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Chapter 4
After a week when Kira went to look around on the Eternal again, Murrue sat on the bridge thinking about what had happened when a solder turned to her.
"Capitan! Someone is trying to contact us. It seems to be a secret message."
Murrue frowned. "Open a channel." she said finally. What she next saw made her gasp and sat back on the chair frozen.
"Ms. Murrue. Do you hear me?"
It couldn't be... Was she dreaming? But the face, the voice...
"La-...Lacus?" Murrue asked weakly.
"I know it must be shocking but..." an explosion shook the room. Lacus was sitting in a chair, behind her stood Andrew Waltfeld.
"We have to hurry Lacus! They are close!" Andrew said and walked to the door, his gun in his hand.
"Ms Murrue, some loyal friends of Djibril attacked the Eternal and exploded it. They didn't kill us, as I am sure you thought, but they kidnapped us."
"Lacus we don't have time!" Andrew shouted.
"We escaped from our prison half an hour ago and found two life pods. These are our only chance. I will try to pass you our coordinates and we are hoping you can find us in time. Once we entered the life pods we won't be able to communicate anymore."
"Lacus..."
"Our lives are depending on you, Capitan. I hope the channel won't be interrupted until you get the coordinates."
They heard another explosion and Andrew was shooting on the background.
"We will save you Lacus! Kira will find you!" Murrue said her calm and firm voice came back at least.
"Kira... Is he...?" Lacus couldn't finish her sentence.
"Lacus! To the life pods! Now!" Andrew shouted and the communication disconnected.
"Do we have the coordinates?!" Murrue asked a solder.
"Not yet, but we are loading some data."
Athrun stepped in the room. Cagalli and Mu followed behind.
"It is getting worse... Kira is like a mad man without a heart." Mu explained tiredly.
"Ms. Murrue? What happened?" Athrun asked when he saw that the other woman's face was white.
"Lacus... Andrew and Lacus are alive." she murmured.
Athrun and Mu looked at each other sadly.
"Murrue... you didn't sleep well the last nights... maybe you should..." Mu began but Murrue interrupted him.
"No you don't get it! She contacted us! Some organization kidnapped her and Andrew! They broke free and found two life pods! They are sending us the coordinates right now!"
"It is true! I saved the last part of the conversation just in case!" The same solder as before said.
Athrun's eyes went wide.
"Is it really true?" Cagalli asked.
"We have to let Kira know! He is already in his room!" Mu said.
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Kira sat on his bed and watched the golden hairclip in his hands. The only thing that remained from Lacus. How he wished he could just die and meet her in the afterlife.
"Kira to the bridge immediately!" He heard Murrue's voice but didn't move. There wasn't anything interesting they could possible tell him.
"Kira to the bridge immediately! It is about Lacus!"
Now Kira frowned and stood up. What could have happened? Everyone was so careful around him not even saying her name when he was around... Did they... found the ones who killed her?
Slowly he made his way to the door, his heart was beating like he had run the marathon, but why?
When he entered the bridge, everyone was looking at him excitedly and worriedly.
"Kira. Please take a sit." Murrue said when she saw Kira entering.
Kira shook his head and frowned again.
"Kira... Lacus... She is alive." Athrun said finally.
Kira's eyes filled with fury. How could his friend... ex-friend... be so cruel?! "That was a cruel joke." he said angrily.
"No! Kira! She was kidnapped! She and Andrew Waltfeld just escaped and are in a life pod right now waiting for us the rescue them!" Cagalli explained.
Kira still didn't move. A small part of his heart filled with an emotion he hadn't felt for a long time now... hope... But he didn't dear to really believe them.
"Show him the video!" Mu ordered the solder.
"Ms Murrue, some loyal friends of Djibril attacked the Eternal and exploded it. They didn't kill us, as I am sure you thought, but they kidnapped us."
"Lacus we don't have time!" Andrew.
"We escaped from our prison half an hour ago and found two life pods. These are our only chance. I will try to pass you our coordinates and we are hoping you can find us in time. Once we entered the life pods we won't be able to communicate anymore."
"Our lives are depending on you, Capitan. I hope the channel won't be interrupted until you get the coordinates."
"We will save you Lacus! Kira will find you!" Murrue
"Kira... Is he...?" Lacus
"Lacus! To the life pods! Now!" Andrew
Kira stood with impossible wide eyes. "Do we have the coordinates?!" He shouted after a second, his heart beating like crazy, 1000 thoughts running through his mind in a second.
"We don't have the exact coordinates... the connection was interrupted too soon." the solder said.
"We have to find her!!" Kira shouted again.
"Kira! Calm down! We have to make a plan and- Kira!" Cagalli shouted but her brother was already out of the bridge running toward the hangar.
"I am going after him!" Athrun said and ran after his friend.
"You think we can find them?" Murrue asked sighing.
"If someone can find Lacus then it is Kira." Mu answered and watched as the Freedom and Justice launched and flew away.
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"Kira, we don't know the exact coordinates so it may take a lot of time to find them!" Athrun said through the radio.
"I know." Kira answered. He didn't understand what was going on around him, he didn't even care, he only wanted to find Lacus. 'Dear God, if it is a dream, don't let me awake!'
Athrun sighed again. They were looking for the life pods for more than an hour now and still nothing. However, he didn't dare to tell Kira they should give up. It would have been useless anyway, Kira would have never given up.
Kira's POV
The hope that filled my heart began to turn into grief again. Why? Why couldn't I find the life pods?? Lacus was alive and I was useless and couldn't help her! 'You are my knight, my protector.' She used to say. What would you say now Lacus? I was anything but powerful knight! But no, I would never give up! I would die from lack of oxygen before I gave up! I wouldn't go back to the Archangel without you! Suddenly, my coordinate eyes caught something to my left. I couldn't believe it! A life pod! Hope filled my heart again... I grabbed the life pod and held it carefully in my Gundam's hand.
"Athrun!"
Narrator's POV
Athrun turned towards his friend and his eyes widened.
"You found a life pod! Let's go back to the Archangel!" he said.
"But... But we are looking for two life pods!" Panic filled his heart. His head ached from all the feelings he kept buried in his heart since Lacus disappeared. He didn't feel so confused in a while now. He wanted to hurry back to the Archangel it took a lot of time to find the life pod and only God knows how were Lacus and Andrew Waltfeld doing.
"Kira! It took too much time to find the life pod! We have to hurry!" Athrun echoed his thought.
"But... but what about..." Kira couldn't finish his sentence. What should he do now?
"Kira! To your right!" Athrun shouted. He couldn't believe how lucky they were! The other life pod was floating beside Kira's Freedom as well. He quickly flew there and grabbed the other life pod.
They flew back to the Archangel as quickly as they could. Kira examine the life pod in his hand carefully. He couldn't help but feel relieved and scared at the same time. He couldn't see the other life pod but the one in his hands were slightly damaged. He feared they were too late... He knew he couldn't bare losing Lacus again... He wouldn't be able to go through that hell again.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, they reached the Archangel. In the hangar, they put the life pods carefully on the ground, jumped out of their Gundams and hurried to the others worriedly.
Mu, Murrue and Cagalli were already there. One of the life pods, the one that Kira found, was slightly damaged and they couldn't open it immediately. Meanwhile Mu opened the other one and everyone held back his or her breathe.
Kira's heart beat rapidly. 'God forgive me, but let it be Lacus.' He knew that Andrew would have been able to survive in the damaged life pod, but Lacus...
"Hey kid, I knew you would find us."
Kira didn't know how to react. He was happy for his friend but... He glanced toward the other life pod in fear.
"Mr. Waltfeld! Thank God you are all right!" Cagalli smiled at him.
"Well thank you Princess." He looked around and noticed the other life pod. He frowned when he saw it was damaged.
Kira was already there. That damn life pod didn't want to open! Athrun and Mu helped him, while Cagalli ad Murrue helped Andrew to sit down. He kept telling he was all right, but spending more than two hours in the life pod was indeed tiring and somewhat painful.
Finally, Kira and his friends managed to open the life pod and took a step back waiting for Lacus to step or better yet float out the life pod.
Kira felt in his heart that something was wrong. He waited only a minute and when nothing happened, he stepped back to the life pod. His heart stopped beating the moment he saw Lacus. She was unconscious. He took her gently in his arms but he got even paler when he noticed that the back of her head was bleeding.
"Kira!" Athrun shouted worriedly. Something had to be wrong! When Kira finally stepped out the life pod everyone gasped.
"Oh God! Call the doctor! Take her to the infirmary!" Murrue ordered.
Kira wasn't listening to anyone he kept his eyes on Lacus' small form in his arms and ran toward the infirmary.
"Andrew what happened?" Athrun asked while they ran after Kira.
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Kira didn't care about anyone he didn't let go of Lacus' hand not even when the doctor was there to clear her wounds and bandage her head. He didn't talk to anyone he didn't look at anyone. He sat beside Lacus' bed for hours.
The doctor said the injuries weren't serious so she only needed rest. Kira was alone in the room holding Lacus hand and burring his head into the blanket. 'Please, please wake up.' he thought.
"Ki.. Kira..."
Kira's eyes widened, his heart jumped with hope and love. Very slowly, he lifted his head only to see Lacus' half-closed eyes and small smile.
"Lacus..."
Sooo Lacus is back!! In the next chapter, I will explain what happened with her and Andrew! Let me know what you think!!
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