DISCLAIMER: Gundam Wing and Gundam Seed Destiny are not mine (how I wish! ). Don't sue, it'll be a waste of money and time, which you can spend creating more Gundam series.
TIMELINE: Happen throughout the Gundam Seed Destiny's events.
WARNING: Major spoilers! Especially for those who have not watched Destiny.
PHASE 00: INTERTWINED
By Arayelle Lynn.
"Let's do this."
"Are you sure?"
"We have no choice."
"But the children? Isn't it about time they're left to tend their own lives?"
"We have no choice, Revered Mother. The universe hangs in balance. The children are the only ones capable of saving it. They're our only hope."
"But their own lives? When will they be able to live them?"
"When they're done. Or you would rather we send the alternates?"
"No! They're already in precarious situations as it is."
Silent.
"When will this end?"
"Soon, Revered Mother. The battles have already taken place elsewhere and soon it'll be over."
"I pray so."
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Cosmic Era 71,
Onogoro Island, United Emirates of Orb,
"Faster!"
"Quickly, children!" the man stopped to monitor his family's progress. His son was helping his wife and daughter climbed up the hill. The distinctive sound of explosions was the only thing they could hear coming from where they came as smoke from burning trees reached their nostrils.
Suddenly the Earth shook. His daughter screamed. He looked at where the explosion originated and frowned. The battles seemed to be getting nearer.
He heard someone coughed. "Father," his son called, as they reached him. He nodded in encouragement at them. "It'll be fine," he reassured them, sensing the fear in their eyes. "It'll be okay when we reach the port."
The trust in their eyes touched him. "Come on, Shinn!"
His only son nodded. For a boy of his age, he had certainly showed great courage and outstanding calm in helping out his family evacuate the war zone. The father in him couldn't have been any prouder.
Another explosion nearby prodded them to scramble forward. The docks where the evacuation ships are waiting were just beyond the hill. It won't be long until they were safe and sound.
A screeching sound and a gust of wind threw them off their feet. Shinn grabbed his little sister and shielded her as a mobile armor flew past. Something exploded right in their path.
They picked themselves up, staring up to the two battling mobile armor called Gundams. Seeing that there was no other way through, Mr. Asuka pointed to a path downhill. "Come on, this way," he shouted, over the noise.
Shinn and his sister started following their parents. Suddenly, something dropped out of Mayu's, his sister, pocket. It clattered to the ground before bouncing off the ravine. "My cell phone!" she cried.
"There's no time for that! We must hurry," his mother stopped her, grabbing her hand.
But Mayu resisted. Shinn knew how much the cell phone meant to her. It was the birthday gift he had given her a few months ago.
"Come on, Mayu! Forget it!"
"No! I must have it."
Without wasting any time, Shinn dropped his bag and slid down the slope. He ignored his parents' protests as he searched for the phone. All around him, the battle continued, sending a feeling of resentment through him.
'Found it!' he thought, spotting the item in question near a tree root. He picked up and was about to turn when a wave of heat hit him, sending him flying through the air. His cries drown by a strange, booming sound.
Shinn hit the ground hard. For a moment, he lied there; the wind was knocked out of him. Then, feeling and sound began to return. He found that his ears were ringing; his body hurting all over and there was a strange feeling of wrongness filling his soul.
Then he heard a man's voice as he felt himself being lifted. Whoever it was asked him a question which he was too confused to answer. Then he realized that he was being led away.
That was when the feeling of wrongness turned into realization. His eyes widened, Shinn turned around, hoping to see his family. Instead, he saw charred grounds and burning trees. A large hole had appeared where it was not seconds ago. And his family…
"Mayu!" he croaked, seeing the familiar sleeve of his sister's uniform. But what shocked him was that the arm was not connected to the body!
Shinn's eyes strayed over the carnage before him, spotting the mutilated bodies of his family. There was blood everywhere as well as pieces of body parts. Suddenly, he cannot breathe. His chest heaved as his heart and mind tried to take in the whole scene. Unable to support himself anymore, he fell onto the ground, just before what used to be her sister's arm.
His head spinning, Shinn reached out for the arm. To hold it, to somehow return it to his sister. She will need that arm. She will cry unless he returned her arm to her. And maybe, just maybe, she would get up and be her usual mischievous self and make his life a living hell. And maybe then, his parents would be there to stop them from bickering.
But his fingers froze inches away for the bloody mass. Reality was starting to hit him and Shinn felt something broke inside him. The falling of tiny droplets from his eyes was forgotten as he tried to swallow the harsh reality.
His family was no more!
His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of an explosion as a gust of hot air nearly swept him off the ground once more. This time, he didn't cringe back. Instead, his eyes followed the motion of the two mobile armors battling in the air.
Then, the strange feeling inside him turned into something more sinister. Rage. He glared at the battling Gundams as the feeling grew until he couldn't stop it from escaping his lips.
Finally, he screamed.
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Some time,
Some place,
He had no name.
Or hadn't he?
He wasn't sure. If he had a name, he would not have been here.
Or would he?
Perhaps his lacking in name was the reason he was here.
Who was he?
Where did he come from?
Where was his family?
Or did he even have family?
He didn't know. Or rather, he couldn't remember. The only thing he remembered was walking. He had been walking endlessly for as long as he could remember. He had been walking until feeling had left his feet entirely. But still he kept walking.
Where was he heading to?
Nowhere. He had nowhere to go. There was no destination for him. Just the journey. The journey he hardly remember starting and it was a journey that he was still venturing.
So why did he keep to his journey? Where else, he had no destination awaiting him?
He didn't know. The only thing he knew was that he will continue where his heart led him. Somewhere in his fuzzy mind, he remembered vaguely. Someone from his past had told him to act on his own emotion. To let his heart leads him. And since that was the only thing he had, he decided to continue. To continue his journey led by the ghost of a forgotten memory.
So, he continued on…
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: So, what do you think? Is this fic worth a second chapter? Tell me.