Gundam Seed/Destiny © Mitsuo Fukuda and Affiliations.
Standard warning for rated-T fics's applied.
Warning : might be OOC, un-betaed, not well done, and written by tardy me.
Enjoy the story!
000
Thanks for the reviews for the previous chapter! All of you are awesome; falkonrukichi, syafina. nashwa, lalaathhazalalala, FTS-Peace, lheyla. athha. You made me cry out of happiness. Thankies :')
000
Restarting
By : Naw d Blume
000
Five hundred years ago.
"Everything should be fine from here on, Your Majesty."
The king stared at the man spoke before him. He was sitting down on her throne like a king should be. A shining crown on his head. A robe to cover his cloth. Everything was right, except for one thing. One thing was lack … the queen. There was no queen accompanied him; no one sat besides him. The King continued stared at him then saying, "be sure that everything will be fine. I don't want something bad happened to The Queen."
"Yes, Your Majesty. Then, please follow me."
The King stood and then followed the lead of the man. They were walking through the dark tunnel. Only few candles were lightened.
"Your Majesty."
Suddenly, there was someone called for The King. In front of both men stood a child; a blue haired child.
"Athrun. Go back to your room. This isn't something a child like you to see," The King said coldly while brushing past the child; his son, Athrun Zala.
Athrun's big eyes shone dimly and stared to the man who was now left by the King. The blonde man with white coat sneered at the boy. Then, he also brushed past Athrun without making any remarks. No respect was seen given by him to him, although he was the next person in line of the King.
Athrun sighed. He was upset.
His father didn't give him the chance to see the process.
His father didn't want his presence.
His father didn't want him to see the process of waking up his mother.
It's been hundred years since the last time he saw his mother smile. He wanted to be the first person his mother saw. Yet, his father banned him from anywhere near the location during the process.
Flashback ends.
Athrun jerked from his abstracted.
It's been so long since he remembered of that day; the day when the last pearl escaped and left his mother in her endless slumber. It's hard day. His father was really in rage and made The Boss sent everyone looked for The Pearl, until now; until it lasted a few hundred years, until he grew from that tiny child.
Athrun sighed. "What is it, Nicol?"
Tap.
Nicol appeared in front of him, looking guilty. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb you."
Athrun smiled, "you didn't disturb me at all, Nicol. What do you have to say? Any progress?"
Nicol walked to him with a folder in hand, "I want to report."
"Sure. Go ahead."
"I have checked the area on the west. There was no hint of the location of The Pearl," he paused, "I found this instead."
000
Lacus hummed softly while walking around the old house. She stopped a few times to pick some beautiful wild flowers. Gathering them, she walked into the old house. She walked step by step from a room to another rooms. Then, gracefully, she stepped into the last room in the corner. There were many scattered pieces of furniture.
She smiled a little before walked to a spot where the dust seemed to pile up. She crouched and put the flowers on it.
"Have a good rest, Sir, Madam. We will certainly save her," she whispered before extending her hands and touched the dust. Sadness was present in her clear eyes, "we won't waste your sacrifice."
She stood and looked around. On the wall was an old photo framed with a simple frame. She walked to the photo and took it.
She blew the dirt on the photo and put it inside her shoulder bag.
With some strides, she walked out of the room; glancing once to where she put the flowers. "I'll give it to her."
After that, she disappeared; leaving some wind that blew the pile of dust around the flower and vague sounds of 'she will be safe'.
000
Doctor Durandal smiled. He looked at the report on his hands.
"Who knows about this…."
He was feeling lucky that day. He stood and walked to the front of a beautiful painting. He put down the painting; revealing a hand-like dent. When he put his left hand, he turned the dent to right. There was a cold space behind, filled with some boxes. He took one of them then closed the space again. He didn't forget to put back the beautiful painting.
He walked to his chair and held a glass of water in front of him. After that, he opened the box and put out its content. The water turned red.
"Drinking a little for this victory doesn't sound bad."
He sipped the water.
000
Sai plopped in front of Flay who was sitting alone in the cafeteria. He put his tray of food on the table, accompanying Flay's own. Flay looked up to see him. Then, he smiled at her warmly, full of understanding. The girl in front of him seemed tired; really tired.
"I heard about Miss Athha. It was chaotic."
Flay stirred the tea in the cup in front of her slowly and chuckled coldly, "everyone knows. I had a heart attack, you know. Fortunately, Doctor Durandal was there."
Sai nodded, "yes, it's fortunate. He is a great doctor, isn't he? I want to be like him."
Flay sighed, "yes, you want. You have told everyone that. I doubt that Doctor Durandal doesn't know about that already."
Sai smirked before eating his food. While eating, the two of them talked about many things; light topics to help them at ease, especially Flay. Just hours before, Flay really panicked; the electrodiagram in Cagalli Athha's room was making confusions by producing beep-beep sound repeatedly. She was examining the other patients when Doctor Durandal run in rush. She followed him to find out that the chaos.
Two nurses were surrounding Cagalli while Doctor Durandal examined the blonde with his stethoscope. Flay came inside to help them; she chose to see what's wrong with the electrodiagram. She hoped that the electrodiagram was broken or something. One thing that was in her mind, 'Cagalli has many people who care about her'. She was sure she couldn't face Meyrin if something bad happened to her.
During that time, Flay stood besides the machine; near Cagalli when suddenly, the beep-beep sound stopped, replaced by one long beep; the grass-like line was replaced by a single line.
000
Kira sat on the branch of the tree; keeping a close watch to the man who drank a glass of red water in the room in front of him. The man wasn't aware of his presence. Kira sat calmly for a few minutes until the man looked outside. He hurriedly went away before the man took a glance on the branch where he sat.
His face was hard while thinking. His handsome feature was captivating. Some people took shy glance; which were completely ignored by him, when he passed the park near the hospital. He walked slowly under the shadow while thinking very hard. The man he saw, undoubtedly was Gilbert Durandal; an acquaintance of his father.
"Cagalli…," he sighed.
What had the situation become? First, there was a Zala. Second, there was him.
About the Zala, he was sure that for now, it's still safe, although he must be careful when the boy was around. He couldn't let him to know his very existence … yet.
As for Durandal, he couldn't be sure since the man was so wicked. He was sure that he already knew about Cagalli. What he didn't know was that if Durandal was a friend or a foe. The black haired man wasn't really trusty. The last time he saw him, the man betrayed his father.
Kira shook his head. He would do further observation on him to make sure about what step he would take to save Cagalli.
000
Flay stood in front of Cagalli before her shift's end. She frowned. She stared at the beautiful creature in front of her intensively.
Some hours back.
Beeeppp….
A long line was shown on the electrodiagram. Doctor Durandal was commanding the nurses to do first aid to the patients. However, Flay only stood there shocked. She paled in instance and froze; couldn't do something. She was going to farther herself so that she didn't disturb the first aid when something grasped her skirt. It was Cagalli's hand!
Beeeppp….
Flay was jerked farther from Cagalli by Doctor Durandal, "out of the way, Flay! We are here to save someone!"
She was surprised. Really. She stared at her skirt. There was clearly the sign of someone's grasp; there were trace of folds on the white cloth. However, the electrocardiogram still beeep-ed and showed a long line.
"One! Two! Three!"
Beeeppp….
"One! Two! Three! Back with us, Miss Athha!"
Beep. Beep…. Beeeppp….
"One! Two! Three! Back with us, Miss Athha!"
Beep. Beep…. Beep. Beep…. Beep. Beep….
"Finally."
Doctor Durandal smiled while looking at Cagalli. Flay stared at the monitor with the grass-like line. She then stared at the peaceful face of the girl. She still couldn't comprehend what she felt before.
Doctor Durandal cleared his throat, "Flay, please take a rest for some days. I think you need some days off."
The red haired nurse still stood there even after the doctor and the other nurses went out.
Flashback ends.
She walked closer to Cagalli. Her fingertips touched the blonde girl's hand. She pulled her hand back. The skin she felt was cold! It was strange. Her skin should be warm, but it was cold.
"I … I think I'm hallucinating. I really need some days off," Flay chuckled.
She walked back; was nearly reaching the door when a voice was heard through her ears; a melodious voice.
000
Athrun stared at the documents on the table. The documents that were brought by Nicol were something worth after three years. Then, he made up his mind. He stood and walked out of the library; to the living room where currently everyone occupied.
"Welcome, Athrun," Shiho welcomed him by giving him a warm hug. Yes, it was the first time Shiho met Athrun since her arrival in the old house.
Athrun turned back the warm hug to the woman, "welcome, Shiho. I'm sorry I haven't been able to welcome you before."
Shiho laughed and pulled out, "I know you are busy, Athrun. You are The Captain. I'm sure you have a lot of things to do."
"Thank you."
He walked to an unoccupied sofa while Shiho walked to sit down near Yzak. Nicol sat on his favorite chair, the chair near the piano. As for Dearka, the tan vampire stood near the window; eyes stared out of the building to the Himawari garden. The children were dropped by their parents. Their smiling faces when meeting each other were pleasing to see.
Athrun cleared his throat before put some documents on the table.
"Nicol brought back these documents from the west. Apparently, these are some kind of report of researches."
Yzak took the documents and frowned, "really, after these years … still no hint about The Pearl? Only these burned documents?"
Dearka plopped down near Yzak, "this is progress, isn't it?" he paused and glanced at Athrun, "little progress."
Yzak scowled.
Nicol walked to them, "as our meeting before, I investigated the west area of Orb. I found nothing about The Pearl. Or that was what I thought until I smell something fishy. There was a graveyard near the Rose Gardenia. It was an old small cottage in the corner. I found some vampire dust there above these documents. It was already burned a half. I sought around the house to see if there is anything else. But, none."
"What are these documents anyway?"
Athrun took the documents from Yzak's hand and put them one by one on the table.
Shiho whistled, "whoa. What a sight."
The documents were showing about the plan of The Pearl. 'The Pearl of Life' was written on one of them. Although the documents' papers were not perfectly fine, the good parts of the documents showed the researches' result; the earliest research of the process. Athrun smiled sadly, "these are the research's report about the plan my father wants to accomplish, the plan to wake my mother from her slumber."
000
Five hundred years ago.
A blonde haired girl was asleep besides The Queen. The blonde girl looked like a ten-year old girl; so innocently pretty. The two of them cladded only in simple white dresses.
Surround them were only some people; The King, the blonde haired man in coat, and some other people in white coat. There was a woman stood in the corner. Her eyes were red because of tears. Her hair was in disarray.
"Wake The Queen! Let's do the progress," the blonde man commanded the people. The King stood besides him with eyes stared intently to the form of his wife.
Two tubes connected the hearts of the two sleeping females. The two of them were also covered in various cables. When certain procedure was taken, the bodies of two females jerked while glowing.
The woman in the corner silently cried while watching the blonde girl. She was her daughter! And the man who stood besides The King was her husband, her daughter's father! How could she see this progress…. The progress only meant one thing for her beloved little daughter; death.
The woman' s tears stopped flowing from her eyes when she saw her husband smirked.
Flashback ends.
000
To be continued.
000
Chapter 4 is up :')
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!
So far, this chapter's the longest from the previous chapters. I hope that the next chapter will be longer. I have no good grammar. It will be so helpful if any of you point out the fatal grammar mistakes I did. Really, do tell me about typos and fatal grammar mistakes.
Errr … anyone wants to give me reviews or some constructive critics? I'll be gladly taking them :)
Thank you :)