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Chapter Forty Eight
Fate
Doomsday
Front of Transport
The transport ship came to a stop as this was only to drop off personal, the transport then had to leave and dock in Kira's hanger so the mechanics could begin repairs on the Armageddon.
Kira looked out the window as there were soldiers waiting, as well as a few security officers.
"It's time sir," one officer said.
Kira stood up as he moved towards the doors.
Back of Transport
Lacus was silent the whole trip, her thoughts were fully on her future, this was even out of Kira's hands now as her fate was in the hands of the chairman.
Lacus saw the massive ship from one of the windows and it looked a lot larger right next to it then when she saw it from the safety of her own bridge. She saw a hanger open as they docked.
Once the preparations were done the security officers grabbed her arms as they pulled her to her feet.
"Move," one said as Lacus followed them calmly.
She was taken to a different exit then the one Kira was at.
Soon the hanger opened as she was led out.
Hanger
Lacus was led down as she reached the floor of the hanger when she looked around, at the front of the ship she saw Kira talking to a few soldiers.
When Kira reached the floor he was met with a few salutes.
"Commander, the chairman wants to see you now sir," the soldier said.
"Very well, what about my machine?" Kira asked.
"Orders have been given to start repairing it immediately sir," the soldier replied.
"The captive?" Kira asked looking over as his eyes met hers again.
"The chairman told us to place her in holding until he calls for her," the soldier replied.
"Very well, see to it, I will head to see the chairman myself," Kira said turning.
"But…sir we have been given orders to escort you sir," the soldier said.
Kira looked back, "Unless you want me to break your legs I suggest you handle the prisoner, I know my way around, I built this ship idiot," Kira said heading towards the lift.
The soldier decided it was best to follow his orders and returned.
Lacus watched as Kira walked away as soldiers nodded to the ones now holding her.
They roughly grabbed her arm and pushed her forward a little, "Move," they said with weapons drawn on her.
Lacus followed their instructions as she was led to the same hanger that Kira was placed in but he was no longer there anymore.
The soldiers got in as she was led up.
Private Floor
Ryu's office
Ryu was sitting in his chair as he watched all of what happened on the monitors of the transports docking. Looking at Kira he was definitely not in the best of shape but that was his problem for going against his orders.
Taking a look at the prisoner Ryu watched as maybe this attack Kira made wasn't all for nothing anyway, with Lacus in custody this could benefit them if played right.
Ryu was waiting as he got a signal at the door.
Ryu knew this was Kira as he had him led in.
With Kira
After Kira got off the lift he quickly went to his room, he couldn't meet the chairman in a torn uniform. He quickly put another one on as he left the room.
Heading towards the office he spotted Sarah coming out of the room she was in likely with the children.
Sarah came out and saw him, his condition was completely different, she never thought he could get wounded like this, and she only saw his face.
She then approached him, "Commander?"
"Not now, the chairman is waiting," Kira replied.
Sarah sighed, ever since this war he was a different person then she knew, and now this was another side she was seeing of him, he looked disorganized, but still very much dark.
"Suit yourself," Sarah replied walking away.
"If this was another time I would find your attitude entertaining but not now," Kira replied darkly.
She detected the malice in his voice and that was the first time it was directed at her, "I understand sir," Sarah replied as he walked towards the chairman's office and went inside. She couldn't afford in doing something that would make herself disappear like all the others that opposed Kira.
She looked at the door for awhile, before turning around, boy was that a shock.
With Lacus
Lacus knew the elevator came to a stop as it opened to the secured private floor. Ryu wanted her placed in one of the rooms up here so he could speak with her after he finished with Kira.
As soon as the doors opened the soldiers walked out as Lacus looked ahead and immediately saw her. It was the same woman she saw at that one announcement about ultimates; of all times she had to run into the other woman, this was awkward.
Sarah saw her as well, Kira somehow brought her here, she didn't know what was going on.
The soldiers told her to clear the way as Sarah backed towards the wall a little as the two women passed each other; their eyes slightly connected as they passed and the soldiers opened an unoccupied room and placed Lacus inside locking it from the outside and standing guard.
Sarah then returned to the room with her children as maybe this was a good opportunity for something.
Archangel-Orb Territory
Infirmary
The doctor was running all his tests when Mu woke up.
As soon as Mu sat up what he remembered was still there, he remembered what his name was and everything. All of his past memories up to his childhood were remembered.
The doctor took notice, "Commander La Flaga is what I should say."
Mu looked at him, "Long time no see," Mu said placing a hand on his head.
"Do you remember?" the doctor asked.
Mu filled him in on everything, the last memory he had was years ago at Yakin Due when he stopped that shot in the Strike to save the Archangel. Mu also remembered all of his year's memories of Neo Loronoke. Most importantly he remembered when Jibril found him and the rest spiraled from there.
"I see, remarkable," the doctor said finishing up the exam.
"Does she know?" Mu asked.
"I haven't informed the captain yet sir, but I believe she is suspecting something," the doctor said.
It wasn't long after that Murrue arrived, they were heading back to the port when she walked in for a report and was completely shocked at what she saw.
Their eyes locked for the first time in years, but she knew already.
Mu stared at her, "Been awhile…but you haven't changed one bit," Mu told her.
Murrue stared at him and the doctor.
"The tests confirm it, and his memory has returned," the doctor added.
Murrue walked up to him staring at him in the eyes.
It wasn't long before they had their little reunion as Mu filled her in on all the events. The doctor listened as well it was quite a story.
"All this time," Murrue said as she was now sitting next to him.
"I told you I can make the impossible possible," Mu said with his old humor she remembered him having.
"I just cannot believe it," Murrue added.
"I know…but it seems we will once again have to put this all on hold," Mu said.
Murrue looked at him, "Your right."
"Well, the kid has gone completely insane, I still don't recall all the details," Mu added.
Murrue filled him in on all of the information they knew to this point.
"I never really thought he would ever be capable of these things," Mu said as he knew him the best during the war.
"I don't know what happened, but we have to deal with it now," Murrue added.
"Then we have little time to waste," Mu said about to stand up.
"There is a briefing I believe we can announce that you are no longer dead," Murrue said happily.
"That sounds good to me," Mu added as they left.
They spoke on a personal level as they made their way back and would have liked to pick up where they left off, but this war and Kira had to be dealt with first.
Doomsday
Ryu's Office
Kira walked straight into the office as the door shut behind him and he waited in attention status.
Ryu had his seat turned around and he wasn't looking at Kira yet, "You disobeyed my orders."
"Only in a manner of speaking sir, my intentions…"
"Stop!" Ryu said turning around and now staring at Kira.
"Your orders were to wait here for Jibril, not to go on a crusade of Orb," Ryu added now standing up.
"Permission to speak freely?" Kira asked.
"Go ahead," Ryu added, wanting to hear what he had to say.
"I believed I could destroy Orb and get back with no trouble, I couldn't take it anymore sir, they had to be destroyed," Kira added.
"Yet you came back with heavy damage…what happened to my number one out there commander?" Ryu asked.
Kira knew lying was useless, Ryu could tell immediately if he lied.
"It was his voice sir, I heard it and…" Kira couldn't finish that still affected him.
"I will hear no excuses commander, that still doesn't take away the point that the man the people know as the ultimate took heavy damage to a bunch of naturals," Ryu added angrily.
Kira stood silent.
"I had to reposition forces to be able to bail you out, everything was almost ruined because of the foolish task you tried to complete, I didn't work this long to have things screwed up even by you commander!" Ryu raised his voice.
"I could have gotten it done sir," Kira added.
Ryu immediately backhanded him hard.
Kira's head went to the side as a few gashes reopened.
"You failed to get it done commander, and we will make this clear one last time, my orders will be followed or I will leave you there next time, do you understand?" Ryu asked sternly.
"Yes sir," Kira replied, making sure not to look at his eyes.
"You're wounded and according to the doctor shouldn't be in a suit for a few weeks, but I am not giving you that luxury, the mechanics will work none stop and you will complete the mission of destroying Jibril on time, do you understand?" Ryu asked.
"Yes sir," Kira said expecting no different.
"Another thing commander," Ryu said.
"Sir?" Kira asked.
"I am placing a hold on your pills, maybe now you will think twice before acting on your own in time of war," Ryu added.
Kira didn't like that at all, "Sir, that's…" Kira's voice said rising in anger.
"You made your bed commander, when Jibril is destroyed you can have them back, is that clear," Ryu said actually liking his anger rising again.
"Clear as day sir," Kira replied.
"One last thing commander, about Lacus Clyne, why did you bring her here?" Ryu asked.
Kira stared at him, "For the same reason you're thinking of sir, I will leave her fate in your hands, if you wish to do it for that reason, or if you wish her eliminated I will not care."
Ryu had a slight smile, "Very well, dismissed and think long and hard about what was said."
"Yes sir," Kira replied as he turned and walked out of the room.
After he was gone Ryu sat back down as he was using his abilities the whole conversation, Kira did not lie and the hatred he wanted to see still remained, things so far were right where he needed him. His goal couldn't be accomplished without Kira's help so Ryu wanted to make sure he understood that fact without giving Kira too much leeway to do as he pleased again.
Ryu waited for awhile before calling in a guard.
"Yes sir," the guard said.
"Bring Clyne in," Ryu said.
The man saluted, "Right away sir," the guard said leaving.
Lacus' holding room
Lacus was waiting inside for what seemed like an eternity, which was until the guards came back.
They opened the door and ordered her out as she was tired to getting pushed around so she complied.
She was led to the largest doors at the end of the hallway, the doors opened and they moved her in as she saw a person she hated more then anything.
With Kira
Kira returned to his room after his conversation, from what he knew Jibril was still a few days if not a week away, and he had to go without his fix for that long. What was worse he took the last ones he had before landing and now he was out.
Things were not going to be pleasant for awhile.
Orb-Headquarters
Forensics lab
Athrun and Cagalli made a quick stop to this part of the building with all the pills they could gather.
The person in charge took a look and immediately couldn't recognize this at all.
"I have never seen anything like this before," the person said.
"Can you find out what it is? What it does? How it works? Anything like that would be of help," Cagalli added.
"It will take some time, but with the number of samples you gave me I should be able to find all that out and more," the person said.
Meeting Room
Cagalli thanked them as she turned around and she and Athrun went to the meeting room.
Heads of departments were already there as well as those she ordered, this meeting was important as they had to figure out what to do now.
Murrue and Neo as they still knew him were the only ones still absent.
That however soon changed.
People looked and those that knew him immediately froze, his face was no mistake.
Mu saw the reaction, "I guess coming back from the dead isn't all what it's cracked up to be."
Upper Pacific Ocean
Jibril's Transport
This large ship was extremely slow but it played its role in looking like a civilian liner. That was the point as Jibril believed he was going to sneak into the west coast and get a plane straight to the capitol in Washington.
"What is the time?" Jibril asked.
"It will still be awhile sir, but no Zaft presence has been detected," an earth alliance officer told him.
"What is Zaft's current occupation position?" Jibril asked.
"All of Australia belongs to Zaft, about ninety percent of Africa is there's, they have about fifty percent of Asia with their newest assaults, and Orb took the most with the cannon, but they are practically destroyed," the officer reported.
"North and South America still belong to us as well as Europe, we will have our most efficient resources, the rest were nothing to concerns ourselves with," Jibril said as he was very confident.
"Yes sir," the officer said leaving.
The ship moved on but was heading straight in the path with the Doomsday tracking it.
Lower Middle Pacific Ocean
The Seirans were also heading straight for the Doomsday in the luxury yacht, cocky and acting tough they would be in range in one day.
Doomsday
Ryu's Office
Ryu waited as the doors opened again, this time he was staring straight ahead as Lacus was brought in.
The guards shoved her in with their rifles as Ryu raised his hand.
"You may go, she poses no threat," Ryu said looking straight at her.
The guards saluted and left waiting right outside the door.
Lacus saw the chairman as a hate welled inside of her as well, her glare could pierce anything as Ryu saw that.
"Welcome Miss Clyne, you hate my guts don't you?" Ryu asked.
Lacus stared at him, "You have the same abilities as Kira so you can tell my emotions."
Ryu slightly smiled, "Your right."
"What did you do to him?" Lacus asked in complete anger.
Ryu looked at her, "Whatever do you mean?"
"That, what do you do to him to make him hate that much?" Lacus asked.
"I did not a thing Miss Clyne, all I did was show him a new path and he willingly decided to help me," Ryu said.
"You lie! He wouldn't have turned on me like this," Lacus shouted.
"Temper, temper, you paid little attention to him when he was around, and you placed the worlds welfare above his so or course he turned on you," Ryu added.
"I know how that first war affected him, but you poured fuel on the fire," Lacus said quickly.
"Blame me all you wish, but that will not change the fact that he is who he is, it was a shattered soul when I asked for his help, and I gave him purpose again, he now fights for the future of the world while you fight to destroy it with your foolish ideas that will keep history repeating itself," Ryu told her.
"He once believed in the hope of people but that isn't there anymore, you took that from him I know it," Lacus shouted.
"Try to convince yourself all you want but all of what I said is the truth," Ryu added.
"He could not just change that quickly…he…" Lacus said.
"You are beginning to bore me Miss Clyne, he saw how people treated the gift he gave them, they were going to throw away all the sacrifices just to go back to how they were, yes we started this war but it was going to start anyway, this way its on our terms and it will lead to a world that will not repeat history," Ryu told her.
"You're telling me he just changed like that when you first saw him he immediately became the killer he is," Lacus said.
Ryu smiled, "He shot a traitor the first time I brought him to the satellite, of course it affected him afterward but he saw the light after that, I addressed his concerns and showed him the correct path."
Lacus stared at him angrily, "You took advantage of his confusion, you turned him."
"All I did was add my input and he made his own choice Miss Clyne," Ryu told her.
Lacus couldn't tell if that was it or if he was leaving something out.
"What about those pills he takes what are those for?" Lacus asked quickly.
Ryu stared at her, "They take away his pain and mental stress, he still suffers from the first war you know, all the pills do is, let's just say clear his mind so he doesn't feel pain anymore."
"How?" Lacus asked.
Ryu stood up, "We will have no more questions Miss Clyne, in fact its time we get down to business."
Lacus looked at him.
"As you are aware by now nothing can stop our world from forming, the only question is will you see the light or will you fall with it," Ryu said.
"What are you talking about?" Lacus said.
"You see its not a bad thing that Kira took you, for some strange reason people like you, I want you to lets just say assist us."
"I will never join you, besides what can I assist you in, you made all the soldiers see me as a traitor, I cannot even talk my views without you destroying those that listen," Lacus said.
"You will listen if you know what is good for you," Ryu said looking at her.
Lacus was really confused, now they wanted her help for something, then it hit her.
"Let me guess the civilians in Plants are getting restless aren't they? You haven't been reporting the war so they don't know what is going on," Lacus added.
"Very brilliant of you Miss Clyne, it is mostly Plants that were more loyal to your father, but I would wish you speak to them, you will join us and openly support what we are doing, they won't know the true nature but what I write you will speak to the people," Ryu said.
Lacus stared at him, "Never."
"Would you prefer I destroy you right here and now," Ryu said quickly.
"It's a small price to pay if you lose power, besides even if I agreed you made the people hate me," Lacus said.
Ryu looked at her, "I can have it set up so you will look as a spy that was working for us all the time, this is a good deal Miss Clyne."
"I would rather die," Lacus said.
"Very well…but just remember those few Plants will also follow you," Ryu added.
Lacus quickly looked at him, "You would even destroy your own people?"
"I will make it look as another alliance surprise attack, people will easily rally in full support of the destruction of naturals and I won't have to hide this anymore, I would rather not have to lower the amount of ultimates that could be created but I will if left with no choice," Ryu said sitting back down.
Lacus couldn't believe this.
"The choice is yours," Ryu said taking hold of a weapon.
"…fine…" Lacus said with her spirit lowered to nothing.
"I will not need you for a few weeks, so stay and watch how we accomplish things, I believe you might even come to understand why our way is better," Ryu said staring at her.
"For now you will be taken back to your room, but I will soon let you have some freedoms back, until then just do as you're told," Ryu said pushing a button.
The guards came in and took her out. Lacus stared into his eyes one last time, she had the feeling he was doing all this for another reason, what he said was probably true but she had a feeling he was keeping her for another reason.
Lacus' Room
Lacus was returned to her room as now she was left with her thoughts. She couldn't believe this, she would have chosen death but she worried for her children. Plus he was going to destroy more if she didn't do this, she had to follow along, but she was doing it only to by time.
Ryu seemed to change subjects on Kira as well but she was beginning to understand what she hoped she was reading from him.
Lacus waited in thought as she soon got another visitor and this was shocking.
To be continued…
(A\N): The next chapter contains the meeting with Orb, Lacus' visitor as well as her getting used to the ship, and the Doomsday finds something on radar they have to investigate. It will be up not as quickly and likely early next week, maybe sooner if lucky. See you later.