Heero woke to an almost silent room and a very wet chest. The sound of coughing filled the room along with Wufei's usual deep breathing. Heero looked down to see Duo curled up on his chest, slowly coughing up what Heero thought to be drool, but looking at the amount of it that idea was instantly put down. Heero gently shook Duo awake only to increase the coughing to become a fit. Heero rubbed Duo's back until he had settled some. Now awake, Duo groaned at his sore throat. He was sick of waking up every morning to find his pillow drenched and his throat so raw it could beat a slaughter house.

"Duo." Heero spoke softly so as not to startle Duo. "I need to know what happened."

Duo jumped at hearing the voice before he remembered he was back with his lovers. He slowly turned to see Heero's chest covered in water and saliva. He quickly looked away before trying to pull out of Heero's grip and get off the bed. But Heero only tightened his grip. Duo pulled harder only to send himself into another coughing fit. "Nothing happened!" Duo coughed out, hoping that Heero would let up pressure on his ribs so he could pull in a breath.

"Duo, you are a horrible liar, and you never lie so why are you starting now? Tell me what happened!" Heero was done asking for it, now he just demanded to know. The perfect soldier was even creeping into his voice.

"Let go of my ribs first," Duo ground out. Heero loosened his arms but he did not completely let go. "Let go," Duo repeated.

"Tell me what happened and then I will let you go."

"No, let me go now and we don't fight!" Duo's voice was slowly rising in volume but not threat.

"Duo you know I would win, I already have you in a grasp. To get out and beat me would be pointless, you might as well stop avoiding the subject and tell me what happened and how Sally didn't figure it out."

"You might as well tell him. He's more stubborn than Quatre with a plan," Wufei's sleep-roughed voice added. Duo turned his head to stare at a sleepy Wufei, whom at the moment was trying to get into a sitting a position.

"There is nothing to tell so let me go!!!" Duo elbowed Heero in his abs only to hurt his elbow more then he hurt Heero. Heero simply grunted before tightening his arms around Duo making it almost impossible for Duo to move.

"Duo just tell him…tell us. We have a right to know don't we? Plus I am curious to know how you fooled Sally into thinking your lungs were in good shape."

"It doesn't matter how I fooled her! The fact is I did. Now LET ME GO!!!" Duo shouted.

"Duo, tell Heero how you fooled Sally!" Wufei spat angrily at Duo.

"It's not like it matters, just let me go!"

"No Duo tell me or I'll sleep on the couch for a month," Heero threatened before he got a confused look from Wufei.

"How is that a threat to him?" Wufei asked, truly confused

"Easy he won't be able to escape, plus he would have to deal with the child when it comes."

"HEY!" Wufei reached across Duo and slapped Heero on his inner thigh. Making Heero tighten his grip on Duo to the point were they heard a crack and Duo gasped as pain washed his right side.

"Sorry Duo, we really need to get weight back on you." Heero tried to rub Duo's back soothingly only to have Duo attempt to squirm away from him forcing him to wrap his arms back around Duo.

"Hate you! Let go before you crack my spine too!" Duo lightly gasped.

"Tell us what happened and we will let you go. If you don't I will exploit your vulnerability."

"Heero," Wufei said quietly but it held a warning Duo didn't quite understand. Heero didn't acknowledge it, he simply tightened his hold on Duo. Duo squirmed more to try to break the hold Heero had on him, he continued to squirm even as Heero put pressure back on his cracked rib. Finally after several whimpers from Duo, Heero relented allowing Duo to slip out enough to be held by only his wrist. Duo moaned in frustration before karate chopping Heero's wrist, allowing a brief moment for Duo to escape which he gladly took, pulling his wrist from Heero, jumping over the footboard before almost breaking the door from its hinges in his haste to escape.

The bang of the door made the child jump in Wufei, causing more pain to spread through his abdomen, but he had to ignore it for a few more minutes, they had to get Duo back!

"Heero let's go get him!" Wufei sounded strained and in a hurry, but as he swung his legs off the edge of the bed a hand landed on his shoulder.

"Wufei you stay here, I'll go find him. You should get more sleep before you know it we will be back and he will be chained to the bed!" The last part sounded too cheerful for Wufei to be at peace but he decided to let it go as the pain intensified ten folds.

"Fine go bring him back but if you injure him again I will make you wish you knew his hiding spot!" Even in pain Wufei still made very promising threats. Heero gulped, nodded and ran out the door. Thank god last night he didn't change into his 'sleep wear'.

As Heero closed the main door to the house, Wufei felt liquid gush from him, soaking the bed instantly in a large pool. He hastily reached for the phone on his side of the bed (Heero had placed phones on both sides of the bed just in case) punching in a familiar number. Two rings later, a sleepy Sally picked up.

"Wufei?"

"Sally a large amount of water just came out of me."

"I'll be there in ten minutes just take deep breaths!" The phone was slammed down, leaving Wufei very confused but as the next wave of pain came he forgot what he was worried about in favour of gripping his stomach trying to stave off the pain.

(Meanwhile)

Heero was following the slight tracks that were left in the mud—it had apparently rained while they slept. Duo ran fast and on his toes so he left very little of a mark. It was too bad for Duo that Heero was one of the greatest trackers to live.

Heero finally came upon an abandoned building with boards covering the windows. Chunks of metal lay scattered on the ground. Even chunks of the concrete lay about the metal. Heero quickly tried to find a way into the crumbling building. Finally Heero found a small hole in a window, just large enough for a thin human or a small animal to fit through it. Heero quickly climbed through and was met with the sight of Duo curled up in the farthest corner with an old blanket and dirty pillow clutched to his chest. Heero could vaguely see Duo's body shaking but he could clearly hear his choking hacks from running too long. Heero silently crossed the room before he knelt in front of Duo, slowly reaching out to touch the top of Duo's head. When his hand touched Duo's head, Duo snapped his head up, only to crack it against the wall. Heero instinctively reached out and steadied Duo by his shoulders. Duo slumped forward a little allowing his vision to clear before raising his head.

"Why?" Duo croaked out.

"Why what Duo?"

"Why did you come after me?" Duo's voice was weak and breaking. Heero gently lifted Duo's chin to see if Duo had been crying, only to spot the blood splattered all over the pillow.

"Duo, we have to get you back."

"It's just my throat Heero, don't worry so much and answer my question!" Duo attempted to yell only to cause his voice to crack more.

"I came so I could bring you back, plus Wufei needs you to help with the kid."

"So you came after me?" Duo's voice was slowly getting higher and filling with anger.

"Well he is still pregnant, he can't just be running around, crawling through holes which are too small for me." Heero raised an eyebrow at Duo questioningly.

"What now?" Dou groaned, instantly wishing he hadn't asked; it hurt his throat and pride by the way Heero looked at him as if he was talking to a child.

"You're sick, your body is broken and you're malnourished. You need to be home, where it's warm and there are people you can rely on." Heero really wanted to say that he wanted Duo home because he wanted him there. Heero loved both Wufei and Duo but he just couldn't bring himself to say it at the moment.

"Screw off! I don't need anyone…to take…" Duo stopped to clear his throat but he only ended up coughing up more blood. Heero rubbed Duo's back till he stopped coughing, Before Heero had a chance to talk Duo continued "to take care of me! I have been taking care of myself almost all of my life, I don't need you or Wufei to take care of me!" Duo started to cough again. "I hate…you." Dup gasped between coughs.

"That's it, we are going back." Heero grabbed Duo's upper arm preparing to stand but Duo dragged him back down.

"No, I don't want to go back." Duo groaned, before lying down on his side, curling into himself.

"Don't or can't?" Heero questioned at seeing how tired Duo looked.

"Does it matter?" Dou was expecting a no for his answer, but he didn't expect the rest.

"No, it doesn't, because if you can't walk I'll carry you."

"Like you would, just go back to Wufei and I'll go back to doing missions."

"Duo you barely have the energy to talk now, how are you going to do a mission?"

"I'll find a way." Dup tried to growl.

"Duo," Heero sounded sceptical. "Your last mission almost killed you," Heero paused thinking. "What exactly happened on that mission?" Dou shivered at Heero's tone. It was suggesting a lot of pain if he didn't answer.

"Nothing happened."

"Duo, tell me the truth." Each word was growled and it almost made Duo want to blurt out what Heero wanted to hear but at the same time he thought it wasn't important enough to tell Heero.

"Heero just go back to Wufei. He probably needs you more right now then ever, but no you have to be here. Just… go…go home!" Duo yelled only to end up grabbing his throat as pain ripped through it.

"Duo I'm not leaving here unless you're with me." Heero bent down to pick Duo up only to have his hands slapped. "Duo," Heero growled in warning, "we need to get back. I have a feeling something happening to Wufei. But we will be talking about this mission." Heero warned.

"Why do we have to talk about it? It was just a mission!" Duo rasped out, slapping Heero's hands away again.

"Because something happened that shouldn't have."

"You mean like the double agent? Those things always happen."

"What double agent?" Heero growled; he was doing that a lot lately.

"The double agent that told the base I was there, you know my plans. Just the typical double agent shit." Duo had to clear his throat and swallow regularly as he spoke. Thanks to the pain and tiredness it was getting hard to speak, and keep his eyes open.

"So the double agent caused you to be caught." It was a statement not a question.

"Don't worry about it; they killed him so he couldn't say anything." He sounded like he was just didn't care, which he didn't. Duo tucked the bloody pillow back under the side of his head before bringing his arm under it so his head was at a better angle before closing his eyes. A stubborn hand on his shoulder shaking him lightly kept Duo from his sleep.

"Duo you have to stay awake. You have to tell me the rest of the information." Heero pressed.

"MH! Fine he was killed, I was thrown into a cell tortured; when they were done beating me they threw me into a tank of water till it turned pink. Chains held me around the waist and weights were on my ankles. If I refused to give them info I was dunked under, so I was dunked under a lot. Finally when I passed out they would throw me back into my cell till the next day and they would do it all over again. One day the door was opened but no one was there so I snuck out." Through it all Heero had rubbed Duo's back trying to keep Duo calm and his breathing even, but as his throat was forced to work the pain caused Duo to breathe heavily, and his volume to drop.

"Come on Duo, tell me the rest, once you do I will let you go back to sleep." Duo snorted once before continuing.

"Too many guards on the upper floor. So I ran, ended up smashing a window and jumping out. Sadly I forgot about the trees, cause I had been in there for probably a month so my memory was a little foggy. Well I jumped, fell, crashed, ran away, realized I didn't get the info I needed so went back, got it came back, got caught by you guys and you know the rest. Now let me sleep." Duo snuggled deeper into the pillow but he couldn't fall asleep after he had laid out the mission for Heero.

Heero was hurt at hearing Duo considered both he and Wufei as his captors, along with not considering their home as a home. The rest just infuriated him. Before Duo could fall into even a half sleep state Heero grabbed his arms, dragged Duo into a hug and held him there.

"What are you doing?" Duo asked through the shoulder of Heero's shirt.

"Isn't this what you call a hug?" Heero jokingly asked.

"Haha, you're so funny, now get off me." Duo tried pushing Heero away, too bad Heero was as strong as superman.

"Come on let's go home. In a week if you can't stand us then I will allow you to leave as long as you have a place, in a house or apartment that has working electricity and hydro, and it must also be filled with healthy food on a regular bases." Heero negotiated quickly not knowing of the happenings at home.

Duo gave in and leaned into Heero, too tired to walk on his own. Heero gladly allowed Duo to lean on him, letting a small smile play over his lips. After Heero had all put pulled Duo back through the hole they had entered through, they made their slow retreat home.

The moment the door opened, Heero and Duo were blasted by Wufei and Sally's voices, screaming at each other. Duo instantly was fully awake. They ran to the bedroom to see Wufei naked on the bed with Sally sitting in the end of the bed, her surgical tools sitting on a table beside her.

"What the hell is going on?" Heero yelled after Duo's failed attempt.

"Wufei went into labour on hour ago and he won't let me operate till you boys came back, foolish boy," Sally confirmed.

"I let you numb me!" Wufei yelled in defence.

"And it's going to wear off if we don't hurry!" Sally screamed right back.

"Liar!"

"Enough screaming!" Heero yelled.

"Irony." Duo grumbled only to get three glares.

"Will you let me operate now?" Sally asked quietly, directing the question at Wufei.

"Fine." It was grudgingly said, but Wufei laid down, exposing his large belly. Sally bent down to work, first poking Wufei's foot and asking if he could feel it. When she got back a negative, she continued to poke higher till she poked his belly. Still Wufei felt nothing. Finally Sally grabbed a scalpel, when she caught sight of a blood and dirt covered Heero and Duo.

"No way! Both of you out! NOW! No way are you bringing all those germs in here. OUT!" Sally stayed where she was, kneeling over Wufei, but that didn't mean serious harm wouldn't come to them. After all she did have more scalpels.

"But I want them to stay," Wufei protested.

"Well let me put it this way, they stay, you get infected, never get to see your kid grow up or, they leave, you see them once we are done and they have a shower. That way you get to see your kid grow." Sally spoke coolly as if she had said it a million times.

"Out!" Wufei practically yelled, his voice held a tinge of sadness, but the stableness of his voice caused the others to quickly evacuate the room.

"We should go take a shower while they do that." Heero nodded his head to the door, which Duo had yet to stop staring at.

"Come on Duo." Heero dragged Duo off the closest bathroom, before getting them both prepared for the shower.

20 minutes later both Heero and Duo emerged from the bathroom clean. Heero's hair was dry while Duo's was wrapped in a towel, giving the allusion of Duo having a cone head. They slowly crept back into Wufei's room, Sally noticed, giving them a brief once over before going back to work on Wufei's stomach.

Wufei lulled his head to the side looking at Heero and cone-head Duo, before stretching his hand out, beckoning them forward. As they came to stop at the side of the bed, Wufei grasped Duo's hand.

"I'm glad you came back." As he finished his eyes closed and a large breath was forced through his nose. Duo tightened his hold on Wufei's hand getting a reassuring squeeze in return.

Duo eventually had to sit, the strain on his body was just too much at the moment, so he sat on the floor with his back resting against the bed, still holding Wufei's hand. Heero stroked a cool cloth over Wufei's chest every so often letting some cool droplets slide to the joined hands.

After what seemed like hours a small cry could be heard filling the room. Duo turned so he was on his knees facing Wufei as Sally placed a little red baby on Wufei's chest before going back to work sewing Wufei up.

Wufei caressed the baby's cheek gently, "Hello, Tenshi Maxwell Yuy Chang. Happy Birthday."

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A/N Epilogue/last chapter will be next sorry for the wait but I kinda lost my book….twice, so please don't be angry with me! It will be super soon I promise because it is written I just have to type it but its very early in the morning and I need sleep (contrary to popular belief) so I will give every one the next chapter soon enough just please be patient and leave me reviews! Thanks!