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The Tear Ch. 4

Ginji's eyes widened at the fast approaching Ladybug. If he didn't do something Ban wouldn't have enough time to stop before realizing the bridge was out. There was no time to plan, but Ginji had never thought of himself as much of a planner anyway. His best work was down on instinct and his raw gut feeling of what was right. That made his decision simple; save Ban-chan at any cost, act fast.

Without a second more of hesitation, Ginji threw the backpack with the Tear still encased in the safe box, as far as he could over the edge of the bridge's drop off. He then turned back to the Ladybug while ripping off his right rubber glove.

Now he just had to land a handspring off of the Ladybug in order to cut the power to the engine. Not bad in theory for a guy who could do 1,000 headstand push ups as part of a regular work out, but pulling it off of a moving vehicle would be another thing entirely.

Ban watched in sudden shock as Malice closed the distance between him and the car with a few quick steps.

With a quick flip, Ginji landed his hand on the hood and gave the car a powerful jolt, that had seemed to be building up inside of him during the whole tedious mission. The handspring would have been successful had Ban not then stepped on the brake, a bit too late.

Ginji's hand twisted and his right shoulder hit the corner of the window with a sickening crack before he rolled over the top of the Ladybug. Landing hard on his side on the pavement, Ginji managed to lift his head towards the Ladybug. He watched as the car connected with Hevn's bike but gradually slowed to a stop before the edge of the bridge. He laid his head back down and breathed heavily. Ban-chan would be okay now, that's all that really mattered. He heard a crackle of static in his ear that he figured was Hevn-san, but he was too tired to respond just yet.

Ban let fly a long string of curses. "Shit, shit!" What was that idiot thinking jumping in front of a speeding car. Ban had never intended on really hitting the guy, he just figured the idiot would jump off the bike. Ban turned the key in the Ladybug. No power either. Just what was going on? He looked in his rearview mirror at the man in black lying unconscious on the road. This was getting way too complicated. "Shit!" The swearing started again.

Ban rested his forehead on the steering wheel He knew he had to go check on the Malice guy, call for someone to come get him, maybe even an ambulance; not the kind of attention you want as a requisition agent or even a recovery agent. He would also have to go look for the backpack in the black night with out any help from the Ladybug's headlights. What a mess. Ban punched the dashboard only to be rewarded with a small creaking sound followed by a loud series of crashes.

Ban quickly stepped out of the Ladybug to investigate. When he saw what was before him, or rather what was not before him, his head seemed to spin with the dreadful realization of all that had happened. Ahead of him was the bridge drop off. There was no longer any road to be seen for a good distance and the crash he just heard was the motorcycle toppling off of the edge to the ravine below.

Malice had been trying to stop him. If he had been trying to stop him, he must have somehow purposely cut the power to the Ladybug. If that was true, then…

Ban's breath caught as his thoughts concluded, 'Ginji…' He whirled around to where he had seen Malice in the road before, but he wasn't there. Ban felt something cold grip his ankle and a sharp pain before his world went black.

"Gomen…Ban-chan," Ginji said breathlessly as he tried his best to catch Ban in his fall. He was hurt and exhausted, and that was the last bit of juice he could muster.

"Ginji! You're still there?" Hevn's voice came though a thin and raspy through the radio in Ginjis helmet, but he could still tell how much worry it held.

"Unh, barely." Ginji managed. "The Ladybug is dead, and…. I think the Tear and your bike are in the ravine. I'm so..."

"It's okay, Gin-chan I can take care of that." Hevn cut him off, her voice sounded curt as she tried to mask the slight tremble it held "All I want to know is if you and Ban-kun are all right!"

Ginji looked at Ban who seemed to be sleeping peacefully despite the recent electrical shock. "I've been better. Ban-chan is okay, but I kind of knocked him out. I wasn't sure at that point what he would do next, and I just figured this might be easier… He's going to be pretty mad when he wakes up…"

"No, Gin-chan. I think you did the right thing, given the situation. Now just hold on a bit, I have a transporter team coming to pick you guys up soon." Heven paused and Ginji could almost see her biting her lower lip before she spoke again, "Are you going to be okay, till then?"

Ginji grimaced at the words 'transporter team', but didn't have the strength to inquire further. "Don't worry, Hevn-san I just need some rest." A lot of rest, a good jolt, and a ton of food were more like it. Maybe some medical attention too… Ginji could feel pain shooting through his side and shoulder, but had done his best to block it out till now.

Carefully he shifted to his other side and lay back down next to Ban, using Ban's arm as a pillow. Whatever happened now, it would be okay now that he had his Ban-chan again. With that last thought Ginji let himself pass out.

To be continued….

Well we have one more chapter of some serious lecturing and making up to do. I wanted to add it in this chapter, but was short of time. And, since I really did not intend to leave it at a nasty cliffhanger for as long as I already had, I figured I might as well at least continue this part. I will try to finish up the rest very soon though.

Sorry about the wait and thank you for your diligence I will do my best to update much sooner next time!

Another thanks to my Betas lksugi and Tenoko.