Your Kind….
Chapter 2: "Rescued"
By: Jen "The Stampede" Motou
"Get Out of the way Zala! He's mine!" I heard Yzak's voice rain through my head; as I saw him position the Duel - to do what he's wanted for so long - finish the Strike. 'Kira! NO!' echoed through out my mind and before my mind realized what I had done, The Aegis was in between the Strike and the Duel. "Yzak Stop!" I shouted, letting out a protective sounding growl. "What's gotten into you Athrun?!" Dearka's voice came to my ears. "Zala, what do you think you're doing?!" Yzak growled, and threatened to shoot through me to get to the Strike. "Cool it Yzak!" I shouted back at him. "Stop it the both of you. Athrun bring the Strike aboard the ship. I want the pilot ALIVE. We'll have a talk once aboard, understood Mr. Zala?" Commander La Creze's voice came, it was his usual monotone voice, the voice of reason. "Understood." I said, and grabbed a hold of Kira's Machine. 'Kira.' I thought once more and headed back to the ship.
When we arrived on board, the crew of the ship -the Mechanics anyway- had some strange looks, seeing a new –badly damaged- machine. By the time the doors of the Aegis had opened, and I had left its cockpit I could clearly hear "We finally got him!" "Calm down Yzak, he's not going anywhere." "Shut Up Dearka! You have no idea how long I've waited to see the face of this pilot. No idea how much I've wanted to torture him." My eyes went wide at the sound of Yzak's voice as he let that word –torture- fluidly roll off of his tongue. I pushed off of the Aegis and quickly floated over to the Strike. When I had gotten to it, Dearka and an Impatient Yzak were waiting outside. Nicol floated over as he heard Yzak shout, "Come out with your hands up! Now!" …. Nothing. "I said Come out with your hands up!!!" Yzak sounded again, gun in hand, but this time proceeded to rap his fist against the cockpit door. ….Nothing again. "This is your last Warning!! Come out or I'll….." "Yzak shut up!" I cut him off, and shoved him out of my way, getting in front of the Strike. I put my ear against the cockpit door, and listened. (I was expecting to hear Kira whimpering or crying. Something. Anything, other than the heavy breathing I did hear.) "Kira…open the door" I whispered, hoping that the other's wouldn't hear me speak the "Enemy's name". But still….there was no reply.
The strike remained motionless for a few more minutes, before that dreadful though sat in. 'What if Kira's too badly hurt to reply? No! Please don't let that be it!!' When that sat in, I instantly shoved Dearka out of the way, getting to the side panel on the side of Strike's cockpit. I smashed in a few numbers and sure enough the cockpit doors slowly creaked open, relieving a sight I had dreaded seeing. "Whoa…." Was Yzak's only word as the others were struck speechless at the young pilot's condition. "KIRA!" I shouted without thinking as tears came to my eyes. The entire panel of glass, which made up his helmet, was shattered and covered in Blood. A rod, -good sized at that- had impaled his upper left arm. His white gloves were stained, by the streams of blood running over them. This head hung limp to his right side –it almost looked like his neck was busted- and there were numerous cuts up and down his arms and legs. I heard Yzak let out a snicker, but I was too worried to care. "OH MY GOD! KIRA!" I screamed tears freely streaming from my eyes, as I threw myself into the cockpit. "ZALA WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Yzak sounded, when he saw me clench my hands around the rod, resting in Kira's left arm. "Kira I'm sorry." I said before I pulled with all my might, removing the metal from his flesh. The force sent me back outside the cockpit, and I was luckily caught by Yzak and Dearka, as a blood curdling screech escaped Kira's lungs. Without thinking, I dove back in the cockpit throwing the rod to the side. Hands shaking, I quickly began to unfasten the belts holding Kira in place. "Oh God! Oh God! Kira be alright! You're gunna be alright Kira! You're gunna be alright!!" I squeaked out between sobs, as his limp body fell forward, no longer trapped. I wrapped my arms around him and my tears led to sobbing as I held him. "Zala….." Yzak sounded confused behind me. However I just gathered Kira up in my arms, and left the cockpit. "Oh My god! He's in Bad shape." Nicol sounded at the sight of Kira. I nodded, and jumped down to the ground floor, then proceeded to lay Kira's body down. My hands instantly went to his helmet. "Athrun what are you doing?!!" Dearka shouted, confused, as he laid a hand on my shoulder. "Shut up! Just shut up!" I demanded and pulled off Kira's helmet, unveiling the cuts in his face. There was blood running from his lip and nose, and a large gash in his forehead. "He's so Young, some Natural" Yzak came again, but went quiet as the injured's eyes soon changed to small violet slits. Tears falling, I slid my hand under Kira's head and held him close. "Athr—" He weakly started before I held a finger to his lips. "Shhhh little one. It's ok Kira. You're gunna be ok… I'm gunna take care of you…" I sobbed bringing him into my arms.
I paced out of the room quickly, followed by Nicol, all the way to the paramedics. "He's in need of medical attention NOW!" I shouted at the doctors as I lied Kira down on the bed. "But…he's a...he's an earth…" "I don't care what he is! He's in need of attention NOW!" I screamed back at the quivering doctor, and they just nodded and went to remove Kira's pilot suit. "Send for me when he wakes up. NO ONE but me and Commander La Creze has authorization to see him. Understand?!" "Ye—yes Sir." With that Nicol and I left, and headed to get our Uniforms. Once that was taken care of, not soon after did I hear Yzak from behind me. "Hey Zala! Why is it the doctors, won't let Anyone in that room? Is it because of that Pilot? Is it because of…..Kira, wasn't it, wasn't that what you screamed at him?" He finished with a smug look, as if demanding an answer. "I have to go see Commander Creze!" I barked at him, avoiding the question, storming away from him….
To Be Continued…