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Chapter 2: The Sky Darkens

"What was it, Mu? What did you find?" Kira asked in a serious tone, he knew that his friend was dead serious when he said it wasn't good.

Mu just looked back at Kira with a sullen look and answered, "We found several destroyed mobile suits, from both ZAFT and the Earth Alliance…they were all destroyed, we only found one alive…right now he's in med-lab, but he's unconscious as of now."

"Were they fighting each other?" Kira questioned, he was shocked to hear about this, and apparently Kazuki sensed his father's stress and began to cry. Kira quickly gave his attention back to his son and calmed him down by rocking him gently back and forth. He then looked back at Mu, waiting for an answer.

"No…I don't think so, judging from what I saw, they looked like they were patrolling and crossed paths. Then something else attacked them, and whatever it was, it was either fast or strong, because the mobile suits had almost all of their ammo. Many didn't even have a single shot fired…it was scary seeing the remains of the conflict, most of the suits were intact, all the cockpits were destroyed though, all except for the one of the survivor we found. It was odd. Who would aim solely for the cockpits?" Mu answered with a puzzled look on his face as he rubbed his hand through his blonde hair.

"Someone with the intention of killing…that's who…" Kira whispered to himself.

"Hmm? Did you say something?" Mu asked, he noticed that Kira seemed distracted.

"Whoever it was needs to be stopped, before someone else ends up like this." Kira said with a solid, resolved tone.

"Whoa there, hot-shot! You're still on relief…you enjoy it. Don't worry, I'll find out who it was...besides, Shinn's with me piloting the Destiny, and I have the Akatsuki. I think we can handle it." Mu assured his friend.

"Alright…but promise that you'll let me know as soon as you need my help, alright?" Kira asked, he was worried for his friends.

"Okay, if you insist, I promise. You be sure to relax, bud. I'll let you know when we learn anything. See you later." Mu said as Kira waved good-bye to him. Kira stood up and went back to the kitchen.

"What did Mu want, Kira?" Lacus asked, she could tell Kira was upset about something; she walked over and took their son from his arms so he could sit down and think.

"He said they found several destroyed mobile suits near the outer PLANTs, both ZAFT and Earth Alliance…only one pilot was alive." Kira told her, he was disturbed by this fact.

"Were they fighting one another?" She gasped, quietly though, she didn't want to upset the baby.

"He didn't think so…the debris says otherwise, from what he can tell." He calmly answered back.

"What are they doing about it…do they want you up there with them?" His wife asked, worried now, she didn't like it at all when he had to fight.

"No, no, Mu told me to stay here, and that he and Shinn would look into it. He told me to stay here and enjoy my time of relief. So I will…but I made him promise to let me know when he needed my help." Kira replied, clenching his fist, he really didn't like the idea of his friends out there in potential danger…but it couldn't be helped, he knew that.

"I see that's good…but like Mu said, I'm sure he's alright. Don't worry, they'll be fine. Just relax for now." Lacus said as she sat down and leaned against his shoulder.

"You're right...thanks, hon. I don't know what I'd do without you sometimes, ha-ha-ha..." Kira laughed as he leaned over and gave his wife a kiss.

In the outer PLANTs/Colonies:

"Hey, Mu…how's the pilot?" Shinn asked as he walked up to his captain.

"He's stable now…we just have to wait for him to wake up. Then we can find out what happened." Mu replied, looking through the ER door's window.

"Did you get a hold of Kira?" The black haired teen questioned.

"Oh yeah, I told him we'd keep him posted on this. I promised him we'd also let him know if we needed his help…we might actually need it, so I didn't see it a problem. He's on relief though, so I told him to stay home for now." The blonde man replied, rubbing his chin in thought. "He and Lacus have a son now. I was shocked." He continued, he was in deep thought, likely about his own wife, Murrue at home.

"Ha-ha, no kidding? Wow…so soon? Anyway, I went ahead and notified Athrun of the recent turn of events like you had asked. He said he'll head here as soon as he can…but that could be a while, being as he's dealing with a few formal Orb political transactions with Miss Cagalli that involve the military." Shinn notified Mu, who shook his head in understanding.

"I see…well that'll be good. He and Infinite Justice will be of great help out here when we go looking for the person that killed those pilots…" Mu replied in very deep thought. Athrun was indeed a good pilot; almost as good as Kira…his help would defiantly be welcomed.

"Hey, he's coming too!!!" A nurse yelled as she burst through the ER door.

"Really, can we talk to him?" Shinn asked urgently. "It's very important that we do." He finished, his red eyes shimmered with hope, "Maybe we can find out what happened out there…" He thought to himself.

"I'll ask him, he seems stable, but after what he might have gone through, who knows?" The nurse replied, turning around and reentering the room. After a few seconds the nurse came back out. "He'll see you, try not to make it too long though, he's very tired and kind of out of it, if you know what I mean." She told the two soldiers.

"Thanks, don't worry, we'll only be a few minutes. Standard Intel questioning is all." Mu assured the nurse as he and Shinn walked in the room.

A/N: Who was it that attacked the mobile suits? What will the pilot reveal now that he's awake? Will Mu and Shinn be enough for whatever is waiting for them in the darkness that is obviously ahead? Find out, please RnR ;-P