Meer: The Song of Truth

In this quite night, I'm waiting for you. I sing as I am slowly walking along the side of a pool. Forgetting the past and dreaming of you. Time passes by and memories fade, but time can't erase the love that we've made. As I reach the bench at the end of the pool I sit down and place my hands on my legs. And the stars in the skies that I wish upon can't bring you back to my side. Though you're not here with me, I lower my head. I dream of the day.

Suddenly the memory of that day when she appeared and ruined my speech returned to my mind. 'Please do not be deceived by the appearance of that person. Hello my friends my name is Lacus Clyne.'

Quickly a vision of a girl with black hair singing in a recording studio flashed through my mind.

I bow down close my eyes and shake my head, that can't be me. I'm Lacus.

I stand up and wrap my arms around my shoulders before continue walking along the side of the pool as I remember what the Chairman said to me before I left for here. 'There's nothing to worry about. But in the mean time, it would be better if you kept a low profile. I'll make sure you're taken care of, I appreciate everything that you have done for us.'

That's right, because of what I did. That was me not that other person. I did all of that.

I stop walking and my eyes widened when I remember the words that Athrun said at the Gibraltar base, I then close my eyes.

'You're useful to them now. But he's not going to need you forever. And when he's finished with you he is going to have you killed.'

I gasped and open my eyes; I can feel tears trying to escape from them.

"It can't be true." I say as I shake my head. "It just can't be."

"Miss Lacus." the voice of my bodyguard says, causing me to gasp and look up toward her. "I brought a nice pot of tea for you. Please come."

She guides me to a table near the pool and I sit down. I watch as she slowly pours a cup of tea for me.

"Um?" I question.

"Yes," she replies.

"Have you heard from the Chairman yet?" I asked.

"No," She replies as she places the small white and blue cup in front of me, "nothing yet unfortunately."

"I suppose it can't be helped." she continued as I grabbed the cup, "considering the difficulty that the PLANTs are having right now. You know what I am talking about right Miss Lacus?"

I turn to look at her.

"Yes of course I know." I say in disgust as I turn back toward my cup of tea, "I know what's going on, but still." I close my eyes and sigh.

"The truth of the matter is the situation is still rather uncertain." She says before I open my eyes and look off into the distance to my right, "For one thing there's even word that the Archangel is in port here at Copernicus."

"The Archangel?" I question as I turn to look at her.

"Yes," she replies, "I wonder what their thinking, to come to the moon at a time like this."

"Do you perhaps think that she is with them as well?" She questioned.

"What?" I asked a little shocked at her words.

"You know the person that appeared in the broadcast in Orb and said that she was with the Archangel."

"Uh, A right." I say a little tongue tied.

"Yes that person is becoming a real troublemaker." She says. "At this rate she could ruin everything that the Chairman's been working so hard to accomplish. Why would she want to do such a thing?" She turns to look at me, "But the genuine Miss Lacus isn't that kind of person now is she? The Miss Lacus I know is always right and loves peace, yet when times are difficult she is willing to enter the battlefield and fight along side us. She's that kind of person. And that's the reason that we all admire her. A Miss Lacus who doesn't do that must surely be a fraud."

I gasp at what she had just said. "A fraud?"

"I believe that the young woman who has stood by the Chairman's side and assisted him since the beginning of this war is a genuine Miss Lacus."

"What are you?" I question as I stand up.

"Please you can feel free to call me Sarah, Miss Lacus." She says with that same emotionless face that she always has, "I am here to help you."

Could Athrun have been telling the truth all along, who is this person that I am looking at?

"We have to act now to prevent further problems." Sarah says, "Isn't that right Miss Lacus?"

Thoughts of that black haired girl and then what Athrun had said quickly rushed through my head again. Please tell me this isn't happening I thought as I closed my eyes and shake my head.

"Now help yourself to some more tea," Sara says as she places a hand on my back causing me to sit down. "There are some things we need to discuss. I'm sure we can come up with an excellent plan."

I started to hyperventilate a little as I hear her finish what she was saying.

I quietly stood at a window of the house that I was staying at waiting for everything that Sarah had told me was going to happen. I hated that I was going to be used to set up an ambush but this was the only thing that I could do to help the Chairman.

I quietly sit in the stands of the large theater waiting for Lacus to arrive. In the distance I can hear a car coming to a stop, there is no stopping this now.

"Hello, hello, thank you very much." My Haro says causing me to look up and see Athrun standing at a doorway.

"It's Meer." He says.

"Athrun." I gasp as I stand up. I say his name again as I head up onto the stage toward him. I know that this is not what Sarah wants but I don't care, I need to talk to him, see that he is alright.

"Athrun, you're alive." I say as I walk toward him.

"Hold it right there." He says as he points a gun at me.

I stop in my tracks as quickly as I can, "Athrun?"

"I got your message," Athrun says as he walks onto the stage with the gun still pointed at me, "And I know that this is some kind of trap! I'm giving you one last chance, Meer. That's why I'm here."

"Athrun," A cloaked person says as she and two other people walk out behind him.

The person removes her cloak to reveal that she looks just like me.

"Miss Lacus." I say with a little shock in my voice. This is the first time that I have met her in person.

She smiles at me before slowly walking toward me.

"Hello, Miss Meer." She says, "It's nice to finally meet you. You said in your note that you needed my help." I begin to shake my head as I look at this girl that looks just like me, "That you were going to be killed. If so, you're more then welcome to come with me."

I take a couple of steps back away from this girl. "I should be the one." I say, "It should be me."

"Meer?!" Athrun calls out.

'But the genuine isn't that kind of person now is she?' Sarah's words run through my head as I look at all four people before me. 'And that's the reason that we all admire her.'

'You helped save the world through your efforts and your hard work.' The Chairman's words then ran through my head, 'I will never forget that, and the people will never forget it either.'

"Take it easy Meer." Athrun said before taking a few steps down the stairs, "Everything's alright so just relax."

I take a step back away from Athrun as he reaches out toward me.

"But I'm the real Lacus!" I say, "Aren't I?" I question myself. "I am! I mean I have her voice and her face, when I'm Lacus there's nothing wrong with me." I raise a gun toward the girl with the same face as me but it is quickly shot out of my hands by a single shot from the gun that Athrun is holding.

I can hear the gun sliding across the stone stage behind me.

"Meer, just cut it out!" Athrun demands. "calm down."

"If it's my name you want, you may have it," the other Lacus says which shocked me.

"Take it all," she continues as she walks next to Athrun. "But even then, you and I will still be different people. And that can not be changed."

"Huh?" I gasp at what she just said.

I drop to my knees after hearing what was just said, I can be Lacus Clyne.

"None of us can be anything other then ourselves." She said.

I look up at her.

"But that's why you and I exist and are standing here. Isn't it?" She continues, "And that's how were enlightened about people and ourselves."

I can feel the tears that I have been holding in for so long at the corners of my eyes.

"Your dreams are yours and yours alone." Lacus said as she looked at me with such compassion in her eyes, "So please when you sing, do it for yourself." My tears are freely flowing down my cheeks as she continues, "There your dreams don't let others use them for their benefits."

I bow my head in shame, how could I have been so stupid. She is right.

"Birdy!" a voice calls out from the sky.

"Lacus!" Athrun calls before pushing her forward. A second later I could see the stairs nearby breaking into small pieces.

I gasp and then turn my head in the direction that the shot had just come from. Other gun shots fill the area as Athrun rushes Lacus to cover behind a stone wall. I was so scared at what was happening that I did not move, only seconds after Lacus was behind the wall I feel Athrun grab my hand and pull me along behind the same cover that he had taken Lacus behind. I shriek as a bullet hits the wall nearby.

"Kira!" Athrun calls out to one of the other people.

"Over hear," Kira calls out causing us both to look in his direction.

Athrun quickly rushes me past a doorway of the wall before bending around the edge of a window to take a few shots toward the people that are shooting at us. He quickly ducks behind the wall as more shots hit it.

"How many are there?" He asks me, "Do you know?"

"I don't know." I answer, "Just Sarah."

He turned back toward the window and shot off a couple more shots before taking cover again. I had covered my ears not wanting to hear what was happening, not long after Athrun had rushed out the door beside us I had dropped to my knees, I was so scared at what was going on around me.

"Miss Meer," Lacus said causing me to look toward her to see her crawling toward me.

"There's nothing to fear okay?" She said calming me down a little.

"Run for it." Kira said as he looked at us.

We quickly rushed around the corner of the door just before an explosion filled the area that we were just at. Lacus had her arms around me to make sure that I was safe; we could all then see Sarah running toward us throwing something. I couldn't tell who had hit it with their gun but the item flew back toward Sarah before exploding sending her flying.

As Athrun continued to fight with the people that were shooting at us I looked at Lacus, she had such a sad look on her face for the lost lives that were happening right before us. The sound of a small crash caused me to look to see a large golden mobile suit having landed in the middle of the theater.

"You kids alright?" The pilot asked.

"What took you so long Mu?" Kira asked the suit before us.

"Get Lacus and the girls out of here." Kira ordered.

"Right, I understand now." The pilot said.

"Are you okay?" Athrun asked as he walked up to us.

"Yeah," Kira replied, "Somehow."

"I put you in danger." Athrun said as he turned to look at the other girl that was with them, "Sorry about that."

"Yeah, but thank you." She replied.

"Come on, Princess." The pilot said as he lowered the hand of the mobile suit.

Kira helped Lacus onto the extended hand before turning to look at me and extending his hand, "Meer, You too."

I looked around before slowly extending my hand to except the offer that was when I saw Sarah slowly raising her gun toward Miss Lacus.

"Watch out!" I called out as I rushed past Kira.

I could feel a sharp pain strike me in the back, as I started to fall to the ground I could see Miss Lacus rushing toward me.

"Miss Meer!" I could hear her call out.

I could hear a two quick shots ring out from someone's gun.

"Miss Meer…" I could feel Lacus lifting my body off of the ground, "Miss Meer!"

"Please remember." I said as I opened my eyes, "my songs and my life." I slowly reached into my purse and pulled out a picture of myself from before my operations. "Don't forget who I was." I struggled to say as I handed the picture to Miss Lacus.

"She has a kind and cheerful face," Lacus said as she looked at the picture with a girl with black hair and freckles, "Is this your picture?"

I nodded.

"Meer," Athrun said as he rushed over to me.

I turned my vision that had started to blur toward him.

"I wish… I could have… gotten to know you better." I smiled, "All of you."

"No Meer!" Athrun cried out.

"Hurry Mu, get her to the Archangel!" Kira ordered.

I turned to look at Miss Lacus as I could feel tears flowing from my eyes.

"I'm so sorry." I said as I closed my eyes.

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