A Fallen Star ( Kira Yamato) Part 2

"There are two types of people that choose to succeed; those that choose to prove someone right and those that choose to prove someone wrong."
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ENTRY TWO: PLAN

Mai awoke earlier than usual the next morning, so she had time to herself before sneaking on her brother's ship. Athrun and she had talked all throughout the night, since the two had a lot of catching up. He told her almost everything. About Heliopolis, the new mobile suits and other things. She stood after looking around her room several times in boredom, and walked over to her laptop sitting on her desk beside the food trays. She opened it and turned it on. Mai was going to get some interesting facts on these mobile suits, and since she had an unbelievable talent for hacking, this was going to be easy. When the white screen came on she opened up a previously hacked file, but it still needed to be re-hacked, since she only had the connection and not the file. Once the file was open, she began to type inhumanly fast, like most coordinators.
Mai had gone to Luner Prep School with Athrun, but she had never really seen him there. He was always with his friend. She smiled as she remembered how many times Athrun had named that friend, but she always dismissed it from her mind, since he had said it so many times. Mai just couldn't remember it; she had her own friends there. The five of them were inseparable.
That's when she remembered walking in on him making Birdie, a little robot bird that Mewmo had grown fond of.

"Brother! Have you seen Mewmo?" Mai called as she stepped in her brother's room. She turned around the corner and noticed her brother sitting at his desk, fiddling with some green parts. "Athy, what are you doing?" She asked him.
He turned to her. "Just making a robot for --, - "the name blanked out. " -since I have to tell him that we're leaving soon. I want to give him this so he'll never forget me." He said before working at it again.
"Oh... right. I forgot we we're leaving." She said sadly. "What's it going to be?"
"A bird."
"Really! Wow. He's a lucky friend, isn't he!" Mai and Athrun made eye contact, and smiled.

Mai stopped and stared at the computer screen, at her father's database. On the screen were the words "Enter Password," and below that it had six spaces to enter the password.
A six letter password, eh? Let's see... She typed in Athrun's name, and the words Incorrect Password flashed on the screen. She rolled her eyes at that. Figures. Father never really did seem to care about Athrun.
She sighed before thinking about another password. Seconds later she typed in Lenore, the name of her mother. The password screen changed to a screen with different types of data scrolling down.
She was beginning to get annoyed on how easy it was getting.
She typed some more, and a file titled 'Earth Mobile Suits' came onto screen. Different pictures were showed on the screen, many of mobile suits. Below each picture were the name of the mobile suit and the name of the pilot.
Under the first one was written: GAT-X303 Aegis, piloted by Athrun Zala.
The others said: Gat-X207 Blitz piloted by Nicol Amalfi, GAT-X103 Buster piloted by Dearka Elsman, GAT-X102 Duel piloted by Yzak Joule. There were also two other pictures. One said: GAT-X105 Strike pilot unknown. The other said: GAT-X104 Ecran unpiloted, location unknown
Well, that's weird.
The last mobile suit looked like the Strike, except it had a little blue on the bottom of its feet, and its torso was red and the rest of it was white. She turned from the laptop to the time, and knew she had five hours until Athrun headed back to the ship. So, she turned off her laptop and stuffed it in her bag, along with a change of clothes and a couple of other things. Mai walked over to her bed and nudged the sleeping Mewmo. She blinked, yawned, and watched Mai opened the bag and place it in front of her. Knowing what to do Mewmo jumped inside it, it was a routine for them. Mai stepped out of her room and slowly walked down the halls, towards the ship, hoping that no one saw her.
Mai walked down the street, wearing the same outfit as usual, but with a top coat and sunglasses, so maybe no one would recognize her. The last thing she wanted was a large crowd at this time of the day. But of course, she was wrong.
"Oh my gosh, look! It's Mai Zala!!" A girl's voice shrieked. Mai twitched, annoyed at the timing of these girls, but smiled anyway.
They were her fans, after all. Not their fault they had really bad timing.
A group of girls ran to her, surrounded her, and held pens and paper to her.
Girl 1: "Can I have your autograph?"
"Ah, of course."
Girl 2: "Oh, oh! Me too!"
Girl 3: "I went to your last concert! It was so much fun and so fantastic!"
"Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it."
Girl 4: "I went too! I think you're songs are sooo pretty! The last one you did, the dancing was brilliant!"
They left shortly after getting Mai's autograph. She sighed and continued.
Cars would pass and most of the time they were playing either one of Mai's or Lacus's songs. Lacus and she sung to bring peace, hope and serenity to the PLANTS. The two were to be sisters-in-law, but they were also good friends. Their music had brought them closer together, even if the type of music was often different.
She soon reached the entrance to the ship, but was stopped by a soldier. She frowned and removed her sunglasses. He gasped.
"Lady Mai! I apologize, I didn't recognize you." He answered.
At least it fooled someone...
"It's alright. You were only doing your job." She reached into her bag and pulled out a envelope with blank paper inside. "My father sent me to give this letter to Commander Le Creuset."
He nodded and stepped aside. She bowed slightly.
"Have a nice day, Lady Mai."
"Yes, you too." She said to him as she placed her sunglasses back over her eyes. She began to walk down the halls, passing soldiers who just ignored her. Feeling a little better, Mai fluffed her hair from under the coat as she walked.
She noticed a door that said Closet, and she stepped inside after making sure no one was watching, and quietly closed the door behind her. She took a flashlight out of her bag and looked around the room.
This is good.
She locked the door and sat down. Taking of the jacket, she took a deep breath to calm herself.
"Mew!" Mewmo poked her head out of the bag and crawled out, then curled up on her lap.
Mai smiled as she stroked the cat.
Now all that's left is to wait.

Athrun walked, disappointed, to the ship. He had spent the last hour searching for Mai; It was not like her to disappear like this. He went everywhere he could think of. He had searched her room, he had searched the concert hall, and he had gone to see Lacus, only to find she was missing too.
This has never happened since he had joined. She was always there to see him off, smiling and waving. Then again, she had been pretty upset that he was leaving so early, so he couldn't blame her. Never had he seen her so mad at their father. He looked around one last time before entering the ship.

The typing in the small storage room halted, and Mai looked to her watch. It had already been an hour since the ship had launched, so she decided she'll show herself in another hour. Or maybe even longer. That way they will be way to far out to bring her back.
She yawned and stretched, accidentally waking the sleeping cat beside her. She smiled to the cat and whispered a sorry. Mewmo groaned, before falling back into her sleep. Mai laughed, but jumped slightly when the doorknob wiggled.
"Why isn't this stupid door opening!?" A voice snapped from behind the door. She gasped and held her breath, "I guess I'll have to break it down."

The small group of people was going over the plans for their next attack: the four male teens and their commander. All of them were listening to their commander, all except Athrun, who had other things on his mind. Lacus, Kira and Mai. Lacus and Mai were both missing, and the last thing he wanted to do was fight his best friend. The door opened and a soldier stepped inside, dragging Athrun from his thoughts. They turned.
"Commander, we caught a stowaway." He said, while he saluted Le Creuset.
Creuset smirked in an evil way, yet no one noticed. "Oh really?" He turned to the blue haired teenager. "Let's go take a look at our guest shall we, Athrun?"
"Y-yes commander." Athrun muttered in return, not really wanting to go anywhere. Athrun and the commander followed the young soldier.
He led them to a door, which opened when they came near it. The soldier stepped aside, allowing the two full view of the room. A figure sat on the bed inside that room, and looked up when they entered. His eyes widened when they met the intruders.
"Mai!"
"Hiya, Athy!" She said with a large smile on her face.
"Mew." Mewmo piped in happily from Mai's lap.
"Mai, what are you doing here?" he snapped.
Le Creuset motioned to the soldier, and they left them alone.
"Well, let's see... after father said no, I realized I'm old enough to make decisions on my own." She stated simply, shrugging. "Besides, not only is Lacus my future sister-in-law, but she's also one of my close friends. So hah."
Athrun sighed and placed his hand on his forehead. "You'll never change."
She pouted. "I hope not."
Later, after meeting with the commander again, the two twins walked down the hallway towards a room Le Crueset told Mai she could use. Well, they walked in a way, but on this ship there was no gravity, so they held on to the moving railing to keep them from floating away. Mewmo held on to Mai's shoulder to keep from floating off as well.
"It's kinda wierd floating in space like this." She commented to her brother as she slowly drifted away. She had let go to keep her skirt from riding up. Athrun grabbed her and pulled her back to the railing. "So Athrun... Where we going?"
"It's 'Where are we going,' sister." He corrected.
"Yeah, whatever..." She answered, upset that he was starting to act like her father.
He noticed this and sighed. "We're going to the lounge."
"Ah, okay..."
Several minutes of silence passed between the two siblings.
"Before we get there I need to tell you something." Athrun said. Mai looked up to him; he was at least 10 inches taller. "The Vesalius is a war ship. So I want you to either stay with me, or go to your room."
"Awwww, you're no fun!" She said, smiling. She failed to notice the serious tone to her brother's voice.
"I don't understand how you can be so happy when there's a war going on!" He snapped, covering his eyes with his bangs. Mai stopped and stared after her brother as he continued, in shock. When was the last time he yelled at her like that, rather than laughing at it? She couldn't remember. Mai frowned and pushed herself off the wall, floating in front of her brother.
"What's wrong, Athrun?" She asked, matching his serious tone.
"Nothing."
"Don't give me that!" She said, poking his chest with her index finger, causing him to look up. "I'm your twin, Athrun. I know when something's on your mind. So don't you lie to me!"
"I'll tell you later." He muttered before going around her, and walking into a room.
"You better!" She called after him, sticking out her tongue when he was out of sight.
She frowned, her eyes filling with sadness. Taking a deep breath she followed him into the room.
It was fairly large, with a couple couches and a single bookshelf. Nobody on the ship must have done a whole lot of reading though. They always seemed so busy.
There was a large window, where the people in the lounge could watch the hanger. In excitement Mai hurried to that window, and stared out in amazement. She failed to notice the other teens in the rooms. She stared out at the four G-weapons.
"Whoa! How'd she get here?" Dearka asked Athrun, still in shock from when she hurried past him.
Yzak and Nicol looked from what they were going to look at her.
"She's the stowaway." Athrun told them after he sighed.
"Mai?" Nicol asked, and she turned to him and smiled.
"Hi Nicol." Mai answered, before turning back to the window. Athrun sighed and sat on the couch, where Nicol once sat.
Nicol walked over and stood beside her.
"So these are the Gundams, huh?" She whispered to herself. Nicol of course, heard her.
"Gundams?" He asked.
"Yep!" She said happily. "Gundam stands for:
General
Unilateral
Neuro-link
Dispersive
Autonomic
Maneuver.
And when you start up your mobile suits, those words should appear right there on your screen."
"Hey, yeah!" Dearka said as he placed his fist in his other hand. "Now that I think about it I have seen that." He turned to Athrun, "Man, your sister's smart!"
Athrun sighed, shaking his head. "That's only because she's got a bad habit for hacking."
"Hey!" She turned to him and frowned, and was about to continue when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned back to Nicol.
"If it's alright with Athrun, I could show you them." He said, scratching the back of his head.
"Really?" She questioned with hope. She really wanted to see them up close. Mai looked up to Athrun, with puppy eyes. "Please, Athy?"
He sighed again and nodded. She cheered in her excitement.

Together Nicol and Mai walked in the hanger. Mai couldn't take her eyes off of the mobile suits in front of her. She did once though, so she could look up to the lounge and wave to her brother. Her was watching her like a hawk.
Nicol stopped in front of one of the Gundams.
"This is the--" he began to explain, but Mai interrupted, pointing her finger up to the roof, in a know-it-all way. He didn't know it, but she was mocking one of her lunar school friends.
"The GAT-X207 Blitz."
"How do you know that?" He asked her.
She shrugged. "Hacking can tell someone a lot of things. I also know you're the one that pilots it. The GAT-X103 Buster is piloted by Dearka, Yzak pilots the GAT-X102 Duel, and Athrun is the pilot of the GAT-X303 Aegis." As she named them she counted them off with her fingers. "Then there's the X105-Strike, which is currently piloted by a Earth force soldier, and the X104-Ecran. No one knows where that one is though, or if it even has a pilot."
"Ecran?" He questioned. "I've never heard of that one before."
"Really?" She blinked. "Well, I don't blame you. The data was kept in my fathers' database." After realizing what she said, she quickly covered her mouth. "Oops..."
Nicol laughed slightly. "Don't worry - I won't tell." Mai sighed before smiling at her new friend.
He smiled in return, and only a few seconds later they heard a quiet growling noise.
She chuckled nervously. "I haven't eaten since this morning..."
"Let's go get a bite to eat at the cafeteria, okay?"
"Okay."