Celestial Being Chronicles - Chapter 147
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Gundam series, nor any of the various series which are used or referenced in my fic, so please point that damned lawsuit cannon at someone else, also, don't read this if you are not of legal age to read such material. The story contains possibly disturbing content and should not be read by close-minded people (i.e., people who are easily offended.) Everything in the story is fictional. I am also not responsible for any actions taken by people who read this story and society's problems. I do, however, own my original character; Hope Yamato.
A dozen ships drifted slowly in space near a molten ball of rock, which had formerly been the planet Eden, home of Celestial Being's stronghold in the Delta Quadrant. The largest vessel by far was the dagger-shaped warship, Excalibur, belonging to Celestial Being. The eleven smaller ships silently trailing the Excalibur were all under Celestial Being's direct command. Among the ships trailing the Excalibur were the Eternal-class cruisers Eternal and Purity, the Sovereign-class battleships Ibuki and Ikari, the Minerva-class battleships Minerva and Katsuragi, the Nazca-class destroyers Voltaire and Rousseau, the Laurasia-class frigates Ganow and Amzen, and finally, the Intrepid-class starship Voyager.
"Attention, all ships." Kira Yamato's voice spoke throughout all twelve vessels. "Since our stronghold has been destroyed, we have no choice but to continue on towards the Alpha Quadrant." He paused for a moment to stamp down his slowly rising anger. "All ships are hereby ordered to dock in the Excalibur's hanger bay." The amethsyt-eyed man let out a sigh as he continued. "Your crews are free to use any of the Excalibur's facilities if they wish to do so." With that, Kira closed the communications line, watching as the eleven ships quickly moved to dock in the hanger bay.
"He's a computer genius, a brilliant pilot, and a great visionary." Athrun Zala sighed, as he sat with Meyrin Hawke in one of the Exclibur's massive mess halls. "But when it comes to girls, Kira Yamato is, plain and simple, a complete retard. The only way Murrue can possibly get what she wants is to pick up the discarded pants in the relationship, put them on and woman up!"
"Didn't you say that you walked in on him once, and found him sleeping with multiple women?" Meyrin asked after a few seconds of silence.
"Yeah." Athrun nodded. "I guess Murrue had to recruit a few other girls, but even then he seems reletively clueless."
"I don't appricate the two of you discussing my love life." Kira's voice suddenly spoke up, as the man in question strode into the mess hall. "And I really don't apprcate the two of you discussing my sex life." With that, Kira grabbed a bottle of water and walked out of the mess hall, leaving Athrun and Meyrin in stunned silence.
According to her husband; Athrun Zala, Meyrin Hawke had always enjoyed writing love stories, specifically stories which told a tale about the special love between a man and a woman. She was a busy woman who wrote romantic novels on the side.
A born writer, Meyrin felt that her social skills with the outside world were not always completely intact. Her main focus, at least when not on duty, was her literature. She was shy and timid, socially awkward. Her dating years were far behind her, she had nearly forgotten about men altogether in order to focus on her military career.
Back in his quarters, Kira Yamato sat at his computer and quickly hacked into Meyrin's compter. He browsed through the vast list of stories to choose from. After a long moment, he opened a random story and took a sip from the bottle of water he got while in the mess hall, ready for a deeper look into the mind of Meyrin Hawke.
Meyrin Hawke squirmed nervously as the elevator quickly descended deep into the Excalibur's bowels. Meyrin didn't know it yet, but she was in for a real treat. "Shiho, where the hell are we?" The red-haired woman asked as the elevtor doors silently slid open, revealing the narrow corridor, lined with steadily glowing red lights, which led to the entrance for the Inner Sanctum.
"The Inner Sanctum." Shiho replied with a grin.
"WHAT?" Meyrin shrieked. "This place actually exists?"
"It most certianly does." Shiho smiled. "Very few people have access to this section of the ship, and I am one of those lucky few."
"Shiho, I swear sometimes I could kill you." Meyrin growled.
"Hey! I'm doing you a favor here." Shiho said, as she took the violet-eyed woman's hand and led her to the massive door guarding the entrance to the Inner Sanctum. "I will be showing you both the male and female anatomy in all their glory, not to mention the true depths of human perversion. I think I deserve a thank you."
"Yes, thank you very much for bringing me to a restricted part of the ship, filled with perverted weirdos." Meyrin sarcastically replied.
"What makes you think you're not a pervert?" Shiho grinned, even as she placed the open palm of her right hand on the handprint scanner. "I mean, you write those stories while you're not on duty, and they're all about sex. You have a dirty little mind."
"My stories are about love!" Meyrin protested.
"They're about sex, Meyrin." Shiho grinned, even as she once again took Meyrin's hand and led her into the small undressing room. "Admit it."
"No they're not!" Meyrin wailed.
"Meyrin, romance novels are porn for women." Shiho smiled. "If you didn't know that, then you really are clueless."
"Quit calling me clueless!" Meyrin shrieked.
"I would stop calling you clueless if you weren't." Shiho smiled. "But sadly, you are clueless."
Meyrin crossed her arms and pouted as Shiho quickly entered the override code into the keypad, causing the large doors leading into the Inner Sanctum to slowly open.
"What the heck?" Meyrin asked, her voice filled with awe as the doors opened to reveal the first level of the Inner Sanctum. This first floor was the only level which had been designed for more than the simple fulfillment of the various fantasies and fetishes which Kira Yamato and his numerous lovers shared.
"Come on in." Shiho smiled, even as she removed her shoes and socks before then stepping onto the soft, green carpet.
"I don't know." Meyrin hesitantly responded. "What if someone discovers that you had me down here?"
"I'm pretty sure that Kira already knows you're here." Shiho replied. "And even if Kira isn't aware, Lexi is."
"You mean that Lexi has access to this place too?" Meyrin asked in disbelief.
"Of course." Shiho nodded. "Lexi controls almost everything in the Inner Sanctum, so it's only natural that she has unrestricted access."
"Wait, what exactly do you mean by that?" Meyrin asked, allowing her curosity to get the better of her.
"I'll show you." Shiho grinned, once again taking Meyrin's hand, leading her across the room and into a second elevator, one with an incredibly soft, pure white carpet and mirrors for walls. The amethyst-eyed woman smiled as she pressed a glowing button on the control panel, and then the elevator began to steadily descend.
As the elevator began its descent, Meyrin couldn't help but notice the symbols which were located on the control panel. The symbol next to the lowest botton, which Meyrin instantly realized sent the elevator to the lowest floor, resembeled a paddle, the symbol glowing with an ominous red light. The symbol above the paddle appeared to be a comb, and even though it was glowing with a white light, it only served to confuse Meyrin to no end. The next highest symbol on the control panel was that of a simple bed, glowing with a yellow light. The fourth highest symbol was what appeared to be waves, glowing with a blue light. The final symbol was a simple star, which was illuminted with a purple light.
As the elevator came to a stop and the doors opened, Shiho grabbed Meyrin's hand and the two women quickly proceeded down a corridor lined with alternating green and yellow lights. As they made their way towards the end of the corridor, Meyrin couldn't help but notice that the lights were steadily pulsing, first the green lights lit up, only to dim a few seconds later and be replaced by the yellow lights.
Walking through the automatic door, Meyrin quickly found herself in what appeared to be a massive, and extremely well-equipped hair salon. She looked at Shiho in confusion, only to find that the other woman's brunette tresses now cascaded down to her ankles.
"Wow." Meyrin gasped, looking around the huge salon.
"Some may see it as being self-absorbed, but Asuka, Cagalli, Hope, Lacus, Mayu, Misato, Murrue and I are very protective of our hair." Shiho said, even as she took Meyrin's hand into her own and led her over to the salon chairs.
"Well, I don't see anything wrong with being over-protective of a symbol of beauty, especially a symbol of beauty such as your hair." Meyrin replied. "Unlike my sister, I believe that the length of a woman's hair is a direct indicator of that woman's beauty, fertility and, most importantly, her self-confidence."
"Maybe I was wrong about you, Meyrin." Shiho smiled as she gently pushed the younger woman down into the chair. "Maybe you aren't clueless."
"Stop calling me clueless, Shiho!" Meyrin yelled, only to squeak in surprise a few seconds later as thick metal restraints snapped shut around her wrists and ankles. "Wha-what's going on?"
"She's all yours, Kira." Shiho said, completely ignoring Meyrin's question.
"W-wha-what the hell?" Meyrin asked, as she looked into the mirror and saw that she had somehow been completely stripped of her clothing.
"Hello, Meyrin." Kira smiled as he looked into the mirror, and by extention, into Meyrin's violet eyes.
"K-Kira, wha-what's going on?" Meyrin asked, even as a deep blush stained her cheeks.
"Just sit back and enjoy yourself, Meyrin." Kira answered. "You're about to experience a world of unimaginable pleausure, a world which most women would kill to be part of for even five seconds." With that, the amethyst-eyed man tapped a small button, which was located on the floor, directly behind the chair, with his right foot, and Meyrin let out a surprised gasp as a thick dildo suddenly impaled her womanhood, the thick rod immediately beginning to vibrate within her.
"Kira!" Meyrin protested between gasps of pleasure. "I'm married!"
'Kira doesn't really care if you're married, Meyrin.' The voice of Lacus Clyne suddenly spoke within the violet-eyed woman's mind.
"What was tha-mmmppphh!" Meyrin began, only to be interrupted as Kira suddenly pushed a ball gag into her mouth, before then fastening the straps of the gag behind the headrest of the chair to which she was restrained.
"That's a good girl." Kira purred as he gently tugged on Meyrin's silken red tresses, freeing them from being trapped between her back and the chair. "I promise that before I'm done, you'll wonder how Athrun was ever able to please you."
Meyrin Hawke awoke from her deam wth a start, her entire body covered in sweat. After a moment, she realized that she was still in her quarters and glanced to her left, where her husband, Athrun Zala, was normally sleeping, only to find that he wasn't there.
"Athrun?" Meyrin called into the darkness surroundng the bed.
"I'm here." Athrun's voice quietly answered from the blackness, the tone in his voice was almost completely devoid of emotion, and it made Meyrin flinch.
"What's wrong, Athrun?" Meyrin asked, concern evident in her voice.
"What's wrong?" Athrun echoed, his voice slowly yet steadily rising in volume, even as tears slowly welled up in his eyes. "What's wrong is that I woke up, no more than five minutes ago, to hear you screaming Kira's name in your sleep!"
"Wha-what on earth are you talking about?" Meyrin replied, completely flabbergasted.
"You heard me." Athrun answered. "You were screaming Kira's name in your sleep."
"Athrun, I'm married to you, so why would you even think that I was screaming someone else's name in my sleep, much less the name of your childhood friend?" Meyrin asked, trying to defuse the situation.
Athrun hesitated for a long moment, but finally he responded, the tone in his voice one of complete seriousness. "Probably because you're cheating on me."
Meyrin audibly gasped, she had never expected Athrun to accuse her of cheating, but after a long moment of pure silence, Meyrin once again found her voice. "How dare you accuse me of cheating on you, Athrun Zala!" Meyrin shrieked, her voice so loud that she actually woke up her sister, Lunamaria Hawke, and Luna's husband, Shinn Asuka, whom were sleeping in the room next to her own, despite the two-foot thick, sound-absorbing walls. Meyrin's voice was so unexpectedly loud, that Athrun actually stumbled backwards.
"What the hell did you do to my sister, Athrun!" Lunamaria Hawke yelled as she charged into the room a moment later, followed closely by Shinn Asuka.
"I didn't do anything to her!" Athrun shot back as Luna quickly moved to hug her now openly sobbing sister.
"If you didn't do anything, why is she crying?" Luna yelled.
"Athrun." Shinn sighed, wiping the sleep from his eyes. "Luna and I both heard Meyrin through sound absorbing walls."
"So, what does that have to do with anything?" Athrun replied.
"Because it proves that you did something to her!" Luna yelled before Shinn could respond.
"She was screaming Kira's name in her sleep!" Athrun shouted, having finally lost his temper. "That alone is proof that she's cheating on me!"
"Stop accusing me of cheating on you!" Meyrin wailed.
"Even if Meyrin did scream Kira's name in her sleep, that doesn't prove that she's cheating on you!" Luna shouted back.
"What the hell is going on in here?" The voice of Talia Gladys suddenly yelled, causing Athrun, Luna, Meyrin and Shinn to look towards the doorway in unison, all four of them clearly shocked to see that a small group of five people had assembled just outside the door, with the group itself consisting of Talia Gladys, Sumeragi Lee Noriega, Miriallia Haww, Feldt Grace, and Abbey Windsor, all of them having been woken up by the arguement.
"Oh crap." Athrun muttered under his breath upon seeing that Abby Windsor was among the group.
"So, what the hell is going on in here?" Talia repeated. "Who decided that it would be a good idea to wake up half of the residents on this deck?"
"A-Athrun thinks I've been cheating on him!" Meyrin sobbed, causing Luna to gently hug her.
"Athrun." Talia sighed, turning to the emerald-eyed man. "Do you have any proof of these accusations?"
"I have no definitive proof, Ma'am." Athrun respectfully answered. "However, I was awakened by the sound of Meyrin's voice screaming out to Kira."
Without a single word, Luna let go of Meyrin, marched over to Athrun and landed a jarring punch to the right side of his face, sending him tumbling to the floor.
"Lunamaria!" Talia yelled, her blue eyes widening in shock. Talia quickly began to move towards Athrun, but before she could reach him, someone else was already at his side, one Abby Windsor.
"Stay away from him, you whore!" Meyrin suddenly shouted, having drawn a pistol from the drawer on her nightstand while everyone else had been distracted by her sister's sudden outburst.
"Drop that weapon!" Talia yelled, drawing her own pistol from the waistband of her sweatpants and aiming it at Meyrin. "I won't ask you again, Meyrin! Drop the gun!"
"I hope you both rot in hell for all eternity." Meyrin snarled before pulling the trigger two times in less than a single second; the first bullet aimed at Abby and the second aimed at Athrun. Less than half a second after Meyrin had fired her second shot, Talia discharged her own weapon.
Suddenly, time seemed to slow to a crawl. All eyes watched the three bullets as they sliced through the air itself, unerringly speeding towards their respective targets. An instant before the three projectiles hit their targets, however, three blindingly bright flashes of pure white light filled the room, immediately followed by three grunts of pain and the sound of a trio of bodies hitting the floor.
"Despite being a hologram, getting shot sucks." The voice of Lexi Yamato groaned in pain as she slowly rose to her feet.
"L-Lexi, h-how did you do that?" Miriallia asked.
"That doesn't matter right now." Lexi answered as two of her three holographic bodies vanished, leaving the bullets themselves behind. Not seeing Lexi as a threat, Abby began to draw her own pistol, intending to eliminate Meyrin Hawke, the only competition for Athrun Zala's heart. Before she could raise the weapon, however, it began to glow with a red light, burning her hand and causing her to drop the gun.
"Stop being so fucking stupid, all of you!" The voice of none other than Kira Yamato roared, as the man in question suddenly materialized in the middle of the room, wielding a shotgun in his right hand and a scaled-down beam rifle in his left. "Which one of you thought that it would be funny to wake me up at three in the morning?"
An instant later, the entire room fell into a tense silence. The silence lasted for nearly a full minute, until Asuka Langley Soryu and Misato Katsuragi, both of whom were wearing riot gear and carrying a pair of shotguns loaded with non-lethal rounds, forced their way through the small crowd and into the room.
"I'll ask once more and if I don't get an answer within ten seconds, I'll give Asuka and Misato the order to shoot now and ask questions later." Kira sighed, even as Asuka and Misato raised their weapons, with Asuka aiming her weapons at Athrun and Abby, while Misato kept one of her guns trained on Meyrin, while the other was pointed towards Luna and Shinn. "Who started this?"
Complete silence continued to fill the room for ten more seconds, but finally Kira glanced towards Asuka and Misato, silently nodding. Less than two seconds later, everyone in the room had been rendered unconscious, with the only exceptions being Asuka, Kira, Misato and Meyrin.
"Take them all to the brig for now." Kira sighed, motioning towards the now unconscious forms of Athrun Zala, Abby Windsor, Talia Gladys, Sumeragi Lee Noriega, Miriallia Haww, Feldt Grace, Shinn Asuka and Lunamaria Hawke. "I'll deal with them later."
"W-why didn't you have Asuka and Misato shoot me, Kira?" Meyrin hesitantly asked, after everyone else had left the room.
"Meyrin Hawke, I want to know why Abby Windsor has been in your quarters a dozen times in the last two weeks." Kira said, his voice showing no sign of amusement.
"What are you talking about, Kira?" Meyrin asked. "The only ones that have been in here until tonight have been Athrun and myself."
"That's not what the Excalibur's personnel records show." Kira said, moving to Meyrin's computer and quickly bringing up the list of personnel records for Meyrin's room.
"That bastard!" Meyrin yelled in outrage after looking over the records of those whom had been in her room over the past two weeks.
Unknown to anyone, Meyrin's dream had actually been controlled by Lexi, as the holographic AI had recently developed a very special computer program, one which she called; Dream Weaver, and allowed her to manupilate the dreams of anyone onboard the Excalibur.