I Love Everything About You Chapter 3

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Amarante shivered in the cold air. It was another cold morning that leads to a hot day and then a freezing night. She tried to find a comfortable spot to readjust her body but she was too weak to move. Her head hung low as blood dripped off of it on to the ground. With every drop it reminded her of the torture that she had been through. Her body shuddered when the door creaked open. There was more than one person that came into the cold room. Amarante shivered at the thought of group torture. The footsteps echoed against the hangar as they grew closer. Amarante tried to move her head upwards but it was too difficult.

"Why are you going to torture me?" she asked weakly as the blood ran off her forehead. One person from the group walked forward to her wiping the blood off her face. Amarante shivered at the person's touch. The person cleared away all the blood on her face before lifting it up slowly. Amarante closed her eyes shivering at the person's touch.

"It's okay, you can trust me," the person whispered in her ear.

"N-No, I don't think I ca-can," Amarante stuttered.

"We're here to rescue you, but not today," the person whispered in her ear.

"Who are you?" Amarante asked opening her eyes slowly. She couldn't see the people's faces or the one that was close to her that seemed to be hugging her. The only information she could gather was they were all male.

"You know us," the person said laying his head on hers. It sent shivers running up and down her spine but she felt warm for once. Her body twitched causing her back to ache.

"Please just tell me," Amarante pleaded weakly feeling her head fall against the man's shoulder. She saw a glimpse of the person's hair, it was a light green.

"We can remove her today, Dawn," the man said loudly to one of the other men "She could die during the night." The man with her seemed to be very concerned about her health.

"I'll be fine," Amarante made out before fainting in the man's arms.

"She's out, Athrun," the man whispered placing a warmed blanket around her.

"Were you able to get any information out of her, Nicol," Athrun asked quietly.

"Not from her but she does have a fever. I'll check her wounds while she's unconscious," Nicol said patting her warm cheek. He looked over her body seeing the many cuts and bruises.

"How bad is it?" Dearka asked looking at Amarante.

"Horrible," Nicol answered looking at her back or wounds.

"Two officers are heading this way," Dearka whispered picking up a riffle acting like he was guarding the door. Yzak did the same, as Nicol released Amarante taking the blanket off of her. He hid it in the darkness before picking up his own riffle. Athrun was the last to pick up the riffles they carried on to the base. As the two men passed Yzak and Dearka in the doorway they stood at attention.

"I didn't know she was being guarded," One of the men said aloud. As they stopped Athrun stood at attention as well.

"At ease men," the man on the right told him. Athrun relaxed but he was tense. Dearka and Yzak relaxed but watched the men carefully; if they had to they would kill them and take Amarante right now.

"Why is she being guarded?" the officer on the right asked Athrun.

"We asked for this position, sir," Athrun responded.

"Well we don't think its right for her to be tied up 24/7 so we came to cut her down," the officer told him taking out a knife. Athrun stepped aside as the officer cut Amarante's rope before unlocking the chains that also encompassed her body. Amarante fell into the man's arms as he laid her on the cold ground.

"Keep protecting her boys, this isn't how we should treat an ally," the man said finding the blanket Nicol had draped over her.

"We know you're there soldier, we know you're hiding back there," the other officer said looking at the general area that Nicol was in. Nicol held his breath coming out of his hiding spot.

"Commander Amalfi?!" One of the officers asked giving him a salute. Nicol looked confused at the officer saluting him.

"At ease?" Nicol said weakly.

"You're her fiancée right?" he asked quietly.

"Fiancée, I thought you said she was your girl friend?" Dearka said looking out the door before switching his gaze to Nicol.

"So you proposed to her?" Yzak asked looking back and forth between Nicol and Amarante.

"Yes I am her fiancée. I'm in an arranged marriage," Nicol sighed speaking quietly.

"I don't think you'll remember me but I'm Lieutenant Sato Suzuki," he told Nicol extending his hand to him. Nicol shook it weakly still unsure about him.

"I'm sorry but how do you know Amarante?" Nicol asked as he released his hand.

"I'm like her. I switch sides because of Z.A.D.F.T." Lt. Suzuki told him. Nicol felt a little relieved but he still wanted to get Amarante out of this place as soon as possible.

"What's Z.A.D.F.T. or do you mean Z.A.F.T.?" Dearka asked from the doorway.

"Z.A.D.F.T. is the Zodiac Alliance of Debris Freedom Trinity home to the Remote Station and the Zodiac colony," Lt. Suzuki told Dearka.

"Was it created by Z.A.F.T.?" Yzak asked curiously.

"Yes," the other officer chimed in. Amarante coughed weakly waking up.

"Are you okay Mare?" Athrun asked sitting down with her. Amarante moaned opening her eyes trying to sit up. Her body is too weak, I don't think she can withstand another day of this, Athrun thought. Amarante tried to speak but the words couldn't come out. Nicol picked her up staring at her face with a weak smile. Amarante tried to smile but she didn't have the energy to do it.

"Oh, Pin," Nicol said to her softly.

"Nicol take the blanket and wrap her in it. We're getting her out of here now," Athrun said standing up.

"In broad daylight?!" Yzak asked loudly.

"She can't withstand this anymore," Athrun said picking up Nicol's riffle.

"We'll help you guys," Lt. Suzuki told them.

"We don't want you to get court marshaled," Nicol said wrapping Amarante in the blanket on the floor. Amarante wrapped her arms around Nicol's neck weakly trying not to tremble.

"Nonsense, we can request a side change," Lt. Suzuki said opening one of the crates in the hangar. In the crate was a jeep. It had enough room to hold everyone.

"Are you sure about this?" Athrun asked ushering Nicol towards the vehicle.

"We're positive," the unnamed officer told him. Nicol placed Amarante in one of the seats but she didn't let go of his neck.

"Don-Don't let me g-go!" Amarante whispered. Nicol sighed placing Amarante on his lap wrapping his arms around her. Yzak and Dearka sat in the back of the jeep while Athrun joined Nicol in one of the near by seats. Lt. Suzuki drove while the other officer sat shot gun. Amarante lost consciousness again as the jeep left the hangar. Nicol covered her head and hair so no one would recognize her.

"Hang in there Amarante," Nicol told her rocking her gently. Amarante's breathing was heavy but shallow. She needed to be hospitalized soon. Athrun watched Nicol with his fiancée thinking of his own. He wasn't as close as Nicol was with Amarante but he loved Lacus as much as Nicol loved Mare. Athrun patted Nicol's shoulder comfortingly.

"I know she'll survive, Nicol. She is a Never Fading Flower so she won't die off that easy," Athrun said cheerfully.

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Crappy ending to me…But that's it…Ugh…There will be a temporary hiatus on all of my stories soon…