Okay, you guys want a list of the Gundam SEED characters that will be in this story besides the ones I already have? Either way, here it is...
Miriallia Haww, Murrue Ramius, Flay, Natarle Badguriel, and uh...I think that's all that matters...
I won't be ruining the ending by talking, so at the beginning...Please review when you're done reading! This chapter was written long before most of the other chapters, was modified only slightly, and is a big part in this story.
Oh, a reminder. The italicized bits are quips from Athrun's POV...Like he's telling a story or something...-whistles innocently-
Now, I can talk forever about why I didn't post and all that stupid stuff. I'm just going to tell you straight out, I didn't want to.
I hate the feeling of not having anything to post later in case I have a writer's block. Which...I did on this when I lost the rest of my notes on it. But anyways, so I was waiting until I had written some more to the story to post. Which took me way to long to do (stupid disappearing notes. Lost them 3 times. THREE TIMES!)
So, on with the story. (I don't care what Mrs. Chambers -English teacher- says! This is one of two climaxes in my story!)
Chapter 13 - Deadly Explosions!
"That's the day...I thought I'd died...
Why do things happen like they do?
Only in the case of extreme tragedy...
Do we realize who is indeed precious to us..."
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The Freedom had docked in a port town, called Fallal, and most of the crew had gone to stay at the Inn for a change.. Mwu opted for staying on the ship with Cagalli and some of the other sailors.
"Night Captain!" some of the men called, heading into their rooms for the night. Kira nodded with a smile at them before entering his own room.
He yawned, more tired than he had ever been since his return to the Freedom. Usually his nights were spent awake...thinking over memories and wondering at the future.
He flopped down into the fluffy bed, his eyes fluttering closed...
Tick...tick...tick...
His eyes opened again, wondering what that sound was. Kira leaned over the side of his bed, looking under it. His eyes widened.
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To say Mwu and Cagalli were surprised when the entire crew came rushing back onto the ship, the townspeople running for the hills, would be a severe understatement.
"What's going on?" Mwu asked in confusion and slight anger. Dearka stopped in front of him, Athrun helping Lacus remain standing after all the running they'd done.
"The captain found a large bomb under his bed, he told us to run while he evacuated the city...That's how big he suspects the bomb is, sir." The smaller, slightly darker blonde reported.
Cagalli scanned the city. No one was left...So where was Kira?
"Kira!" she called into the dark, it was late afterall. Athrun, Lacus, Dearka, Mwu, Sai, and Tolle all looked at her. "Kira!" they looked at the city and found why she was calling. It was deserted...Kira should be coming back now...
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Kira ran through the inn, making sure no one was still there. The entire town was clean now, he slid and found himself on the floor. Kira cursed and stood up to run out to the Freedom and froze.
Looking behind him a bit, his elbows and one knee supporting him, Kira's eyes widened. His foot had broken through the old floor in the fall, now sunk in to almost his knee. The young captain began to pull on his leg.
He paused, his ears picking up the ticks that were coming from above him...in his own inn room. Kira's heart skipped a beat as he heard it.
Tick...Tick...Tick...Tick...Tick...
Kira's heart sped up as he began pulling on his leg even more, panic speeding him up.
Tick...Tick...Tick...
His leg came out, but his foot was still stuck in the hole, something was wrapped around his foot...Kira's eyes widened and his heart stopped completely as...
Tick...Tick...Beeeeeeeeep!
The sound echoed through the inn and Kira let out a loud yell as he heard the click being set off in the bomb, an explosion following soon behind it.
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Dearka's eyes widened along with everyone else's as they watched the horrific event.
"Ahh!"
It sounded almost pain-filled. Pain of regret, of sorrow, of things that could've been. And it was Kira. Their eyes snapped towards the inn at the sound, mere moments later destroyed in a blast of many colors.
The inn was encompassed in a blinding white and red light, the explosion in it's smallest form. The dome created spread, destroying anything it touched almost instantly. No one moved, a white light spread quickly from the core of the explosion. It ran through the Freedom, and everyone felt a pulsation...The ship, their bodies, everything pulsated...and then they saw brightly colored death, rushing up to meet them...
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Dearka opened his eyes and blinked slightly. He was in a white area. His body was slightly numb, but other than that...he was fine. He made a slight grunt as he sat up, then looked at his hands in disbelief.
His mind reeled back to what had happened.
'I should be dead...Am I dead?' he looked around, but his death theory was disproved as his vision cleared, revealing that he and the entire crew were laying on the deck of the Freedom, everything completely unharmed.
'What? How is this-' His mind flashed, remembering the pulsation that reached out of the explosion just before it reached the ship.
His eyes flew wide and he jumped up. Avoiding all the unconscious bodies, he made his way to the edge of the ship. Dearka grasped the railing so hard, his knuckles turned white. The city! Dearka felt a warmth at the edge of his eyes, but refused to let the tears flow.
The town...was gone...Nothing but a large, shallow crater was left. It was about 50 ft deep and spread from behind the Freedom...to the used-to-be mountain-like area that had surrounded the village. The building rubble was littered everywhere, nothing seemed to have survived... (Imagine Alaska from the show) Dearka's eyes sparked and died at that thought, and he felt the tears begin to fall.
The blonde let out a hoarse cry of sorrow as he fell to his knees, then punched the deck of the ship. The ship Kira cared so much for, saved so much to get, and would risk his life for. The few near him awoke to the horrible, almost inhuman sound of pain he released next as the tears doubled in their falling.
"Dearka?" Lacus asked worriedly, walking over and sitting next to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "What's...what's wrong?" Dearka only managed to shake his head and cry some more.
"Oh my...Oh my god..." Sai murmured in disbelief as he caught sight of the village. Cagalli, Athrun, and Mwu were awake now too and their eyes widened at the site of destruction.
"No...no..." Cagalli said like a mantra. She ran to the railing of the ship. "Kira!" It echoed. "Kira!" this one echoed longer, all around the pit.
Nothing.
Cagalli fell to the ground, sobbing.
"No...No!" she didn't want to believe it! She couldn't!
"Kira..." Lacus said in a gasp, tears falling from her eyes too. Mwu was frozen in place.
"Oh no kid...Don't do this to us...You can't..." he muttered disbelievingly.
Sai and Tolle looked at each other, Tolle tried smiling, so did Sai.
"Kira's not dead...right? He made it out...right?" Tolle asked nervously, but trying to sound optimistic.
"Yea...yea...I'm...I'm sure he...did..." Sai managed. Both dropped their smiles and frowned at the ground, the reality of the situation? Kira was most likely dead...
"No..." Athrun's gaze hardened. "Kira wouldn't just up and die like that!" he yelled, sorrow evident in his voice. "Not in a place like this!" The bluenette ran and jumped from the ship, barely managing to land on solid ground before he was off running. Dearka controlled himself, then leapt after Athrun, soon followed by the others who were awake.
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It's cold...
I shiver. Why is it so cold? I can't open my eyes...My body is rolled into a ball, and I'm shivering...
The shivering stops, but I'm still cold. I feel like ice...What happened?
Oh, I remember...the bomb...
Kira yelled out as he heard the bomb go off. As the first noises signaling his death were about him, Kira couldn't help but feel content...
'Just...let the crew survive...' he silently wished in his head as he began to feel the rush of wind and the heat of fire coming from the bomb's explosion. 'Cagalli, Lacus, Athrun, Mwu, Dearka, Sai, Tolle, everyone...I'm sorry...Please...survive this!'
And the flames over took him, the explosion encompassing his body. It hurt, the flames were so hot, it felt like he was being ripped apart...starting at the heart.
Kira felt his body pulsate, he let out a silent scream of pain and anguish. No noise, no pain, no senses, nothing. All was lost to him except a vision.
He could see the Freedom, docked still. His most loyal friends were at the edge, their eyes wide. He ran, floated across the surface of the ship. Caressing his friends' cheeks slightly and grasping Cagalli's hand for a spilt moment, all in a split second.
And then he was gone...
So...that's it? I'm dead?...I feel a warmth rising in me...I know the others survived...
If I'm dead, don't mourn me...If I'm alive, don't cheer for me...Just, leave me here, sail on...I'm as good as dead...
Lacus, I wish I could've held you in my arms...one last time...
Athrun, I wish we could've been friends...back when we were little...I wish we'd had more time...
Cagalli, I wish you would've left me, when I said I was going to continue being a pirate...You could've lived a peaceful life...
Everyone, I wish...I could've seen your faces...just...once...more...
My breathing becomes erratic, my heart is pounding faster. If I wasn't dead I'm dying. I feel heat rising in me, burning too hot. I can feel the flames of the explosion, all over again. They're roaring around me...Somebody! It hurts!
Darkness consumes me...and I know nothing...
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"Kira!" Athrun called. The others were repeating the name over and over again behind him.
A few moments later, a startled cry caught everyone's attention.
"Kira!" Lacus slid into a slightly deeper crevice-like area in the crater. Inside, Kira lay, curled into a ball...and he wasn't moving...he didn't seem to be breathing either.
Everyone gathered around as the skinny, pink haired princess pulled Kira out of the hole, his body falling limp, yet still slightly curled, on the ground. Athrun, Lacus, and Cagalli were now bent over him.
"He's not breathing!" Cagalli swore loudly as she placed her head on his chest, praying for him to live and crying.
"Kira!" Athrun called, tears threatening to fall. "Kira wake up! You can't do this to us Kira! You can't!"
"Kira..." Lacus said softly, sadly. She held herself for a moment before wrapping her arms around Cagalli. Both girls began crying into the other's shoulder.
"Kira..." Athrun muttered sadly near his friend's ear. "This is selfish...of me, and of you...I'm selfish, we all are...not wanting you to pass on...You're selfish, by letting all of us suffer...just so you can have peace yourself..." tears began streaming down his face. "You've got to wake up Kira...please..."
"K-kira..." Dearka let out. "My captain...please no lord, no..." Dearka fell to his hands and knees, staring angrily at the ground.
Mwu turned over a rock slightly and began stomping on the remains of a bomb. Sai, Tolle, and the crew that was there all gave him a pitying look. Athrun, who's head was still next to Kira's, was the first to hear it, and his eyes widened as he sat up abruptly.
Another gasp of pain erupted from Kira's lifeless body. Cagalli placed a hand on Kira's wrist and immediately pulled back. The heat of his skin was unbearable. Burns appeared on his body, near invisible but there. Everyone gasped as his body took on, in one mili-second, what injuries he should've received from the fire.
Athrun couldn't look away, even though this reminded him of when he mother died, of a burning building. He just...couldn't look away...His best friend's face contorted in pain. Kira's mouth was open in a silent scream.
As his body was searing, Kira's heart rate raced suddenly. Athrun, Cagalli, Lacus, and Dearka, who were sitting near him, could actually feel the beats of his heart pounding through the ground and into their nerves. His breath returned, and suddenly everyone was staring in horror as their captain and friend arched his back in dead pain. He had risen himself off the ground slightly, and his breathing was still harsh, it hurt their ears to hear the pained breaths being forced into his body.
'I Don't Wanna Go!'
'Oh please...just let me die!'
'I'm numb...What...what am I?'
And, even more sudden than it had started...Kira's body froze in a midair arch and gasp of breath. The resounding pounds of his heart through the ground stopped. His skin heat returned to normal levels, and his mouth shut, the scream over. They all gasped softly as Kira's body went limp like a wet noodle...or a dead eel...
"K-kira?" Lacus whispered, placing her hand carefully and cautiously on the brunette's chest.
Her eyes lit up in the sparkle of her tears. A small smile gained itself place on her soft features, tears cascading down her cheek to fall on Kira's turned cheek.
"Lacus?" Athrun asked, almost afraid to hope. Her smile merely grew as the pink haired girl dropped over Kira's body, wrapping her arms around him and crying happily.
Dearka placed his hand on Kira's forehead, then his neck. His eyes gained back their light, and tears threatened to fall, but he didn't let them.
"He's alive..." the small blonde managed in a soft voice.
The crew cheered, Tolle and Sai fell to the ground in relief and happiness. Mwu fell to his knees, smiling softly, his eyes portraying a happiness nothing else could. Athrun smiled widely, as did Cagalli. They embraced each other tightly, enjoying the moment. Soon though, a second after hugging, the two detached themselves and blushed profusely.
"Get him back to the ship!" Mwu ordered when he'd regained himself. "He needs medical attention! Get to work on his burns, we can erase them from existence if we work fast enough. Everyone take a breather. That was a shock. Where's that doctor?"
All the men got to work. Athrun, Cagalli, Lacus, and Dearka remained on the ground near where Kira's body had been. Something clicked in Dearka's mind, a mental image of Kira gliding across the deck entering his mind.
"That's it..." he breathed.
"What's what?" Athrun asked, out of breath from the whole ordeal.
"The reason we're unharmed..." the other 3 looked at him. "The explosion didn't injure us, or the ship...Now I know why..."
"Why's that?" Lacus asked, leaning heavily on Athrun's left shoulder.
"The captain...Kira saved us..." he smiled happily.
"The pulsation?" Cagalli asked, eyes widening. Athrun's face went from awe to contemplating.
"If Kira can do that..." they looked at him. "You have to wonder...What is he capable of...What is he?"
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