[i][b]*Continued Below*[/b][/i] (Everyone hears the explosion and looks down at the HQ, now covered in intense flames.) [b]Bop:[/b] I don't think she made it.... [b]Cell:[/b] There's no chance she'll be getting out alive. The S.S. has lost another. _______________________________________ (Inside an S.S. ship.) [b]General:[/b] Grrrr-damnit! No! _______________________________________ (Inside another S.S. ship.) [b]Samina:[/b] *voice breaks* No! [b]Ashe[/b]! *hangs head down and whimpers* [b]Mizuri:[/b] *shocked* No way this could happen.... _______________________________________ (On top of a building.) [b]Ainotias:[/b] [b]Ashe[/b] is dead, ain't she? Not her. Is [b]Yaoni[/b] dead too? [b]Saitonia:[/b] I hope not. [b]Vandren:[/b] No. Saw them pick [b]Yaoni[/b] up. Dunno about [b]Ashe[/b]. _______________________________________ *The 3 ships lower closely to the entrance, and to a relieved surprise, they spot [b]Ashe[/b], slowly crawling her way out of the fire. Everyone else on top of the nearby buildings look down to their surprise.* [b]Cathera:[/b] *surprised* Wha- She's alive? [b]Kavita:[/b] *sighs* Well what a f[b]u[/b]cking miracle. *Everyone jumps down to ground level. The ships land and everyone exits.* [b]Samina:[/b] *relieved* She's okaayy. *wipes an oncoming tear from her eye* *Everyone runs over to [b]Ashe[/b], as she slowly faints into the General's arms.* [b]Ashe:[/b] *slowly regains conscious* Ha--*pants*... G-General? [b]General:[/b] It's us, [b]Ashe[/b], we're here. [b]Samina:[/b] *walks over and kneels down to [b]Ashe[/b]* You're okay...thank the [b]Arckyve[/b]. *Everyone else watches the firefighters put out the fire.* [b]Zedrin:[/b] *while carrying [b]Yaoni[/b], walks over to [b]Ashe[/b], kneels down, and carefully sets [b]Yaoni[/b] down, her head resting on the palm of his hand* [b]Yaoni:[/b] *slowly opens her eyes and looks up to see that she's still alive* I'm...I'm alive? [b]Zedrin:[/b] Yeah sissy. You still see life in and around you, but not the HQ. [b]Yaoni:[/b] Le--le...let me sssstand. [b]Zedrin:[/b] Nah, I'll carry you. _______________________________________ (Way later on, at the S.S. HQ, in one of the locker rooms.) [b]Ashe:[/b] *bandages around her due to the explosion, sitting on a wall, all alone* [b]Yaoni:[/b] *walks in, also strapped in bandages, sees [b]Ashe[/b] sitting alone, walks over and sits down next to her* [b]Ashe:[/b] I...don't want to talk about anything right now. [b]Yaoni:[/b] What else can I say or do other than thanks? We're lucky, but otherwise this is all your doing. You're the reason why the rest of us managed to at least scoop me up. And for the others? They came, prevented any other threat from coming back and trying to finish us. [b]Ashe:[/b] *monotone, voice also breaking* It's like I had no chance of escape. Something just wanted to swallow me up for whatever I'd done. [b]Yaoni:[/b] The fire. But if it weren't for you, anything that has happened after wouldn't have happened. *hugs her with 1 arm* If you need time off, that's fine. *gets up and walks out of the locker room* [b]Ashe:[/b] Yeah..I- I do. T-*drops her head down and starts crying* _______________________________________ [u][b]END:[/b][/u] Poor [b]Ashe[/b]? [spoiler][b]Erased....[/b][/spoiler]