So how have you guys been, sorry I left out the opening song last time, but hey what can I say. I must tell you that my views on this story now come up as N/A, any know why please tell me, I could use the help. No much it going to happen in the way of mobile suit battles but I hope that I can make up for it somehow.
Also all the rights of Gundam Seed and Gundam Build Fighters belongs of Sunrise and whoever else was involved with.
The Clannad References and characters Belong to Key and so on so forth.
The Openings song The Wings in my Eyes belongs to it's respective artists
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Opening song (The Wings in my Eyes)
As soon as the music starts the Logo of Gundam Agito SEED flashes on the screen and then fades out.
After the logo fades the head of the Agito Zero is show as the screen pans up from it's chin to it's v-fin, before the vocals star the eyes of Agito Zero flash red.
"I don't tell anyone where I hurt." This scene has an image of Kira holding his head down is pushed onto the screen from the left, the back ground is that of the Strike.
The short break in the vocals shows Kira when he first pilots the Strike and fights another suit.
"I stare at dreams hidden by my hurried heart." an image of Cagalli, holding her head high, is pushed onto the screen from the right side, the background is that of the sea.
In the break of vocals the scene shows Cagalli getting thrown into the life pod at Helioplis.
"With fragile eyes." An image of Mu holding his head with one hand fades in at the right hand of the screen, while of of Mu looking out fades in at the left side. The background is the ship.
The break in vocals shows the Archangel firing at enemy mobile suits while in space.
"Only my unchecked power!" The image of Lacus forms out of mist in the centre of the screen, she has her hands together as if she is prayng, the background is that of space.
Before the vocals finish the scene shows flashes of Lacus in the Strike and in the Aegis.
"Flies out without separating from me!" On the background of the Aegis, Athrun's head and upper body is shown looking distraught.
The break in vocals flashes the image of Yzak, then Dearka and then Nicol before it vanishes.
"Chance encounters hasten." The image of the Agito Zero with it's NTD system dormant flashes onto in, the background is that of Akademia.
As this line of vocals finish, it shows Trans-Am as well as the NTD system activating on the suit.
"Destiny as it starts to move." An image of Rau Le Cresuet appears on the screen his hand to his mask with PLANTS in the back ground.
As the last word is said the entire scene is consumed by an explosion from on of the PLANTS, the words Junius Seven flashes in front of the view.
"At least tell me the instant." An image of Selene appears on the left side of the screen, her hair is spread out and her eyes are looking at her hands, in the background on can see the moon.
As the short break between the vocals one see's Anthony both in and out of the Agito Cadet uniform.
"When you come running through." The image of Anthony flashes to the right side of the screen, his crimson cape is up in the air as if caught in the breeze, his arms are folded, behind me is the Earth.
After the vocal ends the screen fades to white and shows on the right side Kira and Lacus standing side with their arms outstretched for each other, the back ground is the head of Agito Zero.
As the Music begins to fade, the eyes flash and the image of Anthony's face is the one to replace that of Agito Zero, Kira and Lacus have faded of and Anthony's face does as well but even as the entire scene goes black the red glow from his and Agito Zero'seyes are still there.
Chapter Fifteen
"Even though there is life, no one here is living it. Life is overflowing and they are merely drinking their fill. But Dio and all the people I've met on my journey aren't like that... they're.. they're more... they were blazing with fire. They were torches burning with life." Casshern (Casshern Sins)
Anthony took in a deep breath, he had been stuck here now for a mighty four days, if it were up to him, he would have left after day two.
But since Lord Uzumi had him under close watch it must be due to the fact that Selene had helped him get to his mobile suit once already.
He knew that if what he had read on Lord Uzumi was true, he was not the most kind man in the world, certainly not as bad as Zala or Rau, but he was not the best there was.
With a slight hum Anthony thought "The crew of the Archangel, soon they will have to leave here and we would have gone our separate ways."
It was just as this thought came into his mind that the memory of Tolle's death came up as well!
Anthony almost shot right out of the bed as he said "This is no time for rest, I still have work to do."
As he now stood up Anthony tested his limbs, to say that he was a little shabby right now was to be putting it mildly.
"I guess I will have to rely on the fact that not many people notice me."
There were three things he needed to get out of here, one was one of the uniforms that the staff here wore, not everyone knew who he was so he probably could slip out as just one of the faceless masses.
The second was another set of cloths, if he went around outside of this place in hospital gear he would stand out after a little while.
Third bag to store all his clothes in.
He had the second one down, for Cagalli in all her wisdom or rather as an action defiance had against her father had brought him a set of cloths as a get well gift.
When Anthony had read the note he had to give a small chuckle.
"Dear Anthoy, Quattro, Agito, Thing, I hope that you get better and for the love of God, I got you a change of cloths so you don't have to wear your ones when you leave this place. I know we do not always get along, but you are a good person at heart I can tell, from Cagalli, PS don't tell my dad I got you them."
Sad fact was that her father must have already known, but one must use the tools that they have with them.
Anthony had been counting the shifts, he just had to be ready to time his escape when the rest of the staff from a shift were leaving.
Since the morning shift was still one, he knew he must wait till the afternoon when they finished to make is escape.
Since most of, no all of the wing he was in was empty bar for him and the occasional nurse who came to check on him he was alone, he knew he would be able to plan undisturbed.
With a slight grin on his face Anthony took out the paper that had been left for him along with some pens.
He had asked the nurse to give it to him so he might kill time, she saw no harm in it and did so.
Now putting pen to paper Anthony began to plan his escape route among others.
Four Hours later
Lord Uzumi had been visiting the area where Kira Yamato had been giving them OS for the MS Strike.
If Lord Uzumi did not know who the boy really was he would have been shocked at his skills and his talents.
But since he did know who he was and what he was, it was not too much of a shock to see what the boy had done.
All things were going well until he got a call from the hospital he knew what it must be, well there were two if not three options, the first two involved his daughter being a little childish.
The last one was an attempted escape, not that his child could not be involved with that as well.
When the call came to him the voice he heard on the other end was from the head of security at the hospital, this meant that it was option three.
"Lord Uzumi I am calling you as instructed, the young man you said was not to leave his room, well he has just vanished?"
Lord Uzumi did not reply at first, this was due to the term vanished!
"Tell me, what do you mean by the word vanished?"
The man on the other end must have given a little cough and then said "It means that he is no longer in his room, the windows were locked, the guards at the door did not notice him leave, nor did any of the staff, we only know he left because the nurse who was sent to check on him notice that he was not there."
Lord Uzumi could not believe what he had just heard, how does a man vanish into thin air.
"Have you checked the camera in his room, did he give any indications that he was going to leave?"
"We know he took some paper and went behind the screens in the middle of the room."
Lord Uzumi then asked "And what of the camera's on the other side, did they pick up on anything?"
The reply he got was "No sir, they are functional but did not pick him up on it."
Lord Uzumi gave a sigh and said "Thank you for this, I will speak to you about this later, what I do want to know is if you can give me a time frame for when he vanished?"
The man on the other end said "No sir, I cannot, he was their at around 12:35 for lunch and that was about it."
Lord Uzumi took in a deep breath if that time was correct, that was around 3 hours and 10 minutes ago.
As he looked at his watch he saw the time was 15:45.
Lord Uzumi did not know why, but if Quattro or Anthony as his daughter had called him was gone, he was long gone by now.
For some reason he recalled that Cagalli had got him an extra set of cloths, but he did not recall what they were.
Cancelling the call Lord Uzumi rang Selene McGriff who for her actions in days gone was stuck in the DSSD facility in ORB.
Lord Uzumi knew better than to expect a warm welcome when she picked up the phone, he had done nothing to deserve it.
"Ah Lord Uzumi, what do I owe a call from you this day?"
Lord Uzumi did his best to be as polite as he could when he said "This call is in regard to the fact that the one who was in hospital by the name of Quattro is no longer there, do you know anything about it."
"No I have not heard from him, if he did escape I believe he would come here, but you already know that?"
The answer he got seemed genuine enough to him.
Though Lord Uzumi knew she could not see it, he gave a slight nod of his head "I also know that if I do try to stop him in any way shape or form, he will have his suit kill off the entire city if not more."
Selene did not seem taken aback by that remark.
"That is only if you take action against him, I will tell you that he is not here right now, but if he does come here I will inform you, but that will be at his leisure not my own."
That did make some sense, from what Lord Uzumi could tell Quattro was not the type of man, one can cross and get away with it.
As the call ended Lord Uzumi had to wonder "What if he is right about what he said, am I putting too much onto Cagalli, what will happen once I am gone, I may just need to plan for that future?"
Lord Uzumi shook that thought aside as he now thought "How did he manage to escape the hospital, just what is he?"
From this last feat that the mysterious stranger had pulled their was only two possible things he could be.
The first was ludicrous and that was the fact that he was an alien from another planet.
The second would be that he is an elite spy from ZAFT who is some sort of sleeper agent from ZAFT who is just waiting for the right moment or more like the right words to strike them all down.
At this time Lord Uzumi did not know which one was the lesser of two evils or which he wanted it to be.
With Anthony
Anthony had thanked God and the Ms Agito Zero for the fact that all the cameras in the building did not show him.
How did he know, well for the record, he had stuck himself right up on the roof just beside the side of the door that does not open on to him.
Now had the cameras been working or at least showing him, there was no way that he could have pulled this one off.
But he had and the nurse had come in and not even looked back before she called for the guards to come in.
As they guards came thundering in Anthony silently dropped down to the flaw and left the room.
He had gotten changed into the clothes he had been given by Cagalli.
Since he did not have either part 1 or part 3 he had to improvise with just part 2 at his disposal.
Not that he needed to worry, about it, he had been planning this for around four hours.
If his memory served he had to walk around ten meters before he came to a cross section, turn left and then head down the emergency stairs that are always unlocked.
He did just this and did not get pulled up by anyone.
Most of this was due to the fact that he was lucky enough to be taken in as just part of the hallway when the security teams ran past him.
"Well if I was their commander they are all in trouble."
As he got to the emergency stairs, he calmly walked down them as if their was no hurry at all.
This was due to the fact that he may be heard or more like he may just attract attention of people if they had a suspicion about the stairway.
As he exited the building he did not look back at it and just began to move on.
Anthony knew that the DSSD facility should be his first stop, but he also knew that was what Lord Uzumi knew as well.
"I guess I will have to take a little detour, I can't go to the Archangel in case they get blamed for what I have just done, that only leave Cagalli, I cant go they due to well the same reasons I can't go to the Archangel."
Out of any real options Anthony decided that he should go to the DSSD, but he would only enter after dark.
This would be the ideal time, to do it, he just had to hope that his suit the MS Agito Zero would have the doors open for him, or perhaps Selene would leave them open for him to enter.
In any case he had to get on the move and he had to do it soon, not all things come from nothing.
In reply to this Anthony shook his head "No nothing is the only thing that is spawned by nothing, if I were to look at my life, I would see this, all things have a slight and gradual build up, it is not out of the blue."
It was true, all things have slight edge to them, little steps each day.
One may not notice it but it is there all the same.
"If I want to save Tolle, I will have to get my suit to do it for me, while I am at the DSSD or the PLANTS."
Anthony had to give a little smile as he thought this "Well if it were not possible, it would be not worth doing, Tolles death was due to Nicol's, I have made sure Nicol will not be in a suit, so one part of it is done."
The real thing that made Anthony worry was the fact that if Tolle did not die, Kira and Lacus may not have their bonding time up in the PLANTS.
"Perhaps it is for the best if he-!" Anthony cut that train of thought off.
"If I think like that I will lose who I am, if I lose who I am I am no better than Rau."
It was now that Ayu's drifted into his thoughts and said to him a single word that spurred him to move one, this word was "Believe."
She was telling him to believe in himself and to take action and to commit to what he had said that he was going to do.
"A man has to keep his word, well at least I will this time, I can't be afraid."
10 hours later
Anthony now slowly stalked his way around the DSSD facility, he had to tread lightly just in case he was not alone.
The doors had been open, well the personnel ones had been left open, but only a little, it had to be the work of Selene McGriff.
"I'll make sure to get her a cup of tea or some type of drink next time I meet her as thanks for this."
He knew that was not what she would want, but right now that was about as much as he could give here.
As Anthony made his way quietly he saw his suit, but he also more a just a tad bit more than he should of.
There were guards in the hangar area were his suit was, at this point they must not have seen him due to the fact that he was in the dark, while they were only partly in the dark.
"I see, so Lord Uzumi must have sneaked them in here, or is Selene now with them, I guess I can't blame her, but that doesn't mean that I'd forgive her."
As he looked at his suit he felt a sting of guilt hit him, he had been the cause of two deaths, sure it was their lives or his but he had killed people.
Anthony knew that no matter what he said to himself, it did not make a difference.
"Perhaps I can never return home now?"
Anthony pushed those thoughts aside and stole his way over to the main console in the room, then it hit him.
"Wait, if I really am hearing Ayu in my head and I am not made, could it really be that I am what is called in the U.C timeline Newtype?"
If he was right, he did not need to try any actions to get his suit.
Bending down Anthony now had to pause to think "It worked in Unicorn, but I can't afford the luxury of yelling out the name of my suit."
Then it came to him "My suit knew I was in danger, did it sense me, it has an AI of it's own so all I have to do is try to reach out to it?"
It was a good theory, but there was one big problem, how was he going to reach out to it.
"Oh great, now what I need is an older Newtype to just pop up and help me figure out if I am one or just think I am one?"
Anthony now sat down with his legs crossed as he began to just think of his suit.
At first he thought of only it's name, then he began to think of it's figure of the way it had been built of what it looked like in the NTD and Trans-Am.
He begun to see it as it was in the NTD mode along with the Trans-Am.
It's wings out reaching out in the void of space, the beam sabres in each are, the Twin Buster Rifle in each wing just like the MS Wing Zero Custom had in the movie.
Then his mind moved away from what it was now to what it had been, when he first got it, how he had made it, how he had upgraded it.
The Journey he had with it along with what he thought it was going to be like along with what it really was like now.
It was these memories, the ones of when he got it out of the box and put it together how he had made it his own custom Gunpla also as his favourite one.
As he saw them as he felt the same joy he had back then, it was now that the eyes of the MS Agito Zero glowed and began to move around.
A voice that sounded like Anthony's came from inside the suit, it said "All of you here who seek to interfere must leave now, or else your lives shall be taken for this affront to the Vermilion Bird Crystal!"
The entire area shone with crimson light and Anthony saw that his suit was already taking measure to get rid of the ORB soldiers.
"You have five of your minutes to leave this place or perish, as a dictate by the Crystal I shall use lethal force against you if you do not comply."
It was at this point that Anthony had to say "Well at least my cover is not blown, I wonder though it must have done at least some things that I wished to while I was gone, I have to find out what it was later."
At this point all Anthony had to do was sit tight at wait for the ORB soldiers to back off, he hoped they did.
Archangel
Kira had been wondering about how Anthony had been coping, it did cross his mind to ask, why he and the rest of the crew were no longer able to visit him?
As he lay down, trying to sleep, but being unable to do so, he saw the time was around 1:50 in the morning.
The time he had spent at ORB, it had been nice.
What he had found nice was the fact that he did not have to worry about going into battle, he did not have to carry the burden of being a Mobile Suit Pilot.
"I'd have to ask Anthony what it was like for him to be here with us, was it different from what he was used to, I am not sure but all that he did, I can swear that he had seen all of it, no more like most of it before?"
Kira had to wonder where Anthony would have seen such things, how much did he know, did his suit see the future or did he see the future, it did not make any sense.
It was at this point Kira realised that he may just be over thinking things "I guess I can always just ask him about it, not like he will give me a straight answer in any case."
That was true most times, if not all the time, Anthony made sure that his answer could mean both yes and no if he wished to.
It was almost like he did this so people would have to try and figure it out on their own without help.
"I guess he just wants us to make our own choices, Lacus said that he was a nice guy and in the few days before we came here I was starting to see that, it is as if he is hiding who he really is."
The idea of a war mask, a mask on puts on to hide ones self in battle came into Kira's mind.
"I'll have to ask how he does it and if I can, perhaps I will be able to see him in the morning?"
He knew that may not happen, due to the fact that Lord Uzumi had him working almost every waking hour on the MS Astray, Kira did not want to do it, but if he didn't he knew what would happen to them.
And the fact that Anthony was out of action as well as badly hurt, did not make it any better.
"I guess I will just have to do what I can so that I can be of use to them and protect my friends."
That last word friends, it still rang in his mind, what was it really, why would he put himself out there for them, in truth Kira was unsure if he knew the answer to that or maybe he just knew it, but did not understand it at this point in time.
"Well I have to get up and go to work, work that is not killing, but is very close, I am not sure how I feel about all of this."
Kira knew that one day in the future he would be judged on what he has done, right now he did not want to know it.
Kira now tried to get to sleep but there were a few words that Anthony had said that stuck in his mind. It was what Anthony had said to him at the hospital.
"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."
It still played on his mind and Kira had to ask "I, I don't know why, but does he know that Athrun and I met up?"
If he did Kira thought it was slightly if not greatly disturbing.
This was not the first time that he had to ask himself "How does he know all that he knows, it is as if, it is as if he has seen it or done it all before?"
At this point in time, there were no real answers for Kira, so he decided to get a little sleep so he could work in the morning.
As he drifted off into sleep he had to ask "Do I not need as much sleep due to the fact that I am a Co-ordinator?"
It was not the type of thought that he should have had right before he fell asleep.
But it was the one he had, and there was nothing he could do about it as he fell asleep, except pray that he was normal like his friends.
With Anthony
Praise the Lord, the ORB soldiers had not tired to test the Agito Zero and had fled the area as soon as the warning had been issued.
Anthony in turn, took his chance and stole his way to his mobile suit, once at it, he scaled it and got into the cockpit.
As he did this he said in his head "It is good to be back here, I can do so much more now."
The first thing he did was to have his suit, scan the area for a phone line, connect to it and then make a call.
He knew that it was the early hours of the morning, but he knew he had to make the call of the same.
"I just hope they pick up, or else I will actually have to travel their to speak to them in person."
After about five calls he young lady answered the phone and Anthony knew who it was the moment she spoke.
"Hello, I do not know how you got this number, but I ask you state your name and your business?"
The reply Anthony gave her was "I see that you are alright, well at least being able to answer your line, can you put me through to your lover, I'd like to speak to him."
"I would love to, but I have to ask who you are and why it is that you are calling us at this time?"
If Anthony recalled they were not in the dead of night yet, in North Africa, so she must just really want to know who he was.
Anthony decided to drop a line that he had used when she was around, a line that only he had said, he knew he had to make it sound exactly like how he had said it on that day.
"Oh look a boy."
After he said this Anthony waited a whole minute before his words sunk in on the other end of the line.
"Oh it is you, I should have guessed by the way you spoke, I'll put Andy on for you, besides how have you been."
For now Anthony decided to answer partly honestly.
"I have been in hospital with a massive blow to my head that forced me to remain in their four like four or was it five days before I was able to escape."
She did not get it and said "How no need to be so dramatic, you can tell me they discharged you."
Anthony gave a grin as he said "But Miss Aisha, they didn't."
He left it at that and heard a gasp from the other end of the line as well as a roar of laughter.
The voice of Andrew Waltfeld spoke down the line to him "Trust you to run away from a hospital, did they set up guards to go after you?"
Anthony gave a smirk and send "I have to tell you they did not, the guards and all the staff thought I had left hours before I actually had."
On the other end Waltfeld roared with laughter again "Well slap my face and call me Rau Le Cresuet, I have to say if you were any other man, I'd refuse to believe you."
It was at this point Anthony said "I take it that you have been in contact with Miss Clyne."
The line on the other end was silent so Anthony said "I'll take that as a yes then, just making sure that you had, I had a few things to discuss with you."
Waltfeld on the other end, did not know how to proceed so he said "Can I take it that you know most about what we are doing?"
Anthony said "You may, if that is what you wish to believe, but I hoped to speak to you, or rather show you a piece of information, you may find of value."
There was a pause and then Waltfeld said "That would depend on, what it is you were to give me, I can tell you right now, we may know what you are willing to send us."
Anthony gave a small chuckle as he said "Oh I am sure that you do not know what I am willing to send you, if you did I would have notice the change in your ZAFT."
Anthony knew he was being vague but he also knew that at times he had to be, this was one of them.
"Tell you what, if it is as big as you say it is, I can only take that face to face, you know what I mean?"
Anthony gave him a nod and said "I'll speak you later, when we are both us in the PLANTS, until then though continue with what you are doing, I'll stay in touch with you if I can."
The call ended, now Anthony knew he had to step up his game now that he had rolled the first dice against Rau.
"It will not be easy, for I am just one man, that is why I wish to build a team that I can trust and rely on."
It was true, that was the foundations of human society, it is what separated them from apes and monkeys.
"Rau has been manipulating the war from the side since the start, no even before that, if I am correct, he may have been part of that terrorist attack that was responded by the nuclear strike."
It did make some sense, but Anthony had never read up if Rau was part of that or not.
He had a feeling that sick guy did, but right now he had no proof nor any data on that, other than a few lines he had read.
"If I am right, the head of the PLANTS of Lacus's father, he was late to such a meeting, the members of Blue Cosmos were quick to pick up on that as well as use it."
There was a lot more at play than just a simple game such as chess.
Anthony knew that he had to make sure that he kept an eye on Blue Cosmos, ZAFT, ORB and then Rau.
It did make sense though, he was not a piece or a card in this, he was a player in his own right.
"I have made my move, soon Rau will pick up on it and no doubt inform ZAFT and Blue Cosmos of."
Anthony now took in a deep breath as he locked his suit and closed his eyes "Now for the gears to turn."
Archangel Bridge, the morning
Mu had woken up to the news that Anthony was no longer bed ridden and was at large, or more like he was at or rather in his mobile suit.
"Good lord, he does have trust issues, that or he has tasks that only he can do?"
The latter did make a certain amount of sense, well to Mu at least, he did not see Anthony to be the type of guy who could sit back and do nothing, unless he had no other choice.
"I have to say even if he had no other choice, like just now he would just go out and make one."
All with the exception of Kira knew the real deal behind why most of them were not allowed to leave their ship any more.
"I have to say, that to have human tools, that is really low, how can the E.A, just do this?"
It was a good question, a question that he knew he could never get the answer to just be following orders.
"Is this what Anthony meant when he said he did not think highly of the E.A, did he know about this, if so how, I heard that the prisoner they had, died after a short amount of time, I was not told what it was, but I don't like this."
Mu was not the only one who had reserved his actual thoughts on the matter, Murrue did not know what to say when she learned of it.
Even now four days later, she had no idea how to confront any of the chain of command about this.
"It is not right, people are not tools, we are not weapons, how can we have just done something like this."
When she thought we, it was more along the lines of they, she had been away from the higher ups in the A.F and the E.A, due to the cryptic words of Anthony, she got that she was not going to be welcomed when she returned to JOSH-A.
Unlike Mu, she did not ask or even think of how he came to know what he knew.
Some things for her were best left in the dark, Anthony was not a man who was open with them.
He had his reason to be so and she respected that, but what she did want to know was why she had begun to question all that she knew.
"It is not right, it is not right that I am going to go and question my superiors, but it is not morally right for me to sit back and just turn a blind eye to it all, I have to learn more about this."
She knew it was not right to defy her superior officer, but she also knew it was not right to just let people be treated like weapons.
Then it hit her "Is that how Kira views our views on him, that he is a weapon to be used against our foes, I sincerely hope not."
It was true she did sincerely hope he did not think so lowly of her or any of the trained crew of the Archangel, they were better right?
Natarle, was more like Murrue than Mu, but her reactions were her own.
Unlike the other two who had begun to question who it was they were following, she did her best to think only of her post.
"I am just a soldier in the Alantic Federation, it is not my place nor is it my role to ask about affairs that are above me and my position."
She was glad that Anthony was not around and that she had not said that out loud, for all she said or thought about him, he was a man unlike any other she had met.
The face of a child, but the mind of a strategist, not only that, but he seemed to know all of them like he was their brother or close friend."
If he had been her and had she said that to him, she was sure that he would have asked her "Is that your words, or is that the words you were told to say to all of us?"
She had to admit, for all the time he had spent with them, he had pushed them to do what they thought was right, while he did what he thought was right.
He was no soldier, well at least not the type of soldier she was used.
Anthony gave of the feel like he was more of a Special Forces man who had returned to being a civilian for far too long and was forced back into his uniform due to events that were beyond his control or understanding.
All three of them, though they did not know it, had begun to question who it was they were fighting for as well as who is the enemy?
Who really was the enemy to them, was it all those who resided in space in the PLANTS?
Was it just those who sought the death of them, the ones who tried to kill them in battle.
It was not an easy question to answer, but they had to answer it at one point all the same.
For now they could and did put it off, but all three of them knew sooner or later they will have look at what they are fighting for and see if it is found lacking.
Neither of three dared to think of what they would do if they found that the cause they had fought for was no more or worse yet never was.
All three of the officers on board the Archangel did not share their worries with one another or with any others on their ship.
For now, morale was high, but they knew that could change the moment that they left ORB.
Out of the three of them, none were so heartless as to tell the younger members of the crew that all they fought may just be a lie.
All of them knew that if this super soldier thing was real, JOSH-A would not be safe for Kira!
With Anthony
Anthony woke to the noise of a woman yelling his name, this was Selene, she must have wished to see if he was really in their or not.
With a yawn Anthony put on the speakers in MS Agito Zero and said to her "We are, right here."
It was the lines Ace had said in the last scene in Final Fantasy Type-0 HD.
"It is good that I can recall that it is just a Final Fantasy game, if not I may just lose myself in who I made up."
It was not the most scary thought he had ever had, but it was not the brightest or kindest either.
He knew that the truth would be revealed in time, but they did not need to know that right now.
Selene now spoke to him and said "Do you know how much trouble you have caused?"
In reply Anthony made the MS Agito Zero give her a shrug and said "I have a vague idea, but not the actual facts, if you wish to tell me, I am willing to listen?"
Selene paused before she said "I think, it is best if you stay in your suit for a while, I spoke with Lord Uzumi earlier today, he did not seem happy with the threat you gave his men."
Now was the time for Anthony to use his ultimate excuse it boiled down to it was not me it was my suit that did it!
"Hey, it was not I who did this, rather if you piss of the Agito Zero, it is going to take actions against you and those who follow you, in that case you are the only one who is to blame."
Selene made a face at his suit, but it was more likely directed at him.
"You do know that will not hold up well for you Quattro, I do know that the Lion of ORB does not take threats well."
Anthony decided to just go for one a few aces he had to play and said "The will of the Vermilion Bird is far stronger than that of any man or nation, if he were to try to oppose it or harm those who serve it, the only future is that open to you is that of total annihilation."
That was only partly true and held no real meaning, but they did not know that, to for him right now, there was no more cards that he required to play, victory was his, this time.
"I will have to take note of the fact that Lord Uzumi can be a Jerk if is wishes to be one."
It was not a lie, he knew it and it was also know to Selene.
"You and your crystal stuff, if it were not for your suit, I would believe you to be a mad man."
Anthony at this part gave a small chuckle and said "Worse yet, you could be right, it may just be that I am a mad man, one with a mobile suit that is far ahead of your own, do bare that in mind."
It was not a threat more like a sincere joke, between the two of them, but they were not alone.
The other staff of the DSSD had terrified looks on their faces.
"Did you have to go out and say that, if you could just try to be like a regular person for just one day, that would be great thanks."
Anthony in reply to this said "I guess that would depend your the term regular it could be that I do not think that I am special and it is the rest of you who are all wrong in the head."
Selene picked up that, that was yet another joke at her and the rest of the DSSD and the entire world.
"If you are trying to joke, I am not laughing, you do know it will take more than that to get me out of this mood?"
She did not mean to say it like that, what she had meant to say sounded way better in her head.
But it was too late, Anthony had heard what she had said and he had a counter for it read.
"Was that a subtle hint to me or did you just slip up, I would be more than happy to let you into my suit and work on that, together."
The way that Anthony said the last word sent both shivers of fear and excitement up Selene's spine.
But she got a hold of herself and said "Even if I wanted to, I am afraid that I have a schedule to keep.
She had fallen for it, and now came the punchline.
"Oh well, if you did not wish to see the system that runs my suit and how it is made that is your own choice, I will not try to sway you, enjoy your work."
Selene's jaw almost hit the ground when she had heard that, he was not talking about that at all.
"Wait, hold up there for a second, you did not mean what I thought you meant, is that offer still open."
Anthony got the MS Agito Zero to shake it's head as he said "I do not make the offer more than once in a day, in future ask what it is that I am offering before you turn it down."
Selene know knew that he had got her and got her good, in her mind she cursed for not seeing this one coming.
"At time he is rather charming at the same time he can be a total ass if he wants to damn, why do all the smart good looking guys have problems he does?"
Anthony knew what she was thinking and said "Be aware that all of your fellow staff are looking at you right now, best if you go off and do what you DSSD people do, I'll be right here if you need me."
She gave a nod to his suit and then went about what she was supposed to be doing.
Anthony now began to run simulations and plans on his next course of action.
There were many possible outcomes, some of them were good many of them were bad.
"I can make the future Zero promises a reality, dammit Dynasty Warriors Gundam Heero Yuy, I have you in my head saying that now, all though it could be worse, I could have RIBBONS ALMARK in my head!"
With Waltfeld
Andrew Watlfed was a little uneasy, it was not that he didn't trust Anthony, the man had saved his life, but if he knew, how many others did.
Anthony never revealed how much he knew either, this did not help Waltfeld, for now he had to guess how much Anthony, in truth he did not want to know.
If that man had considered himself armed and dangerous with a book, then what was he like with information, it was not a pleasant thought to say the least.
"Damn, that guy is not human, well if he is, he is one hell of a human, by far the scariest that I've ever met, but he does not seem to be that bad a guy?"
Waltfeld gave a sigh "It is at times liked these that I have to ask why is it that am here and what do I hope to achieve in the future neither of those to questions are easy to answer."
Aisha now came up to him, she could see that her lover was a little unsure of himself.
"Andy dear, what is wrong, I can see that you are a little troubled by what our friend called us about, I can see that you are a little unsure of what to do, please tell me about it."
Andrew gave a sigh and let her press her head to his "I am unsure who else knows what I am trying to do, if he does it means that others will in time."
Aisha closed her eyes and said "I am sure that he has his own ways, he is not the type of man who goes with the crowd."
Waltfeld just gave another sigh "I know, if it was not him there that day, I am sure that one of us would have died and what he said to me would have come true?"
Aisha now looked at him and asked "Andy what do you mean by that?"
Waltfeld now cast his mind back to the time where he, Kira and Anthony had been in his officer.
As they were about to leave Anthony had said "If you engage the Strike your beloved Aisha will be a casualty of this war."
Now turning to his lover Andrew said "He told me that if we engaged the MS Strike, you would die."
Aisha was now hit with a very dark thought "What if he knows the future and the events within it?"
Andrew then went on to say "Had he not reached in and got us, I am sure that one of us would have died if not both of us, I have to hand it to him, at the time we were his enemy, yet he saved us."
Aisha decided not to speak her mind just yet and asked "Do you think he did that because he liked us, or because he was not allowed to kill."
In reply to this her lover just gave a shrug and said "That I am not really sure of just yet or ever will be."
She gave a small giggle at this and said "Oh Andy, you're such a terrible liar, you know you feel he saved us do to who we are and how we live."
Andrew did not deny it and said "I see, I believe he would say, if you wish to believe that then do so if you must."
Aisha no looked at Andrew and said "Can you not try to sound like him, it is not you and is rather scary."
Andrew gave a laugh then said "It was just a joke, but in all seriousness, we need to attend to the matter at hand, you will need to go to the PLANTS to get to DeCosta, while I stay back here and get ready to go up as well."
Aisha knew the plan, she would go and be with DeCosta, to ensure the safety of Lacus Clyne.
Andrew then would arrive their and take control of the new warship that was still in production.
Her thoughts of Anthony knowing about the future returned to her and she had to ask herself "Just how much does he knew, how does it know it and most of all, what does he intend to do with it?"
Right now there was no clear answer to any of these, but she had faith that time would reveal them to her and to Andy.
Andrew now said not to her but to himself "He views all of us as just human, he does not think one is above the other or more right, he believe in human possibility."
Aisha gave a playful sigh and asked in a very sweet voice "I thought I asked you not to speak like him?"
Andrew Watfeld was many things, Hero, Commander, Merciful, whipped was also now one of them.
Clyne residence
Lacus Clyne had many things to do today, but she had taken the time to take time out of her day so she could speak with Selene McGriff.
She was now in the call with her, she hoped that it was good news, she had heard of how Anthony had got injured, she did try to send him a get well card.
But she was sure that it could also be used against her by Patrick Zala.
She also knew that Anthony would tell her as much if he were here.
She could almost hear him in her head saying "I chose my path, it was not chosen for me, do not let others choose the path for you."
If Patrick Zala had his way, he would have her father thrown in jail or worse, right now Siegel Clyne was one of the few men who dared to stand up to his regime of total Co-ordinator dominance.
Lacus was no fool, she knew the problems the 3rd gen were facing, if they killed all the Naturals, then the PLANTS would follow through, maybe not straight away, but they would not have a long future ahead of them.
Worse yet, word had reached hear ears of a weapon called GENESIS.
Lacus did not know what it was right now, but she feared that it was not just another weapon for the war.
But she had no time for that, she was no in a call and had to be as bright and cheerful self. "Selene, it is good to see, you this day, what do I owe the pleasure of your call?
Selene on the other end replied "Miss Clyne, I man Lacus, I am calling you to inform you that our friend is capable of coming to visit you on the day after tomorrow."
This was good news and Lacus was brought joy by it "That is good news, Selene and you can call me Lacus, it is far easier for me, if you do."
Selene on the other end then said "I think I can call you Lacus, Lacus I do believe he desires to speak to you, I am putting him through now."
The line went dead for just a moment, but that moment felt like years to Lacus and when a voice finally spoke on the other end, Lacus had to admit she was a little bit surprised.
"I can't say much, but it is rather nice to speak to you again Miss Clyne, HARO."
There was only on person alive or more like who had ever lived who had ever said that in conversation, that was Anthony Hitoro.
"Is that you Anthony, I heard you may be ill."
The reply she got was "That very well could be so, but I am speaking to you now and wish to ask you a favour?"
Lacus did find it off that Anthony was asking her a favour and then asked "If I can help you then I will, what is it that you wish."
Anthony replied"Well there are a few things, the one I can ask you now is that you have a place for me to stay when I enter the PLANTS, I say about tomorrow, if you can do that for me, I will be grateful."
Two things popped into Lacus's head, one was why was he coming here, the other was what if Zala found out?
"Relax, I will be coming under a DSSD profile with another name, you will have to use that when we are introduced to one another."
"Trust Anthony to plan ahead, if I had to say, it is almost as if he knows all that we are and who we can become."
"This Line is secure, any and all of those who are listening in, are not hearing what we are truly saying."
Lacus knew better than to ask how he had done this.
"I will see what I can do, can I ask the nature of your visit, if this line is secure then I hope you will share it with me."
"There are a few things that I need to do, I would also like to extend and invitation to you once we meet face to face, I cannot tell you of that at the moment."
The reply was cryptic but she could tell the meaning of it
Lacus gave a smile, it would not be Anthony if it was not a little different from the norm.
"Well it is good to speak to you Anthony, is there anything else that I can help you with?"
The tone of his reply was a little more serious "I am sending you a list check it twice and make sure you take note of the names that I have marked, it may just prove useful to you."
Lacus knew if Anthony was worried it was cause for concern, she heard him end the call as she did the same.
After she did this her computer got a mail, from an unknown source, it had a list on it, but it also had a message.
The message had a part of what she had meant to say but lost in the moment, it was "By the way I believe Kira is fine, a little hard pressed but he is fine, in case you didn't know."
Lacus was a little worried "What is this sting I feel, I really should have asked how Kira was, how did I even forget him after the kindness he had shown me, this sting, it feels like it is in my heart?"
Little did she know that Anthony knew that she felt this sting and had not spoken of Kira so he could send her that message and give her time to reflect on it.
So how was this chapter, I did my best to try and make it interesting for all of you, I might also add that if any one wants to Beta I will welcome it. Can I also ask you who read my story to give my any feed back you can I don't want this to become a boring fic or anything like that, so your advice is welcome.
Next Chapter when I get around to it will have Anthony up in space, I hope you all enjoy it.
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