I am sorry if this took longer than usual I got this 503 error message every time I tried to hit login on fanfiction. But now it is gone and I got up early to post this.
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 praying, 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 Sixteen
"Now I feel that maybe knowing who I actually am is the key to reach perfection. Because that means knowing what I can and cannot do." Itatchi Uchiha (Naruto)
Anthony took a deep breath, he was going to say his farewells to Kira and to the rest of the crew of the Archangel.
"I have made sure that the Agito Zero is near them as well as to make sure it can make only the most minuscule of changes, Kira still needs to get the MS Freedom and bond with Lacus."
It was not a good plan, in fact it was based mostly on what ifs and why nots.
But what Anthony was trying to make in the word was a what if future with both Tolle and Nicol in it.
"I must also be ready to say farewell to them once this is over, I may not be able to return home, but if I had to pretend to be a man I am not for more than I had to I may just lose it."
It was true, he was slowly losing it, to the point where he could tell that he was no longer bale to tell the difference between his real past and the past that he had made up.
"It is almost as if the memories are fighting with one another, but I have to stay true to who I am at least in my heart."
But now was not the time for heart to hearts, the crew of the Archangel were here and he had his goodbyes to say to them.
All of them who had come to see him stood in a line except for Murrue, Mu and Natarle who stood in their own line.
"Military to the last, well I am glad that I did not grow up here."
Murrue moved forth and gave Anthony a salute to which he gave a nod, to which she went on to say "Mr Anthony Hitoro, on behalf of the crew of the Atlantic Federation's ship 'Archangel' and her crew I thank you for all that you have done to assist us."
In reply Anthony said "I only did that which I saw as right, it is the way I live, I thank you for letting my suit and I stay on board and share your ship with you."
Mu had to admit, that must have been the nicest thing he had ever heard from Anthony.
Not that the man was rude, but Anthony did have a way to be rude to you and to get a point across to you.
This in turn caused Mu to reflect on this and think "Is this put on or does he mean what he has just said, if so I have to ask if he has any other masks he wears or is this perhaps his real face?"
Mu now realised it was his turn to say a few words and decided to step forth.
"Well I can't say that I much to add to that, thanks for all the times that you came through for us."
Mu extended his hand and Anthony took it and shook it "I got to fight side by side with Mu La Flaga, I say that it was an equal trade."
Mu did his best not to burst out laughing, he had to give it to Anthony, turst that young man to crack a joke at a time like this, it was what Anthony did.
Next was Natarle who clearly had no idea what she was going to say, but she knew that she must keep her calm composure at all times.
Natarle stepped up and gave him a salute and said "We, the crew of the Archangel, thank you for your service in our times of need."
It was just as Anthony had suspected, on the inside she must have wished to say what she had said with less formal words.
But right her and now, she had chosen to be the officer and not show any emotion just like a soldier should.
As he looked Natarle in the eyes he could see a more honest sight their.
Though she did her best to try and hide it her eyes said to him "Thank you for keeping all of us alive."
Anthony was unsure if Natarle knew that he saw this in her eyes but he gave her a nod and said "Do what you truly desire to do."
Anthony did not mean to be rude or cruel when he said this, he just meant for her not to follow blindly and to search for what she wanted.
Anthony also knew that she had not done this in a while and pushed her emotions to the side, well that is what her page and what he had seen in SEED showed her as.
"I wonder will Natarle change or will she die shouting Murrue's name like she did in SEED in any case I will have to look into that a little later."
Anthony was not really sure if he should find a way to save her or not, but he knew now was no longer the time to think of such moves.
Now it was on to the crew out of all of them Tolle, Sai, Flay, Kira and Miriallia were here, not that he wished to see more of them.
"So most of the main cast have come to see me off huh, it is rather nice of them."
Tolle was the first to speak "Anthony, be seeing you later man, it was nice to meet you, though I would prefer it not to have happened during all of this."
Anthony in turn gave Tolle a smile and said "Perhaps if we can meet again once this is all over."
Tolle gave a smile of his own and nodded his head "Yeah that'd be nice."
While the young man said this Anthony thought "I have to make sure there is a next time."
Next up was Sai, who Anthony knew only a little "Well, thanks for all that you did to keep us alive, I am grateful to you for it."
In reply Anthony said "As I said before I just did what I wanted to."
Sai came up with a smile of his own "Then I thank you for wanting to keep us from harm."
Miriallia now spoke "It was good to have you aboard, though you did not speak to us all that often, I too wish to say thanks for saving us more than once."
In reply this time Anthony said "I have to say, you all say thanks a lot, but if I recall I only did help you out several times, the rest was all you guys."
At this point Flay was feeling a little left out, she had not done much in their time on the ship.
She also knew that she and Anthony had got off to a bad start due to the fact that she was racist to Kira due to Kira's birth.
She was yet to grow out of her young and girlish personality so all she could say was "Um, thanks a lot."
She did not think or know that Anthony had left her out on purpose.
Turning to face her, he said "I have to say you did well, to stay with your friends, despite all that has happened, even when you had a chance to go home?"
Anthony himself was unsure what to say to Flay, in the show she had turned into a bitch that was trying to manipulate Kira.
But right now she was still that same girl who was yet to lose her father and if Anthony played his cards right, he would make sure it stayed she will stay that way for the rest of her life.
It was as Anthony was about to say farewell that Kira said "I am, I am not sure if I can say goodbye, to see you just go, it is a lot more painful than I thought it would be."
Kira held back his tears and he saw a look on Anthony's face that he had not see in a while.
"You need to be strong for all those here Kira, I will also warn you in the words of another man it is not saying goodbye that hurts, it is the flashbacks that follow."
What Anthony said did make sense to Kira, it was not him leaving them that would hurt him, it was the fact that he was no longer around when he used to be that would.
Tolle at this point said "Hey don't say that, we are going to really feel it when you're gone!"
Anthony gave him a nod and said "I know you will, but I have things that need to be done and right now I am the only one who knows how to do them."
It was no lie Anthony did have many things to do and he did also have to do them on his own.
He couldn't just go and tell any of them who he really was or how he really knew what was going to happen.
As all of them were about to depart on their separate ways Anthony walked over to Murrue and whispered to her.
"Their is tragedy awaiting you on the way to JOSH-A, do what you can to avoid it, JOSH-A is no haven."
ORB, spaceport
Anthony was now strapped into his seat on a shuttle to the DSSD base located in space, once they were there they would board a ship and travel to the PLANTS.
Needless to say that Anthony had left the Agito Cadet uniform with his mobile suit.
"I would stick out if I wore that up their, in any case I cannot take my suit, the MS Agito Zero up there, no I do not wish to attract them, just yet."
Anthony thought this, but as if he had almost forgot an important item got up with a jolt!
Selene who was right beside him now took the liberty to look over at him and ask "Are you alright Quattro?"
Anthony gave her a nod and said "If I may say so I forgot that you made me put my book into the suitcase."
Selene at this point raised her eyebrow and said "You afraid that you have no weapons, if you can make a book into a lethal object I am sure you will be fine."
Anthony in turn only thought "I'll let you believe what you want to believe, in any case, that was not what I was worried, I was more concerned about Agito Zero."
It was true, he did worry for his suit or rather Anthony worried for what his suit would do while he was gone.
"There is no use in any of it, I have to be done with this and trust in the Agito Zero to save Tolle, that is what I must do."
Selene was able to tell that he was a little troubled if not a lot and asked "Don't tell me this is your first time going up into space."
Anthony decided to lie and said "It is my first time when I am not in my suit, so yes, this is a first for me."
Selene looked at him for a whole minute in silence "I have to ask, did you ever get out of your suit before this?"
In reply Anthony just said "I was not born like this nor was it ever even dreamed of where I am from, so look it at it from my point of view, a single shot and this goes down, I go down and that which I hope to achieve goes with me, You could say that I am not so comfortable here."
In reply to this Selene just said "You sound like a child, no more like a grown man who does not wish to do a task that they have to or rather one they could avoid but have chosen to as a lesser evil?"
She took his silence as a 'yes'.
"If only you can do it, I have to ask why are you here with me, are you just using us?"
In reply Anthony said "When you say using, do you mean that I am going to throw you away, or as I am doing, make transactions for mutual benefit."
Selene had to admit he did have a point and she had just made a rather unfair remark about him "Sorry, I did not mean to come off as rude?"
In reply Anthony said nothing and just closed his eyes and began to hum very quietly as if to make sure only he heard it.
Selene was able to pick up the tune with her more than human hearing and asked "That tune, who was it who taught it too you?"
Anthony now opened his eyes and turned to her and said "One of those who had become Agito, a brother who I cherish the memory of dearly."
From what limit data she had managed to write down of her experience in the MS Agito Zero, the word Agito seemed to carry much weight in it.
Anthony could see that she was thinking of what he had shown her no, it was the Agito Zero who had shown her, Anthony knew he had to separate his own mind and self from the suit and not think that they were one, since they were not.
"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."
The way that the words were not only poetic but fitted into the glimpse of the world Anthony had shown her shocked Selene.
It is as if the world itself was made only for that poem and only to fore fill it's ending.
She now looked at him and was about to ask a question when Anthony said "What would you do, if the world you lived in was an experiment of some Gods that chose to repeat your lives over and over again till the purpose was filled?"
Selene had no answer to that, she had to admit "If what I saw and heard was true then when he says it was all an experiment he means the entire world he lived was made to find what is called Agito, but if that is so, then why does his suit hold that name?"
She saw that Anthony who she knew as Quattro had no intention of telling her the answer.
At this point he seemed content to say what he wished to and let those who had heard them decipher it.
"It is almost as if he is saying to me that all the events around us can be influenced by a single man or woman?"
Anthony on the other hand did not know she had come to that conclusion, it was not exactly his goal, but it did work out in his favour.
"I do have to wonder what it is that she takes out of what I say and that which I show her, guess she is not a genius for nothing now is she?"
As he thought this, part of his mind drifted back to SEED and its extended universe.
"I have to give thanks to the Lord that Wing did not get a sequel like SEED did, I do not wish to even think of what it was that, a Shinn in Wing, no Heero kill that asshole right NOW!"
Sure it was harsh but it was Destiny he was thinking off here and to him and quite a few fans, if Destiny had never happened they would be happy.
The Space Shuttle was ready for take off and Anthony now said out loud "May the Crystal guide us."
Archangel
Murrue had been left for what few hours she had left in ORB to ponder what it was that Anthony had meant when he had spoken to her.
"Their is tragedy awaiting you on the way to JOSH-A, do what you can to avoid it, JOSH-A is no haven."
To her it did not make sense, but she was sure he did not say it just to put her on edge, no from what she had seen of him, he was a little more, if not way too smart for that.
It bugged her as she thought "What does he mean that JOSH-A is no haven, does the enemy know where it is?"
This was one of many possible ends that Anthony could have meant, but this alone was not the only problem.
It was the first part of what he had said to her.
"Their is tragedy awaiting you on the way to JOSH-A."
As the captain of the Archangel, she was afraid of what those words held in store for her.
On one hand, she wanted to push what he said to the back of her mind, but she recalled earlier talks he had with them.
Though it was slow, it was all adding up, the man had told them time and time again that he would not go to JOSH-A with them.
He had also told them that it was not safe for Kira to go there either.
But the fact still remained as a dark thought entered Murrue's mind "Are we going to lose Kira as well as a few others on our way to JOSH-A?"
Murrue had to admit, they may have lost most of the crew had it not been for Anthony and Kira.
Now with Anthony gone, could Kira really step up and take down all of the ZAFT mobile suits alone?
"Since he has not had to for a while, Kira may not be use to it, that may just be the death of him and of us all?"
Murrue thought this as she went and sat down in her quarters, it was not right, no it was not that what he said was not right, it was the fact that they made some type of sense to her.
"If what he says comes true then why is he leaving us for space, unless he is aiming for a bigger goal or prize?"
Murrue knew that it was not good for ones health to attempt to ponder what it was that went on in that man's mind.
"I have to focus and remain on alert, if what he has said is true we will be under attack by ZAFT after we have left the port, not only that we may lose Kira!"
It was not the worst outcome they could meet, but by no chance it was the best, she knew all she could do was make ready for it.
So when it comes she is able to command the ship and keep as many of the crew alive as possible.
It was that word possible that hit her.
"What if Anthony wants me to aim higher than that, to do what I do not expect or even believe I can do?"
She knew that once again she was trying to guess what it was that was on that young man's mind.
"I have to believe that I can, then I can, but what if I can't what if I fail, what if I am unable to deliver the Strike to JOSH-A and lose Kira, what will happen to all of us then?"
It as the what ifs crossed her mind that she almost heard Anthony say to her "Do what you think is right, that is the way I live."
Murrue knew that he was not there and that she was just hearing his voice in her head, but at that moment in time, it sound real, very real.
Now she spoke out loud to confirm it both to herself and if any were listening.
"I am, I am Murrue Ramius, I will do all that is in my power and more to keep this ship the Archangel and her crew safe from harms way, all of the crew."
In a way this was her way of saying that she would do what she could to protect Kira.
She knew that the higher ups would not look kindly on the young man at all.
And why was this as Anthony had said "A event they could not control."
ZAFT
Athrun now looked over the bedridden Nicol, he was still hurt badly from his clash with the Omega.
It did not appear as if he would recover any time soon.
Yzak was here to along with Dearka, all of them were here.
Briefly Athrun had met up with Kira, there was so much he had wanted to say as well as to ask, but there was little to no time, as well as the situation prevented him from doing so.
"Is this what war is all about, if it is I want no part in it, to watch those you stand beside die or end up like this."
Nicol could have been far worse, in fact he could have been dead, but the fact that the Omega did not kill him only made Athruns anger grow.
"This, this war would be over it were not for that mobile suit and for the legged ship this war would be over!"
Slowly Athrun was coming to see that if he did not shoot down Kira, the war was not going to end.
"If I shoot down Kira I will be killing one of my oldest friends, but if I don't shoot, then I am letting my other comrades get injured like Nicol or even worse, for them I have to shoot down Kira."
It was at this point he was wrenched out of his train of thought by Dearka "Athrun, you don't look to good, if I were to hazard a guess, I'd say you are really feeling it right now, you can tell us if you want to do so?"
Athrun turned to the blonde haired young man and said "Dearka, I have to ask you, what do you feel, no how do you feel when we go up against that mobile suit?"
Dearka gave Athrun a shrug and said "If I had to say, I feel the same way I did back when I first went up against it, scared out of my mind, at times it is as if the pilot is one of us or even better."
That was a fair statement, it did make a lot of sense, the suit that they had to face was a monster that they had no idea how to combat.
"You can get that feel when we go up against the Strike, well at least I do at any rate."
Yzak made this comment, it wast true for a young man no older than 15 to 16 who had no training.
Kira the pilot of the MS Strike had done well to fend all four of them off on a few occasions before the Omega had arrived on the scene.
Athrun knew of this and he also knew it was all the more reason to take Kira down.
He did not feel any rage towards Kira as he did towards this Sedecim, but he did know that he had to do what was required of him as a pilot.
In battler he knew that the next time that he and Kira met, he would have to shoot Kira down or die trying.
Yzak saw the look in Athruns eyes and said "Don't get like that, we still need, all of ZAFT needs you, do you think Nicol will recover if he learns that he best friend upped off and died on him?"
It came as a shock to Athrun that Yzak above all people was telling him not to be reckless.
"Oh, ho ho, is that a word of caution from the angry charger?"
Dearka said this to try and lighten the mood, but it did not work out for him and a tense aura came when Athrun and Yzak locked eyes.
"Just where do you get off saying that, Yzak, I am in charge here and I give the orders."
Yzak at this point only said "Just make sure those orders aren't going to get either of us killed out there, the rest of ZAFT still needs us."
Athrun at this point lost it and said "What the hell would you know, shut your mouth and stop acting like a brat, I do not need to hear any words of cautions from you!"
Yzak now yelled back "That may be so, but at least no one was put into a coma due to my actions, unlike yours!"
Dearka looked at his two friends before him, he could see that they were about to come to blows if he did not act now.
"Look, we are all feeling it, the fact that we are up against an enemy that can fight us as if we were no more than children gets to me too, but I have to say that we can't just go and tear apart like this, this is not the time to cast blame and point fingers."
Both Athrun and Yzak knew this was true but Dearka was not finished "I also want to say that if we have to, then we should leave Nicol then go and fight, I am sure him and the medical teams don't want to hear us."
That was true as well and the only reason they had not all been thrown out was that Athrun was now the current chairman's son.
Both Athrun and Yzak knew that he was right, they also knew that if they did not leave here soon,, they could be in a lot of trouble.
"I say we just go out and report in for when we are next needed for combat, can you two do that?"
Both Yzak and Athrun gave him a nod and so Dearka then said "Good, now we should leave here, come on and do your best not to glare, it would not be good for the others to see that we are arguing amongst ourselves."
That was true as well, since the solid defeat they had been handed got spread through all of ZAFT morale was at an all time low.
It was as if they had all seen that they had to face an enemy that was no longer weaker than them, a foe they usual did not have to face.
This did not speak well of ZAFT as a whole, but when its head was as genocidal as you can get the rest of the body was sure to be as rotten, all barring a certain mask man who had all the cards.
Archangel
It was back to the days when it had just been Kira and Mu alone left to guard the ship against mobile suit assaults.
Kira now stood staring up at the MS Strike there was a sigh on his lips, he was unsure if he was still good enough to take on the enemy alone.
He had gotten use to the fact that Anthony was their to back him up. "More like I was there just in case he got lazy or lost interest."
As Kira thought this he let a smile cross his lips, he knew by now that Anthony would never just lose interest.
"I have to say he is not the man I first thought he was, is all that arrogance just for show?"
He got a reply from Mu La Flaga who said "I am sure most if it was, but there was some of it that he really had, not that I grudge him that, he made you me and most of ZAFT look like children, playing with toys we hardly know how to use."
That did make some sense to Kira, Anthony did do many things with ease as if it were of no real challenge to him.
At this point Mu pretended to be Anthony "Oh wait, the enemy have a surprise plan, let me consult the crystal, so that is what they are planning to do, let me just put myself right here, let them see me then laugh and laugh and laugh."
Kira looked at Mu then took a step back "I get the feeling that is what may just have been thinking when he did put himself into combat and stop the ZAFT suits every single time.
Mu look at Kira and then tried to crack a joke "Me sound like Anthony, good lord I have to go through all my training again so I remain a soldier and not some cadet."
To this Kira said "If he is a cadet what are the real soldiers like?"
Both he and Mu gave a small shudder "On second thought, it is best left in the dark, I get the feeling Anthony would not like us poking around in his past or at least what we think is his past."
Mu gave Kira a nod "Yeah I am sure he would not, I mean just look at me, how much about me do you know, how much about you do I know?"
Kira in turn then said "I have to wonder, does he really want to leave us or does he have to leave us?"
Mu gave a shrug in reply "I am not sure, he has left us, but he if I may say so, I think he was more worried about what was going to come next."
Kira at this point asked "Is he worried for himself or for us?"
Mu shook his head "I can't read that young man, but I can tell you, he is not 19, there is no way that he is."
Kira now looked at Mu and asked "Wait what do you mean by that, if you don't mind me asking."
Mu closed his eyes and then said "If I can recall, when I was around 19 I had no where near as much talent as he does, nor the skills that he has, but that is what bugs me about him."
Kira at this point asked "Wait you mean to say that he can't be 19 due to the fact that he is too good at what he does?"
Mu gave Kira a nod "When he spoke to the Lion of ORB he spoke as if he not only knew the man, but also like he had years of practice, it also seemed to me like he was a lot older than what he said he was."
What Mu had said made little to no sense to Kira who had not been present for said event. "I am not sure that I follow you on this one?"
Mu gave a sigh and said "I can't make you, but I know what I feel and Anthony is much closer to my age than he is to yours, if I had to put a number on it he is around 2 to 3 years younger than me."
Kira gave him a nod, even though most of it did not make sense to him "I have to ask, what did he seek to gain from lying about his age?"
Mu just gave him yet another shrug "If I had to take a guess, he might have just been a tad more suspicious to us if he was older, well to me at any rate."
Kira was able to pick up on this, well at least a little, it did make a little more sense then what Mu had said to him just before.
"In any case both of us should be ready, we will have to defend the ship."
Mu saw that Kira was a little troubled by this and decided to put his hand on Kira's shoulder and say "You will be just fine Kira, I will be out there and Tolle will be if he can, we will get through this."
Kira gave him a nod then asked "I am not sure, Anthony was always there, he could take out all of our foes and did so a few times."
Mu shook his head "Anthony never did all the work, he made us to some of it, he must have done so to make sure we could be ready once he was gone."
This did allow Kira to see Anthony in a new light, well not new, but allowed him to confirm what he had suspected.
"So he knew he was not going to be here all the time and that he would leave us, did he know we would have to go to ORB?"
Mu just gave him shrug yet again "I am not sure, but if I had to bet on it, I would say that he did and he knew who our little blonde hair girl was all the time too."
In reply Mu said "The way she and her guard were always on edge when he was around as if he knew more about them then we did, yeah I am sure they knew that he knew."
Talking with Mu had lifted a weight from Kira's shoulder, but he had to wonder if it was enough.
With Anthony
Anthony now was in the DSSD space station, it was not elegant by any means, but it was practical to a point.
"So are you impressed, Quattro?"
Selene asked this as she noticed that he had not said a word for their entire time in the station so far.
Anthony just shook his head "No, I am uneasy with the way you are all so open, if there was a battle with mobile suits, about ½ of the people here would die due to this."
If Anthoy was correct that was around the number of people who got killed in the side story.
To Selene it was as if Anthony was always thinking about battle or if a battle would break out.
"Can you just take a break for a while will you."
Anthony shook his head and said with a little acid in his voice "Last time I took a break I woke up with all 12 of my siblings dead, I may be laid back, but that does not mean I am idle or not thinking of what is to come next."
Selene had to admit that was a damn good reason as any, she also realised she may have touched a nerve there and decided to say "Sorry, I did not mean to bring up any of your old memories."
"If they were old it would be alright, I live them when I close my eyes, but think not of it and no need to apologise to me, I merely said what I thought and you did the same, it means little."
Anthony now noticed Selene perk up when she saw a couple that looked like her.
"If I was forced to take a guess, I would say that those are her parents, well I guess they are alive, though they are barely ever mentioned in the Anime."
Anthony thought this as Selene said to him "Oh, I see, there they are, come on I can introduce you."
Anthony gave a shrug "I see no harm in it, I take it that you are related to them."
It was these words that caused Selene to look at him a little puzzled "What how did I know, I took what is it called, yes a guess, that is it."
Selene ignored this comment and turned to her parents and said "This is my Mother and Father."
Anthony gave a polite bow of his head and then said "Quattro, it is a pleasure."
Now Selene said "Quattro is the man who sent us data on those ships."
Both her father and her mother now looked at Anthony and said "A pleasure to meet you Mr Quattro."
It was at this point that Anthony realised he had not said his full name.
"My apologies, my full name is Quattro Bajeena as I have said, it is a pleasure to meet you."
Anthony gave the two of them an honest smile but was met with looks of both concern and confusion.
Selene's father asked her "Selene, are you two?"
It was clear to Anthony that it was a little awkward for him to just ask this to his daughter who he had not seen in god knows how long.
Anthony shook his head "No Mr McGriff, it is not like that, you can rest easy and for the record, I am a lot older than I look."
Mrs McGriff then stepped towards him and said "Well that is a shame, you do seem to be a fine young man."
Anthony gave a smile and almost let a tear flow from his right eye "I am glad that you think of me as such, there are many who would not."
Selene saw this was getting off track fast, yet she remained her composure and said "We have to go now, Quattro is here to explain to us what he can of the files and the schematics that he sent us."
Anthony at this point looked at her and said "I am sure that I never agreed to do any such thing, but if it gains your help I will say what I can on it."
It was not a lie Anthony had just told them that he did not know too much about the data he had given them.
This was due to the fact that he didn't.
All he knew was what he had seen and what had been told and discussed.
It is needless to say that if it were not for the fact that he had to be here, he would have left and gone back to his suit already.
"I will need every trick in the book to pull this one off, I will also have to make up if not merge a few things from Type-0 in order for it to make sense, dear lord help me with this please"
DSSD Conference room
"I will tell you know that this design is not made by me, nor can I tell you who made them, but I can tell you what I know about them though, what I know is limited in when compared to those who had built it."
There was silence in the room and Anthony took this as his cue to go on "The ships name is the Sumeragi it is a ship that was designed for deep space travel, it can carry what you call mobile suits on board."
It was now that an image of the ship was displayed on the screen and all of the people in the room began to gawk at it.
Anthony now said "While I could go into what it functions are, I believe that the data that I have given you with the ship can tell you that."
Anthony now took in a deep breath and said "If I had to say, it is powered by a GN-Drive, A GN-Drive the one I am more familiar with is the one equipped on what was called Magitek Armours or as you say mobile suits."
Anthony gave a pause now and looked around most of them were just oggling the view of the Sumeragi rather than anything else.
"I guess it is safe to say that humans are humans, wait, I human too so in a way I would react the same way to what I liked."
It was true if he had seen a real life Gundam back in his world he would have gazed in awe, right before he ran for cover and hid as a Gundam is not a thing built for peace or any of the thing other than war.
Anthony now waited and said "Now if I can have your attention I can tell you of the GN-Drive, it has 4 core components, they are the Flywheel, a system of funnels that spin throughout the drive."
"They absorb the photons within the drive power plant by spinning the funnels spinning the funnels inwards and at the same time spewing what is called GN particles through the vent of the drive outwards."
Now Anthony said "This creates the high propulsion system."
As he said this he gave thanks for all the times as a kid that he just read random stuff on the internet or rather selective things that he wanted to know, it had come in handy.
"The next part is the GN generator Furnace, it is that part that harnesses the energy needed to create the GN particles."
This sentence was literally all Anthony knew on this, he hoped that it would be enough, right now it had to be or else he may be in trouble.
"The third part is called Stability control, it is the brains of the GN Drive, it contains the software as well as the black box feature, it also grants power to the unit that it is attached to."
Anthony hoped that they would not pick up that part of that he had made up or at least thought he had made up.
"I have to keep this up there is only a little bit more and then I am done with all of this or at least I hope so, I also hope they won't call me back here."
Now for the final part "The last core component is called the Topological Defect Blanket, TD Blanket for short."
Anthony then went on to say "It the most delicate part of the suit and the most classified, so much so that I only know a few things on it."
Anthony took in a deep breath "The principles that it works on are similar if not the same to the Carburtor, which I am sure you know all about, but it also has a few other effects."
"First is it does not allow others to replicate it or reverse engineer it to the final degree."
Now Anthony said "Due to the delicate nature of it, the TD Blanket can only be made in a select few of environments."
All of those in the room began to murmur and Anthony gave a sigh "If you wish to know where please shut up, if not let me out now and I will go on my way, try to hold me here and pay the cost for it."
All of them shut up at this Anthony looked around "Is this your answer, thank you now I will tell of the locations you can build it at."
Anthony now took in a deep breath "The only area that I have found with the exact same conditions to make it is the upper layers of the planet you call Jupiter."
All was silent in the room, none of them spoke a single word so Anthony said it for them.
"It takes large amount of time as well as resources to make, but the side effects that it can recycle the energy constantly pays it off."
Again the room was alive with whispers of what to do and what not to do and then Anthony said "That which powers the GN-Drive is the by products of particle decay, it does only have moment by moment outputs, but due to its nature and the components inside it has an endless supply of energy, but this can be debate because if pushed it can crash like any drive and then it is all over."
All was silent again so it was now the perfect time to say it "The ship the Sumeragi took 50 years to build and that was after the peak of the GN-Drives when they could go no further."
Anthony now took a deep breath in all of this was a little tiring on him.
"It took around 20 years to manufacture them if memory serves but they took 50 if not more to develop it."
Anthony now said "The team that made it are all dead, I knew of 3 people other than them who knew the secrets of it and two of them are dead now and the other I do not know of."
With Anthony
Anthony gave a big sigh, all that he had just said really took it out of him, lying any fool could do, lying to the heads of the DSSD and getting away with it, now that was art.
"I have not been this tired in what I can say is almost an eternity?"
His mind flashed back to memories of Ayu and he shook his head "At least all the time we spent was fun, in the end wasn't it?"
As he said this he now noticed that Selene had come to see him, she was in the room with him, not a situation he had planned for!
"I have to ask, what is it that you mean by fun, you look exhausted after what you said, you didn't really have fun in there, did you?"
If Anthony had not been tired he would have asked her if she was serious, instead all she got was a look as he closed his eyes and said "I was not talking about this or to you, sorry I was recalling a fond memory of a time gone by."
Selene blinked and looked at him, she had come to ask him if he was going to eat any of the food at the canteen, but clearly he was not interested.
As she was about to leave she heard a rumble, it was his stomach.
"Oh that is right, Ms McGriff do you know where any food is, I would like to have a bite to it if there is any food?"
Selene turned around and sighed "Follow me then, Mr Bajeena."
The two of them left the lounge area ad Anthony now sat down and ate the food that was given to him.
It was at this point that Selene decided to ask him about what he had said while in that room.
"If you don't mind me, can if your suit is powered by this GN-Drive?"
Anthony stopped eating, he swallowed the food that was in his mouth and then said "Let me tell you a story about the first people to make the GN-Drives and what became of them."
Selene at this point was a little confused "You told us that they were all dead if I recall, yes you said that yourself."
Anthony gave her a nod and then said "Yes, but there is a lot more to it than they just died, no in fact those who survived the entire time where all killed by a fellow, one who had been beside them the whole time."
Selene wasn't shocked by this news, but she was a little put off by it. "I see, they must have done so in order to use it for themselves?"
She had tried to take a guess but she was wrong and Anthony just shook his head.
"No it was to keep it all secret, most if not all data banks on the last part was erased and facility they were in was destroyed, to date I am unsure if any of the survived it."
Selene at last got the meaning behind what he was trying to tell her and now stood up and said "If people died to keep it secret, why, why did you just give it to us, why would you do that?"
People had already started to look at them so Anthony saw no reason not to give them more to look at.
"I have to say it is not like you were part of the team that made it relax, if you want to know why, I think you need only look at how long I said it would take to make it."
Selene could not believe what it was she was hearing so she decided to ask "What, do you think that it will be all over, that due to the length of time that it will take to produce we will give up."
In reply Anthony just shook his head "No, no that is not it, I hate to say it but the way you think is too small, I have no ulterior plan for the data I gave you."
He said this with a smile that chilled Selene to the bone, the next words he said though froze her and all the others in the room.
"But if I do find that ZAFT or OMNI have either of these, well then let just say that all of you will be held accountable for it and do remember."
Anthony paused as he closed his eyes giving the most menacing smile he could to Selene.
"I am not allow to kill think over what they truly means Ms McGriff!"
Archangel
Kira could not see due to the smoke but he was sure, he was sure Athrun had killed Tolle.
In rage now he moved his suit and yelled "Athrun you will pay for killing Tolle, you lying whore son!"
The Strike now full on smashed into the Aegis and began to pummel it with it's fist.
Athrun in turn yelled back "How dare you speak of my mother like that, you have betrayed your own kind you blasted traitor!"
The Aegis now managed to ram the Strike off of it.
"How dare you speak of my mother, you were not there you have nothing you have lost nothing and you dare speak to me!"
Athrun now tried to launch himself at the Strike but found that he was met with the first of the other mobile suit.
"Me a traitor, I don't go and invade peoples homes and destroy them when they have nothing to do with the war, you war monger you hear me Athrun, your no better than the Naturals who fired the missiles!"
The two of them now began to trade blows in their mobile suits, niether of them were giving ground to the other.
Ahtrun may have had more experience than Kira but that did not come into play here at all, Kira was giving it to him even more than he was getting it.
Kira was in a blind rage and so was Athrun, but Athrun's was not as much as Kira's due to the fact that he had not yet lost one of his closet friends.
He was able to see that he was not going to get anywhere by doing what he was doing, he was almost out of power and so was the Strike.
For him it was now or never, he was going to do this so no others ended up like Nicol had!
Athrun took action and Aegis now transformed and Athrun yelled "I am going to end this Kira!"
Latching it onto the Strike he initiated the self destruct and said "You will pay for all the lives that you have taken!"
Kira was unable to do anything, he knew he may die here, but he also knew he could take Athrun out with him.
"Athrun, I'm not going down alone I'm taking you with me!"
Ashe he yelled this Kira made a grab for Athrun who had just ejected from the Aegis he was unable to get him, but he was able to send him crashing to the ground, he must have hit him hard.
Athrun managed to roll aside and began to run for cover, his entire body aching in pain as he did this.
As he ran he heard and explosion and the shock wave sent the young man sprawling off his feet and face first into the mud that was in front of him.
Agito Zero
The rain made it hard to see but in the shadows a suit with a crimson cape had sheltered a boy that was inside a plane.
It wished to help the Strike but that was not its mission, it still had to complete it's mission and delicately taking the boy out of the ruins of the Skygrasper it put him into its cockpit.
And now began to locate the its pilot. The inside of the suit hummed and said the words "Crystal guide us."
As it now moved in the direction of ORB, there it could leave him to recover and return to its pilot when the time was right.
Hi all, how did you like the chapter, sorry if I rushed the last part, which I did, well then I edited and then added a little more to it, both the Athrun vs Kira and Agito Zero bits. Yeah yeah, most 00 fans may want my blood but I made him not describe the GN-Drive like a pro due to the fact that he is not a pro at it. Sure he can act, but that can help him out all the time. Also a side note I am thinking of writing two continuations after this, one is what got voted, him going to Unicorn the other is him being transported to Destiny with Amnesia and really thinking he is an Agito Cadet.
Also this idea popped into my head while I was waiting for the site to allow me to upload. What if Anthony was in Fate series and had a reality marble called Etros Gate, here is how I would think it would go.
I am the hand that opens the gate
It is the power, the authority of Agito
I have walked the 600,104,971 spirals
Beyond reach of Lindez. Out of sight of Pulse
To be the 1 then 10 and 6, then 10 and 2, while the wheels began whirling once more
To return to 1 that bears the burdens and aspirations of them all
The wander soul walks, who bears the smile of Etro