(I do not own GW!!!!! Also please read and review Cast: Wufie, Quatre, Trowa, Hero, Dou, Sally, Relena, Serenity, Dorothy, Catherine, Hanna, Kim, Allen, Millardo, Noin)

Sally worked quickly on the wound that though not immediately life threatening still had the possibility of killing the girl from blood loss. Unlatching the clasps on the dress she peeled back the blood-coated garment only to find much to her frustration some form of light body armor was underneath the dress. Pushing the dress farther to the side she found the clasps that held the armor shut and undid them. The wound was jagged with small pieces of the body armor cutting into the bullet wound.

An irritated Hero and Wufie stood at the side waiting for the overall report from her. Gritting her teeth Sally brought her hand up and brushed so lose hair from her face. She just couldn't understand how the girl had stayed conscious much less fought off the attacker with the wound she had received. From her background in medicine Sally gauged that most people would have fainted or at least been incapable of much movement. Making quick work of stitching the wound she pulled off the dress on the wounded side of the girl's body to work at the other side of the wound.

Once finishing with stitching the wounds close she brought out some alcohol wipes and cleaned the areas as best she could before bandaging and taping the to prevent further blood loss. After some time Sally sat back on her heels and started to tell the three behind her what she had observed about the patient's condition.

"She has sustained one bullet wound that entered just below the ribs and luckily missed all vital and none vital organs. She has lost a considerable amount of blood but not enough to be life threatening at this point in time. What has surprised me is that she didn't faint after the bullet had penetrated. Other then that I would say that everything is fine."

Hero gave a curt nod and began walking towards the back stage area. Neither the other two ex Gundam pilots or Sally tried to stop him knowing he wanted to make sure Relena was safe. Hero walked briskly behind stage to find an action ready Dou and a worried Relena waiting for the out come of the fight. Dou let out a sigh of relief and lowered his hand away from the gun at his side. Laughing nervously at the grim expression on Hero's face Dou asked tentatively.

"So what is the situation like out there man?"

Hero gave Dou his usually cold look and relayed the information the attack and information about the girl that Sally had given them. Dou nodded curtly and left at the vague excuse of calling an ambulance for the young woman. After Hero was sure Dou had left Hero let the cold mask slip somewhat and be replaced with a slightly relieved expression. Licking her lips Relena prayed that despite the obvious danger she had just faced Hero would finally open up to her after this close call. But it was not to happen this time, Hero asked politely about Relena's well being and abruptly left before his self imposed walls cracked farther then he could repair them.

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Serenity came awake with the startling clarity that she was not on Avalon and most certainly not in her own bed. It didn't take long to conclude she was in a standard white hospital room that faces the east side of the city. Swearing under her breath, she made short work of the monitoring systems on her that kept the hospital staff informed about her concision. Wincing when the stitches in her left side pulled in protest to the activity and nearly reopened the wound as she turned off the heart monitor. Quickly and quietly Serenity stood and when to the cupboard that her clothing would be in. Disgusted with the state of the dress she pulled on her under garments and the opened the normal medium black purse. Pulling from it a light weight sundress and thanked Hanna silently for thinking of keeping the clothing change in it.

Putting on the heels, removing the wig and contacts that no one had tampered with she applied makeup to her paler then normal features. Deeming herself presentable she folded over the ruined dress and put it in the trash. The wig she stuffed in her purse and not finding a trace of her body armor she logically figured that the preventers had it. With one last look to make sure she had everything in order Serenity walked out and down the hall.

  Not feeling up to taking the stairs due more to the affects of the drug used to keep her sedated then her injury she pressed the elevator button. Waiting for what seemed to long a time the elevator finally reached the 8th (yes I'm to lazy to write it out) floor. To her surprise the Gundam pilots and doctor Sally Po where the elevator's occupancies. Letting none of her surprise show she waited for them to file out before getting on herself and pressing the button to take her to the lobby.

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Sally had had about enough of the pilots for the day with Hero pulled into his shell and being antisocial Dou hyper, Wufie irritated and snappish, Quatre quiet and worried about the patient, and Trowa being his normal self was not helping matters in the least. Growling under her breath they exited the elevator and passed a young red head as they proceeded to the room their only link to the shooter lay.

Sally figured that the girl would wake in an hour or two at the least and then the real battle would begin. Reminding herself not to scream as another argument broke out between Wufie and Dou Sally angrily pressed open the door to the room only to stop suddenly making those following her crash into one another.

There where the girl who was supposed to be unconscious and hurt quite badly laying on the only bed in the room was empty. Sally didn't register this fact as fast as she should have but it was just such a shock to think that the girl who had sustained that much trauma was up and walking about.

Swearing Sally whirled and cursed her own idiocy she should have know when the red head they had passed had looked a little to pale but she had figured that she had been visiting a friend not the girl they needed. Praying she made it down to street level fast enough she didn't register the fact that Trowa had already left or that the other pilots where cursing quite heavily at the apparent problem.

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