Phase 5: Awakening
"Kira, why can't you see that they're just using you?" Athrun yelled, as he ended the deadlock with Kira and charged at him again.
"How many times do I have to say it: I don't want to fight you." Kira answered his childhood friend.
Athrun attacked from the right but Kira blocked the attack with his shield and kicked the Aegis away from the Strike.
Meanwhile Yzak tried to hit the Seraphim with both of his Beam sabers but his attacks were either blocked or dodged. In addition to that the pilot of the mobile suit he was fighting was none other than Drake Tsubasa, his former instructor and hero of the bloody valentine battle.
"Why are you of all people helping the earth forces?" Yzak asked angry as he attacked again.
"Why would I help the earth forces after what they have done?" Drake answered as he blocked the attack and countered with his left beam saber, effectively cutting off the Duels left arm.
"That's what I'm asking!" Yzak yelled angry as he attacked again, despite the Duels left arm missing.
"I'm only protecting the Archangel, because my daughter is on that ship." Drake answered blocking the attack.
"What? But you shot her down yourself at Heliopolis!" Yzak now slashed wildly after the Seraphim.
"I bet that's what Le-Creuset said, am I correct?" Drake answered seriously.
"And isn't that right?" Yzak asked.
"You really believe every word that man tells you?" Drake asked back.
Drake blocked Yzaks wild strikes and cut off the Duels last arm. The result was a totally helpless Duel and an very angry Yzak in the cockpit yelling curses better left unspoken.
"Do I have to cut off every other limb of your mobile suit or are you retreating while you still can?" Drake said dead serious.
"Hmph..." Yzak turned away and flew back to the Vesalius.
Meanwhile Nicol joined Athruns fight with Kira and it didn't look good for Kira. Mu was fighting with the Buster and had trouble keeping it away from the Archangel. Drake decided to join the fight against the Buster and help out Mu so they could both help Kira.
"Dearka get away and let me handle those two." Le-Creuset ordered.
"Yes, sir." Dearka responded and continued his attacks on the Archangel.
"You should take care of the Duel, I will fend off Le-Creuset." Drake said and engaged with the CGUE.
It didn't take long and Dearka had scored a lucky hit on the Zero, which forced Mu to do a crash landing in the hangar of the Archangel.
Kira was so occupied with his battle against the Aegis and the Blitz that he didn't notice the Buster shooting at the Archangel without anything stopping it.
"Kira!" Miriallia yelled over the radio.
"Lacus!" Kira yelled as he tried to get back to the Archangel.
He didn't get too far as the Blitz intercepted him. After another scream for help from Miriallia his mind went blank except for one thing 'protecting Lacus'.
As the Aegis attacked again Kira threw his shield directly at the head of the machine and pulled out his second beam saber. With the Aegis knocked away he now cut off both of the Blitz' arms as he spun around it. Kira then headed full speed towards the Archangel… or more exactly the Buster.
"You will not hurt her!" Kira yelled as he threw both of the Strikes beam sabers at the Buster.
"What?" Dearka was surprised to see two beam sabers flying towards him.
He didn't manage to dodge them completely so one pierced the Busters head and the other cut open the cockpit and destroyed one of his guns. The next thing he saw was that the Strike pulled out both of its knifes while still heading for him. Dearka decided it was better to withdraw and flew away to the Vesalius.
The entire bridge-crew of the Archangel watched in awe at what Kira had just done. Drake knew what had happened and could only hope that it wouldn't turn out for Kira like it had for him.
"Seems like you're at a disadvantage now Rau." Drake said as he shot after the CGUE as it tried to get close to the Archangel and the Strike.
"Hmpf. I'll leave for now but don't think that you get away that easily the next time we meet…" Le-Creuset smirked and headed away towards the Vesalius.
As Kira got out of the Strike, Lacus came flying at him hugging him tight.
"Don't give me a shock like that again, or I might not forgive you for it." She said burying her head in his shoulder.
"Don't worry Lacus I won't." Kira said hugging back.
"We should leave them alone for the moment." Drake and Mu said nearly in unison.
They looked at each other and headed out of the hangar, but Drake's smile disappeared quickly. There now was another problem. This kid had the same ability as he had and he could only hope, that he didn't lose control of it like he himself did.
But for now he would check on his daughter and get a shower before they met with the 8th fleet of the earth alliance.
After the Archangel joined with the 8th fleet they soon were under attack by ZAFT again. But instead of ordering the forces of the Archangel to counterattack, the Admiral ordered them to stay back and descend towards Alaska.
Yet the Duel and the Buster managed to get through, which resulted in the launch of Kira, Mu and Drake.
After Mu had been forced to withdraw towards the Archangel because of the gravity, Drake kicked the Buster away from the Archangel and headed towards the Strike, that was still locked in a battle with the Duel.
Suddenly a shuttle flew between Yzak and the Strike. Right in this moment he was so angry, that he pointed the Duel's rifle at the shuttle and fired. But the shot didn't hit the shuttle, instead it hit the Seraphim. That was alright with him too. After all his former instructor was a pain in the ass now as well.
The shot in combination with the heat of the reentry fried a lot of the systems in the Seraphim and it was clear to Drake, that he wouldn't make it back to the Archangel alive. But he could at least give cover to the civilians on the shuttle and throw Kira back towards the Archangel.
"You and your girlfriend take care of my daughter!" Drake ordered as he threw the Strike back in the direction of the Archangel.
"No! What are you doing?" Kira yelled back.
"Saving your life, Kira." Drake answered the communication getting worse by the second.
"Just promise…that… help…for me." With that the communication was lost.
"So now for you… I hate killing kids but you have gone too far." Drake said, as he aimed for the cockpit of the Duel and shot right through it, instantly killing Yzak.
"And now I'm going to die as well." He said to himself, as the Seraphim burnt in the atmosphere.
The bridge-crew of the Archangel, Kira and Alice who had just walked into the bridge, saw the line the Seraphim drew after itself as it burned in the atmosphere.
"Move the Archangel closer to the Strike, we can't afford to lose it here." Murrue ordered.
"What happened to the Seraphim?" she asked, as Kira had safely landed on the Archangel.
"Drake sacrificed himself to save me and the civilians aboard the shuttle." Kira answered with a sorrowful expression on his face, as he saw Alice on the bridge.
"I'm sorry." He added.
The others than started to notice Alice as she fell to the floor crying and sobbing uncontrolled. Miriallia took it upon her to bring Alice back to her room.
A/N: Sorry folks that I'm updating so seldom… but it just happens, that I have a lot of stuff on my mind and have a writers blockade most of the time. I guess it should be possible for me to update more often, when I have finally figured out what my heart wants at the moment….
Ah yes and I hope you enjoyed reading and leave many, many, many reviews.