was resting on the mantel on its stand. That made him realize she was somewhere nearby. Going out onto the balcony he looked around. Duo tried not to shudder as memories from his balcony ran through his head at that moment. Which reminded him that he needed to get Skye back for that one.

Deciding to check the medical wing he trudged slowly towards the wing. The thought of her in there all bandaged up made his skin crawl and his stomach turn. When he got into the room all the beds were empty of occupants. A sigh of relief escaped his mouth. She wasn't here. There was one bed disturbed though. Going towards it he noticed the blood splotches on the sheets. He felt the color drain from his face at the thought of where this particular wound was on the bed compared to where Melanie would have lain in the bed. He tried not to think to hard about it and hoped he was worrying over nothing.

"You won't find Melanie here," a female voice said from behind him.

"Where is she and who are you?"

"Were she is I don't know, but my name is Sally Po. I've heard a great deal about you Duo Maxwell. You've defied an entire clan of assassins just to be with the woman you love how poetic, yet tragic."

Duo looked at her oddly.

"You're the spy that Caspian told us about aren't you?"

"That would be me. Trieze insisted that I take care of her while she was in the custody of the Omega's."

"You weren't that helpful to her."

"I did what was within the boundaries of my contract Mr. Maxwell. She knew what she was getting into surrendering herself to the Omega's."

"What do you mean?"

"Caspian didn't tell you? Melanie surrendered herself to the hands of the Omegas to save you from their wrath."

"I didn't…" he began. "I didn't know."

"You weren't suppose to."

"Do you know where she is?"

"You know her better than I do… So it's more likely that you'll know where she is."

Duo nodded his head before walking out of the medical wing leaving Sally to her own devises. Without knowing exactly where to start he started wandering all over the grounds looking for his girl friend. She was nowhere to be found.

"No, but you know her better than I do so you might be able to find her with ease."

Duo just nodded his head before moving on to Mr. Peacecraft's office. He knocked quickly on the door waiting for the older man to answer the door. It took a few minutes before the door opened. Skye was sitting in Mr. Peacecraft's office with Caspian.

"Come in Duo I was expecting you."

The pilot of Deathscythe came in and sat down in the chair that Mr. Peacecraft offered him as a seat. The two sat there waiting for the older man to speak. Duo was about ready to shout out asking where his lover was, but of course he kept his mouth shut ever stoic like Heero. He was doing a good job at not fidgeting in his seat.

"Now what brings you two to my office?" Mr. Peacecraft asked.

"Melanie is missing from the Medical Wing Mr. Peacecraft," Duo explained.

"Odd, she was there yesterday."

"She isn't in there now. The spy told me as much."

"With the damage that was inflicted upon her you'd think that she wouldn't be able to get up."

"You forget Mr. Peacecraft that my sister is a very resilient person," Ebony said.

"That she is," he agreed.

Duo got up without a word and went down the hall to try and find his girlfriend. Glancing out into the garden he saw a flash of something black. A smile graced his features. He went out one of the side doors determined to find his girlfriend and get out of her what the others seemed to know happened to her.