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Chapter 17:

Weir threw her hands in the air and growled something. John looked at her and then to the screen. "I thought I told you no!" he all but yelled in the microphone. There was no other reply for a moment.

Then: "Calm down mother hen," Duo whispered low, "its not like I'm doing anything dangerous."

"You are, you are in a hive ship," Weir replied back.

Duo was sneaking down the halls of the said hive ship, more effectively hiding from the Wraith that were running frantic to get to battle stations, and paid little to no attention to him and their other 'food' that was webbed. Duo had seen the webs and chose to cover himself with them, it seemed to dull if not completely get their sensors off of him. He stalked down the hallway to what he assumed was the computer room. He moved quickly, avoiding the Wraith like it was the OZ soldiers back home. He was amazed at what the web could do.

"Yeah… so?" Duo asked.

"Seven," Heero chimed in.

Duo made it to a chamber and then looked at the panels. He plugged opened it up and did some quick rewiring and sent the information to Atlantis and the Gundams. "Kay, getting the hell out of here," he said and started to stalk back. However his exit wasn't as smooth as his getting in. "Damnit." He said and then started to run when he saw some brutes that he couldn't avoid. "Some one is waiting for me right?"

"Right at the docking bay, waiting," Quatre said. There was gun fire on Duo's end of the radio.

"Duo, five minutes," Heero said.

"Yeah, yeah…" Duo called as he ran down the halls. "Damn it…" he called again. "New plan, not that way." Duo turned and ran down an empty hallway and dashed down it and turned into another hall. Wraith brutes were running after him. He still fired shots behind him; he looked around, trying to figure out where it was that he was going. He was running blindly, at least until he came to a dead end with some locked doors.

He reached up to press the button on his ear, the radio had vanished somewhere during his running. Great. He was going to die at the hands of these ugly bastards. The brutes rushed at him, and a hand reached for his chest.

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The four boys all had solemn faces. Weir was furious. "How could you agree to such a thing!" she yelled at them in her office. John, Rodney and Teyla was also there. The boys looked at her, they weren't afraid of her wrath. "When I tell you no, I mean no! You are not to go behind my back and do them anyway. I don't know who you were under before and what they allowed from boys, but you are under my care now. Don't forget you have your own world to go back to. You have to stay alive to save that world." Weir looked at the boys. "You boys are grounded until the next attack."

All four looked confused. "What is grounded?" Heero asked.

John snickered. "It means you are confined to your rooms with the exception of food. You are not allowed to leave your quarters until the time has passed or who placed you under punishment lifts it. It also means no toys."

"Toys?" Trowa asked.

"Computers, little action figures, dolls… blocks…" John explained.

Heero narrowed his eyes. "My laptop?" he questioned.

"Will be taken and locked up, no one will touch your computers or your Gundams," John explained.

"You will have a guard stationed at your door, for meals you are to go to the mess hall eat and return to your rooms," Weir said. "You will not disobey my orders again is that understood?"

The four boys saluted as one, "Ma'am," the called out. They turned around and headed to their respected rooms, each handing over their laptops. It was more then likely only going to be for a couple of days.

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Heero was going insane. He paced the better part of the days. Not being able to work on his Gundam, not like it was really needed, not being able to run, not being able to use his laptop. He hated this whole grounded thing. He looked up, why was he even here listening to the woman? He was the perfect soldier, he could bend some steel with his bare hands. He took a step towards his door. Then a thought popped in his head. Duo.

He stopped and glared at the door evilly, willing it to bust open and the braided pilot to grin at him.

Nothing happened.

Thus was his fate.

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For all the times he wished silence, never he thought that he would wish for noise. Trowa sat at his desk with a book lying in front of him. He had already read most of it, he looked at it and closed his green eyes. He sat there thinking. What was he doing? Listening to the woman and her grounding orders, it wasn't like he coxed Duo into boarding the Hive ship. Once Duo has his mind set on something there is no changing it. He had always been like that.

He tapped the book on his desk. One question going through his head.

Did Duo make it?

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His mind was at ease, his breathing calmed. His thoughts were nothing until he opened his eyes and looked at his door. His memories coming back to every time burst into his room and bothered him.

"Nataku, what have we done?" he asked and looked out his window where his Gundam sat. His honor wouldn't allow him to disobey his grounding, but he was even getting board.

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He looked at the chess board, an unfinished game he had with Duo, and it was still his turn. He looked over the board thinking of what his move would be. Despite Duo's energy he had been a good chess player, one just had to wait for him to make a move. Quatre's move wasn't as easy right now, he had looked at the board for countless hours, and he saw nothing that could help Duo from the slaughter that was going to befall his king.

He had refused to remove the chess board. It had taken them a couple of days to get this far. He didn't want to ruin it. It also gave him a small distraction.

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Finally when the Wraith approached them two weeks later, they were all ready for it. It was a strange attack; it was only one hive ship and two cruisers. The boys were merciless and attacked it quickly and all at once. They stayed in space for the rest of the day waiting, but no other signs of the Wraith was found.

A/N: strange chapter, hopefully the next chapter will fill you in more.