Meisha:

Exams are finally over! *happy*happy*

I apologize for the length of this chapter.
I just wanted to upload something before I vanished for a bit.

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Chapter 6

Revelation


Once situated, Athrun asked Dearka to elaborate on the events he had witnessed the night the Green Diamond had gone missing.

"I was walking back home after a long night. I was at—well, you can guess. At any rate, I wasn't in the best state of mind, but I can still remember what happened clearly. I was walking down a dark alley when I heard a girl scream. She must have been in distress, so I thought I'd be the hero and save her and then take her out to dinner and a movie—Ow! Ok, fine, I digressed a little," Dearka admitted as he rubbed the spot on his head where Athrun had hit him.

"Anyway, I approached where she was, but before making an appearance I decided to stay hidden and watch. She was panting, like she had been running for a while. I decided to see what would happen from the corner and before I knew it, an officer had jumped out and grabbed the girl. She struggled to get away from him, but she wasn't strong enough. And then, in the blink of an eye, a third person joined the quarrel and before I knew it, the officer was knocked out. He moved so fast that I could barely keep up. The new arrival whispered something to her and she nodded before running of. She had something wrapped in her arms, but I couldn't make out what it was. The new guy kneeled over the officer and then turned to look directly at me. I don't know when he noticed me, but it sent shivers down my spine and that was the last thing I remember. The next morning I woke up on the park bench."

"Wait, wait, wait." Cagalli's mind was jumbled with all the information from the story. "You said an 'officer' was there?" She knew Athrun was thinking the same thing. "Was he taken after he was knocked out or did they just leave him there?" She was starting to sound desperate.

"I don't know. I returned the next day, but it was like nothing happened the night before." He knew his answer would disappoint the girl, but it was the truth. She really hadn't expected him to know, but the possibility that it may have been Kira made her heart beat three times as fast.

"I can't be sure this is the person you're looking for though…"

"Why would you say that?" she asked.

"I dunno if it was because it was dark, or I wasn't thinking straight, but the officer didn't seem like a nice guy." He shifted uneasily when he saw her narrow her eyes at him. She waited for him to explain. "From what I could tell, it looked like he was trying to… abuse her."

"What do you mean?" she asked, her voice dangerously low.

"It looked like he was trying to… pull her shirt off," he managed to say, watching the girl and Athrun cautiously.

"Kira would never do something like that!" Cagalli yelled, standing up from her seat and slamming her hands on the table in front of them. "You should get your eyes checked!"

She had already decided that this 'officer' was her brother and that he had been captured by whoever had violently attacked him.

"Cagalli, calm down," Athrun said as he reached for her arm. She turned to look at him disbelievingly.

"You don't honestly believe him, do you?" she accused, confused by his calm stature.

"We don't know for sure if it was Kira."

She kept quiet. He was right, but she wanted to believe so badly that it was her brother and that they would soon find him.

"There is one other thing that I remember," Dearka said as he brought the two back from their thoughts. They waited for him to finish his memory. "The one who turned to me… he had such a piercing gaze, as though he was some other species—a vampire of some sort. His eyes held this vicious, fiery gaze. Red as blood…"

"R-red?" Cagalli stuttered. There was only one person she knew who had such eyes.

She turned to her partner to see her fears confirmed.

Meisha:

I'm just going to leave it at that.

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