Kira took a step forward.
And fell into nothingness.
"Kira!" Athrun shrieked, jumping after him. "Kira! No!!" He yelled, clinging to the boy's waist not wanting to let go.
"A-athrun?" Kira called softly, not a hint of worry in his voice.
"Y-yes!! I'm here!" He yelled, burrying his face in the boy's stomach.
"I.... I can see.." he said, almost to the point where Athrun couldn't hear him. "It's like a blind sight!" he said a bit louder. "I can finally see!!"
Athrun looked ahead of them, gazing at the floor that was rapidly approaching.
It was getting closer.
He could make out the faces of the people on the ground working on a new ship, he could practically see their eye color...
Tears began to leak out of his eyes. "Kira... I'm so sorry.... I've failed you again..."
Kira smiled at him, tears glistening in his eyes too. "It's okay, I think I've failed myself this time..."
The impact was deafening.
Athrun's ears were ringing, pain shot through his lower back into his upper. He had swapped their position so that Kira would make it out better than he would.
"Athrun? Are you okay?" Kira's worried voice echoed through the haze. "Athrun?"
"Kira!! Athrun!" came the worried voices.
Slowly, dark rings grew around Athrun's vision. "Athrun?" came a voice. "Are you okay?? What's wrong? What happened?"
"Athrun!!" Kira shrieked. "Are you okay?" His hands flew to the other boy's face. "Athrun, please speak to me! Athrun!" he cried, "No! I don't want to lose you too!"
Athrun smiled as he brought his hand up to Kira's face, tears were leaking out of his eyes. "Kira... get off of me..."
"What?"
"You're crushing me."
Kira's face reddened quickly before he got off of the other boy. "Are you okay, now?"
"I've been better." Athrun mumbled, trying to sit up, the black rings were slowly dissappearing around his eyes. He looked up at the hangar-manager. "What happened to the gravity system?"
The man blinked a few minutes before replying. "Flay-san turned it off, saying that the bridge was running one of the tests for the gravity of the ship and it was affecting it. So we turned it off, that is until we saw you two diving off of the Strike. I thought everyone knew it was off... that's what she said anyways."
"We weren't diving." Kira hissed. "And that bitch was lying."
The hangar manager stared in surprise at Kira's language.
"What's wrong with Flay-san?"
"She's been trying to kill us for a while now. She has a thing against coordinators." Athrun mumbled, waving one of his hands absently.
"Well, I did to until I met you guys, of course."
"I'd bet she'd melt if we dumped water on her." came Yzak's voice from behind Athrun. The bluenette had to crane his neck to be able to see the other boy.
Nichol laughed dispite his trying to keep calm. "That's so mean, Yzak!"
Dearka wasn't holding back.
He was practically rolling with laughter.
"It wasn't that funny, Dearka." Yzak mumbled softly.
Kira stood up shaking his head. "I can't stand you guys..."
"What?" Athrun asked, a puzzled expression written on his face. "What's not to like? We're kind, loving, we kick ass..."
Kira laughed but continued walking. "I have something to take care of."
Yzak raised a platinum eyebrow in question. "It has to do with Flay-san." Kira mumbled in return. "I have to tell her to back off... or something like that."
Athrun, who was still sitting on the floor, raised his arms out to Kira. "Can I get a hug before you go?" he asked, making a pleading face.
"Sure. Why though?" Kira asked, walking back over to Athrun.
"For good luck." Athrun mumbled, silently attaching his gun holster to Kira's belt. The gun in it was loaded, and the safety was off.
No one had seen what he had done.
Only Kira felt it.
Athrun smiled up at Kira, "Get rid of that bitch."
Kira smiled back at him, "Your smile is infectious." he laughed, "It always has been."
Athrun laughed and pushed Kira slightly away. "Hurry up and get it over with." he began to rise slowly, from the ground. "I want this cleared up by the time I see you again, okay?"
Kira nodded and dashed off through the halls.
Flay slowly set down her cup that she had been drinking tea with, gazing out the window of her large cabin with a smile on her face.
A soft sigh escaped her lips.
She took another sip from her cup, not noticing that the door had opened behind her; her smile grew as she realized that she would be rid of one of the worst menace that humans cound have ever brought into the world.
Coordinators.
"Flay..."
She turned around with a wide smile on her face, which was rapidly disappearing once she saw Kira standing behind her. But, didn't bother to put it back in place.
"Hello Kira! How are you doing?" she asked in a happy voice, it wasn't like he could see anyways. "I'm over here by the window."
"I know." he grinned.
Her face grew fearful. "W-what?"
"You heard me."
"Y-you can see?" she said, her face paleing even more than before. "Since when?" Flay stood up, edging her way to the door.
Just as she was reaching for the handle, Kira leaned against the door. "I'm sorry Flay. But, I'm afraid it won't be that easy." he smiled, "Not after your little hangar stunt."
"What are you talking about, Kira?" She said haughtily, "I was never in the hangar this morning!"
"Right." he laughed.
His hand slipped onto the waist band of his pants, withdrawing the gun from it's holster. Kira flicked off the saftey.
His innocent smile turned into a wicked grin, "Let's play a little game..."
Athrun gazed at the other three pilots in his room. "So, how have you all been?"
Nichol was the first to reply, as always. "I'm fine... How've you been?"
Dearka laughed and replied for both him and Yzak. "Oh, we're just fine!"
Athrun smiled at the three's antics as Yzak started to complain at how Dearka would never stop answering questions that were directed at him.
"How about you, Athrun?" Nichol repeated.
His eyes seemed to glaze over. "Oh, I'm just worried about Kira..." He smiled, "Funny, isn't it? I used to say that I hated Kira, that I would never let my feelings get me to this, never, never, never."
Yzak chuckled, "Well, we see how long that lasted."
"Yeah...." Athrun mumbled, his eyes becoming glassy again.
Kira pointed the gun at Flay, his voice becoming cold. "Let's see how well you like to look death in the face..."
Her eyes grew big and watery. "N-no! I never meant to hurt you!"
"But, you did." he hissed, "You set that explosion in my cockpit, or maybe you just set it up so that when I got in there to upgrade the Strike it would kill me."
Flay's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"What in gods name are you talking about?" she hissed venomously. "I had nothing to do with that! I swear to you, Kira, I didn't do anything to that gundam."
Kira rached into the holster again and pulled out a silencer with a laser attached to it. "I hold your fate in my hands and you're lying to me?"
"I'm not lying!" she shrieked, hoping to attract attention from people outside.
He smiled and she continued shrieking,.
"You sound proofed this room."
Her face was showed pure terror as he pulled the trigger. "Good bye." he smiled and exited the room after he had placed the gun back in it's holster.
Kira made his way to his room and opened the door slowly, his smile still on his face. The others stopped talking to each other and gazed at Kira. "Hey."
Athrun smiled at him and patted the bed next to where he sat. "Sit here."
"Did you take care of the problem?" Yzak asked with a small sneer.
Kira nodded his head. "Yes... I did."
END
A/N: If you want a sequel, I'll write one. But, only if I get about seventy percent of you wanting it! that's the end! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!