Disclaimer: Ya'll noe dee drill!… Dun't really want to repeat it.
Note: This story is wat I think. I noe it's not like wat happened in the series but like I said: It's wat I think and don't give me the "nuh-uh tats not wat happen thang or any of that kind of you noe wats." Some events in dee story will be somewat similar so… PLEASE NO FLAMES: ) and I don't remember all of the events so ya.
Also! I'm not a total smarty-pants in English. So don't question or comment on my writing and/or grammar. I only got a B for this course but my writing is the craps!
Oh! And sorry for updating so freakin slow. I had a lot of stuff in my head and with the combo of college. U noe wat I mean.
GSD is airing on YTV and I'm somewhat psyched. Yep, I'm gonna record it on tape just like I did to the other anime shows that I like. I don't buy the DVD's cause they are too expensive and like everyone else who needs money for school and whatever, I'm saving. I don't really like GSD cause of the bad ending but I'll record it anyways, either wise the collection with GS would look weird. BOOO! Stupid repeats for BLEACH and Eureka 7.
REVIEWERSJade Valentine: Awwwww... I feel sad about Auel's death too. I love his character! To tell you the truth, I was pretty damn pissed that Phantom Pain all died. I went AWOL! ... I'll let you figure out how our dear Cags will turn out.
AKAAKAAKA: Ooooo! Thank you! I'm glad that I inspired you to write a fic of your own. It makes me VERY happy to hear that! Hey! I HATE the idea that Cags and Athrun aren't together either but I believe that they are together because before they departed, Athrun told Kira that he would wait. I'm not really sure what he meant, but I'm sure that he meant he's going to wait for Cagalli no matter how long she needs time. I keep telling myself that they did end up together. Also, since there are official pictures of them together after the end of GSD. ... The episode when ORB and ZAFT were fighting each other is twenty-something. Here's a site that my buddy owns: He has all episode screencaps of GS and GSD. Hope it helps you. OO You're going to print out my fic?!?! OMG!!! Now i have to for sure make this an enjoyable fic! Haha! I print other author's fics out too so I could read them over and over too! I have like five 2 1/2 inch binders worth of ASUCAGA fics! HEHEHE! I knoe, I'm mental. THANKS FOR REVIEWING!!! You made my day the happiest!
mika-chan: HAHAHAHHAHA I love your comment! I was thinking the exact samething! I find it really sad that nobody acknowledges her death. ToT What do you expect?! They ARE idiots! They can't even tell that Meer is a FAKE Lacus! And they're supposed to be more advanced? MY ASS! And REY is a FREAK! I thought he was GAY too! But in the end, I felt sad for him.
akidarchangelprincess: Awww... I'm sorry that it was short. It's not my fault that my brain refused to give me access to more info. Hmmm... Athrun hating Shinn? HELL YA! He might forgive him later. OH! i was gonna read some of your fics! They seem very interesting!
UnraveledDeception'sDecaydance: Whoo! That was one long name. I hope Cags kick some serious ass too! ROCK ON!
kimborliee: OO you didn't like AUEL?!?!?! Awww... I sure as HELL did not like JONA or MEER. EWWW!
midnightgale: HAHAH! Yeah, Naruto was on so I had to watch it. LOL! I never thought Shinn was so regretful. Hell! he didn't even apologize to her in the series. DAMN BASTARD. Hate that guy!
Yaara: You think? I thought my writing was getting sloppier. But thanks for saying I'm getting better. TEE-HEE! I can't wait for the gang to kick some serious ASS! BOOYA! I wished they made Shinn not so psycho all the time either. That's why i didn't like GSD. It didn't really have a plot at all, it was all over. Oh! Can you PLEASE update SOON on "We Belong Together?" I LOVE THAT FIC!!! I want to print it out. )
MiyuCagalli: I actually want to see Cags in a ZAFT uniform. I think she would look very seductive to the whole crew. If ya noe what I mean. LMAO!
naiyobi: Oh yeah, Cagalli will be safe... or will she? OOOOooooOOOooo!
THANK YOU TO ALL MY REVIEWERS! HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYZ AGAIN!
Anywayz…I'll shut up now and let you read: )
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Inner Beauty of DestructionChapter Six
It's been two weeks since the last battle between ORB and ZAFT. Also, it's been two weeks since they had last seen the red knight. Since he and his best friend departed ways to their own duties, the Archangel had been nothing but lost of what to do since their lead brainstormer was no longer with them. It was she who had made most of their strategies and it was she who had contributed most of her ideas to any problems they came across with. But she is now no longer here and the crew of the Archangel must now make decisions of their own.
But…
The one person, who has now taken her place, hasn't left his room since he came back from hours of searching for his dead sister's body. Except that he had to come out once in a while when nature does it's calling and when the stomach can't help itself but call out through growls. He hasn't even spoken to Lacus or to Captain Ramius. With all that had happened, there was no way that he could be doing anything at all.
Given the fact that he still hasn't gotten over the death of his once so-called love, Fllay Allster and the fact that he had almost lost his current lover, Lacus Clyne, over an assassination attempt. And now he is faced with the fact that he had lost his sister over a pointless battle of war.
"Cagalli….why?… why did you have to leave me?" cried Kira as he slammed his fist on the table. "You promised… you promised that you wouldn't die. But why did you?!… You were the only blood family I had left. What the hell am I suppose to do without you now?!"
"You move on."
"Huh?…" Kira spun his chair around to come face to face with Lacus who was standing in front of him. Realizing that he had tears in his eyes, he quickly tried to wipe them away but was stopped by Lacus who took his hands and held them within her own.
"It's okay, Kira. It's okay to cry," said Lacus in her sweet, serene voice.
"I…I wasn't crying. I wasn't crying at all! I didn't hear you come in and I just woke up to wipe my eyes and I-"
"Kira…" interrupted Lacus, "It's okay. I know what you were doing in here. You and Cagalli both do the same thing when something troubles you two. Well," giggled Lacus, "you two are twins after all."
Kira, finally after two weeks, actually gave a small smile. "Lacus… I was just thinking about what had happened."
"I know. I haven't stopped crying since Cagalli…" sob sob Lacus couldn't hold back her tears and broke down just by mentioning her name. She thought she could handle herself, but she couldn't.
Kira immediately gathered Lacus into his arms to try and comfort her.
"Lacus! Please don't cry!"
"I thought… I thought I could handle this," Lacus cried even more.
"Lacus…"
"Everyone in the whole ship hadn't stop crying since Cagalli was…" Lacus couldn't finish her sentence as she cried even harder.
Cagalli was like a sister to Lacus. Whenever Lacus was in some kind of distress, Cagalli was there to help her get through what ever was troubling her.
Whenever she saw Kira, she always felt sad. She knew that Kira had once so-called loved Fllay and was still very depressed about her grueling death. Lacus felt that she was being a bother to Kira and didn't want to push what they had to have it broken in a blink of an eye. Cagalli knew of this since she found out that her brother and Lacus were an item, but didn't really show it. Cagalli had told Lacus to give Kira some time and made a promise to Lacus that if Kira was still being a dimwit, she would beat him to a pulp till he begs for mercy.
FLASH BACK"Lacus! Lacus, what's wrong?" asked a worried Cagalli running over to a crying Lacus.
"Oh! It's nothing," said Lacus.
"Come on, I can sooo tell there is something bothering you."
"It's nothing, Cagalli. I was just thinking of a … something."
"Something? More like someone."
"Wha… Wha… I was thinking of something!"
"Sure… Lacus, you are a very bad liar. I know your lying to me, because lying is not your style and you wouldn't be crying. So, come on! Tell me!"
"Oh…Oh okay. I was just thinking of… K.. Ki…K…"
"Kira," Cagalli said finishing her sentence.
"Yeah."
"Lacus, I know how much it pains you to see Kira all depressed over that Bit-… Fllay. But you need to give him time to get over her death. I mean, it took us time to get over our father's death, right?"
"Yeah, but we got over it in like less than twenty-four hours."
"That was because we had ships to lead and that everyone was counting on us to end the war."
"Yes… but-"
"Look, give that dimwitted brother of mine some time and eventually he'll get over the fact that the BIT- err… Fllay has passed on and that he has to move on with his life."
"You really don't like her do you?"
"What are you talking about?! Of course I like her!"
"No you don't."
"Okay, I don't. But the point is that you have to give Kira time and that's that. GOT IT?!"
"Yes Maa'm!"
"Good! And if that dumbass doesn't get over it soon, I'll beat him till there's no tomorrow and make him beg for mercy!"
END OF FLASHBACKThose were the days when Lacus and Cagalli shared endless laughter. In the end, Cagalli actually beat Kira unconscious to knock some sense into him. That was one hell of a wake up call for him. It was five hours after Lacus and Cagalli's conversation that she went to seek Kira.
Kira was with Athrun. They were talking about the war and their past childhood. The two men were in such a heated conversation that they didn't hear a pissed off Cagalli stomping her way towards them. Well, they were at a beach so you couldn't really hear stomps on the sand anyway.
Kira's face was slapped on the sand and Athrun was hiding behind a rock, praying to god that he wasn't the reason why Cagalli was pissed.
After getting up from his current surprised sand-face slap, he was met face to face with a very pissed off sister. Asking what was wrong, he then was made contact to a heavy, clean slap across his face.
Realizing what had just happened, he looked at the angry Cagalli and that was when he heard it all. Cagalli was yelling the crap out of him for being a stupid dumbass and being a cockroach jerk for not noticing that he had made Lacus cry.
After ten long minutes that seemed like hours of anger talk from his twin sister, Kira realized that Lacus needed him and that he can't cry over something that had passed. He needed to move on and the first thing he did after being given a yelling remedy, he rocket sped to find Lacus. When he did, he gave Lacus one of his words and they ended up finally being able to openly be together and protect one another.
Finally realizing that his crew needed him, Kira gathered Lacus into his arms and brought each other up.
"Lacus, let's go."
Lacus stopped her tears and looked up at Kira's face. It was different. His face was full of determination and there was a new glow to it.
"Kira…"
"Lacus, I know that I hadn't been there since… you know, but I think it's time we do something. Cagalli would've wanted us to move on and stop this war. Besides, I promised her, that I would stop this war in her name. And that is one promise I would fulfill"
"Kira…" whispered Lacus and then smiled her serene smiles once again. "Let's go!"
"Right!"
Kira and Lacus went out the door together to reach the control room.
Everyone's eyes were all blood shot and tired. It seemed that no one had a goodnight's sleep since Cagalli had departed this world. Trying to ignore all of the crews depressing face, Kira spoke in the most authorative tone he had ever used since the incident.
"Captain Ramius," spoke Kira and the Captain stood up to listen to what Kira had to say. "We're heading out to Russia. There is no doubt in my mind that ZAFT is going there. There are many of their troops stationed there and I'm sure that that is where the next battle will be."
"What about the Earth Alliance?" spoke Miriallia who had also stood up to speak.
"I'm sure they are heading to that destination as well. I have a feeling that they have a secret hideout somewhere around there. I'm not sure why, but I have this uneasy feeling that Russia is the place where there would be an intense battle."
"Alright, let's head out then!" said Andrew Walfeld as he also stood up with a cup of coffee in hand.
Kira smiled, "HAI!"
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…At the Minerva… In the room of a lone red-knight...One man sits in his chair and wheels himself around and around trying to figure out all the things that had happened. Haven't been able to talk to anyone let alone come out of his room since he came back. All he practically did was play sit around and mumble to himself. Well, except for the fact that he only came out to get something to eat and ignoring everyone's attempts to talk to him. Nature's calls didn't bug him either since he had his very own bathroom.
He sank into a suicidal gloom and talked darkly to himself about going to some place to end his days as a lonely man who couldn't save his one and only. Wishing to be tormented of the demon of innovative energy that lived inside him, struggling, clawing, and scratching to be released: tearing, shrieking at him for being a worthless piece of soul.
His eyes were so blood shot that if anyone were to see him right now; they would think that he was possessed by a satanic demon. He hadn't stopped his tears running ever since he had watched his one and only love get killed in the hands of one of his teammates. It makes one wonder how much liters of tears he had in his tear ducts. Well, if you loved someone that was the world to you, then that would be your answer.
His once young, handsome looking face now looked as if someone had swapped faces with him. His face was robbed at least ten years of his handsomeness. With dark eclipses under his eyes, ruffled messy hair, and discoloration of skin color, you would sum everything up that he was a total wreck.
He continues to think about more possible answers to his on-going questions until his thought were interrupted by someone through the intercom.
"Athrun? It's me, Luna."
"And me, Meyrin!"
"We just wanted to know if you're okay. We're all worried about you-"
"VERY WORRIED! PLEASE TALK TO US!" screamed Meyrin.
"Meyrin be quiet and let me speak!" yelled Luna. "Athrun, you hadn't talked to anyone since you came back, all of us in this ship are very worried and we want to help you. Please, say something."
All they got was nothing.
"Athrun, I'm very worried about your health. Maybe you could come out and have dinner with me?" asked Meyrin innocently.
"MEYRIN!" yelled Luna. "This is no time to pick him up! Especially since he lost one of his VERY CLOSE friend!"
"Oh!… Ummm… I wasn't …. I just…" Meyrin was lost for words.
"Yeah, sure you were. Just don't do this again. Besides, you're too young for him and I don't think he wants to be with someone who is way to young."
"You don't know that for sure!"
"Are you forgetting that he is engaged to Lacus Clyne?" Lunamaria knew that Athrun wasn't engaged to Lacus anymore, since the conversation she had heard between Kira and Athrun. She knew one thing though. Athrun's heart belonged to someone that no girl could ever challenge against.
"Oh… Oh yeah…."
While the two Hawke sisters were blabbing away, unknown to them was Athrun listening to their conversations through the intercom the whole entire time they were bickering. It seemed that they both forgot that Luna's finger was still pressing the button. After three minutes or so of their pointless blabbing, Athrun heard a yell and jumped out of his chair.
"OH MY GOD!!! Athrun was listening to our conversation the whole entire time!!!!"
"OH MY GOD!!! LUNA HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW YOU'RE FINGER WAS STILL PRESSING THE BUTTON?!?!?!"
"I DON'T KNOW! OH MY GOD I FEEL SOOOO EMBARASSED!"
Athrun was kind of actually chuckling to himself. To him, it was like seeing his very own two sisters realizing how they embarrassed themselves and freaking out in the same time.
"Ummmm… Athrun? I hope you didn't completely listen to what we were talking about. We didn't mean to say all those things. Meyrin was just being an annoyance."
"WHAT?! No I wasn't!" pouted Meyrin.
"Shut up Meyrin!… Uhhh… anyways, Athrun, I hope you're all right and just to let you know, we're heading to Russia to regroup with our other forces. The Chairman wants the Minerva to be there asap for a very important meeting with him. Well, more like he wants to see Rey and Shinn. I don't know what really is going on, but I thought I let you know" said Luna before dragging Meyrin to head back to their own rooms even with the amount of protest Meyrin was ragging about. Something about Athrun needing her assistance.
"What?" said Athrun. "Why are we going to Russia? Did the Chairman plan something for us there? No wait! Most of our resources and troops are in Russia. But why are they all there? What the hell is going on? And if I'm not mistaken, I do remember before re-enlisting with ZAFT that Cagalli-" Athrun winced as he mentioned her name. "… Cagalli and I found out that there was something there that the Earth Forces were hiding. Is there a secret facility there? Just like the one we found in the forest, where they did their human testing? Damnit! What the hell is it?!?!"
Frustrated, Athrun threw his chair across the room, pushed everything on his desk to the floor and punched the ground with so much force that his fist went red and began to bleed.
With eyes glued shut and his fist beginning to numb, something fell out of shirt and dangled before his face. It was a pink, plain, simple pendant shaped almost like a teardrop.
Athrun opened his eyes to see that it was the Haumea amulet dancing in front of him. The very amulet that his only love gave to him for protection before departing to his ZAFT carrier ship.
Athrun was mesmerized by the amulet for while before grabbing it into his hands and holding it towards where is heart is. His eyes closed once more and reciting the very words that Cagalli had said to him before he left on that very day.
"You seem to be getting into a lot of trouble. This amulet will protect you."
"It did protect me, Cagalli. Your amulet protected me from a lot of things. But why did you give it to me? I didn't deserve any protection. I never protected you and I was never there when you needed me. It was you who needed the protection and not me. Why?… WHY?!" cried Athrun as he now threw himself on to his bed, crying like he had just refilled his tear ducts with more fuel of tears.
"It's because she was a strong person. She didn't need any protection as she knew that she could protect herself from anything."
Athrun sharply jolted up upon hearing someone's voice. A voice that he now loathes and wishes that that person had never existed.
"Get out."
"Athrun… I… we-"
"GET OUT! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE EVER AGAIN! GET THE HELL OUT!"
"Athrun…"
"GET OUT OR I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU," said Athrun in the venomous tone.
"No."
"What?!" Athrun spoke with even more intense venom in his voice.
"I said no. Athrun, we need to talk."
"There's nothing to talk about now get the hell out of my face! Either wise I won't be held responsible for what I'm going to do."
Shinn was scared now. He had never seen this side of Athrun ever. He was so petrified that his bladder froze within his gallbladder and disenabling him from leaking out. He felt that Athrun really meant about what he said. But, even if he's scared shitless, he has to get through what he has to say. Even if it means having Athrun ripping him into pieces.
"Athrun, before you kill me, I just wanted you to know that I didn't mean it. I… I..I didn't mean to kill the Princess!"
"SHUT UP!" screamed Athrun as he lunged forward and landed a rock hard punch at Shinn's face.
Shinn stumbled two steps backwards, but that still isn't going to stop him.
"Athrun! Listen to me!"
"SHUT UP!" screamed Athrun as he, again, landed another punch at Shinn's face. But this time kept on punching and with every punch was a harder blow.
Shinn accepted his punches, as he knew he deserved it. He began to drizzle blood from his nose and mouth and also his eyes began to darken as a black eye was seeping through his skin.
Lunamaria, Meyrin, Rey, and Captain Gladys were immediately at the scene after hearing some commotion in his room. They saw what was going on and all tried to pry Athrun off of Shinn, but was only pushed away really hard.
Luna and Meyrin being slammed against the wall while Rey and Captain Gladys were thrown out the door. Talk about co-ordinator strength.
"YOU KILLED HER! YOU KILLED HER YOU BASTARD!!" screamed Athrun as he continued to punch Shinn.
"Athrun please stop!" cried Meyrin as she tried to grab his hand.
"DON"T TOUCH ME!" Meyrin was taken backed but tried again to stop him.
"I SAID DON'T TOUCH ME!" as Athrun threw her towards the wall only to break her impact by Rey and Captain Gladys.
"YOU CAN NEVER REPLACE HER! NO ONE COULD REPLACE HER! EVER!"
Meyrin couldn't believe what he had just said. Did he just tell her to lay off and leave him alone? Did he not realize that she loves him deeply? She had always been there for him while he was aboard the Minerva. She was the one who showed him around the ship and she was the one who had always accompanied him wherever they went.
"But, Athrun… I-"
"You thought what?! Huh? You thought that I would be with you now that Cagalli's gone huh? Is that what you thought?!"
"What?" everyone questioned.
"Athrun, are you not engaged with Lacus Clyne?" asked Rey with a not so surprised look.
"Oh drop the act Rey. My marriage to her was called off when my own father labeled me a traitor. It was just never announced and I know you knew, Rey Za Barrel. And that Lacus imposter who's with the Chairman is not even her! She is Meer Campbell! A Lacus wannabe who tries so hard to be her and doesn't realize that fact that she could never ever be Lacus and is destroying her image. An imposter the Chairman had hired to fill the position of Lacus Clyne in order to make ZAFT troops give him their undying trust for him. She is someone who is being used to do the Chairman's sick deeds"
"You shut your mouth! The Chairman-"
"The Chairman what? The Chairman is only trying to do good since the real Lacus isn't here? BULLSHIT!"
"So the Princess is actually your real lover?" said Shinn.
Athrun looked at him when he heard the sound of his voice and began punching and screaming.
"BASTARD! BECAUSE OF YOU SHE'S DEAD! SHE'S DEAD AND NEVER COMING BACK! YOU KILLED THE LAST THING WE HAD FOR PEACE!"
Shinn was shocked and stunned. Was that true? Did he just destroy the last piece of light for peace? Thinking about it, he did. He did destroy the only thing they had for peace.
Exhausted from pain, sadness, and strength, Athrun stopped punching Shinn and collapsed. Shinn was finally able to catch his breath and coughed a lot of blood out. Wiping the blood from his mouth, he looked at Athrun and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Athrun.
"I will NEVER forgive you," said Athrun as he was about to fall asleep from exhaustion, but not before hearing what Shinn had to say.
"Athrun… I'm so sorry… I will end this war. Not for you or for ZAFT. But for her, the Princess of Orb, Cagalli Yula Attha. I'll make sure I'll end this in the honor of her name. Athrun… I'm so sorry for killing her. I didn't mean to. I … I .. I didn't know wh-" Shinn didn't finish his sentence as he cried on the floor.
Athrun heard what Shinn had to say and finally fell asleep.
Everyone who was in the room had exited after carrying Athrun on to his bed. Lunamaria was treating Shinn's wounds that were inflicted on him by the raging Athrun. Meyrin was in her room, crying so hard thinking about what Athrun had said to her. All were in their own private rooms later, except for Rey and Captain Gladys as they were in her private quarters.
"Captain, you wanted to speak with me?" said Rey.
"Yes, I do. What is it that you know about the Chairman's plans?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, Captain."
"You know damn well what I'm talking about Rey." Rey looked immensely at Captain Gladys still holding an emotionless expression. "What do you know about this Lacus Clyne imposter, Meer Campbell? Is it true what Athrun said?"
Rey looked deeply into the Captain's eyes and for some reason couldn't lie to her. He felt as if he had to tell her even if the Chairman not to. Rey felt that if he doesn't tell her, he would be in shame and guilt. So, defying the Chairman for the first time in his life, he spoke what he knew.
"Captain…" paused Rey, still trying to find words to speak. "I had given my words to the Chairman that I would never speak of his intentions or plans. But I feel that I must tell you what I know. I don't know why, but I just have to."
Captain Gladys smiled a little but still kept a stern face just in case Rey was going to pull something.
"Captain, all I know is that the Chairman hired Meer Campbell because she looked a lot like the real Lacus Clyne."
"What are his intentions?"
"He hired her because he needed Lacus Clyne's influential power to help him have the ZAFT troops give him their trust. He needed their trust and loyalty in order to fulfill his plans that he and Lord Djibril had made."
"What?! I thought the Earth Forces and ZAFT are at war with each other? Since when did those two leaders get together and suddenly now working for each other? What are they planning?"
"That I'm not sure of. But all I know is that they have this plan called 'Destiny.'"
"Destiny?"
"Yes, Destiny. I don't know what he's really doing, but he's gathering a lot of the ZAFT troops and so is Lord Djibril."
"And what about this Meer Campbell?"
"She's just, how you would you say, a puppet to him. Knowing that the real Lacus Clyne wouldn't comply to his such deeds, he found a Lacus idolizer and used her newly worked image to fool the rest of ZAFT thinking it's the real Lacus Clyne."
"So she went through a complete transformation just to become Lacus Clyne because she was insanely obsessed?"
"Precisely."
"What the hell? So, the Lacus Clyne assassination attempt was true as it was reported by Lunamaria."
"What? When did Luna-"
"I sent her to follow Athrun when he went to meet his friends. And we found out more interesting facts."
"Captain… I didn't know anything about an assassination," spoke Rey in a solemn face as if he was betrayed.
"I know you didn't know," smiled Captain Gladys. "I can see it in your eyes. Sometimes people don't tell their most loyal soldier any other information. It could be for the sake of that person or something else. We don't know."
"So… I did the right thing?"
"Rey, you did the right thing for telling me what's going on with the Chairman. That I'm very grateful for."
Rey smiled.
"Is there anything else that you're not telling me?"
Rey thought for a while and something he just remembered popped into his head.
"Athrun."
"What about him?"
"The Chairman wants him to marry Lacus Clyne."
"What?! But Athrun said his engagement to her was called off by his father but was never announced."
"I know, but the people of ZAFT don't know that since it was never announced. He wants Athrun to marry Lacus Clyne as soon as possible so he could fully complete his plan."
"But she's a fake. Athrun would never ever go forward on this. And Athrun did say that the Princess of Orb is the one he truly loves."
"I know."
Captain Gladys sighed. She has no idea what to do at all. She leaned back against her chair and closed her eyes. Her face spelled confusion and trouble. Rey seeing this immediately was worried for her.
"Captain… are you okay?"
"I'm fine Rey. I just need some time to think."
"Captain… I did do the right thing right? I feel like I have betrayed the Chairman entirely."
"Rey, I told you. You did the right thing and if it wasn't for you, we would all be drowned in the Chairman's plans. I'm glad that you were honest with me and now I am able to think of what to do."
"Will we be labeled as a traitor?"
"That's only if he catches us. Rey, how about we go solo from the Chairman for now?"
"You mean betraying him? Going solo like the Archangel and the Eternal? I… I ..I don't know. I'm not sure if-"
"Rey, you already told me everything. I'm sure the Chairman wouldn't tolerate your actions and he might punish you or worst."
Rey was scared shitless. He didn't want to be punished or even worst, get killed. He wanted to live. Rey knows that he's aging faster than anyone because he was a defective experiment. But even he is an experiment, he still wanted to live a life.
"S..s..so, what do we do?" stuttered Rey.
"We'll play with the Chairman. We'll pretend that we're still on his side and continue with his orders, but we're really going to play it out our way."
"……."
"Rey! Enough of this!" shouted the Captain making Rey look a little shocked. "Stop with the long face and get serious! We're in a war and the two forces who are supposed to be at war with each other have something planned that we don't know about!"
"Captain…"
"No one knows what really is going on except for those two leaders. We need more information and-"
"Archangel."
"What?"
"Contact the Archangel. They knew something was wrong from the beginning and I'm sure that if we tell them what we know, they would side with us."
"I'm not sure…"
"It's the only chance we have to find out what's going on!" shouted Rey and slammed his hands on her desk. Realizing what he just did, he immediately apologized. "S.. s..sorry."
"It's okay. I think your right except that I'm not sure about them siding with us since Shinn killed their Princess, but it's worth a shot."
"Yes."
"The Princess' death probably hit them pretty hard," said Captain Gladys leaning back.
"Yes," Rey spoke with a slight hint of guilt.
"They probably want to kill Shinn right now."
"But they won't."
"How do you know that?"
"Because the Princess wouldn't have wanted that."
"True," sighed Talia. "I just can't believe that she sacrificed herself just to stop a pointless battle. She is a true hero."
"……….."
Talia sighed again and got up. "Let's go Rey. We need to go meet with the Chairman."
Rey smiled, knowing what Talia was going to do. They are going to pretend nothing had happened and play along with the Chairman.
Walking out the door, Talia rested a hand on Rey's shoulder to reassure him that everything would be all right. Hidden base camp of the Earth Forces….
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... Russia: Hidden base camp of the Earth Forces...
"How are they doctor?"
"Stellar was pretty drained out and Sting wasn't as bad so they're both going to recover fast."
"Good."
"Do you want me to erase their memory about Auel?"
Neo thought for a while. "No… I don't think they want to forget about their lost brother. Just heal them and make sure they get up okay."
"Yes Commander."
"What about our guest?"
"You mean the badly injured soldier that we found?"
"Yes."
"She was pretty battered up. Five broken rib bones, a dislocated shoulder, a broken leg and she lost a lot of blood. We were able to aid her in that, but there was something weird about her."
"Hmmm? What's weird about her?"
"Well, I don't know how to say this, but she has already healed herself thirty percent before we found her."
"What? That fast? And in that condition?"
"Yeah I know. We did some tests and blood work and the results are complicated."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, it's not that of a regular natural or a co-ordinator. Her genetic info is totally different. We had to clone out her blood since we didn't have her blood type."
"Oh really? Hmmm… That is very interesting," smired Neo. "Very interesting indeed."
"Ummm… Commander?" said the Doctor, interrupting Neo's train of thoughts.
"Hmmm? Oh yes! Uhhh… how is she right now?"
"Well Commander, she's pretty much healed up. She's where the others are. Do you want me to erase her memories?"
"No. I'll do that."
"Yes Commander," and the Doctor left to do his other business.
Neo walked towards where Stellar, Sting and their new guest were. Noticing that the timer for Stellar and Sting indicated that they are completely healed, he opened their chamber and they both began to wake up.
"Neo?" called Stellar rubbing her eyes.
"Yes Stellar, I'm here."
Stellar saw where he was and got excited and ran to give him a hug.
"NEO!"
"Whoa.. whoa! You're energetic today."
"Isn't she always?"
"Now.. now Sting, don't be such a party pooper."
"Teh… whatever."
"Neo, who's that?" pointed Stellar at the other chamber where Auel used to be.
"That Stellar is your new sister."
"Sister?"
"Yes, sister."
"What! We don't need another one! We just lost Auel and you're replacing him?!" yelled Sting.
"Stellar… Stellar don't want no one replacing Auel!"
"You guys calm down!" yelled Neo.
Sting and Stellar looked at Neo in shock. Never, since they knew Neo, that he yelled at them.
"No one is replacing Auel!" yelled Neo. "We found this young lady and she needed our help. She has no one to go to so we took her in. She is to be your new sister and you all have to respect and listen to her. Got it?!"
"Why do we have to respect and listen to her?" asked a pissed off Sting.
"Because she is special."
"Special?" said Stellar.
"Yes, Stellar. Special." Neo patting Stellar's head that made Stellar smile.
"Whatever! Let's go Stellar!" said Sting as he walked off.
"Hai!" Replied Stellar but before taking off, she gave Neo another hug and went towards the other chamber. Tippy-toeing over the glass cover, she glanced at the sleeping figure and whispered, "Sister, I'm Stellar. Let's play later!" and off Stellar went.
Neo smiled and walked to a control pad. "I won't erase you're memories permanently. I'm just going to temporary block it. I don't want you to forget all the things you experienced in your life…." Neo pressed some buttons and a puff of mist sprayed over the sleeping figure. "…like what happened to me."
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A/N: OHHHHHHHHH! That was even more intense than the other chapters! Man, that took me 8 hours to type out. I made up for the last short chapter. Alright guyz, REVIEW PLEASE! NO FLAMBES!!!