Gundam: Char's Counterattack: Flying Away
By: Shadow Chaser
Captain Bright Noah stared out the
main bridge's window, not really looking at the whole beautiful view the bridge
gave, but at a single spot where the Axis asteroid used to burn up in Earth's
atmosphere. He didn't know how he felt
right now, but he did know that there was an empty feeling within him at the
moment. A void that had appeared ever
since Amuro Ray died pushing Axis out of Earth's atmosphere with his Nu Gundam.
Amuro…you could have saved
yourself, but you were still full of the pride and determination of so many
years ago, Bright thought to himself as he kept staring at the spot where
Axis was burning only a few hours ago.
Pride and selflessness were Amuro's strong points…strong points accented
by his incredible newtype powers.
"Father…" Hathaway's sad voice filled the empty bridge and Bright
turned around slightly to see his eldest son, floating towards him, his face a
mask of calm, but Bright knew that his son had to be suffering deeply on the
inside by the death of his close friend, Quess Paraya.
He had heard rumors floating around
that Quess was in love with his own son, or at least thought of him as a good
friend, then fell in love with Amuro because of some kind of newtype attraction,
but turned traitor as Amuro rejected her.
She had then defected to Char's forces, becoming his pawn, and in some
ways, like a semi-replacement for Lalah Sun.
"Hathaway," he greeted his tall,
dark haired son, "shouldn't you be in the medical room, resting?"
"I can't…" was his son's reply and
Bright took a good look at his son. He
noticed that there were tear streaks on his face, and he looked exhausted,
mentally and physically.
He sighed then, got off of his
command chair and faced his son, "Hathaway, what's the matter?"
He watched as his son dipped his
head down for a moment then lifted it back up, but there was something
different about his son this time then before.
"Father…when…when I felt Quess die…I also felt it through my mind, like
a part of me went missing."
Bright raised an eyebrow at his statement. He hadn't expected this. Was his son a newtype, not so strong as one,
but undoubtedly one? Had he inherited
Mirai's latent newtype genes and somehow, when Quess had died, triggered some
kind of mechanism to start his own exploration of the psyche? "Almost like an…empty feeling…like a part of
your mind just shut down?" he asked tentatively.
Hathaway nodded slightly, "Yes."
Bright frowned slightly as he took
another look at his son. He wanted to
ask him a question, but was afraid of the answer. Just do it…you won't be able to rest until you get it cleared
up, a voice in his head told him and he huffed out a sigh, "Hathaway…did
you feel a powerful feeling in your mind after Quess'…" his voice hitched
slightly as he watched his son's expression become sadder, "Quess' death?"
"I…I-I don't know. I don't know if it was powerful, but it had
a warm feeling to it. It felt oddly
familiar, but I couldn't place it. The
feeling washed over me telling me that everything will be all right. Then it somehow…mentioned something to
you…like saying, 'Don't worry…I'll be all right where I'm going.'"
He watched as Hathaway's expression turn from
sadness to a puzzled look and nodded slightly, then glanced out to where Axis
used to be and a soft smile on his face appeared.
"Father…what does this mean?"
Bright Noah closed his eyes and
remembered the past memories of his friendship with Amuro Ray. "Its okay, Hathaway. Everything will be fine. We have a new future ahead of us, and I
think that the final battle today told us that we have to move on and not
linger in the past."
"So, then…"
"Its like a swan…flying away. Flying towards a new future," he replied
softly. Thank you Amuro, for giving
all of us a brighter future, he thought to the stars.
~End~
Author's Notes:
This is just a small vignette that I decided to write. I loved Char's Counterattack and
wanted to write something about it. So
I guess if this doesn't make sense, its what I feel about Char's Counterattack
through the eyes of Bright. Oh yeah, if
you're wondering who my fave characters are for the UC line of Gundam, its:
Amuro Ray, Char Aznable, Bright Noah, Mirai (Yashima) Noah, Bernie Wiseman,
Hathaway Noah, and Camille Viden, and Minerva Zabi…oh yeah can't forget Shiro
Amada!!
Um…note: I know Hathaway isn't a newtype or anything,
but I sure like to mess around with stuff (for those who have read my other
fics, especially After War…I did mess a bit with Quatre's psychic
abilities ^_^).
