BakurasLoyalServant: …..I'm sorry! I know It's been forever since I updated, but this past year's been hectic. My dad passed away in July, and all sorts of other stuff's been going on…

Duo: *hugs* it's okay. Anyhow! Please read and Review. BLS does NOT own Gundam Wing. She does own Maxie though.

Duo sat beside Quatre, reading the file about the sick procedure Heero'd been put through, "These people were seriously messed up..."

Quatre shivered at the venom in his friend's voice, "I know Duo…" He glanced into the sitting room where Max lay cuddling Heero, chattering to Trowa, "…Maybe we can get Sally to, at least, create something to make their minds more...normal.. less... servitude-centered..."

Duo gave a small nod, and hugged his knees to his chest, "Yeah... 'Fei's with Sally and Une now...right?"

"Yeah. He took that Submission Serum and some of the other vials we found after we rescued Heero..." Quatre said, watching the three pets in the other room, "He's calmed down alot..."

"Yeah. I asked Max to stay with him... Seems he's calmest with Max right now..." Duo chewed his lip, hesitating before saying, "I think it's because Max was the last thing or person he saw before...before they did that to him... I think Max..."

"Might represent safety!" Quatre gasped, nodding in agreement, "That would make sense..."

Duo nodded, now looking at the room the three pets were in, "I'm just happy he's alive..."

In the next room, Max was cuddling Heero, happy that his Master was alive...even if he wasn't really himself... Trowa was listening to the two Master in the other room, telling Max and Heero what the two were saying.

Heero, though, didn't seem to like Trowa, ignoring the brunette Wolf pet to cuddle his Max, occasionally glancing at the two Master, giving a small growl, confused and apparently disoriented. He clung to Max as though the small Pet was a lifeline...

Trowa certainly noticed, watching Heero almost as much as he eavesdropped on Duo and Quatre, a small frown going over his face... he remembered something odd from his Origin... Some of the Pets from there, particularly new ones that weren't born as Pets, had been behaving in a similar manner to Heero's... clinging to the last person they'd seen before their Procedure... Then they would start acting like humans, normal humans, their old selves... But... this probably wasn't it... those Pets had all being half human half dog or cat... Heero was a third human, a third eagle, and a third puma... at least, that's what Quatre had said upon closer inspection of him. Trowa shook his head to clear it of those confusing thoughts, drawing Heero's piercing gold gaze... Trowa winced and stilled himself, attempting to relax so Heero's intimidating stare would move elsewhere...

Heero's sharp gaze left him, locking upon the door as it opened, admitting Wufei and a blond woman with blue eyes and a military outfit... a growl left Heero's throat, quickly gaining Wufei's startled attention...

Wufei froze, arm out to stop Sally from going any further, "Oh, damn..." He watched Heero cautiously, waiting to for the feral male to react.

Heero rose fluidly, eyes narrowed dangerously and suspiciously, a faint growl rising from deep in his chest, wings slowly and threateningly extending.

Sally took the initiative and lowered her eyes and head, remembering what Wufei had told her about Heero's domineering behavior and that submitting would keep her from getting attacked.

Heero stalked over, ignoring Max's protesting whimpers, and circled Sally, growling quietly and approvingly at the instant submission. Once he was satisfied, he returned to where Max sat, who's gold-flecked emerald eyes were wide with worried, "Heero...?"

Heero glanced at Max and sat back down, pulling the smaller pet into his lap, a small grunt of satisfaction left him as he buried his face into Max's black and white locks.

Sally blinked and frowned, then looked at Wufei, "Well... Let's go talk to Duo and Quatre..."

Wufei nodded slowly, leading her into the kitchen where said two were sitting, watching warily.

"Sally...?"
"Duo, Quatre... I've started testing the serums you all gave me. I'm almost positive I can develop an antidote, but... I need to run some tests on Trowa and Heero."

"And Max." Duo added, glancing at her, "We gotta do something for the little guy... He's helped up so much..."

Sally sighed, but nodded, "I'll try, Duo... But, didn't you say he was born like this...?"

Duo shrugged, "I think he was born part wolf...but the submission thing, I think was forcibly engineered... Kinda like with Tro and Heero..."

Sally nodded thoughtfully, "I'll see what I can do for him... but my main priority is Heero and Trowa."

Duo nodded, then suddenly cringed at a thought, "Um... Sally...? Does Relena know about this...?"

Sally winced as well and shook her head, "No... At least, I don't think she does... Agent Wind's been keeping this quiet, and currently trying to find other Labs..."

Duo gave a relieved sigh and nodded again, "Good...There's no telling what would happen if she knew about Heero's...condition..." He shivered slightly, then snorted, "Probably end up getting killed..."

Quatre gave a quiet snort as well, "He only lets Max and Duo touch him right now..."

Sally nodded, thinking, "Seems so... But, as I said, I don't know if I can fix their physical changes... it seems those were...somehow grown in..." She hesitated then said, "I'm almost completely positive I can restore their previous minds though."

Duo grinned happily, "YES! What do you start?"

Sally smiled sadly at Duo, "Hopefully in the next few weeks. I need to work on the submission serum and the one I think reduced Heero and Trowa's thought processes to animalistic instincts..."

Duo nodded, hugging his knees to his chest, "I miss Heero..."

Quatre scooted over and hugged his friend, "I know you do Duo..."

Wufei had kept silent the whole time, reading some of the files... files they had discovered described the changes Heero had been forced to undergo, "The man who headed this whole thing was seriously sick..."

Duo grunted in disgust, "Obviously. I think he thought that Heero would be automatically docile... Considering we found the sicko in tiny shreds at Heero's feet..."

Quatre nodded in agreement, "He was definitely not smart enough to realize that Heero would be unstable."

Wufei rolled his eyes and glanced into the sitting, a small smile flitted across his face, "They're asleep."

Duo looked as well and gave a small smile as well. Heero had fallen asleep curled protectively around Max, who was curled into the larger's chest also asleep. Trowa had crawled onto the couch to sleep.

"Well... When they wake up, I guess we can take them to get blood drawn..." Duo whispered... The others nodded in agreement, Wufei and Quatre giving the suddenly solemn teen sad looks.

BLS:...^_^ Well... Here it is. chapter eleven. after almost a year. I'm really really sorry for the delay. I've been busy, as I said above. between college, work, my dad dying, and planning vacations for my family to get outta this town for awhile... yep. Been uber busy. But here ya'll go! Review please! :D I'm gonna try to work on one of my others next!