-Missing In Action-

Chapter 10: The Spider…

Kira was told to recite the alphabet; to count to 100 by multiplies of 6, to identify 14 different colors and to speak everyone's name that stood in the room. The doctor sat back in his chair disbelieving as Kira managed to answer everything without hesitating and had even corrected the doctor as he mispronounced how to say a color.

"Amazing usually the brain cells begin to die after being deprived of oxygen after a few minutes. And anyone even the normal coordinator would be brain dead for the amount of time you were gone." The doctor made him sit up and follow his finger before allowing him to lie down. He shook his head and grabbed a needle rolling up Kira's sleeve. Applying some rubbing alcohol with a cotton swab he then drew some blood.

"I'll let you get some rest Kira I'm sure this day hasn't been in your favor." Kira nodded and slowly closed his eyes. The doctor turned to everyone. "I'm going to try and find out what exactly happened…in the meantime please get some rest and return to your duties. I'll contact you if he has another episode."

Ken ignored his suit as it warned him of low power. The Tyrant had been hit several times and was going to need some serious repair when and if he managed to return to the ship. Dodging he ignored the sweat the poured down his face and fired back. He grunted as he was hit from behind and spiraled upwards a rain of fire upon him.
Yzak groaned opening his eyes to see everything swirling past him.

"What hit me?"

"Ami."

"Oh." Yzak blinked as he was placed on a bed the cool blankets and soft mattress making him relax a tad but he was still pissed. "Wait." He hissed pointed a finger at Dearka's retreating form. "She hit me?" Dearka paused and looked at him.

"What? Oh yeah. Yes she did."

"That son of a bitch." He spat. Dearka left the room to get to his mobile suit.

"Back again are we Mr. Joule?" A doctor asked sadly...Yzak growled like an animal.

Ami watched as Athrun pointed his finger at her and began to speak in a very clear and harsh tone.

"Ami. You are not a pilot of this ship. You are not the owner of that mobile suit. You have no right to harm my teammates. Especially when he's looking out of you and considering that this is Yzak's we're talking about…" Athrun lowered his finger and shook his head "You had no right to do that. None. If I catch you leaving this hanger in that suit I'll shoot you down." Ami watched as Athrun turned and went to his mobile suit just as Nicol left the hanger in the Blitz… She looked at the Capital before biting her lip and walking away.

"If he doesn't come back…" Ami hissed to herself. "I'll never forgive you Zala."

Kira opened his eyes and nearly screamed as he awoke finding something on his nose staring at him. Sitting upright and flicking the spider off he pushed away the covers and looked around desperately to find where the spider had flown. He spotted it on the floor and keeping his eyes trained on it reached for the pillow. The spider hissed and Kira grabbed a pillow glaring at it.

"I dare ya to hiss like that again bud." The spider took a few steps forward and raised its front legs in a threatening manner. Kira could see its long fangs in the front of its face and hoped it wasn't too poisonous. It hissed again and Kira gulped raising the pillow to strike at it. "Did you crawl into a biohazard waste dump when you were little or something you mutant?" the spider hissed again its front legs twitching as if it dared him to get closer. Kira threw the pillow and cursed when he missed. The spider inched forward and Kira glared at it. "Don't come any closer I got…I got a gun." He lied and the spider seem to know it as it hissed racing at him. "Oh shit!" He cursed jumping off the bed and grabbing the pillow. He backed up and watched as the spider turned and slowly approached him. "What happened to that saying 'its more scared of you than you are of it?'" Suddenly the door opened and he snapped his head in the direction as Cagalli entered.

"Kira? What the hell are you doing?"

"Spider!" Kira yelled and Cagalli gave him a blank look before laughing and doubling over.

"Are you serious?" Kira glared at her and she stared at the now docile spider … "Wait till I tell the others that you were-"it was then the spider charged Cagalli screamed as it hissed racing at her. She dived behind him.

"Holy shit! Kira! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!"

His suit was beeping warning him that any moment it would be over whether or not he still wanted to fight. Glancing at his reflection for a brief moment he saw his crazed eyes daring the world to take him on…he growled. "The Tyrant isn't done yet."

"Ken? Ken you there?"

"Nicol?" he asked dodging. "Where are Athrun and Dearka?"

"Long story. But they'll be along shortly."

"Good because my suit wont hold out much longer. She's ready to give in."

"How much time till your power runs out?"

"Two…three minutes. Maybe five if I just float here." He grunted as something hit his suit more warnings flaring before him.

Ami walked into the infirmary only to receive one of the coldest glares she had ever been given in her life.

"Hey Yzak." He narrowed his eyes pushing the icepack harder against his head.

"What do you want?"

"I'm not sure." She answered brushing some hair away from her face. "I'm wondering if you've ever met a pilot named Kira?"

"Kira?" Yzak narrowed his eyes at her. "Not that I can remember why?"

"He has something we need…Unfortunately we can't find him. We thought Athrun might have it since they are best friends but…" She threw her hands in the air. "Nothing? It seems were going to have to find Kira's parents instead."

"Friends? I've never heard Athrun speak of him."

"Weird…they've been friends since small brats." Yzak sunk into his pillow staring at the ceiling.

"Friends huh?"

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

'Yzak fired again and Kira's eyes widened blood tickling from his mouth'

"Oh crap." he groaned closing his eyes shut.

"Yzak?"

"What?" He stared at her.

"Something the matter?"

"Besides the fact that I feel like I've been beaten with a shovel across the head? No! Nothing is the matter!"

Ken was gasping for breath leaning back in his seat. His eyes were darting in all directions considering all options as fast as his mind could process them. His suit had almost held out for a full two hours…

"Hang in there." He growled at it as suit. Suddenly two other machines appeared and he breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed that they were Athrun and Dearka.

"Kira? Cagalli?" Mwu asked pausing. "Why are you standing on the bed?"

"Shhh!" Cagalli hissed franticly waving her hand. "We're listening for it." He glanced around the room and held his breath listening for something, anything. After a moment he released the breath he had been holding and felt compelled yawn.

"What exactly are you listening for?" He then heard a small pitter-patter. "What's was that?" Kira took the gun Cagalli offered and bit his lip.

"Don't anyone make any sudden movements."

"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa." Mwu said walking towards the bed… "Hand over the gun."

"Don't move." Kira said his eyes darting to his feet.

"Huh?" He looked at his foot and saw a spider about the size of a hand. He went to step on it but it was fast and he missed. He watched the spider make its way up the wall. Kira fired the gun and everyone's eyes widened as it bounced off. Kira looked at the gun and then at him.

As soon as two hours expired three things happened. The enemy retreated, the Tyrant ran out of power and a bird which happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time exploded as it got hit in exchange of some final fire.

"That…must not have felt good." Ken had commented.

Mwu blinked and shook his head.

"You hit it right?" He said trying to clarify that the spider should indeed be dead.

"Y-Yeah…" Kira shook his head. "Am I dying again? Cause the last time I died a ton of weird shit happened."

"Well if you are I'm coming along." Cagalli said watching the spider run across the ceiling. Mwu sighed.

"Kira. I'm sure you missed. I've never seen you handle a gun before. You probably just missed." Mwu was trying to convince himself as well with the others. "Hey what do you mean by weird shit?"

"Well I found myself talking to me." Kira said looking at him "I was floating…yeah there was a lot of floating. Not a lot of colour."

"Sounds like something you might want to discuss with a psychiatrist." Kira's eyes narrowed.

"Ha. Ha. Ha" He said sarcastically biting out each word.

Ken stumbled out of the Tyrant into Ami's outstretched arms.

"You damn bastard. Making Yzak promise to keep me here." Ken laughed

"So Yzak was true to his word?"

"Yeah. He's in the infirmary after I punched him." Ken pushed her away at arms length.

"You punched him?"

"Yeah after I pushed him though."

"You pushed him? How hard?"

"Hard enough that he couldn't stand for awhile." Ken glared at her.

"What kind of woman did I fall in love with? Pushing around a wounded man who can barely stand."

"A man huh? I'd say Yzak's still got a few years till he gets that title." Ken glared at her before nodding and sighing.

"He still has a lot to learn that Yzak."

The doctor entered and before the door closed behind him a spider scurried past and out. He glanced at it eyes wide. That spider was bigger then the biggest he'd ever seen. Turning to see how his patient, Kira was doing he froze. Kira, Cagalli and Mwu were standing on the bed. Mwu jumped off and cleared his throat.

"You are never to repeat this to anybody." The doctor nodded.

A man knitted his hands together the darkness obstructing his face and a good portion of his torso. He inhaled as a man entered the room.

"Has it been found?"

"No sir. It has not."

"Damn."

"Sir?"

"I'm am starting to doubt my dear nephews capabilities. First he failed to assassinate Mr. Joule and now this. What about my pet?"

"She has returned bringing with her the location of Kira. Seems he's on the ship called the Archangel."

"Is that so." The man bowed his head. "Send Mike to kill Nimuac he knows a great deal more then he lets on."

"Of course sir."

Kay! It seems like there will be two more chapters before the shit hits the fan and the stories continued in -Prisoner of War-. I'll try to update once every week!