Hey everyone. Here's the chapter. Sorry for typos and the wait. I really am trying, but I have so much homework and projects, and exams are soon.

Chapter 8

Duo blinked his eyes, as they were hit with a harsh light, before opening them as he realized where he lay. Dark wood walls, old green couches, and a single light bulb in the center of the room.

"Well well, look who finally woke up," Wufei mocked. Duo sat up, still weak, but able to do that.

"What happened?"

"We brought you back to our cabin and the girls took Ami. What we really need is an explanation from you."
Duo glanced up at Heero, who's expression was as emotionless as ever, however his eyes reflected a slight anger today.

"What time is it," Duo asked.

""It's 2:00 A.M. You were out for quite a while," Quatre said, taking a seat next to Duo on the couch. Trowa stood leaned against a wall, seeming tired.

"Well, me and Ami were on the boat-"

"An idea of yours, we presume," Wufei interupted.

Duo sighed but nodded.

"So anyways, Ami got mad at me for not paddling all the time because we started to drift away from the dock. We started moving back towards it, but the water grew worse, and the boat started to get tossed around. I dropped one of the paddles. We argued. Ami kept urging me to keep moving, said she had a bad feeling-"

Again, Duo was interupted.

"Did she," Wufei said, glancing at Heero. Duo shrugged, "Yeah, so what?"

"Anyways, there was a cracking sound, in the dark we couldn't really see, but we had a hole in the bottom of the boat. I took off my t-shirt and plugged the hole temporarily. Then there was an even louder sound, followed by a huge hole in the bottom of the boat, where a monster's hand shot out of the bottom. We backed away, but it came up all the way and grabbed us by our necks, draining our energy. This is where it kind of gets blurry. I kicked it in the face, we hit the water. We could hear it break the boat, we saw nothing. It grabbed a hold of Ami, looking for me. When it saw me, it threw her aside, and came straight at me. It held me under the water. All of a sudden it screamed in pain, and me and Ami started swimming towards the shore. I saw a piece of the splintered boat in her hand, I think she stabbed the youma with it, because it went after her. That's where Quatre and Mamoru came in."

"Did Ami do anything...more than ordinary to the youma in the water,"Wufei asked Quatre.

He shook his head.

"There are more of them," Heero suddenly said. His friends frowned at the strange interuption.

"More of who," asked Trowa.

"The Sailor Scouts. There are four more than we were sent out to kill. I've been reading up on Tokyo news reports. Four sailor scouts have been destroying youma there."

"It seems we were misinformed," Quatre said.

"Unless we were sent to kill the first five, the threat first," Heero said, "Look at what else I found."

He typed for about a minute, before what he wanted appeared on the screen.

"The Sailor Scouts have a male companion that helps fight. Coincidence that our neighbors are five strange girls and that there is a man with them all the time? Maybe, but we'll keep that idea open."

"What now," Wufei said.

"We continue with the plan. We need more solid proof," Heero said, closing the laptop he had been typing notes on, and heading to bed.

"Mom, I'm home," Usagi called, slamming the front door as usual and taking off her shoes. Sun streamed in through the windows of the house, it was another beautiful day.

"Mom," Usagi called again, her tone still light and happy. She paused at the front door, waiting a moment to hear her mothers usual greeting.

Usagi's smile faded a bit. She saw the car in the driveway. Her dad was not working today, Sammy should have been home, and her mother was always home after school to see her, she did her grocery shopping earlier in the day.

Usagi set her school bag down by her shoes, heading to the kitchen where her mother must have been cooking.

And for some reason, Usagi was nervous as she walked down the hall towards the kitchen.

Usagi turned into the kitchen and screamed, falling back onto the railing of the stairs, shaking.

Her mother lay on the kitchen floor at the doorway face down. A pool of blood was beginning to form beneath her.

"M-mom!" Usagi kneeled by her mother, her hand shaking as she turned her over so she could check her pulse. It was faint, but there.

What about the others? She ran into the living room, but froze in the doorway. The television was on, some sort of American cartoon. Her father had his back to her, holding the newspaper as he sat on the couch. Sammy's head was barely visible next to him, looking as if he was watching intently. She approached as she spoke.

"Dad? Sammy? We have to call an ambulance. Mom, she's-" Usagi froze in her spot, her hand over her mouth to stiffle another scream. She was now standing to the side of the couch, she could now see.

Her father was unconsious, his head leaned back against the couch. Blood from what looked like a stab wound ran down from his stomach.

Sammy's eyes were wide open. He sat on the couch, trembling. His arm was covered in blood, the blood pouring from a gash on his shoulder. A hand was coming from the opposite side of the couch where Usagi stood, and it was clamped over Sammy's mouth. She looked at the corner of the room, where Luna, her cat guardian, was struggling to stand. It looked like she had been thrown at the wall.

Usagi pushed a button on her communicator, alerting her friends, before walking in front of the couch, past her father as she shook, and stopping in front of Sammy. Relief flooded his features, and the person who's hand was covering Sammy's mouth stood. Sammy jumped up and ran to Usagi's side, Usagi throwing her arm around him and standing in front of him, glaring at her fiercely. The women had fiery red hair, it was quite curly, and green eyes which gleamed dangerously at her.

"Who are you," Usagi asked.

"A weakling like you can call me Mirvette."

Usagi sat up with a loud scream, Ami at her side.

"Usagi, are you alright?"

Usagi nodded, wiping tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Dreaming again," Ami stated. Usagi nodded, but avoided Ami's eyes, because she would cry more if she looked at her. She looked up at the ceiling, the old plaster ceiling, and tryed to clear her head.

Ami sat up with a gasp as the sound of a car's horn woke her. This was normal in Tokyo, but not on the island. She and Usagi crowded at the window, and Usagi laughed. Duo sat in a red vehicle, obviously rented, waving at them.

The girls all ran down stairs, and opened the door as Duo put the car in the driveway and jumped out.

"Like it? Now we don't have to walk everywhere," Duo said.

Later that afternoon, Rei entered the house, beaming. She hummed as she entered the kitchen where the other girls sat talking.

"And what are you so happy about," Minako asked, flipping her hair over her shoulder as she picked at the fruit salad Makoto had set in front of her.

"Wufei just asked me out. I mean, formally. He wants to take me to dinner."

"No way," Makoto said, "Wufei seems so different to me. I thought he couldn't stand women."

Rei shrugged, but her smile did not fade.

"Well after we meditated last night, he asked me to dinner. Just casual, but I think he enjoyed himself. Anyways, what should I wear?"

Minako jumped up to help Rei, their laughter and loud footsteps, proving that they were running, heard through the house.

"So, Ami. Are you going to go out with Duo again?"

Ami glanced over at Makoto, who had a playful smile on her face.

"Because nearly drowning and being attacked by a youma isn't enough of a sign that the relationship is doomed," Ami joked, and Usagi laughed.

"Well seriously Ames, he's a nice guy, and he's trying," Makoto said.

"And what about you Mako, you and Trowa seem pretty hot for each other," Usagi said, winking and causing Makoto to blush.

"Well, we've been out a few times-"

"Woah woah woah, a few times? I thought yesterday was your frist date." Makoto laughed and gave a helpless shrug to Usagi.

"Sorry Usagi?"

Ami's cell phone rang, and the laughing pair with her grew quiet. Ami glanced at the two before answering.

"Hello?"

"Hi Ami." Ami recognized the voice as that of the strange girl instantly and sighed.

"Isn't this getting old to you?"

"No, actually."

"Fine then," Ami said, taking charge of the phone call, "if you're going to call me like this, you're going to answer a few questions for me."

"Oh really?"

"Yes, let's begin with why you had no fingerprints."

The sound at the other end of the phone showed that the girl had hung up the phone.

"Quatre, get in here, and don't bring Sanyu," Wufei called out the front door, heading back inside.

Quatre blushed at Wufei's rudeness and kissed Sanyu's cheek.

"I'm sorry, I have to go. I'll see you later on today."

Quatre entered the house to find everyone seated around the machine that recorded things from their neighbors home.

"Remember how we installed that special device in Ami's cell phone so we could listen in on her conversations," Heero said, and everyone nodded.

"Well listen to what I just heard."

They listened to the short conversation, ending when Ami asked the girl one question.

"Yes, let's begin with why you had no fingerprints."

And the girl hung up. Heero played it back twice for them. The boys sat there, shocked.

"That's not possible," Wufei said.

"Usagi told us the police force on the island were unadvanced and had sent theknife away for several weeks," Trowa said.

"We were lied to," Wufei said, "We trusted the onna's rather than look into it ourselves."

"But why would the girls take the girl having no fingerprints as easily as they did, unless they are the sailor scouts and assumed she was a monster," Quatre said.

"For now," Heero said, interupting their theories, "We wait, but not long. Wufei, you take Rei out tonight. Find out what you can. I'm not moving from my position on this couch today. I will hear everything that goes on between the girls. If I have enough proof, I will let you know. And then, we eliminate them."

There was a honking outside. Rei stood and walked towards the door, her footsteps echoing across the hall.

She opened the door, and there was a pause before the girls heard a greeting and a few short words exchanged, which they could not hear well, due to the howling wind outside.

"Goodbye everyone," Rei called, closing the door behind her.

Mamoru sat on the couch next to Usagi, who shivered and huddled closer to him. It seemed that there was a storm brewing, because their was strong wind and dark clouds. As they watched the news, it appeared rain was in the forecast.

"I hope Rei isn't out too long. Now we'll all worry," Ami said as they watched the tv, a long silence passing over the room.

"I want popcorn," Usagi announced after long minutes of the newscaster droning on about international affairs.

Usagi jumped to her feet, heading into the darkened kitchen and switching on the lights.

They heard her rummaging around the cupboards.

"Check the cupboard above the oven Usagi," Makoto called. After a moment, Usagi thankedMako, and they heard her put the bag in the microwave.

"Breaking news!"

Usagi poked her head out the doorway to hear what the reporter was saying, and all her friends seemed to be listening intently.

She walked over.

"What's going on?"

"Rolling blackouts throughout Tokyo. Mass energy drainings, only this time, there are casualties. No set number from the hospitals on how many casualties. A strange building has appeared in the center of Tokyo, and no one can approach it. People are saying that it is last year all over again. This news station poses one question alone, will everything end as bitterly as it did last year? We need help. Citizens are urged to stay home. The government has issued a state of panic for Tokyo. All bussinesses and establishments are to be shut down. The airport will be open for anyone coming to Tokyo, trying to get home. Again, please everyone, stay home."

The girls glanced at each other tensely. Minako pushed a button on her communicator for Haruka. Static was heard quite clearly. She did it again, trying to get Michiru. Same static. She looked up at her friends, fear all over her face. She tryed Hotaru. Nothing. Finally, Minako tryed to reach Setsuna, quite desperate now.

Through the communicator, they heard static, and a laugh, before it went completely dead.

"Oh my God," Minako said, looking at her friends. "What if the outer scouts are hurt? Or even worse, dead? We weren't there to fight with them! You heard that laugh on the end of Setsuna's communicator as well as I did. If they got to the time gates, what then?"

"We have to leave," Usagi said, her popcorn now forgotten. "We board the next flight to Tokyo from the Island."

"I knew we should have gone home when we first heard about the attacks a few weeks ago. Now look," Makoto said.

"Everyone, calm down. We'll fly as soon as possible, I'll call the airport. Everyone else can call their families on Ami's cell phone and make sure they're okay," Mamoru said, leaving the room.

Ami called her mother first.

"Hello?"

"Oh good mom, you're at home," Ami said, breathing a sigh of relief. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, I take it you heard the news report," her mother said.

"Yes. We're coming home, on the nearest flight. I'll call you tomorrow to let you know."

"Maybe you should stay there," her mother said, "Keep out of danger."

"No mom. I can't leave you alone. I'm coming."

"Alright honey, but promise me one thing."

"What's that?"

"When you come home, you won't run around Tokyo doing God knows what while I sit and worry about you. You'll stay home with me, because you worry me every youma attack. You're killing me slowly that way Ami."

"I'll try," Ami said, before saying goodbye and giving the phone to Minako.

Everyone called their parents or families. Makoto only called her elderly neighbor to make sure she was alright.

"Everyone, there are no flights to Tokyo until tomorrow at around 9:00. Everything else was cancelled," Mamoru said, emerging from his room.

"Why don't we just do a Sailor Teleport there," Makoto suggested.

"No," Mamoru said, "Because I know our families will expect to get us from the airport."

"I don't know about that Mamoru," Minako said, "Don't you think we should hurry?"

"No," Usagi said from the doorway, handing the phone to Ami.

"Why?"

"I just spoke to Luna. Used my communicator right after talking to my mom. Luna said to wait for the plane. I asked about the outers. She said she hasn't seen them in a couple of days. Doesn't want us to worry right away. She said wait for the plane, greet our families, and then worry about fighting. She and Artemis have been keeping track of attacks, and she said nothing's gone on for the past twelve hours. So she said unless something major happens, wait for the plane. If it happens, she'll call us, and then we teleport. She doesn't want us to go to the time gates for Setsuna, because if someone did capture the gates of time, then they control them, and it isn't safe. She wants to give us proper time to pack up our belongings and lock this place up."

"That's fine," Mamoru said, standing.

"Listen, Ami, you wait for Rei. We'll start packing away major stuff, and then if Rei's not back, someone will switch with you so that you can pack your suitcase," Usagi said, and Ami nodded. "I'll take care of packing up the kitchen while I wait for her."

"I'm kind of gonna miss this place Ami," Minako said sadly.

Ami nodded.

"If we get through this last battle okay, I promise we'll come back again for another vacation. Hopefully, a less eventful one."

"Sanyu ruined our vacation though," Makoto said.

"We should just kill her when she's here. If she come sto Tokyo, she'll be a threat. Avoid her hurting anyone else," Mamoru said.

"I doubt there will be time for that before we leave, let's just pack up and try not to forget anything," Minako said.

"Well then it's decided," Makoto said, standing, "the Sailor Scouts are headed back to Tokyo."

Rei waved goodbye to Wufei, her smile bright even though she was being soaked with ran as she ran up the slippery porch steps, puddles already forming beneath her. She threw open the door and entered, pausing in the doorway to ring out her hair before she entered the house.

Ami walked out of the kitchen door, a small smile of greeting on her face.

"How did it go?"

"Great," Rei said, "He was actually civilized." She then laughed, but paused when she saw the tense expression on Ami's face.

"What happened? What's wrong?"

Ami paused, before she began speaking. Rei stood patiently, interupting only a few times.

"So the outers are hurt?"

"We don't know. We're not teleporting, we're waiting for a signal from Luna or a plane tomorrow night."

Rei nodded calmly.

"Alright, what do you need help packing in here so we can get our clothes?"

Heero looked up at his friends. He had played back everything that happened to them before Wufei had gotten home, and then they had all listened to Rei and Ami's conversation.

Duo sat quietly, fighting the sudden burning feeling in the back of his throat. There was no doubt about it now. Ami was a sailor scout. And tomorrow, she would have to die.

Trowa had not said a word through the whole conversation. He had grown far too attatched. And now, he would have to kill Makoto.

Quatre stared at Heero as he spoke of a plan, his mind blank. He had a tough job. He was going to have to trick Usagi and Mamoru to go somewhere early tomorrow with him and Sanyu, and then he was to get Sanyu to confess how she knew the girls at gunpoint, kill Usagi and Mamoru, kill Sanyu or just knock her unconscious depending on her answer.

Wufei glared at the weakling Duo, who was quickly looking more and more weary as Heero explained to him what he had to do. Why was he so attatched? It was a mission. Duo was just too weak of a man to lie for his mission. Unlike Wufei. He did what he had to do, no matter what personal implications arose. And right now, there was one.

Heero felt like he was watching the scene as he explained to each of them what he had to do. As if he had stepped outside of his body. Why was he having a difficult time? Each pilot was to take the people to a different place, so that they would not be near to each other for assistance.

And then, they were to kill them, head home, pack up their belongings, contact Ms. Mirvette, and leave. The only difficult part of the task would be pulling the trigger.

"This is wrong," Duo finally spoke up as Wufei was explaining to Heero what he planned to do.

Everyone turned to him.

"You were told not to get attatched," Heero said with a shrug.

"I'm not the only one attatched, you all are, I can tell. They are our friends! Doesn't Ms. Mirvette's explanation sound wierd to you?"

"No," Heero said impatiently.

"It made sense to you when you first heard it Duo. Now the only problem is that you've met your prey. She told us, that they would seem good, that they would fight, but that in the end, they would try to take over, and it would cost many lives," Wufei said, remembering what they were told.

"They're not capable of that," Quatre spoke in Duo's defence.

"You don't know what they're capable of. You know nothing about them. All you know about them is the lies that they've been giving you all summer," Wufei said.

Trowa opened his mouth to speak, but said nothing when Heero stood.

"Listen. This is a mission. We complete the mission, no questions asked. I'm very sure we all killed a lot of 'nice' people in the war, but that doesn't mean that it didn't have to be done," Heero said coldly, and the arguement ended there.

Sanyu hovered slightly above the ground as she watched the pilots through the window. Very good, they had figured it out. The only problem was the senshi's communicators, a fact that they had overlooked, not knowing that they were anything more than everyday watches.

Sanyu would have to take care of it. Tomorrow, if the girls wanted to use their communicators, they couldn't- because they wouldn't work.

The next morning, the girls woke up early to continue to pack.

Ami's phone rang.

Ami answered, and it was Duo, who sounded excited for being up so early. She informed him that they had to leave do to one of Usagi's sick family members, and that today was their last afternoon.

So naturally, the boys told them and Mamoru to meet them at noon for the last time that summer. Ami closed the phone and Usagi stalked into the room. She told her what Duo said and Usagi nodded, her footsteps heard as she pounded up the stairs to tell everyone.

Wufei stopped by a few minutes after, making plans to go to the temple with Rei at 11:30, because of the walk.

Minako said she didn't feel like staying at home. She called Heero and told him that they could walk to town and have lunch at a small cafe she had passed by the other night at the board walk.

Makoto knew already that Trowa would take her to the forest. They always walked there, and her expectation did not fall short when Trowa called back and told her to meet him at their usual spot around 11:40, no rush.

To Usagi and Mamoru's distaste, Sanyu and Quatre wanted to have lunch in town.

"I cannot stand that woman," Usagi said angrilly.

"Ah crappe, I barely have any ammunition," Duo said around nine o'clock that morning as he looked through his stuff.

"I need some too, we'll head to town and then meet with the girls straight away." Duo nodded at what Quatre said, turning back to his bag.

At 11:05, the pilots all climbed into the car and headed into town. To the ammunition shop. It was more for hunters, but it would do.

They managed to find something that would work well enough in their very different guns and payed the man, each going a seperate way. Heero walked to the cafe Minako had described and waited there.

Trowa headed to the forest, Quatre picked up Sanyu as the two walked to the restaurant, and Wufei picked up Rei from the house and the two walked towards the temple.

Usagi and Mamoru waved goodbye to Minako and Ami, the only two left in the house who hadn't left yet.

"Well, I'm not meeting Heero until 11:40, so I have time to do some last minute packing. I'll leave about 5 minutes early though, like 11:35. The walk, you know. I'm looking for that romance novel I brought with me, but I just can't find it," Minako said.

"Duo's picking me up at 11:50. I have time to go take apart the volleyball net. Good luck finding your book, and have fun," Ami said, heading out the back door.

Minako nodded and continued to rummage around the living room. She hummed to herself, until her eyes caught the old bookshelf.

"Well, I for sure didn't put it there, unless Ami or Makoto did one day while cleaning up," Minako said to herself, heading over. She slid her fingers across the book titles, pausing before realizing she had found her book. Had she even read it while she was here? It was very dusty...

Minako pulled the book out, and was about to turn away when something very small and black caught her attention as it fell and hit the floor. She looked down, intrigued. It made a small crackling sound, like a scratching speaker.

"Hmm, well what do we have here," she muttered, as she reached down and picked it up.

Meanwhile, Ami was having more difficulty then she had planned with the net, again.

She checked her watch. 11:40. Minako had already left for the cafe by now, she was probably already there.

Maybe Duo was still at home, so she could get some assistance.

Ami walked past the net into the pilots backyard, suddenly aware that she had never been there before.

Minako frowned deeply as she turned it in her hand.

"What is this," she muttered. Minako suddenly looked up, an idea coming to mind.

"I must be crazy," she said to herself as she headed into the kitchen, feeling beneath the counter ledges and underneath the oven cupboards, before she felt something. Pulling at it revealed it to be the same thing.

Minako glanced at the two in her hand, and turned to look around the house. If she could only find one more- but she didn't know where to look. Were these- listening devices of some sort? Were they being spyed on? Who could have done it?

Minako ran up the stairs and began to search her bedroom, but could find nothing as she searched the walls, the lamps, closet doors and dressers frantically.

A knocking on the door downstairs brought her back to reality, and she quickly descended the stairs.

"Who is it," she called.

Ami knocked on the back door, but no one came to answer it. Ami opened the glass outside door, leaving only the screen.

"Hello, Duo," she called, and she heard nothing.

"Anyone home?"

Her response was the sound of Minako's voice, calling out, "Who is it?"

"Why is Minako in there," she muttered to herself, pushing open the door.

"It's me," Heero said through the door to Minako.

"Oh," Minako said, suddenly not feeling up to going to lunch. "Sorry, I know I was late. I got...um...distracted."

"Can I come in," Heero said. Minako couldn't fight the suddenly scared feeling that took over. She pushed a few buttons on her communicator, but no one answered. Was it broken?

"Minako?"

Minako ran to the back door and looked outside, but Ami was nowhere to be seen. She gave a sigh. She was just being paranoid, right?

"Sorry Heero, here I come."

Ami entered the house. It was different from her cabin, darker, and much less used. Clothing was strewn accross the floor. In the kitchen sat a black machine that looked like an answering machine.

And from it was coming Minako's voice.

Ami's eyes widened to look almost unhealthy, as she pushed a button that said "record" on the machine. The machine stated the date and time. It was recorded from last night. Ami paled, as she listened to the conversation she and the girls had the night before.

The boys- they were spying on them. Were they with the enemy? Were they maniacs? Did they have anything to do with that strange girl? Her heart began to race as she hought of her friends. They were already out with the guys.

Ami began to search the house frantically. Anything- any clue? Her eyes fell upon a laptop on the table. She opened it up, but it seemed it was set up to stop anyone but the owner to see.

Ami paused on it a moment, before sitting down in front of it. She checked her watch. 11:42. Duo would be out there soon. She began to try and hack into the laptop, but soon found it was heavilly blocked. She used things she knew from her own mini-computer and technology skills. It seemed simple enough once she broke it down into smaller parts, she just had to figure it out...

Five minutes later, Ami was unable to. She gave a loud sigh of frustration. The computer was guarded as one for an army base would be. Ridiculous. Ami tried one last thing she knew from reading hundred of books and manuals, which however proved to be beneficial, because it worked.

Ami began to snoop through the files right away. There were several e-mails, long unchecked, and also a lot of data. The main thing that caught her attention was all the saved files on the sailor scouts. She checked her watch. She had a minute. Ami found a file from an unknown source, outlining some sort of a task. It involved killing the Sailor Scouts. As Ami quickly scanned through it, she found some notes. There were pictures of the senshi with pictures of the girls beneath it. All read: "Match". At the bottom, it said in big words beneath the pictures, "Eliminate."

Ami gasped, jumping to her feet. Her heart was breaking, falling to pieces again.

She ran to the window and checked her watch. Minako must have already left. She ran to the small black recorder. It was no longer working. Strange. Too strange. She hit every button on her communicator, none of which worked.

How could they have been fooled so easily? So betrayed and cheated?

The honking of a horn outside the house caught her attention, and she saw that Duo had the car parked in front of her cabin. What to do now? Confront him? Look for her friends?

Ami slipped outside the back door of the boys cabin, making a quick dash into her own yard. She waited for Duo to honk the horn again, before emerging from the yard, walking around the side of the house.

"Hey Ami, what took you so long," Duo asked, a big smile on his face.

"I was trying to un-hook the volleyball net. You know me and that net," she joked, approaching the window where Duo sat.

"Well, hop in," Duo said, his smile never fading, his voice however unsure.

Ami was sure she wouldn't be doing that.

"Where are we going," she asked.

Duo smiled. "Oh, I found this great place on the other end of town. Nice and secluded."

Secluded. Exactly what he would want alright. She had to think fast.

Duo gave Ami a strange look. She was smiling, but she seemed unhappy. Weary. Was she on to him? How could she be?

"You alright," he asked. She nodded.

"Um..." Ami fidgeted a moment, before looking back up, and idea coming to her. "Why don't I drive?"

Duo laughed. "You? Drive? Have you ever driven?"

"Well," Ami said, trying to make her voice sound as genuine as possible, "I only did once. I'm a good driver, but Tokyo is really crowded, and it's hard for a new driver to learn there. Please? You just tell me where to go."

Duo sighed, and handed Ami the keys as he climbed out. Why not? She'd never get to drive again after this.

Ami smiled, thanking him and getting in the car. She pushed the seat forwards a bit, adjusted her mirrors, and buckled her seatbelt. Duo did not buckle up.

'All the better,' she thought, starting up the car. Now Ami felt more in control.

"All right," Duo said, "just go straight down this road for a few minutes Ami, I'll tell you when to turn." Ami nodded, and they drove past the forest, the huge mass of trees at their right stretching on for miles. Ami sat tensely. What now? Duo no longer had control of the car. Should she continue? No, that would give him the upper hand. About 1/2 a mile away from the house, Ami decided what she would do. It was a bit extreme, and unlike her. But Ami knew she was no actress, and would not keep uup the facade much longer. Good thing she had her seat belt on...

Duo noticed Ami's hands suddenly tense on the steering wheel. What was she doing?

Before he could react or even speak, Ami had jerked the steering to her right and hit the gas, sending them flying towards the trees.

"AMI! What the HELL!" Duo barely had time to shout this before they hit the trees, the wind shield shattering and Duo's window breaking as well. Duo was thrown from his seat out of the now broken wind shield from the impact. Ami's side of the car had sustained minimal damage, and she was buckled in. She was slightly shaken, but fine since she was expecting it. Ami unbuckled her seat belt and kicked her car door open.

Duo was very slowly picking himself up off the ground, a groan coming from his mouth. His forehead was bleeding severely and he probably had a concussion from how he had been thrown out of the car though the windshield.

Ami stood next to him, shocked that she had even done that. Tears she had yet to shed stung at her eyes and the back of her throat was burning.

"Serves you right," she said, her voice cracking. "Liar."

Duo was on his feet before Ami could blink, and he tackled her to the ground, pinning her arms down and pulling out his gun.

"I'm not the only liar," he said.

Minako opened the door for Heero and let him enter, but right away she felt something was wrong. Heero entered and spoke right away.

"Why didn't you come?"

"I- uh- got distracted with my packing," she said. Heero nodded, before taking her hand. Minako thought he was being sweet, before he turned her hand, opened her palm up, and looked at the small speakers in her hand.

"Where did you get those," he said, his voice darker than usual.

"I found them...when I was looking for my book," she said, suddenly more tense than ever. Heero nodded, looking up to meet her eyes. Something was very wrong. Minako took one look at him, before pulling her hand from his and running. Heero confirmed her suspision by taking off after her. That was when Minako did the thing she always laughed at girls in horror movies for doing. She ran up the stairs.

"Well go ahead then, kill me. It's what you were planning all along."

Duo glared at her.

"That hurt."

"Well," Ami said angrilly, "If you want me to sympathize, don't try and date the person you've been sent to kill next time."

"Well," Duo tried to find something to defend his actions, but he couldn't so he stayed quiet.

"How could I not have realized. How were we so blind," she said, angrilly, looking away.

"Yeah, aren't you supposed to be the smart one," he said, his tone much heavier than usual. Ami looked up at him, realization suddenly dawning upon her face.

"However you were clever, weren't you Duo," she said. He tipped his head at her.

"What are you talking about?"

"You had the perfect distraction."

"Oh really? Was it my charming good looks, because I figured those did the charm." Ami shook her head, and Duo looked up in thought a moment, before he realized what Ami meant.

"Sanyu," he stated. She nodded.

"We were so concerned about what she was doing wrong, your wrongs were slipping right past us."

"How do you know her," he asked.

"Weren't you employed to do this by the D Galaxy," Ami asked.

"Yes," he said, frowning at her.

"Well Duo, Sanyu is one of the elite." Realization covered Duo's face.

"So that's how you know her."

"Right. Now where are my friends," Ami said.

"Who knows. By now, probably hell." Ami tried to sit up, angered at that point, but Duo held her down.

"You have to answer my questions now," he said. He had to know. Something wasn't right. There was something they weren't told. And right now, Duo was pretty sure that Quatre was head over heels for Sanyu. What if the tables were turned on them?

Ami shook her head. Duo picked up his gun and pointed it at her head.

"Now," he said, "I want to know exactly what lead up to this mess."

"Why should I tell you anything," Ami asked angrilly, turning to look away.

"Because I have a gun pointed at your head. So I'm going to ask you one question. And that answer should sum up what many questions would."

Ami sighed, but nodded. It was their only hope at the moment. Duo nodded at her approval, and spoke.

"What happened last year?"

In the next chapter, I'll have what's happening with the others, as well as big revelations and the continuring of flashbacks. Please review!