The Heart Doesn't Lie

Disclaimer: Same as always, don't own.

Warning: There is violence in this chapter. And death.

Note: This chapter is going to jump around to different people a lot quicker than usual. It may be a little confusing but it is necessary for story purposes to make things fit into time frame.

Notes to reviewers: Thank you all for the nice reviews.

M- well there is a bad person in this story, but this will be the only chapter with violence, next chapter things will be explained and then it goes back to how it was before. But I had to do something to end the angry eyes part of the story.

XiAoZRayZZ- Mayu was another one of the characters I had intended to use more, but then didn't because the story was to long. Good to know the violence won't bother you.

Kc-animegal-I couldn't really say last chapter, but you will see this chapter, about Athrun's phone call- he knew who he was talking to, it wasn't that he was stupid, he knew the voice. I do have possible other plans for Stellar. And there will be no damaged faces.

Furin-a- Sorry, maybe people don't say this kind of thing other places, I don't know, but people like to talk about how moody women supposedly are around the time of their periods, so what I was saying is he was being moody like a woman on her period. (I don't mean any offense, I am a woman too, I was just trying to have Cagalli say he was having mood swings basically.) You are right about the call, which you will see in this chapter.

Chapter 21

Athrun walked into the semi lit warehouse. He jumped slightly as the door slammed closed behind him. He could not see very well inside. It had taken him about 45 minutes to get here. He was suppose to meet Cagalli in 15 minutes. But he didn't have to now, he was meeting Kira here.

X x x

Ari walked around the warehouse trying to see what was happening inside. She found a window but could not see very well inside. She recognized 3 of the 4 cars that had been here when she arrived. And she had a bad feeling of who the other one belonged to.

Maybe she should have told someone about her suspicions. This situation could turn out pretty bad. She decided to head back to her car and make a phone call. If this turned ugly she would not be able to handle this by herself.

X x x

Yzak barely heard his phone above the noise of the celebration they were having. He walked away so that he could answer it.

"Hello"

"Yzak, it's Ari. Please listen to me. I think a couple of your friends could be in danger."

"What are you talking about?"

x x x

"Kira?" Athrun called out, hearing his voice echo inside the mostly empty warehouse. He walked further into the warehouse hoping to catch a glimpse of his friend. After what felt like forever he heard footsteps.

"Kira?" he called again.

"Athrun, is that you?"

"Miguel? What are you doing here?"

"I was given a message Cagalli wanted to meet me here." Miguel said, looking around.

X x x

The figure watched as the two met up and talked. They were discussing why they were here. The figure would stay hidden a little longer it was not time to be known.

X x x

"Athrun and Miguel. They are here at the old warehouse on 3rd . I can't really explain but I think something bad is going to happen."

"Why would they be out there? And why do you think something bad is going to happen?"

"Because they were tricked to come out here by the person who did those bad things. That's all I can say right now. Please Yzak you have to believe me. They are in danger."

"You know who did that stuff to them?"

"Yes, I'll explain later. You have to do something to help them."

"Alright, we'll be out there soon."

Yzak hung up the phone and walked back over to his friends.

X x x

Cagalli was fuming. Athrun had stood them up. She had went to a lot of trouble, well not a lot of trouble, but that was beside the point, to plan this so that Kira and him could talk and he did not even show up. That guy would be getting a piece of her mind when she saw him again.

X x x

"We have to go." Yzak told the others.

"What? We just got here a little while ago." Dearka said.

"I know, but someone just told me Athrun and Miguel are in trouble. So we need to go."

"What kind of trouble?" Heine asked.

"I'll tell you what I know on the way."

X x x

"Why are you here?" Miguel asked.

"I was told to meet Kira here."

"Well neither one of them seem to be here. Let's get out of here."

"Yeah."

x x x

"Why do you look so mad Cagalli?" Kira asked.

"I'm not mad." Cagalli lied, but she couldn't tell Kira Athrun was suppose to meet them here.

"Yes, you are."

"No I'm not. Let's just enjoy our dinner." Maybe she never should have believed Athrun and offered to help him. If he had been telling the truth he would not have stood them up.

X x x

"The door is locked." Athrun said.

"It was unlocked earlier, I entered through that door."

"So did I, but it won't open."

"That door has been adjusted to lock from the outside, wouldn't want you going anywhere." a voice said.

Athrun and Miguel looked around for the source of the voice but they did not see anyone.

"There has got to be another way out of here, this is a warehouse for crying out loud. They have more than one entrance and exit." Miguel said to Athrun. The two walked back further into the building.

"I think that is a good place for the two of you to stop." the voice said again.

"And if we don't want to stop here?" Miguel asked loud enough for who ever it was to hear.

"I think you will want to." the voice answered and a gun was fired off hitting a spot to their right.

Athrun and Miguel looked at each other stunned, what have they gotten into.

X x x

Ari heard the gunshot and paniced. She hurried to call Yzak back.

"Hello"

"Yzak! There was a gunshot, I heard a gunshot."

"What? Are you serious?"

"Yes, I can't see inside very well to tell what is going on, but I definitely heard a gunshot just now."

"We are on our way now. We'll be there as soon as we can."

"Alright, just hurry." Ari said and hung up the phone.

X x x

"Step on it Dearka, Ari said she heard a gunshot." Yzak said.

"A gunshot? This is serious, we better get there quick before our friends end up dead." Heine said.

"Come on Dearka this car can go faster than this." Sting told him.

Dearka pushed his foot down, going well over the speed limit. He weaved in and out of traffic. It wouldn't be so bad when they got closer to the warehouse, there wasn't much traffic over there.

"Hey, didn't Miguel say he was suppose to meet Cagalli some where and that was why he wasn't coming with us tonight?" Dearka asked.

"Yeah he did. I'm going to give Cagalli a call." Heine said.

X x x

"Who are you and what do you want?" Miguel asked.

"Oh, you'll know that in due time. Right now I just want to watch you afraid."

"Who says we are afraid of you?" Miguel asked.

"Have you not learned yet? I guess you need a better reason to be afraid." A shot rang through the building again. Athrun grabbed his arm and winced.

X x x

"She's not answering her phone." Heine said.

"We'll be there soon." Dearka said. He just hoped they were in time.

X x x

"Are you okay? Were you hit?" Miguel asked Athrun.

"It just grazed me, I'm fine." Athrun told him. "Miguel I don't think we should try to make him angry. He probably did what he was trying to do."

Miguel thought about what Athrun said and agreed. This person was letting them know he was serious.

X x x

Lacus looked over to Cagalli. Kira had been right, the girl was mad. Cagalli had explained to her and Milly about the misunderstanding between Kira and Athrun. They had all agreed on this dinner. Cagalli had said that Athrun knew about it and that he had said he would be here. But he wasn't.

Lacus excused herself to use the washroom and pulled Cagalli along with her. Milly stayed at the table, not wanting to leave Kira alone.

"Cagalli, calm down."

"I can't calm down. He lied to me. If he was serious about Kira he would be here."

"We jumped to conclusions before, so let's not jump to them this time."

"We only think we jumped to conclusions because of what he told me. But if he was lying then we didn't jump to conclusions. I'm going back to the table and the next time I see that jerk I am going to beat the crap out of him." Cagalli said and stormed off.

X x x

Miguel was getting angry. They were being played with. This jerk was standing where they could not see him, taunting them. And Athrun had been hurt already.

"Where are you?" Miguel shouted.

The two heard a laugh, "Now why would I tell you that. I enjoy watching you look all over the place, looking for me."

Miguel looked in the direction the voice seemed to be coming from, but still saw no one.

"So you want to know why you are here, do you?"

"Yes, that would be nice to know." Miguel said.

"You're here because you keep trying to steal what is mine. I can't allow that."

"What is yours? We're not trying to steal anything." Athrun said.

"Oh, I beg to differ. You are trying to steal what is mine."

"Then what is it we are trying to steal?" Miguel asked.

"Cagalli. She belongs to me, and you two keep getting too close to her. I tried to warn you, but you failed to listen."

"How did you try to warn us?" Miguel asked.

"Your house, your cars. Do those things mean anything to you."

"So you are the one that has been attacking us." Athrun said.

"Not me personally, I had someone do that for me." The voice said. "He was so close to you the whole time, and you didn't even suspect him."

"Who is he talking about?" Athrun asked Miguel. Miguel shrugged, he had no idea.

"As a matter of fact, he is the one pointing the gun at you right now."

"So there are two of you here?" Miguel asked.

"Yes."

Athrun and Miguel heard footsteps approaching them. They looked up and saw Jet standing in front of them, gun in hand.

"Jet." They both said.

Jet did not say anything he just stood there watching them and slowly moving the gun back and forth over them

"Why are you doing this, Jet?" Athrun asked.

"No choice." was the answer he received.

"Kill them Jet. Both of them."

"You never said anything about killing them. You said you were just going to scare them." Jet said. Athrun could tell that Jet did not want to kill them.

"I said kill them." the voice yelled.

"No, you are taking this too far. They haven't done anything wrong." Jet yelled back.

"Yes they have. They are trying to take my Cagalli away from me."

"She's not your's anyway." Jet yelled. Another shot rang out. Jet's eyes went wide and his back slightly arched as he fell to the ground, dropping the gun. It wasn't close enough for the other two to reach.

"I knew you would betray me. You are nothing but a worthless piece of trash."

x x x

Ari was really scared by the time Yzak and company got there. She ran over to their car before they could even get out.

"Oh, Yzak there has been several gunshots. I called the police they should be here soon."

"Calm down Ari. Tell us what you know of the situation in there besides the gunshots." Heine said.

"You can make out a couple of figures from that window over there. I think it is Miguel and Athrun, but I am not sure."

"Did you call Jet too?" Dearka asked, noticing Jet's car was there.

"No, Jet is in there."

"You didn't tell us Jet was in trouble too." Yzak said.

"He was the one that got them here. Jet is the person who was doing all that stuff, but it was on someone else's orders."

The four looked shocked and angry. Jet was suppose to be their friend. How could he do this?

"Let's take a look in the window, see if we can tell what is going on." Heine said. "We'll worry about the deal with Jet later."

The others nodded and starting walking over to the window.

X x x

Athrun moved to go help his friend, he did not get far before he felt pain in the area between his neck and shoulder. He had taken a bullet and this time it did more than just graze him. Athrun fell to his knees the pain was intense.

X x x

The five outside heard the gunshot go off and took off running. They needed an idea of what was going on inside as soon as possible.

"There, there they are." Dearka said as they looked through the window.

"This doesn't look good." Heine said.

They could make out a figure laying on the ground and one hunched down. Two figures were still standing.

"We need to find a way in where we can sneak up on them." Sting said. Sting wasn't a coward or anything, but their friends were in danger and they were unarmed.

"Oh, follow me. I had some time to look around I know where you can get in." Ari said.

X x x

"Athrun! Jet! Are you two okay?" Miguel shouted to his two down friends. Both had been shot and he wasn't sure how bad.

"I would suggest no one move."

More footsteps could be heard coming towards them. A man that Miguel did not know came into sight.

X x x

The five ran around to the side of the building to an area that was missing a piece of the metal. They looked in it and could see right into the warehouse. All they had to do was crawl in.

x x x

"Who are you?" Miguel asked.

"All you need to know is that I am Cagalli's future husband."

"Does she know that?" Miguel asked.

"She will soon enough, once I take care of a couple of problems."

"You think by killing us, that will get you Cagalli?" Miguel said.

"Of course. Once I get rid of any threats to our relationship she is as good as mine."

"Don't kid yourself." Athrun spat out.

The unknown man walked over and kicked him in the stomach, sending him back. Athrun grabbed his middle in pain.

X x x

Sting was the first one to go through. Once he made it out of the hole he looked around for anything he could use as a weapon. He spotted a couple of steel pipes that had been carelessly tossed to the ground.

He walked over to them, careful not to make any noise and quietly picked them both up. He walked back over to the others and handed one to Dearka.

Ari waited outside. She was told to call the police again. The four guys made their way over to where the others were. They had to be careful, to reveal that they were there too soon could get their friends killed. They needed to wait until the gunman was distracted.

X x x

"I wouldn't smart off if I were you." the man said. Athrun spotted movement out of the corner of his eye. It was faint, but he knew someone else was here. He had to take a chance.

"Thank goodness, you're not me. I might have to kill myself if I was you." Athrun said.

"Athrun stop." Miguel said, concerned with his friends well being.

"That can be arranged. But first I think you need to feel some more pain." The man went to kick him again and Athrun grabbed his foot and pulled. Athrun was weaken by his injury so he wasn't able to pull the man down, but it was enough to throw him off balance and distract him temporarily. Sting took this opportunity to run over and hit the man's backside knocking him down. Yzak ran over and grabbed the gun that Jet had dropped and aimed the gun at the man.

Dearka and Sting stood over the man, threatening to hit at anytime if he tried anything. Heine went over and checked on Jet. Athrun completely collapsed, Miguel rushed over to check on him.

"How are they? Yzak asked.

"Jet is still alive but he needs to get to a hospital. He was shot in the back." Heine said.

"Athrun was hit too. It looks like he has lost a lot of blood." Miguel said. He took off his shirt and wadded it up, pressing it against the wound. Heine followed his actions for Jet.

"Who are you? Why were you attacking them." Yzak demanded walking closer to the man, gun still aimed on him.

Yzak did not get his answer. The door was thrown open and cops rushed in.

"Police. Put down your weapons." Yzak looked over to them, and put down the gun. Then he kicked it away so that the man could not grab it. Dearka and Sting put down the pipes.

"You are all under arrest."

"Wait!" Ari's voice could be heard coming into the building. "These men came in to save their friends. That is the bad guy." she said and pointed to the man.

"We need some medical help here. We have two people that have been shot." Miguel yelled.

The officer in charge gave some orders to a few of the people behind him who rushed out of the building.

"Officers I am so glad you are here. These men dragged me here and have been threatening me if I did not give them my money. That one even hit me, and you saw the other one pointing a gun at me." the man said. He had pointed at Sting then Yzak.

"That's a lie. He is the one that has been threatening me and my friend here. He shot two of my friends and kick this one after he shot him." Miguel said. "My friends could die here and it is all because he said we were trying to steal a girl from him."

The man grew angry and quietly picked up the gun he had been using. He had dropped it when Sting hit him, but he had fallen right on it. He aimed the gun at Miguel and fired a shot. Dearka saw him pull the gun up and kicked his arm as he was pulling the trigger sending the bullet upwards. The police heard the shot and fired upon him. The man fell over. Officers rushed over to him to check his condition.

"He's dead."

TBC

Sorry, but I think this is a good place to stop. Please don't hate me for leaving Athrun like that. Kira will find out next chapter what happened here. Probably you can guess who the man was, but it will be told next chapter. And so will Jet's involvement in all of this, it has been hinted at in a previous chapter. And also why Ari was there. The reason Athrun went to this warehouse without really questioning it was because the phone call was from his friend, Jet. He had no reason to think Jet would lie to him. Miguel's message was also from Jet.