Phase: 10

Chapter 16: Fathers Curse

Upon Earth Nicola, and Chris all wait along side Aelan inside her room. As Aelan concentrated to get a hold of Meer's Haro. In space, Meer impersonating Lacus Clyne was getting the last of her makeup on before she head out onto the T.V. "Haro, call from Siren, Haro Call from Siren!" The Red Haro bounced.

"Siren?" She wondered as she picked the gift from Chris she had. "Aelan!" She said as franticly opened the small Haro up to see a screen. The screen turned on as she could see Chris, with Nicola on his lap as Aelan was beside them, each of them sitting on Aelan's bed. "Hey Guys!" She smiled widely seeing her friends.

"Hey Lacus!" Nicola called with a wave and a wink.

Meer giggled at the comment as she gave Nicola and the others a wink. "Hey guys, you don't have to call me Lacus right now, I'm alone."

"No matter, its good to see you are alright Meer." Chris said as Nicola nodded.

"Yeah, we were worried my friend." Aelan told her as Meer wondered why.

"Oh, because of the Nuclear Strike right?" Meer asked as the others nodded. "The group Stronghold took care of it, something about Jason Ironwall Hibiki's latest defence weapon." Meer told them.

"So, Jason has kept up his defences even in death." Aelan said leaning back on her hands with her legs crossed.

"You knew him?" Meer asked.

Aelan nodded, "Yeah, I was, and if I feel like it, I can still be in the ZAFT military." Aelan told them as Chris looked at her in shock as Aelan pulled open a drawer. She reveal the FAITH Emblem Dullindal gave to her way back before she reacquired the Red Queen. "This, signafies that if I wish, I can overrule any order the ZAFT military can give." Aelan told them. "This is besides the point, I knew Jason, back at the academy, the both of us, and Alexis actually were guest speakers to some cadets during those days. Jason, was beyond the normal man, he was able to make any defence plan for any situation in a matter of seconds. He even designed the Gundam he used near the end of the war." Aelan told them. "The shields that the mobile suit wielded, were severly reinforced and had phase shift and Laminated armor." Aelan told them. "He was one of the only men I met, that cared for life of civilians that I met in the military. All his Plans, were ones that risked Zero civilian Casualties, of both Natural and coordinators." Aelan told them. "He was the personal bodyguard of Lacus Clyne near the end of the War, until he joined the Archangel, and stayed with them, until the Clyne Faction took to their own cause. In which I joined them." Aelan told them with a deep breath. "The two of us fought side by side in that last battle, but he died, when he self destructed his mobile suit within GENESIS." Aelan explained.

"Wow, Aelan, it sounded like you admired the guy." Nicola and Meer said in unision as Aelan nodded.

"Yeah, both Ironwall, and the Desert Tiger were in a way my heros, both wouldn't use civilians in war, and both were brilliant upon the battlefield." Aelan told them as Meer was like dreaming as though she was Aelan, meeting two ZAFT heros like that.

"So, Meer, any special news?" Nicola asked as Meer smiled.

"Yes, I'm going to be doing my first performance, and speech today, and very soon I'll be doing my first Live performance In ZAFT!" Meer said with a smile. "If you all can come, I'll be so happy, but with current events, I know that will be hard for you to do." Meer said all of a sudden saddened.

"I regret being able to Meer, but if you ever come to Earth, give us a call, and we will stop an nothing to visit you, even if we are on the other side of the Planet." Chris told her as Meer just got a big smile when Chris said that.

"Oh Thank you!" She called as she then went wide eyed. "Oh I almost forgot, I've met Sir Athrun Zala today!" Meer told them as each of them went wide eyed.

"Athrun Zala, I thought he was down here in ORB." Aelan said surprised.

"Nope, he's up here, he has asked for an audience with the Chairman." Meer told them, as a knock came on the door.

"Excuse me miss Clyne, your on in five minutes." A voice called from the door.

"Ok I will be out in a minute!" Meer called behind her. "It was a pleasure talking with you, and I will make sure to tell you if I go to Earth, good bye, and take care of yourselves!" Meer said with a wave to her friends. Then the screen they talked to her went blank as Nicola got off of Chris lap and stretched a bit.

"So what now?" NIcola asked as Chris shrugged.

"I'm going to go do some maintenance on BL." Chris told the girls as he opened the door to Aelan's room.

"Ok, I'll head to the bridge, see if Alexis has contacted us and has wanted a pick up yet, or even the latest Earth Forces movement." Aelan told them as she also got up to leave with Nicola coming in behind them.

"I'll go with you Aelan!" She called as Chris turned around.

"Hey Nic, we still on for lunch together?" Chris called from down the hall.

"YEAH!" She called back with a cheerful wave.

In ORB, Alexis had risen from her hotel bed, which was actually provided by Garret, as the two were actually hitting it off the night before with dinner. "I guess it will soon be time for me to head back, but first I have to sneak into the parliament building to find out whats going on." She told herself as she turned on the T.V., as she changed the channel to the ZAFT news broadcast channel.

PLANTs

News Broadcast channel "The Plant High Council has deemed the most current events to be a Nuclear attack. The MOST severe violation of the Coordinators, fundamental right to life and" Down on Earth, Cagalli, who was with Kevin at the time within the council room of a meeting were also watching the news report as Kevin changed the channel.

"The attack, conducted last night by the Earth Alliance against the PLANTs was met with a fierce resistance by ZAFT and resulted in heavy casualties for both sides. And currently, both sides are locked in a staredown in space. In response to the attack perpetrated against PLANT, the ORB goverment. . ." The broadcast continued as inside his mobile suit, Chris listened to the broadcast from inside his machine which listened to the same broadcast from the bridge of the ship. And in ORB this was when the ORB parliament members stopped watching.

As in the PLANTs, Athrun begins his meeting with the Chairman. "A NUCLEAR STRIKE, are you serious!" Athrun pretty much yelled at the Chairman. "But, that's. . . they wouldn't!" Athrun told him still full of shock.

The Chairman calmly replied to Athrun, "That's what I'd like to say as well." he replied. "However, the truth is the truth." He told Athrun as the chairman hit a button allowing the giant screen behind Athrun appear, first with the lights of the Nuclear Missiles and then switching to another News Broadcast.

"I repeat. Last Evening, the Atlantic Federation, and their allies declared war against PLANT. About an hour after their declaration, they initiated an attack using nuclear missiles." The news broadcasted. "However, under the direction of High Council Chairman Dullindal, the ZAFT forces were able to destroy the missiles at the final line of Defense. Although the battle has now ceased, and the Earth Forces have retreated back to their Lunar base, their is and still will be tension in the air." The newsman continued.

The Chairman took a seat upon one of the rooms couches. "Please sit Alex." Dullindal told the former ZAFT pilot. "It's over for now. Please calm down." he told him. Athrun reluctantly sat down on the couch that was across from the other one. "Although this was not unexpected, it is still shocking. To have war so forcefully declared upon us, and to have nuclear missiles fired at us so abruptly. . ." And with various other areas, Kevin Walker within the meeting, he produced a knife from his cloak.

He threw the four inch knife with such force, as he yelled something very unpleasent in russian it intruded itself into the wall, as the only thing of the knife that could be seen was the handle, while beside it were two very scared noblemen. As at the same time Cagalli punched the desk with such force, if she was apart of the same project Kevin was, the table would of been destroyed.

"DAMMIT!" Cagalli yelled. Onboard the Minerva, within the pilots lounge, Shinn was also angry and hit the wall with his fist in anger for the Earth Forces act. Which surprised the entire crew, as Aelan on the Avalon controled herself so she wouldn't damage the ship so she wouldn't deal any damage on the ship.

As in the PLANTs, whispers had began within the colonies. "Unbelieveable." "Another war has started again?" "Another Nuclear attack?" "Why would they?"

As in Dullindals office, "The very fact that they're initiating a war under the current situation of the world is foolhardy. But to have done this on top of that. . ." Dullindal began as Athrun was taking all of these things in. "This isn't even a righteous war!"

"Yes." Was all Athrun could reply.

"Although the Earth Alliance has retreated for now, I don't believe that was the end of it. Instead our side is currently in chaos." The Chairman informed the teenager. "Although we were able to destroy them, the fact is that we had nuclear weapons fired at us once again." Which this caused Athrun to remember Junius Seven and the horror it gave across the entire population of the PLANTs, and one of the reasons the Neutron Jammers were sent to the Earth in the first place, and that each ZAFT vessel was equipped with one.

In each of the PLANTs, people continued to discuss the most recent battle. "An ALERT was not even issued!" "Whats going on?" "What was the high council doing, letting something like this happen?" "Imagine what might have happened if one of those abominations actually hit us!" Were various questions and comments that were going around the colonies.

The Chairman continued the discussion with Athrun, "The problem is what we should do now." The chairman told him.

As Athrun thought of what the people were thinking. "We've had war declared on us! Now that it's come to this, we have to go to war!" "But thats ridiculous!"

Athrun then begin to speak what he thought. "Then what is PLANT. . ., After having war declared and an attack initiated agaist the PLANTs, what do you plan to do from now on?" Athrun asked the chairman.

The chairman sighed as he looked away from Athrun for a second. As more questions and comments were said by the citzens. "I don't want another war!" "It can't be helped! If we leave them alone, they'll fire more shots at us!" That was when some people began to quote Patrick Zala. "We have no choice but to fight!"

As in the office, Dullindal began to answer Athrun's question. "If we respond to this attack by retaliating, the world will once again be bogged down by another war. I know that Naturally, we don't want things to turn out that way. However, there is no way for us to hide this situation from the people." He told Athrun lowering his head, "The citizens would scream out in anger, "Unforgivable!" if they were to find out. What am I to do about that?" The chairman asked. "How can I stop the voices who wish to move in the same direction as we did in the previous war? We've had nuclear weapons fired at us once again!" The chairman told him, as Athrun was remembering the events of the last war, the Nuclear Strikes, and even the super weapon GENESIS.

As more comments were being said by the people, "Unforgivable," "If it's to defend ourselves, I'm willing to fight!" "It'll be too late if we wait until we sustain Casualties!" "There is no more room for further negotiations!"

As Athrun finally came up with something to say. "But. . . Even Then. . . Please, Chairman! We can't just fight each other blinded by anger and hatred!" Athrun told him refering to Kira and Kevin when they fought with Kevin's tricked out GINN, Kiras Strike, and with Athrun's Aegis. "If we did, the world will once be filled with meaningless fighting! Please, Anything but that!" Athrun pleaded.

"Alex" The chairman said with saddness.

"No!. . . I am. . .I am Athrun Zala!" With this, it surprised the chairman. "I am the son of Patrick. Who two years ago, expanded the war to a hopeless level, and spread a foolish amount of hatred around the world." Athrun said having his hands start to spaz with the Chairman a smug smirk on his face. "Believing in my fathers words, I ran about the battlefield, taking the lives of my enemies, and attempted to slay my best friends! Even when I realized that it was all a mistake, I was unable to do anything, and lost everything!" He said with remorse in his voice. "And yet, my father's words are once again. . .!"

"Athrun" The chairman calmly said.

With his fists clenched, Athrun continued, "We Can't let something like that happen ever again!"

"Athrun!" The Chairman began to raise his voice. "I've heard from Shinn's report about the perpatrators at Junius Seven." He said standing up, with his back now to Athrun. "You've certainly gone through a lot of hardship again."

"No, that's not it. Rather, I'm glad that I learned about it. Otherwise, I would've remained clueless again. . ." Athrun told the chairman.

The chairman turned in protest to Athrun. "No, that's not true Athrun. There's no reason for you to be worried about what those people said." The chairman told him. "I suppose, it can't be helped that you would think so negatively of your father, Chairman Zala. However, it's not like Chairman Zala was always like that, was he?"

"Well, that's. . ." Athrun began.

"Although, he had taken things to far, wasn't it still all an effort on his part, to defend the PLANTs, and its people, and to create a better world for us?" The chairman asked him. "There are plenty of people with good intentions, who take the wrong actions in the end. In addition, the words spoken by these people don't necessarily reach other people unaltered. People who are on the receiving end also tend to interpret messages, in their own way."

"Chairman!" Athrun said with surprise.

"The perpetrators, of Junius Seven incident, who had nowhere else to turn their emotions towards, they simply used Chairman Zala's words to justify their actions." He said which got Athruns complete attention. "By saying "We're not mistaken because Chairman Zala said the same thing!"" The Chairman said leaving Athrun speechless. "That's why you should not be influenced by things like that. They are they, Chairman Zala, is Chairman Zala. And you are you, No matter whose son you are, you can't feel responsible for such things." The Chairman continued, trying to raise Athrun's spirit. "There is nothing that you yourself should be faulted for."

"Chairman. . ." was all Athrun said as he began to stand. As elsewhere, Meer Campbell, going by the name Lacus Clyne was getting ready, to go give her speech.

"It was you who came here trying to stop an impending war." As Athrun nodded. "Then that is all I need to know. Please stop shouldering all the blame on yourself" He told Athrun who looked away from the Chairman, as he turned around. "However, I'm delighted, Athrun. . . By the fact that you've come here, that is." He said, as Meer fixed her hair by throwing it up one last time before going on camera. "Although people might think of me as an Idealist, I believe that such wishes, of individuals will save the world."

"Yes. . ."

As the Citizens continue to bicker. "We protest the unilateral declaration of war by the Earth Alliance!" "Defend PLANT!" "Protest War!" "What are Chairman Dullindal and the High Council doing?" "If we back off, we'll just be taken lightly and invite a war anyway!" "Take a firm stand for the safetly of us Coordinators!"

"That is why we must hold out during this situation." The chairman continued to tell Athrun. That was when the Screens upon both the Avalon and within The PLANTs, which changed to a Red Haro, jumping on a checkered floor, as though it was dancing. Which then appeared on all the screens, was Lacus Clyne.

"Everyone!" She called, which stopped the bickering by everyone as they have not heard that voice since the end of the last war. Even Athrun was surprised to hear that voice, as he heard it earlier as well. On the Avalon, Chris stopped working on his unit once he heard that voice. "I am Lacus Clyne!" Meer told everyone. And even though Athrun saw her a short while ago, his face was full of surprise. "Please everyone calm down and listen to what I have to say!"

Which became unbelievable as many people were surprised and were whispering "Lacus Clyne" "Its Lacus!" "But why?"

"The Incident at Junius Seven, and the Declaration of war by the Earth Alliance that followed it. . . are both sorrowful events. I share your feelings of surprise and shock. For once again, we have been attacked with Nuclear weapons all of a sudden. But everyone, please calm down for now! If you scream out your feelings, bound by anger, it will call forth even more fighting." Meer told the Citizens as even her words were getting to Chris, as his anger to the Earth Forces did rise. As Athrun looked at Dullindal, with Dullindal looking at Athrun with a smirk. "The High Council is working desperately, even now, to prevent the worst possible scenario from unfolding. So everyone, please believe in your representatives. The High Council and Chairman Dullindal who, with their constant love for peace, are trying, to take the best possible path in your interests. So please calm down for now," That was when the music in the background began.

"I don't mind if you laugh at me for this." The chairman finally spoke after hearing Meer's speech as Lacus Clyne. "You can tell of course, can't you?"

(A/N: Ok this song will be in Italics, this is from Water Evidence which was the version I heard of this song, sung by Lacus English Singing Voice Jillian Michaels, and it may be off with the dialouge but bare with me.)

"The Night time fills the sky, Stars Alive, go floating by." Athrun then began to remember the girl he met just a short while before this meeting.

"I'm personally Embarrassed at my Impertinent move." The Chairman told Athrun. "However, it Can't be helped.

"So still the evening air, so warm and soft Peace everywhere."

"Her influence is enormous, Far more so than mine." The Chairman told Athrun, as Athrun though a lot on how Kevin would react with this.

"I see a world in harmony, A world of peace an humanity! Where people walk free, like water in a stream, floating on, forever more!"

As people in the PLANTs begin to speak. "If Lacus Clyne says so. . ." "Yeah" "She's righ. . . I'ts just as she said." "In the last war, I heard her at Jachin"

"So Crisp and warm, so sweet and lone, upon my cheek I feel tenderly kissery Like a brush of a hand that I cannot see, and a sound of a voice deep in my heart,"

"You might think it foolish, but right now, I need her power." Dullindal told Athrun. "Just like how I am in need of yours again."

"Mine?" Athrun asked.

"and I dream of a new world coming, for all to see,"

"Will you please come with me?" Gilbert asked him.

lift your eyes to see the mood they've dawn me, a dream that will soon come true, the day we've waited for, lift your heart, and see the future for us all"

With that, Dullindal lead Athrun to an elevator which went shooting down, into the same hangar, that Athrun got the Justice from his father, and where Aelan got her Red Queen both times. Two ZAFT soldiers were with them standing, as Athrun stood as well, with the Chairman the only one siting. Once that was done, Athrun and the Chairman both floated down the restricted area hallway, meeting ZAFT personnel along the way. Athrun plainly just wondered, what Gilbert was taking him to. They came closer as Gilbert raised his hand which gave the signal to one of the personnel swiped a card in the ID reader, which the door began to open. They went into a very dark room, much like it was when Athrun went for the Justice. They stopped in the center of the Catwalk as they saw a light gray gundam. "This is. . .!" Athrun said surprised.

"This is almost the same as the Red Queen, and various of the new technology that we have integrated into our new machines. This is the ZGMF-X23S Saviour." Dullindal told him as he brought up the Red Queen, as it is the ZGMF-X23A with the A signifying that this new machine is not Nuclear Powered by a nuclear fission reactor. Instead it goes with the new power system the new gundams have. "Although its specifications are different, it was developed, at the same time as the Chaos, Gaia, Abyss, and the Red Queen's repairs." Gilbert told Athrun, as Athrun remembered the wings the Red Queen had, back in India. "What would you do if I told you, that I wanted to entrust this unit to you?" Gilbert asked.

Athrun looked at Gilbert witha serious look. "What are you trying to say?" Athrun asked. "Do you want me to return to ZAFT?"

"Hmm, that's not exactly the case." Gilbert replied. "It's just as I said. I want to entrust this to you." He told Athrun who looked confused. "Well, from the standpoint of the paperwork, involoved, you might be rejoining ZAFT." The Chairman told him. "My Feelings about this situation are just as my Lacus Clyne had said earlier." Dullindal told him. "However, in this world where various people and organizations intermingle. It's no easy task to get things to go the way you want. That's why I want people who share my belief to stand with me." The Chairman proposed to him the offer. "If possible I'd like to avoid a war. But that doesn't mean we don't pick up our guns and let ourselves be unilaterally annihilated." Dullindal explained. "During times like that, I'd like for you to be an individual with power."

"Chairman. . ." Athrun said speechless once again.

"Having experienced the past war, and anguished over your father's actions. I trust that you will not choose the wrong path, no matter what happens." The Chairman told him. "If we are to head down the wrong path, please correct us. However, you will unfortunately need, power to be able to do that." As Athrun began to remember, the events during the Gundam hijacking upon weeks ago. "I know that this is sudden, so I will not ask that you make a decision right away." Gilbert told him. "However, what you are capable of, doing and what you wish for. . ." The Chairman told him, as he began to head back to the hatch they came from. "You yourself should know that best.

A few hours later, Athrun began to walk into the hotel he was to stay at for the night. He walked through the automatic sliding doors. "Hey Hey, its Athrun!" Came the mechanical voice of a red Haro.

"Athrun!" Came Meer's voice who saw the Athrun her Haro spoke about. With that, Meer went running towards Athrun, embraceing him once again like earlier that day. "Welcome back, I've been waiting for you!" She told him as she embraced him.

"Huh You're . . . um . . ." Athrun began.

She then told him her name. "I'm Meer, Meer Campbell." Which took back some memories of his.

Flashback during the first war.

"Oh Lacus this is Aelan Le Creuset, Rau's adopted daughter aka the Red Queen." Athrun said as Aelan extended a hand to Lacus as Lacus shook her hand.

"It is a pleasure to meet you." Lacus said with a reassuring smile.

"No the pleasure is mine miss Clyne, if only my friend was here she be going crazy right now." Aelan said. Lacus couldn't help but giggle at such a thing.

Second Flashback

"Yeah, and I just got this feeling you'll know her soon enough." Chris said as he checked the last thing on his clipboard. "Ok, thats everything, just have to wait for everyone to return" Chris told them.

"What is your friends name?" Cagalli asked.

"Meer Campbell, she is the one that got me and Nicola together in all honesty." Chris told the two. "I wonder, is she the one Aelan talked about two years ago?" Athrun wondered. "Is this Meer a big fan of Lacus?" Athrun asked.

"Yes, actually, Meer has learned every song that Lacus sang before the bloody Valentine, and as she is alive, she most likely knows the most up to date ones as well." Chris told him. "How'd you know she was a fan?" he then asked.

"Well, when Aelan met Lacus two years ago after she went missing. Aelan mentioned a female friend that would well in a way go crazy for meeting Lacus then and there." Athrun said as Chris sort of had a small idea.

"Hey, could you tell me where Kira and Lacus are living at, I would like to get an autograph for her if at all possible." Chris said as Cagalli looked at Athrun.

End Flashbacks

Athrun snapped back at Meer. "Did you say Meer Campbell?" Athrun asked her as she put a finger to her lips.

"Shh, please call me Lacus when In public?" She pleaded and gave him a wink. She then suddenly grabbed Athrun by the arm and started dragging him with her. "You haven't eaten yet have you?" she asked. "Let's eat together!" she told him before he even gave an answer.

"Uh, but. . ." Athrun tried.

"Athrun is Lacus' Fiancee, right?" She asked as the Haro behind them bounced as it followed them.

"Well that's already. . ."

A few minutes later, they walked and were in Lacus' room where a candle lit diner was at. "Um, do you like Meat or fish, Athrun?" Meer asked him, as the Haro was bouncing beside her. As Meer, looked through the Menu, Athrun looked, and saw how close she really did resemble Lacus. Even though Lacus was older than her, Meer looked a lot like her even now. "Ah thats right, how did you know my name?" Meer asked. Athrun looked at her weirdly. "You asked me if Meer Campbell was really my name, how do you know?" Meer asked.

"Uhh, well, I've met three people that know you." Athrun told her.

"Oh, you mean Chris and the others?" She asked.

"CHRIS CHRIS CHRIS!" the Haro said bouncing.

"Ahh, yes, I've known Aelan for a few years now, and I've met Chris and Nicola a few weeks ago." Athrun told her.

"Yeah, they told me." She told him.

"How would they be able to do that?" Athrun asked as the Haro bounced onto her lap.

"This Haro, Chris built it for me, when I left Junius Seven three weeks before it was destroyed." Meer said remembering her old home. "This is one of my most treasure possesions, and not because Lacus has them as well, but because Chris gave it to me." She said as she held the Haro for Athrun to see. She smiled at him, "He built it from your own blueprints, so its basicly a present from you and him so I thank you!" Meer told him.

"Siren Siren Siren!" The Haro called, which made Meer jump a bit.

"Why is it saying that?" Athrun asked her.

"Well, the last time Chris saw me, he upgarded it with a two way phone basicly." Meer told him, opening it up. "Here, come over to the bed!" Meer told him as she set the Haro on the table and aimed it towards the bed as Athrun did as she asked. That was when he saw Chris, Nicola, and Aelan all standing on the bridge as they could see everyone at the Captains Chair and back.

"Athrun!" Chris, Nicola, and Aelan all said in surprise seeing Meer with Athrun.

"Well, its been a while." Athrun cooly said as he looked at the others.

"It sure has." Aelan said calmly as Meer smiled. "We heard your speech Meer." Aelan told her.

"It was great!" Nicola said with a smile to her friend.

"Thanks guys!" Meer said with happiness in her voice as Athrun looked at her. Seeing Chris was right, that she was a good friend of theirs, which meant, Chris would want her protected. "What's going on there?" Meer asked.

"Whatever you wish Meer." Chris answered. "Remember, your the only one that can tell us what to do." Chris told her as Meer just smiled at that and nodded.

"Chris, if you don't mind, can I ask you something?" Ahtrun asked.

"We're listening." Chris answered him with a nod.

"Could you give me any information you can possibly give about ORB?" Athrun asked.

Chris nodded as he came up with the price for it. "Done, and if you want a price on what you owe us, listen well. You protect Meer with whatever power you have got that." Chris told him as Athrun looked surprised along side Meer. As in the Avalon, everyone were surprised as well. "Meer is one of the most important people to me, in this era, I want you to protect her, with what ever means necesary, is that alright with you?" Chris asked him.

Athrun after getting over his shock he nodded. "Consider the dept paid Chris." Athrun told him as he looked at Meer. "I'll protect her, as though you would." Meer looked very happy when he said that.

"Good, I wouldn't want anything less than that." Chris told him.

"So what did you guys think of my speech?" Meer asked all four of them, which caught Athrun by surprise.

"It wasn't to bad, Meer, it could of used some more work, but it was alright." Aelan told her.

"It stuck to me Meer, besides that relying on the Council as we don't follow it, I think it was great." Chris told her as Nicola nodded in agreement.

"I agree with Chris Meer." Nicola told her.

"I found it was something Lacus would possibly say in this situation, if she met the Chairman." Athrun told her.

"Thanks guys, all your word mean the most to me." Meer told them.

"Yeah, you looked similar, and almost identical to the real one." Athrun told her as Chris and the others nodded in agreement.

"Thank you Athrun, I'm so glad you said that!" Meer told him giving him a hug full of happiness.

"Thank you for making her happy!" The red Haro yelled which moved Chris, Nicola's and Aelan's picture that they could see. That was when a knock on the door came.

"Well thats our Meal guys, we should let you go, I'll call yeahs later if I have anything to ask you." Meer told them as the three on the screen nodded.

"We will see you later then Meer, and have a good time with Athrun." Chris told her as Meer nodded. The Haro closed as Athrun went and got the food.

"Room service for Miss Clyne and Athrun Zala." The waiter said as Athrun nodded.

"I'll take it from here." Athrun told him as the roomservice man left the room as Athrun put the food on the table. After minutes of silence, Meer decided to break the ice sorta speak.

"I'm sure my friends told you I've always been a fan of Lacus." Meer told him as Athrun nodded. "Nicola and I loved her songs as we both practiced, I was the better of us however, and she was the more creative." Meer told him.

"Creative?" Athrun asked.

"Yes, Nicola started to write songs when we all said I was the better singer, so she actual wrote music for me to sing." Meer told him. "But more often I sang the new Lacus songs infront of Nicola, Chris and Aelan, along side with their parents when we all use to live on Junius Seven." Meer mentioned.

"I've heard you got Chris and Nicola together, how that happen?" Athrun asked.

"Hmm, funny story that is, well not really funny, just fun, I was with Nicola on a small shopping break with her mother. I told her how much Chris looked, and so sweat of him protecting us from anything and anyone." Meer said almost saddened. "Speaking of that, one day when they were all at my place, they witnessed how abusive my father was, and out of Anger, Chris broke my fathers arm and nose at the time." Meer told him, "That was when I went to live with my Aunt and uncle after that." Meer told him.

"Wow, so Chris hasn't changed in years." Athrun said as Meer nodded.

"I even remember when he first changed." She told him. "A gang of bullies, were hurtting both Nicola and I, he came in running on all fours, as his body actually changed into a humanoid wolf. the bullies didn't know what was going on, one of them went into a coma for seven months, and the others just plainly forgot by being afraid."

"Reminds me with Kevin Walker, he also did the same thing at Copernicus, he pretty much did the same thing as you explained, but he changeing into some kind of feral cat." Athrun told her.

"Oh really" she said giggling. "We sure do have interesting friends." Meer said laughing as Athrun nodded.

"I can see why Chris and them speak so highly" Athrun told her as she smiled. "You are actually rather fun to be with, and I hope our friendship will be just as well as yours with Chris and the others." Athrun told her taking a drink, as they now know that Meer wont be hanging off him all the time, only in public.

"I'm happy to have met you Athrun, and I hope you understand what I want it to be like for us, We will be just friends in private, but infront of the public, and others besides Chris' group and Dullindal." Meer told him as Athrun nodded.

"Ok, I can go with that, but don't get to frightened when I act to surprise, its been a long while to be honest." He told her.

"No problem Athrun, we are just friends after all, and I will never replace Lacus. Just myself, going by a different name." Meer told him with Athrun nodding in agreement.

"I also want to ask this Meer, why are you doing this?" Athrun asked.

"Oh, I got a call from the Chairman, do to my voice, and he asked me this. "I need your ability for the sake of PLANT right now." is what he asked, and I took him up on the offer." She told him as Athrun nodded.

"I understand, he told me that you, I mean Lacus has more influence than he does. But its truly not you that we need, its Lacus" Athrun told her as she nodded as she stopped eating.

"Its true, Lacus is always needed by everyone, she's strong, beautiful, and kind. The only people I've ever been needed by were Chris, Aelan, and Nicola during their times of pain." Meer told him with sadness, "As I have needed them just as much. They were my only friends, and I have been lonely for these past three years until Aelan came to visit me a month or so ago. So I don't mind and neither do they that I am Lacus Clyne only for now, till Lacus truly wants to come back." Meer told him with a smile. "If I can help the chairman and everyone else in place of Lacus, I will. And helping people and singing are what makes me happy!" She said with her hands together.

"Well, I should be heading to my own room, it was truly a pleasure to meet you Meer."

"As it was you sir Athrun." She said happily, "Oh, you know Lacus very well right Athrun?" She asked. "Please tell me about her. Like how she usually is, what she likes to do, and um. . . What she doesn't like, what she's good at. . . Oh there are so many things I want to ask you!"

Athrun then remembered back when they were pursueing the Girty Lue. "A name is what signifies the existence of an object Therefore, if the name is false," He then wondered what he was able to do throughout the past months, and if it wasn't for the Minerva he couldn't protect Cagalli and the Planet. Cagalli was to worked up in politics, Shinn asking him, what exactly does he do at ORB. And finally, just a short while ago, promising Chris to protect Meer. He suddenly put the glass on the table startleing Meer.

Athrun slowly looked out the window remembering what Chris and Dullindal sort of meant. "Protect her with what power you have." was said by Chris. "You yourself should know that best." was said by Dullindal as he remembered the mobile suit.

A/N: Anther Chapter on another day update, I'm doing this rather fast now as I actually have the actual episodes to work with. Well no matter, I enjoyed writing my Version of Meer so don't blame me for changing her so much because the ones that made her did a very bad job And as I'm doing things differently now, as will she be done differently.

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