Okay guys I have to say sorry, this chapter is very rushed as well as I will be taking two weeks break from this story for a while, there are things in my life that I have to do. I will take this chance to thank any and all who reviewed my work, except those guests who just flamed, I mean if you are going to flame, do it so I can know why you are doing it. If not you're just a fool who thinks that I care if I get flamed by guest, I mean seriously I don't, not that those reviews ever see the light of day. To all my faithful readers, there are alot around four to five for every chapter, I have to think it is the same guy over and over and over again.

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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 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's eyes are still there.

Chapter Seventeen

"Even in the depths of Hell... blooms a beautiful flower of friendship... leaving its petals as mementos. bobbing back and forth on the waves. may it one day bloom once more...the Okama Way." Mr 2 Bon Clay (One Piece)

Anthony now sat within the room he had been given, no it was not given to him, it was to be shared with him.

The room he had been put into was the one meant for Selene, but due to lack of funds, he too had to stay there.

Selene had offered to let him sleep on the bed and she would use the chair but he had refused her offer.

"It is not that I do not appreciate it, I just think that you would sleep better than I in any case."

Selene did not catch the worry behind those words for she too was a little tired, today had been a long day.

No doubt about that, even Anthony had to admit out of his suit, he was not as good as he could have been.

As he now sat he began to let his mind drift through what he had to do or rather what he was capable of doing.

"I will meet up with Lacus, I must make sure that she has Kira with her first, that is a must."

Anthony knew he would have to consult the pop star on what he was going to reveal to her it was also known to convince her that what he was telling her was true.

That was going to be a bit harder than what had to do before that.

"I guess I will have to make sure I have convince her or at least have a way to contact my suit in order to show her the footage of what Rau is planning as well as Patrick Zala."

It was not a plan Anthony would have taken into a gunpla battle, it relied to much on the person he was going to make contact with.

It was not the usual him, he would usually plan out how he should act in a battle or how to make a person act the way he wanted.

"This is not Gunpla or any game I have played in my life, this is all real, there is no restart if I screw up at the moment, they are no option that pop up on screen for me to choose from all of it is real, very real."

He was right, if he did screw up he was going to be in deep shit with no way out.

"What I have to do is try, if she does not accept what I have to say I will go on and do what I need to do in any case, she is too smart to be fooled and I really don't want to lie to her more than I have to."

This too was true, he did not wish to lie to her too much, lest he be caught out for it down the road.

But if there was one thing in his mind, it was not on the battles that lay ahead, no all of his worries were what lay beyond that.

"Can I stop Destiny, can I do it or should I let it occur and then put a stop to it?"

Also a worry of his was "What will I do in the time I spend from here till then, is it better if I just vanish after that last battle?"

That thought plagued him, it was there in the back of his mind as if to remind him that he did not belong here, that he was some type of intruder that was playing god here.

The thought did strike him "Have I been playing god all along, did I view this as a world that I can change to my will?"

It was as this thought began to sink in, that the voice of Ayu gently whisper in the depths of his mind.

"You act due to the fact that you can make a difference, you do not sit idle and just let all of those who are around you die, that is why you fight, Anthony?"

A tear fell from his face as he heard this voice, it was not his mind, no it was real, she was real.

As he wiped the tear from his face he said in a soft tone as if he was whispering to his lover "Thank you, Ayu."

With that he closed his eyes once more as he let slip a bitter smile. Right now, if his mind seemed to stray, it was as if she was there to make sure he did not go down the wrong path.

He knew that he was becoming a Newtype and as he became aware of this he also knew the dangers one faced.

"I don't wish to become like Amuro did, if I did, I do not know if I would be able to live on?"

Then the thought came to him, one that caused him more fear than any other.

"What would I be like, what would my life be like if I had never had the joy of sharing life with Ayu?"

If he was not about to turn over that stone, no it was far better that he did not think of that.

If he did he did not know what it was he would see himself as.

"I need to be in touch with what I am in and what I am going to do, if I am not, then I am going to be in trouble."

This was true, he knew he had to be focused on what was before him.

"I must do what I can in order to stop that man, if I do not, there is no way I could look myself or anyone else in the eye and say I did all that I could."

It was an affirmation of sorts, his own way to boost his confidence.

Selene who had just woken up asked "Do you say that to yourself on all days or just when you are around others?"

In reply Anthony said "Only when I have not slept at all, it is my bad I spent all last night planning over what I am going to do in the next few weeks and boy was it ugly."

It was clear that Selene did not get a word of that and that was just the way that he wanted it to be.

It was better if she did not know what he wanted to do for now, but maybe later on he would tell her the truth.

Island on the Pacific

Cagalli and a team from Orb had received a from the Archangel and she had feared the worst.

In turn, it was also a fact that just about any who had seen the MS Agito Zero enter Orb flipped out at it.

What was to blame for this was, the fact that the suit had taken a pilot out of it and had left it for them to take into their care.

Her father now knew that when Anthony had said that he had a back up in case he was in any danger, Anthony was not bluffing.

Cagalli had known this due to the fact that she had seen what the suit could do.

But that was all in the past, she right now was trying to find Kira, she just felt as if she had to do so.

But right now all she could see caused her to lose hope, there was nothing, except a trashed as well as destroyed MS of the MS Strike and the MS Aegis.

Turning to the people that were with her she said "Put us down, we need to check if there are any survivors!"

They did as she said and put the helicopter down by the sight of the battle.

She could not see any signs of Kira anywhere, this was not good, not at all.

She managed to make her way through the sight and she was able to tell what must have gone down here.

It was as she began to observe the area she could almost feel what had happened here.

"The two of them did not care about the area around them, they just wanted to kill the other."

She said this as she saw the area around the battle, both suits could have pulled out if they wanted to, both had chosen to stay here.

"The fight must have gotten to the point where they were out of weapons and had to use the fist of their MS to fight."

She now looked at the remains of the MS Strike then said "It would appear that the suit by the name of the MS Aegis saw that the only way to take down the MS Strike was to destroy his own suit."

She now looked at the MS Strike and said "So this is what we have to show for all of it, just a hole in the ground, is this what awaits all pilots?"

Right now her words were just for herself, she did not care if any of the others heard her, right now, she had lost a friend, well as close as one could get with her.

As this came across her mind she heard a voice call out to her "Lady Cagalli, we found a survivor!"

As if these words were a godsend she rushed over to see who they had found, it was not who she had hoped it would be.

No, she knew this young man, he went by the name of Athrun Zala and the moment she saw him she knew that it was he who had done this to Kira.

The only thing that stopped her from trying to kill him in return was the words Anthony had said back when they were with the Desert Tiger.

"People want simple solutions, solutions like war."

One of them men who was with her came up to her and said "He is alive but needs to be treated, there is no sign of the MS Strike's pilot."

Cagalli gave him a look then said "Get that man back to ORB, some of us need to keep looking, if the pilot of the MS Strike were dead there would be a body for us to see, or at least some remnant of his body, I will stay longer any of you can leave."

That meant that they had to stay as well, they could not just leave her the daughter of the head of ORB out in the middle of a war zone alone.

One of the soldiers with her confirmed what she had said "It is true, there is no sign of the body at all, if I had to say, it was has to have been moved."

But the real deal here was, by whom, who was it who had moved the body of Kira Yamato.

"Was he alive did they take him away to save him, did they take him away to see what made him tick, who the hell skulls around a place like this, wait was it Anthony?"

He was the most convenient excuse, but as she had come to know, he was not the type of person to save one and leave the other.

"No he would not do that, if he had moved Kira, it would be to a place where Kira can recover, but do I have to ask, did he know all this would occur, his suit was on its own and he is up ins space."

There were ever so many questions that only Anthony at this point in time seemed to have the answer to and what's more is that only a few people knew that he held them.

Cagalli knew that she and Athrun had some special feelings that she was unsure of, but right now, she did not think of that.

No right no he was only the man who had tried to kill Kira.

Sure he had to for he was on the other side and all, but he had tried to kill Kira and had destroyed his own suit in order to do so.

Did he hate Kira, did he hate Anthony as well as the crew of the Archangel.

Right now she was not only confused but upset, she did not know what had happened to Kira.

What upset her more was the fact that they all had to leave before they even found a trace of him.

It was just not natural for her to feel as if there was nothing she could do.

"This feeling, of being too late, I never want to feel this ever again, I need to make sure that I never fail like this, if only I had gone with them, this would have been different."

Now that last part, she was not entirely sure of, but one thing she was, is that Anthony knew this was going to happen!

With Anthony

Anthony now took in a very deep breath, he was about to set foot into enemy territory.

It was no shock to him that Chairman Zala had requested that they pay him a visit to discuss the nature of their visit.

It must be due to the fact that he knows that they were in ORB during the stay of the Archangel and her crew.

"If I had to take a wild guess, he wants data on my suit, well he can have it, he can't have it, not if I still live and breath, sure he has a reason to be an ass, but a genocidal douche who is controlled by a clone with an Omnicidal agenda, yeah he is an idiot."

Then a gentle voice spoke in his head "Or he is a man who is too weak to overcome his grief."

Anthony gave a sigh, that voice was of Ayu, and he was unable to tell her that she was wrong.

He had never been able to tell her that, mostly due to the fact that she was almost if not always right.

That at times made it a bit hard for any to come to like her, but Anthony had and he did not regret it, well not yet at any right.

"Perhaps you are right, but for now I have to play my part or else I will end up as a corpse."

He could almost feel the weight behind the words as she said to him "If you are to meet you end here, you know you will, but you know that your end is not here, I also know this, dear."

She was going to continue but she stopped and Anthony saw why, Selene was now in front of him, it was the look on her face that caused Anthony to raise an eyebrow.

"You know for a guy who has a suit as well as many other things and can take on fleets at a time, you seem to space out, a lot?"

It was as if this was her way of asking if he was fine.

Anthony was able to pick up on this and said to her "I am fine, just I did not sleep at all last night."

Selene looked a little guilty he had given her the bed to sleep in while he sat on the chairs or was it couch?

"I'll rest on the flight in, it will have to do, I am sure that I will be fine by the time we actually get to meet chairman Zala."

Selene was unsure if it was the way he said it or his sleepy tone, but she was a little disturbed by this man. Selene then dared to ask "What was it that kept you well, awake last night?"

Anthony gave her a wink and then said "I'll never tell."

To her it was as if he was daring her to go ahead and try to guess what he was doing, she got the feeling that she could never guess the answer.

"Well I won't even try to guess with you, so far I am sure you make sure others can't read you?"

Anthony gave a small laugh as the two of them now took their seats, yet again. "If that is what you see, who am I to tell you it is wrong, after all none of us see the same thing in the same light as another."

He had just got really weird or was the term deep on her. In her mind now she guessed that, what kept him up must have a connection to his past, or was it the future he had in this world.

He must have known that if he had given the data over to the DSSD, his life would be filled with request for him to join them for the rest of his life.

"The process, he gave us is around 70 years or more, not to mention the fact that we may not get it right and create failed products, would he really stay and work on it after the war is over."

She did not know that what she was thinking was on her face.

She did not know that at this point he could almost feel her thoughts.

So it came as a surprise to her when he turned and said to her "Do not picture a future with me in it, I right I am unsure how all of this will play out, I have not yet looked beyond this war or what is to come in the aftermath of it."

Selene was a little surprised, had he just spoke as if he knew or at least had information on the end of the war?

"Don't ask me how, I don't want to lie to you right now."

This did cause a few question to be raised in Selene's head the first was "Wait hold up, did he plan all of this, to get me to take him to the PLANTS, was all that he has done a plan of his to kill chairman Zala?"

It was a very scary thought, he was in the position to do so and from what she had seen, he was more than capable of pulling it off.

She did recall the his head was hurt, but she had seen no defects due to it in him so far.

If all was true she was an accomplice in a murder, or at least an attempted murder of the leader of the PLANTS.

Selene knew that they would destroy the DSSD, if such an event were to occur.

Was that the real reason why he gave them those plans, because he knew all of them would be dead before they got to even enact them?

"You probably are thinking along a dark train Miss McGriff, if I had take such a route I would be in Agito Zero, it is far safer for me that way."

His words did make sense but she was unable to take comfort in them.

She knew from here on out that she would have to make sure to watch her back with him.

If he could have a plan that trumped killing Patrick Zala, what was it and how great was it that he did not need to kill the leader of the PLANTS?

Her thoughts were broken as he said "I do have a plan, I have to say it is not the best that I have ever made or ever done, but it is a gamble I am willing to take."

Selene did not get what he meant, what was this gamble, the way he said it, in such a calm yet strong and stern tone made her feel all the more uneasy.

She now looked at him and in a low whisper asked "What is it that you wish to speak to Lacus Clyne about?"

Anthony in turn gave a shrug "If you choose to stay and hear what I have to say to her, then you will know."

Selene was unsure if that was a joke or not, if she had to say he had a weakness, it would be the fact that at times he made jokes when it was not really going to be appreciated.

"So that is it, after all I have done for you, you just leave it at that?"

In reply Anthony said to her "What I am going to say, I will say only once and if you are there I expect you to make a choice on it and what you know."

Selene did not know what to say to that, was there anything she could say that she had not said already?

Right now Anthony seemed to be well informed, why he was or more to the point how he was, is the real question.

"The Dice have been rolled Selene, now all I can do is see where they land, but the good thing is that, those who oppose me or rather who I oppose can only watch as well."

Archangel

Murrue sat in the Captains quarters, she had failed, she had utterly failed, all of it, all of this was for to no avail.

Each battle, each time they had fought ZAFT, all of the choices she had made, it all came to this, it was as if the beings in heaven were laughing at her.

She had lost Kira as well as the MS Strike, but she was sure that her superiors would seize this chance to throw the book at her.

They would not view Kira as human, now that he was dead it would be easier for them to do away with her as a failure and sent her to a death posting.

Then it hit her, had not Anthony warned her of this, it was as if she had done this even though she had been warned not to take this course.

"Their is tragedy awaiting you on the way to JOSH-A, do what you can to avoid it, JOSH-A is no haven."

She had not done the first part, but it was the last of his words that sacred her a little more.

She and the ship along with the crew had met with tragedy, if this had come true, what were the chances of what he about JOSH-A being unsafe be true as well.

Even if she did not wish to admit it, Anthony was a damn good pilot as well as a competent strategist, the loss of him hit the crew hard.

So hard that they had lost Kira, were they nothing without him, or was this some type of twisted fate.

Right now she felt terrible and she knew the rest of the crew felt the same way as well.

A single plus is the fact that they had taken down the MS Buster and taken its pilot prisoner.

But she was sure that her superiors would not even look at this.

Murrue also knew now that she was alone in all of this.

The higher ups would not try to get rid of Mu La Flaga, just yet, not until they had got a little more out of him.

Her career was over, with this one task out of hell that had been placed on her, all of her as well as the crew had failed due to a lapse in her commands.

She was unsure if she could see the faces of those who had chosen to stay on this ship, all of them, were hit hard by this.

But she knew that they had been hit harder than her and the rest of the crew.

They had lost two of their friends, both Kira and Tolle and as far as they knew the two of them were MIA, but that was only due to the fact that they had to pull out of the area.

If they had not she feared they may have been confirmed KIA, she also took note of the fact that the Agito Zero was not heard from.

Not that she expected to hear from it, it must have failed as well or at least born witness to it in order to report to Anthony, she did not know how he would react.

If she had to guess, he would not be happy with it, well at least this is what she hoped he would be like.

It was at this point she recalled what he had said to her about them when they got to JOSH-A, how he had given a run down on what would happen.

But for some reason she was unable to recall what he had said to her.

Sure it was awhile ago, but the exact details she was unsure of, but the fact that Anthony had such foresight, or rather such information scared her in a knew way.

"Just how much, just how much of what he said to us that day will come true, at times I feel as if he is not even human, is it true that this war is based on fear?"

Archangel, Cafeteria

It was all silent at the table, they were missing two of their number, all of them feared for the worst, all of them felt the pain of loss.

But Miriallia Haw, felt it the worst, all of them had lost a two friends, she had lost her special someone.

All of the others knew this, they also knew that she was hurting even more due to that they had one of the enemy alive and on board the ship.

At this point in time, she recalled how she had been with Tolle and how Anthony had warned them about the unknown future.

He had told her as well as Tolle in the desert.

"If you don't act you will regret your inaction, I can speak from experience, Tolle can tell you but only you about it."

She was also able to recall what he had said right before he had said this to the two of them.

It went along the lines of "Enjoy your love, no you should cherish the time you have together, I would, but hey you aren't me so do what you want to do."

She only know got what he meant by all that he had said.

She now thought "He was telling me that people do not last forever."

It was a sad but true fact about the world, people do die and your loved ones are no exception.

It just the way of the world, to keep on spinning, time does not care for who you have lost nor should it ever do so.

She also knew that Anthony had lost someone who he loved.

Right now, if he was here, she could have gone and asked him if there was any way she could make the pain in her chest go away.

But now when there was need of him, he was not there, he had left them, to follow his own path, he had left them and all of them had met with disaster.

She was unsure if he knew this would happen or not, but it was clear to her, that he knew a little more than anyone else did.

Or at least he was good at giving advice, but what good was it now that when she needed advice, he was not around.

"It is just, just so unfair, that this had to happen, I not only lost Kira a good friend who had protected all of us, but I also lost Tolle."

She knew the way she was thinking was a little selfish, sure they had all lost Kira and they had all lost Tolle, but none of them had lost Tolle like she had lost Tolle.

She was sure that they all knew this, the silence that they all held in a way was in memory of their dead friends.

A time which was normally filled with their voices was only left with an empty silence, it was as peace and left alone, but the peace that it was, was the peace of the grave.

None visited this grave and it was left undisturbed for all time in peace and alone.

With Anthony

Anthony was with Selene, the two of them were now face to face with Patrick Zala.

A man who was now under the influence of Rau Le Creuset and a man driven to wipe all those who did not have a birth as privileged as him from the annuls of history.

"To think that this man was married and had a son, it does cause me to wonder, what if the war had never come to be, who would he be in that case or rather what would he do?"

Right now he was meant to be an assassin, no wait that was what Selene though he may be, no in fact right now he was supposed to be her peer.

No doubt the title of peer held some weight to it due to the fact that Miss Selene McGriff was one of the geniuses of this era, even now.

So to be her peer he would have to act that part and act it well enough to fool Patrick Zala.

But that should be no real big obstacle, the man could not see that Rau Le Creuest was using him.

But the masked man on the other hand was a challenge of a very different kind.

Anthony was sure glad as hell he was not in the room, but he knew that Rau was sure to learn of what went down here, so he had to be extra careful.

The man was a freaking mad man with issues, but he was a smart one, this mad him like Hannibal Lecter, class of evil.

And if Anthony knew anything about that movie, he knew better to stay back as well as stay on guard.

Patrick Zala was straight to the point and said "News of an attack on your facility in ORB came to me, I am also aware that you had the suit known to us as the Omega docked with you for awhile?"

As soon as he had finished these words did Anthony take centre stage by saying "That is true, we did have a man who went by the name of Sedecim, with us for a short while, he was injured in the attack and we were unable to locate him due to the ORB military, you do know that they did shut down our facility for a while after the attack?"

Patrick had not addressed the question to him, this made him a little unsure of how to reply to the young man who was in front of him.

"And you are, I have not heard of you."

But Anthony had a sharp reply waiting for this and just said "I have not heard of you either, other than a few moments ago, I thought the only Zala was a young man by the name of Athrun."

This clearly pissed off Patrick Zala, it was also clear to him that this was done as an insult to him due to what he had just said to the man in front of him.

"You test my patience, Miss Selene McGriff, can your assistant to leave, or I will make him leave, I do not suffer insolence."

At this Anthony hit him with the lowest blow that did not involve his wife "If I had to say, you troops seem to be the failure brigade, unable to take down a lone ship with no support, if I had to say, you do seem to allow this insolence, into your ranks."

Patrick Zala and Anthony had a stare off to see who would back down, Patrick Zala held the advantage that he was a genetic made person a Co-ordinator, while Anthony was not.

But Anthony had an advantage little knew about, he could play games for hours on end, without the need to blink even once, so in the end it was Zala who broke off first.

"You have a lot of nerve to speak to me like that, do you know who I am?"

Anthony shook his head "All I know of you is the rank you hold, the same came be said of you for me."

Patrick liked to believe that he did not suffer fools, this man before him was so foolish to insult him when he could have him strung up and killed and none would know any better.

But the look in the eyes of this young man told him a very different story, he could see the same loss that he felt in those eyes, but he could also see that this young man, was not as young as he looked.

"I will let this insult slide for now, but I do wish to know, what is it that you can tell me of the Omega?"

Selene now spoke, her heart had been in her throat the entire time Anthony and Zala had dueled with words, she was surprised to see that Patrick Zala not only given up, as well as moved on, but was totally unaware that Quattro was a natural.

"I can only say a little, he did let us into his suit to try and find out more about it, but he seemed to know that there was nothing we could do to it."

Hearing this Patrick narrowed his eyes and said "Explain?"

Anthony stole the chance and now said "His suit seems to have a system in place to lock out people who are not supposed to be in it, we were unable to figure how it works, but he did seem to laugh at our attempts to learn more about him."

Selene had to admit, Anthony had said that part well, she also knew that he had laughed at her and the only reason she knew a little about him was because he had let her.

Selene now saw that he had no more to say and began again.

"Mr Bajeena and I were the two who tried to figure out the material that it was made out of, but it does not match any that we can find on earth or in space."

Selene now gave a pause, she was unsure if she should say this with Anthony right there, but she did in any case.

"He also was fond of quoting poetry, though where it is from and who wrote it, he would not say."

Patrick Zala had read the reports, he knew what Selene said matched what he had heard.

He also knew that they had very little on the suit, the DSSD at any rate and this was a waste of his time.

He did not care to find out about the pilot, no he was only interested in the suit, though he was unaware that Rau had made him this way.

He was also unaware that the pilot of the said suit was right in front of him, making the most rude jokes in his head at him.

"I see, so you indeed have little to no information on the suit, in that case, please leave and go about what you wish to do."

Since they had held no relevance to what he wanted, he was going to just let them go, after all if they had no relevance to what he wanted, they were no threat to him, right now.

Archangel

ZAFT had given no further pursuit and they were on their way to JOSH-A.

Murrue right now had to sit and write up her report, no doubt that the other officers had to do the same.

But right now she had a feeling of dread that with each word she wrote, she was signing her own death warrant.

Was she of no use, was her time coming to an end because the higher ups saw her as a useless tool that was not worth it to even try to repair.

She tried to recall what Anthony had said to them when he told them what would go down when she came to JOSH-A but no matter how hard she tried, she was unable to recall what that man had said.

Right from the battle of Orbit had he said he had no interest in the EA, he also said that he knew of the group Blue Cosmos working its way into the ranks of EA military.

If he was right, it was better that Kira had died out there rather than come to such a place filled with those who hate him for an even he had no say in.

"I do not judge others based on an event that they had no say in nor any control over, that is the way I live."

Sure those were not Anthony's exact words but they held the same meaning to her right now.

She continued to right her report and each time she finished a line, she felt more and more sick.

Mu on that other hand was not handing in a report, or rather he was refusing to write on, this was all just a little too much for him to handle.

Not only was Kira gone, but Tolle's death weighed on him, it was due to the fact that he could have gone out in the Skygrasper.

Mu was unsure if he could have made even a little difference in the fight, but he was sure he would have been able to come back alive.

It was a case of if only I had been there.

For him, he knew this "If I had been there, I don't know the outcome, but no guy is so good to take me and Kira on at once, well other than Anthony?"

It was at the thought of that young man did he recall what he had said to Murrue and him.

"If I recall he said that I would get a posting to some shit hole, no it would be to train new recruits, same thing?"

Mu also had a bad feeling about going to JOSH-A, he knew that the higher ups would take Murrue apart and hang her up to dry.

That was the way of the old men who stayed so far from the battles that they only saw what they wanted to see.

"Damn those bastards, they just do what they want, what is next, they will send the this ship and crew on some sick suicide mission to and then act like the ship and her crew never existed?"

He knew it was within their power as well as their twisted morals to do so.

If they did, he was unsure of how he would act, or if he could act at all.

They would make sure that he was as far away as possible or at least have him and his hands tied up tight, though how they would do that, Mu did not know.

"I have to find a way to get back to the Archangel once I have been reassigned, I will have to make sure that I do, if not I may never be able to see Murrue again."

He gave a pause he had meant to think them not Murrue, he was unsure of why he had done so, just a slip of the mind or was is more than just that?

Right now he had to just move on from where he was, he was rue that he would not be able to slip back on board the Archangel, if he did not make a plan.

Mu recalled how he heard that Anthony had snuck out of the hospital while he was meant to be under watch, with a head injury.

This cause him to chuckle a little "I have to say, I wish Anthony was here right now, if he was most of this would not have happened, also he should be here so I can at least figure out a way to get back to the Archangel, right now he is the most shady guy I know and like as well."

They were now closing in on JOSH-A, it would be time to see if what Anthony said would come true.

With Kira

Kira slowly opened his eyes, for one he had not expected to open them again, he closed them to see if this was real or not and he heard a voice say to him.

"Wake up sleepy head."

Kira did his best to sit up and it really took it out of him, his whole body was hurt and hurt badly.

"Don't push your body, if I had to say, you are very lucky to be alive, but was told it was not so."

Kira looked to his side and his heart almost skipped a beat.

Beside him was the smiling pink haired songstress by the name of Lacus Clyne, it was not clear to Kira why she was here or rather how she got here, at this point he still thought he was dead.

She in turn saw this and said "You're not dead Kira, you are alive and you are at my home, there is no need to worry."

Kira at this point closed his eyes and lay back down, he was unsure of how he should proceed, he had wanted to see Lacus, though he did not know why.

But he did not want to see Lacus like this, no he did not want to see her, right after he had tried to kill her betrothed.

Kira felt the need to get it off his chest and so he did "Lacus, Lacus I'm sorry I tried to kill Athrun, he had just killed a friend of mine and in that moment, I just wanted to kill him."

Lacus gave him a nod then look out to the grass area that was around her.

"I know Kira, we all have our moments of weakness, what we have to do is to rise above it."

Kira was unsure when she had got so wise, but he knew that this was indeed the same Lacus he had met back on the Archangel.

"You see Kira, in war all things are blurred until it becomes a cycle of hate, due to one killing another, the others in turn will try to kill him."

That was true and Kira knew it, he wanted to kill Athrun for what he had done to Tolle, Athrun must have wanted to kill him for all the ZAFT pilots he had killed.

She now turned back to him and said "Kira, do you know when the cycle end, do you know when all the hate will fade away?"

But Kira had no such answer for her, he had no idea what to say to her, it was just that he had no way to know if the hate others felt could ever fade away.

"I, I do not know Lacus, I am unsure if such a world can ever come to be, people are such fragile things, we can break to easily."

It was true and Kira was not speaking only of a persons body, he was talking about their mind, and to break a persons mind, that in itself was a terrible thing an action that there was no real cure for, it was evil.

Lacus knew what he was saying "Yes, we are fragile, all of us, we all have a heart, we all have a mind, we all can think, that is what makes us different from most, but why do we fight, all fighting does is cause more pain."

She waited for Kira to respond, but as he was about to a voice called out to them in reply "If you want to know why people fight, you need only look at this war, why was it started, Miss Clyne I do believe you know?"

It was a voice that was too familiar to Kira, and only a little to Lacus, but she was able to tell who was behind it.

And as the voice owner came into view Lacus said "Anthony, I did not expect to see you here for a while, how did you get in?"

Anthony gave a shrug and said "You can only blame those who were on duty poor security."

That in turn was true, the Clyne Residence was now undermanned due to the fact that Lacus had fired those who were spies for Patrick Zala.

"I come to you now, not as a pilot or a man from far away, but as an equal, Miss Clyne I do believe that we must speak."

He now turned his head to Kira and said "Kira you may also want to listen to what I say, if you wish to, I won't force you to."

Okay there it is, I will admit I made Patrick Zala a little OC so Anthony could insult him, so sorry to all of you for that. One the other hand to all those who have read in depth, you may notice that Anthony is slowly getting less and less screen time or rather word time since this is all text. I have been trying to do this on purpose so at the end, the entire of SEED will not need him. And he has no real interest in being in the SEED verse after this unless it is to try and alter the course of DESTINY, which he is going to screw over Durandal in the next few chapters before JOSH-A.

Also I am seriously considering making a Fate/Stay Night crossover with him as a counter guardian in it, but he won't have any knowledge of fate so it will be hard for him. Let me know what you think of that Idea in a PM

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