Here we go, chapter 12. I just got done reading a bunch of dective-mystery-murder-romance books. They are actually a lot better then reading romance novels because the main plot is not the romance, but it's still there. (if at any point I make a reference to something that may compare to one of these books, I claim no credit for it. They are just so addictive to read that I must share them with everyone. Yes, I'm insane.)

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She began to struggle.

What was happening? Rey Za Burrel was supposed to be dead. She had seen the ship blow up herself, and Kira never mentioned that the blond pilot had ever been rescued by other ZAFT ships. Lunamaria and Shinn had told her he was dead. They KNEW he was dead.

Now, not only did she stare into Rey's eyes, but into the pair of eyes that were the exact same as that of Rau Le Crueze. Theman that even Kira was afraid of.

"Cagali-sama!"

She looked forward, and recognized Suzuka Kiriyuhi. Letting a sigh of relief, Rey released her.

"Kiriyuhi?" Cagali looked at her.

"We're here to bail you out." Suzuka smiled, "It's good to see you, mi'lady. Don't worry about Rey. He's a friend."

"I hate to interrupt, ladies, but we only have a five minute window." Rey said, "Cagali-san, can you stand?"

Cagali gripped the edge of the wall, before falling into Rey's outstretched arms. He scooped her up into the air.

"Hey-"

"We don't have time." he said, "Suzuka, activate the beacon."

"Already did." she smiled.

With the beacon activated, they had 5 minutes to get outside to the airfield.

Trent walked down the hallway, Hayworth on his left, Hersh on his right. The piece of paper he held earlier was crumpled in his hand now.

"Are you certain it's him?" Hersh asked, "If this is a trick you will be punished."

"I am positive." Hayworth nodded, "Rei Minami is Rey Za Burrel, security cameras confirmed it. But sir...if he decides to fight us-"

"We have a secret weapon." Trent smiled, "The rebel forces think they can use our own weapon against us? They are mistaken, and Zala is a fool if he thinks Za Burrel gives him any edge at all."

"I don't understand, sir." Hayworth looked at him confused.

"You will soon enough." Hersh nodded.

"Is everything in position?" Trent asked.

"Yes, sir." Hayworth nodded, "Everything is exactly how you instructed."

"Good."

Kira fidgeted again. Lacus gave him a strange look.

"Is something wrong?" she inquired.

"I have a bad feeling." he said, "A really bad feeling."

"I just got word from earth." Neuman piped in from the helm, "Captain Asuka and Commander Hawke have successfully defended the base at Carpentaria. They took on three prisoners requesting asslymn."

Murrue let out a sigh, Athrun-sama had his hands full down there.

"Well, I guess we'll have work to do when we get back." Neo stretched out his arms and yawned. He had been pulling double shifts for a while. Murrue smiled to herself, he could always read her mind. That, or they just thought along the same lines.

She glanced about the bridge. There was a sense of nostalgia that washed threw her mind. Chandra was at his regular post, Lacus had taken the seat that Miriallia Haww normally took, and Kira was down at the other helmsman post. Neuman had agreed to come along, even though he had a fiance back on earth and their wedding day was only a month away.

"Captain." Neuman called, "Shinn-san says that Dearka Elthman and Miriallia Haww were registered with the civilians that were taken into the base during the battle."

A smile spread across her face.

"Ah, that's a name I haven't heard in a while." Neo sneered, "I miss playing poker with him and Murdock. Man, he can sure hold his liquor for someone who is almost ten years younger then me..."

This earned a displeasing look from his wife.

"What!" he gapped at her.

Murrue let out another sigh.

Out of the corner of her eyes, she could tell that Kira was nervous about something. It was 6 hours ago that they had received the final orders and information from the Kamaitachi. On the front screen, she could see the familiar sight of the Eternal. Captain DaCosta had his hands full, and she did not really want to dump more work on the young captain. But, she was pretty sure that he would be pleased after this mission when she would pull the papers from her desk that held orders for a 2 month vacation for Martin.

"Any messages from the Eternal?" she asked.

"None." Lacus shook her head, "Martin will contact us soon though. Kamaitachi is on sand-by, and Cedric is ready to lend any assistance that's needed."

"Good." Murrue nodded, this was the calm before the storm.

It was only till the captain started giving orders to petty officer Aines that Meyrin realized that she had been holding her breath. Staring at the radar screen for so long was starting to make her eyes hurt, but it was important to be scanning everything constantly.

"Miss Hawke?" DaCoasta called to her.

"Yes, sir?" she looked up.

He waved a hand at her, indicating that he wanted to speak with her. After turning to the officer next to her and instructing her to watch the sensors, Meyrin walked up to him and bent over.

"Sir?" she looked curiously at him.

"Would you like to go grab some coffee?" he asked, "I don't know about you, but I'm about ready to drop dead."

"Of course, sir." she smiled, responding a little too quickly.

Meyrin had never thought she would be so happy to see a cup of coffee in her entire life. Her captain flopped in the chair across from her in the mess hall, and took a long sip of his own cup. Although she had a little cream and sugar in hers, he was dark and pitch black.

She beamed, "This is wonderful."

"I'll say." he said, "So how are you holding up?"

"Alright." she shrugged, "Sleep would be nice, but we don't have enough time for that."

He nodded solemnly.

"So, what do you think about when you have to sit up in that chair by yourself for all those hours?" Meyrin asked him.

He was hoping she would not ask him something like that. Martin looked away a moment, a slight blush on his cheeks.

"Nothing much."

You...the thought to himself.

"Really?" she said, "You know what I do?"

"Oh?"

"I make up stories in my head!"

Martin gave her an odd look, "Huh?"

"Like the one I've been making up lately..." she strayed off a moment to think about the storyline, and then smiled, "...there's this heroine, and she's a well-paid bodyguard for some CEO of a big company."

"Yeah?"

"And one night, the CEO is murdered by his rival. In the middle of the incident, she managed to attack the intruder, only to knock him out. The police come, and she meets a really handsome detective..."

"Yeah?"

He continued to listen to her murder-mystery, romance story of intrigue. Truthfully, Martin did not really hear a word that she said. He was just enjoying being in the mess hall with her and listening to her. In the past years that he had been on the Eternal, it was never as interesting until she came along. Meyrin Hawke always managed to get him to smile, no matter what happend.

Suddenly, everyone jumped as the red alarm went off, calling him to the bridge and pulling him away from his thoughts.

Rey carried the young princess down the hallway, Suzuka lead the way. She checked the next hallway, to make sure the guards were gone. After sending a message to the fleet, they were going to meet at the checkpoint to get off the colony.

"Three minutes." she whispered, three minutes until the cameras came back on...

"We must hurry." Rey said, "Cagali-san, are you alright?"

She nodded slightly at him.

Suzuka opened the door to the stairs, and he followed her down the flights of white steps. As they reached the ground floor, she peered out the small window in the metal door to check the parking lot. There was an extra jeep sitting in the corner.

"Come on." she said.

They ran across the parking lot, and Suzuka jumped into the driver's seat. Holding Cagali in his lap, Rey wrapped a blanket around her. She was still weak, and the trip was hard enough on her.

"How much time?" he asked.

"Two minutes." she whispered, "The copter will be waiting there now."

The drove as nonchalantly as possible threw the grounds. There were minimal guards in the area, probably because it was the night shift. It was the least patrolled time, and the only time of the day that the security cameras were down.

Stopping at the south end of the airfield. As the jeep powered down, Suzuka got up first and walked to the jeep. Knocking twice on the window, the door opened. A young officer smiled back at her,

"Captain, it's good to see you're alright."

Rey did not know the man personally, but gathering from what Suzuka was saying, he was a pilot from the Eternal.

"So, is this the princess?" he asked.

"Yes, Cagali-sama is safe. She's wounded, send a message ahead and have a medic team stand by."

There was a beep of Rey's watch. He frowned as he passed the blond princess into the aircraft. He then turned to Suzuka,

"You next." he said.

"Rey-" she smiled at him, "We did it."

He leaned over to whisper in her ear, "When we're back on the Kamaitachi, away from this hell, and continue where we left off when we were interrupted, I'll share that sentiment."

She smiled.

Turning to the helicopter, Rey went to grab Suzuka's hand to help her inside.

He was not paying attention, and did not hear the bullet as it went off.

Yzak Jule was not in a very good mood, and Shinn could tell the minute he walked off the carrier. After leaving and having to come back 7 hours later, Yzak was wishing that the attack could have happened at any time other then right at the moment.

"Report, Asuka."

"We have the people locked in the brig, sir."

"I see." Yzak said, "I'll talk to them myself. Have a word with Hahnenfuss before you go back to the control room. Make sure that Hawke sees her too."

"Yes, sir."

Yzak walked down the hallway of the brig. He was getting too old to be running around to solve every little problem. Leaving most of the clean-up and civilian issues to Asuka, he was free to investigate these three rebels himself. Showing his ID and nodding to the gaurd, the door unlocked and he went inside.

Yzak stared at the three individuals. He sat at the table, holding three files in his hands, and he sighed.

"Long day, sir?" the girl asked him.

"You don't know the half of it." Yzak replied out loud, "Miss...Forrester?"

She nodded.

"Major Micka Forrester, Major Vladamir Alexander, and Commander Katsuya Kiriyuhi. Welcome to Carpentaria."

"Thank you, sir." Katsuya leaned forward, "Any news? Did Athrun-san-"

"Zala is not here at the moment."

"What?" Katsuya stared at him in shock.

Yzak sighed out loud once more, "I just returned from Orb. Zala is on a mission at the moment."

He decided to play space invader...Yzak made a face.

"Then what will happen to us?" Alex frowned.

"I can't do anything with you until Zala returns." Yzak said, "Till then, you have to sit tight here, and you will wait. Everything you need will be provided."

"What the friggen-"

"That's very helpful, thank you." Katsuya said, interrupting Alex before he said something to make the situation worse, "We will wait for Athrun-san to return."

"Good." Yzak said, "Keep quiet and stay out of the way."

"Captain..."

"Yzak. Yzak Jule."

All three stared at him in surprise. Yzak bowed slightly to them, and left the room. As he was about to leave, he felt a hand on his arm. Turning around, Katsuya Kiriyuhi stared at him in the eyes, a serious look on his face.

"Captain-" he said, quiet enough so only Yzak could hear him. His other two team mates were chatting amongst themselves, "-I was wondering if you could do a personal favor for me."

"What is it?" Yzak frowned.

"I was wondering..." Katsuya paused a moment, then gave Yzak a look of desperation, "...if you find out the status of my sister and my wife."

Yzak let out a sigh.

That was one ordeal down, and about a million more to go.

Dearka opened his eyes, staring dazed at the ceiling. After a few moments of trying to regain his bearings, he jerked awake. He found himself in a large warehouse set up to treat the wounded. He looked around desperately for Mirialla, only to find her in the white cot next to his.

"Miriallia." he sunk to her bedside, grabbing her hand, "Mir?"

She opened her eyes, and smiled.

"Dearka." she smiled, "You're okay."

"Yeah." he nodded, "I'm glad you're alright, too."

"Yes, but what's going to happen now?"

Dearka really did not know himself. Looking up, he froze a moment as a familiar pair of blue eyes glared at him from the entrance of the building. He got up,

"I'll be right back."

Shiho stood next to Yzak, watching the bandaged form of Dearka walk towards them. It was like they were seeing a ghost. She remembered his mobile suit burst into flames in the atmosphere, and that was the last of him they had heard off.

"Dearka." she gasped.

He walked up to them, and saluted.

"Sirs." he said, "Good to see you both made it to earth alri-"

WHACK!

Shiho yelped, and stepped back.

Yzak had punched him right in the cheek. Dearka stumbled back slightly, catching his balance.

"If you ever disobey my orders like that again..." Yzak told him, his voice dropping an octave to a dangerous tone, "...I will kill you myself, you son of a bitch."

Dearka stared at him in a shock, and then a smile crept across his face. His best friend's face was bleach white, and he was upset. After a few moments, Yzak smiled. Dearka nodded, chuckling,and saluted to him.

"It's good to see you too, Yzak."

Suzuka shrieked as the bullet hit her in the shoulder. Rey roared, turning around in rage to see who it was that had fired. The flood lights flashed on, and he stared down the barrel of a gun held by Kojimura Trent.

"Trent." Rey frowned.

"Ah, so you know me." Trent sneered, "Rey Za Burrel."

Rey stared at the elder man, his eyes fell on Hersh, and Hayworth as well.

It was a bad situation, one that he was not sure he could get out of.

"You've got a lot of nerve, Kiriyuhi." Hersh glared at her, "Stealing our prized weapon and running away with it."

"Don't..." she narrowed her eyes at him, holding onto her bleeding shoulder, "...don't talk about Rey like he's some object!"

"But, my dear, that's all Rey is." Trent chuckled, "A weapon. One that we created so that we could destroy all of you and the people trying to stand against us."

"I will never fight for Twilight." Rey snapped, "I would rather die."

"I'm afraid you don't have a say in the matter, boy." Hersh said.

"What?"

Trent laughed outright, "You think you're can stand against us?"

Suzuka felt Rey's arms tightened around her. He stood in front of her.

"Let them go." he said, "Take me. I don't care what happens to me...as long as Suzuka and the princess go free."

"Rey!" Suzuka yelled.

"Brave." Trent smiled, "Giving yourself up to save the girl. I bet you even think that you've fallen in love with her."

"So what if I have?" Rey answered back, "If I love her then it's none of your god damned business."

Suzuka looked up at him. Rey...

"Nonsense. You never had a choice." Trent walked towards them, "Come back to your original life, Rey."

The blond haired pilot took a step back, closer to Suzuka.

Rey shook his head, "No."

"Come back to your old life, an old friend of yours is waiting for your return."

Friend?...Rey stared at him in confusion.

"That's right, Rey." Trent said, "The Legend is waiting for you."

Legend...

Rey suddenly felt his entire mind seize up, along with his nerves, and ability to breath.

"REY!" Suzuka called out.

Rey screamed, grabbing his head as he stumbled backwards into Suzuka. She grabbed him, ignoring the pain in her shoulder, trying to steady him. She was calling to him, and the last thing he heard, was her voice shrieking at him.

His eyes went blank.

"Rey?" she shook his shoulders as he went still, "Rey? Rey answer me! REY!"

There was a click that sounded horribly sickening. Like a click from a gun being loaded.

Trent smiled, "Very good. Now...kill the traitor, Rey, kill Suzuka Kiriyuhi."

Suzuka froze, looking at him in shock. The gun that Rey had kept in his jacket was now digging into her other, uninjured shoulder.

"Rey..."

He looked up at her, his eyes had turned a solid, dark blue. With a deadpan expression on his face, he pulled the trigger.

After writing online stories for a while, I have learned that cliff hangers are the best way to draw more readers to your stories. Although I really don't like tortuing people with that sort of thing, I have to admit that it makes the story ten times better.

Chapter 13 is written and will be up within 2 days. So sit tight.

Thanks for reading, give a review and tell me what you think.

Arigato

Lilith