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Murrue was not happy how the situation was playing, not happy at all. For some odd reason Lacus had taken a very grateful outlook of Kira, and she would break out of her locked room, just so that she could spend some time with her would be hero. Natarle was having a hard time too, but in a different way. Her trouble was trying not to laugh as she looked at the captain's face. She finally had managed to get Chief Murdock to really make her quarters sound proof. She was extremely happy about it. Not that Kira had any time to make sweet love to his beloved. Lacus kept him pretty busy explaining to her the situation she was in. No, what she did not want to be heard was her laughter. She laughed so hard that she had trouble breathing sometimes.
The only reason Murrue did not take a gun and killed the pink haired pest, was that she knew one thing for certain. Kira would never cheat on her. Lacus could try to seduce him till she was blue in the face, but Kira was very much committed in their relationship. It did not stop her from wishing that there was a haul breach outside her assigned room, and Lacus ending up spaced. She wanted to get rid of the young coordinator, so that she could finally have some time with her beloved, and quite possibly some intimate contact.
As the ship made it's way towards the rendezvous with the fleet that was waiting for them. The regular military were simply overjoyed to hear from the admiral. They transmitted all the current reports, and a list of the current refugees aboard the Archangel. Flay was specially happy to hear that her father was on one of the ships ahead of them. Mu was working on his Zero. He knew that the Archangel was not out of trouble yet. He had to make sure to be ready to launch on as quickly as possible. Kira just wondered what would happen to him. Strictly speaking he was a coordinator who happens to have a contract with his lover. The Earth Alliance was so chuck full of Blue Cosmos lunatics that you could bet to bump into one, if you did not know where you were going.
Flay was doing all kinds of ridiculous things to herself, trying her best to look absolutely stunning for when she finally met with her dad. Miriallia made a joke that she looked like a girl getting ready for a date, or to get married. Flay just reminded her that her father was an important politician. She would not want to embarrass him. Sai was making plans to have an important chat with the man he considered his future father-in law.
Kira was working on the Strike, when he suddenly stopped. Chief Murdock asked him if anything was wrong. "Nothing major. Just wondering if I should return the Gundam how it was originally, or even if I should try and find a plausible excuse to disembark without the firing squad." Mu heard what he said to Chief Murdock and just had to get in their conversation. "Firing squad? Who is going to executed?" Kira looked at Mu and pointed at himself. "Anyway you look at it, the Earth Alliance Forces is full of Blue Cosmos. Those bastards would love any excuse to see someone like me dead." Mu asked for a clarification. "Mu, you pretty much know that I am a coordinator. You know, one of those freaking space aliens, an abomination, a genetic sin on the earth, that is what Blue Cosmos preaches." Mu understood where he was coming from. "Look Kira, this thing is practically useless, the test pilots could barely get it to walk. If you return it the way it was, might as well be a billion credit paper weight. Do you really think Murrue Ramius would let them cause you any harm? You two behave like a pair of newlyweds. If you leave, you can almost bet that she will leave with you. Can you imagine Natarle as Captain of the Archangel?" That instant every single person in maintenance looked like they tasted something vile. "Look Kira, I respect your abilities, and your pretty decent person, for a mercenary. No offense. But this ship is not going to survive getting to Alaska without you. Talk to Admiral Halburton. You might be pleasantly surprised how open he is to new ideas, he really is a very capable, friendly, and good person." Chief Murdock had to add his last words, "But if you leave do me and the rest of my guys a favor. Tell us about it before anyone else, we like the chance to get ready to leave right with you. There is no way I am staying with Lieutenant Natarle in charge."
The ZAFT ship had been quietly following the Archangel. "So they plan to meet with the fleet that is waiting for them. Let's see if we can get another ship for a pincer maneuver. Those ship must be full of those Blue Cosmos bastards." Rau La Cruze hated Blue Cosmos just as much as Blue Cosmos hated the coordinators. "So what will you do now, little brother. Will you defend the naturals that hate us so much or will you find a way to avenge our pain."
Natarle was making a full report on Kira Yamato. She was sure the coordinator would be an asset. From everything she managed to get from his friends, the boy was a first generation so that must mean that he had natural parents. She could try to convince the higher ups to use his natural parents to pressure him into joining their forces. "With Kira's abilities we would win this war easily." Too bad that nobody actually looked at her personal laptop. They would see that Natarle was very much a believer of Blue Cosmos, or at least she pretended to be. This allowed her to be noticed by many of the Blue Cosmos higher ranked officers. It would be considered a safe path to promotion and career building. She had no problem doing that. She only had her career after all, specially since Captain Ramius had to take her chance with the handsome and brilliant Kira Yamato. From what she remembered hearing while they made love. "Oh, Kira. If you only were mine instead of her... I know I would be much happier and have much nice sleeping conditions.. Oh, well.. you win some, you lose some."
Admiral Halburton was not known as an unjust man, he had made a career of always thinking outside the box. He started the research and creation of the G weapons at the start of the war. He was committed to ending the ridiculous war as quickly as possible. The heads of the Earth Alliance wanted a end to the war, where they were victorious. But Halburton saw that they did not care about the cost. To them dead soldiers where just numbers on a piece of paper, they never considered that each one of these men had family, loved ones that would miss that soldier. But then again they never had to write the worst letter a family could receive. The letter informing that their son, husband, wife, or daughter had died and nothing they did would ever bring the person back.
In his initial report that was compiled from the testimony from the survivors of Heliopolis. ZAFT managed to steal all the G weapons except 1 and the battleship Archangel. The way this lone ship and mobile suit managed to survive was not even considered in their tactical projections. So the question that was repeating in his mind, and in the minds of his superiors was one and the same. "How did the Archangel survive with only 1 mobile suit, against the ZAFT ship with so many JINN? How could 1 G weapon stand to such odds and win?" The higher ups wished that the destruction of the Heliopolis colony proved to be a complete failure for the admiral. Some of his higher ups wanted nothing more than to make the man suffer, for his blatant disinterest in killing civilian coordinators. Admiral Halburton was a just man, the idea of killing helpless civilians was beyond unethical, it was a crime against humanity. "I hope that the Archangel crew can explain to me how they managed to survive. This might help me find a way to save some of our other ships as well, and limit the number of casualties. This stupid war has to end or it will be the end of us all."
As the ship came closer a person requested to meet with a person on board the Archangel. "Why would some minister ask to meet with Flay?" Natarle asked not expecting the answer from her side. Sai simply said out loud. "Minister Alster is Flay's father after all." Natarle remembered Flay's last name and called her onto the bridge. Captain Ramius was against it. She was a civilian with no connection to the operation of the ship. Natarle told her it was practically an order from a political figure within the Earth Alliance. If she wanted to remain Captain and keep a certain someone safe, she had to comply.
Flay was so happy that she ran towards the elevator and did not notice that she was under guard. She and her father had a very heart touching conversation. He truly loved his precious little girl. She was happy to the point of tears when she was talking to her father. The bridge crew began to imagine how it would be to meet their families or loved ones. But like all dreams, you must wake up and see the bitter reality we live in. A strong alarm was heard of the bridge, the crew realized that a ZAFT ship had been following them, and now in the moment that father and daughter were having such a touching moment, the ZAFT ship was ready to launch their mobile suits. Kira and Mu La Flaga were already in their cockpits ready to launch, when the bridge gave the order. "What is happening in the bridge crew? Was everyone taking a nap? How can the enemy catch us with our pants down like this!" Chief Murdock asked one his crew. The poor guy had no clue what was happening, the only thing was sure that he and the rest of his fellow crew mates had to be sure that both the Strike and Zero were ready for combat. Little did they know that it would be such a horrible battle, but in war what else is new.
The crew wanted to take Flay of the bridge and proceed to launch the Zero and Strike. When the radar identified the mobile suits being launched by the enemy. Sai could not believe it. The designators he began to call them out. It was all the stolen G weapons. "So they started using their stolen mobile suits." Admiral Halburton was heard telling his bridge crew.
In a matter of minutes, both the Aegis and Buster destroyed a battleship near the ship where Flay's father was at. She was placed on the elevator and sent to the lower deck. She remembered that she heard some soldiers comment that the pink girl was the daughter of the leader of ZAFT. She went to a nearby clinic and took a small surgical knife. She was surprised to see Lacus cleaning the very same clinic. She took her by the throat and dragged her onto the bridge. "You better tell those space freaks to leave my daddy's ship alone or I will kill their precious little princess." The crew did not move an inch, believing it to be a bluff. She moved the knife to her neck and was dead serious. Natarle without waiting for orders send a general message to all ships. "To all ZAFT personnel this ship currently has Lacus Clyne on board. She was rescued in an escape pod near the debris belt. If you do not stop all hostile action we can not guarantee her safety, Continue to attack and she will die." Captain Ramius could hardly believe Natarle doing something so foul. Natarle simply told her that she did this to buy the 8th fleet some much needed time, otherwise the fleet was doomed.
Mu did not like it one bit, this was the kind of thing an anime villain would do, not the ones that rescued the pink haired princess. "Sorry, Kira. I hope that this doesn't give you a bad opinion of our crew. They had no choice." Kira looked at him with a stoic look on his face, "I know, war brings out the worst in us all. Now if you don't mind I am going to have a light lunch, while our Captain decided what to do with this mess. Care to join me?" Mu agreed that the situation was just a brief moment of peace. They had to eat, and be ready for combat was sure to follow something like this.