~ I don't own these people, only the unicorns, don't get huffy. Geez. People. Take a break ^_~
THE LAST UNICORN
They entered L2 in a secured area, beneath the Gundam's secret base. The gundam scientists and 2 stretcher-bearers greeted them. Heero had called ahead and told them Amy was injured. Passing the un-conscious girl to Trowa Cara smiled at Dr.O and co. Amy was whisked away with Quatre to treat her to the med lab. The rest of the group stumbled to the lounge where collapsed onto chairs and sofas. Heero all but glared at Dr.J.
"Why didn't you tell us about the back up force!" he snarled.
"Because we didn't know!" Dr.J snapped. Heero felt like breaking something. Duo recognized the look and moved farther away from Heero on the couch they shared.
"Dibs on the shower!" Amanda yelled. Everyone jumped. Cara glared at the small girl.
"There's more then one shower."
An hour later, clean and refreshed, the 7 pilots sat back down in the lounge. Each tried to hide her or her anxiety over Amy by making themselves busy. Heero was typing on his computer, (duh ^_^) Trowa was reading a book, Duo was getting his butt whipped by Cara at chess and Wufei was doing pushups. Poor Cheryl was trying to sleep but every time she closed her eyes Amanda poked hr nose.
An hour later Quatre walked in, his face wreathed in smiles. All eyes turned toward him.
"Tell us Damnit!" Quatre jumped at Cara's voice.
"Amy's going to live." Smiles spread on many faces.
"Will there be any permanent damage?" Trowa asked, remembering her concussion. The smiles disappeared as Quatre fiddled with the hem of his shirt.
"Her concussion was severe, but it's too early to tell, there is a slight chance of memory loss or…" he was cut off as Heero punched the wall, pieces of broken plaster floated in the low gravity room, turning without a word, Heero left.
"Temper temper" Amanda tut-tutted. They all stared at the girl.
"What?" she asked.
"Checkmate." Duo stared in surprise at Cara; he hadn't even seen that move.
"Let's see now," Cara said cheerfully, "that's 5 for me and none for you." Duo just glared at her.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 days later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All the gundams were repaired. Amy's had to be rebuilt, so in a month she would have it again. The teenagers were in the lounge, trying to think up Names for the new gundams piloted by the Unicorns.
"Rainbow" Amanda suggested.
"I worry about you, I really do." Cheryl said. They all laughed at her confused look. (Well, not Heero of course.) A disturbance in the hall outside caused them to turn.
"I said stop! Are you listening to me! STOP!" the voice was muffled through the door but they heard the words clearly. Suddenly Amy burst into the room and hid behind Cara and a startled Trowa.
"What took you so long?" Cara murmured.
"Crazy doctors" Amy murmured back. A very angry looking doctor marched in to the room, a syringe in one hand.
"You need this pain shot missy! So get out here!"
"I'd rather have the pain then that thing near me!" Amy retorted. Quatre smiled as he took the offered syringe.
"You give it to her, if you can" the irate doctor snapped fleeing the room.
"Will you hold Amy for a sec Heero?" Amy sent a glare in the direction of a bewildered Heero.
"Put a hand near me and you won't get it back," she hissed. Quatre placed the shot on the table.
"Amy, if you can name everyone here we'll skip the drugs" Amy sighed in relief as she reeled off names.
"Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Wufei Chang, Quatre Raberba Winner, Trowa Barton, Amanda Kao, Cara Walker and," she grinned evilly in Cheryl's direction, "Cheryl Irene."
"You so did not just tell them my last name, Amy your dead next time I see you!" Cheryl screamed. Amy winced at the loud sound.
"Are you alright Amy?" Trowa asked, looking at her intently.
"Sure, why wouldn't I be, I didn't die or anything." She said, slightly puzzled.
"Yes you did," Quatre said softly, "at exactly 1200 hours your heart stopped beating for 5 seconds. You died, I saw you die." Quatre looked up and Amy saw tear on his cheeks. She threw her arms around his neck, hugging him fiercely.
"I'll never leave you Quatre, any of you guys, till I say bye." Quatre returned the hug, regardless of the blush in his cheeks. Duo stood in front of the blonde pilot, arms crossed. He cleared his throat loudly. Amy shyly pulled away from the Arabian and looked at Duo.
"Where's mine?" he asked. Amy gave him a hug, which ended in a knee in his groin when she noticed him sticking his tongue out at Quatre.
"So. What've I missed?" she asked.
Wufei snorted, not one hour back and Amy wanted to know everything.
Dr.S strolled in.
"Sorry guys and girls, time to split." He watched their faces fall, "Unicorns have business on earth and GW boys need to do stuff in space. You'll be leaving in 10 minutes girls. Amy's gundam will be sent to her"
The group were used to seeing each other only briefly before and after fights. They all had grown close in the 2 years they had known each other. But it was hard to say goodbye, in their line if work, this might be the last time you saw a person. They all hugged, even Heero. As the girls boarded the shuttle Amanda called back.
"I'll send you a postcard."
They all smiled. The boys walked back to the lounge alone.
"I'm gonna miss them" Wufei said. They all agreed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 months later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 5 gundam guys were on earth; they had just finished blowing up an oz base and were on their way back to the safe house. Suddenly Amy Kao's Face appeared on the screen in front of them. Her left cheek was a sheet of blood and her eye was black. Her Cockpit shook with an attack.
"Emergency guys! We need help! Bad!" her image wavered and static filled the air her voice, though distorted, came threw.
"Here are the co-ordinates! Need help! AHH! Cara! CARA!! NOOO!" The com went dead. Duo's face was drained of color as he sent Deathsythe hurtling towards the co-ordinates.