Missing In Action

Chapter Six: A Walk along the Shore

Yzak walked away from the shadows and into the open dragging the man with him. It didn't take long for the mechanics to notice and when they did the reaction was mostly fear. "Don't anyone move." He warned and much to his satisfaction no one did. His eyes spotted the SkyGrasper and he moved forward all the while making sure that no one tried anything.

Athrun was thinking about leaving when Ken stopped and lowered his hammer.

"Listen man I need some fresh air. Wanna come?" Athrun blinked.

"What about your mobile suit?"

"She's almost finished besides my back is acting up." Ken leaned back wincing as he did so. "Yep. It's stiff." He straightened and looked at him. "You coming? Athrun nodded and yawned.

"Sure… Not too long though I still have to get some sleep." Ken smiled tossing him a gun. Athrun paled as he grabbed it fumbling.

"What are you doing?" He yelled. "A gun! I thought we were going for a walk? "

"Yeah. But you never know!" Ken smiled, "Careful it's loaded."

"Loaded! You threw me a loaded gun!"

"You want an empty one?" Ken scratched the back of his head. "You're weird for wanting an empty gun." Athrun looked at him.

"Its not that I want an empty gun! What if I accidentally pulled the trigger!"

"Then you better hope its not aiming at your crotch!" Ken laughed doubling over… Athrun wasn't amused.

Yzak's eyes were darting wildly trying to make sure no one would attempt to charge at him or race away. He reached the SkyGrasper and to distract everyone fired his gun in the air. Everyone winced and the man he was holding screamed. Yzak pushed him away and quickly jumped into the seat of the SkyGrasper. He pushed a button and the cover came over just as bullets banged against it cracking the glass.Yzak looked almost bored as if this was an everyday occurrence as he started the SkyGrasper up and buckled his seat belt.
Ken walked along the waters edge trying not to get his shoes wet. Athrun glanced at him.

"Can I ask you something?" Ken raised his eyebrows and stopped looking at him.

"Sure."

"What would you do if you had to fight against your best friend?"

"I wouldn't." Athrun blinked.

"But what if you had no choice?" Ken narrowed his eyes at him. His serious expression was very intimidating. Athrun was grateful that this man in front of him wasn't his enemy.

"If I had no choice. If my life was on the line I'd kill him." Ken crossed his arms and Athrun almost backed away. Ken took a step forward and glared at him. "You always have a choice. There is always a crossroad into the future!" With that Ken began walking away and Athrun stared after him. Ken stopped and turned to look at him. "You better pick up your feet and get your ass over here. I'm not going to pry into your business or anything but for some strange reason that question really disturbed me." Athrun swallowed and took a deep breath catching up with him. He felt guilty for getting Ken all worked up and apologized. Ken sighed and relaxed apologizing as well.

"That's okay it was a dumb question anyway." Athrun admitted

"It certainly was…" Ken agreed

Yzak launched the SkyGrasper out of the hanger a smirk on his face. They had opened it for him after he'd given them the option of that or a new hole for which he'd escape from. He pulled the stick back as the Archangel immediately began firing at him. Spinning upwards he then swerved downwards and fired back at them. After landing a few hits he pulled up hovering barely over the surface of the water. It was then that he got hit. Quickly deciding to get out of the Archangel's range he turned right. Smoke billowed from the side he glanced backwards to see if the Archangel was pursuing him. Thankfully however it appeared that he had at least gotten out of range for they had ceased firing upon him. Yzak relaxed wiping his brow with the back of his hand… An alarm however awoke him from the illusion that he was out of harms way.

"Must've hit the fuel tank…" Yzak's eyes widened. "Oh shit." He pressed the eject button just as the SkyGrasper exploded.

One hour later

Ken flopped down on a log staring at the twig. He had picked up quite a distance back and Athrun couldn't help but wonder why he was fascinated by such a thing. Athrun sighed sitting by him.

"You see this twig?" Ken asked looking at Athrun.

"Yeah." Athrun replied slowly

"This twig use to be a part of something bigger something beautiful." Ken twirled it in his fingers "It use to be apart of something that you could stand back and admire. Something that took time to grow. Something that at one time was a weak seedling battling against even the smallest of things…" Ken threw it into the water "However now it's discarded. Dead…" Athrun straightened looking at Ken.

"What are you saying?" Ken stared at the sea

"I'm not saying anything..."

"That so." Athrun muttered. Ken suddenly bolted to his feet his eyes widening considerably.

"Oh holy shit." Athrun quickly followed his gaze and felt himself reacting the same way.

Yzak pulled himself out of the water coughing. He had cheated death again. Man some twisted angel was looking out for him. Groaning he realized that he'd broken a few things. A couple of ribs maybe even his leg. Flopping down on the sand he let his tired limbs relax. Gasping for breath his lungs filled and emptied desperately. Blood tickled into his eyes and he hoped he didn't have another scar on his face.

"Yzak?" He recognized that voice and slowly he lifted his shaking head. A young man in his early twenties stared back at him. With red hair and bold crimson eyes Yzak recognized the person immediately.

"Ken?" Ken fell to his knees crawling to him sobbing loudly.

"I-I thought y-you w-w-were DEAD!" With that he let out a long very loud sob. Footsteps approached him from his left. Two hands slowly grabbed his shoulders and he found himself leaning against a log Athrun's shocked face looking him over.

"You look horrible." Ken cried louder and Yzak snorted closing his eyes.

"A-after what I've been through I should look more then." He winced a hiss escaping his lips. "Horrible."

"How'd you survive?" Athrun asked. Ken's head shot up.

"Mermaids! Did they save you?"

"Mermaids?"

"You know! Half woman half fish!" Ken looked excited "Did they actually wear anything on top or could you see everything."

"I wasn't rescued by mermaids!" Yzak shouted. Ken looked disappointed briefly before he crawled over on his knees and picked him up slowly. "What are you doing? Put me down you-" His hand flew to his side and he actually felt the displacement of bone.

"I doubt you could stand much less walk." Ken said seriously Athrun glanced at Yzak concerned.

" I'll go ahead and get the doctors ready."

I updated! Surprise! Hope you like it. Again point out any errors I made and I'll correct them. I'm thinking this story will be 10 chapters long…