Love Conquers All

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Chapter Two:

---Two Days Ago---

Lacus walked to Cagalli's room and knocked on the door, "Cagalli, it's me Lacus. May I come in?" She waited for a response, but received none. She knocked again and there was still no response, 'I have a bad feeling about this.'

"Cagalli?" She started opening the door quietly, "are you hungry? You haven't come down for breakfast," she called out as she walked in, hoping to find her friend in bed. Except, the only thing she found on the bed was a note that she read silently.

Dear Kira,

I'm sorry to have done this to everyone, but most of all to you. I can't bear to see you all unhappy because of me, nor can I stand to be a burden. I've let all of you down and the best thing for me to do is to remove myself from your lives. I leave Orb and its people to you. I know you will be a great leader to them; better than I've been to them as of late. Please do this for me. I have left an official document for you in the safe. You know the code. I'm sorry that I will not be there for your wedding with Lacus or to help you welcome your children into this world. Promise me to be happy and enjoy your lives. Please tell everyone that I'm very sorry to leave without a proper good bye. I love you all so very much but it's time for me to be with my baby. Where I truly belong. I'll always be with you in your heart and in spirit. I love you my brother.

Your Sister,

Cagalli Yula Athha

"KIRA!"

---At the PLANTs---

"Councilman Zala, did you call for me?"

"Yes Meyrin, are the status reports ready?"

"They will be shortly sir. As soon as they are, I'll bring them in."

"Thank you Meyrin. That will be all."

"Yes sir." Meyrin walked out of the office and bumped into Dearka.

"Whoa, what's the hurry?"

"Oh, sorry sir. I was just heading over to my desk."

"That's alright. No harm no foul. Is the boss in?"

"Yes, he is."

"Cool." Dearka then walked in to see Athrun sitting at this desk rubbing his temples.

"Athrun, my man, how have you been?"

"Dearka, this is no time for your impracticalities," he warned him with a glare as he reached over to a locked drawer and punched in a code on the key pad. Once unlocked, a few documents, a blue button and a gun are revealed. Athrun reached in to press on the button and relocked the drawer.

"Whoa man, now you're starting to sound like Yzak and that's not a compliment."

"Have you had any success?"

"No," Dearka sighed, "sorry, but we are still working on it. Somehow we are being blocked and as soon as we think we are about to break through, we get hit by another block."

Athrun groaned. "Something is wrong, I can feel it. I need to get in touch with her. I know she had to of have seen the article."

"What could be wrong? Most likely, she's teed off and is just giving you a cold shoulder. But hey, you're a ladies man, you can sweet-talk her then you'll kiss and make-up," Dearka argued with a big grin on his face. One can only imagine where his mind's at.

"I wish it was that simple, but it's not her temper I'm worried about. I think there is something else going on, I just don't know what." Athrun slumped and covered his face with his hands.

"That serious, huh?"

Athrun just nodded his head and continued to rub his temples. "Has Yzak had any luck with damage control?"

"He's still working on it as far as I know."

"Then please do me a favor, find out and let me know right away. I may end up just leaving Yzak to cover for me while I go back to Orb."

"You're going?"

"I don't think I have any other choice at this time."

Dearka nodded his head in agreement, "then I'll head out to Yzak's office and get an update," he said as he walked out waving his hand without looking back, "I'll talk to you later." The door shut behind him.

Athrun sighed, 'Cagalli, I hope you're okay.'

---Back at Orb---

"Lacus! What's wrong?" Both Kira and Kisaka ran into Cagalli's room to find Lacus sobbing on the floor.

"Where's Cagalli?" Kisaka asked as he looked around the room.

Kira was holding Lacus as she continued to sob onto his chest, "Lacus, please tell us what is wrong. Do you know where Cagalli is at?" He had a bad feeling about all this, but didn't want to jump into any conclusions, yet.

Lacus said something but neither Kira nor Kisaka could understand what she said.

"Sweetheart, could you please repeat that?" Kira softly asked, trying to coax her to calm down and talk to them, but all she did was lift a letter up to Kira. "What's this?" He took it from her and started reading while he held onto his fiancée.

Lacus felt Kira stiffened and tremble, whether it was out of fear or anger, she could not tell.

"No. this can't be…why would she do this?!" Kira yelled out and Lacus continued to sob onto his chest.

"Kira, what's going on? What does it say?" Kisaka feared to hear what he suspected, but he had to know. He promised the late Lord Uzumi Nara Athha that he would protect Cagalli. And now…now he feared he had failed to do so.

"Kisaka, alert all military personnel, the police and anyone else to look out for the Representative of Orb, the Princess Cagalli Yula Athha. Close down the airports, docks, and all other public transportation." Kira ordered with such fierceness that it even made Kisaka shudder.

"Kira, please explain what is going on. Where is Cagalli?"

Kira looked up to Kisaka and several emotions can be seen in his eyes: fear, anger, sadness, and determination, to name a few.

"She…she left. She ran away and left Orb in our hands and she plans to..," Kira closed his eyes, took a deep breath and let it out slow, hating to say the rest, but he knew he had to tell him, "…she plans to commit suicide and join her baby."

There was silence between them, Lacus was silently crying by now, until Kisaka slammed his fist to the wall that he stood next to.

"What is she thinking?!"

"That's the problem. She's not thinking rationally and she is emotionally unstable. We need to find her right away, but we must not let anyone know the true reason to her disappearance. Is that understood, Colonel?"

"Yes sir, understood sir. I'll be at Command Headquarters."

"Thank you. You're dismissed Colonel Kisaka."

Kisaka walked out to contact all necessary personnel to search for the missing Princess. Kira picked up Lacus bridal style and took her into her room. Whispering comforting words to sooth her. He laid her down on her bed and covered her up.

"Lacus, sweetheart, please listen to me? I need you to stay as calm as possible. We will find her and bring her back, but in the meantime, I need you to do something for me, okay?"

Lacus looked up and nodded.

"Good. Hold onto this letter. Don't let anyone find it. I'll come up with something, but right now, we can not let anyone find out the truth. Can you do that for me?" He softly asked in a soothing voice.

Lacus again nodded and Kira bent down to kiss her forehead.

"I'll be back soon and I'll send Myrna in to bring you some tea." He kissed her again and stood, but before he could walk away, Lacus grabbed his hand. Kira looked back.

"Kira, should we contact Athrun and let him know?"

Kira looked down to the floor, contemplating what they should do. Then he looked at Lacus, "not yet, let's see what happens for now, okay?"

Lacus lets go of his hand and nodded. She understood that this was a very delicate matter and the fewer people that knew of the truth, the better. She trusted Kira to do the right thing. She laid her head back down and closed her eyes, trying to keep herself calm.

Kira walked out of the room to first find Myrna and then meet up with Kisaka. 'Hang on Cagalli, don't do anything stupid.' He clenched and unclenched his fists. He knew that if they didn't find her soon, they will be too late. He couldn't lose the only blood relative he had, not especially after forming such a strong bond with his twin sister. 'I should have followed my instincts when they were telling me something was wrong with her. I have to find her and bring her back.'

---Present Time at the PLANTs---

Both Dearka and Yzak barged into Athrun's office and Meyrin was behind them trying to stop them.

"What is the meaning of this? Can't you see I'm in a meeting?" Athrun stood from his desk, looking not very happy.

"There's no time. This is an emergency."

"I hate to say it, but I have to agree with this idiot," Yzak huffed as he crossed his arms.

"I see." Athrun looked towards the other two men sitting in front of his desk. "Gentlemen, I apologize, but if you'll excuse us, we can continue with this matter another time," both men nodded and bowed to Athrun. "Thank you. Meyrin, please escort them out."

Meyrin nodded and did as requested. Yzak closed and locked the door behind them as Athrun proceeded to push the button just as he's done before.

"Care to explain what's going on Dearka?" Athrun sat back down on his chair while waiting for an explanation.

"I'll do even better, I'll show you and you can see for yourself." Dearka reached over and pressed a button that opens up the panel on the other side of the office to reveal a large LCD flat panel screen. He turned it on and switched over to the news report.

"…and that Ladies and Gentlemen was the statement from Ambassador Kira Yamato...," in the background everyone can see Kira walking off stage with Lacus next to him, "…it has been three days since the Representative of Orb and our Princess, Cagalli Yula Athha, has gone missing…"

"WHAT!"

"Hold on man, there's more, just listen." Dearka told him as he motioned with his hand to sit back down.

"…as you heard, Ambassador Yamato, also the twin brother of the Representative, asks the citizens of Orb to help by providing any information they might have on the missing Princess. It looks like the Princess could have been kidnapped by professionals, but no ransom has been sent or possibly she's some where out there alone and injured. At this time, clearly they are not coming forth with specific information; we can only speculate and pray our Princess is returned to us safe and sound. Back to you…" Yzak shuts off the screen as Athrun can only sit there stunned by what he just heard.

"I guess you were right, but hey, at least you don't' have to worry about damage control anymore…OW! That hurt!"

"You idiot! This is no time for your jokes," Yzak yelled at Dearka as he's about to hit him again.

"Enough!"

Both Yzak and Dearka looked at Athrun as he is now standing leaning against his desk with his head down and clenching his fists. "Dearka, were you or were you not able to get through?"

"No. We are still being blocked and it's definitely a professional job. No one, without expertise, can out maneuver our best technicians."

"Than this could mean a professional kidnapping job in the works and if that's the case, even Yamato can't get through to us," Yzak contemplated aloud.

"Obviously, someone is trying to keep me isolated from Orb. Well not anymore. Yzak, I need you to cover for me, take my place for a while and Dearka, track down from where and whom this block is coming from. I'll be in constant contact with you guys through our communicators. Make sure you guys set it on the private channel." Athrun started picking up his briefcase and other belongings as he was getting ready to leave the office.

"What are you planning on doing Zala?"

"I'm going back to Orb and find her."

"And how exactly are you going to do that if what you say is true, whoever this person or group is, will try to keep you here." Yzak pointed out.

"I still know people from the Clyne Faction. They will help me to get to Orb. Up to now, I had left them as a last resort and now I have no choice but to contact them."

"Well then, all I can say is good luck man and go find your girl." Dearka reached out and shook hands with Athrun. Then both he and Yzak followed Athrun out of the office.

"Meyrin, I'll be stepping out for a little while."

"Sir, may I inquire where you will be? Of course, in case I need to get a hold of you?" Meyrin cautiously asked as she followed him.

"I'm just going to get some fresh air, possibly a get a bite to eat. If anything does come up, get in touch with Commander Joule. He'll be in charge while I'm out of the office. I'll call you later and for now reschedule today's appointments. Thanks Meyrin." He continued walking away without looking back and then whispered to his friends when they got on the lift, "you know what to do and I'll contact you as soon as I arrive at my destination."

Both men nodded and walked off to different directions when the lift opened as Athrun walked out of the building. His mind set at reaching Orb at whatever cost.


I am having so much fun writing this story. You'll be happy to know that I'm already working on the next chapter.

Hmm. Who can possibly be that is keeping Athrun away from Orb? Will Kira find his sister on time or at all? So many questions, but only time will tell what will happen next.

Thank you and please review.