Setting: Right after the Impulse took down the Freedom. Shinn is now the pilot of Destiny, Rey on the Legend, Athrun on the Savior and Lunamaria on the Impulse.
Heavenly
Chapter 3: Farewell
"Shinn, Rey and I will go on the offensive mode. Lunamaria, protect the Minerva" said Athrun through the communication channel on their mobile suits
"Yes, sir!" replied the three then went to their positions
There were many enemy mobile suits on the battlefield, making the task really difficult for the ace pilots of the Minerva. The EAF sure planned this ambush well.
Despite the fact that they are greatly outnumbered, Lunamaria did her task well, shooting down mobile suits that are approaching the Minerva. But it seemed strange, really strange. As she observed, all of the mobile suits are not aiming for the Minerva, but for her. Then Captain Gladys's face popped on her screen
"Lunamaria, the ship can protect itself. Go out there and help the others take down the enemy" ordered Captain Gladys
"Yes Ma'am!" she said then went to take down more mobile suits
On the way to take down more mobile suits, Lunamaria got surrounded by 10 Windams, each packed with cannon blasters. She knew she couldn't defeat all of them but still she has to try. Shinn saw her from afar and made his way to her but didn't get in time because some Windams blocked his way. Luna managed to take down five Windams but lost Impulse's left leg in the process. Shinn got there and took down the rest of the Windams that surrounded her.
"Luna, are you alright?" asked Shinn worriedly through the monitor
"Yeah, thanks" she said then went on to take down more enemies with Shinn beside her
"Don't worry, I will protect you" he promised. Luna smiled, content that she has Shinn by her side. Together, they fought the enemy.
Suddenly Captain Gladys' face flashed on their screen
"Shinn, you and Athrun will destroy their battle ship. Rey and Lunamaria, you take care of the rest of the enemy mobile suits"
"Yes Ma'am!" they all said in response and then went to their positions.
Lunamaria kept on shooting down the enemies, following them when they're out of her reach. Then she found herself being surrounded again, this time with twenty enemy mobile suits.
"Oh my God! I'm trapped!" she said out loud as she kept on looking for a way out but didn't find any. She tried to contact the others but it seems that the communication channel on Impulse got damaged from the earlier attacks. And since she's faraway from Shinn and the others, they can't see her.
"I got careless, what will I do?" she asked herself, hoping to find an answer. Her enemies stood there, waiting for the signal to fire their blasters. Then she noticed that Impulse might run out of power soon, she can't even call the Minerva for the deuterion beam. She was running out of ideas on how to escape.
"I guess there's no option left, I have to fight" she said to herself, gathering all of her power and confidence. This might be suicide since the Impulse already sustained a lot of damage but there's no other choice left but to fight in a do or die situation like this.
Gripping the controls tightly, she shot her cannon blaster at one of the Windams, disabling it. But as she did that the other Windams shot at her. And she screamed in pain as she felt blood rush out of her head.
Shinn, still preoccupied with his task of bringing down the ship, glanced to where he last saw Luna. He suddenly got worried when didn't see her there.
"Shinn, I can take down the ship. Go help Lunamaria" said Athrun through the monitor after seeing Shinn suddenly become worried. Then without anything said Shinn went to search for his female companion.
It only took him a while before he finally saw her, being hit and surrounded by the enemy.
"LUNA!!!!" he screamed as he quickly went to her and took down three Windams
"Shinn…" she said weakly, seeing the Destiny making its way to her. The Windams kept on hitting her. She felt so helpless, her shield was destroyed earlier and her head injury is not helping her at all. She felt as if she's one with the Impulse, feeling the many painful hits her mobile suit is suffering right now.
Then she heard Shinn screaming her name. She smiled weakly, remembering the kiss they shared yesterday. He was supposed to say something important to her today. The three magical words that will change their relationship from friends to lovers. Those three magical words that she's been waiting to hear from him all along. But it seems that instead of those three words, only one completely different word will be said.
"Shinn… Goodbye…" she said as she released her grip on the controls. The feeling of coldness overwhelmed her and she closed her eyes, not knowing whether it will open again…
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"LUNA! LUNA! LUNA!!!" he screamed repeatedly as he got into SEED mode, taking down any enemy that gets in his way. He desperately tried to catch the falling Impulse but there were many Windams blocking his way. They planned this ambush all along. Athrun and Rey are preoccupied with their task so they have no idea what was happening to Shinn and Lunamaria. The Minerva is also preoccupied with shooting down enemy mobile suits within its reach.
When the path was finally cleared he saw the Impulse being carried by two Windams. He flared up
"I WON'T LET YOU TAKE LUNA!!!" he screamed as he went to take Luna back but countless Windams kept on blocking his way. It's as if their main objective is to capture the Impulse.
After managing to take down the Windams blocking his way, Shinn got a chance to get close to the Impulse. He reached out and took hold of the severely damaged mobile suit's hand. He smiled with satisfaction as he got up to pull her out of harm's way when suddenly one of the Windams cut off the Impulse's arm.
"LUNA!!!! I'LL SAVE YOU, I WON'T LET THEM TAKE YOU AWAY!!!" he screamed madly. And now he's been surrounded with ten Windams. Just then Athrun and Rey come to his rescue and took down all of the Windams that surrounded him.
"Shinn, are you alright?" asked Athrun in the monitor
"Yes, but I don't know if Luna is. Have you seen her?" asked Shinn worriedly
Then they saw the Impulse, severely damaged, being carried by two Windams to their mother ship. Without anything said, they all went to save the Impulse when suddenly a beam hit them from behind, further damaging their mobile suits, it's a Destroy.
"Damn it! They still have that thing!!!" yelled Athrun in anger, having difficulty in flying because of the damage his mobile suit sustained. All of the Windams are now returning to their mother ship, including the paralyzed Impulse.
Then the Minerva sent out their retreat signal, thinking that it's suicide if their pilots continue to fight with their damaged mobile suits. Then Captain Gladys' face popped on their screen
"Shinn, Rey and Athrun, we must retreat now. They've outnumbered us. There's nothing we can do now" she said calmly but you could still sense some anger in her voice.
Then Shinn felt tears running from his eyes like running water. For the third time, he failed to protect someone close to him.
"I'm sorry, Luna… I failed you…"
Author's Notes: Today is Lunamaria Hawke's birthday! Happy Birthday, Luna! (July 26)
Sorry if there were some confusions concerning the previous chapter. I made a very silly mistake and forgot to include the setting so I wrote it at the very beggining of this chapter.
And sorry if it took a while since I updated my story. I had a really busy week at school and not to mention that midterm exams are coming up. So it might take quite a long time until I upload a new chapter. (Please bear with me)
And I'm quite busy with preparations for our Gundam Seed Destiny Group Cosplay this September (I know it's a little too soon to be thinking about it but I really want my costume to be beautiful and fully-prepared before the day of the event, just like when writing new chapters) . I'll be cosplaying Lunamaria and it's very hard to find a wig like hers. Luckily I found one with the same color so it just needs a little styling.
Thank you very much to AllenWalkerAddict and Sony Ninja for the nice reviews you gave! I'm just a newbie here and seeing those reviews that you gave really touched my heart heehee... I will do my best!
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