Okay guys I am back with another Chapter and I will be trying to pump out as many as I can for all of you guys before Christmas, just to let you know it is the 10/12 where I am and it is 4:26 PM when I am putting this up on the site. I guess you can try to figure out my timezone from there. I will try my best to get things out before the Christmas rush truly takes hold of my life so please bare with me for now, if some thing seem a little rushed so to say. The story is about 200,000 words long up hear and around 20,000 less without the songs and author notes. It has almost been 6 months since I started this and we're still going strong.
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Opening Song (Hologram)
"Masshiro na keshiki ni ima sosowarete" Bright Vermilion light shines from the eyes of the Agito Zero as the camera pans down to the torso to reveal Anthony with his eyes closed.
"Boku wa yuku no mada minu sekai e" Anthony opens his eyes and begins to move his suit. As he does this the entire screen is now engulfed with Vermilion light and the Logo of Gundam Agito SEED appears.
"Maigo no mama tabi shiteita" Anthony is sitting with his back to the Agito Zero, flipping through pages of his book.
"Nezumiiro no sora no shita." Anthony turns his head slightly to look in the direction of the camera.
"Higawari no chizu ikutsumo no yume ga nijindeita." This scene shows Kira sitting and looking at earth while Lacus comes from behind and places her hands over his eyes and then removes them as she smiles.
"Itsuka wa sa." The scene now shows Delilah as she now gets into a mobile suit and prepares to launch.
"Chippoke na boku no kono hohaba demo." This Scene show Andrew Waltfeld looking over the desert at night while the winds blows. The Camera pans out to show that Ashia and DeCosta are with him.
"Ano kumo no mukou made yukeru kana." The view now shows a line of the crew of the Archangel. It pans to the left showing Kuzzey, Flay, Sai, Miriallia, Tolle, Natarle, Mu and then it zooms in to show Murrue. Behind Murrue there is a flag of the Atlantic Federation.
"Tsuyogatte" Anthony looks straight ahead at a man, the wind blowing his crimson cape behind him, his eyes are narrowed and his face is empty of emotion.
"Kizutasutia" Rau Le Creuset Now turns his mask on and his hair being blown in the wind, he has a smirk on his face as he faces Anthony.
"Kokoro sukashita youni." The two of them are standing off and the image of the Earth's sphere is in between the two of them.
"Furidashita" A feminine hand reaches out for Anthony and he does the same, only the hand that is reaching out for him fades before the two can make contact.
"Amastubu tachi ga" Anthony wakes up in his mobile suit and holding a picture in his hands. The camera zooms in on during the last word to show him standing and smiling with a young woman.
"Ran hansha Kurikaesu" The scene shows a sign saying extend then three Mobile suits one Grey tinted Green, One Black and the last a Grey tinted Blue. A Man with Blonde hair in white stands smiling at them as the scene breaks to show Rau Le Creuset in front of the Dominion.
"Massugu na hikari ga, Kousa shite" The scene shows Kira in the Freedom cutting down to GINNs, the first it passes him, the other he uses the cannons on the Freedom to shoot down.
"Yukusaki mo tsugenumama" The ground is on fire and the Blitz, Duel and Buster emerge out of the flames to take on an unseen enemy.
"Doko made mo, Tsuknukeru" The view pans past Delilah in a custom GINN that is coloured bright yellow and turns to show that she is firing at an unseen enemy in space.
"Awai zanzou ryoume ni yakitsukete." This scene pans to the right as it reveals the Clamity, the Forbidden and the Raider, above the ocean trying to land a hit on the Agito Zero and each one being thrown back.
"Kono sora no shita" The scene shows Rau's Custom white GINN flying forth with its beam sabre.
"Donna toko ni itemo" This scene show Mu face and the Strike clashing beam sabres with Rau in his GINN. The scene is lit up with the light coming from the class.
"Tokoku hazu nanda, mada minu sekai e" The scene is of that when Anthony is facing the camera, he turns his head closes his book stands up and moves towards his cockpit.
Chapter Twenty One
"If all things are in fact preordained, then why... why is humanity able to think for itself?" Aclor (Devil Survivor 2)
Anthony was just out of range any equipment ZAFT had, thank god for that.
It was at this point that the pilot of the suit said "Agito Zero, try and get me a to listen in on ZAFT High Command, make sure we are not detected."
That might take a while or not long at all, in fact, at this point in time Anthony had no idea of ZAFT's cyber defences or if they had such a thing.
Since they did not have any suit or AI like the what he had, it should not be too much of a problem.
That said some of the regular Co-ordinators were a tad too smart for their own good.
Sure they were nothing to an AI, but it just took one of them to do a single act in the right place and at the right time and that is all they would need to do to know they about him.
"I would say that they are not space Nazi's like Zeon, but if you listen to Patrick Zala, then good god, he might as well be a Zabi." Yeah Gundam SEED was almost sure we didn't make Gundam again.
He did not know who it was they were trying to fool, but any real fan of Gundam could see where the Archangel was derived from.
"Oh I know they found a piece of White Base and built it all from that, that is a good story."
No it didn't but that was not the point, he was blowing off some steam by taking a massive piss at SEED in general.
But now a voice came through and he could hear what was going on in the ZAFT command room.
"So we are in agreement, we are to move up the plans for Operation Spitbreak."
It was the big Z, Patrick Zala himself who said this, no doubt about it, no one else here sounded like he did.
Not to make a slight mention to the fact that his tone sounded like he had a stick up his arse.
What Zala said and did, did not help his case in that regard.
"We will move the Operation to begin on 0900 hours on April 21st, those Naturals will never know what hit them."
The next voice was that of none other than Rau Le Creuset, it had to be.
"I agree with the Chairman, the best way to kill a beast is to cut off it's head."
There were a few mutters in the room, most of it was just queries about why the sudden reschedule.
All of it was cut when Patrick Zala said "Once we have taken care of those blasted naturals we can set our sights on how to deal with the Omega."
Yep no doubt about it, Patrick Zala suffered from Stick up his ass disease, it was kind of like a disease that infects people who think they are better just because of their birth, an asshole.
Rau Le Creuset now added "Might I suggest that we focus on the Operation, before we try to take on that suit."
Well he was smart enough not to just go with Zala, Anthony did recall that Rau was just a real dick who was manipulating both ZAFT and Blue Cosmos.
Anthony knew he had to make sure a message got to a certain Doctor.
But that would have to wait, no doubt that Agito Zero was making sure that ZAFT was unaware that he was listening in on what they planned to do.
"You do have a point Commander, we can get to dealing with that suit once we have gotten rid of our true enemy."
Okay Anthony knew that he was hell bent on destroying the Naturals or rather normal people due to his wife's death.
But he had just seen a massive breach in security, did he care nothing for the fact that the MS Agito Zero had got into a PLANT undetected.
Or perhaps he had not come at the right time for that, perhaps Zala had gone on a rant on that topic before.
Now a man who Anthony did not know the name of said "If we do commit to this, there is the chance that this could be a trap Chairman, what then?"
In reply to this Patrick Zala said "Then we pull out of course, no trick they pull can ever hope to get the drop on us."
Anthony could not help but give a slight smile as he heard this, Patrick Zala was in for the shock of his life when the operation ends.
Still tapped into their network Anthony now said "Agito Zero, keep us in, but bring up recent departures from the PLANTS, make sure that my alias is on one of them."
It was a simple request for the system to do it was what one may call a waste of potential.
But if you have to kill the spider, why not use the big ass gun to do it.
"Agito Zero, keep tabs on the meeting, run by me the details on security around the Mobile Suit Freedom."
Anthony saw the parts of the PLANT that the MS Freedom was stored in, it should not be too hard considering Lacus and Kira just waltzed up to the suit in the show.
Bringing up he could see that they were camera as well as a few sensors but that was about it.
"I guess they think that they are so far beyond the reach of just about any person or thing they have lax security, but then again there is only a few ways on and off this place."
Safe to say if you were on it and those in charge wanted you dead, well it would only be a matter of time before they found and killed you.
Yeah he'd never want to live in a place like that, it would be way to much like the Truman Show, it was safe to say it was not a thing he'd live in.
How the hell the people of the PLANTS were able to do so was beyond him, all caged idiots in his mind.
With the intel that the System was showing him, he was sure now that he did not need to listen into what ZAFT had to say so he now said "Agito Zero, record the meeting, I'll get to it in a little while."
Now he did intend to do that but for the moment he decided to inform Miss Clyne.
"Agito Zero, get me a link to Miss Clyne, I guess I will have to confirm what I heard to her and co."
He was still a little upset with Lacus and all but he had thought about what she had asked of him.
But what he was a tad more concerned about was how she had heard of that name.
He was sure that he had not told her, in fact he was sure that he had not told Kira or Selene or Delilah or any person they had contact with about her.
If they did know of her, then they knew the truth about him and that he was not an Agito Cadet at all.
It also meant he may or may not have to tell them the truth about all of this and their lives just being an anime, a TV show.
To just say it out loud they may think him mad, but since he had been lying to them or rather just not plain denying what they assumed he would be in serious shit, like an ocean of it and right up to his neck in it.
With Lacus
Mr Pink bounced up and down and said "Call coming, call coming, Haro!"
Lacus in response to this gave a very quick blink and said "Well um, I did not think he would contact us this fast?"
As she was about to answer the call she heard Ayu's voice in her head "He has not let go what you asked, not yet, he will, it is to say who he is."
Lacus was not sure what to make of those last words, she was not sure yet, but Lacus knew that they would have a part in what was to come.
She had to think "Part of who he is huh, well that is not a term one would just say likely?"
But in reality, Lacus felt as if she could trust this Ayu, then again, if a ghost from the past spoke to you and you and 3 others saw it, well it was real enough to say the least.
But it was also a tad bit worrying that Ayu just felt so trustworthy, it is safe to say that Lacus felt like shit that she had mistrusted Anthony but was more than ready to trust Ayu.
It may be that she was just ready to trust Ayu due to wanting to win Anthony back to their side.
In a way that was good in a way that was bad, it was all a matter of perspective.
One may say that Anthony was keeping secrets, one may say that Lacus was being pushy as well as invading his privacy, it was all a matter of how you looked at the situation.
Lacus now knew that she had to strive to see things from the view of others to try to understand them.
It what she knew she had to do in order to try and bring about peace between Earth and the PLANTS.
If this whole event had thought her anything, it was not to try and learn to much from a person too soon.
If a man or a woman do not wish to speak about an event in their past it is best to leave them be.
If they wish to tell you or at least let you know, they will do so in the future when they have opened up to you.
It is wrong to expect people to be open with you, you have to earn their trust.
It is also a lot easy to lose all of it that it is to gain it yet alone gain it again.
Mr Pink now gave a beep and the live feed from the MS Agito Zero came through to Lacus.
"Miss Clyne, ZAFT will launch its all out assault against JOSH-A on the 21st of April at 0900 hours."
Lacus gave him a nod and then said "But there is more to it than just that isn't there, I take it there is a reason why you are not willing to contact the Earth Alliance?"
With a nod Anthony said "That is correct, they already know of said assault and have a plan in place to deal with the assault itself."
Lacus now asked "Anthony, why do I feel as if you wish to say more, but what you are going to say, it is not going to be good at all."
Anthony blankly said "You have a sharp senses Miss Clyne, I do know of the plan and I will tell you that it is to detonate a certain system that will wipe out all forces in the area as well as the nearby vicinity."
Lacus gave a blink, she did not know that the EA would pull a stunt like that on their own troops as well.
"To them it is a purge of any non Blue Cosmos, in the higher ranks, it is safe to say that from their they will do what they can to take control of the Mass Drivers on Earth."
It was now that Lacus said "Then they would launch into space and bring an all out war on the PLANTS."
Anthony did not say he word he shook his head at her.
"Wait, what do you mean, that is the logical assumption in this case?"
Now Anthony chose to speak and he said "Miss Clyne, war is where to sides fight for things such as land, money, food, resources, unity."
Lacus was able to get what he was saying at and now said "I see, you do not see this, any of this as war?"
Anthony in reply said "This is not war, it is genocide, in the 3 hours that changed the world, cut of from the Crystal the Legions of the Dominion suffered heavy losses."
Lacus was not sure where this was going so she kept her mouth shut and waited for Anthony to continue what it was that he was saying.
"But Class Zero was able to achieve their objective and we were able to not only fight back but push the enemy out of our lands."
Lacus still did not see where this was going so she asked "What became of the people of the Dominion while your enemy was in it?"
In reply to this Anthony just said "The people were lined up and shot, down to the last man, woman and child all of them."
Lacus now asked "Why, why did they do such a thing?"
Anthony just said "In their home, food was scarce so was most things that grow, they did not wish to waste food on the enemy, so they killed them."
It was at this point that Lacus got the message and said "So you are saying that what the radicals are now trying to do is wrong, because they just want the other day for the sake of having them dead?"
Anthony now gave her a nod "If you have to kill in war do it, if you want to kill out of war just because a person is not the same as you, then you're the same as the monsters who kill because they are alone, it is they who forget that they are alone because they kill other who are not same as they are or they wish to be."
Anthony now said "If you plan to give Kira that Mobile Suit, then you should inform me of the time you wish to do it, I can disable security so you and your family are not killed as traitors."
Lacus now said "That is too kind of you Anthony."
In reply to that Anthony said "Miss Clyne to keep in mind that your father is right now one of the only men who can oppose the radical ways of Patrick Zala, he will not even blink an eye if he has to get rid of you and there is already a leak in ZAFT, how else do they know you're coming."
If that was his way of saying stay safe, he needed to work on it big time, but that did not do a thing to Lacus, she was able to tell that he was not lying, that every word that he said was true.
To put it in a very blunt way, she was able to tell that this was no bluff and that he was actually concerned for her safety as well as her well being.
Why she was unable to as of yet, Anthony was hard to read at the best of times, it was still unclear to her by his actions if he was mad or angry with her or not at all.
At this point in time, it was Ayu's word that she went by that Anthony was indeed still upset with her for all that she had asked him.
The link was cut and she was no longer speak to Anthony, he was right she did need to plan for Kira.
With Anthony
Anthony was now pulling back from the PLANTS he had to try and figure out what he was going to do next.
"The system that they have in place that can act in place of a nuclear warhead is said to be what is called a Cyclops system of sort."
He now turned to his suit as he thought "It was all a plan to get rid of the leaders in the Eurasian branch that did not agree with Blue Cosmos."
At this point in time it was still just a theory, but he could try to get those who were meant to die to be stationed a little bit further away or at least give them some form of notice on what was going to happen.
"But if I do that ZAFT will get wind of it as well and pull out, not to mention the ones who have planned this will also get wind of this and make up some bullshit to cover it all up."
It was at this point that Anthony now said "Agito Zero, plot us a path that will bring us right above JOSH-A."
His suit and the System began to work on that as Anthony now began to take in a deep breath.
"I will have to get their filter through all the people who I can and try to save them, if the 8th fleet or rather its are present, I should start with them."
Anthony felt just a tad if not very sick as he did this, was he not playing got here and now was he not deciding who lived through this?
"At times we have to make hard decisions in life, it is just some of ours is harder than what we are used to and what we prepared for."
Now as he was on route to hang around above JOSH-A, Anthony said "Agito Zero, when we get in Orbit above JOSH-A bring me all files we can get and that we already have on the officers in command."
It was a tall order, it was a hard task, but if he did this right, if he got this, he may just be able to save ORB.
"When ORB falls and it will fall, I may be able to get Uzumi to get the hell out of it before then."
It was a bit of a fools hope, but heck why not, if he was able to get Uzumi to live on or at least some of his supporters, he could get rid of the ORB problem in Destiny.
"As it is, I do not want to look back and think that I may have been able to keep that from happening."
It is to say that he did not like what Destiny, he did not like ORB or what ORB did.
"I guess I will have to have a chat with the tom boy on that later."
Anthony now said "Agito Zero, begin to form a data on the plot as well as the plans for Destiny, I want you to have them on hand."
"I don't do this because I want to play god, I do it to stop it, to stop all of this bullshit, why am I here, why can't I just wake up and be back home and this was a dream."
Closing his eyes Anthony said "I would want to go back to do things again, but truth is I can't, so I guess I will just have to make the most of every second that I have now."
It is true, if you do not make the most of the time you have, you don't deserve it.
With a slight smirk on his face Anthony now said "It is true, if I do not make the most of what I have here and now, I don't deserve it."
As he now saw all the files that his suit had on Destiny, it was in a sense a cheat sheet, here is the plot, here is what the enemy will do, oh I may know a way or to how to stop it.
"Yeah this is not the right thing to do, but it is a good thing, if what I have told them is ignored well I guess, when it comes to pass they will feel like shit."
It was true if they all had word that this was going to pass, it would just be a tad bit stupid not to act on it.
If one did have both the means as well as the data, one should act as best they can.
If they did not do so, then it was not only their own fault, it can be said both a fool as well as a wise man can question data on the future.
It is the opinion of the latter who thinks that they did not need this and that they are ready for all things.
It is the wise man who questions this as to why and how does a person have data on this, why is he sharing it?
Safe to say that Lacus is the first out of the two, but the fact is that they both stall and do not use what is given to them as soon as it is there.
"I guess it would be better to try and give it to Lacus in hand as a sort of book."
Anthony then gave a smile as he said "I may or may not name it Things that may or may not be."
That, that right there would be a dick move not only to Lacus, it was to just about all who laid eyes on it.
If events did come to pass as they did in Destiny, safe to say all who did read it would think that he was an ass or rather just being one when he named it.
Truth be told to all who wish to hear it, it was to just be an ass.
Anthony now gave a sigh "Hey, I can relax and play a joke at times as well."
To say that he did not do that often would be a joke in itself.
Anthony had toned down the jokes since he had left the Archangel, but he had done it often enough to be known for it.
It was also a both a good thing and a bad thing, it was good in a way so that people could see him as human.
It was bad in a way due to the fact that it may cause people to think that he is going mad and this is how he expresses that to all of them.
"I guess I will have to be on my toes, I am not sure if the EA will pick me up if I am above them in orbit, but I am sure that ZAFT will be able to, and that means that ass of a masked man will know that I am there as well."
On the Archangel
Sai, Miriallia, Kuzzey and Flay had not much time left, they had met with the one they had in the brig.
His name was Dearka, he was not ready to trust them at first, but he had come around after a bit.
If it had not been clear to them before, it was clear to them now, he was not the one who had taken down Tolle.
This did bring them a bit of comfort, it was also clear when he had first been taken prisoner that he did not think much of naturals.
But he did not have a massive hate for them and all, to say it bluntly, he was not the worst, but he was not the best.
Sai was now sitting in their own quarters after just about all the other members of the crew were in a different spot.
Miriallia now looked to Sai and said "So Sai, are we ready to do this, if we do, there can be no going back."
Sai gave her a nod and said "I am at peace with that fact."
He now turned his head to Flay since Kira and Tolle had gone MIA she had changed a little, it was as she wanted to make any and all who insulted them pay for it.
In a way this was her way of to say a stuff you as well as up yours to those people in the EA higher ups who did spoke ill of Kira and of them.
Kuzzey, he was still unsure if he should be here, he did not want to be part of the EA or any army.
All of this had been thrust upon him, he did not want it, he did not want any of it, but he had to bear with it all.
But it was now growing to be more than he could handle, he did not sure them, but he was close to just giving up and trying to hide in a corner.
Sure it would do him no good, but for him, at least he was not the one who had to fight.
The only reason he went along with this was he was sure and as well as just about all of his friends that this was the last time that they would be able to do a thing or any thing for that fact as a group.
It was for this and for this alone that he chose to go along with this, if he did not, he was to be left out and then probably never see all of them in one place ever again.
All of this, all of it was if he was able to survive this as well as the war.
It was the fact that he may or may not live to see the next day that had always got to him.
Kira and Tolle, the two of them, they did not have a way out, the pair had put on the uniform had they had died in it.
Kuzzey did not want that to be his fate, he did not want to die here.
Flay, Sai and Miriallia now all looked to him and said "If you don't want to do this go."
To this all he said was "If you guys go and do this and I do not do it, I will still be stuck with you when we get in trouble."
It was true, no doubt about that, he was going to be lumped with them even if he did not do this.
So in his own words "I might as well do it so I can at least not be punished for things I did not do."
The other three just looked at him and gave a sigh, to say that he was a dull sight was not fair to the word dull.
It was now that Sai asked "Flay did you manage to get a spare uniform, one that can fit him and not look, well a bit to big."
Flay gave a nod as she now pulled it out of a bag that she had on her "I have it, so did you do your part as well Miriallia?"
The brunette gave a nod as she said "I did, I will be the one who is to take over the shift of watching the brig, the guy clocks off about ½ an hour before I am on so this should be easy for us to do."
The key word was should, it was always harder to do it in real life than it was to plan it out as well as practice.
At this point Kuzzey said "You know we can drop all of this and not get killed by the guys we are being forced to fight for."
All three of the other gave him a glare that made him shut the hell up.
It was far too late to back out now, they were almost at the brig door, they had around 10 minutes to get him into a uniform.
Once that was done, he had to get to a spot in the hangar that no soul dared to go.
If it was a joke or if it was real, none had checked. But the spot where the MS Agito Zero had once been.
It was filled cargo stashes, they could get him in there give him food and water then wait for the chance to get him the hell out of there.
It was not a long shot, it was one hell of a long shot, but all of them, all of them, well at least 3 out of the 4 had put their hearts on this.
If word did not get out, it was all the better for them.
Kuzzey was still unsure about all of this, but he too was not going to back out on them.
As he had said before he would be stuck with them even if he did not go ahead and do this with them.
As they now got to the brig Sai took in a deep breath turning to the other 3 he now said "Are all of us ready to do this."
Flay gave a smile and said "Yes, I am, I am ready to do this, father will have to learn that I will not just do as he says for all my life, I won't do as any other person says either!"
Miriallia just said "For Kira, as well as Tolle, I am ready Sai."
Kuzzey just said "Let us get this done, if we are to do it, might as well."
Now the 4 friends walked into the brig, Miriallia got the cell unlocked and said "There is the uniform, get it on quick, we don't have much time to get you to the hangar."
Dearka looked at the 4 of them, it was clear to him that they were not soldiers, in a sense he wasn't either, but he had wanted to fight.
It was clear as day to him, that the 4 who he saw here and now, did not wish to fight but had been forced into.
This made him feel a bit sick that the people who had been on the ship had not been soldier at all.
With Kira
Kira was now standing in front of a mirror, he had so many doubt over what he had done and over what he had failed to do.
"Can I still make things right, can I get through to Anthony that we are his friends?"
It was a big ask, due to the fact that even he could tell that Anthony at this point in time did not wish to be friends with them.
It was clear that he only chose to contact them when he felt he had to do so, if he did not, he would more than happily leave them in the dark.
That is a part about him that disturbed Kira, it was the fact that his trust as well as his friendship could be lost so easily.
It was also that he did have a way of knowing the plans of the people in power.
"Just how, how is it that he knows so much, it is as if he read all of our lives in a book or saw it before?"
If he had it made sense, but if he had not, what is it then?
Kira now found that he asked out loud "Is it, is it still possible for us to be friends, is that too much to ask of you?"
He did not expect an answer, it was Lacus who gave it to whom that threw him a little off guard.
"I believe we can, I know that we can, we just have to rebuild the bridge that we had, how we do it, it too is important."
She was right and Kira gave her a nod, he felt as if is heart was about to jump in his body, it was not a feeling he got often if at all, but he did get it around Lacus.
"Say Lacus, when this is all over, the war I mean, what do you think he will do, will he try to find a way to his home?"
Lacus shook her head as she said "That I do not know Kira, Anthony is not a person one can guess the motives of, if I had to say, it is due to this, that I chose to ask him about his history."
Her gaze fell to the floor it was not the best thing to feel, at the time she did not know how he would react to it.
What he did, she was not ready for, in her mind she thought he would brush it all aside with a joke.
"It is, it is my fault, I chose to ask him, I did what I thought was the right thing, it was not, not by a long shot, I forgot that he is human just like us, it is my fault that he chose to walk out Kira."
He did not agree with her on that, in his mind, it was his failing too.
"Lacus, don't blame yourself for this, it was also my failing to try and speak up for him, I did do it, to say it late, I might as well not have said it at all."
Kira now said "Lacus, did he, did he ever tell you about her, I guess did he ever mention Ayu to you?"
Lacus shook her head "He did not, I did not know about her, till the moment she chose to speak to me."
Kira gave her a nod and said "I did, I did hear that he did speak of her a little to Tolle once, but he never did tell us her name."
Lacus now close her eyes as she said "I can say that some things bring pain if we recall them Kira, if that is true then it may be why he did not say her name."
Kira now asked "So do you think, do you think that he is still in pain from it, do you think that he is still hurt by her death?"
Lacus gave a nod as she now said "I am sure of it Kira, the pain we feel the loss of a loved one, it never fades, we are just stronger so we can bear with it."
She now gave a pause as she said "If the way she spoke was a hint, it is safe to say that the two of them."
She gave a pause as she said this, she felt tears now welling up in her eyes, though she did not know why they were there or how?
"It is safe to say, it is safe to say that the two of them are close enough that she can appear to us, I am not sure how she did, but, but."
She was unable to finish what she was saying, the tear flower from her eyes freely.
She now wiped her eyes but the tears were still there, she did not know why, it was just when she was starting to understand why Ayu's name was never stated.
"What, why, why am I crying, why do I feel as if I have lost all that I care for, why do I feel as if I have failed, the one who I love the most?"
This was the only way Lacus could describe what she was feeling.
Kira in turn moved and held her in his arms to try to comfort her, she did find comfort in them.
He was warm, and filled with life while she felt empty, it was now warmth of the body, it was warmth of the heart that she felt and by some means she knew it.
It was now that the voice of Ayu rang out to them and gave Lacus her answer "It is true all of it, all that you said and more is what Anthony felt when I died, you can understand his pain, you can feel his pain as you try to reach out to him."
Lacus was able to grasp what it was that Ayu was trying to tell them, Kira did not.
"I see, the more we are able to understand him, we can feel is pain as if it still no, no it is still there."
Kira now looked to Lacus who he let go to let her get to her feet.
"Lacus are you alright, I have no idea to what just happened?"
In reply to him Lacus said "I am fine Kira, it is as Ayu told us, we can reach him, but he is in pain, he does not show it, but it is there and it is hurting him."
Kira was not fully able to grasp the words that Lacus had just said to him so he asked "Wait, so he is in pain, if that is true then he is still hurt and if that is true then he only react the way he did due to him already being in pain, am I right on that?"
Lacus gave him a smile and said "I would like to believe that Kira, but if it as you said, then we did hurt his feelings all the same."
Lacus now saw the time and wished that she could have more alone here with Kira like this, but she knew that could not be.
"Kira do you truly wish to go back and fight, I will not hold it to you if you do not?"
Kira looked at her and gave a smile as he now said "Lacus, I thank you for all that you have done for me, but I, I must go back, I still have, I still have friends who I wish to save, I don't want to see them die."
Lacus gave him a nod and said "That is who you are Kira, it is good to see that you still are able to hold onto that wish."
Kira gave her a nod and said "I still wish to save my friends, I am not the best nor am I a hero, but I will do what I can for my friends, I can't let my friends die."
Lacus gave a smile to him now as she turned and said "Come Kira, we do have some time to get you ready, know that you are my friend and I will always hold you dear to me."
Kira in reply said to her "And I will hold you dear to me."
The Archangel
Murrue was in shock, she had no idea, no idea how ZAFT had got wind of the location of JOSH-A or how the EA expected them to hold them off.
Also how did they know of the attack and was holding the line the only plan they had?"
All of it did not make sense, but she had her orders, this would be farewell to Mu La Flaga, Flay Alster and Natarle Badgiruel.
Flay was to be taken and given a job to recruit for the war, Mu was going to spend his life training people.
Natarle, she had just be reassigned to another vessel, the nature of which was not known to Murrue.
Natarle did not need to be checked up upon, she had left as soon as the orders had come through.
Mu had done so as well, though he had been a bit more reluctant to do so. Flay, well Flay had been a bit if not very disruptive to say the best.
Not only had seen not been in to report, she had also found a way to hide from the rest of the crew.
No doubt her friends were all part of it, but they were all at their posts at this point in time.
She now stood in front of two soldier who had been tasked with finding her.
These two did not report to her, they were part of another ship's crew, it may be that her commanders saw that she may not hand Flay over and decided to take it on instead.
"We can begin our search, just let us do our job and we will be out of here."
The first of these two said this, the other who was clearly an ass said "Get out of our way, and leave us, we can begin our search in here."
Murrue gave a salute and left, she had been ordered by the admirals to stay out of their way, in a sense it was their way of saying that they did not trust her.
At least what remained of the 8th feet was due to link up with them as well.
After Murrue had left the two began to search the entire area of the hangar.
If it was just to be pricks or just their job none would know.
The camera's in the hangar had been faulty for a little while now.
All of them had been for about 30 minutes that day, just that the hanger ones were still a so, Miriallia had said that she would find a way to fix.
But this was a facades, all of it was to hide the fact that they had hidden both Dearka and Flay.
But part was that they were no where to be seen.
The pair could search the ship all they wanted to, they would never find them, there were two reasons for that.
Why, before Mu La Flaga had left he had by accident, left the Skygrasper unlocked.
He also had definitely not unlocked the MS Buster.
And by no means had any of the crew seen Flay climb in and hide in the Skygrasper.
Worse part is that none actually did see a bronze skinned man with bright yellow hair get into the MS Buster and lock it.
After searching the entire ship, the soldiers were able to come to the same conclusion, that Flay Alster had left the ship and was hiding in the base.
All they had to do was find her in there, take her and report in.
It shouldn't be so hard after all, she was just a young girl, she had no idea how to make her way around a military base.
With that they left the Archangel, all of this had been done and Murrue had no idea about it.
If she did learn, all those involved would be having a very strict as well as stern talking to.
Mu La Flaga even though he was not here, would also be part of that talk very soon.
With Anthony
Anthony was no in orbit above, Earth, he was following a trail that would have him right over the base of JOSH-A.
He had been able to see from the orders being given that the 8th feet was being moved to JOSH-A as well.
"If I let him die here, the fact that I saved him will have all been for nothing, guess I should at least try to make contact with him.
Since the 8th feet was in transit from the moon and soon to be here, Anthony decided to take action.
"Agito Zero, bring up the admiral of the 8th feet on a channel as soon as you are able to, find a way to stall the 8th feet."
It was a tad too much if not way too much to try and make contact with the Archangel.
The MS Agito Zero was good, but it was not a god, a fact that its pilot had to recall and make sure that he did not think himself beyond all others.
If he did, he would fall prey to the trap where one is defeated due to their own arrogance as well as stupidity.
"Agito Zero, how far is it to go to ORB from here?
The exact miles came to one of the screens and Anthony said "Miles,, Agito Zero, get me that in the metric system if you will."
The MS Agito Zero did just that, had it been a glitch or had it been a joke, Anthony could not tell.
"Agito Zero, bring up the current objectives that I have, bring up the missions that I am about to initiate, bring up primary and secondary objectives, bring up a suggest course of action."
As Anthony looked upon all his screens he gave a smile then sighed "So that's how it's going be huh, well then I guess it is time to roll the dice!"
I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, before I go you guys should know that I am going to write a DESTINY (despite how much I hate it), for this story. The premise for that story is Anthony will have been floating in space for 2 years and will have survived due to his body taking in the GN particles. His suit will have had a hand in that as well. The Story will kick off as the Colony drop is about to happen and Anthony will stop it then pass out due to not actually eating a thing for 2 years. Yzak and Dearka will go to get him, but then transfer him to the Minerva. Anthony will be just as good as he was in this story piloting wise, but due to the GN overdose, he will have green glowing eyes. As well for the first few weeks he will be horribly out of shape. He will get paired up in DESTINY but I will tell you who it is later.
Please review and tell me what you think of my story, it helps, no flaming though please, the other story of him in Unicorn will happen and that will be the cannon continuation of this story. Think of DESTINY as an alternate path route rather than true route.