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Phase 26: The Things We Leave
Jeffery turned to Kayla who put a finger to her lip as they heard the yelling coming nearer, it seemed that Yaro had been disagreeable all day. The two were playing chess in the living room when they had heard Leyas yelling across the house and heading toward the room so they had quickly ducked under the table, not wanting to get yelled at by either Leyas or Yaro. Kayla had turned off Haro because she knew the robot would be a dead give away when the two entered the living room and she wanted to know what it was they were fighting over now.
"It's not the same thing YARO!" Leyas yelled as Yaro stormed into the room with Leyas following him, "not even close, NO! You can't just abandon us right now, we are heading into space and the more protection we have the better, besides you could do so much more up there than down here!" Yaro ignored her and didn't respond which made her angrier. "You're not listening to me!"
"Why should I listen to you?" Yaro responded angirly looking at her with a certain coldness in his eyes that she didn't recognize, "you have no say in this! You do not know what I've been through."
"Oh for crying out loud, would you just grow up already?" Leyas lashed out, "this world doesn't revolve around your whims and your misery's. I get you lost two friends, I really do but you allowed anger to get the better of you the first time, you can't just make your decisions without thinking through the consequences of your actions! Yaro, I can't believe you used Kiran as an excuse! You know that mother is so scarred about him right now, you know just as well as any of us that this uncertainty is killing her and yet you didn't stop yourself. Yaro you can't just keep doing this, please I'm begging you let Uncle Athrun discharge you and please come back with us!" Yaro looked at her and saw the same look in her eyes that he had seen in his fathers, it was just something inside of him automatically ignored that look as if he just wanted to rebel against it. They didn't see that he needed to start on his own path, that he needed to find out what it was he wanted out of life outside of what he always had.
He had a chance, a very small chance to turn it all around now and he was taking it with everything that was within him. The life he had lived before had been a happy one but in the midst of it he was always restless about something, as if part of him always knew what was coming and he didn't want to be unprepared again. He felt it still inside of him, an urgency driving his actions now and it seemed the people around him just didn't get it. He couldn't ignore himself anymore, he was different than the rest and he couldn't just change himself, this was how it was.
"You just do not get it Leyas," Yaro replied, "you don't get it. Mother doesn't get it and Father definitely doesn't get it. I'm not in the ORB military for the sake of rebellion, or because I want to somehow prove my own worth, I joined because I have to. I can't do it anymore, I can't fight under the same banner I've always been with, I have to change it and I have to be somebody more, I have to make my own path. I don't think you will ever really understand it Leyas."
"But what about what you said? What father says?" Leyas responded, "Yaro what if Aunt Cagalli was voted out? What would you do then? Who knows what you would be forced to do, maybe even forced to attack the PLANTs. Being in a military is not like being a part of the Clyne faction, they aren't looking to protect you they are looking to see what you can do for them. Yaro if anything happened to you no one would get over it. Uzumi's gone now and we've done our best to cope with that but anything else will push us over the edge." She saw something of a fire light behind Yaro's eyes at the word she spoke, she really didn't understand why this was so important to him. She was worried now about what it was the drove him on, he was always her strong big brother but now it seemed something had really changed in him.
"And what about Meiko's death?" Yaro asked, "did that just have no effect on anyone?"
"She wasn't a part of our family," Leyas responded, "it was shocking, it was hard to see but not nearly as hard as Uzumi. Surely you understand that, you are the one who knew her the most, the rest of us only knew that she changed to help us and that she had the potential to be truly great."
"She was so much more than that," Yaro replied, "something about her was just right, like she was a part of me before. We were connected somehow and I don't understand it but I know that it was hard on me, it's part of what has driven me now. I want to know why everything went down the way it did, and I want to fight off it from happening again. I need to understand myself. I need to fight for myself and for no one else now, please Leyas understand! If you could just understand!"
"But Kiran, Yaro!" she whined at him now, "I don't want anything to happen to either of you. I just can't deal with him being gone and you doing this to us now, Yaro!" She was crying now but Yaro could offer her no words of comfort for he could think of nothing to say. This was something he had to do and she clearly did not understand that.
"I'm sorry," he said turning away, "but I can't." With that Leyas ran from the room still crying. Jeffery motioned toward Kayla and they both crawled out from under the table and out of the room before Yaro could turn around an see that they were there. Once out of the room they ran down the hall till they were in a living room on the other end of the house. Jeffery was shocked by what he had heard, there were more problems in his cousins family than he had realized. They all seemed like they had to together all the time now he saw that the only one who really had it together was Kayla.
"What was that all about?" he asked her and she looked at him with sadness evident on her face.
"It seems Yaro joined the ORB military and is not planning on returning to space with us," Kayla replied sighing, "and everyone is tense about Kiran. It's all very sad right now and I don't see how we can get out of this new darkness that is coming to attack us. You understand don't you Jeffery? We need to stop fighting or else the darkness will win in the end." Jeffery knew exactly what she was saying.
"If we are divided we will never be strong enough to really fight it all off," he responded.
"And if we aren't strong enough," Kayla affirmed, "ROW will win."
"How do we stop it?" Jeffery asked desperately, he knew what she was saying was true. It was as if it was something that the adults around them did not see, they were being blinded by fear of the PLANTs right now when there was something greater coming. Jeffery knew that Kayla sensed it more than anyone else yet people passed her off as just a child as well as himself.
"Redemption," Kayla replied with sadness in her eyes, "we need Redemption, we need to find them for they have the answers we've been looking for."
Lacus and Cagalli sat at the desk both dressed in their official uniforms and both carrying the weight of what this moment meant to them both. It was something they would have never expected to be doing at any time in their lives, calling for help from the NEA for protection against the PLANTs; an alliance that they would have never thought possible. Lacus breathed in deeply fearing this moment, memories of what the Earth Alliance had done in the old wars filled her memories, but now they all faced the same enemy, John Liene and ROW. It seemed by what Kira had told them that he would keep fighting for the destruction of ORB and with half the world under his control and the PLANTs now influenced by him, his success was on the horizon. Until now the resistance had been scattered across the world, the NEA had united them and concentrated efforts on stopping ROW expansion and trying to win back lost territory.
"The connection is made, they will be on momentarily," the technician with them said. And just as he promised there on the screen in front of him was the man who was responsible for the establishment of the group, Fredrick Turnal. He smiled as the connection was established and the conference begun.
"Cagalli Yula Attha and Lacus Clyne, it is good to finally meet the women behind the legends," he spoke with authority, he appeared to be older than them both and in his eyes there was kindness.
"Fredrick Turnal," Lacus acknowledged with a nod of her head as Cagalli picked up and spoke directly.
"It is good to finally meed you as well," Cagalli said taking on her role as a representative very gracefully for the first time in weeks, "I am sure you understand the reason we decided to contact you, it's the reason that the NEA was formed from what we understand. Now ROW has weakened out country and though we drove them back we fear that the last attacks were only a taste of what they can unleash. We were only saved because one of ROW's own agents turned on them and sacrificed her life to destroy the machine known as the STING. This is information we have not released yet." Lacus watched the man's face as Cagalli spoke and saw a determination on his face at the mention of ROW and a slight hint of sorrow when Cagalli described what ROW had gone through.
"We have become aware of what happened in space," Fredrick replied with a slight grave look, "the death of Meiko Virea spread like wild fire among our leaders because she was the one thing we feared the most, and the reason for the secrecy of the NEA. Do you know who she was?" Lacus and Cagalli were both confused, to them she was just the girl whom Yaro and Uzumi had befriended and whom they had influenced in an astounding way. "I can see you both don't" he said with a hint of anger on his face, "She was Liene's top assassin for ROW, someone whom he would send to kill leaders of different countries should they fail to adhere to his actions. He would take control of a place then leave her there for a short time and in that time she was Liene's mouth in that nation and if the leadership rebelled against ROW they were swiftly killed. We all believed that if Liene discovered who was in charge of our alliances that she would be there soon and there was no one that could stop her. News of her turnaround and her sacrifice was a shock to us but all of us rest easier now that she is gone."
"We did not know this about her," Cagalli sighed after hearing it all, to think that girl was in ORB for months and no one was the wiser, "she was stationed in ORB for awhile but if she was so powerful why didn't Liene send her after me or Lacus?"
"I don't know," he replied turning to Lacus, "I just know that now that she is gone things are a little better. How are things with the Clyne faction Lacus, are you planning on staying in ORB."
"The Clyne faction as well has been weakened," Lacus responded with a heavy heart thinking about how she was going to leave Yaro behind here in ORB with her next move, "and we are heading back into space soon because of the threat of the PLANTs that now looms against us. The things that went on there months ago when I was forced to flee make no sense to me anymore, ROW was moving all along and I have a feeling that now the Chairwoman of the PLANTs is nothing more than a pawn of ROW. This situation is grave indeed for I do not wish to fight my own people but they are under her influence now."
"I believe you are right," Fredrick affirmed, "I believe that Jayley is one of Liene's puppets, and as such I do not see her attacking ORB at this time. There are still many nations of the world that are outside of the NEA, ORB, and ROW and these nations have clearly shown that they sympathize with ORB in what happened with the attacks. ROW is the enemy of us all and if the PLANTs attacked ORB it would testify to us all that ROW is controlling their leadership and there would be a swift retaliation, one that could cause the same kind of war that happened in the past. The people of the PLANTs have been out of danger and they believe that their leader is bringing them peace and a world that is better for them, the media is on their side as well. If the PLANTs did attack earth then we would all be forced to fight back, it is a situation I want to avoid. ROW is the real enemy now."
"Would you attack the PLANTs if they attacked?" Lacus asked desperately, "because we can't fight them if they are being controlled, we have to break that control that ROW has on them."
"That is easier said than done," he declared and Lacus felt a little fear at his words, "ROW is a force that invades government systems, there are more leaders influenced by them than Jayley Lired. ROW then invades the military, I guarantee a lot of the officers are under Jayley's control. Finally the most imporant thing ROW does is control the people through the mass media. This is how they now control so much of the world. We have been trying to fight them off in what ways we can because their methods are shifting more to brute force because they have more man power and more military now, their underhanded methods are beginning to become more and more rare. I have a feeling they plan on keeping the PLANTs out of the wars because if they attacked with the PLANTs they would have took much conflict to deal with. This is one blessing in their actions."
"But the PLANTs have clearly shown they are not happy with ORB's alliance with Lacus and the Clyne faction," Cagalli declared a little frustrated, "no matter what Liene and ROW want, they took control of the PLAnts by declaring Lacus a criminal and now they have to follow up that accusation with action, I don't think that Jayley will just sit around."
"We'll have to wait and see on that one," he replied, "but I have a feeling you didn't call to have a discussion on the political landmaps of the world, though you have been a little out of the loop as far as understanding what ROW has really done out here."
"I am sorry for that," Lacus said expressing her grief, "I tried to convince the council to send aid when I was still chairwoman but I believe ROW might have had an influence even then, for I was able to do nothing much at all."
"It's not your fault," Fredrick said trying to calm her, "and I doubt any PLANT aid would have stopped the situation."
"We called because we wanted to beg your alliance," Cagalli spoke now butting into the moment, there were many things that she wanted to say and she knew their time was very limited, "we need some form of insurance. If the PLANTs did attack ORB is in no position to hold them off because of how many troops we lost to ORB. I understand that the NEA has a strong military now and we beg that you please ally with us so that we can assure that ROW and the NEA both stand strong. I can't watch this world weaken and crumble under ROW anymore." They both tried to read his expression as Cagalli spoke but they couldn't understand what he was thinking.
"I wish greatly that I could pledge troops," he said as Lacus held her breath knowing what was coming next, in his statement he wavered and there was a certain weakness in his voice now, "alas there is nothing more that I can do then offer friendship and a promise that the NEA will not attack ORB in any way. My troops are spread very thin, protecting our borders and our people from ROW attacks that have been steadily coming since the STING broke through one of our main lines. The fired that thing into some of our capital cities. They destroyed many lives and now that it's gone they are attacking harder. On top of that I am investigating quite a few people within my government, I want to keep ROW out of it completely but that's always easier said that done. There is a lot going on right now, I am sure you understand how it is getting." Lacus looked away from the screen thinking about all that was taking place, no nation was unaffected, they were all fighting desperately against ROW and now things were getting more and more desperate.
"We accept your offer of friendship," Cagalli responded feeling the gravity of it all beginning to weigh on her, "and we wish you all success in holding back ROW, we must all stand strong now against them if this world is to survive."
Leyas stood on the shoreline of the beach staring out into the sunset as the waves lapped up stopping just before her, no water touched her. The sunlight was changing colors as time went on and as it sunk lower and lower toward the horizon line. This was something she had always hated about life, the sunlight always left just like the relationships in her life, it faded away to come again but it was somehow always different to her. No day was the same and each night was darker than the anger filled her she took a step into the water letting it's coolness wash over her feet but it quickly receeded and was replaced by another wave. She stared up toward the sky as the sun was halfway gone now and she saw it in the distance, as the darkness came she could see her home, the PLANTs shining brilliantly in the sky.
"They don't hate you Leyas," she heard the voice of someone she knew well and turned to see her father standing there behind you, "they are being controlled, it's not their fault." Kira had been watching Leyas for the past few days and he saw something had changed about her, every moment he saw she seemed to be staring into the sky toward the location of the PLANTs if she could not see them and directly toward them if she could. She had grown up as their princess, and now it seemed that all she desired to do was to return home to them. He knew his daughter very well, for she was very much like him; she felt things deeper than others but she kept her own feelings very buried because she understood what was important. When she cried, she cried alone and never did she mention her pain to anyone. She looked at him now and he saw the weariness he had once felt in the first war, she was tried of the fight and this he understood. He remembered the day her and Kiran were born very well. He had watched them grow up and he knew Kiran was the stronger of the two. Kiran was more like his mother and his aunt where Leyas was the child who was more likely to be hurt by the pain of others around her.
She shook her head at him now as tears filled her violet eyes, the eyes that seemed to mark the weakness within them both. She was the most like him in more ways than one.
"I just want to go home," she said softly, "I just want them to be safe." Kira hugged his eldest daughter, he was glad that he would have her and Kayla both with him and Lacus in space now. His recent confrontation with Yaro had made him think a lot about his children and the things he could have done better but there was no time to look back with the gravity of what was happening around them, so he looked forward about all the things he could do better.
"I promise you that when this is over you will go home," Kira replied, "we will get you back there Leyas and I am sure that the light will shine to them again and we will be able to live in peace among them." She took comfort in her words, he had promised her and she knew when her father promised something he did everything in his power to make sure it came true. What she didn't know was that no matter how hard he tried there were some things that he would never be able to do and some promised he would never be able to fulfill.
Andrew Watlfed had been working hard for the past two days, things were now all coming back into being the way they should be. The Clyne faction ships were all supplied and things were ready now. They would be able to leave very very soon now and once in space they would be able to become stronger and with that strength they would retaliate agains ROW and show them that this world and all that was good was not going down without a fight. That fight had become his pledge and the pledge of so many.
They would all fight now for the future for they knew that they were running out of time.
Meyrin sat in her seat at the head of the Minerva as it launched into the sea, the mobile suit units of Ceveris and his pilots had been loaded onto the Minerva along with some supplies that he had stored up. The sea was nearby and they set their course for ORB with the help of Ceveris. She still had the crew working on restoring the booster system for back up but she realized the essence of time now, and she knew they would have to start moving for staying where they were was out of the question.
"Such a nice Ship Mey," she heard Ceveris say behind her, he had been on the bridge for the past ten minutes and it was beginning to get really annoying having him there, "I would never have foreseen you actually becoming a captain but I think you fit the role well now, and your crew seems brave even though you lack good mobile suit pilots." Meyrin was sure that Kiran was fuming now but Alicesia would be able to keep him calm for the time being. Kiran had fought well on the battlefield for his first time but it was very clear to all that he was a beginner, his technique was very shaky and if the pilots he had been facing had been better they would have taken him down. She didn't doubt that among those pilots were a few beginners as well. She had heard from Ceveris that ROW was doubling it's efforts on the nations bordering it's control line and that it was training new pilots very quickly and sending many out before they were ready onf suicide missions. He himself had been desperate to keep his unit in line and he had discovered a lot of information in the past few months, he was proving to be useful so far but she knew she would not be able to take much more of his nagging.
"Would you please leave the bridge Ceveris," she sighed tapping her fingers on the arm of her chair, "your services are not needed at this time and some of us have work to do."
"I'm sorry for being a distraction but I find it much more interesting to see what you people are working on up here than to sit in the back of the ship and wait until you are attacked," he responded, "besides you're up here and I enjoy your company, always have and probably always will. I've missed you Mey." That was it, she stood up now with authority.
"Stop calling me Mey," she said sternly, "my title is Captain Hawke or you may call me Meyrin but I am done with your pet name for me. I'm not that same stupid little girl you knew back then, I am the captain of this vessel and I have fought in some very successful battles. I would appreciate it if you treated me with more respect from here on out." He had not expected that from her, she really had changed in some ways since he met her, but in other ways she was still the same girl. He didn't doubt that everything they had gone through together had changed her as well.
"I am sorry to upset you Captain Hawke," he responded calmly now, without his arrogant tone, "but the sentiment was genuine, I really did miss you." His voice brought back memories to her and he knew that they were both thinking the same things now. She sat back down in her captains chair and he left the bridge as the past weighed on him. There were so many things he wished he could undo.
Lunamaria had been keeping to herself for the past few days and it seemed the only one to notice was Shinn. Ever since they had been forced to re-enter together without the Minerva things had been very tense for her. It was her sister's ship after all and she was very worried about what might happen to it without it's two mobile suit pilots. There was no one to protect them with the Destiny and the Impulse both here in ORB. The whole situation made her very nervous and as she waited for news to be brought back from the scouts she fretted more and more. They guessed that the Minerva was in souther Eurasia, a place Meyrin had been before so Luna wasn't worried about that part of the situation, she was worried about the ROW territory that was found there.
"They'll be alright Luna," Shinn said as he approached her. She was now in the ORB base's navigational room waiting for news from the latest group of scouts that had returned and he knew exactly what she was feeling now.
"I am worried about the Shinn," Luna replied, "I know Meyrin knows that area, I just can't help but worry about her chances. Things have changed so much since the last time she was there and she has no one to protect her from ROW. I hate just being stuck here waiting for her but with the Impulse damaged Athrun says he refuses to allow me to accompany the scouts." Shinn understood why Athrun had said that, Luna was too emotional over this and so many of them had been fighting their battles with too much emotion in the past few days. If she went out she would be more irrational than anyone else he could send and if the news they found wasn't great they could potentially loose Luna to her now rash attitude.
"I know you are Luna but it's better for you if you stay here," Shinn replied, "don't worry I know the scouts that are going out and if need be I'll go out myself but I really think everything is going to be alright."
"How can you say that so easily," Luna responded with sadness in her voice, "what if something happens to them?"
"Nothing is going to happen to her Luna," Shinn said acting before he really thought about it he hugged her, for the first time in a long time he held her close, "nothing bad is going to happen to her I promise you." Luna wrapped her arms around him as well, she had missed this comfort of being held by him. She had missed him more than she realized and now she wished that everything would just go back to the way it was before. That Meyrin would be home safe and that her and Shinn would have another chance to be together.
Ceveris stepped onto the deck of the Minerva and stared out over the waters as they passed by. The journey to sea had been an easy on of course since they were very near the coastline initially. Now there task would be to sail the Minerva back to ORB without letting the ship go down, as it was damaged this would be a much more difficult task. There was also the dynamic between him and Meyrin, something he knew would not go away easily no matter how much he wanted it to. She held him in such a small regard, she thought of him as the worst sort of person because of everything that had happened and everything she had seen in the wrong way. She didn't understand what it was he really was doing with his life, and she didn't take the time to understand, all she saw was someone who fought as a pirate and who cared about himself more than anyone else.
His thoughts now turned to Kira Yamato's boy. The child was very rash and Kiran reminded Ceveris of himself when he was young. The boy had proven that he could fight when pressed to but it was obvious that he wasn't very good but he had potential and it was that potential that Ceveris would have to train out of him. He doubted that the boy would want to listen to him but he also understood that the boy wouldn't sit out the next battle and there was sure to be another battle so he would have to act soon. As if fate understood what he was thinking Ceveris turned to see Kiran Yamato step out onto the deck.
Kiran seemed to look at him with resentment which he did not understand, the boy had judged him right off and he would have to correct it.
"I was just thinking about finding you," Ceveris said opening the conversation but Kiran didn't respond so he went on, "I was thinking about helping you with your mobile suit piloting. I could help train you, we are in this together and it would benefit us all if you got better."
"I don't want lessons from you," Kiran responded bitterly, "Meyrin doesn't even like you and she is my captain. We are allied with you because we don't have much other choice."
"So Meyrin got to you kid?" Ceveris said turning away and smiling at the irony of it all, "you don't even understand what went on between us kid. It was 13 years ago, Meyrin was in the area on a secret mission for Cagalli, investigating the area for signs of terrorists groups left over from Gibraltar. It was there that we met. She was captured by a group that was supplying Liene and I was a prisoner there who had been caught sneaking through the factories. My unit was 16 strong and we had been working on another secret project. Meyrin and I got along fast, I thought she was beautiful and perfect in every way but I teased her quite a bit and she got annoyed with me very quickly. Together we broke out of that prison and once we met with my unit we destroyed the factories."
"Then why is so so angry with you?" Kiran asked, "what else did you do?" Ceveris breathed out as he remembered it all.
"My unit was there for a secret reason," he said, "what I did after that she misunderstood and I have never explained to to her because it's not my place. Everything that happened had nothing to do with her and nothing to do with me, but everything to do with the fate of the world. There are things I still hold secret within my mind, secrets of a woman who will unite the forces of good and a prophecy that goes like this; par les cendres distancées et la mort dans son sillage, comme les flammes se fanent elle montera de nouveau."
"I don't understand?" Kiran asked a little confused. He didn't expect the cocky pilot to have such dept within his words. Something about what he was saying made Kiran believe him though he didn't want to.
"Par les cendres distancées et la mort dans son sillage, comme les flammes se fanent elle montera de nouveau," the man repeated, "it was something I was told a long time ago. I raided the factory of the weapons and sold them to the one who told me these words for the terrorists had made new discoveries and who was I to keep them for myself?" Kiran looked at him confused.
"So Meyrin believes you sold them for your own gain?" Kiran asked.
"Yes and in a way she is right," he responded with a slight laugh, "I was paid handsomely for my services but I lost the girl."
"What does the saying mean?" Kiran asked truly interested in the beautiful words the man had spoken, he had never heard anything like it before.
"The words are a french translation of a prophecy that was first spoken eighteen years ago after the first bloody valentine war," Ceveris responded, "the ending phrase elle montera de nouveau means, she shall rise again. I'm not exactly sure what it means but apparently the prophecy elludes to the ending of this all. A group called Redemption clings to that prophecy and hopes that it will be fulfilled. I personally do not understand it all but anything that counters ROW sounds good to me." Kiran shook his head at this. He wasn't sure he understood this man at all.
"And you want to train me?" Kiran said looking at him confused, he wasn't sure it would be easy to learn from this man but he knew what was important now. He needed to become stronger and this man offered to help him achieve that strength, it would be against his advantage to refuse this offer any longer.
"I will train you kid," Ceveris responded, "for you want to be trained don't you? You have all the potential to become a great mobile suit pilot, you just need someone to lead you on in it."
"Let's just get one thing straight," Kiran said with a little bit of annoyance in his voice, "I AM NOT A KID!" Ceveris stepped back as Kiran yelled at this and laughed. It was just as he thought, the boy was a lot like himself and would be one of the best mobile suit pilots. He would make sure of it.
There was darkness, there was blackness. It was nothing, nothing but a small light in the distance calling for her but she was unable to move. It was hard to breathe and even harder for her to try and scream out but there was no one around to hear her. If this was death than why didn't hell claim her, for she knew there was no pace for her in heaven. She was somewhere else though in the dark trying to find a way out. Cold wind blew around her and she shivered from it.
"Help me," she finally whispered when she found her voice, "please." No response. She felt her knees grow very weak and she turned to steady herself but there as nothing to grab. A sound surrounded her, an echo, something reaching out to her.
She heard it as a voice calling her name over and over, a voice she recognized as his, the boy whom had died. Uzumi was calling for her. Suddenly it got worse the light was dimming and her breath was growing very shallow. Was this what it was like to die? She breathed quicker as she found it harder and harder. Soon she felt like she was suffocating, like her lungs refused to work and she felt to her knees grasping her throat with one hand and her burning side with the other as she chocked on the emptiness that was around her. Her vision of the light in the distance was beginning to fade as she saw a silhouette walking toward her and she tried with all her strength to take in another breath but nothing was coming. This was the end, she was beginning to fade out now, if she wasn't dead before she was dying now. It was then that she felt two arms wrap around her and someone pulled her frail form close, willing the signs of life she was loosing to return to her.
"Hold on," his voice whispered and though it was hard she found herself able to take another breath, this she held in not wanting to let go of it as she grasped for the person that was holding onto her and his arms tightened around her as if he would never let her go. Tears streamed from her eyes in the pain of it all as she found her lungs were slowly beginning to work again but she was chocking. She felt like she was going to die here when suddenly an energy flowed through her body and a violet glow filled the surrounding area. "That's it, come on Meiko fight it," his voice said, "let your light destroy it all. Fight." The words he had spoken to her in life, he spoke to her again on the edge of death and she felt a burning inside of her as the glow intensified and her breath returned to her, Uzumi's words had broken the light in her and the breath of life was returning to her lungs. "That's it Meiko, keep fighting. It's going to be alright, just keep fighting it." It was bright it was taking over everything and the darkness around her was fading as the glow rushed through it all but such powerful energy she could not contain forever and everything was black again but this time as she fell into sleep her heart beat was steady and life flowed through her once again.
Milady sat in shock as she watched the machines show that there was no sign of life coming from her patient again. They were almost to the base, this couldn't happen now. She jumped up and called for the doctor who rushed in at the sound of her voice. The nurses rushed about at the doctors orders doing everything they could to bring her back. A blip of life came as one heartbeat sounded. Milady held her hands together and silently prayed for another miracle when suddenly a violet glow filled the patients eyes and surrounded her. The doctors jumped back in surprise as in an instant all their machines showed life. The rhythmic beat of a heart was heard from the beeps of a monitoring machine. She lived again.
"I though for sure this time," the doctor said still stunned, "we lost her. She should be dead!"
"No," Milady responded, "not this time, not anytime. She will live, no matter what comes her way she will live again and this time her life will be brighter than anything the world has ever seen. Set our course to earth." Yzak smiled at this and floated out of the medical center but as he was leaving he heard Milady whisper one last time, words that he had heard before, "And she will rise again."
"Elle montera de nouveau," he whispered echoing her words as he floated down toward the bridge, "the prophecy fulfilled."
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