Soon, Fabia's eyes slid shut, and she fell against Shun, who caught her and laid her down in her bed.

He leaned down, without hesitation, and kissed her cheek. "Good night, my Princess." He whispered.

Aranaut had also fallen asleep, and Shun put him next to Fabia, careful not to wake him up.

Hawktor dropped out of the air, snoring, and Shun caught him, smiling. "Night."

Shun turned off the lights, and went to his room, happy.

The next morning, Shun woke, burning up. When he tried to get out of bed, he fell down onto the floor.

"Shun! Are you okay?" Asked Hawktor, worried.

"I'm...fine." Shun coughed weakly, trying to pull himself onto his bed.

"Let me get someone to help you, okay?" Hawktor started to fly towards the door, but Shun's voice stopped him.

"No, please...I'm fin-" Shun fainted as he tried to stand up straight.

Hawtor raced towards Fabia's room, screaming bloody murder as he went, Castle Knights staring at him all the way.

"Hawktor, what's wrong?" Aranaut asked.

He and Fabia had been eating breakfast, fresh fruit and milk.

"Shun-Shun..." Hawktor panted.

"Shun, what?" Asked Fabia, pulling on a robe, all ready to go to his room.

"Shun's fainted!" Hawktor shouted.

Fabia, without a word, started running as fast as she could-rather limping as fast as she could, towards his room.

Dan and Ren saw her trying to run, and asked what was wrong. When they heard what had happened, Ren picked her up, and, with Dan and Aranaut on his heels, raced towards Shun's room.

They found him on the floor, panting wildly. He was still unconscious, but his face was flushed, and, although it was only 50 degrees in the room, he was sweating.

Fabia pushed herself out of Ren's arms, and went to him.

"Shun! Wake up, Shun! Please!" Fabia was vaguely aware of Ren's arms enclosing her, trying to calm her down, make her less frantic. But it didn't work, and a Castle Knight guard gave her a shot filled with a short-term paralyzer. She could talk and breathe, but she didn't have any more strength than a baby.

"Please! No!" Fabia screamed, as she saw his chest stop rising and falling. "SHUN!"

Ren's face appeared, and said, "I'm sorry, Fabia. Please forgive me for this!"

As she was about to ask what, Ren pushed a spot on her neck, which made her black out. As the world darkened around her, she tried wildly to grasp onto something, anything.

The last thing she saw was Ren's scared face above her, mouthing the words, 'I'm so sorry!' to her, and the world closed around her.

When she woke up, she did so with a scream. "Shun! No! Please! He can't-He CAN'T die! Not now! Please!"

Fabia was hyperventilating. She curled up, hands on her knees, and started shaking, rocking back and forth as she cried.

The Brawlers, looking at her through an observation screen, turned away, terrified of the behavior their Princess was displaying. Usually cool and friendly, she looked utterly broken.

Dan slammed his hand on the table. "Why won't you let us see her or talk to her?" He demanded of Elright.

"Because, the Princess is very dangerous when she is in this state. After...Jin's...death, she took down twenty of our best Castle Knights without any problem. Anyone who tried was taken out of commission for six weeks!" Commander Elright replied, obviously frustrated.

"Did you try sending friends-people she knew well-in?" Ren asked thoughtfully.

"No, we couldn't risk losing the Queen or Linus." Elright replied.

"Let us try, dude! We know her, and we've got nothing to lose! You don't need two hands to brawl!" Jake said excitedly.

"Well..." Commander Elright looked down.

"Please, Commander Elright! At least let us try!" Marucho was talking now.

"Fine." He replied.

Wow! Two chapters in one night! I need to post more, 'cause otherwise I'm not as motivated to write. Anyway, as always, please review! A HUGE thanks to Pooch2010 for her editing and support, and for just being AWESOME! Also, thanks to Cheekycheetah for her support too! Thanks you guys soooooooooooo much! You make it worth writing! If you like it, or have ideas that you think might be good to put in, talk to me! I'll be happy to work stuff out! Thanks so much! :D

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