I felt my eyes flutter open into a strange room. I had wires attached over me and I felt strangely enough refreshed and empty.
"Hello," A person said, "My name is Madison and you've just gotten up from a five month coma."
"Coma?" I said shocked. five months…How did I get here?
"Yes came you remember who you are?" Madison asked
I felt my breath stop. Now I knew why I was empty. I couldn't seem to remember anything? Why? Who was I?
"Not really. Who am I? Where am I? What's happening?" She said
"I don't know much…you don't remember who you are….or how you got here?" she asked
"No, what's my name?" I asked
"I don't know. We found you floating in the ocean, five months ago. You were in rough shape. You almost died a couple of time." Madison said
"Oh," I said
"How about we call you Cagalli, you look just like her," Madison said
"Who's Cagalli?" I asked, recollecting the name. I seemed very familiar. I thought it suited me just fine.
"I've never seen her face or anyone else who's in FLASH, but she's a hero in the world," Madison said
"You idolize her," I asked, somehow I could see myself being an idol. There was something odd about this Cagalli. Me! Maybe I was her…but then how did I end up here?
"We all do. We believed in her a lot. She was one of us, but she died in a horrible crash six months ago, after turning her back on us," Madison said
"Wow, what's FLASH and who's us?" Cagalli asked. A crash, she's dead. If she's dead then I could never ask her who she was. FLASH that name seemed faint in my mind as well. Something wanted me to take a gun and shoot the lady. I was pretty shocked with my thoughts.
"That's top secret information. You better talk to the Capitan," Madison said
"Who's the captain?" I asked
"Well you'll see for yourself," She said leading me to a whole new world.
I was wearing a strange article of clothing. If was a mix between a hospital gown and a battle uniform, how'd that happen I had no idea.
"Umm, excuse me?" I said
"Yes Cagalli," She said
I smiled at that name, "Can I change please?"
"Oh sure," she said flushing, "I guess I forgot since I was so excited with you finally getting up."
I nodded. She brought me to a room. And I changed into a skirt and a top. I felt my head spin into another ship were the uniform was the same as well.
I had a feeling skirts weren't my thing, but I wore it anyways.
"You look pretty," She said
"Thanks," I replied
"I have a feeling you don't like skirts very much," she said
"No, but I don't mind wearing it. I have an odd feeling some people got me used to wearing skirt and pretty stuff," I said
"Who?" She said
"I can't remember that well. Do you think I'll get my memories back," I said sadly
"Well amnesia, has a tendency to be good and bad, but your going to recover. All you need is time," she said
I smiled, "Thanks. I'd love to go back home, wherever my home is?"
"Oh yeah, you have some stuff left," she said handing me a box.
I took it from her and saw two items inside. There was a ring and a bracelet of some sort. I took the bracelet and looked at it carefully. There were charms all around it. Weird charms, I noted, but it seemed special to me. I knew that much. I closed my eyes and tried to remember, but I found only black. There was nothing familiar in my mind, as to who I was. What was my name? I banged my hand on the floor and sat down and leaned against the wall. Madison knew how frustrated I was. Losing your memories was painful.
I looked at the second item in the box. My eyes widened. It was a wedding ring. I touched its delicate features. I looked inside it and saw an engraving, A and C for eternity. Who was A and C. Was I A or C? I knew this C was indeed me.
So many coincidences couldn't happen at once. I needed to know who Cagalli was. Why was she so familiar to me? In all of this I was married to an A. I didn't think this ring was mine.
"It was on finger." Madison said popping me out of my mind, meaning yep this ring was undeniably mine. I was married to person and my name started with a C for sure. It just knew in my heart. Who was I married to though?
A…that letter seemed so close. I could feel the name in my mind, but I couldn't seem to get it out in my mind. I could see a colour it was green. Why green though?
"Cagalli," she said snapping me out of my thoughts yet again, "We need to get going. The Capitan needs to see you urgently."
I nodded and slipped the ring on and the bracelet. I felt closer to my memories as the metal touched my skin.
We walked through the corridor of the ship. Madison was telling me all about the ship. It was called Typhoon, and was very advanced in technology. My mind flashed to a red and white ship similar to the Typhoon, but why. What did that ship have to do with me?
"Here we are, I'll call you in ok," she said entering the room and calling me afterwards. I looked around the small room, everything interesting my mind. I recognized what this room was. It was the control centre of the battleship. My stomach lurched. I didn't like this place on bit; it proved to me instantly that something was world in the world.
"Ah Miss Cagalli, you've finally gotten up I see," A lady in her mid thirties said to me, "I'm Ann Sawyer, Capitan of the ship as you probably know."
"Miss Sawyer, I'm apparently married and two what are you planning to do on this ship," I said
"My straight to the point aren't we. Well I'll just call you Cagalli, since you have no recollection of your last name. And two I'm planning on liberating the world with this ship," She said as signalled Madison to leave, "How about we go somewhere private, the crew of the ship are unsettled with this topic."
I nodded in agreement and we went to her office. I sat down in a seat and she offered some refreshments. I wasn't very hungry and refused courteously as she sat on her chair ostensibly disturbed.
"Am I going to a part of this FLASH?" I enquired
"Not if you don't want to, but we could use all the help we need," She said
"I need to know why," I said
"Lets start from the beginning; you seem trustworthy, mind you just came out of a comma. I could be filling your head with lies," She said
"I determine your words myself," I said
"After the second war, the world was finally at peace as you know for close to two years. In the duration the breed of Halves were creating, unifying the distance between Natural and Coordinator. However, the world of greed never ended; soon both species starting treating the new breed, halves, as monsters saying the world had already had enough of different people and starting treating our kind as the unaccepted," She started
"Us, you mean to say that I'm a half as well," I said utterly confused. When I looked in my mind, I realized I couldn't remember what I was either. I had knowledge of the wars and the events, but I couldn't remember a simple thing as to what I was. This was pathetic.
"Yes, more or less you are a Half, but we didn't experiment into to find out more, your blood was indeed strange and different," she said
I had a feeling she was right. The "words what am I?" ringed in my head, as I picture a scene in my mind.
I was walking up the step and onto the lane I came across a stone, the name on the stone couldn't be seen. I kneeled down and bitterly cried at myself. Why was all this happening to me? I heard another car park up and I hid my face and sobbed. I felt warm hands surround me and a familiar scent perked my nose. I turned and cried on him, until my loud cries, because muffled hiccups. I felt a soft kiss placed on my temple calming me down completely. I heard him say, "Something bad isn't it. You usually come here when you've heard something bad."
"I really hate you," I said sarcastically
"I know, mind telling me what's on your mind?" he asked
"Nothing, I'm just afraid of our future I have a 50 percent of survival now, and I guess these are tears of joy," I said and decided to keep nothing from him and told him also, "I also learned that I'm not a natural, coordinator or a half."
He finally understood the problem.
"What am I? A thing that doesn't belong anywhere," I said
"Don't you dare say that, you're Cagalli…".
My mind came back as the Captain called out my name "Cagalli!"
"Sorry, I remembered something," I said
"What did you figure out?" She asked
"I was about to figure out who I was," I said
"I apologize, you were blanking out and I became concerned," she said sheepishly
"No problem, I think I'll figure out who I am sooner then I think," I said, "I already know my name."
"What is it?" she asked
"All I know is that my name is Cagalli, I'm married and I survived something," I said
"Do you think you're the same Cagalli Zala," She asked
"I have no clue who that person is, and she died six month ago and I was found five month ago, so I don't think so," I said logically, ignoring an odd feeling of survival.
"Your right, I do have a habit of jumping to conclusions," she said
"Anyways what did you mean by experiment?" I said
"That's why we are fighting to for a world with Freedom, Love, Acceptance, Salvation and Hope or in other words FLASH. Coordinators and Naturals have destroyed the world and tainted it in hatred and vengeance and greed. We as halves are the only ones who are equal and don't care who a person is or what a person is. We are Natural and Coordinators put together to form a mix, which is considered to people a disgust. Our kind is killed, thrown away and left out, by the same people who've created us. And those same people strapped our bodies and into laboratories and created true monsters out of us. FLASH is a group of people, who have survived the hatred of man-kind from laboratories that have cut, open, our bodies and played around with it," she said leaving tears in my eyes.
"Those bastards," I said
"My sentiments exactly," she said, "We've wanted nothing but to be accepted, but Coordinators and Naturals have still turned away from us, leaving us homeless."
"What do you plan on doing," I said
"We are first going to prove to Neutral countries the truth those Coordinators and Naturals are truly horrid. We plan on nothing, but want the world to really accept us, that is what is promised," She said, "Will you help us?"
I looked up and said, "Yes I will help, and what about fighting?"
"Well we need to provoke people so yes, there will be a bit of fighting, but not a lot," she said
"Ok, I know for a fact, I have the ability to fight. I think it's in my heart to always fight for freedom of life, love in a world, acceptance of all kind, salvation of pain, and hope for a future," I said, but why does this seem wrong?
"True words…I have faith in you Cagalli, with your help and meaning of commitment, I'm sure we'll bring this world to our way of FLASH," she said uncertainly
"I'm sure we will," I said
"Come, I shall show you to your Gundam," she said leading me to the place where they kept all their mobile suits. I didn't like the number of Gundams I saw.
I walked into a hanger and saw was awed at the Gundam in front of my eyes. I was staring and the Capitan said, "This is yours. In short it's called Memory and I'm sure you'll do well in it with all its firepower and strength. It compatible with the speed of a Coordinator and Natural and is powered by nuclear energy and we've added plenty of adjustment for the battles faced," She said
"Thanks," I said
"Do you want to take a look?" she asked, "You'll be meeting your roommates and the rest of the ship as well. Each of them have visited you, there're very welcoming."
"I've noticed," I said smiling
"That's good, I think you'll find yourself back to the control room and we'll see you them. I think you could use some time alone," she said. I nodded as she left. I went inside the cockpit. I had a feeling this wasn't the first time for me inside one. I sighed and remembered the memory I had earlier. Who was the guy?
I closed my eyes remembering, but all I got was a blur. I leaned my head back onto the seat and moaned thinking, what I have gotten myself into. This Memory mobile suit wasn't ordinary, and with my ability, it had the same power and speed an average or beyond Coordinator had. I was impressed by the mental intellectually of my kind? I knew I wasn't one of anyone, so why was I fighting with these Halves, because there way of thinking was right.
How was I sure? The Capitan could have been easily lying. I knew what she said was true, I could see it in her eyes, but she was hiding something and I needed to figure that out.
So many questions and I needed answers soon, or I would go crazy. At least I knew my name…Cagalli. Cagalli what? I let out a breath and decided to go with this battle for now, but I was going to figure out the hidden truth. I had to…and figure out who that guy was? I felt close to him for some odd reason. Maybe he could help me with my questions and tell me who I was?
Right now I was Cagalli, soldier of FLASH, soldier…that didn't even sound right, but for now that was who I was.
Who was my husband was another question. I was happy; at least I belonged to someone. How was he right now? Does he think I'm dead? I pulled my head. Great another problem, was my life full of problems? (She doesn't know how right she is)
I got out of the Gundam and walked my way to the control room, where the Captain introduced me to everyone. I was happily welcomed and I heard each of their survival stories. I was awed by their stories and dismayed at how a human could do that to another human. They all encouraged me that my memories would come back.
I knew I couldn't get too close, because I had a home and family somewhere else and for some reason I knew I didn't belong. There was somewhere else I should have been right now, but where?
I meet a lot of few people. We were in the Café and I was with Madison eating something. The TV was on and she said, "That's the minister of the Earth Alliance, we are provoking him first."
"Oh," I said dejected, "Why fight?"
"Because it the only way they will listen," she said angrily, "In the past it's always been war for peace. What peace, when those Coordinators and Natural can't accept the peace."
I look shocked as I could remember all the guns, mobile suit and nuclear fire shoot and destruction.
"Sacrifices of lives for meaningless argument, even now there feud over Orb Representative Cagalli's death, they're looking for another reason to start another war." she continued and I remembered more of the wars. I was a part pf them. I saw a brown haired boy die in my arms, but I couldn't see the face clearly.
I felt my fist tighten and I said, "Stop!" and left eh room quickly feeling restless. I wanted them to pay. Those Coordinators and Natural, they were going to pay for all the pain they've done in the past. I felt pain in my head as I could hear cries of pain and destruction plans screaming out in my head. Nuclear Bombs, Genesis, Destiny Plan.
"Haven't they had enough," I screamed and felt tears pricking my eyes, "No more wars…no more."
I heard Madison come in and apologize and I forgave her saying that it wasn't her fault and a human's greed for reigning first and number one will always hurt the existence of the future of man-kind.
You can never escape the truth of life.
"So tomorrow," I said
"Yes tomorrow will be the start of FLASH," she said
I nodded ignoring the feeling in my stomach. Right now I needed to let out my anger.
Meanwhile Athrun was busy looking over at all the feuds happening. They were going down and he was quite thankful for that. He didn't want any more gunfire going on. No he had enough of that in the past and didn't want anymore of it for the future.
There was a strange thought in his mind. What key and what was FLASH? EH had been constantly looking over everywhere about information, but found nothing. He had a feeling he needed to find the answer soon, but there was always tomorrow.