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Sowie!

"Mind if we sit here?" Lamina asked. Nicol glanced at Athrun who shrugged. Nicol nodded.

"Sure! We have three other people coming. How many in you group?" he asked.

"Just us three-" Juno tapped Lamina on the shoulder.

"I can't stay. Apollo can't get the right type of magnets back home so I'm stuck being the delivery girl," she said bubbliy. Rusty sat down besides Nicol and blinked at Juno.

"How'd you get here so fast? You were behind me in the lunch line by, like, five people!" he exclaimed. Juno grinned and shrugged.

"Trade secret," she smirked and took a step into the lunch crowd before vanishing. Lamina sat down as Dearka and Yzak suddenly appeared through the crowd.

"Who's the chick?" Dearka asked. Lamina lifted a chain from around her neck.

"Sorry blondie, I'm engaged," a plain gold ring with tiny amethyst flowers engraved into the gold was hanging on the chain. Realization suddenly dawned on Nicol.

"It is an honour to meet you Miss Lamina!" he exclaimed and pumped her hand up and down.

"It's great to meet you too! Can I have my arm back now?" she asked politely and Nicol dropped her hand and turned a shade of red that rivalled Rusty's hair.

"Nicol, you're acting weird again," Rusty reminded.

"Well, sor-ry! It's just incredibly cool that we are sitting with ZAFT's top pilot!" he exclaimed. The others gaped at Nicol before turning their gazes to Lamina.

"But… you're so little-" Yzak cut his friend off.

"So Lamina is ZAFT's top pilot. It doesn't matter! Mobile suit pilots don't last long anyway," he snapped.

"You don't have to be jealous Yzak," Lamina started, "I've been training for 3 extra years than you guys have," The soldiers looked at her like she was nuts. "I'm turning 19 in two weeks," she explained.

"That's an engagement ring? It looks more like a wedding band," Dearka observed, trying to get the conversation back on topic.

"We didn't like the engagement much so we picked the plainest ring we could. He hates me, I hate him…" I hate her, she thought, glancing down. Nicol noticed.

"Are you alright?" he asked. Lamina shrugged.

"As find as I'll ever be," she grumbled. Realization suddenly dawned on Nicol, but this time he kept it to himself.

Suddenly, Lamina stood up. Yemaya tilted her head.

"Are you alright?" she asked. Lamina nodded.

"I'm just gonna get some fresh air," she replied quickly before grabbing her tray and leaving, Nicol hot on her heels.

"How old is your baby?" he asked. Lamina turned around.

"That reminds me, in the fun house, how the hell did you know I had a baby?" Lamina shot back.

"I can sorta tell. Your body language and your skin tone gave your secret away. I also heard you and your fiancé arguing." Nicol said sheepishly. Lamina frowned.

"Mathieu wasn't my fiancé. He was my boyfriend," she explained. "I'm due in one month,"

"But how is she still so small?"

"They- the doctors screwed up my internal organs so the pregnancy wouldn't be as well noticed," she continued, "You'd better get back to your buddies!" she said and Nicol ran off as the ace walked in a random direction, sadness filling her heart.

"Lamina!' Yemaya yelled. Lamina stopped and hung her head. Yemaya ran in front of the pilot ace. "Is she bugging you again?" the mother asked carefully. Lamina nodded.

"I don't want her. I don't want to be a tool," she sobbed.

"How about we get the hell out of here and go to a bookstore or something?" Yemaya suggested. Lamina nodded again. The mermaid gave her a gentle push in the direction of her sleeping quarters.

"Go change!" Yemaya yelled.

10 minutes later Yemaya and Lamina were laughing and walking around downtown Caracas.

Nicol and Athrun came running up to the girls.

The boys found the two amazing pilots in a less crowded, almost empty street.

"Lamina! Commander Smith wants you back at the base immediately!" Nicol relayed. Lamina and Yemaya exchanged glances.

"You can tell Smith that I won't be returning to the base again," Lamina said quietly. A gun shot was heard and Yemaya flinched as the boys lifted their arms to protect themselves from Lamina's exploding head. A woman in a black uniform landed lightly on Lamina's shoulder, ripped a fistful of hair from her head and flew along side the exploding brain tissue and blood. Athrun caught her ankle as she whipped by him and the pair fell to the ground. A crying Yemaya caught the body as it fell as the woman's mask was thrown off. Midnight blue hair drifted lazily in the weak breeze. The same midnight blue as Athrun's…

"Mother?" he whispered. Emerald eyes flashed in recognition.

"Ath-run?" she asked, daring to believe. The woman who was Lenore Zala dealt a swift kick to Athrun's face and grabbed her mask before jumping onto the roof of a nearby building. Athrun felt his insides freeze and he stared wide-eyed at the ground where his mother had been moments before.

"Juno!" Yemaya screamed, "Juno! Please! You have to save the baby!"

Juno had been looking at ornamental glass balls when she heard the gunshot… from 5 kilometres away. She looked up suddenly as the ball crashed to the floor.

"The baby," she whispered and with that took one step.

The world became a blur. She passed Yemaya and stomped, coming out of the Time-Space continuum. Without thinking, only knowing what she had to do, Juno plunged her hands into Lamina's stomach. She started to panic when she couldn't feel anything.

"I can't find her!" the Valkeryie cried.

"Maybe she's already on her way out!" Yemaya shot back. A few more long seconds passed and Juno sagged in relief.

"I found her. I found Devinia," she said quietly. Carefully drawing her arms out of the body, she cradled a tiny, screaming baby to her chest.

"You poor baby. Losing your mother no matter what the outcome," Juno sobbed.

"Well, she's going to lose her life if you don't get her out of the cold!" Yemaya snapped. Juno stood up and an elaborate pop tune started playing from nowhere in particular. It became more complex in the following nano-seconds and it stopped suddenly, as did Juno's visit to Earth.

Nicol tried to wipe blood and worse from his face as Yemaya took out her cell phone and dialled 911.

"Hello? We have a little problem."

Please review! Even if this is a repeated chapter... You'll be seeing alot of Devinia in stories to come, although you won't know its her. Please review!