A/N: Thank you all so much for the love this story is getting. ^-^

Quatre shoved the note into his pocket and quickly scooped up Trina. "We're going to go get help for my friend. With any luck, mommy will be waiting for us outside."

"Okay," Trina chirruped happily.

Quatre was glad that she had cheered up so quickly after what she'd been through. He figured it was the promise of being reunited with Relena that gave her a positive attitude.

A green neon sign ahead caused Quatre to pick up his pace. He'd finally found the exit. He inched open the door and looked out to make sure the coast was clear. It was, so he propped the door open with a rock and headed for the rendezvous point, which was northwest of the building in a clump of trees. He was panting by the time he reached the copse. Being injured had made this endeavor harder than he'd counted on.

"Quatre, over here!"

Quatre headed towards Wufei's voice. He caught sight of the Altron pilot sitting on a fallen log with his left leg propped up on the log.

"Good to see you made it out," Duo told him. He was sitting next to Wufei on the log.

"Where's Trowa?" Heero asked with a frown as he walked over. Quatre wondered where Relena was but since Sally and Dorothy weren't in sight, he assumed they were tending to her.

"I…had to…leave him," Quatre panted. "He lost…consciousness…and I…couldn't carry…him…any farther."

Sally came over and took Trina from him. "Sit down. I'll take Trina to Relena."

Trina's face lit up with a smile. "Mommy?"

Sally nodded. "Yes. Mommy's just over here."

Sally took the toddler away and Quatre plopped to the ground, leaning against the log that Wufei was sitting on, unable to keep up the pretense of being okay anymore. "Heero…can you…get Trowa? I left him…down a…corridor…on the…east side. I…propped the…door open…with a rock."

Heero nodded. "We'll get him. Come on, Duo."

Quatre watched them run back to the ruined building for a moment before leaning his head against the log and closing his eyes.

"What's wrong with you?" Wufei asked.

"Huh?" was the only response that came to Quatre's mind.

"You're hurt, aren't you?"

"Oh…yeah," Quatre said stupidly.

"SALLY!"

"What is it, Wufei?" Sally responded in an exasperated tone as she walked over.

"Check him for injuries," Wufei ordered. "I'd do it myself but this," he indicated his injured knee, "is in the way."

"Okay, okay, calm down before you give yourself a heart attack," Sally muttered. She knelt next to Quatre. "Where are you hurt?"

Quatre didn't respond.

"Quatre! Quatre wake up!" Sally said as sternly as she could manage. She shook his arm a little and Quatre groaned.

"Quatre!" Sally slapped him to try and bring him back into consciousness but it didn't work. So she quickly pulled his shirt off, looking for the cause of his present state. She swore when she saw his arm.

"What is it?" Wufei wanted to know. He couldn't see what she saw from his position on the log and she'd already threatened him with another broken knee if he moved.

"He has an injury on his arm that's infected. This is bad, Wufei. We need to get him to a hospital. I can't fix this here."

Wufei swore and Sally continued to check Quatre for other injuries. She swore again, using a word that Wufei had never heard come out of her mouth before, when she leaned Quatre forward and found the stitches on his back.

Wufei could see Quatre's back from where he was. There was a big purple bruise with lines of red radiating from it. The infection from the wound in his back was spreading. Wufei swore again.

"Quit using that language around my Goddaughter!" Dorothy ordered as she came over to investigate. She saw Quatre's back and covered her mouth with her hand. "Did that happen inside?"

Sally shook her head. "It's a couple of days old. We have to get him to a hospital. This could kill him."

"Where are Heero and Duo?" Dorothy asked.

"They went back for Trowa," Wufei told her. "Unless you two can load Quatre into the van, we'll have to wait for them."

"Help me, Dorothy."

The women managed to half drag, half carry the Sandrock pilot over to the back of the van that Dorothy had taken the liberty of appropriating from Mr. Fox. Relena was inside already with Trina. Relena was sitting on the floor with her knees drawn up and looking blankly at nothing. Trina was cuddled up next to her, sucking her thumb.

"Cat'ra?" Trina looked at him with wide eyes. "Is he hurt?"

"Yes, baby," Dorothy told her. "He's hurt but we're going to take him to the doctor to get better."

"Like Mommy?" Trina stuck her thumb back in her mouth.

"Yes, like Mommy," Sally confirmed as they made Quatre as comfortable as they could manage. "Let's get Wufei over here so we can leave as soon as the others get back."

They were almost to the van with Wufei when Duo and Heero made it back supporting Trowa between them.

"Get him in the van and let's move," Sally said as she and Dorothy maneuvered Wufei into a seat.

"Trina, come sit by me and get buckled in," Wufei said, looking into the back.

"No! Don't wanna." Trina wrapped her arms around Relena's bicep. Relena didn't so much as flinch.

Wufei frowned. "Trina, this isn't optional. You need to be in a seat belt."

"Mommy isn't. An' Cat'ra isn't," Trina told him stubbornly.

"Quatre and Mommy are adults and they wouldn't want you to get hurt bouncing around in the car," Sally told her.

Trina screwed up her face and Duo was certain she was about to throw a tantrum. If Quatre wasn't lying unconscious in the back of the van he was sure that the blonde could have gotten Trina to buckle up without a fuss.

"I have an idea," Duo said. "Why don't we let Trina stay where she is and just get outta here? I've got some charges set to blow soon. And the longer it takes to get out of here, the longer it is until we get to the hospital."

Wufei scowled. "Fine." His leg hurt and he really didn't want to listen to Trina cry the whole way to the hospital anyway.

Sally wanted to argue that Trina needed to be in a seatbelt as well, but given the circumstances, it wasn't worth the fight. "Trina, honey, I need you to stay sitting down back here, understand?"

Trina nodded.

"Good. And you watch Quatre for me and let me know if he wakes up, okay?"

"Okay," Trina chirruped, happy that she was getting her way.

Duo started to lift Trowa into the van. Sally was inside and helped to maneuver the tall man into place.

"What happened to Quatre?" Duo asked quietly.

"He has infected injuries," Heero told Duo as he climbed into the van to pull Trowa the rest of the way in.

"You knew?" Sally asked with a glare.

Heero nodded. "I'll explain it on the way. Who's driving?"

"I'll do it," Dorothy volunteered. "The rest of you keep them," she indicated Trowa and Quatre, "alive."

Duo climbed into the front seat next to Dorothy. "I can drive if you want," he offered.

"No thanks," Dorothy answered. "I'd like to get Miss Relena to the hospital in one piece."

Duo rolled his eyes. "You really think I wouldn't get Quatre to a hospital safely? He's one of my best friends."

Dorothy snorted. "Oh, really? Then where have you been the last three years? He really could have used a friend, you know."

Duo shifted uncomfortably. "I know. And I'm not gonna pretend that I was too busy or somethin'. I just…I didn't want to get in the middle of their mess and have to choose a side."

Dorothy rolled her eyes. "Still a coward, huh, Maxwell?"

"At least I don't keep secrets from the people most important to me," he shot back.