A/N: hi there everyone...I know I am very, very behind on a lot of updates but things have been very crazy lately. Well here is the next chapter...remember to R&R even if ya don't like. 

Disclaimer: Still do not own SM or GW

Wounds and Navigation

Herro jerked awake and sat up. He shook his head slightly trying to remove the dream he had been having from his memory. He couldn't understand why he would dream about Sky when he had just met her.

Remembering the girl he had found he looked to the side of the room and saw that she was gone, and he immediately went to go look for her. As soon as he got half way to the cockpit he ran head on into who he was looking for. His first initial reaction was to yell but he noticed that she had been carrying hot coffee and spilled it all over her.

Sky jumped up and started blowing on her hands and shaking them violently, "Geeze Herro you do need to practically run down the already narrow hall?" she scolded between ow's.

He didn't responded as he grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the storage room. Despite her curiosity she held her tongue as he rummaged through his bag and pulled out a first aid kit. Herro looked through it for a moment before pulling out a small round container.

He pulled her hands into his lap and opened the container to reveal a paste like substance with a slivery tent.

Sky jumped slightly when he started rubbing it on her hands, but almost instantly the pain from the burn was gone. "What is that stuff, I can't even feel the burn." Sky asked.

Herro kept rubbing in the paste, "It is a mixture that the doctor invented for burns because while I was in training I had no regard for injury and would often burn myself getting in and out of the gundam. It will keep the pain away for at least twenty four hours."

Sky looked at his face as he continued to work with her hands. She could feel herself getting lost in his touch, 'Am I going crazy?' she asked herself.

Herro traced every line on her hand, which wasn't very many. He felt as if he were in some sort of sublime world where no one else existed. He looked up into her eyes and could have sworn for a moment that he saw bright blue, but was met with dark. Either way he was trapped by their power, and he leaned in and almost kissed her when an image of Sky popped into his head.

Herro jerked back, put his things up, left her the paste, and left the room.

Sky sat in confusion for a little while, 'What is this guy trying to do to me, and where does he get off making me lose all control by just his touch?' She argued with herself for awhile. 'Well maybe he really does like me, I mean he did almost kiss me, then again what made him stop?' She tried to dismiss the thoughts from her head as she heard the ship's computer announce there was an incoming transmission from the palace.

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Herro let the cold water run down his back as he leaned against the wall in the shower. It was all he could think of to snap himself out of whatever trans he had been in lately. But no matter what he did one thing kept coming to his mind, Sky with her innocent smile on her face.

He quickly dried and dressed when he heard the computer signal that there was a transmission from the palace.

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They reached to cock pit at the same time, neither made eye contact and entered the room silently.

When Zechs saw that they were inside he pushed the button to reveal the face of Trista, with the queen in the background. "Hello there, so has there been any new events since the last?" Trista asked.

Zechs merely shook his head; "Have you found anything?" "As a matter of fact I managed to dig up a tiny bit of information on an anti-earthshpere group in that area called the Red Raiders. Apparently as of late they have been getting more and more attention, or shall we say drawing attention to themselves by openly denouncing Relena's pacifist ways, and the royal family's policies. I am about 95 sure that they are the ones who have taken Lady Une, and expect them to state what it is they want exactly within the next few hours." Trista explained to Zechs.

He took in the information and nodded his head, "Will do." He said as he started to press the button to close the transmission, but the queen interrupted him.

"I hate to bother you with this Mr. Peacecraft, but my daughter has ran away to find herself some sort of adventure. Seeing as how she likes to go where the action is I would think that she is probably headed for the T8 colony, so when you get there and if you happen to see her just bring her home please." Serena had a look of most desperation on her face.

Sky scolded her-self inwardly. She hated to see that look on her mother's face.

"I will be sure to do so Your Highness." Zechs said as he pushed to button. Then he turned in his chair to face a worried looking Sky, well Mika to him, and an ever-emotionless faced Herro.

"Now we have something to work with. I will look up the information on the group." Zechs said as turned to the computer screen in front of him. Herro sat down at another chair and started typing as well.

Sky felt a little miss placed, but took a sudden interest in to navigation plan up on the big screen. After observing it for quite sometime she asked, "Why are we going through the F9 quadrant, when we could almost cut our time in half if we went through the F4 quadrant?"

Herro looked up at her and the Zechs turned to look at her. "What?" she asked. "It would almost cut our time in half."

"There is no F4 quadrant with a checkpoint." Herro said.

Sky put her hand up on her hip, "I know very well that there is and it only takes half the time." They still gave her quizzical looks. "Ok look lets just try and if it doesn't work then you can put out into space with nothing but a suit on."

"I am for it." Herro answered rather quickly.

Zechs sighed, "Well say you are right, we don't have the password to get us through the checkpoint of that quadrant."

She waved off this comment, "Please I can handle that, and even if I don't know it I can hack in it."

Herro smirked to himself at her self-assuredness.

"Alright Mika, you are on."

A/N: OK so what do you think?? R&R