GunDamChildSix: Kaetta (revised/amended)
Chapter One: Cutting the Blood Away Part Two
By R-chan
In the last chapter of GunDamChildSix-Cutting Away the Blood-Part one...
"By starting an imperial based dictatorship you take away some of the freedom that has been fought for. Oppression, even in its smallest form, can cause violent friction..."
" I have no intention of returning mankind back to tragedy Preventer Air. Not if I can stop it. I'll give you and whoever else you wish on your team 24 hours to resolve this crisis before it begins."
"...With her lack of ideals as a Darlian she's as much a threat as Dekim was. "
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Sally's Voice: The Year is AC 197. After the Battle at Brussels, Operation Meteor's true purpose came to light and the people's desire for a war free future was tested to the limit. It truly seemed as if humanity was ready to live in true peace. The Gundams were willingly destroyed and the Preventers were readily accepted by both the civilians and the former soldiers.
The political arena has turned into its own battle ground. Arguments about maintaining a democracy or introducing a new form of imperial government is the subject of debate all over the ESUN. The people who want to continue the acting democracy are backing the President, elected the end of AC 195 , while the ones in favor of a reformed imperial government are pushing for deputy foreign minister Relena Darlian, to stand up and lead them as Queen. However, Relena has yet to take any action regarding her nomination and has refused to make a statement. The ESUN government is frozen in a stalemate. As its citizens watch with apprehension, the foundation of the future is once again rocked into an unsure path.
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Relena stared at blank blue eyes in the mirror, a queer hollowness growing in her middle threatening to swallow her up. Behind her the television showed a tall and willowy looking red haired man being interviewed. In the mirror's reflection she could see the charisma and energy radiate through his vivid green eyes and work its magic on the crowd that watched and hung onto every utterance. He didn't move her.
"...What is called for now in this era of peace is a strong leader, one who can rise above the autocracy of the past. One who truly understands what it is the people need. The President fails to understand what it was that brought us here. He has given the very thing that will bring the potential for war, endless power and authority, over our lives. The Preventers are no more than Oz soldiers in new uniforms, with the same ideals of oppression. We are living in a pacifistic world, and yet there are militaristic bases all over the Earth Sphere. If we have Queen Relena leading us the peace that was fought for will be reality and the many soldiers who now rest in unmarked graves will have their rewards..."
Relena tuned out the rest of the speech and lost herself in her own gaze.
"What a horrible mislead man."
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Mariemaia sat by Lady Une's side in a motionless quiet. Her young mind was carefully analyzing the situation she witnessed.
"The man doesn't seem to understand anything."
"It doesn't matter. This will be solved soon."
Mariemaia looked up at her guardian in question "Lady Une, even if Miss Relena is eliminated there will still be a battle. That's how much influence she has over the world. And what if she does indeed make a statement refusing the nomination? The people will trust whatever path she suggests."
Lady Une leaned forward and gingerly picked one of the red roses from the small vase. Its faint sweet smell traveled up from the delicate crimson petals.
"Relena has done much in her efforts to give the people what they want. But dolls are fragile things, Mariemaia, so easily passed from one set of hands to the other. She is as much a symbol as the Gundams, and that is why so many people easily except her ideals. And as a Darlian she has none now. That is what makes her a valuable tool to grasp, for whoever has the strength to take it. That is the same reason she was deemed necessary in Operation Meteor."
The young redhead cocked her head to the side. "I wonder Lady Une...would Father find the steps you are taking graceful?"
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"Its completely unreasonable. You should abort the mission at once, Noin"
The dark haired woman shook her head in both defeat and sadness. "We won't have any choice if Relena agrees, Sally."
Preventer Water slammed her fist on the side of the table, causing Noin's features to temporarily haze out of clarity on the screen.
"How is destroying her life even an option?"
Dark blue eyes that were nearly purple shone with sympathy. "Sally...look around the place you are in now. Think of how many soldiers depend on it and the people they serve. Relena taking on the nomination would not only mean another miserable war-and it will-but all Preventers will be tossed out into a world where there is no place for them or, worse yet, some prison where they'll be treated like so much scrap metal. Without her to lead this fiasco ,they will fall apart. "
"And if she denounces the nomination?" Sally prodded.
Noin sighed and closer her eyes briefly "Then that's less blood I will have to forsake my soul for."
Sally folded her arms and sat back down in the chair she'd jumped out of earlier, a thoughtful look falling over her expression. " I see."
Noin sat up straighter in her own seat 200 miles away. "Then you'll back Zechs and I in this mission, Sally?"
The Doctor turned Preventer opened her eyes and smiled warmly. "I'll take no part in it. No part all, Noin" Before her former partner could utter her disbelief, the honey haired woman calmly switched the screen off, casting her quarters into darkness.
"Are you sure that was wise?"
She got up from her chair and shrugged her jacket on, checking the safety on her gun as she moved to the door.
"There's really only one way to find out isn't there, Wufei?"
"Hn."
"My words exactly."
*******
Heero's Voice: Despite the heated debates about the leadership of the current dictatorship, the ESUN's acting President opted to go on with the annual Eve ceremony, determined to maintain a sense of normality and express his control over the situation that threatened his position. It also acted as a challenge to Kai Tskishiro, the leading member of the Knights, a group of men determined to push the change in government through and elect Relena as Queen of EarthSphere, regardless of the fact that Relena had neither accepted their proposal or denounced it.
"Mr. President, it is a pleasure to be here. "
President Lee shook the young man's hand briefly and continued his stride into the main hall. He gave a grim nod as the younger fell into step beside him.
"Exactly what is it you're after?"
The red hared man released a chuckle that only bordered on amusement. "Mr. President, I would think you understood by now."
"What a man says he wants while publicly addressing the world is very rarely what he's coveting for in private."
The later of the two abruptly came to a halt in the middle of the ball room floor and its occupants quickly grew quiet as the band stopped. Tension manifested in the room.
"Covet, Mr. President? I do not see anything worth yearning after in here. What I am working for is the rightful future on the correct path. I'm following my own mission, and that is to reform the world to what His Excellency truly strove to accomplish and what Queen Relena had really stood for. This is a false peace you have created."
"A false peace, Mr. Tskishiro? It would appear you are quite mistaken."
The finely dressed people moved apart as a woman in a light colored suit moved across the hard marble floor. The blond woman delivered a graceful bow and continued.
"Many soldiers gave their lives in name of this "false peace" we have been given. By spewing these lies in my name you are showing a great disrespect for everything the war took from us and showing you learned nothing from the sacrifices made."
"Your Majesty, surely-"
Maybe it was the was the way she looked at him, blue eyes staring searing him with unnerving coldness, or the edge to which her voice had suddenly took that was so unlike the gentle and headstrong woman the world had been shown. Maybe it was both. But nonetheless the room remained in silence strong enough to shatter stone.
"I refuse to have any part in the operation you and the Knights are pushing for. I believe it is wrong and incorrect as a path for the world we live in today. Be satisfied with this false peace. No one should have their loved ones once again taken from them because one man cannot except the truth."
Kai lifted his chin. " What truth is that, Queen Relena?"
Relena raised her head to match his stare. "That the war is over and Operation Meteor was a failure."
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Noin breathed a sigh of relief. "She didn't agree with it."
"But the threat's not over. The fire is still very much active."
The blue haired woman turned to the deep voice in shock. "What do you mean, Zechs?"
"The mission's not over yet."
"Zechs, no!"
*******
End of Part Two of Chapter one: Cutting the Blood Away.
In the next part of Chapter one: Part Three
Quatre's Voice: There's nothing more valuable in this world than life. As Lady Une predicted Relena's refusal does not stop the fall of blood brought on by Zechs's hand. The shot that could be heard in the heart of space rocks the foundation for good and false peace is questioned once again. Relena faces Zechs in what could be the last and only words they have.
Chapter One: Cutting the Blood Away Part Two
By R-chan
In the last chapter of GunDamChildSix-Cutting Away the Blood-Part one...
"By starting an imperial based dictatorship you take away some of the freedom that has been fought for. Oppression, even in its smallest form, can cause violent friction..."
" I have no intention of returning mankind back to tragedy Preventer Air. Not if I can stop it. I'll give you and whoever else you wish on your team 24 hours to resolve this crisis before it begins."
"...With her lack of ideals as a Darlian she's as much a threat as Dekim was. "
******************************
Sally's Voice: The Year is AC 197. After the Battle at Brussels, Operation Meteor's true purpose came to light and the people's desire for a war free future was tested to the limit. It truly seemed as if humanity was ready to live in true peace. The Gundams were willingly destroyed and the Preventers were readily accepted by both the civilians and the former soldiers.
The political arena has turned into its own battle ground. Arguments about maintaining a democracy or introducing a new form of imperial government is the subject of debate all over the ESUN. The people who want to continue the acting democracy are backing the President, elected the end of AC 195 , while the ones in favor of a reformed imperial government are pushing for deputy foreign minister Relena Darlian, to stand up and lead them as Queen. However, Relena has yet to take any action regarding her nomination and has refused to make a statement. The ESUN government is frozen in a stalemate. As its citizens watch with apprehension, the foundation of the future is once again rocked into an unsure path.
*********
Relena stared at blank blue eyes in the mirror, a queer hollowness growing in her middle threatening to swallow her up. Behind her the television showed a tall and willowy looking red haired man being interviewed. In the mirror's reflection she could see the charisma and energy radiate through his vivid green eyes and work its magic on the crowd that watched and hung onto every utterance. He didn't move her.
"...What is called for now in this era of peace is a strong leader, one who can rise above the autocracy of the past. One who truly understands what it is the people need. The President fails to understand what it was that brought us here. He has given the very thing that will bring the potential for war, endless power and authority, over our lives. The Preventers are no more than Oz soldiers in new uniforms, with the same ideals of oppression. We are living in a pacifistic world, and yet there are militaristic bases all over the Earth Sphere. If we have Queen Relena leading us the peace that was fought for will be reality and the many soldiers who now rest in unmarked graves will have their rewards..."
Relena tuned out the rest of the speech and lost herself in her own gaze.
"What a horrible mislead man."
********
Mariemaia sat by Lady Une's side in a motionless quiet. Her young mind was carefully analyzing the situation she witnessed.
"The man doesn't seem to understand anything."
"It doesn't matter. This will be solved soon."
Mariemaia looked up at her guardian in question "Lady Une, even if Miss Relena is eliminated there will still be a battle. That's how much influence she has over the world. And what if she does indeed make a statement refusing the nomination? The people will trust whatever path she suggests."
Lady Une leaned forward and gingerly picked one of the red roses from the small vase. Its faint sweet smell traveled up from the delicate crimson petals.
"Relena has done much in her efforts to give the people what they want. But dolls are fragile things, Mariemaia, so easily passed from one set of hands to the other. She is as much a symbol as the Gundams, and that is why so many people easily except her ideals. And as a Darlian she has none now. That is what makes her a valuable tool to grasp, for whoever has the strength to take it. That is the same reason she was deemed necessary in Operation Meteor."
The young redhead cocked her head to the side. "I wonder Lady Une...would Father find the steps you are taking graceful?"
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"Its completely unreasonable. You should abort the mission at once, Noin"
The dark haired woman shook her head in both defeat and sadness. "We won't have any choice if Relena agrees, Sally."
Preventer Water slammed her fist on the side of the table, causing Noin's features to temporarily haze out of clarity on the screen.
"How is destroying her life even an option?"
Dark blue eyes that were nearly purple shone with sympathy. "Sally...look around the place you are in now. Think of how many soldiers depend on it and the people they serve. Relena taking on the nomination would not only mean another miserable war-and it will-but all Preventers will be tossed out into a world where there is no place for them or, worse yet, some prison where they'll be treated like so much scrap metal. Without her to lead this fiasco ,they will fall apart. "
"And if she denounces the nomination?" Sally prodded.
Noin sighed and closer her eyes briefly "Then that's less blood I will have to forsake my soul for."
Sally folded her arms and sat back down in the chair she'd jumped out of earlier, a thoughtful look falling over her expression. " I see."
Noin sat up straighter in her own seat 200 miles away. "Then you'll back Zechs and I in this mission, Sally?"
The Doctor turned Preventer opened her eyes and smiled warmly. "I'll take no part in it. No part all, Noin" Before her former partner could utter her disbelief, the honey haired woman calmly switched the screen off, casting her quarters into darkness.
"Are you sure that was wise?"
She got up from her chair and shrugged her jacket on, checking the safety on her gun as she moved to the door.
"There's really only one way to find out isn't there, Wufei?"
"Hn."
"My words exactly."
*******
Heero's Voice: Despite the heated debates about the leadership of the current dictatorship, the ESUN's acting President opted to go on with the annual Eve ceremony, determined to maintain a sense of normality and express his control over the situation that threatened his position. It also acted as a challenge to Kai Tskishiro, the leading member of the Knights, a group of men determined to push the change in government through and elect Relena as Queen of EarthSphere, regardless of the fact that Relena had neither accepted their proposal or denounced it.
"Mr. President, it is a pleasure to be here. "
President Lee shook the young man's hand briefly and continued his stride into the main hall. He gave a grim nod as the younger fell into step beside him.
"Exactly what is it you're after?"
The red hared man released a chuckle that only bordered on amusement. "Mr. President, I would think you understood by now."
"What a man says he wants while publicly addressing the world is very rarely what he's coveting for in private."
The later of the two abruptly came to a halt in the middle of the ball room floor and its occupants quickly grew quiet as the band stopped. Tension manifested in the room.
"Covet, Mr. President? I do not see anything worth yearning after in here. What I am working for is the rightful future on the correct path. I'm following my own mission, and that is to reform the world to what His Excellency truly strove to accomplish and what Queen Relena had really stood for. This is a false peace you have created."
"A false peace, Mr. Tskishiro? It would appear you are quite mistaken."
The finely dressed people moved apart as a woman in a light colored suit moved across the hard marble floor. The blond woman delivered a graceful bow and continued.
"Many soldiers gave their lives in name of this "false peace" we have been given. By spewing these lies in my name you are showing a great disrespect for everything the war took from us and showing you learned nothing from the sacrifices made."
"Your Majesty, surely-"
Maybe it was the was the way she looked at him, blue eyes staring searing him with unnerving coldness, or the edge to which her voice had suddenly took that was so unlike the gentle and headstrong woman the world had been shown. Maybe it was both. But nonetheless the room remained in silence strong enough to shatter stone.
"I refuse to have any part in the operation you and the Knights are pushing for. I believe it is wrong and incorrect as a path for the world we live in today. Be satisfied with this false peace. No one should have their loved ones once again taken from them because one man cannot except the truth."
Kai lifted his chin. " What truth is that, Queen Relena?"
Relena raised her head to match his stare. "That the war is over and Operation Meteor was a failure."
*****
Noin breathed a sigh of relief. "She didn't agree with it."
"But the threat's not over. The fire is still very much active."
The blue haired woman turned to the deep voice in shock. "What do you mean, Zechs?"
"The mission's not over yet."
"Zechs, no!"
*******
End of Part Two of Chapter one: Cutting the Blood Away.
In the next part of Chapter one: Part Three
Quatre's Voice: There's nothing more valuable in this world than life. As Lady Une predicted Relena's refusal does not stop the fall of blood brought on by Zechs's hand. The shot that could be heard in the heart of space rocks the foundation for good and false peace is questioned once again. Relena faces Zechs in what could be the last and only words they have.