Title/theme: THREE THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED TO MURRUE RAMIUS
Genre: General/Humour
Summary: the 3 things that never happened to the Archangel Captain.
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Murrue Ramius gritted her teeth as the giant machine teetered and swayed, throwing the young boy across her lap.
"Get back!" she barked. He immediately retreated behind the pilot seat.
Blinking sweat out of her eyes and grimacing against the pain in her shoulder, she pushed the controls, steadying the Strike.
But the steadiness didn't last very long, as they were hit by something and fell backwards into a building. The cameras revealed a green mobile suit standing in front of them, its guns pointed at them.
"How can you move this thing with that OS?" the boy spoke up, eyes wide as he took in the controls.
"It's not finished," she answered quickly as she lowered the keyboard and started typing rapidly.
The boy gawked as her fingers moved over the keyboard in a dizzying pace.
"There, that should do it," she muttered as she shoved the keyboard out of the way and pushed on the controls. It responded quicker and more accurately, and it seemed that she had the machine fully under control as she charged at the ZAFT mobile suit.
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"Hello there, I'm Mwu la Flaga, of the 7th mobile corp.," the handsome blond man saluted.
"Murrue Ramius, of the 8th orbital fleet," the brunette woman saluted back.
"Natarle Badgiruel, of the same division," the dark-haired woman beside her spoke up.
"Wow, that sure is an impressive machine," Mwu whistled as he tilted his head back to look at the towering mobile suit. "I saw it in combat earlier, who was the pilot?"
"Well…" Murrue looked up at the Strike, "Nobody was assigned to pilot it…but, that was me a moment ago."
"You were the pilot?" he asked, almost incredulously, and she narrowed her eyes at him.
He studied her up and down.
"You, you're a Coordinator, aren't you."
Murrue's eyes widened, how did…
Beside her, Natarle's face was one of shock.
"L-Lieutenant Ramius, is this true?"
She smiled at her sheepishly and nodded.
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"What? Skygrasper 2 is missing?"
"We lost her signal Ma'am."
Murrue balled her fist. Now what?
"How many hours until sunset?" she asked the crew.
"About two hours Ma'am," answered Miriallia.
"You're not thinking of looking for her are you?" Natarle spoke up, exasperated.
Murrue looked to Natarle. "But she's a member of the crew."
"We're in the middle of ZAFT territory!" Natarle argued back, "And we all need to rest in case we're attacked again."
Murrue bit her lip. Natarle had a very valid point. They were already undermanned and in trouble. It was just one person; she couldn't sacrifice everyone else on board.
"Alright everyone, go get some rest, we have a long day tomorrow," she sighed.
Little did she know that the missing girl was the princess of Orb, and that she would end up helping the Archangel later on.
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"Hey."
"Mmm" she smiled as he kissed her, "Finished your shift?"
He nodded, slinging an arm over her shoulder. "Yup. So, anything interesting happened today?"
"Actually," she suddenly looked apprehensive. She untangled herself and faced him.
"I have something important to tell you."
"Oh?" he raised an eyebrow, grinning at her winningly, willing her to continue.
"Mwu, I…" she bit her lip and lowered her head, as if not sure she wanted to continue.
"What is it?" he was suddenly getting worried at her solemn expression.
"Um, I, um, how do I say this…"
She looked up into his eyes and braced herself mentally.
"I'm pregnant."
The blond Lieutenant Commander's mouth hung open as he stared at her.
"W-Wha…H-How?"
Murrue raised an eyebrow at his question. "Uh, do I really need to explain it to you? ... "
Realising how stupid his question was, he cleared his throat. "I, I mean…I…but…uh…"
For once, Mwu la Flaga was speechless.
AN: first one was inspired by a Kenkoudaa flash animation; second one was random 'cause I can't think of anything, but just to make a point that Murrue will put her foot down when she deems it necessary; third one is my fave, and it's also randomness.