The salty ocean water shooting into my mouth and nose woke me up. I writhed for a little while until I remembered where I was and why I had passed out again. Bao-Dur was standing over me, holding my head barely above the water.

"General, what happened?" He asked, relieved I was awake.

I didn't answer, instead stood up and wandered farther into the ocean, screaming his name in my head.

"Carth…Carth…Carth…Carth!"

I finally sank down into the water were it came up to my chest. No one came to make sure I could be alright, so I leaned forward back into the water. The water was exceptionally warm today, so I swam until I could remember everything.

--BAO'S POV--

The general was acting strange today. First she almost blasted Atton's head clean off his shoulders, then she looks in the window of the house and passes out, now she isn't talking to anyone and swimming.

"What's wrong with her?" Atton asked Kreia.

Kreia didn't answer, which only pissed Atton off even more.

"Did you hear me you old hag? What the hell is wrong with Mileena?!"

"Her name is not Mileena." Kreia answered simply.

What? If her name wasn't Mileena, then what was it? Before I could ask, hot-headed Atton did.

"What the hell are you talking about you old witch?" Atton screamed.

Figuring it was Kreia being cryptic again, Atton dropped his blaster pistols and ran full speed into the ocean. The water slowed him down, but that didn't stop him. He kicked and punched and slapped the water looking for the general. He looked to me and I sighed, knowing what this meant. I removed my vibroblade and held my biotic arm high above my head as I followed Atton's footsteps into the water. I also ran and kicked and splashed trying to find her, but I couldn't.

"Where the hell could she have gone?" Atton asked in frustration.

"I'm not sure. Check over there, I'll check over here."

Atton trudged through the water while I trudged in the opposite direction. The water was getting dangerously high for my arm, and when the waves licked at it, I had multiple spasms. I couldn't stop however. Not until one of us finds Mileena.

Or whatever the hell her name is.

--NORMAL POV--

I was starting to run out of oxygen, but I had no idea how far I had swam out to. I tried to use the force to find my way back, but I was that in tune with it anymore. I used the last of my strength to swim to the surface where I saw a faint blue glow.

"Bao!" I croaked.

No answer.

"Bao!!"

Still no answer.

"BAO-DUR!!"

--BAO'S POV--

"BAO-DUR!!"

A voice screamed on the winds. I turned my head and I saw a dark shape thrashing about in the water. It was dark now, since Mileena wasted most of the day passed out. I ran out deeper into the water anyway, the water now dangerously coming up to my arm. I tried to drag her out, but I couldn't do it with one arm, and if I waited until Atton got over here to help me, she could drown.

"Atton! She's over here!" I screamed and plunged both of my arms in to help her.

The electric pain that shot through my body was unbearable. I hope I wasn't electrocuting her while I was trying to drag her back into shallower waters. I heard Atton's rough splashing somewhat far off and I managed to drag the general to shallower waters. I finally let go of her collar and fell backward, trying hard not to black out from the pain.

Sorry general, I tried.

--ATTON'S POV--

I finally found Mileena and Bao-Dur, both passed out. Bao's body twitched uncontrollably as bursts of electrical energy shot through his body. I grabbed Mileena's collar and Bao's good arm and dragged both of their asses back on shore with the last of my strength. I dropped them both just above the line where the ocean swept in. Neither of them moved when I stormed up to Kreia. She better have a damn good excuse for not helping.

"You know, some EXTRA FUCKING HELP WOULD HAVE BEEN APPRECIATED." I screamed in her face.

She didn't answer, which surprised me. I expected her to make some kind of remark about my breath, my intelligence, my piloting skills, something.

But she said nothing.

"That's okay if you don't say anything," I spat, "Because Bao and I are the only ones who care about her apparently."

I laid myself down next to Mileena, hoping she would wake up and take care of me again. More importantly, that she would take care of Bao.

But she never woke up that night. I waited and waited for hours for her to wake up while my eyelids feeling like they weight about five metric tons.

She never awoke, so I simply fell asleep.

--

It was day now, and Mileena still wasn't awake. I struggled to get up as I rolled her over on her back and listened for a heart beat. There was none.

"Fuck." I whispered and started CPR.

I don't know how I did it, but I somehow succeeded, since I didn't know how to do it. I watched people do it all the time on movies, so I guess it paid off. The best part was giving her mouth-to-mouth, but I guess she didn't agree.

"ATTON GET OFF ME!!" She screamed and kicked and shoved.

I fell on my back in the sand while the water just barely touched my hair. When I sat up, it dripped into my eyes, so I went to rub them. Unfortunately, there was also sand on my hands. I ran around screaming trying to fix it, but all I heard was a faint laughter.

"Atton calm down, let me help you." I heard Mileena chuckled as she lead me back into the ocean.

Soon my vision was somewhat cleared, but the salt stung my eyes slightly. My vision was also blurry, but I didn't care.

All I could see anyway was Mileena smiling at me.

At least I could make her smile.