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As the ship was welcomed into port, an officer went to the bridge to welcome the Captain and the other officers. Welcome was a very nice way of saying held them at gunpoint till the where taken into the base port, and all the enlisted personnel where take to the place that they all had their daily meals. Guarding the only exit by armed members of the base's personnel. The officer demanded that she, her executive officer and both the pilots of the mobile suit and mobile armor came with her to take to his exulted lordship, i mean his commanding officer. Murrue told him that his executive officer was on the bridge as she pointed at a very upset Natarle. She needed to be able to call the pilots so it would help if he lowered his weapon so she could use the ship intercom. The officer smug that no female captain could get the better of him, agreed. "Mu La Flaga and Kira Yamato. Your presence is needed on the bridge. And if they are with the rest of the crew your officer has given them permission to come to the bridge. Would you kindly let them do that." Natarle looked like she actually wanted a chance to eviscerate the smug officer and hang him with his own intestines.
"Mu La Flaga and Kira Yamato present as order Captain Ramius." Mu told the captain as the elevator door opened. The officer was not pleased. "I happen to know that Mu La Flaga is a very skilled pilot, how could I not recognize the Hawk of Andimiun. But prey tell why bring the brat? Who is he supposed to be." Kira was looking very collected, and calm. To Mu it looked like he would have to try to restrain Kira before he ended up killing the man, but he would have a tough time. He was a very skilled coordinator, and he had the sneaky suspicion that Natarle would actually help Kira in killing the man. Murrue smiled at the effort her lover was making, there would be a scene and she did not want to cause an incident just as the Archangel came into the port of the base. "Oh, this young man is a mercenary that we hired to be a test pilot. His name is Kira Yamato, you might know him by his nickname. The Shadow Felix of Petrovich." The officer nearly could not believe it, this was the infamous Shadow Felix, and he made the mistake of insulting him. If his reputation on the battlefield was true the man was ruthless beyond human imagination. How could he repair the insult, he could demand a duel to the death to repair his honor. From the officer's pale look on his face, and how he trembled there were two thing that could happen. He could end up soiling his pants, or losing control of his bladder and then fainting. Natarle like the look. But she was to be disappointed. "Excuse me, I had no idea that the famous Shadow Felix was just a boy. How are you people kidding. I want the real pilot of that mobile suit and get rid of this brat!" He made the mistake of trying to grab Kira and throw him off the bridge, Kira quickly and with little effort turned the hold on him and threw him against the closed elevator door. "I have killed men for less than that. Consider yourself warned and lucky. If you ever disrespect me again, you can consider yourself a dead man." Kira told him as he straightened the collar on his shirt. "And you will be put in a court martial!" The officer looked smug, "Did you forget little fool. I am a mercenary, I am not part of the Earth Alliance Forces. Just hope that your life doesn't end up depending on me." Kira gave him a cold, cruel smile that made him look really needy of helping this fool meet his maker.
As he was about to excuse himself, he saw that the entire conversation was heard by the entire ship, someone left the intercom on. Murrue was smiling at Kira. As the throw had place him standing right in front of her. She almost wanted to hug him. But the elevator door opened to see a blond officer with a rather impressive rack, push the officer aside. "Just couldn't help making a fool of yourself, could you Andy? So you are the Shadow Felix, it is a pleasure to meet you. I can finally thank the man who saved my life on the battle over Petrovich. I was a lieutenant back then, and you saved most of our command. Sadly my superior died. I am sure I can do something to apologize for this fools disrespect that will bring much pleasure to both of us." She finished her monologue by licking her lips, and giving a lustful gaze. Murrue was now the one that was royally pissed, and no one wanted to stop her. "Excuse me, but who might you be?" She asked the blond. "I am Christine Gate, Executive Officer of Artemis. I am very happy to meet such distinguished people." Murrue was looking at her with such a look of loathing. Christine was rather happy how she looked, she was sure that she caught the wondering eye of Mu La Flaga, the man she immediately pegged to be the captain's lover.
As the conversation was over she quickly told them to accompany her to see her commanding officer. He would be very glad to meet the two extremely talented pilots and the officers of the ship. Kira was the first to suggest to go in groups, he would be glad to go along side Andy, he pointed out that 5 people would feel rather cramp in the elevator after all. No need to make her feel uncomfortable after all. She told him smiling that it would be a joy to be pressed close with him for any amount of time. So 4 people endured a very long and cramp elevator ride, 1 was smiling like she had won the lottery and 1 wondered if she could cause the blond's death and make it look like an accident. The only thing that helped her was that since it was so cramped no one noticed that Kira held her hand the entire time they were in the elevator.
As the group was led to a very luxurious waiting room, Ms. Gate went in to explain to her commanding officer about what happened to cause the delay. This gave a chance for Murrue to whisper to Kira, "Darling, could you please do me a little favor? Could you try and make sure the blond bimbo dies in a horrible way please?" Kira looked at her and kissed her lightly on her lips. "Don't worry, I am sure she will get what is coming to her in the end." Kira held her close as to enjoy the feel of his lover. But as soon as the door looked like it was about to open they separated. Mu and Natarle had been seating next to each other and could not help but smile at the scene. "Looks like the captain has some competition?" Natarle joked with Mu in a whisper. "Not a chance, those can't be natural after all. If she lands in the ocean she wouldn't need a flotation device." Mu and Natarle seemed to agree.
"Well, if you please follow me. My commanding officer would like to meet you. He is not a man who enjoys being left waiting, so we better hurry." As the officers and Kira walked into the office they saw something that made them not so comfortable, the office was so horribly decorated that it made him look like a pimp, rather than the office of the base's commanding officer. "Who decorated this office?" A brawny mustached man smiled and answered, "I did, I am so glad that you like it, I am Conrad Wallace. Please have a seat, we have much to discuss. Officer Gate please make our guest some tea." Kira took a small bottle from his back and began to drink. "Mercenary life taught me many things. One rule that had kept me alive is never drink something that you did not prepared yourself. So that would be 4 teas, thanks you very much." Mr. Wallace looked at Kira and asked what he was drinking. If he was drinking a fruit juice or some lemonade. Kira told him it was rum, this made the present looked surprised, except Captain Ramius how asked for a sip, he put it in her tea cup which she thanked him. "My family has long held the belief, old enough to kill, old enough to drink." The commanding officer laughed as he told the people present, he would not make it an issue.
As their identities were checked and returned it was clear that 3 were indeed officer of the Atlantic Federation. The only one in question was the mercenary. "So Mr. Yamato, mind telling me why do such horrible missions as a mercenary? and why work for the enemy? You could have a very prosperous career with just the Alliance work." Kira heard the man tell him and he decided to put the flash back into his back pocket. "I am an orphan. I was rescued from my families ship by a trade pilot from one of the PLANTS. He left me in one of their orphanages. The place was very poor, and I had to do something to thank them. With the smugglers, hijackers, and eventually the war. This provided a lot of chances to make some really good money. I managed to make a substantial donation till ZAFT tried to recruit me. Of course I did many jobs for them, but be recruited never. I of course did my share of contract work for the Earth Alliance and I did not want to lose the income or the potential contracts. I make so much more as a Mercenary that I would ever make as a soldier." The commanding officer wondered how much did he make. He gave him a pen and paper to write his current net worth. This would disprove his supposed identity. It was known by their intelligence division how much the infamous Shadow Felix was worth. He got up wrote a number and gave him the paper as he close the point on the pen. Both base officers could hardly believe it, it was dead on accurate on how much the mercenary was supposed to have. "Of course that will grow after my contract with the Archangel is concluded." Mu too moved to see the paper, and he could not help but to looked shocked, "How in the hell do you have that much? I wouldn't see that much money even if I won the war single handed." Kira smiled at him and told them, "And you prove my point. I make a lot more than a regular military pilot. No offense intended of course." Mu simply looked at him and told him, "None taken"
"So Mr. Yamato if you could stay behind so I can offer you some work. While we figure how to resolve the registration issue with the ship you arrived on." The commanding officer told him as the others where about to be taken to a private guest quarters so they could rest. "If I can make some money while I wait, I don't see why I should not consider it. No one should pass on the opportunity to make a good profit after all." Ms Gate and her commanding officer were smiling when they heard that. Mercenaries had one thing they loved, and that was making a profit. Good thing that Kira was such a business minded person, maybe they could get him to improve their already impressive security measures or help in the bases defense while they tried to steal the information from both the ship and the new mobile suit. "I quite agree, it would be a terrible loss, to miss the chance to make a tidy profit." The commanding officer said as the officers from the Archangel left Kira and the man to talk about business, and his proposal. As soon as the officers were left in the room which of course was guarded by armed men. "Well it seems the commanding officers really have some unique taste in interior decorating." Natarle told the two officers as they were listening to see if they had some privacy, which they did. "I like it when the fish bite the bait, hook, line and sinker." Mu told the two, "Well Mr. La Flaga I did not know you liked fishing as much as I did. Maybe you and I can share a few tips." Natarle told him. The guards who had listened up until then only could say to each other that they had bad luck, they could be having some fun watching their executive officer, just watching her walk was a joy for them. Murrue was happy that their plan was working, but she was not happy on how the blond had made more than a few passes at her lover. She was thinking if that blond bimbo even tries to sleep with her Kira she would ring her neck.
Kira's business discussion was a true success, he agreed to look at their computer and network to see if he could improve it. The officer's were quite happy since their computer maintenance personnel was always giving them nothing but excuses. Of course this was done so the executive officer would go and see them, but with Kira they were sure that they could give their network a much needed repair and possibly upgrade. They had him secretly guarded of course, but he would have access to all systems. But the work would start as soon as the fund cleared, it was expected for a short term contract after all. The work would start the next day, and he was assigned a room all to himself, but much to Christine's displeasure for some reason the key she had for that room did not seem to work at all. She guessed that sneaking in Kira's room was not as easy as she had hoped. All that time where she could be seducing him, wasted, her expensive French silk underwear not going to be put to good use, and she would not be spending the night with the mercenary. All in all this was not a good night for her.