-Missing In Action-

Chapter Nine: Heart, Body, Mind and Soul

One week later

Yzak limped to the hanger and looked at The Capital. His eyes widened in disbelief.

"You made this?" Ken nodded obviously pleased at his reaction.

"Yep! I certainly did? Like her?" Yzak nodded.

"It's nice."

"Glad you think so." Ken laughed tugging at Yzak's hair. "Love your hair."

"Well I haven't been able to wash it in a week! So if I were you I'd shut my mouth" Ken stuck out his tongue and made a weird childish noise.

"That is just disgusting. You're hair should be burned off your scalp so you can grow anew…Like grass." Yzak glared at him.

"How bout I wash it instead."

"I suppose that would work but I like my idea better." Ken giggled childishly but became serious as Yzak dropped to his knees clutching his chest.

"Shit." He cursed and closed his eyes shut. Ken helped his friend stand.

"I told you. I said 'you are not ready to walk around yet' but you were just like-"

"Shut up!" He snapped and Ken nodded.

"Yep you were like 'shut up'" Suddenly an alarm went off and Ken snapped his head up. "What the?" The ship shook and Ken blinked.

"Either the ship shook or I'm having a seizure. Wait maybe an earthquake!" Yzak glared at him.

"We're under attack you shit hole."

"Well…" Ken said slowly "I suppose that's also possible."

"Kira?" Kira turned his head away from the window to look at Cagalli. "How are you feeling?" She asked and Kira sighed leaning and putting his forehead against the cool glass.

"I'm alight."

"You're lying."

"I have a headache like you wouldn't believe but besides that I'm fine."

"Headaches? Coordinators rarely get headaches."

"Yet they happen." Kira whispered "And I have a really bad one at the moment."

"You should take some pills and go to bed." Cagalli suggested looking concerned. Kira nodded and stepped away from the window.

"That's not a bad idea. But I forget."

"Huh?" Cagalli stepped forward and gasped catching Kira as he fainted. "Kira!"

Ken jumped into his suit. "Let's show those children what the former Commander of the Lavoisier is made of…" He buckled up and took a deep breath "Tyrant Launching!" As soon as he was free from the hanger he put the engines on full and dived headfirst into the battle.

"Those three machines." He growled remembering how badly they had hurt her. The Tyrant was about to get her revenge.

Kira opened his eyes to darkness…he was floating in it. He turned around quickly his hair getting in his eyes. He blinked feeling dizzy. "Hello?" He didn't hear his own voice from his mouth and he blinked as his hands and feet became numb. The feeling began to crawl its way up his arms and legs as if the darkness was devouring him. 'What is this place? Ho- did I g-t –re?' He gasped his thoughts were becoming fuzzy. 'I'm dy-ng.' He couldn't feel his arms, legs and the numbness was crawling further still.
Athrun dodged and fired back the machine simply holding up its shields and blocking his attack.

"To your left." Ken had contacted him just in time and he managed to dodge what would have been a fatal blow.

"Thanks." He said to which Ken replied.

"Dearka is having troubles, his suit doesn't have a shield. Keep an eye on him."

"Right" Ken seriousness made the whole situation seem all the more grave and dangerous.

"These are the three machines that I encountered before." Ken hissed, "Don't underestimate them." He nodded.

"I understand."

Kira was gasping like he was a fish out of water and as Cagalli carried him to the infirmary his breathing was becoming haggard as though someone was strangling him.

"Kira? Kira snap out of it." Cagalli tried to quicken her pace but she was already going as fast as she could.

"I'm dying" Kira gasped causing her worry to increase tenfold.

"Kira you bastard you hang on you hear." As she entered the infirmary she nearly collided with Mwu who was flexing his arm. He must have just been given a clear bill of health for his was no longer wearing a sling to support his arm.

"Cagalli? What's happened?" Mwu demanded as she pushed past him. The doctor turned noticed Kira and immediately motioned for her to lay him down on a bed. Mwu reentered the infirmary and asked again what had happened. The doctor asked the same thing and she threw her arms in the air.

"I don't know! He said he had a headache and so all I said was for him to get some sleep and take some pills! Next thing I know he's fainted and is like this!" The doctor took out a small flashlight and bent over Kira's form forcing his eyelids open. The doctor gasped as he shined the light into Kira's eyes.

"What is it?" Cagalli and Mwu demanded at once.

"Look." The doctor allowed them room and handed the small light to Mwu. Cagalli kneeled next to the bed as Mwu forced open Kira's eyes and shined the light in. They both gasped startled. The eye's pupil was but a mere pinhole. The normal gentle purple that was usually shining with warmth was now cold and surrounded the pinhole as if to focus it.

"What in the world." Mwu voiced her thoughts and the doctor shooed them out of the way.

"I have almost no medical experience when dealing with Coordinators but I will try to help him." Cagalli's hands shook

"Kira."

Kira felt the darkness devour his heart quickly climbing towards his mind. Voices he had never heard in his life swam in his ears…

"This one will survive"

"Doctor we're experiencing problems…"

"Increase the dosage that should stabilize it."

The darkness absorbed his mind to which he felt all warmth vanish…

"My suits running low." Nicol growled over the communicator to which Dearka agreed and Athrun muttered a 'same.'

"You guys get charged up. I'll keep these guys busy." Ken muttered

"All by yourself?" Athrun asked.

"I'll try…better hurry…my suits running out of power as well."

"No." Yzak hissed trying to get Ami away from The Capital.

"Get out of my way." She growled and Yzak snorted.

"No way in hell."

"Ken put you up to this didn't he?" She questioned grabbing his collar. Yzak glared at her.

"So what if he did…"

"This is why I didn't tell him!" She yelled pushing Yzak out of the way. Yzak stumbled trying to regain his footing but failed as he collided with the steel floor. He cursed and groaned trying to get to his feet. Ami was about to jump in the cockpit when he stop her by grabbing her ankle. She fell on top of him and his eyes snapped open wide at the pain that radiated from his chest and leg.

"Damnit Yzak!" She paused in yelling at him when she noticed that he had cushioned her fall. "Are you okay?" Yzak nodded. And she sighed standing and glaring at him. Yzak remained down rubbing his chest with a straggled groan. Ami felt her eyes soften as he raised a shaking hand to the railing in an attempt to stand. She helped him up and he limped heavily as he made his way out of the hanger.

"Screw it!" He growled at her "Go ahead. I'm not going to stop you!" Yzak then began grumbling about needing painkillers, ice and a warm shower.

Ken felt the intensity rise as the machines all fired at him and began the assault. He dodged and then felt his eyes narrow a seed breaking in his mind.

"Come and get some!" He shouted dodging and attacking with a new grace. The machines responded by going all out on him. Pulling out his beam saber he threw it and it struck the one machines taking off its head and a portion of the arm. The pilot mustn't have been very happy at that and charged at him.

Kira had never in his life felt so empty or alone. He didn't have a body to communicate with, nor did he seem to have a soul anymore…just darkness and his state of mind kept him aware that he was in fact there. He didn't feel pain, anger, sorrow, confusion, happiness, frustration, concern or anything except for the feeling of total emptiness.

"Kira?" He felt a jolt of surprise. "Kira…"

"My name is Kira?" Did he just say that?

"Yes. That is your name…"

"Oh."

"Lost?"

"What are you?"

"Curiosity? Fascinating that you can feel such a thing. I am you. Somehow we got separated."

"Separated?"

"Yes. Body, mind, soul and heart, you are shattered. The result I suppose of genetic interference. Perhaps the blood transfusion is to blame."

"I don't understand."

"You are incapable to understand…you are the mind. You need the heart to understand."

"I don't understand."

"Help me repair…let's gather together in this darkness. Hurry before we're dead for too great a time to reconnect with the body."

"We're dead?"

"Yes…hurry and reach out towards us."

"You cannot die yet, you have many lives to save…a great many."

Kira felt a warmth spread throughout his body and saw an approching light that consumed everything and made the darkness vanish. He wasn't alone anymore as he felt a body to move and heard someone sobbing. Blinking rapidly his vision returned and drawing a deep breath that cut his throat and lungs he looked up as someone shaking fingers touched his face. Murrue, Cagalli, Mwu, Tolle, Milly and Flay stood at his bedside. Faces wet from tears.

"Why is everybody sad?" he asked dimly and Cagalli shook her head and began sobbing again.

"Kira. Don't you scare us like that again." Murrue commanded and he blinked.

"Scared?"

"You were dead Kira." Flay whispered "Dead for…" she looked at her watch "29 minutes." The doctor pushed them aside and started to examine him.

"I was dead?" He questioned and they nodded he narrowed his eyes. "How did I die?"

"We're not sure." Murrue answered. Kira smiled touching his head.

"Hey my headache's gone!"

"Five more minutes…" Nicol said looking at his watch. The others nodded and looked at their suits. Yzak was looking a bit rough around the edges as he tried to stop Ami again.

"He's a good pilot." Yzak hissed trying to hold her back.

"I thought you said you wouldn't stop me!" She snapped and Yzak narrowed his eyes.

"I forgot that I promised him!"

"Out of my way Joule! I couldn't care less that you made a promise."

"Ami! Stop." Yzak growled a cold edge to his words. Athrun watched as Yzak gasped for breath his eyes contorting in what he believed as anger but second-guessed that it might be pain. Ami glared at him before apologizing.

"I'm sorry." Yzak blinked at her.

"What?" She tightened her hand into a fist and Athrun's eyes widened in realization for what she planned to do. He quickly made his way to her as she punched Yzak and sent him toppling back to the ground. He caught up with her in time to stop her.

"Ami!" He shouted. "What do you think you're doing? Yzak's wounded!" Dearka and Nicol rushed to Yzak and Dearka growled.

"He's out cold." Dearka picked Yzak up and glared at her.

"I'll take him to the infirmary." Nicol nodded and glanced down as the engineers gave them the okay to launch.

"Athrun lets go." Nicol said but Athrun was still arguing with Ami. "Athrun!" he shouted.

"Go ahead Nicol!" Athrun commanded, "I'll be there in a bit."

Yay! Another chapter up! Sorry about it taking so long to update…but with school and the amount of homework I'm getting from my science and English class…you can't blame me! If you are confused please tell me and i will clarify it in the next chapter!