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Kira flinched slightly when a small piece of debris hit her shoulder. She has been following their professor's guest who just suddenly ran out of the shelter. She had to leave Ssigh and the others to keep the guest free from harm.
"What in the hell do you think you are doing?" She shouted as soon as she caught up with the unnamed guest and grabbed hold of his shoulder, turning him around sharply. "They told us to go to the shelter!"
"Why did you follow me?" The guy shouted back. "You should hurry up and leave."
Kira barely had the time to reply when a large explosion occurred from behind her. She instinctively grabbed hold of the guy by the wrist, protecting his body with her own, when the shockwave passed through them. She nearly jerked back in surprise when she opened her eyes and stared at the guy.
"A... girl?" She gasped out in surprise, blinking innocently.
"As if you're not. What did you think I was until now?" An orange- eyed blond girl glared at her angrily.
"No... It is just." Kira quickly let go of the girl's wrist. Then, she looked behind her as a second blast occurred near them.
"Forget it! Just go!" The girl shouted at her, turning back towards the undamaged part of the hallway. "I have something I must confirm."
"Go where?" Kira exclaimed angrily. "I can't go back anymore." She drew back in surprise when the girl turned back at her and regarded her with serious eyes. Kira let out a soft sigh before grabbing hold of the girl's wrist and saying, "This way", and pulled the girl to another corridor.
"Let go, you idiot." The girl shouted at her back as they ran through the hallway, the entire structure shaking with every explosion. "If it comes to this, I..."
"It's all right." Kira whispered, glancing at the girl and seeing her frightened face. "We will be saved. If we go to the factory, there should still be a shelter."
They both came to a complete halt as soon as they came out of the corridor, only to be welcomed by guns firing and two unbelievable objects. Kira stared in surprise as she realized that the two objects were Mobile Suits. Startled, she turned to the girl beside her when the latter fell to her knees, muttering, "I knew. The Earth army's new mobile weapon... Father, you traitor!" the girl shouted, tears gathering at her eyes.
Kira drew back from the railing when she saw with the corner of her eye, one of the armed factory workers points his weapon at them. Then, she grabbed the girl's wrist and pulled her to her feet. She pulled the girl to safety as bullets were fired at the place where they were only seconds ago. She pulled the girl towards a nearby shelter, ordering the latter to pull herself together and keep on running.
"See? There are people taking shelter here." She glanced momentarily at the girl following her as they came to a halt in front of the only remaining shelter, pressing the call button.
"There is still someone out there?" The intercom quickly replied.
"Yes, a friend and I! Please open the door." Kira quickly spoke up.
"Two?"
"Yes!"
"We are already full. Shelter 37 in the left block is still available. Can you get there?"
Kira leaned back to study their smoke- covered surroundings in a heartbeat, before pressing the communications button again. "Then at least take one of us." She shouted. "A younger girl. A guest!"
"We understand. I'm really sorry."
Kira quickly pushed the girl inside the elevator leading down to the shelter as soon as the door opened. She barely gave the girl time to struggle back when she sealed the door. She stepped away from door and immediately ran towards the left block in spite of the explosions at the factory floor below her. Then, she caught sight of a green- uniformed ZAFT soldier aiming a factory worker from behind. She skidded to a halt and quickly called out a warning. She grimaced slightly as the soldier was shot before she was called out by one of the factory workers, a woman by the sound of her voice.
"I'll head for the shelter in the left block. Don't worry about me." Kira quickly shouted back in reply.
"The only thing left is that door."
Kira yelped in surprise when the steel door was blown in, sending her reeling to the ground. She quickly picked herself up and stared at the remains of what used to be one of the most secure airlocks in the colony. She began running towards the direction of the female factory worker when the latter called out to her. Jumping effortlessly over the railing, she landed on one of the Mobile Suits lying around and gasped in surprise when the factory worker who called out to her was shot in her arm. Without thinking of the danger, she quickly ran up to the woman and caught her as she fell. She looked up when she saw with the corner of her eye a red-space suited ZAFT soldier run up to them with a dagger in hand. A startled gasp escaped her lips when she caught sight of the soldier's face through the faceplate.
"Athrun?" She gasped out.
The soldier stopped in midstrike, and stared at her, whispering, "Kira?"
Kira stood up from her knelt position and stared at Athrun in shock. She never expected to see him this way again. It was all broken when Athrun quickly jumped back as the factory worker pointed a gun at his direction. Kira made a move to follow Athrun, only to be pushed inside the cockpit of the Mobile Suit.
"Go behind the seat." The factory worker ordered her as soon as the latter entered the cockpit and closed the hatch. Kira quickly did what the woman ordered her, and listened to the woman mumble to herself that she can at least move the machine. Kira stared at the side monitor across her as the monitors came alive and stared at the Mobile Suit beside theirs. She could not believe that she just saw her childhood friend. Then, she turned towards the operations panel, just as words flashed on the screen.
"Gundam?" She whispered, reading the panel. Kira quietly watched as the woman operated the Mobile Suit, keeping a firm grip on the pilot seat for balance. The Mobile Suit had almost lost its balance when its surroundings exploded. She let the woman pilot the Mobile Suit out of the factory, barely keeping her balance as the Mobile Suit struggled to keep standing. She gasped in surprise when small magnified screens popped up all over the monitors, and she saw her friends running away from them. She held on even more as the Mobile Suit staggered back after being hit by one of ZAFT's Mobile Suits. She finally lost her balance when the woman, after ducking away from the enemy Mobile Suit's attack, caused the Mobile Suit to land hard. She fell hard on the woman's lap.
"Stay in the back! Do you want to die?"
Kira quickly apologized at the woman, only to catch sight of the enemy Mobile Suit lunged towards them with a sword in hand.
