Heero had a sinking suspicion that the Black Wolves had gotten exactly what they wanted, a Gundam Pilot or two to sneak in to Relena's room without arising suspicion and kill her.

Somewhere I Belong
Chapter 10
Deception
By: Miguela

Heero thought while he walked silently with Duo. His neck was throbbing greatly at the base of his skull, as he was sure the 'bug' that had been slipped in to his body to control it. He could feel every inch of his body so he knew that it hadn't damaged his spine any, he just couldn't control his own movements. He was hoping that Duo's strange behaviour would send up a red flag to the others to look in to what happened further.

Stupid body, Heero thought angrily as they neared the docking bay, Come on, work for me! He was trying to make his body move on his orders as he walked. He bent his entire concentration on getting his body to reply to his demands, Come on damn you, move! He finally succeeded to make his fingers twitch. He smiled inwardly. Good, I should be able to break free of their control soon. He waited until they were boarding a shuttle that had been docked at the station until he bent his will again and grabbed Duo's braid.

"Snap… out… of… it…" Heero grunted as it took all of his will power to stop and hold Duo's braid in one hand. He was starting to feel nauseous as he gripped the railing of the stairway. "Fight it!" He yanked on Duo's braid and Duo over-balanced backwards, making the two of them topple backwards. This commotion wasn't noticed by the workers as the two former Gundam Pilots tumbled down the stairs in a mix of legs and arms.

Duo groaned as he pushed himself off of Heero. "Thanks," Duo mumbled quietly and then doubled over, gripping his neck as his body shook.

Heero felt the shock as well, it felt as though a knife was being shoved in at the base of his skull and he crumpled as well. Stop resisting, a voice in his head said firmly, Every time you resist us, we'll punish you two severely. Now get on the shuttle, your comrades are waiting for you.

Heero felt his body stand again, as did Duo, and head up the stairs to the waiting shuttle once again. Heero waited until they were flying away from the colony to start testing how the 'bug' worked to control them. The further that they got from the colony, the more he could move without putting a strain on himself. When they were almost back to L2, he started talking to Duo normally without forcing it.

"They seem to have put some sort of control device on us," Heero muttered to Duo as Duo flew the ship, "Maybe we should try to disable it now while we can."

"What happens if it explodes or something though?" Duo asked worriedly, "I still have my whole life ahead of me, you know."

"We're going to have to some how to communicate to Quatre and Wufei what happened so we can get them to try and disable it so that the Black Wolves don't find out."

Though that may not matter now, Heero thought bitterly as Duo started docking with L2, They may be able to hear what we're saying through us, so it would be pointless now, they would catch on anyway. He glanced over at Duo and realized that this was the first time that he had ever seen Duo so unsure of what to do. Duo had a life now, away from fighting day to day, with Hilde and Heero would be damned if the Black Wolves took that right to live away from him. Duo deserves to live as much as any of us, Heero thought bitterly. He couldn't help but think of how Relena was going to act as soon as Heero's body was ordered to kill her. He couldn't quite figure out how the Black Wolves would do it, but they obviously wanted Relena and he peace she had formed in the last four years to vanish completely from the earth sphere. Damn this situation to hell, he thought savagely.

"Have any ideas, Heero?" Duo asked his friend as they got off the shuttle, "We should hurry before the signal becomes stronger and we won't be able to tell Quatre and Wufei what's goin' on."

Heero nodded and stated to talk to Duo about his suspicions as he walked. "Since the signal got weaker as we moved away from Colony six, there might be a way to block the signal completely from time to time," Heero said in an undertone as they passed through security. Heero experienced a brief moment of clear thoughts and stopped completely between the metal detectors. "That's it," he said and smirked, "Metal detectors."

"Um sir?" one customs agent asked him timidly, "Sir, I have to ask you to keep the line moving."

"Just a moment," Heero said to the agent as he turned to Duo, "Come stand here with me." He sidled sideways in the little scanner and Duo fit beside him. "See what I mean?"

"Yeah," Duo said as he rubbed his neck, "Now we know what to do about it."

"Please sirs, I have to ask you to come with us," the agent said insistently as he gestured to a small office to the side.

Heero pulled out his Preventers ID card, "It's okay," Heero said to him, "Lt. Commander Lee Kodora, we're experimenting with a theory." He turned to Duo, "When I give the signal Duo, use all your will to run to the hotel where Relena is," he said quietly, just above a whisper as he tossed his gun to the security detail so that he wouldn't be armed in case the Black Wolves ordered him to hurt Relena. "We only have a few minutes."

"How about we drive?" Duo thought with a smirk, "There are bikes right over there, run to that bike and we'll get to Relena faster."

Heero nodded and they broke through security as fast as they could and ran to the bikes. Duo fired up the engine with a key that he had stashed in his pants. "Key to every bike," he said proudly as the engine roared to life under them, "Let's hurry and get to Relena."

Heero grunted as he sat behind Duo on the bike and they sped off down the roads. Heero was keenly aware of the tingling in his neck though it wasn't even close to as bad as the first time it had happened, though it did cause him to reach to his neck and start to rub the lump at the base of his skull. "Faster Duo," Heero urged him, "We need to get to Relena before they get to this colony."

"I'm going to take this thing to it's limit," Duo said to Heero as he accelerated, "Hang on Heero, we're going to Relena."

As Heero and Duo sped through the colony, Heero thought of how he was going to explain to Quatre, Wufei, and Trowa as to why they weren't responding for 3 hours straight. The simple way is to say that we were ambushed and are now under their control, Heero thought bitterly, Wufei would never let me live it down though.

They approached the hotel at record speeds, nearly flying off the bike when Duo braked suddenly. "Come on Heero," Duo urged as Heero groaned, putting a hand over his old wound. Duo slipped under Heero's arm and supported him. "We can't stop now, we need to make the others aware of what's going on."

"I think that they already caught on," Heero groaned as the pain shot through his head again, making him collapse to his knees.

Gundam Pilots, stop fighting us, a voice echoed in his head, which sounded somewhat familiar. We have targeted Relena Darlian and if you continue to resist our demands, we will kill you both as well as Relena Darlian.

Damn them, Heero thought as he stopped fighting and let his body move of its own accord. The pain in his abdomen intensified and he was in danger of blacking out. "D-Duo, tell Relena," Heero begged him quietly as he fell to his knees even though his body was trying it's best to keep going. "Tell Relena, I love her."

Duo started and Heero fell forward, unconscious before he hit the ground.

Heero came to his senses lying on his back. His stomach felt as though it were on fire, as did the back of his head.

"Damn you," he heard Relena say quietly, "Damn you for loving me, Heero. I thought I was over you." Heero let his eyes open a crack and he saw Relena sitting beside him in a chair. He seemed to be in her hotel room again. "Damn you for telling Duo that you loved me, now I don't know what to think." She fidgeted with her hair as she shifted in her seat so she could cross her slender legs. "Great, now he must think that I'm a cold and insensitive bitch now."

That's what I thought, Heero thought quietly as he watched the internal struggle that Relena was enduring, Why are you having these thoughts, Relena? I thought that you said that you didn't love me?

"I hated you for not wanting to be with me," she murmured as she stared out the window, "And now that we're reunited, all we do is fight." She sighed heavily and started to pace the room. Heero's eyes followed her, though he feigned sleep to see if she would continue her explanation. "I hate when we fight," she said, just above a whisper, "I want us to be together."

"As do I," Heero said quietly as he sat up slowly. "Relena, I love you with all my heart."

She turned to him, her hair catching the sun and glowing with a light golden color. "Oh Heero," she whispered as she came and sat beside him, "You and I shouldn't fight." She took his hand gently as she kissed his lips tenderly, "I love you, Heero, I always have and I always will…"

Heero started with a jolt as he felt restraints on his wrists and ankles. He was currently blindfolded as well, which made things much more difficult. He cursed himself quietly for being naïve. He made sure that his brain waves remained at the level that they were at when he was having the dream, though it seemed to be too late as someone chuckled.

"01 is awake," he said smoothly as Heero felt a sharp pain in his head, "I can't let you see just yet, 01, or it would ruin the surprise. You and 02 tried to make a dash to the hotel where Relena Darlian is staying, though you failed in the attempt. We won't make the same mistakes twice, 01, count on it."

Heero cursed himself internally, Of course it's not that easy, and he thought sarcastically, they are not that stupid as to not know what would interrupt their little devices.

"Your wounds have been tended, 01," the man continued as he heard foot steps at the door. "Ah, Esmeralda, what news have you brought me?"

"The Preventers are looking for Lt. Commander Lee Kodora and Special Lt. Duo Maxwell," Esmeralda informed them as he heard heels click on the floor. "You, 01, what is your name?" Heero didn't reply and feigned to have fallen back asleep, which made the woman growl angrily, "Yuchii, order 01 to tell us his real name."

"01, tell us your name," Yuchii said smoothly and Heero replied in a monotone, "Lee Kodora."

Yuchii snorted, "Looks like they're looking for our hostages," he said to Esmeralda, "How about you set 02 loose back to the Foreign Minister to keep an eye on her? The modifications to his implant should be finished. Once I'm done fine-tuning 01, he'll join 02 and we'll move on to stage three of our plan for the master."

"Sounds good," Esmeralda said to him and she left the room.

"Now then 01," Yuchii said smoothly as he moved near Heero's head, "We'll finish fine-tuning you and then we'll have you under our control."

Two for the price of one :P Please review people, though if my inspiration sticks, I should be done by the end of the week :P