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The hospital lobby would have been a reporters' gold
mine. That is if anyone knew who the people waiting
were.

Four men and two ladies sat in silence as they waited
to hear if their friend would live or die. Each
silently contemplating their own relationship with the
Deathscythe pilot.

Wufei, sitting like a statue was raging with grief on
the inside. Where their personalities clashed, Wufei
and Duo still were friends. At times during the war
they had unintentionally been teamed together. He was
hurting, whether or not anyone knew or believed it.

Trowa leaned against a wall next to Heero. He may not
have been close friends with Duo but they were friends
nonetheless. Duo was a powerful ally and someone whom
Trowa trusted and respected.  He couldn't deny the
sorrow that crept over him waiting to hear of his
comrade's outcome.

Heero was silent. Just standing, waiting. Ever
impassive. Anyone watching might not have seen him but
most in the room were anticipating his next move.

Quatre sat next to Wufei. He and Duo had close
personalities. Bright and optimistic. They had become
good friends and he was deathly afraid of what the
outcome may be.

He had been called out of meeting by Hildie. She had
alerted each of the pilots. And none of them were
taking it well. She herself was a wreck. She had a
death grip on Relena's hand. Duo meant so much to her,
she loved him so much.

Relena had been in the same meeting with Quatre and
Hildie had requested she be there. They had kept in
touch after the MaireMaya incident and the three had
become closer in the past few years. Relena was
concerned about both her friends.

Hildie released the hand and began to pace. Duo had
been in the ER why too long for her own comfort. She
had warned him about that part of town but he went
there any way. L2 always had that one place where no
matter what you did, you'd end up getting shot,
anyway, Duo did.

The doctor emerged from the ER still in his scrubs.
He shook his head and that was all that was needed
before Hildie broke down into tears. Wufei's head
dropped and Quatre's eyes began to water. Trowa closed
his eyes and implored GOD to look after his descended
friend. Relena scooped Hildie into a hug a few of her
tears mixing with Hildie's. "I'm so sorry," she
murmured. Heero's eyes widened.

A person would have needed to look twice to see
Heero's movements. In one quick action he had
shattered the glass  of the enormous window and leapt
out of the hole in its place.

Trowa opened his eyes. "I'll go find him." The others
nodded and he left the room, through the door.


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