Chapter 2

Join the Military

Bang!

Crash!

Thump!

Celina woke up and found herself in a battle. She screamed, "WHAT'S GOING ON!!!!!!!!!" Then, her pod started to spin like crazy. She kept on screaming. She said, "Will this ever end?"

Finally, the spinning stopped. She thought, ' That's much better.' But, the peace didn't last. A Gundam appeared out of nowhere and went passed her so fast, that the spinning started again. She cried, " Stop it."

She pressed her face on the glass and saw Athrun's Aegis. He was the one causing this. She screamed, "ATHRUN! WAIT, UNTIL I GRAB YOUR NECK!!!!!!!"

Athrun appeared on the screen. He said, "I see, you're still fine."

"Well, you're trying to kill me."

He smiled. "Let me get back to you," he said. Then, she saw missiles coming towards her. They barely missed her. Athrun appeared, again.

"Continue."

She looked at her bold brother, who always was her hero. Now, she wasn't that fond of him. She said, "Athrun, are you trying to kill me?"

He smiled that teasing smile that was always for her. He said, "Yeah, I guess so."

"It isn't funny."

He laughed and the screen disappeared. She yelled, "Athrun!"

She said, to herself "Great. He left and I'm stuck in a pod, which is in between him and the enemy. I feel so special."

Then a bullet came out of nowhere and went through the pod. It grazed her arm and blood started to appear. She screamed, "Athrun!"

He appeared.

"Yes."

She ripped her sleeve and wound it around the injury.

She looked at the screen. "How is it that whenever I call out your name you're appearing?"

He said, "Your watch."

"My watch." She looked at her watch.

She said, "About it?"

"I installed a little thing in your watch. Whenever you call my name, my watch starts to vibrate. Smart, isn't it?"

She clapped her hands. "Hooray for Athrun."

"Thank you, my dear sister."

She started to gasp for air. He said, "Celina?"

She unfastened her belt and went to the wall. There seemed to be a little hole in the wall. She closed her mouth.

Celina started to rise up. "Celina?"

She swam to the screen. She heard a beeping noise. The pod was running out of air!

"Celina!"

She looked for a plug or anything. She couldn't find anything. She started to panic. Then, the pod started to loosen. Screws and nails came out of everywhere. They hit her really hard.

Celina's head started to get fuzzy. She thought, ' What's happening to me.' She could hardly breath, now. She went to screen and grabbed it. She could hardly see Athrun. She mouthed, Athrun.

Everything started to go black. She thought, ' I'm going to die, I know it.'

Then, she slowly loosened her hold on the screen and closed her eyes. Athrun yelled, "CELINA!!"

Celina went back into a memory that was lost long ago. She saw a brown-haired boy hug her and he said, "Julia, take care of Dad."

She said, in a child's tone "Where are you going, Troy?"

He smiled. "I'm going to see Mom."

"But, Mom's in Heaven."

An armed man grabbed the boy's arm. He said, "Let's go, kid."

She screamed, "Troy!"

The boy and the soldier went in a vehicle. He said, "Bye, Julia."

The vehicle left her alone. Then, she felt herself running. She tried to run after the vehicle. She reached out her hand and screamed, " Troy! Troy! Don't go away!"

Someone picked her up. She tried to get out of the person's grip. She screamed, "Let go!" She tried so hard.

She punched the person with her little hands and ran away. Troy can't leave her. Mommy was already gone. She didn't want him to go away.

Then, she heard it. The same sound that was made when Mommy died. She screamed, "TROY!!!!!!!!!" at the top of her lungs. She fell down on the cold street. She cried.

"TTRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She let go and felt herself rise to the surface.

"CELINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"I think she'll wake up."

"Nah, she bumped her head really hard. I say she'll be out 3 days tops."

"She'll wake up. I know that."

Celina slowly opened her eyes. Everything was blurry. She moaned.

A brown-haired woman said, "I told you she'd wake up."

Celina groaned, "What happened?"

Her vision started to focus. She saw a black-haired woman, blond man and the brown- haired woman staring at her. The man said, "You passed out in your spaceship pod and Kira saved you."

Celina rose up and felt pain in back and head. She rubbed her back. She aid, "Did I really pass out?"

They nodded. She said, "Where am I?"

The black-haired woman said, proudly "You're on the Archangel."

"The Archangel?"

They nodded, again. She thought, ' So, step number one is done.' Celina said, "Who are you?"

The man said, "Mwu La Fllaga. Do you know me?"

Celina shook her head. He sulked. "She's the only person who doesn't know me."

The women sighed. "I'm Natarle Badgiruel," said the black-haired woman.

"I'm Murrue Ramius."

Mwu said, "We introduced ourselves to you, so who are you?"

Celina thought for a while. What name should she say? Then it came to her. She said, "I'm Julia Lenored."

Natarle said, "I haven't heard of you."

Celina said, "B-because I'm from Copernicus."

They looked at each other. Mwu said, "What are you?"

"What do you mean?"

Murrue said, "Natural or Coordinator?"

Celina said, "Uh, Natural?"

Natarle frowned. Celina said, "Is there a problem?"

She said, "I'm going to the control room."

And she left. Celina said, "Was it something I said?"

Murrue said, "No, it's that she's a stuck up. And she won't admit it."

Celina said, "Oh." Murrue looked at her with wonder. She said, "Do you know-," Then, some people came in. A girl with kind of dark pink hair said, "We heard the girl woke up." Mwu said, "You heard right."

A boy with glasses came towards Celina and said, "Welcome to the Archangel." She looked at him and said, to Murrue "Where's the guy who saved me?"

The boy said, "You mean, Kira? He's with the Strike Gundam."

"I see."

Murrue said, "Crew, this Julia Lenored."

"Hi," they said. She just smiled. She said, "I'm kind of hungry."

The boy said, "Kuzzey, go get her some food."

Kuzzey said, "Right, Sai." And left the room.

Sai said, "Let us introduce ourselves. I'm Sai Argle."

The girl said, "I'm Fllay Allster."

A shorthaired girl said, "I'm Marillia Haww."

The last boy said, "And I'm Tolle Koenig."

Celina said, "Nice to meet to you all."

Murrue sat down next to Celina. She said, "Why don't you guys go and get Kira."

Sai said, "All right."

Marillia came up to Celina and said, "I hope you get better."

Fllay said, "See you later, Julia."

They left with Murrue and Mwu alone with Celina. They looked at her with curiosity. Celina said, "Is there something wrong?"

Mwu said, "Did you know a boy named Sirally?" Celina thought for a while. She shook her head. And said, "No, I didn't know him." They sighed. Murrue said, "That's good."

Celina said, "So, why did you ask?"

She said, "It's just you kind of look like him."

"Oh."

Someone knocked on the door. Mwu said, "Come in." In came the boy that she saw in the Council Room. She tried hard not to blurt out, which she was. She bit her lip. Kira walked in and said, "You called me."

Murrue said, "Yes, we want you to meet the person you saved."

Mwu said, "Kira, meet Julia Lenored." They said hi at the same time. Celina turned her head away. Murrue said, "Aren't you going to thank him?"

Celina said, "Thanks for saving my life." She didn't look at his face. She just couldn't look at the person who killed Miguel. She wouldn't she thought. Mwu said, "Murrue let's go."

"But-,"

"Let's go."

They left Kira with Celina. He walked up to her and sat on the seat Murrue was sitting on. She turned her head another way. Kira said, " Aren't you going to look at me?"

She said, "No."

He said, "If you look at me it means you are a Natural. If you don't that means you're a Coordinator."

She looked at him. He smiled. And said, "You're a Coordinator."

"No, I'm not."

He said, "You are."

She frowned. She said, "Then, how would you know?"

"Your eyes tell me that."

She glared. She said, "So, what if I am?"

He said, "Then, I wouldn't tell a soul."

She smiled. She said, "Well, I'm not."

He looked impressed. He said, "Tell me why you are here, Athrun Zala's relative."

She bit her lip and said, "I don't know this Athrun person you are talking about."

He said, "Mind you, if you are a spy. You won't get passed by me."

"I'm not a spy for anyone."

"Right, and I'm a Natural."

She frowned and said, "Why are you telling me you're a Coordinator?"

"I like telling people that."

"But don't you feel bad about fighting against your own people?"

"I do feel awful."

"Then, why are here?"

He smiled. He said, "At least, I'm on the right side."

Celina felt anger rise up in her body. She said, "So, you're saying we're the wrong side?" She gasped at what she said.

"Hi, fellow Coordinator."

She said, "You tricked me."

He scratched his head and said, "I thought it was called giving away who you really are."

She turned away. She said, "Our conversation is over."

She heard him get up. He said, "I promise I won't tell anyone, unless you tell me who you really are."

She said, "My name's Celina. That's all I'm saying."

He got up and said, "Nice too meet you, Celina."

He started to walk away. She turned and said, "Wait."

Kira looked at her. She avoided his eyes and said, "Please don't tell anyone who I really am."

He said, "You didn't tell me why you are here."

She said, "I won't say."

He said, "Fine, I'll tell."

She got out of bed and said, "Please don't."

He looked at her. Celina was starting to cry. He couldn't help, but feel sorry for her. Kira walked to her and said, "You don't have to cry." She looked at him with watery eyes and said, "I promise the thing I've been sent to do won't hurt anyone. I'm not here to kill anyone or to steal your Gundam. You have my word."

He didn't want to believe her. Her eyes were pleading for someone to keep her secret. She said, "I promise on my brother's grave."

Kira sighed and said, "All right." He handed her a tissue. She blew her nose. She said, tearfully "You have to give me your word that you won't tell anyone who I am."

He said, "I promise."

Celina smiled and said, "Thank you. It makes my job much more easier."

Kuzzey came in with some sandwiches and a drink. He said, "Here you go, Julia."

Celina sat down on her bed and said, "Thanks, Kuzzey."

Kuzzey nodded and left. She took a bite out of a sandwich. She said, " That boy doesn't trust you." Kira said, "How could you tell?"

She smiled. "From his eyes."

Kira said, "I hope you get better and leave quickly."

She said, "I will."

And he left. Celina said, "Why do I feel like I can trust him?"

She thought, ' Probably because, Athrun and him were best of friends or because he's the only Coordinator here.' She changed and went out.

The hall was pretty long. She walked around and saw people salute each other. She walked into a room full of people in uniforms. She saw everyone that she met there. Why were they looking at her? Did Kira tell them who she was?

Then a man rose up and said, "You're the Damsel in Distress?"

Celina raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me," she said.

He said, "You're the girl that Kira Yamoto saved?"

She said, "Yeah, I guess."

"Well, you stumbled on a military ship. So, you'll either get your mind erased or join the military."

"What!"

She couldn't believe it. Their own soldier saved her and now she'll have to either join or get her memory erased.

She said, "I'll choose neither."

"Then, prepare to die."

She said, "Fine, I'll join your Military."

The man said, "Good. Now Murrue will place you in a sector of the Archangel."

The people got up. The man said, "My work here is done."

Murrue came to her and said, "Come along."

Celina saw people leaving and the man came up to her. He said, "Welcome, to the army, young Cadet."

She said, "Were you joking about the whole death thing?"

The man nodded. Celina never felt so ashamed. She's been tricked twice, in one day. And she was supposed to be a Coordinator. The man said, " Don't feel so bad. Most people are forced to do it. You are just a different case."

And he walked away. Celina was confused what did he mean by she a different case. Celina thought, ' I'm a different case? Does he know I'm a Co-,'Someone jumped on her and she fell down. She groaned. "Sorry." said the person. It sounded like a little boy. She said, "Just please get off me." The boy got off and went in front of her. He said, "Awfully sorry."

The boy looked like he was ten or eleven. He stuck out his hand and said, "Let me help you."

Celina got up and said, angrily "Just leave me alone."

The boy said, "Just, because Grandpa made you go in the army, doesn't mean you have to take it out on other people."

Celina glared at him. She said, "You're already on my list."

The boy said, "Well, you're on my list, too."

She raised an eyebrow and said, "Kid, I don't have time to argue with you."

The boy started to go red. He was about to say something, but a woman came over and said, "Honey, what are you doing?"

The boy turned and said, "Mom!"

She smiled, "Yes?"

"I-I-I"

"I what?"

The boy blushed and walked away. The woman shook her head and said, "I don't know what to do with that boy." She looked at Celina. She said, "You must be Julia?" Celina nodded, quickly.

Someone called out. "Natalie!"

"Coming," replied the woman. She said, to Celina "I hope we get to know each other." And walked away.

Murrue came towards Celina looking really angry. She said, angrily "What is wrong with you?" But she was talking to someone else. Celina turned and saw a huge bloody face in front of her. She screamed, " AAAAAAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!" And she slapped the face. The face felt like rubber. Then, it fell down (the face). Celina looked at it and screamed, again. She pointed at it.

A man started to laugh. Murrue yelled, "Mwu, it is funny. The poor girl like she saw a ghost." True, it was. Celina was scared out of her wits. Celina saw Mwu still laughing. Out of nowhere, she screamed, "DO YOU THINK THAT WAS A JOKE!" And bounced to hit him, but Sai and Kira held her back. She screamed, "I'll rip your bloody head!!"

She heard someone say in a stern voice, ' Celina.' She turned and saw Kira shaking his head. ' He's right. I guess, if I did kill him, it would blow my cover.' she thought.

Mwu said, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help it. I wanted to test it on someone."

Celina crossed her arms and said, "Like the new girl."

Murrue grabbed Celina and dragged her out of the room. Celina thought, ' Now where am I going?'

Murrue said, "You should change into your uniform."

Celina saw some ZAFT soldiers being brought in. They saw her and nodded. She smiled to them and mouthed, ' Don't worry.'

Even, if Celina joined the military, she would still free her people. She wouldn't care what they would do to her.