Usagi wandered from hallway to hallway after her friends had retired to their rooms to get ready for the day. Every few minutes the girl would whirl around and stare down the long hall behind her. For some reason, she couldn't shake the feeling she was being followed.

She shook off the chill that clung to her and tried to focus as she studied the area. She couldn't be too far off from the cells. It had only taken Trowa minutes to return her, so there was no way she had too much further to go. Of course the main problem she had was the fact she had no idea which way was right. Everything looked the same.

She whirled again her eyes narrowed in distrust. Still, nothing behind her. She shook her head for being silly and turned once more. She came to yet another area that branched off and stood for a moment as she pondered which direction she should go.

After a long agonizing moment, Usagi decided to go left. Ami had once mentioned to her that if lost in a maze, as long as you kept taking the same direction you would eventually find the exit. Usagi trusted her blue-haired friend with complete faith.

Unfortunately, Ami had never mentioned, or even considered, the possibility that Usagi would be stalked. Usagi glanced around nervously at the dark dingy state of her chosen corridor. She couldn't see how long it was, but it did not look like any way she had gone before.

The light above her started to flicker wildly and she raised a hand to shield her eyes from the random brightness. A moment later she was plunged into darkness. The girl fought the very real urge to scream or just run down the hallway. It's just a light, Usagi, calm down. You checked behind you a dozen times, you're safe.

A footstep behind her dashed all the progress she had made reassuring herself.

"Are you out to get another drink of water, honey?"

Usagi cringed at the voice and took an unsteady step, further back into the darkness. She wanted to bolt, but knew from experience running in the dark was impossible for her. A hulking shadow stood between her and the way she knew led to freedom. As if her worries had summoned him, the officer from the night before had appeared.

"I do believe we were having a private conversation last night before your friend so rudely interrupted us." He took another step and a smirk played on his lips as she stood frozen in fright. Se really lived up to that rabbit name of hers. "We can do this one of two ways. You can either come with me nice and quiet, or I'm going to grab you right here and you'll wish that you had chosen the smarter path." He spread his arms out wide and blocked more of the way out from her sight. "You picked the perfect path to give us some real privacy, darling. I need to reward you for that. There's no one here, this area is abandoned."

Usagi winced at every word that came from his mouth. Every step he took brought her closer to losing her freedom, possibly even her life the way this man made her feel. Shivers struck her body and she held herself tightly as if to ward them away. "Please," the whimper was soft and the man had to pause to even hear it. "Please, don't hurt me. I never did anything to you."

He chuckled in wry amusement. "You escaped from me. You should know that once I've claimed someone, they're mine until I choose to throw them away. Girl, once I touch you, I claim you. No one can save you now, so come here."

Usagi shook her head and tried to take a step backwards but fear kept her immobile. Her shaking intensified and her teeth even started to chatter. He was within arm's reach of her now. She let out a strangled sob as she felt his hand slide over her arm as if he was petting her. "Stop."

The cry excited him and he smirked. He grabbed her arm and pulled her against his body with one firm tug. He had wanted to wait to enjoy his prize until he had gotten her safely back to his private quarters, but surely one little taste now couldn't hurt.

He tipped her chin back with the knuckle of his index finger and smiled at her scared expression. He didn't hesitate as he leaned forward and sealed his lips to hers. Despite her fear, she was still being stubborn and kept her lips tightly closed. He couldn't help himself, he started to laugh at the silly bunny. His laughs echoed down the abandoned corridor.

He pulled away for a moment and using his body weight pressed her back into the wall, trapping her with his own heavier body. He could swear mixed with that sweet innocent scent of hers, was something that excited him above all else, fear. "Stop resisting, you've lost, I've won. You're mine."

Usagi winced as she felt his breath near her face again. She was horrified he was going to kiss her again, she already felt filthy from a moment ago. Everything about this person both disgusted her and frightened her. How would she ever make this up to Heero? "I'm not yours," she whispered and pushed against his chest with all her might.

He laughed again, louder and mockingly this time. He grabbed both of her slim wrists with one hand and pinned them above her head as he forced her to once more look at him. "You are and will be until I'm tired of you, little bunny." He leaned forward to kiss her again as his hand started to climb up her shirt. It skimmed over her smooth waist and came to a rest at her chest, his thumb brushing against an area that made her whimper in disgust and fear.

"What's going on here?"

He hissed and pulled away as he put a hand over Usagi's mouth warning her to be quiet or she would pay, there was no way he was going to let the little blonde get away this time. With a charming smile he turned and smiled at the couple that questioned him from further in the shadows. "I'm sure it's the same thing that you two were doing further down the hall. Why else would anyone come down here?"

The stranger that had interrupted scowled and stepped in front of his obvious girlfriend. "It looked like you had her pinned down, and if that was you laughing earlier that didn't sound like someone with their lover."

"You're too innocent," hazel eyes mocked the couple as he took another step and completely blocked Usagi from their view. "My lady happens to like it a little rough. That's why we came down here for some privacy, she could even try to practice running away and being caught be a stalker." He chuckled at his joke. "If she really didn't like it, don't you think she'd say something for herself?"

The stranger was still scowling, but in disgust this time. "If that's the case you guys need to go find a room. If a higher up saw you, you would be kicked off base." He turned to smile reassuringly at his girlfriend who was still trying to peer into the darkness. "Come on, Rei, let's leave these freaks alone."

"Rei?" Usagi parroted the name without even thinking.

Rei whirled at the sound. "Usagi?" She questioned taking a step closer. She grabbed onto her boyfriend's arm. "Mamoru, that's the Usagi I was telling you about, but that's not her boyfriend."

Usagi saw the anger fill those hazel eyes this time as he glared at her. His face was no longer mocking, it was full of hate and she started to tremble again. He grabbed her by the wrist and started to lead her away.

"Wait!" Rei demanded as she went to go stand in the way. She broke free of Mamoru and glared at this man that had possession of her new friend. For some strange reason she felt fiercely protective of the girl. "Let her go, she's not going with you."

Usagi, as if fueled by Rei's rage, pulled her arm out of his grasp and took a step towards her friend. A bruise marred her wrist showing how tightly her attacked her had held her. "I'm not going with you."

Mamoru nodded. Whatever his girlfriend decided, he would always back her up. "I think you should leave now before I get hold of one of the higher up's. You're not welcome around this girl anymore, and if I see you again I'll report you to Lady Un myself."

Hazel eyes narrowed as lips curled in barely contained rage. "Usagi, you're coming with me, you already promised, remember?" His words came out in a bark as if he was a master expecting his dog to heel and obey.

"I'm going back with Rei, I don't even know you."

"You'll regret that, rabbit," he promised before turning on his heel and striding further into the darkness. The next time he had that little body beneath his, there was no way he was going to let anyone take her away. It was time to initiate a better plan to get what he wanted, and what he wanted most of all was that girl, willing or unwilling it didn't matter. He just needed the right ally.

Usagi took a deep shaking breath when the stalker had left and flung herself at Rei burying her head in the other girl's shoulder. "Thank you!" She hugged her tight as if never to let her go. "I was so scared."

Rei smiled at Mamoru over the sobbing girl's head. 'Thank you' she mouthed and grinned as he smiled fondly back at her. She was so lucky to have someone that loved her that much. "Did he hurt you, besides your wrist I mean. We heard that crazy laughter from down the hall and came to investigate. I knew something was up when I saw a shadow pinned against the wall."

Usagi couldn't bring herself to reveal that she had been kissed so she merely nodded against the comfort of Rei's shoulder. "You guys stopped him in time, I think he was really going to hurt me." She pulled away and as if for the first time realized Mamoru was standing nearby. She was startled by the fluttering of her heart, and she stomped it down instantly. She was not going to be ruled by the princess's emotions anymore. She was Usagi and she loved Heero, not Mamoru. Besides he was happy with Rei and she wasn't about to even think about breaking her friends up. "Could you guys take me to the prisoner cells? There's someone I want to see."

"The prisoner cells?" Mamoru glanced around warily as if they would be overheard. "They have caught two more gundam pilots down there, I'm not sure if it's a good idea. They're dangerous."

Rei couldn't take the pleading look on the blonde's face and broke down. "Of course we'll help you." She brightened up as an idea occurred to her. "That boyfriend of yours is a guard from there, isn't he?" She teased.

Usagi blushed and shook her head in denial. Her heart was thumping wildly and she cursed the traitorous organ. Why was she getting so flustered? She loved Heero! Not… Her thoughts trailed off as she decided to not even think his name. That person was a friend, nothing more. "Thank you," she whispered to Rei and Mamoru as the two led her out of her self-imposed cage and back to freedom.

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Author Notes: Sorry for the slight delay. School managed to build up on me, and then this has been a rough pregnancy with weekly migraines, which are no fun at all and really destroy productivity! Anyway, onto review responses.

Moonprincess - I was trying to hint at it, I didn't want to be too blatant though. I swear I never intended for this to be a love triangle, but Trowa is pretty insistent on being included in this revision. You have no idea how many times I've deleted stuff and redid it only to have him pop up.

Guest 1 - Yep, I'm back. I'm trying to update weekly but that's been a little rough. Starting in April you guys will see a ton of Yotogi updates because I want to write 100k words for the month of April for the story. For comparison sake as of last chapter this story hit 10k words. Poka is back too, she's working on the next chapter of Always' Late her SM/HP fic.

Guest 2 - It's quite a bit different from the original right? This wasn't really meant on purpose but the story is just deciding on its own where to go. Oh, if I came off as I'm worrying about reviews, I'm not. I'm getting the feedback to improve my writing elsewhere. Not that I don't like hearing from people, I do. I really appreciate Moonprincess sticking with me every chapter. I'm not going to vanish because I don't get enough. Because I learned about a new feature in ff net. I might have had maybe 3 reviews in the last month, but 276 people have stopped by and looked at my works. That's pretty humbling! As far as finishing stories, I'm trying, but in the case of this story it took a life of its own and went off the rails the original laid out for it. Who knows when it will get back on track. But, I'm not going to quit any of my stories, as long as I'm getting something updated an average of once a week I think I'll be okay.

I love you guys! Also, this might be totally random… but any suggestions for girl names that go with Acosta? Right now my hubby is leaning towards Serena which would be cool, but I need a middle name for sure.