Dearka & Miriallia
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Chapter 8
Schemes
"I won't let him! I won't let him leave me for some slut he met in his past. You and I are going to go somewhere where no one will find us little on!" Cadey thought.
Cadey ran down the halls with Annabella in her arms. There was no way she would let Dearka leave. Not like this. Not when they were to be married soon. She wouldn't let this child come between her and her one true love.
"So what if we were engaged by an arrangement. It doesn't mean that I don't love him. And, I know he loves me!" Cadey continued in her head.
Cadey turned the corner quickly and ran straight into Ian.
"Ian, I'm so sorry," Cadey cried out.
Ian flinched from the force she hit him with.
"It's okay," he said eyes still squinting shut.
As one of his eyes began to open he saw Annabella in Cadey's arms.
"Hey, what are you doing? Dearka went to get Annabella," Ian said.
He held back the last addition to his sentence realizing Cadey didn't know about Miriallia and Annabella yet.
"God, how will she react when she finds out this little girl is Dearka's from a previous relationship?" Ian thought.
Cadey thought quickly. He didn't know she was in the room and heard everything that went on between the two ex-lovers.
"I thought we could go for a walk. Why is Dearka looking for her?" she asked convincingly.
Ian tilted his head at the little girl and smiled at her. He couldn't help it. She was just too cute and he really had a thing for her mother in the hospital wing.
"He, uh…" Ian couldn't speak quickly enough.
"He what?" Cadey pushed the way she normally would have.
She didn't want to draw any attention to herself. Especially when Ian could read her like a book.
"Come on Ian, I have to get going. Just spit it out so I can play dumb and get the hell out of here with the kid!" she thought irritably.
"He went to get her for the girl in the hospital wing. She said she would help us if she could have her daughter back to make sure she was okay," Ian lied.
"Does he think I'm some kind of idiot?" Cadey thought angrily.
Cadey smiled at him before speaking again.
"I thought you said it was her little sister," Cadey mentioned innocently.
Ian looked up and forgot he hadn't told her what he found out in that respect.
"I thought she was, but she never exactly said that. She said she was stuck with her while her parents were out of town, so I assumed it was her little sister. But I guess her parents help her take care of the little angel," Ian said smiling at Annabella.
Annabella continued to smile back at him and would clap her hands occasionally.
"So the girl is awake?" Cadey asked.
"Uh, yeah. She is stable. I think she really just needs to see her daughter," Ian said still lying to her.
"Well, we should go back to the room so Dearka can bring her down to the girl," Cadey said and began walking.
"Umm, Cadey?" Ian stopped her.
"Yeah?" she asked.
He looked at her strangely for a moment before speaking again.
"Isn't it that way," he pointed down the opposite corridor, "to get back to Dearka's quarters?" Ian asked.
"Oh, umm, yeah. I get so turned around. Sorry," she said cursing to herself.
"Damn it! I have to get out of here before Dearka finds me!" she thought.
She turned around and began walking down the hall. Ian just watched her shaking his head.
"It's not like her to get confused like that. She can usually map out an area by walking through it once. I wonder what she is up to," he thought.
With that he shrugged and went back to find Miriallia's camera. They still had a mission to do and he was going to need any bit of information he could find if they were going to pull this off. Now that the Earth Forces know they are being watched, it will just be a matter of time before they move to a new location. Cadey turned to look back noticing Ian had left the corridor. When he did, she listened for the clicking of his boots on the ground. As soon as they were a good distance away, she turned and ran in her previous direction.
"Stupid Ian, taking up my precious time to get out of here with you. I won't let that woman have you or your father! He is supposed to be with me. I'll make him see that he only has one choice if he really cares that you exist!" Cadey thought as she ran down the hall.
She finally reached the exit and saw all the guards posted.
"Now what do I do? I have to get to one of those vehicles and get out of here," she thought to herself.
Cadey looked over to see an emergency lever next to her.
"Here we go," she whispered.
She pulled the lever and the most horrific noise blew through the entire base. Annabella started to cry, scared of what had attacked her tiny ears. She put her hands over her ears to cup them, tears streaming down her face.
"Shhh…" Cadey pleaded with her.
Cadey hid behind some crates near the doorway. The guards ran by her and into the base without noticing her presence.
"That was close," she said relieved.
She ran toward one of the vehicles and jumped in.
"Well, I don't have a car seat for you yet, so I'm going to have to hope you don't squirm too much," she said strapping Annabella into the front seat with her.
When Annabella was secured, the girl pulled down the car visor as keys fell to her lap.
"Figures. Coordinators have the ability to be smarter, but no one said they all were," Cadey mocked.
Annabella looked at her with the look of confusion. First the loud noises and strange faces, and now this uncomfortable thing was wrapped around her. Tears began to flow again from the anxiety she was feeling.
"Oh god, would you stop already? I'm just taking you somewhere we can be safe until your father comes to his senses! He will come for us and we can be a happy family. He will realize how much he loves me and not your real mommy. In fact, from now on, I'm your only mommy," Cadey stated to her.
She seemed to be a little deranged with these delusions of grandeur. Cadey had completely lost touch with the reality of the situation. She stepped on the gas and made it to the base gates. Lucky for her, she always kept one of Dearka's two passkeys. He never noticed it was gone because he rarely visited the PLANTs where it was needed. He tended to rely on Yzak to get in and out of events and never needed to pull it out. She was extremely proud of herself now for swiping it so long ago. It had even served her in her stowaway attempt.
"I knew this would come in handy and now it has, twice," she said smiling at Annabella.
The gate beeped its' recognition and allowed her to exit the base. Quickly she began driving down the road, smiling to herself for her brilliance.
Back on the base…
Dearka had gone to his quarters and saw that Cadey wasn't there.
"That's odd," he thought.
He walked back out the door and looked down both sides of the hall.
"No sign of Cadey and Annabella," Dearka thought again as he began walking toward the elevator, "I guess I should go see if Ian has seen her."
He knew he should be mad at Cadey right now for wandering off with the little girl who he just found out was his daughter, but he seemed calmer with her situation due to what he had just gone through with Miriallia.
"Why did you do that Mir? I know there was another way. If you had just told me, I could have…" Dearka thought to himself.
Who was he kidding? He couldn't even be man enough to stand up to his parents with this ridiculous arranged marriage. How could he expect her to be woman enough to take on the responsibility of a child all by herself?
"I'm such an idiot!" he thought depressed now.
The doors opened and he walked through. Hitting the button for level 2, he leaned against the back of the elevator.
"Now what do I do? Miriallia hates me, Cadey is going to kill me and now I have to figure out how to be a father," Dearka was now deep in his thoughts.
The doors opened again as they reached their destination. Dearka walked out and continued toward the mission control room. Ian was frantically trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together over the EAF weapon system. Dearka walked in and Ian looked up with a face full of frustration.
"Where the hell have you been? It can't possibly take that long to see a baby," Ian said more frustrated at the situation between Miriallia and Dearka than the mission itself.
"I couldn't find Cadey or the baby," Dearka stated.
Before he could ask if he had seen them, Ian began to speak.
"I saw them in the hall on level one before I headed up here. I told her you were looking for her and the baby so you could bring Annabella to her mother. I didn't mention the situation you're in now," Ian said flatly.
"Thanks, I appreciate it. But Cadey never came back to the room," Dearka said.
Just as he said this, the alarm began to sound.
"What the hell is going on?" Dearka screamed.
Ian ran over to the monitor and saw the soldiers scurrying about.
"False alarm, maybe?" Ian wondered.
His eyes widened after saying this because there on the screen he saw Cadey with Annabella in her arms.
"Cadey, no!" Ian yelled as he ran out of the room.
Dearka didn't know what was happening and ran after him.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Dearka yelled on his heels.
Ian looked at him with a fear he hadn't felt ever before. He knew Dearka was going to explode when he found out.
"I think Cadey is about to do something stupid," Ian answered.
"Cadey?" Dearka asked.
"Just get in the elevator, I'll explain as we go!" Ian yelled.
Dearka followed obediently but felt rather stupid following his inferior around like a dog. As they jumped in the elevator, Dearka looked at him. The alarm was still blaring all around the base.
"What is going on?" Dearka asked.
"Well, I told you I saw Cadey with Annabella on the first floor right? I think she knows. I'm not sure how she found out, but she was acting odd. I just saw her outside the base with Annabella running toward one of the ZAFT vehicles," Ian informed him.
"Knows?" Dearka raised an eyebrow.
"About you and Miriallia," Ian finished.
Dearka's eyes now widened.
"How is that even possible?" he thought.
"I think she must have overheard something. Why else would she have been that far past the medical wing when I met up with her. She was originally heading toward the exit. I have a feeling she was pretty upset with you and wanted revenge. How could I be so stupid? I had a feeling she was up to something. She just didn't seem like herself," Ian said with a panic.
"God Miriallia. I'm so sorry. I never thought Cadey could do something like this. I should have stopped her," Ian thought mentally kicking himself.
"Miriallia and I fighting," Dearka lowered his head.
He picked up on the exact conversation she must have heard. Even if she was out taking a stroll with Annabella, anyone within the vicinity of the medical wing could hear the fight between Dearka and Miriallia.
"Did you ever have any intention of telling Cadey?" Ian asked him.
Dearka looked back at him and the elevator doors opened. They both ran out, passing the medical wing and headed towards the exit.
"I don't know. I guess I would have had to eventually," Dearka admitted.
As they ran through the medical wing, Miriallia heard their voices. She stood up from the bed and moved toward the door with her hands protecting her ears from the noise. She looked out of the room and saw both boys from behind running down the corridor.
"Dearka!" she screamed now petrified.
Dearka stopped when he heard Miriallia's voice call for him.
"Mir," he thought.
"Go, I'll try and stop Cadey," Ian said.
He didn't want to stand in Dearka's way. He could tell the way the two went at it that they cared very much for one another.
"Thanks," he said as he turned around and ran toward Miriallia.
Ian continued toward the exit. When he saw some soldiers running by him he called to them.
"Turn this damn alarm off. It's false!" he screamed to them.
"Yes sir!" they replied.
"Cadey, what have you done now? You're going to be the death of us!" Ian thought irritated.
Ian flew out the door and toward another ZAFT vehicle. He didn't have time to grab the rental car, but realized after he was on his way that it may have been a safer thing to do.
"Great, now all I need is to run into the EAF while going after Cadey and Annabella!" he thought.
He peeled out of the base and towards the gate at a high velocity. Grabbing the radio, he ordered the gate to be opened avoiding the possibility of slowing down. The operator acknowledged his request and opened the gate just before he got to it. The car went so fast around the corner it seemed like it was close to flipping over from the turn. Lucky for him, he was a coordinator and could control the car to a higher degree than an average driver. He was sure Cadey would be heading out just as quickly, so he stepped on the gas. She already had a head start on him and he just had to get Annabella back. Ian couldn't imagine how Miriallia was going to feel when Dearka tells her what had happened.
"I should have let Dearka come get Cadey. It's his fiancée and daughter after all. Miriallia was so upset with him that it may have been better if I told her what happened. I hope you don't screw this up Dearka," Ian thought as he continued down the road to the shuttle port.
In Miriallia's hospital room…
Dearka ran toward Miriallia with the alarms still blaring.
"Dearka, what's going on?" Miriallia cried.
"It's a false alarm. Don't worry, it's going to be all right," he promised.
Dearka pulled out his communicator and called out to have the system shut off.
"Yes sir, we are working on it," the operator answered.
He latched the communicator back onto his belt and looked at Miriallia. Her eyes were still tearing. She was so upset and he knew it was probably at him.
"Why? Why did you say those things to me? Did you really mean them?" she asked.
Dearka was surprised by her calm reaction.
"I was upset. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said what I said," he replied with the sadness reflecting in his eyes.
"You hurt me. When you didn't come back, I was hurt and scared," she admitted.
Dearka was unsure of what to say to her. He wanted to grab her and hold on to her, but knew she would never allow him to. At least, she wouldn't now.
"What you said to me though, it's all true. I am a monster. I didn't want anything to do with my child, our child. I was so angry with you. I was so angry with myself. I thought she was a burden. I know I was wrong. I want to make it up to her. I want to be her mother. Please. I promise, I won't make the same mistake twice. Just say you'll let me see her. I have to know she is all right," Miriallia begged.
Dearka's eyes fell to the floor.
"Now what do I say. Sorry, you can't have your little girl because my fiancée just took her?" Dearka thought to himself.
"Dearka? Please," Miriallia said with concern now flooding her vocals.
"You can't see her," Dearka said.
Miriallia's eyes showed their confusion.
"What are you talking about? Why can't I? Are you planning on keeping her from me?" Miriallia said now wound up.
Dearka looked straight into her eyes and put his hands on her shoulders. He pushed her back toward her bed and forced her to sit down. As he knelt down in front of her, she had a horrible feeling.
"Dearka, tell me what's wrong?" she was now pleading.
He closed his eyes for a moment before facing her again.
"Tell me Annabella is safe. Tell me nothing bad happened to her," Miriallia continued.
Dearka opened his eyes and now had tears of his own.
"I am so sorry Mir. She took…" Dearka stuttered.
"Where is our little girl?" Miriallia cried.
"Cadey has her," he said.
Miriallia was now officially confused. She exhaled the breath she had been holding.
"Cadey? Who the hell is Cadey and why does she have our little girl!" Miriallia screamed.
Dearka closed his eyes and flinched while she screamed at him.
"Cadey was my… I mean IS my fiancée," Dearka stated.
Miriallia began to shake with anger.
"YOUR fiancée, kidnapped OUR daughter," Miriallia said.
"I…" Dearka was unable to finish.
Miriallia pushed her way out of his grip and stood up. She was panic-stricken now.
"YOUR fiancée, has OUR little girl and YOU don't know where they are!" Miriallia screamed again.
Dearka stood himself now and let the few tears that had welled up in his eyes fall. He wanted to yell back at her. He wanted to throw the blame for all of this to her, but he couldn't. He knew it was just as much his fault, if not more.
"Yes," he said without looking at her and eyes closed.
Miriallia walked up to him. He could feel her close proximity and then he felt a sting. She had smacked him across the face. As he opened his eyes and brought his hand to his face to rub the stinging away, she saw his tears.
"I'm…I'm so sorry," she cried.
Dearka still couldn't speak. He never expected Miriallia to do that. She had been so gentle and composed once.
"I didn't mean to hit you. I'm just…" Miriallia paused.
Dearka walked towards the door and Miriallia ran after him.
"Dearka, please wait. I said I was sorry. Where are you going? Don't leave me again," she pleaded.
Dearka looked back at her before answering. He leaned over and kissed her sweet lips. She was thrown off guard. It was deep and powerful, the same as she remembered it from so long ago. When they finally broke from the kiss he answered her question.
"I'm going to find our daughter," he vowed.
End
Author's Preview: Well, I need to hear the groups' opinion on a future turn of events. So, I watched Destiny Episode 25 in RAW form (still waiting for the subtitled so I know what was being said). There is a brand new opening, the 3rd one for the season, and Miriallia is now back with the Archangel (or will be soon) so I was thinking of running the story towards that a bit still keeping to my personal storyline but with possible small cameos and details from Destiny. But, I need advice. What do you guys think? Let me know when you review if you think that sounds like a fun idea. Next chapter is almost ready and Mir and Dearka are becoming close again, but for how long? Please read and review for me so I can continue on my happy way.
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