Precious pt.14

Disclaimer: I don't own GW you idiots!!!!! Grant, Christopher, and April don't belong to me either. Well, they kinda do, but their names don't. You get it? Lol.

Author Notes: Hey, I've been lazy, I know. -Lowers head in shame- But I can't help it!!! It's so relaxing!!! Not to mention we had midterms Monday and Tuesday, so I was doubly stressed!!! -Sigh- 2nd semester sucks. Well, point being, I'm feeling like crap. Lol. Oi, and to those that suggested a name for me, thanx!!! Grant and April were the names I believe. I'll be using them either in this chap, or the next. I thank Emily Hato and Cranapple for the names!!!

Ouuu! I just checked my reviews!! Christopher it is!! Thank you, my parents are jerks. Alright! On to the story! Oh, and thanks for the offered help wren_legacy!!! I doubt you could help me. Lol. I'm SLOW. Takes me three hours to do about 12 problems…. -sigh- I'm a lost case. Anyways, like I said, on to the fic!!!

"…DUO!!!"

Duo slowly slid to the floor as Heero's shaken fingers lost their grip. Heero looked around the room, as if asking for answers. His eyes landed on the phone. Before he got up, he stopped himself.

~ Wait Yuy. You're over reacting. Check his stats, then you can call the others… ~

Without hesitation, Heero reached over and checked Duo's pulse. It was…off. It wasn't really slow, but it wasn't normal either. He felt Duo's skin to find that nothing was wrong with it. There was no temperature change at all. Lifting his eyelids, he found a shock. Duo's eyes were nearly, completely black!

With a grunt of conformation at the strangeness of the situation, Heero got up and walked over to the phone. No sooner had he dialed the number, the phone was immediately picked up.

"What are you doing in there Quatre?"

"Oh Heero, there you are! You had me worried sick! I was just about to call Duo to see how he was doing. Did you know he was sick Heero? Where are you anyways?"

Heero glared t the blonde.

" Oh, I'm sorry Heero. Were you trying to say something?"

"I'm over Duo's apartment. Something's not right with him. Tell Sally to come here now."

"Oh Allah! What's wrong? I'll come over myself. Sally's out with Grant and Christopher, on a rescue mission. She won't be back until around seven. I'll leave a message for her with Juni. She'll give it to her. Don't move. I'll be right over!!!"

Quatre hung up, leaving Heero staring blankly at the phone. With a slight shrug, he too hung up and went over to Duo. Carefully, he lifted up the braided man and carried him over to the couch. There, he set him down and took a seat beside him. (It's a long couch. The type where about 5 to 7 people could fit on it.) With nothing else to do, Heero found himself listening to the television.

" -and that concludes my thoughts on Duo Maxwell. What about you April?" " Well Chris, I must say that Duo Maxwell is indeed a dangerous character. I'd say he's the most violent of all of the pilots. He's so fixed with death and vengeance, one could say he's gothic, morbid, and just plain cruel. There are rumors that he is insane and unstable. Mr. Maxwell also seems to lean towards…men. I can prove this by pointing out the fact that he wears that ridiculous braid! Not to mention he's always hanging over 01 and the others. Mostly, he can be seen with Mr. Yuy though."

"Good points April. I must disagree though."

"Why do you say that Chris?"

" Personally, Duo doesn't seem to be the type. Our records of his past support my theory that his braid is indeed sentimental. All I could find was that he grew up on L2, and that he was an orphan from birth. If you think about it, what could an orphan have? Especially an orphan on L2!!! You'd be lucky enough to live, much less get where Duo has. I imagine that his braid and perhaps his name are the only things he ever owned."

"Good point. But I doubt a murderer has such feelings within him. He was probably an orphan because he killed his own parents, the bastard!"

"APRIL! We're live!"

"I don't care! That bastard killed my SON!!!"

" April pleas- "

-click-

The screen went black. Only Heero's reflection could be seen.

~ Is this what they think? The fools. If only they knew how much you felt. That perhaps, you are the most vulnerable of us all. Bakayaros… ~

Quatre turned to face Juni. The woman watched him warily.

" Ah, would you mind doing me a favor?"

" You want me to tell Une you checked out early don't you…"

Her expression was deadpanned. Quatre turned on his puppy eyes.

"Please Miss Juni? It's important. I'll tell Lady Une that it wasn't your fault when I get back!"

Rolling her eyes, she gave in.

"Fine, but it's your head."

"Sure, sure. Goodbye, and thanks!!!"

Heero looked up as someone knocked on the door. Once the knock came again, he swiftly made his way to the door and opened it so as not to damage it once more. Not a moment later, Quatre burst in.

" Where is he? Allah, is he alright?"

Heero led him over to the black couch, where Duo lay.

" He passed out from…unknown reasons. I carried him over here and checked him out. He seems fine, except for his pulse and eyes. Which, I suppose, isn't really fine. He hasn't woken up and shows no signs of doing so."

Quatre calmly took this all in before speaking.

"I'll look him over, but I doubt that will change anything since you've done it already. There's nothing I can really do, because I don't know much in the medical field. You were right to try and contact Sally. I don't think it would be wise to move him, and his condition is stable. All we can really do now is wait."

With that, the two of them settled down on the couch and waited for evening to come.

Sally walked into the building lazily. Her strides were slow and her shoulders were slumped. Her self-pitying walk was halted as a hand clapped her shoulder.

"Aw, cheer up Sally. At least it's over now."

She glowered at the man beside her.

"Shut up Grant. You're only saying that because you don't have type the report."

The Preventer, known as Grant, laughed.

" Yeah, you're right. Too bad eh? See ya!"

With that, he nearly skipped out the door and undoubtedly home to dress in his club clothes. Sally growled and managed to hold herself in check.

" That ass wipe will get his later."

She sighed.

"But I need to get to this paper if I plan on getting home soon."

Another voice stopped her. This one was softer, yet she knew it.

"Don't worry about it Sally. I'll write the report for you."

Sally turned and smiled softly.

"It's okay Chris, really. I don't mind so much."

The soft-spoken man had already made his way back to his desk.

" You're a bad liar Sally. Now get going before I change my mind." He smiled.

Sally breathed in relief.

"If only everyone were like you. Thank you Chris. I'm in your debt."

Before he could refuse it, Sally quickly left but was stopped, yet again, by a different voice.

"Sally!! Wait!"

She groaned.

" What is it now?"

The secretary, Juni, came up to her panting.

"Mr. Yuy and Mr. Winner said to come to Duo's place immediately. It's an emergency."

"Anything with Maxwell is an emergency."

Running her fingers through her hair, Sally let out a frustrated sigh.

"Fine. Thank you Juni. I'll see you tomorrow."

Finally, Sally succeeded in escaping the building, only to have to go to Duo's apartment.

"This had better be good dammit."

Quatre woke up to a loud banging on the door.

"Open up dammit, I'm tired!"

~ Is that Sally? ~

"Be quiet. We don't want his neighbors to complain."

Heero had opened the door to reveal a very harassed looking Sally.

"Just tell me what's going on so I can go home."

Heero stepped aside to let her in and closed the door.

"He's on the couch."

"I can see that. What's wrong with him? He looks like he's sleeping."

" We don't know what's wrong. That's what you're here for."

Sally scowled.

"Now is not the time to find your sense of humor Heero."

Quatre intervened.

"You two, stop it! Duo needs us. Please look at him."

She sighed.

"Only for you Quatre."

~ That and I owe Duo one for that…-blush- quality time with Wufei…~

" Are you just going to stand there blushing, or is that how you do check-ups now?"

She glared.

" Not now Heero. You would gain some humor when it's least wanted."

"The only thing that Heero and humor share in common is the fact that they both start with h."

All three of the room's occupants turned to the croaked voice.

"Duo! Thank Allah you're alright!"

Sally and Heero joined Quatre by Duo's side. Sally spoke up next.

"I'm glad you woke up. Perhaps you could tell me why Heero seems to think you're in dire need of help."

"I don't know Sal. I keep telling Heero I'm fine. He's just overreacting."

~ Damn! He called Quat and Sally? It won't be long before their lovers follow. Then they will find out….no… NO! I won't let that happen……I can't. ~

"He's lying."

The braided man glared at Heero with all his being.

"He's crazy!"

The blondes looked between the two with doubt. Sally spoke up.

"Heero, perhaps you were overreacting. He seems fine to me."

Heero's eyes blazed up.

~ He's hiding something, I know it! If he thinks he can change things around I'll…I'll…...Hnn…~

"Quatre, ask him yourself. Maxwell never lies, but he avoids the truth. You could probably get him to tell the truth, because you can detect lies with your uchuu no kokoro."

"Heero, I can only detect feelings."

"Hey guys, I'm right here!!!"

Quatre blushed in embarrassment.

"Oh I'm sorry Duo."

Without a moment's hesitation, Quatre slid in front of Duo, so that they were nearly nose to nose. Quatre's eyes searched his before he questioned him.

~ Please don't do it Q…Don't ask me…~

" Duo, what's been going on?"

A pause. Duo felt his world collapse as the words left his lips. Quatre watched as Duo's eyes shrunk in… fear?

"What's wrong Duo?"

That was it. He couldn't take it. In that moment of panic, Duo made a snap decision. Pushing Quatre roughly into Heero, he bolted for the door. Before the others could make a move he'd disappeared into the darkness of the night.

Quatre fell to his knees and clutched at his heart in sorrow.

"Duo…"

Sally stood to the side, ignored. She too felt the foreboding of the situation.

~ With Duo…it's always an emergency…~

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Tsuzuki

WOOT! Done!!! Oh yeh!!!! -wiggles all over the screen- BWEEEET!!!! -stares- Yeah, well ignore that…heheh….hyper from a lot of cotton candy. Got in my system ya know. Heh. Well….not much to say. I'm done? No, you know that already. -sigh- I suppose all I hafta do is go back and revise this. Then, I'll submit it. That works!!! O.k. Here I go……………………-5 minutes later- Well that was nice! Hopefully there's not too many mistakes or anything. I tried. Well, here ya go! The next chapter!!! -sob- I only have 2 more chaps to go. -sob sob- Then it's…over. -wailing- -dries tears- Wait a minute!! I forgot! There's gonna be a sequel anyways!!! WOOT! No worries!!!

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