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Chapter Seven
Kira fell on his bed and shut the sliding door that was connected to it. He was tired beyond believe however, his mind wouldn't stop going. As he laid in his semi comfortable bed he thought about the battle and of the voice he had heard while fighting. Kira was convinced that he had heard Maggie's voice. This is something that he had to keep to himself Maggie and Setsuna were now thought to be spies for ZAFT, because of their sudden escape however, if it was really her then she was in piloting a mobile suit and she didn't work for them.
Those suits looked very different from his and they didn't appear on his sensors at all. He only knew they were they when he saw them. The new suits seemed to move more effortlessly and they were much more elegant than the Strike or any of the ZAFT suits there was also a green light that emitted from the suits. However the one thing that Kira couldn't stop thinking about was the voice who had told him to find a way to stop the fighting. Could that be what these renegade Mobile Suit pilots were doing? He needed answers and no one on this ship had them. What Kira really needed to do was get in contact with Setsuna or Maggiemae, he always felt like they knew more than they would say and he needed to know where they were really from. They both looked very exotic and out of place in time. And now Kira was determined to figure out who and where they are from. There were computers around the ship that he would be able to use to find out what he needed.
Maggiemae stepped out of Trgiaob, she had been the last to get into the hanger and Allelujah was already gone. Setsuna was waiting for her he was standing in front of Exia and was staring the girl coming towards in him in no gravity. She had pushed off hard and was heading towards him quickly. He grabbed her arm but she pulled him as he did. The two were now floating around in the hanger both still in their space suits.
"I saw the transmission" he said as he watched her curls move gently around her head.
"I thought you would" she paused and took his other arm she just wanted him to hold her. "I know we aren't supposed to make contact"
"He would have recognized your voice you have compromised the mission" Setsuna had cut her off not letting her finish.
"He doesn't want war either you know that!" she exclaimed to the dark haired boy in front of her. "Everyone makes mistakes right, Setsuna?"
"Kira knows you contacted him. He almost said your name at the end." Setsuna said to prove his point.
"What can he really do anyways Setsuna? He got us off the Archangel. He protected us when he needed to and he was our closet friend. He won't try and hurt us." Maggie said trying to justify what she had done.
"He will try and join us" Setsuna said back to her. They two of them were in the middle of the hanger slowly spinning around, they were very close together and they seemed they were in their own world. Her brown and his maroon eyes never leaving each other gaze. Both of them worrying about their friend being in danger.
Lockon had just woken up when they got back and he was going to look at his Gundam, he saw them floating around in the hanger and wondered how they even got along. Maggiemae always seemed so full of energy and of happiness however; Setsuna sometimes seemed like he didn't even know what fun was.
Setsuna saw out of the comer of his eye Lockon staring at the two of them. He quickly released a burst of air from his suit that sent them in the right direction. As they landed Setsuna left the room almost immediately, nodding to Lockon as he went. He left to go to his room, the only place he could ever seem to find true peace. He entered the room after his short walk from the hanger to the living corridors. He entered his room already in deep thought. Setsuna couldn't get his mind off of his good friend Kira, what if hearing Maggiemae tell him about ending war that he will try to end it on his and most likely get hurt. What if he runs from the Archangel and tries to find them. Kira wasn't made for war or at least that is what Setsuna thought. Would Kira try to contact them? Would he try to join them?
As he sat in his room Setsuna thought he use his time wisely and figure out what had gone wrong in their awaking system for their statics pods. He started typing into the computer that was in his room. He began reading the error report of the ship starting with the most recent dates and going back. When he got to four months ago in the log he saw that the computer had released their pods in the direction of the colony the pods where set for power and they drifted for a month in space. Setsuna was stunned why would the computer order this? He looked to the machine and then remembered Tieria. So Setsuna entered into the Veda program. He typed in the question, 'Why were we sent off the ship?' Almost as soon as he had finished there was a respond. The only answer he got was 'Because there battle that I recorded and you two are the most suited for war.'
Just as the question was answered Veda shut down, clearly it was information that he wasn't supposed to know yet. It made sense in a way but still sending Sumeragi would have been just more useful if not more than they were. Was it so they could understand this world with all of its faults just as they had learned in their pasts? Or was it just because they were the first to sign up for the job? One of the biggest questions he had which Veda would never him on is what are Aeolia's plans for this time in the world? Could he really have thought this far in to the future? How would he know people wouldn't change. As Setsuna thought more and more about he realized that coordinators and innovators or even the super humans like Allelujah seemed very similar however coordinators, unlike the innovator, do not always think of themselves as higher beings, or at least Kira didn't think that.
While Setsuna was in his room Maggiemae was spending time with Lockon in the hanger of the Ptolemaios. As soon as Setsuna had hit the ground he left the room and as soon as Maggie hit the ground she reached out to her Lockon and received a hug. She missed the times that she had with both of them Neil and Lyle.
The two of them were lying on the beach on an Island that no one knew existed. The sun was warm and the wind was gentle. Everybody else was inside or running just doing something, relaxing was something for any of them to do. They were in the middle of trying to stop a war so of course they were on edge.
Lockon was tanning next Maggie and they were talking. It was the first day they told each other their real names and it was the first they learned where they were originally from. It was also the day that Lockon realized that Maggie had feelings for Setsuna.
"Ankine" Lockon said, the strange word flowed off of his mouth knowing that he could only say it when they were alone.
"Why do you call me by that name?" she asked the older man who stood much taller than she.
"Because that's who you really are right?" he looked down to the curly head of hair and thought about how she has never before today questioned his use of her real name.
"Sometime I feel that if you call me by that name that I will become that war hungry, God loving kid once again. It reminds of all the bad that I did when I was called by that name. When I was given my code name it gave me freedom from that life" she told the brown haired man in front of her. He was wearing his usual green uniform and he looked sad to be hearing this.
"I just like to call you that because I think that even if I knew you then I would still pretend you are my sister" he flashed her a smile as he said this hoping to win over the small girl in front of him. He couldn't even imagine watching her hold a gun as an eight year old girl.
She just turned her head not angry with her pretend brother just upset by the memories flashing through her mind. "Can we change topic now?" she asked in a depressed tone.
Lockon moved closer to the young girl and started his sniper Gundam that stood before them. He thought about how he should do some training exercises soon before any fighting really starts up again. "So have you and Setsuna gotten much closer?" the nosy man asked.
"Well we have definitely gotten closer but not where I wish were" she told her friend with a sigh.
"Was he his normal silent self while you two were living together?"
"Not really, we talked a lot he knows everything there is to know about me but, he still talks only when he needed to he just seemed happier. And sometimes I feel like he wants more between us as well. I just can't seem to bring myself to make the first move. And I don't think he will until our fighting is done with."
"You just need to tell him and get it over with" Lockon said in his carefree voice. Knowing that once she gains the courage to talk to him about it they will be together. Just as the two were mid conversation Sumeragi walked into the hanger.
"Yo" she said to her crew members. "What you did earlier was reckless" she said staring at Maggiemae "there was no need for you to go out there and fight at all. You don't know how powerful they are they could have taken you out before I even got to really see you."
"I'm sorry it's just that our friend he is fighting in this war but, war is the last thing that he could ever want. Some people are made for war like me and Setsuna but he isn't and I had to tell him to find a way to stop fighting. If we can't do it then I know that he will be able to" Maggie finished her rant looking pleased about herself.
Sumeragi who already looked tired then said "Well it doesn't happen again. And we need to find some crewmembers. There is no way that a bunch of haros will be able to pilot this ship once we are in a battle."
"There is a Nation on Earth that is called ORB and they are a neutral country where coordinators and naturals live together peacefully if anyone will work it will be someone from there." Maggiemae informed her superior.
"Thanks Maggie, I think I'll go and consult will Veda on this and see what we can work out. I'm sure the fighting will start soon. From what I have read this war has been going on for almost a year and we need to put an end to it." Sumeragi finished and left to go and start her tasks to find crewmembers.
"Neutral country eh" Lockon said to Maggie referring to the information she just gave Sumeragi.
"Yeah or at least it's supposed to be. Setsuna and lived in an Orb colony and they were far from neutral. They build the mobile suits that we will soon enough be fighting." Maggie told Lockon.
"Sumeragi already looks tired doesn't she? And speaking of tired you do too. Why don't you rest you should while you still can" Lockon told the younger girl in front of him.
"Yeah you're right" the girl left walking out of the hanger with bounce just like she always seems to do.
After a little time of admiring his Gundam Lockon left the hanger and went to his room to catch up on his history. Something that he has never had to do before but Lockon had many unanswered questions, too many to ask his young friends and so he thought to do the research for himself.
He entered his room and went straight to work. He stared up his computer and started searching for 'what happened to the solar elevators?' Instantly there were thousands of pages for him to choose from. As he read he discovered it was the biggest thing that Earth ever did. Once they got the first round of Space Colonies built they realized that transportation between the two rarely happened especially since many colonies were much further away from the Elevator to be actually convenient. Lockon continued to read learning more and more about the time he is now living in.
The leaders of the world and of the colonies came together and discussed what to do with the space elevators. After many months of arguing and debating they came to an agreement to dismantle the elevators completely. Not only would these countries be paying less for the maintenance of them it was also a way to keep more peace between countries. Fighting over the control of the Elevators was a major factor in many wars.
They began dismantling the elevator shortly after the verdict was decided. The pieces were being taken apart slowly. The unusable material quickly turned into the start of the debris belt that now orbits around the earth. This belt was added to over the years.
Lockon turned from the screen at least now he had a better idea of what was happening. He then thought to search one more thing. He starting searching for G.N. Drives but every time he did nothing would come up. Somehow the world was able to forget about them or the Government hid it to use for their own plans.
Now that Lockon was very confused about how the world could have forgotten about such a big part in the first war they were intervening in was very hard for him to believe.
He left his room looking for Sumeragi thinking that she would have some insight of today's world. He left his room and headed to her room hoping that is where he would find her. He knocked, the door opened automatically as her way as saying yes. He entered the room and saw that she already was into a bottle of something. "Don't judge she said. Right now it's more of a celebration that we lived through the whole freezing thing." Sumeragi said in her defense.
"Whatever" Lockon said "can you explain to me at all how the G. N. Drives are nowhere to be found. I've been catching up on my history but I can't find anything that mentions them."
"I found the same problem" Sumeragi said and then took a drink "Oh I have a mission for you. I am sending you to earth to find this girl. She has been contacted by me and she is interested in the position your job is pick her up. Do you think you can handle that on your own?"
"Yes Ma'am" he said "When and how do I get there?"
"You will take one of the shuttles and land on it on an Island. The coordinators are already in the third shuttle. You'll have to swim to get to the actual country and the information on where you will meet her is also on board." Sumeragi told him and took another sip.
"We are obviously going to need more than one person to keep this ship moving. So who else is going?" He asked Sumeragi.
"Marie has volunteered to become the ships main pilot. And I will be sending Allelujah to get our new weapons controller." Sumeragi told him.
"Alright then when does my mission start?" He asked her.
"Now leave today and just be as quick as possible I have already informed Allelujah and he said he would be leaving soon."
Lockon then left the room knowing that Sumeragi wanted to enjoy her drink in peace and left for the hangers, he knew Maggiemae was asleep and didn't want to disturb her so he just went to his to gather some civilian clothing to bring with him on the shuttle.
As he got to the hanger where the shuttles were kept he saw the fourth and extra shuttle that they had on board which belonged to the group that Setsuna and Maggiemae had escaped from. He also saw that the second shuttle was already gone which meant that Allelujah had a head start on him if he was also going to Earth.
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