Gundam SEED DESTINY

It had been a long time since the war ended. Almost two years. We had defeated Chairman Durandal and the remaining Z.A.F.T. soldiers were on our side now. Lacus was now in control. Athrun and I had become commanders now and everything had been peaceful, the way I liked it. I heard conflict was stirring but I didn't see it affecting us one bit. The Z.A.F.T. ship, Pandora was ready to launch and scout the area.

I was in command and had to leave right away. I entered the ship. The corridors were indeed very crowded. Everyone was in their stations and we were ready to launch. A few preparations had to made first so we had to wait another hour. I stepped back into the port and stood outside the ship.

"Kira!"

I turned around to see Lacus running towards me. Athrun also came to the ship. Unlike other missions, we were doing the one together. Z.A.F.T said it required the power of the Strike Freedom and the Infinite Justice. She wished us good luck and had to leave because a member of the Supreme Council came and called her. She had another meeting to attend. Oh well. Athrun and I walked onto the Pandora and went to look at our Gundams.

I didn't like piloting the Freedom, but if meant preventing a war, I would do it. If this new group we heard of was truly our enemy, then who would be blamed? Would it be a war with Naturals and Coordinators again?

"Kira, are you alright? You don't look like your usual self," Athrun pointed out.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just haven't been into a battle field for a long time, let alone scouting."

Kira and Athrun got into their Mobile Suits and turned them on. Kira started doing some configuring to the system to make it faster.

"Meyrin, we're set to launch."

"Understood, Commander!"

Meyrin began typing something and then put her hand on her ear-piece.

"Freedom, you're clear to launch!"

"Kira Yamato, Freedom, let's do it!"

"Justice, go ahead and launch!"

"Athrun Zala, Justice, launching!"

The two Mobile suits took off. Kira saw a near by heat source on his radar and notified Athrun. The two took cover behind a stray asteroid. Athrun saw a symbol on the side of the Mobile Suit's arm. He zoomed in and he couldn't help but look confused. The symbol belonged to the Earth Forces.

"Athrun, what do you see?"

"This isn't good, Kira. That heat source was a Zaku belonging to...to the Earth Forces."

"The Earth Forces? That's impossible!"

"Kira, we have to go back and inform Lacus!"

"Right!"

Kira and Athrun headed back to the Pandora. Under Kira's orders, the Pandora returned to the port in a hurry. Kira and Athrun didn't wait for a second before they got off. They immediately began to run to the Supreme Council room. Lacus was still in a meeting so they waited outside. The meeting ended not long after. Kira and Athrun saluted the Supreme Council members as they walked out. The two of them walked inside.

"Lacus, we have to talk." Kira whispered.

"About what?"

"We went scouting like you asked and saw a Zaku belonging to the Earth Forces. We have a strong belief that this new group is the Earth Forces." Athrun explained.

"This really isn't good, now is it."

"Do you think they'll declare a war?" Kira asked.

Suddenly, the three of them heard shouting in the hallway. They ran out and saw an Earth Forces soldier. He had a gun. Athrun looked down and saw blood and ZAFT soldiers. He took out his gun and shot the gun out of the soldier's hand. Athrun looked at Kira and the two nodded.

"Get Lacus out of here. They're most likely after her!"

"Right! Lacus, come on."

Lacus took Kira's hand and ran into the right corridor. He went to one of the rooms and typed in a code, opening it.

"Go in! You'll be safer in there."

He smiled and reassured her. Kira closed the door and stayed guard outside. Athrun joined him and Shinn came up from the other corridor for more support. The three of us waited in case anyone came. What we heard might have startled us a bit. No, more than that even.