Pairings: Duo/Heero, Quatre/Trowa

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

Author's comment: And yet another update D:

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Operation Blank Conspiracy 06

Time: 17:20 hours

Duo sat behind him again, a strange comfort to his back. He couldn't explain why he enjoyed the feeling of warmth against him but he found he didn't complain about it either. The other guided the way by using tightening leg muscles to signal which way Heero needed to turn. It worked effectively for the two of them, as if it were customary for them to ride like this. It also helped in the case of someone following them to not point out which direction they were planning on taking.

In fact, it went so smoothly that Heero didn't even realize they were there until he felt the brush of lips against his ear whispering the word "stop" with barely a breath. He stopped the motorcycle into one of the parking spots before reaching up to brush at his ear irritably. The other laughed behind him and Heero looked back to see that he had already taken the helmet off. Despite the crack in the shield, Heero still told him to wear it.

He knew the shied had been cracked by the boy even though he didn't admit to it out loud. The other had mentioned something about a rock, but unless it was a pretty big rock, there was no way it'd leave a crack that big, and definitely not while leaving from their safe house down to the hidden motorbike.

"Come on," Duo said after he'd sat the helmet down. "Follow me if you don't want to be left behind." And really, how could a guy walk like that and not draw attention? Hips should not be allowed to move that way. But there was something else about Duo's walk. The fact that he walked quietly, as quietly as Heero could when he was on a mission. And he wasn't even trying that Heero could tell. The boy was a natural at staying silent even though his mouth said otherwise back at the safe house. Nothing seemed disturbed by his steps and Heero couldn't help but to follow behind him in the same way.

The two of them moved quietly down the hallway the apartment room was located on, even though Duo talked loudly the whole time. In fact, the only time he shut up was when he pulled out the key to unlock the door. But once the door was open, he was talking again. Whether it was about anything or not, Heero wasn't sure. The boy's voice was mesmerizing and it amused Heero to no end. This guy was a mystery, one that he really wanted to figure out. There was so much about him Heero didn't know, that probably no one knew. And he wasn't just talking about what OZ might have done to him either.

"So," Duo said turning around as Heero stepped inside," this is my friend's place. It's not bad, huh?" Heero turned closing the door before turning around taking in the whole place. He didn't give an answer, nodding more than a brief nod. So this was the place that 02 had been hiding at all this time.

It honestly juts looked like a regular apartment, a girl's apartment even. So his friend was a girl, huh? It was well furnished. A couch sat in the middle of the room along with a recliner, both of which looked very comfortable at that moment. There were miscellaneous pictures on the walls, things like angels and Greek like art. But there were no personal pictures of friends or families, which Heero found a little odd.

"Yeah, I told her it might be best not to put those kinds of pictures up," Duo said stopping beside him and glancing at him. "For her safety, of course."

"Hn." Heero nodded though he found himself staring at Duo out the corner of his eye. How had the other known what he'd been thinking?

"So this is where you were staying?"

"Yep," Duo sat his laptop bag down and pulled out the laptop as he set it down on the coffee table and powered it up. "This is where I go if I think OZ might be on to me. When that happens, I always send Hilde away on a 'business trip' so she can't get hurt."

"Hilde?"

"Yeah," Duo smiled at the name and turned around heading into the kitchen as the laptop was firing up with the blaringly loud welcome music. "My friend's current name." Heero heard the hiss of two sodas being opened up before the double braided male was heading back into the living room. He handed Heero one of the drinks which Heero took but didn't drink from as he continued watching 02.

The other took a couple of sips before sitting the drink down and flopping down on the couch in front of the laptop. "You can sit down you know," Duo said looking up at Heero and grinning. "You're my guest right now after all." Heero grunted but he followed his instructions and took a seat on the couch, to keep an eye on him he told himself.

Duo smirked at that but returned his attention to the laptop, typing on the keyboard for a couple of minutes before he turned the laptop around to face Heero. "Here. Take a look at this."

He did…and what he saw really impressed him. "Cameras?"

"Yep."

"…This many?" Heero pulled the laptop over to him flipping through the different video feeds. There were so many places the cameras were planted, so many places that for a moment he wondered if all of L2 were on here. They weren't placed just anywhere either, the places were very strategic getting the very best angles while not being noticed at all by people.

"Yeah. I use all of them. These are the ones for Maxwell Church."

"There's got to be at least ten, no fifteen feeds just for this church alone."

"Seventeen to be exact."

Heero looked over at him with a look of shock, a look that rarely ever appeared on his face. "There's no way you can view these all at the same time."

"Well not at the same time of course." Duo grinned as he leaned back on the couch and slipped his shoes off. "Right now, I'm only using maybe seven of them for immediate reasons. And the ones for the apartment, I always keep up."

"…."

"Here let me show you this one." Duo took the monitor again, clicking around a moment before turning it around again. Heero leaned in then frowned and looked up at Duo with a piercing gaze. "…This is the safe house."

"Yep. The very one we just left."

"How did you…?"

"Looks like Wuffie's all tuckered out now," Duo said pointing to the feed of Wufei lying on his back.

"…Wuffie?"

"Yeah. I'm calling him that since he wants to act like a mean ole dog. That's his name from now on. Haven't come up with one for Trowa and Quatre yet. Or you either, Heero." He said the name on purpose.

"How do you know our names? How did you even get this-"

"Because I'm OZ's little experiment," Duo said yawning and leaning over resting his head on Heero's lap and looking up at him smirking. "I can do a lot of things. I was trained to do a lot of things, whether I wanted to or not."

"Hmm…." Heero frowned, both at the sudden weigh in his lap and the words Duo just said to him. So it was true. OZ was experimenting on him. But this didn't explain what exactly they did to him. "What sort of things did OZ train you to do?"

"Hmm, later." Duo closed his eyes looking far too content to make Heero's lap into his personal pillow. "Aren't you supposed to be calling your friends to come here now?"

"I told them I'd call them once I determined this was a safe place."

Duo opened his eyes again staring up at him and really did he have to have such beautiful indigo eyes? "So spending the night, just you and me huh?" Duo laughed at that but he didn't move away, instead turning his body to the side and nuzzling his nose into Heero's shirt giving a content sigh. "You smell pretty good. I don't think I have any complaints about that."

Heero frowned staring down at him and literally tempted to push the other onto the floor even though his cheeks had reddened at the words. "Are you going to tell me about OZ?" The other didn't say anything except to sigh softly and lean closer to him. He was asleep. Heero hadn't been sure it was true at first but after five minutes of silence where the boy said nothing nor replied to anything said, he knew he was deep asleep. He let his fingers slide along one of the twin braids draped over his side. The hair was soft like silk and gentle under his fingers. The other really did take care of his hair.

Duo didn't protest the action. Instead he smiled in his sleep and sighed deeply. Heero let his fingers do what they wanted a moment longer before he looked over at the open laptop. He glanced down at the male again, confirming he was still sleeping before he reached over pulling the laptop closer. He could see that Quatre was back now and that they were taking turns setting up a watch. They always set up watches when they were out on missions. There was no telling when someone might find their hide out and try to invade during their most vulnerable times.

But Heero was curious about more things now. He flipped through a few of the feeds, catching a few familiar places such as the coffee shop that Wufei went into earlier or the alleyway of homeless people that Heero had lost 02 at during their last encounter. But other than that, there were no places that resembled OZ buildings. For 02 to be this good, he was surprised by that. His best thing would be keeping watch over OZ, but then maybe he avoided those places so he wouldn't be caught.

After a while it was just getting tedious and Heero was about to text Quatre to come when something caught his eye. There was a folder on the desktop called "My Happy Place." Other than the basic computer programs and the cheesy 'Hello Kitty' wallpaper in the background, this folder stood out the most to him. He glanced down at Duo to make sure he was still sleeping before he clicked into the folder.

There were several word documents inside, each one labeled with a date and the phrase, 'Dear Diary.' Ah…so this was 02's diary then. If it was a diary, then that meant he'd be able to get some information out of it. On the other hand…it was a diary, something considered private to the owner. But Heero didn't care about personal items since he had none himself.

Still Heero hesitated, but his hesitation didn't last long as he clicked on one of the latest entries in the diary folder. A block popped up flashing in front of him demanding the entry of a password. It intrigued him. Was the password there to keep people from reading his private matters on his personal laptop? Was it even a diary at all or was it information and secrets that involved OZ? Could there be secret plans inside that belonged to OZ that Duo might have stolen from them when he disappeared? It could explain why OZ was chasing after him…at least partly.

"Mmm." The other moved slightly and Heero glanced down at him before clicking the cancel button quickly. He wouldn't be able to attempt hacking into it here, not right now. The other could wake up at any moment. He didn't want to take his chances on 02 running away from them. As long as 02 was going along with them, he'd have plenty of time to crack the code for this.

Pulling out his phone, he sent a quick text to the others to let them know where he was and for them to bring everything before he put his cell phone away. It wasn't just any phone though. It responded only to his commands and was set to destroy all information on it should someone that was not him try to use it without the proper knowledge. It was also made so that if anyone intercepted his messages, they would encrypt themselves with hard to read codes. It would take ages to figure out what he really meant.

The braided male shifted moving again drawing Heero's attention to him once more. He seemed pretty comfortable using Heero's lap as a pillow. And for some reason Heero didn't give out a complaint to the weight. He told himself it was because the guy actually didn't seem so bad while he was sleeping. He looked well…not so annoying.

The other slept on and Heero just leaned back brushing his fingers over Duo's hair as he closed his eyes just to rest them for a moment.

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The knock at the door jolted Heero awake. He started to get up but the weight was still on his lap. He rubbed at his eyes trying to figure out exactly when he'd fallen asleep. He was supposed to be on watch and waiting for the others to come. Another knock at the door woke the braided boy up whom, after sitting up like a half asleep drunken man, stretched and climbed up off the couch.

"I'm coming, I'm coming. Keep your pants on." He started towards the door but Heero reached out quickly grabbing his hand and stopping him in place. Duo paused and looked back at him, actually looking surprised to see him there. Had he forgotten that Heero was there after using him as a pillow for, Christ had it really been close to an hour?

"Stay put," Heero said letting his hand go and standing to his feet. The other didn't say anything and just let Heero do his thing as the cobalt eyed male walked towards the door. He pulled out his gun pressing up against the side of the door.

"Zero, are you in there?" Heero blinked recognizing the voice before putting his gun away. You could never be too safe when it came to knocks at the door, whether you knew someone was coming or not. Heero reached out opening the door permitting entry to Quatre along with the other two members of the Preventers. "Sorry we're a little late, we came as fast as we could. Heavy Arms decided we should stop and get some pizza, in case you guys were hungry."

"Wow, Quatre, you're definitely a life saver!" Duo walked over to him throwing his arm around his shoulder as if they were the best of friends, despite the startled look on Quatre's face. "Boring ole Heero here didn't even bother to see if I was hungry." Duo stuck his tongue out at Heero but he ignored it, instead focusing on Quatre.

"Um…he knows my…h-how do you know my name?" Quatre asked him looking at him before his eyes flickered over to Heero questioningly.

"02 has been spying on us for a while now." Heero walked over to Duo's laptop turning it around so that Quatre and the others could see the feed for themselves. "Seems like he's been pretty busy."

"What the…how the hell did he manage that?!" Wufei glared at Duo who just smirked and walked away heading to the kitchen.

"Bad Wuffie. Sit. No treats for you if you keep acting up like this."

"Why you -"

"Who wants a soda?" Duo peeked his head out the kitchen waggling around a can of Coke. He didn't actually wait for answers before he ducked back into the kitchen.

Three pair of eyes went from staring at the kitchen to staring at Heero.

"…Does HQ know about this at all?" Quatre asked walking over to Heero and frowning.

"They don't."

"And you're just letting him walk around and do whatever the hell he wants," Wufei grumbled out glaring at him. "Even if it means top secret information could seep out thanks to his snooping."

"Because we have no choice," Heero said glaring at Wufei hard enough that the other actually looked away from him. "If we don't keep him happy then he'll run away. And you know what happens then. We'll spend months, even years looking for him and never finding him. I'd rather he stay here in my sights than running loose for OZ to get ahold of."

Wufei opened his mouth to protest but Duo came back into the room, juggling five sodas, one on top of the other in his hand. "Sorry, you guys can keep on talking about me if you want. I'm used to it." He smirked. Heero knew what he was talking about. The times they'd talked about how to capture him several times in the safe house. "Come on, what's with the rough atmosphere? Let's get to eating the chow."

"Ah r-right." Quatre glanced Heero's way before he took the pizza walking over to Duo cautiously. 02 just stood there, that weird grin on his lips as he stared around the room before he sat the drinks down and flopped down on the couch.

"Man this just smells good," Duo sniffed at the air, sitting up when the pizza box was placed onto the table next to the laptop. He opened it up taking a slice out. "So how often are you forced to wear drag, Quatre?"

"W-What?" Quatre looked like all the color drained from his cheeks even though Trowa walked over to sit in the reclining, somehow looking like he was smirking without actually smirking. "H-How did you-"

"Cameras, remember?" He pointed to the laptop as he took a bite out of the pizza. "Mmmm! This is awesome! You guys are the best! Well, everyone except Wuffie."

"Why you..." Wufei stepped forward looking ready to fight but one look from Heero made him settle down as he folded his arms glaring. These two were already getting off to a rough started. But if Heero had to play the part of the person that put the fire's out, then he would.

"Yeah, that's right, heel. Like a good dog." Wufei clenched his hands at his sides before he turned around heading to the door.

"I'm going out on patrol," Wufei said opening the door. "Hopefully this goes by quickly so we can get that little pest out of our hair." He went out completely missing Duo sticking his tongue out at him and crossing his eyes.

"Stop that," Heero said glaring at Duo.

"What?" Duo looked at him, the perfect picture of innocence even though he wasn't. "He started it."

"And I'm finishing it," Heero said. "He's one of the people sent here to protect you. I won't tolerate you treating him in that manner."

"Oh yeah?" Duo swallowed the pizza down, giving him a look. "And what are you going to do if I don't stop?"

"Something you won't like," Heero glared at him hard and for the first time since being around the guy he actually saw Duo wilt and glance away from him. It surprised him actually to see it happen. He'd seen danger in the guy's eyes before when they'd talked about moving the people of Maxwell Church to a safer place. So he was surprised that he didn't receive that kind of look again.

"Fine. Party Pooper," Duo leaned back on the couch pouting as he continued to eat his pizza. The other two looked at each other before finally getting around to getting some of the pizza. The whole area was quiet, what with Quatre nervously watching Duo, Trowa being himself, and Duo electing to ignore them all because he was in a pouty mood. But Heero had no complaints.

He pulled out his own laptop to get to work on his reports, letting whatever happened around him happen as long as it posed no danger. By the time Wufei returned, Duo had left them to go to bed saying he'd be more 'comfortable' on a real cushion. Trowa and Quatre had both taken to going to sleep since Heero told them he'd keep the watch for now. And it was only until Wufei had returned that Heero had given over watch duty to the young Chinese male in favor of getting his much needed sleep.

He left the other three to the living room as he went to the back. Pushing the door open, he was actually relieved to see that Duo was lying there asleep on the bed. He wouldn't lie and say he wasn't surprised the other hadn't slipped out through the window. But it gave him a better impression of the male to see he didn't run away. He walked into the room looking down at him for a moment before he sat down on the floor leaning his back against the side of the bed.

If Heero had looked back at that moment, he'd have noticed the fact that Duo was wide awake and staring at the back of his head with a pretty somber expression. But he didn't look back. He let himself be claimed by sleep, easily able to go to sleep because his body demanded it.

TBC…

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Lol yeah I still totally am in love with this story so far. I hope you all enjoyed reading it.