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Umm Athrun and Cagalli are both in this chapter, but they don't reunite till the next chapter, I'm sorry"/
Dearka Elsman was making his way into the military building, when he heard a girl yelling, he raised an eyebrow and looked towards the commotion. He saw Lunamaria Hawke standing with her hands formed into fists glaring murderously at the receptionist of the building.
"What do you mean you can't help!" Luna slammed her fists down loudly on the desk.
The receptionist looked at her with sympathy "I'm sorry but I can't trace Shinn Asuka or Meyrin Hawke's where abouts." By this point Luna fell to her knees "no there has to be a way!"
Dearka walked over to Luna and bent down and put a hand on her shoulder "Luna?"
Luna raised her head teary eyed "Commander Elsman!" Dearka nodded, "Luna what's going on?"
Luna fidgeted a little bit "Meyrin and Shinn didn't come home yesterday." Dearka tilted his head "Luna they're big kids, they can take care of themselves." Luna glared "I know that, but Meyrin would call! " Luna looked around and leaned closer to Dearka and whispered "plus Shinn is on suspension right now and he is under strict orders to be back in the apartment by 7pm unless authorized otherwise."
Dearka sighed, he knew Luna had a point about Shinn, and as her Commander he knew he had to help her. "Alright Luna, let's go report to the Chairwoman and get permission for our team to go look for them." Luna smiled and watched as her Commander stood up "thank you, sir!" Dearka reached out his hand to her and helped her up "no problem, although it is rather troublesome." Luna smiled "sorry." Dearka just shook his head "come on let's go" The two then made their way out of the building and to Dearka's car and drove off to go meet up with the Chairwoman.
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Cagalli was sleeping peacefully on her flight, completely unaware on what was being done to her. A little four year old girl with deep sea blue eyes, and curly sandy brown hair, had a big grin plastered on her face. She had a permanent sharpie marker in her hand and was very proud of the drawings she made on Cagalli's face. She leaned back in her seat a stuffed the marker in her pocket, she glanced at Cagalli and she giggled until she noticed Cagalli stir in her sleep.
Cagalli slowly opened her eyes, and yawned. The little girl turned towards Cagalli "good morning!"
Cagalli flinched a little and looked at the girl and she smiled "good morning."
The little girl moved her arm up and put her hand towards Cagalli "hello my name is Laraine" Cagalli shook the little hand "nice to meet you Laraine, I'm Cagalli."
Laraine laughed "bonfire!" Cagalli blinked "bonfire?" Laraine's eyes twinkled "your name it means bonfire!" Cagalli blinked then laughed "really? I didn't know that" Laraine moved closer to Cagalli "it's a very pretty name." Cagalli smiled "thank you, yours is pretty too. Oh what does yours mean?" Laraine folded her hands together "sorrrowful". Cagalli looked at her surprised "oh, I see."
Laraine looked up "so why are you going to the Plants, Cagalli?" Cagalli was pulling her hair into a ponytail "to visit friends, you?" Laraine started to stand up "the same, but I have to go, I bet my Daddy is worried about me, bye Cagalli." Cagalli waved "bye Laraine." Cagalli then looked back out the window, wishing that the stupid shuttle would go faster.
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Lacus Clyne was sitting at her desk in her office staring at documents until she heard someone knock on her door. She rolled her chair back and stood up and quickly walked over to the door and opened it. "Oh my Commander Elsman, and Miss Hawke, come in" Lacus motioned for them to sit down. Lacus walked back behind her desk and sat back down in her chair and looked at Dearka and Luna smiling kindly "what brings you two here?"
Dearka sighed "Chairwoman Clyne, we have reason to believe Meyrin Hawke, and Shinn Asuka are missing." Lacus frowned "Oh dear, is anyone tracking them?" Dearka shook his head "they did but they couldn't pick up Meyrin, nor Shinn's signal, so I came here to get permission for my team to personally go out and look for them." Lacus nodded "you most definitely have permission, I hope they are alright." Dearka stood up and saluted and Luna did as well. Dearka smiled a little "I'm sure they're fine, I'll let you know immediately when we find them." Lacus nodded "thank you Commander, be careful" and with that Dearka and Luna left.
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Kira was walking with Athrun to the Supreme Council Building.
Athrun glanced over at Kira to his surprise Kira sighed "tell me what's on your mind Athrun." Athrun folded his arms "I haven't had a chance to talk to Cagalli."
Kira stopped walking and looked up and watched birdy flying "you do know that she's not ignoring you right? I haven't been able to talk to her either." Athrun was watching birdy as well and turned to look at Kira when his words sunk in "seriously?" Kira then looked at Athrun as well and smiled "seriously." Athrun felt complete relief, she wasn't ignoring him, there is still hope.
Kira and Athrun started walking again when something dawned on Athrun "is she coming to the celebration?" Kira laughed "well I'm sure since it's an end of the war celebration of peace." Athrun nodded his head "true".
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"Report this to Commander Elsman immediatly!" one Zaft soilder said while looking relived and worried at the same time. The other soldier saluted "yes sir" and ran off to do that. He watched him for a second then turned his attention back to the two people laying on the ground unconscious. Meyrin Hawke and Shinn Asuka were banged up but alive, that's all that mattered. He smiled and leaned down "you know, you two really worried Lunamaria, so you better be alright." Just then medics came and loaded Shinn and Meyrin on stretchers and put them in the ambulances and drove away.
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Athrun and Kira entered the Supreme Council Building and made their way to Lacus's office. Once at the door Kira knocked on it lightly two times then opened it to see Lacus smiling beautifully at him.
"Hello Kira, Athrun" Kira and Athrun said hello back and walked in. Athrun shut the door while Kira made his way to Lacus's side and kissed her on the cheek. "Are you ready for your last meeting of the week?" Lacus nodded "yes very much so, how about you two?" Kira leaned against the wall "I suppose so." Athrun who was sitting down across from Lacus was about to speak but Lacus's video chat went off before he had a chance to, not that he cared.
Lacus frowned "I'm sorry Kira, Athrun but this is a private conference call, do you mind waiting outside?" Athrun and Kira smiled and shook their heads no, and went out the door.
A few minutes later, Kira and Athrun looked up as Lacus as she walked out of the office with a fake smile on her face "shall we go to the meeting?"
Athrun and Kira looked from Lacus to eachother and back to Lacus with concern, Kira walked over beside Lacus and took her hand in his "yes, let's go."
The three traipsed to the Supreme Council Chamber without saying another word.
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Lunamaria Hawke ran into the military hospital with Dearka Elsman in tow. Luna looked back at Dearka what floor are they on?" Dearka followed her into the elevator "four" he watched as Luna pressed the button. He saw her shaking he smiled "they're okay." Luna looked over at him and half smiled "what you mean to say is they're alive." Dearka shrugged his shoulder "that's another way to put it, better than "they're dead" though." Luna watched the door open "hmph!" and walked out. Dearka laughed and sat down in a chair outside between the two rooms, and pulled out his phone he needed to contact Lacus. (a/n that was her private conference call)
Luna sat beside Meyrin's bed and took her hand and placed it on Meyrin's "hey sis." Meyrin was sleeping she broke her left arm, and had a couple of bruises but she was okay otherwise. Luna realizing Meyrin was truly okay, stood up from her seat "I'm sorry Meyrin but I'm going to see Shinn now." Luna walked out of the room and looked down at Dearka "thank you, Commander." Dearka stood up and stretched "any other great Commander such as myself, would have done the same thing." Luna put her hand on her hip "pshh your usually really lazy, I wouldn't have even considered you a great Commander!" Dearka's jaw dropped "hey!" Luna laughed "that is until today, I am proud to be apart of the Elsman team, because my Commander is great." Dearka nodded his head "this is true, but I'm getting out of here hospitals make me cringe, let me know when one of them wake up, Hawke." Luna saluted "yes sir" she watched Dearka leave and then she opened the door to enter Shinn's room. She walked in she noticed how he was in worse shape than Meyrin. "He must of covered Meyrin in the accident." Luna sat on the side of his bed and put her hand on his cheek "I'm here Shinn."
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In the Supreme Council Chamber the members finished up business and were getting ready to leave. One turned to Lacus "see you at the celebration Chairwoman" Lacus smiled "yes see you there, have a nice day everyone." All the members left leaving just Lacus, Kira, and Athrun in the room.
Lacus turned to Kira and Athrun "I'm going to have dinner with Commander Dearka Elsman in an hour at The Rose." Athrun blinked, and Kira's eyebrows furrowed at Lacus's statement. Kira walked over to where Lacus was sitting he wasn't really jealous, just curious at least that's what he told himself. "Why?" Lacus glanced up at Kira "to discuss something, Kira." Kira crossed his arms "I want to go too." Lacus was putting her papers in her bag "You can't come, Kira." Kira's eyes widened "why not?" Lacus started to stand up, "because I said so." Kira pouted and started walking towards the door "Okay I understand."
Athrun put a hand over his mouth to keep from laughing, Kira was jealous and it was over Dearka, he couldn't wait to tell Cagalli about it. He started to follow Lacus and Kira out the door. As the three were walking Lacus looked at Kira who was still pouting and started to chuckle, "Kira do you want to know why you can't go?" Kira didn't turn to look at her "no I rather not know why." Lacus raised an eyebrow "are you sure?" Athrun looked at Kira waiting for him to answer, "positive." Lacus smiled and turned her head to look forward "is that so, then I'm proud of you Kira for remembering what your supposed to do in an hour." Kira stopped walking he was confused so Athrun stopped as well, Lacus turned around and waved politely "I'm sorry you two, but I have to go now, I'll be home after dinner."
Athrun waved, then turned to Kira "what are you supposed to do?" Kira scratched his head and smiled sheepishly "uhh I'm not sure?" Athrun started walking "you better figure it out soon." Kira walked beside him trying to remember.
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Yzak Joule was sitting at his desk glaring at the person across from him. The guy was rather intimidated by the harshness of Yzak's glare.
"Would you say that one more time" the man gulped at Yzak's request.
"The Rousseau was destroyed, by an unknown cause, and the only other thing near it was the shuttle coming from Orb, Sir."
Yzak didn't budge "are you suggesting it was a bomb, and someone on the Orb shuttle had the detonator?"
The man shifted his weight to his right foot "no, but that's a possibility."
Yzak growled in frustration "who all knows about this!"
The man scratched his leg "just your team."
Yzak stood up "inform everyone to keep their mouths shut about it, till I have a talk with the Chairwoman."
The man saluted "I will Commander Joule."
Yzak simply looked at him "you can leave now."
The man left quickly, and another body slipped in Yzak walked over to her "Shiho." She saluted in reply.
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Cagalli stomped off the shuttle looking for the nearest restroom, because five minutes ago while landing one of her laughing bodyguards finally had control of himself to tell her she had scribbles written all over her face. She was pissed beyond belief. She dared someone to say something. 'Ugh ! I can't believe Laraine did this to me!' Cagalli walked into the bathroom and went straight to the sink and just her luck there was no paper towels, not that it mattered because of where it's permanent marker it wouldn't come off by just using soap and water, she needed hairspray, and baby oil. Cagalli sighed and looked in the mirror 'no sense in staring at it, I'm better off finding Kira and going to his house to get this shit off.' She walked out of the restroom and met the two visible body guards the other four were to not make themselves noticed unless there was danger. Cagalli looked at bodyguard #1 "Any sign of Kira?" Bodyguard #1 shook his head "no mam, maybe you should call him?" Cagalli blushed and turned her head to the side and crossed her arms "I don't know his number." Bodyguard #2 busted out laughing and Bodyguard #1 blinked "you can't be serious?" Cagalli glared "quit laughing you bastard!, and yes I'm serious!" Cagalli stomped towards a bench with her bodyguards close behind and sat down "We will just wait here, Kira will be here soon." The two bodyguards shot worried glances to eachother.
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Lacus was sitting across from Dearka at a table in The Rose. She took a sip of her water "So they both are still unconcious?" Dearka nodded "yeah, and we couldn't find the car." Lacus frowned "so do you think someone attacked them?" Dearka thought for a minute "it's possible, but I'm leaning more to the idea that Meyrin lost control of her car or something like that."
"Commander Elsman" Lacus looked straight into his eyes, "if it turns out to not be an accident, I wish to keep it private."
Dearka held his breath "I understand Chairwoman"
Lacus then smiled calmly "thank you, Dearka." Dearka folded his arms behind his head and sighed "I should have just stayed on Yzak's team then I wouldn't have all these problems." Lacus chuckled.
"Lacus?" Lacus and Dearka looked up to see who called Lacus.
Lacus clapped her hands together "oh my, Miss Murrue, Mr. Mwu, and Mr. Waltfeld!"
Mwu walked foward "hey Pink Princess, and blondie" Lacus stood up and hugged Murrue.
Mwu shook Dearka's hand "it's good to see you again, kid" Dearka nodded and smiled "yeah it is, but I'm sorry everyone I gotta run" Lacus waved to Dearka "see you at the celebration!" Dearka waved "yeah, yeah wait till you see my date" he then winked and walked away.
Lacus smiled warmly and turned to the three adults "are you all busy?" Andy grinned "no we were just leaving" Lacus smiled widely "would you like to go to my house? Cagalli should be there by now!"
Andy nodded "I haven't seen her in a long time."
Murrue smiled "sounds fun"
Mwu put his arm around Murrue's waist "count me in! I'm looking forward to seeing the kid, and Zaft kid, along with Princess."
Lacus clapped her hands "then let's get going!"
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Athrun walked into the kitchen to look for a drink but found Kira sitting at the counter with his hands pulling his hair. "Kira, what are you doing?"
"I can't figure out what I was supposed to do an hour ago!" Kira threw one of his arms foward. Athrun got a glass and started to fill it with water "maybe Lacus was just teasing you?" Kira watched Athrun drink his water and relaxed "yeah I bet your right." Athrun looked a little perplexed "uhh Kira, if I'm not right don't hold it against me." Kira smiled "I won't" as Kira said that Birdy decided to fly through the kitchen followed by bouncing Haro's saying "Lacus, Lacus". Athrun smirked at Kira "Lacus is home" Kira slowly stood up "come with me Athrun to greet her." Athrun nodded "sure".
They walked into the the foyer, Kira and Athrun's eyes widened "Miss Murrue, Commander, Mr. Waltfeld!" Athrun and Kira said at the same time. Everyone laughed and Murrue hugged Kira. Athrun got his hair ruffled by Mwu. It was a happy reunion until Lacus's sudden question "Kira where is Cagalli?" Kira froze, Athrun looked shocked, Mwu, Murrue, Andy, and Lacus waited patiently for an answer. Kira slapped himself in the face "shit!"
Right after Kira realized what he forgot to do, there was a knock at the door.
