-Missing In Action-

Chapter Four: Fallen Friendship

Yzak crept as quietly as he could from the bed. When he was about five feet away he began looking for a weapon. It was then he noticed the Gun. It was strapped to Kira's boot. Yzak smirked and slowly approached. When he was a foot away he took a deep breath and bent down his arm extending towards the weapon. Reaching for the gun his hand had just barely touched the cool metal when Birdy awoke. It immediately made a huge racket awakening Kira instantly. Yzak grabbed the gun and pulled back.

"Hey Birdy…what's with all the noise?" Yzak aimed the gun at Kira.

"Don't move." Kira froze and looked at him before glancing at the bed as though to confirm that he was no longer lying there. Birdy chirped a few times before diving at him Yzak fired and Birdy went crashing to the ground sparks spitting from it. Kira's eyes went wider then they already had been before.

"Birdy…" Yzak pointed the gun back at Kira and was surprised to see tears forming in the boy's eyes. What the hell kind of solider was this!

"Don't move…" He warned again backing towards the door.

"My friend made that." Kira's eyes narrowed "It's the only thing that I have left from our friendship."

Ken had been working on the Tyrant since it arrived and had only taken a break to go to the bathroom.

"He's obsessed." Dearka exclaimed watching the man dart back and forth all the while telling the suit that everything was going to be okay.

"Its called dedication." Nicol corrected glancing at Athrun who had his arms crossed and was talking to Ken in the distance ahead of them. "You think he can convince him to get some sleep?" Nicol asked. Dearka snorted.

"I highly doubt it. Ken won't sleep till that stupid machine of his is in tip top shape."

"I wonder how long that'll take." Nicol wondered aloud.

"At this rate he'll be finished by tomorrow afternoon." Nicol watched as Athrun suddenly waved his arms in front of his face laughing nervously. Ken stood to his full height and took the blowtorch running at him. Athrun screamed and raced away.

"He probably insulted that damn contraption." Dearka chuckled then yawned… "I'm going to bed." Nicol laughed as Athrun slipped and fell siding into a wall.

Yzak was backing towards the door when it opened behind him. He turned his finger already getting ready to pull the trigger.

"Mwu get out of here!" Kira yelled. Yzak turned and fired. Mwu grunted and grabbed his shoulder slumping against the wall. Kira tackled him from behind. Yzak glared at Kira as they wrestled over the gun. He was strong. Yzak fired again and Kira's eyes widened blood tickling from his mouth. Yzak pushed the boy away and jumped to his feet running out the door. An alarm sounded immediately.

Kira pushed his hands on his gut where the wound was. He felt oddly cold. A shaking hand landed on his shoulder.

"Where'd he shoot you?" Kira wanted to say but ended up coughing blood. Mwu cursed slowly turning him on his side so he didn't choke on the blood that had found its way into his throat. "Hang on kid. You're going to be okay." Kira's eyes fell on the remains of Birdy and tears slowly burned his eyes. His thoughts traveling to the day when he had received the gift…

Yzak halted and pushed himself against the wall watching the men race past. He held his breath as one paused and looked around a bit. The other two men halted holding their rifles ready.

"What is it?" One of them asked

"I thought I-" The man sighed shaking his head "Never mind" They continued on and Yzak released the breath he'd been holding.

"Do we have power?" Ken asked himself as he finished inside the cockpit of the Tyrant. "I said do we have power?" After awhile he halted and stuck his head outside the cockpit. "Athrun what the hell are you doing man? Make the connection between Nerve C21.8 and Box 04!" Athrun looked around and shouted back

"Where is it?"

"Oh for crying out loud! Its located in the right leg!" Athrun opened a small section of the suit and after awhile looked up at him. Nodding to show that he had finished making the connection. Ken smiled and sat back as power returned to his suit. "Daddy told you everything was going to be okay…"

Mwu tightened his grip on Kira ignoring his own wound as the young boy began to shiver uncontrollably his eyes closing.

"Birdy…" Kira whispered tears continuing to fall. Mwu narrowed his eyes.

"Kira?" Kira smiled sadly.

"We fight because we don't understand. We suffer because we don't have a choice. We die because we weren't strong enough…" Kira closed his eyes coughing more blood. Mwu shook the young pilot

"Kira! Get a hold of yourself!" Kira didn't respond "Kira!" Medics suddenly entered and raced to the aid them.

Yzak peeked into the room and his eyes widened in astonishment. "The hanger." Glancing downwards he noticed all the mechanics and silently cursed to himself. "So close yet so far." He had to think of something and he had to think of it quickly. Looking at the gun he smirked as he formulated a plan. "I need a hostage."
Ken jumped out of the suit thanking Athrun. Bending down he picked up the hammer and turned to him.

"Go get some sleep. I need to repair this thing for awhile yet." Athrun blinked at him before glaring.

"You are the one that needs to get some sleep!" Ken waved the pilots concerns away.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine." Athrun crossed his arms and took a deep breath.

"Listen Ken I have no idea of your past experience in war but-"

"I use to be a commander for ZAFT. And was even offered a spot in the council. I declined and actually left the army after being seriously wounded in battle. It took me only three months to hop from a soldier to a commander and to get an offer to be in council. Don't doubt my abilities I'll be fine." Athrun blinked

"You use to be a commander?"

"Yeah." Ken said sadly. "But I was never really good at pushing people around so it was a really a hard job for me." Ken glanced at Athrun's expression and laughed, "I know you want to know how badly I was wounded …" Ken shivered "I was impaled to my seat through my chest and I broke my back. I was in the middle of a battle and as you can imagine I couldn't really function properly." Ken shrugged and tapped his chest. "Hurt like hell and I actually lost the feeling in my right arm and leg. Paralyzed." Ken shook his head. "It took me awhile to recover even though I'm a coordinator…" Ken suddenly grinned, "Wanna see the scar?" Athrun shook his head.

"No…no I decline." Ken laughed.

"Don't look so nervous. I'm not about to kill ya!" He brought Athrun in a chokehold "I like you man!"

Yzak pressed himself against the Strike's foot. Glancing around it he saw a person passing and grabbed them. The man yelled and dropped his clipboard. Yzak pressed the gun against the man's temple.

"Try to escape and I'll kill you. Understand?" The man nodded and Yzak smirked.

"Good."

Another chapter up! YAY! Some points in this chapter may be confusing but I wrote this at 2:00 in the morning so give me a break! Anyways if you have any comment to make on the story please review.