Kira escorted Lacus back to her room.
Kira: It still hurt? Let me see
Lacus: I'm okay, Kira (Lacus touch Kira's hands). I think that girl who is still in pain.
Kira: Sonja? She looks fine.
Lacus: he's trying to avoid being bumped, but instead make her clashing heads with me. (pause for a moment). Why she's very similar? (Muttering)
Kira: What?
Lacus: no, no.
Kira saw a pile of paper on the desk.
Kira: What is this? (Taking the paper) It's your song?
Lacus: Yeah, right.
Kira find a picture of a stack of cards. A Photo of Lacus wearing school uniform with a girl, blonde and tomboyish look, whoput her arm aroundLacus
Kira: Who is this?
Lacus: That is Annabelle, my classmate, and my mentor in music
Kira: Mentor?
Lacus: Yes, She created all the songs that I sang
Kira: Her? The tomboyish girl can create a soft song like that?
Lacus: Appearances can be deceiving. She is the greatest pianist had I ever known.
Kira: So, Where is she now?
Lacus: She is already death, Kira.
Kira: Death!
Lacus: Yes, 4 years ago.
Kira: How?
Lacus: Car accident.
Kira: Oh ... Sorry.
Lacus: It's okay, Kira, after all, you did not know about it.
Kira: So, in addition to remember the tragedy of Junius Seven, you're singing the songs that she created to remember her too, so?
Lacus: yes, if he is still alive, he must be very sad to see PLANT and Scandinavia at war with each other.
Kira: Why?
Lacus : She is from Scandinavia, Kira.
Kira : that's terrible.
In his room, which was packing Ilsa see Sonja is just silent pensive. Sonja just shut up and not turned towards Ilsa. He thought about his meeting with Lacus earlier.
Karel standing alone in front of his unit, Onyx. Shinn saw him.
Shinn: You're still here?
Karel: my preparation has been completed
Shinn: Wow, that unit of yours? (Seeing Onyx)
Karel: Yes, pretty cool, right? Just like me
Shinn: What?
Karel laughed at Shinn reaction.
Shinn: By the way, what have you been doing this 2 years in SPARTA?
Karel: um, letsee, Do some reconnaissance missions, searching forinformation, most of the mission we are on earth, we do not over use Gundam. Last, we got a mission to find information about Logos where about.
Shinn: Logos!
Karel: Yes, in Orb. That's pretty difficult.
Shinn: But, you did t well.
Karel: Yes. You should thank me, because of me andmy team, you can destroy Logos.
Shinn: Why are you always bragging like this?
Both laughing.
Karel: You're great, Shinn, could be one of the best pilots of ZAFT.
Shinn: Hey, you're also terrific, Karel. I heard while you in Astoria, your team doing missions rescueing Chairwoman.
Shortly there after, came the Rhino with carrying two bags, one of which belongs to Karel.
Rhino: Karel, it's time for us to leave
Karel: Now? (Rhino nod). Huh, Shinn, That's my call,
Shinn: Yeah,
Karel: very nice to see you again, if only fora few hours, I'm happy
Shinn: Me too, Karel, be careful.
Shinn and Karel shook handsand .
Sonja, Ilsa and Toma walked toward the hangar. But then they called by a ZAFT green uniform personnel telling that three of them were called by Captain Blackwood and immediately facing in his room.
While in the room, apparently Sonja, Ilsa and Toma know that they are not going to go to Copenhagen.
Peter: As you know, that SPARTA will be moved to Copenhagen, but there are changes to all three of you.
Toma: Change?
Peter: Yes. Sonja, Toma, Ilsa, you all remain at Armory One for a while
Sonja, IlsaandTomasurprised.
Sonja: Just three of us? How about the others?
Peter: They will continue going to Copenhagen.
Sonja: Why do we still here, sir?
Peter: You got a special assignment.
Toma: The special assignment?
Peter: The special assignment given to you is escorting Lacus Clyne who will visit Scandinavia.
Toma: Scandinavia?!
Peter: Hanson invited Clyne to a private meeting.
Ilsa: private meeting?
Peter: They do not say anything other than that. But, this is an order to all three of you.
Sonja: can't someone else accompanying her? Why should us?
Peter: Looks like she's impressed with your work while in Astoria. You three was selected by her.
Sonja, Toma and Ilsa out of the room and walked to hangar.
Rhino: Finally, whyso long? This is the last plane that will take us in to Copenhagen, let's go quickly. (Rhino tries to take Toma's bags)
Toma: We'll not participate, Rhino. We'll stay.
Rhino: What? What's the matter?
Ilsa: Lacus Clyne going to Scandinavia, we were assigned to escort him.
Carlos: She going to Scandinavia? Is she lost her mind, going to a place where all people want to kill her?
Rhino: That girl is too kind, maybe she thinks can change the view of King Hanson about Coordinator with this meeting. Maybe.
Carlos: Oh yes, really.
Karel see Sonja looks upset and approached her.
Karel: Sonja, this must behard for you to go back there again.
Sonja: Do not worry about that, Karel, I can handle that
Karel: You sure? Because I'm not. Did you tell your uncle about this?
Sonja: He's no need to know about this.
Karel, Rhino and Carlos began to leave the hangar and towards Copenhagen. Shortly after the ship was gone, there was one of the Orb ship come into hangar.
Sonja, Toma and Ilsa are still in the hangar waiting see the passengers get out and it turns out one of them is Orb Military Admiral, Athrun Zala.
Toma: That Athrun Zala!
Ilsa: for what he came here?
Sonja: He's worry about her.
Toma : Who?
Sonja : Who else, Lacus Clyne.
Toma: If the ship came a little faster, Karel certainly happy to see his hero.
Ilsa: Who?
Toma: Athrun Zala, Karel very idolizes him.
Sonja: weird, Karel like Athrun.
Athrun walked through Sonja and others and greet them with a small smile. All three replied with a salute.
Lacus greet Athrun in her room
Lacus: Admiral Zala, you arrived. (Walking approaching Athrun)
Athrun: Thank you to welcome me, Chairwoman.
Both shook hands and then sat down.
Lacus: How's Cagalli?
Athrun: same as me, she's upset.
Lacus: oh, about my trip to Scandinavia?
Athrun: Yes, what else?
Lacus: Why everyone prohibit?
Athrun: Because It's dangerous, Lacus! Please! What exactly your purpose to accept the invitation?
Lacus stood up and walked to the window.
Lacus: About the refugees there, Athrun, they become targets of attack. I will ask Hanson to release the refugees and bring them into our area.
Athrun: But...
Yzak: Kirac an not help it, what make you think can stop her?
Suddenly, Yzak entry.
Athrun: Councilman Jule. (Standing)
Yzak: Do not call me that!
Dearka: when being Commander, you ask invoked once, now your rank higher, why reject it?
Dearka walked into the room followed Yzak. Dearka had become commander in black uniforms.
Athrun: Dearka?
Dearka: How you doing, man?
Athrun: I'm Fine.
Athrun and Dearka cuddle.
Dearka: Yzak, did not you hug Athrun?
Yzak: Do not be ridiculous!
Athrun: You really have not changed despite being a member of the council.
Yzak: Whatever!
Lacus: Yzak, whether all SPARTA personnel have departed?
Yzak: The last ship was just leaving. How the forces of Orb?
Athrun: Forces of Orb has been in Copenhagen since yesterday.
Yzak: So just wait for the troops of Eurasia.
Lacus: They agree to join?
Dearka: still we don't know yet
after some time, Athrun, Yzak and Dearka leave the room.
Dearka: Yzak, did not you say you want to meet your mom on December City?
Yzak: Why?
Dearka: My father was there too, why do not we go together?
Yzak: Neither.
Dearka: Athrun, what about you?
Athrun: Huh?
Dearka: You're not going straight back to the Orb, right? How come with us?
Yzak: Yes, your old home as well in December, right?It's been a long time you do not visit there.
Athrun accept Yzak and Dearka's invitation to visit the December City. The three of them visited Athrun house first.
Dearka: Wow, look at this. Home sweet home.
Yzak: The housekeeper did a good job. Nothing is changed.
Athrun: Yes, right. Still the same as before,nothing has changed.
Dearka: Do you remember? Back when we were kids, we played at this park. Hide and seek.
Yzak: You're always the case,is not it?
Yzak and Dearka laughed remember about their childhood. Athrun looked up. He sees room window which is the main room.
Yzak: Athrun, do you want to go inside?
Dearka: Just go, we will wait here, but do not stay long.
Athrun reenter his old home. He looked around. He saw his old things are still the same as before. Photographs of his family were still on display. Then he went into the main room of the house, the room of his parents. Athrun opened the wardrobe in which is stored the clothes belonged to his father and mother. Athrun just moved to recall his parents. When he will shut the closet, Athrun saw there was a small wooden box tucked under the bottom of the pile of clothes. Curious, Athrun took and opened the box. He opened it, and the contents are a collection of family photographs. Athrun pick one by one, he found a photo in bottom. There is photo of his father and mother who are holding a baby boy. Glimpse, the baby looks like Athrun, but it's not, because in the photo also Athrun standing beside him. Then, Yzak dan Dearka enters the room.
Yzak : I told you not to stay long, what are you doing?
Dearka : Athrun (calling Athrun, but Athrun ignore him and keep looking the picture),What this? A picture?
Yzak : Let me see (take the picture from Athrun's hand). Your family picture, but, four?
Dearka : What four? (See the picture in Yzak's hand). Who's this baby boy? You, Athrun?
Yzak : if this baby is Athrun, so who is little boy beside him?
Dearka : Oh yes, Athrun is on it too, so, who is this?
Athrun : I do not know.
Yzak turn around the picture and see a letter write on it.
Yzak : Look! There is letter write on it. Our sons, Athrun and Karel?!
Dearka : What? Sons? If that the case, so this baby is Athrun's younger brother, isn't he?
Athrun : Brother? I don't remember that I had a brother. My father and my mother told me nothing.
Yzak : But maybe my mother knew about it.
Then Yzak ask Athrun to come with to meet his mother, Ezalia. Yzak think that his mother know about Karel, because she and Athrun's mother, Lenore are close friend.
Yzak : Mother
Ezalia : My son, so nice you come to see me, honey. (Huging Yzak)
Yzak : mother
Ezalia : (seeing Athrun and Dearka) Athrun, Dearka, you two coming too? This is unusuall, Yzak.
Yzak : Actually, Mom, Athrun here to ask you something.
Ezalia : What is that, Athrun?
Athrun : I want to ask you about this (give the picture to Ezalia)
Ezalia : (seeing the picture) Oh, this …
Athrun : You know about this, don't you, Aunt Ezalia?
Ezalia : Yes, Athrun, I do (Ezalia staring Athrun). This baby is your brother, Karel.
Ezalia explain everything she knows about. She tells Athrun that the baby in the picture is his younger brother named Karel who was born in CE 57. But he was abducted by a man named Abraham Lewin when he 2 month old and took him to Scandinavia. She tell Athrun that his father, Patrick trying to find Karel, but no result in 2 years of searching. Since then, Patrick assumes Karel never existed in Zala family.
Yzak : It's terrible. Who is this Abraham Lewin?
Ezalia : He is a natural from Scandinavia who work as a doctor in PLANT. He's take care of Karel birth. We don't know why he took him.
Dearka look at Athrun who look so shock.
Dearka : Athrun, what will you do?
Athrun : I'll find him.
Yzak : What?!
Athrun : Yes, Yzak. What else?
Yzak : Don't you hear what my mother said earlier? He took away your brother to Scandinavia! And now that country is declaring war against coordinator …
Athrun staring at Yzak.
Athrun : You think my brother is death, Yzak? (Athrun crying)
Yzak : I'm not mean that, but … Just, it will difficult to find him in this time.
Athrun : I'll find him, no matter what.
Suddenly, Dearka receive a massage that he and Yzak must be back to Armory One. Athrun also back to Armory One with them.
Librarian Works prepare their forces in Daedalus Base to conduct attacks against Astoria. Marek Kittel communicates with the commander of the operation, Commander Perry.
Marek: You've received a file that I send?
Perry: Yes, sir. But, this will work?
Marek: My contact can be trusted, do not worry. Just do it as planned.
Perry: Yes, sir.
Rodik running around in the hangar to look for Sebastian, because he saw Cobra, do not do any preparation. Rodik find Sebastian who was standing looking at the Cobra.
Rodik: What are you doing, Sebastian? Why not do the preparation Cobra?
Sebastian: Because we do not participate in this operation, it's order from our leader.
Sebastian stared Rodik who looks very upset.
Sebastian: You're a member of Cobra, is not it? So, this order is for you too.
Rodik: But ...
Sebastian: If you want to participate in the operation, go on, I will not hold you, but do not hope you can use Ripper and Triplets Units, they belong to us, you can ask for a replacement from your brother.
Rodik away from the front of Sebastian, then he contacted his brother, Marek.
Marek: Rodik ...
Rodik: Brother, why Cobra did not participate in this operation ?
Marek: It's good, right?
Rodik: What do you mean, brother?
Marek: You do not need to risk your life on those battle
Rodik: But ...
Marek: Please Rodik, stop it! You think I'm not worried about you when you join the battle? So for now, obey my orders.
Marek shut off communication with Rodik connection.
Yzak and Dearka have arrived on Armory One. They were informed that the Librarian Works troops which had previously been Daedalus began to move toward Astoria. They come with full strenght with Hundreds of mobile suits and dozens battleship. Yzak ordered Leonidas along with some Lauriasan and Nazca Class to assist Astoria deal with Librarian Works Force. But apparently the other Librarian Works troops confront them before they reach Astoria.
Libarian Works force has attacking Astoria. Astoria crew went panic by the arrival of Librarian Works. They confuses because all SPARTA members are sent back PLANT and the new members still not arrived. The Librarian Works troops continued waged shooting relentless. To muffle, Sturridge allow the crew to use Genesis. The first shot of Genesis successfully wipe out most of the mobile suits and battleships. But the nimber of Librarian Works war fleet is more than Sturridge expected.
Astoria outnumbered of pilots and mobile suit, so they activate their honeycomb shield as his main defense while waiting for help come from PLANT.
Perry: As planned, they activate the shield.
A: What next, Commander?
Perry: Distribute the contents of the file that you received from Marek Kittel our team on the front
A: Yes, sir.
The file is about the weaknesses of Astoria's honeycomb shield. With it, Librarian forces can destroy the shield Astoria easily.
A: Captain Sturridge, what should we do now? Shield in 30%. If this continues, the shield can be pierced and they will easily destroy Astoria.
Sturrige: How about Genesis recharging?
B: It need 15 minute to full recharging, sir.
Sturridge: That long? What about the reinforment from PLANT?
C: They were confronted by Librarian Works, Sir.
A: Shield in 20%.
Sturridge saw the entire crew OF Astoria control room in a state of panic and fear.
Sturridge: As the Captain of Astoria, I command you all to leave this Fortress; I'll stay to use backup power to protect you. Go to evacuation room, quick!
The whole crew was shocked hear Sturridge command.
A: But Captain ...
Sturridge: It's an order! If you still want to live, do quickly!
Sturridge remain in the command room to protect the crew of Astoria to be saved when leaving Astoria. And shortly after the entire crew of Astoria exit, shield began to disappear. Librarian Works blindly attacking Astoria, even their weapons, Genesis, they managed to destroy before it is finished recharging. And finally, Astoria exploded, killing Sturridge who still in the control room.