Chapter 27 – Memories of You
Lost Signal. It was printed in large red letters on her screen.
"Kira, answer me Kira! Tolle! Tolle!" a hand moved in front of her face stopping her from communicating further. "Huh?"
"There's no point" said the lieutenant
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"Hey!" yelled the Commander
"Tolle?" she whispered quietly, questioning sadly
"Hey there…"
"Where's Tolle? It-t just can't be true. Tolle can not be MIA. It's not true because…because" she fell to her knees crying.
"Dammit!"
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Mir was out in the hall with Sai heading to get something to eat but because the prisoner was being walked though the all stood against the wall.
"Quit poking me like that, I'm injured you know" came the voice of the prisoner who was far down the hall. "Yesh, how long were you going to keep me tied up like that"
"Shut up!" said one of the guards
See Mir and Sai Arnold (AN: the Archangel's pilot) decided to explain "He's the Busters pilot. He's still young."
Suddenly Dearka noticed Miriallia as he passed by putting his face close to hers he spoke "Whoa you've got at least one cute girl on board this ship"
"Hey" said the Guard
"But give me a break what's with the tears I'm the one who should be crying here"
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"Just wait inside here okay? We'll get you a prescription or something from the doctor, something so you can get some sleep. Sound good?" Sai said reassuringly. He then left the room to talk to Fllay.
Miriallia slowly walked to the small stool in the middle of the room. After sitting down she heard a voice.
"Hey Doc"
"Huh?" she just stared at him
"Why are you staring at me? You afraid of me? Find me unusual..." Dearka asked cockily. "…Relax would yah. I couldn't be more tied up…" He sat up in the bed to show his restrained wrists, they were tightly wrapped in rope that was then tied to the wall then he lay down. "…But what I wanna know is why are you crying again? I'm kinda surprised that a ship like this has such a cry-baby on board. You've got no business being a soldier if you're that afraid…" Mir looked over to the door hoping that Sai would come, but instead she saw a long knife "…or maybe your good-for-nothing natural boyfriend went and died on you or something"
A shadow loomed over Dearka. He opened his eyes to see the shine of a blade. "Ahha!" he heard her scream, as he quickly dodged the knife Mir was now welding against him. He was now backed into a corner and had nowhere to go with the rope restraints.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked as he looked a the very distressed looking girl "Damn!"
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"TOLLE'S GONE! AND HE'S NEVER COMING BACK!" She yelled as she struggled to get away from Sai so she could finish her task "AND YET THIS CREEP WHAT IS THIS SCUM BAG DOING HERE!"
"Miriallia" Sai said trying to calm her down. Mir dropped the knife and started to cry in his arms.
"Why? Tolle's gone. Why is he gone?"
"I don't know"
A strangely familiar click filled the room. Dearka knew it was all over now. Mir and Sai turned to where the sound came from. There was Flay holding a gun towards the helpless ZAFT soldier. Mir stopped crying as they all starred at Flay. Dearka's eyes widened, he had nowhere to run this time.
"Flay" Sai whispered
"All of you coordinators…DESIRVE TO BE KILLED!!" She yelled as she pulled the trigger.
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"You know, you can talk to me without yelling or crying. I am a civil person."
"I'm sorry…" Mir's eyes went down to her feet ashamed of herself for what she said and what she had allowed the others to do.
Lacus I think you cake melted my cold heart… Dearka walked up to Miriallia and lift up her chin so she looked him straight in the eyes "I stayed because of you…."
Mir felt sick to her stomach. The answers he gave Cagalli must have been true. "So you want t-"
"No, what I told Cagalli was revenge for what I had to go though with the other three all day….what I told Lacus was the truth"
"But she never told me what you said"
"I know….I'm sorry"
"huh? I'm the one who should be apolo-" before she could finish Dearka pressed his lips against hers in a long awaited kiss.
After a few seconds Dearka broke the kiss. "I stayed because I thought you deserved a chance to say you were sorry and because I couldn't walk out on you cause I don't lust for you but I'm head of heal for you…" he sealed his confession with a kiss which Miriallia quickly deepened.
"….let's start over Miriallia, in Orb, a new start for me and you."
"I'd like that"
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"Shhh…Miriallia, everything is going to be alright. I love you. I love you more then anyone or anything in my entire life. I won't let something as stupid as being Court Marshalled come between us. I promise I'll be back someday, and Elsman's never break promise" he didn't want to leave her, especially not with her like this.
"How…how can I believe that? I'm sure your father promised your mother that he would always love you. And how exactly is that working out for yeah?" she replied bitterly
"My father loves me I'm sure…It's my actions he hates…"
"Are you sure?"
"No…but you know, I will not break my promise to you. I love you too much to hurt you anymore then I already have in our short life together."
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Dearka hugged Mir tightly for about a minute then broke away for a long kiss. After the kiss he whispered in her ear so she would be the only one to hear "You're the only one who makes my heart beat faster and slower at the same time. I love you so much" he kissed her one more time and the he started to walk away.
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"I did it"
"You sure did babe, and he's perfect"
"I'm sorry about you hand"
"It's okay, I'm grateful; I won't have to do dishes for weeks"
Mir giggled and then looked over and saw the nurse coming with their son. She handed him to Mir and the backed away.
"We should name him you know babe"
"You can name him; I'll name the next one"
This made Dearka burst into laughter "Next one eh?"
"hee hee!" Dearka kissed her then looked down at their son. His complexion was lighter then Dearka's but darker then Mir's. He was so tiny.
"I was thinking maybe Kyo, Kyo Haww"
"No"
"Huh?"
"Elsman, Kyo Elsman"
"Hee okay Elsman"
"I love you Dearka"
"I love you too Miriallia"
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"It's over" he said, his voice never wavered nor did his expression change
Mir was shocked "W-what"
"It's over, you and I are done. I'm leaving."
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"Say it Miriallia!"
"DEARKA ELSMAN I HATE YOU!!"
"And I still love you" he whispered calmly
"DEARKA!"
"Huh?"
"DEARKA LOOK OUT!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs as she pointed out his window.
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Miriallia woke up suddenly. She felt like she had just had one hell of a dream. She looked around the room. It sure wasn't her bedroom. There were get-well-soon balloons everywhere alone with flowers and stuffed toys. Mir tried to get up but was stopped by horrible pain and two pairs of hands. It was then she realised the room was filled with her friends and family.
"She's finally awake" her mother cried
"Thank God" said her father
"Are you okay?" asked Lacus obviously concerned
"Yes" she managed to reply, she closed her eyes for a second and then quickly opened them when the accident flashed threw her mind. She began breathing heavily and fast, she was panicking.
"Mir honey, honey calm down"
"Kyo…Kyo and Dearka?"
"Shh… calm down. Kyo is fine he just has some scrapes and bruises, nothing serious. They are just keeping him for observation for a few days because he hit his head. They said we can take him home as early as tomorrow"
Mir nodded, she was very relieved to know that Kyo was alright, but what about Dearka? "And Dearka?"
It was then she felt like her heart fell into her stomach and was being eaten by acid. Everyone turned their heads as if to avoid eye contact with her. No one spoke, no one tried to answer her question. She was getting worried. She could see tears building up in everyone's eyes, even her father and Cagalli. Finally Kira broke the horrible silence.
"Visiting hours are almost over we should go, try and get some rest okay" Mir kept staring at her but nobody answered, but deep down she new the answer. She thought back to the accident, among Kyo's cries and the crunching metal Mir could slightly remember the car whipping around, the click of a seatbelt unbuckling and something holding her. It was then she realised as everyone left the room was that the reason they didn't answer was because they couldn't tell her the truth, because the truth hurt too much.
Oh God…Dearka is…Dead…
TBC…
In this Quiet Night
