Here is a treat for those of you who had to go back to school like me! This might cheer you up to know that I finally updated. Review please! And thank you for tolerating me and waiting for this update!
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED Destiny
So much for being alone, Shinn thought as he ran to his gundam. Just moments before the alarm sounded for all pilots to board their gundams. He noticed that the Archangel crew dashed off to their own ship before jumping into the hanger. He finally lunged and hopped into his gundam, strapping himself in and making his way to the launch pad. He vaguely noticed that Rey and Luna's mobile suits already left.
Before he knew it, Shinn was hurtling out into the open, his gundam rearranged to the humanoid form. Without even the moment to prepare, beeping alerted him of an attack from behind. Whirling around, he put up his shield, his gundam forced back a few feet at the force. Immediately looking up, his eyes widened at who shot at him.
Stella...
The black dog came hurtling towards him, snapping and chopping at Shinn's dodges. All he did was dodge. He didn't want to fight her! He wasn't going to be forced to fight her. He wasn't going to be forced to hurt her.
"Shinn, what are you doing?!" Rey snapped, blasting Stella's comrade, damaging the stolen suit's arm. "You're a sitting duck if you just float there!"
Shinn didn't respond. He wanted the fighting to stop. He watched as Rey attacked Stella now. Stella sidestepped and attacked him from the side, grazing Rey's side. Why were they fighting? Another attack. Why? Stella crushed Rey's gun. No...no. Athrun shot at Stella.
"STOP!!"
Racing forward to the fight, Shinn barely realized that he was in SEED mode. He didn't even comprehend that he wanted to avoid going into SEED mode for fear of what would happen. He just wanted to stop the fighting. He wanted to stop the temptation, the loss, the pain. He needed it to stop.
Shinn sped to Athrun, pushing him into the water from behind and with speed beyond the normal gundam pilot he gripped the arm of Rey's suit and threw him into the ship, ignoring his raging protests. Two were taken care of.
"Shinn, what are you doing?" the Captain screamed in his ear from the ship. "Attack them!"
What? She wanted him to fight her?
Anger welled up inside. He didn't want to fight her. He didn't want to hurt anyone. He didn't want to fight. Everyone knew what he was. Everyone knew what he could do. Everyone. He hated this. Hate. No. He hated...he didn't know. He just hated. He was angry. He wanted to be happy. He wanted to take away what was causing him this anger. Take it away.
His gundam shook from a laser shooting the spine of his mobile suit. Chaos. Sting. He was unhappy. He needed to take out what was making him unhappy. Why was Chaos making him unhappy? Why would he do that?
"Shinn," a sickly voice spoke in his ear, static distorting his normal vocals. "Shinn."
Who was calling him? Where from? Who?
It called again. "Shinn."
"Who are you?"
"Kill them, Shinn. Kill them."
The words echoed in his head. Kill them. Why would he do that? Kill them. He wants to stop the killing. Kill them, Shinn.
He listened as the voice soothed his inner turmoil.
"You were made to kill, Shinn. Do it. Kill them. They are making you unhappy. Kill them."
"I'm," Shinn slurred, "unhappy."
"Yes. Don't you want to be happy?"
Shinn nodded. He wanted to be happy. "Happy."
"Good. If you want to be happy, you have to kill them. Kill, Experiment S-02."
The man's voice swirled through his mind, bringing forth a desire. He wanted to be happy. He wanted to be happy. Happy was good. Happy was--
Shinn eyes shot open. What the--!? Experiment S-02. No. He was not Experiment S-02. He was Shinn, Shinn Asuka. He was not a killer. Why was he thinking that? Why was he...
"Shinn," the voice spoke. "Do you need assistance? I can help you kill them. I can help you be happy."
Happy? Yes, happy. He...wanted to be happy, but he...he...
What did he want?
"Experiment S-02, you want to be happy. You've always wanted to be happy. You'll only be happy when these people who fight stop. They won't stop until you kill them. I can help you. Do you want me to help?"
He would be happy when they stopped? He wanted them to stop, yes. That sounded nice. Stopping. Killing stops. It stops everything. He will be happy when they stop. Happy.
"Help," he breathed.
"If you insist."
Before Shinn could even think, pain ripped through his entire body. His body jerked from muscle spasms, his skull exploded, his mind thought of nothing but the pain. Stop. He wanted it to stop. How?
Darkness...
Shinn followed the darkness, letting him be enveloped by the cloudy ebony. He let his mind succumb to the claustrophobic space in the back of his mind. If he stayed back here then the pain will stop, he told himself, and he merely watched. From the back of his mind through a small window, he watched.
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Water was everywhere. Everywhere he looked there was water. He only wished that he could make his gundam swim to the top, but it was a lot harder than he originally thought. With all of the waves and having to lug heavy machinery, Athrun didn't think that he would ever make it to the top. He was annoyed from not being able to get to the surface and confused as to why Shinn would push him in the water. He thought the two of them were on the same side. Apparently not...
Athrun smiled when he finally reached the top and sprung up out of the water. He turned to the Minerva and saw that Luna was crawling out of a smoking mobile suit. Did the Phantom Pain girl do this? Turning the gundam around, his eyes widened at the sight he saw. Shinn was battling Kira. He zoomed over to the fight and came to the aid of his friend. What was Shinn doing?
Seeing someone new to face, Shinn turned his attention to Athrun and swiftly changed his momentum and charged him. Athrun blocked an attack from Shinn's saber and was stunned at his movements. He was fast. Athrun could barely dodge his attacks. Unfortunately, Athrun was slowly moving towards Cagalli, her shining mobile suit glistening in the sun. Realizing this, Athrun swung his gundam around the other direction and he took a hit to the arm of his mobile suit. Damn. This was getting ridiculous. He didn't want to dodge all day--he couldn't--but he didn't want to hurt Shinn, either. Athrun then thought that maybe if he just disabled Shinn then he couldn't attack.
Athrun moved his own saber in front of him and parried a blow from Shinn and stabbed Shinn, nicking the leg. Shinn was anticipating this and kicked the saber out of Athrun's hands with the injured leg, catching it. He then used the two sabers and sliced off the leg that was retreating from Shinn's arm length. Athrun was too slow and the metal went flying into the ocean. Athrun stared at the leg hurtling down to the sea with shock and didn't see the kick directed to Athrun's midsection. The blow sent Kira flying into the Minerva. Sparks and flames shot out from the gundam and Athrun sprang out of the cockpit to avoid being killed by the explosion that went off a mere two seconds after his escape. Shinn must have thought that he had killed Athrun and searched for a new target.
Athrun just sat dumbfounded on the Minerva, observing as Shinn bolted towards Stella. She was battling with Kira and didn't notice Shinn quick movements and felt the cockpit slit open from the side. Athrun could see her shocked expression as she stared at the mobile suit. Athrun wished he could do something as Shinn brought down his weapon to slice through the dog gundam.
He stopped.
Athrun raised an eyebrow and his hands were perspiring at the scene. He stopped. Was he going to kill her?
"Aya...me..." Athrun heard Shinn's voice moan through the only functional part of his gundam. Ayame?
And then Shinn fell, his gundam shutting off.
All we could do was stare as everything in the gundam sunk down in the depths, lifeless inside.
He sunk.
Thank you for reading and tell me what you think! And sorry if the fighting scene wasn't that good, but that was the first one I've ever written so I do have an excuse. haha. Review please!