"It's ok, we're not going to hurt you." he said softly.
"That guy just aimed a gun at my only friend and me. How can we trust you?" she said nodding to the guy known as Heero, as she sat up.
"Well that's the way Heero is babe. He's a little trigger happy." a guy with cheerful indigo eyes and long brown braided hair said. Heero grunted. "And the first one was actually a tranquilizer."
"That proves nothing. Ah!" Minako cried when she tried to stand but fell back down. "Damn it. I lost too much blood."
"Then why aren't you unconscious onna?" a Chinese looking teen asked.
"Because I'm different, Baka." was all she said. She turned back to Quatre and said. "I'll trust you for now. But I'm also warning you. Do not betray my trust." she hissed. He nodded. Heero and the Chinese teen grunted. Another teen with gravity defying bangs and emerald eyes came and picked her up. Quatre tried to get Usagi but she backed away.
"Usagi it's ok. Go with...um."
"Oh I'm Quatre. Quatre Winner. That's Trowa, Duo, and Wufei. Heero you have already met." Minako looked displeased.
"Yeah.. Usagi go with Quatre, it's ok." Usagi looked at the blonde boy and took his hand. They set Minako in the back seat of the jeep and rested her head on Usagi's lap. Wufei went with Heero in the gundam while the other three guys sat up front. Minako turned to Quatre who was in the middle in front of her.
"How did you know about us?"
"We found a woman in the park where you were attacked. From her we got some information about you two and what happened. But when we tried to ask her about herself she went into a coma." he explained. Minako was about to ask what she looked like when a blinding white pain passed through her and she blacked out.
The smell of peroxide and bandages awoke the sleeping Minako. Her blue eyes slowly opened and took in the room around her. She was in a white room with a window to her right. Tubes and cords were attached to her and were hooked up to the monitor. She heard breathing and looked to her left expecting to see her princess lying there. What she saw there almost made her go into shock.
There lay Hotaru, and she looked dead. Her already too pale skin was white. Four monitors surrounded her as well as over twenty tubes and cords. Sweat trickled down her head, and soaked her sheets. She remembered Quatre telling her about a girl they had found who went into a coma. Minako was about to jump out of bed when the door opened, though she did manage to sit up.
"Minako you shouldn't be up." Duo came into the room followed by a awed Usagi.
"How did you know my name was Minako?"
Duo jerked a thumb at Usagi. "She told me. And she said that was Hotaru"
Minako nodded. Usagi sat down on the floor next to her bed and laid her head on Minako's hand. She smiled at her princess.
"Uh I don't mean to be rude. But was she always like this?" Duo asked.
"Who? Usagi? No, this happened four days ago. After our friends and her husband were murdered. We were captured and held at that base. She began to slowly loose her sanity, and then last night she was gone. I don't think she'll every come back, or wants to."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because then she would feel more pain. In this state she doesn't understand what is going on, or why her friends are not here with her. It's better this way for her. But if she does regain her sanity, I will be there to help her deal with the pain."
"You guys seem like pretty good friends." they looked to see Trowa enter the room, he glanced over at Hotaru then turned back to them. Minako nodded.
"She saved my life more then once, and was the first true friend I ever had. I hate to see her like this, but I can't exactly help that."
Usagi got up and went over to Hotaru. She peered over at the senshi of death before turning back to Minako and saying. "Hotaru's hurt. That's not good. Not good Hotaru." she said. Minako nodded. She turned back to her comatose friend and stroked her hair. Minako then remembered something.
"Who blew up the jeep"
"What jeep?"
"The one they had Usagi and I in. Someone was in the road so we stopped, but when the guys got back in there was a note that said bye-bye. Usagi and I ran out and it blew up." she said. The two guys looked at each other.
"Heero said you did it." Duo said. Minako shook her head.
"No it wasn't us. We wouldn't have had time to make a bomb. Hell we don't even know how to make a bomb." she shrugged.
"We'll find out who that was later, but right now I need to speak with Minako alone." a woman dressed in a doctors outfit came in. "Hello my name is Irea. I would like to have a word with you. Duo can you take Usagi to go get some lunch." Usagi bounced up and grabbed Duo's hand.
"Lunch Duo. Lets go get lunch." he nodded and the three of them left. Minako had smiled at her princess, but that disappeared when Irea turned back to her.