Postscript: Okay, onto the second instalment of my fan-fiction! I had a whole effing lot of plot ideas popping into my head during Math lesson, and I figured some of them were pretty nice. So...enjoy!

Disclaimer: Gundam Seed, sadly, does not being to Cheese.

Chapter 2: I Have Lost One World and Gained Another

The sharp, crisp sounds of ZAFT boots echoed everywhere in the spaceship called the Gamou. Kira grew more and more apprehensive with each step, and a military personnel had given him a very funny look. Miguel couldn't help but chuckle at the civilian's plight. "Don't worry," he said jovially, clapping a hand on Kira's shoulder. "Ow!" responded the brown-haired boy. Miguel's face contorted into a puzzled look until he raised his gloved palm. "Oh, shit..." he said quickly, staring at the blood. "I'm so sorry..." Kira winced a little. "Its...its not your fault," he said. Miguel was now curious. "How'd you get that wound?" the blonde queried. Rusty snickered. "What's so funny?" Miguel demanded. Obviously, something was being kept from him, and he was determined to find out what it was. Rusty tried to swallow his guffaws. "Athrun..." Rusty burst out laughing into full force, "Athrun shot him!" Athrun turned pink, and suddenly, the floor became very interesting. Miguel blinked, and starting laughing as well. "S-sorry," he apologized to Kira. Then he turned on Athrun. "Well now, its not like widdle Athrun to go around shooting civilians!" "How was I supposed to know?!" Athrun snapped back. "He...he was in the Morgenroete factory with the Gundams!" Miguel startled. "Wha-? Then, if you shot him, why didn't you leave him there?" Athrun took a deep breath. "Apart from me just ditching a wounded civilian, which would've persistently niggled my conscience," The raven-haired boy faltered at this point, "he...he's my friend."

"Captain Krueze, sir?" A private poked his head through the doors. "The pilots are here to see you, sir...but..." "But what?" Krueze said. "They...they have a civilian with them..." the private replied. "Send them in," Krueze said, carelessly gesturing. "Yes, sir!" The private saluted, and the doors shut with a hiss. Krueze had barely turned his head when the doors hissed open again, and in stepped the three pilots, who saluted. (Stinking military decorum.) Krueze scrutinized them. Where's the civilian? Then, he spotted him – hiding behind the taller Athrun. "Report?" Krueze initiated. "Objectives obtained, sir!" Rusty said. "And...uh...Ath – I mean, um, that is, we rescued a civilian..." Krueze pretended to be surprised. "Step forward." Athrun gently nudge Kira in front of him. Kira stared at the floor. "Are you a Natural or a Coordinator?" Krueze asked bluntly. Kira kept his eyes riveted to the floor. "C-Coordinator..." Krueze smiled. "Good," he said.

"Ow, ow, ow! Not so tight!" Kira whined while Athrun wound the bandage around his arm. "Would you rather bleed to death?" His friend fixed him with a stern look. "But..." Kira's voice was cut off when the doors opened, and Rusty stuck his head in. "You know that Earth Alliance battleship, the Archangel?" he panted. "Yes," Athrun answered whilst Kira just looked blank. "It's just been detected in Heliopolis," Rusty continued, wheezing less now, "and...Commander Krueze wants us to go back in there and smash it to smithereens, apparently." "What?!" Kira yelled. "But...but Heliopolis will be damaged in the crossfire! And my friends...they're still in there!" "No-can-do, Kira," said Rusty regretfully. "Orders are orders...but we'll try not to damage the colony...if it makes you feel any better?" Kira sighed. "Oh...alright..."

A few minutes later, the ZAFT boys were finding it almost impossible not to damage the colony. "Gah! Rusty, this is impossible!" Miguel yelled. "How can we not damage Heliopolis, you tell me?" The Mobile Armour that the Archangel had was being relentlessly annoying, and furthermore, the Archangel had tons of firepower and very skilled gunners. "But we promised Kira," Athrun said softly, spiralling to avoid a beam fired by the Variant cannon and swore. "Look, Athrun-" Miguel did a loop-the-loop, "I know he's your friend, but if we don't fire we're dead meat!" Athrun sighed. "Well...if we have to fire...let's try to minimize damage." The other two agreed. Just then, Rusty let out a stream of extremely colourful language. "What?" Miguel said. "Damn...the Commander just arrived." "Shit." Rusty fired a laser at the Mobile Armour and succeeded in destroying one of the many pods that the pilot used to fire at them. "Commander Krueze?!" Athrun yelped. "Looked like you needed some help," the familiar drawl came across the communicators. "The Earth Alliance's new battleship really is something..." He depressed a button and a beam like the Archangel's Lohengrin was released from his Mobile Suit's rifle. The Archangel avoided the shot, but it hit the colony structure. The three pilots stifled their shocked gasps as the colony of Heliopolis slowly crumbled.

Up in Gamou, Kira watched Heliopolis from the window in his room...then, he didn't believe his eyes as the colony started to break apart and escape pods flew into inky emptiness of space.

Author's Note: "Yatta!" Finally, I managed to get Chapter 2 done! I know, I know, I totally suck at writing battle scenes, I'm so sorry ( Next chapter comes the shounen-ai part everyone (I hope) likes! Hmm. Maybe I should rewrite all fifty episodes of Gundam Seed. Yay?