I found this already half-written and decided to finish it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed/ Destiny.
"Attention all Zaft units. Initiate base lock down. Capture and detain the one assigned to Haro 1 by any means necessary. Stop anyone attempting to use that code number. Also capture Kira Yamato. Do not harm him in any way."
The people in the Zaft base stopped what they were doing as their H.A.R.O. units processed the radio message they had received from their leader. The people on security duty initiated base lock-down; the admin workers secured their offices and the soldiers on duty began to patrol the corridors. The enemy would be found. The H.A.R.O.s could not fail.
Shinn paced back and forth in the small, closet like, storeroom they had appropriated as their hide-out. It was only a matter of time before they were found. Kira sat on the floor in the corner of the room, leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. As Shinn stalked past for the fifth time, he couldn't take it anymore.
"How can you be so relaxed!" he hissed quietly at Kira.
"You think I'm relaxed?" Kira demanded incredulously, his voice an angry whisper. "How could I possibly be relaxed? My girlfriend has taken control of this colony and, for all we know, the entire Plants!"
"But, you're just sitting there…like a great blob!" Shinn snapped.
"Just because I don't pace back and forth like a psychotic caged animal, it doesn't mean I'm not trying to figure out a way to fix this," Kira retorted coldly.
"Who you calling psychotic!" Shinn exploded.
"Shinn, just shut up okay? I don't have time to argue with you right…" Kira stopped as they heard footsteps approaching. "Hide!"
"Where?" Shinn demanded looking around frantically. Getting no reply, he turned back to Kira, only to find him climbing from a pile of boxes onto a (conveniently placed) ledge above the door. "What about me?" he asked.
"I don't know," Kira shrugged, "just hurry up!" Finding no better option, Shinn dived inside an empty box. Barely fitting, he pulled the box closed behind him, hoping desperately that whoever was coming 1) wouldn't search too thoroughly because he would be caught and 2) that they would hurry up before he suffocated to death!
The two listened and the approaching footsteps stopped. There was some sort of discussion outside the room and someone/s walked away. The door slid open ominously and Kira desperately prayed there were only one or two people coming in. A figure walked into the room and the door slid shut behind him, cutting off the light from the hallway. The figure reached for the light switch just as Kira leapt from his hiding place, landing heavily on the unsuspecting man's shoulders. They collapsed beneath the force of Kira's landing, crumpling into a heap on the floor. His head struck the floor hard and Kira heard a clearly audible crack. Wincing, Kira hurriedly lifted the now unconscious man's head, wanting to disable the Haro (before it sent some sort of signal to Lacus), only to discover that it was the Haro that had cracked. There was a thin, barely visible crack running along the top of it and its eyes seemed almost blank. It didn't appear to be working. Kira sighed with relief.
"Shinn, it's safe. You can come out now." His only reply was a muffled curse. Kira turned and looked at the box Shinn was crammed into. "You're stuck, aren't you?" Kira asked. There was an embarrassed silence. Then Kira heard a barely audible "yes". Sighing, Kira stood and strode over to the box. He pulled it open and yanked the younger man forcibly out.
"Thanks," Shinn muttered grumpily.
"No problem. Now come on, we don't have much time. Turn on the light. I want to see just who this is," Kira walked back towards the comatose figure and knelt next to it. Shinn stalked over to the light switch and flicked the lights on. Kira gasped.
"What?" Shinn demanded, hurrying over. Shinn gasped too. The two men stared down at Yzak. "Oh it's cool. I never really liked him that much anyway," Shinn shrugged, "but what do we do now?"
"I'm thinking," Kira snapped.
"Well, what have you thought up so far?" Shinn snapped back. Kira frowned.
"Well…First we need to get out of here…"
"Brilliant Captain Obvious," Shinn rolled his eyes.
"You asked, now just shut up and listen. So, I figured the quickest escape route would be to get to our gundams, considering they're in this compound…" Shinn looked like he was about to interrupt again but a sharp look from Kira, silenced him. "Obviously this presents a problem. We're never going to get there with them crawling all over the place looking for us," Kira explained.
"That's all you've got?" Shinn demanded. Kira glared at him.
"I don't see you coming up with anything," he replied. They both fell silent. Kira's eyes came to rest on the unconscious form of Yzak. His eyes widened. "Of course!" he murmured.
"What?" Shinn asked.
"We won't get anywhere with them looking for us. But what if we don't look like us?" Kira said.
"I don't follow…"
"What if one of us pretends to be Yzak? They'd never suspect a thing." Kira explained.
"Kira," Shinn began, speaking in a voice one would usually use when talking to the mentally challenged, "there are a few differences between Yzak and the two of us." Kira rolled his eyes.
"I never would have guessed," he replied.
"Well, how do you propose to overcome those?" Shinn asked.
"Well, if I pretend to be him, my uniform is really similar, I highly doubt anyone here will notice."
"And what are you going to do about 1) the lack of a haro and 2) your hair," Shinn demanded, staring pointedly at Kira's brown hair.
"Well, 1) we have a haro right here, it kind of broke a little so it comes off easily and 2) ta daa," Kira flourished extravagantly at a mop. Shinn blinked.
"You're joking right? No way that would work!" he exploded. Kira raised an eyebrow.
"You sure?"
A few minutes later, Shinn stared in amazement at Yzak standing in front of him.
"Unbelievable," he muttered.
"I know," Kira grinned, "now we're getting somewhere."
"What are we going to do with him?" Shinn asked, jerking a thumb at Yzak.
"Simple, dump him in the box you were stuck in…just make sure he can breathe," Kira added, heading for the door. Shinn grunted as he lifted Yzak and carried him to the box. Dropping the man unceremoniously into it (making sure he wasn't face down), Shinn turned back to Kira who was peering cautiously out the door.
"Um, now you're all dressed up and everything. How is that supposed to help me?"
"Well, I can go on ahead, make sure everything is safe, open the hanger doors using Yzak's Haro number." Kira explained.
"How do you know his Haro number?" Shinn asked. Kira stared at him.
"Don't you ever pay attention Shinn? The security guard at the port told us, remember?" Kira replied. Shinn's eyes widened.
"Oh, right. I remember."
Through stealth, deception and surprising acting skill, the two managed to make their way towards their gundams, without even having to use Yzak's haro number.
"There it is," Kira murmured, peering around a corner at the doors to the hanger.
"We're so close," Shinn added.
"Hmm. I'm just worried that there's no one guarding the hanger." Kira replied. Shinn snorted.
"I don't think they thought we'd make it all the way here. Which was only thanks to your...disguise."
"I guess," he muttered. The two carefully made their way towards the door. Reaching the door, Kira pressed the door control system.
"Yzak Jewel, no. 3," Kira announced. The doors slid open but to the men's horror a loud siren began to blare. With horrified expressions, the two hurried through the doors.
Lacus frowned in frustration. There had to be some sort of error. According to her computer, Haro three, Yzak Jewel, was no longer sending remote signals. There were only two possible explanations. Either it had stopped due to some inconceivable programming or production error, which was a pretty dire situation as Yzak would gain control of his own mind/body in that case; or someone had tampered with his Haro unit somehow, which was an even more threatening situation. Immediately she made an adjustment in the facilities security system. Anyone trying to use Yzak's name or number would now alert the facility and the nearest units would rush to intercept. She hoped all they would find was a confused Yzak. She leant back in her chair and waited.
After what seemed like an eternity a warning flashed on the security system and a siren began to blare. Someone was tying to access the main hanger. She flicked to the security camera outside the door and was surprise to see what looked like Yzak (still wearing his Haro) hurrying Shinn inside. She slammed her fist down on the desk. He must have got to Yzak some how. She had not expected him to get this far and where was her Kira? She flicked to the cameras inside the hanger and brought them up onto the multiple screens against the wall. Her blue eyes narrowed.
Kira all but shoved Shinn through the doors as he heard heavy feet pounding towards them. He hurriedly closed the doors as Shinn pushed some heavy equipment towards him. He rushed to help Shinn and the managed to bar the doors, but it wouldn't hold long. Shinn sprinted for his Gundam, while Kira detached the wires and constraints he could from their mobile suits. Shinn watched in horror as the doors began to give, quickly clambering into his gundam and powering it up. Kira sighed in relieve as he saw the Destiny turn towards the now almost completely unblocked door. The last few shafts and wires snapped and broke away from the Destiny as it started towards the men forcing their way through the door. They seemed uncertain how to respond to this looming threat for a minute or two, then they turned and beat a hasty retreat shutting the doors behind themselves. Shinn smirked and turned his suit in time to see Kira powering up the Strike-Freedom. The Strike nodded towards the large exterior doors that were all that stood between the boys and freedom from this hellhole and the Destiny nodded back. Shinn guessed Kira wanted radio silence while they were so close to Lacus' base. They would find a safe communication frequency later. The two blasted their way out the doors and Shinn thanked all that was sane in the world that their hanger had immediate access to space and they hadn't had to bust out of the Plant Colony they were on. The two blasted off into space, leaving the now practically ruined hanger behind them.
Lacus leaned forward as she watched them bar the doors and as Yzak began to free Shinn's Gundam. She almost leapt to her feet as she realised in horror that Yzak was also releasing Kira's gundam. It didn't make sense. His was right there. She urged her minions to break through the doors faster. She had to stop this! But it was too late. By the time her Haro units broke through, Shinn's gundam was armed and heading towards them. She frowned. A moral dilemma. Should she try and stop them and risk the loss of some lives or should she save her minions for when resistance seems unlikely? It didn't take long to decide. She watched as her men fell back and hastily shut the doors behind them. If she knew Shinn, and she did, she knew what he was likely to do. Lacus watched as they destroyed the doors and took off, her cool calculating stare not betraying a hint of anger. This presented a problem. She would have to move her plans forward, to this very evening in fact. There were just two things she had to figure out first. One: What had caused Yzak's Haro to malfunction. Two: Where was Kira?
Her questions were answered shortly. No. 2, Meyrin, informed her No. 4, Dearke, had a message and he was admitted to her office.
"Chairman, on a second sweep of the base, we located one Yzak Jewel, host to No. 3, in a store room. He was unconscious and his H.A.R.O. unit missing," Dearke announced upon entering.
"What?" Lacus demanded. Her voice laced with icy shards. Dearke stared back, unflinching. "That's…not…possible," she said, her voice clipped and curt, clearly trying to control her anger.
"It is him Chairman. What do you wish us to do with him?"
"Fit him with another unit. Assign that unit to number three and override the old protocol. You're dismissed," Lacus replied. She didn't watch him leave, her attention was focused on the screen before her. She pulled up the security footage of the hanger, found a perfect shot and zoomed in on 'Yzak's' face. She sighed and rested her head in her hand. It all made sense now. That explained the Strike-Freedom. How could she not have realised it was a mop? She shook her head. She didn't have time for this. Now that she'd solved those two mysteries she had a plan to put into action.
Done. Just to let you know I don't watch GS/D for the mechas and stuff so if I gave the wrong names to a gundam or something I'm sorry. And the end of this chapter was kind of more serious I'm afraid. I wasn't in the best mood when I wrote it. Sorry. But the beginning's kind of funny and I think that makes up for it.
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WolfGirl.