Chapter 14 Seemingly Hopeless
A/N Just to let you guys know, this fanfic is almost coming to an end. Maybe a few more chapters, and then it'll be done. But don't worry, I've decided to put "A Second Generation" back, after I think of a good plot for it. But I'll be writing another Athrun&Cagalli fanfic after this one. As usual, enjoy this chappie!
"Where'd you go?" questioned Athrun, standing up to full height, from the sofa, jaw clenched tightly, and nashing his teeth within the walls of his mouth.
"Why would you be interested? You don't give a care about me at all anyway, and it's my personal affairs." replied Mia, pouting at Athrun, who just rolled his eyes and stuffed his hands into the pockets of his shorts.
"Don't lie to me, Mia. I've got a strong hunch that you have something up your sleeves, and if I'm not wrong you've already accomplished what you had in mind." hissed Athrun, folding his arms across his chest, and raising a questioning eyebrow at his fiancee.
"Alright, if you're such a smart alec, what do you think I was up to then?" asked Mia sarcastically, pinning her fringe neatly and running her long fingers through the locks of her dyed pink hair.
"If I guess right, you tell me, if not I'll keep my nose out of your affairs." compromised Athrun, hoping on the inside that if he followed his heart, he would strike a bull's-eye on Mia's plans.
"You'd better keep your abnormally large nose out, if you guess wrongly. Not that your nose is large, you've got a rather handsome one, I'm just saying." said Mia grinning sweetly at Athrun.
Athrun sighed, trying to keep the butterflies in his stomach from spreading to his vocal cords, and giving him a fit of the jitters.
"Well, I think you know about Cagalli, and you have just been to see her," Athrun said, forcing the words from his throat, and out of his mouth.
"Wow, boy are his instincts sharp. Is he telepathic with that "Cagalli" girl, or what?" Mia thought to herself, feeling a tinge of defeat hit her diaphram.
"Even though you answered right, I won't tell you anything." snarled Mia, turning on heel and sashaying off.
However, the blue-haired co-ordintor reacted fast, and caught the girl by her forearm. "Spit whatever information you have about Cagalli out, this instant." he commanded, intensifying his grip on Mia's forearm, making her wince.
Mia tried to hold in the pain that was spreading from her forearm, and slowly covering the length of her arm. Finally, when she felt like she could take it no longer, she let out a glass-shattering scream.
Athrun loosened his grasp on her, but didn't set her free. "Come on, out with it," he said through gritted teeth.
"Why is it that you're as stubborn as a mule? I tried everything within my power to make you love me, but to no avail I failed my goal! I ask you again, Athrun Zala, what makes me so inferior to that girl?" hollered Mia, raising her voice toward Athrun for the first time since they met.
"You're not inferior to Cagalli, it's just that love cannot be forced. I just don't love you," sighed Athrun, shaking Mia by the shoulders, and giving her a penetrating stare.
"That's it no more Miss Nice Girl, you've driven me up the wall too many times! So what if I went to the hospital earlier to tell your little girlfriend that everythig you did with her was all just a hoax to get her off your back? So what if I told her that you didn't care, or didn't love her for that matter? What would it matter to me if she's in bed dying from a broken heart? All that matters to me, is that you're mine!" exclaiemd Mia, glaring at Athrun, her eyes reduced to thin slits.
Athrun looked absolutely apalled at Mia's statements of blackmail and selfishness. But what really hit him hard on the head, was that Cagalli was in the hospital dying.
The former Justice pilot just wished that he were in dreamland that very moment, and that everything he heard were nothing but lies. He didn't want to imagine it, he didn't even want to think about it!
Cagalli couldn't die, his life would be meaningless without her. But then again, death would be certain for the blonde girl the moment he stepped out of the gates of the mansion. Either way, he was trapped in a dead end.
"Why did you tell her that? You lied to her about all that, just to get rid of her, thinking I would love you? Didn't you think before hand that if you did that, you would be annihilating for good! Well just to let you know, now I HATE YOU EVEN MORE THAN I EVER DID! YOU'VE RUINED MY LIFE, ALL MY HOPES AND DREAMS!" bellowed Athrun, angry tears welling up in his eyes.
Mia looked unaffected by Athrun's outburst. "Yes, I know, I'm heartless. Glad you've finally realised, I'm just a selfish girl." snarled Mia curtly, and walking off.
Athrun ran up the stairs into his room and flung himself onto his bed, feeling utterly useless. Everything seemed hopeless, he couldn't even help himself, let alone help Cagalli.
This was all his fault, he brought it all upon Cagalli. He shouldn't have left her in the first place, he should have stuck by her side and defended her.
He was such a jackass, a bastard, and a useless guy, who couldn't even help himself.
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Cagalli sat up in bed, letting her tears run freely down her soft cheeks. Holly huddled beside her owner, and whimpered softly, licking the salty tears of anguish away from Cagalli's face.
"Honey, what's wrong? You had a visitor earlier, and then suddenly you broke into a fit," said Ochika, sitting down in the armchair by Cagalli's bed.
"That l-lady was M-Mia C-Campbell," stuttered Cagalli, breaking down into tears once more, Mia's words replaying continuously in her mindspace.
"Athrun's fiancee? What did she say?" asked Kira, joining in the conversation as he walked toward his blonde patient.
"She said that Athrun didn't care anymore, and that he was just pretending so he could me off his back! She said so many more things, but I don't want to list them out one after the other! I don't believe her words!" screamed Cagalli, turning and burying her face into her pillow, making the husky pup dart off the bed to avoid being flattened.
Miriallia had just walked into the ward, and immediately, she could feel the atnosphere sink downwards. She looked worriedly up at Kira, who looked just as anxious as she did.
"Athrun still cares, I can feel it! But why did Mia's words sound so real? Maybe it was true he didn't want to face me and send her to deliver the news!" sobbed Cagalli pitifully, her pillowcase nearly soaked in her tears.
Cagalli felt the jets of pain becoming more intense with each interval, and they were becoming more often as well.
The blonde girl's hands suddenly grabbed hold of the mask, and slammed it onto her face so she could breathe properly.
"My life is over, I don't want to hang on any longer. It's just killing me, maybe I should just die through mercy killing," muttered Cagalli softly, hugging her pillow tight.
As though Miriallia didn't know how to put her thought into a saying, she began to sing a song.
Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts hopeful song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we knew we could
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
In this time of fear
Where prayer so often rules in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
To swiftly blown away
Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full
I can't explain
Speaking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
Cagalli had passed out once more, leaving an awkward silence when the song ended. "There's only one way we can help her," said Miriallia looking at Kira and Ochika, who turned eagerly to face her.
"By helping her get Athrun back. I can go back to the office to get Athrun's particulars, like where he stays. Then we can pop by his place and give him a nice lecture, and hopefully make him see soem sense." said Miriallia thoughtfully, a look of pure determination spread across her gentle features.
"I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier, but it sounds like a good idea," said Ochika, a small grin returning and vanquishing the worried frowns on her face.
"But what about Athrun's father? He's got his men, and he's got power." said Kira knowingly, closing Cagalli report file and pinning the ball-point pen on the file cover.
"Cagalli told me that Mia and Athrun were getting married this Thursday about a week ago." said Ochika, thinking hard and straining to remember anything else her blonde daughter had told her.
"But Thursday is tomorrow," replied Kira softly, realising the limited amount of time they had to get the information they needed and to complete their goal of getting Athrun back to Cagalli, before the next day arrived.
"Let's get moving then!" exclaimed Miriallia rushing out of the ward, Kira trailing along behind.
"I'll stay to keep an eye on Cagalli, be careful!" Ochika called after the lively pair of youths, who had already sped off.
Ochika turned toward Cagalli, and brushed her daughter's fringe from her face. "Hang in there, don't you dare die on me. Everything's going to be alright," she whispered kissing cagalli on the forehead.
All of a sudden, Holly darted out of thew ard barking loudly. Mirialli and Kira who were along the corridor, spun around in shock.
The huskyp pup jumped up and down, barking madly. "Well, the dog would come into use right? I mean, she can be real fierce sometimes." said Kira, looking over at Miriallia.
"But Holly's so tiny," Miriallia whispered to Kira, wondering how Holly would be able to hold off any guards or anything at all.
"Small but fierce, let's go!" said Kira, quickly bending down and scooping Holly into his arms before sprinting off with Miriallia.
Ochika watched from the doorway of the ward, wringing her hands in desperation. The foster mother hoped that her only wish, of Cagalli getting better and being able to be with Athrun, would become reality soon enough.
A/N Ok, that's another chapter uploaded! I think most of you should recognise this song, it's "There Can Be Miracles" by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. It was the theme song for the Dreamworks cartoon, "The Prince Of Egypt". Pretty obvious, eh? Anyway, pls review!