Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED Destiny as it is exclusive rights to Bandai and Sunrise Studios. I am not making any money from this as it is purely for entertainment.
A/N: Well here's the second chapter, the first one was a bit quick but this one will explain a few details that may not be understandable. Enjoy!
Opening Theme: Dead Songs – Thursday
Prelude Phase 2: Let the training begin!
February 7th C.E.72, 2239 Hours – Australasia Union, ZAFT Military Naval Base: Carpentaria
Kira starred with hate in his eyes at the man he thought was dead, but there he was, standing in front of him, in a strange uniform and worst of all, he was smiling at him. "Why the hell are you here?!" Kira shot at him with full anger in his voice.
"Like I said Kira, I'm here to help you control your powers" he replied in a calm voice.
"I don't need you!" Kira shot back. But then he felt a tremendous pain in his head, it was like a migraine but hell of a lot worse. "W-what the hell?" Kira said under his breath.
"You need help Kira. And I am the only one who could help you, and out of your current situation" Rau smiled.
"What situation?" Kira asked as he looked up to the clone. Then Kira relived the image when Rau pulled the trigger onto the Dominion escape shuttle holding Flay. "I thought you wanted to kill me".
"Kill you? Well, that was the idea when we fought but now is not the time. I am now holding my hand out to you Kira" Creuset held his hand out to prove his point. "If you take this hand, I will help you and train you to control your powers, which may lead to your destiny, if you wish to control it".
"If I don't?".
"Then you must likely would be shot as a traitor and 'they' will steal your Gundam" replied Creuset, with dissatisfaction as if Kira had chosen that. "What is Kira?".
Kira looked around to see various of the guards still holding their rifles ready. Then re-looked his options, true, he hated this man, but there was also something that made Kira believe him, also he said 'they' as not 'we' would take his unit, and he mentioned it as a Gundam like he did. Something was up and Kira wanted to find out.
"I...agree" said Kira as he took Rau's hand and shock it.
"Good, this is the first step to our salvation".
Rau's Office
Rau sat in his officer's chair facing the large window, as he looked into the dark blue sky, the stars shone brightly through the dark emptiness that made it grateful to have the Earth to see something like this. Creuset had removed his mask to clean it. 'This mask is a symbol my identity and also my curse. Can I ever be free from it?'.
"Commander Creuset, it's Yuan" said Yuan's voice from the other side of the door.
"You may enter" he replied as he applied his mask then finally swinging around in his chair in the direction of the door. The door opened with Yuan in his black uniform, it was like Creuset's except the amount of wings on his shoulders. Then Kira entered wit the same uniform but with the exception of wings on his shoulders. "What you think of the uniform?" asked Rau as he leaned back in his chair.
"Different" replied Kira. "Now I want to know, what uniform is this and who do you work for. Your position to the other soldiers make it look like you're part of ZAFT, but the uniform speaks otherwise".
"How observant. But yes, you are speaking the truth, we are not exactly part of ZAFT as Yuan must have told you. We are part of a secret paramilitary army called the Fallen Angels".
"Fallen Angels? You meanlike in Christian mythology, which the fallen angels were exiled or banished from Heaven. Which such banishment is a punishment for disobeying God?" Kira explained to what he thought that name stood.
"Indeed. We were named that for our abilities and powers which are considered to be unnatural. Our abilities to be of some sort of psychic or telepathic. People fear us. The main villains are Blue Cosmos themselves" Rau continued.
"But what are the Fallen Angels? And how come you never showed yourself until now? I mean you fought with me! And yet you now show yourself as you are a Commander of the Fallen Angels! I don't understand".
"Of course this is confusing for you Kira. But I will explain. The Fallen Angels are either genetically enhanced Coordinators or normal naturals that carry the Newtype gene in them providing them with the psychic abilities. We were formed to assist ZAFT when our time was right. During the First Bloody Valentine War, we were prepared to attack the Earth nations by Patrick Zala's order. But he dismissed us, saying that we were useless and a waste time and money, like trash".
"W-why?".
"Why? When the first numbers of our army was formed it wasn't enough, most haven't even been trained yet for combat. He disregarded the army and used me to help get his way's. He only used us to help build his Gundam's and weapons. When the war ended, I met Gilbert Dullindal to discuss the enlistment of our army. He was happy to enlist us, on one condition, that we follow what he asks of us, no questions asked".
"And this is where we stand" added Yuan. "We hunt down the members of Blue Cosmos and the Logos Network, and kill them by any means necessary. Which is also now your job".
"I understand Blue Cosmos, but what is the Logos Network?" Kira continued to ask his questions in the dark secrets that was kept from him and the rest of the world.
"Little is known about the Logos, except for the fact that they are the ones who brought in the Blue Cosmos to this world. They are the ones surveying the world from behind the curtains and as long as they are pulling the strings, PLANT and Earth will probably continue to fight. It is a dark organization that is stationed in places that are usually unknown as they disguise themselves as elders or the common people".
"Those bastards!".
"And yet they also the one's responsible for trying to kill you at Orb"
"They..." Kira's rage increased as he realised the truth. "They must be stopped. With them, there will always be false peace, terrorist attacks, and more wars".
"Yes, and you Kira Yamato, can make a difference. When you are ready, show them your judgment for what they deserve and anyone else who will stand in our way".
Through the conversion Kira was having with the suspected dead man, he started to understand more and more what Creuset was saying, which darkened his emotions and enraged him. The lies, the conspiracies and the evil that was hiding within the dark cold Earth he protected. "What must I do...Sir?".
2312 Hours – Carpentaria Airfield
Kira stood in front of a large ZAFT transport plane. It's engines rearing to go and they got louder and louder. He watched his Freedom getting loaded into the transport by the lifting crew, and how many technicians rushed about preparing Kira's trip.
"So how come you ain't coming?! I thought that you were going to help me master my powers!" Kira shouted at Creuset to try and beat the noisy background.
"In good time! I still got business to do here before I can met you at the training facility! It will be about a good two to four weeks before I'll arrive! I hope you take in and apply full use all of your abilities that took so long and caused so much sacrifice!" Creuset shouted back as the gusts from the engines started to increase throwing Creuset's hair everywhere.
"I will!" shouted Kira. Le Creuset nodded and turned to leave. "Le Creuset!" Kira shouted to him, which the blonde looked back at the young man. "Thank you...for telling me everything".
Creuset didn't say anything but just smiled as he started to walk away and Kira boarded his plane to the secret Fallen Angel Training Facility in Antarctica. Not even ZAFT knew of its location, which was prefect for Kira as he can train while no one could find him during his time there. Even though in the back of his mind, he wondered how Lacus was, how Cagalli and Athrun and even everyone else who was his closest friends were feeling now. He sat down on the luxurious leather seats as starred out of the window as the plane jolted forward then lifting off the ground, heading to its location.
February 28th 1231 Hours – United ORB Emirates, Parliamentary Building
Athrun had thrown the last remaining papers of reports onto his desk, with a growing headache developing. 'How could Kira just vanish into thin air? With even his Freedom, no one had spotted him since three weeks ago now. Someone must be helping him'. Then a knock banged on his door. "Come in" shouted Athrun. Lacus had walked in closing the door gently, fitting her personality, gentle. "Lacus? What can I help with?".
"Any reports on Kira's whereabouts?" she asked in a slight desperate tone. Out of everyone, she was affected the worst of them all. Not a word, not even a small detail on where and why he left, had made her even more upset.
"Sorry Lacus, there's nothing at all. All our intelligence is saying that he's vanished into thin air, like he's a ghost somehow".
"What do you think?" she asked as she sat down onto one of the chair's in his office. Disappointment was felt around her.
Athrun looked at her even harder to notice that she was heavily tired and nervous. "I'll get some tea" he said as he stood up and walked over to the pot making a fresh set. He then handed one cup to her and then sat down after her thank you. "I believe that someone is helping him. Hiding him somewhere but haven't got a clue on who it could be. No way could it be a Earth Alliance nation, they would have rather killed him and taken the Freedom".
"True, what do you think about ZAFT or the PLANT's?" Lacus asked before taking a sip.
"Probably, but they also would want the Freedom too. And that leaves us with this terrorist group wanted by the Atlantic Federation"
"It's most likely that it's them, after all, Yuan is said to be working for them" Lacus said before taking another sip. "But if that is the case then, does that mean he's helping them?" Lacus started to look even more worried.
"Even if that is to be the case, I highly doubt that. He wouldn't join terrorists to start another war" Athrun said trying to reassure her. "I think he's just in hiding. But we will find him, I just hope he's okay".
"Same here. So..." Lacus decided to change the subject to start a more cheerful chat instead of the dire talk they were having. "How's you and Cagalli?" Athrun looked at her to say something but didn't. "What's wrong Athrun? Is there something wrong between you and Cagalli?".
"No" Athrun said smiling, "There is nothing wrong between us, its what is wrong with all these bastards from the Earth Alliance".
Lacus looked concerned to what Athrun was talking about. "What do you mean?".
"The Earth Alliance found out about Kira fleeing with their wanted terrorist. Which they say they are, 'concerned about Orb's safety and security' since the attack. But I got a bad feeling about them".
"Yes, they were the one's who attacked Orb during the war" Lacus admitted.
"They want Orb to join the Earth Alliance and to help us hunt down the terrorist Yuan, but he didn't even attack us. It seemed to my opinion that Yuan was attacked".
Lacus nodded her head. "Well yes, Yuan tried to defend us. And if he wanted to kill us he could have done there and then, but he helped me and Kira. We don't have enough information on the situation or a connection about Yuan and the Earth Alliance".
"That's why if we find Kira, we will find our answer".
"Besides Cagalli wants to keep Orb out of the Alliance so everything is safe" Lacus rose her cup again to her lips.
"True, but that isn't helping now" said Athrun as he looked in defeat. Lacus looked at him curious again which he explained. "People within the government are saying that we should join them, for our own safety".
Lacus lowered her cup, "You mean they want to join even though that's removing us from our neutral position?"
"Yes, and Cagalli is losing control fast. It's sad to be that the United Orb Emirates might join the Alliance, which means the safety of Coordinators such as us here will be in even more danger".
"Cagalli won't let this happen".
"Soon she won't have a choice. Let's just hope that she get Orb out of this situation, or we may have to flee like Kira did".
March 4th, 0922 Hours – Antarctica, Fallen Angel Training Facility
The large Fallen Angel transport plane had just touched down onto the airstrip on the base and quickly came to a halt, which each soldier on guard duty rushed towards the aircraft and stood in a line in front of it, with their rifles in the shoulder arms position. Then a Fallen Angel officer with three golden wings on each shoulder, stood to attention in front of the plane as stairs were placed at the hatch to the aircraft.
The door opened to show two soldier's walking down the stairs then stood and at each side of it. Then the man that everyone had came to show the military respect he deserved appeared. He stood there with his new set of wings on his shoulders, one thick set. "Lord Le Creuset! It is good to have you in our base sir!" said the officer as he saluted him in a ZAFT style salute but his hand was twisted to show more of the back of his hand. Then the soldiers behind him performed a general salute present arms to the high ranking officer as he stepped off the plane.
"It is good to be here Sacred Commander Lang. How's well is Kira Yamato?" asked Rau, the arctic wind picked up blowing his blonde hair everywhere.
"I'll explain everything my Lord if you please come inside, out of this weather" said the Sacred Commander.
"Of course, let's go inside" said Rau as he walked with the officer indoors.
"Well my Lord, your champion may I say is doing extremely well. The first week he was here he didn't have much of a clue onto using a firearm, but he quickly picked up what to do by our instructors and by using the Glock has performed a 99.99% hit ratio with the first day. Then we gave him other weapons such as the AKS and he even performed well on that, another 99.99% with that my Lord".
"He's doing that well Lang? That's excellent to hear. What about the parts of the training?".
"He's gone through the Mobile Suit simulator but after already a couple of them we decided that he was beyond training for that. We placed him in close combat training, even though a bit weary at first he has proved capable to handle any situation now. The next training was covert ops. He had handled it very well too. And the two last parts of the training was leadership skills, which he had lead a team to complete their goal almost straight away. And the other was POW, he had protected the secret he was given and passed that. I believe that he is ready to assist us now my Lord".
"Yes, it does sound like it but, what about that surprise?".
The Sacred Commander looks at him weary to the question, "Well my Lord, you are in luck because today is that surprise we had planned by your orders".
"What? Why is it today? Isn't the schedule last week?" Rau asked annoyed.
"Pardon sir, but we had a little difficulty getting the required components for it lately"
Rau sighed, "Very well, I guess it couldn't be helped. But I would like to view with the rest of the training officers if that is alright with you Lang?".
"Of course my Lord, it wont be a problem".
"Good, I would like to see my boy to pass".
0938 Hours – Trainee Locker Rooms
Kira sat patiently on the wooden bench as he was doing up his body armour and applying his gloves, before standing up and closing his locker. 'This is it, today is the day that I prove myself to the Fallen Angels I can help them'. Kira thought as strapping his combat boots tighter.
"Hey Kira! You ready?" said a familiar voice to Kira, he looked up to see a boy about his age with silver eyes and ocean blue hair, he looked anxious to this final trail that they were ready for. "I can't wait to get this over and done with".
"Either can I Alec. I wonder what this one is about?".
"Who knows? They always want to surprise us".
"True".
"You think we'll pass?".
"Like hell you will!" said another familiar voice to Kira, but this person was someone Kira had found difficult to put up with ever since he came to this frozen wasteland. "Hey Yamato! Do you think you'll live to see your Guardian?".
"I don't know Oliver, I'll see mine but I heavily doubt you will" replied Kira with hate in his voice.
"You think that?! Yeah right! Maybe we should settle this before the trail, eh Kira?" Oliver spat back as he walked up to Kira and was inches from his face. It looked like one was going to kill other at this stage until the instructor walked in.
"Alright you lot, get your weapons and muster at the armoury grounds, now move on the double!" he shouted as he realised what almost happened. Oliver left first and then Alec, as Kira was about to leave he was stopped by the instructor. "Kira, I know what the situation between you two are, so if push comes to shove, you have permission to take him out, if he is trying it first, roger?".
"Roger" and Kira left to collect his weapons. He went into the armoury and picked up a combat knife and two Glocks, and he quickly mustered on the grounds, standing to attention. Along with Kira, there were 19 other trainees in his class standing to attention looking at Sacred Commander Lang. Who was the man in charge of the base. He stood on the balcony that looked down on the young soldiers.
"Good morning soldiers of the future!". The Sacred Commander himself was very loud when needed to be, as they noticed on day 12 when a recruit decided to do his own thing when handling his rifle, Lang was almost shot by accident which left the poor trainee to Lang's booming voice could have taken off his head. "We here today are to announce a surprise event! An event that has been done before by one of the trainee's before you some years ago. The Trainee was named Krane Hibiki, and he survived it in one piece". All the young soldiers looked at each other in confusion to what he meant by that.
'What's going on? And this guy Krane Hibiki, sounds familiar...wait, he made it sound like he put Krane in a life or death situation!' Kira thought himself.
"Today is fortunate for you, for today is the day when you jump the ranks from an ordinary soldier to a rank of a Holy Commander". Commotion between the soldiers stirred as excitement ranged across them. "Silence!" ordered the Sacred Commander, and all went silent. "Good. Now this task which you may take would not be easy, as you have to venture into the cold wastelands of Antarctica, to find a lone katana sword that rests in the ice. You will not have any navigation or radio's, but you will be given a flare gun with six flares. Now, we will allow people to stand down if they are not up to the challenge, but I assure you to think about it first. I'll give you all 5 minutes to decide" said the Commander before he stood off the balcony into the warm room.
Kira and Alec both went to think about the so-called 'challenge'. "This is a joke. They believe that we can achieve this with no direction of this sword? I would rather stay as a ordinary soldier" Alec said shaking his head.
"But the position of a Holy Commander is also a great opportunity for you" said a voice behind them. They both turned to see Le Creuset standing behind them with his arms folded.
"Sir Le Creuset" saluted Alec and the Kira followed, then they both noticed a brand new set of wings on his uniform. "Congratulations my Lord on your promotion!" Alec added.
"Please you two be at ease" said Rau.
"What rank is that now?" asked Kira.
"The rank of a Deity" replied the blonde.
"Wow! That's pretty high also considering that you left the ranks and then rejoined sir!" Alec said excitedly.
"Yes, it was awarded for my work with the PLANT's and the choice of the other Deity Commanders. I now have authority of the Dark Angel squadron. It's a huge honour for someone like me to have".
"Nah! Everyone knew you could do it sir!" said Alec.
Rau chuckles, "Maybe so. But there are also some who didn't want me to have this rank. Anyway enough of that, what are two going to do? Are you going to participate in this trail?". Both looked unsure as Rau noticed. "I see. You ain't sure about it?".
"Well..." Alec begun, "It's the fact that we might get killed trying to do this".
"I know, but with the rank, you can control a proportion of any squad of your choice. Isn't that ideal?".
"It is" Kira spoke up, "But the fact I came here to join and help the Fallen Angels, not to die after finishing training".
"I understand that" Rau replied.
"So you ain't going to do it Kira?" Alec asked.
"I'm not sure" Kira said looking back at the wolves.
"It is your decision" the blonde said, "But I prefer you Kira to be part of my squadron then him" Rau said looking at Oliver, who sat there chatting away to the female soldiers. "He's too cocky for his own good. I would hate to imagine what he'll do to the squadron he selects".
Kira then imaged what Oliver would do, he would have probably sacrificed the number of them considering that is what he thinks, disregarding others only for his own selfish ideas. It sickened him. "I'll join the trail" said Kira for his decision.
"Are you sure?" asked Rau.
"Definite. I will not allow someone like him take the blade without a fight".
The soldiers were called back, which the Sacred Commander asked who would step out. Out of the twenty, only eight stayed behind to undertake the task. "Well, I'm proud to see some number of you left. Now I'll explain the rules, only one may be able to touch the sword, all of you will be dropped off at different locations, and once we dropped the last person off, and then from there on your on your own. However if you injure yourself signal a emergency flare that you'll be issued, and transport helicopters will pick you up. The area we are dropping you off in is in the rocky mountain area and it won't be so big, but hard to get around. Once you reached the sword fire a blue flare. Now off you go! Dismissed!".
Each individual ran off to each transport helicopter which it immediately took off and into the cold dark wasteland for their task in hand. Kira loaded the large clips into his pistols and cocked them, reapplied the safety and holster them. He was nervous, this was dangerous and also pointless, but he actually wanted the rank as well as lead his friends and allies to their victory when the time arrived.
"We're about to touch down Kira!" said the young soldier with him. Kira noticed when at the Antarctica base that a majority of soldiers in the Fallen Angel's were younger than 21 years of age.
"Roger" replied Kira as he prepared himself. The helicopter just touched the surface of the rocky hill and Kira climbed off and quickly ran off as to quickly get away if he was the last person to have landed. He climbed the hill as fast as he could, with anticipation of obtaining the blade
A Fallen Angel soldier who sat in the hovering helicopter looking down of what he tried to see at the winter glacier. But then something caught his eye, he pulled out the binoculars and looked down. "What the fuck?" he muttered. "Get me the radio!" he called out to the other crew member. As he was handed the instrument, he called HQ. "Sir! I sighted a large pack of wolves in the area!".
"What?! I thought the area was clear of them!" came back Lang's voice. "Get the trainees back ASAP!".
"Roger!". The soldier placed down the radio and turned the pilot. "Get us close in! We need to rescue the trainees now!".
The VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) craft flew down as it followed the winter wolves rush off gnarling and growling as the pick up the scent of their prey.
Kira reaches the top of the hill, breathing heavily and noticing his breath turn into icy mist. He looks down at the valley before him. Snow and ice covered it. A beautiful sight yet also a bad place to die. As Kira took a step forward he heard a howl echo the valley. He froze as the fallen snow froze into the ground, he looked around quickly drawing his pistols. 'Fucking hell. Are those...wolves?'. Then Kira could heard gunshots and then a scream. "Who could that be?". Kira wanted to find the sword but, the person in trouble could die due to his own selfishness. "Crap" muttered Kira as he knew that he had to help this person. He followed the direction where the scream came from, being weary while on his way.
Then he heard someone screaming for help, a female. Kira then came to a cliff and knelt down to look at a woman getting encircled by a small pack of seven wolves. She was crying as the hunters drew closer to her, her weapon was a automatic shotgun that was a few meters away. "God dammit" Kira whispered to himself. He stood up as he inhaled some of the cold air, then he leaped off the cliff firing off rounds at the wolves. One by one fell but one unfortunately dodged one of the shots and tackled Kira to the ground as he landed. The horrible teeth of the wild K9 was inches from his face, and Kira was only holding him back by his grip on the head and jaw of the beast.
The beast's teeth was getting closer to his face ready to gnarl it off. Kira gripped the bottom jaw tightly and in a fast, strong pulling motion he ripped off the wolf's jaw. It squirmed on the floor in pain until Kira put it out of its miserly, firing two shots into it. As he got to his feet and looked in the direction of the woman, he was shocked by her appearance to who it was. She had lush green hair that went half way down her back, pale skin and her lips were covered in purple lipstick, while he looked at her with his lavender eyes she gazed back with her hazel eyes.
"K-Kira? What are you doing here?" she asked puzzled.
"Alice, give a guess to why I am here" said Kira, raising an eyebrow.
She looked away ashamed. "Well, it's not like I wanted to be attacked you know? I'm just looking for the sword as well as you. Besides you could've let me die".
"And what would be the point of that?" snapped back Kira. "There isn't any reason for me to let you die here. All I want is to get the sword and return to HQ". Kira noticed that her leg was bleeding from her most recent attack. "I can't see you continuing this trail, do you?".
Alice lowers her head, knowing full that the truth was there on her injured leg. "So what you suppose I do?" she glared at him.
"Pass me your distress signal" Kira asked. And she did, Kira loaded her flare into the gun and fired it into the air, the burning flare floated down showing their location. Bright orange smoke emitted from it and Kira threw the empty cartilage to the ground. "You're leaving". And within a few moments a transport helicopter was coming into the clearing, Alice looked at it in disgust, she really wanted to get that sword.
"Dammit Kira! Why-" she looked back to which Kira had already left, running into the blizzard that was flowing over the ice land. "Why Kira? Why did you help me?".
Kira had ran for sometime and believed that this was pointless, how was he supposed to find this sword in the wilderness? Then as Kira ran he heard a loud crack and he fell into freezing water, the current was also strong. 'Where the hell did this come from in the middle of nowhere?!'. As Kira tried to break himself out of the ice, the current just pushed and pushed him even more. 'Dammit!'.It wasn't the fact the current was pissing him off, it was the fact he was running out of air. Then Kira hit himself on a metal object that hung from the ice layer.
He looked back to see a blade hanging there. 'Is this...the sword?'. Grabbing the blade to stop moving about, Kira punched the thick layer of ice over and over again, despite the pain he was suffering. Then thankfully his fist burst through the icy armour and he ripped more of the ice out. He climbed out into the blizzard that made him shiver more. 'God dammit, it's fucking freezing!' he thought as he felt his body temperature drop. He then turned to the sword that stood perfectly in the ice.
"This is it" Kira said to himself, he went to reach for the sword, then a large thundering noise echoed in the cold darkness. Kira placed his hand on the burning wound on his right arm, the bullet had only skimmed him, as if a warning shot.
"That's as far as you go Kira Yamato" said a demanding voice behind him. He looked behind him to see Oliver holding his AKS rifle, pointing it at him. "That blade is mine".
"Now that isn't fair" said Kira sarcastically.
"Nothing is fair Yamato! You! You came to the training base not knowing a thing and yet your the best soldier they had trained! But you're really nothing!".
"Is that the reason that you hate me?".
"No! It's the fact that your guardian is Rau's! The man I hoped to be his loyal disciple!".
"You can't force someone to allow you to be what you want Oliver. You have to earn it! Earn his respect!".
"Yeah? How did you earn that respect?!".
"The fact that Kira was the only one who defeated Rau!" shouted Alec from the wilderness as he threw his dagger at Oliver. But he used his rifle to deflect the weapon and fired a volley of rounds at him. Luckily for Alec he was a fast runner dodging all of them.
"Fuck you both! I'll send you two to hell!" Oliver screamed as he loaded a new magazine into the rifle.
Kira had found the opportunity to draw his pistol and shot at Oliver. Oliver however noticed this and ran behind some icy rocks for cover. Kira had the pistol in automatic, so the pistol ammo ran out quicker than he hoped to, by using the ammo on the wolves before.
Then a howl echoed the arena they had placed themselves in. "Oh shit" said Kira as he knew that the wolves were drawing close. But they had in fact already arrived, as Kira saw about four wolves with the chops blood stained. Showing they had attacked the others. Two went after Kira which he drew his combat knife and slashed at one of them as it leaped towards him. The other bite itself onto his left arm, gnarling and shaking viciously on it. Kira could only scream and groan in pain.
"Kira!" Alec shouted as he fired his Glock at the dog's head. Kira grabbed onto his arm which now he had both arms wounded. "Kira, you okay man?" Alec asked as he stood next to him. Kira nodded his head to say he was alright.
Then they heard Oliver scream as the two wolves attacked him were biting and ripping into his flesh. Kira didn't care much for him, he went to the sword but they turned to see a rather large white object running towards them. "That can't be what I think it is...".
In fact it was what Kira hoped it wasn't, a large polar bear. Alec went to rise his gun at it but a wolf jumped on top of him, Alec was wrestling with the wolf for his life. "Kira get the sword!". Kira looked shocked to what he was asking him to do. "Take it! I wanted you to take it!".
"Why?!".
"Because I was sent by Rau to protect you on his trail!".
Kira took a step back to realise that Alec was actually here to make sure Kira was alright, to get the sword, to be in one of Rau's Commander's. Kira then jolted towards the sword and grabbed it with both hands. He tried to pull it out but it was frozen into the ice. "Come on you bastard!" grunted Kira as he was slowly pulling the sword free.
Kira looked up to see the white polar bear standing before him, roaring at him before it made a strike at him. Kira with one last pull yanked the blade free making him stagger back, holding it in his hands pointing at the polar bear. It went to slash him and Kira with one swift swing sliced the leg off the polar bear, it cried out a thunderous roar in pain. Kira looked shocked as the blade had swiftly sliced the leg off from this huge beast. Kira went for another attack which leaped up and slashed at the neck of the bear. It dropped to the ground with a powerful thud then a lighter thud from its head.
Kira then turned to the wolf attacking Alec and drove the sword into the skull into the wolf. Kicking the wolf off to free his blade. Alec stood up unharmed, made a thankful sigh. "Heh, I thought you were a goner"smirked Alec.
Kira laughed, then something flashed in his mind, to his left, it was then something Kira foresaw a bullet aiming for his head. Then a gunshot ripped past Kira's head as he leaned back to evade it and threw his sword at the attacker impaling them to the rocky wall. It was Oliver. The brunette walked up to the dead body, which some of his skin was torn and ripped and scratched from his attack. He came to his enemy's body and drew the sword out, which it fell to the ground, looking at the floor he saw the dead wolf, it looked as Oliver had snapped its neck.
The area around then was coloured red from the earlier battle. Alec draw out his signal flare and set it alight. The bright orange smoke filled the air which the transport helicopter arrived within a few minutes. Both soldiers climbed on which it then took off, and the other soldiers looked at Oliver's body then climbed back on board, Kira was their major concern, all then headed back to Command HQ. Kira held tightly onto the sword he had fought for, holding it with pride.
"Alec..." began Kira, Alec looked at him wondering what he was going to ask. "Were you following me the whole time?".
Alec laughed, "No, I saw the sword in the ice and waited for you. It was lucky I was there when that bastard attacked you".
"Yeah" came Kira's only reply. The Freedom pilot looked out of the transport to see the large base in a distance. As they came within the centre of the base he saw young recruits and officers standing outside Command HQ. The transport slowly landed throwing snow everywhere. Kira and Alec slid out and walked to the doors of HQ. All the crowd cheered as they saw Kira holding the sword. Showing he had won. The two guards at the door opened them to allow the two young soldiers in.
Kira and Alec were both greeted by various officers then they came to Rau and Lang, who both smiled at them. "Well done Kira Yamato!" said Lang cheerfully. "You now have proven yourself to be the rightful owner of this sword and also capable to be entrusted with part of an squadron of your choice, as a Holy Commander".
Of course Kira knew what he wanted. "I would like to join the Dark Angel squadron" came back his reply.
"Certainly, we will enlist you to be in the squadron. But first I think we need to send you to medical bay first" said Lang pointing at his wounds. Kira nodded and left with two medical staff to the medical bay.
The doctors had just finished tending to Kira's wounds and it appeared to them he was going to heal a lot faster than expected, as he seemed to heal already. 'Strange for a Newtype to heal this fast', thought the doctor as he observed the wounds before bandaging them. As soon as they left Kira turned to the sword that lay on the table at the foot of his hospital bed. Kira was going to fall into a slumber until...
"So you got the sword in the end? I bet that Deity Rau Le Creuset is very pleased with you" said a sly remark from behind the curtains of a bed cubicle.
"Alice?" Kira asked from behind the curtain.
"Yep. The other survivor".
"Other survivor? How many made it back?"
Alice stayed quiet, she bit her lower lip in grief. "Everyone, except Oliver. They all were attacked by the wolves, but the soldiers in the VTOL scared them off before the poor guys were gnarled to death. I would have joined Oliver if hadn't been for you helping me".
Kira lowered his head. 'She sounds like she's disgusted to be alive, saved by me'.
Just then the doors to the medical wing opened, Rau and Alec walked in which the blonde man had a large smile on his face. "I heard that you are already getting better Kira. That's good to hear. And I have a bit of some good news for you". Before Rau continued he sat down on a nearby chair and crossed his arms with his smile still remaining, meaning that it was good news. "Your promotion has already gone through, Holy Commander Kira Yamato, and now as your new rank, you may choose your Executive Officer".
Kira looked at Rau, raising an eyebrow. "Executive Officer?" asked Kira to confirm what he heard.
"Indeed, Executive Officer is more like your second in command of your squad. Now who would you choose?".
Kira pondered for a bit than looked at Alec, then in the direction where Alice was. "I would like to have Alec as my Executive".
"If that is your choice I have no problem with that. Besides, I trust him".
"And is it possible to have someone else included into my squad?" asked Kira. Rau looked at him quizzically then nodded. "I would like Alice to be in charge of a Mobile Suit squad" requested Kira.
The other three individuals were shocked at this, even more Alice more. But Rau smiled again, "As you wish. I'll make the arrangements", Rau explained as he stood up to leave. "I'm sorry I can't stay, but duty calls I'm afraid. But once your better tomorrow, come by Scared Commander Lang's office tomorrow, for your new briefing, okay Kira?".
Kira nodded and Rau started to leave, Alec went to follow his officer, and as he was going out the door to turned around whilst still walking giving him the thumbs up, mouthing 'cheers' as the doors were about to close. Kira smiled as he made his friend happy.
Kira once again went to lay down to get some rest but Alice spoke up. "Kira?".
Kira groaned slightly. "Yes?".
"Why did you make me part of your squad? I mean...well, we didn't talk much and you always had been better than me, which made me jealous like the others, except Alec of course. But you could choose other people who are better than me to in your squad, but you chose me. Why?"
"Because I believe that you can do any task that was given to you. You always seemed to always be smarter than me so I thought that you could use some special tactics to help me. Am I wrong in believing so?".
"I don't know. But is this your Newtype powers that make you believe this?".
"Maybe, but I made the decision with my own personal feeling too".
"...Thank you Kira. Sleep well...Sir" she said smiling from behind the curtain.
"Yeah, you too". And Kira drifted into his slumber, dreaming only his past again, his friends, Athrun, Cagalli and Lacus. How do those memories still remain he doesn't know, but all he wanted was not to forget them.
March 7th, 0700 Hours – Sacred Commander Lang's Office
Rau and Lang were discussing matters at hand such as the training of soldiers and situation between the PLANT's and the Earth Alliance. "This peace is starting wither Rau, how long do you think before it breaks out again?" asked Lang.
"I don't know my friend, but it won't last long" Rau replied with his head resting on his knuckles sitting in the officers chair. "Soon the fire of war will be among us, and we will have to stamp it out once for all. How's the reconstruction of the Freedom coming along?".
"The reconstruction is coming along very well, it is almost the same as it was used in the previous war, but...".
"But what?" asked Rau arcing an eyebrow to what Lang was going to say.
"The certain weapon system that you wanted in the unit is proving quite difficult to install. It's not the fact that the computer control system was difficult, its the actual weapon itself. We're not yet finished, the weapon itself is difficult to install the way you wanted".
"It's to make sure that it looks like the same old Freedom. Besides I know your engineers will think of something".
Lang smiled, "Well I didn't select them personally for nothing".
The intercom beeped and Kira's voice came afterwards, "Holy Commander Kira Yamato, reporting as requested. Permission to enter sir?".
Lang pressed the button and spoke back, "You may enter" Then the electronic door slid open showing Kira in Rau's officer uniform. Besides the long coat and the set of golden wings, the two wings represented his position. He had his word fastened to his belt and he stood there showing his respect to them by saluting them.
"At ease Kira. Please come in" insisted Rau presenting him a seat in front of the desk. Kira walked up to the leather chair and sat on it. Looking at the Deity ranking officer in front of him.
"You have my next assignment sir?".
Rau waved his hand at him, "I do, but you don't need to call me sir. I am your guardian after all and I prefer you to call me by my name".
"Yes Rau, what is my new assignment?".
"Your new assignment has you required to go to the PLANT's and meet Chairman Gilbert Durandal. He would like to met my new officer, and he has a job for you until we finish rebuilding your Freedom".
Kira looked worried, "What about my squad?".
"Alec is already under way. So don't fret. I know you would rather not go, but I have little choice when it comes to the council in the PLANT's and in ours".
"I understand".
"Now get ready your flight takes off in an hour. And good luck Kira". Rau stood up and extended his hand to him. Kira took his hand with his own and shook it.
"Thank you Rau for everything" And Kira left the room to the officers.
"You like Kira Yamato, don't you?" asked Lang as he looked at the blonde officer.
"It's like he's my son. Strange huh?".
"Not really, after all, who said clones were infertile?".
Kira sat on the aircraft that was going to take him to the PLANT's. Rau was right, he didn't want to go to the PLANT's, but like he said, there's little choice when the council say so. It was like the blonde read his mind, it scared him a little, but that was one of the 'gifts' for Newtypes.
The jet shot off along the runway and lifted itself off it, climbing into the skies and then into space itself. Kira looked at the blue earth behind him. Kira then remembered the saying that Blue Cosmos said when they attacked the Coordinator's, 'For the Blue and Pure Earth!'. Kira snorted, "They say that even though they the scum that contaminate it. Stupid bastards. They are a force that must meet an unfortunate end". Kira closed his eyes again and slept for the rest of the journey.
March 9th 1922 Hours – L5, Aprilus One Docking Station
Kira's eyes shot open as the shuttle docked into Aprilius One which he floated from his seat and made his way to collect his baggage. He then left the port to find himself once again standing the paradise that is all man made. "Artificial...like the people. Like me" he mumbled to himself as he stepped into the limo as it took him to the Supreme council building. 'Meeting the Chairman of the PLANT's...I wonder what he's like. I've only know what he's like on television. But there has to be another side to this man...I can tell'.
1951 Hours – Aprilus One's Council Building
Kira had walked through the large council building which from the directions given to him to Gilbert Durandal's office and he came to two large doors,. He knocked on the door until he heard a voice from behind it saying to enter. He opened it and walked in closing the door behind him . The room he stood in was a large dim lit room. He straightened his uniform to make presentable before the Chairman. Then he noticed two people by the desk at the end of the room. One was easily recognizable to be Gilbert by this long black hair. The other had long blonde hair with sky blue eyes, he looked a bit like Rau by Kira's opinion.
Kira approached the table and saluted Gilbert as he sat his chair. But Gilbert stood up and extended his hand to him. "There is no need to show your military bearing to me, Kira Yamato" smiled Gilbert, the smile looked wicked and yet also trustworthy. A strange combo Kira had to admit himself.
"Well Chairman..." Kira began.
"Kira, you can call me Gilbert. From my point of view it is an honour to have you here. Standing before me in the Fallen Angel uniform, with your new rank. I should be the one showing you more respect".
'Seems like an alright person...for now' thought Kira as his first assumption. "Obviously you requested me to here for something Gilbert, may I know what it is?".
"Sure. Here is a file on the person I want to you collect and to act as her bodyguard after her surgical operation. Her name is Meer Campbell, she's a very talented singer. Is this alright with you?".
Unsure to why Kira was chosen for a job like this, he looked at the picture of the girl in his hand. She hand long black hair and blue eyes, about one or two freckles on each cheek too. "Couldn't you have the secret service do this?" asked Kira as this seemed pointless to him.
The blonde accomplice snorted at Kira's question. "You should show some respect from a job given to you by the chairman, Kira Yamato" the blonde boy said Kira's name in disgust.
Kira narrowed his eyes at him, "Do you have a problem with me?" Kira asked, annoyed with the attitude the young Rau look-a-like was giving him.
"Please Rey, enough. I'm sorry about him, it's just well...has Rau told you about the others?"
"Other's?" Kira looked at him quizzically.
Taking from Kira's confused expression Gilbert got his answer. "I see, well Rey is like Rau, a clone. Cloned to make a perfect being, you".
Then Kira started to gain a serious powerful headache. 'These voices...those damn voices!' Kira screamed in his head. He clamped his hands on his head as he moaned pain. He went into his jacket and pulled out a container full of white and blue capsules.
Rey saw them and was shocked. 'He has them too? But why?' Rey asked himself.
Kira took two and swallowed hard. Then in a few seconds he was better. "I apologise Gilbert. I was meant to take them a while ago but ignored it".
"It's fine" Gilbert replied, relieved that he was now alright. "Now do you accept this assignment?".
Kira looked at the document again and sighed. "Well I was sent here by Rau to help you any way I can. So yes".
Gilbert's smile grew wider. "Thank you Kira. Now I advise that you go to the hotel I've booked for you to get some rest. Then you can start tomorrow when you get your escort. The driver will take you to your hotel, don't worry, I don't plan to have the most powerful Newtype to feel unwelcome here".
"Thank you Gilbert" replied Kira as he picked up his file and left the two to get to his escort.
Gilbert turned to Rey. "Well? What you think of him?".
"He's different from what I expected Gil, he's a little more darker than I last heard about him. I can sort of trust him, but the medication he has...why has he got that?".
Gilbert sighed, "Being a powerful Newtype like yourself and Rau, it was inevitable that it would catch up to him. I feel sorry for him, the way he suffered through the last war, the way he left everyone he loved, and for his curse to arisen. I hope he doesn't live with it forever". Gilbert sat back down and moved his bishop on his glass chessboard, taking the knight. "You too should go and get some rest Rey. I'll discuss with matters with you tomorrow"
"Understood" replied Rey as he saluted and left the Chairman's office.
2047 Hours – ZAFT Military Base
Rey returned to his quarters and sat down on the chair to his desk resting his head with his hands, thinking about the scene that occurred.
"Hey Rey" called Shinn Asuka as he walked in from the bathroom and crawled into his bed. "What's wrong? You look troubled".
"I met a Fallen Angel Commander today" replied Rey not looking at him using his calm voice.
"Is he like the rest of the Fallen Angels? I mean like, strange or quiet?".
Rey looked at him as if he was mad at what he said. "No. Well he had a dark feeling around him, but he was like the rest of them. Listening to orders and doing what they do".
"Well I hope I don't met this fella. He sounds like bad news to me. But I can't judge him until I meet him, so I'll wait and see". Shinn made a loud exhausting yawn.
"Did they put you through training again?".
"Yeah! They pushed me even harder today! What the hell is those guys problem? I can't it any more!".
Rey only smiled but looked away while he did. "I don't know. But you should rest".
"Yeah...(yawn)...Goodnight Rey".
"Goodnight" replied Rey as he looked down at the document of Kira Yamato he kept secret in his drawer. He opened it and began reading from it.
'Kira Yamato. Age 17. Holy Commander of Dark Angels Squadron, the Fallen Angels. Ex-Pilot of the GAT-X105 Strike, then Pilot of the ZGMF-X10A Freedom. Damaged and undergoing repair and refit. Troubles with his Newtype powers as quantum brain waves effects him painfully at timed intervals. Required to take recommended medication until further notice. Psychic Awareness and Superhuman abilities shown successful and at a incredibly high level. Has frequent nightmares of the past, and his psychological state is decreasing into a darker state of his former self. Hardly shown until engaged in combat, most likely due to 'Berserker', however this is yet to be confirmed. Subject is well an d fit for combat'.
Rey then looked away, He suffers like us now? Dammit. I thought only clones suffered the worst. Destiny has a funny way of doing things like this. I think I should get to know him better, after all Rau trusts him, why can't I? Not to mention that his aura is quite similar to mine...Kira Yamato is a interesting person after all'.
To be Continued...
Ending Theme: Lithium – Evanescence
A/N: Well anyway, the plot starts to thicken and Kira has almost become a dark version of his former self. But will he always be like that? Who knows? Next Chapter to find out!
P.S. Maybe be some time due to work and the Evangelion Chapter I want to update. And send reviews please! I would like your opinions!