Along for the Ride
Chapter 7
HeeroMaxwell100+Nanashi100
category: humor/action
rating: pg-13

a/n: wow! another chapter in the same week! that's a new record for us, we move like "three legged constipated turtles" as our teacher says. well, we hope this is one of the last chapters, if not the last. we do this as we go along, we have done zero planning on this story(as you can tell) well, enjoy! ja!

Along for the Ride Chapter 7

Jessie woke up to the sickening smell of a sterile hospital and the sound of a heart monitor. Sitting next to her bed was Alex, who had on the same hospital robe she was wearing, and was quietly dozing. Jessie could make out the lump of the heavy bandages that wrapped all the way around her chest and abdomen to the small of her back. And standing guard over her was her IV poll, where blood and some medicine dripped into her wrist. Jessie noticed that her hand was being held tightly by Alex, and had barely visible tears stains down her pale cheeks. On the other side of her sitting in chairs were five tired and sleeping guys keeping vigil over her. Jessie attempted to sit up but let out a hoarse cry at the pain in her back of her abdomen. Heero and the others awoke to her whining. Alex woke up and stared groggily at her friend. Then her brain turned on and she squeezed Jessie's hand painfully hard. She leaned over and gingerly hugged her friend around the neck, careful of both of their injuries. Jessie sat up with the help of Trowa and Heero, and Duo started talking.
"Hey, we were so worried about you. Alex just woke up a few hours ago, and she insisted that we bring her to your room. She couldn't walk so we carried her. Anyway, I guess you want to know what happened after you got shot, huh?"
"Um, yeah, I would like to know that." Jessie said, placing her hands over the heavy wounds in her back and front. The bullet must have gone totally through her stomach.
"Well, when we got in, we saw you dive to cover 'Lex and you got shot in your lower back. Of course you passed out seconds after that, but that was probably better for you. The dude that shot ya didn't last very long, 'cause Trowa pulled out his gun and shot the guy dead before he hit the floor. Wufei picked up 'Lex and Trowa got you. Boy there was so much blood, 'specially from girly-girl over here. She had to have two transfers of blood. Anyways, we barely got out without getting' caught, and poor Q almost had a heart attack when he saw you girls. He did 110 from the Carpathia house to this hospital, but even then you both were going fast. We thought we would loose you both...." Duo faltered and had to wait a second before he could continue. "Ya shoulda seen Wu-Man, he was crying like a little baby for ya." Wufei turned red and mumbled something like,"I had something in my eyes..."
"The press wants to interview you two. Oh, we destroyed the base while you distracted the boss." Heero said, the smallest trace of a smile on his lips. Duo leaned on his shoulder and closed his eyes.
"This is one mission I'm afraid I won't forget for a long time." Duo sighed, reaching over to mess up the girls' hair. "We leave to go back to Japan tomorrow." he said quietly.
"Oh, no. I am gonna miss all of you so much."Alex said, looking over at the five young men that she had grown to love.
"Yeah, me, too. You guys have changed our lives." Jessie whispered.
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the next day outside of the hospital
"Waaaa! I'm gonna miss you soooooo much!!!" Alex whined, as she and Duo shared a fierce bear hug. Each gundam pilot and agent received their hugs from each other as they packed to go their separate ways. Jessie was most despondent with the separation of her and Trowa, who had acted like a loving big brother.
Both of the girls(plus Quatre and Duo) had tears in their eyes as they said their goodbyes, not to see each other until Christmas. Wufei promised that when they came back to visit during Christmas, if there were no important missions, he would give Alex that date he had been blackm...I mean, the date that he had promised her. She gave him another kiss on the cheek when he and the others had loaded their few items into the charter bus they had rented. Trowa was already in the driver's seat as a congress ion of cars and TV vans pulled into the hospital parking lot. As Heero had promised, the press showed up right before the guys were gonna leave, and they crowded around the two girls outside of the bus.
"Agent Harnes! Agent Chin! Would you answer a few questions?"
"Yeah, ok."
"Were you responsible for the exposer of the underground OZ facility that was bent on commandeering the U.S. military?"
"No, ma'm. We were just along for the ride. "

a/n: FINISHED!!! WOOHOO!!!! thank God, we were getting really frustrated with all of this waste of time. well, we hope you enjoyed it, we surely did writing it(even though it has taken afew months) Ja ne minna!!!!!!!!!