JC: Hi! Okay, as you have read in the previous chapter, 3 girls are taken as hostages. Gilbert has Fllay (maybe?), Auel has Lacus, and Meer is lost in a maze. What will happen to them? And oh, AsuCaga moment everyone… Hehe… Please read and enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED.


Gundam Seed: Mythical Legends

Phase 54: A New Ally

The healing process was completed. All of Cagalli's wounds were gone and she was fast asleep in Athrun's lap. Athrun watched her in her sleeping state, admiring her as usual. He brushed some strands of her hair away from her face and planted a sweet kiss on her temple. He held her hand, squeezing it gently, as he whispered her name silently. How he wished to see her awake, so he could plunge her into his arms and say those three words to her. He had missed her greatly.

Just then, Cagalli flinched and turned to her side. She clutched onto his shirt and mumbled Athrun's name.

Of course, Athrun was pleased to hear his name coming out of her. It meant that she was dreaming about him. Athrun kissed her temple again and this time, the kissed woken the blonde up.

"Athrun…?" she muttered as his face came to view. "Athrun, hey…"

"Cagalli, you're finally awake. So, how are you feeling?" he asked, knowing that her body unleashed so much energy before.

"I-I'm fine…" She sat up and leaned her head on Athrun's chest. "And I'm sure it's because of you."

Athrun wrapped his arms around her. "It wasn't just me, Cagalli. Your brother helped as well. Like me, he risked his life to save you."

"Kira… He is always protective of me. That's the kind of brother he is and I'm so lucky to have him." Cagalli's lips curved into a smile. She pulled herself back and looked up at Athrun. "Athrun, I owe you and Kira a lot. Thank you."

"Cagalli, you're important to us. Kira loves you and I love you too. That's why we can do the impossible just for you." Athrun showed her the Brisingamen on his wrist.

The blonde gasped. "My necklace…? How?"

"I was able to control its power by my will and somehow it got turned into this."

"I see…" Cagalli sighed in relief and touched the Brisingamen. "You're really amazing, Athrun."

"I wouldn't say that. Though I had a hard time fending off Odin with this, I still pulled through." Athrun stood up and patted his pants. "Okay, we have to move now."

"Why?"

"Your brother and the others are around here somewhere in this palace. They are doing there best to fight against the monsters that Odin let loose."

"If that's the case, we should hurry." Cagalli stood up as well. "Let's go, Athrun." She held his hand and smiled.

Athrun nodded.

Hand in hand, the couple rushed out of the throne room to search for the others.

Maze

The roaring sound was getting closer and closer. Meer was still hidden behind the statue of the Goddess Frigg. Because of her fear and nervousness, her legs were unable to move. Her whole body shook in fear as she heard a thumping sound of a foot. She took a peek and saw a hideous Orc monster carrying a huge club. The monster seemed to have sense her presence.

Meer covered her mouth to avoid shouting and stayed still in her spot. She prayed that the monster will not find her.

However, the monster had a strong sense of smell and it was beginning to sniff her out. The monster slowly approached the statue as it raised its club high. It was going to strike the statue when all of a sudden…

"Shadow of Death!" someone called out.

A large shadow entity appeared before the Orc. The Orc was surprised by such a creature and tried to hit it with its club. But the club just went through the entity. The Orc was about to make a run for it, but the shadow entity got to it, engulfed it in darkness, and disappeared.

"So much for big, tall, and gruesome…" The same voice spoke as she appeared.

Meer recognized it to be a girl's voice. She took a peek and saw three people standing before the statue. With delight, she came out of her hiding and revealed herself to the three. "Oh, thank you so much! Thanks for ridding that monster. I thought I was a goner there."

The three, who happened to be Shinn, Fllay, and Stellar, looked at the pink-haired girl in surprise.

"Campbell? What are you doing here?" Shinn spoke, crossing his arms. "Or better yet… How in the world did you get here?"

"Shinn Asuka? Well, I… Wait a second, I should ask you the same thing." Meer regained composure and eyed Shinn suspiciously.

"That's a bit complicated," Shinn replied, turning to Stellar and Fllay.

"Should we tell her?" Stellar asked, knowing Meer would want the truth. But the truth was a little hard to handle, especially for a mortal like Meer. She wondered what Shinn will do.

Meer tapped her foot impatiently. "It's rude to make a girl wait, Asuka-kun. Spit it out!" She demanded.

"Excuse me! You're the one being rude here, Campbell-san." Fllay butted in and glared at Meer. "And I can't have you talk to Oto-sama like that."

The pink-haired girl turned silent and grew pale. "Umm… Did I hear that right?" she muttered. She pointed at Fllay and then at Shinn. "Asuka-kun's your father?"

Fllay grabbed hold of Shinn's arm and smiled. "Yup! He's my father!" She then narrowed her eyes at Meer. "Why? You got a problem with that?!"

"Ah… Yeah!" Meer placed her hands on her waist. "First of all, you and Asuka-kun are too young to be father and daughter. Second, Asuka-kun does not have a wife. Lastly, Asuka-kun does not even have a girlfriend for crying out loud."

Stellar motioned over to Meer's side to calm her down. She tried massaging her shoulders, but Meer was still uneasy.

Meer went on. "How should I be able to believe what you're saying?" She stomped her foot hard and demanded for an explanation from them.

"Better believe it, Campbell-san, because it's the truth. Besides, even though we look like this, we're older than you think." Fllay released Shinn's arm and confronted Meer proudly.

"What are you trying to tell me that you guys are gods or something?"

"Actually, we are gods," Stellar replied cutely.

Meer turned paler than usual. "Stop messing with me! There are no such things as gods."

"Campbell, gods do exist and we are them." Shinn approached Meer and created a ball of fire in his palm. He then blasted the walls of maze and made a path. "That's just a sample of my power."

"Incredible… I had no idea…"

Stellar sensed a disturbance coming from inside the palace. "Shinn, Fllay, we should head back! The others may be in trouble!" she told her friends.

Shinn agreed with her. But before anything else, he asked Meer to come with them. "It's much safer if you're with us than being alone out here."

"You don't have to ask me twice. I will definitely go with you three." Meer put up a fist for encouragement.

"Just don't get in our way, mortal…" Fllay slapped her back and quickly rushed off.

"Hey! That hurts!" Meer ran fast to catch up with Fllay.

Shinn and Stellar laughed at the two who were acting like little kids.

"I never thought they would become fast friends," Shinn said, taking a few steps forward.

"They kinda act alike, huh?" Stellar giggled and moseyed over to Shinn's side. She took his hand into hers and leaned on his shoulder. "Shinn… We'll win, right?"

Shinn held her shoulder and nodded. "Yeah… We will… So don't worry about it, Stellar."

Unexpectedly, the two heard a loud boom coming from the direction where Fllay and Meer ran off too. Shinn and Stellar went to check it out and it turned out that Fllay used her powers on something. Her right arm was positioned elegantly in the air while her other arm extended forward. There was a bit of aura still emitting from her.

"Fllay, what did you do?" Shinn asked his daughter.

"Yeah and where did Campbell-san go?" Stellar looked from left to right in search of the pink-haired girl.

"Oh her?" Fllay hid her hands behind her back and put up a cute expression for her father. "I kinda teleported her back to her world." She stuck out her tongue as she scratched her head.

Shinn sighed. "I guess it was the right thing to do, considering that she is mortal after all. There's only one thing that concerns me." He looked at Fllay intensely.

Fllay backed a few steps in fear of her father. "Umm… And what would that be, Oto-sama?"

"Did you erase her memories about us being gods?"

Then there was silence for eight seconds.

Stellar grinned maliciously as she pointed at Fllay suspiciously. "Don't tell me that you actually forgot?"

"Umm…" Fllay placed a finger on her cheek while she thought hard. "Ahh… Yeah! I forgot!" She stuck out her tongue once more.

"This can't be good," mumbled Shinn, slapping himself on the temple.

"I'm so sorry, Oto-sama. I'll make it up to you. Once we're done here, I promise to erase her memories." Fllay clasped her hands and acted all child-like to her father. "Please forgive me, Oto-sama."

Shinn looked at his daughter and saw the cute look on her face. How could he resist such a face!? He sighed and told Fllay it was all right. "But don't forget next time, got it?"

She lunged forward and hugged her father. "Yes, I won't!" Fllay answered.

Courtroom

"Clyne-san!" Kira shouted Lacus' name. He did not expect for her to be in Asgard, let alone be a hostage. "Let her go, Tyr!" he demanded as he charged up his powers.

"Tyr, it's so good of you to bring her here. Now things would be more interesting." Gilbert wrapped his arms around his hostage. He shook the chains, causing it to unleash an electric current to shock the red-haired girl.

"Ahh!!!" the girl, known as Fllay to Rey and Kira, screamed in pain. "Help me! Somebody!"

Gilbert laughed in pleasure as he continued to increase the current.

"Odin, you scum!" Rey tried to hold back his power against Gilbert, though he wanted to annihilate him so badly. It was painful for him to see her in such a pain. He knelt down and begged Gilbert to let her go.

"You finally came to your senses, Heimdall." Gilbert gave out a sinister laugh. "Now swear your loyalty to me and I shall free your precious goddess."

Rey hesitated. If he were to work for Gilbert again, then that would mean that he will fight against Shinn and Fllay again. He did not want that. He already lost them before and he did not want to loose them again. However, under the circumstances, the only think he could think of to save Fllay was to give in to Gilbert.

"Don't do it, Rey!" Auel yelled out.

The gods were all shocked at what they heard. Auel, otherwise known as Tyr, was telling Rey to stop.

"Heimdall, you must not swear your loyalty to Odin. He is… He is nothing but a coward!" Auel turned to face Gilbert. "He's nothing but a liar!"

Gilbert was appalled by such rudeness and insults. "Tyr, what is wrong with you? Have you forgotten that you are working for me?!"

"Not anymore, Odin!" Auel retorted. "Kira, catch her!" He threw Lacus over to Kira with the help of his power.

Kira caught the pink-haired girl with ease. He touched her temple to check if she was all right. "Clyne-san…" To his relief, Lacus was just merely unconscious. "You had me so worried, Clyne-san."

"Tyr, what is the meaning of this?" Gilbert's aura glowed immensely in rage as he glared down at the blue-haired god. "Why did you return that mortal girl to him?"

"As the god of justice, I could no longer bear your acts any longer. Holding mortals as hostages is simply immoral. They have nothing to do with us!" Auel explained as he built up his energy within him.

Gilbert gritted his teeth. "I knew you were too good to be trusted, Tyr. Now you will perish as the rest of them." He extended his arm and shot energy spheres at him.

"Like that's gonna hit me!" Auel easily dodged each and every sphere that came. When Gilbert launched one last one, Auel jumped aside and landed beside Kira. "Your aim is so off, Odin."

"Tyr…" Kira called him.

"It's Auel!" he corrected the brunette.

"Auel, I knew you weren't an enemy." Kira placed a hand on his shoulder. "You were only following orders, am I right?"

"Yeah… I did much foolishness in the past. Time for me to move on and side with the right team."

Gilbert was getting angrier by the minute. With Auel out, there was no one left working for him except for the monsters. His plans were not going as well as he thought. He needed to think for a back-up and he had to do it fast.

"Game over, Odin!" Auel said, pointing a finger at the great god.

"Release Fllay and surrender!" Kira added, charging his energy up.

Rey immediately went in front of them and spread out his arms. "You mustn't! He will hurt Fllay if you fight him!"

"But Heimdall, we can't just…"

"If you're not going to listen to me, I might as well fight you!" Rey cut off Kira with a threat.

Auel giggled for some reason. His giggle soon turned into a maniacal laugh, which irritated Rey.

"What's so funny, Auel?" Rey asked coldly.

"Haven't you realized anything yet?" Auel pointed at the hostage and smirked. "That girl is not Fllay. She's actually a mortal—a mortal named Meyrin Hawke!"

Rey shrugged. "Meyrin Hawke? So, that's not Fllay up there!" Somehow his heart calmed down, but he thought of the safety of the mortal.

"Odin!" Auel flew up and looked down at Gilbert. His palms were glowing brightly in blue and his eyes were dyed in red. This was a sign of Auel's immense rage against Gilbert. "Have you got any idea how important Meyrin is to me?"

Gilbert felt the strong aura of Auel and he felt very afraid. After for so long, it was his first time to see Auel so angry. He did not know what to answer him so he stayed quiet.

"Meyrin has always been nice to me. I do admit that she is shy, but awfully cute. Her face and her smile please me. Whenever she's with me, I feel happy. Meyrin is my most important person!" Auel raised his right arm, preparing it to throw. "And letting you take her from her world is a crime!' He threw the sphere at Gilbert at a vast speed.

Since there was no time to dodge it, Gilbert decided to use Meyrin as a shield. But when he glanced at his side, he saw that Meyrin was gone. "No, this cannot be!" He looked up and saw the sphere coming. He tried making a barrier, but it was too late. The sphere hit him and sent him flying across the room.

On the other hand, Meyrin was safe and sound in Rey's arms. "What you did was dangerous, Auel. Don't ever do that again." The blonde god reprimanded Auel.

"I knew that you would use your speed to save Meyrin. That's why I was able to use my power against Odin." Auel took Meyrin from Rey and took time to look at her. She was unconscious, yet her face showed that she was feeling safe.

"She does look like Fllay, huh?" Kira spoke after taking a look at Meyrin. "No wonder you fell for her, Auel." He laughed as he gently placed Lacus on the table.

Auel blushed a little. "Um… Say what you want…" He quickly turned his head away and made a grumpy sound.

Rey noticed that Gilbert left the room unexpectedly. "It seems like our mission is not yet over. Odin is still on the loose."

"His aura is completely gone from this room," Auel said, placing Meyrin on the table. Using his powers, he freed Meyrin from the magical white chains and destroyed it.

"What are we going to do with them?" Kira pulled out a chair and sat down. He placed his arm on the table and leaned his cheek against his hand. He looked at the pink-haired girl and sighed. "We can't bring them with us and we definitely can't leave them here."

"Our powers are only enough for battle now. We can't afford to use it up to teleport them back to Midgard," Rey reminded them.

"This is hard. I don't know what else to think of." Auel scratched his head in frustration and slammed his fists on the table.

"Careful, Auel," Kira said. "Meyrin-san is on that table."

"Sorry... It's just that… I want her to be back home where it's safe."

"I feel the same way for Clyne-san as well."

Suddenly, the three gods heard footsteps and it was heading towards the room. In a blink of an eye, the gods turned themselves invisible along with the two mortal girls. They hid in silence as they waited for their visitors to arrive.

Two figures entered the room and they appeared to be goddesses.

Kira quickly recognized them. "Miriallia! Jean!" He powered down his invisibility and approached the goddesses. "Glad to see you two again."

Auel and Rey came out of hiding as well and greeted the two properly.

"What the—" Jean shrugged. "What is he doing here?" She eyed Auel gravely.

"Don't be alarmed, Jean. It's cool. Auel is one of us now." Kira answered.

"You've finally came to your senses. It took you a while." Miriallia said sarcastically as she folded her arms in front of her chest. She looked around to see if the others were around. "Umm… Shinn and the others aren't here either?"

Jean sighed and dropped to her knees. "We've been running all over the place, trying to find you guys. We are pooped. Those monsters weren't cutting us some slack."

"You can say that again, Jean," Miriallia muttered, leaning her back against the wall. "So, what's with the two mortals over there?" She pointed across the room where she could see Lacus and Meyrin lying on the tables.

"Hey… Aren't…" Jean stood up and took a better look at them. "Aren't they students from Archangel? They're Meyrin Hawke and Lacus Clyne."

"They got dragged here because of Odin. He used those two as hostages to get to us." Rey told the goddesses.

Kira went closer to Miriallia and held her shoulders. "Miriallia, please do me a favor." He locked his amethyst eyes into hers, showing how serious he was. "Please bring Clyne-san and Meyrin-san back to Midgard."

Upon hearing that, Auel also asked Miriallia. He even bowed his head and begged some more.

"You guys…" Miriallia started and then she giggled. "Are so in love!" She smiled at the two gods.

In an instant, Kira's and Auel's faces turned as red as a tomato. They tried to tell Miriallia that it was not like that, but Miriallia had them all figured out. She also stated that they should not hide their feelings. Kira and Auel still disagreed with her.

"Okay…okay… I won't say anything anymore." Miriallia used telekinesis to lift Lacus into the air. "Jean, give me a hand."

Jean hovered into the air. "Here goes." She used her own telekinesis to carry Meyrin.

"We'll return soon," Miriallia said. She cast a teleportation spell and disappeared from the room along with Lacus.

The red-haired goddess looked down at her fellow friends and waved a hand at them. "Be safe, guys!" She then used teleportation and disappeared with Meyrin.

"Since those two are in good hands, we should resume our search for Odin." Rey walked over to the exit and spun on his heels. "We have no time to lose."

Kira and Auel couldn't agree with him more. They were all eager to find Odin and fight him till the very end.

To be continued…


JC: Auel is an enemy no more. Gilbert is all alone now and there will be no one backing him up. It's good to see Lacus and Meyrin safe again, though Meer is still around Asgard with Shinn, Fllay, and Stellar. Meanwhile, Cagalli and Athrun are preparing for the fight of their lives.

Spoiler:
Phase 55: Farewell