Dearka & Miriallia
Author's Note: I know, I'm cruel, but most of you were right, you'll see. Oh yeah, enter a new character by the end of it. Thanks again for the support everyone!
Disclaimer: It is obvious by now if I'm here that I do not own Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny or any other Gundam Series. But any characters I create to place in this world are mine (But I don't mind if you guys want to use them too. I have no problem with that. You don't even need to ask me. I enjoy sharing to make other stories the best they can be.)
Chapter 17
Home
"Dearka?" she cried again.
It took Dearka a moment to refocus on the room he was in. He could barely breathe until he saw the most angelic face. Quickly he shot upright fighting to regain his composure.
"Are you all right?" she asked.
"Fine. I'm fine," he replied.
"Good!" she yelled as she smacked him across the face.
"What the hell was that for?" he screamed.
"For lying to me again!" she answered.
Dearka's face began to turn red from her touch. His hand moved to cover the pain he was feeling now.
"Lying? What are you talking about?" he asked.
"When I asked you if you knew anything else about Annabella, you said no! That wasn't true at all. You so subtly forgot to mention she made it by Yzak and is somewhere in PLANT right now!" Miriallia yelled.
A smile crept to his face as he continued to rub his cheek. Taking a deep breath, he sighed with content and grabbed her unsuspectingly in a tight embrace.
"What are you so happy about?" she asked.
"It was only a dream," he said.
"What was only a dream?" she asked her eyebrows raised in question feeling him pull her in even closer.
He let her go and she stumbled back out of his grip a few steps away. He looked around the room before moving from his spot on the bed. When he stood up he walked closer to Miriallia. He leaned in and surprised her with a kiss. She was so stunned her eyes' widened in shock before closing to enjoy the moment.
"We should get started," he said after releasing his lips from hers.
"Get started?" she mumbled out trying to regain her composure.
Dearka looked as though he was given a second chance from the heavens and he wasn't about to take it for granted. He rushed around the room grabbing his stuff and shoved it into the duffel bag. He turned to enter the bathroom and saw the dress hanging on the door. His eyes fell for a moment and then he grabbed the dress and threw it on the bed.
"What are you doing Dearka?" Miriallia asked.
"Getting ready to leave," he replied.
He walked into the bathroom and gathered his remaining things. Miriallia stocked in after him.
"Hey, look at me," she said twisting him toward her.
"Mir, I don't have time for idle chit chat, we have to get going," he said moving around her.
Miriallia grunted her frustration at being blown off. She followed out of the bathroom and showed him exactly what she thought of his awkward behavior.
"Dearka! I'm still mad at you! Look at me when I'm talking to you," she ordered.
Dearka turned in confusion at her demeanor.
"Don't look at me like that!" she yelled.
"Well, make up your mind Mir. Do you want me to look at you or not?" he asked mocking her with an even tone.
Miriallia threw her hands up in exasperation. She couldn't figure out what was wrong with him.
"I want to kill him sometimes! But now I'm worried about him. He was so scared when he woke up," she thought.
Dearka continued to gather all his belongings again when she had finally let him be.
"Dearka? What is the matter? Answer me, I deserve that much," she stated.
He looked at her without saying a word.
"I guess not," she replied.
Dearka sighed heavily and looked down at the floor.
"Look, I've made a few mistakes in all this. It's barely been a full day that we've been together and the rollercoaster ride we're on is starting to make me sick, literally. I know what I need to do now. I need to find our daughter myself. I can't rely on any one else to do it for me. I set up roadblocks and Cadey flew right through them. The only way I'm going to stop her is if I go stop her myself," Dearka explained.
Miriallia's eyes now dropped to the floor where she noticed something familiar. She bent down to pick it up.
"Annabella's bag," she replied.
The worry on Dearka's face grew again. He was afraid Miriallia was going to lose it. He saw a few tears fall from her eyes.
"I'm coming with you to help," she stated.
Dearka looked up at her. He knew there was no way to fight her. His main objective was going to be to bring Miriallia home and leave her there where he knew she was safe while he went to find Cadey, but the determination in Miriallia's eyes told him otherwise.
"Fine, then get ready," he said.
Miriallia was a bit shocked at his reaction. She expected him to tell her she wouldn't be allowed to follow.
"My parents," she thought.
"Dearka…" she started.
Dearka looked up from his bag again.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"I need to go home first. My passport is there," she replied.
"Fine, I have time," he answered.
She tilted her head in confusion.
"What about his missions? He is still a ZAFT soldier," she thought.
"You don't mind?" she asked.
Dearka smiled at her and positioned himself in front of her. Her face heated up again as it had done many times before with him so close. He grabbed Annabella's bag from her grip and tossed it on the bed next to his duffel bag.
"No, I don't mind," he said leaning in to kiss her again.
His arms wrapped around her and she felt safe. It gave her an unimaginable amount of strength to be in his arms again like this. All her anger from what Ian had told her, melted away.
"But what about ZAFT?" she asked as he moved from her grip.
"What about them?" he replied.
She eyed him warily. She didn't want to upset him when it came to his allegiances.
"Will they just let you walk out of here for personal reasons?" she asked.
Dearka stared at her for a minute before laughing to himself.
"Yeah, they will," he answered.
She raised her eyebrow at him in question.
"What? Do you think they are going to force me to stay here when my daughter was kidnapped? I told you, Coordinators hold their children on a high pedestal. They would never deny me the opportunity to save my child," he said.
Miriallia's gaze never faltered and he felt it pierce through him.
"My parents," she said.
"Huh?" Dearka asked while turning to finish packing again.
"My parents, don't know about Annabella yet," she repeated.
"Then we'll tell them. It's better to do in person anyway. I wish I could say we could bring her home with us first and then tell them the story, but I don't know how long it will really take to track Cadey down. She can be pretty slippery when she goes into hiding," Dearka replied.
Miriallia looked down again. Then can we wait at my place until they return? They won't be back for a couple more days though," she said hesitating.
"That's fine. I always wanted to see your house. Especially your bedroom," he winked at her.
Realizing what he said she walked back over to him and hit him in the chest.
"Now what did I do?" he asked innocently.
"You know," she said with a smile.
He smiled back at her and grabbed Annabella's bag that he had thrown next to his and shoved it in the remaining space of his duffel bag.
"Come on, let's go," he said reaching out his hand to her.
She walked over and took it without question. They moved toward the exit when she noticed he left something behind.
"Dearka, what about the dress?" she asked.
Dearka looked back at it and then to Miriallia.
"I'll have it sent to her," he said smiling at her.
She smiled back understanding the meaning in his words.
"Dearka…" she started again before he could pull her out the door.
"Yeah?" he asked looking back at her one more time.
"Thank you," she said.
"Don't thank me until I get our daughter back. Until then, I don't deserve it," he said with all seriousness.
"Where are we going?" she asked quickly.
"The Personnel Office so I can get a few things done before we head out on our own," he replied.
She nodded her head at him and they continued toward the Personnel Office so Dearka could have the dress sent to Cadey's family and he could officially start his leave. Miriallia followed behind obediently.
"This is something Cadey could almost never do. Miriallia, you would make the perfect soldier's wife. You know exactly when to follow orders and when to be yourself," Dearka thought with a smile.
At the Personnel Office…
Ian waited for the receptionist to contact the Gibraltar base for him. He had to make his new commander understand the importance of his leave request. He began to tap his feet waiting for the communicator to connect.
"Come on, hurry up, I have things to do," Ian thought.
The receptionist was able to put Ian through to his commander after over a half an hour of waiting.
"Sir, Ian Randall, ID number 985475 would like to request a leave from his military post," the receptionist stated to the Commander at Gibraltar.
"Patch him through," came the response.
The young woman turned to look at him and handed the communicator to him.
"Good luck," she said with a wink.
"Thanks," he smiled at her.
"Commander Letner, I would like to request a temporary leave from ZAFT," Ian stated himself.
"On what grounds," the commander asked.
"There is something important I have to do," Ian replied.
The commander watched as Ian fidgeted in his spot.
"I need a little more than that son," the Commander stated.
"A friend needs my help, Sir," Ian answered.
"Uh-huh," Commander Letner coaxed him for more.
"Her daughter. My friends' daughter was kidnapped Sir and I know who took her. I can help her get her daughter back, but not if I'm working in the military. Please understand, I will return to my duties as soon as the little girl is safe, but I can't just sit back and do nothing," Ian informed him.
The commander's eyes softened a bit but he was still stern in his demeanor.
"You do realize we are at war right now, don't you?" Commander Letner baited him.
"Well, it's not really war, is it? We are still trying to maintain the peace, aren't we?" Ian asked.
"Very well, you may take a month and a half leave and no more. When you return, you will be reassigned to another base of operation. Is that understood Lieutenant Randall?" Commander Letner asked.
"Yes Sir. Thank you very much Sir," he replied.
"You do know why I'm allowing this don't you?" he asked him.
"Sir?" Ian asked.
"You demonstrated to me that you understand exactly the position we are in currently and that you are not turning your back on the military or the PLANTs. That is the only reason I will allow you this short leave. Go find your friends' daughter and then return to your duties," Commander Letner explained.
"Yes Sir!" Ian saluted before the communicator went black.
"Well that was easier than you thought," the receptionist laughed.
"Thanks Renee," he said joking.
"Take care of yourself Ian. I'll see you when I see you," she said.
"Will do, thanks a lot for helping me out," he replied,
"Anything for a friend," the young girl smiled back.
Ian turned to walk out the door when he saw Dearka and Miriallia enter the room. He looked down to see Dearka's hand occupied by Miriallia's.
"Seems like only yesterday your hand was holding Cadey's. Oh yeah, that was only yesterday," Ian said with irate sarcasm.
Dearka glared at his former subordinate and walked by him never letting go of Miriallia's hand. She followed him looking back between the boys.
"What is with the two of them?" she thought.
"Jealous," Dearka asked without looking back.
Ian just huffed at his remark and began to storm out of the office. Miriallia quickly let go of Dearka's hand.
"Huh?" Dearka said.
"I'll be right back, I promise. Just do what you need to get done and I'll come right back. I really just need to talk to him for a minute," Miriallia said.
Dearka's brow furrowed with agitation at the thought of Miriallia chasing after Ian.
"I promise," she said reassuringly.
"Fine, but be back in five minutes," he ordered.
"Yes Sir," she saluted in a mocking fashion making Dearka laugh to himself.
"You are a piece of work Mir. But one I'll enjoy," he thought.
He turned around to face Renee who stared at him blankly. She had definitely been out of the loop the entire day her friends had been around.
"What's up with you and Ian?" she asked.
"Not now Renee," Dearka answered.
"Wow, you must really be upset if you aren't even going to fill me in," she smiled weakly.
"Can you do me a favor and run my leave through the computer to make it official? I assume Yzak already tossed it in the system," Dearka asked.
Renee typed a few commands on the computer and sure enough found the leave request approval.
"Here you go," she said as she handed him the paper that printed to verify his leave.
"So, what happened to Cadey? I heard she was here on the base. I was sure I would see her running around here somewhere," Renee asked.
The dark brunette Coordinator asked with her green eyes flashing up into Dearka's violet ones.
"She's definitely running," Dearka said sarcastically.
"Huh?" Renee asked in bewilderment.
"Nothing, never mind," Dearka replied.
In the hallway…
"Ian wait up," Miriallia cried chasing after him.
Ian turned to see Miriallia running toward him.
"What's up?" he asked her.
"I just wanted to say thank you for everything you've done for me and for what you tried to do for Annabella. I didn't get to thank you in a proper manner before. Since we're leaving, I just thought you should know," Miriallia replied.
"We're?" Ian asked.
Miriallia tilted her head at him before answering.
"Yes, we're. Dearka and I are leaving today. We are going to find Annabella together, but first we have to stop at my home to get my passport to the PLANTs," Miriallia replied.
Ian felt his heart shatter again. Dearka really meant a lot to her.
"Well, you two take care then. I hope you guys find your daughter. But, I wonder, how will you two work around Dearka's engagement after she is found?" Ian asked as he turned to leave.
Miriallia watched him start to walk away and she ran to catch up to him. As she reached him she put her hand on his shoulder and twisted him to face her.
"What do you mean by that?" she asked.
Ian looked at her with a depressed look on his face.
"I know it's been said over and over again and I know you are tired of hearing it, but Dearka is engaged. This isn't just a normal engagement either; this is a political one that won't be so easy for him to get out of. Plus, how do you think his family will feel when they find out they have an illegitimate granddaughter. You can't think that is going to go over well in the Elsman household," Ian replied.
Miriallia was taken aback. She didn't even have the words to retaliate against Ian. He wasn't the same person she remembered meeting the day before and he was definitely acting heartless when he spoke to her.
"Look, I'm just trying to be honest with you. The Elsman's are a very important family, and so are the White's. Any child of a Supreme Council Member is considered to be royalty back on the PLANTs. His family won't take this sitting down and I don't think Cadey will either. I just don't want you to get your hopes up. I know what you want to have with Dearka, but I don't see how that is even plausible," Ian said and turned away from her again.
Miriallia couldn't move or speak. Ian continued to walk down the hall. When he was some distance away from her, he turned to look at her again.
"I really do hope you find your daughter. But, don't introduce her to the Elsman family. You'll regret it for the rest of your life, I'm sure of that," Ian said and then turned down the hallway toward the exit.
"That should do it. But man, I don't know how Cadey does this all the time. I hate the fact that I had to treat Miriallia that way," Ian thought.
Miriallia turned back toward the Personnel Office and walked in. Dearka twisted around and saw the expression on her face.
"Mir?" he asked as he walked up to her.
Renee looked up from her desk to see the beautiful young woman that Dearka had entered the room with earlier.
"Well, this is interesting," Renee thought.
"Are you okay?" Dearka asked.
"Hmm?" Miriallia said.
Dearka had a look of concern on his face and she mustered a smile in order to calm his uneasiness.
"I'm fine Dearka. Are we ready to go yet?" she asked.
"Uh, yeah in a second," he replied.
He turned back to Renee and grabbed the paper he left on the counter.
"Thanks Renee," he said before grabbing Miriallia's waist and leading her toward the exit.
"Dearka?" Renee asked.
"Yeah?" he said turning around to see her again.
"Will I see you on the PLANTs for the dedication ceremony? I'm supposed to meet up with Cadey there, so I was hoping I would see you too," Renee said.
Dearka could feel Miriallia shaking with anger in his grip. Her eyes were wide with shock at this woman's question.
"Uh," Dearka started.
Miriallia realized Dearka was in a tight spot. The woman behind the counter was obviously a personal friend of his and Cadey's. She elbowed him discreetly to make him answer her. Dearka looked down and realized what Miriallia was telling him to do.
"Yes, I'll be there. I'm sure Cadey wouldn't let me miss it for the world," he said smiling at Renee.
"Well, I'll see you then," she said before looking back down at her paperwork.
"The dress," Miriallia whispered to him.
"Huh?" he asked.
"Cadey's dress, in your quarters Dearka," Miriallia reminded him.
"Oh, right," he said.
He turned around again and let go of Miriallia's waist. He walked back over to Renee who looked up from what she was working on.
"Hey Renee, can you do me a favor?" Dearka asked.
"Sure, what do you need?" she asked.
"Cadey actually left earlier and forgot her dress in my quarters. Can you have it sent to her? I am not going to see her before she needs it. I would really appreciate it," Dearka said.
Renee stared at him for a moment and then nodded.
"Sure, I'll send it to her parent's home," she smiled.
"Thanks," Dearka said as he returned to Miriallia's side and walked her out the door.
It was time for him to take her back to her home so they could start their search for Annabella.
End
Author's Preview: Okay, I know I didn't really fool you guys on the last one, but I just thought it would be fun to write and it wasn't my real intention but as I got into it, I decided it would be neat to torment you a little (even if you didn't fall for it, you may have second guessed yourselves once or twice – crossed fingers on my end). Plus it gave me a chance to write Shiho's intentions with Yzak for a future (far future) chapter. For all of you who figured out Dearka's nightmare was his mind trying to kick his butt, Yay. So, here we go, Dearka is taking Mir home. I wonder what will happen? Please read and review for me so I can continue on my happy way.
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