Archangel and Kusanagi successfully escaped to space thanks to the Giga-float and, based on Malchio's directions, headed to L4 for shelter. No one knows why he chose that place, but they do know, however, that the move to go to space was right as rumors start to spread of EAF's doomsday weapon that is created to eliminate PLANTs. And then there was the Orb incident. Although Uzumi didn't mention anything about the bombings on its soil, Waltfeld somehow felt responsible due the connection of his agents' disappearance to the fact that someone who resembles Kira is captured on tape just minutes before the attack. Athrun, who grew up with his presumably dead friend, had been trying hard to convince himself that Kira hadn't been the one who betrayed them at Davos, but upon watching the footage, his confidence start to fade and, added with the fact that Cagalli was attacked, and most probably dead, anger somehow took the place of that confidence. To make matters worse, the two ships encountered a patrolling EAF squadron within Earth's orbit. They were destroyed but one of the units managed to radio lunar base. As a result, everyone on both ships are on their toes, including a civilian which Flaga 'rescued', who, after shaking off the consecutive shocks when finding out about Athrun, Flaga, and DARTH, now serve as one of Archangel's undermanned CIC post.

EAF pretty much managed to purge ZAFT off the face of the earth, but their victory came in a high price. ZAFT, noticing the increasing suspicious activities on and around the Ptolemaeus base, called back all of its forces and pulled a move executed by EAF ten years ago by using the Cyclops system. EAF readily fell for the robotic decoys installed to replace the human elements.

Back at PLANTs, anxiety is vaguely present amongst its populace due to the knowledge Providence's theft and rumors of EAF's activities on the moon. Knowing that Lacus' abduction will cause further panic, the Supreme Council tried hard to cover the incident, but sooner or later, a leak is inevitable. Of course, investigation efforts and pursuit were already done. Ades, captain of the stolen Vesalius, was assigned to the experimental high-speed transport ship Eternal, together with several volunteers and 5 chosen rookie red-coats, in an effort to give them battle experience before the impending all-out assault on the moon. The remaining prototype nuclear-powered MS the X10A, which was being tested with the METEOR system and therefore escaped Creuset's hands, was also loaded abroad Eternal. After following the bearings of the recon GINNs for a few days until the last report before they lost contact and believed to be destroyed, the ship's present location placed it closest to the abandoned L4 colony group than any other potential hiding place.

Subliminal Determination
"They had been there since we arrived" briefed Ades to a group gathered around the tactical map of the bridge, "There's still no sign of Vesalius, but they are likely to be hiding within the colonies in the vicinity. Having a 2 day lead is advantageous to them. It is possible that they might have left the area"

"Any identification on the battle?" asked Kira, his voice drawing the attention of the group.

"Sorry, sir," Yzak replied in a mocking voice, completely disregarding Kira's white uniform, "I believe our mission was to secure-"

"Yzak, stop it already" Dearka interrupted him.

Those two ex-Dublin Institute students were enrolled into the military school by their Supreme Council member parents after the Davos affair and EAF's invasion of the Americas, in light of the impending war threat. Being better than the average coordinators, it is no surprise that they received the ace red color uniform during their graduation right the day when DARTH abandoned its HQ. However, upon assignment to Eternal and finding out that their commander is Kira, Yzak was not very happy. He, more than once, protested for the reason and purpose of such a young commander, and was not convinced when told that Kira's been working undercover in Dublin in an effort to bring down Creuset. Siegel created a false profile for Kira, seeing him having more experience and training than anyone his age in ZAFT, and more importantly, the determination to get Lacus back. No one else within ZAFT knows about DARTH.

"Montgomery-class, Forbidden, Raider, Calamity, and 3 unknowns off the colony west side. EAF registration detected but unknown on the other units" reported one for the CIC officer.

"It is unlikely that we will evade their detection if we were to investigate the colonies" said Ades, "our prime suspect is the GARM-R&D, the only fully intact and operable colony. The east side dock entrance should be accessible, but it they chose to interfere, exit might be complicated"

"Launch all mobile suits" said Kira, prompting the pilots to leave and get ready, "there's no other way around it. Eternal will stay here"

Ades nodded as Kira left the bridge. He then assumed his seat, announced condition red and prepared the ship for MS launch.

"I don't like him, I don't respect him" said Yzak quite loudly in the hangar, floating towards Freedom, the unit which he believed was assigned to him, the best pilot, until it was announced otherwise.

"Then what do you want to do, coup him?" joked Dearka as he laughed with nobody in particular because no one found it funny.

"He is still the commander. Don't mess with him or you will get court-martialed" warned a brown-haired girl as she went past the two pilots.

"And you, whatsyourname, Shiho? Don't interrupt me!" barked Yzak, still looking hesitantly at his GuAIZ and Freedom.

"It is so pleases you" came the voice he detests from behind him, "you pilot it. I can't afford to waste time quarreling with an overgrown kid like you"

Yzak watched wide-eyed as Kira brushed past him and entered into his GuAIZ's cockpit. He couldn't say anything in return either, and as Dearka commented, he was shut down. Saving his rage for the battle instead, he mounted Freedom's cockpit while muttering curses. Then, one-by-one, each of them announced their launch sequence and entered the black, cold space.

"Remember, our enemy is the Providence. Don't let your guard down" Kira reminded as he led 6 MS group. Though he hadn't admitted it loudly, he is currently very nervous, and unlike the others, he never recalled having piloted a MS nor had he gone through the simulations as much as they did, but he somehow felt comfortable with it as if he had done something similar like it somewhere, sometime before.

"Commander, ZAFT units detected" informed the Kusanagi CIC.

"Now? Argh, bad time" Waltfeld expressed, "Alert Archangel"

"Justice, incoming bogeys, watch out" transmitted Halberton, just as Justice's radar rang out once again when Forbidden fired his homing plasma cannon. He evaded, only to be rammed by the mobile armor Raider. Fortunately, Aisha's M1 managed to interrupt a to-be fatal shot by Forbidden, making the MS switch its concentration to it. Athrun detached Justice's backpack and directed it towards Forbidden, forcing him to draw up his shields to block the Fatum cannons. The other Strike Daggers are still busy engaging the M1s and GuAIZs.

Not wanting any trouble, Eternal team discreetly headed straight for the entrance of colony. Athrun and the M1s didn't want to invite more conflict as well, but after seeing them approaching the damaged Kusanagi docked in the east entrance and not knowing their intentions, pursued them and consequently drew the battle with them. Kira also didn't know that a mothership is docked within the colony entrance and was clearly surprised when the enemy suddenly chased after them.

Athrun charged at full speed towards them despite having Forbidden and Calamity firing wild shots at him. However, those wild shots, although not intended, were heading towards Shiho's and Dearka's units instead, forcing them to draw up their shields and shoot back. Yzak started blasting Freedom's guns at them to keep them at bay but Athrun's evaded through the opening in the middle of the volley and was about to cut past Yzak when Kira countered Justice's saber just a few inches from Freedom's cockpit. The moment their short-range weapons clashed, however, they felt a certain familiar tinge.

"…Ki…ra?" Athrun breathed out, as growing up with his brother-like friend had formed a sort of bond between them. Kira, on the other hand, only managed to recall flickers of the other's image upon hearing his voice.

"Get in there! We will hold them off" Yzak said, this time slashing down on Justice, which disengaged the saber lock and evaded. Kira moved off and proceeded towards the dock entrance. Assail, busy handling Forbidden, tried to stop him by sending 4 gunpods in his way, but Kira, much to Flaga's surprise, adeptly evaded through the all-range assault.

"Kira! What are you doing here? You, KIRA!" Athrun shouted, trying to go after the GuAIZ, but Freedom's, Calamity's and Raider's desire for a four-way battle held him back.

Shiho joined with up with him near the entrance, but was separated when Archangel forced the Lohengrin at them, despite having the Montgomery class surrounding it. Kira entered through the dock alone, passing by Kusanagi as if he hadn't noticed it.

"He, that unit...find out their intentions. There should be a mothership around, and be alert, the others might follow" Waltfeld started, "And when can we launch? Hurry up!"

Kira searched within the interior of the abandoned colony, flying around a couple times and each time, a strangely familiar structure caught his attention. He landed and geared up before running through into the unlighted tunnel. Soon after, he stopped in front of a spiral staircase and, somehow recognizing the place, let down the rifle in his hands.

"You sure do know how to keep your host waiting, Mr. Yamato" said a voice, suddenly breaking the silence and making Kira draw up his rifle again, "or should I say, Kira Ulen Hibiki"

"Stop your blabbering and hand over the girl right now!" he demanded, advancing along the stairs towards the source of the voice.

"Oh, don't be so rude, my boy. Come, come and see this wonderful yet sinful place in which you are born!"

Kira tried hard to ignore and shut out whatever the voice said. However, he felt some sort of affinity with the bizarre place and can't help but to process the verbal information given to him. At the same time, he had to keep his guard up upon feeling watchful eyes around each corners. The first clear recollection of his past replayed when he was crossing a suspended metal bridge surrounded by weird-looking tubes.

"Getting acquainted, Kira? That's just the beginning, you know" taunted the voice again. Kira shook off his trance and increased his speed. Meanwhile the voice continued, telling him about his origin, his family, his life, his relation to the speaker, and the lies he was told to believe. Kira felt himself getting disoriented and his breathing becoming heavy by each word said that causes vague scenes of his past, even the memory before he met Athrun, to come back to him. Then, upon reaching a dark, sizable room, the lights flicked on suddenly, jolting the sweating brown hair back to reality. Kira wheeled around many times as he switched the crosshairs of his rifle from one armed cloaked person to the next; 7 of them are surrounding him.

"Now, don't be rude, guys, place your guns down" said Creuset, coming into Kira's view, maskless and this time, Kira clearly noticed his eyes. He swiftly aimed at him while the latter merely smiled and continued, "how are you feeling? Seem rather tired to me and it should be fitting, seeing you escaped death so many a times"

"What do you want? Where's she?" Kira's almost hoarse voice said.

"First question, it depends. Second question, right here" he said, and an orange-haired youth appeared dragging the bound and cuffed Lacus who is struggling weakly and her dress ripped in some places. Kira took a step forward instinctively but stopped when another soldier brought out a blonde-haired girl, similarity bound and cuffed like Lacus and her clothes more crudely ripped. Lacus mumbled louder upon hearing Kira's voice, and Cagalli started trashing around wildly, resulting in a gun butt to the head which knocked her out.

"What have you done with them?" he asked bitterly, his finger about to pull on the trigger and blow the brains out of Creuset.

"Don't be impatient. I'll explain, but first" he motioned, and a soldier opened fire and struck Kira's right arm twice, forcing him to drop the gun. "I can't have that anger getting the best of you, can't I? Now, as for your question, let's just say that my DARTH allies here deserve them as a present. You get me?"

"You…bastard" Kira cursed, every inch of his being just boiling to send that man into oblivion even though seven full-auto rifle barrels are sniffing down at him.

"Oh, you can't tell how much I'm enjoying this" he paused, "and before I forget, Ms Attha here is that very sibling I told you about"

That statement sent an anvil down his stomach. As much as he tried to dismiss all that he said as nonsense, this place prevented him from doing so. Kira continued staring at Creuset until his smiling lips are covered by the barrel of a gun which he just drew and pointed at Kira. The other two holding Cagalli and Lacus also placed their guns on each girl's heads.

"This time, surely" his voice suddenly changing to sounding vicious, "watch them your own eyes, but don't worry, you will join them shortly"

The cold, calm face Kira tried to put up now completely disappeared as he watched the eyes of the orange-hair and almost pleading with him. In slow motion, he witnessed Rusty's gun moving up away from the pink hair before simultaneous bangs rang out in the room. He thought he was dreaming; neither Lacus' nor Cagalli's dead bodies he sees, but Creuset's bloody hand and the fallen remains of the 4 soldiers. The 5 others, including the orange-haired youth, now has their weapons aimed at the blonde man.

"Rusty, you bastard" he hissed, slowly backing up to a counter behind him.

"You overly underestimated DARTH members. Just because Miguel is stupid enough, you believed each of us is that easy to be used of, and that is your weakness. Cuff him" Rusty said, kicking Creuset's gun towards Kira, "You would have never thought the person you're trying to kill is the person setting up all these traps, wouldn't you?"

Kira's mind now raced rapidly due to the drastic turn of events. He, without noticing it, let one of them, Faye, apply a patch to his wounds while another cuffed Creuset, and the last two unbound the two girls. Lacus rushed to Kira's side, while the other is thrown on the shoulder of one agent. Kira's still in trance as he recollected the events which led to this; beginning from the dreams he saw while hospitalized in HQ up to his conversation to Rusty.

"What, what do you mean?" the blonde asked, now surprise evident on his face.

"I don't know how he managed to predict all these, but, yes, Kira trusted me on this task, and Father Malchio supported it. We carried out your plans, though none died in Orb. The media was given false information, thanks to Uzumi's trust in us. And to assure your sick mind," Rusty shot Creuset's right foot, making him curse in pain, "we did not open your sexual presents. These two are better actresses than we thought. Now move it!"

"K,kira?" Lacus said when Kira still hadn't done anything or spoke a word as they followed the six through the way which Kira came from. Suddenly, on the suspended bridge, a strong vibration flickered lights and knocked them off-balance, providing the opportunity for Creuset to tackle his captor down before running away. All of them didn't know he escaped until the tackled agent alerted them. However, as they opened fire, Creuset had escaped through a door.

"We need to keep moving" said Kira finally amidst the next, more violent tremor. "How are you getting out of here?"

"Shuttle. Commander's Kusanagi is within range of this colony. It seems an EAF faction joined them in that white battleship. I just hope they don't get shoot us down by mistake. Only Malchio knows about this mission" Rusty answered.

"Why are they up here for?"

"Self-destructed the base. EAF's compromised her location" he said grimly and added, "I'll explain the rest later. Creuset's still have control of the Vesalius, problem", before separating. Kira thought of entrusting Lacus to them but feeling her constant tight grip on his arm, he dismissed it.

"Are you okay?" asked Lacus as the two were pulled up the GuAIZ's cockpit cable.

"Yeah, sorry, for dragging you into-" he stopped abruptly just as a sensation struck his mind, prompting him to boost up a split second before beams from all directions come striking his way.

"And when can we launch? Hurry it up!" said Waltfeld.

"We can but engine 1 is still offline, we will be at a disadvantage"

"Commander!" transmitted Athrun, "The unit that went inside, that's Kira!"

"Assail damaged, returning to Archangel"

"Grets, Boran, Fran. Signal lost!" followed another operator, adding to Waltfeld's stress and frustration.

Outside, a fatal three-way battle still raged on. Dearka and the other GuAIZs tried to disengage and follow after Kira but the M1s continued blocking their path despite Calamity on their tails, while Archangel's GuAIZs battled the Strike Daggers in their place. Yzak's hothead made him forget about his mission and was engrossed in Justice instead, putting Athrun against 3 enemies at once. But fortunately, Forbidden and Raider occasionally fired at each other and at Freedom, allowing him a few breathing times. Being outnumbered and out-experienced by the black MSs around them, Eternal's team is getting pushed rather badly. Dean's unit was taken out, leaving only Dearka, Shiho, and Norman.

"Yzak! Dammit, get back here!" shouted Dearka. "Shut up!" was the reply he got.

"Eternal, full forward" ordered Ades, "We are going to blow a hole on that colony. Tell the pilots"

Eternal fired its engines and Ades ordered METEOR activation. However, by moving away from its hiding place, it became visible to the others' radars. Dearka fired at Yzak to snap him out of his blindness and informed him of the plan. Reluctantly, he disengaged and fired at one point of the colony's side to mark Eternal's target.

"This is ZAFT cruiser ship Eternal" said Ades. "Our mission is to investigate the GARM colony. We have no intention of interfering in your battle whatsoever. Please leave us in our affair"

Everyone on the battlefield was taken aback by the announcement except for Eternal's crew and the three EAF MSs. Halberton took advantage of that and managed to score a direct hit on two of the Montgomery ships, sending one of them crashing onto the colony. Eternal followed by unleashing all its guns at the point where Yzak marked. The blast damaged Forbidden and Raider, which stood in its way, and punctured the colony's side. The remaining EAF ships fired the withdraw flares and retreated. Archangel's and Kusanagi's units let Freedom and the GuAIZs enter the colony while the Halberton just watched Eternal's movements warily.

"I appreciate the cooperation. We are currently pursuing a wanted criminal Rau le Creuset, which might be hiding within this area" said Ades.

Hearing that, Athrun followed suit and entered through the hole, and Waltfeld, linking the events that led to this, finally managed to get an idea of what's going on.

"Give it up, Creuset!" said Kira as he desperately evaded Providence's DRAGOON beam assault.

"To you!" he shouted, "never in my life!"

The GuAIZ's limited mobility cannot match up with such consecutive attacks. Kira lost the right leg and thrusters, and was at a great disadvantage until Freedom shows up followed by 3 GuAIZs. Yzak was about to full-blast Providence, but a beam-spike funnel interrupted him. Creuset redirected 2 more funnels towards Freedom and one at each GuAIZs. Yzak, having trouble with just 3, noticed Kira in a damaged GuAIZ managing to evade more than 5 of them in addition to Providence's own beam blasts, and realized why he isn't given the mobile suit. Until before Justice shows up, all of them can only concentrate on evading, let alone trying to fire at the MS. Finally seeing that he is being outnumbered, Creuset transmitted to Vesalius to begin launch.

"Yzak! The Vesalius, shoot it down!" ordered Kira as he knows only Freedom out of the bunch has firepower enough to knock it out in one shot. Of course, Providence isn't going to let that happen. Yzak was thrown back when one of the funnels blew Freedom's head off. The ship then punctured another hole on the other side of the colony before escaping through it.

"No matter what, I still win!" Creuset said. Dearka's, Norman's units were simultaneously disabled by the funnels waiting in ambush outside the hole.

"What do you mean?" Kira asked back.

Just as he finished, a narrow light ray can be seen from the edge of earth streaking towards the L5 position.

"GENESIS" he introduced proudly, "aimed at PLANTs, Boom! Hahaha…"

"You're insane!" Kira shouted, charging at him despite having both arms shot off. While all these were happening, Lacus was in silence beside Kira's seat.

Athrun tossed both boomerangs at Providence, distracting him, and grabbed Kira away. Shiho and Yzak had Norman and Dearka in tow respectively ahead of them. After a few shots, Providence ceased firing and escaped with Vesalius.

"Let me go, Athrun. That psycho needs to be stopped!"

"In this condition? You'll just get her and yourself killed!"

Kira immediately turned to his side, remembered that Lacus is there, and regretted putting her life in danger.

"You have a lot of explaining to do" Athrun said with a hint of anger.

Februarius Two, Martius One, Maius One, Aprilius One, Aprilius Two and Junius One fell by the first shot of EAF's weapon, in addition to several others being damaged. The death toll was estimated to be at least five million and almost all Supreme Council members perished in that event; only Eileen Canaver and Ezalia Joule, who are both away on diplomatic discussions, survived and took command of the confused PLANTs. Eileen concentrated on sorting out the panic while Ezalia organized the military for an all out assault on that weapon. Boaz forces had already begun their attack when Eternal received the order to join in. Their intentions the same, and knowing that Malchio's gone, Archangel and Kusanagi followed the ZAFT ship. Although most of EAF supports the elimination of Coordinators, a number of factions within it consider the firing of that weapon an act of genocide and rebelled on JOSH-A. Orb supported their actions and mobilized their forces too.

That news hit the crew of the three ships extremely hard. However, Lacus didn't show her weakness and attended the meeting on Archangel to decide the ships' alliance. Despite the heavy atmosphere, however, some people managed to experience some lightening times, such as Athrun saying to Cagalli that her disappearance worried him a lot, and Flaga reminding Murrue about her agreeing to go out with non-teachers only, which led up to a kiss. Missing information of previous events that caused all the confusion and suspicion was also somewhat resolved by Kira and Rusty, except for Kira's origin which Rusty and the others promised to keep a secret. Kira inquired Waltfeld about his birth, but the older man only knew that he found him and Athrun on the battlefield. Cagalli still didn't know about her relation, and Kira planned to keep it that way.

"Daddy…why" mumbled Lacus repeatedly in her sleep as tears occasionally rolled down her cheek.

Kira, seated on the edge of the bed, watched painfully at her. He knows all the tragedy links back to Creuset and vows to get him. He brushed his fingers around her eyelids to wipe off her tears before cupping her right cheek with the same hand. Lacus' tossing subsided at his touch and she slowly stirred.

"Kira…how long have I been asleep?" she asked, pulling herself off the cover, revealing an oversized shirt which slipped off her right shoulder.

"Don't worry" he said, "You been asleep for only an hour, sorry, I woke you up"

Silence ensued for the next minutes as they looked at each other. Lacus' eyes start to well up again before she abruptly jumped onto Kira's chest and cried freely for the first time since Siegel's death. He, also on the verge of tears, just held her tightly with his uninjured arm in silence, promising his life in place of hers.

"Will you be going out there again?" she asked after calming down and still leaning on him.

"Yeah"

"Then let me stay here. I don't want to be hiding," she said, referring to the plan of dropping her off on a ZAFT ship bound for Jachin Due, "especially when you are out there"

"But, Lacus" he started, pushing her at arm's length so that they are looking at each other.

"I'm not a little girl my father had been treating me. You have risked your life time and again for me. I've lost daddy, and if you…then I…"

Kira merely moved closer to her while she said this and Lacus tensed up seeing his advance. Kira, not wanting to force himself on her, waited for her response when he's just an inch away from her. After a couple seconds delay, she slowly shut her eyes and closed the gap between them.

"Kira, behind!" alerted Athrun. Freedom wheeled around and swung METEOR's sword across the pursuing Raider, forcing it to swerve out of the way. However, Justice, coming in from behind, cut through it in half before flying past Freedom toward GENESIS. Kira checked the situation around him before following the other METEOR user. A short distance behind them, Assail and the M1s engaged Forbidden and Calamity while the three ships and their MSs trailed Freedom and Justice. Their objective is to at least delay another cannon blast by destroying its mirror block until the cannon itself can be disabled.

Cagalli, with her brash attitude, tried to go out with a MS, but Athrun kept her inside Kusanagi because what she will do is just as good as committing suicide. Lacus, though she cannot fight as well, used her reputation to try to talk sense into EAF. Apparently, it worked to some extend as some ships and MSs ceased combat operations and at the very least retreated, causing confusion within the enemy. The battle had proceeded for at least 18 hours since the three ships arrived but EAF still has numerical advantage. They are so desperate in trying to destroy the PLANTs that their HQ in JOSH-A is not reinforced. Orb and her allies successfully invaded and secured that location. So far, 3 mirror blocks have been destroyed, but it came at a high price for ZAFT as they sacrificed themselves through the heavy defense and tough integrity of the target.

"That is bigger than I thought" said Athrun as they come within firing range of GENESIS. Both then unleashed all guns and missiles a few times over, taking out most of the defense units. Clear of disturbances, they fired again at the mirror block, but the projectiles proved useless, making them resort to using only the sabers which have a slightly better effect.

"This won't going to work. There must a control at Ptolemaeus. We need to take that down" Athrun said.

However, as they were about to leave, Kira felt the same flash he experienced in Mendel battle.

"Athrun, watch out!" he said as both evaded a shower of beams.

"It's that unit again"

"Go and shut it down!" said Kira before he charged at the gray MS, "Creuset, you sick bastard!"

"Sick? Sick you say? Compare me to your father and see who's sick!" he retorted while evading Freedom's fly-by slash and keeping Justice from moving away. "What I did was merely aid the process. Azrael was the one that caused all of these!"

"But without you, nothing like these would happen!" Kira answered back, moving in the way of Justice so that it can disengage. "Always. You! Why do you want to cause so much destruction?"

"I hate myself, I detest your father, I loathe his creations, the coordinators, especially you. You're a taboo! Blame it all on him, not me! Blame it all on his obsession to create the ultimate human, you. You are guilty as well. Man's weakness, envy. Why couldn't they do this, why couldn't they be like them, why couldn't they dream to be like they want to be. I'm a failed result, Kira! I envy you. I thought, why didn't he just kill me? He forced me to live miserably like this. So now, I'll repay that deed by eliminating his pride, you, brother, even if it means my demented life!"

"What…what do you-" Kira let his guard down, costing him both the METEOR arm equipment.

"I was a botched specimen, I'm only a year older than you, but I age too quickly"

"There's no reason act that way either! If you so hate your life, why not kill yourself?"

"Not after taking his dreams down! You hear me? I'll have my revenge" Creuset declared once and for all, "Tell me, Kira, if have no one you love exist and there's no desire to be accomplished, would you go on? What is your motivation for living?"

"What are you implying?" he self-destructed the remaining METEOR, taking down 3 funnels nearby.

"Is it world peace? Is it DARTH? Or is it Lacus?" he taunted while the two locked sabers.

Images of the battlefield scrolled across his eyes: Assail taking Forbidden exploding; Justice being surrounded with beam bombardment and still managing to damage the base; Aisha and Dearka getting blown to bits; the M1s and GuAIZs fighting desperately; Raider getting blown by Archangel's cannons but not after firing at Eternal's bridge and causing a huge explosion.

"You can see it more clearly, don't you. This is our gift, our curse! That old Malchio thinks everyone is good…thinks he can change me, fat hope!" Providence picked off Freedom's right arm, "I will still win, no matter what. If the controls are destroyed in anyway, GENESIS will fire. So now tell me, she is dead, what is your motivation?"

"You! I'll…kill you!" he shouted furiously despite the beads of tears escaping his eyes, as Freedom, now equipping the double-edge saber, start to push Providence back and taking down the funnels one by one. Creuset didn't say anything else and merely smiled as if he wanted this to happen. Providence led Freedom towards GENESIS as they continued their battle there.

Kira's too enraged after seeing Eternal that he forgot about Malchio's words and didn't care about anything else but Creuset's death. Little did he know that the explosion is caused by the detonation of Assail and Forbidden, which melted Eternal's armor considerably but not destroying the chassis. Athrun's too far to be stopped from destroying the lunar base either, and the moment he took it down together with Azrael, GENESIS initiated its firing sequence of 40 secondes Words could not describe the shock on Athrun's face. He witnessed the breaking of a green seed and rushed back towards Kira's position while shouting his name.

By that time, Freedom had already impaled Providence through the pilot seat and burned its thrusters into GENESIS's barrel. That way, both mobile suits' nuclear explosions will interrupt the cannon fire and hopefully destroy it. Creuset, having a beam saber just inches from his head, grinned lifelessly as he believed to have successfully completed his intentions. Kira, failing his promise on Lacus, decided on this fate, until…he heard her voice calling him. His arms automatically jerked back, making Freedom let go of the saber handle before boosting along the cylinder with GENESIS's much faster laser chasing behind him. Athrun watched helplessly as the blue-white ray emerged out the barrel and approaching with the mirror block. However, an explosion within the cylinder disrupted the nuclear balance, therefore overloading the output of the cannon and detonating it in a bright white light. Justice, very close to the explosion, was pushed off by the shockwave. All eyes, including Lacus', were fixed on the blinding glow as it subsided; the only difference, hers is flooded with tears.

Following the aftermath of the massive light display, EAF surrendered and the battle came to an end. Kira was nowhere to be found…

A/N: That's it, hehe. Kira died, or did he? (Suspense music) Anyway, this concludes the everso arduous story. Might be a bit rushed,eh? School's just started, for me at least, so busy, busy. Thanks for taking the time to read. Even more thanks for the reviews….