Pairings: Duo/Heero, Quatre/Trowa

Warnings: possibilities of later violence?, supernatural stuff, not sure what all's gonna be in here yet

Author's comment: Yeah it's been done for a while but I'm just now getting around to posting it up. And Spellcaster's had two chapters done for a while but...I don't like where they're doing so they're gonna probably get scrapped and redone. Sorry, guys!

Blank Conspiracy 02

Time: 24:30 hours

It really didn't take long at all when Heero met up with Quatre and the others. And as soon as they met up, Heero had them spreading out again, this time surrounding the building and waiting for movement from inside. He was pretty certain that the target wouldn't try to move now, his guess being that the target, or the male with a foot long braid, was probably smart enough not to try anything right after being found out.

Quatre had explained everything to him on the way, the reactions he saw and felt being brought out through his words. But after a while of nothing but silence, Heero started to wonder if maybe they were wrong. Was it possible that the named target had managed to escape without them knowing? It was possible…but they'd need to confirm that first. "Sandrock," he said talking into his earpiece, "any movement on your side?"

"Nothing yet, Zero," came Quatre's somewhat distracted voice. "But I don't feel any differences emotion wise, so he's probably still in there."

Heero frowned slightly nodding his head before remembering that Quatre couldn't see that. "Alright," he said then keyed into Wufei's location. "What about you, Shenlong?"

"Not a thing," Wufei replied sounding more frustrated and annoyed than anything. "Either we're wrong about this or he knows we're waiting for him." Well there was definitely some agreement on that statement. This was a pretty big church. And with only four of them keeping an eye out there was a 70 percent chance that the target had already slipped past. Heero also took into account that it was dark and that the target was more familiar with the territory and probably knew a lot of secret areas and routes he could take that would make him avoid having to be seen. In fact, Heero was almost sure the target must have made sure he knew the place well before even attempting to stay here.

"Heavy Arms, anything?"

"No. It's as dead as night over here."

What is going on?

Frowning, Heero got up from his hidden spot behind some bushes and keyed his earpiece in to connect all four of them together. "It's far too quiet to me. I'm going in to see if the target has escaped. The three of you keep watch for me."

"Roger that!"

"Will do."

"No a problem."

Moving quietly, Heero snuck closer to the church using the shadows to hide his presence. He didn't know if there was anyone awake or even cameras around, but he didn't want to take any chances. He was already a little familiar with the layout of the church considering that after listening to Quatre explaining how it looked, he'd found a picture of it online. Going through the front door was completely out of the question. Instead, Heero found a small, barely cracked door at the side of the building and decided to take his chances moving into the dark room.

He waited for a moment to let his eyes adjust to the darkness enough to see objects before he started moving quietly, his ears picking up any sounds that would lead him to either trouble or his target. There was no telling how many floors the church really had but from what he could guess, there were three floors including the basement.

At least, if the target was trying to get away he'd probably try to get supplies and things. Maybe the kitchen was a good place to start. Food would be important when away for a long time. As Heero walked further and further into the church, he frowned staring around at the poor living conditions. Were they even sure this was an orphanage? It didn't seem right for children to be living in a decrepit place like this. He had to be extremely careful where he walked or else it would send off a creak through the wooden floors. The ceiling was leaking water, probably from the roof, which really meant it must have been a pretty old place considering that this was underneath the second floor. It was either that or a bathroom having a major leaking problem.

Slowing down, Heero pressed himself up against the wall listening before peering around the corner seeing two older people and the target conversing with each other in what Heero knew to be the kitchen just by the smell that had to have been a previous meal from earlier that day. From the angle he was at, he couldn't see the target's face, but he was able to the see the more elderly look of the male and the soft features of the female talking to the target. They seemed like nice people, both of them expressing their worries for the targeted male.

"Are you sure you're going to be ok, Duo?" the man said, who had to be Father Maxwell from what the site on the laptop had showed him. Which meant the female standing there had to be Sister Helen. And though the website had listed every orphan that had been there and been adopted, not once did it mention a person by of Duo. Heero had made sure he'd memorized all of those names…and Duo was not one of them.

"Trust me, I'll be fine," the oblivious male voice said, the braid swinging back and forth as he was still kneeling down, obviously packing a bag for traveling. Yes, this man was definitely the target. If he wasn't, then he was certainly on the run from something.

"You know Hilde doesn't mind me staying at her place for a while," he was saying, Heero taking mental note to look up more information on that name. It might have been a slip of the tongue, but somehow Heero found himself thinking that the target had to be smarter than to mention that name so easily. But then again, he didn't know that Heero was here waiting to capture him. And Heero was doing everything he could not to give himself away to the target.

"But Duo," the female said, worry on her face as she bit slightly into the knuckles of her fingers.

"If I stay here, I'll just end up putting you and the kids in danger." He turned his head then, giving Heero the first view of his heart shaped face. He was very attractive, very handsome; something Heero found himself frowning at as he admitted those words to himself. The target was beautiful…but the target could probably be dangerous too, like a thorn rose. Heero found himself studying the small, lithe figure trying to figure out what made him so important. Why was OZ after this loose subject of theirs? Was the target part of the experiment itself or someone that was working on the experiment? No, by the fact that they gave him a labeled name like 02, this had to be the subject. Now the question was, what had they been doing with this subject to make him so special?

"Just trust me," Duo said winking an intriguing violet eye at her, "I'll be back. I promise."

"Alright," the man, Father Maxwell said though the frown on his face just seemed to deepen. "Be safe out there. If you ever need anything, you know you're always welcome to come back here."

"I will," Duo said standing up and hugging first Father Maxwell then Sister Helen. "You two stay safe, ok?" he said turning and starting towards the door that Heero was hiding beside. Heero quickly pressed himself up against the wall, hoping the darkness was enough to hide him as he stayed completely still. "Make sure those little monsters eat their vegetables," Duo said walking past Heero oblivious to him hiding in the dark. He didn't even hesitate, walking on down the darkened hallway and leaving the two older members of the church there in the kitchen. Heero waited a moment making sure they were still inside and, after hearing them starting to talk to each other, started after Duo keeping a safe distance. He was tempted to capture him right then and there, but was sure the other would let out a sound before he had the chance. If that happened, there was no telling how many people would come rushing down. The last thing he wanted was to cause a panic. He'd just wait until he was outside to capture him.

The boy named Duo didn't seem to be in a rush as he walked casually down the hallway, taking his sweet time as if savoring the feel of being inside the church. Maybe he was, maybe he really didn't have any plans to come back. If Heero had anything to do with it, he wouldn't be. He was going to be placed under surveillance by the Preventers.

Heero followed Duo, pausing when the braided one went out the door heading outside. He didn't want to go out and be revealed, at the same time he didn't want to take any chances that the braided target would get away. Frowning, Heero quietly pushed his way out the church, closing the door behind him silently, his ears just barely picking up on the hint that the door was locked. He found himself in a garden somewhere out behind the church. A large brick wall that was probably supposed to help keep it closed and secure for the kids to play in so they wouldn't wander off surrounded it.

The suddenness of Duo stopping caused Heero to freeze in alertness. Something was up, something he didn't think was supposed to happen. The other had his back turned, but when he turned around there was an obvious huge grin on his face, his eyes landing right on where Heero was hiding out at. "So you must be the guy following me, huh?" Heero blinked, his frown deepening as he reached down pulling his gun quickly and pointing it towards the boy, not really feeling like he could trust him. "Oh like that'll work," Duo said rolling his eyes before he frowned himself, his hands coming to rest on his hips looking like a lecturing parent. "You're by yourself at the moment huh? If you don't know that guns don't work on me then you must not be one of those guys. So, who are you anyway?"

"Are you subject number 02?" Heero asked refusing to lower his gun despite what the man said.

"Maybe," the subject answered a grin on his face like he was having fun with this. "Why do you ask?"

"I found your information on the OZ organization website. You're the secret experiment, 02, that escaped some years ago." The other seemed to calm for Heero's comfort, especially since he had a gun pointed right at him. Maybe he wasn't afraid of death or something. "They apparently want you back to make sure their dirty little secret doesn't get out. You'd be better off coming with us." He had a feeling that this wish wouldn't happen so easily.

"Mmmm…don't think so," Duo said as he turned, easily jumping up on the brick wall. Heero cursed at the speed and quickly pointed the gun at him, not wanting to risk letting him get away. "It's been fun," Duo said giving him a little salute of the hand. "But I gotta go." As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he was jumping down disappearing from sight on the other side of the wall.

"H-hey!" Heero cursed growling under his breath as he ran towards the wall and jumped pulling himself up just in time to see the tail end of a braid running around the corner of the building. Another curse slipped from his lips as he jumped down starting pursuit, impressed despite the situation at just how fast this Duo character could run. Had he been training for this? "Barton, Chang, Winner! The target is on the loose on the east side of the church! I repeat, the target is on the loose!"

"What?!" Wufei's voice was loud in his ear causing him to have to pull the earpiece away for a second. "Yuy, how the hell did you mess that up?!" The sound of footsteps coming out through the earpiece was enough to tell him that the others were running too.

"This isn't the time for that, Chang!" Heero went around the corner, not seeing sight of the braided boy, but seeing both Trowa and Quatre up ahead of him, standing and looking off towards the trees.

"The target has gone into the woods!" Quatre said, still talking into the earpiece. "I'm going in pursuit!"

"No, stay here!" Trowa said from beside him as he turned apparently seeing Heero coming up on them now. "I'll go after him."

"Alright," Heero agreed slowing to a stop in front of them, his eyes turning towards the woods again. There was no sign of the braided boy, not even a trail to follow. By now, he was probably long gone and halfway to his destination. The chances of them finding him again tonight were low. He tried to think of what would have gave away his position when he was trailing after Duo, but nothing seemed to come to mind, nothing at all. And there had been no change in Duo's quiet movements or his silent humming. "But I'm going too," Heero said noticing that Trowa gave a nod to that. "I want Chang to stay here in case he tries to return." He watched Trowa head off into the woods to start the search before he turned to Quatre. "I left my laptop inside the car underneath the driver's seat. I want you to take it and look up anything about a person by the name of Hilde in the area. If we don't find him tonight, that might be are only way to finding him."

"Alright," Quatre said taking the keys from Heero before looking at him worried. "You two be careful out there. We're still not sure what the target is capable of doing. If he's feeling really threatened he might try to hurt you."

"Hn." Heero nodded and turned running into the woods, leaving the other two to their task. He managed to catch up to Trowa, frowning when the other glanced at him then pointed off ahead, just barely seeing the dark moving form up ahead.

"He's really fast," Trowa said frowning. "Faster than you'd think a boy living his life in a church would be anyway. But I feel like he's making this all out to be a game. Even if I slow down, it's like he's still the same distance away from me."

"Let's follow him anyway. He might be getting tired by now." Trowa nodded, the two of them moving as fast as the wooded area would allow them as they continued their pursuit. It didn't seem like they were getting closer though. By the time they'd made it out of the woods and into another part of the city, they'd lost sight of the braided boy.

"He's gone," Trowa said stating the obvious. "He's a fast one." Heero nodded his agreement looking off down the streets not seeing a sign of the braided male at all.

"Faster than the average orphan, that's for sure." Frowning, he reached up pressing his finger to the earpiece activating it. "Zero reporting, we've lot the target again." He sighed hearing a string of curses coming from Wufei as he looked over at Trowa.

"This isn't good," the taller male said, frowning as he looked around. "Now that he's alert that we're looking for him, we might not ever find him again."

"Wrong," Heero said, thinking about how easily the boy had noticed him and how he hadn't seemed surprised to see him. "He was already alert. Somehow, he knew I was in that building following him." He frowned a bit. "Sandrock, have you found any information on that Hilde person yet?"

"Sorry, the only information I could find was a last known residence. Seems like she went missing after a while, at least that's what this report says anyway."

"Hn…" Shaking his head, Heero found himself looking out towards the streets again.

"This is going to be harder than we thought originally," Trowa said standing beside him.

"It already is," Heero said turning and going back through the woods. "In the morning, we'll just go around town and see if we can't find any information on those two, now that we at least have a name to go by."

"Roger that!"

Time: 01:15:00 hours

True to his word, Duo was hiding out at Hilde's until things blew over. He didn't mind that he said her name, sure that he'd made it where no one would find her. That was because, outside in the world, Hilde changed her looks and went by the name of Mary. There was no way those guys would find her. He'd even taken the time to hack into the colony directory and edit a few things there just to be on the safe side. For all anyone knew, Hilde was as good as dead, or just plain missing. He did tell her she could tell her family and friends that she was alive, but she wasn't to tell there where she was now or what her name was.

But at the same time…he didn't force it on her. He told her that she didn't have to do it, that he could handle himself. But she wanted to. She was willing to give up all of that, her secure job, everything to make sure that he was safe. Duo had even made sure that both Father Maxwell and Sister Helen didn't know about it, bless their souls. If he could avoid anything happening to them at all, he would.

"Duo?" Hilde stretched, her eyes barely opened as she looked back at something before looking at him again in her PJs. Well, what did he expect? What was standing at her front door at, what time was it now? "It's 1:16 in the morning. What are you doing here?"

"I need a place to hang out at for a while," Duo said smiling and gesturing at the bag hanging on his back. "I was hoping I could stay here."

She blinked her eyes trying to adjust them to being awake before alertness filled them, looking like it instantly woke her up once she thought about his words. "Oh my god, Duo. Are you ok? Are you hurt? Did something happen?"

"Nothing big," Duo said shrugging his shoulders as he smiled at her being let inside the house, the door being closed behind him. "Just some guys looking for me." He flopped down on the couch, used to the place even though he hadn't been able to make it by for a couple of weeks now. "You don't mind me crashing here for a while, do you?"

"Of course not, Duo." She frowned walking over and sitting on the couch, turning so that her attention was on him. She didn't look happy, and it had nothing to do with being woken up in the middle of the night. "Are you in danger?"

"A little," Duo said frowning a bit as he thought about those cold blue eyes staring at him. "Those guys found my info on the OZ site. I wonder how they could have considering I erased all of it. Maybe they put more stuff up? But just how much?" He frowned noticing that he was rambling now. The girl could probably care less about what he was saying. But then again, they'd been best friends since he'd come to this dump called L2. Not that he regretted it one bit. He'd met a lot of people here, and he wouldn't trade them in for the world. Or for the colony, in this case. "Hope you don't mind, but I'm going to borrow your computer for a bit."

"Sure," she said smiling as she stood up tugging her Pajamas, which really just looked like a huge shirt, down over her butt. "Just be careful, ok?"

"Thanks babe." Duo winked at her as he stood up starting down the hallway of the small apartment to the room that held the computer. He completely missed the blush Hilde had on his cheeks. "Anyway, I'll only be a second. Go get some rest. You've got a lot of work tomorrow right?"

"Oh don't remind me" she groaned out before walking off towards her bedroom. "Night, Duo."

"Night, Hilde."

tbc...

Blah, whatever was down here earlier, it's gone now. Whoo! I must have gotten copypaste happy or something.