Disclaimer: I don't own GW. I'm poor. This story is for entertainment only. No warnings so far, but if you like Relena....leave now. ;) This is a very rough draft. Be nice.
Duo raced around the corner skidding on the wooden floor. Behind him, he heard the door to the study shattered as the other pilots burst through.
"Duo," Quatre's voice called down the hall. "You can't escape us. This is my house and there's a blizzard outside. We aren't going to hurt you. Just come back."
"Yeah," Duo heard Wufei mutter softly. "We just want to make you feel very, very good." The others laughed.
Duo took off up the stairs, hoping he could lose them in the maze of rooms that was Quatre's mansion. Whatever had gotten into his friends, he was hoping it would wear off before they found him. They were very clear about what they wanted, but Duo couldn't figure out why. It might have something to do with that stuff Relena had injected him with earlier. Could this be some sort of hallucination?
Duo shivered. No, that couldn't be it. The pilots' touches were too real, too solid to be a dream. Behind him, the others began climbing the stairs. Quatre was giving them a quick rundown on where everything was and even handed out headsets so they could all keep in touch. Duo couldn't imagine a worse case scenario. If they caught him....Duo suppressed another shudder. He loved them, but not like that. This was going to be the longest night of his life......whether he could escape or not.
Duo huddled in a dark room on the third floor of Quatre's mansion. He could hear the other pilots tearing the house apart looking for him. A shiver shook his body as he remembered the looks on their faces; such lust had never been directed at him before and they weren't willing to take no for an answer. Normally, he would be able to deal with that. Duo knew how to take care of himself, but they weren't responsible for their actions. Somehow Relena did this.
Yesterday, G had ordered him to get a check up. Relena had been at the Doctor's office he was told to report to and claimed it was a 'coincidence.' She said the Doctor was on old friend. The whole thing was surreal. Finally, the exam had been over and the Doc had wanted to give him a shot; Duo refused. Then Relena stepped in, right through the closed door and blithely brushed aside his protests about privacy. The young Queen told Duo the shot was vitamins and if he really cared about keeping his partner safe, he take the shot. It was the dig about Heero that got him. He should have known something was up; he should have calmed down and thought.
The next day, everyone had gathered at Quatre's house to plan their next mission. A storm came up, trapping everyone inside. Not a problem. Until the others started acting funny. Touching him. Brushing up against him. Pinning him under them. He'd managed to get away, but couldn't get outside. In the end, he locked them in the study and run upstairs to hide. After thinking about things for a few minutes, he knew what was going on.
When he was training, G had come up with a compound that would allow Duo to exude pheromones. People would desire the pilot, be willing to do anything to be with him. The man thought it would make his pilot a better weapon. Duo's beauty combined with the ability to make people want him could turn the young pilot into the perfect weapon. Able to go anywhere and do anything. G had never managed to get the formula right, though, and abandoned the idea.
Someone obviously succeeded where G failed. In spades. Duo had to be letting off a large amount of pheromones for it to be affecting the pilots like this. Not only that, but since they were still searching for him, the house must be filled. Due to the storm, everything was locked up. The levels must be increasing all the time! The more time the pilots were exposed, they less control they would have when they found Duo.
A sudden thought shattered any calm Duo still had left. The Maganucs were outside securing the Gundams. 40 men who would come in soon and be affected by the pheromones he was exuding. Panic clawed at his mind. It was bad enough with the other pilots, but 40 grown men!
As the thought solidified in his mind, the door slowly opened. The lights in the hall revealed the man to be Rashid. With uncanny surety, the older man walked straight to Duo's hiding place.
"Please, Rashid, don't," Duo whispered, desperately backing away from the man.
"Why, Master Duo," the Arab said with a huge smile, "I've been looking everywhere for you."
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