Chapter 12 - Begin the Final Battle...
Leshyaedawnfire - Split personality? You mean Esprit? She's my muse...but she has a tendency to run off for long periods of time whenever she loses interest in a story I'm writing. My sister, Reb, would agree that torture is good in a story, but only if it is the torturing of a guy she likes and if everyone is worried. She's weird that way.
KaguyaEvenstar - Who would pelt rocks at Lacus? The bad guys. -simple- And don't worry about late reviewing. I am still trying to figure out this laptop, so it basically makes us even...I guess...oh well.
Zer0 Touma - -Clears throat- You are really trying to test my nerves huh -smile- Also, I was thinking the time was based in a time many years after...today, but many many years before CE 71...though a time frame was never really set in place because the scene changed to Aldermon, which may be all perfect, but has less houses and crud.
Reb : They did mention how it was primitive traps, right?
Yea...wait...I think...yea, they say it this chapter...-sweat drop- ...Thanks for the review!
Shinn368 - This has got to be the shortest review I've ver gotten. Kinda wants to make me laugh, but I'm in a good mood today, so it may just be that. Thanks for the review.
Bee Bee - Yes, poor Kira...I am evil aren't I- sighs- Just part of my nature I guess...everyone at my school thinks I'm meaner than my sister. -smiles-
Asga - Yep. Yzak is evil...o.o I'm not as evil as Yzak right-relief- That's good. -smile- Oh, be prepared for sudden Yzak turn around in the next 2 or 3 chapters...I seriously hope you don't know what I mean by that...
Pure-Reflection - Alright, one person, got it. That is 4 mores, neat. -smiles-
Death, the Destroyer - You reviewed to chp 1. Even though I would usually just leave it at that and thank you in the last chapter. I have to say something. Thank You so much for calling me original-happy- I agree that a lot of stories are basically the same. Like all the Spirited Away stories I've read. They always end up having kids in the end-clears throat- excuse my mindless babble. Enjoy this chapter!
Nicol, Athrun, Cagalli, and Lacus were walking down the hallway. They would be running if Lacus hadn't hurt her leg, and Athrun would be in front if not for the same reason. He was helping Lacus walk, and Cagalli was leading. If you looked at Nicol it would amaze you that he was a high ranking angel. He looked so...innocent.
So in order it was Cagalli, Nicol, then Athrun and Lacus. Cagalli took another step and once again, arrows flew from the walls. She jumped back, knocking everyone down, but keeping them from getting hurt. An arrow had gone right above her eyes, so she was lucky.
"Cagalli-" Nicol's muffled voice came.
"What?" Cagalli asked, turning her head to see Nicol's face behind her wing.
"Get up...We can't breathe..." she stood up immediately.
"Sorry." She apologized. They shrugged it off and continued.
Soon there was a rumbling sound.
"What was that?" Athrun asked.
Cagalli gave him an 'I don't know' look, just before a bunch of boulders came pelting at them. The group jumped to the side, getting missed by the first few. When Lacus's leg, the unhurt one, got hit by a rock, Nicol and Cagalli lifted them into the air. As soon as the boulders stopped coming, they landed.
"The traps are a bit primitive..." Cagalli noted. "What's he playing at?" They continued to walk.
"There's the door!" Lacus cried, pointing with her left hand, her right hand was on her right leg. Nicol took a step towards it and the whole wall began to throw arrows at them, starting at 2 ft above the floor and ending 2 ft from the ceiling.
"Ah!" Athrun dropped Lacus to the floor and then fell down himself, both stayed very still. Cagalli was using the same ability Kira had used to maneuver around people, she moved like water in between the rows of arrows. Nicol was burning the arrows as they came for him.
"Stop showing off your damn powers!" Cagalli yelled as the arrows stopped and large boulders began to tumble. "He's giving everything now isn't he?" She punched the first one and it broke into bits and filtered out around their feet and mostly in front of Cagalli.
A larger boulder was coming for them. Cagalli couldn't break this one. It came right at them and then, right in front of Cagalli, it slowed, and then stopped.
"Huh?" they looked down. The large pile of gravel created by the first boulder had stopped the second one...cool. Their heads snapped up to see a 3rd and 4th boulder headed for them. They would smash right into the stopped boulder.
"Move!" Nicol yelled, grabbing the injured Lacus, who was still on the ground, and jumping up towards the ceiling. Cagalli grabbed Athrun and flew back down the hallway. The boulders hit, knocking the 2nd boulder out of it's place and then continued to barrel down the hallway.
A yell was heard and a short cry from Athrun. The shout had been from Cagalli. The boulders were heard breaking against the wall and then Nicol flew down the hallway.
"Cagalli?" he asked. Cagalli was laying on the ground, Athrun had yelled when she threw him. He was now laying flat on his back, staring at the ceiling.
"Athrun! Are you ok?" Lacus asked. He sat up, shook his head, and looked at her.
"Fine for the most part. How's Cagalli?"
"What happened?" Nicol asked, setting Lacus on the ground and walking over to Cagalli.
"I don't know. I think the boulder caught her wings..." Athrun looked at Cagalli's wings, they were their black and white colors, and the tips were bent and frayed.
"That's what seems to have happened. Cagalli? Come on Cagalli...wake up." Nicol shook her. Her eyes opened slowly.
"Wha...what happened?" she asked, rubbing her head.
"The boulder seems to have caught your wings." Athrun explained, walking over to help her up.
"Huh? Oh, right...That really hurt..." she began to straighten her feathers...very poorly, but hey.
"Angels are naturally sensitive when it comes to their wings." Nicol explained. Athrun nodded.
"Kira's the same way. But his wings have never actually been hurt." Athrun helped Lacus onto his back so as to give her a piggy-back-ride. He then turned to Nicol and Cagalli. "Let's go. I think that was the last of it." Wrong.
They took about 5 steps down the hallwya when all of a sudden, there was no floor. It had disappeared. It didn't slide away or drop out, it was just gone. Athrun and Lacus were falling, Nicol and Cagalli's wings had instantly caught them and stopped them from falling.
"Athrun! Lacus!" Cagalli shot down, grabbing Athrun by the arm. He was holding Lacus with his left arm, and Cagalli with his right.
"Can you pull us up now? Hurry please." His grip on Lacus was slipping, she had closed her eyes. Some blood from her wound fell down just as Athrun saw his dagger fall. With no way of catching it, the dagger fell into the darkness...it didn't hit anything...
"That's...a long way down." Cagalli commented as she hoisted the two humans up and onto solid ground.
"Great job Cagalli. You're very strong." Nicol commented.
"And what were you doing, huh Nicol? Picking flowers?" Cagalli shot. Nicol put his hands up defensively.
"No. I was just kinda...surprised by the floor falling out that I...didn't move...sorry." he was sweat-dropping like crazy.
"Come on. Don't fight. If we're fighting each other, how are we ever going to beat Yzak?" Athrun asked, pushing Cagalli away from Nicol. Cagalli crossed her arms and kept walking.
Two ft from the door; Nicol reached out and touched the handle. Electricity went through his body, only a few volts. He slumped and fell down.
"Nicol!" Cagalli bent down and sat him up.
"He had that one trick huh?" Athrun glanced nervously at the door. Kira didn't seem to have reacted to that shock...was he still alive?
"It's alright...Cagalli...I'm perfectly...whoa..." Nicol had stood up. "Fine." he held his head.
"You are not alright." Cagalli glared. "Take it easy, ok?" Nicol smiled.
"Don't worry so much Cagalli. Our main problem is getting through this door to Krylancelo. Anyone have any ideas?" he looked around, Lacus had her hand up. "Ms. Lacus."
"Uh...you don't have to call me Ms." she took off her shoe, it was really flexible, and handed it to Nicol. "It's made of rubber...just...really flexible." she smiled.
"Ok, I'll try it." Nicol sweat-dropped. He then put the shoe on his hand, noting all the blood on it. He put his hand to the door and found the shock was so small it didn't really affect him. He grabbed the handle and turned. "Where'd you get these shoes?"
"Well...I don't remember the store...But Maria was the one that made them so flexible." Lacus smiled.
"Of course." Nicol smiled at the thought, then turned to the now open door. "Here we go." and the door was opened completely.
They saw Dearka standing near the shadows next toa column. Yzak was standing with his back to them, shaking with what appeared to be anger. Dearka, who had been cleaning the wall it seemed, turned to look at them when they entered. He smirked at Nicol and Cagalli noticed something behind Dearka. It was Kira.
"Bastard." she muttered. Yzak turned around and smiled his sick smile.
"Welcome! I do hope you found getting here...very hard. In fact, I know it was. The way White Wing carried on it was almost like you'd died." he laughed slightly, then turned to Dearka. Noticing Kira was on the ground, almost completely out of view. "Why did you take him off the wall Dearka?" Dearka shrugged.
"Yzak! You bastard! How dare you!" Cagalli yelled, she flew down and landed in front of him. "You are the lowest form of scum on the earth, in heaven, and in Aldermon!" she yelled. "I can hardly stand to look at you. Kira was just a kid! You're heartless!" she yelled. Yzak smacked her, she took a step back and held her cheek.
"Stupid girl. I am many years older than you. I could rule so easily. Nicol." he turned to look at Nicol. "I suppose you figured out how I was working. The potion and all. So, do you know how to suck the powers from an angel?" he asked, smirking.
Dearka grimaced, Nicol didn't answer, Athrun and Lacus looked to Nicol, Cagalli was glaring at Yzak.
"You rip their wings off." Lacus and Athrun gasped. Cagalli had a look of pure disgust on. "I could just kill the white wing, the winner of a battle collects the fallen angels powers. But...this is just more fun." his sly smile remained on his face. "Ripping off an angel's wings is a very painful process. If I were to try it when he was fully healthy, fully powered, then he would go through extreme pain and end up...how you see him now."
"So why not just do that?" Athrun muttered, Yzak didn't hear.
"So, by injuring him, I can remove his wings...still quite painful, but without the hassle and without wasting so much time." His smirk disappeared. "You four, however, have proven to be very persistent, a real thorn in my side."
'Have you forgotten your powers Yzak?' Dearka silently laughed to himself. 'Wasting time my foot...you just wanted to hurt him. Using your powers you would have spent only a few minutes draining him of his powers...Sometimes, you really make me sick.'
"What can you do? We've taken out your Squadrons." Nicol asked, he knew Yzak had a power, but he didn't know what it was. Could Yzak use his power to beat them? They were beaten already. He might have two powers, or more...bad thought...
Yzak was smiling again. Dearka prodded Kira with his foot. "Wake up kid." He muttered, bending down and shaking him. Kira's eyes opened slowly. He didn't move, and seemed like he was just a shell. Dearka sighed, with or without his powers, Kira already seemed to have given up. "Your friends are here, and they're alive."
Kira slowly turned his head to see his friends standing atop the stairs still. He saw Cagalli standing in front of Yzak with a red mark on her cheek, they all had lots of cuts and bruises. Lacus had a wound on her leg...Lacus...wound on leg...Kira sat up, wincing in pain. "La-" he tried, but failed and focused on trying to remain sitting. Dearka had disappeared.
"My power, Nicol...is to create duplicates of myself, or at least...black winged angels. I don't even need a person to copy..." he blew out a stream of breath, which became solid and formed the figure of an angel. It became a black winged angel with bright blue hair. "Attack." It attacked.
Cagalli punched it in the face. "I hate you!" she was talking to Yzak, but was beating up the duplicate angel. "I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! You're scum! Die! Go-to-hell!" she screamed, the angel fell to the ground and disappeared. Her wings had changed again, they were now red and white. Every other feather was red. Dearka's eyes widened and he smirked.
Yzak had created many more duplicates of the blue haired angel and they were now swarming the others. Kira gasped for breath as he began to stand. He winced as the others began to fight, getting punched every so often. Yzak continued to create more, and Kira's friends were getting weaker. Yzak created a very muscle bound angel that hit Cagalli as she knocked out a blue haired angel. She fell to the ground, nearly unconscious.
The muscled angel, with black hair and eyes, repeated this to Athrun, who was fighting with Lacus on his back, Athrun and Lacus both fell down, Lacus winced as she hit her leg. Kira fell down again. Nicol got hit and Kira went back to having trouble breathing, but he was laying down this time.
Yzak laughed and went over to Cagalli. He took a dagger out from who knows where and got ready to kill Cagalli. The lights went out and somebody screamed.
Cliffy? I think that's considered a cliffy...Yay! Ok, enough. When I wrote this it was 12:47 a.m. Saturday, January 22, 2005. Gundam SEED is about to start...or was...I tweaked it at 10:28 p.m. on January 26, 2005, a Wednesday. I'm posting it at around 4:55 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2005
