The New Seeds
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Chapter 5: Voices in the dark
Januarius Five
Nightfall
The silence of the streets is broken by the panicky footsteps of a lone figure barreling down through the cobblestone alleys. His shroud falling around his feet, causing him to stumble every so often, the clumsy figure finally stops at the end of a dark alley.
In the far distance, the chapel bells strike the tone of two o'clock. The panting man doubles his pace, knowing that he's already late. He leaned back at a wall in order to catch his breath. But before he could even breathe a single breath, he was grasped by a mysterious figure. The man struggled as his arm was pinned behind his back, and a hand was placed over his mouth. The mysterious stranger lifted him up and dragged him further down the alley. The figure vigorously threw the man to the ground and stepped back.
"You're late, Reid." a voice emitted.
Attempting to stand, and brush off the dirt on his clothes, Reid lifted his head towards the direction of his employer. "I'm sorry sir, but the security in the city has become so..."
"No excuses Reid." the voice uttered.
Reid began to panic. He stood to explain himself, yet was met with a boot kicking him at the back from his previous assailant. The attack sent Reid crashing to the ground.
"Thank you, Malice." the voice muttered again. The source of the voice, immersed in the shadow, stepped forward making himself visible. His black coat billowing from his shoulders, as his long blonde hair fell past his shoulders, he brushed some strands of his hair from face.
"Lord Valen." Reid panicked. "My most humble apologies, sir, but I..."
"That's enough Reid, I don't have time to listen to your lame excuses." Valen said. "Do you have the information?"
"Y-yes, sir..." Reid stammered. "My sources from the council informed me that she's been into hiding for security reasons."
"And what about the boy?"
"Well, General Yamato..." Reid paused.
"Speak up, Reid." Valen spoke. "Or shall I have Ms. Malice extract the information from your lifeless corpse."
"Well, he's been keeping a close eye at the Chairwoman." Reid turned to face his assailant lurking in the nearby shadows. The figure still cloaked in the darkness, only intuition could allow Malice to be detected. "He's personally guarding Lacus Clyne."
"I see..." Valen's eyes sparkled. "Where are they hiding now?"
"We don't know yet sir, but our spies are currently on the move to find them."
"Good." Valen gave a smirk. "Fools...No matter where they run or hide, they'll never get away from me...never..."
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It was a warm summer day, mid-August, and the sky was a cloudless clear blue, bees buzzed around Lacus' flowers at the garden, and birds sang continuously in the trees. A house came into view in the broad valley below. The house was large, with five bedrooms and four baths, but not ostentatious; Kira had instinctively built the house so it wouldn't attract undue attention. It didn't look as large as it was, because some of the rooms were underground. He had also built it to be as secure as possible, positioning it so he had an unrestricted view in all directions, but using natural formations of the land to block land access by all but the one road. The doors were steel, with state-of-the-art locks. Strategic walls had interior armor, and an emergency generator was installed in the basement. The basement also concealed another means of escape, if escape became necessary. And lastly, motion sensors were installed around the house.
Kira didn't keep his family locked in a prison, but the security provisions were there if needed. Given his job, prudence demanded caution, and Kira had always prepared for emergencies. Soldiers were stationed in every corner of the house, inside and outside. And of course, with the special participation from his best friend with the security Athrun Zala, together with their friend Dearka Elsman of ZAFT.
Athrun and Dearka were taking a final walk outside of the house to ensure everything was in order. Finally, as they reached the last corner of the house, Athrun stopped and leaned against the wall. Dearka looked around, then shook his head.
"Man, I didn't think it'd be that easy! One second, we're all surrounded by scums, and the next – POOF, they're all gone!"
"It could be a trick," Athrun reminded him.
Dearka shrugged, "Yeah, I know… But still. I guess Hauer and his men are still confused after Djibril's defeat. Heh."
Athrun sighed lightly and smiled, shaking his head, "If we're lucky, maybe this is the end of this mission.. …But knowing a terrorist like Hauer, this isn't the last fight they'll go through with."
"Hell, they should give us a break. It's not like we haven't fought for world peace plenty already. And this is boring," Dearka stepped backwards and leaned his back against the wall next to Athrun,
"Never thought I'd say it, but I miss 'her'." Dearka said in a rather lonely tone. "I wonder how Milly is doing," the guy mused, glancing up at the sky.
Athrun shot him a curious look, "…Milly? Miriallia???"
"Uh… Did I say Milly? I meant… oh… uh… nothing," Dearka felt himself start to blush furiously, much to Athrun's amusement.
"Oh, come on, Deaka, you can tell me," Athrun chuckled, "It's me, remember!"
"Well… all right," Dearka looked at the ground, "You remember that's her… CIC in the Archangel? … Well, I talked a lot with her, and… we kinda…"
Athrun's chuckles rapidly turned into laughter, "Oh man! Are you telling me that you, Dearka Elsman, are in love?!"
"Yeah, just shout louder, will ya! I don't think Valen Hauer heard you over in PLANTs!" Dearka threw his arms up and pushed away from the wall, grunting.
"Sorry," Athrun chuckled, "…It's just so hard… to imagine you in that situation."
The boy made a motion to say something nasty in return, but he didn't get the chance. A high-pitched scream was heard from deeper within the house. The two of them looked at each other, then both of them turned and ran in the direction of the sound.
The exact same thought went through their minds:
Lacus!
End of Chapter 5
