The Cause

By Mongoose

Warnings: Shounen ai, communist politics, vilence, possible OOCness, original

characters.

Category: AU, songfic, a "what if" fic.

Notes: I dunno, I really don't know what to make of this fic. It was the very first fic I ever

started writing, but I've totally rewritten it. It's a what if something had happened

differently, fic. Would it change the outcome of the story? Yes, it would, and this fic it is

changed very much.

It all started that dreadful day that the gundams returned to space after a nice visit to

earth. We had fun while we were on earth. Or at least I did. It was a butiful place. Far

more real then all the artificial environments on the colonies. And the battles were fun

too. I won't deny I enjoy battle. I do. So I had as good a time that was possible under the

circumstances. It was the usual. Ya know, keep an evil organization from taking over a

just as evil but less smart one by destroying it. Then we one could get rid of the stupid

evil one. We were doing pretty well, too. Until my partner, or a least I consider him my

partner, I don't know if he feels the same way towards me though. Probably not. We just

went to school together and worked on a few missions together, that's all. Then he went

and self-destructed 'cause Oz (the smart evil organization) bluffed and said they were

gonna destroy the colonies if he didn't surrender. He couldn't very well surrender, could

he? I wouldn't have. But he also couldn't very well have kept fighting and endanger the

colonies, which he'd been fighting to protect. No way I could have done that either. So he

only had one choice left. Self-detonate. I would have done the same thing. So I guess I

shouldn't really have been screaming and hollering at him when I found out he'd

survived should I? Nope, shouldn't have. But I did anyway. It felt right at the time. But

this is all beside the point. That day was only when things started to fuck up. Well maybe

it all started with Heero (the dude that self-detonated) accidentally falling for Oz's trap

and assassinating those Alliance pacifists. Well, when ever it started it was the start of

some bad shit. Eventually all the gundams had figured out what I and Quatre had. That

we needed to go back to space, regroup, and stop Oz from fooling to colonies into

trusting them. Quatre was a really nice guy who disinherited himself to fight for what he

believed in. He was a real good friend of mine. Anyway, we were fighting ozies to get the

other gundams attention, and get the message across that we all needed to go back to

space, which Quatre and me agreed would be for the best. Then when everybody showed

up there was a problem. Now that we were here how would we take off without getting

our shuttles blasted out of the sky. Quatre said to go on ahead. He would cover us. But

there was just too many. And he had to run, or get blown to bits….or self- destruct. He

was always to caring…about others I mean. He didn't give it a second thought. When the

doors on Sandrock jammed I wasn't surprised. I don't think Quatre was either. After all

the shots poor Sandrock had taken it didn't take a genus to figure that out. I don't know

what the others though of it when they saw Sandrock and its pilot go up in a both buetiful

and terribly ugly orange explosion. All I know is how I felt. I felt as if a piece of my heart

had been ripped out….again. It felt like when Sister Helen died…and father Maxwell.

..And like everyone I'd ever loved….all dead. I 'd seen lots of death though, and even

though this one affected me more then most, the only reaction my battered soul would

give was a few tears. I wiped them away and concentrated on flying my shuttle. I gritted

my teeth and tried not to think about it, concentrating harder then I needed to on flying. I

somehow felt I was dishonoring Quatre. Just a few tear and then he got added to the

endless list of other loved ones dead…just another nameless corpse. A few more tears

slipped out and then I remembered my mission. I wasn't so sure what it was anymore, but

when I figured it out, I'd accomplish it and nothing, not Oz not death, not god himself

could stop me. I think that thought was what gave me the strength to go on then….so

long ago.

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-Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will live as one

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end

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