Relena sat at her desk staring blankly at the paperwork piled in front of her and sighed, it was a beautiful day and she was stuck inside with nothing to do except read and sign documents. Her head ached when she thought of the banquet she was supposed to be hosting in a few days (remember the party it's important later). She hated hosting parties with a bunch of old men who loved to talk politics. As she sat staring at the bill for the new painting for the ceiling banquet hall when the doors burst open and Duo stepped in followed by Hilde both wearing impossibly wide smiles.
"Relena how's my favorite princess?" Duo said happily.
"Duo! Hilde! Oh my gosh when did you two get hear?!"
"A few hours ago, Duo and I were kinda bored and since we hadn't seen you in a while we figured we'd drop by." Answered Hilde.
"I'm glad I'm not the only one suffering from the incredibly bored syndrome."
Before anyone could say anything else Dorothy walked in with more paper for Relena to go over, she set them down on her desk and turned to walk out when she noticed the guests.
"Oh hello Hilde...Maxwell." She said Duo's name with more than a hint of disgust.
"Hi Catsy." Duo said grinning.
Dorothy glared at him, "Don't call me that."
"Well then don't call me Maxwell."
"Hey come on can't you two get along?" asked Relena.
"NO!" Duo and Dorothy shouted in unison.
"So Hilde what do you want to do today?" Relena said in an attempt to change the subject.
"Well actually we really hadn't thought of what we'd do once we go hear."
"I think we should snoop around hear I'm sure there's something interesting to do." Said Duo.
"Well I don't know."
"Well come on what could it hurt just to walk around a bit give us all time to catch up." Duo said.
Relena shrugged, "What the hell."
"Miss Relena you aren't honestly going to go with these two are you?"
"Yes Dorothy I am they're my friends you can come too if you like."
"What and have to be next pathetic excuse for a Gundam Pilot...Why not I don't have anything better to do." Sneered Dorothy.
"Hey what do you mean pathetic?!!" Duo growled.
Hilde took his arm, "Come on Duo don't worry about her."
With that settled the group walked out the door and headed walked down the hall headed nowhere in particular. Twenty minutes later they came across a bunch of guards surrounding a couple of large doors this sparked Duo's interest.
"Hey, What's with all the security?" he asked.
"Oh that's the laboratory, they're working on some sort of machine. The whole thing is very hush, hush I'm not even allowed in. Miss Noin and my brother even had a meeting with me to tell me that 'I am never under any circumstance to go in there.' "
"Wanna go in?" Duo asked with a mischievous smile.
"Yes I do but it would get me into A LOT of trouble not to mention what might happen if you guys get caught."
"So we just won't get caught." Hilde said.
" We really shouldn't."
"That's what makes it fun." Said Duo.
"If Miss Relena thinks we shouldn't we won't." Dorothy snapped.
"Oh shut up Catsy."
"Maxwell you are really pushing your luck."
"Oooooooo I'm sooooooo scared."
"Hey you two cool it." Relena interrupted.
"Well I'm going come if you want to." Duo said and walked off to find an unguarded entrance.
Hilde took off after him followed by Relena, Dorothy growled angrily and caught up with the others.
They had crawled into the lab through an air vent that Duo found, and once inside they began to search for something that might prove interesting to mess with. After a couple of minutes Hilde came across what looked like one of those portable bathrooms used at construction sites hidden in the darkest corner of the room.
"Bingo." She said with a smile.
"What did you find?" asked Duo.
"I have no idea." she answered.
Dorothy, Duo, and Relena made there way over to Hilde and looked at the machine.
"It looks like a Port-a-potty." Said Duo.
"I think this is it! I wonder what it does. Why didn't someone tell me about this thing earlier?" asked Relena.
"Maybe because the people who built it wanted to use it against you Miss Relena." Dorothy said.
"Can you ever say anything nice to anyone?" Duo asked.
"Shut up Maxwell!"
"Guess not."
By this time Hilde and Relena had already stepped in and were messing with the controls, once Dorothy and Duo stopped arguing they stepped in as well it was rather cramped but the group didn't seen to mind.
"I found something it looks like a journal." Said Hilde.
"Lemme see." Duo said as he snatched the book from Hilde's grip, he quickly flipped through the pages looking for something that might tell what the machine did but it was mostly drawings of its insides. Then on the last page he found a rather interesting entry, "Hey guys listen to this it says 'tests prove machine works but effects only last five days changing the fuel source may be the answer to this problem'."
"What does that mean? What effects?" Dorothy asked.
"I neither know or care." Duo replied.
"I think this green button starts it." Relena said.
"Is this thing really safe? I mean what if it makes us radioactive or somethin'?" Hilde asked.
"Who cares." Said Duo as he hit the green button.
The door snapped shut there was a bang, some smoke, and a white flash, then the door opened and the machine shut down. Duo was the first one out, coughing, and waving the smelly smoke out of his face. Cautiously he looked around looking for some sign that the machine had done something, but found nothing out of place.
"Well I guess it doesn't work." He said.
Suddenly there were screams of fear coming from behind him, he spun around to find Hilde unconscious on the ground and Relena staring at her in shock.
"What happened?" he asked, and as he did he heard another scream a male scream he looked over only to find he was looking at himself. "What the hell?" then slapped his hand over his mouth, "I sound like..."
Duo looked down and was shocked to find he was wearing a dress and had blonde hair that went down to his knees, and the really big shocker was that he had breast. "Holy hell!!!"
"Duo your in my body!" gasped Dorothy.
"And Relena's in mine." Said a dazed Hilde.
Duo thought he was going to join Relena in the land of the unconscious, Dorothy knelt down by Hilde's body AKA Relena and gently shook her awake.
"Miss Relena, Miss Relena wake up!"
"Duo since when have you called me Miss?"
"No it's me Dorothy."
Relena looked like she was going to loose consciousness again, "You're kidding."
"I wish."
"And what is THAT supposed to mean?!" Duo snapped.
"I think we should get back in and see if this thing reverses this." said Relena.
"Can't the machined broken," said Dorothy pointing to the exposed and broken wires from the machine, "thanks to a certain braid brain!"
"Well now that would be you wouldn't it?" said Duo with a cheeky smile.
Dorothy mentally kicked herself, "My point is this whole things your fault Maxwell!"
"Look let get out of hear before we get caught and discuss this like rational people." Said Hilde.
"She's right lets go." Said Duo.
Slowly the group made there was past the guards, snuck out the way they came in and made there way to Relena's bedroom. Once they were inside Duo locked the door and faced the others Hilde sat slumped in a chair, Relena was sitting on the bed next to Dorothy who was looking over her new body with disgust.
"Ok so what do we do now?" Duo asked no one in particular.
"Why don't we tell someone like Zechs or Noin?" asked Hilde.
"No we can't what we're going through will be nothing compared to what will happen if they find out we snuck into a restricted area." Said Relena.
"But what if this is permanent?!!" Dorothy screeched.
"It's not the journal said so, I say we wait five days let the affects wear off and pretend like it never happened. Agreed?" Duo said, the others mumbled their acceptance of his plan, "Good then it's settled."
"What are you talking about! I'm in YOUR body!!"
"Like that's such a bad thing! I'm the one who should be upset I have to play ant-girl for the next five days!"
"ANT-GIRL?!!!!"
"Come on guys let's not fight we need to stick together we're a team now and there's no I in team." Stated Relena.
"There's no us in team either so why should we bother?" Duo shot back.
"Come on guys Relena's right let's not fight and just try to get along alright?" said Hilde.
"Sure." said Dorothy.
"Yeah fine whatever." Grumbled Duo.
"One problem...I have to go to the bathroom." Said Dorothy.
"Aaaaand?"
"I am not holding it."
"So go to the bathroom."
"Duo I thinks the means she aint touchin your privates." Hilde said.
"Oh that is a problem. Well I'll go with you."
Dorothy stiffened at the thought, "I don't think I could stomach the sight of my body touching yours."
"Well what do you want me to do?!"
Dorothy rolled her eyes, "I'll get some rubber gloves or something." Then walked out of the room.
Duo followed, "And no playing with it!" he shouted after her.
While he was off shouting his 'handle with care' instructions at Dorothy, Relena and Hilde stayed behind and looked at each other.
"This is going to be a hard five days." Hilde said.
"Hilde don't slouch you have to pretend to be me so act right."
She sighed quite annoyed and did as she was told, and then she felt something, quizzically she reached down her shirt and pulled out a picture of a shirtless Heero working on his Gundam.
"Oh my what have we hear?"
Relena blushed and dove for the picture but Hilde jumped out of the chair just in time to avoid the attack. Relena made another desperate grab for the picture and successfully retrieved it tucking it away in her shirt.
"Hey don't put that in my shirt!" Hilde yelled as she tackled Relena and attempted to remove the photo.
At that moment Duo walked in and saw Hilde on top of Relena trying to get her hand down the other girl's shirt, "Um guys what are you doing?"
"Oh Dorothy...I mean Duo she's got this picture of Heero down my shirt and I'm trying to get it out." Said Hilde never breaking her hold on Relena.
Relena shoved Hilde with all of her might and sent her flying across the room, "Wow Hilde your body is strong!"
Hilde got up gasping for air, "Tell me about it." She wheezed.
"Look Relena let me take the picture and when things are back to normal I'll return it that way everyone's happy." Duo said.
Relena thought about it and handed Duo the picture, "Hear."
Duo took it and looked it over, "Whoa! Relena you naughty girl!"
"Duo!"
"Sorry." He said and stuck it in his pocket.
It was dinner time and everyone met in the Dinning room to eat (of course) Relena sat across from Hilde, Duo sat across from Dorothy Noin was across from Zechs and things went smoothly until Dorothy noticed Duo's eating habits.
"Duo chew with your mouth closed." Dorothy whispered.
He didn't acknowledge the fact she spoke and kept on stuffing his (technically her) mouth and smacking the whole time.
"Maxwell stop it." She growled.
Duo stopped eating and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, "Wha'd you say?"
Dorothy cringed at that then leaned forward to keep anyone else from hearing, "You are supposed to be me and I don't eat like that nor do I wipe my mouth with the back of my hand and I never say things like 'Wha'd you say.' "
"Oops sorry." He resumed eating in a semi-civilized manner.
Dorothy looked around to see if anyone had noticed that little scene, luckily Zechs and Noin were too busy talking to each other so they hadn't noticed.
Duo and Relena finished their meals and excused themselves, that left Dorothy and Hilde together.
Hilde was staring at her food pondering her predicament when she heard someone say something, "Sorry what?"
"I said," Dorothy repeated, "I don't think I'm going to be able to make it I think we should just tell them what we did now." She gestured to Zechs and Noin as she spoke.
"Now way! Besides what makes you think that they will believe us?"
"They probably know about that machine and what it does so they should understand."
"Well I think we should wait it out like Duo said."
"Do you always do what he says?"
"No but in this situation I think it would be wise to just wait and see."
"Easy for you to say at least you still have a girls body."
"Well look at the bright side you do have the sexiest male body on the planet."
"I would appreciate it if you would not refer to this body as sexy until I'm out of it."
After dinner Dorothy walked into her room forgetting that she had switched with Duo, and found him sitting on the bed staring down his nightgown.
"HEY!!!" she shouted catching him completely off guard.
"AHHH!!!" he screamed and fell off the bed.
"Just what do you thing you are doing?!!"
"Uh, I dropped a penny down my shirt and I was looking for it."
"You were not you pervert!!"
At that moment Relena and Hilde raced in to see what all the screaming was about, "What's ...going... on?" asked Hilde completely winded from the run down the hall.
"That sick bastard was staring down my shirt!!" fumed Dorothy.
"Ewwww that IS sick." Mumbled Hilde.
"Well technically it's my shirt." said Duo.
Dorothy stormed over to Duo and shoved him off the bed, he jumped up and dove on the other side of the bed trying to keep something between him and the angry woman in his body. With a shout of rage Dorothy flew across the bed and pinned Duo on the floor.
"Aaahhh! Catsy remember your only hurting yourself!" he squealed.
"You are so lucky you're in my body Maxwell!"
"I know you're a C cup."
"YOU DIRTY LITTLE PISSANT!!!!"
"Duo behave and Dorothy calm down." Relena instructed, "Look we won't make it if we can't cooperate with each other."
"If he'd stop staring at my breast I might be able to act civil!" Dorothy growled.
"Ok well it's over now, right Duo?" Relena said.
"Yup I'm all done."
"Great, so now we can all go to bed." She concluded.
"There is no way that I am going to leave him alone with my body." Said Dorothy.
Relena sighed, "Alright then you and Duo share the room."
"What?! Me share a room with this loudmouthed American prick?!" she snapped
"HEY! That was uncalled for!"
"Well what do you suggest?"
Dorothy pondered this for a moment, "Fine."
"Then it's settled I'll bring you some of Duo's clothes since I think someone needs to watch him." Said Relena.
With that the two girls left, Relena returned shortly with some nightclothes for Dorothy and left again. When she left again Dorothy stepped into the bathroom to change, while she was in there she stared at her new body in the mirror and decided that the braid had to go. She slowly unfastened the tie and undid the braid, once undone Duo's hair was quite beautiful.
"I almost feel like a girl again." She giggled to herself.
When she came out of the bathroom she was surprised to see Duo sitting at the nightstand staring at himself and she noticed he had braided her hair. She shrugged the scene off turned off the light and got into bed. Duo was quite annoyed she had just turned off the lights without even warning him so with a sigh he got up and joined Dorothy in the bed. All was peaceful until Duo got bored, since he wasn't really tired, and started humming American Badass.
"Cut that out Maxwell." Dorothy commanded.
"No, humming puts me to sleep and you were the one who wanted to sleep in hear so you have to deal with my sleeping habits." He replied then continued humming.
"I said stop and I meant stop."
"Make me."
Dorothy growled, turned over, and put a pillow over her head to drown out Duo's constant humming. She was almost asleep until he started to sing outright.
"Maxwell!!!"
"What?"
"Shut up!!!!"
"Jeeze it's late don't yell s'loud."
"Then SHUT UP!!"
"OK OK."
20 seconds later "I'm Slim Shady yes I'm the real Shady and all you other Shady's are just imitating..."
"MAXWELL!!!!!!"
"Alright, I'll stop."