Alex closed her eyes with a smile on her lips, Minho in her mind she let the blackness take her.

Except there was a surge of energy and adrenaline suddenly flowing through her veins. She could feel it flowing through her body. Alex's eyes flew open. She rolled herself over. Her eyes focusing, blinking away the black spots and clouds. Minho stood in front of everyone, holding a gun, which was pointed at her.

"GET UP!" He screamed.

Alex tried. Everything was still numb and shaking, her legs were jello, and the swaying building didn't help.

"ALEX! GET UP DAMMIT!" He screamed again, desperately.

Felix and Captain Ronin were holding him so he wouldn't leap out. Frypan and Brenda had Sonya. Alex stumbled, her legs giving out and she crashed to her knees. Blood still seeped from her side, her hands was coated, slick with blood. She tried to get to her feet.

"COME ON! ALMOST THERE!" She saw Sonya pleading, yelling for her to come.

Alex knew there wasn't a lot of time left. The building was crumbling. All the supports were gone in the explosions.

"MOVE YOUR ASS SUNSHINE!" Minho yelled again, tears in his eyes.

"COME ON SOLDIER! MOVE IT!" She heard Captain Ronin hollard at her.

"MI HIJA!" Jorge called from the cockpit.

"MOVE IT!" Felix screamed.

Brenda and Kenzie were also screaming at her desperately to get up.

Minho pulled the trigger again. A ball of electricity hit her in the stomach. She stumbled, and cried in pain, falling onto her hands, she closed her eyes for a second. Feeling the quick release of energy and adrenaline in her veins.

"Come on Shaket! You pinky promised me to get out! No GET OUT!" Whispered Chuck's voice, he crossed his chubby little arms.

"Come on Alex! I know you can do it! You're so close! Don't go back on that Pinky Promise circle!" Cheered Matt, an impish grin on his face.

"Alex. You need to get up. You have a job to do! Don't be a lazy Shanket now! You didn't make it all the way here to lay down and die" Alby demanded, "Get your shank ass up and move it!"

She heard all her boys, everyone she lost over the last year and a half, she could hear Bark too. Everyone cheering for her, screaming for her to keep fighting.

"Alex. You're not done yet! Come on! Get up!" Chuck said, she could see his chubby crooked smile, as he nodded his head, his curls bouncing, Matt stood beside him, his goofy grin on his face, fist pumping the air.

"I know you can do it." Jeff smiled at her.

"I know it hurts, but come on! Almost there. I'm proud of you!" Clint called.

"Come on Shanket!" Winston encouraged.

"Chloe still needs you. Please Alex...please get up!" Zach pleaded.

"Do it for us, senorita!" Padro smiled.

"Come on! Your running out of time!" Alby demanded, in his grouchy voice.

She heard Bark woofing beside Alby.

"Alex." Chuck said again, "I love you...but I don't want you over this rainbow yet. They still need you. NOW MOVE YOUR ASS SHE-BEAN!"

With a scream that came from deep within her, there came a drive and will to live. She wanted a sunset date with Minho. She wanted to see Newt wake up, she wanted to get to know her twin. She wanted to have mini Minho's running around.

Her eyes flew open, she got up on shaking and weak legs. Half running and half stumbled towards Vince, who was leaning more than halfway out the berg. With whatever remaining strength she could muster and a guttural scream, she leapt off the roof as the last of the supports gave way and the building collapsed. She reached both her hands out.

Hands grabbed her wrist. She was dangling over a fiery explosion, being held by two sweaty hands, hers slick with blood. She felt herself being pulled up. She screamed in pain, black spots dancing in her vision again. She felt more hands grab her, helping Vince pull her. She was now halfway up. They pulled her over the ledge.

She collapsed into someone's arms. All the adrenaline and strength gone. She felt her body being picked up. But she didn't have any strength left, not even to open her eyes.

"DR PRIOR! WE NEED YOU!"

"NO! SUNSHINE! WAKE UP! COME ON! PLEASE!"

Minho...

She felt herself being rushed away, and heard the door of the Berg close.

Before she gave into the sweet seduction of darkness she whispered, "Thanks Chuck...Matt..Alby...Clint...Jeff...Thank you guys...my boys..."

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Minho

Vince grabbed her, with a wild yell. He strained to pull her up, she was slipping, she was slick with blood.

Captain Ronin and Jorge from the cock pit dove to help. Jorge left Finn to hold the Berg steady. Minho could hear her screaming, he was probably screaming too, everything seemed quiet and fuzzy.

Then he saw her, being pulled over the ledge. She was so pale, her firey hair matched her red soaked shirt and pants. He collapsed to his knees, as the guys pulled her inside. She collapsed, into his arms, he cried. He had her back.

He picked her up and ran down the berg to where Dr Prior was still with an unconscious Newt.

"DR PRIOR! WE NEED YOU!" He screamed.

He looked down and Alex had closed her eyes, but they wouldn't open back up, he shook her.

"NO! SUNSHINE! WAKE UP! PLEASE!" He screamed again as he shook her more, desperately pleading with her.

"Minho"

It was so quiet, like a small exhale of breath. But he heard it! She had said his name. Dr Prior stood up and whipped around, his eyes wide and mouth open. As Minho lay her down beside her brother, she whispered something else, "Thanks Chuck... Matt..Alby...Clint...Jeff...Thank you guys...my boys..."

Minho didn't care what she was saying, as long as she was still talking. He collapsed to the floor and held her cold hand. Dr Prior, Brenda and now Captain Ronin and Felix worked to save Alex's life.

Everyone was crowded around watching, Jorge had scrambled back into the pilot seat and got them away from the dangerous part of the burning city. He then left Finn to fly them straight ahead, back to their base camp.

Jorge came rushing over. He knelt down beside Minho. Sonya had dropped beside him too. She wrapped her arms around Minho's arm, and Jorge had pulled Minho into his chest, holding him, silently supporting him. Minho didn't even care. He lay his head down on the man's shoulder and closed his eyes. Praying, pleading, she would be ok.

It felt like years. But Dr Prior finally looked up. With a satisfied smile and an exhaled in relief.

"She'll be alright. The bullet missed any and all major organs. It was easy enough to stop the bleeding and stitch her up. She lost a lot of blood. She needs rest. Her high rate of healing will definitely be beneficial. She will make a full recovery...physically."

Minho and Sonya both released the breath they were holding. Minho felt his body sag into Jorge with relief. Jorge gave him a fatherly squeeze. And then got up to help Finn pilot.

"I suggest everyone rest until we get back. It will be about a 2-3hr flight." Dr Prior suggested, Vince nodded.

No one really wanted to move anyways. The berg was full of kids they rescued and now two of their core group were fighting their lives. Frypan came over and knelt beside him.

"It's good to see ya man!" He said quietly, patting Minho's back. Minho smiled tiredly at him.

"You too man! Shucken good to see you!"

"Hmm. Looks like you could use a few good square meals, beef you back up, ya?" He eyed Minho. "And some hair gel!"

Minho scoffed, "excuse me? But I think this new tortured look is real IN these days. Everyone is wearing it!"

"Nah, it's a fade, it'll pass. Just like skinny jeans on guys." Frypan teased. They smiled at each other. Fry patted his shoulder again.

"It's really good to see ya. Now, get some rest. These two are gonna need you soon." He nodded at Alex and Newt.

"Oh! Here, she asked me to hold these for her, but I'll give them to you now."

Fry held out his hand and gave Minho Chuck's statue and the rock he gave her back in the Slammer.

His eye twitched. And he grabbed his head and moaned.

"The stone...it was a necklace...? Was that real?"

Frypan nodded, "ya man. I don't know the context of how you gave it. But, we never saw her without it."

"She still has it?" He asked in disbelief, his eyes wide with shock.

Fry nodded again. "Shank, with you gone...shuck...we were scared for her. She really went off the deep end! Glad your back, for the both of you!"

He got up and walked away, he sat down beside Sonya who smiled brightly when he turned to talk to her.

There was someone else who tapped him on the shoulder. He turned his head and saw a blond head and bright brown eyes.

"So. Your Mr McDreamy boyfriend she pinned over everyday for a year." She stated as she plunked down beside him.

"And let me guess. Krazy Killer Kenzie, snipper in the Suicide Squad Sister. Not crazy, just unmedicated ADHD?" He raised an eyebrow at her.

"I prefer the term Mentally Creative." She smiled deviously. And then winked. "She told you?"

"Yep." He popped the p. "We were locked in a cell together after a wonderful date of torture. Not much we could do." He leaned back against the berg wall, feeling it vibrating.

Kenzie smirked at him, "oh I could think of a few other things you could have done...you hadn't seen each other in quite a while...left alone..."

Minho threw his head back and laughed, a deep belly laugh. A laugh so loud and strong others turned to look. He hadn't laughed like this since before WICKED.

"Who says we didn't?" He raised his eyebrows at her. She smiled even more mischievously.

"You DEFINITELY hung out with Alex. For way too long!" He wheezed.

"I told her I was a bad influence, but.. we'd have a lot of fun." A quit raspy voice whispered.

Minho and Kenzie turned so fast they probably got whiplash. Minho scrambled to his knees and crawled over. Alex was slowly blinking up at him.

"I'm...sorry." She whispered, closing her eyes again.

Kenzie got up, patting his shoulder, "I'll leave you to do your McDreamy boyfriend duties." She walked away, leaving Minho and Alex alone.

"What do you mean by sorry? Sorry for not telling me your dumbass plan? Sorry for jumping out a shucken berg? Sorry for disappearing for 15 minutes? What exactly are you sorry for Alex?" He asked her, harsher then he intended to be.

But what she did scared the klunk out of him. Ya her jump, tuck and roll was smooth as shuck, graceful as a cat, sliding straight into a sprint...sure it was shucken hot...and a total badass Dragon Warrior move! But, she still scared him. He thought he lost her, again. His mind was fuzzy, he still could feel the after effects of what the Hijacking did to him, but he knew deep in his heart and soul, he needed her, she was his sunshine in dark stormy life. He definitely wouldn't have let her go!

Maybe that's why she didn't tell me...

"No. I'm not sorry for that." She whispered again.

Minho's eyes widened in surprise. He grabbed her cold clammy hand, engulfing it in his. He gently brushed some hair from her feverish forehead.

"Then what are you shucken sorry for Sunshine?"

She took a small ragged breath, and looked at him with tears in her eyes, "...for giving up."

"What?" He stammered. He wasn't expecting that kind of answer.

"I was ready to meet everyone, over the rainbow...I told Tommy to go, and leave me. I made him. And I was ready to leave this shucked up place forever. I'm so tired, Minho. So...tired. I just want to sleep. I wanted out."

"I'm sorry." She whispered again, a tear slid down her face into her hair.

Minho held back a sob. He couldn't imagine a world without her. She couldn't leave, not now, not when they escaped death again. Not when the WICKED complex was finally ashes and rubble. Not when she was the one who could tell him what was real or not, he needed her, desperately.

"..Alex..." he choked.

He didn't know what to say. He leaned down and placed his forehead on her chest gently. "You can't! You can't leave! You can't give up! I won't let you!"

He felt a hand on the back of his head. He turned his head to see her. She wiped a tear from his cheek. She gave him a small smile.

"No. Not yet. Chuck and Matt made me pinky promise them. Alby wouldn't let me either, I'm not allowed to be a lazy Shanket...Clint scolded me, Jeff and Pedro, Zach and even Bark... None of them would let me." She paused and let a few tears slide down into her hair again.

"You're stuck with me shuck face." She said quietly.

Minho didn't really understand, but he didn't push it. He held her hand tighter.

"Good. Cuz I still owe you a date, and we have a none white house to build on the beach, away from the city."

"Hmmm. Good that, Love." Alex closed her eyes.

A blanket was tossed at his head, he looked over and saw Thomas chucking another one at him, with a nod. Minho pulled the blanket over Alex, careful of the IV in her arm. He lay down beside her, pulling the blanket over them both, and slid as close to her as he could without hurting her, content to have her beside him.

"Sleep sunshine, I'll protect you."

She hummed contently, and with a smile she whispered, "I know Shuck face."

The end.
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Just wait .. Epilogue!!

AND a book 4, called Indulgence. (All the small side stories, some background chapters of Raegan and Ronin. Extra fun stories with Alex and Minho and the gang.

But oh my shanky goodness! The actual Books are DONE!