-Advance Wars

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Chapter 17: Sami's brave "hold-your-breath-move"

Place: Right before Sami, somewhere in the HQ

Lash: TeeHeeHee...So you stay here while you little ape-friend going for help?...

Sami: Well...What do you gonna do anyway? Give back Eagle's lucky goggles, that's all we want!

Lash: But it would not be fun that way...

Sami: Whatever! You are so damn lucky I didn't bring my machine gun here!

Lash: Or what? When you're shaking?

Sami realized that she was in big disadvantage.

Lash stood before her, with no fear at all.

Sami stood there with no weapon at all...

She understands now that when she wasn't carrying on a machine gun or a bazooka, she wasn't so tough...

However, she put herself together, and begins to talk back in an annoyed voice.

Sami: Let us go! You started all this!

Lash: You're so silly! What do you think it's all about? When I finally get you all here somehow?

Sami: (Calm) Well...However, do you know that the HQ are on fire...?

Lash: WHAT?!

She act fast, and throws the little box she was holding in her hand on the ground, and runs out.

Thick grey smoke rose in the path, and Sami thought that this could be her last minute of her life.

So she act quickly, and didn't panic.

She held her breath a long while.

...Until she couldn't hold it any longer.

Sami: I...Mustn't...breathe...

Holding her nose and a hand on her mouth, she fell to the ground.

Everything was moving and she felt dizzy as hell

Sami: (thinking) Heh...At least I didn't pass out because the smoke...

And here, our infantry hero passes out

Lash ran out you know, and she looked across the HQ after fire, and saw that the Black Hole soldiers tried to put out the fire.

She forgot the door...

The door to the path from the underground...

(To Jess)

She was running across the HQ, desperately to find something to help Drake and Eagle with.

But all of a sudden, she saw some familiar faces...

She couldn't believe that it was true...

(To Max)

Lash had left the door open to the underground path, and Max wasn't so far away.

He saw Lash runs away in high speed, so he runs back to the opening to the path

When he stood there, he saw Sami lie on the ground.

Max ran to Sami and sat on his knees beside her, with one hand on her throat

Max: Well, you're not dead jet, Sami...

Her pulse was in a slow speed

Max: Hey...I hope you're ok...

He pokes on her to check that she's not awake

Suddenly, she opens her eyes, Max still poking her

Sami: (Annoyed) Can you please stop with that, Max?!

Max: You're ok, Sami! You're ok!

Sami: I didn't breathe...And then I passed out...

Max: Bloody hell! You're not stupid at all, Sami!

Sami: (smiles gentle) Have you ever doubt about that fact, Max...?

Max: (Smiles with tears in his eyes) Sami...You're ok anyway...I'm so damn happy...

Sami: But I feel worse for every second...

Max: Don't worry, I'll help you outta here!

He helps her up, and she leaned heavily against him

Sami: Crap, I can't go...

Max: Uh...You're pale white in your face...

Sami: Geez, Max...Help...

Max: (Worried) What?! How are you? Sami?!

The next second she throws up everything she had ate that day

Max: Aw, Sami! Do you know how close that was to me?! Warn me next time!

Sami: Sorry...

The next second she passed out.

Max: No! Wait! Don't pass out now! I have to ask you something!

Sami: XX

Max: Aw, crap...

He picked her up in his large arms, and begin to creep away from the HQ, into the forest.

(To Eagle)

The shoot that Flak made before he passed out, hit Eagle in his arm

With blood flows out of his arm, he just sat there, with nearly tears coming from his eyes

Eagle: Damn...I was so close...

He sat there awhile

If Drake or somebody didn't find him quickly, Hawke would tease him what fear really was...

Sitting there with some panic rising up in him, he tried to stand up, but falls down again

Eagle: Drake...Jess...Somebody help me...

He began to think about how all this started

About his goggles

How could he ever have known that his goggles could mean the life for him?

He had nearly sacrificed himself for those goggles

He bite on his lip, and his head felt down

Eagle: Those !!

He sighed loud

(To Andy)

He was still screaming and running, away from the place he was in

He haven't done anything right this time either

At last for Andy, he finds an exit of the house, and runs out in the HQ

All of a sudden when he runs, he collides with Lash

Andy: AAAAAHHH!!!

(To Jess)

Jess: Huh?

(To Max and Sami)

Max: Huh?

(In a bathroom, in the HQ)

Adder: Huh?

What will happened now? Are they screwed because of Andy?

Will Drake find Eagle, and help him?

Only one way to now...

You know, read the next chapter!

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