Ok, so I got this up sooner so be grateful people! I gave up watching my usual two episodes of Gundam 00 before I go to bed just so that I could get this up for people.

Oh, and I also want to correct something from chapter 1 that I forgot to at the beginning of chapter 2. I accidentally called Marina Melina, but there is a reason for that. You see, I grew up on Gundam Wing, and so this whole Princess Marina thing it confusing me, because for those who don't know, there is a Princess Relina in Gundam Wing, so if I ever end up calling Marina Melina instead, just bare with me as I am trying to fix this…

And one other thing… DID ANYONE ELSE BESIDES ME BURST INTO TEARS WHEN LOCKON DIED? I was like, "HOW COULD PEOPLE MAKE SOMETHING SO AWFUL?" and it was just so sad because Haro was just saying "Lockon Lockon" over and over. :'(

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: Really, I do not own Gundam 00, and I also don't own any songs that I might add to this story.

"You're not alone,

Together we stand,

I'll be by your side you know I'll take your hand.

When it gets cold

And it feels like the end

There's no place to go you know I won't give in.

No I won't give in."

Keep Holding On - Avril Lavigne

They were in a conference room on the ship. Marina wasn't with them, which they probably figured was for both their sakes; she didn't have to know what could have happened to her in there.

The only other people weren't there was the people piloting the ship and keeping track of the enemy, but all the same, everyone in there had their eyes on Allelujah as he explained what had happened starting from when he first woke up in the infirmary.

He told them about the men who had come and beaten him the first time, and all the other times when they came in and did things far worse than the first day.

"I think it was after a week that they had someone come in. He was huge with blonde hair gelled back and a short beard. They had no name for him besides "the Breaker." He removed the muzzle and asked me my name. I didn't reply, so he pulled out a gun and hit it against my head where I was injured. He asked me and hit me again when I said nothing. He skipped over my name and started asking about Celestial Being and where they were, but I said nothing. He shot me in the arm and then asked again.

He would squeeze the bullet wound if I didn't answer, and other times he would move his finger around inside of it. He offered to take the bullet out if I told him something, but I still didn't say anything.

He got angry, and unchaining my feet, he lifted my right foot and broke it…it hurt so badly and I tried not to scream in agony. He said that if I refused again, he would break my leg. I said nothing so he lifted my leg and broke it at the knee. After I refused again he pulled out the gun again and started slamming it on my thigh until there was a crack.

He then got in my face and said 'tell me where Celestial Being is, and I will let you die,' I said nothing again and he was about to break my other leg when someone walked in and ordered him to stop. I couldn't see who it was, but he nodded and left, but not after spitting in my face…"

Allelujah opened his eyes in surprise as he felt himself fall. Mrs. Sumeragi was on her knees next to him before he would even blink.

"We're taking a break," she said turning to everyone else.

Allelujah saw a look of disappointment in Tieria's eyes as the older man stared at him.

Everyone left the room and Mrs. Sumeragi looked at him, "are you ok?" she asked.

He nodded.

"And how has your other half been lately?"

He froze, Hallelujah was gone, but how was he supposed to tell her?

"He—" he started at a lose for words.

"You suffered a head injury," she commented. "He's not in there anymore, is he?"

He looked down. He didn't want to think about Hallelujah. His other half being gone just left him feeling empty.

"I always hated him," he said finally. "But in that final battle we were finally able to accept each other."

"Can you tell me what else they did to you there?" she asked. "It might be easier without everyone else."

He thought for a minute. It would be easier just to tell her; she was the person he was closest to in Celestial Being, but he didn't want her to look at him in pity. He didn't want to be treated differently than the others just because of what happened to him.

"Whatever I tell you, I don't want you to treat me differently," he finally said. "I am still Allelujah Haptism, and I want to be treated the same way I always was."

"I get it," Mrs. Sumeragi said. "You still want to be treated like the kick-butt Meister you are!"

He cracked a slight smile, but it didn't last long. "After he left they brought me food, if you could call it that, and after I ate they left. The worst part was that they had to feed me themselves, and would taunt me with it and throw it at me. I didn't mind them wasting the crap, but they could have at least let me take a shower after that."

He went on and on, only leaving out the stuff that didn't need to be shared, though besides that he told her everything. I hurt like nobodies business to relive all of the things that happened, but he knew that it would be much harder with everyone else there with them.

Tieria would look down on him for it, and Setsuna would most likely call him weak, while Lockon would probably just make fun of him. Well, he wasn't to sure what Lockon would do, but he knew that it would probably be something along those lines.

He needed Lockon, the first, original one. The one that he had grown to know like a brother who wouldn't treat him any differently that before he was captured.

But I am here, a voice said to him.

Allelujah now sat in his room, looking into the mirror that hung at the foot of his bed.

"Lockon?" he asked slowly.

The reflection of Lockon nodded with a smile.

"But you're—"

"Dead?" Lockon offered.

Allelujah nodded dumbly and walked over to the mirror, gently putting his hand on it. The reflection didn't do what he did.

"What are—how are you here?"

"Well, I'm not really here, just more in your mind," Lockon replied. "I know you have a lot of questions, but you gotta know that they will be answered in time."

"So Halle—my other personality is gone, and now he's replaced with you? I don't know if I should be terrified for grateful."

Lockon laughed, "No, no, no, I'm not another personality," he corrected. "More like a guide to help you, because right now you need it."

"What do you mean I need help?"

"I mean that you were just held captive by the A-LAWS for four years, and now that you're back, you're trying to convince everyone that your fine, but really, you're not."

"They don't need to know about what happened," Allelujah said. "They have a job to do, and so do I."

"And what job would that be? To find Marie Parfacy and make her join your side?"

"How do you know about her?"

"I'm dead; I see these things happen!"

"It doesn't matter," Allelujah said. "I'm not leaving her with them."

"You are, or else you're all going to die at the hands of Soma Peries."

TBC…