Okay Guys sorry for the wait, I've had a hectic 7 days plus family things that came up so sorry for the later update.

Just to let you know the winner for the poll of sending Anthony to Unicorn, I will post that up some time after I finish this story, I ask that if you want to please read it and review it for me.

Some to the reviews I have gotten tell me that Anthony has grown as a character, thanks for that I am trying to show that my characters can grow and are not 1 dimensional.

Credit to G. for the simulation idea near the end of the chapter

Also as I publish this it is the 19th of August, and my birthday so YEAH.

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Chapter Fourteen

"The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they don't wish to see anyone else suffer the way they did." Jellal Frenadnes

Anthony had woken up in a hospital bed, he was in fact connected to a machine that must have been what was keeping him alive.

He felt a streak of pain go through his head as he felt what damage had been inflicted upon the side of his head.

"Aww, shit I feel like when I got hit by that light in Pandæmonium, no not really, that killed all of us that time."

Anthony blinked and now saw that he was not alone, he was in a hospital and a nurse was looking right at him.

She now said to him "You, you can't be up yet, it has only been a few hours since you came here!

Anthony at this point thought "Well in for a penny for a pound, hey wait a second I don't even use those?"

So with the words in his mouth he quoted the third paragraph of the Nameless Tome to the Nurse.

He did not know how she would take it but if she was nurse she had to have a bit of backbone, well if she dealt with life and death patients that is.

At this point Anthony did not know or care what she knew, just that the message that the Nameless Tome had got across to her.

"The third locus to be cast away belonged to suffering, an indispensable inevitability." "Unless one understands, experiences, and expunges suffering, one can never attain sublimation." "Yet the divine spirits did not desire to ascend." "Thus, they deemed suffering unnecessary to the gods, For it was not sublimation but transformation that they sought." "And so, within the eternally ephemeral spiral, Suffering came to know pain in all its forms." "Then, in the abyss of despair, he found a girl, standing perched over an even more treacherous void.""In that instant, he awoke to the reversal at the end of all pain." "From that moment forth, suffering began thirsting for that inversion, in whichever wheel he traversed."

As Anthony finished saying this the nurse dropped what she was holding and run to call a doctor.

"Well now I know ho Genesis felt when he quoted LOVELESS to people, actually I really don't."

The nurse then came back with Selene, Cagalli, her father and Kira all came in to check in on him. A whole ten seconds past before Anthony broke the silence by saying "Can I take it you had a goal in mind when you came here, other than to stare at me?" Kira was able to speak first and what he said did not make Anthony feel any better.

"We, we were told that you would not wake up for months or so, how, how was it that you woke up?"

Anthony gave a sigh and said "I had a very bad dream in which I took many, many bullets to my body, I saw the light then woke up, is that so bad?"

Kira was not able to speak, he was either too happy or just confused to speak.

Cagalli was the next to speak "You, you idiot, we all were worried about you, who do you think you are, just waking up and acting like it was all nothing as if you were not in mortal danger!"

Anthony at this point said "To be honest I prefer the dream, I was like a hero there, you know the kind you goes off to sacrifice their life so that his friends and all can live, well at least that is what we did."

Cagalli at this point asked "Wait what do you mean by we you, weren't alone?"

Anthony shook his head "Adults never get it, nor do kids who act like adults, so I guess you'd have to go and figure it out."

Cagalli got a visible tick mark as she said "What type of answer is that!"

The reply that she got was not one that she expected to get "Walk on wandering souls for your respite we pray, let our humble song clear your hearts of dismay, rekindle the flame in your souls and set you free, so walk on and become the light that guides the way."

Anthony now gave a sigh after he finished singing that and then said "To worry over events we cannot control, that won't solve a thing, we have to move on, it is the only way we can carry on the dreams of the dead."

Cagalli at this point said "wait hold up, that is what that blonde haired boy said and sang in what your suit showed me!"

Anthony gave her a nod then said "That boy goes by the name of Ace, he and all the others in the crimson capes were part of an elite strike team, so as far as boy could go he was robbed of his innocence a long time ago."

Cagalli did not get what he was saying but her father did, so he spoke out for her.

"In that case, you must have been part of it, as you said they were robbed of their innocence, may I ask what was this elite strike team called."

In reply to him Anthony gave a nod and said "We were called Class Zero, the legendary class above all others, it was our role to be the ones to take out enemy officers as well as stations that the regular military could not breach."

"To be thrown into combat against the foes that no one else could face, that was who we were and all of us carried out the mission and never look back, in battle they would kill with no emotion."

"I believe the term that was used is that they are void of all emotion in combat and do not hesitate to move on, even if one of their comrades falls before them, I was the only one who was above the age of 18."

That last bit was rather scary but Anthony did add on "The enemy took no prisoners, be they child or adult, it was either die fighting or die after torture and worse, it is not a topic that I can discuss with you, I still am loyal to my Class."

At this point Lord Uzumi tried to press him a little more.

"Can I ask, why is it, that you are so loyal to them."

In reply to this Anthony gave a shrug and said "As a family, we were, as a family we were no more, I do not discuss in the open your family and it's secrets, I ask that you show me the same courtesy and do not ask of mine."

Kira at this point had to say "To take a head knock and still be able to talk like that, man I have to think that you are more than human."

In reply to this Kira heard "In the eyes of some due to my birth I am more human than you."

Kira at this gritted his teeth, he had not meant for it to come out like that.

But then Anthony said something out of the blue that no one knew was coming.

"The Price of Freedom is steep, are you ready, are you willing to pay that price to her?"

Anthony shook his head "Do not answer to me, answer to your own hearts, you those of ORB, what is it that you will sacrifice for your freedom."

He now turned to Kira "What is it that you will have to give up on the alter of victory in order to attain it, what will you be willing to do."

As Anthony said this he closed his eyes and lay back down in his bed "As for you Selene, just ask what would it be like to be free from the Earth's sphere.

With those words said Anthony fell asleep again, but what he had said lingered on as if he had meant them to, to which he did.

Cagalli looked to her hands and then back to Anthony then back at her hands again "I will, I will show you my resolve Anthony, then, then you can treat me as an equal and not as a child."

Kira on the other hand saw this as a warning and he thought "I fight, the real reason for it is that I wish to protect my friends who are in harms way, but the enemy have those that care for them as well, is it right that I kill them, is it right that I have to kill them in order for what I want to come to be?"

Lord Uzumi saw his words as a warning to, but a warning of a different kind "So ORB will no longer be able to sit and watch, we will be on the end of an attack from one of the two sides, but who, is that what you want me to figure out?"

Lastly Selene who saw it as a challenge "To go beyond the earth sphere, no you mean to move out of this star system, to be free from the problems of earth is that what you mean?"

But even as Anthony lay now definitely asleep they heard him mumble "I can say now for sure, that the best dream are the unattainable, you were right, at least in that regard, Lazard."

Anthony's Mindscape

Anthony awoke to find that he was not really awake, was this a dream or was this more than just a dream of his? As he took a look around he was in a room, a classroom.

At first he did not know where he was or how he had got there.

The answer to the first came to him as he got a better look at where he was, to his surprise it was the very room in which Class Zeroattended class.

As he took a look around, he saw that there was no one here, until a voice called out to him.

"Anthony, eyes to the front!"

The voice was female and Anthony now knew who it was.

At the front of the room was Emina Hanaharu, she was a tribune as well as friend of the late Kurasame.

"So you knew I was a spy huh, you your Class found me out, though when I tried to tell others no one believed me, your Class, they accepted me for who I was, they did not speak out against me staying in the Dominion."

Anthony gave a sigh, this scene was not meant to be in here or at least if this was a post scene, he did not know why she had come to him.

But she now told him why she was here, also why he was here.

"I request that you come and speak with me due to the fact that a rumour had stated you were the only person in Orience who both side fear as an enemy."

Anthony at this point shook his head, he had never been a part of the scene in game other then when before the almost Virtual Reality market hit.

"I to say if that is true, then I should not be here or if it is true, then why am I here fighting for the Dominion?"

Both of these had no real answer other than the fact that he was in a game.

Emina gave him a nod and said "So it is as I feared then, I will be taken away and then killed."

Anthony gave a sigh and said "If that is the way that you look at it that will be the fate that awaits you."

Anthony then decided to try and break the 4th wall a little when he said "I'll let you in on a little secret, to me the reason I can go on is I know what awaits me at the end of all this.

She did not get it, of course how could she, she was just a character from a game, there was no way that she knew this.

Then it hit Anthony, this was no game, no this was real, the person in front of him was as real as he was. She had feelings and unlike him, she did not know how her story ended.

With a sigh, he did his best to make up for his folly, though how much good it would do, he did not know.

"In the end, we must all pay for what we have done, I will and I know that what I have done in life will no doubt be part of what occurs after I die, I wonder if Kurasame feels the same way?"

He used that name on purpose, it was a way to get her to ask him how he could recall the man.

She took the bait and asked "You can recall him, but he is, he is dead!"

Anthony just shook his head "I can recall the dead, why do you think I dislike it when I see others die."

At this point Anthony recalled that she had never been part of a Class or in combat, so it was clear to him that she did not know any of what he was speaking of.

"So, you can recall the dead, I have to say that is quite the claim?"

Anthony just looked at her and said "And being spy is not, if you want to live run and hide, if not face your death, it is only a matter of time before they actually catch on."

It was at this point that Emina said "I want to stay, I want to show them that I am proud to have been here in this place."

In reply to this Anthony said "The path you walk leads straight to Oblivion, I will not sway you, nor can you be swayed from your path."

She gave him a nod and said "Thank you, if I do live on I will let you know and if I don't at least one person will remember me."

Anthony gave her a polite nod as he stood up, he did this as she left the room.

As Emina closed the door, the entire room within the snap of a finger, all of the room was engulfed in white.

And the image of Ayu came to him and gently laid her hand on the back of his shoulder.

"Can you see now, the people that are around you are real, as are you, you need to act as if they are real and not as if you don't belong there."

Anthony blinked then said "But, I, I don't belong here, I know that I am in a show."

For what he said he got a light chop on his head.

"Silly, I have to say to you, that you and the world you are in are as real as I was in life as I am with you now, you can't just treat it as a show or a game, you have killed two people."

She then went on to say "I can forgive you for that you had no choice at the time, I ask that you let me be selfish again and request that you forgive yourself."

This did catch Anthony off guard for he did not expect to hear that next, it was too much like Ayu.

If he had any thought of this just being a voice in his head, it was gone, there was no way a voice in his head would say that to him.

As the scene began to blur she smile at him and said "Can you do that for me, as I have told you, I do not wish to hold you down."

Tears welled up in his eyes as he heard this, even if it was just a voice in his head right now he did not care.

"But Ayu, how can I, how can I let go of you, I, I don't want to lose the memories I have of you."

Now her face began to blur along with the area around her and her words echoed "You don't need to forget me, nor do you need to let go, but don't let me or what we had hold you back, it hurts me to see you hurt you know this, so don't hurt yourself any more."

And with that she and all that was around her blurred away into a dark colour, if it was black or not, none could be sure.

Anthony opened his eyes as tears rolled down them as he said a single word "Ayu."

It was now that Anthony recalled words he had heard in a game, yet those words still held so much meaning to them.

"The path you walk leads straight to oblivion but walk it if you must."

With Kira

Kira had returned to the Archangel, upon his return he spoke to the Murrue and Mu of Anthony and how he was.

Both of them were a little relieved that, their ally was fine, but there was one thing they were not so happy about.

It was the fact that those who had attacked them had been from the EA, more to it, was that they were not in any data bank that she had on her.

Kira knew this did not bode well for them, if it was Lord Uzumi's wish, they would all be kicked out of here or taken as prisoners of war.

Both out of the two meant trouble for them.

For now all he could do was help with the repairs and the programs, he did feel that he was slowly losing his emotions.

When he would look at his friends, they all still kept him in the loop, but what they spoke of, it did not seem to involve him as much as it had done in the past.

It was now that he recalled how Anthony had helped him out when he had freed Lacus Clyne.

"Get back to the ship, but wait for me before you leave the cockpit, you'd be in for a real shit storm if you don't."

As these words still echoes in his mind Kira came to realise that Anthony had been looking out for him, this whole time.

Had he not been there on so many occasions, things would have gone down a very different way.

If time did make him forget this in the many years to come he was sure that he would recall Anthony's wit.

"Damn, that guy, even with an injury to the side of his head, he still has what I think is called a silver tongue?"

Tolle at this point had walked up to him and heard this.

"So I take it that our friend is just fine, eh Kira?"

Kira shook his head "I am not so sure about that, he seems fine to us when he speaks, but I am not so sure, he just has an unsure look in his eyes?"

Tolle knew what Kira meant, for all the time that the two of the had seen Anthony, he never came of as the guy who was unsure of what he was doing.

"I take it that you did not tell the Captain or Mu, about this?"

Kira gave him another nod before he said "No I did not tell them, what was I to say, he seemed a little off?"

Tolle gave him a shrug and said "Hey I am not a god or anything, but I am sure that Anthony will be fine, if he isn't he'd let us know."

At this point Kira had to say "I am not sure about that, you remember Lacus Clyne, when she was on the ship?"

Tolle gave him a nod and asked "How could I forget that, the Lacus Clyne was on the very same ship we were on."

Kira did not pay heed to the way Tolle spoke, no instead he said "She told me that Anthony was not all that aloof and that the way she saw it, he was looking out for all of us no matter what."

All Tolle could say in reply was "Okay."

He was rather shocked about this, as he thought back to his time with the pilot and self claimed builder of the MS Agito Zero, he could see how a little of what Kira was trying to say.

Tolle then gave a nod and said "Yeah, I can see what you mean, now that I look back at it, he did really look out for us, how on earth did we all miss that?"

Kira just gave him a shrug and said "If I had to say, it would be the way that he spoke to us and acted when we were around."

Tolle had to say that did make some sense, but why did they only think about it now, well he did not Kira did.

"Hey, I have to ask, why did you start to think about this now."

In Kira's mind there were two answer the first involved what had happened to Anthony, the second was his brief meeting with Athrun, but he could not say or tell of that at all.

Instead Kira said "I think we only know how good we had it, once it's gone, I guess that is the same for people as well."

Tolle was very quick to say "Not all the time, but in your case, I guess it is true."

Kira looked at Tolle and "I have to ask you Tolle, what is it that you mean by that, is that some joke?"

Tolle shook his head and said "Nope, it is not, I am just saying that not all people are as kind as you are Kira, not all people will look at the good in a person once they are gone."

Kira did get this, but he did not like it one bit.

"I have to say Tolle, the fact that people can't see the good others have done, is part of the reason why wars have started."

Tolle had to agree with that "I guess, it is true, heck think of it, if a year ago, you had told me we'd both be in the military, I'd have said your nuts."

Kira gave a smile and said "I guess I'd have to say, I would be the same if you told me, heck if you said I was the pilot of a mobile suit, I would have told you to get lost."

The two friends shared a small laugh together, but all that had been said between them had made Kira think. "What, what would I do if Tolle was to die, how would I cope if he was not here?"

It was not wise to think of such things, but in war any one can die, those who had lived at Helipolis in peace knew this better than any.

"I cant, I can't let my friends die, I won't let that happen."

With Anthony

Anthony gave a sigh, Selene was with him, that was due to the fact that she had a feeling that he may just try and succeed at escaping.

"You're just to make sure I do not try to leave here."

She gave him a look and said "The way you say it, is as if you plan to walk out the front door."

Anthony in reply said "Oh I intend to do just that, just that no one will notice me go."

Selene gave a sigh and said "There are pictures of you on just about every floor with the words do not let out on them, you aren't leaving here so soon."

In reply to this Anthony gave a sigh and said "So what, you want me to sit down here and sleep, eat and think all day long, sorry but if I do that I know I will lose what little sanity I have left."

Selene looked at him and raised an eyebrow "I am not sure that you are actually sane when I first met you, or you were very sane and just wanted us to think you were and still are not?"

Anthony gave a sigh "That may or may not be true, I am not a judge of sorts or an arbiter."

Selene did notice that he said the last word with a little more acid in it then the first.

"You got a thing that makes you what dislike Arbiters?"

Anthony gave her a nod and said "I guess you can say that a said arbiter killed all of my brothers and sisters, as they in turn killed him."

That was by far the most cruel voice that Selene had ever heard him use, not that she had known him for long.

"Wow, you have issues, you sure you don't want to get those ones checked out while you are in here?"

In reply Anthony gave her a shrug and said "No, we are all mad in our own unique way, you just can't see it."

Selene had to wonder if he really did build his own suit, at times she could see why or rather how he had, at other times he came off as a lunatic.

A lunatic with a giant ass robot was not safe for any society, yet alone the entire world.

"If there is a God, why the hell does this guy have a mobile suit, he is not the most sane man I have met?"

As if he knew what she was thinking, he said "I do not need to be able to hear or read minds to know what it is that you are thinking."

This prompted her to ask "Is it that clear to you, if it is, then that would explain why you know all of us so well."

Now it was his turn to look at her as if she was mad.

"This is not some fable about the founders of the world or a tale told to children to help them go to sleep at night, I can read the flow of battle, not minds."

Selene had no idea how she should reply to this, so she just said "Well, that is good to know, I think?"

Anthony then said "That all depends on how you as a person define the term good."

Selene was at least 63% sure that he made remarks like this so she did not know what to believe or at least what to think.

"Would it hurt if I asked you to stop doing that?"

Anthony gave a nod and said "You wound me, it is in my nature to speak like this, that thou has made a request of thee is an insult to my thy honour, I demand a trail by combat!"

Selene was unable to find the right words, if there were any to reply to this.

She decided to just go with "You do know that if I sat you down in front of a mental health expert, you would fail?"

He gave her an almost sinister smile "If that is what you wish to believe, then do it, I won't force you to change your mind."

Selene now come out and said it "You know what, just stop that, the way that you want me to question what you are saying, what I am saying, just stop all of that, it is getting old."

It was at this point Anthony gazed out the window and said to her, the words he had heard in his dream.

"It is not important that you come out on top, what is, is that you never give up and keep at it even if your body can no longer move."

Selene turned to him and said "Well, that was a bit out of the blue?"

With a smirk Anthony said "Was it really, think over what I have said, you may find, that I do not say things at random and if I happen to do so, I will tell you it."

Selene now knew that he was not going change a thing, this may be due to the fact that he did not view what he did as strange or it was just too normal for him.

"Well in any case, I had to tell Miss Clyne that she may not expect us for a week to five days?"

Anthony gave her a nod and said "I can work with that."

What he did not tell her was that he had way more planned than just staying in the hospital and sit tight while the world unfolded around him, no he had his tasks to do, now this was involved, he just had to make a few adjustments to his plan.

First thing to do, was get out of the place, even if it was not the best thing to do, Anthony knew it was better for him to get out of here, the less he was in one place the better it was for him.

"I guess I will have to find a way to give her and the rest of ORB the slip and get to my suit, then I can plan my next move and from their expose Durandal and Rau when I am in space."

His chain of thought of broken when Selene asked "I heard that you may be from another world, why on earth do you have a mobile suit then, if you do not wish to say, don't but if you do, then please do tell me why?"

The first thought Anthony had was "This could work out well for me, if I play my cards right."

So with a fake sigh he said "Bound to come up now isn't it, but to tell you the truth, we will have to go to my suit."

Clyne Residence

Lacus did not know how, but news about a soldier of the Earth Alliance being caught in ORB had spread like wild fire.

It was all over the PLANTS, Lacus knew this must be due to the fact that Patrick Zala must be pushing for ORB to join with ZAFT.

This did not sit well with her, due to the fact that she knew that Patrick Zala was not a kind man.

All the Natural born in ORB would be thrown out or worse and right now, it was the natural born that were the majority in ORB.

"This is not good, ORB shows that we can all live in peace and side by side, if it side with either side in this war, many of its people will be in danger, but if not?"

She did not finish that sentence, even in her mind, it was too cruel to think about, no all those lives, just lost but was the other options better or worse?

Lacus knew that the choice between two evils was no choice at all.

"May the leaders of ORB, find a way to get through this time, I can only pray that they can."

Right now sending good will was all that Lacus could do, it was not like she could make a move right now.

No, Patrick Zala had their family watched and must be looking for the slightest of reasons to kill off her father and herself.

Mr Pink began to roll on her lap and say "MONSTER, HARO!"

Lacus did not know if it meant Anthony or a guard it did not like.

At times Mr Pink was very confusing if not silly.

Delilah now came into the room and said "Miss Clyne, you have a message from Ms McGriff, she did not call you due to the time that she sent the message, but it reads as follows."

"Dear Lacus Clyne, I have left you this message to tell you that I and my guest have been delayed due to events that have occurred, he sends his regards as well, from Selene McGriff."

Lacus did not want to hear this, but she knew if she was upset by it, it would not do a thing, other than annoy herself and those around her.

No she must not let a simple event or rather message like this phase her.

She now stood up taking Mr Pink in her arms and said word for word the lines of that vague tome Anthony had spoke of and referenced often.

"Only the chosen may enter that land." "The chosen will touch all of creation and obtain that which is truth." "It is reason outside of reason, the reason of Agito." "It is the power, the authority of Agito." "The sage proclaims: In all things, there is meaning, in all things, mourning will end." "Make your choice: Will you choose reason, or the power of the kings?" "And unto him I reply: I will become Agito." "I will sound the knell to shake all the world." "When nine and nine meet nine, the depths of reason shall stir." "When the seal of creation is broken, a voice like thunder shall sound." "And thou shalt know, we have arrived."

It was the line that he had said to her a few times and she had tried to interpret that was giving her a little bit of trouble.

That line was "Will you choose reason, or the power of kings?"

Those 9 words, it was as if they held so much more meaning that just that.

It was as if the entire thing was some type of prophecy that he had seen unfold and been able to do nothing about it.

Or was it that it was one that was left void due to events that only those privy to it know of and they speak to none about it.

It was not right to think of things in a past where one was not even present, but at the same time it was not wrong either.

She now said to herself "The best time to live in is the present, after all if you look back or forward you will lose sight of where you are and be left behind."

She was unsure if she truly believed those words, but she also knew that her time with Anthony had made her question many things about the PLANTS as well as herself.

He had a way with words that made you want to ask who he knew or rather what it was that he wanted you to do with what he told you.

The latter was way more like the Anthony she knew.

She now looked out at the interior of the PLANT in front of her and she had to ask in her mind "Anthony, what is the true meaning of those words, how much comes before it and how much after it, I am sure you would know."

Delilah now spoke again and said "Miss Clyne, there is a man here who would like to speak with you if you have the time."

Now Delilah had only spent a little time with this man, but she knew who he was, Miss Clyne did not, so Delilah chose to introduce him.

"The man is a ZAFT officer by the name of DeCosta."

Lacus turned to her, she did not know that name, but even if he was a spy sent by Patrick Zala to test her, she could not just turn him down.

"Please do send him in, we don't wish to waste any time of those who stand up to protect the PLANTS.

Delilah was unsure of what Lacus truly meant but she went on to go and collect and escort him to her.

She did not know why, but she had a feeling that a man like DeCosta was not her on the bidding of Chairman Zala, no she knew that he answered to one man and he alone would send him here.

The only real question that one had to ask was "Why would the Desert Tiger send one of his men to get into contact with Lacus Clyne, unless?"

Some thoughts were best left alone.

With Anthony

Anthony now with Selene stood in front of the Agito Zero, she had gone to great lengths to get him out of the Hospital for a few hours.

She just hoped it would pay off, what she did not expect was for him to say to his suit "May the light of the crystal, shine down upon us as we act in our lives, may we be a light to represent the good of our brothers and sister, who have not made it this far, we are right here."

Now Selene was no fool, far from it, but she had no idea what this meant, it was almost like a prayer.

It was at this moment that Anthony said "Give thanks and honour to the dead, not because they lost their lives in the line of duty, but because their fate shall one day be ours."

Selene now had to ask "Sorry, but what are you speaking of?"

Anthony now turned to her and said "It is the reverence, my suit, it moved to save us, I have to tell you, it chose to save us."

Selene took his actions as a sign of gratitude to his suit for what it had down.

She too had been saved by it so she naturally asked "Um, do you wish for me to show some form of thanks to it?"

Anthony shook his head "Agito Zero is not your suit, he only did what he had to at the time, think nothing more of it, for we must proceed, we are here with a purpose."

Selene knew this could translate into many things one of them being "He did not do it to save you." The 2nd one that popped into her head was "I am the only one who he desires the thanks of."

There were a few others, but she did not think of them all, mostly due to the fact that so far what she had learned was that one could not assume that you knew what Quattro was thinking nor was it safe.

He was a man with all the answer, but the way he got them, it was better if you did not even begin to think about how he did that.

Now the two of them began to move towards the suit and then climbed up into it.

Selene had to admit when she got in it, it far surpassed all she dreamt it would be.

The way it was made, it was indeed as if it was from another world.

Anthony now gestured to the seat in front of them.

"Please sit, but I must warn you the suit and the system that is in it, are not gentle all the time."

Selene gave him a nod as if to say she knew what he was talking about, in truth she did not, but right now she wanted to learn more.

It was just part of human nature, sitting down, she now looked up at the screen and saw many sights.

Selene's POV

There was a nothing, just darkness, that was the first thing that I saw, what his suit showed me.

I did not know what it meant, but then I saw a light, in the darkness, a spiral of two lights spiralling up into what I can only say is eternity.

But at the top of it was a ball of light circled by metal.

Two women with white hair and white dresses held it and then parted from it.

I then heard the words in a female voice say "Since the dawn of entirety, four lights of hope have shone upon the world."

"Men flock to these lights, around which they build four Peristylium."

"Each Peristylium becomes their faith and society, the path upon which they were set."

As I hear these words the light separates into four different colours, from what I can see there is on that is red, one that is blue, one that is black and one that is green.

I now see some sort of Pheonix fly high into the sky as I hear the words "The Vermilion Bird, wings of fire to lift the heart."

I see a golden bird upon many grey gears engraved onto a dark red banner with golden bears drawn onto it.

The vision before me changes and I know see an army of men all in line marching saluting.

Their are a few machines beside them but I do not know what they truly are.

As I see this I hear in that same female voice "The White Tiger, steely arms by which to seize knowledge."

On some type of wall, a crest is their with two tigers pushing against a green crystal.

The wall behind them is golden and inscribed in some language I do not know.

The Vision before me changes again and I see that I am now in the clouds far above the earth or the planet that I am above.

Before me some type of creature flies in front of me an it's figure blocks out the sun from my vision.

I hear the words "The Azure Dragon, unclouded eyes that see all beneath the sky.

I see the symbol of the dragon on some type of paper.

There are many words that are all spiralling towards it.

The vision changes again and I find I am looking into a hole in the earth one that houses a city, were it's residence tower what I believe normal people are.

I hear the words "The Black Tortoise, a rigid shield and a well guarded blade."

I see now image of a turtle or is it a tortoise in very dark grey against a back drop that may as well be the endless abyss itself, a darkness I do not wish to know.

The entire vision goes white as I hear the words "But when nine and nine meet nine, Tempus Finis shall be willed upon you."

I see those two women from before, they are holding a ball of light in their hands again.

I do not know why, but I do not believe that they have finished, I was right as I hear them speak again.

"For without the Agito, their world called Orience, must persist in it's spiral."

I see the spirals I had seen at the start.

I get it now, the world he came from, it was in a spiral and endless cycle to find this Agito, but what the cycles truly meant I did not know.

The scene came again, I saw an army, I was able to tell that they were off the White Tiger from what I had seen before.

A rough voice sounded "In this time of absolute darkness, we must unite the light of hope, the time has come yes this is the dawn of a new age!"

I now see battles, men and women in red casting magic and getting cut down as their magic fades. The scenes move to quickly for me to keep up.

I see a battle, where a suit akin to a mobile suit battles three children who all wear the same uniform as Quattro.

I see that entire area engulfed in flames and reduced to ashes.

I see a fleet of ships with men and women in red engaging blue dragons and the short little people who rode upon them.

I a group of people all standing with their arms out red energy pouring off them as they give power to the women and the device in front of them. They begin to drop, one by one by one.

I see a creature spawn out of the earth and unleash terrible power upon those before.

The last scene that I saw was that of the same suit taking on a different three cadets, this time when it was bested it fled up high into the sky.

I did not see why or know what it did this but what I saw after it got into space was beyond even my greatest nightmares.

And explosion so powerful it could wipe a nation off the map.

The pilot must have known this was coming and did not wish to kill all those in the city, though it he must have been on the losing side, I feel that Quattro in turn respects that suit for his or her actions here.

It all goes blank at this point and I hear Quattro say to me "Your time here is over, take what you know and do what you wish with it."

I do not argue with him, I have learnt many things and at the same time I have learnt nothing at all.

I guess that is just the way it is with him, it is not my place to ask for more, he has shown me that the world he comes from is different, but I still have one question, it pretends to his mobile suit.

I decided to ask him that latter, I realise that I do not want to push my luck with him just yet. I would just have to ask him for the meaning behind what he says later on, if I get the chance to.

Hospital normal POV

Back at the hospital, when Anthony was sure that there was no one around to listen in on them he said "I will answer on question from what you saw to the best of my abilities, go ahead and ask, but know that it is only one."

In secret she had hoped for him to say this, it meant that she could learn a little more as well as begin to understand the world he was from.

But there was one thing that she knew that she had to ask him, it came before her own desires and that was to know about his mobile suit.

"I do not know or more like do not fully comprehend the full meaning of what you showed me, but there is one thing I need to know above all others." Selene did not get to finish her sentence, he spoke for her "You want to know of my suit, do you not?"

She gave him a slow nod and said "Yes, I saw some type of mobile suit in what was shown to me, but I did not see your one at all?"

He gave a shrug and then said "If I had a suit like what I have now back then, things would have gone south a whole lot sooner."

He now looked up at the sky and said "You saw how we cadets fought and took down those who were in what you call mobile suits, I have to ask, did you think we would just do that because we looked cool while doing or thought it was easier?"

This did occur to Selene but she knew that it may just get her off task, so she said "I just want to know if the suit you used was made in the world you showed me."

Anthony took a deep breath in and said "If I may, can you recall the words Tempus Finis?"

Selene gave a nod then said "I take it that is some type of end of the world scenario.

Anthony gave her a nod and said "That is it exactly, the day the sky turned red, when the real enemy emerged and took down the last of us, my suit was built after it, in a world that was survived Tempus Finis and lived, it was not the same world that I had been in."

Selene chose to give him room to speak, it was better for her this way, he was at least telling her how his suit came to be.

"I in turn found data on the White Tigers almost equivalent of MS I then chose a design to honour all those who died during that war and Tempus Finis."

"It took some type but due to the simulator of battles that I and the others had used back during our free time during the war, I have what is left of it now in my suit, that is what powers it."

Selene now raised her eyebrow and asked "So if what you're saying is true, then your suit really is powered by magic?"

He did not confirm what she had just ask nor did he deny any of it.

Selene then said "So when you told Cagalli that you knew due to magic you weren't lying?"

At this point he said "What no, I just said that to see how annoyed she would get, I can't use magic, I was a cadet but I was not a combat cadet, there was a reason for that and well to say the least, I can't use any magic on my own."

Selene took note that he said "I can't use any magic on my own."

He did not say not at all, this did bring up a few things in her mind, but she knew he would not answer them, she had asked her question and now it was over.

Anthony now gave a yawn at her and said "Man, I could really go a few round in the simulator, get into the old actions of beating the crap out of an enemy and moving on, it is a good way to keep in shape to you know."

Selene could only blink, did he just make some sick type of joke out of what he had been through.

"So it is true, some people will laugh at their past in order to make out as if they are not troubled by it?"

She was not sure about what she had just thought, but it did make a little sense to her.

If he was in denial he would not have shown her what he did, so his real problem must lie deeper

Selene knew she would just have to wait and see, the man before her had many secrets for now at least.

But there was an air about him, like he was not who he said he was, or more like he knew a lot more then he let on.

Selene had to just ignore that for now, she gave him a nod and said "I will come by and here tomorrow to check on you, do try not to escape before then."

Anthony gave a laugh but he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head and closed his eyes tightly before he managed to reply to her.

"I'll be sure to do that, though I am not sure how long I can remain sane for if I am alone and stuck in one place."

Selene gave a sigh and said "You're a real pain in the you know, but I am sure you will manage, after all I heard that you confined yourself to your suit for hours on end."

Anthony at this point closed his eyes as he lay in his bed and said "I had a simulator, I guess my mind will have to do for now."

Selene looked at him for a whole minute, in that time it seemed as if he had fallen asleep on her.

For the first time she noticed that he did not look peaceful as he slept, it was as if he was having a nightmare of sort or a bad memory.

Selene gave a sigh and said "I guess we all have our own fears to face, the way you act and speak at times it can make me forget that you are just as normal as us."

As she left the room she heard him mumble the word "Walk on wandering soul, for your respite we pray, let our humble song clear your hearts of dismay, rekindle the flame in your soul and set you free, so walk on and become the light that guides the way."

She looked at him as she exited the doorway and said "What a strange and unusual thing to say in your sleep?"

She did not know that Anthony was indeed awake, though in immense pain and after she left he said to himself "It is good that you are breaking the walls of Co-ordinator and Natural, if one can do it so can many, it is all a matter of choice."

"Tempus Finis, too bad SEED does not have an event like that, I guess I will have to make do with what I have got, the future is not set in stone."

Anthony knew this, he was proof of this, but at times his could forget it, this was due to the Zero-System he also knew better than to lose himself in it, that would not bode well for anyone.

His mind drifted back to when when he was younger, to Gunpla to work, to his friends, to his family to those who had passed on.

It was these thoughts that caused Anthony to give a small bitter smile as a tear rolled down his right eye "My real self huh, will I ever be able to show that again and live a normal life, or will I have to wear this mask for all eternity?"

It was a good question but it was one for another day, for now he need to rest and heal, he knew that he would need it very soon.

Okay so how was it did you like it, how did you like what I did with Selene and the Zero system, I was aiming for the opening of Final Fantasy Type Zero but decided to change some of that because it would be easier to write.

What did you guys like most about this chapter, which part was good, what part do you think needs some if not a lot of work.

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