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Kira always believed that one major defense the human body was 2 fold, the ability to adapt, and the ability to fight off disease. These two abilities had been in his mind when he designed the hive shield. It would be semi autonomous nano machines that would act as these two abilities but on mobile suits and possibly ships too. The ability to adapt would be called the EVOLT system. The system was short for Evolution Variables Over Limited Time. The nano machines would learn how and where their host was weak or could use more strength. This essentially would mean that as the mobile suit was in combat the suit would actually grow stronger, and more resistant to damage. The ability to fight off disease or heal injuries was the hive shield. The nano machines would instinctively take apart all matter based ammunition, or drain any energy based attacks. The shield would keep the mobile suit safe from outside threats. Of these two the only system that was fully developed and ready for deployment was the EVOLT. The hive shield would develop as the EVOLT was in use.
Kira was tempted to use his small sample of nanites on the strike, but he knew he needed time to let the nanites bond with their new host. This was going to take time, so he decided to fight with the strike using what little weapons he had. His time in ZAFT gave him perfect knowledge of their weapons. As long as they had munitions so would he. He fought off a series of JINN and managed to make 1 runaway while destroying no less than 4 of them in a rather quick pace. Murrue was completely impressed with her boyfriends abilities. At one time he felt that he was trying to show off to her, when he told her of some of his battles. Now she knew that he was perfectly serious, and that for some reason she could not picture the serious look on his face now. It was almost as if his eyes lacked a certain light, that his focus was solely directed to destroying the enemy. Then she had a crazy idea, Berserker. Kira changed in how he behaved as soon as he had a weapon in hand. The berserker was mythical warrior that changed in personality depending on whether or not he was in combat. In normal peaceful life he was a meek, kind, and gentle person. In combat he was a ruthless, unrelenting enemy that knew not the word mercy. This Kira was a sharp contrast to the young man who up to a day before was dating her. She saw as some of the ZAFT almost tried to surrender, only to be cut down by the strike with the borrowed armament. If there was ever a moment that made her hate war, it was this moment. The moment when her beloved became such a cruel, and methodical warrior. She wished for the battle to be over and for him to go back to the loving man that had won her heart.
Mu La Flaga was having an extremely unpleasant time fighting against CGUE mobile suit, somehow the pilot was able to foresee all his attacks and evade them. Rau La Cruze was having the time of his life, if anything this fight against Mu was almost like a cat playing with a mouse. He could have killed him no less than 5 times already, but deep down inside he wanted to push his opponents buttons some more. "Well, Mu how are you going to cope with this? You can't land a single shot and I could end your life any second. Will you adapt or will you show the world how obsolete you really are?" Mu was having a hard time and then he had an idea. If he could enter into the colony then he could limit how much this enemy could move. The space is more limited inside after all. He took off evading shots by his enemy and made a beeline to the entrance port to go inside the colony. "Oh, is that your brilliant scheme? Why not let you see how it works out. It will be fun." Rau followed while intentionally making shots that would miss Mu entirely.
Inside the colony he saw that the strike was finishing the last of the still fighting JINN. He got the feeling that it was Kira in that mobile suit. "No one but my baby brother could move like that.. What would happen if I caused Mu to attack him.. How would he react?" He set his plan in motion. He moved in front of the strike but a few hundred yards away between each other. Mu rushed in and fired his Zero's main gun and as the shot was fired he moved out of the way. The shot stuck the strike on the chest and for a second he looked at his Zero with malice in the way the mobile suit rushed him. He took hold of some of the knives the JINN had thrown at him, and he immediately attacked the Zero it was only by seconds but he managed to slice off the barrel of the Zero, Mu was sure that he was dead meat and he would be killed by this unknown mobile suit. Murrue quickly told Kira that is was friendly fire. The Zero was an ally. Deep down he wanted to kill the enemy, but his beloved had said that he was an ally. He debated between the two as he came down from his jump and attack position. Rau was looking really happy, so his little brother did have berserker capabilities after all. These warriors also had a major flaw, once in combat they did not distinguish from friend and foe. So he wondered why did he stop his attack? What could have such hold on him to influence him in such a way? Rau left as he saw the damaged Zero land, next to the mobile suit Kira was piloting. But they would not have much chance for the pilots to get acquainted.
Natarle and some of the surviving officers managed to get the Archangel up and running. The ship was still in the underground facility, there was no way for them to exit in a conventional sense. So Natarle figured if she could not get to the exit, why not make a new one? She ordered the officers to prepare a massive attack on the ceiling. She shot what would be the ships mega lasers and blasted a path through the rubble and wreckage of the facility, as the ship exited the facility they saw a badly damaged Zero and one of the G weapons parked right next to each other. "Well those crooks did not steal all of the G weapons that is good, but where is Lieutenant Murrue Ramius, wasn't she supposed to be on a date? Bet that college student ran scared to the nearest shelter and is crying while in the fetal position in the shelter." Boy, how wrong was Natarle. But then again she was not always the best judge of character.
"So mind telling me how a civilian knows how to pilot a mobile suit? and why did you attack me? You with ZAFT or what?" Mu asked his face clearly show clear signs of anger. "I am a mercenary, so I probably can even beat you at handling that mobile armor. I am not with ZAFT but I have worked with them on contracts before, and I also has a few verbal contracts with Earth Alliance officers. It's the uncertain life of a mercenary. One day you are friends and the next you might be opponents. I respect them and they respect me. But it kind of makes making friends a little difficult. I think I can count my friends in 1 hand."
Mu laughed at how serious the young man looked, it was almost as if the ridiculous statements had been coming from a veteran warrior, and not some wet behind the ears college brat. "Do you know about the Shadow Felix of Petrovich?" Murrue asked this questions as she too got off the mobile suit. "Know him, I owe my life to that guy. I wanted to thank him once, but he never replied to my message. But what does that got to do with him?" Mu made it clear who he refereed to by pointing at Kira,and Murrue did not look like she was happy about it. Not happy one bit. As the Archangel came down and landed a few hundred feet away from the mobile suit and mobile armor Kira was thinking on what would happen next. No matter what the soldiers of the Earth Alliance believed he had to protect Murrue, and no one would stand in his way and stop him from doing that. He placed an arm around her waist and placed a kiss on her cheek. "Don't worry, I will never let anyone harm you, My love." He whispered in her ear and she blushed. In the middle of an incident and he had take time to reassure her in such a romantic way. Murrue smiled at realizing that her boyfriend was indeed quite the guy.
He looked at Mu and with a stoic look on his face he began to tell him to relax, "There was one 1 message, and that was on my final day on that contract. Thanks for saving my hide I believe. I do not reply to messages in the middle of a battlefield. It is a waste of time, if I have time to answer, then I better spend it fighting the enemies of my employer. I am told the mission objectives and expectations before I agree to a contract. I don't need to talk to them, and they only need to give me status reports on an emergency. If I save you again Hawk of Andimiun. Don't thank me in a message, they are a distraction I can do without." Kira walked towards a nearby bench, it never occurred to them that they had landed in the middle of a park. Drinking from the water fountain, or at least trying to. He sat down when it was clear that the water line to this park had been shut off as part of the evacuation procedures.
"So Shadow Felix is just a college student, why fight in this war?" Mu asked as he sat down next to him. "I fight to maybe someday have enough to settle down, with a special someone and live a good life." As he said special someone he was looking at Murrue, and she was looking at him. Murrue walked to Kira's side and touched his shoulder in an affectionate way. "So Lieutenant Ramius mind telling me what your relationship is with this young man?" Murrue turned to bend down and kissed him, but she kissed him on his lips, and it was a steamy, passion filled kiss. As the kiss ended she looked at Mu, "He is the love of my life, I guess it will sound corny when you hear it, but I am his girlfriend and maybe someday something more." Kira looked at her and smiled, "You can always count on me." Was his reply to her and she knew that he meant everything he said, and it made her happy.