Chapter 15
As Issabella and Athrun steped out of the shuttle, salluting other to the soldiers on the way, Issabella couldnt help but feel al little worried...After all, her last few meeting with her father hadnt ended very well and Issabella knew that if there was one thing that Issabella and her father were alike that would be their fiery temper at each other. Patrick Zala would lose no chance to tell his two children off and Issabella, like always, would end the conversation with heated phrases filling the air.
Athrun out his arm over his sister's shoulder " Dont worry Issabella, everything will be alright if you leep your temper"he said, smiling, spying the worried look on his sister's face..
"I will keep my temper if he keeps his"said Issabella, crossing her legs and arms
"yea right, very funny, haha" said Athrun sacarstically" you know that you are on an official meeting today. I doubt that you will even think of ruining it"
" Athrun Zala, Issabella Zala, the Director is ready to see you now"said the secetary. Issabella nodded and Athrun gave his sister a last pat on her head" i know you can do this Iz" and they walked in.
There was Patrick Zala in his office. his hair seemed whiter and he looked a little thinner than usual, observed Issabella, but, Patrick Zala still held his head high and he still had the power to control silence, even if he doesnt speak.
" athrun and Issabella. hmph. Trust Cruz to be the one who thought of this, that sly fox. anyway, this meeting is very important, so i expect the two of you to give your best and to be up to my standard a couple of days later at the official meeting."said Patrick " you may begin your report"
:yes sir," said Athrun, who was beginning first "basically, this mission mostly involves capturing the 6 Mobile suits of the Earth Alliances that have been made at Heliopolis of the Orb Union colony. In this mission we have captured 5 out of the 6 Suits. namely, GAT-X102 Duel,GAT-X103 Buster, GAT- X204 Zyther, GAT-X207 Blitz and lastly, GAT-X303 Aegis. we have however, been unable to capture the last remaining suit,GAT-X105 Strike. All 5 mobile suits are currently in the Versalius and are undergoing modifications by us. Nothing so far has been found wrong in the production of the suits and the Operation System has been already edited by us to suit coordinator control."
"also,"said Issabella, continuing from Athrun"the casualty rate in this mission is a total of 5 out of the crew if 55 that set out for the mission on January the 12th. This statistics include cooks, mechanics, pilots, captains and other staff. Out of this 5 casualties, 2 came from the Cruz team. Namely, Rusty Mckenzie, Red suit who got shot by an Earth Alliance crew and Miguel Aiman who got killed when his Ginn was sliced by the Strike's pilot(Issabella felt her heart ach when she said this sentence). Lastly, the Archangel has not been destroyed. Research has shown that, the bombs were not strong enough to blow the ship up as the ship had only suffered minor complications. It is known that the Strike is currently in the Archangel and the Versallius is currently pursuing the ship at this very moment. End of Report."
"the bombs were not strong enough? Looks like we really underestimated those Naturals this time. to think that the archangel can actually escape with only minor complications...yes...looks like we truely have underestimated them..and the Versallius is currently pursuing the Archangel? yes, good judgement of Commander Cruz in this. However," said Patrick Zala, pausing for a while."there seems to be a little problem with Athrun's part of the report. I assume that you are in charge of researching and collating the information on the Mechanics?"
"yes sir" replied Athrun, his heart sinking deeply
"arh, that may be the problem itself for all you know. for one, you did not give even a brief explaination about the details of the Mobile Suits, like, for an example giving a comparison on the differences between the Zaft suits that we have now and the new suits that you have got from the EAF. Also, there is a major and important fault on the way you give your report. You didnt give the date of the mission from the start. Pity there. you will have to work on this part more often. hand in a full report later on your mistakes and the details that you have to add for the main thing. and you had better do a bad job this time. I dont want anyone to say that you are doing a bad job because no one taught you how to do a detailed and good report correctly!"
'Keep cool Issabella...control that temper...you dont want this meeting to end up like the past ones...control..listen to Athrun! he told you not to throw your temper like that...control..relax...breathe in...dont listen to him' thought Issabella to herself, heating up at Patrick Zala's words. but she couldnt. she couldnt ignore Patrick Zala's words..for they were blaring into her head
"If you like giving yourself a bad name then i cant care less. But you can do anything! Not even a simple report! so stop acting like you know everything! because you cant! you cant even do anything at all!"
"Shut up!"yelled Issabella, unable to take it any furthur."Why must you keep picking on Athrun!"
"Hold your tongue young lady! is this how you talk to you superior! you will do a report too! on how you should correctly talk to your superiors!"
"then why! Why do you keep picking on Athrun!"
"i do NOT pick on Athrun!"yelled back Patrick Zala
"is this how you think Mother woul have liked it? to point out every little mistake he make and scold him? breaking down his confidence? You know how much Mother wanted our family to be happy and peaceful!"pointed out Issabella
"that's enough you! You can leave now! Go!"shouted Patrick Zala
"fine!"said Issabella, grabbing Athrun's hand and storming out of the office.
"thanks...but seriously, you needn't have done that..."said Athrun on the shuttle home...
"nah...i just couldnt stand it...how he treated you...after all..what are siblimgs for..."said Issabella, smiling
End of Chapter 15
OOOO YES! i managed to squees this chapter out!okay.. cant say much..gtg 4 dinner...bb...
-sandii