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Chapter 7
Marta smiled as she left Angel's room. There was just something about how he would look at her with those big violet eyes that reminded her of a puppy. No wonder "Ro" couldn't stop watching him.
She slid her hand into her lab coat pocket and stopped. "What the hell?"
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Duo sat with his back to the glass wall. He stretched out his wings in and out giving the appearance he was exercising them. When he in reality he was hiding the cell phone he pocketed from Marta when he hugged her.
He brought up the messaging app and started to text.
/ Hi Tink /
/ PeterPan & LostBoy r ok /
/come n get us/
"Give it back."
"Huh?" Duo said looking up to see Marta standing in the door of his room.
"Give what back?" Innocently ask and hid the phone.
Marta's hand went to her hip while the other was held out. She gave Duo one hell of a "mom" look.
"Don't make me ask again."
Duo turned his head away and smirked. "You can tell you are a mom. Come here, I don't want you to get in trouble." He said and gestured for her to come closer.
She stepped forward and Duo stood up. Though, he was a few inches taller than the woman she was damn intimidating.
"Sorry, old habits die hard." He said as he slipped the phone back into her pocket. "We need to get out of here Marta." Duo said quietly as his eyes motioned to Heero across the room.
"I can't do anything about that." She replied.
"You won't do anything about it." He frowned. "You are choosing to let us die here."
"They won't let you die." She said barely above a whisper.
"Eventually they will and then they will dissect my ass. My partner is running out of time."
Marta said nothing as he turned her eyes away. "I don't know what to do."
"Do the right thing." He said as he watched her leave though the door hearing the lock click behind her.
Marta walked away from the lab and down the hall. She couldn't believe that they would kill Angel's partner, but really he was serving no purpose at all except for keeping Angel in line. The only thing they wanted was a semen sample but everyone in the lab knew that wasn't going to happened voluntary.
She took the corner in the hallway to Dr. Gavin's office. She was just about to knock on the door when she heard voices. Inside the doctor and Major were discussing the current project. Standing as close as possible she listened to the men speak and her heart dropped.
"I don't care what you do with him. Just remove him.
"Sir, is that wise? You saw the reaction from the subject." Dr. Gavin said.
"Sedate him or tie him down. I don't care. Just take care of it."
A knock at the door stopped the conversation."
"Yes, come in."
The door opened and Marta stepped in to greet the two men. "Sorry to interrupt Doctor but I had an idea where we can try to get those samples you want from the subjects."
"And what do you propose?"
"Place two of them in the same cell, but not one where the walls are transparent."
"What would that accomplish?" The Major asked.
"Angel has an affection towards Doe." Marta said referring to Heero. "We have observed them constantly watching each other and in some way they commute with just a look or two. They care about each other. Put them in close contact and you might get the samples you are looking for."
The Major rolled his eyes. "Why doesn't this surprise me."
"Sometimes you love who you love." She said.
"Where do you supposed we put them?" Doctor Gavin asked.
"The old holding cells are equipped with video monitoring, use those."
"I will think about it." Gavin replied.
"Thank you Doctor." She smiled. Turned to the Major. "Major, have a nice day."
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Inside Lady Une's office at the Preventer's head office Wufei sat in a chair with a frown on his face. He was still recovering but it did not stop him from meeting his is supervisor.
"Have any leads?" He asked.
"No, whoever took them are extremely quiet. The cargo plane has no trail we can find, yet."
"This is ridiculous!"
"You don't think I know that Agent Chang?" Une yelled. "Two of my best agents are missing!"
Wufei was about to say something back when the office assistant buzzed in and interrupted.
"Excuse me Ma'am, Mr. Winner is on line one. He says it's urgent."
"He can wait, saying things are urgent just to ask for an update is getting old." She all but spat.
The assistant buzzed back in a few seconds later. "Mr. Winner says you need to take his call now or he will hack his way into your system and he doubts you want him to do that."
"Freaking Gundam Pilots, freaking Quatre." She muttered watching Wufei as raise his eyebrow in question.
"Fine, put him though." She said as she turned to her video monitor. "This better be important Winner. I don't have time to placate you will updates."
Quatre's face filled the screen. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but I got word from Duo."
"What?" Wufei exclaimed and ran to look at the video screen on Une's desk.
"He sent me a text."
And how do you know it's him?" Une asked.
"He sent it to a private phone only a select few have access too."
"What did the text say Winner?" She asked.
"Hi Tink. Peter Pan and Lost Boy are okay. Come and get us." Quatre replied.
"Tink?" Wufei asked.
Quatre blushed slightly. "It's an inside joke between Duo and myself. I called him Peter Pan one day when he was acting particularly childless. He in turn called me Tinkerbell and will occasionally refer to me as Tink."
"Are you able to track the cell number?"
"We should. I will be at your office in less than 10 minutes." A beep drew Quatre's attention for a second.
"Wait a second." He said. "I just got another text?"
"Is it Duo?" Wufei asked?
"No." Quatre looked back at the two through the vid screen."
"What then!" Une yelled slamming her fist to the desk.
"It says 'Can you really help Peter Pan and Lost Boy?"
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Heero finished another set of push-ups as the waited for the guards to return Duo to his cell. It has been over 30 minutes and it he was beginning to worry. What was going on and how much longer where they going to keep them alive? He paced his room thinking about the braided baka. Maybe it would have been better if he had just let him die. Then he wouldn't have to think about the way Duo smiles or when he gets an idea he chews the inside of his cheek. He didn't want to think about him, but given the current circumstances there wasn't much to focus on. As he looked out into the lab, he heard the familiar whoosh sound of his cell door.
"Hands behind your back, palms out." A voice said behind him.
Heero sighed and did as instructed. Looks like he was in store for something new. Handcuffs were snapped onto his wrists and he was led from his cell. Down a long hall way, turn left, down another hallway, a right and a series of doors laid out before him. They stopped him about half way down the corridor and removed the handcuffs.
"Hope you have fun with your little boyfriend in there." The guard said.
Heero didn't have chance to respond when the other guard shot him. Opened the cell and pushed him through the door.
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Author's Note: Sorry for the shortened chapter and the time it took to write. I felt this was a good spot to break. I had a bit of a block and though I have an idea where this story is going just getting there has been a bit a challenge. So many questions to answer. What will happen to Duo and Heero and will the others get to them in time? Stay tuned for the next installment of "A Healing Touch." Please Review and let me know how it is going.