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Chapter Fifty Four

Instincts

Small Village

"You cannot do that they are mostly children," the reverend quickly said.

"They are our natural enemy, naturals," The officer said as he looked to his people, "Natural enemy get it?"

"Yes sir," they said as they prepared to fire.

All soldiers then opened fire.

The reverend panicked a little this was by far the worse ever treatment, and now he had to do something before it was to late, if it wasn't too late.

People and children were screaming.

The reverend was left with no choice, "You will hit the coordinators!" the reverend shouted to the officer.

The officer turned to look at him, he heard him right, "Halt your fire," the officer quickly said.

All soldiers stopped firing.

In front of them their was a large mess, all adults were down and a few children as well, luckily for Lacus' children they were about six feet away from the ones that had already fallen, they were lucky.

The officer turned to the reverend, "Did I hear you right?"

The reverend knew they were his responsibility but he was out of options, at least this way they would be spared.

"Yes…you see the two of them, you will know them," the reverend said as he didn't know exactly where they were and if they were still alive but they would be able to recognize them.

The officer looked at the rest of the frightened children, "The blonde and dark haired child?" the officer said as the rest looked different; those two were the ones that stuck out the most.

"Yes," the reverend said glad they were alive.

"We don't need the rest then," The officer said.

"Wait! There could be others," the reverend said.

"You are making me think you are lying," the officer said.

"I, I take many children without homes, I don't know all their status, but the two I mentioned are definitely coordinators," the reverend said hoping to by time for the others now.

"We can settle this easily, we will test their genetics," the officer said saying a few things to the other soldiers.

The reverend knew this was unheard of, "What will you do to them?"

"All field teams were assigned a kit, lets just say that we know many coordinators live on the surface, adults are traitors but if we find children we test them, and if they are proven to be coordinators they are shipped to the Plants and reeducated," the officer said.

"Bring them to me," the officer said.

Soldiers moved in and grabbed Lacus' children. They weren't that rough with them anymore that they were suspected to be coordinators.

Both of the twins stayed close to each other, they didn't say anything yet as they were stopped in front of the officer, he looked at both of them.

"You look very familiar," the officer said looking at the boy, staring at the girl he felt the same; her facial shape was very similar as well.

"Who were their parents?" the officer asked.

The reverend was in a bind here, "I get many orphan children."

"We can find that out as well," the officer said.

The reverend was shocked at this, "How?"

"They look at least four or five years old, if they were born in Plants there would be a record of them, about a year ago all people in Plants enter a genetic data base, if their parents truly were coordinators we would know," the officer said.

The soldiers arrived back with a small what looked like med kit, "Hold out your finger," the officer told the children.

Both didn't do it at first but as they looked over to the reverend he was nodding his head hoping they would see him.

Both then complied, a small needle was extended from the device as they did one after the other.

With two samples they were placed inside a small machine, no bigger then a car battery, they now waited as the machine analyzed the genetic data.

"I swear I have seen this child somewhere," the officer said looking into the violet eyes of the small boy.

It was only a few minutes before, it was completed.

"Well?" the officer asked.

"Confirmed on both of them sir, they are coordinators, see the data for yourself," the soldier said.

The officer looked as he found something interesting.

"You are sure you don't know their parents?" the officer asked.

"It is likely they are first generation, I believe their parents were naturals," the reverend said.

"You lied to me, the data shows they are definitely down the line more, second or third, but what was interesting is their genetic pattern is a lot stronger then first rate coordinators, if I wasn't looking I would say they were ultimates but the data shows they are a little less then that…almost like they are above a coordinator but below an ultimate…interesting," The officer said.

"Run this through the data base, we will see if we can find their parents," the officer said.

The soldier agreed as he took the two samples then moved to a different machine in a laptop. About a year ago Ryu came up with the idea to keep track of citizen's genetics for many purposes all Plants were required to submit a sample and it was placed in a large data base. He told the people it was for the future and could help in many ways but it was really a way to keep track of people and to see when ultimates were made if certain genetic patterns were better then others.

The officer waited for the data base to search but it would take some time, as he did he looked at the children.

"Do you know who your parents are?" the officer asked.

Lacus daughter nodded her head in yes.

"Do you know your fathers name?" the officer asked.

"We never met him," the boy answered.

"What about your mother?" what is her name?" the officer asked again.

"Her name is mom," the boy answered again.

"So your not orphans?" the officer said.

He was really underestimating these children, "Her name is mom but we haven't seen her in a long time," the daughter answered.

"She is missing," the boy answered, they were a lot smarter then this guy was giving them credit for, they knew what was at stake here.

"Um…sir?" the soldier running the check said.

"What is it?" the officer asked.

"We have one match sir?" the solider said.

The reverend knew that wasn't good.

The officer looked at the data base, for the slot saying mother there was no data found, Lacus wasn't their to submit her sample.

Looking over at the fathers, all it said was highly classified.

"I have never seen this sir," the soldier said.

"Highly classified," the officer said looking at the children, "That means their father is someone of very high importance in the military or politics."

"What do we do now sir?" the soldier asked.

"Test the rest of the children, I will try and get clearance to open that file," the officer said leaving.

The soldier agreed as he stood up.

"One last thing, take him to base, and find out what he knows," the officer said as the reverend was taken away.

The children didn't like seeing that as the officer watched, he looked back to see a glare coming from the children, they were defiantly smarter then he first gave them credit for, they knew how to evade his questions, but seeing as they could be the children of someone very high up he couldn't push them for answers.

What he did have was a facial picture of the boy and now he was going to run that through the rosters and see if he could find a close match this wouldn't be official but maybe it could narrow down the list.

The children were left with soldiers as they stayed close to each other, they were only four and this was to much for children their size to see. They wanted to see their mother again but things weren't going to well for that now.


Doomsday

Private Floor

Lacus was completely frozen by this instinct she immediately felt, it felt for a few seconds that her heart was going to explode and she was clouded with fear.

After a few minutes however the feeling had passed, she was able to focus again, but that was something she never wanted to feel again, and now her mind was overwhelmed with worry.

Lacus continued on as she had to get this completed and out of here fast.

Kira's Quarters

Kira was inside working on what Ryu had told him to do. What he was working on was some of the important preparations for what would be known as their final strike. They still had a ways to go to make it work but when the time came they wanted this completed to finish off the job.

Kira was completely absorbed in work but his senses told him something was about to head in, if his head wasn't killing him he would have sensed this sooner but it was too late as the door was open.

"This better be a good reason," Kira said turning around only to find an angry looking Sarah holding a calm ultimate.

Sarah walked in as she saw him working on something, what was more was that panel opened in the wall, she didn't even know that existed.

"Showing our son this garbage is reason enough don't you think?" Sarah said angry throwing a program on the floor.

"Keep your voice down first," Kira said with his head splitting, "I see you accessed files you were not accessed to see."

"When it comes to my child I will do what I have to do, do you know how these things you are showing him is affecting him?" Sarah said.

"They are necessary for his future, and they will not stop," Kira told her.

"Look at him, he is turning into a mini you, I saw what you are making him watch it is sick…" Sarah was getting angry but watching her tone around her son, she didn't want him to pick up anymore bad vibes then he already had.

"That is his future," Kira replied turning back around.

"Teaching him how to kill naturals, teaching him he is better then everybody else, teaching him that what you do is the correct path…" Sarah was saying but was quickly silenced by Kira.

Kira slammed his fist down on the table hard making her quit, she crossed one of those lines in his mind.

"What I am doing is the correct path, and by my goal their won't be any naturals left for him to kill, I am teaching him that as for when he grows he will know that what happened to them was necessary, and he is better then everybody else, he is the new species that will reign supreme over the world, and lastly which I will not say again, never question this path we are taking again, either around him or elsewhere," Kira told her as she watched that deadly look return in his eyes.

She didn't want to come here in the first place but after what she saw she had to confront him, it was eating away at her.

Sarah continued to stare until she looked down and saw her toddler ultimate popping his hand down like Kira did on the desk. The same anger meaner was shown.

Kira noticed it as well, "Your first words should be mother is a big pest," Kira said as he turned back around, he finished what he had to and placed the things back in the folder as he put it back in the compartment and closed the panel. He locked it with his DNA pattern again. Normally he wouldn't open this around anyone, but there was no way they could get it open with him.

Sarah heard his comment but she just saw that those were likely Kira's first words to his own children.

"You will drop this matter now, and return him to his training, you may be upset but this world will be better the way I am forming it, you don't understand how the current one causes such pain as I do, what he is learning and what he they will grow up in will be far better then what they will have otherwise," Kira said lifting her chin.

Sarah looked at him again, his meaner was completely sincere he truly believed what he was doing was the right thing for the world, but the darkness was still there and he could be seconds away from destroying her they were that bad, but something wouldn't allow him to harm her.

"I will do what you say…but get that nurse off my hands all the time," Sarah told him.

"Very well, now I have Jibril to plan for so you are dismissed," Kira told her as she walked out of the room.

As she left Sarah gave him what he wanted to hear after her rant, and as he looked at her she wasn't completely sure he was looking at her or he was seeing her as someone else, but one thing was for certain she had a very close call.

It wasn't all bad as now she saw something she had to get into.

After returning to her room she dropped her son off with that goliath, she had to report this to Lacus, whatever was in that compartment they had to get into.

Kira watched her leave as for a split second after she questioned him she was dead, but once again he was stopped with something holding him back, with another quick wave of pain he sat back down before he had to go and report to the Armageddon's hanger.


Orb Headquarters-Lab Area

Research Area

As reported Athrun and Cagalli headed straight here, upon arrival they saw the lead researcher in charge as he was waiting for them with a very strange look on his face.

"Well do you know what they are?" Cagalli asked.

"With about eighty percent certainly I can tell you what these things are Lady Cagalli," the researcher told her.

Athrun looked at the table as a few were still there.

Cagalli picked one up as the researcher was preparing something; Cagalli was holding it close looking at it when the researcher turned around.

"Don't do that My Lady?" the Researcher quickly said.

Both Athrun and Cagalli were surprised.

"Do what?" Cagalli quickly said.

The researcher then saw, "Forgive me My Lady, but I thought you were going to take one, if you had you would have been dead in minutes."

Both were shocked at that.

"What are you saying? Kira takes these things constantly, in high doses," Athrun told her.

"That is the thing sir, when I first started I infected certain lab rats to see their effects and study but all died almost instantly, what you have here is a drug that has been somehow modified for a coordinators…or I should say an above coordinators physiology," the man told them.

All saw as it certainly did take its toll.

"Are you saying that you have no clue what this is?" Cagalli asked.

"No, no Lady Cagalli, when I found that what was killing them was neurological I went to a different strategy," the researcher told them.

"Break it down for us, what are these things?" Cagalli asked.

"I am trying, I will explain as best I can," The man said.

Turning on a projection he showed several medical cells and such, their was only so much he could do with the equipment though so he gave it his best with the tests he did.

"After finding I couldn't do live tests I worked on their cells and membranes, when introducing this drug into the system it heads up to the brain, once there," The man said as he was showing them an example.

"This is the nervous system, this drug attacks certain parts of the brain, it is really quite clever," the man said.

"Just get to the point, I am lost here," Athrun said.

"Let's say your patient is angry or feeling in a rage, this drug then attacks those parts of the brain sort of enhancing them, or fueling them making them stronger," the man said.

Cagalli and Athrun listened, "Are you saying he was changed by this drug?"

"No Lady Cagalli, those feelings were always there this drug just makes them stronger," the man said.

"This makes no sense; if you are saying this drug enhances emotions or nerves or whatever then why doesn't it work on other emotions and such?" Athrun asked.

The man smiled, "That's the beauty of it, this drug was designed only to attack the nerves in the brain that control anger, hate and rage…tell me how was he before he disappeared?"

"He was depressed, always moping around not very happy, he did rarely have times when he acted out, but nothing to this level of degree," Cagalli told him.

Athrun had his mind working, "So basically you're saying that even though he had those feelings and never acted on them, but then he disappears and three years later comes back and pops those things like crazy, so basically they are taking away his ability to control those emotions?"

"I don't really know that sir, I don't have any live tests to work with, it's possible but it could only just be enhancing them as well, either your right or they are just an extra steroid that gives him fuel for the fire, without a live test I cannot know," the man said.

"Something is still off, what about the headaches, and what if he was to stop taking them and such, it seems more to it then that," Cagalli said.

"I wasn't finish Lady Cagalli, you are right there is more to it and I worked with our equipment to try and track those down, but from my research I can only come up with theory on what they do under a microscope, if I had a live test it would be different but I will give you what I have so far," the man said.

"What I gathered about these pills from the test are these pills are highly addictive from the minerals inside, headaches are formed either normally with a bad nightmare or flashback, but I did detect traces in the brain that cause these things to form one if he goes a long period of time without them," the man said again.

"As for if he were to stop, I cannot say for certain but several mental effects are likely to form, withdrawal symptoms will last for weeks with the dosage he takes, so basically he will have to stop taking them for weeks or he will always have a craving for them," the man said after doing the research the best he can.

"So I need to know the bottom line…is he control by those or not, I know you explained everything but I just need to know that," Cagalli said.

"Like I said I have no live subject but the researcher is pretty certain, he is not controlled with his feelings, the drug only makes them several times stronger, if he has a desire to hit something it could be several punches he will have to throw, if he has a desire to change the world he will do it by any means necessary, his emotions are in a way restricted but I do not believe he is being controlled to do what he is doing, if in the past he wanted to kill someone for saying something annoying he would use his conscious to hold back but with these that conscious digs deep inside and gives that rage fuel to grow stronger," the man said.

"Bottom line doctor not all that," Cagalli said.

"I cannot say Lady Cagalli, I don't have a live test…but I must warn you, before you get your hopes up the chances are more likely they are the option I mentioned about them just being an enhancer, he may just have changed and is using them to be more effective, we still have to many unknowns," the man said.

"Is that the eighty percent chance you mentioned?" Athrun asked.

"Yes…I would give the other twenty that I am not sure of chance he is being controlled, that is my professional opinion," the man said.

Athrun thanked him as he left the room with Cagalli, but not before taking a few of those remaining pills, he was starting to form something in his head.

"So either they are only enhancing him or they are suppressing his conscious and allowing him to act on those hated emotions, either way that doesn't change that fact that Kira really wanted to just change the world," Cagalli told him.

"He may have wanted it changed Cagalli, he may have hated it so much for what it did to him, or maybe he wanted to make it better like he thinks, we will find out what they are really doing to him," Athrun told her as he wanted some answers himself and wanted answers for her.

"I want you to go get Mu's idea, I have something to take care of," Athrun told her.

Cagalli was a little suspicious but she agreed deep down she really hoped that the chairman just changed him but the evidence wasn't pointing that way, he was just taking a drug to make himself a more brutal killer.

Cagalli left as Athrun had something to do.

Reaching in his pocket he took those few pills out, "Alright Kira…we will see if these things truly change you or just enhance you," Athrun said as he had to get a few people together outside this lab to monitor him.

Athrun was going to try these on himself, they were deadly to a natural but from what he saw they wouldn't do fatal damage to him, maybe some damage but it shouldn't be fatal, this was a risk he had to take. With still so many unanswered questions and since the researcher didn't have a live test, Athrun was going to give him one.


Small Village

Zaft Truck

The officer in charge contacted the necessary superior to try and unlock that file, but in the meantime he took quick images of those two children and was trying to run them for possible matches, these were only facial matches and their would be no guarantee but he was hoping to narrow down the list.

Running the images in the data base about a hundred possible matches came up, this database was on Zaft military these records weren't sealed, why the other ones were he didn't know but since this had everything up to the chairman he should find possible matches.

Trying to narrow it down further he focused on more then facial shape and added in the coloring of the hair and eyes. The matches were immediately reduced to twenty; trying to take it down even further he added both the hair and the eyes at the same time. The matches then dropped to three.

Opening the first file one was a recruit he had violet eyes and light brown hair, this recruit was only fifteen that was a strong possibility against the matter.

Opening the second file it was a regular engineer, about thirty years of age, but the man knew neither one of these files would have been classified to the data base; they were low in the food chain.

The third file however made his eyes bug out, opening the file it was none other then the commander in charge of the operation, the right hand to the chairman, the devil of the lunar base, the man was in sort of shock before trying to match the picture up with the children and now it was really clear where he saw that face before.

Nothing was confirmed yet but that was about to change when the brass called back.

"Yes sir," the officer in charge said.

"I have reviewed your request, I am granting you access to the genetic data base," the higher officer ordered.

The field officer got the code as the higher officer waited for him to run it, this was a serious matter, if children of a high ranking officer were out here questions had to be answered and the whoever officer had to be notified.

The field officer ran the code as the file opened, and immediately the suspicion was confirmed as Kira's name and file was right there, it was clear why it was classified as it had all his genetic data and Ryu didn't want that out to just anyone, but this would be an exception.

The higher officer saw the file, "Unbelievable."

"What should I do now sir?" the field officer asked.

"Commander Hibiki is on a high assignment at the moment but the chairman is with him…I will inform the chairman of my discovery, prepare a transport I am sure he will want them transferred," the higher officer said.

"Yes sir," the field officer said as he stopped the communication and went back outside.

Outside

Once outside the officer was met with his other soldiers, "We tested them all sir, all are naturals."

"I see, that reverend was just trying to by them time, finish them," the officer said.

"Yes sir, but what about those two?" the soldier asked.

"They are certainly high up, treat them with high respect and prepare to have them transported when called," the officer told him.

"Yes sir," the soldier said running off.

The officer approached the kids, "Well, it seems as if you guys will be taking a plane out of here."

"To see our mother?" the boy asked.

"We don't know who she is, but I am sure your father would like to see you," the officer said as he begun leading them away.

Both children were shocked when they heard that, they never expected this.

After they were out of sight the soldiers finished the other executions, the monstrous killings of the rest of those the reverend looked after.


Orb-Headquarters

Briefing Room

After Cagalli left, Athrun was acting very strange, she shook it off as she found Mu still waiting for her.

"How did it go?" Mu asked.

"Well, I guess we learned what those things can do to him to a degree but the exact cause is still unknown, we don't have a live test to confirm the headaches or even what they do to him," Cagalli said.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but what I am proposing now is something I believe will work to our favor," Mu said.

"I'm listening," Cagalli told him.

"He will be attack Jibril that is a no brainier, what I propose is a small team including myself to do a direct assault after the attack on Jibril," Mu proposed.

"A small team, you think you can do it with a small team?" Cagalli asked.

"A surprise attack directed at that ship, we will wait outside their radar range until the attack begins, I know Jibril he may be on a civilian liner but he is not traveling alone, when they are distracted we move in a deliver a quick attack, they will never expect it," Mu added.

"I am interested, give me more details and I will approve it," Cagalli told him.

"I will get started on it immediately…" Mu was going to say more when Cagalli got a quick call.

She took the call it turned out to be from that lab researcher, "What is it?" Cagalli asked.

The man explained.

Cagalli couldn't believe it, "I am on my way,"

Cagalli hung up and started rushing over there as Mu knew something had to happen.

"That moron!" Cagalli shouted as she rushed over there.


Doomsday

Armageddon's Hanger

Kira arrived in the hanger, and stared up at his machine.

"Sir?" the chief mechanic said.

"Status report?" Kira asked.

"Eighty five percent complete sir, another two days max for one hundred percent completion," The mechanic told him.

Kira now smiled, "Perfect, then it will be completed before Jibril arrives."

"Yes sir, the new specifications have been added as well, you should notice when you activate it," The mechanic said.

"Good, keep me informed," Kira told him leaving the room.

After he left the room Kira was getting another feeling, head still splitting but he had a feeling about something he couldn't get his mind onto.

Ryu's office

Ryu received a very interesting call from one of his top officers, after seeing the images and hearing the story things had defiantly got more interesting.

"What should I do sir?" the officer asked.

"Have them brought here, they will be more then happy to be back to their own kind," Ryu said as the officer agreed and signed off.

Ryu looked over the data again, Miss Clyne had a very naughty secret she was hiding, Ryu decided to wait for their arrival before telling Kira though, their was something going through his mind.

Lacus' Room

Sarah also arrived and told Lacus what she had seen, they now had to somehow get inside that compartment and find whatever he was doing, Something told Lacus life and death for the world would be whether they got what was in there or not, but she was also getting another one of those feelings.

Southeast Asia-Small Village

The transport was on chairman's order so it arrived quickly.

The children were loaded on board as they were a little shocked to hear they were going to see their father. The transport was loaded and shortly took off; it should arrive within a quarter of a day with the escort Ryu was providing.


Orb-Outside the Lab

Athrun made a quick call and the person soon arrived, it was a science officer that worked in the lab under the man that did the research, Athrun needed his help.

"You called sir," the person said.

Athrun stared at him, "Your boss has left, I need you to hook me up to monitoring equipment and call him back once I ingest this pill."

"I know what those are sir, they are deadly to take, I cannot do this," the person said.

"You will do this, he needs a live test and this will be the full chance to get all the answers and not just theories," Athrun told him.

"What do you expect to learn?" the man asked.

"I will see how it affects my abilities and such, from what your boss said it will either enhance my abilities or it will take control of them not allowing me to control what I do, we should also learn about the headaches and everything else that works with these pills," Athrun told him.

"We tried that and all specimens perished," the man said.

"Precisely, your boss has only been working with the cells but this is the chance to see what they really do, I am a coordinator and I will survive, don't make me order you to do this, you know as well as I this is the only way to see how they really work," Athrun told him.

"Very well…let's go," The man said as they walked in to the lab.

The assistant set him up with all the monitoring equipment they could as this really was the best way to find out what was going on.

"Alright then, call the researcher and security I don't know what will happen so be safe," Athrun said.

The lab guy agreed as he made those calls.

Athrun then took a breath as he swallowed only one of those pills. For a few seconds he felt nothing but then it hit him like a ton of bricks.

To be continued…


(A\N): The next chapter the researcher gets his data as Athrun reacts in a certain way, the kids arrive at the Doomsday, as Lacus comes up with a way to get those plans. Bye for now.