YO hello all, this is going to be my last regular post before I get settled into my new job (settle time is 2 weeks pray that all goes well.)
I chose to do all that I could to get this chapter out here and now on the last day before I had to go and get into the new job. (it is the 26th for me) It took a lot out of me to write this chapter so I know that is going to be no where near up to standard with all the others ones, but I do hope that all of you can enjoy it. I quite enjoyed writing this as it will be my last update for a while, sorry all. There are going to be a few things in the chapter so if you have a question leave it in a review or if you don't want to PM me.
PLEASE REVIEW this story, it is my last update for a while as I said so please all of you who read it tell review and tell me what you liked and what you did not like about the story Anthony and the characters so far.
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 Thirty One
"Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect, but it's there for us, trying the best it can. That's what makes it so damn beautiful." Roy Mustang (Full Metal Alchemist)
Mu La Flaga now moved back into Mendel with Kira right behind him.
The Eternal that was still in the ship yards tried to contact him, but he did not pick up, Kira on the other hand did.
"This is Andrew Waltfeld what is going on, I thought that the battle was out there?"
In reply to that Kira said "A ZAFT team of MS are meant to be coming in from here, Anthony said that the leader was Rau Le Creuset, we are going to head them off."
In response to that Waltfeld gave a nod and said "See that you do, we do not wish to have to fight a battle on 2 fronts."
It was right after both Mu and Kira had gone that Anthony came to the ship and stopped right in front of the ship.
Andrew now gave a sigh as he had to contact Anthony as well, praise the lord that he only had to try to get him on the link once.
"Are you here to head of the ZAFT forces as well, the kid and La Flaga should be enough for that."
In reply to that Anthony said to him "I am just here to discourage the curious, so you lot are not all on your lonesome back here."
He then added "The Earth Alliance ship is pulling back at this point, I did a number on her guns and made them use up most of their fire power on me, so the only real weapon they have at this point is bad language."
Andrew in reply said "Damn, I am glad you're on our side."
Anthony at this point said "We need to get our hands on a few more MS, I am sure that we do have a few on board the Eternal who are itching for some action."
Aisha in reply said "Well that is not the only itch that I am unable to scratch right now, I am sure that Andy here also feels it."
The reply she got was one that she knew had to be coming.
"Negative, Andrew Waltfeld is to stay on that ship at all times, if he is not, who is going to Captain it, Delilah?"
Lacus in reply said "I think that Delilah would rather be in a MS than in on this bridge."
As if to answer their prayers by some means a new ZAFT suit came out of no where and said "It is you, Red Demon!"
All on the bridge could see that Anthony was taken aback by this title as he said "I never thought I'd be called that again.
To all on board the Eternal the battle was short, yet it did not end in bloodshed.
The MS of ZAFT the new MS GuAIZ had 2 beam claws come out of it's shield as it tried to attack the MS Agito Zero.
If it was to mock him or legitimate Anthony made the MS Agito Zero just move and catch the arm of the MS GuAIZ and said "I accept your surrender."
The pilot of the MS GuAIZ in reply said "No way, now you die Red Demon!"
He fired his suits equivalent of a head vulcan, it served to do as much damage as a marine did if he punched a tank, in short, it did jack shit."
Anthony now said "I'm sorry how was I going to die from that?"
"I might add if you try to destroy your suit, the only thing it is going to do, is kill you, is that what you want to do?"
It was at this point that Lacus Clyne chose to speak out to the pilot on a speaker to try to convince him not to kill himself.
"Please, there is no need for this to end in bloodshed, surrender and I will see to it that you are not harmed and treated fairly."
It was a good thing that she had been able to pick up on the fact that the only reason Anthony had not disabled the MS was due to the fact that he wanted to add it to their own MS team.
The Soldier was not buying it one bit and said "No, I will kill you even if it cost me my li-!"
It was at this point that his suit got punched square in the chest by the MS Agito Zero.
Anthony had no time for this bull shit.
"Listen you can either get out of that suit and run, get out of that suit and stay here, stay in the suit and kill yourself, stay in the suit and get shot down or join us, don't piss I am in a very very bad mood kid!"
If it was the tone in his voice or perhaps an element in what he said that all at this point were unaware of, the pilot now said "I surrender, I surrender, just, just make that pressure, make it stop!"
The pilot got out of his suit and landed on the ground with his hands on his head "Make it stop, please I beg of you, make it stop!"
It was one thing for the ZAFT pilot to get out and surrender to them, it was another to see him beg for mercy, it was not a good sight and Lacus now had to ask Anthony over a line "Anthony, what did you, what did you do to him?"
Anthony in reply gave a blink and asked "What did I do, I just spoke to him, I have no idea what the hell he is going on about, but it looks as if he has calmed down now.
Lacus gave a nod and said "We'll send a team to retrieve him as soon as it is safe to."
Over the video link she saw Anthony glance to one of the other screens in his MS.
He now gave a sigh and said "I have to go, you should be safe for now, get Delilah into that suit if you wish to Mu and Kira are going to need my help."
Lacus gave a sigh in her head, and then said "Try not to aim for the cockpits okay?"
Anthony rolled his eyes at her and said "I'll try my best to do just that, if I may say so, you should put that man in the brig you have, he may have surrendered but he is an enemy."
With Mu
Mu La Flaga had taken down two out of the 3 enemy MS, he was in the MS Strike and even though it was at this point was an out of date MS, it was still a whole lot better than any MP MS.
Yeah, Mu was by no means a great pilot, but Kira was and at this point Kira was doing a great job of ripping that white ZAFT MS a new one.
Fact was that the pilot of that suit was none other than Rau Le Creuset, who had been talking about the usual destiny crap.
But as it was now, his head was about to be removed from his ass for good as his suit was taken down by the MS Freedom.
It had been a good thing that both Mu and Kira had come here as a team. It was clear to Mu if he did not have Kira with him, he would be dead.
As he now saw the MS CGUE or at least what was left of it hit the ground.
In an instant Rau was out of it and began to make a break for the inner part of the Mendel Colony.
Due to the fact that the man was not in a space suit of any kind, it was safe to say one was able to breath down there.
Mu now brought Kira up on a link and said "Kira, I'm going to follow him in there, we can't let him get away!"
In reply to that Kira said "You're no match for him alone, I'll come with you to make sure we both get out of this alive."
Mu then said "But who will look after the MS then?"
In reply to him Kira said "I don't think there are any more ZAFT suits out here in any case you can't take him alone."
Mu may not have liked to admit it, but Kira was right, he did not stand a chance against a man like Rau was a Co-ordinator and was capable of taking down most Natural soldiers.
Mu felt he had to have done so if he had got so far into JOSH-A.
Sure the place was empty, but there had to have been a few men had got to the base as they pulled back to it.
It was sad, but he had to admit the fact that Rau was a better soldier or rather a better killer than him.
"Damn kid you have a point, but if the our MS do fall into the hands of ZAFT, the way I see it, us chasing down Rau Le Creuset like this will have no point."
It was at this point Rau shouted out "Oh come now, this is the fitting ground, it is fitting for this is where it all began, I will deliver your requiem to you both!"
Mu then said to Kira "Let's both go down, if you are sure that there are no more ZAFT forces around I will take your word for it."
Kira gave him a nod "Then let's get to it he has enough of a head start on us."
This was true, Rau did have a head start on them so they had to be careful, he also had a gun so if they were not careful both of them could die here and now.
Now that the two of them got out of their suits Mu has to ask as they ran into the building "Just what the hell is this place, what the hell went on in this building here?"
As they now got into the building they came to a hall way that lead to what was a giant cylinder that from the looks of it was the centre of this building.
As they kept to the walls the heard a gun shot go, yet it was not aimed at them, then came the sound of footsteps.
Kira and Mu both gave a nod and began to follow in the direction the heard the footsteps from.
As they ran up a set of stairs and into yet another corridor the voice of Rau Le Creuset called out "Do you have any idea what this place is Mu!"
Mu was able to judge the area that voice came from and said "Why would I psycho!"
He now turned out of cover and fired at where he felt Rau was.
He did not hit him and Mu was able to turn into cover just in time to get out of the way of 2 shots that were fired at him.
Praise the lord he had Kira with him and that he was not injured for if he had been he would be a lot slower than he was now.
Mu raised his hand and signalled for Kira to stay put as he now ran out to the next bit of cover.
He could hear that Rau was doing the exact same thing at this point as well.
As he did this Rau called out to him telling him "It is such a crime for you not to know."
As Rau said this he fired a shot that almost hit Mu as Mu moved into cover causing Kira to call out "Hey Mu are you alright there!"
In reply Mu said "I'm fine Kira!"
He had said one word to much, sure he was not hurt, but now Rau knew who it was who was in the MS Strike and who was with Mu at this point in time.
Rau now called out "Kira as in Kira Yamato, he is alive, how delightful it is that you could join us Kira Yamato!"
Kira now ran over to where Mu was in front of some sort of spiral thing and joined him in the cover behind it.
Rau now called out "Now I see, you're the Freedom's pilot!"
Mu at this point said "Damn, now he knows where we both are, if he wants to he can just wait for us to come out and shoot us, worse yet, we have no idea where he is."
Kira in reply said "Well yeah sorry, I just wanted to help out, if I you did not come back from here, what would I say to Murrue?"
In reply to that Mu gave a smile and said "Pesky kid, I will let you know if you want to be of any help, it may help if you turn the safety off first."
Kira felt like such a ditz as he now turned the safety off and got ready.
Rau now called out to them "Don't be shy, come with me back to the place where it all began!"
He now used a mocking tone and said "Kira oh Kira this was where you were born too now wasn't it!"
Kira was in shock and Mu could see that so to snap Kira back to his sense he said to him "Don't fall for his tricks, no matter what he says don't believe a word of it!"
Mu now went on ahead and Kira soon followed the two of them soon came to a door.
Kira was with his back to the wall on one side of it while Mu did the same on the other side.
The door opened and as the two of them looked into the darkness they pulled their heads back just in time as bullets were fired at them.
The now ran into a room that was above an area where pods were, the pods were half in a blue glowing liquid. Mu just had to ask as the two of them crouched down "Just what is this place?"
There were screens that were attached to the pods that showed some sort of thing or sign.
It was all still working even though those who set it up had left a long time ago, the two of them had to wonder if Rau had done this, had he turned all of this on as some type of physiological attack.
Or was all of this how it had been left for all these years, it was sick to think about it.
The two of them now began to make their way through the room and ask Kira took a glance around he saw what could only be human embryos, it caused him to pause in both shock and horror.
But this was no place to do either of those 2 things and due to Mu pushing him to the ground the two were able to avoid more gun fire at them.
Mu returned fire but he was sure he did not hit a thing, he only fired 2 shots he did not wish to waste too much ammo on a target he could not see.
Rau now asked "Does it bring back memories Kira, you should know this place!"
Kira was not sure what was what at this point, Mu on the other hand got up and fired at the partly open door in front of him.
He fired 2 shots once more as he now got into cover. Kira at this point asked "Know this place, but how?"
Mu now reloaded his gun as he peered into the next room, damn this was like JOSH-A all over again, Rau was just a step if not more ahead of him.
He was able to see 3 screens that were no longer on in front of him and darkness behind them.
From the in that very same darkness two shots were fired at him.
Mu then returned fire and entered the room and ran for cover.
3 shots were fired at him two almost hit him as he got into cover.
Mu now tried to return fire and got 2 shots in but it became clear when a shot hit him right in his upper right arm that he had not his shit all this time.
Kira now said "Mu no!"
He now ran to where Mu was and shots were fired at him or rather near him as if to hurry him to a location.
He took cover behind some form of couch, as he did this he saw that Mu no longer had his gun for he had dropped it when he had been shot and it was on the other side of the couch.
Mu now held his arm in pain and closed his eyes as he grimaced, Kira asked him "Are you okay."
Rau at this point took a few steps out of the shadows as he said "I'm not going to kill you, after all I made you go through all the trouble to come all this way.
Kira now got out of cover and trained his gun on Rau, Rau in turn held an item in his hand and threw it to the ground beside Kira as he told him "So I'll let you live long enough to hear the whole story."
Kira now saw that the item had been a picture in a frame, the same one that Cagalli had with her.
"Just how, just how the hell does he have that, how the hell did he get his hands on that exact picture?"
A book was now thrown to them and a picture of a young Mu and his father Al Da Flaga, it shocked Mu enough for him to say "Huh my dad?"
Kira now took his eyes of Rau and turned to look at Mu and said "Wait what?"
Rau still had his own gun trained on Kira, now asked "Aren't you the least bit curious about the ultimate extent of humanity's unending desires, about the fools who pursued their insane dream in the name of progress?
He now took a pause before he now said to them "Because after all Kira, you're a child of this too!"
With Anthony
Anthony had seen that Kira and Mu had taken down Rau and his mooks, but fact was he could see that Rau had done what he had done in SEED and gotten the hell out of his MS and into that building.
He too now got out of his suit but not before he told the MS Agito Zero, what it had to do.
"Agito Zero, fight of any hostiles, do not let them take the Strike or the Freedom, in case that I die, assist Lacus Clyne in all that she asks you, if you survive this war self detonate."
The Agito Zero Zero System gave a flash to tell him that it was aware of all he had said and ready to do as he said to if the time came.
As Anthony had got out of his suit he had said "I think I am mad now, yep I am mad, I have no gun and I am going into a place with Rau the mad mental clone, in fact this was where he was born, I'd have better odds of survival if I was in the remake of Firday the 13th."
It may not all be true but as he now worked his way through the blasted place he had to rely of his memory as well as the data the Agito Zero had where Mu, Kira and Rau were.
Fact was he knew the lay out of this place due to the Agito Zero.
What he did not know was where the fuck Mu, Kira and Rau had gotten to while they were in here.
"I guess I'll have to head on up and pray that I can find the room they were in in the anime."
Anthony was able to make his way up the stairs through the levels of the building to the area where he now heard gun fire.
Anthony was able to see the route in the anime that Mu and Kira had taken, but he also saw a route that they had not.
"If I take this chance, if Rau is where he is in the show, then I will be right behind the mad man."
It was a big risk and he had to rely on the fact that Rau did want them in that room in the same spot as in Gundam SEED.
Anthony praised the lord that he was good at just sneaking around and for the fact that he could blend right in with the background.
If he did not, there was no way in hell he would try this, his plan was insane.
Take on a man who is a lot stronger than him due to genetic coding, that was crazy.
For Mu and Kira it was fortunate that Anthony liked crazy.
As he got close and closer he heard more and more guns go off, it mean he was close, he just had to determine which was Mu and which was Rau.
Kira was not one to use guns, if he did recall the idiot forgot to turn the safety off back in the anime, no doubt he did that here as well.
He now was in front of the room the other door that Kira, Mu and Rau were in.
He just had to wait for Rau to take cover from Mu's fire.
"Such a drag, I came this far so I guess I'll go all the way, hang in there Kira.
With Kira
Kira had his gun as while as his eyes trained and Rau, the mad man was spouting a lot of shit, most of it was very, very disturbing.
It was right now that Rau was said to him "Did you ever suspect that the people you've called mother and father weren't you're real parents?"
His face had a smug smile on it, though most of it was hidden due to his mask and his hair.
Kira gave a gasp at this he had never thought of it once and Rau knew it.
Mu now said "You bastard what are you try-!"
Mu got back in for cover as Rau shot at him, it was clear that he could have killed him if he wanted to but Rau did not want to he obviously wanted to talk shit to them a little more.
Kira who had ducked got up to and with his hands now shaking he took in deep breaths as Rau answered for him "Of course not, if you were aware you wouldn't have turned out the way you did you wouldn't have turned out so normal, free of any sign of a tainted past!"
It sounded as if Rau was both jealous as well as disgusted with that word, the word normal.
Rau now told Kira "You know it never occurred to me, even when Athrun first brought up your name, you might be that child."
The smile on his face was gone while on the other hand Kira was finding hard to look at Rau as well as keep his hands steady in this situation.
Rau now confessed "I always thought the twins had died, especially you."
When he said those last 2 words his voice grew more sinister as well as soft as if he rather ticked off by the fact Kira was alive this whole time and not dead.
Rau now went on to say "After all together with your real father Dr Hibiki, you were highest priority target of Blue Cosmos."
The pictures of Dr Hibiki was among some of those on the ground though Kira knew better than to steal a glance at them.
Kira now asked "What but-?"
Rau did not let him ask his question as he now said "But you survived, grew and threw yourself into the war and you survived that as well, why do you think that is?"
It was as if Rau was stating off facts or a check list as he said this not telling Kira of his life as well as posing to him a question that only Rau at this point was able to answer.
Rau now said "Your story is so unlikely that even I'm starting to become convinced that they were on to something, it may just be that their crazy dream had some validity!"
Kira at this point holster the gun and now held it in one hand as he asked "Of what, what are you trying to say about me, what are you trying to tell me!"
It was in a very hostile tone Kira's voice took when he said this.
In reply Rau said "You are the dream of humanity the ultimate Coordinator!"
Rau now went on to say "It was in pursuit of that dream that Dr Hibiki created the artificial womb and you were the only viable child it ever produced."
All of those things back their, they were test subjects they had been the failures.
It was clear that it was from their data that Kira had been born and Rau let him know this.
"For that result a very large number of your siblings were sacrificed."
It was both what Rau had just said and the fact the ease as well as the blank face that he had said it, that stunned Kira to the spot he was in.
That was not a good thing and if it had not been for Mu now yelling "Kira!"
As he grabbed the young man and put him behind cover, then the bullet that left the gun of Rau Le Creuset would have hit Kira dead centre in the head.
Mu now got up and returned fire at Rau even with his hurt arm, sure he had no chance, no chance at all to hit a him, but he still made Rau now get back behind a door.
He felt pain run through his shoulder as he and Kira went down some stairs.
"Get a grip you fool, your not taking his nonsense seriously are you?"
It was at this point both of them heard gun fire as they got into cover, but they did not see the light of the bullet as it hit the wall and Kira said "Hey Mu, did you hear that?"
Mu in reply said "He is up there, I can just feel it!"
Anthony's POV
The book in my right hand had connected with the face of Rau Le Creuset, yet the gun in his right hand, did fire and hit me.
Praise, God, the Crystal, Arcues, The sage of Six paths, Kami, Omnimon, Shana and all the other worldly things I can think of and praise Sephiroth, all hail Sephiroth huh, that I was still on my feet!
I can tell that I was not in the best mindset.
In fact I could smell blood my blood and I could feel pain, the bullet went right past or through my kidneys.
I felt the pain hit me first, but I felt the anger as well, also I was a bit high of the scent of my blood.
It was safe to say that I was very very mad, so mad, I want to make him bleed I want him to cry out in pain and in horror, I want to feel the copper like taste of his blood in my mouth.
Rau at this point looked shocked as I saw the lower part of his face or rather his mouth open.
I give him a grin in a way, I think that did not help my cause or rather it did.
For as he was stuck still in shock, I now tackled him to the ground.
As I did this I made sure to get my shoulder right into the bastards ribs or rather under them as I did when I played rugby, it was good to have played sport like that in my life, it was real handy now.
Like all he went down due to this and as I was on top of him I got out my book and made sure to back hand him face with my right arm as I then tossed said book to my left hand.
Now I brought it down with my albeit weaker arm down on the join of his arm.
I did not care what the hell I was doing, I just needed to get that gun out of his hand so I could do the rest of what I wanted to do.
I think I got him a good 4 times before he got the gun.
He by then managed to launch his own counter attack as he hit my square in the side of my head.
It hurt, it hurt a lot, but fuck it, my side hurt more and I wanted him to feel pain!
He did get me off him with that single blow but not for long.
I made sure that I sprang back into action and I made sure to use the joint of his arm to do so.
I now brought my book down square on his face with both my hands this clearly dazed him a little.
It was at this point that I saw that his neck did not have a mast that could dampen a blow.
It also at this point looked rather inviting so I decided to slam my book down on his face with my left as I bit into his neck.
It was not one of those crappy vampire things no, I was on the side, the way Tigers and Lions kill prey!
I hammer my fist down onto my book as he tries to push himself up as I sink my teeth into is neck. I can feel it as well as taste his blood.
But I think I lost myself in the fact that I had ripped his skin as I know tear back in pain as I feel him jab the bullet wound he gave me.
But as I did this I had clenched my teeth and ripped part of his skin if not a bit more.
Serves the defective clone right, bastard shot me, I hope I got his artery, I just want to kill him!
I can feel the my own blood trickle down the side of my head as I leap back, in the direction of his gun.
He must have drawn blood on me with his fist, I do not care I want to make him pay, he did to me!
He now tries to get past me to get to his gun, he must want to go for my injury, but no I won't let him.
I swing my book, it flies open and clocks the bastard right on the side of his head, I drew blood I can see it even in the dark, I can also smell it.
But this is not the only thing that it does, in fact I felt him cry out in pain as I did this to him and I see that I broke part of what held his mask to his face.
I can see that he is angry, I can see that he is ever so angry as well as.
He looks me square in the eyes as I do to him, I do not care for what I see, all I care for is that he is still breathing and is a threat to me.
But it is at this point that he runs like a bitch off while he clutches his neck, he is bleeding from it, but not enough to kill him, damn I though I did it for sure!
With Mu
Mu and Kira were sure that they had heard a some sort of fight as well as hear deep breaths and the noise a person running off.
Kira now said "I'm going to check this out Mu!"
He now got up and ran over to where Rau had done for cover. Mu on the other hand said "Crazy fool, kid, wait up."
Mu now got up and ran over to the door Rau had ducked behind but as he did, he felt a feral almost beast like thing that was on the other side. He saw that Kira had felt it too.
Kira looked as if he was trembling, Mu took this chance to say "Get on with it Kira, you need to pull it all together now!"
Kira gave him a nod and the two of them now moved as one, Mu pointed his gun at the figure that felt almost like a monster.
But as the figure now gazed at them, the feral if almost demonic presence they felt faded and it spoke to them.
"You two, he is getting away!"
Mu gave a blink in response to that, he was not sure how, but the voice was like a growl, yet it did sound like a man he knew.
It was Kira who said "Holy shit, Mu it is Anthony he is hurt!"
Kira now got down and helped Anthony stand up on his feet, it was clear to Mu that Anthony had been shot, there was a lot of blood on his face and his body.
Mu now said "Kira he's been shot, here let me help."
Mu knew he had taken a shot in the arm, but the blood no longer flowed from it, on the other hand, Anthony had blood slowly seeping from his own wound he had in his side.
"Well shit, I just hope that did not take out on of your kidneys."
Mu and Kira now got Anthony to move with them as they had his arms over their shoulders.
Mu now said "It doesn't add up, why is there so much blood on your face, I can see that your are bleeding from some of it, but why is your mouth covered in blood?"
Anthony in reply said "He shot me, I got rid of his gun and bit his neck."
Kira almost came to a stop as he said "Wait what the hell?"
In reply to that Anthony said "I think I mentioned it back when we first met or at least as a joke that I should not taste nor smell my own blood, it makes me high, the pain does as well."
Mu now asked as they walked "Wait how are you able to hold it together, fight Rau Le Creuset and talk with us?"
In reply to that Anthony just said "It is because I want to, do not think little of the human Spirit Mu la Flaga."
Kira now said "Lets just get him back to his suit and us to our own and get back to the ships, alright Mu?"
Mu gave a sigh and then said "Yeah I'm alright with that, but how the hell did you get here is the real question."
It took a while for them to get out of the building but when they did, they found that the MS CGUE was gone but there were a few more MS GuAIZ bodies lying around.
Mu now said "Well it is good luck that they did not hit us while we were in their as well as not take our suits."
In reply to that Anthony said "It is not luck you have to thank for that."
Mu gave a blink as he now saw the MS Agito Zero flash its eyes at him and he did recall that in the desert when they met the Desert Dawn that the MS had moved on its own, so it might have just done the same here.
Anthony now said "Get to your MS, I'll get to mine fine, I'll be fine."
Kira was able to see that Anthony clearly had a plan on how he'd get into his suit.
Kira then said to Mu "I think he is right, we do need to get to our MS, Anthony will you be alright."
In reply to this he got "Yes, I will be fine, for now, but I am sure that I will require some medical attention later on."
There was no doubt about that, Mu did want to ask Anthony about the hungry if ever so feral feeling they had got from him, but that had to wait.
Right now the 3 of them had to get back to the ships and make sure they could help out in case of an enemy attack.
Eternal
One of the crew on board the Eternal now said "We have three MS incoming, it is the Freedom the Strike as well as the Omega, I mean Agito Zero."
Lacus gave a smile at this, it must be hard for the crew to adapt to the name of the MS.
Kira now came on the line and said "Lacus, we have got a situation, Mu and I were lured by Rau Le Creuset into a building, I don't know how he knew but Anthony came in later, he has been shot, so far he is fine, but I don't know how much longer he can hold out with out Medical attention."
Lacus gave him a nod and said "Get him on board, we can treat him here."
Andrew now asked "He just got shot right, I did not take Rau Le Creuset to just leave him be?"
Mu now said "He got into a fist fight with the man and managed to chase him off."
Aisha now said "Well that sounds like him to take on a Coordinator in hand to hand combat, I have to say did he get shot before or after they started?"
It was Anthony who came up on a screen in reply to this "I got it right at the start, when I hit him across the face, I just need it to be stitched up, I'll be fine."
It was at this point all of them saw him close one of his eyes in pain. "Damn, it's starting to go numb right now."
It was after he said this that all who could see him on their screens saw his eyes roll into the back of his head as he passed out.
Kira was the first to call out "Anthony!"
Lacus did not call out his name but said "I want to get him on this ship as soon as possible, prepare to receive him."
As if to let the crew know Waltfeld now said "All crew prepare to receive and emergency landing, the Agito Zero is going to dock with us, as soon as it able to, I need a medical team in the docking bay and I want it there yesterday!"
Kira was about to move to get the MS Agito Zero to the Eternal, but he found that the suit was able to move on its own.
Mu not told him "If you do recall back in the desert with the Desert Dawn he said that his suit was able to move when he was not in it, that is clearly was is moving now, we need to get to the others and make sure we are ready if the enemy comes back.
On board the Eternal Lacus went herself to the docking area, it was not meant for any MS other than the Freedom or the Justice, but for some reason or by some miracle the docking went fine.
The Medical team got to the suit with a stretcher and the cockpit opened.
Lacus took in a deep breath and said quietly to herself "Please, please be alright, I know you have survived worse, but please don't let this take you from us, do not leave this world with a bad impression of all of us."
A calm feminine voice now softly said in her ear "He will be fine Lacus, rest easy for he is not going to die this day, he asleep that is all, he will get up again, you just have to have faith in him."
Anthony's Dream
"Just where the hell am I?"
He now looked around, it was a school, to more precise it was the school that he had gone to with Tomoya or rather Tomoya had gone to his school while Anthony got a job at if for a time.
"Is this, is this a dream or am I home?"
He touched the window that was to the side of him, it felt real or at least it felt as if it was real.
He took his hand off it and saw that his finger prints were left on it. "Now that is just a little scary."
He now looked down at his clothes, he was no longer in the Class Zero gear, no he was in his own casual white shirt, his red pants, white shoes.
All of it is what he wore in his day to day life, it was as if all of it had just gone back to normal, his crazy dream was all over.
But then it hit him and he just had to ask "Wait, if it was all just a dream, why the hell am I here, I should at least be with Sei Lori?"
It was at this point that he heard a giggle come from the hall outside the class in which he was in.
With a shrug he said "It may be that I don't need to see who that is, but I might as well all the same."
He now began to walk to the exit of the room, it was as he got his hand to the door to slide it open did he hear a voice say "Is it your wish for all of it to be just a dream?"
Anthony gave a blink he knew that voice and he now threw the door open to see the speaker.
Ayu was there in front of him, a smile on her lips, but it was a pitying smile not her true one, not the one he knew and loved.
She now chose to ask once more "Did you want it all to be just a dream all of it, is that how you view this world?"
It was at this point Anthony chose to avoid her as he said "So this is a dream, it was a little too weird to be the school no kids, silent during the sun is out, it is all a bit like it is out of a dream?"
In reply to him Aye asked "Was I just a dream, one that you thought up, a bit of your life that was not real as all the others?"
Anthony gave a blink as he said "No, no you were real, you were part of who I was, you are part of who I am, I never thought of you as just a dream!"
Ayu now said "That is nice to say to me, but is it alright for you to just think as this as a dream once it is over, you did get shot and you are in pain."
It was as if the word pain could cause pain, that Anthony felt the gun shot in his lower side come back to him.
It was as he began to sink to the ground in pain and gasped for breath that Ayu began to walk to him.
He did not know if she had done this to him or why she was here, was this all just a dream or was she really her inside his mind.
Had he gone mad, was he mad, did he not know what was real and what was not, was this all a very bad joke.
She now walked up to him and placed a hand upon the bullet wound and began to sing to him.
"You will find me at Noonvale, on the side of hill."
Anthony gave a blink she was singing that song, it was sad to think he did not read that book after Ayu's death.
Perhaps it was due to the fact that he was reminded of her if he looked at those books.
She had sung this song to him once before, but at the time he did not know that the two of them were going to be parted.
She had some cloth in her hand that she began to dab his wound with, as she did this she continued to sing to him.
"When the summer is peaceful and high, where streamlets meander, the valley is still."
Anthony winced in pain as she did this, if this was a dream, the pain right now was all too real for him.
Ayu then put her free hand upon his mouth to tell him not to open it and speak to her as she did this.
Anthony knew, if she was singing the only this that one should do is to shut up and listen to her.
"Neath the blue of a calm cloudless sky, look for me at dawn, when the earth is asleep."
She now used both hands to dab his wound as he sat upon the ground, blood was not freely flowing from it and what she was doing he did not know, but it seemed to be easing his pain even if it was ever so slight, it was like her healing touch.
"Till each dew drop is kissed by the day."
It was at this point she looked up into his eyes and smiled at him, it was not the same smile from before, it was her real smile, the one he loved, the one all would feel warm if they saw it.
But it was the worst time for her do that, for Anthony knew the lyrics that were to come next and they hurt him right more than his wound did.
"Neath the rowan and alder, our Vigil I keep, every moment that you are away."
Yep singing that to him while having that loving gentle smile on her face did hurt him, it hurt Anthony a lot more than the gun shot had.
It is true, that emotions can harm a man more than any of the world deadliest weapons.
Ayu now embraced him in a hug as she sung "The Earth gently turns as the seasons change slowly, all the flowers and leaves born to wane, hear my song over the lea like the winds soft and lowly and come back to Noonvale again."
Anthony now gave a blink as she placed a kiss upon his lips and said "You still have much to do Anthony, do not let me hold you back, I love you, I believe in you and I know that you will do the right thing."
This dream was ending, but he found the words that he wished to say to her "Wait for me then, I will keep our vigil, wait for me at our Noonvale, I will come to you as soon as I am ready."
Eternal Medical facilities
Anthony woke up, at first he opened his eyes and had to close them again.
"Shit this is the 2nd time I am in a medical place, damn it!"
He now slowly opened his eyes again an as he did this he saw the faces of about 2 to 5 people looking down at him.
At this point he chose to say "If you all came to collect debts from me, I got no Gil on my at this point, better luck in the next cycle."
A voice that was Kira now said "He is going to be fine or at least I think he is."
Anthony now gave a blink as his vision cleared up and he saw who it was who were now in front of him or rather looking down at him.
"Um, please tell me that I am not naked, if I am I will not be a happy man."
Lacus Clyne now told him "No you are not naked, but you are not in your uniform, you had to be changed to get the surgery down on you."
Anthony gave a blink and said "Wait what, how long was I out for, I need to know?"
Cagalli now said "You were out for 9 hours you idiot, what type of fool goes and gets into a fist fight with a Coordinator?"
In reply to her Anthony said "Aww, I didn't know that you cared, you and good old pretty boy Zala hooked up yet?"
It was unclear if he was teasing her or if he was being serious about this.
Athrun now said "Wait what, why did you ask that?"
In reply to him Dearka said "It is due to the fact, I can see it, Kira can, Lacus can, he can, even Yzak who has not been here all that long can see it."
Athrun gave a blink as he now said "I don't feel that it is right to talk about this at this point in time."
As if to make a joke out of that Anthony said "Sure take things slow, it is alright, it is not like you are going to try and go up against a force that is much bigger than yours."
Anthony now sat up, he did not feel any pain in his body when he did this "You lot do know how to put a guy back together, you have my thanks."
It was at this point that Cagalli saw that he was mostly better and chose to punch him in the face or at least try to.
Her fist hit his palm as he caught her punch "For a guy you sure punch like a girl."
Kira now got between the 2 of them as he said "After we got you back here the ZAFT forces pulled back, it was as if they did not wish to face us, if I may say, you must have done a number of Rau Le Creuset."
In reply Anthony said "I think I went a tad bit nuts after I got shot."
Yzak at this point asked him "You got shot at the start of the fight or at the end of it?"
Anthony in reply said "At the start I got him good on the side of the head, if I did not the bullet would have hit my heart."
it was at this point Anthony said "He gave a pause, I do not know why, but I think he must not have seen that he did not hit my heart, he just froze up after he shot me."
Kira at this point said "Well when Mu and I were going to go check out who had been fighting who, we got the feeling that there was some sort of feral beast or monster that was there."
Anthony gave a blink and said "Me a feral beast that is a bit rude to say the least, I am not an animal."
In reply to that Kira said "You had blood all over your mouth his blood you even told us that you bit him."
In reply to this Anthony gave a blink and then said "I what, no, no I am sure that I only hit him with my book for the most part."
He now gave a pause and said "Wait I do recall, I did bite him, it must be when I was in the height of my anger, such a drag now I have to go and rinse out my mouth."
It was at this point he turned his head to Lacus and said "If it does mean anything to you, I did not go for the cockpit."
Yzak now said "This guy is a total nut job, he bit a guy he was fighting with, he bit a guys neck."
In reply to that he got "In my defence he had a gun and he shot me so if I bit out his neck it was not that I wanted to kill him, it was more like I just wanted to live, since he was trying to kill me he had to be maimed or he just had to die."
Lacus now said "It may be true that Anthony did this, but we must recall that we were not with him, I for one do not know if I can say I would not have done the same, he took a shot to his side and fought with it, if we are to speak to him of it, we must recall that he was not in the right state of mind when he did all of this."
As if to say thanks Anthony closed his eyes and gave her a deep nod.
Yzak now gave a sigh as he said "If it is my life of theirs, I would have done all that I had to in order to stay alive."
All in the room gave a nod now, it was true it was in their nature to do such a thing to try to stay alive.
Anthony now said "That is true but if one of us or all of us found what we truly desire to protect I am sure that our urge to live be damned, we'd do all that was in our power to protect that which we truly desire to.
Kira and Lacus gave an ever so slight glance to one another and Athrun and Cagalli did the same.
Dearka and Yzak looked at the 2 couples and gave a sigh as Dearka now said "Um, Anthony you want to come with us for a bit and leave these guys alone for a while?"
It was clear that the 4 had not heard them even as Anthony said "Sure why not, I guess it is okay for me to walk right now is it?"
Anthony at this point looked at his clothes, he was in basically a gown and he had to say "I will have to get out of this soon, okay come on, you 2 better fill me in on all that went on while I was out."
With Rau
Rau was on his way back to the PLANTS, the mission was a failure, he had wanted to go after them to make that pilot pay.
But he was able to take his pills in time and get his mind calm so he did not act rashly, he did not wish to be near the Mendel Colony any more than he had to and he had pulled all 3 ships back.
He had got his neck as well as the sides of his face partly fixed up.
To get it done for real, he had to go back to the PLANTS.
Thanks to that Agito Cadet his face was a mess, his right arm had been hurt badly right in the joint not to mention his skull had been ever so slightly cracked on his right side where he had got hit a few times.
His nose was broken as well when that man had rammed and hammered the book onto his face while the same man had bitten into his neck.
It was not fatal, if he did not get the Agito Cadet off when he did, it may have been.
He had not been able to get his gun back after he had dropped it, in fact Rau was sure had he not got that shot in, he may not be here right now.
"I guess I had to expect that he'd be a whole lot better than all of the Naturals, but when he did this there was some thought to it, but it was mostly unchecked savagery?"
He now recalled why he had been frozen to the spot after he had shot the Agito Cadet.
After he shot him, it seemed like the young man was no longer human there was a rage around him and he looked like a mad wild beast that wanted his blood.
"Just what the hell did I see, was that what he really is, did I just see that due to the fact that he hit my head hard enough?"
He did need answers for all of this but he also now had to give a few answer to the rest of his crew, but for now to his deputy.
"Sir, I can't help but feel that we gave up on our chance to recover the Justice and the Freedom as well as put down the Clyne Faction."
It was true, but it was also true that if they had tried and failed all of them would be dead.
"A injured wolf backed into a corner will fight the hardest, you saw what the red demon as he is now dubbed did to me, this is after I shot him."
His deputy took a step back "After you shot him sir, but sir, if that is so how could he go on to have hurt you like this?"
In reply to that Rau said "Like I said the injured and cornered wolf fights the hardest, I have no doubt if we had tried to attack them then and there he would have killed all of us while he was in his suit no doubt."
His deputy said "But sir, if you did get a shot into him how could he just shrug it off and fight you as if he was not shot?"
Rau now said "There was at one point when I was fighting him, right after I shot him, he did not look of feel human, he must have had some kind of training to make him go into the berserk rage."
It was at this point that Rau said "No it was not a blind rage, he knew that he had to disarm me, that he did as you can now see that my arm is in a sling and that we are minus 1 gun."
Rau did not even want to go into how his face had been smashed by this man.
"I guess he was a well trained Agito Cadet and had a record of 127 out of 132 success rate in his missions."
His deputy now asked "Wait sir, what do you mean by that?"
It was at this point Rau said "Back when Miss Clyne was returned to us from the Archangel, she had a bit of data on the pilot of the Omega or rather Red Demon."
Rau gave a pause and said "It was a record of service, as well as part of a recording of his final mission."
He now gave a pause as his deputy asked "Why did you not bring this up or show this to Defence Committee?"
In reply to his deputy Rai said "It spoke of things such as magic as well as a few other things, if I had done it ZAFT would have been seen as a laughing stock of all the PLANTS."
It was true and fact was if he had done that Patrick Zala would have lost face as well as not have come to power.
But now Rau said "But now, now I think that it was all true, if that magic is true, then that is what I saw in him when I fought him, it must have been what allowed him to just go on after taking a bullet, you and I both are aware of the fact that no Natural can fight on par with us, yet he has done so, it begs us to ask just what is he under his uniform."
So far Rau had been able to keep it in, the fact that he was only able to partly bring down the world that Kira knew.
"If I had more time, if he had not been there, I may have been able to tell him and the fool Mu, all about the tainted past that they partly share, both with me."
He did recall how he did start the fire that burnt down Al Da Flaga's mansion as well as how he tipped of Blue Cosmos to the location of Dr Hibiki.
All of it had been him and what did he have to show for it, Kira was alive, it just came to show that the Naturals who ran Blue Cosmos were inept as well as a bunch of fools.
It was clear to him that he had to be in the cockpit of the suit that took down the MS Freedom if he was not he was sure that kid would find a way to survive as he had done so up till now.
"I need to find a chink in the armour of that suit of the Agito Cadet, if I can do that, I can bring him down as well as Kira Yamato."
He hated them both right now, one for not turning out like him and the other for the fact that he was not an enhanced human yet he was able to defeat him.
Okay Guys that is all from me for now this is like the last chapter I am posting to you that will be well so regularly. All updates from this point on will be, well I can't promise you when they will be very sorry. To all of you who have read this story, this is not the end, so don't worry I will get to it soon.
Anthony is a newtype and if you watch Gundam ZZ an angry Ashata was able to scare Haman (who by the way was a very strong Newtype) into cowering like a little girl when he got made at her. When Rau shot Anthony he got Anthony very mad, that his way he stopped and did not just continue to fire. In a way it was a very luck break for Anthony. Also I mentioned in the earlier chapters (Anthony said it in a joke in passing) that he should not taste or smell his blood or else he gets a little bit crazy. He got that little crazy here and that is why he resorted to biting Rau in the neck. He was not trying to kill the man he just wanted to cause as much pain as he could to the man in order to hurt Rau. Rau now thinks it has to do with some Agito Cadet training and though he did attack in the Anime, he was only hit once by a bullet and his mask taken off. Here he got it given to him and his mask came off to boot so he did not wish to fight with a mad dog that Anthony was like. Yzak and Dearka will fill Anthony in one what went out while he was out. He is also not pleased that he is not in his cadet uniform as that needs to be fixed up.
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