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Phase 6: Mend the Wounds

A majority of the Earth Alliance units lay in shambles while the rest of the units tried to regroup and head back to the ships.

The Forbidden and the Calamity stood amongst the wreckage, staring out towards the spot where the Raider had fallen.

'Have things really gotten this bad..?' Orga silently thought to himself as he watched the ocean waves roll by.

"We should head back..." Shani stated, "This place isn't doing much for the mood anyways..." "Yeah, I guess you're right," Orga replied.

The two units began to head back to the armada of ships until a message was sent through Forbidden's com. link.

"I want you to go down there and retrieve the Raider understand?" came Azrael's voice, "Salvage whatever parts you can. There's no reason to be wasting good parts after all..."

"I'll head back first," Orga stated as Calamity headed for the hangar.

Shani gave a sigh before having Forbidden dive below the ocean's surface. 'It's probably sunk to the bottom by now...' Shani thought as he scanned the ocean floor for any sign of the other Gundam. Within moments the sight of the wrecked unit came into view.

Everything on the Gundam looked battered and torn as the Forbidden proceeded to taking to unit up to the surface. Everything was going as planned until yet another transmission was sent to the Forbidden.

"Sh-Shani...is that you?" came a weak voice.

"Crot! Dammit! You're still alive! I thought you were dead!" Shani remarked, nearly dropping the other unit.

"Yeah...I'm alive, but...barely," Crot replied.

"Damn...I'm gonna get you back to that ship right now," Shani stated.

"Whatever..." Crot whispered.

The Forbidden managed to get out of the water before heading back to the ship's hangar.

Shani immediately climbed out of his cockpit and moved over to the Raider's cockpit and managed to force it open. Shani paused slightly at the sight of the amount of blood that now littered the cockpit.

"Crot...come on, wake up," Shani whispered while trying to drag him from the cockpit at the same time. "Ungh...I'm still here...for now anyways," Crot murmured.

"You should get him to sick bay," came a voice from behind them.

"Why don't you help me then, Orga?" Shani remarked turning to face the other pilot.

Orga moved over and helped support the other pilot as they made their way to sick bay.

Once they had arrived, the doctors and nurses took one looks at the battered pilot before taking him in for analysis.

Shani and Orga sat down and waited for some type of explanation as to what kind damage had been done to Crot.

One of the doctors finally approached them with a grim look adorning his face. "I'm afraid that this is a severe trauma case...He's sustained several fractures within the spinal region and he's also got heavy hemorrhaging near the abdominal area..."

"Can't you do anything about it!" Orga demanded.

"Well yes...but with the damage he's sustained already, it's going to be no easy task. And he may not be able to pilot any unit once this ordeal is over," the doctor explained.

"I don't care what the hell you do, just don't let him die!" Orga replied.

"Oh, but what good is a CPU who can't pilot?" came another voice.

"Azrael..." Orga growled, glaring at the man who had just entered.

"Don't give me that look..." Azrael stated, "Doctor, if that CPU can't pilot, then you should just terminate all treatment right now..."

"Don't you dare!" Shani snarled.

"What good of use can he be afterwards? It's just a waste of time...I can find a 'replacement' later if needed, but I don't want you wasting equipment on something 'expendable' like him," Azrael explained.

"But you can't do that!" Orga interjected, trying to refrain from showing any desperate expressions.

"That's an order..." Azrael stated, "Terminate all treatment being done this instant." The doctor slowly nodded before slowly walking over to the unconscious pilot.

Orga and Shani tried to stop the doctor, but a malicious glare from Azrael was enough to tell them that they shouldn't press on unless they wanted consequences. Orga and Shani turned around, not wanting to view anymore of this...

"Stop! You can't do this, it's wrong!" someone shouted causing Shani, Orga and Azrael to look towards the direction that the voice had come from, trying to find the source of the shout.

A girl had gotten in-between the doctor and the pilot preventing him from terminating anything. "Get out of the way," the doctor calmly stated.

"No! I won't let you kill someone! As long as you can still save a life, isn't it worth saving!" the girl reasoned.

"This is none of your concern, now step aside," the doctor continued, beginning to lose his patience with the stubborn girl.

The girl now had a cold glare trained on the doctor. "Why is it that people like you never understand..?" the girl commented in a darker tone pulling out a gun and training it on the doctor, "Leave him alone or I'll shoot..."

An expression of fear seemed to creep onto the doctor's face as he slightly stepped back. "N-No need to be so hasty, r-right?" stammered the doctor, who was trying to get out of the handgun's range.

"Then leave," she said turning to the rest of the staff, "All of you..."

They all quickly scurried out, fearing the weapon she held in her hand.

"You too Azrael...I don't want you here, so go...now," she added, turning towards the director. Azrael had almost a look of protest on his face, but the handgun had a different proposal. Azrael gave a look of defeat before strolling out the door.

"Don't worry about your friend here, I'll take care of everything," she stated, putting the handgun away and turning to face the two.

"Why did you do that?" Shani questioned, a slightly bewildered expression showing on his face. "Just because I could," she replied, giving them a light smile.

"You don't even know us," Orga remarked.

"Well, if you'd tell me your names, then I guess that would be a start," she replied, taking care of all of the equipment necessary.

"Well, I'm Orga," Orga stated, walking over.

"And the name's Shani," Shani added, following Orga.

"Heh, my name's Sasha Rakumi, but just call me Sasha," she replied as she continued tending Crot's wounds.

Authoress Note: Yeah, things are gonna stray away from the main storyline now thanks to the appearance of my OC, Sasha! Um...yeah, just a heads up!