'What started off as a bad memory turned into an awful night'

Flashback: 2 years ago

Kira Yamato, 16, was standing by a cliff, surrounded by soldiers of ZAFT. His eyes were full of worry and fear, as the guns were pointed at him. A river was at the bottom of the cliff. Beside him was a red-headed girl, one that he called Flay. She was Kira's girlfriend and one that he loved to the point of death. A soldier took one step closer to him, aiming his gun at him.

"You can come with us quietly…or we can do this the hard way, coordinator…" said the soldier to Kira, who was hesitating. Kira glared at the soldier, thinking of what to do. He then turned to Flay, whose eyes were full of panic, causing him to worry.

"Flay…I want you to get out of here…" whispered Kira to the red-head. Flay was shocked a little at what Kira had just said. "What? I can't just leave you here…" replied Flay to Kira, her voice full of worry. "You're the one that promised we would-"

"I don't want to hear it…" said Kira, interrupting Flay, with a bit of impatience in his voice. "I want you to live a peaceful life, away from ORB. You know I love you and I don't want to lose you…" Flay's eyes started to brim with tears, filling a small wound opening up in her heart.

"But…I-"

"Just get out of here…I'll take care of these guys…" Kira turned his attention towards the soldiers that surrounded them. He took his stance and was about to charge at them. Seeing this, the soldiers raised their guns at him. Having no regrets, Kira charged at the soldiers, as they shot their bullets directly at him. Seeing this and knowing that she'd die for Kira, Flay intentionally pushed Kira off the cliff, taking the bullets for him. Kira was shocked beyond words as he found himself plummeting towards the river.

"FLAYYYYYYY!" screamed Kira, with anguish in his voice, as he plunged into the river, sweeping him along with the current. The current was so fast, that the soldiers couldn't even see Kira.

"Flay…"

Flashback end

Kira, now 18, was sitting onboard a ship full of ZAFT prisoners being transferred to their base on the moon. He was part of the Earth Forces, choosing a mission to disguise himself as a prisoner in a mission. Beside him was Athrun Zala, also 18, who was both childhood friend and a fellow soldier of Kira. The two waited as the soldier who was watching the prisoners walked passed them.

"Now…" whispered Kira to Athrun. The two managed to escape from their cufflinks and tackled the soldier, drawing their hidden weapons in the process. Kira managed to cut through the cufflinks of the other prisoners, causing them to cheer and smile. The ruckus caused more soldiers to appear. They grabbed their guns and started shooting. With quick thinking, Athrun put his hand up and created a barrier before the bullets could even make contact with the prisoners. The soldiers then started reloading their weapons.

"Now Kira, do it!"

"Understood…" Kira took to the air and drew his blades. He landed behind the unready soldiers and slashed them with his blades, knocking them all out. He and Athrun made their way to the cockpit of the ship, taking out more soldiers along the way. The two managed to turn the ship around, heading back to earth. As they left the cockpit, with the ship on autopilot, the two found themselves in a big room, surrounded by soldiers of ZAFT. Kira smirked and Athrun returned it. Kira took to the air and Athrun shot many bullets at him. The soldiers, some confused, shot at Kira as well, thinking that Athrun was on their side. With quick reflexes, Kira drew his blades and managed to deflect the bullets at the soldiers, knocking them all out. He landed on his feet.

"That was easier said then done…" said Kira, smiling at Athrun, who nodded in return. The two continued their way to empty out the ship of the ZAFT soldiers, taking out many more of them along the way.

"This is too easy, Athrun…" said Kira, with a little bit of cockiness and suspicion in his voice.

"Don't get too cocky, Kira. There' bound to be more on this ship." said Athrun. "They might have a secret weapon or something on this ship."

The two opened a door that led to a bridge, with two soldiers and a blue human-shaped machine beside them on the other side. It was more of a mechanical Cyclops. "No way…" said Athrun, with a little worry in his voice. "A blue GOUF…So they did steal our blue prints before we could even build one…" Kira looked the blue machine. "This is gonna be a bit harder then I thought…." said the brunette. The two prepared for a fight as they ran across the bridge. The GOUF shot at the two, but they managed to dodge it, taking out the two soldiers as they landed.

"Let's take this thing out! Then the mission will be complete!" said Athrun.

"Got it!" said Kira, nodding his head. The two charged at the GOUF. Athrun shot at the machine, rapidly firing at it with his pistols, while Kira jumped behind and managed to cut a few wires on it, before being grabbed hurled into Athrun, miraculously not getting hit by his best friend's bullets. The GOUF shot at the two, but they managed to jump out of the way. Kira ran at the GOUF once again, managing to cut off one of its arms, while Athrun shot the wires around its legs. As it tried to move, the GOUF fell forward, with its legs not responding. "Have a nice trip?" said Athrun, joking. He aimed his gun at the GOUF's eye and shot it, destroying its visual. Kira stabbed it through the exposed power cell, putting an end to the GOUF. "See you next fall…" said Kira to the now destroyed GOUF. "Self-destruct sequence initiated in 10 seconds." said a voice coming from the GOUF, shocking both Kira and Athrun.

"Crap!" said Kira and Athrun in unison. The two ran passed the GOUF and ran out of the room. "10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…" Kira and Athrun managed toget as far away from that part of the ship as fast as possible. "1…Goodbye…" The GOUF then exploded, causing a part of the ship to be destroyed as well. The ship started tilting and turning, as it was entering earth's orbit.

"Hold on to something!" said Kira, holding on to a support beam. Athrun held on to another support beam across from Kira. Meanwhile, the prisoners were holding on to each other, as they felt the ship twisting and turning. "What the hell is going on out there?" said a blonde young lady who looked to be the same age as Kira and Athrun. She held onto a pipe, as the ship lost its balance. The ship landed in the middle of a desert, at least 40 miles away from the destination. Kira and Athrun exited the ship, rubbing their heads.

"Wow…That was some ride…" said Athrun, joking a bit.

"At least we're alive." said Kira, smiling. The prisoners soon walked out wondering where they were. The blonde girl caught sight of Kira and Athrun, shooting death glares at them. The two turned to her and froze with fear under the intense glare they were receiving. She walked up to them and bonked them both on the heads.

"You two are the WORST rescuers in the history of rescuers!" yelled the blonde girl to Kira and Athrun. "What the hell kind of rescue was THAT?"

"And just who the hell are you anyway?" said Athrun, yelling back at her.

"I'm Cagalli Yula Attha, Princess of ORB, and the only daughter of King Uzumi Nara Attha!" said the blonde, causing the two to feel awkward.

"Oh crap…" said Kira.

"Oh man…" said Athrun.

"That's right! You better apologize!" said Cagalli, unaware that something was behind her, something big, monstrous, and was apparently dancing.

To be continued…

Sorry for the short chapter in the amount of MONTHS I have been gone. I've been extremely busy and haven't really had much time to type. I apologize. I plan on making future chapters much longer.