Well, from now on the plot is mine :P. I hope you like it and I am open to any ideas you may have :)
And of course, I do not own Gundam Seed, Duh :)
Note: Ok the plot from now on is mine :P although at some points I may add a touch of the original with a twist. This chapter will probably be a little slow...
Chapter 2: Friend or Foe?
Mwu La Flaga's POV:
I felt like shit... I still couldn't believe that they had the kid. If only I could have got that shot in sooner then that damn Aegis driver would have had to of released the Strike to defend itself. I though furiously, slamming my fist into my locker. As soon as the Aegis had safely gotten away the Duel and Buster had backed off... The most I had been able to do was tell the kid to put a lock on the OS, in hopes that they would keep him alive if they couldn't operate the Strike.
"But... Why the Kid of all people! He wasn't even a soldier... Dammit!" I said to my self, still seething. I heard the door open and turned expecting Murrue Ramius, instead I saw the Kid's friends; Miriallia, Sai, Tolle, Kuzzey and Flay all looking at me like I had all the answers. If only they could understand...
"What do you want?" I asked when none of them spoke. I was out of patience right now and didn't want to deal with these games.
"W-What happened?" Mir stuttered "What happened to Kira!" Now that she spoke I saw the pain all over her face, and on the faces of her companions. I regretted my short words before; I was angry that the Kid had been captured, but these five teens where the ones who actually knew Kira, they were his real friends. I didn't know what to say... How can they understand, unless they find some need for him, Kira is most likely dead...
"Please Lieutenant La Flaga, what happened to our friend?" The tall one; Sai asked. He was hiding it better than the others, but it was still obvious that he was in pain over his friends capture.
"He was captured by the ZAFT soldiers..." I finally answered. Mir broke down crying and turned to Tolle, Sai looked to be in denial, as did the other girl Flay. "D-Didn't you already know?" I asked in surprise.
"He never even wanted to fight!" Tolle yelled at me, completely ignoring my question. "He always hated war, that was why he stayed in Heliopolis! But... But you... And the other officers just had to push him into this, didn't you? Why? Why him?" My heart clenched and I mentally flinched at his words. Its true... I thought If we didn't push the him to pilot the Strike he wouldn't be there... But all of us would most likely be dead if he hadn't.
I turned away, not wanting to see the sad looks of the kids before me. I put my arm up against the locker and rested my head on my arm... Please, be ok Kid...
Kira's POV:
"Please Kira, just come out." Athrun coaxed from outside my cockpit. It had been going on like this for a while now. At first there was just soldiers yelling at me to come out with my hands up, but after a while they gave up... Then Athrun began trying. It had been easy to ignore the soldiers; they were being harsh and demanding and I didn't know them. But Athrun... He wasn't being like that, and that made it all the harder to ignore him.
"No." I said stubbornly for about the fifth time.
I heard a groan from Athrun. "Look Kira, don't make this any worse, if you just cooperate you will be fine." He said. Although he couldn't see it, my shoulders finally slumped in defeat. He's right I thought the most I can do right now is try to stay alive.
So I unclasped my seat belt and pressed the button to open the cockpit. Immediately ZAFT soldiers swarmed in and yanked me out. The next thing I knew, my hands were tied behind my back and about 10 guns were pointed at my head.
"Lower your weapons men, he's not going anywhere." Said a cool, calculated voice from behind the soldiers. One by one the men lowered their guns -they obviously didn't trust me- and stood aside revealing a man with blond hair and a strange mask that covered the top half of his face.
"I am Commander Rau Le Creuset, welcome aboard the Gamow. Am I right in assuming you are Kira Yamato?" The man, Le Creuset, asked. There seemed to be something odd in the way he was looking at me then; like I was someone he may know. This seemed strange to me, but I finally decided my mind was playing tricks on me.
"Yes." I said shortly.
"Hmm... Well then, we should probably make you more comfortable." Le Creuset said with a slight mocking tone in his voice. "Athrun, you will escort your friend here to the detention area and watch over him until someone comes to relieve you. Understood?"
Athrun, who had been waiting just of to the side snapped to attention at the sound of his name, then gave a crisp "Yes Sir!" In response to his orders. I mentally groaned. Why Athrun? He is the last person I want to be stuck alone with right now. I thought. I made a point of not looking at Athrun as he came over and, grabbing my arm, began leading me to my prison.
We moved in silence; me looking pointedly at the ground, and Athrun no doubt watching me. Soon we came to the detention cells and I was put in the second from back cell. It contained nothing more than a cot for sleeping, a small basin and a toilet.
"If you behave the Commander may let you into one of the proper rooms." Athrun said breaking the silence. "You'll still be guarded of course." He added.
I didn't reply and instead went and lay down on the cot, facing the wall. Again there was a long stretch of silence between Athrun and I, my mind began to wander; I began wondering what my friends were doing right now. I wondered whether La Flaga would ever be able to make good on his promise and find me. Probably not... I thought dismayed.
"Kira?.." Athrun asked. I again ignored him. Athrun sighed and tried again;
"Look, Kira. I had to bring you in; Yzak would have killed you otherwise... I... I couldn't let that happen... Anyway they were only using you!... Kira... Kira, answer me!" He yelled.
After a few more seconds I turned to face him, I kept my face as blank as I could. Athrun visibly flinched, even though I was angry and scared I hated making Athrun feel bad, if I were in his place I probably would have done the same. But rational thought wasn't really with me now; my resolve faltered when I looked at him, my eyes filling with tears. I quickly turned back.
"Kira..." Athrun muttered, trailing off...
Athrun's POV:
As I watched Kira's back, I found my self wishing that he would scream at me, or at least talk to me He never was one to make a scene I thought sadly, but his blank face was the worst. I could understand that he would feel betrayed and scared, but it seemed worse than that. Why? I wondered. I decided to try once more to get him to talk;
"Kira, please talk to me. I'm sorry, but I have no regrets about capturing you... It would have been easier if you had just come along willingly though." I said softly, trying to explain myself. I instantly regretted the words, What the hell was that? I scolded myself Way to go Athrun, that probably just made things worse! While growling at myself I almost missed his reply;
"Do you even know why I fought? Did you even listen to me when I tried to explain it to you when we were out there." Kira said softly, so softly that even when I payed full attention it was hard to hear. I began racking my brain, trying to remember what he had said. "But people I know are on that ship, they're all good friends of mine!" Those had been his words. Had he really fought just to save a few naturals that were probably just using him?
"Yes, I remember." I answered. "But I didn't understand either." I continued, hoping to keep him talking.
"How could you not understand?" He asked, I stayed silent and eventually he continued; "They have been my friends since I moved there. I never told them I was a coordinator, but they found out when all of this started. We were in the company of some soldiers at the time, soldiers who trained their guns on me as soon as they heard, but Tolle... He jumped in between me and the soldiers and stood up for me. Tolle, Mir, Sai, Kuzzey, even Flay, they all accepted me for who I was..."
"Kira... " I didn't know what to say so I just trailed off in silence.
"That's why I fought. I fought to protect those who protected me. They even volunteered to help out on the command deck to help me... At first I was going to refuse, but I soon found out that they would most likely be killed otherwise, and if they died it would have been my fault..." Kira continued, my heart twisted as he spoke, I could understand what he was saying. But I had to do it... If I didn't he would be dead I told myself.
"Kira. I understand now. But I still had to do it, they would have been worse off if you had died anyway..." I said trying to reassure him. Finally he looked at me; not with the same blank look as before, but an open one.
"I know." He said "But, I cant help but feel that I let them down..."
Kira...
Le Creuset's POV:
"You called for me Sir?" Athrun said from the door.
"Yes, come in Athrun." I replied curtly "And close the door behind you, if you please."
I heard the door slide shut, and turned to face Athrun. The boy seemed quite calm; this surprised me, I had thought he would be a bit more distressed over the imprisonment of his childhood friend. Interesting, I wonder how he will take the news I wondered.
"Well Athrun, it appears your friend is a remarkable individual." I said casually.
"A remarkable individual Sir?" He asked, I could tell he was curious as to my meaning.
"Yes. It appears your friend has found a way to stop us from using the Strike." I informed him.
"What? How?... Sir" Athrun said, both surprise and fear temporarily showing on his face before he regained his composure.
"He had put a multiple layered lock on the OS, one that, amazingly, we can not decipher." I continued.
"W-What will you do Sir?" Athrun asked. I could see my plan may yet work. I knew that Athrun had only forcibly captured his friend to avoid his friends death. Now I wondered just how far Athrun will go to keep his friend safe.
"Well, that is why I called you in Athrun. I need to know of any weaknesses your friend has that we could exploit to get him to unlock the machine." I said in a compassionate voice, hoping to push the boy to give me what I needed. "That way, hopefully no harm will come to him. I really would prefer not to have to force him to do it through other means..." I trailed off.
I could see the wheels turning in Athrun's head. He was most likely wondering how far he could go in this to keep everyone happy. Or at least keep his friend from harm.
"Well?" I pushed.
"He... His main weakness would be his friends aboard the Archangel." The boy said.
"Interesting." I mused. "Perhaps we may come to a compromise after all. You may leave now Athrun." I finished.
"Yes Sir." I watched as he left, then begun thinking of the most effective way of persuading our little guest to cooperate.
"Hmm, this will be amusing." I said to no one in particular.
Ok, so that's chapter 2. Its a slow one, but its necessary for future events and occurrences :P
Please review and tell me what you think, or if you have any suggestions I will be happy to hear them.
