The trembling silhouette of her body lay on the cold concrete floor. The ground was stained with blood, her blood.

Zechs tried to move, however so slowly, towards her. When he did, he couldn't supress yet another gasp. What did they do to you? He thought, looking down at Noin.

He tried to assess the situation as much as possible. He tried to make himself think straight. Noin was lying on the ground completly naked. The bastards didn't even give her a fucking blanket! Zechs thought. He put his hand under her head and moved it toward him. She was awake.

When he turned her head toward him, he came face to face with a set of beautiful blue eyes, filled with tears. Her face was undamaged, as far as Zechs could tell.

"Noin, Noin can you hear me?" Zechs said, embracing her lightly in his arms. Her body was shaking so hard, Zechs thought that she might go into convulsions.

"Ze...Zechs," Noin murmured.

"That's right, it's me," he said, tears forming around his eyes.

"Oh, Zechs, you're here? No...no...I'm just..just dreaming...dreaming," Noin said.

"No you're not! I'm right here, and I'm going to get you some help! Don't you worry, you're going to be fine! Just fine!" For a moment nothing was said.

"Zechs, I...I love you," Noin said quietly. Zechs smiled faintly through his tears.

"I love you too," He said. Noin smiled before wincing in pain.

"I'm going to kill that bastard that did this to you!" Zechs exclaimed, holding on to her a little more tightly.

"Costa? You can't kill him, no one can kill him....he's...he's already dead," Noin said. Her eyelids closed and she sighed. Zech's eyes widened as he felt for a pulse. He sighed heavily as he found one, however weak it was. He took off his cape and wrapped it around her. Lightly, he picked up her slender form and ran out of the cell.

As he ran out to Epyon, he couldn't help but think of what she had said. 'You can't kill him, he's already dead.' Those words chilled him to the bone.

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Heero gripped the gun tighter in his hand as he made his way down the hall. The soft footsteps behind him brought some relief. At least she was still alive. However, that might not mean that she couldn't die any minute. He slowed down and waited for her. He still didn't like the idea of her bringing up the rear, the most susceptible part.

Still, she had told him that an attack would most likely come from the front, and he had much better reaction time than she did. Still...

She caught up with him a lifted an eyebrow.

"Why did you stop?" She said.

"You are falling back too far, I need to be able to keep an eye on you," Heero replied.

"You and I both know that if I can increase the distance it will be easier for defense," she said. Heero sighed.

"I don't care about that, you need to be CLOSER!" Relena's eyes widened, and she looked at him confused.

"And exactly HOW close do you want me to be?" She said, crossing her arms over her chest. Heero growled and turned around. Relena smiled and put a hand on her shoulder urging him to turn around. "I asked how close?" Heero took a step forward and put a hand around her waist. Without thinking about what he was doing he pulled her to him. He looked down into her eyes, they were filled with question.

"This close," he said. He smirked, bent down, and kissed her.

Relena gasped as her lips met his, and she put her arms around his neck, her gun hanging loosely in one hand. He embraced her tightly as they both kissed, each person with unsatiable hunger for the other, each person in need of the other. After what seemed an eternity, they withdrew. Heero's face had gone soft and kind, without a trace of those stern features that he wore so well. Relena smiled.

"I don't mind being so close," she said, and he smiled. He bent down to kiss her again when they heard a rushing of feet from both directions. Heero's face turned cold again as he looked back.

"I'll take the front you take the back. I want you to scream like hell if you need help," he said, looking back down at her. She nodded and cocked her gun. She blew him a kiss and ran down the hall. Heero sighed as he turned around to face to oncoming onslaught. He hoped that Relena would be ok.

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"The HELL!" Duo screamed as he and Quatre came upon a battle that neither one had expected nor anticipated. The sight below looked grim. Trowa was battling a full fleet of Mobile Dolls with an R emblazened on their fronts. Duo tried to remember what that R could stand for and it came back to him all too soon. It was something that John had told him once. Yokado and Constinople, they were part of the Resurrection. Duo couldn't believe how many dolls Constinople had, or the fact that they had discovered Trowa. However, he couldn't think about that now.

He plunged into the battle as Shinigami, the God of Death. His name held true.

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Zechs looked up at Epyon and sighed. As much as he wanted to take his mobile suit and blow Constinople to hell, he knew that he couldn't sacrifice the Sank kingdom.

Zechs had put Noin inside Epyon, in the pilot's seat. She was still unconscious but at least she was safe. He had looked her over and although she had been badly beaten and no less violently raped, she would be alright.

Zechs shivered at the thought. The thought of what Constinople had done to her. He fought the urge to jump into Epyon and hold her tight, and never let anyone ever touch her again. Then he thought of Constinople.

With hatred he fled to the Sank kingdom, his anger uncontrollable, his wrath unleashed.

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Relena backhanded one man, hearing the satisfying crack as his jaw broke. She kneed another in the groin and then twirled around to side kick another in his kidney. There were only five, all of which had lost their guns early in the process. Relena had seen to that. Two were dead, one was wounded so bad that all he could do was lay on the floor shaking violently. The other two were wearing down. She would have them soon. She turned around and fired, as another soldier fell dead, his skull cracked like an egg.

She found she had only to kill one more, and sighed. She was glad that this would be over. She put her finger on the trigger and pulled. However, she wasn't fast enough.

There was a painful feeling in her ankle and she looked down to see blood seeping from her wound. She found that she had lost her balance and was now on the ground. The astonished soldier continued to stare at her and she realized that he hadn't been the one to shoot her. She looked up and saw a face that she had never wanted to see again. It was Yokado and his evil smiled could have frozen the sun.

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Heero sighed as he finished off the last man. He turned around and ignored the high pitched scream of pain as the man fell dead.

Suddenly there was a scream and Heero's eyes widened. Relena. He ran down the hall. Suddenly he came upon the scene. There had been five. Heero could see four dead bodies, the other had walked off, leaving a noticeable trail of blood. There was also another trail that began and then dissapeared. Relena had been hurt and then picked up. However, this one soldier hadn't done it on his own, there were six guns on the floor, including Relena's. Out of all of them, only one had fired, and that one had been Relena's. Someone else had helped.

Heero picked up one of the unused guns, discarding his already empty firearm and ran down the hall. Hoping that she hadn't been hurt too severely. Hoping that she wasn't already dead.

Hmmmmm, I wonder what's going to happen next? Hmmmmm, guess you'll ALL have to wait! LOL, bet the suspense is just killin' ya! Welpers, gotta go write more stories, buh bye now!
JZero