I hope everyone made the switch from story-to-story okay. Now that I think about it, I probably should have just written one big story so people don't have to worry about different story parts. Oh well, what's done is done.

This is the last part of Eternity Rising. I don't know yet how many chapters there will be, probably about the same as the other two parts. So sit back and enjoy the story :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Seed Destiny

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"Two weeks." Katsuya muttered from the window he was staring out of in Cagali's office, "You lost contact with her...two weeks ago."

June stared at the notice, tears running down her face. Katsuya had fallen silent in one corner of the office. Cagali had just told them what happened, and now neither of them spoke.

"I'm sorry." Athrun murmured, "We lost contact with Suzuka Kiriyuhi. The only explination could be that the transmitter mal-funcitoned-"

"-or she's dead." Katsuya finished.

"We don't know that yet. We need to wait for a response." Cagali told them, "She could still be alive."

"Twilight reported them jumping off the pier into the ocean, ma'am." June replied, her voice dropping a few volumes, "It's been storming lately..."

"Their chances are low, but Za Burrel is with her."

"Za Burrel tried to kill her!" Katsuya roared.

Athrun sighed, pearing over at his exhausted wife. She had gone days without sleeping, and it was taking a toll on her.

"Kira and many of the staff at Moergenrate are monitoring the lines." Athrun said, "I think the important thing now is to rest. We've all been overworking ourselves. Both of you are dismissed."

Katsuya stared at him indignantly before June dutifully pulled him from the room. Athrun let out a sigh, sinking back in the chair. Cagali was leaning against the back of her chair, her face was dead pale.

"Cagali?"

Her eyes opened, and she looked at him.

"Hm?"

He raised a hand and set it on her forehead, "You're feverish."

She nodded, "I have a splitting headache and I don't feel well."

"It's late, you need to sleep."

She shook her head, "I need to go to a meeting-"

Athrun reached around her desk, grabbing the phone.

"Kisaka?" he called, "Cancel all of Cagali's meetings for tonight and tommorrow."

"ATHRUN!" she snapped.

"Thank you." he hung the phone up, "You're sick and tired, Cagali."

"I am not." she whispered, feeling dizzy again.

Athrun stared at her. She had the same, stubborn look that he had first seen the day he met her. He smiled, and pulled her chair back. Giving a yelp as he scooped her up in his arms, he carried her out of her office.

"Athrun-"

He opened the door to their quarters with his foot, "If you're not better in the morning, you're going to see the doctor."

She made a face, Cagali hated the doctor.

Pulling back the sheets, he sat her on the edge, pulling off her shoes. Falling backwards, she lay on the pillows, and sighed contently.

"Yes, yes..." he chuckled, "...sleep IS a good thing."

"Shut up." she laughed, "I like to work."

"No, you like to be stubborn." he said, "Now you sleep. If you don't-"

"You'll make me regret it?" she asked, smiling, "Really?"

Athrun leaned foreward and kissed her. Looking up at him, Cagali giggled,

"Now you'll get sick."

"Then you'll take care of me, hm?"

"If you think I'm carrying you down the hall, forget it."

Athrun laughed, tucking the sheets in around her shoulders. She was already asleep when he opened the door. Kisaka stood in a the hallway, knowing very well that the grave look on Athrun's face.

"Is she alright?"

"I got her to sleep." Athrun said, "Send a doctor in to see her tommorrow morning."

"But you said-"

"I know what I said." he said, "Just do it."

"Yes, sir." Kisaka nodded, "Aren't you going to sleep, Lord Zala?"

"I'll finish those papers, and then go to bed." he said, "Damn it...damn Trent and his little games. Cagali's sick, PLANT is under attack, Chairman Trent is completely off his rocker...that's what we need, another cracked PLANT chairman."

"We can't do anything about PLANT for the moment, sir."

"I know." Athrun said as he walked down the hallway, "That's what pisses me off. Have we gotten any reports from the Eternal yet?"

"Not since two day ago. The Voltaire is departing shortly."

"Alright." Athrun said, "Get Captain Jule online for me in the office. I need a word with him."

"Yes, sir."

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Alex walked down the hallway of the Kamaitachi, stopping at the doorway to the OS room. Ezekiel was sitting with his back to the tank, his laptop in his lap as always, and Vana was staring over his shoulder. There was a soft, haunting melody that floated through Alex's ears.

"Hey, Alex." Ezekiel waved.

"What 'cha watchin?" Alex leaned over.

"Archieved vids from PLANT."

Alex raised an eyebrow, "Are you watching them on PLANT's supercomputer or actually out of Kamaitachi's files?"

There was a smirk on the boy's face.

"You know...one of these days you're going to get caught in some system and get fried like a beef kabbob on a grill."

"What can I say? I enjoy the rush."

Stand in the road of dark

Stand against the evil abound

See the path to light afar

Grasp your hand, you rescue me

"What is that?" Alex frowned, it was oddly familiar. Like something he knew, but he was not sure from where. It puzzled him because he was vastly informed of the music world, past and present.

"Angel Eternal."

Alex raised his eyebrows. THAT was a name he knew. Angel Eternal was popular a few years before Lacus Clyne's time. From what he knew, the lead singer was young when she started, about 10, and spent a good five years of her life on the top five charts on earth and PLANT.

I love the sound your voice makes

Sing to me a new future

Lead me away from the twisted road

Take me away on the wings of light

Then from what he knew, Alex had heard that around her fifth year on the charts, she suddenly disappeared, along with her other lead singer, Satoshi Seishoushi. He frequently sang duets with her, and was known as one of the best guitarists on PLANT. Alex did not know why it was Angel Eternal was finally disbanded, but he had heard a rumor in the music buisness that it was...not a good reason. No one spoke of it, it was sort of a taboo to mention them.

I hear you speaking

I hear you calling

I hear your heartbeat in the dark

"She's so good!" Vana beamed, "I can't believe she's gone. I would have loved to go to one of her concerts."

"So would I." Ezekiel nodded, "Yo, Alex, did you ever go to one?"

"No." he said, "Angel Eternal was disbanded by the time I reached my own career."

"Too bad."

"Hey, let me see."

Alex leaned over the top of the screen.

He felt his heart freeze in his chest.

She was a short girl, wearing a black, flowing, lace gown. It was strapless, with a set of red lace that bordered the top edge on the bottom hem of the dress. There were red lacing up both sides of the gown. There were long, black silk gloves on her arms, and a pair of glass slippers on her feet.

She had long hair, it reached her waist, and it was curled slightly. The waves fell around her like a long cape. With her hair and the color of the gown, it matched her pale skin perfectly. She was young, probably only 13 or 14.

"That's the lead singer, they used to call her Angel." Ezekiel pointed.

There was a tall man next to her, they were already singing the next song. He was over a head taller, wearing long black trenchcoat, and black slacks. His bleached white hair hung limp around his face, and hung just over his blue eyes.

Taking her hands, they waltzed across the stage.

"Who's that?"

"Satoshi Seishoushi."

Alex frowned, he would have met someone like Seishoushi by now. He was one of the best guitarists alive. Truthfully, Alex wanted to Satoshi to play for him.

"Hey, do you know what happend to them?"

"No one does." Vana piped it, "Mysterious, isn't it?'

"Yeah." Alex then frowned, "Hey, Zeek, do you think if you did a little hacking you could find out?"

"I don't know, dude." he frowned, "That kind of research takes a lot of time, and the systems are more tighter then the Eternity database."

"So you can't do it?"

"I didn't say that."

"What about you, Vana?"

She shrugged, "If I wanted to. I would need a guide. I can't simply hack into systems and pull out because it pulls thin on my conciousness."

"Well?"

Ezekiel and Vana looked at each other. She smiled,

"Come on, Ezekiel! It'll be fun! It's not like we have anything to do for a while until Cedric recieves new orders from Cagali-sama."

"Alright, alright." he said, "Why not?"

"Thanks, man. Tell me whatever you find."

"Sure thing, Alex."

Alex yawned, "I'm crashing. Night kiddies."

"Night."

After he left, Ezekiel cracked his knuckles, "You ready for a little surfing, Vana?"

"Sounds fun."

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Alex walked down the hallway towards his quarters. He stared angerily at the floor. What the hell was going on? He could have sworn that the young girl singing at that concert was Micka.

He would recognize her eyes anywhere.

"Alex?"

He stopped, turning around. Micka stood in the doorway of her quarters.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

He shook his head, realizing that he was staring, "No, nothing at all."

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She opened her eyes.

The room was warm, and she could feel a slight breeze from a fan in the corner of the room. From what she gathered of the slanted room, it was an attic room. It looked like a grandmother's house, with the picturesque window, dresser, closet, and furniture. There was a door off to the side that she assumed was a small bathroom.

It was a large bed, and it took up a good chunk of her little room. As her eyes scanned the room, she noticed a pile of clothes on the couch, as well as a bunched up blanket on the other end of the sofa.

The door opened.

Rey.

Rey stepped into the room. He was changed out of his ZAFT uniform, wearing a white dress shirt, black slacks, and black suspenders that stretched over his shirt. The pants matched his black shoes. His blond hair was pulled up into a high ponytail on his head.

"You're awake." he smiled, carrying a tray of lunch with him, he set it on the table, "I was beginning to worry. Don't scare me like that, Suzuka, it'll take years off my life."

Rey.

He sat on the edge of her bed, and smiled down at her.

"You're fever finally broke three days ago, and you're wounds are better. You still have a cracked rib though."

It was now that she noticed the bandages wrapped around his neck, and that he was favoring his left arm slightly. Reaching his right hand foreward, he touched her face slightly,

"Yeah, you're not feverish anymore." he said, "Good."

"...Rey?"

He smiled, "Hey."

It was him. The same blue eyes that she remembered, the cold, vicious part of him was completely gone. He was there in front of her, stroking her cheek gently, and smiling.

Rey yelped as she flung herself out of bed, wrapping her arms around his chest. Burying her face in his shirt, she cried.

"Hey...hey, it's okay." he wrapped his arms around her, "It's okay, Suzuka..."

He sat there and let her cry, rocking her back at forth. It was a while before she said anything, and a smile spread across his face,

"You stabbed me in the head." he said.

"You shot me." she said.

"You shot me too."

Suzuka looked at him, a smile on her face despite the tears, "Then we're even."

Rey laughed, brushing the tears from her face.

"How long have I been sleeping?"

"You've been asleep for a week."

"A week?" she gapped at him.

He nodded, "You were pretty bad the first week, half awake and half asleep, I doubt you remember any of it."

She did not.

"I got us to shore, we were both pretty bad off." he explained, "After wandering threw the street for the better part of an hour, I passed out on the front step of this Bed and Breakfest. Mrs. Knittle, the owner of this place, found us and took us in. You've been pretty much out of it, but once I was strong enough, I starting helping her out."

"Oh...so that's what the interesting outfit is for?"

He chuckled, and nodded, "I'v been doing laundry and dishes."

She gave him a shocked look, "The great Rey Za Burrel does his own laundry? I'm impressed, Rey."

He laughed again, "Speaking of which, I have to get back soon. There's a rush today, and the staff is short. Stay here, get some sleep, and we'll talk later."

"Kay."

He kissed the top of her head, got up, and walked towards the door.

"Hey, Rey?" she called.

"Yeah?"

She smiled from her pillow, "It's good to see you again."

He nodded, "You too."

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The Voltaire was prepped and ready for launch. Athrun walked down the line of soliders, dressed in his long Orb, uniform coat. He stopped in front of Yzak, and smiled.

They had finally rustled Yzak and Shiho into wearing the ZAFT-Orb uniforms.

"It looks good on you, Yzak."

"It better." he grumbled, "Because I didn't break my ass for so long to make captain, just to have to wear a crappy uniform."

"It's not that bad." Shiho smiled, she was standing next to Yzak, "I like it."

"I'm glad someone around here is optimistic." Athrun replied.

"Someone needs to be. Especially with the kind of captain I have."

"Hey-" Yzak shot her a look, "-you're suppose to help me not him, Major Jule."

"God, that sounds weird." Shiho mumbled.

"What? You gotta problem with it, Mrs. Jule?" Yzak felt a smirk creep across his face.

"Stop it, Yzak."

He chuckled.

Athrun could not help but smile at them. Yzak had been smug the whole last week since he and Shiho got married. It had been a simple wedding, with most of their aquaintences. Bjorkland had volunteered to take over the ship while Yzak and Shiho skipped town for a few days to do whatever they wanted.

"I take pride in my wife, thank you very much." Yzak folded his arms, "Alright, Zala, are we gonna do this or what?"

Athrun smiled, "You amaze me, Yzak. I thought you hated me, why are you doing all this for me?"

"You misunderstand, I still hate you, but I hate Twilight more and this war is more about personal shit, so I might as well take it personally too." he replied, "The Voltaire belongs on the battlefield."

"Good luck, Yzak." Athrun clapped hands with him, "Where's Dearka?"

"He's saying good-bye to his girl. I told him it wasn't that big of a deal. We're comming back anyway."

Athrun nodded, that was Yzak...confident and stubborn as usuall.

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"But, why!" Miriallia raced after him, "Why can't you stay?"

"I have to do this." Dearka stared at her, not intimidated by her outburst. She pound her fists on the front of his chest.

"You can't just leave me here, you can't!"

He hugged, her, pressing his face into her hair.

"I'll be back." he chuckled, "It was a lot of trouble to stay alive back in the woods. I wouldn't give all that up now."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

He gently kissed her, and taking the tags off his neck, he clipped them around her neck.

"I'll be back for these." he said, "If you need anything, they will get you into Carpentaria. If anyone asks questions, tell them your my fiance and they'll give you whatever you want."

Miriallia stared at him wide-eyed, "What did you say?"

Dearka smirked at her, hauling his bag on his shoulder and walked towards the door.

"Dearka!" she called.

"Hey-" he turned around, "-everyone else is married, or getting married, that we know. We're not getting any younger, and I'm positive I'll never love anyone else as much as I love you."

Miriallia stared at him.

He shrugged again, "It's just a thought. I mean, if you're not ready too-"

"Okay, Dearka, I'll make a deal with you." she said, her hands resting on her hips.

Dearka fell silent a moment, "What?"

"I'll tell people I'm your fiance-" she smiled, "-if you tell people you're MY fiance."

He was pretty sure that for a moment, the room spun. Grabbing on the doorknob to steady himself, he managed a slight smile.

"Deal."

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I will be updating on a few other stories before I continue with this one. It should be about a week, but there will be an unpdate soon. :D

Review and tell me what you think!

Arigato

Lilith