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"Kim, Kim are you awake?" Seth's voice echoed in my ears. I tried to get up, but my legs weren't responding to mu command.

"Don't stress yourself, Kim. Just stay down for a second." I nodded slowly and closed my eyes.

"What happened, Seth? My head feels like a pumpkin on Halloween… Empty and full of holes."

"You went unconscious. I guess the gravity was too strong for you. Its okay thought, nothing happened to your system or your head. But..."He was about to say something about my head not being alright and I kicked his leg, making fall off the cockpit. I gasped and I rushed to the window, looking down. There he was, squashed against the sandy terrain, his eyes wide open. He was laughing and crying in pain at the same time. I frowned. That ought to make him stop talking for a while. He'll give me a break...

"What about the people in the lifeboat? Are they okay?"

"They're just fine...I guess. Whatever happens, we must not touch this safety vessel."

"Why is that, Seth? We must wake them up!"

"It's not that I want them asleep, but it's the only way they'll be safe. We don't know if the change of atmosphere of the area for the instance is going to affect them so I suggest we leave them into regenerescence."

I got down the cockpit and made sure my feet were going to stand me up and support my weight by switching my feet several times, jumping on one leg and switching back to the other. Seth managed to get up, clutching to his head.

"What the hell was that for?"

"You should shut up once in a while." He muttered under his breath, apparently pissed.

I looked around me and only saw sand, sand and did I mention sand?

"Where are we, Seth?"

"In some kind of desert. I would say we're...in mother Africa." Africa? Holy crap! We deviated a lot from the Atlantic Federation territory! Jesus Christ, we're in a big mess! But… Wait a second...!

I went back into the Valliant's cockpit, took out a map, got down and put the map on the ground. Seth approached and looked. That's it! We're closer to Orb! That's what I thought! We have a base in Orb! We'll contact the HQ from there.

"Seth, we are in a perfect spot."

"I know. It's warm and I need a tan." I nudged his arm and frowned.

"I know you do it unconsciously, but you are an idiot! Look at the world with your woman's eyes! We're in southern Africa, which means we're closer to Orb than to the Atlantic Federation! What does that mean Seth, being close to Orb?"He thought for a second, but gave in. I was losing what was left of my patience.

"That means we can contact the HQ from Orb!" A light apparently lit up in his head because he seemed like he understood. "I get it! That makes so much more sense!" Oh my God, give me the strength to go on with him…

We ate a bit and sat down to elaborate a plan: we needed to get there safely. Since we were in the PLANTS territories, we needed to make an act so subtle we could get to Orb incognito. The problem was to be subtle with two enormous pieces of metal entered illegally in this country. We had to find somewhere to hide them while we cross the ocean to get to Orb… A brilliant idea crossed my genius mind.

"Seth! The Archangel!" A light flashed in his blue orbs, but he frowned at the same time.

"I thought you never wanted to see them again and leave them to ZAFT to rot and to starve, or something of that sort." Yeah well the wind changed direction 'cause we need 'em to cross the border.

"I know but think about it: if we aboard the Archangel once more, we'll get to cross the ocean without any problem whatsoever! We'll be able to hide our mobile suits and get a nice ride out of it too! If they went to Earth and took the same path as we did, they eventually would have to go in the Moon Base territory and hit the waves of gravity, making them deviate from their path and land here too!"

"It makes sense but the thing is: where are they? They could be anywhere in South Africa and... Since we can't fly with the Outpacer and the Valliant, we're bound to..."

"Walk. Jesus Christ!" I didn't think of that! I'm so stupid! There' no way we'll be able to catch up with them if we can't fly to them! Ugh, what do we do now?

"Let's try an interference call. It's the only solution."

"Are you crazy, Seth?! We're going to get busted! No interference call!"

"I say we do it, what do we have to lose? We have nothing with us except mobile suits! If we're attacked, we'll defend ourselves and we'll run away! It's easy!"

"No! It's dangerous! What are thinking, Seth?"

"A little danger won't kill us! You went through the Earth's gravity, what's up with flying in an enemy's territory? That's nothing!" We argued and the night fell on us like a brick, the temperature falling with the daylight. I stayed in my cockpit and wrapped around a blanket. I could see the light in Seth's cockpit: his radio was on, displaying a distress signal. I frowned and got up. I was upset he wouldn't listen to me. I got down from the cockpit and interpleaded him from the ground. The night air would do me good. I sat down in the cold sand and looked up to the Valliant. With this machine, I could destroy everything in my path, but I could also protect the ones, excuse me, the one, I love the most in the world. After all, I had only Seth in this universe, the only one who understood me and took care of me. I had to take care of him, for he was like my little brother. It was my responsibility; it was I who had to be the mother and the best friend. I stayed there for a while, thinking about the right thing to do.

The next morning, I woke up and awoke Seth, this one still sleeping, snoring peacefully. His body was strong and his arms powerful and slender. He wasn't too muscular, but he was a very strong person both physically and mentally. I groggily looked on the control board and a flashing red dot was ticking. Someone answered the distress signal! "Seth, wake up! Someone answered the distress signal! Come on, wake up!" I screamed, shaking him. The monitor showed a distress code of which I could signal. Seth opened his eyes and asked what was happening.

"They received the signal! I'll try to contact them." I took out the emergency distress radio from the Outpacer's dashboard and typed in the code. We both jumped in the Outpacer's cockpit, nervous. We waited a couple of minutes; the anxiety could be felt in the cockpit. Finally, a voice was heard through the speakers of the monitor.

"This is the Archangel; we received a distress signal from you. Who are you and can tell you tell me your location?" Seth was overjoyed and hugged me tightly. "We're saved." He said.

"Captain Ramius! It's us: Seth Yoshiro and Kim Desjardin! We need your assistance!" There were gasps and exclamations through the mike and Murrue Ramius seemed very happy. I could hear the crew sighing in relief.

"We located you, pilots of the Valliant and the Outpacer. Don't worry, we are coming. I am glad you're both alive, kids." Said Mu LaFlaga, with an enthusiastic tone in his voice. "I hope you're going to tell us why you're in the middle of a desert, distressed. This is very...unexpected."

"Yes, Commander LaFlaga, I'll explain everything when I see you. We thank you very much."

"I hope to see you soon too, kids. Take care while we arrive."

The communication was cut off and we both sighed in relief. We knew this opportunity was going to save our lives. I thanked God and Seth to have stayed by my side. I couldn't help myself but to feel nauseated by this new feeling I felt towards Seth. I knew he was my friend, but since it happened...really, I didn't know what to expect from him. He was handsome, kind, gentle, perverted but sweet. I never noticed it until just recently. My thoughts were interrupted by an elbow shot at my head. He hit my mouth with his elbow.

"Ow! Jesus Christ, Seth! That hurt!" He apologized and gave a knee thrust on my butt.

"For fuck's sakes, what's your problem, buddy?"

"I'm so sorry, but we're really cramped up in here...How about we go outside?"

"Yeah, at least you won't hit anymore!"

"Come on! I didn't do it on purpose. Accept my apologies." I thought for a second.

I pressed a little button and the cord got me down of the Outpacer and I stepped on the ground, putting my feet firmly on the soft sand. I let the cord going up and it was Seth's turn to get down. I went to my mobile suit and looked if it had any damage. It seemed alright, even though both of the mobile suits had been pretty shook by our last trip into space. The gravity of the planet didn't help either, let's say.

"Kim, wait up! I got down some food, let's eat!" I mentally agreed and I went to sit with him, but I stayed very silent. His eyes were so full of life when he looked at me. He knew what I was thinking about. I knew it was awkward and he felt really bad. I had been so weird around him lately. I knew of his feelings for me for the longest time, but I never said anything to him. I avoided the question for many years, and he knew it. There was always this tension between us when we were truly alone.

"Kim, we have to talk. I can't stand this awkwardness around you."

"I know. I feel it too. If only I would have been honest with you, this would never have happened." He looked vexed.

"What is that supposed to mean, Kim Desjardin? You are the most wonderful person in the world! You know that and you know I think you're beautiful as well. I just wish you would open yourself to me, sometime…"

"I know but I am just helplessly trying to convince myself that being alone is what is best for me and I know it's wrong, but you make me feel so happy and I'm such an asshole for making you wait…" I said in a very hurt voice.

"So you're telling me that it's my fault you felt lonely and depressed last night, alone in the sand, thinking? You still think I don't look after you? That wouldn't surprise me." I couldn't answer him and I just couldn't bring out the words to tell him and the love we shared wasn't the same anymore.

He blushed and shut his mouth instantly, eating his soup sulking and muttering insults. That vexed him for sure: men dislike women telling them they don't need them in any kind of way. He wanted to be a man last night; he was going to feel cheap like a man this morning.

"Seth, are you angry?" No answer.

"You are angry, aren't you?" No answer, still. Stubborn shithead.

"Can I tell you something and we'll never talk about it again?" He looked at me but nothing came out of his mouth. I left my soup back at my place and approached him very gently and I sat next to him. I got my mouth closer to his ear and breathed into it, sending shivers all over his body.

"Let me tell you one thing..." I started whispering in his voice.

"Never in my life did I feel as lonely. That scared me so that's why I'm unsure about...us." He stopped eating and looked at me. He was about to kiss me but I pushed him away. He had a questioned look on his face and opened his mouth, but again, nothing came out. I had told him how I truly felt about him and that ended the conversation. I knew he wouldn't bring up the subject anymore.

The day passed very slowly and we didn't talk at all: we only looked at each other. I was scared, very scared that he wouldn't forgive me for what I told him. Even if I talked to him, I wouldn't be able to get something intelligent to say to him or even something that made sense. My thoughts were incoherent. They were suddenly interrupted by a screeching sound in the sky. I saw an enormous white and red ship in the distance, coming towards us. The Archangel is here!

"Seth! Get out of your mobile suit, they're here!"

"I know, I'm coming out." He said with a monotone tone in his voice. I ignored him and we both waved hands so they would see us in the distance. The ship was so big we had to step back from its giantess.

"Oh my God, it's huge! I never thought it was that big! It seemed much smaller in space…!" said Seth, not even looking at me. I closed my eyes to not receive sand in the face. I held my arms on my face and took a defensive stance. It landed loudly about a mile away from us. I saw the Strike coming out and approaching Seth and I ran to it. I gave up and stopped. The fool, he's running for nothing. You'll tire yourself even more, idiot.

The Strike landed safely and Kira, the pilot, got down his mobile suit. Seth, still running to him, waved hello and... he tripped. I shook my head and simply ran to him, rolling my eyes. With a mouthful of sand he chewed up, Seth threw up. Both Kira and I had a disgusted look on our face. Kira, closer to him, grabbed him and pulled him away from the mess. He let him lay down and I looked at them: they were both laughing. At least he's feeling something... He's not paralyzed.

I finally reached them and took a deep breath, looking at the two idiots standing before me.

"Kira, it's a pleasure to see you again!" I said to him, waving my hand hello.

"Kim, the pleasure is mine. I'm glad you're both...okay, if I can say that to your friend..." he said, laughing nervously. Seth was giggling and had a bit too much of a tan for me not to worry.

"I think he's having a fever, Kira. Let's take him to your doctor, please."

"Yeah, let's do that." I saw the captain Ramius running to us, followed by medics and other crewmembers. She appeared worried and had a questioning look on her pale face. They rushed to Seth and put him on a mobile bed and transported him to the Archangel fast. I sighed in relief and smiled to Kira.

"You know, I'm really glad you guys made it... You really helped us out today…We'd be so screwed without you" I said to him. He was about to reply when someone grabbed me from behind and pressure my arms in a knot. I gasped from the surprise and that person made me kneel on the ground, hurting my back in the process. I looked around and I saw confusion on the faces of many. They passed a pair of handcuffs around my wrists and pushed me on the ground, face down. I screamed from the assault and squirmed under the man's weight. Captain Ramius closed her eyes and called out my name.