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Chapter Twenty One

Escape Part Two

Outside the Mansion

As soon as the gate opened Rau gave the order over his radio and the second team along with the Zala unit went straight in. Rau smiled as he walked into the Zala team truck where he would observe and give orders throughout the rest of the mission.

As soon as the unit heard the command to head in, the four from the second unit started making their way over the wall and gates straight into the compound. They wasted no time because it wouldn't take long before the backup systems kicked on which would turn the electrified systems back on. All four made it across as they landed on their feet and stood in a defensive position, and it wasn't long after that, that the security system came back on, however they were already in.

The two members that were working on the gate waited until the Zala unit caught up with them and they made their way in through the front gate. Yzak and Dearka wasted no time as they were right behind these two members, Athrun and Nicol took the rear as they were now fully inside the gate, but for some reason the gate didn't close.

All of them drew their weapons just to be on the safe side, even Athrun he couldn't not just walk in there not raising a weapon that would make the others suspicious.

As they walked in all of them noticed the thickness of the trees and it made just about everything pitch black. All of them knew to be cautious, especially Athrun he knew Kira would have his defensive systems on, and if they were not careful it would mean there deaths. Athrun knew of some of the devices Kira made, but there was a lot he didn't know about.

All six of them stopped for a moment as Dearka looked around in his scope which had a built in night vision, the others had night vision goggles but they weren't ready to use them just yet. Dearka looked around trying to get a layout of what was hidden but for the moment he saw nothing.

The four other members of the second team were ready to make their advance into the compound, one member came over on each of the sides and the other two came in towards the back. They however did equip their night vision, and they were now slowly making their way towards the mansion. The thick trees were making this a little difficult but they made their advance.

The one on the west side had a little lead into the compound as he was advancing a little faster than he should. He came to an opening in the trees and stood still for a moment, he tried to get a better look at the house from here and he was still having trouble seeing it. Little did he know that Kira had a motion sensor placed right between these two trees, the laser beam stretched out very long and that was connected to a little surprise. The man didn't pay attention to his surroundings as he walked straight into the laser beam that was located towards his ankle. As soon as he tripped that beam all he heard was a buzzing noise.

The man looked down and then noticed the beam he just tripped he looked up and all he could do was curse as the opening between the two trees detonated from the explosives Kira had wired up in that area. The explosion was shockingly a lot quieter than you would expect as Kira made sure to keep the sound very low. The area detonated and the soldier could do nothing, no time to react as he was caught in the explosion killing him immediately.

The one on the east side of the compound was the next one to slowly advance, this one was a little more cautious as he made his way towards the house, but as the soldier on the west side set off the trap that started a chain reaction to all of Kira's security measures.

The man instantly stopped as the lights that were around the mansion immediately turned on making the area very lighted and the automatic weapons Kira had designed rose from there hidden areas and were now on full alert, if anything came in their area they would open fire. All defensive traps were now starting to come to life, but this is what was causing the power strain on Kira's system.

The soldier on the east saw that all of these things were starting to come to life and he took cover behind a tree. The lights were bright and they lit up the entire area around the mansion, but that was the least of his worries. One of Kira's automatic weapons rose a little ways behind him and its scanner was now activated as it was searching for anything in its range.

The soldier wasn't aware of that as he was trying to find a way to get closer, but as he was doing that the gun was making its turn towards him, the soldier looked around and moved from his tree a little as he was going to get closer to another one, he stepped out and that was his big mistake.

The gun made its turn around towards him and it caught him straight in its scanner as it immediately opened fire. The soldier had his back turned when the massive automatic weapon opened fire, the soldier could do nothing as the gun fired and did stop until all movement was ceased. The gun fired and fired filling him with round after round and before he knew what was happening he was gone.

This made a little bit more noise, but was still well designed to keep sound to a minimum.

Towards the back of the estate there were the two other members from the second team were the slowest to advance. One toward the west heard the small explosion and the one towards the east heard the weapons fire. They saw as the lights came on and they were down as low as they could to the ground. The guns around here were now turning and searching for something in its range. The two knew they couldn't stay like this forever however. The one towards the western end started crawling towards the compound but he was unaware that he was crawling straight into Kira's claymore mine field. Kira set this up around the compound but the back had the most mines. The man kept crawling unaware that he was heading straight into a hidden claymore. The man kept crawling and before he knew it he was straight in the path head first and the claymore detonated making it not a very pretty sight, as it detonated taking his head with the blast.

Toward the east side of the back the final member of the four wasn't sure what was happening, he heard the claymore go off and he froze, as the automatic guns were taking up residence in this area. The man froze and tried to raise the others on the radio, but found that he could get through, yet another one of Kira's devices it stripped the radio waves straight out, and then jammed the frequencies as a backup for the area making all forms of communication over a standard radio impossible.

The man couldn't get nothing as he was getting a little freaked out, and decided to go for it, the man stood straight up and made a run for the mansion, he was lucky that their weren't any mines in this area, but he ran as fast as he could and the guns picked them up in their scanners and they opened fire, the man was swerving all over the place, it was quite effective but the closer he got he was hit by two shots, but he made a dive for the safety area and he was now out of sensor range. The man smiled a little as he was on the ground, but he was hit in the leg and shoulder as two of the guns hit him. The slowly tried to stand up as he noticed the mansion in front of him, he was in no shape to continue but he got up and hobbled towards the mansion as their was a large gate that surrounded the back. The man was losing a lot of blood and clearly wasn't thinking right as he tried to climb the fence leading to the mansions back area but that was his mistake as this side of that gate was completely electrified and the man was hit with a lot of volts as he flew backwards.

The man was a little shocked he was still alive but he noticed that the shock wasn't really lethal he didn't stand up but when he looked around he froze as two of the automatic guns had him straight into sensor, the man's eyes went big as both guns opened fire giving him a lot more holes and their was practically nothing left of him. Kira set that fence up just to knock a person backwards and it worked very well.

Front of the Mansion

The two remaining members and the Zala team were still in a defensive stance as they stopped, Dearka was still looking around, but that was when the lights came on and all of them moved towards the trees and got behind it. Athrun however knew that someone had to trip one of Kira's traps and that was why the full alert came on, but what worried him more were those automatic weapons. They were still close to the gate and Athrun knew the nearest one was still out of their range.

They were in full cover as Yzak was getting impatient, "What is happening here? We should just head in."

Athrun glared at him, "You go and meet your death, but I am not moving," Athrun added.

Yzak glared at him, as he pointed his weapon at him, "So the traitor decides to show his true colors," Yzak told him as Athrun glared at him.

"Foolish man, you want to go and go, but I am not moving and either is anyone else," Athrun said.

Yzak smirked, "You are no longer in charge of this unit I am…your father chose me to take over so I am in command."

Athrun didn't care if Yzak met his death, but he wasn't going to let him order the others to theirs. Athrun looked around and picked up a small branch that was from one of the trees, Athrun didn't want to risk Kira but he couldn't let the rest of this unit get massacred because of Yzak's pride.

Yzak smiled, "What will you do with that, that will really hurt me," Yzak said as the finger tightened on his trigger.

Athrun shook his head, "Just watch and learn you fool," Athrun said as he threw the stick straight forward several feet.

Yzak was confused at first but the sound of gun fire made all of them turn around as Yzak pointed his SAW in that direction and fired. Kira's automatic guns caught the branch in range and opened fire. All were a little shocked even Yzak, as he stopped firing after wasting several rounds.

Dearka laughed, "You were shooting at nothing."

Yzak glared at him and then looked to Athrun, "You know this place then tell us how to beat these traps or will I care out your trader actions," Yzak said as he pointed his weapon at him again.

Athrun glared at him, "I will only say this once, you point that weapon at me again, and I will kill you…as for the mansion I don't know much more, he changes and adds new things all the time."

Yzak glared at him, "What do we do then? We can't just stay here," Yzak almost shouted.

Athrun really had no choice but to tell but he knew that wouldn't compromise Kira yet, he didn't want the unit to suffer Yzak's stupidity in attacking blindly, but this also bought Kira a little more time if they were stuck here so that was a good thing.

Yzak tried the radio but got nothing and they couldn't even report to Rau, Dearka took notice to one of the automatic guns through his rifle and they were waiting for a long while trying to figure something out but that was when Kira had power problems as the massive lights and guns were going on and off.

All took notice to that, and Yzak smiled, "What is going on now?"

Dearka took notice, "It seems as if the power is going on and off."

Yzak smiled, "That means those things have to reset themselves and that will be our chance…you two start moving in," Yzak told the other two members of the second team and they looked at him with big eyes.

"But sir," they said.

"That is an order…and make it fast," Yzak said as the two looked at each other.

"Yes sir," they replied as they started making their way up towards the guns range.

Athrun couldn't stand Yzak anymore, ever since his rivalry with Kira he seemed to be going insane. He was always cold hearted but it has been getting worse every day and to the point of what Athrun thought was his sanity.

The two wasted no time as they went for it as the lights were still blinking on and off, as the two shut their eyes they stepped into the range and the weapons did fire, as they were relieved.

Yzak saw this and smiled, "Let's go," Yzak said as he and Dearka followed by Athrun and Nicol made their way up to the mansion and to the front door, they saw no weapons there but Kira's door was heavily locked at the moment, they couldn't blast this door as it was made of solid titanium so they had to find a way into the system.

It was at this moment that Kira was now starting to reroute power to the outside systems so the door would remain locked, but as soon as power was transferred that would change.

Yzak and Dearka along with the two from the second team started working on the front door and Nicol noticed the look in Athruns eyes went to worry. Athrun knew that now he had to find Kira before Yzak and Dearka. Dearka switched weapons from his sniper rifle to his shotgun. Yzak watched as the two from the second squad worked on the door, but it was then that they heard a chopper coming in from above.

"I take it they are here," Dearka said.

Yzak looked at him, "They won't get the glory, I will…now hurry up," Yzak said as the two were working as hard as they could.

Chopper and Roof of Kira's Mansion

The first team was standing by in the chopper that was ready to take off, their mission was to get into the mansion from the second floor and provide support for the Zala team, but another reason was because Patrick didn't fully trust his son at the moment, and he wanted to make sure everything he worked hard for would not be jeopardized in any way.

The first team was waiting in the chopper as all they had was standard equipment of assault rifles and standard issue supplies, all except for one, as the number one in this unit was considered a first rate coordinator and was highly trained with many years of experience. This guy was an expert in marksmanship and hand to hand combat; he held the highest accuracy in weapons fire that was until Kira shattered his records. This man was always a little bitter to him for that and now would be a good chance for redemption.

The first team waited and waited and finally the order came from Rau for them to proceed. The pilot received the message and launched right after receiving it. The chopper lifted off and was making its way through the Plant and to Kira's mansion.

As they were flying the team made sure that their equipment was ready and all that was left was for them to repel down to the roof when they arrived. The pilot flew at a high level until he came closer to the mansion that was when he saw it, he could tell from the blinking lights from Kira's system acting up, and he knew he would be able to make sure they made it safely.

"It's time," the pilot said as the team prepared for its repelling.

The team strapped the ropes on to their belts and each one got to a different side, they would be able to drop four at a time, two on each side. The first four were ready as the remaining two were going to have to make the second drop.

As the pilot flew in he got word from Rau who heard them incoming, "Yes sir," the pilot said as Rau came over the wire.

"Be cautious of the security devices in place, I lost contact from the second and Zala team, it appears to be some sort of jamming device," Rau said through the radio.

"The pilot was about to confirm as they entered the grounds of Kira's mansion and that was when his weapons systems were starting to fail, "It appears my weapons are useless sir, I don't know how he did it but I am being locked out of them," the pilot said as they were still going on and off as Kira's system was out of whack at the moment.

Kira designed a signal that would be transmitted throughout his grounds and it was effected all sorts of weapons systems for military choppers, just another device he developed for precaution, but that would prevent a weapons attack on his house, even if fired from a long distance the system had a code that would make a missile or any sort of fire go out of whack and miss his place completely.

Rau heard everything but that didn't matter for this task, "Ignore it and proceed to target, you are to go ahead with the operation," Rau told him.

"Yes sir," the pilot replied as he looked back for a second as they were approaching the roof.

"We have the green light, you are to proceed," the pilot said as the team heard it.

The pilot maneuvered his chopper downwards and as soon as he crossed over the roof he sounded the buzzer in the chopper letting the team know they were to go.

The team heard the buzzer and the four of them repelled down the ropes and landed on the roof, as they unhooked themselves and took their rifles in hand. The last remaining two hooked themselves to the rope and repelled down next, when they reached the roof they unhooked themselves and did the same thing as the team as the chopper took notice to the signal and it made its exit.

The team kept in a defensive stance for a moment and then they looked at each other as they immediately split up into different directions, there goal was to split up and take different ways into the mansion. Each one hooked themselves to a safety cord they had in their equipment and fascines it tightly into the roof, their goal was to slid down and make their way to the windows, which were bullet proof, but they had a way to counter that. As soon as all of them were fascinated in they made their way down the ropes slowly and to the windows around the second floor, each one was scattered all of the second floor of the roof and would each enter a different room.

As soon as they slid down they placed one hand in their bags and pulled out a very small laser pointed gun shaped tool, they kept one hand on the rope and used the other to pull the trigger emitting a small red laser beam that was extremely hot and was cutting right through the glass. They were using a tool Kira modified in his spare time and he had measures to counter this and they seemed to be holding them off but they would eventually get in. As they were cutting the lights came back on and Kira's outside security system came back on but everything on the inside went dark causing the men to switch on the night vision to see what they were doing. Kira's system was down on the inside of the house leaving all security devices down and now it was very easy to cut through the glass and when the first team finished their cutting, the windows had a large hole cut in them and the team made their way inside the mansion.

Inside the Mansion

The first team was now inside all six members and they landed throughout the second floor, luckily however they didn't get into the room Lacus and Kira were in at the moment. The team had their night vision switched on and they held their weapons up and removed the safety, they were here for support but if they saw the chance they would take the shot, the team very slowly looked around the rooms they were in and saw nothing, and now they made their way towards the doors and opened them going out to search the rest of the mansion.

With Kira

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 covered his entire face with the 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.

Kira knew he was towards the farthest end to where he needed to go, and from the sounds he heard he knew they were inside and from what Patrick does, Kira expected about six that was the standard for a team. Kira knew they would have the equipment on their side as they could see him but he wouldn't be able to see them; however he knew the grounds more and hoped that would work. Kira was not about to show any mercy to these men, they invaded his house looking to kill him and Lacus and that was unforgivable. Kira couldn't use his guns yet, but that left him with his knives, and hands, that would be enough for now.

Kira had his two knives in hand as he opened the door the rest of the way looking out, but with limited light he couldn't see a thing, Kira then decided to let his ears be his eyes. As he listened he didn't hear anything near, and he immediately walked out kneeling to the ground and shutting the door so that it might keep them away from where Lacus was hiding for at least a little while.

Kira had very minimal visibility so he would have to rely more on his ears than his eyes. Kira wanted to keep this area clear as much as possible so he would begin his hunt here. Kira knew that their would be no more than six for at least a little while, but that would change when the front door came down, so Kira wanted as many gone as possible before then.

Kira knew his house well and he knew that their was only one hallway where he was but if he went down a little ways it would split into two, Kira knew if they were following procedure that he should find at least two down that particular way. Kira would begin his search there. Kira stood up keeping himself as low to the ground as possible as he made his way down the long hallway coming to the intersection, Kira crouched by the wall leading down the pathway and shut his eyes trying to focus his senses to his hearing, and it worked.

Eastern Wing of the second floor

Like Kira had predicted there were two that made their entrance on the east side of the house. They were at opposite sides of the east wing, so Kira called this right as he was aware of every tactical maneuver the Zaft army had in mind. The room Kira came out of was near the eastern middle part leading into the western part so Kira knew she would be fine for a little while, instead of taking the dangerous route of wiping out the western side Kira decided to take out the eastern first meaning they would run less chance of running into resistance on there escape. This way they would be clear from behind and that was one less thing to worry about.

As soon as the two soldiers cut through the glass they made their way into some of the spare rooms of the mansion. With their weapons safety off, and there night vision goggled activated they were ready to make their search. The first soldier was on the eastern side that was the furthest away from Kira. This soldier immediately looked around the room and found nothing. He slowly made his way towards the door and went out; being extremely cautious as he would now search every room he came across.

The other soldier was a lot closer to Kira's position, this man made his entrance like the other one in a spare room that was on the opposite side of the eastern wing. This man followed procedure and looked around the room only to find nothing, he slowly advanced towards the door, and opened it looking around as his night vision was activated and found nothing leading towards the hallway, this way only had one hallway and a few rooms so he began checking them out.

This man was checking out the rooms but at the end of the hallway was where Kira was positioned at the moment. Kira had just stopped at the hallway and was listening to the sounds, as he decided to peak over but with the limited light wasn't able to see much, but as he was about to turn back around and make his way down the hallway Kira heard the door shut ever so slightly and he took another look making sure to keep most of his body out of sight and sure enough he found one.

Kira stood back straight up as he gripped one of his knives tighter and placed the other one back into his forearm holder he had. Kira needed a free hand for this stunt, Kira kept his eyes shut as he listened and waited and the footsteps did get louder and louder. Kira kept listening using his abilities to hear what was going on and when the moment came he struck.

The man checked all the doors to find most of them opened, he looked in a few but then made his way towards the hallway intersection. He approached it like he was trained and when he was slowly about to turn to check down it he got a big surprise.

Kira opened his eyes as the footsteps got closer and he ducked a little as he looked up to see the tip of the gun starting to peer over the side and now was his chance. Kira swiftly moved his body around the man pushing his finger behind the trigger of the rifle not allowing the man to fire, and Kira took his free knife first cut the strap on the mans helmet making it fall as Kira leaned him in a downward angle and then Kira stabbed it straight into the mans temple. This guy didn't have a chance to act as it happened to fast, he did try to pull the trigger but Kira's finger was blocking it and when he was about to cry out Kira cut the strap and knocked him hard enough forward that his mind didn't adjust in time and that was when the blade went into his temple, Kira released the blade and watched as the man slowly struggled and fell to his death.

The man's body fell to the ground and Kira removed his knife and then took off the mans night vision goggles. Kira placed them on his head and now he would have a better advantage. Kira looked around and saw that no one was around yet, so he picked up the man's body and placed him into the nearby room and he shut the door behind him. Kira knew that there had to be one more in this area so he started up the search again.

Kira knew that heading down the hallway where the man dropped in was pointless as it was a dead in so Kira went down the other hallway back at the intersection, Kira made sure to keep moving swiftly and silently, he now had the advantage as he could see, but he still wouldn't use his rifles here. Kira walked down the hallway and towards another one as he found the second man doing the same as the first, Kira was in the middle of the hallway when this man came out of a room, so Kira immediately went inside another one and shut the door rather loudly, as Kira had planned.

This soldier was walking out and shutting the door when he heard a door a little ways down close, the man immediately pointed his weapon in the direction as he slowly started approaching the door.

Kira shut the door hard on purpose and he knew the room he was in was perfect as he instantly got into a position.

The soldier was right near the door when he slowly turned the knob and opened the door fully making sure to stand back and never taking his weapon off of the exposed room. The man saw nothing there but he slowly made his way inside to what looked like a fancy bedroom. The man walked in checking all directions, and found nothing, he looked over and saw the bed as he crouched down and looked straight under it, but saw nothing. The soldier then noticed the closet; he slowly approached and opened it with force as he found it empty. The man sighed as he thought that it must have been something else. He walked back over towards the middle of the floor and was about to walk back out when he was nailed.

Kira watched every move from inside this room, Kira got in and saw the large chandelier light he had on the ceiling; it was there when he got the house and never changed it. Kira smiled as he jumped up and held on to it making his body as close to the ceiling as possible. Kira stopped moving and when the man entered and checked around he never did look up, Kira waited and when he got to the middle of the floor, Kira removed something else from his belt as he shifted his legs around the chandelier and only lowered his lower body down, he did this rather swiftly and wrapped his wire he had right around the mans throat and lifted his body in the air as Kira used his legs to support himself.

The man felt something go around his throat but it was to late, Kira lifted him in the air as he struggled and gasped for breath but he was futile, Kira kept the hold on the wire tight as he was holding up both his weight and the weight of this man but he could do this for awhile, what Kira didn't like was the fact that the man fired off several rounds from his rifle, but Kira was glad it was fitted with a sound suppressor. Kira held on tighter as the man struggled harder, and then he had his last breath as he was gone. Kira waited an extra few seconds and then released him dropping his body to the floor. Kira then released the grip his legs had on the chandelier and flipped his body over so he landed on his feet. Kira knew that was two down with about four to go.

Kira placed his wire back into his assault vest and exited the room, Kira now had to make his way out and back towards the room to check on Lacus, Kira knew that by procedure they would have dropped two towards the middle of the house and that could mean trouble if they split up into the wings of the house.

Kira wasted no time, but was still cautious of the surroundings and made his way back to the room Lacus was in.

Middle of the Second Floor and Lacus Hiding Room

The middle was a little different when these two men made their entrances and one was the man that Kira shattered his record. As soon as they cut through the glass they each entered in the same giant room as it was the second floor's main room. They were each on the same side as there wasn't a window on the other side and as soon as they entered the main room they checked around the entire room trying to find something. They searched every inch of this room, but they weren't able to find anything. They slowly and cautiously made their way out of the main room and to the hallway as they looked at each other.

"Shall we search together?" one asked.

The one who was sore at Kira looked at him, "Fine, let's go," the man replied as they made sure to keep their voices down. Their was very few rooms in the middle of the house, and while Kira was taking care of the other two they finished the rooms and started making their way towards the wings, and unfortunately they chose the east wing first. They walked down the main hallway leading into the east wing and they had about two rooms before they were at the room Kira left Lacus in.

Kira was making his way back towards Lacus; he crossed the hallways as fast as he could and when he reached sight of the room he was horrified as the door was open.

The two began searching the first room and came out with nothing; they then headed towards the second room and searched that, but once again found nothing. They made there way out and like they did to every other room cautiously approached the third door and they slowly opened it pointing their rifles inside as one nodded to the other and they slowly went inside leaving the door open.

Lacus' hiding room

Lacus was doing what Kira told her to do and was staying out of sight, Lacus was extremely worried for Kira at the moment, and she was getting more and more nervous but when the door opened she thought that it was Kira that returned, and she wanted to reveal herself, but something didn't feel right. Lacus would always feel at ease when Kira walked into a room with her, but she wasn't feeling that now. Lacus held off on showing herself and she only peeked around the opened cabinet to see about two men entering and she quickly hid herself again. She said completely still hoping they would check too much in here.

The two walked in and started searching around as they were looking towards the front and then towards the back, the first one was a little satisfied.

"It looks clear," the first one said.

The one that had the grudge was about to agree when he took one last look and noticed that cabinet was a little out of place as he lifted up his arm and pointed his weapon at the cabinet.

The first one looked and noticed as well, as he nodded as both pointed their weapons at it and were slowly approaching it from both sides. Lacus knew something was wrong when she didn't hear a reply and she shut her eyes thinking that this would be the end. Her mind instinctually went to Kira as that was the memory that took her fear away.

The two were right near the cabinet as the one was about to move it around as the first one was pointing his weapon at it, the one with the grudge looked back and was going to give the man the okay sign when he saw terror.

When Kira approached the door he saw it open he felt horror, he quickly ran towards the door and looked inside to see two men about to open the cabinet fully that would reveal Lacus, Kira wasted no time as something once again inside him snapped, as he rushed right in to the man that was the nearest to him and was pointing a gun at him. Kira moved his feet quickly but he was able to evade sound as he placed both arms around the man's neck as he instantly snapped it. The man was immediately killed as Kira threw his body to the floor, and he drew his knife.

The man with the grudge watched in horror as his partner's neck was just snapped and he raised his gun to fire but Kira took hold of it and the two were starting to struggle.

Lacus knew something was going on as she heard struggling and she also got that feeling and she looked around in relief and joy that Kira was still alive, but now he was struggling with this man as she watched with very worried eyes.

Both had their night vision activated but, that did stop this man as he knew this was Kira, but what was worrying him more was the fact that he was losing on strength here as Kira slammed him up against the wall making him drop his weapon. The man grew angry and threw a punch at Kira but Kira caught it in mid air, as he started squeezing it causing the man to cry out in pain.

Lacus watched as she knew it happened again.

Kira had the man down to his knees as he was about to finish him but as he looked up he saw the look on Lacus' face, and he saw that this was scaring her, not the danger, but what he was becoming. Kira however knew that this was necessary, but his grip loosened on the man's hand as Kira let him go as his eyes returned to normal. The man however was less merciful as he slowly and then hastily reached for his gun, and when he took hold of it he was going to fire straight towards Lacus as Kira saw that with his senses, Kira moved even faster then before as he took hold of the rifle and putting the man into shock at the speed.

"It ends here," Kira said as the man looked confused as Kira took hold of him with both hands and threw him straight threw the window causing him to land and impale himself on the fence below. The glass was bullet proof and tough, but Kira's rage was a lot tougher as he threw the man right threw it and he was likely dead before he impaled himself on the fence post on the ground.

Kira looked down and saw what he did, as he looked over towards Lacus, Kira's eyes returned to normal as he looked at her with shame.

Lacus saw what happened and it did scare her, but she didn't blame him or ever would be ashamed of him in any way.

Kira slowly looked at her, "I'm…I'm sorry," Kira said as he was expecting her to look at him like a monster but all he got instead was her taking him into her arms as she held on as tight as possible.

Kira couldn't help but feel at ease, it was always like this when she held him; Kira slowly took her in his arms as he returned her embrace. "Why?" Kira asked.

Lacus slightly smiled, "It's not your fault, I would never hate you," Lacus said as she could tell his fear.

Those words made Kira feel like he was in paradise, Lacus was truly a precious gift to him, and she accepted him for who he was the good and the bad, even though his hands were stained with so much blood she still would stay by his side. She made him whole, but it was the same for her, he was everything to her, even with so little time spent together she knew he was the one. He soothed her in a way no one else could, he brought her a sense of peace, security, and passion felt with no other person, he made her whole.

Kira slowly shut his eyes as he leaned down and kissed her forehead gently as they looked into each others eyes, "Thank you," Kira told her as Lacus felt her tears form, but she wouldn't let them fall now, they were still in a big mess. "It is I who should thank you," was all Lacus said as Kira snapped back into reality.

"We should go now, their should be about two left, no point in leaving you here," Kira told her as Lacus smiled and agreed and the two made their way towards the door and Kira checked around as Lacus took his hand, and they slowly made their way out as Kira upholstered his Socom, with only two left Kira knew it would be alright. However little did he know was they were about to get company from the front door.

Front Door and with the Zala Team

Yzak's patience were wearing very thin as it was taking forever to get the door open, with the security measures back on for the outside part it was extremely difficult to get into the door, Yzak even grew tired enough to try the C4 but that still failed, and he had no choice but to let the other two try to work on the overriding the system. They had to admit this was advanced but not as advanced as the front gate, and with the limited power that was making things a little easier.

Athrun and Nicol watched as the two worked on the front door, but this was only buying more time for Kira so Athrun wasn't complaining. Yzak suspected he knew how to get the door open, but that part wasn't true, Athrun did have a keycard to the gate, but not the door. Athrun just stood there and went to his thoughts as he knew they would eventually get this door open.

"You know this place well Athrun, where would he be?" Nicol asked so no one else could hear.

Athrun looked at him, "All security measures are on the second floor, so I would suspect there."

Nicol smiled, "That would benefit us."

Athrun looked at him, "When we make it in we will split up when we get to the second floor, the control room is on the eastern wing, so I will take that point, you handle the west and if you find him get back to me as quickly as possible."

Nicol looked at him and agreed as they looked back at the front door.

Yzak and Dearka were in their own conversation, "We got the first floor, and that should be where he is," Yzak told Dearka.

Dearka looked at him, "What's the plan?"

Yzak looked at him, "You take one side and I will take the other, if you find him let me know and I will make the kill."

"I guess," Dearka added as Yzak and he turned back to look at the front door and Yzak really smiled as finally they got some good news.

The two working on the front door security panel finally made some success as the doors electronics shorted out and the door removed all of its security devices.

Yzak smiled, "About time, lets' move," Yzak said as all lifted their weapons and the two kicked the door open as Yzak entered first followed by Dearka as they had their weapons up and ready to fire.

"Clear," Dearka said as the front room had no one in it.

Athrun and Nicol moved in next as they were now going to make there way to the stairs but Yzak stopped them for a second.

"Remember Zala, you do anything to aide him and I will have your head on the wall," Yzak said as Athrun didn't say a word to him, Athrun and Nicol just started making their way to the stairs and they soon went up.

"You sure you can trust them?" Dearka asked.

Yzak looked at him, "I don't trust them, but if they do betray us we will just have to take care of it."

Dearka slightly smiled.

"Now let's search," Yzak said as they and the two members started looking around.

Yzak looked at them, "I will handle this, you two keep an eye on Zala, but don't let him know."

"Yes sir," They both said as they slowly started heading up the stairs.

Yzak and Dearka now started their search on the first floor all alone, that was what Yzak wanted he didn't want anyone interfering with his glory. He thought that being on the first floor was where Kira would be since that was an easy escape route and how wrong he was.

Athrun and Nicol made it up the stairs and this was where they would split off, "Alright lets handle this, just get word to me," Athrun said as he made his way towards Kira's control room, the light was limited but they activated their night vision hoping to find Kira first. Nicol smiled and agreed as he went down the western wings path, Nicol started his search when he heard a strange noise father up ahead and he went to investigate.

Second Floor Western Wing

Kira and Lacus slowly made their way out of her hiding room, and Kira took hold of his Socom. Kira knew with two let and with him having sight now it wouldn't do any good just use his knife and with Lacus with him he wasn't taking any chances. Kira popped the safety off and Lacus had his hand rather tightly so they slowly made their way out and headed straight for the west wing of the house. Kira cleared the eastern wing out so he knew until the front door opened he would be clear from behind.

Kira and Lacus went down the large hallway that led into the main staircase leading to the front door, and Kira looked down and saw that they didn't break through yet, and he was glad. Kira and Lacus then made their way towards the hallway leading into the western wing and this was where they had to slow down. Kira knew with two left he would have to make this quick and get to the room where he would make his escape. This room was the easiest to get down and would be able to lead them to where Kira wanted to escape. Kira also knew that he had to save ammo; they still had to storm the secret dock leading to their way off this Plant, so Kira had to be a little weary of that fact.

Kira knew that the two in the western wing had to be almost finished and would likely be closer to the exit so he was extra cautious. Lacus couldn't see very well but she knew just to keep hold of Kira and things should be alright. Kira and Lacus made their way down the next hallway when Kira instantly stopped and Lacus almost ran into him, but she knew to be silent when he did this. Kira stopped when his ears heard something up ahead. Kira very slowly got to the edge of the wall and looked over to see a soldier heading right for them, but this one wasn't checking he was just heading straight for the hallway. Kira backed up a little bit and Lacus followed as Kira got loose from her grip very gently, Lacus let go of his hand and stood back a little.

Kira backed up a little as the man wasn't really paying attention to the surroundings; he was likely one of those cocky soldiers like Yzak, who thought they were invincible. Kira backed up a little and the when he saw the man come around the corner, Kira immediately kicked him straight in the face, the impact was so hard he flew into the wall, as he turned to aim his rifle but Kira already had the Socom aimed straight at his head and Kira pulled the trigger firing one shot straight into the head killing him instantly. Kira was glad it was dark enough that Lacus didn't have to witness what really happened; all she knew was that this man was dead.

Kira went back to her and took her hand, as she once again squeezed it.

"Were almost there," Kira told her in a low voice as Lacus complied and they were on their way again.

They made their way down a few more hallways and that was when Kira stopped again, his senses were going crazy and Kira had a feeling that the front door was now open, and he was right as it was the time when they got the front door open. Kira didn't want to waste anymore time as they were quickly on the move again. Kira went down the last hallway and he was a little concerned that he didn't see this last guy yet, Kira and Lacus made their way to the last room where their escape was and as luck would have it the soldier was right inside.

Kira and Lacus saw the door open as they moved closer to the wall and stopped right outside the door.

Kira peaked in and saw that the man was examining the room, but more important than that he was taking a look at the window which was a little different than the others as Kira had this one installed as a precaution, he never installed a escape route but he did have this window installed as a spare way out, but it was a little risky.

Kira knew that with the front door now open, he couldn't leave Lacus in the hall, so he would have to bring her with him, with only one man Kira could easily dispose of him, but he couldn't take the risk of leaving her outside as he turned to look at her.

"We have to move, as soon as I get in move to a corner and near the door and stay there," Kira told her in a whisper.

Lacus nodded and Kira took her hand again as he walked in with her and aimed his gun as Lacus made her way towards the corner, and as Kira was about to fire the man turned around and opened fire.

With Athrun and Nicol

Athrun made his way up the stairs and he knew exactly where the control room was he immediately went there and as he went inside he found no one, Athrun was a little surprised and he hoped that maybe Kira got out already, Athrun then got out and went towards Kira's main room, and large rooms but found nothing. After awhile of searching he then became hopeful that Kira did escape, he was about to go and catch up with Nicol but that was after the lights suddenly got very bright.

The two Yzak sent up got to the top of the stairs and they didn't know which way Athrun went so they gambled and just went down the western wing. They made their way down trying to track down Athrun.

Nicol split up with Athrun and went into the western wing, he searched rooms hoping to find Kira but he found nothing, he was about to search a few more rooms when he heard a large noise from up ahead, Nicol had his night vision turned on and he made his way towards the large noise, Nicol went down one hallway and to his horror found the man Kira shot in the head, Nicol was a little surprised and shocked, but he kept moving, he heard a few more noises and then heard nothing, as he knew that had to be something to do with Kira. Nicol then went down the last hallway and saw a door opened at the end, he instinctually had his weapon raised as he slowly made his way towards the door and turned into it looking in the room, as he slightly smiled but that was it.

The two soldiers also on the second floor got word of those noises and went towards them as they saw that fallen soldier and then they went on forward like Nicol did but that was when they turned down the last hallway and then towards the door but the lights got very bright.

Kira's Escape Room

Lacus nodded and Kira took her hand again as he walked in with her and aimed his gun as Lacus made her way towards the corner, and as Kira was about to fire the man turned around and opened fire.

Kira was shocked that this man was able to move so fast, but Kira was still faster as he fired the shot at the same time, but the shot fired from the man struck the suppressor on Kira's Socom forcing Kira to drop the gun and hit the floor. Kira's shot struck the man in the side towards the liver and he fell backwards towards the window. Kira knew he couldn't lay around for long and then the man fired at random as he was falling towards the window striking just about all furniture and breaking the glass in the room that was the noises that were heard in the silent house at the moment.

Lacus went to the corner like Kira said but she hit the ground as well as the shots were going on randomly.

Kira knew this couldn't go on and his rage once again, came to peak as Kira got up and charged straight at the man who was starting to recover his senses and he aimed his weapon at Kira, but Kira grabbed it with his hands lifting up the man and slamming him against the wall as he gun fired a few more shots, but these were up in the air. Lacus could see with the window there and she was getting worried again. She watched as Kira was fighting this man off and she stood back up slowly walking towards the door.

Kira was winning as this man couldn't match his strength and skill as Kira got the rifle from him and slammed it against his head as Kira once again removed his knife and stabbed it straight into the mans chest, piercing his heart. Kira watched as he struggled and then fell to his death.

Kira removed the knife as Lacus slightly smiled as he was alright and then started walking towards him. Lacus was right in front of the open door and that was when Nicol arrived.

Nicol saw that it was Kira through his night vision and he did slightly smile.

Kira heard Lacus approaching him as he hadn't yet turned around, Lacus walked up towards him and placed a hand on his shoulder as she knew he was still tense and she knew he lost it a little there, Kira was about to turn around when Nicol started walking in and was about to speak.

"Ki…." Was all Nicol could say.

Kira was about to turn around and look at Lacus when he heard the footstep at the door, Kira immediately stood up and spun Lacus around removing his M9 from his leg holster and as he turned himself and Lacus around Kira saw a gun aimed at Lacus and he fired his M9 striking Nicol straight in the throat.

Kira couldn't tell it was him, he didn't have time to, Nicol had his weapon raised but it wasn't pointed at Kira it was pointed at Lacus, Nicol wasn't going to shoot her he was just in a normal stance, and the gun just happened to be pointed at Lacus, but Kira didn't have time to make it out, all he saw was the weapon pointed at Lacus and he fired. Kira couldn't make out Nicol through the tactical gear and night vision didn't make out colors so Kira couldn't see the uniform he was wearing. Kira just had no time to adjust to the situation, he fired or he thought the man would fire at Lacus. It was a split second decision one in which Kira made to save Lacus' life.

Nicol felt the bullet enter his throat as his actions froze and he slowly fell to the ground dropping his weapon and now gasping for breath as he couldn't speak.

Lacus was in Kira's arms as Kira was now on his knee with the weapon still pointed at the fallen soldier. Kira still couldn't make it out who it was or was he really looking. Kira stood back up as he saw the man still struggling and Kira looked over at him as he took the night vision off.

"No one will harm her, I don't care who you are, or who sent you, you dare to fire at her like a coward and now you paid the price, nothing or no one will stop me in keeping her alive," Kira said to the fallen man but he was referring more to Patrick, but if you heard it, it was like he was talking to the soldier.

Lacus stood back up and wrapped her arm around Kira's as that was a close call, Nicol's struggling stopped as he passed from the blood loss.

Kira then turned his attention back to the window when he heard more approaching sounds. Kira looked back and heard more coming but Kira decided to take another action.

Kira reached into his pocket and pulled out his device that he designed that could control all the systems security. Kira knew their was little threat from outside anymore so he pushed a few buttons and this would help by them some time, Kira hit a few more buttons and the actions were confirmed, and as soon as the two were about to enter the doorway the lights to the mansion came back on blinding all with night vision on as they fell to the floor trying to take it off.

Lacus was glad the lights came back on but as they were about to make their escape she noticed that Kira was frozen.

"What's wrong Kira?" Lacus asked as Kira had his eyes on the man he shot.

Kira saw the lights came on and he saw the fallen soldier. Kira could tell by the suit that it was from the Zala squad, but instead of Yzak Kira saw the fallen Nicol.

"What have I done?" Kira asked as his hand did start shaking.

Lacus looked over and saw Nicol, "We have to go Kira," Lacus said not trying to be sympathetic and her heart could tell that Kira knew him, but they had to get out.

Kira knew they couldn't stay here long either, as he looked at Nicol, but then quickly turned his attention to the window and opened it. Kira saw the two soldiers starting to regain their senses and Kira wanted to check Nicol, but he had no time.

Kira looked at Lacus and took her hand as they made their way down several steps that were integrated into the outside of the house, a little thing Kira designed, a small escape route, nothing like he wanted to build but it was something.

They made their way down and hit the ground, Kira was still in a little shock over Nicol but that would have to wait. Kira saw that the security system was acting up again, as all power was restored, so it would only be a matter of time before it shorted out. Kira quickly regained his senses as he grabbed Lacus' hand.

"Make sure you stay close to me," Kira said as they started making their way towards the wall, but one of Kira's weapons caught them in their scanner. Kira quickly grabbed Lacus and held her to his body facing away from the sensor. The sensor scanned him and then cleared him as it went back to normal. Kira designed them to scan the people but they wouldn't fire on him, and holding Lacus to him fooled the scanner so it left them alone.

"Come on," Kira said as they made their way to the gate around the western side and Kira punched a few devices in his device and the walls electricity was turned off and Kira jumped over the wall helping Lacus over as they were now on the main road.

"This way," Kira told her as they ran again, and went to a forested area around the back of the Plant and Kira punched a few more numbers in and a car he had hidden back their activated and Kira and Lacus ran towards it, Kira was well prepared for things like this.

They went to the car and Kira jumped in as did Lacus and Kira typed a few more things and a few trees were moved by the device Kira built opening a small path and they drove out. Kira hit a few more numbers making the things go back to normal.

Lacus was glad they were out, but as she looked over to Kira she saw his hand still shaking and she saw the look in his eyes as Kira was remembering what he did. He didn't know it was Nicol, he just fired, what was he supposed to do. Lacus reached over and placed her one hand on his shaking hand as she saw the hurt in his eyes. Kira didn't look at her he just kept driving; he was heading straight for the secret facility, trying to keep his head on straight.

Inside the Mansion

The two inside regained there senses as they saw that Nicol was one that fallen, their radios were useless inside here and they had to go back to report it.

Yzak and Dearka got the light as well, and Yzak cursed as the bottom had nothing. They made their way back and Yzak saw the two soldiers as they were coming back to report and Yzak joined them.

Athrun got the light to and took off his goggles as he made his way back only to see that Yzak and Dearka were talking to the soldiers.

"What is going on?" Athrun asked.

Yzak glared at him, "Follow me and find out, lead the way," Yzak said as the soldiers led them to the room; Athrun was confused until they got to Kira's escape room.

They walked in and Athrun was last and what he saw shocked him, there was Nicol dead.

"You still want to be loyal to him," Yzak said.

"He wouldn't, it couldn't have been him," Athrun said as he was in shock.

Outside the front gate

Little did they now that Rau heard everything that was going on, he couldn't communicate, but he heard every word.

"This will be quite interesting now," Rau said as he made sure to get everything on tape.

To be continued…

(AN): I hope you liked this chapter, the longest I have ever done. I will be switching back to my other story until I get to a certain point, then I will return to this one full time. See you later.