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Chapter 29 – Discovery

Kititsa felt her body sting with pain. She managed to open her eyes slightly to look around. That was the best thing she could do at the moment because she was unable to move at all. She could feel the throb of her bullet wounds and her severe burns. The bullets wounds weren't doing too well either.

Deciding that there was nothing she could do, Kititsa went back to sleep…


Captain Ramius entered the pilot waiting room, where everyone had gathered.

"The flames have ceased, though it still might be dangerous…" she stated to everyone on the ship. All the pilots were about to stand up and leave, but Ramius signalled at them before they go.

"What's wrong?" Kira asked as he saw a sad and guilty look that crossed the Captain's features.

"Before you go…I need to tell you all something. The day Kititsa left, she came to talk to me. She had a plan to infiltrate the enemy ship and blow it up from the inside. I told her that it was dangerous, but she just looked at me tear filled eyes," she started to say.

"So she didn't betray us?" Yzak questioned.

"No…she told me what she was doing in the previous battle. They say that if you want to fool your enemies…then first you must fool your friends," Kira answered. He turned his gaze back to Ramius and nodded his head for her to continue.

"She was in tears when she came to me, but at the end she just gave a sad smile and said 'my life means nothing to me if I can't protect my friends. Too many of my friends have already died during the war. It doesn't matter to me if it's too dangerous… I'm still going to do it. With the way we're going, small battle after small battle, I'll end up loosing all my friends one by one. I can't let that happen. I'd rather die by myself just to let them live.' That was what she said. Soon afterwards she left the ship to accomplish her plan and by the looks of the explosion she succeeded, but their must have been a problem because she was caught up in the explosion," Ramius finished explained. She looked like she was about to cry. Miriallia was the first one to say something.

"It's okay. She's probably fine. From the times we're known her, she's always been strong willed. Kititsa could probably survive anything," she said. Lacus stepped forwards and nodded her head in agreement with a sweet smile on her face.

"Anyways…I think we should get going," Kira stated as he headed back towards the Freedom. The other pilots quickly followed.

Once they were all ready, they launched out into space. They all began to search the wreck.

Hours and hours passed since they first started looking for Kititsa and the Strike.

"It seems that Kititsa did a good job in destroying the enemy ship…" Dearka stated through the com-link. He had led the Buster through the rubble to continue his investigation.

Meanwhile Yzak was looking around further away from the ship. He was still all by himself, everyone had else was at the Dominion. Yzak was about to give up on his search when he saw a small flash of blue in the corner of his eyes.

When he approached the familiar blue object, he nearly froze. There in front of him was the Strike or at least what remained of it, which was only the cockpit. It was full of scratches and scorched marks. The arms, head and legs were all missing. They must have been blown off.

"I found something!" he exclaimed as he took the cockpit and flew back towards the Archangel. As he reached the ship, he noticed that a crowd had formed in the hanger. Once the other gundams arrived, Yzak stepped forwards and opened the cockpit. When the door opened, a huge stream of blood splashed out of the cockpit and landed in a puddle on the floor. Yzak had jumped backwards to avoid being covered in the red liquid.

As soon as the door was fully open, Yzak looked inside. The walls were covered in scratches and blood, but that wasn't the worst part of it.

Kititsa was seated in the cockpit. Her skin was deathly pale and she was covered in bruises, scratches, burns and bullet wounds. She was barely breathing.

Her eyes suddenly opened a bit and she looked at Yzak's face. She gave him a weak smile.

"Look…an…angel," she said with a hoarse voice. Then she slipped into unconsciousness once more. Yzak blushed and gently picked her up. He rushed towards the infirmary and put her on one of the beds. One of the doctors rushed to her side and started to treat her. Another doctor quickly pushed Yzak out of the room and closed the door.

Once he was outside, all the others were already waiting for him.

"How is she?" Kira asked.

"Is she going to be alright?" Cagalli said.

"Is she alive?" Dearka questioned.

"Are her injuries bad?" Athrun inquired.

"Was she awake when you found her?" Lacus added.

"Did she say anything before passing out?" Miriallia asked.

Yzak's eyes twitched in annoyance as everyone repeated their questions at the same time.

"Everyone just be quiet!" he yelled, "I don't know whether or not she'll be okay. You'll have to ask the doctors about it when he's done," he added. Everyone went quiet and waited for any kind of news.

A few hours later, the doctor came out and told them all that Kititsa was going to be okay.

"All she needs is rest," he added. Everyone finally released.


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