A/N: Hello to another chapter of this story. I know I didn't do everything right… buuuut it's the mistakes you make, where you learn the most.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED or any of the characters or mobile suits associated with it. I do own the OCs Drake Tsubasa, Alice Tsubasa and the OMS H-001 Seraphim and the new OMS C-000 Michael.
Phase 6 Revelation
Although the Strike had been thrown back to the Archangel still had to move towards it in order not to lose it. That was followed with the consequence or them landing in the middle of ZAFT territory. Alice had cried herself to sleep and Lacus was still with Kira trying to calm him down. At midnight Kira fell asleep in Lacus' arms and soon she followed him to the dreamworld.
The next day Lacus was helping Alice collect what belongings her father had on the Archangel, when they came across a disc with the words 'for Alice' written on it.
"What's that?" Lacus asked as she saw the disc.
"I wonder." Alice said as she inserted the disc in Drakes computer.
As soon as the disc was inside the computer a video started to play.
"Alice, I hope that it never comes to this but by the time you find this disc I'm probably dead." Alice started to cry again as she saw the image of her father on the screen.
"I prepared this in case something happened to me while you were still unconscious." the image of Drake continued. "In the unopened container in the hangar is the prototype for a new generation of mobile suits who should be even more powerful than those of the Earth Alliance."
"On this disc you find the activation codes and the blueprints of this mobile suit. Although the blueprints are protected by several passwords and a program that automatically deletes them if you get even one digit wrong, the mobile suit doesn't have those security measures."
"I trust you with the task of getting both the prototype and the blueprints to Orb. When you get there ask for a Colonel Ledonir Kisaka for further orders." With the mention of this name a picture of an ORB soldier came up. He had dark skin, dark-grey about shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.
"Please only give him the data on this disc. I can't imagine what would happen if someone like the Seirans got their hands on something like this. With this I officially assign you to the cooperative squadron ANGEL. And please live on with a smile on your face."
With that the video ended leaving a crying Alice and a puzzled Lacus behind. Instead of asking questions Lacus patted Alice on the shoulder and tried to comfort her.
"It's okay to cry, but I don't think your father would have wanted you to be like this." Lacus said gently.
Chief Murdoch and the rest of the mechanics were busy getting the Skygraspers ready for battle as one of the containers they brought aboard in the debris field suddenly opened to reveal its content.
"What the…" Murdoch began as he turned around. "A mobile suit?"
He was even more surprised as he saw Alice stepping out of the cockpit.
"Apparently its name is Michael." came the reply of the white-blond Orb pilot.
From what one could tell as it stood in the container the mobile suit had wings for atmospheric flight, the rifle was attached to its right hip, two small shields on the arms.
"But it seems that the OS is far from finished yet." Alice said as she turned back into the cockpit.
"Could you get Kira down here to help me out, please?" she asked from inside.
A few minutes later Kira rode up the zip line up to the cockpit of the Michael.
"I was told that your Gundam had no functional OS." he said looking at the inside of the cockpit.
It was far from what he was used from the Strike. Instead of the square screens it had more rounded ones that were slightly larger than the Strikes. The pilot seat was also less rectangular and it looked more comfortable. Also there was an additional consol consisting of a screen a keyboard in the form of a half-circle and a set of three sliding controllers.
"Y… Yeah." Alice replied wiping the tears off her face.
"I'm sorry." said Kira with his head down.
"It's not your fault, Kira." Alice said trying to sound reassuring.
"Yes, you're right." he answered.
But no matter what he said, he was still thinking about what he could have done to prevent that accident from happening. Although all of his friends had talked to him about it, but only Lacus was really able to pull his thoughts toward her. And he was worried about her. He noticed that the black dye was slowly washing out of her hair.
"So let me take a look at what we have to work with." Kira said, distracting his own thoughts and changing the topic of the conversation.
The work on the OS they got done this day was enough for Alice to push the memory of her father's death out of her mind. Also she slowly felt an attraction to Kira. She was about to ask him something as a voice shouted from down in the hangar.
"Hey kids it's almost bedtime!"
"Oh" both of them said in unison.
"Guess we call it a day then." Kira yawned while getting out of the cockpit.
"All you have to do tomorrow is to make the adjustments to match the movements of the suit to your controls ." he said while lowering himself down on the zip line.
"You should ask chief Murdoch to help you, cause I don't know that much about the mechanics of mobile suits."
Kira then headed for the mess hall. Alice was about to leave as well but was distracted by a beep from one of the screens. Her breath stocked at what she saw next.
Lacus was just eating her dinner as Kira entered, got his dinner and sat beside her.
"Kira, where have you been all day?" Lacus asked turning towards him with a little bit of anger evident in her voice.
"I thought it wouldn't take very long."
"Uhhhm… well." Kira began. "The OS I was called to help with was practically non-existent."
"So you were having a great time tinkering around with that mobile suit." Lacus replied while pouting. "And totally forgot about me."
"Well… uhm…" he began as he searched for an excuse but instead just said. "I'm sorry."
Kira looked at Lacus with an apologetic look, but she in turn just beamed a big smile at him.
"I understand that I can't have you for myself all the time." drawing a few chuckles from the others in the room.
"What am I to you? A plaything?" he spoke those words harsher than he wanted but Lacus brushed it off.
"No, I would never see you as something like that. But you can be a very comfortable pillow."
At those words Sai, who was also in the mess hall, felt a little blush appear on his face. Strangely, Kira wasn't blushing. Instead he fell silent and continued to eat his dinner in silence. After a few seconds of awkward silence the rest of the mess hall continued their talks from before.
As Kira finished his dinner he stood up, brought his tablet back to the counter and left the room. Lacus followed him shortly after he left.
"Hey…" she said softly while grabbing his arm. "…is something wrong?"
Kira turned around noticing the obvious concern in her voice.
"No, it's just that you saying things like that so suddenly is new for me." he answered.
"I mean, it's not like I find it wrong. I really like you, but I don't really know if you want to stay with someone like me, of if you even feel the same way about me." he continued with his head down.
With a depressed look Kira was about to turn around again. Then all of a sudden he felt a pair of lips pressed against his. Lacus' lips. Needles to say that he was stunned by this sudden reaction, but he nevertheless was confused.
After a few moments Lacus broke the kiss and hugged him as tightly as she could.
"Of course I want to stay with you" Lacus began as tears started forming in her eyes. "or why else did you think I went to Heliopolis for?"
"Nothing about you would stop me from staying with you. So stop saying things like that."
She shortly looked at him and then buried her head in his shoulder.
Needles to say that Kira was stunned by this sudden 'outburst' of Lacus, so he just returned the hug. He had always thought she had boarded the same shuttle as him because she didn't like that she was supposed to marry a person she maybe wouldn't even like.
"You are you, no one else." Lacus said allowing some space between them and looking into his eyes. "So never say something like that again."
Alice who had walked into the same corridor and hid behind a corner at the beginning of the happening witnessed everything. She had thought she could ask Kira to spend some time with her once they got her to Orb, but that was out of the question now.
What bothered her though was that the face of that Lacus seemed awfully familiar. Even with the glasses and the black hair. And if she didn't just imagine things, the hair of this girl seemed to grow back pink under the black. Add the name to that and it was just one coincidence too much. She could ask them anytime tomorrow but for now she just wanted to sleep.
After Kira and Lacus had, for the lack of a better word, confessed to each other, Kira was heading for his quarters with Lacus on his arm. Kira stopped in front of the door, so Lacus opened the door and pulled him inside.
"I think you don't mind me moving in?" she asked playfully.
"Not really but shouldn't we talk that over with the captain?" Kira asked back.
"If you think so" Lacus began to guide him towards his bed. "but for now we're going to get some sleep."
A/N: So… I hope you liked it. Originally I wanted to add the first fight in the desert to this chapter but I decided against doing it. Why? Because I have already plans for the fighting and it would play out best if I wrote it in one chapter than split it in two. And I also add the description for the C-000 Michael.
So at last: PLEASE LEAVE YOUR REVIEW preferable with constructive critic.
C-000 Michael
Height: 21 m
Weight: 80 t
Armor: improved phase-shift, anti beam shields
Standard armament: Igelstellungs in the head x2; experimental 35 mm high energy beam rifle x1; Beam sabers stored in the hips (like the assault knives of the Strike) x2
Optional armament: none at this time
Appearance: it mostly looks like the Gundam Zeta but it doesn't have the backpack or the thing on its arm but instead has two shields like the Destiny on each arm and the wings of the Epyon. With the phase-shift activated it's sky-blue the joints are black and the spikes on the head are silver while the shields turn black with the middle in white.