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"…"speech

'…'thought

some other place/time


"He's a little a two year old boy, with navy blue hair and green eyes. He's got light skin and a sweet face. Please tell me if you've seen him!" Cagalli sniffed as she told the policeman about her missing child.

"Yes Miss, we'll keep you informed." The officer replied.

"Let's go Cagalli, we still have a few more stations to go to." Her brother, Kira, guided her out. She was in a weak state, a shocked state. 'Oh please let him be okay' she kept wishing. They passed by a couple more police stations before deciding to get a bite to eat. They went into a fast food place and bought a couple of sandwiches.

Cagalli excused herself to go to the washroom. He sat quietly waiting until Kira started to recognize the voice chatting in the seat behind him. He turned and saw, to his surprise, Athrun sitting there. "Zala?" he said out load.

The owner of the name responded by saying "Oh! Hello! Fancy meeting you here. How's it going?"

This irritated Kira. 'How can he feel so calm? Doesn't he have any guilt of what he's done?' he thought to himself. He did not answer Athrun, he just stared at him.

Athrun continued, seeing as Kira had no intention of answering his first question. "I see you're with Cagalli, hello. I just heard the about your terrible misfortune on the news. Have you heard anything about Crystun yet?" he said.

Kira was angry now. He took that as a form of mockery. Out of his anger, he took Athrun by the collar and slammed him to the wall. "How dare you! You even have the nerve to mock her after what you've done. Haven't you got a conscience!" he shouted at him.

"wh-what on earth are you talking about?" the blue haired man stammered.

"Kidnapping your own son! It wasn't enough for you to break my sister's heart! You just loved to see her suffer so you decided to do it again! You worm!" Kira shouted again.

Athrun was shocked. "What? Me? You think I kidnapped him? Boy Kira, You're jumping way into conclusions!" He said in between coughs.

"Who else would do it?" Kira gave his ex-best friend an evil look. "You're the only person I know who hates Cagalli enough and you're the only one who has the power!" he exclaimed.

The first few words made Athrun snap. He pushed Kira back. "You're right about one thing, I do have the power. But if there's one thing I'm not, It's a person who hates Cagalli. I love her Kira! I love her more than you will ever know or understand!"

"Is that so? Then tell me, tell me why you left. Why did you leave so suddenly and abandoned my sister to pick up the pieces alone?" Kira smirked.

"I…I…I can't." Athrun shrugged.

"Huh. I thought so. You're too engrossed in your own life you can't find time to include her in it. It was all a lie. The two of you, the two of us, and all our friends have been through; you never took it seriously. It was all an act. How foolish were we all to believe you."

"…"

At this moment Cagalli emerged from the lavatory. She spotted her brother and former lover. They spotted her too. Kira immediately grabbed her hand and lead her out of the place.


In all that excitement, no one noticed the woman who had been there with Athrun. Loretta sat there, baffled by what she just saw. So many things repeated in her mind. Every word caused her pain.

"Kidnapping your own son!"

"You're the only person I know who hates Cagalli enough and you're the only one who has the power!"

"Why did you leave so suddenly and abandoned my sister to pick up the pieces alone?"

…all these things that Kira had said. To Athrun they seemed so shocking but to her, they made perfect sense.

Loretta was silent the rest of the ride home. The moment she got there, she raced immediately went to one of the less visited places in the mansion.


"His bestfriend is getting suspicious." She told the man who was there.

"Oh? How so?" the man replied.

"Their son seems to be missing. I wasn't even informed they had a son since a few nights ago. How could this slip by us!"

"It did not slip by my dear. I've known it all along."

".. and you did not bother tell me?"

"I feared it might just cause you trouble. There was really no need for you to know."

"uh… huh… Anyway… about our situation here… we must avoid any more curiosity from the princess of Orb and her brother."

"How o you expect us to do that?"

"We must find the boy before they do. He could be our best chance. We should start a search for him as soon as possible."

"oh there is really no need for that my dear…"

"What do you mean? But…"

"Relax child… come with me…"

the man lead Loretta to an even deeper room in mansion. It was so quiet there, it was eerie. He slowly opened the door. Once the rooms contents was within Loretta's sight, she gave a loud gasp.

"Father, is there really a need for… for… this…"

"But of course! You do want to keep my to you, don't you? Or would you rather take the easy path and just let him go?"

"No! No… please…I… I'd hate to loose him." Loretta got teary eyed.

"I thought so…" He patted his daughter's back as a fiendish smile took over his face…