This is the final chapter, so I'd like to take a second to thank any reader who as taken the time to read this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kiddy Grade

"Why don't you make some more noise?" Tweedledum muttered as yet again, Éclair hit her head. The three of them were currently crawling through the small air ducts in the ship. Lumiere was leading Tweedledum who was being followed by Éclair.

"It's not my fault! I'm too tall for this!" She hissed. "Why didn't we just take Donner and use his cloaking ability?"

"Complaining isn't elegant Éclair. And besides, we have no idea where Tweedledee's being kept. Don't you think they would find it suspicious if doors randomly kept opening and closing? I don't think we should bring any unneeded attention to ourselves. At least in here we can get close to the control room. Then I can locate her."

"Then we'll get out of this vent?"

Lumiere sighed. Her partner was incorrigible at times. "Once we've reached the room, yes."

They continued to crawl along the vents. Éclair huffed to herself. The twins would definitely owe her a nice dinner after this. Crawling through small areas wasn't the easiest thing. Not to mention, it was obvious that no one had cleaned the ducts since the base was built. There were cobwebs and dust all over. She was pulled from her thoughts when she ran into something, or rather, someone.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!"

"Well don't just stop at random!"

"I didn't, Lumiere's reached the control room!"

"Oh." Éclair said. The two waited for Lumiere to get the information that they needed. It didn't take the younger member long, even with not being able to be in direct contact with the machines. Finding floor plans was one of the easier things to do with ships like this. Their firewalls only took seconds to bypass.

"Alright, I believe I've found where they're keeping her."

"Yes! Let's go kick some bad guy ass!"

It only took a matter of minutes to reach the room where their friend was being held. "Here," Lumiere said as she moved past the air vent. "Éclair, pull it off silently. We still need to be as quiet as we can until we get Tweedledee free."

The two nodded as Éclair pulled the vent off. Silently, they all dropped down onto the floor. They each took a second to look around. The room they were in was darkened.

Did I make a miscalculation? Lumiere thought to herself. As she turned, a dark outline caught her eye.

"Oh no… Tweedledee…" Lumiere said as her sights fell on their friend. None of them wasted any time. They ran to their friend. She was laying on a cybernetic table. She was being restrained by metal straps that bound her hands and feet to the table. She definitely did not look good. They could not see any physical damage though. She was paler than usual, and was not moving. Her breaths were short and weak.

"Here, let me get those straps off of her." Lumiere said as she placed her hand on the table.

"No wait!" Tweedledum said as he grabbed the young girl's hand. "It's got a sensory link on it. That's why she couldn't break through."

"Then I'll just pull them off." Éclair said.

"That might set off an alarm, Éclair." Lumiere warned.

"What's it matter now? We've found her. Besides, we can handle anything they throw at us." Placing her hands on the tops of the restraints, she pulled them off one by one with ease.

"See, no need to be worried. Nothing happened."

"'Dledee?" Tweedledum called softly. He gently lifted her into a sitting position. He tapped her cheek a couple times, hoping to wake her. Not getting a response, be began to worry. He gently shook her in his arms. "Come on 'Dee."

Tweedledee was vaguely aware of someone holding her.

"-dee."

I know that voice… she thought to herself. Trying to pull her thoughts together was even a difficult task by this point. She had almost no energy left to do anything, even think.

"Sister? Please, if you can hear me, open your eyes. Say something, anything… Please?"

After gathering as much energy as she could, she gave him as much of an answer as she could. I told you not to call me sister, when we're on a mission. She thought to her brother. Tweedledum let out a shaky laugh.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself." He said. Éclair looked towards Lumiere, who shrugged. Slowly, Tweedledee's red eyes opened. Sure enough, her brother was supporting her. Éclair and Lumiere stood on the opposite side, watching.

"I'm glad the two of you made it." She whispered to the girls. Tweedledum took a sigh of relief as he held her closer. His sister was alive. He gently picked her up bridal style. "Don't worry, we're going to get you out of here."

"She's not going anywhere." Helmsworth growled as he appeared in the doorway. "I'm not finished with her yet. And I'm not going to let anyone take her until I'm finished." He snapped his fingers. Two doors on either side of him opened, revealing at least twenty well-armed soldiers. Éclair jumped over the table and stood beside Tweedledum, ready to jump into action if needed.

Anger overcame Tweedledum. The man standing in front of him was the one who not only kidnapped his sister, but caused her unbelievable amounts of pain. He handed his sister off to Éclair, who carried the girl on her back. "Keep her safe. No matter what, do not let him get his hands on her again. Got it?" Éclair nodded.

"You're going to fight me boy? Let's see you try!" Tweedledum launched himself at the man, intent to kill. Pulling back for a swing, Tweedledum was surprised when his punch didn't connect with his face. Instead, his fist was caught by the older man. "You think this is going to be easy to defeat me? Men! Get the girl! Kill the other two!" Helmsworth took the opportunity to throw Tweedledum through the nearby wall.

"Yes sir!" The soldiers marched towards the girls.

A few feet away, Lumiere was backed up against the wall, just as she was. Éclair tightened her grip on Tweedledee. She had to do something. There was no way she was going to let either of them get hurt. She had to think of something that didn't end with all of them getting shot. Reaching into her pocket with the arm that wasn't supporting her weakened teammate, she pulled out one of her tubes of lipstick.

"Now, now. You wouldn't shoot unarmed children would you?"

"Give us the girl and we might let you live."

"Or, how about you surrender and I won't go too hard on you." Éclair said. At the moment it was nothing more than a bluff. She knew that her attacks wouldn't be nearly as effective while she was supporting Tweedledee. She turned her attention to Lumiere.

"Can you do something about their weapons?"

"I wouldn't if I we're you." the leading soldier spoke. "Almost everything on this ship has been fitted with sensory overloads. We we're well prepared for her arrival. And from what I've heard, your partner's powers are similar to hers."

Éclair let out an annoyed sigh. This was going to be more difficult than she thought. She couldn't risk leaving Tweedledee alone. She was just barely conscience, she wouldn't be able to defend herself in any way. Lumiere was too far away to give their fallen member to.

Think, Éclair, think! You have to do something and soon.

"I'll take your silence as a no. Men, ready!" The soldier commanded. The men raised their guns and aimed them at the girls. "Make sure not to kill the target. The commander wouldn't like that very much."

Éclair took a step back. She felt her hand touch the wall. She was backed up against it. She had nowhere to go. Trying to think of a way out, she quickly looked around. She needed something, anything. Her eyes widened as the soldier gave the order.

"FIRE!"

"So, you have some illegal enhancements." Tweedledum said as he stood up. There was no way that any normal human could have stopped a punch like that. Or throw him as hard as he did.

"Just a couple my boy. Strength being one of them."

Tweedledum smirked. That was good news on his end. Both he and his sister's fighting skills were considered lethal to normal humans. But seeing how he wasn't a normal human, he wouldn't have to concern himself in this situation. "Good, that means I don't have to hold back." Tweedledum took a fighting stance as his opponent approached him. The two exchanged punches for a few minutes until Tweedledun gained the upper hand.

"I'm going to make you pay for hurting Tweedledee!" Tweedledum roared as he placed another well aimed punch to the Commander's stomach.

Helmsworth was ready for his next attack. He countered his own with a punch to the boy's face. "You should have heard her scream, boy! She cried out for you, you know!" Another punch. "'Tweedledum! Please, help me!'" He mocked. "I don't think she even remembered it, she was in so much pain!"

"Shut up!" Balling his fist, focusing all his energy and anger into it he swung again at Helmsworth. The punch connected with his chest. The force of the attack sent him flying through the wall. Taking a breath to steady his nerves, he walked to the hole in the wall. As much as he wanted to, he couldn't kill the man. Under the debris of the wall, Helmsworth laid with a smile.

"What's so funny? You lost."

"No boy. You did." Before he could question him any further, Tweedledum heard one of the soldiers yell.

"FIRE."

As quickly as he could, he ran back to the others. Just as he reached the room, the soldiers opened fire. His heart stopped. He was too late. He lost all of them.

Éclair cracked open one of her eyes. She was sure that they would be dead right about now. "No way." She said in disbelief. Standing in front of them, was none other than Dodo. The twin's guardian had a shield up, protecting it's injured master and her friend. Looking over to her partner, she smiled as Donnerschlag was there, shield out. "How'd you get here?

"I summoned them." Tweedledee muttered, her breathing heavy. She laid her head against Éclair's shoulder.

"You shouldn't be doing that! You're already hurt and exhausted." Éclair scolded her superior.

Tweedledee smiled as she closed her eyes. "What kind of S-Class member would I be if I let you get hurt?"

"I guess you're right." Éclair said. She approached Dodo and handed his master to him. "Here, keep her safe. It's my turn to kick some asses."

As the smoke cleared, both Tweedledum and the soldiers stared in disbelief. "What the hell!" One of them yelled.

"They're safe." Tweedledum said to himself. Dodo was standing with his sister in his protection. Lumiere was also being shielded by her guardian.

Wait, where's Éclair? He seen a flash of red and pink, as a group of the soldiers were sent flying backwards. There she is. She never could stay out of a fight.

Wasting no time, Tweedledum joined in. The rest of the soldiers were subdued in a matter of minutes.

Tweedledum was sitting by his sister's bed. It had been three days since she was kidnapped and her powers forcefully taken from her. Three days since they rescued her. Three days since the GOTT told him that her body was keeping her unconscious as a way to heal itself and there was nothing they could do.

What do you mean there's nothing you can do?" Tweedledum growled as he snatched the doctor by his collar.

The doctor gulped. " I-I'm sorry, but we can't force her out of this. Her body has rendered her unconscious until it feels she's recovered. And since there's no physical damage there's nothing we can do."

"You're a doctor! Do something!" he yelled. The man in his grasp flinched. He could see the fear on the doctor's face. Taking a deep breath, he released his hold on the doctor. The doctor took this as his chance to escape. Picking up the clipboard he dropped, he quickly walked away from the angered teen.

"For a second there, I thought you we're going to kill him." His leader's voice said. She walked up beside her agent, looking into the tube his partner was being held in.

"I almost did." He remarked.

"Listen, take Tweedledee and head home. There's nothing more they can do for her. Take some time off until she's healed."

"Thank you, sir."

So here he was, sitting by his sister's side ever since.

I shouldn't have let it go on for as long as I did. I should have done something. I'm her brother after all. Who cares if she's the older one, even if it is just by a few minutes. I'm supposed to protect her, and I failed.

A tired moan pulled him from his thoughts. "Will you stop thinking that?" His sister snapped. She could tell by the look on his face that he was blaming himself.

"Sorry. I can't help it."

"Of course you can, Stupid. Just stop blaming yourself. It's not that hard." She huffed. She figured that he would have had a bad reaction to everything. Even if it wasn't his fault she knew he would blame himself. He always did when something happened.

"But-"

"No buts 'Dledum. There is no reason you need to blame yourself. You want to blame someone, blame Helmsworth and his crew. Not you." She snapped. Sighing at the look on his face, she continued. "Besides. If it wasn't for you, Éclair, and Lumiere I wouldn't have gotten out of there. So just get over it."

Tweedledum gave his sister a sincere smile, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"I'm always right."

There was a knocking at the door. "Who could that be?" Tweedledee asked. It was almost two in the morning.

"Come in!"

The door burst open, revealing none other than Éclair and Lumiere, with a very large bouquet of flowers. "Tah-dah! We brought flowers!"

"That's not very elegant, Éclair." Her partner scolded. Lumiere walked to Tweedledee as she placed the flowers on the nightstand. Tweedledum stood up and walked towards Éclair, giving his sister and Lumiere some space to talk.

"I never did get the chance to thank you for your help." Tweedledum said as he leaned against the wall.

"Awe, it's not a problem. You two would have done it for us if the roles were reversed." Éclair joined him against the wall. "Besides, we're all GOTT members, we don't have to hate each other."

"I guess you're right. I'm just thankful that it was you two on the mission with us. I know of some others in the GOTT that would have left us on our own." He growled, thinking of two members in particular.

"I want you to know, no matter what if you ever need help we'll be there for you. Whether you admit it or not, we're friends." The two of them sat in awkward silence for a moment.

"Besides, once 'Dee's all better I demand you take us out to eat. Whatcha say to that 'Dledum?" Éclair teased. Trying to break the dramatic mood.

"Now you're starting to sound like Viola. But I don't see the harm in doing it once."

"That's the spirit!"