Alright everyone! Chapter 4 is done! Thanks for all your reviews; I hope you are enjoying this fanfic. Thanks for reminding me about grammatical mistakes and such. I really want to improve my writing so reminding me of those really helps! This chapter features an OC and that is me! I kinda added an introduction to myself in my fanfics because I will be using me in my fanfics more often. I don't wana write like an intro every time but I'll remind people to look at my previous fanfics to know more about who I will be in my fanfics. Thank you Aura for proofreading my fanfictions!
I forgot to add a disclaimer again! Sorry about that!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Gundam Seed Destiny. I only own Dan and if you wana use him in some of your fanfics, you can ask me for permission. For example: Aura asked me and now she is using me in her fanfics XDXD
Around the afternoon, I'm getting close to the place where this "Dan" lives. I watch the sunset on Destiny. It's a beautiful sight. I wish Stellar can see this with me soon. I increase the thrusters for the Wings of Light to my maximum speed.
"Hmm, Dan's place should be around here somewhere," I said to myself. On the map of the route, it shows that there is a small island near the coast of England. As I move closer to the destination, I sighted land.
"That must be where Dan lives," I said. The island is pretty small, consisting of a small plateau with trees and a beach. When Destiny got close to the island, the emergency lights on Destiny started flashing. Beeping sounds started to ring in my ears.
"We've been spotted? Where is the enemy?" I asked myself.
I quickly type some commands on the keyboard. The camera zooms onto the island and spotted 14 defense turrets, beam turrets, targeting Destiny. I stopped Destiny took out my anti-ship sword until I heard a voice from the radio.
"Halt! Who goes there!" a calm voice came out of the radio.
"This is Shinn Asuka piloting the ZGMF-X42S Destiny. I received an email from Mwu La Flaga or Neo Lonorke saying that I was suppose to find this person named Dan" I replied the message.
"Ah I see. Hello Shinn, my name is Dan. I will let you pass and enter my hangar bay. Let me reprogram the gun turrets so that they recognize you as an ally. It will only take a second. Hang in there!" Dan said.
I waited for a few minutes for Dan to do his thing. I look at the camera to see if there's any movement from the turrets. Suddenly the turrets folded themselves in and disappeared into the ground. I placed the anti-ship sword back onto the backpack.
"Okay Shinn, you are clear to land. I will fire a flare into the sky to let you locate the hangar bay. When you arrive there, stand on the platform marked with a big red "H" and I will take you down." Dan said from the radio.
"Okay Dan, I'll wait for you flare" I replied. I look at the island for a flare. A second later, a glowing red light is shot from the ground and into the sky.
"Let's go Destiny!" I activate the Wings of Light and fly towards where the flare was shot.
When I arrived at the site, there is this grey, square platform with red lights on the sides. At the center of the square painted a red "H".
"This must be the hangar bay," I thought "I guess I'll just land here then."
Destiny slowly descends onto the platform. When both feet are on the ground the platform suddenly moves downwards. I start to panic. What if this is a trap? It can't be. I've gone this far trying to see Stellar, and besides Dan stopped the gun turrets from attacking me. If he was a person trying to stop me he would've shot me out of the sky back then. I start to take deep breaths and closed my eyes. I thought about Stellar. What is going on at Berlin?
When the platform came to a halt, I can hear a voice outside my mobile suit.
"Hey there Shinn, you can come out of your cockpit. Don't worry I don't carry weapons around, trust me." the voice said.
I open my cockpit door and came out of Destiny. The hangar bay is similar to Minerva's hanger bay. The room space is HUGE. Wow, I never knew there can be such big space under an island. On the left I can see spare weapons from mobile suits and mobile armor. On the right I can see spare parts for engines, thrusters, generators, and huge pieces of scrap metal. Even though the place looks like a hangar bay and a junkyard, the spare pieces and scrap metal is all organized neatly.
I grab hold onto the cable which lowers me down to the surface. When I arrived on the ground I saw a boy. He's a bit taller than me, slim body, wearing jeans, running shoes, and a white vest which contained tools for repairing. On his waist was a belt that holds all different kinds of tools. He has brown eyes and curly black hair. His hairstyle is similar to mines, but it is more scattered around.
"Hello Shinn, my name is Dan. It is a pleasure to meet you. You can call me Danny, Donny or whatever" he gave me a friendly smile.
"Hello there" I replied with a smile, "Wow, this is really a big hangar!"
"Yea, it is big." Dan looked around the place, "I use it now as a repair station and also my home."
I was shocked, "You…you live here?"
"Yeah, well no I don't live inside the hangar bay!" He joked and smiled, "There's a house on top of here. That is where I live. But sometimes I sleep in the hangar bay because the temperature is cooler"
"Ahh I see." I said
"So Shinn, can you tell me about yourself? Just brief information will do" Dan smiled
"Well…okay then. I was born in ORB. I really like to draw (A/N: I know Shinn is not an artist in the series but in this fanfic he is XD). I used to live with My parents and my sister, but during the first war they were killed during an invasion at ORB. I was brought to PLANT and I joined ZAFT to avenge my family's death. In my mission from ZAFT, I was to chase down our stolen mobile suits that were taken from the Earth Alliance. As we progressed, my life was slowly being devoured into darkness. In the end, I realized wars don't solve anything." I said
"Ahh I see, you had a tough life. Well to tell you the truth, I had something similar too." Dan started, "The first thing I am going to say here might shock you. Shinn, I'm from the EAF. Yes I know we are enemies, but now the war is over. I don't want to kill people anymore. I am a pilot and also a mechanic. But what is really shocking, Shinn is that I am…or was an EAF Extended."
I dropped my jaw. I am now looking at a person who is the same type as Stellar.
"You must be kidding!" I chuckled, "You are lying to me Dan. How could you be an Extended?"
"I'm not lying Shinn. I really was. I'll tell you the story about my life. I never knew who my real parents were. The people who worked at the laboratory where Extendeds were trained told me that my parents died in a car accident. I had no choice but to accept what they were saying. Throughout my young life, I was tortured, beaten up and nearly died in those labs. They inject this weird medicine into me and performed tests on me, for example they gave me a knife and ordered me to kill the person who was dueling me. They told me that if I didn't kill them, I will die. I had no choice but to fight for my life."
"That is just horrible," I said. I start to wonder how much pain and suffering Stellar had when she was under these tests.
"During those years many died, but the ones who survived passed on. We then learned how to operate mobile suits/armors. I had no interests in the mobile suits." Dan explained
"Why is that?" I asked
"Heh, well usually when we had free time, we are locked inside a room. There was this small window inside this room. I spent all my free time looking outside that window. Usually I see nothing but trees and clouds, but sometimes I see birds flying in the sky. Before I go on, I should tell you that our memories are completely wiped. We didn't know what certain things are. We are only trained to kill. Okay, when I saw those birds, I wondered if I can do what they are doing, which is flying."
"Oh I see, so you want to fly instead of piloting a mobile suit." I said
"Yes correct!" Dan smiled, "I wanted to fly, I wanted to experience what flying feels like. I told the people who worked there. They decided to give me a mobile armor instead, a simple, mass produced fighter jet. I was so happy that stayed inside the cockpit for like the whole day, playing around with the control stick and messing around with the buttons. Suddenly, I accidentally turned on the engine and launched the jet inside the lab. Luckily the hangar was outside the laboratory. I crashed through the front gate and out I flew towards the sky. For some unknown reason, I knew how to operate the plane. Maybe because I was programmed to fly a plane since I am an Extended. After that incident I didn't know where I was going, so I just randomly flew to places and such. I was smiling and laughing because finally I had a chance to fly! I did barrel rolls, loops and other cool tricks that I 'magically' learned how to do."
"Haha, wow you sure had fun didn't you" I laughed
"Well yea, but then things didn't go so well after that. The plane's fuel suddenly was low and I had no idea where I was. All I could see from the window was water. I was nervous and panicking. Suddenly to my left, I saw land! I quickly flew towards that direction. Just when I reached the land, my fuel was out. I made a crash landing."
"Holy, what happened then?" I was shocked
"I got knocked unconscious from the impact. Thank god that I was wearing my seat belt or else I won't be here today" Dan joked, "I was picked up by some local residents living in that area and they took care of me. Sadly, they didn't know I was an Extended and about a few days after I crash landed, I started going through withdraw from the drugs. I can tell you it was painful! For 2 weeks, 2 weeks! I was under extreme pain. But thank god it was over and the pain started to recede. Everything was under control. The pain stopped and I was recovering normally. The local residents told me I was at the country of ORB. I was still wearing my Earth Alliance uniform. The residents told me that ORB is a neutral country and they told me to go to their military to ask for help if needed. I thanked the residents for taking care of me for the past 2 weeks and I was off."
"So then, you stayed at ORB?" I asked
"I went to the military base at ORB and told them I was an EAF soldier that accidentally crash landed on their territory. I told them I had no food and shelter. They were nice to give me a place to live, but in return I had to help out with their military. I told them if I get a chance to fly in the skies, then I would help them. They agreed on my offer and gave me the MVF-M11C Murasame. I am still using it today."
"Wow, what an adventure!" I replied.
"Haha," Dan laughed, "Yea, it was fun!"
"One more question, how did you end up here?" I asked him.
"After the second war, my friends and I decided to spend the rest of their lives living peacefully. We chose an island near England and established a home here. Surprisingly we found a secret entrance in this island and found this hangar bay. We couldn't believe our luck. It was empty when we first found it, but all the junk you see here today was all over the place when we found it. That is when I decided to become a mechanic."
"Wow. That is such a cool story!" Shinn smiled
"Nah, I guess I can say I'm one of the lucky Extendeds out there. I heard all of the other Extendeds were killed." Dan said.
"Yea, that is true." I frowned.
Dan walked to a desk in the hangar bay and pulled out a clipboard, he came back to me shortly.
"Hmm, it says here from Mwu that I need to upgrade your generator for the Wings of Light that your mobile suit has." Dan explained to me
"Why does Ne…Mwu want to upgrade the Wings of Light from Destiny?" I asked
"Well…I am not 100 sure but Mwu told me that you will be carrying a heavy load of some sort when you arrive at Berlin." Dan replied to me.
I was surprised. "Do you know specifically what the heavy load is?"
"Well I am not sure Shinn. But my best guess is something that is heavy for a mobile suit is another mobile suit." Dan replied scratching his head.
Another mobile suit? Why does Neo want me to bring back another mobile suit? But then in the letter Neo said that I will be meeting a special someone… So this someone must be piloting a mobile suit. If what Kira said is right, then the only person that is special to me and pilots a mobile suit is…Stellar. I dropped my jaw.
"Something wrong Shinn?" Dan asked
"Oh… it's nothing Dan" I replied
Dan gave me a worried look. "Okay Shinn, hey why don't you sit down and take a rest? You looked tired. It is a long way here from where you live and I bet sitting in that cockpit was really boring."
I walked slowly towards a sofa next to Dan's desk. I sat down and stared at the ground thinking about what Dan just said. I feel like I want to throw up. Dan came by with a container full of cookies.
"You want some Shinn? Are you hungry?" he asked
"Nah, I'm fine…wait on second thought, can I have some?" I said. I haven't eaten for around 5 hours. I'm really starving.
"Haha okay, here you go. Take as many as you like!" Dan smiled
"Hey Dan," I started, "I know this might sound rude but do you have anything else to eat? I haven't eaten for about 5 hours and I'm really dying for some food."
Dan smiled, "Well why don't you just say so! Don't worry about not afraid of asking for food Shinn, we all need it right? Hmm, let's see what we have here…" Dan got over to a shelf next to his desk, "Well to tell you the truth, I am bad at cooking so I usually eat like canned foods or instant noodles."
"Is it okay if I have a bowl of instant noodles?" I asked politely.
"Sure! Knock yourself out! What kind of noodles you want? I got Kim chi, ramen, normal noodles…" Dan named out like a lot of different instant noodles. I can't believe how much food he has.
"I'll take the Kim chi. I really like spicy foods" I responded.
"Gotcha," Dan walked beside his desk and picked up an electric water kettle. He poured water into the bowl and dumped the ingredients in. He closes the lid and hands the bowl to me with a fork.
"Here you go Shinn; I'll start working on the repairs for your mobile suit. It won't take long. I will take good care of you MS, don't worry. You can just sit here and take a nap if you want." Dan gave me a friendly smile.
I nodded and begin to eat my noodles. It tasted really good. It is way better than the instant noodles on Minerva. I finish the noodles slowly, enjoying every bite. Then I finish the soup in one go. I start to wonder if Stellar tasted such good food before. I never had seen her eat before. Maybe the drugs that they inject are like their 'food'. I really wish that she can some delicious food one day.
I throw the empty plastic bowl into the garbage can nearby. I walk up to Destiny to see what Dan is doing. Next to my mobile suit is an elevated platform. It is raised to the height where Destiny's chest area is. I walk up behind it to see Dan fixing the power generator. Beside where Dan is standing sat a machine. I see Dan taking out the old generator from Destiny and replacing it with this new machine.
"What is that Dan?" I asked
"Hey Shinn, this is an improved generator that I built. It is one of the best in the world for mobile suits/armors. The design is much similar to a battleship's generator but the size is smaller." Dan explained
I am really amazed. Dan is such an awesome inventor/mechanic.
"Have you tried it out before? Will it malfunction and explode or something?" I asked him
"Haha Shinn, you are such a funny guy," Dan laughed, "Don't worry Shinn; I tested this engine many times on my aircraft. When I make a new engine, I always test it on my aircraft."
"I see," I said, "I have one more question. Where do you get all this junk? I mean I know you said that when you first arrived here, there were spare parts in the bay. But I bet you did use them all on something right? Where did you get extra parts?"
"Oh that is simple," Dan responded, "I have friends who are in the Junk Guild, I tell them what do I need and they bring it here for me for a reduced price."
"Wow, Dan is such a cool guy!" I thought.
After half an hour, Dan finished with the repairs. He was sweating like crazy.
"Oh man, that was hard but I finished it!" Dan panted
"Are you sure everything is connected to the right parts?" I asked to make sure
"Yep, I am a very careful person. I put in 130 effort to get things done." Dan smiled and gives me the thumbs up.
I smiled. Suddenly a thought came to my mind, "Hey Dan, have you ever liked a girl before?"
"Yes and I'm still in love with her," Dan looked at me, "I met this girl at ORB the day before I had to go to the front lines during the second war. She has long blonde hair, a mix of brown and green color eyes and wears glasses. She is really beautiful and has this really cute smile. We met at a park in ORB where I was taking a day off. We started talking and we were getting along quite well. I told her of my story as an Extended and how I got to ORB. She was quite shocked but I still remembered that she kinda blushed when I was telling her of my adventure. I think she liked me, and I really like her too. But then I told her I had to go fight a war. She started crying. I couldn't believe my eyes. I hugged her, comforted her and promised her that I will see her soon. Until today, I still haven't seen her. I hope she is still out there waiting for me. I'm dying to see her one day." Dan frowned.
"I really like this girl, but I am kinda afraid to say the name because she," I paused, "She is the same type as you."
"She is an extended?" Dan was shocked.
"Yes Dan, She is an Extended just like you were." I replied with saddened eyes, "Her name is Stellar, have you ever heard of her name?"
"Stellar, Stellar," Dan repeated her name a couple of times. He closed his eyes, "Are you talking about Stellar Loussier, A cute, blonde girl with magenta eyes?"
"Yes, did you know her?" I grabbed Dan's collar and looked at him with shocked eyes, "Please tell me about her, I really want to know more about her!"
"Well I looked at one of the person's checklist in the lab. I remembered a name called Stellar Loussier. I met her couple of times, she is really shy and innocent and nice, but when she is forced to fight she is really deadly and I mean deadly! She really likes the ocean a lot. I see her everyday standing next to a window facing the ocean. She told me that she wants to go to the beach one day. That was the last time I met her." Dan said.
"I met Stellar on a beach. She accidentally fell off a cliff and nearly drowned. I saved her and I fell in love with her. I never knew she was with the Earth Alliance forces until one day when we encountered one of our stolen mobile suits; I found out that she was piloting it. I was in shock. How could this kind, innocent girl be piloting a mobile suit? She was shortly captured by us after that encounter. The doctors tried to treat her 'sickness' but told me that she would die soon. I had no choice to give her back to Neo, who was the commanding officer of her. Shortly after, she was killed in Berlin. Before she died, she told me that she loves me. To this day, I still can't stop thinking about her. That night when I got the e-mail from Neo saying that a special person is waiting for me in Berlin, I couldn't sleep. Dan, do you think Stellar is alive? Do you think she is at Berlin waiting for me?" I said, looking at Dan with tears in my eyes.
Dan walks next to me and pats me on the back.
"Shinn, let me ask you a question," Dan started, "Do you want her to be alive? Do you think about her everyday, waiting for her to return to your hands?"
"Yes, yes I do!" I slammed my fist onto the ground, "She didn't deserve to die. She was just a poor innocent girl who didn't know what's right or wrong. She should've never gone through that much pain."
"But you believe that someday, you will see her. Is that correct Shinn?" Dan asked
"Yes," I said emphatically.
Dan smiled at me, "Shinn, I might sound kinda crazy, but I believe in you too. Even though I am not familiar with Stellar, but I can see it in your eyes that you have determination and faith. We both are similar. I told you about the girl that I really like right? Well, to this day I still believe that I will see her again. And I am 100 sure that I will see her one day. After I get my aircraft repaired, I am going to travel around the world and search for the girl that I love. Shinn, never give up! There can be miracles when you believe."
"T-Thank you Dan," I wipe the tears off my face and stood up gripping my fists tightly.
'Stellar… please give me another chance…' thought Shinn.
XOXOX
"Stellar, it is time to go" a voice called her
"Shinn…is that you Shinn?" Stellar slowly turned around and open her eyes, only to see Mwu, "N-Neo? Where is Shinn?"
"Shinn is waiting for you Stellar," Mwu said, "It is time to leave and go to where he is."
"Okay…" Stellar slowly gets out of bed and gets dressed, while Mwu is waiting outside. When she tells Mwu she is ready, Mwu leads her into the hangar bay in the laboratory.
"Stellar, do you remember this mobile suit?" Mwu asked
Stellar looks up to see a mobile suit that looks exactly like the one she used to pilot.
"Gaia…" she whispered, "How did Gaia get here?"
"Oh, my old friend Andrew had an exact copy of your mobile suit." Mwu explained, "He repainted it to look exactly like yours and brought it here while you were sleeping."
"Oh…" Stellar whispered. She looks at Mwu, "Neo, does Stellar have to use Gaia…to destroy things that will hurt Stellar?"
"No Stellar, The war is over, everyone is living peacefully now." Mwu explained, "no one will hurt you anymore Stellar, and if someone happen to do that, you have someone to protect you."
"Protect…" Stellar repeated the words for awhile, "Shinn… promised Stellar that Shinn will protect Stellar from evil things."
"Yes that is correct. But on that day, Shinn failed to protect you. Even today, he still is thinking about that promise, about his failures, long ago. Stellar," Mwu squatted down and placed his hand on Stellar's face, "will you give Shinn another chance?"
Stellar starts to think about the past, about the times she and Shinn were together. On the cave Shinn was kind to her, he helped bandage her leg wound and took care of her. At Minerva Shinn was by her side all the time when she was being treated by the doctors. Every time when Shinn sees Stellar hurt or in pain, Shinn starts to worry. Stellar knows in her heart Shinn is a kind and caring person.
"Hai, Stellar will give Shinn another chance. Stellar will give Shinn many chances because Stellar knows Shinn will do his best!" She smiled
"Stellar," Mwu smiled, "If that is your answer, take Gaia and meet the one you love."
Stellar nods.
XOXOX
"It is almost midnight; I guess it is time for you to go." Dan said.
"Yea, I must go meet the person that is special to me," I responded, "thank you for everything Dan, will I ever see you again?"
"I believe that we will see each other one day, after I find the girl that I love." Dan offered his hand to me, I accepted it.
"Well I guess I guess I should say a temporary goodbye," I grabbed the cable that pulls me up to Destiny, "don't forget your promise!"
"I won't Shinn. By the way, do not activate your Wings of Light yet, wait for you grab that 'heavy load' in order to save energy." Dan shouted
"Ok Dan, thanks for the tip" I replied with a smile.
"No problem!" Dan waved goodbye as I started Destiny up.
After I did a system check, everything is ready to go.
I increased my thrusters to maximum.
"Shinn Asuka, Destiny, Ikimasu!" I shouted
Destiny jump up into the air and activated its thrusters. It is time to go to Berlin and find out what is there waiting for me.
"Good luck Shinn! Find your Destiny!" Dan shouted
After two hours of flying in the air, I finally arrive at my final destination; Berlin. I watch the beautiful night lights all over Berlin from my monitors. The place is now rebuilt and looks better than before. The memories of the old Berlin still haunt me sometimes, a beautiful city destroyed in mere seconds by a mobile suit. Now everyone in the city is living their normal lives happily. I wish that my life will be happy soon.
The location shown on Neo's is a bit north from Berlin. I wonder why I have to go there. I guess I have to find out then
After flying for about a few minutes north, I arrived at the spot. I landed Destiny down on the ground. It is snowing outside, but it is really dark. I turned on the flashlight on Destiny's head (A/N: I know there isn't a flashlight but lets just pretend there is). What stood in front of me was so shocking that I almost fainted.
"T-T-This is the lake…that I buried Stellar…" I struggled. The lake looks exactly like the day when I buried her. There is snow everywhere; on the trees, on the ground and the lake looks like it is about to freeze. I move Destiny forward while checking the surroundings. I see nothing but trees and snow. I slowly moved Destiny into the lake hoping to see something that catches my eye. Suddenly the emergency lights on Destiny start to flash and that annoying beeping noise began. I look at the radar and spotted an unidentified object closing in on me from behind.
"Shit, was I being watched the whole time?" I panicked.
I command Destiny to take out its anti-ship sword, turn around and begin charging the "Palma Fiocina" beam palm. When I was about to press the fire button, I suddenly stopped. I opened my eyes in shock, dropped my jaw and started to shake. My hands are making jerking motions. What stood in front of me was surely a dream come true. I regain control and lowered Destiny's anti-ship sword and beam palm. I stared at the black mobile suit with red and yellow stripes.
"G-G-Gaia? S-S-S-S-Ste-Stellar?" I whispered.
End of Chapter 4
HAHAHAHA a cliff hanger! Sucks huh? O well the next chapter will be the last one. And I will do my best to make it as romantic as possible!
Stay tuned and please RxR
