Emily: Alright! I have updated! YAY! Oh my, you all should be proud, I update less than a week after posting, lately that has been rare, and if any of you are reading Eternally Bound I am gonna hopefully update that too! Wow! YAY!


I was so happy when I saw all those nice encouraging reviews and I felt guilty about how long it usually takes me to update so . . . I am. Just so you know this fic will probably be only 5 or 6 chapters. One of my shorter ones. ^^*


ALRIGHT! 4 Point go to dodger-chan Who knew the small little phrase at the beginning of the next chapter was from a hymn. The hymn was Rock of Ages. (see? partial credit) Umm, I'm not really sure what the points are for but how about. ::clears throat.


THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO dodger-chan! YAY!


Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or any characters relating or not relating to it. ^^*


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"ahem . . ."


Heero laid Duo on the bed, he was still panting, but didn't seem conscious. He checked Duo over, assessing the wounds. The worst seemed to be the one in Duo's stomach, it couldn't have hit any organs or else Duo would be dead already. Heero shivered at the thought and then continued his examination. The one on Duo's leg was probably the most painful, having lodged itself firmly in his shinbone. He turned when he heard someone quietly enter the room, it was Quatre and immediately following him was Trowa and Wufei.


"He needs a doctor, he won't survive without medical assistance," Heero's voice was in his same apathetic tone, as usual, but the very fact that he was willing to risk there cover for a doctor, was proof of how worried he was.


"Is that . . . safe?" Trowa asked, his face was bland, inexpressive, unless you looked at his eyes. His eyes held so much emotion it would be painful to see, except that many didn't see it, they were too absorbed in there own world and problems.


Wufei spoke up, "You remember Sally Poe, right? Couldn't she come? She's a doctor and almost definitely on our side." Heero nodded, and Duo moaned slightly as he began to respond. Worried about bothering him, Heero motioned to them to follow him to the hallway. Once there, he continued.


"Thats a good idea, but we need to find and contact her, we don't have a lot of time. You saw him, how long do you think he'll last?"


"I know for a fact that she's no more than an hour away, I can go and retrieve her if you like."


They all looked at Wufei and under other circumstances there may have been some knowing smiles and if Duo had been awake there certainly would have been some serious ribbing occurring. As it was, they agreed the Wufei would go and find Sally Poe, bringing her back at all costs. He left immediately.


Quatre went downstairs for some warm water, while Trowa went to check out Deathscythe. Heero walked back into Duo's room. Something was wrong. He stared around, unnerved by the complete silence. He ran to Duo's side.


Duo wasn't breathing.


Reacting instinctively, Heero put his fingers to Duo's neck, he could still feel a pulse, barely. Tilting Duo's head back and plugging his nose, Heero put his lips on Duo's and began breathing for him. He watched as Duo's chest rose and fell opposite of his. The sound of a dish being slammed down announced Quatre's arrival.


"Duo!?" Quatre's expert eye roamed up and down the self proclaimed Shinigami's figure, and then returned his gaze to Heero, in his valiant effort to return breath to Duo's body. Heero came up, breathing deeply. He watched Duo's chest once more, still no sign of movement.


"Come on Duo . . ." Heero murmured, bending over once more, but Quatre stopped him.


"Let me, we'll switch," He didn't explain further, but repeated what Heero had done, checking for a pulse and breathing for Duo's alarmingly still form. After about 45 seconds Quatre straightened up, Duo's chest was contracting and expanding on it's own. Quatre looked at Heero. "He didn't have any injury to his lungs, did he?"


"Not that I saw, I think his body just . . . ran out of energy. We have no idea how much blood he lost," Heero sighed and looked down at Duo's pale form. He knelt by the bed. He felt drained, the adrenaline rush from seeing Duo lying lifeless had left him and was replaced by a relieved weakness. Resting his chin on the bed, Heero murmured into Duo's ear, "Don't you leave us Duo, don't you dare."


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Trowa trooped back into the house, he took off his boots, and decided to change. He sighed and decided to take a quick peek into Duo's room. Quatre was leaning back on a wicker chair placed in the corner, and Heero was crouched next to Duo's bed. Quatre stood up when he saw Trowa.


'Trowa! Are you alright!?" Trowa's glanced down, his entire lower half of his body was drenched in blood. While he was checking out Deathscythe he had needed to sit in the pilots chair, he didn't get squirmish from blood, and there really wasn't any good way to clean of the seat right then, so he had to sit in it.


"It's not mine, it's Duo's from sitting in his cockpit." Quatre's eyes goggled the sheer amount of blood and he shook his head.


"I hope Dr. Poe gets here soon."


TBC


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Alright, so many thanks to my most excellent and skilled reviewers! I appreciate it soo much, more than I can possibly express.


Pandora-chan: ::adds chan to spell check, finally fed up enough to do so:: I'm glad you liked it! ::bows:: I wrote more! ^^*


Nelia Black: Wow, I felt so happy when I read that you had read part of my story 3 times! I do that too sometimes and never really thought someone would with mine. Thanks! ^^* I like those kind of fics too.


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Ladymars: I think it was your review that guilted me into writing more ^_^ Doumo Arigatou Gozaimashita! ::adds more Japanese words to spell check::


Wufei: hehe, your name is Emily too! (makes me smile, sorry!) I'm glad you like! ^^* !!!


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Tiger Shinigami: hehe, cliffs, the bane of all ficcie readers, there's not really cliffs in a book unless they published a series. Anyway, here you are! ::hands chapter on silver platter::


dodger-chan: Oh ever humble one, was this soon enough??? ::smiles broadly::


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Akuma Senshi: Actually I have a super special blood removing . .. agent in my basement . . . we'll use it to clean him up. ^^*


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Okay, I hope to keep up this pace, but I did just get Xenosaga and I really want to play that . . . but I will do my best. Remember! It was your reviews that got this done so fast!


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~Emily~