{Well, Liana's certainly a go-getter, huh? RR}

When she got to the bay, she decided it would be better if she went on foot, since people were more likely not to notice her. *Besides, I'm going purely to watch. But, if someone comes up to me, well, I'll have to deal with them,* she thought as she climbed down the rope ladder on the side. She began running through the dense woods.

Dilandau appeared at the border, and watched the events for a minute, contemplating how and where he would join the fight. He saw an Asturian melef slip past the rest of the men, so he decided to cut it off. He pulled his stealth cloak over and walked in front of the smaller Asturian melef.

"Going somewhere?" he yelled to the pilot, who began to turn around.

Dilandau flipped out his three-fingered claw and threw the melef into the trunk of the nearest tree, of which he went right through. Dilandau laughed and joined the rest of the fight.

Liana was running as fast as she could. She knew the border was only a few miles up. She pushed herself to keep on running. *I've got to get there. I want to see why Dilandau thought I couldn't fight this time.* she thought and kept up her pace. After about six minutes, she emerged into a clearing and saw the battle raging on. She couldn't spot Dilandau's Oreades, but she could see a few Asleides fighting. A huge chunk of metal, wait no, a whole guymelef came flying towards her and she jumped out of the way and was barely missed. She then saw Dilandau's hidden guymelef flicker and tried to hide.

Dilandau looked to where he had thrown the small Asturian melef, and could swear he saw Liana. *She's completely safe back at the Vione. I have to worry about the battle right now!* he thought and again turned his attention to the fight.
Unbeknownst to Dilandau, one of his men had fired several claws, all of which had been deflected by a sword, and were heading straight towards his back.

Liana saw it as it happened. Five claws heading straight for Dilandau. She stood up and screamed at him to turn around. He saw her to his side and stopped. No one was daring to come near him, and the Asturians were retreating. The rest of the Zaibach force was going after them. He was about to yell down to her, but two claws went straight through him, one in his chest and one in his stomach. He fell down in the Oreades on his face. *Oh..my God..that hurts..*

Liana screamed and ran up to where the fallen melef lay. "Dilandau! Dilandau!" she yelled at him. "Try to get out!"

Dilandau was slipping from consciousness, but he managed to press the small button and eject from the hit melef.

Around them, the sky had grown dark and black storm clouds had covered every inch of it. Bolts of lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, shaking the ground viciously. Little droplets of rain fell on their heads.

"No!" Liana cried as she watched him get thrown out of the cockpit of the Oreades. He landed on the grass and Liana ran up to him. She kneeled next to him and put her arms around him, sobbing uncontrollably. He was bleeding from the two spots where he had been impaled. She lifted his chest and stomach off the ground and sat there holding him. "No no no no no.." she repeated quietly.

"Liana...?" Dilandau asked, his voice sounding far away and broken. He looked at her, but he could see nothing but blurs. "Why...did...you.. come..?"

Liana was crying quietly, but she managed to speak. "I couldn't stay back there and wonder if you were okay," she told him quietly. Dilandau went limp in her arms, and that brought on a whole new slur of tears. "Don't leave me Dilandau," she said and began crying even harder. His face was getting paler by the minute, and he was struggling to breathe.

Liana buried her face in his silvery hair and sobbed. She took off her gloves and ran her fingers through his hair. She didn't know what to do. She was at least four miles from the Vione, and he wouldn't last long without her here, because his body temperature was already dropping drastically. She sat there holding him for what seemed an eternity. *I need something to stop the temperature drop...a fire!* she thought and looked to the forest.

She laid him down and ran into the forest. She came back out with some dry wood and set it in a pile in front if Dilandau. She pulled out her lighter and lit it. The fire crackled and sizzled with every raindrop that hit it. She then put the lighter back in the pocket of her uniform and looked back down at Dilandau. The two wounds were bleeding even more now, and he coughed up a little blood.

{Ahh...nooooo...hey, it wouldn't be Escaflowne if no one's blood was spilled, so i flipped a coin and on heads it was to be Dilly-sama's turn to hurt. It landed heads. Now to flip to see if he lives or not...I know, i ruin all the sentimental parts i write with my comments....*sigh* its a bad habit...}