Disclaimer: I dun own GW so.....dude why do I even

bother to write this? Ah w/e!

The cold from the water shocked Anna and she swam up,

gasping for air as she broke through the water's

surface. Her first thought was of Marisa, but all she

could see was the wreckage of the plane. The body of

the plane was still intact, little bits of drift wood

floated all around and spurts of fire danced on top of

the waves.

"I've gotta find her!" she thought. A large part of

one of the plane's wings floated toward her and

grabbed on, using it to paddle her was around the

waters. Anna desperately called out Marisa's name,

knowing it was probably in vain since Marisa was still

unconsious.

*Jet 8071*

Trowa contacted the coast guard as soon as he saw the

plane go down while Heero landed the jet and opene up

cockpit so Noin could get Zechs out. Trowa and Heero

rushed to the docks (which were close by) and jumped

into a speed boat following the coast guard; ignoring

the curses and yells from the boat's owner. They

didn't talk, and even though they seemed calm on the

outside-inside they were numb with worry about the

girls. The rain had stopped but the fog persisted and

the waves were getting bigger.

~~~~~~~~~~

Marisa groaned as she slowly gained consiousness. At

first, she could only see blue and red blurs but she

knew she was in the ocean by the sound of the waves

crashing. Her head throbbed with pain and she slowly

began to feel the freezing water creep up her body. In

the distance, she thought she heard the faint cry of

someone calling her name, but she was too weary to

move. Then something brushed up against her leg that

suddenly made her jump. She was awake now.

"Help!" were the first words that sprang to her lips.

"Marisa?" she heard a cry to her left.

"Over here!" Marisa gasped. She tasted blood on her

mouth and groped around her face to find the spot

where she'd been hit.

"Marisa!" Thank God I've found you!" Anna yelled, her

voice hoarse now from shouting Marisa's name over and

over. "Grap on to this!" she kicked her legs and

Marisa lunged forward to grab on. "Shit, there's blood

everywhere!" Anna said, looking around her for any

kind of cloth.

"Anna...I...uh, don't feel good. I'm getting dizzy."

"A concussion, no doubt." she responded, grabbing a

long strip of some kind of clothing and wrapping it

around Marisa's head. "You've lost so much blood-" she

jumped a little.

"What?" Marisa asked as their teeth started to

chatter.

"I just felt something move against my legs." she

said.

"Really? I felt something earlier, too..." Marisa's

voice wavered and her eyes began to roll back.

"Hey, hey! Stay with me alright?!" Anna slapped Marisa

and then grabbed her chin to make her look at her.

Marisa opened her eyes and saw a big, gray fin behind

Anna.

"Sh-shark!" she stuttered.

"Uh?" Anna looked around her frantically and told

Marisa to hold on as she tried to kick them safely

from the blood-stained water (from their wounds),

which attracted the shark. Luckily the shark didn't

harm them, or so they thought. 10...15...20 minutes

rolled by as the sea drifted them further and further

fromt the crash site. Their lips were turning blue and

purple and their skin, deathly white. Anna was more

concerned for Marisa, since she was fighting a

concussion and she had to constantly slap her to keep

her from going unconsious, again. However, Anna was in

more danger than she thought. Every now and then she

felt an inching pain, like a needle lodged in one of

her legs. She looked down and to her horror she found

a piece of metalk sticking out from her hip. She

winced at the thought of pulling it out, but she knew

she must.

"Geez, why must I always get an injury?

Dammmit!"Perching her elbow on the wing, she grabbed

the metal with both hands and yanked it out, screaming

at the top of her lungs from the immense pain. The

sound echoed and travelled across the water.

*~Coast Guard Sub~*

"Sir, I've picked up on something. It's faint, but

I've pinpointed the location. There's no sign of the

plane so...I'm guessing it's a voice."

"What?" Colonel Bankroft saind, "Leiutenant, are you

sure?"

"Positive, sir!" the colonel swiped a radio and

contacted the Coast Guard Ship.

*~U.S.P.I.A. Main Control Booth~*

Noin tried convincing Zechs that everything would be

alright and make him rest in a room, but he insited on

being there when word came in about his daughter. Noin

nervously tapped her fingers on her desk when suddenly

the colonel came up on the screen. She nudged Zechs

and he lifted himself up on his elbows.

"This is Noin. Go ahead, colonel."

"I can't stay on long, the weather is pretty bad, but

we've found the girls." Noin breathed in a sigh of

relief and Zechs lay back down, closing his eyes.

"Are they alright?" she asked.

"The girl with the dark hair has a concussion from a

lare laseration on her forehead and the blond one has

a puncture wound-looks like it came from a piece of

metal or wood-on her hip. Both have minor shark bites

on their legs. They're both cold and unconsious from

mild hypothermia. Otherwise, they're fine. They'll be

alright. We'll have our medical staff working on them

soon."

"Thank you, colonel. Ten-four." The line was

disconnected.

*~Coast Guard Ship~*

Heero and Trowa knew they had found the girls when

they saw two of the diver's go into the water. When

their boat was side-by-side, they climbed onto the

main ship; the helicopters above them shined down

their lights upon the girls, who lay lifeless in the

hands of the divers. Making their way through the

crowd of men and women in orange jumpsuits, Heero and

Trowa saw the two divers bring the girls onto the

deck. Their fear grew worse when they saw the pale

faces, blue lips, and bloody gashes on their bodies.

Before the boys could touch them, Marisa and Anna were

put on strectchers with IV's and whisked away.

'If this is Relena's doing...how, how could she do

this is the first place? After Marimeha, we rarely saw

each other, but she started seeming different. But, if

it is Relena's fault, if she hurt Marisa and

Anna-girls that are trying to protect the colonies and

Earth...I'll just have to...." Heero thought.

'She looks so....fragile.' Trowa thought about Anna.

Then, for some reason he thought her face looked

familiar since her hair wasn't in it's usual long

braid, but hung loosely. He pulled out the cross from

his turtle neck and stared at it. 'Nah...she couldn't

be, could she?'

"Trowa?" Heero asked, putting a hand on his shoulder,

"you okay?"

"Yeah...fine." Trowa said, putting the necklace back.

Heero looked hard at him.

"Who ar' ye? a middle aged-man with a beard said to

Heero and Trowa as he spun them around. The man was

accompanied by many crew members. Heero cracked his

knuckles and the man gave him the evil eye.

"We're close friends of the girls." Trowa spoke up.

The man stared at him for a moment, then grunted.

"I b-leeve ya, but th' cap'n wans' to see yer' firs'."

At that, two men took Trowa and Heero by the arms and

tied their hands loosely behind their backs. Heero

gave a disgusted grunt.

~~~~~~~~~~

After contacting Noin, Colonel Bankroft o.k.-ed the

boys' permission to visit the girls, who were in the

same room. Before entering the room, Heero and Trowa

looked at each other, as if reading each other's

thoughts. The girls were sleeping peacefully; after

looking upon Marisa, Trowa walked over towards Anna's

cot and sat by her. Heero did the same, checking on

Anna before sitting by Marisa's side. Trowa took

Anna's head and rested it upon his lap, using it as a

pillow. He played with her hair and she stretched out

her arms, hugging his middle like a stuffed animal,

and pulling herself up under his chin.

"Alexei..." she muttered and shivered a little. Trowa

cradled her in his arms and pulled the blanket snugly

around her. After a minute or so, Trowa looked over to

the other side of the room where Heero was still

sitting by Marisa, his hand on her arm. He was in a

shadow, but he could still make out their sillouettes.

"It's odd because she reminds me of...Relina." he said

quietly.

"Why?" Trowa asked.

"Because," Heero hesitated, "because she loves life,

nature, and peace. I can't explain it."

"You don't have to," Trowa said, "Perhaps the Relina

we know now isn't the real Relina."

"What are you talking about?"

"What if Relina was hypnotized or maybe even cloned? I

know you still care about her. I just think that

there's something very different about her...a change

she wouldn't do. Not willingly, at least."

"Hnnnn," Heero groaned. "If what you say is true, then

I guess we should try and do more research on

her...which we will do, obvioulsly. But, otherwise, I

still feel the same. I'll do whatever it takes to

prevent lives from being destroyed...from having to

lose more little girls and their dogs. Even if it

means sacrifying me to kill her."

"You know Marisa would be very upset." Trowa said.

"Well, so would Anna. But they know what kind of

destiny might be in store for all of us. They would be

willing to sacrifice their lives as well. I thought it

was all over after Marimeha, but now I see..." his

voice trailed off.

"They say bad events happen in threes. Thsi is our

third war, and hopefully, maybe our last."

"I hope so. I don't know how much longer I can take

the madness."

"It hasn't been all bad. I mean if we hadn't decided

to fight we woudln't have met them."

"Hmmm." Heero said, fondly. "True, but this is the

last time I fight." Marisa started mumbling nonsense

in her sleep and Heero shushed her and told her

everything would be alright. Heero had felt something

like this for Relina, but she never really captured

him; not like Marisa did. For the first time, Trowa

and Heero (esp. for Heero) started to understand what

caring for someone in a romantic way was all about.

*~~Cape Rodney, Alaska~~*

There weren't any major hospitals nearby, only a

M*A*S*H (mobile army surgical hospital) who removed

the bullets from Quatre's chest and treated Krissy for

dehydration and mild hypothermia. While Jenn and Duo

waited, Jenn decided to contact Noin, Sally, or Lady

Une-whoever happened to be there at the time. Jennifer

got through to Noin; Sally waited on the other lines

for any response from the Coast Guard or Alyssa and

Wufei while Lady Une wheeled Zechs to his room. When

Jenn hung up the phone she turned around and Duo saw

the sad look on her face.

"That's the saddest look I've seen on anyone. What's

the matter?" he asked.

"It's along story, but it looks like I have the time,

so I'll tell you. But, first I should tell you that

Anna and Marisa's plane went down-they're okay, but

they have a lot of injuries. Supposedly, they werew

shot down by another plane. Trowa and Heero are with

them now."

" 'Anything at all for the one you love' I said that

to Heero when we went to go rescue Relina from

Marimeha, but it seems that now he's fallen for

another girl. Don't know if he likes Marisa as much as

Relina, but I'm sure I'll find out. He may keep things

all inside, but I can read him like a book." He smiled

Jenn to try and make her feel better, but it didn't

seem to work.

"And, also (she went on as if she hadn't stopped) it

seems Alyssa and Wufei aere late because Alyssa has

finally found one of her family-her grandmother. She's

in prison for something stupid and Alyssa's trying to

get her out." Jenn continued by telling Duo about how

her father was apart of the Marisa and what they did

to her family when he tried to leave. She also told

Duo that they had found out that Jenn was alive, but

that they had gotten her and Marisa mixed up. So they

bombed Marisa's house instead of Jenn's.

"Poor, poor Marisa. She's going to be so devestated,"

Jenn said, trying to push back tears (she thought it

was un-pilot like to cry...esp in front of a g-pilot

like duo who's nickname was the god of Death/Darkness

and his gundam Deathscythe). "But, I don't have a home

outside the White House, so...they must have bombed

Marisa's as a way to get me back. It wouldn't hurt so

much if they bombed a vacaant house of mine, but it

would hurt much much more if he hurt someone close t o

me. The Mafia isn't stupid. They hurt Marisa to get to

me. Not because they made a mistake." Duo put hand on

her sholder.

"I'm sorry, man."

"Me, too." Just then, a nurse came up to them.

"You may see them now. We've put them in the same room

and you can take them in an hour or so."

*~~Shabramant, Egypt~~~*

"It was an accident! You've got to let her go!" Alyssa

said, sternly, but trying not to raise her voice.

"I am sorry, but unless you have proof that this lady

is related to you, then she will remian in here,

serving her sentence." the seargant said, slyly.

"How much would it cost to bail her out?" The man

stared at her for a moment, then said in a smug tone.

"There are not bail bonds for women, only men."

"You lie!" Wufei stepped in, his fist raised. Alyssa

grabbed his arm.

"Thank you," she said bitterly, her lips pursed, "And,

good day." She walked out, still holding onto Wufei's

tense wrist. When they were outside, Wufei yanked his

arm back.

"Why didn't you do something?!" he yelled.

"What?! I did try, Wufei!" Alyssa yelled back.

"Didn't look like it to me." Wufei crossed his arms.

"That's because you don't know them like I do." Alyssa

said solemly, and walked over by a brick wall and

plopped down on it. Wufei sat next to her.

"Try me." he said.

"Well," Alyssa sighed heavily, "first of all, these

people aren't very fond of other races. Secondly,

women's righta are near to none in the middle-east.

And, third, even if we tried to go over that

seargant's head to a general it woudln't work because

they all stick together. Even if we asked for help

from Noin or one of the others, there would be nothing

they could do because my Nana was arrested here (not

in the U.S.) and she's a citizen of Egypt." She looked

down at the ground and Wufei joined her. After a

minute, a smirk appeared of Wufei's face.

"C'mon, I've got a plan." he said, grabbing her arm

and making their way back to their 'camp.'

~~~~~~~~

"Sally, tell the others we're going to be a little

delayed." Wufei said.

"Alright, but be careful you two." she said and the

screen went black.

"Now, will you finally tell me what the hell you have

up your sleeve?" Alyssa said, anxiously annoyed.

"Fine, here's what we do..."

*~~Prison~~*

"I know I don't like using violence except in Noble

Slayer, but now I feel like kicking some butt!" Alyssa

whispered outside the prison.

"This is really the only way. It's good you decided to

try things my way." Wufei whispered back, loading his

his semi-automatic.

"Right, let's do it. Good luck."

"I won't need any, but you will." Wufei smirked.

Alyssa flicked his ear playfully and scurried off in

the opposite direction.

"Ow!" he said, but a small mile crept up on his face.

"Show time!" He jumped out and sent bullets flying

into the air. As Wufei served as a distraction, Alyssa

slipped throught a window after filing the bars away.

her nose wrinkled at the awful stench and unsanitary

conditions of the prison.

"Dear me, their not animals! And, even animals

wouldn't be caught dead in here." she retorted,

shooing away flies. She found three guards standing in

front of the closet gate door.

'Wufei sure does know how to make a ruckus-all the

officers must be trying to stop him.' she thought.

After creeping up behind them and kicking and punching

the guards to knock them out, Alyssa stole the kesy

and wandered down the cells to find her grandmother.

Sympathy filled Alyssa as she looked into the eyes of

all the other ppoor women being held captive. Finally,

she found her.

"Oh, Nana." she whispered, tears streaming down her

face. She picked up her grandmother and carried her

over her shoulders. Alyssa couldn't help but notice

how light she was. Bruises and cuts covered her ams

and face.

"Don't worry, Nana, you're safe now." Alyssa hopped

out of the window just as reinforcements started down

the road.

*~~End~~*

AN: I hope I didn't offend anyone of the

middle-eastern descent ~_~ And, yes, I know in Endless

Waltz the guys destroyed their gundams, but in my

story they were rebuilt! This is my story and I can

do whatever I want mwhahahahaha!