It's held for years. The truce, the shaky truce. ZAFT gets a slice of the profits and free entertainment at parties. Meanwhile the girls get to administer their own justice and claim Old Minerva as their turf. If one their soldiers come in not shopping the girls send him packing. Sure they'll steal his Mobile suit, dress him up, and steal his pants and gun. But he gets sent back alive. That's the truce and rules. As long as ZAFT stays out the girls keep the pimps and mob out.
The Mob, this will be a dream come true, with Rau dead this will leave the girls open to attacks. The streets will be covered in the girl's blood all because of one slob who drank on to many. A slob with a badge, Rau you son of a bitch.
Kira shoved the badge into his shirt, feeling it on his chest. Half an hour had now passed since Frey acting like a complete pro had led a bunch of slobs to their deaths. Now she was shaking like a lost orphan, her voice sounded terrified. Every girl there knew things were straight to hell, only thing was Frey was the only one who said so.
"The cops, the mob. Things are gonna go back to the way they used to be" she managed to say. The girls went silent, no one wanted to even think about what would happen.
"THE HELL THEY WILL!" shouted Lacus with her fist clenched. "We have guns, we'll fight ZAFT and the mob. We'll go to war".
"Don't act like a hero Lacus you would not stand a chance," said Kira. Everyone looked at Kira who now had his hands in his pockets.
Rau's badge presses cold against my heart. The very heart these girls jumpstarted when I was nearly taken out by Ginn Bullets. They saved my life, gave me a second chance, I owe them big.
Lacus turned round and pointed her gun at Kira's head.
"We got no time for hysterics here. I need a BuCUE, make sure it's got a lot of power. Don't go pointing that gun at me Lacus. I mean it," said Kira his tone very serious.
"WHO ARE YOU TO GIVE ORDERS? As soon as you got what you wanted you left and went off playing with that photographer. Now you come back and drop us in this mess. You brought them here in the first place. Why should I not blow your brains out?" Lacus boomed stepping closer to Kira. The rain was now falling heavily but no noticed.
"Put down the gun. Get me a BuCUE, I'll hide the bodies" said Kira calmly.
"Hide the Bodies?" Lacus looked like she was going to laugh as she drew the gun closer to Kira. "Perhaps you have forgotten that M1 that followed you. Do you think it did not bother to get yours AND Rau's I.D. They'll check every river and sewer in this colony. They WILL find him Kira".
"The Pits, I'll haul the bodies to the pits. ZAFT's suits can't detect anything there. Get that gun out of my face" Kira warned her.
Stella moves to my back, one word from Lacus and I'll be cut in half.
"You'll never make it" Lacus now had her face and the gun so close to Kira she could feel his breath. "They'll be watching the roads and then you'll be caught. Everything will got back to how it used to be Kira!" she shouted.
"You're talking crazy Lacus!" Kira raised his voice. "The skies and roads won't be watched yet. Just get me a BuCUE, if it does not work then you can have your war. DAMMIT GET THAT GUN OUT OF MY FACE" and with a few quick reactions Kira grabbed the gun and slapped Lacus on the cheek.
"YOU BASTARD" yelled Lacus, the girls went silent and prepared to attack but rubbing her cheek Lacus chuckled. "I forgot how fast you are". And with that pulled Kira towards her.
My Pink Hair Princess. I nearly have my head torn off as she shoves my mouth into hers. She kisses me so powerfully it hurts us both as I return the favour. You'll always be mine Lacus. If I have to die for you tonight I will. Kira managed to draw himself away form Lacus who was now breathing heavily and turned to the girls.
"A BuCUE, with a decent generator, and make sure it has a lot of space".
I'd rather use Strike but like Lacus said there's a good chance they got my I.D number along with Rau's. While I give out the orders Lacus' eyes are burning into the back of my skull like a Genesis beam. She does not say a single word but puts on a raincoat and a hat as the rain begins to get worse. If that was our last kiss it was a damn good one. A few minutes later we have the bodies lined up and ready. I can still feel Rau's badge against my chest. Rau you son of a bitch, you got me good.
Thanks to one of the girls called Kisato whose boyfriend was a Junk Tech the girls brought back a BuCue with a crate on its back. It was black and had a different look to regular BuCUEs.
"Where did you get that? We'll never fit them in that crate, it could only at least hold one of them" groaned Kira.
"Lowe did the best he could. We are low on time you know," said Kisato.
"Hey Lacus, any chance I can head on home? All this is making me a bit queasy plus I think I need a drink" said Frey.
"Sure, just if you're going to talk to someone don't mention anything about this. Not a single word "Lacus warned her.
"Don't worry, not even my mom is going to know" said Frey as she walked off.
"We need to make the load easier to transport" said Kira, Stella at once leapt into Sword Impulse's cockpit and returned holding a katana and drew it.
"Hold up, I'll give you a hand" said Kira removing his shirt and held up one of the bodies by its legs.
"And dry your hair when you get back, you'll get a cold and…yeesh" said Lucas as she turned to see Stella hacking up the bodies and Kira keeping his eyes averted.
Thunder cracked again, two of the girls walked past to see Frey at a payphone.
"Who you calling?" asked one of the girls suspiciously.
"Just my mom, I only wanna hear her voice. Don't worry, I won't say anything" said Frey, the girls just shrugged their shoulders and walked off leaving Frey to call.
Soon on the hills outside of Town the black BuCUE was thundering through the rain, its legs moving fast. The crate on its back kept strong and firm, and inside the cockpit Kira sat.
Christ how can I get moving in this bucket of bolts. Maybe a few years or twenty this would have been the best piece of engineering. Now look at it, it moves good but not fast enough. Also I have on its back a nice crate with hacked up remains of what smells like raw rotting fish. Even with the bodies cut we need a Ginn to hold the door down to put the lock on. I glance down at the status computer of the suits and I curse the name of every girl in Old Minerva. How the hell am I suppose to get to the pits on rusting legs? Thanks girl, maybe you could have used some oil. But I can't stop to get some, not with the meat and my passenger.
Kira looked over his shoulder, Rau was standing up right behind to the left, and the shrapnel still in his forehead. The rain was getting worse, Kira could barely see the road. Now feeling a little nervous Kira turned and put his hand into Rau's jacket pocket and pulled out a small box the size of his hand. Go ahead, take one of his cigarettes, it'll help. Kira drew one and lit it up just as a light passed over his head.
"So I have you smoking now do I?"
"Shut up Rau, your dead, this is just my imagination talking to me so just shut the hell up" said Kira not looking and just focused on the road.
"Yeah, sure I'm actually dead. Sure you're only imagining me talking to you to keep you company. All means one thing, Your nerves are shot, your so paranoid and scared you keep hearing and seeing things that ain't there" said Rau, Kira ignored him and blew smoke from his mouth.
"Its true you know, you only become a smoker when the chips are down, and your down on chips then anyone. So down your sucking the sidewalk" Rau continued.
"I'm fine, you shut the hell up" snapped Kira, a drop of sweat ran down his face.
He's dead, don't listen to him. You're hallucinating, it's just nerves. Jesus a M1 goes flying past quite low. Why was he that close to the ground? He's just showing off, don't panic.
"You should see the surveillance gear those babies get. It's like something out of Star Wars man" said Rau on purpose sounding like a hippie. "My buds in those suits can find anything. It's over, keep smoking, they know you got me in here. You're a dead man, just like me".
Kira's hands gripped the controls tighter, he could feel his teeth grit and shake, his pupils shrunk. Then he heard something, a creaking noise, the legs.
"Aww listen to that, here's me thinking at least four minutes of fighting was gonna endure. But those hookers let you down. What ya gonna do when the legs rust and fall off honey bunch? Call ORB" Rau moved closer on Kira, he could feel the dead mans breath which made him even more scared.
"You're a sucker for Lacus. Bet she's laughing at you now, we ain't gonna make it Yamato, you loser".
"I'll Make it, shut the hell up" snapped Kira looking at Rau.
"Not unless you keep your eyes on the road" chuckled Rau. Kira turned and looked and barely missed a passing BuCUE. Rau's body fell on his back with the arms near his chest.
"This is fun, just like being in a buddy film" laughed Rau.
"SHUT UP," yelled Kira pushing Rau back into his place and focusing on the road.
"They saw me I bet, ZAFT is gonna be on us soon" whispered Rau.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP" boomed Kira when a siren was heard.
"Told ya" whispered Rau. As a M1 came flying towards them.
This time I can't bring myself to tell him to shut up. He's dead, I'm imagining him talking to me, he's a prick and an asshole but he's right dammit. The M1 wants me and I can't escape on rusty legs. What's not to stop me from killing the pilot? It's a tough call, he maybe an honest man, a saint among heroes. Or a guy whose got a wife and kids and is going home having done a good job. A rest my hand on the weapons fire button, what do I do? He's now asking me to pull over.
"You're breaking my heart with your torment. He's getting mad, better stop," said Rau.
"Whatever you say," said Kira as he finished the cigarette and slammed the break while pulling over. Rau fell backwards so he was lying on his front, the gun remains now plunged further into his head. The M1 landed and walked up the BuCue. The pilot's face appeared on Kira's screen as the pilot looked. He saw Rau.
"You're friend party too hard?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm the designated driver," said Kira calmly.
"Well you were driving with a busted back light," said the pilot, Kira waited for him to asked to follow him. "I'll let you off with a warning, with that the M1 left.
What next?
Half an hour later with rain still pouring they reached the pits. With one leg missing Kira had no choice but to have the crate pushed by the BuCue the last quarter of a mile there.
This place used to be a big tourist attraction. While the pits had been here since day 1 it turned out adding Godzilla and his fellow monster buddies made it a smash hit as it sucked in money. That is until this dumb kid got to close to Mothra and fell in head first, luckily I managed to pull him out by his shoe. However the papers made it look like he had drowned and I was too late. The place was closed part from the occasional teens who make out here. Kira opened the cockpit to get ready to push Rau out onto the crate. Few more minutes work and I'll catch the next train to Heliopolis town, Go home and call it a night. A shot rang out, Kira fell back into his seat and BuCue fell to the ground. Kira sat silently, not making a single move. Rau's body was near him with what appeared to be a smile. Things were worse then what they had first though.
To be continued.