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From any angle you looked it, the Archangel was headed in a clear re-entry trajectory. Some of the ZAFT officers simply couldn't believe there rotten luck, a JINN was not able to drop down to earth without protection and if they got to close the Earth's gravity would pull the JINN to certain fiery doom. Rau gave orders for the JINN to back off and stay closed to his ship and the other ship. He did not want them to die from something that could have been avoided. The G weapons were another issue all together, they could in theory re-enter the earth atmosphere. Granted most of them could end up scattered and with some minor damage. But it was a risk within mission guidelines. Rau wondered how his little brother was going to deal with this situation, and then he saw that Admiral Halburton's ship looked a little off, and it hit him. Halburton is going to fake his own death, and with this motivate the rest of the ships to seek revenge, the resulting chaos would offer the ship Kira was on a signification opportunity to slip away and land on earth. But it also gave him an idea, if he could not stop the ship from landing, he could influence it to land on ZAFT held territory. Like driving a lamb to the slaughter.
Rau knew if anyone would manage to survive it would be Kira. The G weapons were ready for to be launched yet again, not the only thing that kept that from happening was that the pilot's needed refueling as one of the hangar maintenance crew told another as a joke. In truth the pilots were famished, and needed a healthy meal. To poor Dearka shoe leather was starting to look good enough to eat. They began eating like it was there last meal, Rau saw Yzak and Dearka eating and suddenly he began to realize he should wait till they leave the ship to have his meal. Those two looked so hungry that they might try to steal his meal. As the pilots finished their meal and had a good cup of tea, they got up and asked permission to start the operation. Captain La Cruze did not even bother to look at them as she was looking at the scan of the local area. His only order was to make sure everyone returned alive, Yzak made a rude comment that they would get the G weapons back without scratching the paint. Rau must have found the comment funny, because after he stopped laughing he simply told him, "You break it, you buy it!" That made the rest of the team laugh. "Captain we live in such a cruel and heartless time, kids like them should be worried about a girl, a hobby or the end of term exams, not fighting and quite possibly dying over a dumb discriminatory believes of a few morons." Rau looked at his Executive Officer and smiled, "As long as human have existed war has been the same. It brings the greatest tragedies, and the most painful memories, but war brings the worst out of mankind, and as long as war continues to be beneficial for a few influential people. War will always be the same, and I will hate it till my dying day."
As the G Weapons launched and he saw them leave, he could not help but to give a silent prayer for his little brother. "Brother I know that you are doing this to earn the trust of the naturals, and one day be able to expose Blue Cosmos for the terrorist that they are. As one of the founder's of Celestial Being what else could I expect from you? But brother for our people, find the real reason why coordinators have a tough time having children. You do not know the pain it causes our people Kira, I hope you never feel it for yourself." His XO walked into his office and saw the video feed on his monitor. "Don't worry, sir. Those boys are as tough as nails. They will return just fine."
As the battle started it seemed that every mobile suit was targeting just one ship, the Archangel. The admiral, Kira and Mu were doing a phenomenal job at keeping it safe. Many of the fleets own ship tried and could not even land a single missile on the G Weapons. "Those things were meant to give us an equal footing with ZAFT, but look at them in the hands of a coordinator. 1 coordinator pilot turns them into super weapons. I guess it's true what they say, the one to fear is the wielder of the sword, the sword is just an echo." The Admiral's trusted friend and Executive Officer could not help make those comments, as he saw nearly a dozen mobile armors destroyed. Kira was having a hard time just keeping his allies safe, and now he had to deal with the constant guilt trip Flay had told him last time. In war. people die, and people wanting to go to the front lines to look brave, so that they could further their own political career were both foolish and suicidal. He knew the brat's father knew the risks. But she had the gull to blame it all on him. If Murrue was not there for him, he would have punched her lights out. But he couldn't do that and cause a bad impression on his beloved. It seemed that she was slowly becoming a sort of moral compass for him, and he was becoming a reason to survive for her. If they only knew that the last time they made love, they created a new life. How would they react to the news that they were going to be parents?
Admiral Halburton knew that his ship would try and make it look like his ship exploded into atoms, and he knew that the people would be safe, but he could not bring them to the new base of Celestial Being, and the Archangel was going to be in constant danger. He decided to use a shuttle to evacuate the civilians and give the appearance that he was desperate. In truth the civilians were more than happy to leave the military ship, they had not felt such a cold place before, and were even more thankful to the Archangel and it's crew. The Archangel had bent over backwards trying to make their stay on the ship comfortable, and they just took it for granted. If they managed to survive they would have to thank them on a later date.
Yzak saw the shuttle leaving and as he saw it, he also saw the Strike. Using his beam sword he sent Yzak a message telling him not to attack the shuttle, it was not a valid target. Yzak trusted in the signals of his friend and let the shuttle go on it's way, but pretended to attack him instead. "Kira, what do you mean it's not a valid target? You do realize that could be filled with Earth Alliance Officers Right?" Kira evaded every single shot by Yzak's mobile suit. "Trust me, Yzak, they were civilians, Tell me Yzak could you live with killing over a hundred innocent civilians and some might even be fellow coordinators?" Yzak was so shocked by the question that he could not answer. Of course he would not want to kill innocent civilians, that would sully his family's and his own honor. The pretend fight between the friends continued. Dearka tried to hit him once with his long range buster rifle, but he missed by country mile. Nicol was having a hard enough time dealing with the other ships as was Athrun. Then it happened, the ship of Admiral Halburton seemed to have exploded from burden placed on it's main energy generators. There was nothing bigger than a fingernail after the ship exploded. This had the suspected reaction, the remaining ships became so furious that they threw caution to the wind, and fought the JINN and the G Weapons with to total abandonment. The only thing that was in any of their minds was to avenge the admiral. Kira tried to get to the Archangel but he noticed that he could not, he told them that he would attempt orbital re-entry on his own. Mu managed to fire a tug line to the ship and managed to land. "We have to provide aid to the Strike move the ship so that he may land." Natarle quickly told her that if they did that they would land in a different place that they had intended. Murrue told her that even if they left the Strike on it's own luck, if they arrived to Alaska without it, then the entire sacrifice by the 8th fleet would be wasted.
Kira tried to use his own shield as a way to diminish the glare of re-entry. At the very least his beloved Murrue would be safe in Atlantic Territory. As the cockpit began to feel hotter and hotter he lost consciousness, and began to dream what life would have been if Murrue and him met in a peaceful time, what their wedding might have looked like, what their marriage and children would be like. A happy dream to dull the pain that his body was feeling. He didn't even notice as the Archangel moved and managed to move to allow the strike to land on it. The re-entry gel and the size of the Archangel managed to stop the heat inside the cockpit to get into lethal temperatures. As they landed on the sands of a vast desert Murrue told him to bring the Strike in and see if Kira was alright. But as she was told that Kira was unconcious with some 2nd degree burns, she left her post at the bridge and ran towards the sickbay. The doctor told her that Kira would be fine, that the only thing that they had to do was allow his body to heal itself and replenish his bodily fluids, there was absolutely nothing to worry about. But she did not move from his side, and every day she would come and try and help him. Be it with a cold wet towel to lower his temperature or a small tender kiss on his lips. The doctor joked and told the kids from Heliopolis that the captain was behaving much as if she was Kira's wife. But the thing that shocked everyone was her replay, "That is exactly what I think of myself. I am his wife, and a wife is expected to take care of her husband when he is sick or injured."
Kira spent 6 days in a sort of a coma, the doctor explained the reason why, the temperature he endured would have killed any natural pilot, there was nothing to worry about, despite the worried look on the captain's face. But on the 2nd week of Kira still being asleep he began to feel a bit of discomfort and could barely keep her food down. She ran to the nearest bathroom and began to throw up something fierce. Then the next time she was walking towards the sickbay and to Kira's bed, she suddenly fainted. This made the doctor and Miriallia who was working as a nurse there to run towards her to catch her. She was laid down on a bed next to Kira's. "Captain I must know, have you experienced any dizziness, stomach discomfort, and fainting?" Murrue did not see the reason to be concern it was just her being overworked and worried about Kira. She told the doctor what she believed but the doctor interrupted her, "Sorry, Captain. But I must tell you the reason for your discomfort is different from what you believe. I am afraid that you are carrying a parasite." Murrue could not understand what the doctor told her, she only ate the food aboard the ship, and everyone was healthy. "This sort of parasite, people tend to be happy about. They tend to celebrate the day it finally leaves the patient's body, they give it a name and even try to inflict themselves with several similar parasite." Miriallia looked at the doctor and punched him on his shoulder. "What Mr. Insensitive here is trying to say is that you are pregnant. By the looks of it a couple of weeks. Congratulations Captain Murrue Ramius you will be a mother to a healthy baby, I hope." Murrue looked at Kira's sleeping face and could only cry, tears of happiness and worry came and she could not stop them, "Kira, my love. We are going to be parents. You have to get better soon mister so I can tell you this wonderful news."