Trowa- $4,000,000 from Terry Yuy and million manga, a can of Cream Soda
from Queen Rinoa
Quatra- $1,490 from anime_angle0
Wufei- A life sized poster of Duo and a lock of Duo's hair from devil_raptor
Heero- $100,000 from carrielmyers
Alright, those are the final bets. ^^ I hope you all like this chapter. I tried to make it interesting, but if it isn't, I'm sorry. I tried. ;_; Anyways.........................oh, and to the lovely person who decided to flame this fic, I appreciate your comments, but if you are trying to lower my self-esteem, nice try. Honestly, I don't care if the characters are real or not, it's nice to imagine. I have a VERY big imagination and I put it to use. Of course, if you are reading this right now, you are really messed up. Saying that my fic 'sucks' and yet you are still reading, well, how could I phrase this.........
Duo: F***ed up?
Joey: Screwed up?
Miroku: Contradicting?
Chichiri: Weird person no da?
All. ^^ My lovely muses, they lubbish me. ^^ --huggles her muses--
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing to do with Gundam Wing or G Gundam. Also, "My Immortal" is by Evanescence and belongs to them. ^^ I only own Ashleigh, Donna, Chasity, and any other character that doesn't show up in the series. ^^ Also the there are 2 songs in here. The first is "Lies" By Evanescence and "My Immortal" By Evanescence
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"Where the heck is he?" Ashleigh growled as she weaved in and out of the suits and blasts.
"You seen any of them?" Li's face came on the screen.
"Not one bloody sign. I knew we should have stayed on Libra." Ashleigh crossed her arms. "Quinze is getting senile."
"When ever was he fully there anyways?" Li smirked.
The two laughed until their sensors beeped.
"There they are." Ashleigh smirked.
"Where are you? We could both sneak up on them."
"Right next to you." Shadow grabbed Dragon Gundam's arm and was pulled into the cloaking device. "Come on."
The two stopped outside the battlefield and let the cloak down.
*~*~*
"Two suits on radar. They are 500yds away." Donna told them over the intercom.
"Alright everyone, lets get ready." Quatra instructed.
Just as they approached the 2 MS, they stopped abruptly.
"Ashleigh! Me Li!" Chasity called out happily. "You are alright!"
Ashleigh came on to their screens with an impassive face.
"Ashleigh?" Trinity asked, suddenly scared at her look.
"03, 04, Mum, Schim, and Noble leave." She stated. "Our battle is not with you."
"02 and 05 must stay." Me Li came on the screen as well.
"Something is wrong here." Wufei narrowed his eyes. "They never call us that."
"Ashleigh?! What is wrong?" Duo asked urgently.
"We've come for our revenge." Ashleigh growled.
"Revenge? For what? Ashleigh, what did we do?"
"You know what you did! And you will pay for it!" She yelled and unsheathed her Spiegel Blades before attacking.
"Maxwell, this is not Ashleigh and Me Li! They are imposters." Wufei told Duo as he voided an attack from Me Li.
"What?" Duo looked at the screen and looked deeply at the angered face on the screen.
'But she looks so much like her. If this an imposter, how can I fight the woman I love?'
"God dammit!" He cursed and hit his console. "I can't do it! I can't fight her!"
"Maxwell! Pull yourself together! I don't fight women, but decimation the suit so they can't hurt us! It is the only way to keep yourself alive!"
Duo blocked the attack again as his mind swam.
'Maybe if I do disable her, I could get her back to normal.' His mind made up, Duo began attacking. But with every strike he made, he felt his hear breaking.
*~*~*
"They've started battle Mr. Quinze." A monitor announced.
"How are their life signs?"
"They are showing no sign of recognition to the pilots and holding stabile."
"Good." Quinze smiled. "Tell them that once 05 and 02 are destroyed, destroy the rest of the pilots."
"Yes sir."
*~*~*
"Trinity, how are you faring?" Donna asked from the intercom.
"Fine." She told her as more suits were destroyed around her from the sword. "Doing better than I thought."
"Good, you think you could help me out?"
*~*~*
Donna managed to dodge several blasts from the Mobile Dolls before one grazed the shoulder of her suit
"AH!" She yelled and gripped her shoulder. "Why did they make us feel the pain when we are hit?!"
She managed to get a few more suits destroyed before she was hit again. It hit her back and sent her flying forward. Just as she was about to be hit again, the shot was deflected.
"Donna? Donna can you hear me?"
"Quatra?"
"Are you alright?"
"I don't know. It hurts to move." She confided.
"Don't try to move too much okay? I'm gonna get you back to Peacemillion."
"Don't worry about me Quatra. I'll be find. Go help the others."
"I'm not going anywhere Donna."
The firmness in his voice startled her but she nodded.
"Alright."
*~*~*
/Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear
Sealed with lies through so many tears
Lost from within, pursuing the end
I fight for the chance to be lied to again
You will never be strong enough
You will never be good enough
You were never conceived in love
You will not rise above/
'Why won't he die?!' Me Li yelled in her head as she kept defending against Wufei's attacks.
She spaced out for a minute and was knocked back.
"Give it up onna, you can't beat me." Wufei's voice echo around her cockpit.
"I will kill you and avenge the death of my husband!" She yelled, tears leaking out of her eyes.
/They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me
But through my tears breaks a blinding light
Birthing a dawn to this endless night
Arms outstretched, awaiting me
An open embrace upon a bleeding tree/
"Tell me who you really are!" Wufei demanded.
"My name is Me Li Chang." She growled. "Also known as Lady Dragon."
"You are an imposter. You are not my wife. She wouldn't turn on me like this."
"Who the hell are you 05?!" She yelled as she lunged at his suit.
/Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you
I will never forsake you
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me/
Wufei grabbed both of Dragon Gundam's arms and held her there. He opened a visual link to her.
"No..........." She breathed. "It can't be.................."
"I am Wufei Chang, heir of the Dragon clan." He stared her straight in the eye. "If you really are Me Li, answer me this. What is your nickname Merian?"
"My........my nickname?" Her eyes went blank as she started to remember.
/They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me
Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you
I will never forsake you/
"I am Nataku."
"You can't be Nataku, you are mortal."
"I will become Nataku. I will be the strongest woman in the world."
"I am not." She whispered as she closed her eyes. "I am not worthy to be your wife Wufei. I wasn't strong enough to fight it. You were right, I am not and can not be Nataku."
"Yes you are."
"What?" Her eyes snapped open and she looked at him.
/They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me/
"You are worthy to be both my wife and Nataku. You proved it many times."
"Thank you Wufei."
*~*~*
/I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all of my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Because your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone/
"Gotcha!" Ashleigh gave a triumphant yell as her nets wrapped around Deathscythe Hell, making him immobile.
"Dammit." Duo whispered as he let go of the controls and leaned back in his seat.
"Remember this one thing 02, I'm not only doing this for myself, I'm doing it from my family. The ones you murdered in cold blood."
"I didn't do it Ashleigh." He told her. "I never killed your family. They died of natural causes."
"Simple lie."
"Don't you remember Ashleigh? They died almost 300 years ago. You came here in a time warp. We took you in and took care of you."
/These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase/
"Shut up!"
"Remember when you told me what you truly felt about me?"
"Good-bye 02." She sneered and prepared to attack.
"Good-bye Ashleigh. I'm sorry it had to end this way." He told her gently. "I forgive you and I love you with all my heart." Duo leaned his head back against his seat and closed his eyes as tears slipped past them.
Ashleigh stood frozen in time almost.
'W-what? Who does he think he is? What right does he have to tell me this?!' Ashleigh clenched her fists and turned on a visual.
/When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me/
"Just who the hell do you think you are?!" She fumed.
Duo opened his eyes and looked at the screen. Ashleigh couldn't believe that the pilot of the suit was no older than her and he was crying. She glared at him, but the longer she looked at him, the more familiar he looked.
"Who are you?" She asked again.
"It's me, Duo. Duo Maxwell." He told her.
"Duo..........." She breathed
~*~*~*Flashback(s)*~*~*~
"Hi Duo."
"Well, well sleeping beauty decided to get up. You can sit down I don't bite."
*~*~*
"Will you stop squirming? I'm not getting up." Ashleigh scowled playfully.
"Du-Duo? Pinned by a girl?" Relena stuttered then burst out laughing.
"Great now Relena has a reason to laugh at me." Duo hid his face in the carpet.
*~*~*
/You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
But now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me/
"Why don't you just give it up buddy she doesn't want to be your partner. Besides she already has one." Duo put his arms over Ashleigh's shoulders protectively his hands rested on her stomach.
"Just who are you?" David snapped.
"Duo Maxwell. You've already meet Ashleigh here and my friend Heero." He answered in his cocky voice.
*~*~*
"You shouldn't be out of bed you know that." Duo grinned at her as she struggled, but stopped when she felt the pain that went trough her.
"So. That won't stop me from anything. I'll get up and down as I please." Ashleigh folded her arms over her chest as he put her on the bed and sat in the chair next to it.
*~*~*
"Now as far as which person gets which suit-" O started.
"I want Shadow Gundam!" Ashleigh said happily.
"I'll take Dragon Gundam." Me Li added.
"Noble Gundam." Chasity put in.
"Gundam Scimitar here."
"I guess I'm stuck with Mummy Gundam." Donna shrugged.
~*~*~*End Flashback*~*~*~
/These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase/
Ashleigh fell to her knees as the memories came flooding back to her.
"Duo..........." She managed to say after a few seconds. She looked up at the screen and could see Duo worried.
"Ashleigh? Are you alright?"
"I'm so sorry Duo." She told him as tears fell from her eyes.
"It's alright babe." He smiled at her warmly. "I forgave you. It wasn't your fault."
"I know, but I hurt so much.................my body hurts so much......." She wrapped her arms around her body.
Ashleigh felt something wet on her glove and she pulled it away to find blood. She looked at it then at Duo.
"I don't think I'm gonna make it......." She whispered as she looked at him sorrowfully.
/When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me/
"You are going to be fine Ashleigh." He told her soothingly as he worked at his controls to break free of the net.
Ashleigh realized what he was doing and pushed a tiny switch on her wrist that made the net useless. Deathscythe Hell broke free, but not quick enough. A blast from a Mobile Doll was heading right for him.
Duo moved as fast as he could to get out of the way. If he didn't, the shot was sure to kill him. Finding that he couldn't move fast enough, he braced for impact. It never came. Something exploded in front of him.
"I love you Duo............" Was the last thing he heard as the line went to static.
"Ashleigh? Ashleigh?!" He called out.
Once the smoke cleared out, Duo found only parts of a suit left and saw a body floating in the space.
"ASHLEIGH!"
/I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
And though you're still with me
I've been alone all along/
*~*~*
A month later.............
"Ashleigh...............Ashleigh........." She could barely hear it, but she heard someone's voice. It was close but she couldn't place it. "Ashleigh.........."
Ashleigh opened her eyes and was greeted with the face of Sally Po.
"You've finally woken up." She smiled. "It's about time too."
"Where am I?" Ashleigh asked in a raspy voice.
"A hospital on L4. You were luckily to survive that blast." She told her as she checked her heart beat. "Everyone will be happy to see you awake."
"How long have I been asleep?"
"1 month."
"1 month.............Duo." She shot up right and winced. "Where is Duo, is he okay?"
"He's fine." Sally put her hand on Ashleigh's shoulder and eased her back down. "He's been by your side since he brought you here. We made him go home and get something to eat and change. You practically have to threaten his braid to get that boy to move."
"Everyone came out fine. Donna was in here for a few weeks with a back injury, but she's fine."
"I'm glad." Ashleigh sighed. "Is there a way I could get something to eat?"
"Sure. I'll be right back." She smiled and walked out the door.
As Sally was walking down the hall, she ran into Duo.
"How she doing Sally?" Duo asked as she stopped.
"She's doing fine. She finally woke up. I was just on my way to get her something to eat."
"Thank god." He sighed happily. "I can go see her right?"
"Yes you may." Sally nodded as she continued her way to the cafeteria.
Duo ran down the hall and stopped in front of Ashleigh's door. He paused for a moment to collect himself before he went in. After a few moments, he knocked.
"Come in." Ashleigh's voice came from inside.
Duo turned the doorknob and entered somewhat slowly.
"Duo!" Ashleigh sat up excitedly as she saw him.
"Hey Ash." He smiled and hugged her tightly once he approached her bed. "How you feeling?"
"Fine. My body aches a bit, but I'm doing fine." She smiled as he hugged him. "Now you have to tell me all that happened. I want every detail of what happened after I went unconscious." She told him as she pulled back and looked at him. "Did Heero destroy Libra? Was Peacemillion crashed into Libra? Was anyone besides Donna and myself hurt?"
"Calm down with the questions." He chuckled. "Yes, yes, and sort of. Trinity and Chasity were roughed up a bit along with Wufei and Quatra. That is physically tho', Me Li is still trying to recover from what Quinze did to you two. She does nothing but be little herself." He shook his head.
"I forgot about that." Ashleigh looked down at the sheets. "I didn't remember that till you said something."
"When I brought you in, you had injuries not related to the explosion."
"Yeah, it was when I got captured again. I was shot twice. One grazed my side and the other actually penetrated it. I think that in that stuff he gave me, it made all my pain and wounds go away. I guess when whenever I came to, that effect wore off and it hurt and started to bleed again." She explained. "I never want to fight again. I swear I will never fight again, no matter what."
"Let's hope we will never have to fight again."
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Weeeeeeee..................that is the last chap! I'm finally done! It took me a year but I did it! But wait, there is an Epilogue. Oo Quick, go find out what happens. --dashes off--
Quatra- $1,490 from anime_angle0
Wufei- A life sized poster of Duo and a lock of Duo's hair from devil_raptor
Heero- $100,000 from carrielmyers
Alright, those are the final bets. ^^ I hope you all like this chapter. I tried to make it interesting, but if it isn't, I'm sorry. I tried. ;_; Anyways.........................oh, and to the lovely person who decided to flame this fic, I appreciate your comments, but if you are trying to lower my self-esteem, nice try. Honestly, I don't care if the characters are real or not, it's nice to imagine. I have a VERY big imagination and I put it to use. Of course, if you are reading this right now, you are really messed up. Saying that my fic 'sucks' and yet you are still reading, well, how could I phrase this.........
Duo: F***ed up?
Joey: Screwed up?
Miroku: Contradicting?
Chichiri: Weird person no da?
All. ^^ My lovely muses, they lubbish me. ^^ --huggles her muses--
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing to do with Gundam Wing or G Gundam. Also, "My Immortal" is by Evanescence and belongs to them. ^^ I only own Ashleigh, Donna, Chasity, and any other character that doesn't show up in the series. ^^ Also the there are 2 songs in here. The first is "Lies" By Evanescence and "My Immortal" By Evanescence
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"Where the heck is he?" Ashleigh growled as she weaved in and out of the suits and blasts.
"You seen any of them?" Li's face came on the screen.
"Not one bloody sign. I knew we should have stayed on Libra." Ashleigh crossed her arms. "Quinze is getting senile."
"When ever was he fully there anyways?" Li smirked.
The two laughed until their sensors beeped.
"There they are." Ashleigh smirked.
"Where are you? We could both sneak up on them."
"Right next to you." Shadow grabbed Dragon Gundam's arm and was pulled into the cloaking device. "Come on."
The two stopped outside the battlefield and let the cloak down.
*~*~*
"Two suits on radar. They are 500yds away." Donna told them over the intercom.
"Alright everyone, lets get ready." Quatra instructed.
Just as they approached the 2 MS, they stopped abruptly.
"Ashleigh! Me Li!" Chasity called out happily. "You are alright!"
Ashleigh came on to their screens with an impassive face.
"Ashleigh?" Trinity asked, suddenly scared at her look.
"03, 04, Mum, Schim, and Noble leave." She stated. "Our battle is not with you."
"02 and 05 must stay." Me Li came on the screen as well.
"Something is wrong here." Wufei narrowed his eyes. "They never call us that."
"Ashleigh?! What is wrong?" Duo asked urgently.
"We've come for our revenge." Ashleigh growled.
"Revenge? For what? Ashleigh, what did we do?"
"You know what you did! And you will pay for it!" She yelled and unsheathed her Spiegel Blades before attacking.
"Maxwell, this is not Ashleigh and Me Li! They are imposters." Wufei told Duo as he voided an attack from Me Li.
"What?" Duo looked at the screen and looked deeply at the angered face on the screen.
'But she looks so much like her. If this an imposter, how can I fight the woman I love?'
"God dammit!" He cursed and hit his console. "I can't do it! I can't fight her!"
"Maxwell! Pull yourself together! I don't fight women, but decimation the suit so they can't hurt us! It is the only way to keep yourself alive!"
Duo blocked the attack again as his mind swam.
'Maybe if I do disable her, I could get her back to normal.' His mind made up, Duo began attacking. But with every strike he made, he felt his hear breaking.
*~*~*
"They've started battle Mr. Quinze." A monitor announced.
"How are their life signs?"
"They are showing no sign of recognition to the pilots and holding stabile."
"Good." Quinze smiled. "Tell them that once 05 and 02 are destroyed, destroy the rest of the pilots."
"Yes sir."
*~*~*
"Trinity, how are you faring?" Donna asked from the intercom.
"Fine." She told her as more suits were destroyed around her from the sword. "Doing better than I thought."
"Good, you think you could help me out?"
*~*~*
Donna managed to dodge several blasts from the Mobile Dolls before one grazed the shoulder of her suit
"AH!" She yelled and gripped her shoulder. "Why did they make us feel the pain when we are hit?!"
She managed to get a few more suits destroyed before she was hit again. It hit her back and sent her flying forward. Just as she was about to be hit again, the shot was deflected.
"Donna? Donna can you hear me?"
"Quatra?"
"Are you alright?"
"I don't know. It hurts to move." She confided.
"Don't try to move too much okay? I'm gonna get you back to Peacemillion."
"Don't worry about me Quatra. I'll be find. Go help the others."
"I'm not going anywhere Donna."
The firmness in his voice startled her but she nodded.
"Alright."
*~*~*
/Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear
Sealed with lies through so many tears
Lost from within, pursuing the end
I fight for the chance to be lied to again
You will never be strong enough
You will never be good enough
You were never conceived in love
You will not rise above/
'Why won't he die?!' Me Li yelled in her head as she kept defending against Wufei's attacks.
She spaced out for a minute and was knocked back.
"Give it up onna, you can't beat me." Wufei's voice echo around her cockpit.
"I will kill you and avenge the death of my husband!" She yelled, tears leaking out of her eyes.
/They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me
But through my tears breaks a blinding light
Birthing a dawn to this endless night
Arms outstretched, awaiting me
An open embrace upon a bleeding tree/
"Tell me who you really are!" Wufei demanded.
"My name is Me Li Chang." She growled. "Also known as Lady Dragon."
"You are an imposter. You are not my wife. She wouldn't turn on me like this."
"Who the hell are you 05?!" She yelled as she lunged at his suit.
/Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you
I will never forsake you
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me/
Wufei grabbed both of Dragon Gundam's arms and held her there. He opened a visual link to her.
"No..........." She breathed. "It can't be.................."
"I am Wufei Chang, heir of the Dragon clan." He stared her straight in the eye. "If you really are Me Li, answer me this. What is your nickname Merian?"
"My........my nickname?" Her eyes went blank as she started to remember.
/They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me
Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you
I will never forsake you/
"I am Nataku."
"You can't be Nataku, you are mortal."
"I will become Nataku. I will be the strongest woman in the world."
"I am not." She whispered as she closed her eyes. "I am not worthy to be your wife Wufei. I wasn't strong enough to fight it. You were right, I am not and can not be Nataku."
"Yes you are."
"What?" Her eyes snapped open and she looked at him.
/They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me/
"You are worthy to be both my wife and Nataku. You proved it many times."
"Thank you Wufei."
*~*~*
/I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all of my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Because your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone/
"Gotcha!" Ashleigh gave a triumphant yell as her nets wrapped around Deathscythe Hell, making him immobile.
"Dammit." Duo whispered as he let go of the controls and leaned back in his seat.
"Remember this one thing 02, I'm not only doing this for myself, I'm doing it from my family. The ones you murdered in cold blood."
"I didn't do it Ashleigh." He told her. "I never killed your family. They died of natural causes."
"Simple lie."
"Don't you remember Ashleigh? They died almost 300 years ago. You came here in a time warp. We took you in and took care of you."
/These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase/
"Shut up!"
"Remember when you told me what you truly felt about me?"
"Good-bye 02." She sneered and prepared to attack.
"Good-bye Ashleigh. I'm sorry it had to end this way." He told her gently. "I forgive you and I love you with all my heart." Duo leaned his head back against his seat and closed his eyes as tears slipped past them.
Ashleigh stood frozen in time almost.
'W-what? Who does he think he is? What right does he have to tell me this?!' Ashleigh clenched her fists and turned on a visual.
/When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me/
"Just who the hell do you think you are?!" She fumed.
Duo opened his eyes and looked at the screen. Ashleigh couldn't believe that the pilot of the suit was no older than her and he was crying. She glared at him, but the longer she looked at him, the more familiar he looked.
"Who are you?" She asked again.
"It's me, Duo. Duo Maxwell." He told her.
"Duo..........." She breathed
~*~*~*Flashback(s)*~*~*~
"Hi Duo."
"Well, well sleeping beauty decided to get up. You can sit down I don't bite."
*~*~*
"Will you stop squirming? I'm not getting up." Ashleigh scowled playfully.
"Du-Duo? Pinned by a girl?" Relena stuttered then burst out laughing.
"Great now Relena has a reason to laugh at me." Duo hid his face in the carpet.
*~*~*
/You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
But now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me/
"Why don't you just give it up buddy she doesn't want to be your partner. Besides she already has one." Duo put his arms over Ashleigh's shoulders protectively his hands rested on her stomach.
"Just who are you?" David snapped.
"Duo Maxwell. You've already meet Ashleigh here and my friend Heero." He answered in his cocky voice.
*~*~*
"You shouldn't be out of bed you know that." Duo grinned at her as she struggled, but stopped when she felt the pain that went trough her.
"So. That won't stop me from anything. I'll get up and down as I please." Ashleigh folded her arms over her chest as he put her on the bed and sat in the chair next to it.
*~*~*
"Now as far as which person gets which suit-" O started.
"I want Shadow Gundam!" Ashleigh said happily.
"I'll take Dragon Gundam." Me Li added.
"Noble Gundam." Chasity put in.
"Gundam Scimitar here."
"I guess I'm stuck with Mummy Gundam." Donna shrugged.
~*~*~*End Flashback*~*~*~
/These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase/
Ashleigh fell to her knees as the memories came flooding back to her.
"Duo..........." She managed to say after a few seconds. She looked up at the screen and could see Duo worried.
"Ashleigh? Are you alright?"
"I'm so sorry Duo." She told him as tears fell from her eyes.
"It's alright babe." He smiled at her warmly. "I forgave you. It wasn't your fault."
"I know, but I hurt so much.................my body hurts so much......." She wrapped her arms around her body.
Ashleigh felt something wet on her glove and she pulled it away to find blood. She looked at it then at Duo.
"I don't think I'm gonna make it......." She whispered as she looked at him sorrowfully.
/When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me/
"You are going to be fine Ashleigh." He told her soothingly as he worked at his controls to break free of the net.
Ashleigh realized what he was doing and pushed a tiny switch on her wrist that made the net useless. Deathscythe Hell broke free, but not quick enough. A blast from a Mobile Doll was heading right for him.
Duo moved as fast as he could to get out of the way. If he didn't, the shot was sure to kill him. Finding that he couldn't move fast enough, he braced for impact. It never came. Something exploded in front of him.
"I love you Duo............" Was the last thing he heard as the line went to static.
"Ashleigh? Ashleigh?!" He called out.
Once the smoke cleared out, Duo found only parts of a suit left and saw a body floating in the space.
"ASHLEIGH!"
/I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
And though you're still with me
I've been alone all along/
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A month later.............
"Ashleigh...............Ashleigh........." She could barely hear it, but she heard someone's voice. It was close but she couldn't place it. "Ashleigh.........."
Ashleigh opened her eyes and was greeted with the face of Sally Po.
"You've finally woken up." She smiled. "It's about time too."
"Where am I?" Ashleigh asked in a raspy voice.
"A hospital on L4. You were luckily to survive that blast." She told her as she checked her heart beat. "Everyone will be happy to see you awake."
"How long have I been asleep?"
"1 month."
"1 month.............Duo." She shot up right and winced. "Where is Duo, is he okay?"
"He's fine." Sally put her hand on Ashleigh's shoulder and eased her back down. "He's been by your side since he brought you here. We made him go home and get something to eat and change. You practically have to threaten his braid to get that boy to move."
"Everyone came out fine. Donna was in here for a few weeks with a back injury, but she's fine."
"I'm glad." Ashleigh sighed. "Is there a way I could get something to eat?"
"Sure. I'll be right back." She smiled and walked out the door.
As Sally was walking down the hall, she ran into Duo.
"How she doing Sally?" Duo asked as she stopped.
"She's doing fine. She finally woke up. I was just on my way to get her something to eat."
"Thank god." He sighed happily. "I can go see her right?"
"Yes you may." Sally nodded as she continued her way to the cafeteria.
Duo ran down the hall and stopped in front of Ashleigh's door. He paused for a moment to collect himself before he went in. After a few moments, he knocked.
"Come in." Ashleigh's voice came from inside.
Duo turned the doorknob and entered somewhat slowly.
"Duo!" Ashleigh sat up excitedly as she saw him.
"Hey Ash." He smiled and hugged her tightly once he approached her bed. "How you feeling?"
"Fine. My body aches a bit, but I'm doing fine." She smiled as he hugged him. "Now you have to tell me all that happened. I want every detail of what happened after I went unconscious." She told him as she pulled back and looked at him. "Did Heero destroy Libra? Was Peacemillion crashed into Libra? Was anyone besides Donna and myself hurt?"
"Calm down with the questions." He chuckled. "Yes, yes, and sort of. Trinity and Chasity were roughed up a bit along with Wufei and Quatra. That is physically tho', Me Li is still trying to recover from what Quinze did to you two. She does nothing but be little herself." He shook his head.
"I forgot about that." Ashleigh looked down at the sheets. "I didn't remember that till you said something."
"When I brought you in, you had injuries not related to the explosion."
"Yeah, it was when I got captured again. I was shot twice. One grazed my side and the other actually penetrated it. I think that in that stuff he gave me, it made all my pain and wounds go away. I guess when whenever I came to, that effect wore off and it hurt and started to bleed again." She explained. "I never want to fight again. I swear I will never fight again, no matter what."
"Let's hope we will never have to fight again."
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Weeeeeeee..................that is the last chap! I'm finally done! It took me a year but I did it! But wait, there is an Epilogue. Oo Quick, go find out what happens. --dashes off--
