Hi guys, I did not get the job, well shit, but that means that I can go back to my story and getting this done. Well no need to cry over it (I did not by the way) I am going to get to getting this story finished, this story will be well, it is going to let us get to the point next chapter where the N jammer cancelers are used to make Nukes.
Redrat8 your review has some serious Fate/Stay Night shit in it.
Reishin Amara thanks for the push a few chapters ago.
Please Read and Review and let me know what you think of this chapter no flaming please
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 Two
"When I say it doesn't hurt me, that means I can bear it." Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)
"So then after we beat back the Earth Forces, we found that ZAFT had fled the area which left us all alone."
With a nod Anthony said "My thanks Dearka."
It was in this split second that Dearka saw a slight wince in the man, it was a sign that he really wasn't truly well yet.
"Hey man are you alright, you look as if you are in pain or at least are about to black out on us."
Anthony now touched his lower side as he felt the gun shot, he been in a sense stitched up, but the pain had come back.
He gave a blink and in that blink he saw the face of Rau or at least his mask when the man had shot him.
"I will be fine for now at least, I must be out of shape for single bullet to do this to me."
Yzak and Dearka shared a glance and then both of them asked "Out of shape, you do realise a normal person would still be stuck in that bed after what you did and what was done to you?"
It was a very slow nod that he gave in reply to them as if he did not wish to admit that they were right on this topic.
It was also true that he was a bit out of shape, he did not practice like he did back at his home, but more like he was unable to practice due to the fact that he had not been fully accepted onto the Archangel for months.
Yzak now asked "You do know that Ms Clyne was very worried for your safety, why did you have to go and say that you did not aim for the cockpits?"
In reply to him Anthony gave a shrug "I do not like doom and gloom in a room."
Dearka did his best not to laugh at the rhyme that he had just heard "It is best that you are able to see that all of us to care for you."
He now looked at Yzak who just gave a scowl and said "Though not all of us will admit it to your face."
Anthony now said "That is kind of well, I guess I know why, after all I did mess up a bit of his perfect face."
Yzak at this point said "Hey did you just imply what I think you are?"
As if to just brush his question off, Anthony said "It will do you no good to just guess what is on my mind, I can tell you that it is just a little bit stupid to try and figure out why I do what I do."
Dearka at this point asked "Is that to say that you are not a just a very nice person who is doing this out of the purity in his heart as well as just good will?"
It was a silly thing to ask, as if there was a person like that in this world even Lacus was not entirely like that.
In reply to this Anthony said "I do not see myself as good, it is just that I may be seen as this when you line me up against mad men, when a man is truly in the black of morality, it is easy for any of us to be seen as a hero, truth is the world is not black and white, if it were so simply all of this would be a whole lot easier not to mention simply."
It was true and in fact Yzak had to say it out loud to come to terms with it "It is true, it is, if it were not I would not be here right now."
It was at this point Anthony chose to say "To be strong, it does not mean that a man can't cry, it means a man should cry for those he has lost, he should also be ready to wipe away his tears and move on when he is done."
Dearka gave a nod and said "I can live by that, it is a bit well not to say that it is not manly but it is a bit mushy and all."
Anthony gave a roll of his eyes as he said "Oh is that how it is, it is your life, you must live it the way you want to, to make sure the light that is your life may never fade away."
It was true if they wished to truly live the light that is their life must never just fade away.
Dearka at this point asked "So um, how long did you know about the two couples, I take it that you had it all figured out a while ago?"
Anthony gave a nod and said "Oh that I did, I did have it all down and figured out a, what I did not is why they did not see it or admit it."
Anthony at this point said "Can I ask whose shirt I have on right now?"
Dearka gave a shrug "I have no clue, it was all we had, I take it that we do not need to tell you why your uniform is well, um not with you?"
It was at this point Anthony chose to say "I can tell, it is a bit shit that my uniform is not ready yet."
Yzak now asked "What is it to you, the uniform, the way you speak it is as if it is a part of you."
Anthony gave a shrug "It is not that I mind this attire, but you can say that is all I have left of my home."
It was true, it was all he had left of his home other than the MS Agito Zero, but in a sense that was not the model he had built.
No doubt it was his model and it was the same in every way, well it may have been every way, except for the part where it was not a real life MS to scale.
All of that made it just a little bit, if not very alien to Anthony's past.
He now gave a sigh and said "I wish I could bring back those days, it is as if they will never return, life will never be the way it was back then."
Yzak now asked "Is this before or after the war you were in?"
Anthony now said "I speak of the days, I was able to smile and always mean it, the days I had the days I enjoyed with her, I can recall it, but the flows of time will change and I will not recall any of it, but I know that in the back of my mind I can hear our laugher, that will always be my most precious treasure."
Anthony now gave a wince as he clutched his bullet wound, Dearka was at his side ready to offer a shoulder to him if he needed it.
"Don't push it, it takes time to heal, even for us, I think you are mad just to be on your feet so soon."
In reply Anthony said "I think I am a tad bit mad as well, why do you think I am here, I joke, I am here because I choose to be, if that is the right or sane choice, I leave that up to you."
It was true, but why the hell did he always go on with the this is my choice thing was a topic for a better day.
"I think you need to a girl to be in your life man."
Anthony gave him a smile and said "I think that is a call you can't make Mr Single for life."
As Dearka now helped Anthony get back to the Med bay with Yzak behind them, they found that the 4 they had left in here were no longer here.
"So they have left, oh well that makes this a little less awkward."
As Anthony now got into the bed Dearka asked "So, how many girls have you dated?"
In reply to that, he got "Only 1, but she and I were together for 3 to 4 years, we only parted because she died."
Dearka gave a blink, he felt like such an ass.
Yzak now said "Sorry we did not mean to pry into your personal life as well as we had no idea about this forgive us."
"It doesn't hurt to bring it up once in a while, so long as it stays like that."
Archangel
Tolle who was in a medical bay of his own had just heard from his girlfriend that Anthony was now in a med bay as well.
"What no way Miri, there is no way that is true, if it is true that means they have a suit that can take on the Agito Zero!"
Sai who was present at this point chose to say "I am not sure, but I did hear he was out of his suit as well as the fact that he was in a fist fight of some kind."
Tolle gave a nod and then said "I see, so that is it, but I thought he was like super strong and all, how did he get beat?"
Sai once more said "I do not know that, but I did hear that he had been shot."
Tolle now gave a pause then asked "Is he, is he dead, is that why this is all so well um, not well known yet?"
Mirriallia now said "Well that is due to the fact that no one is truly aware of what the hell went on, Mu so far stated that he got shot by Rau Le Creuset, only to rip out part of the man's throat with his teeth!"
Flay now said "That is rather savage, I am not sure if I can see that in my mind?"
Sai gave a sigh as he said "If all is true, then what Mu told us is that Anthony was shot, yet he was still able to beat up a ZAFT soldier, well, if it all is true, we better all not get on his bad side like ever from now."
Flay then said "I think we all knew that for a while now, but the part about the throat, I am not sure I can see it, if he did do it, I am not sure he was in the right state of mind?"
Tolle's face lost all emotion as he said "I am sure you did recall that he did get shot, if he did not go down in pain, it is due to the fact that he wanted to take his enemy out with him."
Tolle then gave a sigh "I guess it could be worse, if I have to make a point, it is that a few times we spoke about him, it was as if he could appear to us."
Sai gave a nod "I know, I know, it is a little bit odd how he knew though?"
Flay then said "I am not sure about all of you, but I think that we are all just making small talk, Anthony will be fine and we all know it."
Tolle just asked "I guess so, but I have to ask if any of us really knew him at all?"
Sai just said "I am not sure that I can?"
Flay gave a shrug as she said "I can see what you mean by that but why bring it up now?"
Mirriallia of course said "It is best if we try not to go to that topic for now at least."
Tolle gave a nod and with a smile said "Well at least we know he saved me guys."
It was a bright side to this, despite all that had gone on they were all alive, well they hoped Kuzzey was alive.
It was his choice to leave and it had to part at least in his mind, but they did have Tolle and Tolle was alive as well as on the mend.
Sai now said "Hey guys is it just me or did we get stuck in a mess that has just gone from bad to worse?"
Flay gave a nod "I think you are right, well at least about the part where we were all stuck in a mess, but I don't think we are any more."
Mirriallia now said "I don't think that is true, well to a point it is, in a way, but we are still not yet out of the mess, but we have a way out now."
Tolle gave a nod and said "I can agree with that."
Mirriallia feigned to be cross and put her hands on her hips as she said "Well if you do, it is too sad, I won't let you go not this time!"
She had a mad look in her eye, but it was more of a joke than a real yandere thing, or was it?
Flay then said "Well that is a bit nuts, I guess the two of you have got a home run?"
Sai gave a blink, had Flay really asked that, "Wait hold up, you refuse to do so with me, but you think Miri and Tolle have, um Flay, Tolle is still hurt."
Flay then said "If it was me it would not stop me, just think of it, how it would be so romantic for the lover of the meant to be dead pilot to make love to him on their reunion."
It was a very scary thought and Tolle said "Um, guys don't give Miri any ideas, please?"
But now he felt as well as heard her give a purr as she exhaled on his neck.
"Oh and why is that dear, do you not love me for who I am?"
Flay and Sai decided to give these two some room as well as by some time for them, if they could.
Dominion
Natarle gave a sigh it was a close call, far too close, she was sure that if Anthony wished it, all of them would be dead right now.
Almark gave a sigh "To think that we got beat, well at least it was not all in vain, I do not know why, but the ZAFT pod we got our hands on does have some data I do find to be well, of use to say, I do have to as who was the one who sent out that pod, I am not too sure of this data, but it seems to be legit."
At least the man was cautious of all of this.
Natarle did not like it one bit, a ZAFT pod had hailed for help, it had claimed to have a key to the future, but it did not have a soul on board, only a voice over.
"With all the due respect sir, I have to ask why we have that on board this ship, what if it is a bomb that is meant to take out our labs as well as our scientist?"
In a tired voice Almark said to her "With all due respect, it is not for you or I to decide, all I am doing is doing as I am order to, that is what makes a good soldier right?"
It was a rather if not very twisted view, but it was the truth, a grunt has no say in where he will go or when he will go there.
At this point Natarle may be an officer, but she was not on the same level as Almark.
How he got to where he was, no idea at all, just that he was there here and now and she had to listen and take in all that he said.
"If I had to take a guess, he is some form of puppet, for he does seem to have strings being pulled by someone."
"We better get to it then, up we go back to the lunar base, when we get there we can get all things clear or at least get a little more clarity on all of this, I just do hope that the data we got from that pod is true, if it is, I am sure that we will be able to bring this war to a quick close."
Natarle at this point said "Director what is it you mean?"
In reply to her he gave a care free shrug as he said "It means what I said no, it means that we can get rid of our enemy in a quick and efficient way, with the little loss of life on our side."
It was clear as day to her what he was saying now, it had to be nuclear power.
If they did have that, they could in theory nuke all of the PLANTS to hell and then the war would be done.
It was sick and it was true and it was a very sick if not inhumane way to look at this.
But it was the way that Almark did and if he did those who put him in the place of power must think that way as well.
This war was just about to get a whole lot uglier it was true and if this next step in the war did come to pass, all Natarle was sure of that in 50 years time she would not be able to look back at this and say it was the right thing to do.
For all that she was, Natarle was not a murder or one of the mad fools who wanted to kill all in space.
"Damn, why is it that all of this is going to hell, just tell me why all of this is going on, it is all, it is all like Anthony said, insane, could he really see the future what is he?"
With Anthony
He now got up from yet another nap, he did feel a slight pain in his bullet wound, but it was only slight, it was not as if the medical team did a bad job, it was just that he was not use to this type of pain.
In fact that was the first time he had been shot in his life, with a gun.
He now saw the reason why he had got up, it was as if his body had told him that he was not alone.
It was Lacus and Delilah, she was here on the ship, well in a way it was a bit dumb to think that she could still be in the PLANTS, she was the guard of now one of the most wanted of the PLANTS.
"So what do I owe the pleasure of the 2 of you paying me a visit, Kira is not here, if I had to take a guess, then it means that this will have to just stay between the 3 of us."
Lacus gave a nod as she now said "Thank you, what we are about to speak about, it is about, well it can only be for the 3 of us to here, I'm sorry."
Anthony now gave a nod and said "Well what is it, you are going to well speak to me or am I unaware of any mind powers the 2 of you have?"
His comment played it's part and did lighten the mood.
Lacus now gave a glance to Delilah and gave a nod, now in a very grim voice one that did not suit her, she had to force herself to say.
"There is a substance in your body, we do not know what it is, but it is not natural, we are not sure what it is yet, but the only thing it could have come from, is your suit?"
It was at this point that Anthony gave a very long sigh "I see, so it must be the GN-Particles, it has to be the fact that I am in my MS for a tad too long as well as the fact that I took in the air that they were in."
Lacus now said "If the latter is as you just said, Mu and Kira should have had it in their systems as well, but they do not."
"I am so damn happy about the fact that I did not out fit my MS with the Tau Drive, if I did, I may be dead or dying at this point."
It was true and he was sure that he would be dead.
"It is nothing to worry about, you need not try to hide it, it is no big deal."
Lacus at this point said "No big deal, Anthony you have an alien thing in your body, it is a big deal, we can't just let you die, you are our friend!"
In reply Anthony just said "No need to shout Lacus Clyne."
"No need to shout, do you even value your own life any more?"
With a sigh he said "I do, I did not say it to you, but those things will not kill me, I am sure of that, if the were the other kind I would be dead as well as the fact that the wound I got would not really heal, I am fine you two do not need to worry for me."
It was now Delilah who said "Don't look at me, I am just here to say thanks for getting that MS, not I can take part in the battles we go into."
Lacus now looked at her as if to say that was a lie, but she did not say that, instead all Lacus said was "Anthony, do not act so rashly, what do you think we would do if we lost you, if you were to be shot down?"
In reply to that he just said "I am sure all of you would have to go on and live your lives, that is the only thing you can do, how you live or if you wish to die, that is up to you, but I am sure that you can all get by."
It was a rather cruel thing to say to Lacus above all people, but it was true, she knew that she had to just live her life even if all of her friends were to die.
That or she had to kill herself, it was a really sad fate, but if any thing was to change in this world, she had to be alive, Anthony was sure that she knew this all to well.
"There is no doing anything about that, is there Lacus, it is all we can do, if we do not wish to die, but that if it is all the same to you, that door is open for you."
Lacus gave a blink and had to ask "Do you just ask me to get out of this room?"
Anthony now gave a blink and took in a deep breath before he said "Um, no I did not, I did say that if you wished to go kill yourself after all your friends have died, that is your choice to make, well that is what I meant to say at any rate."
He then said softly "But the world would be a lesser place, if you were to part with it."
Lacus did not hear all of it, in fact she did not hear most of it, so she asked "What did you just say to me?"
In reply to her Anthony just gave a smile as he said "It was just a slipped out, it was not, well it was not important."
Lacus gave a sigh, if there was one man she could not read, it was him, in fact he was the only person so far, who she was unable to get a grasp of.
"You know, if I had to say, you hide a lot, in fact, I do dare to say, you die most about who you are."
In reply to her Anthony gave her a smile as he said "We all are with our own dark secrets dear, but it is safe to say mine can and will turn your world on it's head if I wish it."
Anthony now said "The only thing that is certain right now is that this war is going to escalate from here on out, all that is near us we must know, can disappear any day, it is not until they are lost that we come to know just how much we relied on them."
It was not the best thing to say, but right now it was the right thing to say to Lacus and in fact it was the right thing to say to all those on the 3 ships.
But if he did right now, it would in a word, drop the morale of the three ships.
That was not what he wished to do at all "I think the trick to all of this, is to find a way to resolve this conflict, at this point in time, the world and the people who run it are all mad and are set on a path of mutual destruction."
Lacus gave him a nod now and said "Yes I can see that, it is true, ZAFT now see it as there duty to kill every single last Natural and the EA in kind see it as their duty to rid space of every last Coordinator."
Anthony now made a quote why he did it, he was not sure, but if felt like it was the right time to do so, he felt as if his quote would at least convey to Lacus what this war felt like to him.
"Within the whirling wheel, nestled in the infinite spiral, Lie two sacred thrones, in one sits the divine spirit aligned with Lindzei, In the other sits the divine spirit aligned with Pulse".
"One seeks to stain the soil with blood and thrust open the gates to the realm unseen, the other nurtures souls, hoping they will open the gate on the spirit's behalf."
"Bound by their covenant, Despite an infinitesimal probability of success, The two continue to challenge the limits of possibility, over and over, cycle after cycle, until they fade from this world."
After he quoted this Anthony gave a smile and said "I do hope that this does not turn out like that it will be a waste if it did, of human life over and over, the way I see it, the flaw of those in power is that they do not see the other as their equal as a human."
It was true, no one in the PLANTS saw those on Earth as an equal, it is the same for Earth, all of them are so focused on their hate for the other.
"It is due to fools like them that the war is just going to go on and on and on."
What he said was not nice but if it had been nice it would have had to be a lie.
Lacus now asked "So what do you think we have to do in order to stop all of this, is there a way to stop them?"
She got a reply she did not expect "If what I think is true, then we may be a step too late to stop the start of this brutal battle."
Lacus gave a blink and asked "Wait what do you mean by that, it is not like we are not just a few fools with some ideals, we can back up our ideals, what do you mean by a brutal battle?"
Anthony then said "I did not have long to look at it, but I am sure that Rau Le Creuset gave the EA the ability to use their nuclear weapons once more, once they get that out of the way, the outer lines of defence for the ZAFT are going to be dug up and then the PLANTS are next."
Anthony said this while making a motion that was similar to holding a spade and digging a hole or digging out a plant, Lacus was not happy with this.
"In retaliation to that, I am sure good old man Zala will shoot down the Earth in pay back for that and so on, it is kind of, well sad due to the fact that I though Grand Marshal Cid was bad, when you look at this, the man is a saint, I mean like, he has a halo over his head and is the most loved and kind man if you look at Zala and the guys from Blue Cosmos."
Lacus may not know it, but that was due to the fact that Cid was not a real man and was a villain from a game, though at the end it was shown that he was not the real big bad or had any idea who it was.
"I think I got off track for a bit there, well in any case, the fact is that this is going to be so and it is going to go down, so what we have to do is to make sure that both Earth and the PLANTS do not bite the dust during all of this."
Lacus then said "That is going to be hard, but I know we can do it all the same, will you be able to lead us in this."
Anthony gave a blink, but it was Sei who had said those words to him, yet it was not in the same context, he chose to say the exact same words to Lacus as he did to say and prayed that it worked.
"I will not, this is your time, the one who has to take the lead is you, you are the next generation and it is up to you to lead us to the future, I can be your guide and your friend, but I can't do it for you, that is your duty."
Delilah at this point left the room as she knew what was going to go on hear may not be for her ears at all.
"I am not a hero nor am I a person others can look up to, you don't even know my real name Lacus."
She gave a blink in response to that and asked "Wait what, your real name, is not Anthony Hitoro?"
He gave her a nod as he said "What it is not, it was an alias that I had, in truth it was the fact that I liked it a bit more that my real name that I chose to go with it in public, Anthony though is my pet name, that is why I am used to it."
Lacus was in a state of shock all this time, all this time she did not know his name, last time she had tried to prod him for any details, he had a fit.
Lacus then said "Then why, why did you lie to all of us, this whole time, why did you lie to me?"
Anthony took in a deep breath and spoke truly to her "It is due to the fact that I made a mistake, I forgot that it was not my name and just went with it, by the time I came to see it, it was too late, I just rode with it."
Lacus actually felt that his words were true, it was as if he said that he did make a big stuff up and he did feel bad for it, but it was too late to try and amend it, as other things had to be fixed before it.
"If you wish to tell all the others, I will not hold it against you, I have told you what I wished to say, that is all that I can do."
Lacus now chose to ask "Ayu, does Ayu know your real name?"
She now saw a tear trickle from his right eye as Anthony now looked to the ground.
"She does, after all it was she who gave this name to me all those years ago, in a way it was the only gift from her that I have left with me here."
Lacus now gave a blink as she felt tears come now from her own eyes.
She could feel why he liked that name, why he chose to go with it, it was clear to her as it was to any who just heard him.
He chose to run with the name to honour his lover and to say that she is still in his heart.
It was a very sad thing to see, it was as if the man who was in front of her was trying his best to live both in the present and in the past.
Lacus now chose to say "I'm sorry, I did not mean to bring it up, I did not mean to revisit old wounds."
Anthony shook his head "I think we both need to move on, tell me how do you feel about the death of Nicol, it was due to the fact that he knew you that he died, I think he needs a bit of justice down by him."
Lacus gave a blink and then said "Wait what do you mean by that."
Anthony took in a deep breath once more as he now said "I think it is the right of all the PLANTS to know how he was killed."
With Yzak
Yzak was not happy with this, he had been asked by Lacus to give a speech on Nicol's death. He knew it had to be him.
He was aware that it was all going to be sent to the PLANTS along with some footage of who as well as how Nicol died.
Fact was that he also wanted to be the one to give this speech, he had been there, it was he who had made sure Nicol's body was with them now.
He saw the count down till he had to start, it was now that he took in a deep breath, he was no speaker but he would do his best, in honour of his dead friend.
"Citizen's of the PLANTS, I am Yzak Joule, son of Ezalia Joule, I was part of the Le Creuset team as well as the Zala team, all I wish is for you to know who it was who killed Nicol Amalfi."
He gave a pause as he now chose to say "Nicol Amalfi was killed here in the PLANTS, after he recovered from a sortie against the Omega MS or now as we call it Red Demon, he was killed by men who were under orders from Chairman Zala."
Up till not he had kept his cool, but he also had to let them know what was really going on.
"The Chairman who all of you voted to power chose to kill one of his loyal soldiers for being friends with Lacus Clyne."
"Why was did this all happen, the power he has got has now driven him mad, with no evidence he declared the Clynes as well as any who knew them or were close to them now had to die, just because the man chose to say so."
His tone was now angry as he did his best back to say "I for one will not live under or die on a mad man's say so, I will not just sit by and watch as my friends are put to death for crimes that the mad man just made up on the spot!"
"I was a pilot of ZAFT, a loyal Red Jacket just like Nicol Amalfi, yet I was only able to watch on in horror as they killed him in cold blood in front of my eyes."
Yzak now let tears fall from his face as he said "I once thought that if we beat down the Naturals there would be peace, but not to kill every single last one of them, I was at Panama, those men that died there, I was at it, we had them at our mercy and we chose to kill all of them as if they were animals!"
Tears still flowing from his eyes he said "It has begun, the time where we are now turning on our own, if we walk down this dark path, do all of you really want to kill all of those who are not like us, every single last one of them!"
Yzak now said "I fought battle after battle in the name of ZAFT and in the name of the PLANTS, but is this it, are we to come home to be killed on the whims of a mad man, is this the future of ZAFT and the PLANTS, this is the road that we chose, but is this the world we wish for!"
He meant every single word that he said and he chose to say "Did any of know that Siegel Clyne is dead, he was killed by ZAFT, did they tell you this, did they tell you about my friend Nicol, was his father Yuri Amalfi a man who is on the Supreme Council aware of this or has he too been killed off!"
He now began to yell as he said "I was loyal to ZAFT I did as I was told, I followed my order as did Nicol, he was killed by ZAFT, he did not die in battle, he was killed in his home by those who are meant to be on our side, by those we are meant to call our friends!"
"Our own people killed us, we fought against the Strike and the Red Demon, all that we did was for the PLANTS for our homes."
"The ones who did this claimed to be the ZAFT Secret Service, they came for Nicol and shot him in the back and because I chose to stand up for my comrade and friend they chose to try to kill me too."
Yzak now almost screamed "IS THIS WHAT ZAFT IS NOW, IS THIS THAT WE SOLD OUR LIVES IN BATTLE FOR!"
He now took in a deep breath as he spoke once more in a normal voice "I do not know why any of us fight any more, but I will not sell my soul and my life in battle for a mad man, to all of you out there I will say one last thing, remember Nicol Amalfi, he was a pilot loyal to ZAFT and died for it, Yzak Joule out."
With Anthony and Co
"Well, that sure hit some right in the feels and some right in the ball sack, I do hope that that is mum and dad are still alive, they do deserve to know how their son was killed, it may hurt them, but I am sure of it, I am sure that all parents would wish to know what become of their son."
Kira gave a nod "It is true, it is true, it is true, sorry I just had to say that, I also do not know what became of my parents."
In reply to that he got "I can find out for you if you want Kira."
Kira now looked to Anthony and said "I think I'll give it a pass, I'll have a bit of faith for now."
In reply Anthony said "I am sure that we all need a bit of that, Yzak you did well, but it is now that we have some real work to do."
Yzak gave a nod, he unlike the others was able to pick up on what it was that Anthony meant.
"Yes that is true, we do have our work cut out for us, but I am ready for this, I did just give a speech about my late friend, I am ready to take action."
"We have to act fast, there is a flaw in all of this, fact is my suit the Freedom and the Justice are the only ones who can go out that far, leave it to us, I will do all that I can to get them out of there, if they are alive or not, I swear it Yzak Joule, you have my word."
No one else was yet to catch on to what the two of them meant until Anthony said "It is best if I go alone."
Athrun now gave a blink as he caught on to what Yzak and Anthony meant.
"Wait hold up, you do not plan to go to the PLANTS, return all on your own do you?"
In reply to that, he got a curt nod as well as "I do, I can do it, you will all have to stay here to protect the 3 ships."
Kira now said "Wait but that is mad, to go out there to try to get to the PLANTS alone, it is suicide, do you have a death wish?"
"That I do, but I will sate it when I see it is the right time to, for now I have a job to do and time is of the essence, all of you pray that they live."
As he now left to go to his MS Anthony said to Yzak "If I am too late, if they are dead, I will find those who did it, I will bring them to you, after that do as you see fit."
Yzak now gave a nod of his head as he said "I pray that it does not come down to that, do what you can Red Demon, if any of us can pull this off it has to be you."
It was as if the two of them were friends and no one else took any notice of it, not even Dearka.
"I will Yzak, I will."
With that Anthony was gone and the four pilots left in the room with Lacus and Cagalli looked to one another.
"Damn he is quite the guy, well you heard him, we have to stay back and make sure no one gets a hit on the 3 ships, if we fail that and he succeeds none of us will be able to look him in the eye."
Dearka said this and then said to Lacus "Hey do not look so worried that guy is not going to die out there he's not the type."
Lacus then said "He is not the type to just die or he is not the type to fail, I am not sure which if the 2 I am afraid of."
Kira then said "He is not the type to do either, if there is one thing I know, it is that he can pull this off and he will."
Athrun now said "You have been putting a lot of faith in, I have not known him as long as you have, do you really believe that he can pull this off?"
Kira gave his best friend a nod "He can, after all he is a great pilot and has the best MS to boot, if I have to say it, he is the only man I can say I know will make it."
Yzak then said "I can feel it, he may not be able to save them, but sure as he will give it his all, after all he is what the PLANTS now call the Red Demon, we do not give titles like that to any one, I do not wish to say it, but I will, that guy is the type of guy who can pull any kind of battle, all we would do is to hold him back."
The fact that these words came from Yzak, meant that it was true, Yzak was not the type of guy to say that he was not good enough and that he would just be in the way.
Yzak now said though it was hard for him to say it out loud "That man is so far ahead of us, it is hard to look at, it means that we have to put our faith in him now."
ZAFT HC
Rau had just told his report to Patrick Zala, he had made sure to tell of his fight as well as what went down in the Mendel Colony.
"Rau are you sure of this, if what you say is true, that man, is not human, if that is so, he and his suit is the greatest threat to all of us."
Rau gave him a nod and said "I shot the man, I am sure that it hit, there was no way he could avoid it while he was in arms reach, fact is that a bullet in his chest did not put him down."
Zala gave him a nod "You said in your report that you were aware of a few more things than what you told us, in fact when you still had your team, you said you knew this."
Rau gave him a nod "I did, I did not tell any that I did, due to the fact that what it was in my mind was ludicrous, only now I can see that it was all true."
Zala gave him a nod "I see, in fact your XO told me you chose not to show it for my benefit, due to the fact that I would believe you and I would have been unable to win the election."
Rau gave a nod "It is so, I can say that he is no human, he is above the skills of most of us if not all of us here in the PLANTS."
That was a big statement to make, but right now he had made it true.
Fact was Rau had no idea if he had hit the man in his chest to be honest, he only hoped that he had not and that the man got hit lower down and was still alive.
"What I need right now is for him to come up and come to the PLANTS and show that he is still alive, it will so the seeds of fear."
It was true, if a soldier was taken and offered a firing squad or to go through a black door, it is said that many take the squad and die, they do not know what is on the other end of the black door.
It is the same with people, fear of what one does not know is less than what one does.
"It is all to easy, it is a bit too easy for me, Zala will play into my hands, this guy, he can get them afraid he can speed all of this up, I can get this to be done sooner."
Safe to say that Zala was too mad to see this in Rau and fact was Rau had a mask on his face just gave him an edge as well.
Fact was as long as that mask was one he was a good poker player, but the moment it came off well his real self came out to play and it was quite if not very mad.
"I will say that he did not try to kill me, what I got from the fight was that he wished for me to live and tell the tale of it."
In reply to that Zala asked "Why would he do that, is he trying to scare us?"
Rau shook his head "No, if that was so I am sure I would be dead, I think he wants to show us just how much better he is than all of us in space."
He made sure to push the buttons of Patrick Zala in a way that the man did not know that Rau had done it.
"If it comes down to it we must lure him to Earth then get rid of him."
It was at this point that Zala got a call and picked up his phone, he then yelled into it.
"What is it you say, what the hell is going on, I want you to put an end to it, end it now!"
He now slammed down the phone and said to Rau "They have a way to get into our system, it is just, damn them!"
Rau then asked "Who sir?"
Zala then said "It is that damn girl, she has the son of Ezalia Joule making a speech, no one can stop!"
Rau then said "I take it that you chose not to go and shoot it down due to the nature of what it says?"
Zala gave him a nod "It is too late for that, some of the men chose to act on their own."
Rau now said "I see, so they know how to get in, I just have to ask, what is it that the speech contains."
Zala then said "It is a stuff up of the ZSS that they did not cover up, if I recall it was you who set them up."
Rau now asked "Do you mean Yzak Joule or the men from the ZSS, if my memory is true, it was you who is in charge of them Chairman, what is it that you let go on?"
Rau knew full well what it was, it is the sad fact that Zala on his own with no Rau to guide him, was not capable of most of what he had done.
It did not help that only fools and idiots did what this man said, they were the only ones who would just do as he said.
Rau chose not to suggest and chose just to ask "What was the speech really about do we know?"
Amalfi residence
Romina Amalfi was in shock, she had just seen that she had lost her only child, she had fallen to her knees, it was all too much for her.
She had always said that he should not join ZAFT, that he should have no part in it.
It was as if all her fears hit her at once, but he had not died in battle.
Ezalia's boy had just said it as he showed it to all of the PLANTS.
Her son had been killed by their own side, by those loyal to the man Zala, he is no man not to her, he is a monster who robbed her of her only son.
He was her pride and joy and only child there was a reason why he was the only child, but her sense kicked in.
If her son had been killed in the name of Zala, if this ZAFT Secret Service was real, she and Yuri were next.
She had to at least try to find him or try to find out if he was alive or not.
She quickly got to the phone and called his office to check if he was alright or not, she just had to hope all of that was a lie or all of this was a dream, if not it was going to get very scary for her.
It also was going to get much worse for her and Yuri.
"Yuri please pick up, pick up the phone tell me you are all right, tell me that you are fine, tell me that Nicol is fine that all of this is a lie please let me hear it from you."
It was at this point just a hope that all of this was a prank all of this was set up, but in her heart she knew.
The phone rung about 6 times before it was picked up and she heard Yuri's voice.
"Romnia, it is you, are you are you alright?"
She was about to reply, but she was able to pick up that Yuri was not himself, she had heard him gasp for air as he spoke to her.
She may have been in shock, but she was no fool and she now said to him "Yuri, they, they got to you, Yuri speak to me, Yuri!"
She heard him give a cough and said "I am, I am sorry, all of this it is my fault, if I had, if I had only listened to you our son, he would be alive."
It was at this point she heard him give another cough.
"Romina, I want you to, to get out of here, it is, it is too late for me, it is all as the boy said, the men they came for me, they got me!"
He gave a cough as he said this, yet he now chose to say to her "But I got them, the first group at any rate."
She now said to him "Yuri do not speak to me like this, I can't I can't take it, not you as well, our son, I can't go on if I lose you!"
His voice now was stern as he said to her "No you have to get out of here, I don't have much time left you have to live, get out of here!"
It was at this point she heard a door over the phone open and her husbands voice go a bit higher as he said "Romina, I I want you to know that I love you very much, I love you and I want you to get of here, I want you to live on-!"
His voice it was cut off by the sound of gun fire and the line went dead and Romina let the phone fall from her hand as she felt the pain of loss hit her right in her heart.
It was at this point she heard foot steps in her house and she knew that they had come for her.
It was now that she just closed her eyes "I am, I am sorry, I was, I was unable to, I was unable to do as you asked Yuri, I am sorry."
It was now as the gun shots rang out she felt as if she was going to die, she was going to die here and now in her home.
But the bullets never got to her and a voice of a woman whom she knew said to her "It is best that we get out of here, Romina, I am so sorry, I had no idea that it was going to come to this, but we need to go!"
It was Ezalia Joule, she in front of her, why well she had just saved Romina.
Romina in turn got up and said "I can't, I just can't go on, I lost both of them!"
Tears flowed from her eyes as a mother and as a wife, she had lost the 2 people who were all the world to her.
Ezalia did not move to her she just said "Romina, Yuri, he spoke to me as well, I was asked to get you out of here and I will do that, my son, he would not lie like that to any one, he is my flesh and blood."
Romina was not sure what to say, one part of her, it wanted to be here to die here to be with her Nicol and her Yuri once more.
But part of her, it did not wish to die, no it knew that Nicol and Yuri did not see that as an option for her.
Death was the cowards way out, she was not going to take it, she had to live or at least till she was able to see the man who had done this brought to justice.
If it was justice, it was yet to be seen, but one does not simply take the mama wolfs mate and pup away, that mama wolf is going to bite back and it will do so hard.
"Yes, I will come with you, but where will we go, there must be more on the way."
Ezalia at this point said "I am not sure, we can try to get a shuttle out of here, but if we do try that we will get caught, I am sure that they have this place locked down tight."
It was true, fact was at this point they had to hope that Yzak the son of Ezalia did more than just run his mouth and had a plan in order to get them out of there.
At this point the 2 of them were in need of a miracle.
Yet the 2 of them had no idea what to think when they heard the sound of an MS coming into the PLANTS main land area.
They felt the gust of wind hit them as it broke the windows of the house.
Looking out they saw that it was not a ZAFT MS, no it was the Red Demon in the flesh or rather the alloy right in front of the Amalfi house, what shocked them was that it singled to the 2 of them.
With Anthony
He could see the 2 women in the house, 2, not 2 women and one man or more.
It was just the 2 of them and in that instant he knew he was too late.
"Damn I should have gone as soon as Yzak said his 1st word, if I had done so, then I ma have been able to save Yuri Amalfi."
He felt sick now as he saw that Yzak's mum was here as, it was all just as planned, well for the part of getting her off Zala's team was so he felt a bit down at the fact that he did just cost Yuri Amalfi his life.
He now saw that the 2 women, did not react or move to his MS so they must not trust him.
"For fucks sake, I know I know you lost the 2 people who were your world, but for fucks sake just get in here so we can get the hell out of here."
But he did not say that, he chose to be an adult, well fact was he was an adult and chose not to be a child.
Now saying over a speaker "Look, I can see that the 2 of you do not trust me, I know that you are in shock and I know that you are in pain, I do not ask you to put your trust in me, but put your trust in those who sent me here, come I do not wish to fight in side this place."
"I will not force you to come with me, but I do ask that you do or at least try to make an attempt to do so."
He now saw as well as made sure he heard what they said, Nicol's Mum say "I say, I say that we just go, if he is on our side or not, he is giving us a chance to get out of here alive."
Yzak's Mum gave a slow nod and said "But how does he plan to get us out of here, surely not in the MS there won't be space?"
He gave a bit of a scoff at that and said "Well I do have to say that my MS is not like the ones you know, there is space in here."
That may not have been the best move, to let them know that he could hear them, but it was the best way to hurry things up.
If Anthony was right, Zala was mad enough to send MS to fight in this place, so his time to get the 2 of them out of here was running out.
After a pause the of them began to move to his MS, he had the MS Agito Zero's chest low so that the two of them could get into it.
"I guess it is better than 0, but is it worth it, I do hope that the people of the PLANTS start to think of Zala in a bad light, if not all of this was for nothing at all."
It was as the 2 of them now got in board that he saw that Ezalia had a gun on her person.
It was clear that the two of them were in a shock at all of this, but they were able to rise above it for now at.
Now as the two of them were able to get to and get in the MS Agito Zero, that two of the ZAFT MS GuAIZ.
At this point Anthony said "Get down on the ground and hold on to the chair, what I am about to do, is going to get us out of here."
The 2 of them chose not to argue and do as he said to do, it was better this way, in fact it was better for them just to sit tight and not speak at all.
But Anthony chose to speak and said "You may call me Anthony Hitoro, formerly Agito Cadet Sedecim, you can tell me who you are later, first we got to get the hell out of here."
As he now got ready Anthony now too a moment to say "When nine and nine meet nine, the depths of reason shall stir, when the seal of creation is broken, a voice like thunder shall sound and thou shalt know, we have arrived!"
It was at this point the he yelled "Trans-Am!"
The MS Agito Zero now jolted into action, it moved past the two MS GuAIZ, in fact it was so fast that it was out of the inside of the PLANT in the matter of seconds.
The force that was used to achieve this was felt in the cockpit of the MS Agito Zero.
To the one who piloted the suit regularly this was nothing, the suit made sure to filter out most of the pressure in the cockpit.
But to those who had never been inside it before to be trust at full power, this did shake them up.
Not to mention the fact that they now saw about 16 or more and 1 of them had the letters NTD on it.
The pace slowed down "I am sorry about that, we had to clear the area in a hurry and I did not wish to fight while I had guests in the Agito Zero."
Ezalia the one with white hair the one who was the mother of Yzak said "Wait, the Agito Zero, that is what your suit is called?"
With a nod Anthony said "That it is, Yzak asked me to go and get you out of there, I am sorry I did not make it in time."
Romina gave him a nod and said "It is, it is, it is-?"
At this point Anthony chose to cut her off and say "It is alright, you do not need to speak, just take in a few deep breaths and cool down, you are safe here, that is if you do not harm me."
It was clear, the gun that Ezalia had on her had to stay away from him.
"I can get you to Yzak and those with him, I will tell you more once we are with them, I think it is best if you hear what he has to say face to face."
That was true, it was best if they did. Ezalia to try and learn a bit more about the pilot said "You are not in uniform, can I ask why that is or am I intruding?"
In reply to her he was honest enough to say "I got shot by Rau Le Creuset and then had to fight him in hand to hand combat, his blood and my blood were all over that, I need to get it fixed as well as washed up."
He saw how the 2 of them tensed up at this and he said "Relax, I am not your enemy, fact was he was trying to kill me and I do not carry a gun on me, when we get to the Eternal, we will speak more."
First of why did Ezalia side against Patrick, her son the big for the PLANTS down with the naturals son just said that Patrick Zala was a mad man and that he would not follow him as well as footage to back it up. She also did care for him, as a mother would and naturally would want to find out more. I did not say it but off screen Yuri Amalfi did contact before he got attacked. Yeah I added in Nicol's Mum, but got his dad killed, sorry I just did not see Yuri being able to get out of this from where he is in the PLANTS. Anthony does feel shit, he did all of this to get those two off Zala's side (Ezalia was the other 1.) And Yuri bit the dust for that, he really feels shit for it by the way. Yeah Anthony real name is not Anthony Hitoro (He is not Japanese) Anthony is his pet name as well as middle name sorry. I will tell you it later.
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