GundamChildSix: Kaetta (revised/amended)
Chapter One: Cutting the Blood Away - Part Three
By R-chan
Last time in Chapter One Part Two- Cutting Away the Blood
"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..."
"...She is as much a symbol as the Gundams, and that is why so many people easily except her ideals..."
"I'll take no part in it. No part all, Noin"
"Exactly what is it you're after?"
"...the war is over and Operation Meteor was a failure."
" Zechs, no!"
Quatre'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, now calling themselves the Knights, are pushing for deputy foreign minister Relena Darlian, to stand up and lead them as Queen. However, their ambitions were shattered when Relena made her stand on the issue, publicly denouncing Kai Tskishiro's mission. The tides suddenly turn red when the shot heard in the heart of space is fired. The ESUN government now faces the fire Lady Une feared. As its citizens watch with apprehension, the foundation of the future is once again rocked into an unsure path.
*********
Noin released the breath she didn't know she'd been holding and lowered her firearm.
"She didn't agree with it." * Of course not. I should have known better. Miss Relena knows as well as the rest of us that changing the government now and dissolving the Preventer's department would only make way for more wars. Lady Une was concerned over nothing. *
"But the threat's not over. The fire is still very much active."
Noin whirled around to face Zechs, confusion marring her face. The nearly white haired preventer cocked his gun and was preparing to take target.
"What do you mean Zechs?" The confused whisper nearly fell on deaf ears.
"The mission's not over yet." Wind settled on his target and Noin watched in morbid shock before realization suddenly shook her out of her paralysis.
"Zechs, no!"
***********
Kai and Relena held gazes for a moment longer then years rather than mere seconds before a man in blue surged out of the crowd and rammed the red haired Knight to the ground.
"Get out of the way!"
Relena stumbled backward as the unmistakable ring of a gun shot flew past her and into warm flesh, spattering drops of bright crimson on her suit and staining the pristine white marble floors.
A swarm of black clad men dissented on the crowd of people, quickly grabbing the President and ushering him away, while people in blue gathered around the Knight's fallen leader.
Forcing her logic to over ride her shock, Relena turned and began to dig her way out of the panicked crowd of people. Before she could make it far she walked into the torso of a man dressed in familiar navy blue. Her breath froze in her lungs at prick of cold metal pressing between her ribs.
"You're not going anywhere, Queen Relena. Kai needs you."
What could have been a smile quickly flashed and vanished across her face.
"Go ahead and do it."
The Knight opened his mouth-
"That's far enough."
His brown eyes widened and his frame shuddered violently before falling onto her, the clang of the blade echoing in the aftershocking boom of another shot. Relena sagged under his weight and felt a particular chill craw up her spine as the front of her body began to feel a warm dampness expand on her clothes.
The now slain would-be-abductor slid down her still frame and hit the ground with a sickening thud. The blue eyed woman looked down at herself and blinked at the alarming red. Large blots of bright scarlet covered her and still warm smears of crimson dotted her hands. Her detached gaze followed her legs down to where they met the ground and fell upon the body at her shoes.
"Relena."
A deep and familiar voice summoned her eyes back up and her world grew hazy with frustration at the sight that greeted her. Zechs stood in the mists of chaos, a simple hand gun resting comfortably in his right hand, looking utterly unaffected by the going on's around him.
"Why did you kill him? Why didn't you let him take my life?"
"Because you reflect the hope that is in every one. To the people you are a symbol of what they want. A peaceful future."
"I'm no longer a Peacecraft! "
"To them you are. And that's why you must live this life, Relena."
She clinched her hands tightly, barely aware of the quivers that ran up and down her legs and trailed across the muscle of her arms.
"But why?" She cried.
"Because...man needs something better than himself to look up to. A person more divine than they are to follow. They want to touch and believe in this thing that's above what they are capable of. And you're it."
Maybe it was that she suddenly realized her years in the war were that of a tool's. Or maybe it was that the young blood-stained woman finally gave away to the burden that had been placed unjustified on her shoulders. Either way, something vital in her body broke and shattered like so much glass.
Relena's face fell blank, as if she'd never spoken or heard the words her brother had told her. But she kneeled down carefully and picked up the slick handle of the blade between her still fingers. She captured icy blue eyes with those of her own as she got back up and rolled up the sleeve of her rumpled dress coat. The disturbing lack of expression remained as she dragged the cold steal cross the top flesh of her arm. Small droplets of blood dripped to the already forming pool of red life, like the scarlet tears of angels.
"Look at that." She whispered. "What you just talked of was a doll. Not something divine. There can never be anything divine among the misery of war. But I am not a doll, brother." Her voice grew in volume with each word, if only lacking in passion. "Do you hear me? I am not a doll. Because dolls cannot bleed!"
********
I do not think it was until much later that Zechs and Lady Une realized the mistake they made. I do not believe anyone recognized the relevance of Relena spilling her own blood that day. Watching helplessly, not even did I understand the words she spoke. There were times I routed the blame for what was to come back to myself for not stopping Zechs or listening to Sally. But then I realize what was brought after that was unavoidable. I think in a way we all deserved the actions Relena drove after that. That after what had happened in her life, the many turns she took and times she was used as a mere pawn ,someone should have saw it coming. Our eyes should have been opened to more then the present. Its only now, after its all over, that I wish we'd given her the thing she wanted so badly.
End of Chapter One: Cutting the Blood Away - Part Three
Chapter One: Cutting the Blood Away - Part Three
By R-chan
Last time in Chapter One Part Two- Cutting Away the Blood
"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..."
"...She is as much a symbol as the Gundams, and that is why so many people easily except her ideals..."
"I'll take no part in it. No part all, Noin"
"Exactly what is it you're after?"
"...the war is over and Operation Meteor was a failure."
" Zechs, no!"
Quatre'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, now calling themselves the Knights, are pushing for deputy foreign minister Relena Darlian, to stand up and lead them as Queen. However, their ambitions were shattered when Relena made her stand on the issue, publicly denouncing Kai Tskishiro's mission. The tides suddenly turn red when the shot heard in the heart of space is fired. The ESUN government now faces the fire Lady Une feared. As its citizens watch with apprehension, the foundation of the future is once again rocked into an unsure path.
*********
Noin released the breath she didn't know she'd been holding and lowered her firearm.
"She didn't agree with it." * Of course not. I should have known better. Miss Relena knows as well as the rest of us that changing the government now and dissolving the Preventer's department would only make way for more wars. Lady Une was concerned over nothing. *
"But the threat's not over. The fire is still very much active."
Noin whirled around to face Zechs, confusion marring her face. The nearly white haired preventer cocked his gun and was preparing to take target.
"What do you mean Zechs?" The confused whisper nearly fell on deaf ears.
"The mission's not over yet." Wind settled on his target and Noin watched in morbid shock before realization suddenly shook her out of her paralysis.
"Zechs, no!"
***********
Kai and Relena held gazes for a moment longer then years rather than mere seconds before a man in blue surged out of the crowd and rammed the red haired Knight to the ground.
"Get out of the way!"
Relena stumbled backward as the unmistakable ring of a gun shot flew past her and into warm flesh, spattering drops of bright crimson on her suit and staining the pristine white marble floors.
A swarm of black clad men dissented on the crowd of people, quickly grabbing the President and ushering him away, while people in blue gathered around the Knight's fallen leader.
Forcing her logic to over ride her shock, Relena turned and began to dig her way out of the panicked crowd of people. Before she could make it far she walked into the torso of a man dressed in familiar navy blue. Her breath froze in her lungs at prick of cold metal pressing between her ribs.
"You're not going anywhere, Queen Relena. Kai needs you."
What could have been a smile quickly flashed and vanished across her face.
"Go ahead and do it."
The Knight opened his mouth-
"That's far enough."
His brown eyes widened and his frame shuddered violently before falling onto her, the clang of the blade echoing in the aftershocking boom of another shot. Relena sagged under his weight and felt a particular chill craw up her spine as the front of her body began to feel a warm dampness expand on her clothes.
The now slain would-be-abductor slid down her still frame and hit the ground with a sickening thud. The blue eyed woman looked down at herself and blinked at the alarming red. Large blots of bright scarlet covered her and still warm smears of crimson dotted her hands. Her detached gaze followed her legs down to where they met the ground and fell upon the body at her shoes.
"Relena."
A deep and familiar voice summoned her eyes back up and her world grew hazy with frustration at the sight that greeted her. Zechs stood in the mists of chaos, a simple hand gun resting comfortably in his right hand, looking utterly unaffected by the going on's around him.
"Why did you kill him? Why didn't you let him take my life?"
"Because you reflect the hope that is in every one. To the people you are a symbol of what they want. A peaceful future."
"I'm no longer a Peacecraft! "
"To them you are. And that's why you must live this life, Relena."
She clinched her hands tightly, barely aware of the quivers that ran up and down her legs and trailed across the muscle of her arms.
"But why?" She cried.
"Because...man needs something better than himself to look up to. A person more divine than they are to follow. They want to touch and believe in this thing that's above what they are capable of. And you're it."
Maybe it was that she suddenly realized her years in the war were that of a tool's. Or maybe it was that the young blood-stained woman finally gave away to the burden that had been placed unjustified on her shoulders. Either way, something vital in her body broke and shattered like so much glass.
Relena's face fell blank, as if she'd never spoken or heard the words her brother had told her. But she kneeled down carefully and picked up the slick handle of the blade between her still fingers. She captured icy blue eyes with those of her own as she got back up and rolled up the sleeve of her rumpled dress coat. The disturbing lack of expression remained as she dragged the cold steal cross the top flesh of her arm. Small droplets of blood dripped to the already forming pool of red life, like the scarlet tears of angels.
"Look at that." She whispered. "What you just talked of was a doll. Not something divine. There can never be anything divine among the misery of war. But I am not a doll, brother." Her voice grew in volume with each word, if only lacking in passion. "Do you hear me? I am not a doll. Because dolls cannot bleed!"
********
I do not think it was until much later that Zechs and Lady Une realized the mistake they made. I do not believe anyone recognized the relevance of Relena spilling her own blood that day. Watching helplessly, not even did I understand the words she spoke. There were times I routed the blame for what was to come back to myself for not stopping Zechs or listening to Sally. But then I realize what was brought after that was unavoidable. I think in a way we all deserved the actions Relena drove after that. That after what had happened in her life, the many turns she took and times she was used as a mere pawn ,someone should have saw it coming. Our eyes should have been opened to more then the present. Its only now, after its all over, that I wish we'd given her the thing she wanted so badly.
End of Chapter One: Cutting the Blood Away - Part Three