The Liberator of the Levitation

Chapter One-

The Levitation

Cagalli looked away from her closest and at the man leaning against her wall.

"You never told me your name."

"Dawn Tonic."

"Well Dawn may I ask you question?" The man nodded.

"You may."

"What the hell is going on?"

"Care to be more specific?" She was like a dam ready to burst because of all the questions she had to ask and because of that she couldn't ask any. She didn't know where to begin, what question to ask first. Dawn sighed. "Look, ask questions later, you need to hurry and get packing." He looked at his watch "They'll be here to pick us up at nine."

Yzak groaned as he slipped out of his Commander outfit placing it with care on a near chair. Stumbling he fell on the bed and winced at his headache. His room was fairly large and actually had a decent bathroom attached to which he could go and vomit into any time he pleased. Pressing his hands to his temples he felt like screaming. The headache had only gotten worse.

"Why wont you leave me alone."

"Sorry." He bolted in his bed and glared at Dearka. "I brought your pills. You told me to go get some."

"Right…right." Yzak fell back on the bed his headache increasing as he did so.

"You look like shit." Dearka commented. Yzak glared at him.

"Go away if you're just going to insult me."

"Heh. Sorry."

"Give me those." Dearka watched him

"What are you staring at?"

"You're starting to concern me."

"It's just a headache." He grumbled swallowing the pills. He turned away from Dearka and crossed his arms. "You can leave you know…doors right there." But unfortunately for him Dearka didn't.

"I think you should allow the doctor to check you out."

"What?"

"It's been what two weeks?" Dearka paused counting the number of days on his fingers; his eyes widened "Three weeks! It's been three weeks since you got that so called headache of yours. It's not natural."

"Don't you think I know that?" Yzak yelled. "I've already been to a doctor." Dearka paused.

"And what did he have to say?"

After two hours of lame explanations and lies Athrun, who had had a gun pointed against his back the entire time, courtesy of Dave, he had gotten Chase free from the lower cells.

Chase thanked Dave again and brushed some unseen dust of his coat.

"Ahh its good to be free again. Athrun my friend you're looking a little worse for wear." Athrun stared at him

"Considering what I've gone through in the last twenty four hours I think I've got a very good excuse."

"Well your alive and not wounded so it couldn't have been too serious." Athrun snorted. Dave glanced at him.

"If you're going to judge on how traumatic a day 's been for another don't merely judge it by how wounded they are." Chase shrugged.

"I like my method and in other news how is the Liberator?"

"He is being tended to by a local doctor. Don't worry Alex, Zinc and Spark are with him."

"What about Dawn?"

"He's with Cagalli making sure that no one tries to kill her."

"And you said you brought Kevin along?"

"He is currently trying to find a home for a baby…looking for any family or relatives."

"Again? Did the Liberator ask this of him or is this his own doing."

"The Liberator asked."

"His name is Kira." Athrun snapped. "Not Liberator…It's Kira. Kira Yamato!"

"It's nothing." Yzak muttered waving Dearka's concerns away with his hand.

"What do you mean by 'nothing'?" Yzak glared at him.

"It is none of your damn business Dearka!"

"If something was wrong. You'd tell me right?"

"I don't have to tell you anything."

"So its serious?"

"No. At least not at the moment."

"What does that mean."

"Damn." Yzak winced grabbing his head. "Just go away Dearka."

"But-"

"Leave me alone!"

Cagalli watched as a back car pulled out in front. She sighed putting on her coat. Her hair was still damp from the shower but it seemed it would have to do. Looking at her luggage she glanced around for Dawn the man had said he needed to use the restroom but after that she hadn't seen him since.

"Dawn? Dawn Tonic where are you?" She went into the kitchen and found him his arms full of food.

"Hey!" He protested as she grabbed the sandwich from his hand "I was hungry." She made him put all the food away and by the time that was finished their ride was honking away at them. Dawn munched on a sausage he had kept as he picked up her luggage and stumbled down to the car. A delicate balancing act taking place.

"How much stuff do you need?" He yelled as he hopped on one foot catching her purse with the other.

"I could have brought more so shut up! BesidesI packed for Athrun as well."

"Hey Dawn. Need help?" Cagalli turned to see a man.

"Thanks Spark that would be greatly appreciated...aren't you suppose to be with the Liberator."

"The liberator is in surgery…Alex and Zinc are still with him."

"What! Kira is in surgery?"

"Yes. Has been for the last hour…they need to reconstruct his knee…" Spark sighed "Again." Cagalli took note of that 'Again.' Adding another question to her already long list.

Cagalli got in the back seat with a sigh. Spark now sitting in the drivers seat yawned as he turned on the headlights

"Why did you become a Zeroman?" Cagalli asked trying to start a conversationas Dawn took the passenger seat. Spark got the car rolling and soon her house was blocks behind her.

"To become a good role model for my brothers and sisters." Dawn answered. "I'm the oldest of eight kids."

"Eight?" Cagalli asked stunned. "That's a lot of kids for a couple to have."

"Yeah well Kevin has seven kids an eighth on the way."

"He's a father?"

"Yep…Kira adopted too you know?"

"He adopted?" Cagalli asked… "A kid? You mean a living breathing human child?"

"Yep… Roderick. Kira found him in a dumpster near an abandoned warehouse merely a newborn. They got attached in the three days they were forced to remain together."

"So much has changed." Cagall whispered shaking her head. "He's not seeing anybody is he?"

"Not that we know of…" Dawn answered looking at Spark. "Why?"

"Lacus Clyne. Ever heard of her?"

"Who hasn't?"

"Well they're kinda dating…In fact I think they're engaged." Dawn and Spark nodded looking out the front window.

"That explains so much."

"That's why he wouldn't allow Chase to hook him up." Spark muttered. "I've always wondered."

Athrun watched as Dave pulled out some keys and unlocked a car.

"Let me go in first and start it up." Chase grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back.

"Care to explain why you're-" Chase interrupted him in a serious tone.

"The reason why he's starting the car with no one else inside is because it could have an explosive wired to the ignition."

"And you're just going to let him die?"

"It's simply a safety measure Athrun..."

"We're safe!" Dave yelled as the engine started up. Athrun shook his head. Chase paused opening the passenger door.

"Who was that gray haired fellow who was interrogating me." Chase asked him. Athrun opened the car's trunk throwing in a suitcase.

"Yzak? You mean Yzak Joule?"

"Yes. It seemed like he had a headache."

"Maybe because he did."

"Oh. Interesting." Chase entered and Athrun shrugged it off as nothing more then weird behavior.

Crystal clear the water was…bearing no dirt, garbage or life. He knelt by it his hand extending to touch its surface.

"I have no reflection?" he whispered his hand wavering over the water.

"1097441…1097441…" He stood a strong breeze ruffling his clothes.

"1097441?" Something pushed him into the water and he turned on his foot as he fell. A woman crossed her arms lifting her head.

"Remember well my words…"

Yzak gasped bolting upright. He looked around the room and fell back seeing that it was just another dream…more numbers. His headache was pounding fiercely and he quickly pushed aside the covers as he felt himself becoming sick. Rushing to the bathroom he began to vomit.

Kira sighed as Alex pushed him to the car in his wheelchair.

"Five hours of surgery." Zinc said crossing his arms in the drivers seat. "I was waiting here for five hours…"

"Sorry." Kira said as Alex opened the door and helped him transfer to the passenger seat.

"No I don't blame you its just that…I'm bored." Alex glared at him.

"You're…Bored?"

"Sorry."

"Yeah I thought so." She hissed folding the wheelchair and putting it in the trunk. Kira glanced at her.

"Don't be so hard on him. He's only been a Zeroman for a week." She sighed

"You're too soft." Kira laughed.

"You're just too harsh. Get in. We're late."

"So how'd they capture you?" Dave asked as he halted at a red light.

"Well you know how I was suppose to ummm…" He glanced at Athrun. " Do that Blue Ace thing?" Athrun glared…

"Using code words?"

"So what if I am?"

"Anyways." Dave continued for him. "What happened?"

"Well I tripped an alarm on floor nine. The password was 87763233 and I entered 876232…I got it mixed up with our homeroom password."

"Rookie mistake." Dave said

"Yeah…anyways. Soon I have twenty men on my ass. Coming left and right. Actually I had fourteen men coming right and six or something left. So I took the right because it led to a staircase."

"Did they pull their weapons?"

"They already had them pulled. And as I fired so did they. I got to the staircase fine and raced down the steps faster then rain towards the bucket."

"What does that mean?" Dave asked as the light turned green.

"It means that I went fast. And I was unstoppable."

"Till you reached me." Athrun said a little smug.

"Yeah…until I reached you."

"What happened?"

"I went around a corner and he tripped me. I fell and he put a gun to my head. The other men caught up and bam. End of that story."

"So what is this Levitation I've heard you speak of?" Athrun asked and the men became silent.

"Sorry but unless the Liberator permits it…we cannot tell you."

Yzak took a wet cloth and stumbled back to bed. Pressing it against his forehead he fell into bed. His headache, this headache…was as Dearka said not natural…

Flashback

"Mr. Joule I hate to give you bad news but I have no good news to offer you." Yzak looked at the doctor.

"I figured that much out."

"Mr. Joule you have something we call I.V it means Illusionary Vision. It's been recently discovered among second and third generation coordinators. We haven't found a cure for it yet and we're not sure its possible. You see what happens is that the brain starts having regular occurring mild seizures. This flares off all the nerves in the brain and temporarily stops the heart…a second maybe two but in this time a rapid session of things occur that we still don't understand…this does criminal damage to your brain…We're not sure the long term effects of such a condition…we have only recently discovered it … I'm sorry."

Fin Flashback

Yzak would have cried had he been a bit younger. Instead he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

"Why me?"

They pulled out in front of a ship and Dawn exited opening the door for her. Spark got out of the vehicle.

"Looks like we're the first to arrive." Spark announced looking at his watch. "I can see the excuse for the Liberator seeing as how he has to be in surgery. But Dave and the others I dunno they're…" Just as he was speaking another car pulled up and Chase jumped out before it rolled to a stop. Cagalli shielded her eyes away from the headlights.

"Sparkplug! Dawn!" Chase ran into the men and they all crashed to the ground. Cagalli laughed as they groaned.

"Quit acting like a child Chase!" Dawn yelled

"You kneed me in the ribs you ass!" Spark complained grabbing his chest

"When's the last time you had a shower?"

"Oh god! Is that your breath?" They pushed Chase off who look pleased with himself.

"Ah…its good to be back."

When Kira hobbled out of the car leaning heavily against the door with his only available arm the other being in a sling. He didn't expect to see his sister slowly approaching him at a slow jog with Athrun walking behind her.

"Kira you…you…Oh Kira." She started to cry…

"It's all right." He whispered. Alex got the wheelchair ready which he plopped himself in.

"How's your leg?" Athrun asked to which he sighed.

"It doesn't hurt so much. I'm guessing it's because of the painkillers." Alex pushed him towards the ship and he glanced at Chase.

"How are you?"

"Well when I was being held prisoner in your family's care I must say I was treated well."

"That's good to hear."

"Well!" Dawn said clapping his hands together "Once Kevin gets here we'll be ready to go."

Eight hours later - Morning

Yzak felt someone awaken him and he slowly opened his eyes. Dearka stared at him worry evident on his face.

"I've been calling you for a bit... I got worried when you didn't answer." Yzak realized he still had the damp cloth on his forehead and he sat up taking it off.

"How's the head?"

"Pounding." He replied closing his eyes.

"I'm guessing you didn't sleep well."

"I slept some." He got up and went to retrieve his commander's outfit.

"How much?"

"Three hours maybe four." He blinked "Why the hell do you care? And why the hell am I telling you?"Yzak glared as heput on his shirt and straightening it against his thin form.

"You should really get a look at yourself. You could pass as a corpse." Yzak's hands froze and he winced at the comment and as he went to go and get his shoes. Dearka took notice of that and felt his heart clench…the nagging feeling that Yzak was dying was growing with each passing day.

'Does his mother know?' He thought to himself.

"No she doesn't." Yzak hissed and he blinked.

"How'd you know what I was thinking?"

"You said it aloud you moron."

"I did?"

"Yes." Yzak pushed back some hair. "Damn it! I didn't get the document done. Get Shiho to finish it would you…its on my desk."

"Ahh sure." Dearka left but not before he saw Yzak flop onto his bed and hang his head.

"So what do you want to do now?" Jackson asked turning the T.V off and staring at the child. Roderick or Rick for short looked at him his gray eyes narrowing into a hard glare.

"When's daddy going to get home? You're boring." Jackson sighed.

"Well I'm sorry but I was told to you look after you."

"It's probably punishment for breaking the fish tank."

"And I ruined an important file by spilling coffee on it." Jackson nodded. Defiantly punishment. "So what do you want to do now?"

"Hide and seek!"

"Nope. I want to keep my eyes on you." Rick crossed his arms and leaned back into the couch.

"You're mean. I'm gonna tell daddy."

"Go ahead." The phone rang and he bent over picking it up and off coffee table. Glancing at Rick to make sure he was going anywhere he answered it.

"Hello."

"Hey. It's Zeroman Spark."

"Codeword?" It was required for when a Zeroman spoke to another to ask for a codeword. It changed each week and if the person answered it incorrectly the call was traced and the person imprisoned.

"Shrill Shrimp."

"Correct…so what you phoning for?"

"We are on our way back and will arrive sometime tomorrow."

"I'm sure Rick will be pleased to hear this." Rick who was listening to his side of the conversation started to speak loudly in his ear.

"What will I be pleased to hear?" Jackson gave the kid a light shove but Rick didn't seem fazed by it as he crawled onto his lap. "Tell me! Tell me! Why won't you tell me? Don't ignore me! You're ignoring me!"

"Quiet squirt!"

"Tell me!"

"I'm trying to talk on the phone! Quiet!" He put the kid on the floor but Rick crawled back on the couch and began pulling on his arm.

"Tell me, Tell me, Tell me!" The kid began to hop around and Jackson had to catch him as he tripped almost sprawling face first onto the floor.

"Quiet! And stay still for just a moment!"

"Rick being a handful?"

"Hell ya. How's the Liberator?" Spark paused and that was all Jackson needed to know that something was wrong. "What happened? He didn't get hurt did he?"

"Yeah. Shot twice." Jackson let out a long breath putting a hand over his eyes.

"How bad is it?"

"He was in surgery for five hours to reconstruct his knee and fix his shoulder."

"So nothing too serious or life threatening?"

"Nah."

"You guys should be ashamed. Allowing the Liberator get shot." Rick gasped.

"What! Dad was shot?" Jackson tried to calm the boy down as he began to cry. "No, no, no, no…don't cry daddy's gonna be fine."

Athrun looked around the ship and ran his hand along a near chair. The ship was first class all the way and as Kevin took a seat putting on a headset and flicking on a few computers Spark came rushing into the room.

"Liberator sir. You're son is bawling his eyes out. Jackson got him all upset." Kira laughed and motioned for Kevin to put them on visual. Kevin nodded and pressed a button. Athrun jumped when a hand touched his shoulder and he looked over to see Cagalli.

"Adopted" she whispered, he breathed a sigh of relief remembering a certain pink haired princess that awaited even a whisper of where her lover could be. A screen to their far left activated showing a tired man trying to comfort a very distraught child in his arms.

"He's fine you numbskull!"

"I hate you!" The kid bawled.

"Roderick." Kira said calmly and the child's head darted to the screen.

"Father! He punched me!"

"I did not!" The man yelled looking frightened

"Babysitting not going well?"

"No! Not at all." The kid looked suddenly sadden.

"You hurt?"

"Yes. But I will get better."

"You are always getting hurt." Roderick sniffled and wiped some tears away. The man in the background threw his arms in the air.

"I am so getting a beer after this!"

"Jackson? Is anything going on I should know about?"

"Nope the Levitation is running smoothly."

"That is a relief to hear. What are the Zeromen doing over there?"

"Well I'm looking after you're kid. Donald and Nick are dealing with defenses. Leroy is training the solders that are moving to the B rank and Arnold is guarding the core."

"What about the bomb?"

"It has been disabled."

"Good." Roderick suddenly got his attention.

"Dad! When are you going to be home?"

"In a days time." The kid smiled.

"I miss you."

"And I you. Behave."

"Never." The kid cut the conversation and Kira sighed pushing some hair out of his face.

"You adopted?" Athrun demanded of his friend.

"Obviously I did." Kira smiled at Athrun. "What is Lacus doing these days? I sent a message for her to join me. She hasn't been kept in the dark as to what I've been doing in the last five years…unlike you two."

"She's been busy with the media." Cagalli said then paused "You mean you've told her what you've been doing?"

"I have." Kira answered. "I made her promise me that she wouldn't tell you guys."

"Why?" Athrun asked.

"I didn't want you two to worry." Kira looked apologetically and smiled. "I can already see your minds are swarming with questions."

"You have no idea."

Yzak inhaled sharply his fingers pausing over the keys of the laptop. After awhile the pain subsided enough and he was able to continue. He had work to get done and a small thing such as a headache wouldn't get in his way. A seed broke in his mind for a brief moment and he blinked rapidly.

"What the hell?" His headache was gone along with the pain. He drew a deep breath hardly believing the rapture of existing without pain. He felt like he had been born again however the pain suddenly came rushing back seemingly ten times worse. He screamed digging his nails in his head. The pain was unbearable and he was beginning to feel ill again. The door to his office opened and someone rushed inside.

"Commander?"

"I can't keep living like this… it's too hard." Two hands rested on his own taking them away from the abuse he was doing to himself. Looking at his hands it was then he noticed the blood. He had broken skin?

"Come lets get you cleaned up." Shiho grabbed his arm and winced at the blood that was suspended in the air. He had done serious damage to himself.

Lacus walked up to the ship accompanied by Murrue and Andrew. She paused as a man intercepted her.

"What is your name and business?"

"I got an invitation from the Liberator himself."

"Lacus? Oh but of course but who are your friends I don't remember hearing about such people."

"They are close friends of the Liberator. He won't mind."

"We are?" Murrue asked and Andrew glared at her. She covered her mouth with her hand.

"Did I say that aloud?"

"Ya sure did."

"Lets see what the Liberator himself has to say." The man pulled out a phone and pressing a button began to speak with another.

"Yes…three of them. They're names are…" He looked at them raising his eyebrows.

"Murrue Ramius"

"Andrew Waltfeld" Lacus looked bored but smiled as she looked on.

"They're names are Murrue Ramius and Andrew Waltfeld…yes? Really they're allowed." The man hung up and looked at them suspicious "Kira says welcome to his ship."

"Kira?" Murrue asked dumbfounded. "Kira Yamato?" Andrew looked at Lacus.

"Are we talking about the same guy?" Lacus nodded.

"We are. For the last five years Kira has created his own faction one of which could over throw both Z.A.F.T and the Earth Alliance if it so wished." Both jaws dropped and Murrue stuttered as she tried to speak.

"B-but how I mean w-when I mean."

"Come on. He wants to see you two." Lacus smiled as she walked onwards.

Kira leaned back in the chair a wine glass in his hand. He pursed his lips looking at the chessboard. Athrun crossed his arms proud at his latest move. They were currently located on the bridge of the ship a chessboard laid out across a small table.

"Beat that."

"Silence you fool I shall smite you with the…" Kira giggled as he tried to find a move that wouldn't cost him. "The Bishop!" He grinned taking away one of Athrun's pieces. Athrun blinked looking at the board.

"You are much better then Yzak."

"Yzak plays?"

"Yep. Not well might I add." Suddenly the door to the room opened and Kira glanced in the direction before smiling. Lacus grinned broadly and walked over to him.

"Having fun." She blinked her smile turning into a slight frown "You're hurt." Murrue had her hand on her forehead as though she had a headache. Andrew patted him on the head.

"How ya doing youngster?" He opened his mouth to answer but Athrun gave a sudden yell of triumph.

"AH HA!" He moved his queen taking out a knight. Kira glared at him.

"That was my last knight."

"I know." Kira looked at the chessboard.

"Just you wait." He whispered. "I will win for I am the Liberator." Kevin, Chase and Dave who were in the room shouted.

"Kick his ass Kira!" Athrun waved them away and the men laughed. Kira took a sip of his wine and Lacus looked at the board with narrowed eyes. Kira laughed moving his Rook. A checkmate was in his line of sight. Athrun saw what he was doing and moved his queen taking his Rook preventing such a fate. Kira cursed.

"You're good."

"So are you." Kevin suddenly called for his attention.

"Sir an urgent call from Zeroman Arnold. It sounds serious." Kira turned his attention away from the chessboard and at the same screen which moments before held his bawling child. Arnold appeared on the screen blood dripping down his face panting heavily. Alex rushed into the room accompanied by Spark, Dawn and Zinc. They were all dressed in their light military gear, which consisted of black clothing and some body armor. Still with only half of the Zeromen present in the room the sense of Kira's superiority and power was clear. "Sir. Dr. Hisvando rebelled along with his family and friends. " Kira nodded.

"I expected that he would. Did you do as we planned?"

"I tried." Arnold took a deep breath. "Sir he's an I.V" Kira felt his eyes widened.

"What!" He took a deep breath. "Damn it all to hell! I don't care what you have to do! Contact the other Zeromen! Take him down! Ask Jackson to leave my boy in the hands of Emma." Emma was a solider who had only failed to become a Zeroman because of her reaction time. She hesitated for far too long for fear of killing someone innocent. Athrun and the others were surprised by the reaction for they had no idea what an I.V was. Arnold nodded.

"Of course sir. Please do hurry."

"I will…" The connection terminated...Kira didn't even need to tell the others what to do for they knew of the urgency. Taking up their spots they started the ship.

"Murrue…Andrew. Please find a seat for your own safety. Athrun put the chessboard away. We'll have to finish this another time." The engines whirled as they prepare to leave earth's atmosphere and Lacus took a vacant seat in front of a large computer that hummed and clicked as it turned on. As soon as everyone found a seat the ship with a great deal of power left the atmosphere in a matter of minutes. The stars now visible beyond the glass and the sudden absence of gravity had everyone feeling a tad dizzy. Athrun, Cagalli, Lacus, Andrew and Murrue looked at him.

"Kira." Cagalli began. "What's an I.V?"

"An I.V is a person who is trapped within an evolutionary current. They evolve as they grow. Improve. But it differs with all people. We have created record of who has been discovered with I.V. So far it has only been found in second and third generation coordinators. It only becomes apparent when the person reaches their early twenties but like I said it differs for each person."

"What is so dangerous about them?" Athrun asked narrowing his eyes.

"It differs. But with people such as Harrison Polar and Lana Catisan it was deadly. They could see into the future. No one could ambush them. No one could surprise them. They were able to see into the future and learn of codes and passwords that they could use for the present. Like getting into the core. They wanted the Levitation destroyed. They couldn't see the future for one person however because of all the different roads that that one individual had."

"That person being the Liberator himself." Alex said proudly. "And he single handedly took them out."

"I didn't kill them." Kira said touching his fingertips together. "I merely shot them so they couldn't run away. They were taken to the a research facility where we discovered much about I.V. In fact it is where the name Illusionary Vision or I.V came from." Athrun leaned back in his seat troubled by what he heard. Kira looked at him then played around with the suspended wine which moments before had been contained in his wine glass."Don't worry" He added" there has only been twenty-two cases so far."

"That we know of!" Chase added to which Kira glared at him.

Yzak couldn't help but feel as though he had gone insane when the doctors strapped his hands to the side of the bed. He could no longer rub his temples to alleviate his pain nor could he try and kill himself. He screamed and arched his back as his head suddenly gave a great burst of pain. The doctors shoved him into the bed and he twisted his head away from them blood trickling from his nose, ears and eyes. He couldn't handle it anymore it was too much.

10 hours later…

"We are approaching the Levitation." Kira said closing his eyes. "If you would simply look out the window to your left." Athrun did so and his eyes widened. He had expected to see a small floating base but what he saw was gigantic. It looked like one of those spinning tops that would balance on a tip and spin till it simply lost momentum. He pressed against the glass trying to see as much as he could. It was surrounded by a huge glass ball and as they approached a section opened way for them.

"My god." Murrue whispered as they entered. The Zeroman sighed.

"Home sweet home." Kira glanced at them.

"Welcome to the Levitation."

A chapter done…it took me awhile because I am busy with school of course. But thanks to this teacher strike thing! I found the time! YIPPIE! By the Way Kira is indeed the Liberator, Dominic Veron is a man who hates the Liberator alone and if anyone decides to work underneath the Liberator he considers him or her an enemy. The organization is very, very secret and not even Dominic knows where they reside.

I apologize for mistakes...They were not intended...But who's perfect?