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Chapter Twenty

Escape Part One

Zala Plant

Military Base

Rau and his assigned teams were now only waiting for it to become dark. Rau knew that even with all of his combined forces this was still going to be a difficult task, however this was one that needed to be done. Rau took notice to the team as they were ready for action, Rau had all equipment prepared earlier and the chopper was on standby along with the two trucks he would use to take the teams to the mansion.

The two units were already prepared and the Zala unit was ready for combat, but the team was split on the moral of this assignment. Yzak and Dearka didn't mind this assignment one bit, Athrun and Nicol however had their doubts, and Athrun still couldn't believe he was doing this, but all he hoped was that he would find Kira before any of the others, that way he was sure to come up with something. Nicol noticed that Athrun's mind wasn't on this mission and he couldn't blame him, it was the same for him, he grew up with Kira and Athrun and they were always the ones that treated him the best, he was portrayed a coward by many people and those two never judged him and they accepted him for who he was, so he wasn't looking forward to this either.

The entire unit was on standby until Rau gave them the orders and they didn't have to wait much longer as soon as it was dark Rau entered the room.

All stood up as Rau entered the room.

"It's time…move out," Rau said.

"Yes sir," all said in unison as they started piling out of the room.

Rau followed behind as he watched the first team pile into the chopper, while the second team got into one truck and the Zala team got in the other. The chopper wouldn't take off until Rau and his team was very close to getting through the gate, and they would all hit the place hard at once. Rau was the last one to get into the Zala teams truck as he gave the order and they were on their way.

The military base was mostly in control of Patrick Zala so they had no problems getting the equipment needed and Rau had another surprise when they hit Kira's mansion so Rau was now confident that this would work.

Inside the Zala's team truck Athrun took notice to the smirk on Yzak's face, Dearka was just being Dearka and always following Yzak around like a dog on a leash and he wondered if he would ever make a decision on his own. Athrun also took notice to Commander Rau's face and that was poker straight, it was always impossible to know what that man was thinking.

Nicol was sitting next to Athrun as he whispered something to him, "All we have to do is find him first, then we will get the answers, I'm sure we can work something out," Nicol said as he didn't want Kira caught either.

Athrun slightly smiled, "Thanks, I owe you one," Athrun added as he was hoping that they would take care of it.

On the other side Yzak and Dearka were having their own conversation.

"I don't care what it takes, I will make the kill…and make sure to keep an eye on those two, they may try something," Yzak told Dearka in a whisper.

Dearka smiled, "I will watch your back, however what if those two do try something?"

Yzak smiled, "Than I guess we will take care of them…the leader already is ticked at them, so I doubt he would ask questions if those two were accidentally shot down by our target."

Dearka looked at him, "You plan to use the situation to put the blame on Kira…are you sure that is wise? That seems like an unnecessary death."

Yzak glared at him, "Just do as you're told."

Dearka didn't say anymore as he was starting to get a weird feeling, ever since Yzak got the assassin job Kira had, he was starting to change.

Rau however said nothing as the two groups were in a whisper with each other but they couldn't do anymore, as they saw the mansion.

"Were here," Rau said as both groups looked out and saw the gate leading up to Kira's mansion.

Rau then shouted out to the driver, "Stop here…there is no telling what type of security equipment he has, we will go in by foot here," Rau said as the driver stopped followed by the other truck.

"Fall out," Rau said as the Zala team started getting out of the truck and Rau spoke something into his communicator and the other team in the other truck started falling out as well as all went in front of the truck and stared at the mansions long gate.

Outside the Mansion

As the group was standing there, Rau decided to hold off on the chopper until the team had a way inside. Rau knew that Kira would have some sort of security and they would only fall prey to it if they went in their unprepared.

Rau was in thought for a second when he came up with something and he turned around and looked at the team.

"Alright, first things first, Zala team wait on standby here…second team head to that gate and examine what you can…I want a full report….use what you can and have the rest circle around the compound…make sure you have all sides blocked, you're a small unit but you are one of the best," Rau said.

"Yes sir," the second team said as they started spreading out and two members went up to the front gate.

This was where the technical guys failed earlier but they were hoping to have better luck. However it was another long shot so Rau had a small plan if they failed.

The Zala team stood by and watched as the second team started scattering around the mansion gates. Athrun however had a card key to the front gate, which he never mentioned to anyone or his father. Athrun decided it was best never to make that information known, and he figured if Kira was really holding up in there he would have changed the code by now. Yzak was getting anxious as they were ready to storm in but would have to wait to get through the security measures.

The soldiers of the second team started scattering around the compound while two of them headed straight for the front gate. The soldiers approached the front gate as cautiously as possible as they looked at the retinal scan, and the other defensive measures Kira had placed. One remained on guard while the other started playing around with the devices, he was removing all necessary panels and soon got to the wiring, he strapped a custom made small computer to a few of the wires as he turned his device on. The man smiled as things seemed to be going easily for the moment, and as he was trying to get into the system, Kira's backup programs immediately picked up on it.

The man was smiling widely as he was about to override the system but his computer flashed an error sign, the man really started to curse as Kira's backup system sent a feed back and shorted out the mans computer. The soldier was forced to throw his device to the ground as all the codes once again changed and they had nothing.

Rau and the team were getting a little impatient as the team was filing around and were in position. They were glad Kira had a desolate spot of the Plant or they would be noticed by civilians, so that was working for them. After a few other tries the man tried one last thing as he tried cutting a few wires to cross them, but all that did was push him further out of the system, Kira had everything well planned and wired so that whatever they tried would fail and that is what was happening.

Rau finally grew tired of this as was Yzak so Rau decided to call in a little favor he thought would work, no matter how well the security is set up it couldn't do a thing without power. Rau was unaware that Kira had backup generators, but that would give them at least a few seconds, and that was all that was needed to get inside.

The second team wasn't stupid enough to try and scale the wall fence as that would meet their ultimate death, so Rau would make his call now, but not before doing something else first.

Rau picked up his phone and made a call as the Zala team was standing by.

It rang for a second and then Rau smiled, "Send in the first team," Rau said as all knew he was referring to the chopper.

Rau got a response and then hung up the phone, as he dialed another number.

This time when he received the response he told them to wait a second as he looked towards the two that were working on the gate.

"Get set up to break through the security," Rau said as the other two looked at him very confusingly.

"We tried and failed sir," one said.

Rau glared at him, "Do it again, but wait for my signal, then it should work…but you will only have a matter of seconds."

The two looked at each other and went back towards the gate as the technical one started working again, and this time he had it set up so that he would override the system, normally Kira's backup programs would interfere but Rau knew they would go down for at least a few seconds.

They were set up and one grabbed his radio on his shoulder and spoke into it, "We are set up here sir," the man said.

Rau heard it through his radio and smiled as he once again spoke into his phone, "I want you to cut the power to this area," Rau said in the phone as he was speaking to one of the technicians working at the Plants power source, being on Patrick's Plant they had all these resources on their side and they were able to set it up so it wouldn't affect the rest of the Plant.

The technician was silent for a few minutes as he prepared everything, and when he was finished all he had to do was the final confirmation and the lights would go out.

"I'm all set sir, it will take five seconds after you give the order," the technician said.

Rau smiled as he got on the radio, "Do it in minus ten seconds," Rau said.

The two soldiers heard that and the man on the gates security panel spoke into his radio, "Copy that sir," he said as he began the countdown.

Rau counted in his head and when seven seconds were left he gave the order as he spoke into the phone, "Confirm," Rau said as the technician pressed the final button right on schedule.

The soldiers at the gate had the countdown in their head and as soon as it got to zero the man did the final step.

Immediately when the five seconds were up the power to the mansion was immediately cut off, and the soldiers even heard a noise by the security panel and that was when the soldier sparked the two wires together and the system was overturned and the gate opened.

The two men smiled as the gate was opened, and so was Rau along with half of the Zala team. The first team also took that as their chance and they instantly scaled the wall and gate and were now in the compound as a few seconds later the generators in Kira's place kicked back on but something was going wrong, and it wasn't for Rau and the teams.

Rau smiled as the gate was opened, "Zala team advance," Rau said as Yzak and Dearka immediately charged towards the gate with Nicol and Athrun following, but Rau stopped Athrun.

"Make sure you keep your head on straight, he is no longer the man you once knew, he is a criminal and if you take it to lightly it will cost you your life," Rau said as Athrun didn't respond and caught up to Nicol and the rest of them as they were now inside.

Rau watched with a smile, they got into the gate, but who knows what lies in wait for them as they had to now make their way to the mansion and inside the doors. Rau now went back inside the truck as he would observe from the camera's on the teams helmets and listen in as he would now give orders, and after a little while he smiled again as he heard a chopper incoming.

Inside Kira's Mansion

Kira and Lacus were engaged in a passionate kiss when his alarm went even crazier then before, both immediately broke it as Kira looked around, Kira knew they once again lost track of the time and Kira rushed over to one of his monitors that was in his room and he saw what was approaching on his long range camera, he made it to pick up military vehicles and when it did it would tell him. Lacus soon joined him as she didn't like the thought of those two trucks approaching.

"What is going on?" Lacus asked in a concerned voice.

Kira looked at her, "They are back and in greater number, we have to move quickly," Kira said as Lacus nodded her head and she handed his gun back to him as he holstered in taking the spare from a drawer handing it to her apologizing, Lacus did take it but she placed it in her bag, she wasn't going to hold it if she didn't have to.

Kira finished strapping his guns on and lastly took his UMP and clamped the clip in while looking at Lacus.

"You ready?" he asked.

Lacus walked over to him nodding her head as she took his arm in hers, "I am."

Kira smiled, "Let's go," Kira said as they left the room while they got yet another alert, Kira knew this was going to be a lot more difficult leaving then he planned. Kira took one last look at the monitor and saw that they were near his gate again, and he knew he would need a better look at what was out there.

Kira looked at her, "Let's head to the control room first, it won't do us any good to just rush out there," Kira told her.

Lacus looked at him and nodded her head, "Whatever you think is best," Lacus said as she wasn't knowledgeable at all in matters like these so she had no choice but to trust Kira's judgment, but she would have trusted him anyway.

Kira smiled and the two let his room and started making their way towards his control room, Lacus never let go of his arm as the two of them walked in and Kira almost flew into his chair as he started looking at the situation. Lacus stood behind him as she placed both her hands on his shoulders almost squeezing.

Kira started looking at the monitors and all of his other equipment, and he was glad that he saw them having trouble with the gate, but as he switched to a few others he saw the other team members circling around the compound, but Kira knew they wouldn't try anything yet. "From what I see, it looks like one team so far, but from two trucks I have a feeling there is one more," Kira said as he started checking something else.

Lacus looked at the monitors, "How did they find us so soon?"

Kira couldn't look at her at the moment, "Zala has unlimited resources here, and on the surface, I know that he found the shuttle and without a doubt my coded message to the shuttle personal so he figured it out."

Lacus watched again as the team looked to be getting flustered, "It seems they are failing."

Kira slightly smiled, "That won't hold them forever though, I have a feeling they will take more drastic measures soon," Kira said as when he looked at the monitor towards the gate he saw that the man standing there was Rau and the ones beside him was his own team, and Kira easily picked up the smirk on Yzak's face.

"From what I can tell no motion sensors were tripped yet, so he is taking his time," Kira said as he was now trying to figure out a way out of here. He cursed himself for never developing an escape route, he always kept pushing that off, and now he was really regretting it.

Lacus was about to say something when both noticed something strange on the monitors, as Kira saw that Athrun was there, "I see you haven't given them your card, I'm sorry to have to put you in this situation brother…but I can't let any harm come to her," Kira told himself as he didn't want to put Athrun in a situation where he was torn in the middle, but Kira just now wanted to make sure he avoided him on the escape as he was working that out now.

Kira was looking around and smiled slightly as he found the route they could take, a small risk but that was their only option. Kira smiled and looked back at Lacus who had a confused look on her face and Kira saw she was looking at the monitor and he joined her as the two soldiers were heading back but as Kira looked at another monitor he saw Rau on the phone and that could only spell trouble.

Kira already had his compound on full alert and everything was ready to counter attack, but that look on Rau's face made him very uneasy.

Lacus looked down at Kira as Kira looked up at her, "I found a way we will take but we have to get to the other side on this floor," Kira said softly as Lacus slightly smiled.

"I understand shall we go…." Lacus said as everything in the room and place went completely black.

Kira adjusted to the moment easily, but he knew this wasn't good.

"Kira," Lacus said as she tightened the grip on him.

Kira responded by placing one hand on top of one of hers, "They cut the power, but my backup shall be up any second," Kira said as soon as he finished that the generators kicked right back on and the power was restored.

The lights came back on and Kira and Lacus looked at each other and smiled, but as they looked back at the monitor's their expressions changed as the gate was open and the teams were heading in.

"Clever fools," Kira said as his systems went back on.

"What now?" Lacus asked as she didn't like the look of this.

Kira looked at her, "We head to out escape point," Kira said as Lacus smiled but that was when the lights and monitors started blinking rapidly.

Kira and Lacus were a little confused as Kira was getting a little bit angry.

"Not now!" Kira almost shouted out as he started typing on his keyboard.

"What's wrong Kira?" Lacus asked.

Kira's expression did change at the sound of her voice, he couldn't let himself be angry in front of her, "That blackout shorted out some of my wiring…I was in the process of installing a few things when I was called on another mission and didn't finish, the system is going on and off rapidity."

"That means that they," Lacus said as Kira finished for her.

"The system cannot take this stress, if this keeps out it will entirely short out leaving us with nothing….however there is one thing I can do," Kira told her.

Lacus listened.

"This will take more time but I see no other way, I can reroute all power from the inside to the outside systems, that should be enough for them to work at full capacity," Kira told her.

Lacus felt like there was something else coming in his sentence.

Kira looked at her, "However that would mean we would lose everything on the inside, it would all be shut down, but I don't see any other way, at least this way it will combat the soldiers outside."

Lacus smiled, "I trust you Kira, I will do whatever you think is best," Lacus said as she kissed him on the cheek.

Kira smiled, "All right then…this will take a couple minutes," Kira said as he began typing like crazy and Lacus couldn't keep up, but the system was starting to blink even more rapidly as Kira was trying his best to finish this before everything was gone. This was taking more time then he wanted.

Lacus watched and hoped, Kira kept going and he finally finished, "Done," Kira said as the lights immediately went out and all systems inside shut down, Kira just hoped that it wasn't everything including the outside, but as he took out his hand held device he built, he smiled as it was on and in perfect order.

Lacus could barely see as it was very dark, and Kira caught her hand as she was trying to find him as he stood up when he finished.

"We should go, stay with me and we will be fine," Kira told her as he held her hand tighter making her blush and smile.

Lacus agreed and held his hand tighter as Kira took his UMP in his other hand, and they made their way out of the control room, they had a little light as it came in through some window and at least they could see their faces but that was only the start as Kira heard a chopper incoming.

Kira and Lacus stopped as they didn't get very far. The next thing Kira heard made him worry a little as he knew that they were about to get visitors and he didn't even have his night vision, but that wouldn't stop the ultimate coordinator, he only had to make sure Lacus would be alright.

"Are they?" Lacus asked almost in a whisper.

Kira only looked at the roof, "It won't take them long…we will never make it to the escape point, but I have an idea…and I need you to come with me," Kira said as Lacus smiled and agreed as Kira led her to the nearest room, which he knew would help. Kira led her towards the back, and played around with a dresser and to her surprise the thing opened slightly.

"Stay behind here, it won't close all the way but this should block you from their view for awhile," Kira told her as she looked at him with concern.

"What are you going to do?" Lacus asked with concern.

Kira smiled, "I'm going to make sure we get to our escape point," Kira said as he heard a few noises, meaning they found their way in.

Lacus had to admit she didn't want him to go, she didn't want to lose him, as she looked into his eyes but it was still a little dark, "Just…come back," Lacus said as Kira smiled and to her surprise it was him how kissed her this time, it started out slow but grew a little more fierce and it lasted about a minute before Kira slowly parted from it, "I will be back in a few minutes…and I will come back to you," Kira told her as Lacus was able to see the look in his eyes and she knew he meant it.

Their hands slowly let go of each other as Kira made his way for the door, and Lacus slightly hid behind this opening to something, but she would keep up her end, and wait for him here.

Kira walked over towards the door and didn't look back, he couldn't look back, he was now going to do what he did best and that was overcome the odds and get rid of this team. Kira knew they would have night vision and he didn't have time to get his, and all Kira did was remove his two knives and slung his UMP on his back, the flash even from a suppressor would give him away in the dark, he had to be at his best here. Kira slightly shut his eyes as he streaked his face with black face paint, when he opened him his eyes were now changed from what Lacus loved to what Patrick had created and ultimate killer. Kira didn't shut the door when they entered and now he would go to work.

To be continued…

(AN): I hope you liked this chapter, I decided to split this chapter in half, the next chapter will be up soon, I hope, especially since this site has been acting up the past few days it always goes back to the eighteenth for some reason. The next part will contain a tragedy, Bye for now.