Hey guys! Heres chapter 4! I hope you enjoy it. I don't own gundam, thanks for the great reviews!
Keeping Faith 4
Annie called her parents quickly. She described the mission they had begun and her parents were happy that it wasn't anything extremely intense. She hung up quickly reassuring her parents she would be safe and that she loved them. She ran to meet Otis in the cafeteria.
"Hey, sorry! I was calling my parents," she said.
"Yeah I know," he said. He was sitting with Dearka and Joliette.
"Well I'm going to…grab some food," she responded blushing.
"She likes you," Joliette said.
"Really?" Otis raised an eyebrow. "How can you tell?" he asked curiously.
"I just can, you should go for it," Joliette said. Otis smiled. Over the past few weeks, he had gotten to know Annie much better and he had to admit, he was developing quite a crush on her. She came back and sat down and Otis began to study her. She was extremely shy and more reserved. She always answered him properly. After they had all finished their meals. Joliette had left to join Dearka in his room. Otis began to walk Annie to her own room.
"Well goodnight," she said.
"Right. We have to go back out tomorrow. But it's easy," Otis said.
"Of course. Well I'll see you in the morning," she said. She began to open her door, but Otis grabbed her hand.
"Wait! Uh…"
"Yes?" she responded staring him straight in the eyes. She had nice eyes he thought. They were a bright green and her purple hair was always perfectly wavy. He ran a hand through his dark brown hair.
"I…uh…was wondering…"
"Yes," she said leaning towards him. He blushed.
"Will you be my…girlfriend?" he asked awkwardly. Annie blushed.
"Ye…" she began to say yes, but Otis cut her off by kissing her. "Wow…" she said surprised. He tucked a loose strand behind her ear.
"Goodnight," he said and began to walk towards his own. Annie leaned against the door and smiled happily.
Yzak woke up early to call Shiho before they launched once again. He showered and quickly got himself dressed. He felt bad for waking her up, but he really would have no other time.
"Good morning," he said when she picked up. She yawned.
"Morning."
"How are things?" he asked.
"Great, I had to start taking out my bigger clothes," she said placing a hand her belly. "I can't wait for you to come home," she admitted.
"Yes…I really can't wait either," he said.
"Why did you leave in the first place?" she asked suddenly. Yzak frowned. He couldn't just tell her. She would march into the Council and throw a fit. It was extra stress she didn't need.
"Shiho, I can't talk about that right now," he said firmly.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Because I just can't!" he snapped.
"I'm your wife! You can tell me anything!" she urged.
"No! I just can't! Please let it drop," he begged.
"Fine," she said and folded her arms.
"Now you're mad," he said angrily.
"Look I don't enjoy being…" she began and he stopped her.
"I'll tell you as soon as I get back. Please don't be mad. I want to be happy while I talk to you."
"Alright," she sighed. There was a small silence. "Do you have any name ideas?" she asked. Yzak smirked.
"Not really. I like Nina for a girl." Shiho smiled.
"Me too. What about Gregory for a boy?" she suggested. He nodded.
"Yes, that is nice. We do have 4 months right?" he asked.
"Yeah… 4-5 about," she said.
"Shit," Yzak said glancing at the clock. "I'm going to have to go. Can I say hi to Keeley?"
"She's asleep but I'll get her." Yzak waited as she left the screen to go get Keeley.
"Hewwo Daddy," she said tiredly.
"How are you sweetie?"
"Tiwed," she yawned.
"Alright. I just wanted to say hi to my favorite girl," he said.
"What about mommy?"
"She's my favorite too," he said. Keeley giggled.
"You can't have two favowites!"
"Alright. Mommy is my favorite women. Is that ok?" he asked. She nodded and rubbed her eye.
"That's good," he said. Shiho laughed.
"Ok, your father is going to go fight for us now." Yzak rolled his eyes.
"If only that were true."
"You're not?" Shiho asked. He explained their mission and Shiho frowned. "Still be careful. It's kinda strange," she said.
"I will. Love you both," he said.
"Love you," He waved and shut of the machine. He made his way to the intercom. "Rise and shine Douglas, Jeffman and Elthman. Time to start," he yelled.
The day went by quickly and they were about done with the project when Yzak called everyone back. Annie was the only one who didn't respond.
"Strange," Yzak said aloud. "Otis," he radioed. "Why isn't Ms. Douglas back yet?" he asked.
"I dunno, haven't seen her in awhile, sir," he said nervously. Yzak groaned this was supposed to be simple. "I'll look for her sir," he said.
"No…Dearka, take everyone else back." Yzak scanned the field for Annie, but she as MIA. He flew his suit around rocks looking. "Dammit Annie!" he cursed. He noticed her suit floating aimlessly. "Annie Douglas! Are you there?" No answer. "Shit." He cursed. There was no one inside. "What?" he glanced around. Finally he realized what was going on as cables attached to his suit jamming any signal. "Fucking terrorists," he swore. The cables pulled both mobile suits to a bigger ship. How had he missed this? HE cursed as he lowered himself out. He saw Annie being tied up and gagged.
"Who are you bastards?" Yzak asked as they began to approach him. He held up his gun. Annie coughed as the tied the gag.
"We're the bastards who captured you," they laughed. A bigger man grabbed his arm from behind and placed a cloth of his mouth. The last thing he saw was Annie being knocked out as well and then everything went black.
Shiho made Keeley's lunch for her later that day. She smiled and reminded of the time that Yzak had tried to cook for Keeley. He didn't realize it was a little different. He tried to make a grilled cheese sandwich. In his mind, it had seemed easy enough, but in the end he had ended up burning it and causing the smoke alarm to go off. He had thrown the pan into the sink angrily and stormed off.
"Sometimes I think he's younger than Keeley," Shiho muttered aloud. Keeley was singing and coloring on the floor.
"When's Daddy coming home?" Keeley asked cutely. Shiho smiled.
"Hopefully soon. He misses you a lot!" she said.
"I know…He wuvs me," she said. "La, la, la, Daddy come home sooooon," she sang to a random tune.
"Yes…Yzak…come home soon," she smiled. Part of her was jealous. She loved piloting her mobile suit and she missed it. She hated being on the battlefield but she enjoyed the life of a soldier. She missed hanging out with Dearka and Yzak. Of course she loved her life now, but sometimes she wondered if she was meant to be more than just a housewife. When Keeley and her other child got older, she hoped she could return to working. She enjoyed it. And especially now with Yzak gone, she was bored. She missed him greatly.
Dearka was beginning to get worried. It had been an hour since Yzak had left to look for Annie and he had yet to receive any message or transmission.
"Shit!" he cursed.
"What's going on?" Otis asked.
"I don't know," Dearka snapped. "They should've been back. Come on let's launch.
"Right," Otis said putting on his helmet. This time Dearka, Joliette and Otis launched together.
"Stay in contact at all times!" Dearka said as he launched. The three scanned the field for almost two hours and returned completely empty handed. They were missing without a trace. "I just won't believe that Yzak would go missing so easily! Damn!" Dearka said punching a wall. Otis was sitting quietly. He had finally told Annie how he felt and now she was missing.
"We're not leaving here until we're scheduled to. Dearka was up all night because he couldn't sleep and because he was hoping to hear from Annie or Yzak. "Dammit Yzak! You never stop and think!" Dearka cursed. He thought of Shiho and how devastated she would be if Yzak was never found.
The next morning, Dearka sent everyone out to look, but again they were unsuccessful. The strange thing was, there was no trace of them anywhere. It seemed Yzak Joule and Annie Douglas truly were MIA. How was he supposed to tell Shiho?
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