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*SPOILER*
THIS STORY MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FROM GUNDAM SEED DESTINY.
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Gundam Seed Destiny: Battle of the Bonds
Written By: Kairi Loves Sora
Co-Written By: Ldsprincess
Edited By: Ldsprincess
Chapter 6: the Assassination Part 1
Recap
"Tai! You always were bad at choosing hiding places... Get out here!"
Everyone's gaze was directed at the pot plant outside the door, barely concealing a male figure. Kira walked up to the door, Athrun close behind, as the figure came out from behind the plant. He has icy blue eyes with light strawberry blond hair with blond streaks showing here and there.
"Well it doesn't hurt to try..." He said as Kira reached him, and they shook hands. "For old times' sake."
Kira turned as he saw Haro flapping in Lacus' hands. "Good afternoon!" it called then jumped out of Lacus' hands to bounce on the spot in front of Tai. "Secret's out!"
Lacus giggled and Kira smiles, and then turned to the confused faces of Mu and the others, who had come forward and were looking on the scene with confusion.
"Tai went to the same Luna Prep School as Athrun and me, and we all went our separate ways soon before the war began. Athrun was called back to the PLANT's by his father, and Tai had to go home to Januarius City. His mother was ill and he needed to be there for her. But some things just never change..." He said, turning to Tai, who had his hand behind his head and was giving a 'guilty' like chuckle.
"Still causing mischief and trouble for others...?" Athrun asked, shaking Tai's hand when he brought it back down.
"Well..." he smiled.
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"Okay, the bad news is... that I have been stationed on the ZAFT ship Eternal!"
Athrun and Kira looked at each other, both wondering how this could be classified as bad news.
"That's great! But I don't understand how this is bad news-" Kira was broken off by Tai raising his hand.
"And now, the good news!" He turned to look behind him, and Kira could see Lacus coming back out with a small decorative box in her hands, Haro bouncing behind her. Kira looked from Lacus to Tai and back again. "I have been graciously given the privilege of awarding you with this..." He gestured for Lacus to come forward.
"Kira Yamato, Commander of the ZAFT ship Eternal, as a symbol of your courage, skill and determination, and also of your willingness to spare the lives of others, even in the face of death, your compassion, and your talents on the battle field and in strategising, we would like to commend you by passing you the rank of a FAITH member. We would be honoured if you would accept." He took the box from Lacus' hands and opened it to show Kira the small wing like badge.
"I-I don't know what to say!" he was speechless. He looked to Athrun and Cagalli, now side by side, and then to Lacus, who nodded with tears in her eyes. "I would be honoured to accept."
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Kira walked towards the laughing group, still holding Lacus' hand, as Tai came up on the left.
"Thanks so much for this." He said as he shook Tai's hand once more. Lacus headed to Cagalli, Birdie landing on her shoulder.
"It wasn't me Kira. You earned this, and Lacus was the one who organised the majority of it. Your skills and actions in battle are what got you this, and your-"
"And my reputation as the best pilot of this time, and someone let slip that I happen to be the Ultimate Coordinator, and to poses the SEED. Yeah I have heard people talking about it." He turned away when Tai's eyes broke contact with his. Before he could continue his trek to the group, Tai gripped his shoulder.
"Kira..."
"I'll be back..." Kira broke out of Tai's grip and continued forward.
Tai called out to him, but he kept walking. Suddenly, Kira's vision split in two and he fell to the floor. Everyone crowded around him, Mu and Murrue had their gun out and at the ready, scanning the area. Athrun and Cagalli ran to Kira's side, as Lacus cradled his head in her lap. He could hear his name being called, and saw Lacus' face looking down at his worriedly, as his vision went black.
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Chapter 6: The Assassination Part 1
Cagalli was pacing around the Office she was given while she was on the PLANT's. In front of her was Captain Murrue Ramius and Captain Mu La Flaga. The reason they were here was because of something that had occurred almost two weeks ago, at the birthday party.
Flashback
Minutes after Kira had passed out, an ambulance arrived, and he was soon rushed to the emergency room of the hospital. Mu and Murrue had accompanied Kira to the hospital, along with Athrun, Lacus, Cagalli and Meyrin. Mu and Murrue still held their guns at the ready, and Athrun had taken their lead and pulled out his own gun as a precaution, though from what, he did not know.
Upon arrival at the hospital, Lacus spoke to the staff and informed them that the recovery of the Commander was being made a top priority, and that they were to expend all their best efforts to ensure his recovery. Throughout this, Cagalli eyed the two captains as they lowered their weapons, but did not relax their hold.
End Flashback
Since then, they had both taken it upon themselves to stand guard over her brother's room, day in and day out, taking small shifts when they needed sleep. Now was the only time she was able to get them alone, after posting Kisaka and Meyrin at the doors.
The younger officer turned to them with a thoughtful frown on her face. She had questioned them on their decision to bring the weapons to the celebrations but had yet to receive a strait answer.
"If there was a problem with security, you could have informed us and we would have upped the man count. Why are you hiding things from Lacus and me? If it's that important as to bring firearms to a party, than you'd think it'd be important enough to let the Chairwoman and his Sister, who is in fact the current leader of Orb and it's military, know so we could take the necessary steps to prevent it!" She said as she stood tall before the older and, admittedly, more experienced officers.
Mu sighed, there was no way that she was going to let this go. In many ways, she was just like her brother, but in others, she was the complete opposite. Where Kira spoke softly and rarely used forceful words and actions, Cagalli would lash out and would often act without thinking things through. The two were defiantly two halves of one whole. Mirror images of each other.
He looked at Murrue and she nodded, indicating that it was time to tell her.
"I'll tell ya what, you are one stubborn princess." Cagalli growled at this. Mu's face suddenly changed in to a serious expression as he looked at her from side on.
"There have been some rumours going around the military lately, that someone wants Kira out of the way...permanently."
Cagalli's reaction was one of shock. Before she could say anything, Murrue spoke.
"But it's not only Kira they are after; but Athrun, Lacus and you. We have learned that you four are the primary targets of the group, we believe, was responsible for the attack on Kira and the others while completing the mission to destroy the meteors." Murrue finished with a serious tone and face, her chin resting on her interlocked fingers. Cagalli stuttered for a moment. "We felt it necessary to carry weapons for the protection of the four of you."
Cagalli looked down as the two stared at her.
"Why is it that we are always being thrust into the midst of pain and hatred?" They all turned to the door in surprise at the soft voice. "Conflict is something we are becoming all too familiar with. The pain and suffering brought about by the ambitions of others, and the never ending sorrow that is the result of such actions. Is the only way we can move forward in life, brought about by the death of another? Sometimes I wonder..." Lacus looked down as the door closed softly behind her, a sad expression on her face. "If we really have learned from the mistakes made in the past..."
"Times really haven't changed... no matter how advanced we may be..." Cagalli added.
"Miss Murrue, Captain La Flaga," Lacus turned to face them, addressing them as the leader of the PLANT's. "What was the reason behind your actions?"
Murrue was about to respond, when Mu held up his hand.
"We had witnessed a forced landing on one of the PLANT Landing Dock's as we were arriving. We sent two officers in to gather intelligence on the matter, and we received a communication from them as we were arriving at your home. They said that they were unable to gather much information without being attacked, just that one of the men said this: 'Arrival stage complete. The plan is in motion, if all goes well we will be able to move into phase 2 of Broken Wings! Make sure they do not survive!'." Mu ran a hand through his hair. "They had to withdraw from the area, unless they wanted to be spotted and attacked, an act that we agreed on and we advised them to return to the ship as soon as possible to report any additional information."
Lacus looked at them both and then looked to Cagalli. She too wore an expression of disbelief and horror. Lacus knew that if this had indeed occurred, she would have been notified of it immediately, yet why was she only finding out about it now?
"Would you please care to explain why this information was kept from my knowledge?" she asked her voice calm despite all the emotion she felt inside.
"We made the decision not to inform you just moments before we spoke with you, upon our arrival." Murrue spoke softly and yet firmly. She could see how this information was impacting on the two young leaders before her.
"We don't know what they are planning, or even who 'they' are. But what we do know is that the four of you are in more danger now than you were before. It's no real surprise that people would go after the four of you, what with being the four individuals who ultimately brought about the end of both the first and second Bloody Valentine wars. The loss of any one of you would be a huge blow to the people of both the Earth and the PLANT's. We felt it was necessary at the time, and for the results of our decision, we apologise, but we do so knowing full well that we would do it again if the situation required it." Murrue finished, bowing her head in an apologetic motion, her eyes holding personal emotions, instead of the military front. "We wouldn't be able to justify the responsibility that we would feel if anything were to happen to any of you, knowing full well we could have prevented it."
Cagalli looked from Murrue, to Mu and back again, tears in her eyes. Mu winked at her and Lacus, his usual boyish grin on his face. She couldn't believe the depth of loyalty they showed to them, only knowing them all for a short span of 2 years. But admittedly, the two adults that sat before her had somehow become a part of her family, and evidently, her theirs.
"From now on," Murrue continued, "we will be placing Mu at Kira's door. He needs as much rest as possible, and he can't have that with too many visitors, unexpected or no." She thought back to the incident a few days before hand, where Tai had tried to force his way into Kira's room after hours.
"Agreed, we must see to his immediate recovery. This is something that needs to be discussed with both him and Athrun present." Lacus stated, Cagalli nodding beside her. "I'm going to visit him tomorrow; we need to know all that happened during the attack with the meteors. Athrun will also need to report on what happened. After we speak with Kira, we'll talk to Athrun, and as soon as we're done, we'll let them know about the information we received."
Mu nodded as he stood to leave.
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"Okay, we can't risk Kira being in one spot for too long," Tai said, as they gathered around a map of the hospital. "I have a feeling that something is going to happen, and it does not gonna be good. So tomorrow... We're gonna break him out of there!"
Tai, Shinn and Athrun were seated at a nearby restaurant, discussing the situation surrounding Kira. It had been almost two weeks since he had been admitted to the hospital, and admittedly, both Athrun and Shinn were getting fidgety. It had been way too quiet since the attack. Athrun had gone to get them drinks, and was heading back as Tai spoke.
"You really think that's gonna work?" Shinn said looking at him strangely. "You do realise that Captain La Flaga will be there?"
"That won't be a problem!" Said Tai happily.
"Why not?" Athrun came up behind him. He was having the same feeling. After the display made during the mission they were assigned that day, things had been too quiet. He knew something was going to happen soon. "I know you don't know him that well, but you've seen him when you've tried to get in before. He's that and worse when you get on his bad side."
"Like I said that won't be a problem..." he held a mischievous look in his eye, one that Athrun knew all too well, and one that made him groan at the thought of what he was gonna do next.
"We'll use the Air Vents!"
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The next day, Athrun was waiting at the entrance to the hospital. They had agreed that the entrance was to be their meeting point, and then they would use the air vent in the Cleaners cupboard. Although, why he agreed on this was beyond him.
Once the three had arrived at the cupboard, Tai began to pull off the cover for the vents, and then gestured for Shinn and Athrun to follow.
Unbeknownst to the three, Lacus and Cagalli were on their way to see Kira as they were entering the air vents. The two young leaders made their way to the blond Captain as he kept a constant visual on the recovering Commander.
"Can we see him now Captain?" Lacus asked. He nodded and opened the door, and informed Kira of his visitors.
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"Can someone please tell me why we decided to let Shinn lead again?" Asked Tai, frustrated over the arrival of their Third dead end.
"Well it's better than arriving at the ladies room Twice." Athrun responded from his place at the back of the procession. "Not to mention the laundry room, and almost giving the nurses a heart attack."
"Okay so I made a few mistakes, but it's nothing to get all worked up over!" Shinn called from the front. Tai heaved an exasperated sigh.
"Why don't you let me lead for a while, give you time to sort out the nasty print on your face?" Tai suggested as he caught a glimpse of the red hand print that Shinn was sporting. The aforementioned teen rubbed his cheek, remembering the force of the slap he received after managing to make his way to the ladies rest rooms the second time.
"Oh yeah, there's a brilliant idea." Athrun said sarcastically. "That's all we need, to find ourselves in that old ladies room again!"
---- Flashback – 20 min ago ---
"Come on it's this way!" Tai called to the others. His cheerful attitude was beginning to get annoying. They came to a ventilation grate and Tai paused. "According to my map I studied last night, we should be just inside his room!"
He kicked open the air vent and jumped out, followed closely by Shinn. As he landed, Shinn looked around the room.
"You know, I want to thank you Tai," Shinn said. Tai turned to him.
"What for?"
"For reminding me that I needed to visit this wonderful elderly lady as soon as I got the chance." Shinn replied as he bowed politely to the elderly lady who sat with a bewildered expression on her face. Once she got over the initial shock, she smiled and bowed in return.
"He, he, he..." Tai laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head. He pushed Shinn back to the air vent, before climbing in after him. "So sorry Ma'am. Let's go find Kira now, shall we?"
After that, they had somehow made their way back to the same room an additional 3 times. On their fourth visit, Shinn finally stepped forward.
"Alright! That's it! I'm going to lead from now on. If we let Tai lead any longer, it'll be Kira's wedding before we make it there!" he said as he stormed, well, as best he could in the tiny enclosed space, to the front of the group.
---- End Flashback----
"Okay, so I'm not perfect, but at least we got a few cookies from our last visit!" Tai retorted as he shook off the last remaining crumbs off his face.
"Okay, this time, I'm sure this is his room!" Shinn declared as he kicked open the vent. Athrun decided that he was going to go out first this time, and as Shinn observed him, he paused in his attempt to follow as Athrun froze.
"Sorry Yzak, Dearka... Shinn got the wrong room again." Athrun sent a glare to the aforementioned soldier which had him shrinking back further into the vent. Since he had become Athrun's friend, he had grown to respect him, and whereas the younger him would have mouthed off at Athrun, the present found it difficult to do so. "You wouldn't happen to know where Kira's room would be by any chance?"
"To the left and down the hall, two rooms down..." Dearka said cocking his head to the side. Yzak seemed to be speechless for the first time in a while. "Why do you need to know?"
Tai's head suddenly popped out the new opening in the vent, smiling widely.
"We're gonna break him out!" He said happily.
The way he said it was a bit too casual for Dearka's liking, and with that, Athrun climbed back into the vent, saying: "Okay, this time, I'm leading. That way, there will be no repeats!"
He looked to Yzak, who seemed to be recovering from the sight of Athrun crawling out of an Air vent, when he heard something that didn't seem to make any sense to him…
"You see, I was closer than Shinn was! That old ladies room was just three doors up from Kira's!"
Yzak's eyes met Dearka's for a moment, and, after saying a quick farewell to the patient in the room, they both crawled in after them.
"Tell me… why are we following them?" Yzak suddenly asked. Dearka shrugged.
"I dunno… but I wanna know what's going on." He replied. Yzak scowled at this.
"If you tell anyone…" He left the threat hanging, but all Dearka did was smile and say: "Not a word."
As they approached the three in front of them, Athrun kicked open the vent with a loud crash. As they began to crawl out one by one, they were unprepared for the welcome party.
"Are you boys completely insane?!" Cagalli yelled at them, causing even to Yzak flinch. "Kira is trying to sleep! Can't you be a little more considerate?!"
Tai and Shinn thought it was probably in their best interest not to point out that it was Cagalli who was screaming at the top of her lungs. They did have a sense of self preservation; after all, they never covered this in survival training…
"What are you two doing here?" Athrun asked. He noticed Haro bouncing beside Kira's head, surprisingly quiet as Lacus looked at them curiously with Birdie on her shoulder. "I thought Mu said no one was allowed to come here till he was discharged…"
Cagalli tapped her foot impatiently, as Lacus watched with curiosity as Yzak and Dearka made their way out of the vent.
"Number 1: We asked him to, number 2: why were you crawling around in an air vent anyway?" Cagalli answered as she noticed Yzak and Dearka's presence in the room.
Athrun filled in the girls and the two new additions to their procession on the plan to get Kira out, as well as their reasoning.
"Well it does make sense. Having Kira in one place for too long would create an easy target…" Lacus said thoughtfully.
"There's just one thing I wanted to mention, you seemed to be able to get in okay… but how were you expecting to get out with an unconscious Kira?" Cagalli noted. "There is no way you would be able to get him out the door, which would defeat the purpose of using the air vents to get in."
Tai opened his mouth to answer her, but hesitated. He then shrank back into a thinking pose.
"You know… I never really got that far…" They all hung their heads at his answer. How did this clown ever end up becoming a Faith Pilot? "To be completely honest, I didn't think we'd make it this far!" He added, laughing nervously.
"Cagalli."
Cagalli turned to face Lacus, her expression unreadable.
"I think it's time told them what we know." Lacus looked to all the faces in the room, before resting her gaze on Athrun. Cagalli nodded, eyes solemn, as she began…
"So the four of us are the targets of some mysterious group, the same group that had attacked us two weeks ago?" Athrun confirmed. Lacus nodded.
'It's all happening again… why can't we just be left alone so we can live in peace for more than a year this time?' He thought to himself.
As they all contemplated the information they had received, they suddenly found themselves fighting to keep their balance as the building shook with enough force to send items flying off the nearby shelves. Haro bounced furiously around the room, crying: "There's a problem! Haro! Watch out!".
"Wha-What's happening?" Cagalli called.
"It can't be an earthquake. We never have them on the PLANT's!" Lacus said as she fell to her knees, gripping the sheets on Kira's bed. Haro had now come to the bed and was bouncing on the bed. Birdie took flight and flew out the window.
"Is it a meteor?" Shinn asked.
As soon as the words were said, the shaking stopped. As Athrun regained his balance, he caught something from the corner of his eye.
"It was too short to be a meteor, and I'm guessing it was those that caused it." He said as he turned fully to look out the window.
Cagalli and Tai ran to the window as the shaking started again. What they saw had them stepping back in shock. Outside the window were 5 mobile suits, two Earth Alliance and three ZAFT machines, firing at the base of the hospital.
"What are ZAFT machines doing firing at a hospital?" Cagalli asked aloud.
Kira had told her and Lacus how they had been attacked by mobile suits belonging to all three of the Militaries, and she couldn't understand how and why the ORB military would go against its principles, in addition to her not knowing about any of it. Nor could she believe that ZAFT would turn on its political leader.
"This is what happened before… I knew it had been too quiet for-" Athrun paused when he felt Shinn's hand on his shoulder. "What is it Shinn?"
"Did you feel that… it was like a pull…" Shinn trailed off. Athrun looked confused, Shinn shook his head. "Never mind… Anyway, we need to get Kira out of here." He turned his attention to the sleeping Commander.
"That is going to be difficult." Lacus said as she brushed Kira's bangs from his eyes. "Mu won't let him be moved from the room now that an attack has been made, however, keeping him here is out of the question."
"You know, we could always get someone to jump out the window and then get him to catch Kira…" Yzak said, contemplating the idea. Cagalli looked like she was going to say something; however, Athrun beat her to it.
"We are not throwing Kira out of the window, Yzak"
"Why not? Just think, it's the fastest way out, and I don't see you coming up with any idea's."
"I'd rather not be turned into a pancake, if you don't mind. No matter how good you may be at catching me…" All of their eyes went to the bed as Kira sat up. He rubbed his eyes and looked about the room. "Although, if I wasn't still recovering, that would have been a good plan."
"Kira! Welcome back to the Land of the Living!" Tai said waving at him. "But I think all this will have to wait, because the fact still remains, how are we going to get out of here?" He said rather seriously despite the goofy grin that was present on his face.
"Why don't we go back out the way we came in?" Shinn suggested.
"There's just a small problem with that idea Shinn." Tai said. "If you in any way recall our trip getting in, we got lost a lot."
"Yeah, but if we are aiming to get out without anyone noticing us, getting lost would be a good thing." Shinn said a slight bit nervously. He looked to Kira for reassurance, to see him smiling and nodding in agreement with his idea.
"Okay, well it looks like we've got our plan, so let's get going." Kira said as he began moving to the open air vent. He was stopped by a hand on his shoulder, which he identified to be Cagalli's by the way she grabbed him.
"Are you crazy Kira!?" She yelled, causing him to turn. "You are still recovering and crawling around in that cramped space would only make things worse!" She yelled at her stupid brother.
"Cagalli, I know your worried, but we've got to do something, and Shinn's plan not only gets us out, but confuses them, because they have no idea where we would pop out of next. Besides, if we stay here, we'll all be dead." He said calmly.
She backed up, as the reality of what he said set in, as another shock ran through the building. They had to get out of there now, or who knows what will happen. Kira turned to Athrun.
"Athrun, could you give me a boost?" he asked as he stopped at the air vent.
Athrun kneeled down and created a vault boost with his hands. Kira placed his foot in his hands and Athrun carefully hoisted him up, followed by Cagalli and Lacus, himself, Yzak, Dearka, Shinn and Tai.
"Okay, we need to remember that we need to be quiet." Kira reminded them as they began their trek through the vent. "The slightest noise could alert them to our whereabouts."
A few minutes after they had been climbing through the vents, Haro, whom had been surprisingly quiet since the first attack, suddenly started bouncing next to Lacus.
"I won't accept that! I will not accept that!" It called loudly.
"Haro!" Athrun called/whispered, trying to quiet the robotic ball. Haro, however, continued to spill phrases loudly.
"There's a problem! Lacus! I don't wanna!"
"Mr. Pink, please. You need to be quiet now!" Lacus chided urgently, holding a finger to her mouth in a 'shh' manner.
"Would you shut that thing up!? They're gonna find us!" Yzak whispered to the pink haired girl in front of them.
Just then, they heard a gunshot sound as a graze appeared on Yzak's cheek. Before anyone could react, a bullet came from where Kira was about to put his hand and lodged itself into the ceiling above where his head had been seconds earlier.
"That can't be good…" Tai said at the sudden firing. "Move! Move!"
They all began to move swiftly through the vents, occasionally missing some bullets by millimetres, and making a couple of turns, when Kira chose an opening at random and propelled himself out of the vent. Because of the momentum, Kira fell out and landed on the ground with a thud, rolling over just in time to miss the avalanche of bodies falling to the floor of the girl's bathroom.
Once he recovered, he sat up, rubbing the back of his head and looked around for the others. Athrun had landed on the floor on his back beneath Dearka, who had landed with his face in Athrun's chest, Yzak, whom was half hanging out of the pile and to top the pile was Shinn. Lacus and Cagalli had landed a little less gracefully than the boys. Cagalli had appeared to have tumbled out of the vent, rolled across the floor to halt against the wall in a rather uncomfortable position. That being her lying upside down against the wall with her legs down past her head. Lacus had rolled across the floor only to hit her head against the sink on the opposite side of the room. As she sat up, she rubbed her head, Haro bouncing next to her, saying: "Is that so?"
"Is everyone okay?" Kira asked, getting to his feet.
Lacus stopped rubbing her head, nodded and picked up Haro as she stood. Cagalli, with a small amount of difficulty, righted herself. Holding a hand over her face, Lacus stifled a giggle, as Cagalli sent her a glare.
"I'm soooo glad that I wore pants today…" She muttered, which was a little weird, considering Kira had only ever seen her wear a dress three times in his life, and all three of those times, she had been in a cranky mood. He smiled and looked to the mound of bodies, as a grunt was heard from the pile, identified as Athrun.
"Well I'm not okay…" Came his muffled voice from under the bodies. "Can you three get off of me!?"
"I wish I could…" Dearka's voice also came out as muffled, as his face was being smothered by Athrun's chest. "Yzak's on top of me…"
"Well I'd move if this bastard wasn't on top of me!" Ysak yelled, ticked off at the complaining and the manner of which they had landed.
"Sorry…" Shinn said as he made to get off. His apology was ignored as the three yelled at him to get off. Shinn scrambled to get off and made to help them up. Yzak, of course declined and gruffly removed himself from the pile and dusted off his uniform. As he helped Athrun up, Athrun stretched his back.
"Are you trying to kill me?" he asked as he cracked his back. Kira laughed at the scene, however, he stopped when he noticed that one member of the group was missing.
"Where did Tai go?" He asked as he began looking around.
He heard a toilet flush behind him, and as he turned, he saw Tai walk out of the cubical. Everyone stared as he walked to the sink and began to wash his hands, while humming Twinkle Twinkle Little Star**. When he finished, he dried his hands, but froze when he saw everyone staring at him.
"What?" He asked as he threw the towel away."When you gotta go, you gotta go!"
Cagalli rolled her eyes at this, but Athrun was still confused.
"What was with the humming?" He asked.
"Oh… that… There's this health Law and it says that the amount of time it takes to properly wash your hands, hygienically, is the equivalent amount of time as singing 'Happy Birthday' or 'Twinkle Twinkle'!" He said happily as he waved his now clean fingers in the air. "You never know what kinds of germs are in a bathroom!"
Cagalli looked at him as if he were insane. Coordinators don't get sick very easily, so why is he stressing about proper hygiene practices?
"Okay... That aside... What should we do now?" Dearka asked as everyone recovered from the episode.
"Why don't we just use the hallways?" Yzak suggested. "They'll all be at Kira's room by now, and they won't expect us to be moving about in the open."
"You know, that's a good plan..." Cagalli agreed. The logic was sound and she couldn't argue with that. Athrun walked to the door to check the hallways.
"It's all clear." He said as he led the group through the door and into the hallway.
Not one sound was heard as they walked towards the elevator. Although they could use the stairs, the elevator was much faster and offered more protection with the steel doors. When they reached it, Kira suddenly felt a pull, the same one he felt during the battle...
"Come on, come on, come on!" Athrun chanted impatiently as he pushed the down button repeatedly. They all looked around for any enemies, and when the doors opened, they all turned to find guns pointed at them. Ore more specifically, at one.....
Whew! Finally i finished!!!!!!!! Sorry it took so long guys, but my computer has a stupid parental control thing on it!!!! Stupid brothers and their downloading things they shouldn't......... but anyway i hope you liked this chapter and as always:
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** in Australia, because of the swine flu influenza, new laws have been put in place for child care workers, and that is that all carers and children, when washing hands, must either sing or hum either Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or Happy Birthday... workplace health and safety.... I just thought it was funny....
