"BANG" The last sound Minato heard before pain seized him. He looked down and saw blood pouring from a large wound in his chest. He fell to his knees transfixed on the sight of his crimson fluid pouring from the gaping hole near his heart. Minato didn't even notice that Aegis, Koromaru, and Akihiko had defeated the large gun toting shadow. His vision began blackening as Aegis cried his name and ran toward him. When the mechanical maiden had reached him, he was already unconscious. Minato's last thought was cursing himself for not having Aegis refresh the group's agility boost.
"BANG" Aegis's sensors detected the shot, but confirming no damage to her structure she ignored it. She immediately invoked her summoning system commanding Athena to perform God's Hand. A large copper colored fist and forearm appeared above the floating shadow and crashed into its head causing the shadow to disappear in a puff of black smoke. She turned to smile at Minato only to see him on his knees a large hole in his chest near his heart. Time seemed to slow down as she began running toward her highest priority. "MINATO" The cry was out of her throat as she watched horrified as his eyes slowly closed and he began to slump towards the ground.
As soon as the dark hour had ended Mitsuru was on the phone while the others tried desperately to help Aegis staunch the bleeding. Within a half hour an ambulance came screaming down the street and the paramedics leapt out and took over Minato's care. Aegis looked on helplessly while these men tried to save the life of the group's leader. She had looked at the others and saw the same emotion on their faces though each displayed it slightly differently. Yukari was hugging herself freely crying, Koromaru had his ears down and a defeated look on his face. Mitsuru had her eyes cast down towards the ground refusing to look at Minato as he was moved to the stretcher. Akihiko had his fists clenched and look of anger engraved on his face, Ken was burying his face in Koromaru's fur. Junpei was shaking with the effort of holding his tears back. Lastly was Fuuka seemed to have stopped breathing she stood frozen staring at Minato on the stretcher. When the ambulance pulled away Aegis was struck with the Greek mythology of carrion the ferryman of the river Styx. A car pulled up and Mitsuru told them all to get in. "What about Minato-kun?" Aegis practically screamed at her. The red didn't look her at her as she calmly almost coldly answered, "We're going to the hospital." The members of S.E.E.S. all climbed in and at least to Aegis the slamming of the door had all the finality of a coffin lid being slammed home.
Well this is the first chapter of my second fic. Special thanks to Dragoon swordsman, Have a little feith, and RageMaster for their encouraging words.