Missing Duo Chapter 14: 2 Down, 2 to Go, a gundam wing/ac fanfic

Chapter 14: Two Down, Two to Go

Heero's POV

I was in the dinning hall with Quatre and Trowa the next morning worried as to were Duo was. After the conversation with Relena yesterday I walked around the ship and went to the training room to let out my frustrations before I talked to Duo. I went to Duo's and my room early to sleep after all the exercise, thinking that Duo would come in later on.

I woke up around 3:00 in the morning when I still hadn't heard Duo come in, and noticing that he was not in the room, I began to worry as to were he was. I told this to Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei who all got up to help me in my search. We all searched for him, but couldn't figure out as to were he went. We checked everywhere we could think of on the ship trying to find him. After searching through the early hours of the morning we met up here in the dinning hall, it was now about 10:00 A.M.

"Are you sure we checked everywhere?" I asked.

"I'm positive; we even did a triple check on all the rooms." Trowa replied.

I was beginning to freak out and was about to tear the ship apart to just find Duo, and that was bothering me even more.

"Quatre can you sense him on the ship?" asking again.

"Yes, I know he is here somewhere, but not exactly. One thing I do know is that he is calm and doesn't seem to be in any trouble."

That was that only good news he had to tell me at the moment, which calmed me a little bit.

"Where could he be? If he's on the ship we should have been able to find him by now, but haven't." I said musing aloud.

Wufei took this time to walk into the dinning hall, looking around to see if we had have better luck in finding to.

"Damn, he still hasn't shown. What are we going to do?" Wufei asked.

'I don't know,' I thought, 'I just don't know any more.'

"Well, lets just take a break and rest for a bit. We can talk about where we have searched and try to come up with a plan to find Duo." Quatre said taking control.

We all agreed and rested at one of the tables in the dining hall, grabbing some food to eat. It was silent between all of us, as we waited for someone to break the silence. I was about to start talking when I heard movement and looked towards the dinning hall doors. I was so surprised at who it was I almost missed the question just asked.

"Why are you all so quiet? Did one of the pilots lose a contact and couldn't see where he or she was going and we are now headed towards a black hole that will end all of our short lived lives?" Duo had said in one breath.

All four of us at the table just stared at Duo for a second before it truly dawned on us that the person we were searching for just came in the room. You could here the scraping of chairs against the tiled floor, as we moved to go greet Duo, in a hurry.

I was the first one there and gave him a hug before I realized what I was doing. I let go quickly and tried to hide my embarrassment by asking him questions as to where he was and what he was doing.

"Where were you?"

"I was in one of the rooms," He said simply.

"What were you doing?"

"I was sleeping, but a constant growling noise woke me up before I realized I was hungry. So I came down here for a snack, that is, if it wasn't dinner yet."

"Oh, well you slept though dinner and breakfast as well. It's almost time for lunch." I said smirking at the look on his face.

"Really? I didn't think I slept that long."

After that, the others started to surround Duo more, trying to make him tell them where he was if he was only sleeping and we still couldn't find him.

"Come on please tell us," Quatre said begging.

"No, I found it so it's a secret so there," Duo replied.

Quatre stuck his tongue out at Duo and Duo stuck out his own. Trowa and I just watched both of them interact, while we smirked.

"Hey," Duo said with a little hop in his step. "While I was in the room I had a flashback."

"Really, what did you remember?" I urged him to tell. I was excited, but Duo didn't get to answer right then because we heard…

"HEEEERRROOOO."

'Oh, come on don't I ever get a break?' I thought.

Duo grimace and then said, "Well I remembered that that is called the mating call of the Pink Monster, a.k.a. Relena."

I wasn't expecting him to say that is what he remembered, but I still grinned. That was one of the old Duo's favorite comments when Relena would scream for me. Quatre began to laugh out loud while Trowa and Wufei did what I did and smirked.

"That's right and if you don't want to be attacked I suggest you follow Quatre and Trowa, so Wufei and I can take care of her." I said, playing along.

Duo nodded, but I noticed how his face dropped a little bit of his grin when I said I would take care of Relena. I watched him, Trowa, and Quatre exited the room while Wufei and I waited for Relena to arrive.

'I hope he doesn't think there's anything between Relena and me.' I thought, but shook it off when I heard Relena call my name again. I sighed and waited until Relena would find me, and while I waited, I talked to Wufei about Duo.

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Duo's POV

I woke up on the cot, and had no clue as to what hell the time was. The only reason as to why I woke up is because I heard a loud growling noise come from my stomach.

'Its either snack time or dinner time. Either way I'm getting me some food.'

I got up off the cot and walked towards the door. The voice was once again gone, but for how long, I didn't know. I shook off the thought and opened the door to the cramped hallway. I went out of the space, but only after I made sure no one was in the bigger hallway. I didn't want to reveal my little sanctuary to anyone yet.

I retraced the path Heero and I took on the tour to the dining hall. When I got there, I stopped when I saw all four of those guys sitting at one of the tables. They were all quiet and looked as if they were lost in thought and looking kind of sad. I began to walk into the dining hall and as soon as I was in, Heero noticed me in a heart beat.

It surprised me when all of a sudden I heard the scraping of chairs, and them all rushing towards me. Heero was the first to reach me, and when he did he pulled me into a quick hug, but let go quickly. Even though it was for a short amount of time that hug made me feel all warm inside, as if I longed for it for a long time. Heero now looked a little embarrassed, and tried to cover it up by asking questions.

"Where were you?" Heero asked.

"I was in one of the rooms,"

"What were you doing?"

"I was sleeping, but a constant growling noise woke me up before I realized I was hungry. So I came down here for a snack, that is, if it wasn't dinner yet." telling him the whole reason.

"Oh, well you slept though dinner and breakfast as well. It's almost time for lunch."

"Really? I didn't think I slept that long." I really didn't think I slept that long, but now it's the next day. No wonder they were worried about not finding me.

After that, the others started to surround me more, trying to make me tell them where I was if I was only sleeping and they still couldn't find me.

"Come on please tell us," Quatre said begging.

"No, I found it so it's a secret so there," I replied.

Quatre stuck his tongue out at me and I stuck out his own. Thinking that this felt familiar from something before.

"Hey," I said with a little bit of excitement in my voice. "While I was in the room I had a flashback."

"Really, what did you remember?"

I was about to answer when we all heard a banshee cry from not to far away. Everyone tensed up a little after hearing that voice. I decided to tell him what I remembered any way.

"Well I remembered that that is called the mating call of the Pink Monster, a.k.a. Relena." I said.

Quatre began to laugh out loud, while Heero, Trowa, and Wufei smirked at the joke. I was happy I could get them all to smile.

"That's right and if you don't want to be attacked I suggest you follow Quatre and Trowa, so Wufei and I can take care of her." Heero said, trying to play along with me.

I followed Trowa and Quatre out of the dining hall, trying not to show the disappointed look on my face when Heero said he would stay.

'There must be something going on between those two. He always talks to her and I have to leave for them to be alone.'

But if you noticed, he had Wufei stay with him.

I was about to start talking aloud to the voice, when I realized that Trowa and Quatre were still there.

'Don't want them to think I'm crazy, although I think I already am. And yes that is true that Wufei stayed, but can we talk about this later so the others don't think I'm crazy?'

Fine, but I won't go away for long.

'Damn it; just leave me alone for now.' But the voice was already gone.

"I'm beginning to hate that voice." I mumbled to myself as Trowa, Quatre, and I went into a rec room.

"What was that Duo?" Trowa asked.

"Wha- oh…uh…nothing important, just thinking aloud," I said trying to get out of the question. Trowa just shrugged and sat down on one of the couches and tugged Quatre down with him. Quatre was starting to blush as I just stared at them, as I sat in a comfortable one seated lounge chair.

When I watched them, being so close to each other, I had an odd feeling to just tease them about it. I don't know why but I wanted to ask about their relationship, but first I think I should make small talk.

"So…what did you guys do before you became pilots?" I asked feeling a little silly at the question.

Quatre answered first, "Well I was being trained to take over my dad's company on L4, Winner enterprise. It is a big company that I will say is rich and prosperous…" he said some other things about the company, but I was now listening to what the voice said when Quatre was talking.

Quatre being rich and living of L4. Need more information.

I didn't know what it was talking about, but I started to listen to what Trowa had to say, because Quatre finished talking about the company.

"I lived on L3 with a circus troop. I was a clown and also worked with the animals a lot and I did other acts as well as those." Trowa's answer was short and I was thankful, because I heard the voice again and almost saying the same thing as before.

Trowa being a clown and living on L3. Still need more information.

I didn't think I should ask anymore questions, but it I couldn't help it and asked them any ways.

"Are you guys together." I already knew the answer, but I wanted to make sure instead of being wrong.

"Yes." Trowa answered simply. Quatre then leaned close to Trowa's ear and whispered something into it, and Trowa nodded at it.

I seem to know they weren't going to tell me what they just said, so I went ahead and asked more question.

"How long have you been together?" I said trying to make a conversation with a quiet person.

"About 7 months now." Trowa said again keeping his answers short. He started to hug Quatre closer to him

'Maybe he doesn't like to talk about stuff like this, or maybe people were mean to them once they found out,' my mind started to wonder.

I didn't want to make them uncomfortable; I was just one curious person. So again, hoping I wasn't angering him, I asked another question. "How did you guys get together?"

Trowa didn't answer right away, but narrowed his eyes at me, and looking extremely pissed off. I didn't know if I had pissed him off or not, but I tried to take back my question while panicking.

"You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I didn't think you would mind if I asked questions about your relationship. I'm sorry if anyone else has given you trouble because of it, but I thought you guys looked like a cute couple and only wanted to get to know you better. I'm so sorry an-" I was rambling, which I always did when I got nervous. Quatre noticed this and started to chuckle at my antics.

"Duo." I stopped talking and looked at him, "You're beginning to ramble, and sorry about how Trowa acted. I asked him to act a little mean to see if you would get nervous, and to see if you would act like you use to. Which I think my little experiment showed that you do act the same when you're nervous. That is, you begin to ramble and talk so much, we fear you might pass out from the lack of air."

I looked at him and then Trowa in disbelief, but I saw now how Trowa was grinning like a cat, which just ate the goldfish.

"You guys are big jerks you know that." I said pouting.

"Yes, we know we are, and its fun to be a jerk sometimes."

I gave them both a glare, but failed because of the smile on my face. Some of the things we said seemed a little familiar, but I couldn't place them.

"By the way," Trowa spoke up startling me a little, "Quatre and I got together because we were afraid to lose one another, and not have told the other how we felt. If Quatre were to go away I would have been guilty for not telling him how I felt."

Quatre continued the little story, "So we got together, just 3 months after you disappeared, and told each other how we felt. We have been together ever since." Quatre looked up at Trowa with loving eyes, and Trowa returning the stare.

"Did anyone know about you guys liking each other before you got together?" I had no clue as to where that question came from. It didn't even seem like I had asked it. It just sort of came out of my mouth without me thinking of it.

Quatre looked a little taken aback by the question, but then answered. "Uh, yeah. It was actually you who knew. You would always tease Trowa or me about it, but not telling either of us how we felt about each other. You would always say we should just go tell the other, but both of us were afraid of being rejected. Also you would say…Duo? Duo are you alright?" Quatre asked getting a little scared.

I was fine physically, but mentally…right now I don't know. It was just when Quatre was telling me that I knew that Trowa and him liked each other, that voice began to laugh like you would think a mad man would. It was starting to scare me.

'What is so funny?' I thought, I even sounded scared in my mind.

It's funny…that your suppose to be remembering all of these things, yet they are telling you. And now they give you this…piece of you, and you don't realize it. He he.

'What are you going to do?'

Nothing really, I'm just going to make you pass out for more memory dreams. The voice said as if it was nothing.

'Don't do that while I'm in front of th-' I didn't get to finish the thought when I felt myself begin to fall back in the chair, and Quatre yelling my name. I couldn't respond, so I just could only wait to see what I would see, and remember.

Flash Back

Quatre: "Who are you? "

Duo: I'm Duo Maxwell. I run, I hide, but I never tell a lie, and you are?"

"I'm Quatre Raberba Winner."

"One of 'THE' Winner family, as in I'm like the most filthy rich person in the world, Winner?"

"Uh…yes."

"That is so fucking cool!"

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After a circus show

Duo: "How in the hell did you not move when that lady was throwing knives at you, 'BLIND FOLDED' no less?"

Trowa: How in the hell did you get back here?"

"Ask a friendly question and they return with another question, and a 'rude' one at that."

Trowa grabs a gun, but never gets it trained onto his target, because his target has him already in his sights with his gun trained on him.

"I didn't come here to fight, but I will if you don't want to listen. I came here to introduce myself as Duo Maxwell, a fellow Gundam pilot. I just wanted you to know that you and I will be working with each other in the future, so don't try and kill me when we see each other. So I guess this now makes us friends for now. Deal?"

"…"

"Come on, if I was not telling the truth, which I always do by the way, I could have shot you by now."

"…Fine, I believe you, and it's a deal."

"A name would be good so I could call you by it."

"Trowa Barton"

"Alright, I will in joy working with you in the future, Trowa, but until then." Duo leaves as quickly and silently as he entered.

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Trowa enter and then leaves a room quickly, and only picking up his bag. Quatre was staring at Trowa the whole time, while Duo stared at Quatre grinning.

Duo: "You like him don't you?"

Quatre: "Wha- what?"

"Trowa, you like him don't you."

"Duo, don't tell him please! He might hate me for it."

"He won't hate you for liking him, but why don't you tell him?"

"Because he will probably reject me, and then never talk to me again."

"You'll never know until you ask him, and plus its not like he ever talks to anyone anyways."

"I know, but I'll tell him when I'm ready. I…I just can't do it right now."

"Fine, but you should do it soon." Rolls of couch, and leaves the room.

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Duo: "Just tell him."

Trowa: "No, he will be disgusted and then he will never want to be near me again."

"Quatre wouldn't do that and you know that, and I can't make you tell him even though you should."

"I just…I just don't want to be rejected by him. It would hurt to much."

"Its okay for now, but tell him soon or this will end up hurting you a lot more than Quatre ever could."

"Alright I will later"

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Duo is in the living room staring at both Quatre and Trowa, who keep looking at each other, but while the other isn't looking of course.

'They need to know how good they are for each other. I can't tell them how the other feels about them, then their relationship will never last because they didn't come together on their own. Yea, I should just try and push them in the right direction, but not tell them a single thing. It will strengthen how the feel for the each other in its own weird way.'

End Flash Back

"..UO…DUO! Wake up, what is wrong? Can you hear me? DUO!" Someone was shouting, with a shaken voice.

"Yeah, I can hear you Q-bean, just stop your yelling or I might not be able to hear anything any more. My head already hurts enough as it is to." I said thinking about how I now knew who Quatre was, and how he completely missed his nick-name that I called him by.

"Duo, oh you're ok," he said hugging me hard.

"Can't…breathe…need…air." I said while trying to gasp for air, and Quatre let go quickly.

"Duo what happened? You listening to me, and then all of a sudden you just passed out, and I didn't know what to do." Quatre said quickly.

"Well Q, my man, I had a flash back again, and that made me pass out." I said smiling.

He blinked at me then said, "You…you used my nick-name. Was you're…flash back about me?"

"Yea, but it was also about-" Trowa walked in and surprising me a little. "Tro-man where did you go to?" I said instead of continuing my first train of thought.

"Duo your okay." Trowa said, hurrying over to me.

"Yeah, I'm fine Bang boy. I'm just really tired now." It was now Trowa's turn to look stupid when he realized I had said the nick-name I would call him by.

"Trowa," Quatre started to speak again, "Duo had a flash back about you and me it appears. Duo do you remember everything?"

"I only remember everything with you guys, otherwise I see blank faces. You know what though, all of this remembering shit is giving me a headache, and making tired. So now if you…" I yawned really big, "…excuse me I'm going to fall asleep. So get up off of that big couch, cuss I won't make it to my room."

They moved up from the couch and let me lay down on it. I swear those little flash backs make you exhausted from really doing nothing.

I looked back at Trowa, who was hugging a smiling Quatre to him, and said. "Told you guys should of told you loved each other earlier. Glad you guts are together no at least." Their smiles increased and I smiled at them. As I was drifting I went over these knew memories, when one of them made me think about it. I had said I was a fellow Gundam pilot there to help. Guess they didn't lie to me after all, about me being like them. And as I thought of all of this, I fell asleep, to dream peaceful dreams though my sleep.

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