I know it has been over 2 months since my last update but I have been incredibly busy and I just couldn't get this chapter how I wanted to it.

It didn't help with everything I have had to do over last few weeks as well, including referrals for uni, running Chaos Inc (I have reopened to get money but business has been slow). Working my legit job (I have finally got a job I love, it just has extremely crappy pay and even after training the pay doesn't get much better. Goes from the £4.25 I on now to £4.60 an hour. At least I basically just get paid for sitting around on my fat ass all day).

Eh anyway enough with my life and what has been happening… and I will just get on with the story…

Disclaimer time

I don't own AC

I either own or have full permission to use the characters within this story…

All OCs are property of Chaos.Inc, Marsamania Co, ODCC and MPK Unlimited…

Chapter 14

Life and Death

Chaos sits on a bed in the hospital reading an extract from a book in his head, Tyrant is sitting to the side of him reading a magazine. Omega is lying in a bed close by but he remains unconscious from after he was located after the battle. Angel sits at his bedside holding his hand, she looks like she hasn't slept in days, Dusk and Luna are no where to be found. It had been almost 3 weeks since the attack on the academy, a funeral had already taken place for the many students and teachers who had died tragically in the fight. Snake had already left the academy so he could report the revolution's activities to the earth defence force.

Tyrant gets up and leave to go find where Luna is, Chaos lies down and places the book on the bed side table and thinks about the fact that he was only alive by chance, when dusk had turned up to rescue them all he had not been found. He was a long way from the others and the chances he had for living were zero to none. He had been lucky that Dusk had found the data glasses he had left in his room, if she hadn't found them he would have been dead before he was found.

Chaos closes his eyes thinking to himself

'I can't stay here much longer… too many memories, more bad than good. The only reason to stay here right now is Dusk. But that alone is not enough for me. So many people I have gotten to know over the last few years are dead and there is nothing, which I could do. I need to find my purpose, or at least a reason to continue.'

He hears bleeping coming from the machine which Omega was linked up to. Doctor after doctor rush into the ward and start doing everything in there power to save Omega. Chaos sits up grabbing his chest in the process. During his return to the academy chaos' heart had stopped beating and when it had restarted there had been an abnormality resulting in the requirement for a pace maker to be placed in chest to help regulate his heart beat. Chaos was now looking at one of his best friends on the verge of death. Each day he slipped more and more away and there was very little hope of him surviving according to the doctor.

The Doctors finally jump start Omega's heart and the beeping from the machine subsides. Angel returns to Omega's side in the same position she was in before. There are tears noticeably running down her face. They were either because she was scared that he would die or because she was happy Omega hadn't gone.

Chaos lays back down and thinks to himself again

'Omega is so strong… even on the verge of death he is still fighting to survive. I just can't believe that he has been in that state since he was brought it. I pray that he survives. Not just for his own sake but for angels sake. We have already lost so much. Is this worth it? Is it worth us all be on are deathbeds for something as simple and useless as money? Money is useless to someone who is dead'

Chaos finally closes his eyes and falls asleep

(With Dusk)

Dusk is walking though the corridors of the academy, she has a black band around he forearm in respect to those which died. She continues to walk until she notices where she was. She had walked to the location where her and Chaos had lay the day he had finished his first confinement. She still remembered that day, really that had been the first time she had realised that she truly loved the reckless fool. Dusk well staring out into the courtyard hadn't heard the approaching footsteps of Luna. Luna just stands by her sister without saying a word. Dusk doesn't even notice that Luna is there until Luna sighs loudly, Dusk turns to look at Luna before turning away, Luna turns Dusk's back round and hugs her. Luna whispers to her sister

"Don't be upset, Omega will be fine… trust me, he is far to strong to be beaten by something like this"

"I have prayed for him every night, but everyday he slips more and more away."

"I know… it's pretty bad. But chaos was in the same spot and he pulled through."

"Chaos wasn't half as bad, something else must of happened to omega for him to be this bad… the coma for one, and the heart fluctuation's. It's just not normal."

"Well you don't know then."

"Know what?"

"Omega was using illegal technology in his MT. This technology linked directly to his brain. When his MT was damaged he would also feel it. A slight draw back but if used correctly this technology could turn you basic of mech into the most powerful device in the known universe"

"You're kidding me right"

"I wish I was, I didn't know until I was poking around the wreckage of his MT. The blast at the end of the fight must have been too much. The system wasn't properly shut down, it was forcibly shut down by damage to it or by power loss I don't know but the strain that would cause on his mind would be enough to kill a normal person. He is in no danger, his mind just needs time to re-adjust it's self once it does he will be back to normal. If it was going to kill him he would have died on the spot."

"How could he have done that to himself? It just isn't right… where the hell did he get technology like that from anyway?"

"It isn't that hard for him. His father owns his own company… he can get hold of any and all technology he wants."

"Didn't anyone here say anything about the amounts of illegal tech in the MT though… I'm sure someone should have noticed."

"I don't know, it seems both Omega and Chaos get special treatment here… namely because Chaos.Inc and ODCC supply the academy with not only funds but with a large number of MT's to use in the training."

Dusk breaks away from the hug Luna has her in and stares out of the window for several minutes, she then looks towards Luna

"I give up on this place. If they had seen that then despite any special treatment they should have removed that crap from Omega's MT."

"Your right. But don't give up on this academy just yet. Besides you have another year here."

"I will complete the year. No doubt about that… but I will be leaving here as soon as possible."

"Me and Tyrant are going to leave here once Omega is back on his feet. I don't know how long Chaos is planning on sticking around. You know that he will most likely go back to Mars when he leaves."

"Yeah, I know he most likely will. Hopefully he will come back one day. The main thing I'm worried about with that is though, are we going to break up before he leaves or will he want to remain with me."

"That's for you and him to work out. I don't get how his head works. He tries so hard to please everyone and doesn't care about his own health. It's like he wants to die most of the time…"

"I know that as well. The first time I ever spoke to him properly he told me something, something which has stayed in my mind ever since. He told me that Hades was dead… he told me it had been his fault. They had been friends on Mars, they had been selected for a test run of a new MT but two AC's attacked them. At the end of the resulting battle Chaos was able to damage one of the AC's but the second AC destroyed the MT Hades was in. The MT Chaos was in was then almost destroyed… Chaos blamed himself for Hades death and continually threw himself in to fights that might result in his death not caring. Then that Christmas when Chaos and me went up to Mars for the party, Chaos acted really weird around this pilot he was speaking to. After they had finished talking chaos was distant and kept watching his back, was really jumpy… I have a feeling that the pilot he spoke to had something to do with that whole situation."

"Hades is dead!" oh my god… how many more people… Hades was a member of are group… we seem to be quickly losing members. From the original 7 we are down to you Tyrant Omega and me. The others have died. Hades, Shadow and Wolf. They will be remembered."

"Yeah…"

"But this guy… you think that he has targeted Chaos?"

"Maybe… Chaos has been watching his back ever since."

"We will both have to ask him about that"

Tyrant walks up to the two sisters

"You will have to ask who about what?"

Tyrant raps his arms around Luna kissing her lightly on he neck. Dusk looks back towards the courtyard before saying

"We were talking about nothing…"

Dusk walks away leaving Tyrant with a confused look on his face.

(In the Mind of Omega)

'so much pain… I thought after death I wasn't meant to feel pain. I thought I would be free… ahahaha I guess I am still alive… but why can I move and why is everywhere black. I can't remember what happened at all. The last thing I know which happened was that there was an explosion. Nothing after that. I'm I still in my MT, is this sleep mod with the link up? I need to get up… but when I move there is just so much pain. It feels like my heart is been ripped from my body every time I try to move.'

'that's because your mind is no longer aligned'

'who the hell are you and what the hell are you doing in my head'

'how rude… well I might as well introduce myself… I am your sub-conscious mind'

'Ok then… if that is true… what the hell is happening'

'Your mind has been shattered when your were forcibly unlinked from your MT'

'Ok? What does that mean?'

'It means that until your mental state has returned to normal you won't be able to do anything without causing serious damage to your self.'

'Great… so I just got to remain here in this dark place without moving?'

'Yes… and the reason it seems so dark is cause your in a coma…'

'So what are you really? Some side effect of that mind link or something?

'You could say that… your mental capabilities were increased resulting in me been allowed to communicate with you like this…'

'So how long will you stay here?'

'Until your brain re-establishes it's self.'

'And how long with that take?'

'As long as it requires… but the more you try to move the harder it is going to be…'

'Ok I will stop moving… anything get out of this state quickly'

(With Chaos)

Chaos is awoken by the familiar sound of Omega flat lining again.

'How many more times… god I ask you to save him now… even though we don't nessacary like each other we are still friends… and I can't lose any more friends.'

Chaos feels a hand on his shoulder and quickly turns to see Dusk sitting by his bed, she looks worried and Chaos can't blame her for feeling like that. There isn't many people on the planet who could sit there and watch one of there best friends suffer and be almost on there death bed like Omega is.

Dusk doesn't give Chaos much of a chance to say anything before she throws herself in to a hug. Chaos raps his arms around the young beauty returning the hug. They remain like that for several minutes before Chaos whispers to his girlfriend

"Can we go for a walk? I need to get out of here for a while…"

She whispers back to him

"Yeah sure… I can't watch this any longer."

Chaos gets to his feet and nearly falls back down. Dusk supports him up and helps him move from the ward. Chaos hadn't told Dusk the extent of his injuries, he had been fully blinded during the incident and was only able to see now using the optical enhancements which had been placed in his right eye. A shard of metal had gone into his formerly good left eye leaving it blind, weather it was temporary or permanent was unknown but he didn't want Dusk to find out at all. He had kept a lot of injuries secret from Dusk over the years they had been together, including the operation for the optical enhancements he had had.

The couple didn't make it very far from the ward, with Chaos in his weakened state only having the operation for his pace maker less than a week earlier he was still yet to fully recover. They stop at a bench in the gardens a short distance from the academy hospital. Dusk notices that Chaos is having trouble catching his breath and realises that he is still no where near back to full health. Chaos speaking interrupts her train of thought

"umm… Dusk… I thought I should tell you this now instead of waiting until it is to late…" Dusk gets a confused look on her face not having a clue what he is planning on saying "Dusk, I am cleared to leave the hospital any time I feel like… I just have to let the doctors know I want to leave. But I'm not planning on staying at the academy… I'm returning to Mars… I'm going to hunt down the guy who has caused all of this… from the death of Hades all the way through to the attack on the academy."

"Your… leaving…" dusk only just manages to squeak out those words before the tears start to run down her cheek.

"Yeah… my dad is sending a transport… it should be here early tomorrow."

Dusk tries to pull herself together but finds it hard "so you were just going to leave… like that…"

"Dusk this is something I have to do… believe me if there was any other way I would take it but there isn't… I know who has done all this and I swear by the gods themselves I will kill him."

Dusk stands up and starts to walk away from Chaos she stops only for a second to say "if you have to do that then we can't stay together… I'm sorry Chaos… I love you but I am not going to stand by you if your going to be like this."

Chaos sits there in pure shock as dusk walks away.

(The Next Morning)

(Dusk's Room)

Dusk lies in her bed for the first time in close to a year, she had spent every night with Chaos in his room. Not only because it would be Impossible for Chaos to get in to the girls dorm area without been spotted but since Chaos room was actually bigger. She is crying into her pillow, she can't believe that she actually broke up with Chaos over something so stupid.

'why did I do it… I can see his point. He wants to confront Mars… Mars killed Hades, from what Chaos has told me Hades was his first real friend… but Chaos has recently started to become slightly evil in his ways. He has stopped caring about those around him and stopped caring for his own safety. I did the right thing… I know it… he hasn't been the guy I fell in love with for sometime… I wish he hadn't changed like this…'

Dusk lets out a fresh set of tears into her pillow before making a decision

'I have to get up now and go see him… if he leaves before I get to say good bye I would never forgive myself. I can't have what happened with Hades happen here.'

Dusk quickly gets up and grabs the nearest clothes to her and puts them on, she quickly washes her face so that it doesn't look like she has been crying as much. She then runs to the hospital.

When she gets there she is informed by the doctors that he left last night and had returned to his dorm. Dusk then runs off in the direction of his dorm room. When she gets there she finds the door open and the room almost completely empty. She collapses to her knees and bursts into tears, in the midst of her tears she notices an object shining on the bed. She brings herself to her feet and walks over to the bed. Lying there are 2 items, one is Chaos' pendant, the second object is a disk labelled my farewell. The computer is still in the room as it is owned by the academy so her goes over to it and inserts the disk, Chaos appears on screen

"Dusk,

I know this is not the I either of us hoped to say good bye but I left early this morning. I just wanted you to know that no matter what I will still love you. Just remember there is no one else in the universe I could even consider caring about more than you. I left you my pendant just so you know that I will be back. I told you before that so long as you have that I will always return. You always wanted to know the deal with that did you. So I'm going to tell you now, That pendant is all I have of my real father… it was left with me the day he left on his final mission. I guess that it might not seem like much but that's the last link I have to him. I guess there isn't much left to say except for that I Love you with all my heart…

This is Chaos signing out"

Dusk falls to her knees and the tears continue to run down her face, she just remains there for a long time not wanting to move. No one knew where she was and it was only logical that Luna or Tyrant would come looking for her. She finally gets up and takes the pendant from the bed and leaves the room heading back to her own.

And that's the end of the chapter… so after the entire story so far Chaos and Dusk have broken up.

Chaos has now exited the spotlight for a few chapters. Omega now has the spotlight. Yes he does recover but… eh you will find out in the next couple of chapters so I'm not going to spoil it now.

Well until next time this is Chaos Demon signing out