:Survive:

It had been 3 months since the war's end. 3 months of continuous peace with no signs of the war coming back anytime soon, at least not for Mu La Flaga and Murrue Ramius. The two were lounging under a tree next to the deck coming off of the back of their house. Mu was reading a book, Murrue didn't know what it was called, but it must be pretty good to be keeping his attention. She was content with watching his serious face as he read, it almost made her laugh, but she controlled herself. She then remembered what she had been meaning to ask him, but was too afraid to. She was too scared of what his reaction would be, did he even know? She knew she had to fins out, and she had to ask him.

Mu flipped a page in the book, still concentrating on the page.

"How?"

He broke out of his thoughts to look over at her, expecting to stare down into her tawny eyes, but they were turned in the direction of the woods lining their backyard.

"How did you, do it?"

"Murrue?"

"How did you survive at the end of the final battle?"

He then understood what she was trying to ask. He snapped his book shut quietly, forgetting to mark the page, collecting his thoughts.

"Murrue, do you really want to-

"I wouldn't have asked you if I didn't want to know, Mu," She answered coldly, still staring at the trees.

He turned tilted her head in his direction so that he had her full attention.

"After, Dominion fired its Lohengrin, I though I was as dead as you thought I was. I can remember the intensity of the blast, the heat burning through I cockpit, hell, I ever remember the explosion. Everything was torn apart around me, and I thought that I was going to suffer the same fate as my mobile suit. That's the last thing I remember before losing consciousness, and as far as I was concerned, the last thing I would remember from the living world altogether. When I woke up, I was in a lap, I think I was pretty heavily bandaged from the waist up, assuming that since the upper half of my body was more exposed, my legs being protected by the diagnostic board, and I was hooked up to machines. I don't think they knew I was awake, because they continued to run tests like I was still out of it. I had no idea what they were doing, until I heard them talking,"

"What should we do with him? There's no use in keeping him here, there's nothing we can do with an Earth Alliance traitor," One of the officers said, they were Earth Forces officers.

"He doesn't necessarily need to stay a traitor, we could change that," Another man said who was standing to the right of the first man.

"And then do what with him?" The first man replied.

"Set him back in with EA, I'm sure the Hawk of Endymion will be a prized possession to our forces, just as he was before Alaska," Yet another man spoke, he was standing to the left of the first man.

"So we brainwash the Hawk, give him a new identity, and then send him back to the EA?" The fist man smiled.

"Yes," The second man confirmed.

"Alright, we should get started," The first man answered as they all approached the machines set up so that they could single handedly destroy Mu La Flaga's entire life with the twist of a knob.

Just before they turned the machines on hooked up to Mu, they heard a voice.

"Sorry boys, I've got a life to go back to,"

All three of them turned to see Mu sitting up in his place, staring them down, glint in his eyes letting them know that they've made a terrible mistake. There was a gun on the table next to Mu, he took advantage of it and grabbed it, aiming towards the three.

"Please, reconsider, we know where the Archangel is," The third man begged, frantically trying to weasel his way out.

"Yeah, and so does the navigation system," Mu gestured to the computer screen blinking in the corner, the red dot indicating that they were trying to figure out where Mu had come from, and left it marked.

The Archangel appeared to have landed where Orb used to be. Mu put his finger on the trigger, flicking the safety off. The three men back off, moving towards the exit of the medical bay.

"Where are you expecting to go in your condition anyway?" The first man asked while smirking.

Mu grunted in disappointment, there was no way he was piloting anything in his condition, he needed to find a new way out.

"How did you get out?" Murrue asked as he came back to reality.

"The next day, a ship called the Guardian came to re-stock on their supplies, and they heard of the situation and said that they would take me into their custody until I was healed. I spent a month with them before I headed back down to earth on one of their mobile suits,"

"Thank god I decided not to leave Orb when we had originally planned to. We were going to leave 5 days after we arrived, but then decided to stay and help with the reconstruction of the Country," Murrue looked up at him, tears brimming her eyes.

"Yeah, well once I made it to earth safely, I made sure to make my first stop the Archangel,"

"You surprised us all, Mu, they way you just casually made your way onto the bridge and said "Surprise," Murrue giggled at the memory, but also remember the feeling of joy and relief she had.

"Yeah, I remember your reaction clearly, you came straight up to me a hit me square across the face, and then hugged me for all you were worth,"

"You deserved it; I thought I lost you, and then you come back and act as if nothing ever happened. You really are casual to a fault, you know that?" She explained an angry yet understanding look on her face. He laughed.

"I know, I wouldn't have felt complete without you getting mad at me for that, but the important thing is that I'm back now and I'm never leaving again," He concluded his story as he pressed a innocent kiss on the top of her auburn locks.

"You really do make the impossible possible, Mu. You managed to get blown up, nearly brainwashed, and still survive to tell the tale. I must say, you did a good job, but, if youpull a stunt like that again, rest assured I'll be the one to kill you," Murrue smiled as he nuzzled her neck.

"Will do, Murrue, will do,"


:This is what I would've done at the end of SEED instead of pullinga Destiny and brain washing him completely, but Fukuda's an idiot and decided to throw us all into cardiac arrest instead. You can all thank Jadzia-San for this one, it was her suggestion, I hope this is what you had in mind Jadzia, if you have any other suggestions, you know where to find me xD That goes for anyone else who has any ideas, although I have a few of my own to sort out, im still open for requests. Happy holidays you guys,i'll be coming out with a Christmas one tomorrow, just because it's Christmas Eve and all