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I can't believe it took me so long to write this darn thing! I apologize for making everyone wait so long. Next time I won't give myself a time limit! I have a request. My life has been overwhelming for me lately. Please pray for me and ask God to help me stay strong. Jesus Christ Lives! Thank you very much! And now without further ado, littlesaiyangirl productions proudly present:
When You Believe
Part Three
All five pilots hovered over Heero as he shakily put the video in the player. Heero had lead them into a small room. At one end of the room were several monitors each showing a different part of the base. Heero pressed the play button. They saw all of their gundams standing there, normal. Then, Heavyarms moved! Not so normal! He turned toward Sandrock, who also looked at him. Wufei's jaw dropped, "But, there's nobody in the cockpit." Heero nodded slowly, "Yeah, I know." They watched, wide-eyed, as Wing Zero walked over and put a hand on Sandrock's shoulder. They saw Shenlong look over at Wing Zero, and gaped as he rushed back to his original position just before the guards walked in. They watched the guards do their fifteen-minute round, then leave. For awhile nothing was happening. But then, Quatre noticed something. That special glimmer that he had always treasured began to slowly slide off his gundam and onto the floor. They all gasped at the sight before them. The glimmer started to take shape, human shape. The pilots watched in wonder, as their gundams became…human! Duo started to hyperventilate, Wufei looked sick, Trowa and Heero were turning pale, and Quatre was trembling. "What in the world?" he breathed. Duo managed to calm himself down, "So," he gasped, "there weren't any intruders. Our gundams are-are-," Trowa finished for him, "humans." Wufei suddenly jumped up, "Hey you guys, security said they shot one of them. I highly doubt our gundams know first aid. We have to find them!" Quatre's eyes widened, "That's right. Whichever one it is might die if we don't get to them soon." Heero nodded and stood up, "Then let's start looking. Security said they found footprints and bloodstains in a cave not too far from here. Let's start there."
They all left the base heading for the cave. Making their way through the nighttime forest, they spotted the cave in the distance. They decided to split up. Wufei, always the solitary warrior, went off to search alone. Heero and Trowa kept heading towards the cave. Duo and Quatre went off to the right. As they were searching, Quatre stopped abruptly, holding his right side. Duo walked over to him, "Hey, you okay Quatre?" Quatre nodded and kept walking, "Yeah, I just have this really bad feeling."
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I was feeling light-headed, even lying down. The others were sitting in various positions around the cave. Shenlong was leaning against the mouth of the cave, watching for anyone coming. Heavyarms was sitting next to me holding my hand. I was thankful for that because I was scared, and in pain. Deathscythe was making shapes in the dirt with a stick that she found. Wing Zero was sitting opposite of Shenlong, also keeping an eye out. Shenlong perked up suddenly, "Hey, there's someone coming!" he said. Zero and Deathscythe jumped up. I looked toward the mouth of the cave concerned. Heavyarms gave my hand a reassuring squeeze. Zero put a hand on Deathscythe's shoulder, "Deathscythe, you're the best at sneaking around, go see who it is." She nodded and disappeared into the darkness. About five minutes later, she came running back, scaring the living daylights out of Shenlong. He yelped and spun around to face the enemy, who turned out to be Deathscythe. Breathing a sigh of relief, he asked her who was out there, "Well?" She was so out of breath she couldn't speak. Once she could, she smiled and said, "It's Heero and Trowa! I think they're looking for us!" Zero nodded, "Okay, Deathscythe, come with me, we need to bring them here. They will know how to help Sandrock." The two left, leaving me with Heavyarms and Shenlong. I moaned as another wave of pain washed over me. It was almost too much to bear. The pain lessened. I looked up at a very concerned Heavyarms, "I'm alright, don't worry." He smiled, "I'm worried." I sighed and looked back towards the cave entrance. There was someone standing there! I gasped, causing the other two to turn towards the entrance as well. Shenlong and Heavyarms jumped up and stood in front of me protectively, giving the intruder a look that said "You'll have to get through us first pal!". Then Shenlong froze, blinked, and took a closer look at the newcomer. He relaxed a bit, "Wufei?" Wufei took two steps back, then walked forward into the cave. "Na-Nataku?"
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Heero and Trowa continued their search, wondering what they were going to find. They were almost to the cave when they heard someone shouting, "Heero! Trowa!" They looked up to see a boy and a girl, both approximately fifteen years of age, approaching them. Instinctively they drew their guns. The girl gasped and froze, thrusting her hands into the air. "Wait! It's me, Deathscythe!" Heero stared and lowered his gun. He looked at the boy, who breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, we finally meet, Heero!" Trowa also lowered his gun. His eyes softened, "Wing Zero," he said slowly, "Are you guys alright?" Zero frowned, "Sandrock is hurt. We don't know what to do!" Heero put his gun away, "Take us to Sandrock, we'll know what to do." The quartet hurried to the cave. They arrived at the cave to see Wufei kneeling beside a young woman. Zero and Deathscythe went over to her as well. Zero knelt down alongside a brown-haired boy, who also looked the same age. "How is she Heavyarms?" Trowa stared at his gundam/human. Heavyarms just shook his head. Wufei looked over his shoulder at his comrades. "There's still a bullet lodged in her side. It's not very deep, but she's lost a lot of blood. She lost consciousness shortly after I found them." Trowa produced a pocketknife and popped some tweezers out of it. He kneeled down beside Sandrock, noticing that there was a bandage around her. He looked again at Heavyarms smiling slightly, "Did you do that?" Heavyarms nodded slowly, "Yes, did I do it right?" Trowa looked at Heero and Wufei, who were also smiling, "Yes, you did a fine job. But how did you know to cover the wound?" He began to remove the bandage, noting that it used to be part of his gundam's shirt. Heavyarms shrugged, "I saw you do it once, to Heero." Heero looked at his gundam. He started to say something, then stopped. His gundam looked at him curiously, "What is it Heero?" Heero just shook his head silently and returned his attention to what Trowa was doing. He had finished removing the bandage, and Wufei had started a small bonfire. Trowa sterilized the tweezers in the fire, then went to work, taking extra care not to hurt her. He extracted the bullet without any problems. He replaced the bandage and sat back with a sigh. Deathscythe looked intently at Sandrock's face for a moment, then looked up sternly at Trowa. "I thought that once you got that thing out of her side she'd be okay." Trowa nodded, "She will be, but we need to get her back to the base. Heavyarms volunteered to carry her. Heero nodded, "Alright, let's get going. Wufei, look around and see if you can find Duo and Quatre, they shouldn't be too far." Wufei walked off to the left of the cave. The others arrived safely at the base. The place was really just for storage. There wasn't a medical bay of any kind. So they placed Sandrock on a couch in the lounge. Meanwhile, Wufei had located his to missing friends, "Duo! Quatre!" The two spun around and saw Wufei running towards them. Quatre's eyes lit up; Duo walked towards him, "Wufei! Did you find them?" he asked, worried. Wufei nodded, "Yes we did. Quatre, Sandrock was the one they shot. She's unconscious, but she's alr- HEY!" Wufei didn't have time to finish his sentence before Quatre took off towards the base. *Hang on Sandrock, I'm coming!*
Whew! I know I cut this off at the worst possible time, but that's how I write! I don't know when the next part will be out, but I will try to get it out soon! Thank you for the reviews! :o) By the way, for you Ronin Warriors fans out there. My first Ronin fic should also be out soon!