So this is chapter 29, (I have written 30, but the 1st was just the prologue). Also 300,000 words AWW YEAH, as well as, AWW SHIT. I did not think this story would take that long, I mean it has taking a shit load of my time. Okay this chapter a few more things are going to go on and I will do my best to answer all questions at the end. This story has really gotten to me, I mean I started it back in june 2015, okay I did take a break around September to about November, but hey I have been writing this for a really long time, might as well finish it. This chapter covers most of episode 42 of Gundam SEED. I left a bit out at the end due to the fact that I can put it in next chapter for a stronger start. Also I'd like to thank all of you who gave me reviews it really helps to keep a story going. (Or at least in my case because it tells me people actually read the story.)
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Opening Song: Fight Together
Before the music starts the images of Anthony at the age of 14 is shown then it flashes to Anthony at the age of 19 and then Anthony at the age of 27.
The Music begins to play and the shadows of Anthony, Ayu, Kira, Cagalli, Mu, Murrue Athrun, Dearka and Yzak are seen walking through the centre of the sun.
Then the sun shines brightly and covers the screen in yellow light as the words Gundam Agito SEED come into view upon the yellow background.
"Yo ga akeru mae ni tabitatou." The Archangel now sits into space, not moving just on the right side of the screen.
"mada minu ashita wo mukae ni ikou." The thrusters of the Archangel now begin to fire up as it begins to move towards the left side of the screen.
"Sou kimeta koto kui wa nai." The scene now screen wipes now to the Agito Cadet manuel lying on a white desk in side the Archangel.
"Oh" The scene now shows Miriallia holding hands with Tolle, Flay beside Sai and Kuzzey before they were enlisted.
"I" The scene now shows the first encounter between Kira and Athrun in front of the Gundams.
"Know" The scene now shows Anthony's first clash with the Le Creuset team
"What I'm" The scene now shows the clash between the Desert Tiger, the Agito Zero and the Strike.
"Supposed" The scene now shows Anthony and Selene in the DSSD base shaking hands.
"To do" The scene now shows Anthony when he walked out on Lacus, Kira and Delilah.
"Donna shiren ga machiuketeyou to." The scene now shows the Agito Cadet Manuel on the desk but now shows Anthony standing up in front of it, with his head looking at it, his eyes are covered by his hair.
"Takanaru kodou tomerare wa shinai" The scene has Anthony reaching for the book then taking back his hand from it as if he was unsure if wanted to pick it up or not.
"Mezasu basho wa tada hitotsu" The scene now zooms in on Anthony and shows that in his other hand he had a picture of his family.
In the pause the screen zooms quickly into his eyes as the words "Fly to the light" are said.
"Tatakai no hate" As this is said, the MS Freedom is seen disabling mobile suits with it's beam sabres
"Ni eta kizuna." Cagalli is now seen jumping into the MS Delta Gundam and giving a nod to someone.
"Dare ni mo kizutsuke" The MS Buster is now seen turning around and fire all of it's guns off at a foe.
"Sase wa shinai" Athrun is now seen giving a nod to the MS Justice before he jumps into it.
"Nigirishimeta" Mu is now seen as he runs into the hangar and towards the MS Stirke
"te hirakeba" Murrue is now seen sitting in her Captains chair and closing her eyes.
"Soko ni" Tolle is now seen getting out of the med bay and giving the doctor the thumbs up.
"chikara ga yadoru" The Ms Agiot Zero is now shown avoiding enemy fire and then firing its Twin Buster Rife. As it does this the screen is engulfed by a vermilion light.
"Saa hajimeyou." A much younger Anthony is now seen running with his twin and younger boy with blue hair through a crowd towards a stadium.
"Atarashii sekai ga yondeiru." As they run all three of them seem to grow and began to walk futher away from each other, but as they do, each is joined by another person.
"Horo mite goran" All of them a good way a part, Anthony at the far right, his twin Keith on the far left, and the young man with blue hair in a uniform with a yellow jacket in the middle. Anthony wears a red pant with a black top and his brother wears a black pant with a red top.
"Ikutsu no umi hedateteita to shite mo." They all wave out to one another and smile. The young man with blue hair was beside a young woman in white and he is now wearing a white shirt. Beside Anthony is Ayu he fades out but the comes back and flies rather than walks beside him. His twin brother give both of them the thumbs up as they now run to the stadium.
"Itsu datte sasaeteriu." All of them arrive at the gate to the stadium give one hive fives and then enter it.
"Osorezu ni mae e, wasurenaide, we fight together." The three of them are joined by Sei Lori and Reiji as they now walking into the light of the stadium.
"Kegashita koto wa nai." The scene now shows Anthony when he was first speaking to Kira alone.
"Ano hi miageta." The scene now shows Anthony have a joke with Tolle back in the desert.
"Dokomatiemo taku" This scene is Anthony talking with Mu in the Cafeteria before they eat.
"Hiroi sora." Anthony is now talking to Lacus while she was on board the Archangel.
"Zuibun to tooku made kita" This scene is when Anthony and Andrew Waltfeld met for the first time in person.
"Sorezore no chikai no mune ni." This scene now shows Anthony and Cagalli sparring, in the MS Agito Zero and the MS Delta Gundam.
"Mayoi nado nai." This scene shows Anthony talking to Dearka while he was being held in a cell on board the Archangel.
"Seou mono gar aru." This scene now shows Anthony talking to Murrue in the officers lounge.
"Hi ga nobori." the scene now shows Anthony staring at the Agito Zero as if he is unsure of what to do.
"Kanashimi sae hitoshiku terasu." The scene now shows that Ayu is behind Anthony and she gives him a gentle push with her left hand and as he turns around gives him a sincere smile.
"Shinjiterun da, itsuka hitotsu ni tsunagaru mirai wo" Anthony is now looking at thin air, but he gives a smile turns around and makes to get into the MS Agito Zero.
"Isshou ni mitsuke ni ikou." As Anthony walks towards his suit for each words is said, Mu, Murrue, Athrun, Dearka and Cagalli flash by.
"Kimi no kawari wa inai." As Anthony now climbs up his suit the faces of Kira, Lacus appear.
"Wasurenaide" Anthony now turns around and smiles as he sees the entire crew of the three shipped alliance.
"We fight together" Anthony now gives a smile and gets into the MS Agito Zero's cockpit
Chapter Twenty Nine
"Friends are connected by heart! You can't just rinse off something that's stained on your soul!" Ling Yao (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
Flashback
Athrun now stood in front of Kira, Dearka and Anthony, he was just about to get on board a shuttle to go back to the PLANTS.
"Dearka, if I don't make it back from this, I want you to pilot the Justice in my place."
Dearka just gave him a smile and said "No can do, the only guy alive who should pilot that suit, is you, I am sure that you'll be back."
Athrun now turned to Anthony and said "I can't say I know you well, but I can say that you are one hell of a pilot and if what Kira has told me is true, you are one heck of a guy."
In reply to that Anthony said "Right back at you."
Though Kira was not sure if he had told Anthony much in that regard.
Anthony now said "There are a few things that I am aware of that are going on in right now in the PLANTS."
Athrun gave a blink and then asked "Like what, what is going on there, what do you know that the rest of us don't?"
In reply to him Anthony said "If what I have is accurate, then I know that your father Patrick Zala, is now making his move to wipe out any and all who oppose him, Siegel Clyne as well as Lacus Clyne are on the top of that list."
At this point Athrun grabbed Anthony by the collar and said "It is not true, no all that you said, it can't be true!"
Anthony just calmly said "I said if my data was accurate, I know that there is a chance it is not."
Athrun let go of Anthony and then said "No it must be, I don't know what it is you get or how you get it, but I can see him, I can see him blaming JOSH-A on Lacus."
Anthony narrowed his eyes and said "If you did not know, it was Lacus who gave Kira the Freedom."
Athrun gave him a nod "I know that and I know why, but I am sure that she is not the one who sold ZAFT out at JOSH-A."
As if to give him the answer to who it was Anthony said "It is a man whom all trust but many do not really know, we all wear masks to hide who we really are, it is just that some of us do not ever take them off."
Athrun now asked "Was it you who told them off it?"
In reply to that Anthony shook his head "I did not, but I did know of it, I was aware that it was meant to have gone down in May, I am not too sure how they caught on to ZAFT."
It was a blatant lie, but none in the room knew that, Anthony knew Rau had been the one to do all of this.
But to just say that it was Rau would not do, he also knew that Rau would show who he truly was to Kira and Mu very soon.
Kira now said "Be safe or at least if you have to do what you see as right my friend."
It was at this point that Cagalli came into the room saying "Wait a minute, Athrun, why are you doing this!"
She now collided with him, her arms on his shoulders and all Athrun could say to her was a single word, her name "Cagalli?"
She now asked "Tell me you're not really going back to the PLANTS!"
In reply all he was able say in replly to this was "I'm sorry."
Cagalli now said "Sorry doesn't cut it, do you know what they will do to you if you return without that!"
She now turned her head to the MS Justice as if to say to Athrun that she knew how much that suit meant to the PLANTS and to ZAFT.
Athrun in reply just said "It is better if the Justice stays here and if worst comes to worst, I'm sure Kira will take care of it."
The two of them still did not notice the fact that they were drifting away from the rest of the group.
As if to rebuke him, Cagalli said "That isn't what I meant!"
Anthony now said quietly to Dearka "Is it me or is he as dense as he is a good pilot?" Dearka now said "I never looked at it that way before, but hey we can tell him?"
It was at this point that Athrun and Cagalli bumped into a wall and the two of them began to move back to the group.
As this happened, Athrun said "I know, but I have to go, it is what I have to do Cagalli, I must, there I some things I must clear up first."
Cagalli with her hands now upon his shoulders said "Athurn?" Athrun now said back to here "One way or the other, I have to know."
It was at this point that Kira came to Cagalli and said her name "Cagalli."
It was to assure her in a way. Cagalli now turned and in turn said his name "Kira."
Kira now said "You know he has to."
Cagalli now turned back to look at Athrun who gave her a kind of grim smile and she let go of his shoulders.
Anthony at this point said "What no kiss for good luck or any thing like that?"
As he said this, he got the exact reaction from the pair that he wished to.
Both Cagalli and Athrun gave a deep blush, it was as if they had no idea of what it was that had just been said.
"It, it, it is not like that, I, I have no idea what it is you are on about."
Anthony gave a grin and said "If so, why did you stut, stutter, can I, I ask?"
It was a dick move to say the least so he quickly said "My bad, my bad, it was just a joke, though it's bad."
With Anthony
Anthony now sat in the MS Agito Zero, he was just resting, he too did need rest, it was a bit of a drag, but he had to do it.
Lucky for him, he now had got used to his suit and was able to sleep in it well, as if it was a real bed.
But all of this came to an abrupt end as his suit woke him up to inform him of a very like path that he was on.
Now waking up as if he just got out of a coma Anthony gave a blink at what he saw, it was not good.
It was a broadcast about Lacus Clyne, the speech was not done by Patrick Zala, no it was done by the mother of Yzak Joule, Ezalia Joule.
It was at this point that Anthony knew that Siegel Clyne must be dead.
What Ezalia Joule said was "Lacus Clyne's wish for peace has left her open to others influence, but we understand what is really happening here and that's why we want to save her."
"We need to free her from the grasp of the evil naturals who are only using her, if they want to save her, those who really care about her, should provide us with the information we need."
It was over, for now, if all things played out like they did in the real SEED.
This save her was really kill her, though Anthony to ponder "If all of this is now playing out, I have to ask, how did they place the blame on the Clyne family, I should find out more about this, but to do that I have to leave?"
Anthony now moved the MS Agito Zero into motion and pulled up Kisaka on the bridge.
"I have a few bits of data that I need to verify exist, can I leave the Kusanagi?"
In reply to him Kisaka said "I'd much rather you stay with us, but I am pretty sure that I can't stop you."
Anthony gave him a nod and now said "I'll be back."
Kisaka in reply said "Well I hope so, if you aren't they who is going to bail us out of the fire when it counts."
In reply to him Anthony says "Oh I am sure you guys can handle a fire fight or two, the 3rd on my be pushing it, I am not sure if your ship can hold up in a fight, I'll meet up with you later, until then."
It was at this point that Anthony cut the link and began to make his suit move to get out to the ship.
"I need to look at all things here, I am only going to check if the Lacus and her ship can launch, if she is in any real danger, then I can step in, but if I do it too soon, it will only cause her more problems."
At this point it was pretty clear to Anthony that Lacus was on the top of the ZAFT most wanted list, even higher than he was.
It was clear that they meant to kill her, only a fool would think that Ezalia meant she'd save Lacus Clyne.
It then hit Anthony "Kisaka tell Kira, that he should follow me to the PLANTS, things might get a bit too rough for Athrun to handle on his own."
With Athrun
After getting to the PLANTS, he had been placed in detention or rather the brig, it was true, he had come back on an EA ship, so it was the usual reaction to such a thing.
He had come to speak with his father, but so far his father had not listened to a word he had said.
It was not a good meet up for the Zala family, in fact it may just be the last time they see one another as father and son, if they still did at this point.
"I'm warning you Athrun, I won't tolerate this kind of talk, especially from a boy who doesn't understand a thing."
Patrick had got up from his desk and was now closing in on his son, to his credit in a stern voice, Athrun said "I think you're the one who doesn't really understand what is going on here."
It was now that Athrun began to list the battles to his father. "Alaska, Panama, Victoria."
It was in these 3 places that the very nature of this war had changed into a real genocide.
"You attacked them due to what they had done to you and in turn you are attacked for what you did to them, this war is just escalating!"
The two, father and son were now staring down one another as Patrick was now right in front of his son.
"Where did you get these crazy idea's!"
He then said "It's that girl, did Lacus Clyne fill your head with lies too, that girl Athrun, she is a traitor to us all!"
In reply to him Athrun asked "What is with you, what do you have against the Clyne family that have made you hate them so much!"
In reply to his son, Patrick said "They betrayed us and told the Naturals of our plan to attack JOSH-A, they cost us many lives as well as MS, do you think that there is any other reason why boy!"
In reply to that Athrun said "Do you even know what you are saying, where is the proof that all of this is true or are you just trying to get rid of them due to the fact that you only wish to meet power with power and you know that is what they oppose!"
In reply to his son now, Patrick replied "Yes, they betrayed us, and I will do what I have to, I will meet power with power and when the very last Natural is dead, this war will end!"
It now became clear to Athrun, how far his father had fallen, he felt that he may have known this all along, but he had chosen to ignore it, so he could avenge his mother, but this, this was by no means what he wished to do.
"Have you lost your mind father, you can't just want to kill all of them just because they are not like us!"
Patrick Zala now grabbed his son by the collar and said "Now tell me Athrun, what happened to our MS the Justice and the Freedom and answer carefully because I forgive no one!"
The names of the suits did not fit, sure it fit for his father who was a mad man at this point, but to call MS, Justice and Freedom, when all they are made to do is kill, was sick.
In reply to his father Athrun gave a calm reply "Are you serious, do you mean what you just said father, about how you want all of the Naturals dead!"
He did raise his voice at the end, it was sick, his father was sick, all of it was sick.
To think he had fought and killed for this, to think that this was no longer a war, but a case of genocide.
His father on the other hand did not miss a beat and said "That is the whole point of this war, that reason and that reason alone, is why we are fighting this war, how could you have possibly forgotten that fact!"
Patrick now threw his son to the ground in anger, it hurt Athrun, it was now that Patrick went to his drawer and pulled out a gun, turned safety off and pointed it at his only child.
Athrun now asked "A gun father?"
Patrick with gun aimed at his son said "What a pathetic sight you are, now stop this nonsense and answer, where are the Justice and the Freedom, I won't hesitate to have you arrested as a traitor if you don't answer my question, Athrun!"
Athrun just looked at the man who was once his own father, there was no love in his eyes, no love at all, but due to this silence his father now called in the guards.
As soon as he did this, Six armed guards in body armour and helmets came into the room and pointed there guns at Athrun.
In Athrun's mind the voice of Anthony echoed "I can only say that if the path you walk leads straight to Oblivion, walk on if you wish to."
It had a few meanings to it, but the one that Athrun did pick up on was "Never compromise who you are for your life, the ideals that we live by are who we are and they are worth dying for."
He also recalled a part that Anthony had told him back in the hangars in ORB ""I am sure that your father is going to aim a bit higher than just a nation."
Athrun had to think "Is this what he meant by that, did he know that it was going to come down to this, this man, he is not my father, no in fact he is not even an echo of the man my father was, he is a just a monster!"
Athrun now gave a yell and charged at his father, but he was shot through the shoulder by his father, knocking him back on to the ground.
As he now fell down and clutched his shoulder, Patrick said "Don't kill this fool, there are still some things he needs to tell me."
All of the men said "Yes Sir."
Two of his men now lifted up Athrun, Patrick now said "Take him away pry the location of the Justice and the Freedom out of him, use what ever means of persuasion you have to."
As he was walking away Athrun notice how the picture of himself and his mother that had been on the desk of his father was now on the ground with the glass that held it broken.
As the two soldiers took him out of the room Patrick now said to Athrun you "I am very disappoint in you Athrun."
In reply to Patrick Zala, Athrun said "The feeling is the same."
As they now took him out to the outside, all of those who were watching were in shock.
No one had expected Athrun to be a traitor, the only child of Chairman Zala was not on their side, it was a big blow to them.
In fact it was an even bigger blow, all of the whispers that went on, it was as if they were all talking about how they could not believe this or who they expected it.
It was now as they got to the van that would take him to well, be tortured for any data he has, that he decided to make his stand.
He just came to a stop in front of the van with his eyes to the ground.
The one on his right said "Get in!"
When he got no reply he said "Hey!"
But it was now the time for Athrun to shine, in less than a second he landed a hard kick on to the guard on his rights stomach.
He then rammed his shoulder into the guard on his left and began to make a break for it.
One of the soldiers as he saw what just went on now said "Wait what the hell?"
Another soldier raised his gun and said "Hold it!"
But the soldier at his side took the back of his gun hit the one who had his guns trained on Athrun.
Athrun saw what was going on as he turned around and then went back and continued to run.
The soldier that had just taken down one of his fellow now ran to where Athrun had been and fired his gun, as he did this he said "I didn't expect this!"
Two men in suits now drew their own guns, be it pistols instead of rifles and said "Stop!"
But the soldier did not and he threw a flash bang at his foes.
He then ran up to Athrun and fired back at the soldiers who were chasing them once more, he now threw a 2nd flash bang and said to Athrun "This way!"
The two of them now ran around a corner, the soldier now said "Get down and turn your back to me, I gotta shoot your handcuffs."
Athrun did as he was told and the soldier did exactly what he said he'd do.
He now gave Athrun his spare gun as he said "You are being way too reckless, don't you want to live, I mean you even knocked over one of my guys?"
Athrun just loaded the gun and asked "Who are you."
The soldier now lifted his helmet and said "I'm with what they're calling the Clyne faction, you have thrown quite a wrench into our plans."
Athrun just said "I'm sorry I had no idea."
In reply the soldier "Well naturally, how could you."
The other soldier, it may have been the one that Athrun got the drop on was now with them firing at the ZAFT soldiers, he said "DaCosta, hurry up!"
Both Athrun as well as DaCosta now joined him and fired at the ZAFT soldiers who were trying to fire at them.
"I guess this a rescue, though I did not expect one."
As the three of them now began to pull back DeCosta now said to him "It would have been a whole lot easier for me, if you had not gone and done what you did."
Athrun now said once more "Yeah, I'm sorry about that, I did not expect a rescue to be here at all."
As the three of them now got behind cover DaCosta said "So wait, hold up, you came back here and did what you did, with no thought about how you'd get out of it?"
Athrun gave him a nod but then asked "Unlike me, I am sure you have an exit strategy, do you care to share it with me?"
DaCosta gave him a nod "I have a shuttle or more like a plane in the area, we are going to get to it and then get to the spaceport."
Athrun gave him a nod as he said "I take it that you do have a plan once we get to the spaceport?"
DaCosta gave him a smirk as he said "Oh I've got a plan, but you are in for a wild ride!"
ZAFT Hangars
Nicol Amalfi and Yzak Joule had both been called to their MS, Nicol who had just become fit for battle was a little bit worried, why the had problems back here at the PLANTS.
Both of their MS had also been transported here, Rau had not told them why or for what though.
He now say Yzak and asked "Hey Yzak, it has been a while, how are you doing?"
He now walked up to Yzak who just said "I have been fine, this is not the time to catch up, we are to be deployed."
In response to that Nicol asked "Do you have any idea who we are fighting, I mean this is the PLANTS, we can't be fighting the Naturals up here?"
Yzak gave him a nod "It has been a while Nicol, I am not sure what is going on after Alaska and Panama.
Nicol now raised an eye brow at his fellow red shirt and asked "By the way, where is Athrun?"
In reply to that Yzak said "I am not sure, I last saw him on Earth, I heard that he was part of a special mission."
Nicol then said "Oh I see, I guess you are just a bit jealous of him then?" Yzak not shouted in reply "I am not!"
Nicole gave a bit of a laugh as he now said "I guess I'll see you out there then, good luck to you Yzak."
Yzak in reply said "You will need it more than me."
It was as Nicol was walking away and Yzak was getting into the MS Duel that a group of men came to Nicol.
Yzak just got into his suit, it was not up to him to try to get involved in things that Nicol did.
If he had to take a guess, they must be a group of people who wanted to know why Nicol was no longer in the hospital.
But it was just as he was about to close the cockpit of the MS Duel that he heard Nicol say "Knock it off, you can't just talk about Athrun like that."
Stuck his head out of his cockpit and said "Hey, what is going on down their, what do you people want, you don't look military?"
One of the men now turned to face Yzak, but as he did so, he pulled a gun and pointed it at Yzak.
"This is ZSS matter, stay out of it or we'll take you in as well."
As if to reply to that Yzak said "Take me in for what, being a pilot, you leave Nicol alone!"
The man now fired his gun just past Yzak's head "Don't make me shoot you boy, our orders are from the chairman, all those who were part of the Zala team are to be detained."
Nicol now asked "Detained for what, we have not seen or heard from Athrun for a while now?"
The man now turned and pointed his gun and Nicol and said "We have it on good authority that you Nicol Amalfi are both friends and in league with Lacus Clyne, she who sold us out at Alaska."
Nicole now said "Why, that is ludicrous, Lacus never sold us out, what proof do you have?"
The answer he got was a shot through the back, by the ZAFT Secret Service agent behind him "We do not have time to waste on the likes of him, better we kill them just in case they have defected.
Yzak saw this, he saw the man draw his gun and shoot Nicol in cold blood, the ZSS, were meant to keep the PLANTS secure, but just what, what is this, killing of Nicol?
It was as the bullet was fired, as he saw it go through the body of the young man, he could call friend, that on the inside, he felt a part of him die.
It was as if part of his life up till now, it had all been a lie, all of it.
They were at war with the Naturals, but Yzak just wanted to win, he did not want to kill every single last one of them.
What's more, he did not wish to fight or kill his own kind, it was not right.
He had felt it at Panama, the shit feeling it is to face an enemy who could not fight back.
He did not see it as vengeance for those who fell at JOSH-A.
Despite all he might have said, he saw it was wrong to just kill an enemy who was unable to fight back.
Nicol had no weapon on him, no reason for those men to attack him but they had, they had shot him.
The first time Yzak had seen Nicol in a while and he had just been shot right in front of him.
Not by the pilot of the MS Strike, not by any Natural, but by his own, shot in the back, due to the fact that he was friends with Lacus Clyne and Athrun Zala, both of whom were consider traitors for now.
There was only one thing that went through his mind at this point, it was not about Athrun, it was not about Lacus, it was not about his mother or the PLANTS at all.
It was the fact that these men had just shot Nicol in the back.
That was more than enough for Yzak to loose it, he had been forced to stand down at ORB, he was forced to face foes who lost the ability to fight back.
He had watched as his enemies were killed even after they surrendered.
Pulling out his own side arm, Yzak now yelled as he fired "You shot Nicol you bastards!"
From where he was in his MS he fired at the men below, he did not care who they were, no he did care who they were, for they were the people who just shot Nicol in the back!
The first out of the men who got hit, was the one who had shot Nicol in the back.
It was easy to forget, that behind all that noise and boasts as well as the haughty personality that Yzak had, lurked a very adept as well as skilled soldier.
He had earned the his red and it was safe to say that these bastards were about to learn why he was only 2nd best next to Athrun Zala.
The next three shots each hit home, with the last guy, the one who had fired at him earlier trying to run for it.
But he found a hand was placed firmly on his leg as Yzak saw that Nicol was still alive.
Yzak shot the man who was about to stamp on Nicol in the shoulder, knocking the man down and the man's gun out of his hands.
It was at this point that he now got out of the Duel and ran down to where that man was and punch him in the face.
"Just who the hell are you, why did you come here!"
He then punched the man in his face once more as he said "Tell me or I'm going to remove your teeth one by one you bastard!"
Yzak now smashed his fist once more into the man's face.
Now as he was punched again, the man said "Our orders are from the Chairman, to attack us, is to considered an enemy of ZAFT."
Yzak now got up and kicked the man in the face, he now went to Nicol who was lying on the ground, in an ever growing pool of blood.
"Hey snap out of it Nicol, you just got back to us, I'll get you some medical attention, you'll be fine."
Nicol now managed to shake his head at Yzak "No, I am not going to be alright, I know it, Yzak, things, things have got a lot crazier than they were before."
Yzak was no fool, he knew that more of those creeps would show up so he picked up Nicol and got to his MS.
Nicol now said "Yzak, could it be, could the one they wanted to kill was Athrun?"
Yzak at this point had got in to his suit and was not try to stop the flow of blood from Nicol's chest.
"If they are they said that he was a traitor, but there is no way he would turn away from us."
Nicol then said "They said Lacus was one, I saw it on the TV, they said Lacus was being used by the Naturals?"
Yzak now said "I don't know what is what any more, but I do know that if we don't get you to a med bay quick, you are not going to make it."
It was as he said this that Nicol said "Could it be, could it be that Athrun is protecting Lacus, they were close after all?"
Yzak at this point felt Nicol grow a little colder as he was in the cockpit with him.
Nicol felt it as well, but managed a smile as he said "To think I'd go out like this, the Strike would have been better."
Yzak now shouted at him as he got the Duel into motion "Don't say that, we're still here!"
Nicol with a smile still on his face said "Hey Yzak, I do not think that Athrun betrayed us, I Lacus has been charged with things she is not guilty of and Athrun just doing what is right, he is protecting the ones he cares about, in the end we are not robots are we Yzak?"
Yzak now could hear as well as feel the voice of Nicol trembling as he said this.
The fact that he was holding Nicol and could feel the life ebbing from his body did not help this at all.
Not to mention the smile he still had on his face despite the pain of the bullet and the pain of betrayal that was in him.
Nicol now asked "Yzak can I ask you to do two things for me."
Yzak gave him a nod and Nicol finally closed his eyes "I don't want, I don't want any men like that to pilot the Blitz, ever."
Yzak gave him a nod as he said "I am more than happy to oblige."
All of this was so wrong, Nicol being killed here in his home above all places, that what was truly sick.
"The last one is harder, Athrun, those same men must be after him and Miss Clyne, can you, can you help the two of the out in my place, Yzak."
Yzak did not reply at first and was about to when Nicol said his name once more, but for the last time "Yzak?"
He felt the last breath leave Nicol's body and he saw the smile that was upon the face of his comrade and friend.
He might have looked down at him, most of the time, but Nicol was one of the most likeable guys around, even he had to agree to that.
Yzak now heard the sounds of men, men with guns running into this hangar area.
It now became clear to him why they had been moved here, it was so they could do this to them, he did not know why, but it was clear that the radical ways of the PLANTS leadership was only getting worse and worse.
His mind flashed back to Panama where all of the Naturals had been killed to the last, even after they laid down their weapons.
Yzak had no idea what it was that had got both Lacus and Athrun into this mess, but he knew one thing.
"I'll do it Nicol, I am sure that if he were here, Dearka would tell me do this as well, I will not let those who killed you just get away with this, NICOL!"
The Eternal
The Captain of the new warship the Eternal was now on the bridge of the new vessel.
His lover was at his side and she said "It is about time isn't it?"
He gave her a nod and then said "Well, let's get to it."
It was now that he picked up a phone and said "The ship is beginning it's final preparations, is that understood, the ship is in it's final preparations, get to work."
It was a code, a code so that only those who knew what it truly meant would act upon hearing those words.
It was at this point all on board the ship, who did not know why those words had been said, found that they were now being held at gun point.
Most of them did ask what this was all about, but none of them got an answer.
They were all pushed out of the ship and the doors closes behind them.
No doubt with the escape of Athrun Zala, the eyes of the military would be on him and not here, it was a lucky break, or more like a careful laid out plan.
On the bridge of this new warship, Andrew Waltfeld now said to the crew "Prepare to receive Miss Clyne, after that we are moving out."
His lover Aisha at this point said "Uh oh, DaCosta is not back yet, Andy?"
Andrew in reply said "I am sure he has got at least one or two tricks up his sleeve, he'll make it to us, no doubt about that, if sets his mind to he, he will get it done Aisha."
He now looked at his hand clock, the minutes passed by and then he heard the sound of a door opening and the voice of Lacus Clyne saying "I'm here now, sorry about the delay."
Andrew was about to reply when Aisha did it for him "Oh I am sure that it is fine with Andy dear, as long as you got her safely that is all that matters."
Andrew now chose to butt in and say "Shall we make our exit?"
Lacus took a deep breath in and said "Yes, we shall."
Her Haro now floated in the air saying "NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM!"
While flapping it's ears, to their credit, none of the men on board bridge looked at it even, they had a job to do.
They now began to speak so that Andrew would hear what they were doing.
"Moving to departure plan C, forced exit, sub routin online."
"Inserting logic array, security disengaged, all systems go."
It was at this point that the ZAFT hangar operator contacted them and said "Eternal what are you doing, your ship doesn't have orders to launch."
In reply to that the Haro just said "WHAT EVER!"
The guys at the Hangar control room tired to contact them one more time.
"Commander Waltfeld, what's going on, do you copy me?"
After this was heard, one of the crew on the bridge now informed Andrew that "The security key to the main gate has been just changed, orders."
In reply to that Andrew said "Ha, how clever, they would have been better off leaving things alone."
His lover now said to Lacus "Uh oh, now our exit is going to be just a little bit messier, it might get rough so hang on."
In reply to Aisha, Lacus said "We really have no alternative do we, because the fact is the time has come for us to move forward!"
It was at this point one of the crew said "Sir, we have three GINNs blocking our path I think they mean to fire on us."
Andrew now said "That is not right, there weren't supposed to be any MS in here."
Aisha now said "To think that Chairman Zala is really that paranoid, I guess we have no choice but to fire on them, before they can do so to us."
It was at this point the leader of the GINNs said "Surrender the ship and accept your defeat."
Andrew now looked to Aisha and said "Do they think we are that foolish, the only thing that keeps them from firing on us, is the fact that we are in here and they do not wish to lose this ship."
It was just at the point where on of the GINNs was about to raise his beam rifle to fire on them, that a purple slash cut off the MS's arms.
Aisha who saw it all happen said "My, my, I did not see this coming at all."
The MS Duel, the MS that was piloted by Yzak Joule, one of the most anit Natural and peace pilots out there had just stepped into the fight and was protecting them.
The GINNs were no match for the MS Duel and the two who remained were dispatched with ease.
It was only after this that the pilot of the MS Duel contacted the Eternal.
"Eternal, is Lacus Clyne on board."
Before Andrew could reply Lacus said "Yes I am here, you are Yzak Joule, are you not?"
In reply Yzak gave a nod though his face had a scowl on it and said "Get a move on, I'll cover for you."
The MS Duel now moved out of the way of the Eternals path and said "Even if you get out of here, you will still have to face the Jachin Due Defence Force."
Andrew now asked him "Not to be rude, but what made you help us out?"
If one thought Yzak could not scowl any more, they were wrong, he did scowl even more now "I don't care about the politics of war, but what I do care about is when I am as well as those I fight beside are pulled up for things that we are not a part of."
Lacus now was stunned, she saw that there was blood on Yzak's face and though she could not see most of it, she saw a bit of Nicol's head.
"As I said, I do not care for political crap, but that political crap got Nicol killed just because he was friends with Athrun Zala, if I have to watch loyal ZAFT pilots can be killed on a whim, I can no longer stand the path ZAFT is now on!"
Yzak now asked "Is Athrun on board with you?"
Lacus shook her head "No he is on his way here, we were going to link up with him in space?"
Now in a very angry voice he said "You make sure you do that.
I can't open the gate for you, you'll have to do that on your own, punch through, I'll follow."
Lacus now said "Can I ask you why you have chosen to help us?"
As The Eternal was getting ready to fire it's guns to make it's own exit, Yzak said "To be killed his home instead of in battle, by one of our own instead of the enemy, what the hell is wrong with people!"
After he said this Yzak added on "Just go, I am only do what I was asked to do by a friend."
Andrew now said "You heard him, main cannon prepare to fire, target primary gate, fire as soon as we take off!"
One of the crew echoed his orders saying "Prepare main cannon targeting main gate."
It was in this moment that Andrew and Aisha both turned to Lacus and gave a nod.
In turn she gave a nod with a smile on her face, but that smile vanished as she said "Now Eternal go ahead and launch!"
The men in the hangar control room now said to them "Eternal what are you doing cut your engines, alert HQ!"
As the MS Duel now jumped and held on to the ship as it began to move forward, as this happened Andrew Waltfeld said "Fire!"
The main cannon fired a green beam that destroyed the main gate. Andrew now said "Where is DaCosta!"
A small shuttle was no picked up on their radar and DaCosta now said "Commander!"
Andrew in reply now told his right hand man "Head for the Rear Hatch DaCosta, maximum thrust as soon as he is on board, this ship is fast, we'll shake them off!"
Lacus now said "What about Yzak and the Duel."
Yzak now replied to her "I will be fine, damn bastards, what the hell are they thinking, trying to kill off loyal soldiers like that, how many more had to suffer such a fate, it is a disgrace, a disgrace!"
It was about this time that they were able to bypass all of the ZAFT ships.
But what Yzak had said to them before was true they had to take on the Jachin Due DF now and that was one big force.
Athrun now came on board the bridge and Lacus moved to meet him and gave him a hug "Athrun, you're alright?"
His arm was in a sling and DaCosta was right next to him, so in a sense he was not alright.
Andrew now said "Hey nice to meet you, welcome to the ship of the Songstress, I am Andrew Waltfeld, kid."
Aisha now said "I am his dear lover Aisha."
It was at this point Yzak spoke up once more "So you are here, Athrun you bastard what did you go and do!"
Athrun was a bit taken aback by the fact that Yzak above all was here or at least outside in his MS.
"Yzak, I did not expect to see you here, what are you doing!"
Yzak now yelled at him "What am I doing, what did YOU do, Athrun men came and they tried to take us in due to the fact that we knew you well, Athrun they killed NICOL!"
Athrun had no words to say, he had seen how mad his father had gotten, but he did not think that he was this mad.
"What, there is no way that is true Yzak, why would they do that to you!"
Yzak who now had tears running down his face in anger now shouted at Athrun "I do not know, they came they tried to take in Nicol, one of them shot Nicol in the back Athrun, in the back!"
Athrun now closed his eyes and his face contorted with pain "Father, what is it, what the hell has gotten into you, you what the hell has gotten into you!"
Yzak now said "Athrun I don't know what you did, but I now can see what this war is degrading us into, I will not just sit by and let them kill who they want just because a man who is no longer on the field of battle says so, I won't let them just kill us!"
Athrun now asked "Nicol, where is he, is he still in the PLANTS?"
But at this point a man said "Sir we have enemy MS, up to 50 contacts."
It was at this point that Andrew said "Well I can't say I am surprised, they would not just let us go with this ship after all."
Andrew now said "Prepare Main Cannon, activate CIWS." Athrun at this point said "Do you have any MS on this ship?"
Aisha gave him a smile and said "Oh so sorry, we are fresh out of those, you see this ship was only built to house the Freedom and the Justice."
Lacus now said "Please open all channels for a-!"
She was cut off by Yzak who said "Time for me to leave, Athrun it was Nicol's dying wish for you and Miss Clyne to leave this place alive, those men will not change for a speech just now."
Lacus now said "But what do you intend to do Mr Joule?"
"Get your asses out of here, I have got your back."
Yzak made a move that allowed Athrun to see that he had Nicol's body with him, this made Athrun gasp, for he could see the smile that was still on Nicol's face.
"Athrun leave this place, I will do what I can to draw their fire, I'll see you in hell Athrun!"
It was with that the MS Duel now move forward to face the incoming GINNs.
Athrun could see that Yzak was in the better suit and he was the better pilot, but he would run out of power soon enough.
"Tell me we can at least try to help him?"
Lacus gave a nod and said "Commander Waltfelt, we must do what we can to assist the Yzak in the Duel, we may not be able to do too much, but we can still help him out all the same."
Waltfeld now said "Fire missiles, to intercept the ones coming at us, avoid the Duel and cover his back as we got past, you all got that?"
Athrun felt a little sick he was going to lose two of his comrade in one day, he could only watch.
Yzak's POV
I knew all of this was stupid, but I am not one to just let a friend of my die in my arms and not do what he just begged of me.
I know that I will not be able to stop them all, but I do know that I can stop those that may just hit and kill them.
I can feel the cold body of Nicol beside me, I do not know why, but his face still has his smile on it.
I earned my red jacket, it is time to show them that I may not have been able to beat the Strike, but I am sure that I will be able to take down many of them!
I make the Duel fire the High energy Beam rifle at a group of units that sought to pass by me.
I know that I have to kill them, for they will sure as well kill me, they do not care for who I am, but in turn I do not care for who they are.
I know I do not have too much time, it is the blasted energy time limit that I have.
I now simply make the duel avoid a barrage of fire from the GINNs, as if I am going to lose to them so easily.
I now avoid a collision with a GINN who sought to rush me, in that same time I fire the HEBR at him and kill him.
They said 50 contacts, so right now I only have 48 left to go, it is not going to be easy, but I will make their life all the more harder and if I can I will make sure I take it away!
I move the Duel back and shoot down a GINN who was carrying missiles to attack the Eternal.
The bastards, they must think that I am some run of the mill pilot, but no doubt they can see that I am better than them.
If they think it is just the Duel, I'll show them that I am a good pilot in a good suit and I can beat them, all 50 of them!
I now turn the duel and launch me Missile pod at a group of them who sought to flank me, I am able to see that I had just killed 4 of them.
That means there is only 44 left to go, this does not feel as good as it did back when I was first in a MS, it feels sick, but I will not let that stop me.
I can see Nicol beside me, it is a reminder to me of what home did to him, what it could have done to me
If all of these pilots are alright with that, then all of them must be taken down, in memory of Nicol and all that he stood for!
I see a group of GINNs have now fired their missiles at the Eternal, I was about to fire and try to shoot them down, but the ship has a defence of its own.
I know with my spare hand draw my suits beam sabre again and cut down one more of the GINNs.
That is 7 down now and 42 left to go, I need to draw them away from the ship now, I can feel it in my get, I know what will get their attention so I tell them my name.
"I am Yzak Joule, you bastards!"
With Agito Zero and the Freedom
As Anthony came to the area he heard a voice yelling out on an open channel "It was Nicol's dying wish that this ship leave here, I will absolutely protect it in his place, for if I do not, it will be my biggest shame!"
As if to respond to that Anthony gave a blink and said "Nicol's dying wish Nicol is dead, no, no, no, he did not die at that place after ORB, I am sure of it?"
The voice of the pilot had to be Yzak, but why the hell was he the one to defend the Eternal, this was a tad if not very out of place.
Anthony now said to his suit "Agito Zero, get me the amount of time that suit has till it powers down?"
The time now came up on the screen in front of him "I guess it does have time, Agito Zero, plot me a course to aid the Duel, I have a few things to ask the pilot."
It was not that he really need the suit to do this, but he had to make sure, he did not attack the Duel, just on reflex.
Kira now came up on a screen and said "Anthony what is going on, is that the Duel is it helping out the pink ship?"
Anthony gave him a nod "Kira you go and take down any MS or missiles that try to fire on the pink ship, I will help out the Duel."
Kira gave a nod and said "For a second I though you were going to leave."
In rely to this Anthony said "I may not see eye to eye with a lot of people, doesn't mean I want them to die."
Kira gave a nod and said "Well put, I'll protect that ship, you go and protect the Duel."
The 2 MS now began to move out and get to the area's where they could do what they needed to do.
Kira now pulled up his suits targeting system and got the best shots that he could get to take down the enemy missiles and disable the MS that carried them.
Anthony on the other hand said "Trans-Am!"
His suit the Agito Zero now began to not only glow but shine with radiant Vermilion light.
As the MS Freedom fired it's five guns at a speed that was in may ways beyond what most humans could do, the Agito Zero dashed across cutting off the arms as well as the heads of the GINNs.
Many of the ZAFT pilots screamed in terror as they thought they were going to die.
But to shock all of them, most of them if not all who had just got hit were not dead, it was as if those who had attacked had chosen not to aim for the cockpits.
It was at this point that Anthony chose to contact Yzak "So you really are Yzak Joule, do you need a hand or should I leave you here in space."
In reply Yzak said "I see you, so you are the pilot of that suit, no I do not need your help at all, stay the hell away from me bastard!"
As Anthony now as able to disable a few more of them, he saw that Kira had done his part as well.
"If I had to say the two of us taking on mook foes is a bit of overkill, but then again it is important that we be here, I have no doubt, that Kira is just finding out that Lacus aswel Andrew is on board now."
It now hit him "Is it, is it, is it possible that Delilah is on as well as Aisha, Aisha I guess is a given, but Delilah, who knows."
Anthony now got the MS Agito Zero to grab the MS Duel.
Yzak now yelled "Hey I said I did not need your help!"
In reply to him Anthony said "Kid shut the fuck up and chill out, you can rage all you want, when you are not about to run out of power in the middle of space and be a sitting duck."
Yzak now said "Shut up, shut up, shut up, I do not care what you think I am!"
In reply to he got "That is all fine, I do not care for what you think, but do tell, why a man like you is with the Clyne Faction?"
Yzak now said "I am with no such thing, I am just doing what I was asked to do?"
Anthony was able to pick up on the fact that he was angry, very angry, so he shut up for now, it was the least he could do.
Fact was so far if Nicol had died, he needed to know when and how as well as why.
Anthony now turned off all channels and said to his suit "Agito Zero, get all data we can from the PLANTS, I have to know what the hell went down there and why."
His suit now began to feed him some data that he had, it was by no means the best, but so far away from the place, it was a good quality.
"Just what in all of the worlds made Yzak come and side with us, he is a bit of Tsun, since he does not admit it, but I am sure he is fully aware that he can't go back to ZAFT."
It was at this point that he got a hail from the Eternal, which he did respond to.
As he got the line through he said "So what can I do for you?"
In reply he saw the face of the Desert Tiger, who had his mouth wide open in shock.
"Thanks for helping us out, I heard it from Kira, it was you who said you were the one who said that the two of you should rock up here."
In reply to that Anthony said "It's going to be just like your wedding, you forget that I exist, I gate crash the party, take down the main band as if it was nothing, then just chill till you come over and talk to me."
Andrew in reply said "I have to ask that you refrain from doing that at my wedding, I think you are scary as hell to come out of the blue like that and save us already."
In reply to that Anthony said "I won't tell you that I won't do that at your wedding."
It was now that her head the voice of Lacus Clyne say "Anthony you came to our aid, thank you."
All he said in reply to her was "You should thank Yzak not me, I knew what was going to happen as soon as I got here, it is a real hero who act and is ready to fight even if he does not know the outcome of the battle."
Lacus now with a smile said "Yes I can see that."
Anthony did not return her smile at all and said "Do you wish to speak to me of things or is this over?"
Lacus shook her head "No I just wanted to say thanks for coming in when you did, if you had not, I am not sure that our friend Mr Joule would have been able to make it out of this alive."
At this point Yzak said "You're not my friends!"
Anthony gave a shrug and said "I did as I saw fit, I saw there was an anomaly in the data flow, so I came to see it, but I was still too late."
Lacus now asked him "Wait what do you mean by that?"
In reply to that he said "I mean what I mean, figure it out, if you do wish to you will get it."
After that he cut the link and "I think I may be just a bit harsh, but it was as she reality is that, it was she not I that chose not to trust me, I do not blame her for that, but after all that I did, yeah it was a slap in the face."
Yzak now said to Anthoy "I take it that you do not get along well with Miss Clyne?" He got "It is part of who I am, if I am hurt by a one who was in my mind a friend, I do not open up to them easily or at all." It was a very harsh thing to say, but it was part of who he was, he was not going to just get rid of it for a TV show.
It was at this point Yzak said "I am not sure that is a good thing to do." In reply to that Anthony said "It may not be, but it is part of who I am, like the quirks that make you who you are."
Yzak then said "Does it have to do with the fact that you woke up to find your class dead?"
In reply to that Anthony said "No, that is part of it, to wake up and be holding the hand of the one who you cherish the most, to feel that it is still warm, but life is no longer in them, to feel that you were able to do more but you did not, that it you were with them, yet you were not with them, that is the torment I feel, I may be able to keep it down, but 8 long years have passed and yet I am still bound by the chains of regret, they are still upon me, I can move like I did before, but I can still feel it."
In a way, this flew right over Yzak's head, in a way he knew what it meant, not all of it, but some of it.
"I know, I know what you mean, to think if I had done more or if I had not done so much, I can still hear his words in my head, will they ever go away?"
In reply he was asked "Do you wish them to go away, if it is so, then you can, it is only a matter of how long will it take."
Yzak now asked in kind "How long will that take, is it the same for all of us or not?"
Anthony now said "It all depends on how close you were to said person and how big the stain they left upon our soul is."
Okay when Anthony picked up the anomaly, he was able to see that the Eternal would be having some trouble. He was also able to see that Kira was still on the ship, he went out so Kira would also go. I had Patrick get a little paranoid and made aware that some ZAFT Soldiers helped his son escape. So it is only natural that he would try to make sure the Zala team was taken in. Yeah I am sorry, but Nicol had to die Yzak needed to see just how mad Chairman Zala was and how screwed up those who were now following him were. If you read in some of the materials, Lacus knew Nicol so I can presume that the two of them must have been friends due to their personalities. Also playing on the fact that Yzak did care about his team mates even though he was an arrogant prick. Think about it, Yzak is all about how Naturals are the enemy, but to him for no real reason Nicol is killed by he fellow Co-ordinators, that is sure to send him over the edge. Yeah Anthony hold what Lacus did earlier to him against him, even though she is doing her best to try and make amends. When it is personal, he is not so forgiving as most people would be.(He knows Lacus is a good person, but he does not really care for he now.)
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