Relena walked over to the bed stiffly, not knowing what to expect. Relena pulled the sheet and revealed a limp form with blood streaming down his back, the quick movement had shifted him and opened the wound even more. His face was turned away, but Relena knew who it was.

Chapter Three

It was Heero. Her Heero, whom she had for so long searched for. "Heero…" She said, her voice very audible. She turned towards the door and screamed her bloody lungs off for Noin to come as quickly as she could.

Down the hall, Noin heard the distressed call from Relena and then dashed off in the direction on Dorothy's room. 'I never liked that girl, I just hope that I can make it in time…!' Her mind raced as she got to the scene. She saw a body, a near-tears Relena and a shocked Dorothy.

"What…happened…?" Noin said between breaths.

Relena looked at her from her position by the body, a clear bullet wound could be see, but it was worse than most she had seen. "Help me get him to the hospital wing, quickly." Relena demanded. Noin walked over and turned over the body. It was a boy looking about the age of fifteen or sixteen. A dread grew in her gut and she turned over the body to meet the face of Heero.

"Heero!" She screamed, shaking him to wake up, but it was no use, the shaking and aggravating the wound even more and it ripped open what little skin had healed, causing more blood to pour from the wound in a steady river-like flow, streaming and coursing down his back in trickles. The blood formed red droplets on the comforter he was sprawled on.

She quickly lifted the boy into her arms, with Relena by her side. She took off towards the Hospital Wing. Luckily, the bell didn't ring, dismissing the students from the lunchroom which they passed by quickly. Dorothy followed close behind them, carrying Heero's shirt, but not his jacket.

Noin glanced down at the boy she was caring. 'He's so light!' She though. She noticed the barely noticeable dark half-circles under his eyes. He looked like he hadn't slept for weeks!

The doctor in the hospital wing looked up, started by the sudden entrance of the new patient with Noin, Miss Relena, and Dorothy. He saw the limp form of the boy in her arms. He quickly set him on his stomach and wheeled him off into surgery…

It had been an hour since then. The news of his condition was still not yet known. Then finally, a very pale Heero was wheeled out on a gurney.

"How is he?" They all questioned.

The doctor took off his glasses. "His bullet wound will be healed by tomorrow, though judging by its shape, I would say someone was shaking him badly." Noin furrowed her brows at this. She had shook him too hard; it was her fault for that. The doctor continued. " He's still unconscious, but it will take awhile for him to get his strength back, he will need at least a week's recovery. This whole ordeal has brought a lot of stress on his body, so we're going to put him under strong sedatives, we have to wait awhile. He's pretty much out of it from the surgery…" A small pain struck his eyes and Noin noticed this.

"What happened in there?"

Back in Heero's assigned room, Relena and Dorothy eventually left Noin and the doctor to go and sit with the injured teen.

Here they sat whispering words of comfort and encouragement to him while Dorothy stood by. The spirited blonde girl refused showing her emotions even though she wanted to rush to Heero's side and shove Relena away to take her place. She managed to resist the urges.

"You didn't answer my question." Noin said angrily. The doctor looked at her and sighed, relieved somewhat that the two young adults left them to discuss this.

"Well, we removed the bullet, though it took a lot of trouble. He lost a lot of blood doing that."

He pushed something into Noin's palm. She opened it and gazed at it. "Is this the bullet?" she questioned. She had never seen a bullet such as that one. It was in a weird shape, more pointed like a pin than a normal bullet.

"It was really deep in his body and something about it was wrong so we ran tests on his blood. He was slightly poisoned by something coated on it…"He wandered off.

"You seem to know a lot about bullet wounds, how might I ask." She asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"I used to be a war surgeon so I have dealt with many wounds and lacerations." He said, gaining her respect for saving the Gundam pilot's life.

"He's very weak though," Again the sad look appeared in his eyes.

"What else happened in there?" Noin asked, she slipped the bullet into tight pocket on her waist. She would have to discuss this with the others.

"Well, that bullet seemed especially aimed at him. It hit a certain vulnerable point in his back that wasn't as penetrable as the others. He had broken ribs and such but no other bullet wounds, and they wouldn't have healed that quickly if he did have any." Noin got what he was getting at. This had been done specifically to Heero.

'It wouldn't have killed him though…I have a bad feeling about this. Why would they only target Heero?' Noin thought.

"And…" The doctor was interrupted by Noin.

"And what? I have a feeling your leaving something out. Tell me now!" She demanded strongly. The doctor gave her a look that showed he would have told her even if she demanded or not.

He gave out an exasperated sigh. "It's in the past now, but you have to make sure that he doesn't over-exert himself. Knowing him he will, whether or not you say so, but make sure he doesn't too much now. You see…" He looked at Noin, lifting his gaze from the floor. "His heart was under so much strain that we had to…resurrect him with defibrillation." He said, letting the words sink into Noin. "This was while we were getting the bullet out, or whatever in hell it is. His heart stopped, but he's still alive now. Just watch over him. Oh, he's got a lot of cuts and slashes on him, so be gentle." He was about to leave when he remembered something.

"Yes?" Noin said, almost dazed over what she heard. She noticed the doctor stopped and turned to walk the little stride back to her, telling her about the something he remembered.

"Here, we found this on the boy…." He handed her a disk. With that he left. Noin turned and strode off out of the room, and left to go check on Heero to see if he was all right.

When she got there, she saw Relena had cried herself to sleep from stress and exhaustion. Dorothy was also exhausted from worry and was snoozing in a chair, her face, even in sleep, didn't look at all happy, she was obviously concerned for the dark brunet pilot.

An IV connected to Heero's inner elbow, had fluids to help alleviate some of the pain and also a mixture of sedatives. The heart monitor hooked up to his chest showed the lines for his heart beat. It was slower than it should have been, but he had been through a lot.

With that, she left the two girls and the injured pilot. She went over to the phone with video feedback and then logged onto the system. She immediately talked with the first person on her list. Quatre Winner, a Gundam pilot too, of Sandrock.