Hey, I know that it has been a while since I wrote anything but I have work! Oh well here is some more for you fanfic hungry people.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Gundam Wing characters, but I do own Althea Achos and some other characters that I'm going to put in this story later on.

To Heal and to Love

He was floating…everything was black. He couldn't see anything.

"Hello…anyone there?"

Silence…

"Can anyone hear me?"

A faint whisper echoed through the void, growing steadily louder.

"Where are they?! Tell me where's the other pilots?!"

Suddenly the crack of a whip deafened him. He felt it cut into his back and cried out.

"Go to Hell!"

"Where are they?!"

"Fuck you!"

"Insolent little whelp!"

His body was like a broken record of pain, repeating over and over again. Blood poured freely from his wounds as he twisted and turned trying to escape the torture. Just when he thought that he was going to die he felt a warmth. He saw a light chasing the darkness away. It engulfed him in its warmth and comfort. It washed over him and cleansed his mind, body and soul.

"Shh…don't worry Munir, you are safe now…"

The light cooed softly as he bathed in its heavenly glow…

*****

Althea had dragged the young man through the tunnel back to her home. After much difficulty she laid him down in a spare bedroom. She stripped him down to his boxers       (Oh Hush!). She made a quick evaluation before getting necessary supplies. She boiled some water, got comfrey root, daisy tea, anise and caraway to help with some of his serious wounds. But for his minor injuries she gathered cranberries, vinegar, and some unglazed brown paper. Having laid out her supplies Althea first washed the blood from his body to better understand where it was coming from.

'Okay, gun shot wound to the right shoulder, straight through…nothing vital was damaged, he was very lucky. Umm…whip marks, knife wounds, and …needle marks?! They certainly did a number on him. Okay Althea time to get busy…'

She poured some of the boiling water into another pot and added the cranberries to it and let them cook. She then poured some boiling water (not the water with the cranberries) into a cup and put the anise and caraway, in a netted bag, into the water making a tea. Making sure that the herbs had soaked long enough to release their essence into the water, Althea moved to help the man into a sitting position. He struggled against her whispering words of protests. Althea wiped his brow gently,

"Shh…don't worry Munir, you are safe now…"

He calmed at her words. She grabbed the cup and worked it into his mouth and down his throat, careful so as to not make him choke. After he finished the tea she laid him back down.

'Okay that should flush whatever toxins he was injected with…Now to disinfect those wounds of his…'

She went to check on the cranberries. Satisfied that they were ready, she juiced them and applied the juice to his wounds. She then grabbed the unglazed brown paper and doused it with the vinegar and applied it to his bleeding wounds hoping to staunch the blood flow. Then she made some comfrey root compress for any injuries to his bones, tendons, or muscles. For any deep tissue injuries she made him drink some daisy tea. She checked the brown paper and was happy to see that most of the cuts had stopped bleeding. After replacing the blood filled brown paper with new ones and she brewed another cup of anise and caraway tea. While trying to get him to drink it he woke up. Althea smiled warmly at him and set the cup down.

"Welcome back to the land of the living Munir."

"Wh-where am I?"

"You are safe…you are in my home in the Arinica Jungle. Have no fear little Munir…Oz can not find this place."

"Who are you?"

"I am Althea Achos. And who, pray tell, are you?"

"I am…."

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I know, I know, I'm evil! Hehehehehehehe….I just had to torture you some more. Why? Because I can! Anyway…the pairings that I was thinking of is Quatre/Trowa, Duo/Heero, and Wufei/Althea. If none of you like it then tell me and I might change it. Well please review and flames are accepted.