I own nothing in terms of the gundam seed characters or the base model parts of the EX-caliber gundam though its personal design and name are mine. Thank Bandai though for the basics. Also thank nemesis astrea once again for letting me use his basic plot point of the ZERO system.

Face your fears

Nicol sat there stunned. He…this pilot…was offering to let him join his organization. He had just met him…and simply discussed the war with him from a moral standpoint…and he expected him to join him? Nicol wasn't sure if this man was stupid or just plain crazy.

Noah chuckled. "I'm sure it may come as a surprise to you for me to ask that. But I know more about you than you'd think. Nicol Amalfi, age 14, birth date march 3rd of 53, coordinator. Ranked 3rd generally in most zaft academy classes though top of his class in explosives handling. That's just your general profile. "Said Noah before clearing his throat, closing his eyes to try and make it sound like he was reading from a memorized dossier. "An accomplished piano virtuoso, often caught writing musical pieces for various instruments ranging from just the piano to a full orchestra. He often also is caught wondering how many piano lessons he's missed by joining zaft. Has a promising future as a concert pianist. "He said before pausing for a somewhat dramatic effect.

"Personality is kind and gentle in nature. Holds no ill will towards naturals and simply wishes for the war to end soon. Possible candidacy for recruitment into celestial being…" Noah once again paused to see if he could get a reaction from Nicol. He tried his best to sound like he was reading bits from a dossier…but he wasn't military so he wasn't sure if he was reading it right.

Nicol shifted. The way he ended it it sounded like it was bad. But they had been watching him? They had a dossier…it made him wonder just how deep into zaft they were embedded. But still what did they expect? How would they have recruited him straight out of zaft academy? And what? Would he have been able to pilot a machine like alpha one? So many questions were racing through his mind as he waited for Noah to finish, like a college applicant waiting for their entrance papers.

With a deep, dramatic inhale Noah finished his sentence, "possible candidacy for celestial being recruitment…recommended and approved." he said with a smirk as he heard Nicol exhale a breath he didn't realize he had been holding. "Nicol you would have been on my team. We had a machine planned similar to the blitz. It was in its infancy, barely even a frame planned but it was still a concept. But had Heliopolis gone right, had both we and the earth alliance gotten to finish our projects, you would have been recruited, trained in your machine, and then assigned to my team." He said before chuckling. "Either way you`d be trying to sink this ship. But you`d likely also end up clashing against the rest of your team." he said with a hint of sorrow in his tone.

"Nicol soon the captain will come through and likely ask me about my plan. When she shows up I need to tell her if she's handing you over to her superiors or if you're joining me. So tell me…can you fight your former comrades? I know you can fight the alliance but can you fight zaft? Can you fight your former team and your kinsmen?" he asked as he glanced at his bars as if trying to look around the wall at Nicol.

Nicol had to take a moment to think about this. On one hand he was being offered potentially a way out of this cell, maybe even a way back into the blitz. Maybe he could sink the legged ship from the inside then go rejoin his team…but…at the same time Noah was making the offer. The pilot of alpha one, of EX-caliber was making the offer. Even repaired the blitz wouldn't stand a chance alone against it. Likely if he accepted it he'd only be allowed near the blitz under supervision or when he was to go into combat…

Then there was the fact he'd be fighting to protect a ship that he'd been trying to shoot down for some time now. He'd be fighting for the earth alliance. Wait…would he? Noah had just mentioned knowing he can shoot down earth alliance machines…."why say you know I can shoot down earth alliance personnel? Aren't you fighting for them?" he asked. He was still confused by the fact this pilot was in the brig and why he and the captain had interacted the way they did. This got a laugh from Noah.

"Kid I told you. I have fought 2 battles for this ship, not even full battles, more like swatting flies away from it. I`m only fighting for THIS SHIP. Not the earth alliance. Me and the captain have a bit of an…agreement. I told her I'd pledge my loyalty to this ship, to her command…not the alliance. So if we ever are in a fight against both sides you're free to shoot down earth alliance machines still. After all celestial being views both sides as the enemy. But seeing as I can't very well live in my mobile suit and this vessel seemed to have a handicap in my first engagement with it only having the strike to defend it along with the moebius zero…I felt I should help it out." he said, shrugging and finally moving to stand as he stretched. His pitch was given. All that was left was for Nicol to accept or deny it.

This would be a radical change…maybe it'd break the zero system and the simulation? Hey…he could dream that this change wasn't permanent still right? The moment he could bury himself in the African desert sand was when he'd give up and call this place home.

Nicol heard Noah get up and was still mulling over what he said. He was confused. So he'd likely have to return to this vessel…but…in battle he could fight either side. What would keep him from just wiping out the alliance units that would consider him friendly? What would keep him from acting like a Trojan horse?

Noah cleared his throat one more time as he heard the guard shift to salute, meaning murrue was likely about to join them. "If you do accept, don't think you can just slaughter the alliance and leave it at that. Both sides will likely attack you, zaft thinking your machine is being piloted by a natural and after you shoot down a GiNN or two there won't be any going back. The earth alliance won't all have heard about your capture so they will shoot at you thinking you're still an enemy. I'll be watching you as well. Any attempts to return to zaft, I shoot you down. Go easy on the ginns or even do everything you can to avoid them, I shoot you down. You will consider both sides your enemy, no ifs ands, or buts about it. Should you show any signs of going against it and I WILL kill you. No disabling or anything like this last time. My machine can move far faster than you've seen it. Before you can blink my sword can shear your cockpit in two. So think carefully if you decide to accept my offer." he stated as murrue walked in and he waved with a grin on his face

Face your fears.

Murrue floated down the hall towards the brig slowly. She could faintly hear Noah and Nicol talking. She was curious what they were talking about. The closer she got the more she could make out but…it sounded like they were simply discussing the war. Finally she stopped near the door but motioned for the guard to act like she wasn't there. She had to blink when she heard Noah offer Nicol a place in celestial being. Nicol was her prisoner…he was an earth alliance POW…did Noah think he had the clout to get Nicol and the blitz cleared of being handed over to the alliance?

She shook her head and continued to listen. She heard him sound almost like he was reading a dossier on the zaft red. She had to gasp at his age. He was only 14…he really was no older than Kira. And he had given the archangel hell in the blitz. She had to sweat drop mentally at that. A group of teens was giving the earth alliance's most advanced ship more than a run for its money. Granted that was also with four of the cosmic era's most advanced machines at their hands. But still. It made her wonder if Noah had even one other member of his team…just one more machine like his…what would the archangels fate be then? It made one question just how strong was the archangel and its intended mobile suit compliment in the grand scheme of things.

Finally she heard Noah begin to describe the agreement with her that he had made. Again she sweat dropped mentally when she heard him mention Nicol could shoot down earth alliance personnel and she felt she had to step in. she motioned to the soldier to "notice her" and so he saluted and she moved to enter the brig.

When she did so she heard Noah seem to put his foot down when Nicol seemed to have his own wheels grinding in his head. She chuckled and that seemed to get Nicol on his feet though he quickly took a posture of defiance by turning away from her and crossing his arms. She turned to Noah. "So that's your big plan? Recruit him to your almost non-existent organization?" she asked. She couldn't help but smile a bit at the thought. It meant they got the blitz back and another mobile suit to defend them. But again she heard what he had just said about Nicols and his own intended targets. When the obviously ensuing battle between the 8th lunar fleet and zaft began…they both would be attacking both sides. But it sounded like their ultimate goal though would be to defend this ship. That was a bonus right? At least EX-calibers blade wouldn't be aimed at them.

Face your fears.

Noah had to admit Murrue's timing was both perfect and horrible. He had yet to get an answer from Nicol as to if he'd accept the invitation to join celestial being or not…but he was also starving and yes or no from Nicol he likely would he getting out of his cell in a moment so perhaps he could eat before he was forced to fight once again. Well not forced to fight…more before he had to go play goalie keep away with yzak when it came to targeting the shuttle as well as facing rau le creuset. He'd hold trans-am till the last second but he knew he'd be revealing that here.

When murrue asked him if recruiting Nicol was his big plan he had to grin. She seemed to have already taken a liking to him. That was either good…or bad. He wasn't sure. Maybe she was just trying to stay on his good side so he'd keep fighting for them? He decided not to think about it. "Yep. I mean why not? He seems like a good kid, and my organization was already contemplating it." He said as he looked to murrue through the bars of his cell.

He smirked when murrue closed her eyes and nodded. " true…but he still has been attacking us for nearly 2 months now…he stole the blitz, attacked a neutral colony…in truth there's enough charges just during the attack on Heliopolis that with him in our custody there's no way in hell I should let you just whisk him away. I assume you`ll want the blitz as well?" she asked, glancing to Nicols cell to watch the young coordinators reaction. Noah couldn't figure out if it was the zero system having her get into his head or if she respected him enough already to trust him.

Noah nodded either way. "Yes…I'd like to borrow the blitz. Until we can get him a true mobile suit of celestial being caliber." He knew he was coming off as an arrogant SOB but he also knew murrue was still considering even letting him out. He was on thin ice and needed to be careful.

Murrue sighed. She couldn't believe what she was about to say. With the fleet taking them in she was no longer the ranking officer on a matter like this. She could face serious consequences for releasing not only a POW but giving him back the blitz…their machine, a machine that could easily destroy their ship from the inside if Nicol got to it with no one watching him

"Can you keep him under control?" she asked as she looked Noah in the eyes. She had to see his eyes when he responded. The moment she let him or Nicol out of their cell without a guard escort or an admiral's approval she was walking a fine line.

Noah looked her in the eyes and his eyes narrowed. He knew the real meaning behind that question. She was worried he'd leave again and take Nicol and the blitz with him this time. Worried he'd actually turn on the ship, worried...just worried about 100 different things and he knew the least of which was her potential court martial if things went south over this decision with the admirals.

He took a deep breath and sighed. "to be honest…on the ship…till he realizes he has no-where else to go…no…I can't promise you he won't try to sabotage things on the ship, or even take out specific personnel." he stated. From the shifting he heard in Nicols cell he figured Nicol felt stabbed in the back and worried he would be stuck in his cell.

"But when we are in mobile suits I can control him. I can control him with a simple statement." he said as he knocked on his cell wall. "you agree to join celestial being and pilot the blitz to defend this ship…one wrong move, do one thing I said earlier and I'll kill you." he stated loudly so Nicol would know he should respond.

Murrue turned to the zaft red's cell and waited.

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Nicol sighed as he realized he was being put on the spot. When he heard the captain ask if he could be controlled he got slightly upset. Controlled? Him? Yeah he was currently an enemy…and yes if given free reign he COULD attack "certain" personnel and sabotage various parts of the ship. But to use the term control?

Then he heard Noah's reminder of his penalty were he essentially to agree to defect from zaft…then defect from celestial being…or go easy on the zaft military. Noah was serious. He'd kill him if his hands even twitched on the controls of the blitz to aim his weapons at this ship, likely the strike or that orange mobile armor. He'd also kill him if he tried to flee or went easy on any of his former teammates and kinsmen…technically neither option left him in a good position IMMEDIATELY but to defect meant the moment he cut down a GiNN or destroyed a zaft vessel. Even if he took out twice as many earth alliance vessels and mobile armors he'd still be branded a traitor the moment his own people's blood was on his hands.

Nicol's stance softened slightly as he thought out every scenario. The more he thought of ways to twist this to where he could MAYBE sink the legged ship the less ways he found for him to survive. On the hand of denying the offer there was either life in prison as a POW or likely execution after long, painful torture even if he was meant to be put away…after all he had no illusion that the rest of the earth alliance was as…well as kind as this captain was being. Simply put, that option left him dead no matter how you slice it…well maybe a…less than 1% chance he was important enough to be traded for given his parents positions on the supreme council or that he was important enough to warrant a rescue mission.

But if he joined Noah he had a strong chance for survival, even as a prisoner he'd at least be alive. But he'd be labeled a traitor…and if he tried to go back in any way, tried not to engage the soldiers he'd have formerly fought alongside, Noah would kill him.

Finally Nicol sighed and turned around. "Fine…I'll join your organization on two conditions." he stated which got Noah to burst out laughing and a smile and a chuckle from the captain. He was slightly confused. Were they laughing at the fact he had conditions? Or was this offer one giant fuck you and a scheme between them.

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Murrue brought a hand to her mouth as she tried not to laugh like Noah was when the zaft red had stated he had conditions for joining Noah's group. Did he really not understand his position? Did he not realize he had no bargaining power? Noah's machine plus…she stopped that line of thought. She suddenly bit her lip. Maybe he did have some bargaining power. After all, Kira and his friends would likely be departing with the refugee shuttle…they'd lose the strike as a defense. Maybe Noah could somehow get the strike setup for Mu? Wait…they were about to descend to earth and go to josh-a base…would Noah really risk his machine's secrets getting out and stay aboard even after this battle? And why recruit Nicol and borrow the blitz for this one battle when again if Nicol is onboard when they land he'd be taken into custody, at that point even Noah could be taken into custody for his involvement with a top secret alliance project and yet he wasn't part of the alliance.

Murrue began to feel a headache like her first chat with him coming on and just decided to listen and not think too hard on Noah. Clearly somewhere in-between his BS and what little of his story was true was a gray area where he simply knew more than he was letting on.

Noah finally stopped laughing in the meantime and wiped a tear from his eye. "Oh god...you seriously think you can make conditions? It's a yes or no question. Once we clear the impending meeting with the admiralty of this fleet then we can talk contract terms if you really must have certain things." he said as he braced himself on his cell bars while he caught his breath

When Nicol heard Noah speak he understood why he laughed. The offer was serious, but he was merely trying to figure out if the captain would need to fight for him to be essentially released from alliance custody. But would Noah agree to his conditions was his next question. He sighed once again. "If it potentially keeps me from being interrogated…then yes I'll join your organization." he said which got a snap from Noah. Had he been hoping he'd say no? Nicol was so confused he had to sit on his bed before laying down. Now he played the waiting game.

Now it was murrue's turn to sigh as she waved the soldier into the hall. She pointed to Noah. "Let Mister Carson out. You better not make me regret this." she stated as the soldier unlocked Noah's cell door and he walked out. He just gave her a classic two finger salute. "Don't worry ma'am…I'm here to stay this time. Now if you'll excuse me I'm starving." he said before leaving the brig to rush to the mess hall. Maybe he could catch Kira's friends while they discussed leaving or not. God knows the last thing he needed was them to jump ship, especially Kira. If Kira didn't stay…then he may have just fucked himself by saving Nicol NOW rather than later and using earth's gravity to his advantage

Murrue watched Noah leave and had to wonder if she made the right choice. She had just let him talk his way out of a cell…again…and he'd get to get in his mobile suit…again. But what could she do? Kira was still a wreck in a fight if he did pilot the strike one more time, and Mu would just add to the number of mobile armors in the fray. While throwing Noah into the mix and now one Nicol Amalfi would add to the body count on both sides it still meant zaft would have two more advanced mobile suits to deal with and would slow their advance. It may even save some of the 8th fleet. For now though she headed to the bridge to get everyone settled and make preparations for admiral halberton's arrival as well as find a way to get the refugees a way home.

Face your fears

Commander Rau le creuset watched out a view port alongside his protégé, athrun zala, as a shuttle carrying Mrs. Lacus Clyne flew off towards the Laurasia class vessel which was home for the lacooney team. He was thinking back to her parting words for athrun, asking him what they should be fighting. He of course had his own schemes to worry about and felt the girl was simply too much of an idealist for her own good…or athruns. He couldn't let her get into his head lest he begin to sympathize with the pilot of the strike and be even less effective against it. He was already clearly holding back quite a bit for some reason. "What should one be fighting athrun?" he asked as he turned the face to raven haired zaft red.

Athrun turned to face him and had a look of contemplation on his face. The fact he even had to think on it made him question his faith in the young pilot. He should have had an answer immediately. The question was rather vague and philosophical but if he truly had the conviction he knew yzak had he'd have had an answer immediately. Dearka had conviction though he also seemed to mainly be in the military for the status factor and even more so as a red ace pilot he was sure it got him more than a few looks from women…something the buster's pilot clearly enjoyed.

"Did you hear about yzak?" he asked simply. That got a look of both concern and curiosity from zala. "It was the strike…"he said, letting that fact hang there. "And Nicol…did you hear about his capture?" he asked. That got a reaction from the ace pilot. "It was alpha one. It seems our mystery enemy is not as handicapped as we thought. As horrible as it sounds, Nicols capture did give us something…knowledge." he said as he looked for more reaction from the pilot. The fact he was brushing Nicols capture and likely imminent death aside like it was unimportant seemed to infuriate the red. One perk of being a commander…Athrun couldn't unleash the rant he likely had going on in his head right now.

"Yes sir. We now know what's under its cloth. Though that may also drive him to use it more. Which may also bring it to reveal any other hidden weapons or defensive abilities it has." He stated, though it was through clenched teeth as he tried not to show his anger. Poor boy…like Nicol he wore his heart on his sleeve.

Rau nodded. "This is true. But regarding the strike athrun…why have you not shot it down? You and Nicol regularly teamed up against it…Nicols machine had the disadvantage of being a stealth unit…but you…the strike should either be ours by now or destroyed…"he stated calmly. Athrun visibly calmed and almost seemed to become sad as he floated away from the boy. He turned to him and asked, "Which will it be athrun…will you shoot it down or will you be shot down?" He then proceeded to leave the boy with that food for thought.

Face your fears.

Flay stood amongst the refugees staring at a screen which showed the Agamemnon class carrier- Menelaus that they would all be being transferred too. Of course her father was off trying to arrange for her and sai to be with him on a more formal shuttle that would take them straight to earth. She had to admit she had become attached to this ship….well maybe not attached but…she couldn't explain it. She didn't want to leave…and it felt weird to her. Like she'd be leaving something unfinished. But what? She couldn't get her out of her head that she had been here before…and it made her heart heavy. Made her want to cry.

She gripped her arms over her chest and just looked at the monitor, past the carrier, out into space. What could she do here though? She hadn't volunteered to work the bridge or anything like the others. As she tried to think of what to do she thought of the mystery man, Noah Carson. His name floated amongst the refugees now and then, like he was a guardian angel similar to Kira.

Kira…when she tried to think of this déjà vu and him she felt…a fiery rage…a hateful rage…but also a manipulative rage. This quickly transitioned to a blush as she felt herself get a bit warm in a certain area and again these feelings she felt with the warmth…they confused her. It was like her body was flooded with so many emotions that it couldn't decide what she should do or think.

Finally she turned and made her way through the crowd and walked with a purpose. Screw her father's position, screw the countless amenities she had waiting for her. The wedding to plan…hell screw Sai! She never really loved him anyways…and this warmth she felt when she thought of Kira…after that rage. She had to admit it reminded her of that childish saying of hating someone is the same as loving someone. She WOULD figure this all out, she'd stop these stupid feelings, and she'd figure out what Kira and Noah had to do with all this. Even if her father disagreed.

Flay Allster was off to volunteer for the military. She'd even join Noah's group if she had to…SHE WAS STAYING ON THIS SHIP DAMN IT!

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Kira popped out from inside the cockpit of the moebius zero. He had just realized he was in a mobile armor helping with repairs….and yet they had linked up with the fleet. Besides as soon as he left the ship he was a civilian again…why bother helping with this?

"We already linked up with the fleet, why are we rushing repairs? I mean even the blitz has mechanics working double time to repair It." he said. He had watched from the strike's gangplank when they got the pilot out of the blitz. He was a kid…like him and athrun. He had then remembered the blitz was part of athruns team. He wanted to go talk to the pilot, get to know him, ask about athrun and life in the plants. But he then remembered the pilot was an enemy, and not only that a prisoner. He likely couldn't talk to him anyways.

Lt Commander la flaga turned to him from where he was "laying" above his mobile armor. "Well maybe I don't feel secure while it's damaged." he stated with an annoyed tone before turning to the stealth G-weapon. "And the blitz…I don't know why it is being repaired. I mean we have no pilot for it and they are just gonna tear it apart at JOSH-A anyways." he said before turning back to Kira.

At that point the head mechanic Murdoch decided to put in his two cents. "We were told to repair it by the captain. Appears Noah managed to turn the pilot to his side. From what I hear it's not exactly any better for the earth forces but at least he's under strict orders to protect us." he stated as he looked over to his team. "Plus the pilots that`ll be joining us are all still green. If things go south we may need to sortie the commander." he then looked the mobile armor over once more. "Besides on a military vessel it's better to have working, ready for action mobile armors then to have this thing repaired and suddenly he has to sortie with a busted machine." The burly mechanic called out to the two. He glanced over to EX-caliber though and wondered if he'd ever get to work on that machine. He had to admit. While he was surprised, even though he had been fooled initially by the custom damage, he had actually been looking forward to trying to repair its arm, maybe get a peek at the tech inside it. But at this rate he probably wouldn't even get to shine to things fancy engine cone thing let alone crack open the armor plating.

Kira looked over at the deactivated strike almost hiding behind the black and red machine of death. "But what about the strike? Wouldn't it be better if I tried to fix the OS to work for commander la flaga? Or just reset it back to the original OS?" he asked though his tone stated he was almost worried of what may become of the 17 meter tall war machine.

Mu seemed to back away slightly at the prospect of piloting the gundam. "I don't know if restoring it to its original state is a good idea as it`ll lower its overall performance." he said as he joined Kira in looking to the machine that had defended the ship countless times already. He had to admit next to the EX-caliber it seemed almost worn out, tired, like the dull gray that it was colored currently was a sign that the prototype was ready to pass the torch of defending the ship on to the black and red monster.

"Then let's hope Nicol takes a liking to the suit instead of the blitz." called out murrue as she floated up to the group of males. She noticed Mu and Murdoch give her a questioning look when she referred to the former zaft red by his first name.

"Captain, to what do we owe the pleasure? And am I to assume we have a defector on this ship?" he asked as he raised an eyebrow. Kira however now seemed confused, "defector?"

Mu nodded. "yeah…I figured when Noah told me he had plans for the blitz' pilot he meant he was going to get him to defect. Am I to assume it's why the blitz is being repaired as if the strike and my moebius zero were scrap metal and the EX-caliber had run off again?" he asked as he looked at the captain.

She lightly nodded. "He did though I think he less defected and more chose the option which gave him a stronger chance of survival. He also didn't defect to the alliance." she said. Mu and Murdoch gasped.

"Then who did he join if he left zaft?" asked Kira.

"Celestial being. Noah's ghost organization. Though he claims to be only borrowing the blitz. Somehow he intends to get Nicol a "mobile suit of celestial being caliber" though I'm not sure how he will do that." she said, shrugging before looking at Kira. "Though I also came out here because I'd like to have a small chat with ensign yamato." she stated. This got a suspicious look from Kira. She smiled. "Don't give me that look. It's just a small chat." She said before taking the boy's arm and floating away with him towards the strike.

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Almost an hour later Noah stood beside Nicol, who now wore a blue ensign's uniform…for now. Noah had plans to make them both, and maybe the entire ship eventually, celestial being uniforms once they reached orb. They'd have a month there if things go anywhere close as they did before…and Noah may see to it that they take a TINY bit more damage, just so he can explore his future home more…again that's if him and EX-caliber makes it to Africa.

But for now they both stood alongside Kira and his friends. The small group seemed nervous around Nicol but it was to be expected. They were also in the port side hangar, so at least the blitz wasn't around so he didn't need an armed escort. Noah gave Murrue his word he'd keep Nicol in line and told her if he did anything she or any guards were free to shoot him…anywhere, even kill shots. Just him reinforcing to Nicol it was play along and hopefully just assimilate given time or die…or rot in prison.

Noah himself was wearing his hoodie and jeans, essentially the outfit he originally showed up in. Nicol only wore the ensign uniform to keep the admiral's guards from turning this into a hostile situation from seeing his zaft red flight suit. Noah himself didn't really care what the admiral thought…after all the knowledge he was going to barter Nicols "transfer" with gave him more than enough bargaining power.

As the admiral came out and greeted murrue he listened partially, wanting to hear any changes from the original greeting. He noticed the admiral look past the officers and at Noah and Nicol. He guessed he just heard about them especially given his aid's hand almost shot to his side arm.

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Murrue had to take a deep breath when admiral halberton mentioned their recent battle. He even mentioned reports of seeing a red…well as he stated a comet flying towards their ship before disappearing and supposedly ending up as EX-caliber.

"…I do hope everyone is alright." he said as he looked at the three other ranking officers. The raven haired woman stepped forward. "Ensign Natarle badgiruel sir!" she announced before saluting. The blond haired man next to her then stepped forward. "Lieutenant Mu la flaga of the seventh orbital fleet!" he stated. That got Halberton's attention. "Ah I see. We were fortunate to have you alongside this vessel." he said, shaking Mu's hand.

The ace pilot sighed. "I just wish I could have been more help."

Halberton nodded. "Son, what you did for both the earth alliance as well as this vessel I personally thank you." He stated before catching a glimpse of green hair. He turned to Murrue. "Excuse me captain but who's the young man with green hair?" he asked as he looked at the group of teenagers along with the older blonde gentlemen who clearly misunderstood what it was to stand amongst military personnel, even more so in the presence of an admiral.

Murrue cringed when he mentioned Nicols green hair. "He's um…his name is Nicol Amalfi…he's the…former zaft pilot who stole the G-weapon named the blitz sir." She said, The moment she mentioned he was zaft the entirety of the admirals group reached for their weapons aside from the admiral who raised his hand to keep them from drawing their weapons.

He slowly drifted to Nicol and stopped in front of him. He looked the coordinator in the eyes, not exactly judgingly but with curiosity. "Now why are you here Mr. Amalfi? Why are you not in the brig? "He asked, not accusingly, his tone held sincere curiosity.

Nicol glanced at the admiral with confusion. He had stopped them from drawing guns…he wasn't even angry, or he didn't show that he was, by his presence. Just how different was the earth alliance compared to what they were trained to believe? "I agreed to defect from zaft and join celestial being and to pilot the blitz in defense of this ship." He said. This raised halberton's eyebrow.

"Defend this ship? Joined celestial being? Hmm…I'm sure I'll hear about this in the officer's reports. But I am also curious…why defect?" he asked. He didn't get an answer, instead he got the boy to look at the blonde gentlemen wearing a hoodie. "And you are?" he asked. He was only on this vessel for a few minutes…and he already couldn't count the reg violations, laws broken, protocols…all the various rule types broken just by these two's presence.

Noah looked into the admiral's eyes. "My name is Noah Carson, I am a gundam meister for celestial being, an organization intent on ending war through armed interventions. Sadly though me, and now Nicol, are the only remaining members. The rest died at Heliopolis as well as the rest of our mobile weapons project." he said as he hoped it was enough for the admiral.

"Gundam meister hm? Let me guess…you're the pilot of the machine I read about in a few reports. So I take it you intend to stay as well and defend this ship? Do you intend to integrate into the earth alliance as well?" he asked. Noah simply smirked. "Well I'm sorry for the loss of your people Mr. Carson…"

"It's best we discuss this later, Lt Ramius has informed me I am to join her command staff for the debrief. Suffice to say if my machine had an infinite supply of air and water this ship would not be here right now." he stated. He made sure to underline this with a tone of it coming off as a threat.

Admiral Halberton stared down the young man. Had he just threatened this ship? Or insinuated that had he not needed the services of this ship he would have destroyed it? Just who was this young man?

Halberton decided to not question it and moved onto the group of children behind them. "And who do we have here?" he asked as he approached the group of students.

"Those are the students from Heliopolis sir. They have been helping us handle the brig given our less than skeleton crew amount of staff." Murrue stated as she floated over. Just as she got there his aid floated over and reminded him they did not have much time to do a meet and greet. "I apologize but I have to make this quick. On behalf of the 8th lunar fleet I'd like to thank you all for your help, I'd also like to extend my own personal thanks for helping this vessel get as far as it has." He then saluted to them and floated off along with his aid and the command staff.

Noah turned to Kira. "Hey Kira, you think you can show Nicol to the mess? I`m sure he's hungry and at this point he realizes he makes any sudden moves he's screwed so you should be fine. Right Nicol? "he asked, glancing at his new subordinate. The green haired coordinator glared at him but nodded. "Yes…I'll behave….and I am hungry. "He said as he looked at Kira.

"Besides…you're both coordinators. So no one has an edge over the other and really Nicol you have no reason to kill him…and it doesn't help that he still, at this moment, is the pilot of the strike…remember what I said." Noah reminded Nicol before pushing off to follow the command staff.

Face your fears

Rau le creuset looked over the tactical map. He was planning a strategy while also rethinking the past 2 months and how everything has happened. His plan was going well, the fact he did not capture the strike or sink the legged ship didn't help but he liked the chase it gave. Then alpha one showed up and he has been having to think around the mystery machine ever since. He turned to check on the bridge staff and their current status.

"The Ziegler and the Gamow have joined up with us." Said his captain as he floated over to stand behind his chair.

"Any sign of alpha one or the fleet taking notice of us? "He asked as he looked at the screen above for the current status of the enemy fleet.

The man shook his head. "No, it seems they have taken up a low orbit though. I`d assume they are doing this while they make rapid repairs to the heavily damaged escort ship as well as repairing and resupplying the legged ship." The captain stated as he noticed the commander move back to the tactical board. He pushed out of his chair and floated over.

"Originally I thought the legged ship was destined for their lunar base. Though with the appearance of alpha one as well as their current position I believe they intend to drop to earth. On their current course they will descend down to Alaska. I would assume they plan to deliver the data on the prototypes, both the strike and the blitz along with the legged ship itself. And with alpha one I'm sure they want its data even more." He stated as he looked over their tactical map once again.

The captain knew the look on rau le creuset's face. He had a plan formulating. "I'd like to eliminate the legged ship before it can escape to earth, while we still have an advantage. What do you say? Feel like playing battleship? "he asked with a chuckle at the pun.

The captain smirked. "Well the Ziegler has 6 ginns, we have five machines including the aegis…aaand the Gamow can launch the buster. If we had the blitz as well we would be at a slightly stronger advantage. "He said, though the blonde commander waved him off. "While yes it is a prototype and its mirage colloid has proven useful, in this setting it would be no better than a GiNN with advanced armor and weapons. The amount of flack alone will eliminate its one advantage. But still that armor would allow it to get close to ships to eliminate them. "he said before glancing at a specific battle group within the fleet.

"The infamous halberton…it's time the admiral was removed from the game." He stated quietly as he continued to plan the attack. He turned to the captain though with one last command. "Get as many vessels from the surrounding area to join us as well. As much as I hate to treat them like cannon fodder…the more ginns we throw at alpha one the less it can hamper our attempt to bring down the legged ship." he stated. He lied…the green GiNN pilots were a mix of actual green pilots and some veterans…but he was more than happy to throw them at the mystery suit if it meant he could learn more.

Face your fears.

Halberton's aid was confused and saddened. ``to go to such lengths as using weapons meant for assaulting a fortress within a colony as well as destroying artemis…all for one ship and a single mobile suit?" he asked with a sigh.

Halberton held his hand up. "That's not the concern right now. We should simply be grateful that Lt. Ramius and her crew were able to keep the ship intact and get it to us as soon as they could. They did the best they could and we need to remember that." He stated.

"However the appearance of this…EX-caliber…"he said, glancing towards Noah, "and its recapture of the blitz can be counted as a victory for the alliance. After all, it's one less machine in their arsenal. There's also the fact that he saved vice foreign minister allster. The alliance itself owes him a debt of gratitude." Said halberton to which Noah nodded and stayed silent.

The aid however seemed to wish to touch a specific subject, and the way he phrased it made Noah clench his fists. "Sadly Alaska doesn't see things as victorious as we do…and I'm not sure how they will react to Lt Ramius' allowing such a HVT POW not only out of the brig, but then to allow him to leave her custody to an unknown third party."

Again Halberton raised his hand to silence him. "Those big wigs at Alaska barely know what ground combat is anymore, let alone the first thing about space combat. Lt Ramius has followed my line of thinking as she always has. As far as I'm concerned she has done nothing wrong in this matter, especially when the man she handed the defector over to is already owed such a debt of gratitude I think we can let this slide." he stated. This seemed to upset his aid though Noah was glad he didn't seem to be needing to use his intended leverage to get him to let him have Nicol.

"As long as Mr. Amalfi and the blitz are defending this ship I will personally back the decision to let Noah recruit him to his organization as an act of gratitude for his assistance in protecting this ship and saving the vice minister." Said the admiral as he nodded to Noah who nodded in thanks back to him.

"Ok then…there is still the matter of the young coordinator boy, Kira yamato, we can't very well forget him now can we?" he said. His tone once again made Noah wish to deck him. If there was anyone clearly part of blue cosmos in this room…it was him…the way he spoke about Kira…it made Noah wish he could beat the shit out of him.

Murrue sighed. "With all due respect Kira is a kind and gentle young man. I pulled him into the strike due to the fact that during the attack he was in the harbor district where we were moving the G-weapons and had led him to the strike with the intent to save it. During that time I was shot by the pilot of the aegis and could barely pilot the strike with its OS as it was let alone with an injured shoulder. During an engagement with a GiNN Kira noticed his friends on a monitor and managed to react to an attack that would have caused the strike to fall on his friends. Ever since we switched spots after that he has piloted the strike solely to protect his friends and in extension this ship." murrue took a breath, realizing she had essentially made it sound like Kira HAPPENED to be there and she had forced him into the strike…which she had but at the time it was that or have both of them die. If she had to make the choice over again she'd do the same thing in a heartbeat.

She took a deep breath before continuing. "it is my belief that due to the stress as a civilian piloting the strike and fighting against his own people…no that's not right, piloting the strike and being FORCED to become a soldier has put on him and how he has not once let us down we should let him go with his friends to orb if he chooses as an act of gratitude for all he has done." she said. This got a smile from both admiral halberton and Noah, though both the aid and natarle were scowling.

"But what about the fact he has knowledge of a top secret military project? If we let him go now who knows if…" the aid didn't get to finish his sentence as Noah slammed his fist down on the desk.

"AND WHAT IF YOU LET HIM GO? HUH? HE'S A CIVILIAN, AND EVEN MORE SO HE'S JUST A KID YA JACKASS! YOUR REALLY GONNA ARGUE ABOUT A KID…A KID! HAVING TOP SECRET MILITARY KNOWLEDGE? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A KID WHO WOULD SOONER BECOME A COMPLETE AND UTTER DICK LIKE YOURSELF THEN MAKE A STUPID MISTAKE LIKE SELLING MILITARY SECRETS! SERIOUSLY…IF YOU WANNA CONCOCT ANY PLANS TO STOP HIM FROM LEAVING GO AHEAD…BUT IF KIRA ULTIMATELY IS KEPT HERE BY FORCE…"he paused there for a bit of dramatic effect so the aid felt his full intent in his words. "I will self-destruct my GN drive in the middle of the hangar, effectively setting off an EMP with enough power to FRY. EVERY. ELECTRICAL. CIRCUIT. ON THIS SHIP. It will fry the strike, it`ll fry the blitz, the moebius zero. This entire project will be nothing more than a perfectly intact floating piece of wreckage. "Said Noah, clearly surprising everyone in the room. If there was one thing Noah hated…it was racism.

He turned to leave the room and stopped. "oh…and next time you want to be a racist dick…have the balls to actually say the fact you're being a racist dick and that you hate coordinators or whatever and then state your nasty plans. My apologies admiral for this outburst…but I'm going to get something to drink. If you need me I'll be working on EX-caliber." Noah said before leaving.

Everyone in the room was surprised by his outburst though to Mu and Ramius it explained his comments about this war being stupid.

Natarle decided to speak up at this point. "Um…that…outburst aside. I feel it can't be denied that the boy has natural talent as a pilot for the G-weapons. He also has intimate knowledge of the secrets of the G-weapons. I feel he would be a great asset to the military if we could convince him to volunteer." she said, stopping to get the admiral's reaction.

"Oh? And what secrets are these? Zaft previously had four of the G-weapons and now we have a new pilot for the blitz or the strike. I see no secrets to hide or a reason to force him to volunteer when he clearly has no intention of joining." He stated, contemplating just what natarle was getting at.

"Sir there is also the factor that Kira was able to rewrite the OS for the strike in under 3 minutes, under combat conditions as well as almost instantly was able to pilot it. We could use him to write a natural usable OS and teach a new pilot for the strike or even have him continue to pilot it given the lack of trained pilots. His parents are naturals who survived the colony collapse. If we could somehow use them…" natarle jumped when she was interrupted by halberton slamming his fist down this time.

"That is enough ensign. I will hear no more of this talk. I for one agree with Mr. Carson and Lt Ramius. That line of thinking is something blue cosmos or lesser admirals may use but I for one will not condone it. If Kira Yamato wishes to leave and end his career as a MS pilot then I for one will be the first to shake his hand, thank him for his service, and see him off to whatever adventure he chooses next." Said admiral halberton to which natarle apologizes profusely for her actions before allowing them to continue.

Face your fears.

Kira was looking into the eyes of the strike. Its dim yellow eyes seemed weary and tired. Or perhaps that was his own mind. He thought back to how this all began and wondered what he would have done if murrue hadn't pushed him into the strike. When He looked into the machine's eyes though…he couldn't help but feel a connection between him and the machine.

"It's a hard thing to shake isn't it?" called out a familiar voice. Kira turned to see Noah floating up beside him.

"What do you mean?" asked Kira, not understanding what the far more experienced pilot meant.

"You feel a connection. Like the machine just won't be the same without you at its helm….hell like you won't be the same without your hands around the control sticks." said Noah before turning to look at his own machine.

"Yes…no…I…I'm not sure. I just…leaving it here…it just doesn't feel right." Said Kira as he looked to the head taller black and red machine.

"Been meaning to have a heart to heart with you about piloting. It's like nothing else. Mobile suits have the power to kill…obviously…but they can also create." Said Noah, recalling diorama's of gunpla he'd seen of GM's holding up a crumbling wall even after they had rusted and become unusable as more than that walls repair…appearance wise. Or a busted zaku set in stone under a bridge. It's last act being to hold it up and together.

Kira gave him an odd look and Noah realized he had said the wrong thing. He chuckled. "Never mind, I forgot the ones helping to create things were in my dreams." He said as he pulled Kira down and opened the strike's cockpit.

"Let me put it this way, a friend helped me put piloting the EX-caliber in perspective with it. Just a simple statement." He cleared his throat before continuing.

"There's a mystical bond between man and machine. But the man doesn't pick his machine, be it a car, a plane, or a gundam….the machine picks the man." He said before gently shoving Kira into the strike. "And of all the MS pilots I know. Not once, even when the machine was just on paper or a 3d model, have I ever NOT seen a mobile suit pick its pilot." He stated before floating to the side towards his machine.

"food for thought Kira!" he shouted as he pushed off his machine to check on Nicol who was tuning the blitz, alliance guards standing outside the cockpit with a mechanic holding a remote shutdown mechanism now installed in the blitz.

Kira sat down in the cockpit and looked around. The screens were blank, dials were dark, and the machine was shut down. Yet he could almost feel it calling him. He put his hands on the control sticks…and everything seemed right. But…he couldn't abandon his friends…but if he piloted the strike, with Noah and Nicol at his side, Maybe he could still protect them…by trying to end this war sooner rather than later?

Kira closed his eyes and sighed. He shook his head, "I'm not a mobile suit pilot…and I don't want to keep fighting…"he whispered. Finally he climbed back out of the war machine and closed the hatch. He then glanced over to Noah who seemed to be arguing with Nicol about something. He smiled. He didn't need to fight when people like them would be defending this ship. Besides…he needed to go with his friends.

Face your fears

The Sai and his fellow tech students looked at the papers natarle had just handed them. He held his up and asked, "Discharge papers? But…when did we join the military?" he asked as he looked to the admiral's aid.

"While we would like to extend our thanks for helping us get this far, the fact is it's illegal for civilians to participate in military operations. For that reason we have manufactured records stating you volunteered just before the Heliopolis incident. Since you`ll be disembarking soon these are your discharge papers. Without these any military officer who looks into the records of this ship can claim you are deserting and put you under court-martial." Said natarle as she looked at the confused faces of the Heliopolis tech students.

The group looked at them with seemingly concerned and thoughtful looks. "But what about Kira? Is he getting these papers?" asked kuzzey as he looked two the two officers hoping his friend wasn't being shanghaied into piloting the strike.

The aid got a scowl on his face at being reminded of the coordinator boy who had piloted the strike. Natarle however pointed to the papers she had set on the bed. "We made papers for him as well. Please make sure they get to him before you all disembark. "She said before her and the aid moved to leave but flay stopped them when she said, "excuse me!" They stopped and turned.

"You didn't participate in any combat operations. You have no need for discharge papers." Said natarle before again moving to leave.

Flay shook her head. "No it's not that. I want to enlist." she said loudly as if nervous about it. Everyone gasped at the girl's claim.

Natarle turned to her again, "and for what reason do you wish to enlist? I'm certain your father won't approve."

Flay nodded and looked down at the floor. "I know daddy won't approve, after all he's more than happy to leave and get back to the safety of earth…but for some reason I feel I need to stay. I don't know why, maybe it's the fact I refused to help this whole time and I feel that I could have done more….or maybe it has to do with the fact I've started to get comfortable on this ship." she said to which to aids eyes widened.

"You're the vice foreign minister's daughter. Now I see what you mean by he won't approve." He said quietly.

She nodded. "Please allow me to enlist. My father may not approve and will likely do everything he can to stop me…but if I can't enlist with the alliance…well…"she looked up with determination in her eyes. "Then I'll find a way to join celestial being. For some reason I can't shake the feeling that if I leave I'll be leaving something unfinished. And this is something…I just can't live with it if I don't see it to the end." she said with conviction in her voice now.

Natarle nodded. "Ok…in that case come with us. We`ll get you a uniform and get all the paperwork filled out." She said before the now three of them left the room and left everyone looking to each other than to their discharge papers.

They all looked up when they heard a tearing sound. It was miriallia. "What are you doing Mir?" asked Tolle, concerned by his girlfriend's actions.

She giggled, "well we can't very well leave flay here all by herself right?" she asked. The others once again looked at their papers.

Tolle then tore his in half. "Well if you're staying I obviously have to stay. Can't leave my girl on a warship and still feel ok with myself." He said, which made Miriallia hug him. Of course her boyfriend would follow her.

Kuzzey then tore his in half. "I'm not going back alone. I mean Sai you're staying right? Flay is your fiancé after all." he said as he noticed Sai's hesitation.

Finally said looked up. "I'm sorry guys…I have to think about my future…"he said before he left the room to go find Flay's father. He felt bad to leave them…but he had to find flays father to talk some sense into her. But she seemed so determined, even willing to join Noah and Nicol…was he making the right choice?

The others meanwhile grabbed Kira's papers and went to go find him as alarms began to blare signaling a battle was about to begin.

Face your fears

Kira looked to the line of refugees boarding the shuttle that would take them to the Menelaus. He was still having second thoughts about leaving. As he thought though he felt a tug on his pants and looked down. He saw a little girl holding an origami flower.

The girl held the flower up and smiled. "This is for you…thank you for protecting us." She said as Kira took the flower. Her mother then called for her and she floated off to her family to join them. Kira was about to move to board the shuttle when he heard Tolle call out for him. He turned to see his friends still in their uniforms.

He was surprised to see them ready for duty. "What are you guys doing? Aren't you leaving?" he asked as he was handed a set of papers. "What are these?" he asked.

"Your discharge papers…we kind of tore ours up. Flay decided to enlist for some reason and we figured we can't very well leave her here. "Said Miriallia as she smiled at her friend.

"Yeah plus the ship is short-handed as it is. They likely need us on the bridge. We figure it'd be our fault if the ship got shot down due to lack of staff." Said Tolle as he patted Kira's back and pushed off to leave the hangar with miriallia.

Kuzzey looked at Kira and smiled. "Go on without us…oh and say hi to our parents for us please." He said before leaving Kira to look at his discharge papers. "Hey come on kid, we have to go!" called out the officer in charge of loading the transport. Kira then looked at the flower and remembered Mu's words.

He crumpled his papers in his hand and pushed off to leave the hangar. "Please go on without me!" he called out and went to go do what he had to do. "If I have the chance to make a difference…I should take it. After all…the strike chose me!" he thought in a sort of mental pep talk. He had to go suit up.

Face your fears

Flay stared at the blue flight suit. She was blushing…she had nearly begun to beat the locker in an unknown fit of rage…but…it soon once again caused her to feel that unfamiliar warmth…and her heart ached at the thought of not seeing Kira again. She had never thought to have feelings for the boy, in fact she had somewhat liked the idea of marrying Sai even if it was arranged. He fit her status in life as a partner. But with him gone…who would pilot the strike? She had no experience on the bridge, and Nicol and Noah had already come through and changed into their flight suits.

She had essentially just disowned herself in a fight with Sai and her father where she essentially made it clear she'd find some way to stay…she may have disowned herself from her father at least, Sai had decided to stay, stating he'd be a horrible fiancé if he left her.

But this confusion was driving her mad at this point. Even worse now as she looked at Kira's flight suit. Noah was a natural and he piloted his even more advanced machine. But she had heard he had years and years of training, she even heard he designed the machine so he knew every little detail of it.

But what else could she do? No refugees to help keep calm, the bridge was staffed, granted they all had to work almost round the clock shifts or had to be ready to jump to their stations at a moment's notice.

But just as she reached to pull the suit from the locker her hand was stopped. She looked up and saw Kira. "You…what are you doing here?" she asked, a tear coming to her eye as she was gently pushed away from the locker by Kira. The source of all her confusion…all her rage…and he was smiling at her with amusement.

Face your fears

Kira was just entering the ready room, expecting to finally meet Nicol as well as see Noah but instead he saw flay standing in front of his locker. Was she planning to pilot the strike? He had to laugh quietly at the thought. Not so much laughing at her…so much as laughing at the thought of her in the strike. But this helped him almost make sense of what he felt earlier when Noah spoke to him about his connection to the strike as when he thought of her dying in the strike as it was destroyed it pained him to realize that he cared more about the fact the strike would be destroyed and less about Flay's life.

And before all this he had a massive crush on this girl…and now he cared more about that machine then her. He frowned at that thought. He noticed though she seemed hesitant to grab it. He slowly began to move towards her and watched her. Just as she went to grab the suit he reached out and gently grabbed her arm.

He smiled as she turned to him. "Yeah…I'm still here. Everyone decided to stay since you volunteered. And I realized if I left I'd be worried about you all. It's easier for me to stay and protect you all then leave and worry. Besides…"he said, pulling the flight suit out and getting ready to change into it. "I think Noah would hunt me down and kill me if he had to babysit you on the battlefield." he said with a chuckle as he moved so she could leave. "Go back to your bunk for now. I need to get ready in case we have to sortie." he said as he pushed flay towards the door to leave. She blinked and nodded, leaving but stopped at the door and turned to him.

"Kira…please come back. And when you do…find me. I want to talk with you in private." she said before leaving. And with that he got into his flight suit and began to mentally prepare for another fight.

Face your fears

Nicol took a deep breath as he sat in the cockpit of the blitz. No soldiers outside it, the remote shutdown was the least of the mechanics worries as they tried to ready the mobile armor Lt la flaga would be piloting. Apparently because he would sortie with Noah he and Noah were back-ups.

As he settled in to wait for the battle to get bad enough they were called upon he got pinged on an open channel. When he opened it he saw that it was Noah. He blinked. But why on an open channel? He decided to hear what his new superior had to say. Speaking of which at least he agreed to his request to simply have his flight suit and zaft uniform altered insignia wise so he could wear them and not the earth alliances. He joined celestial being. Not the alliance.

Face your fears

Murrue was surprised when she heard from comms that Noah was broadcasting on an open frequency. "Put it on screen. I'd like to hear what he has to say if he's making it open for anyone to hear."

Soon she watched Noah on the bridge's main monitor, curious as to what the boy had in mind now. Just what game was he playing broadcasting to everyone, even zaft?

Face your fears.

All of the earth alliance vessels had answered Noah's hail and the zaft forces had even stopped in order to answer it. Everyone was curious what Noah had to say.

Halberton watched the broadcast from his own bridge and waited for the enigmatic pilot to speak.

Face your fears

Noah's com screen registered that his hail had gone out and he was speaking to everyone who answered the open frequency hail.

"Time to man up…or bitch out…"he thought as he cleared his throat.

"My name is Noah Carson, I am the pilot of EX-caliber, or as zaft knows it, alpha one. I am sure you're all wondering why I'm broadcasting on an open frequency, from my mobile suit, in the hangar of the Earth Alliance's prototype carrier. I have a message for you all…" he said before closing his eyes. Now he'd take the world stage and reveal his existence and celestial beings. He had to wonder if everyone would buy what he was about to say.

Only time would tell…

" I am the leader of an organization known as celestial being…a third party armed organization in possession of the mobile weapon "gundam" and our goal is simple…" he narrowed his eyes before making aoliea schenbergs same declaration to the two world powers at once.

"We shall eradicate war through armed interventions…"

Face your fears

So…there you have it. Noah has revealed celestial being to the world. Nicol has joined him and he still intends to fight both sides of this war. This chapter should be a bit longer when I post it. This is due to the fact that for a bit I began falling into my habit of simply altering the same storyline, not writing it in my own way and accounting for how things happen due to alterations.

Also some of you may be wondering why Flay seems to be experiencing something along the lines of déjà vu as well as feeling how she did during the original storyline. This is due in part to the zero system straining to account for all characters and how they are reacting to Noah and his radical changes. His recruiting Nicol to celestial being was, as I had him think, a big factor in that. The more he changes things, which won't be much more though his changes already will have a massive butterfly effect, anyways the more characters will have déjà vu like her.

I do plan for eventually someone to start asking him questions about how he seems to be the center of the déjà vu though I'm not saying who.

Also I want to put a small disclaimer here, I am, in no way, a fan of Kira shipping with flay…but that sadly will still happen partially.

ALSO I'd like to apologize for Noah's outburst, one thing I hate about seed was the racism. Seriously. It will also show up more as to how Noah, and I, feel about seed.

ALSO lol I apologize for how shotgun it is. Again I originally started following the episode then got back into following my own path. This chapter may be re-written in the future.

Anyways, as usual, read and review, next time we get to see both sides face the full power of Noah's suit and Nicol will have to face his former friends on the battlefield. How will he react to this…how will they react?