Floating Beings
*Last Time: What the pilots saw, at first was just a strange beam of energy. As it slowly dimmed and lessened in size, what they saw was
This Time:
As it slowly dimmed and lessened in size, what they saw was their friend and comrade Heero Yui floating in the air, held up by a figure who looked to be producing the brilliant glow. The light kept reducing until it barely outlined the two figures, yet it did not completely recede. Heero looked to be completely at peace in the strange figure — woman's — arms even though he appeared to be unconscious.
Dou stared wide-eyed, open-mouthed at the vision before him. There was a gorgeous woman in white just FLOATING where the base had once stood. What was more, she was holding an unconscious Heero Yui in her arms like one would for a child.
"Wha" he stuttered through the intercom link. That was more than any of the other pilots could say. The rest just stared dumbfounded at the sight before them. They were all too stunned because what they were witnessing was beyond anything they had ever imagined scientifically possible. There was a woman just FLOATING in MIDAIR, how could they not be bewildered?
Cosmos poured all of her concentration into keeping herself and her passenger alive and afloat. The blast had weakened her considerably. Although she couldn't completely negate the effects of the explosion, she was able to shield herself with a basic ki energy shield. The shield had taken the majority of the damage, but she and Heero had received a considerable amount too. Right now, it was all she could do to stay afloat and conscious. It was getting to be too much, she had to close her eyes and focus completely on the task of lowering herself. About halfway to the ground, approximately fifty feet from the ground, her strength gave out and her last aware thought was that she needed to keep Heero alive.
Quatre watched the glow recede almost completely. He was in awe of what he was seeing. So were the others, judging by noises Duo was making through the com system and the silence the other two were keeping. He couldn't help, looking at the mysterious woman, feeling a beautiful, almost ethereal sense of peace. This was the most heavenly being he had ever laid eyes on, she could only have been a Goddess for no human could retain such a pure being. All too soon, that feeling was bombarded by an urgent sense of need. He snapped out of his reverie to notice that the angel was falling, fast; Heero still locked in her grip but luckily (or unluckily for the angel) she had shifted her weight so that he would land on top of her and his fall would be softened.
"NO!!" Quatre screamed through the intercom, but it was too late. By the time anyone could get their Gundams anywhere close to the two, it was painfully obvious that there would be no way to stop their fall or slow it down enough to make it survivable.
The dull sound that resulted in the cease of their fall made the pilots cringe. It sounded so lifeless. Neither of the two recently falling bodies moved, but who could have survived that fall? Not even Heero himself could claim that magnificent feat.*