Chapter 15
It was a few hours after the attack on Lacus and the rest of the household.
Not that Cagalli knew anything about that, she was still laying somewhat peacefully in a bed looking up at the ceiling, with a small yet angry frown on her forehead.
Today was the day that Orb was suppose to officially join force with the Earth Alliance, and even true Yuna really had tried hard to convince her, that this was the best decision Orb could take.
Cagalli was still very sceptical about the whole thing, but what was actually pissing the young woman of so much right now, had really nothing to do with Orb.
Today was also the day Yuna want for her to marry him, and there was just no way in hell she was going to do that.
She would rather drown herself somewhere, then being stuck with that moron for the rest of her life.
She just hoped that she could get out of there before her so call 'wedding' could begin. She already had an idea about how to leave the mansion if there was a need for it, she only hoped that Myrna was ready to help her out when the time came, and the way things was going now Cagalli had little to no doubt, that it would not be long now, before she was forced to leave her own country.
Something she deeply hated to do, but it was becoming more and more obvious for her, that she was running out of options fast, she tried pretty much everything to make sure that Orb continued staying the peace loving nation it had been in the past.
But unfortunately she didn't have nearly as much influence as her father had.
She was pretty sure that he would most likely had found someway to make sure that Orb stayed neutral, but no matter how hard she tried she just couldn't get the other politicians to listen to reason.
The last one she had tried to talked with, had been so damn busy congratulating her on her upcoming wedding with the big moron, that Cagalli had been more then ready to give the idiot a good beating before she had left his room.
"Damn it, why the heck does all of this have to be so damn hard" the girl quietly cursed to herself, as she slowly turned her attention away from the ceiling and over towards the wall, still thinking hard about everything she knew she was about to do in just a short while, and she just sincerely hope that her little scheme would run smoothly.
If it didn't she might just end up being Cagalli Yula Seiran.
"What a completely disgusting thought!" The blond girl said, while she slowly sat up in the bed and took a small look around the room, it was a much more luxurious then her old chamber.
Yet not all that surprisingly she honestly did preferred her own decorated room, this was way to wealthy and stuck-up for her taste.
Unfortunately she did not get all that much time to miss her old room, before there was a small knock on the door, and even true she frankly didn't feel like talking with anybody right now, she knew that it was best to give some kind of reply, and with that in mind she stood up from the bed and made her way over to the door where she reached out and slowly turned the knob, letting whoever was out there inside the room.
Luckily for her it was not the person she had expect, but his mother instead.
"Good morning my soon to be daughter-in-law, I do hope you slept well!" The woman said in a loud excited tone, and with a big happy smile on her face. It actually looked a bit like she was just about ready to start of the wedding celebration ahead of time.
Not that Cagalli saw any of that, she was far more busy making sure that the crazy bitch in front of her, didn't noticed the almost completely ill look she was having on her face right now.
But as luck would have it miss Seiran was far to engaged in talking about the wedding and her moron of a son, to even realize that the younger woman in the room looked just about ready to throw up.
"Yes miss Seiran I slept fine, thank you for asking" Cagalli said in a friendly tone, while giving Yuna's mother her best fake smile.
And much to her happiness the woman was just as thick-headed and dense as her son, so there wasn't really any chance that she would see through her false smile and her truly cheerful behavior.
Cagalli really did everything she could possibly think of, make it seem like to all the people living in this house, that she was honestly happy about having to marry the arrogant Seiran, even true she knew that deep inside she was just about ready to scream her lungs out in frustration, she was seriously getting very, very tired of hearing about all that damn marries stuff, but she just had to hold out a bit longer then she would be so far away from this house as possible.
Seeing the cheerful expression on the teenage's face, and hearing how happy she sounded right now, was more then enough to make the older woman smile brightly.
It really was a delight to know that her son was going to marry such a beautiful girl as Cagalli Yula Athha, she was already looking forward to have her as a part of the family, that way she could began teaching the blond girl how to acted like a proper lady.
Many of the things she had seen the blond hair girl do in the past, wasn't really proper for a woman with a high status such as them, especially the clothes the young woman always wore was just awful.
How in the would could a woman such as her walk around in something like pair of pants and T-shirt of all things. She really hoped that she somehow could help the teenage find a more proper taste in her choice of clothing.
But she could always think about that later, they need to get ready for the big event that was soon going to happen, it truly was going to be a nice thing seeing her son get married, it really was a joyous occasion.
"Well I'm delighted to hear that you slept so well, but I really do believe it's about that time you should started getting prepared for what's going to happen very soon between you and my sweet boy!" The woman said, still using that damn annoying tone, that frankly made Cagalli feel like throwing a thing or two after the arrogant purple haired woman.
Not that she did she need to keep her temper under control right now, until she could make her getaway from the Seiran estate, she could always explode once she got away from this hellhole. "Ok I'll started getting ready immediately, why don't you go down and help out with the other preparations, I'm sure that there is a lot to do downstairs, I can manage this on my own" Cagalli said using the most charming tone she could manage under the circumstance.
Looking at the girl for a second or two, miss Seiran got a somewhat thoughtful expression on her face.
"Are you sure that you can get in to your wedding dress on your own?" The woman asked in a slightly concerned tone, she really want everything today to go perfect, there just no room for mistakes a day such as this, and if bride showed up at the wedding looking like a complete nightmare, then that would surely be a disaster.
But the confident look the girl had on her face right now, did calm her nerves down a bit, especially when she heard her son's, soon to be wife begin talking in a loud determined tone. "You don't have to worry miss Seiran, I'll be ready when the wedding starts!" The girl said while smiling calmly at the older woman in front of her, that nodded slowly in understanding.
"I see, I'm delighted to hear that, I'll see you later then" the woman said, as she slowly turned around and left the room again.
Not noticing the look the girl had on her face now, if she had seen that she would immediately have realized that the blond hair girl was up to something that would surely make a lot of trouble for all of them.
But luckily for Cagalli, miss Seiran didn't see any of that she was already far away in her own mind, trying to figure out what else need to be done before the wedding could start.
Truly happy that the purple haired woman was finally gone, Cagalli hurried locked the door, then turned around and took a small glance over at her wedding dress that was hanging over by her closet.
Just one single look at the damn thing, was more then enough to make a deep unhappy frown ran over her forehead.
"What an ugly rag, what kind of woman would want to get married in something like that" the girl mumbled to herself.
Not even thinking about how expensive the white dress had been, it was after all created especially for her.
Not that she cared about that she hurried reached out and took the dress down from the closet, then throw it on the floor like it was nothing, after that she reached out and opened the left side of the closet, where a normal black and blue maid outfit was waiting for her.
And after using a few seconds to look it over, she slowly pulled it out of the closet and laid it down on her bed.
After that she reached down in to the bottom of the closet, where she searched around for a small minute until she found a long hair black wig that she immediately throw down beside the maid outfit.
And once she was absolutely certain, that she had everything she need for her escape, she didn't wasted anymore time, she quickly reached up and began getting undressed.
Which meant that it only took few short minutes before she had the maid outfit on, after that she slowly placed the black haired wig on her head, making extra sure that it was sitting just right, she really didn't want anybody to get suspicious about her before she was out of the house.
And once she was sure that everything was as it should be she turned and took a look over at herself in the mirror.
"Hmm I actually don't look half bad dressed like this, I wonder how Athrun would react if he saw me going around in something like this" the now somewhat black haired girl mumbled, as she reached up and gave the wig a small push to the left side, to make sure that it was covering all of her short blond hair, she truly wanted to be sure, that nobody in this house could recognize her dressed up like a maid.
But she was pretty sure that most of the house staff wouldn't really take a long enough look at her to realize that it was her, and there wasn't really any people in this house that knew her well enough to tell that it was her by just catching a short glint of her as she was leaving, and while still thinking about that she slowly made her way over to the balcony door.
Which she hurried reached out and opened up without hesitating even a second, once outside she took a quick look around to make sure that nobody was around to see her.
But the backyard of the giant house was pretty much empty, and the few people that actually was down there, was way to busy doing their jobs right now to give her any attention.
Truly happy about that she turned and looked over at the balcony that was just beside her's. "I better hurry up, Myrna should be waiting already" the black hair girl quietly whispered to herself, while taking one last look down at the ground, she knew that if she fell from there she could end up getting seriously hurt, but as luck would have it, this really was the only way out there.
And with that in mind she ran full speed forward, and jumped away from the her own balcony, now flying over towards the next one, luckily she was in great shape so she really didn't have much trouble getting over there.
But once both of her feet was planted safely on the other balcony, she could not help but feel relieved that she had gotten over there without being seen.
"Damn I really hope that I wouldn't have to do that again, anytime soon" the girl said while she reached out and opened the door, which she had made extra sure was unlock when she crawled in to her bed last night.
Actually one of the reasons why she had chosen to take the risk of leaving in such a dangerous way, was because she knew from a few of the staff members, that the room beside her's had been empty for a very long time.
Which in her eyes was a good thing, there was a few very expensive designer furniture and other things stash away in there.
So it wouldn't really be much of a surprise seeing one of the maids leave that room while the preparations for the wedding was still going on.
And once Cagalli was completely certain that there was nobody else presented in there, she hurried entered the room before anybody could noticed that she was hanging around out there.
Once inside again, she immediately took a quick look around to see if there was anything in there, she could use to help her sneaking out of the Seiran mansion.
But unfortunately for her, there wasn't a single thing in there, that could be used for something like that, so after looking around a bit longer she carefully walked over to the door.
Where she stood a few seconds, just trying to figure out if there was anybody else out there, but she couldn't hear anything on the other side of the brown wooden door, that however did of course not mean that the hallway was empty, so she did her best to open the door as quietly as possible, where she immediately took a quick look around.
And just the sight of the empty hall was more then enough to make a small smile ran over Cagalli's red lips, as she hurried stepped out in to the hallway and closed the door behind her, without making any kind of sound.
"So far so good, now I better hurry, before Yuna's crazy mother comes back" the girl muttered to herself in a whisper as she began walking down the hall.
Doing her best to act like she was just as busy working and preparing for the wedding, as the rest of the staff in the house.
Which meant that none of the people she meet in the hallway, had the necessary time to realize that the black hair girl, wasn't a person that used to be running around in the enormous house.
And the few that actually gave her a little attention, all thought she was a new employ they hadn't meet yet, which meant that it didn't take long before Cagalli reached her destination.
But just as she was about to leave somebody called out after her. "Hey where do you think you are going? There is still a lot of work that needs to be done, before the celebration can start!"
Hearing somebody ask her that Cagalli slowly turned and looked back at the older man that was standing behind her, he had short grey hair and a small mustache.
But even true he had sound a bit mad at her, he still had a somewhat gentle and kind look on his face, that did make Cagalli feel a little bad about having to lie to the man.
Yet she really didn't have any other options if she wanted to get out of there.
"Miss Seiran asked me to help out the other servants outside!" Cagalli said while making sure to change her voice a bit, so the man wouldn't know who she really was, but much to her small concern he didn't say anything to what she had just told him, he just stood there for a few seconds looking at her like he was thinking very hard about something.
Which only served to make Cagalli even more nervous, she really didn't like the way that man kept looking at her, for some reason she couldn't help but feel like he could see right through her disguise, and she was getting more and more certain, that it would not be long now, before he was going to call the rest of the house staff down there and tell them who she was.
But when she saw the old man give her a small friendly smile, she did relax a bit. "Well hurry up then, the time it short!" He said while waving her of in a kind manner.
Seeing that Cagalli gave the head servant of the house a small bow, before she turned around and ran full speed out of the mansion, not once looking back at the man that was still smiling after her.
"I wish you the best of luck miss Cagalli, I hope you will come back home to Orb someday" the man said, while watching the black hair girl until she was completely out of sight, it might have taken him a few seconds to recognize her.
But once he did, there was really no doubt about who it was dressed in that strange disguise.
And even true he was deeply sadden about knowing that the leader of this proud country, had to leave in such a cunning way, he did understand why she was doing it.
He too was having problems with the idea about Orb joining force with the Earth Alliance.
They where after all the once who had invade Orb two years ago, and killed of his only son, that had been an M1 Astray pilot back then.
So when he had seen the unknown maid, running by he had immediately got suspicious, and when he had seen that it really was miss Cagalli, he quickly realized what was going on.
Not that he could blame the young woman, he had seen how disrespected she was being treat by the other politicians, and he too would no doubt go in to hiding if he was being forced to marry one of those foolish Seiran's.
And with that in mind he hurried turned around and walked of, determined to make sure that it would take a very long time, before anybody in the house realized that Cagalli Yula Athha was no longer there.
"I really hope she gets out of here safely" the man whispered to himself, before he yelled out a few more orders to some of the other servants there.
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Meanwhile outside
Cagalli was quickly rushing over the ground, making sure that nobody out there had the opportunity to stop her again.
She wasn't sure she could avoid getting recognized a second time.
But fortunately most of the servants around the place, was so occupied right now that they didn't have the time to get a really good look at her. And as long as they couldn't that, there wasn't any real danger that somebody would actually realize who she was.
Which meant that it only took a few minutes before she arrived at the gate that would truly take her away from the Seiran mansion.
But much to her small annoyance there was a few guards standing over there.
She just hoped that they would let her go without too much trouble. But once she got close enough to them, she could see that they where busy arguing with a brown haired journalist about something.
Apparently the guy insisted to be let in there to take a look around the place before the big party could start after the wedding. But much to the journalist big irritation none of the guards wanted to let him in.
And seeing that they where having so much trouble keeping that man out, Cagalli began walking even faster towards the big gate.
Truly hoping that the journalist could manage to keep the guards busy just a bit longer. Unfortunately just as she was about to leave, the leader of the guards noticed what she was up to.
"Hey you where are you running of to at a time like this?" He asked in a loud tone, while leaving the task of getting rid of the annoying journalist to his pal, that was still trying hard to convince the journalist that it was a foolish idea for him to be running around in there.
But he kept on insisting that he and the world, had the right to see how exactly the ground was decorated.
Happy to know that she wouldn't have to deal with both of the guards.
The usually blond hair girl gave the man in front of her a kind smile, while taking a small glance out of the gate, truly hoping that she could fool this guy as easy as the last one. And with that in mind she decided to use the same explanation as before.
"Well miss Seiran asked me to run out and do some important errands for her" Cagalli said in a impatience voice, while taking a small glance down at her watch, so it would seem like she was quite busy and not had much time to talk.
Not that the guard noticed that, instead he just stood there looking at her for a few very long minutes with a somewhat thoughtful look on his face.
But finally when Cagalli was begin to think he was going to stand there looking at her for the rest of her life. He slowly opened his mouth and began talking to her in a distrustful tone, that made it clear, that he didn't completely believe her story about what she was out there for.
"Hmm I better call back to make sure that you really have something to do outside!" The man said, while reaching down for his mobile phone.
He did however not get the time to even close his hand around the device. "Ok you do that if you want, but you should know that the whole house is very busy right now. So if you disturb miss Seiran now you might end up losing your job, she was after all busy helping miss Cagalli get in to her wedding dress. That's actually why I'm out here, we need a few things to get miss Cagalli's hair just right!" The black haired girl explained, while mumbling something about that she too want to get married in such a beautiful gown.
Hearing the black haired girl said that, the guard once more removed his hand from the phone, which meant that it did not take long before he was just standing there looking at her again, clearly thinking very, very hard about her words.
He really didn't want to lose his job over something like that, he knew that if he disturb any of the Seiran's now, he could get in serious trouble.
But before he could think all that long about it, the journalist gave his friend a hard push, obviously trying to get him out of the way.
And the sight of the annoying man doing something like that.
Was more then enough for him to immediately decide that he needed to help out his friend. And with that decision made he again looked back at the girl, that by now was slowly drumming her foot on the ground.
"Hurry up and go I will see you once you get back!" He called out, just before he ran over to the two arguing men, where he immediately yelled out a few words that if the man didn't leave right now, then they would have to remove him by force.
But that did not stop the journalist from yelling a few things back, about that this was a great story, and that there was no way he was going to miss it.
Which of course provoked both guards to yell something back.
And even true Cagalli was honestly a bit curious about how this argument would end, she knew that there was just no way she could stay there, she need to go now that the guards was occupied with trying to talk the journalist in to leave the area peacefully.
But he just continued saying that he wasn't going anywhere without his story.
And even true it was becoming more and more obvious that both of the guards was running very thin on patient, the journalist firmly stood his ground, determined not to leave before he had gotten at least a few good pictures of the soon to be wed couple.
Just hearing him say those words was all that was need for Cagalli to realize that she seriously couldn't stand around out there any longer.
So after taking one small look back at the Seiran mansion, she turned around and ran full speed away from the big white house, still hearing the two guards and the journalist yelling and argue behind her.
And even true the shoes she had on right now was high-heeled, it only took her a few short minutes before she was out of hearing range.
"Damn, I almost thought I would never get out of that damn place!" The girl muttered while continuing running as fast as possible down the sidewalk, truly hoping that it wouldn't be long now before she spotted Myrna's car.
And much to her big relief, it did not take long before she saw a black car holding by the side of the road and even true it was not Myrna's usual car.
Cagalli could immediately recognize the person that was sitting by the wheel, and without even giving it a second thought, she hurried reached out and opened the other front door and got in beside the woman who she knew cared so much about her.
And even true Myrna was obviously a bit surprise at seeing her dressed in a maid outfit, the older woman immediately moved over and pulled Cagalli in to a brief hug.
"It's so good to see that you got out of there safely miss Cagalli!" Myrna sobbed, while holding on to the blond girl tightly slowly running her right hand up and down her back a few times, while a few tears slowly left her eyes and made their way down her face.
She truly was relieved that Cagalli had succeed in getting out of the Seiran mansion without being caught. "I was really begin to get worried about you, I have been sitting around out here for almost a whole hour, just waiting and hoping that you would show up miss Cagalli" the older woman sobbed, just before she once more moved away from the dressed up girl.
Where she hurried look her over to make sure that she wasn't hurt anywhere, but even with the strange disguise on she could easily tell that the young woman was all right.
"I'm sorry that I worried you Myrna, I had a little trouble getting out of there, fortunately most people back there was way to busy preparing for the celebration after the wedding" Cagalli explained, while taking a quick glance out of the window.
She seriously didn't want to spend too much time sitting around in this car.
There was still a very big chance, that somebody back at the Seiran mansion would realize that she was missing and begin searching for her. But it didn't really seem like anybody was coming after her yet.
"We better get moving Myrna, I would like very much to be out of the city, before they discover that I'm not there any longer" Cagalli said in a slightly nervous tone, while again taking a look around for any pursues.
But everything seemed somewhat calm, at least for the moment, but there really was no telling how long that was going to last.
Hearing the young woman said that, Myrna hurried reached out and started the rental car they where in.
And it didn't even take a minute before she was driving hastily down the road, trying her best not to go to fast, they surely didn't want to get stopped now by the police or somebody else for going to fast.
If somebody actually did that, there was a very good chance that they would discover who her passenger really was.
It did however not take much time before the black car was out of the city bound, which meant that Myrna could now drive even faster, she really hoped that there wasn't anybody now that could stop them.
She did not want to see the person she cared so much about getting married to a man she did not love. She would much rather see Cagalli get married to Athrun Zala, the man she had shown so often, that she loved with all of her heart.
But even as she sat there thinking about that, she couldn't help but take a small glance over at Cagalli, she really did look strange in that outfit. "If you don't mind me asking miss Cagalli, where in the world did you get that ridiculous costume and that black wig?" Myrna asked, once again turning her eyes back towards the road in front of them.
Thinking a bit about what to say to Myrna's question, Cagalli felt a small smile ran over her lips, as she took a small look down at herself.
"Well the maid outfit I stole from clean pile of laundry a few days ago, and the wig I bought in a small store that is selling Halloween costumes" Cagalli explained, as she thought about how helpful this maid costume had been in getting her out of the Seiran mansion.
Hearing Cagalli tell her that Myrna nodded a single time in understanding. "Ok but was the people back there really fooled so easily?" Myrna asked, wondering how the Seiran staff couldn't recognize Cagalli in that costume.
In her eyes, it really was quite easy to tell that it was Cagalli's face that was hidden underneath that black wig.
But perhaps it was because she had known Cagalli for so many years that she didn't have any trouble at all figuring out who she was, even dressed in that ridiculous disguise.
"When was the wedding suppose to start?" She asked, in a somewhat far away tone, not once removing her eyes from the road they where driving on.
Hearing those words, Cagalli slowly lifted her left arm and took a small glance at her watch.
"I think we have an small hour left before the whole thing will start" the blond girl said, while leaning slowly back in her seat, closing her eyes a few minutes, trying to figure out just how much trouble this would give the Seirans.
Not that there was anyway for her to know for certain, but she was greatly satisfied with the knowledge that this would really piss off Yuna and Unata.
Which in her eyes was a very good thing, she kinda wished she could see their expressions when they found out she was missing.
That would surely be entertaining, she did however not get much time to think about that before she began slowly falling asleep, finally letting the deep exhaustion she had been feeling the last few days take over.
Seeing her sleep like that, Myrna smiled a bit, while concentrating completely on driving the black car, still thinking about how it could be possible that such a young woman as Cagalli had to go through so much hardship.
And she truly hoped that it wouldn't take long, before Athrun Zala would come back home to the blond girl. He would no doubt be able to help Cagalli through all of this.
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At the same time at Cagalli and Myrna's destination.
A very serious conversation was going on between five people, while another one was peacefully sleeping on a futon over at the left corner of the room.
Not even noticing what the others where talking about.
"So what you are saying is that those mobile suits out there is called ASH types right?" Murrue asked, while taking another glance out at the destroyed Zaft machines that was laying pretty much all over the place.
Hearing her asked that, Andy also took a look around at the junkyard full of trashed ASH types mobile suits.
"Yeah I saw some data on them before I left Zaft, they are a new model, that have just recently left the assembling line. Only the regular military should have them" he said, while looking back at the other still trying to figure out who's bright idea it had been to attack their home and Lacus like this.
"Ok so we now know that those guys was from Zaft, and we are all pretty sure that all of those machines couldn't have been stolen when they are this new. But what I'm really wondering about is, who the heck send those guys?" Dearka asked, from where he was sitting over on a big rock, that most likely used to be a part of the outer wall of their once peaceful home.
Thinking a bit about the boy's question, Andy got a somewhat mindful expression on his face. "I have no idea about that Dearka, but I am feeling somewhat relieved that we decided to stay here, instead of going back to the Plants!" The one eyed man said, wishing slightly that he could somehow get a nice warm cup of coffee.
But unfortunately all of his coffee machines had been destroyed in the attack.
It did however not take much time before Lacus interrupted his thoughts.
"But...but why would Zaft come after me like this? I haven't been back at the Plants in two years now, not since before Kira found me by Junius Seven" Lacus said in a far away tone, thinking back to her very first meeting with the one who meant so much to her.
But she only did that for a few seconds before Kira reached out and took a hold on her hand, where he immediately gave it a gentle squeeze, which was all that was need to make her look away from the floor and over at him.
"I don't really know that Lacus, after all the kind things Athrun said about Gilbert Durandal the last time I saw him, I seriously don't understand what's going on. But I really do think, it's a stupid idea for us to continue staying here much longer!" The brown hair teen said, as he turned and took a look back at the Freedom before he again began talking.
"Now that so much time has gone by, there is a big chance that whoever send those guys have realized that they failed in their mission, and that could mean that there might be some kind of reinforcements on it's way here, so I think it's about time we leave this place, before we end up fighting somebody else" Kira said, while softly tighten his grip on Lacus hand.
Thinking a second or two about what Kira had just said.
Murrue turned and looked over at her resting daughter.
She knew that this had been a very traumatizing experience for Mayu, and she really didn't want her to stay here if there was a chance that even more Zaft soldiers could show up.
So after watching her little girl roll over on to her back.
Murrue again looked back at Kira, where she could easily tell by the boy's expression that he was just waiting for her to give him some kind of answer.
She did however not give him one yet, instead she just continued standing there, while the smiling face of a certain blond hair man ran through her mind, she could already pretty much guess what kind of response he would give to all of this.
But even as she was thinking about that, she took a small glance over at the Freedom that was standing directly behind them.
She already knew that it would only be a matter of time, before Kira would have to use the powerful mobile suit again, but a single glance at the boy's face was all she need to tell, that he was all right with piloting the gundam once more.
And if he could do that, there certainly was no way she want to sit this one out, she just hoped that Mayu wouldn't react to badly about being told that the next few months, she was going to be living on the Archangel.
It did however only take few seconds, before Murrue began thinking about how many times Mayu had asked to see the Archangel.
And Murrue was pretty sure that once she told the girl about what they where going to do.
Mayu would no doubt be very excited about finally being able to see the white space ship, and with that in mind Murrue slowly turned her head and looked over at the brown hair teen, that was standing next to her.
"You are right Kira, but we better make sure, that everybody else knows that we are leaving. It's not like the six of us can use the Archangel on our own" the woman said, while giving the boy a somewhat sad smile, as she took a small glance around the place hoping to find something that could be helpful in what they where about to do.
But pretty much everything in the house had been reduce in to trash.
Glad to know that miss Murrue was ok with the whole thing.
Kira turned and was just about to asked the others what their opinion was on the matter, but before he could even get his mouth open, he saw a black car stopping just outside of their hiding place.
And before he could say anything about it, both Dearka and Mr Waltfeld hurried pulled out the guns, clearly ready to fight if those people down there was hostile.
But the two of them visibly relaxed when they saw Myrna come out of the car, followed shortly by a black haired girl none of them knew, but once they heard the girl's voice they all realized who she was.
"KIRA! LACUS! ALL OF YOU WHERE ARE YOU!" The black hair girl shouted loudly, while looking around for the inhabits of the once beautiful house.
"We are up here Cagalli!" Lacus yelled back, as she hurried began making her way down to her sister-in-law that looked very much like she was just about ready to turn the whole place up side down to find them.
But when she heard Lacus voice, she clearly calmed down a lot, and began making her way up to meet the pink hair girl half way.
And once the two girls was close enough to each other Cagalli immediately grabbed on to the other girl and gave her a small hug, but before Lacus could even lifted her arms and hug back.
Her sister-in-law hurried moved away from her again, and narrowed her eyes a bit.
"Ok what in God's name happened here Lacus, and what about everybody else are they all right!" Cagalli asked in a deeply concerned tone, as she took a quick look around the place.
Hearing just how worried the other girl was Lacus gave her a reassuring smile. "You don't have to worry about the others, they are right up there!" The pink hair girl said, while pointing up at the cave she had left only a few minutes ago, where both Kira and Dearka was standing waving down at them.
Seeing the two boys do that, Cagalli immediately let out a deep relieved breath, as she hurried began climbing the rest of the way up to the sad remains of the shelter,
where she hurried took a look around too make sure that all of them where safe.
Yet a single look around was more then enough to tell her, that they where all feeling just fine, even under these circumstances.
But just as she was about to ask what the hell had been going on there, she noticed the strange looks her brother and Dearka was giving her, and before she could asked them what they where staring at Kira gave her a small smile.
"Hmm I like that dress and that wig sis, it really suits you!" Kira said in a teasing tone, as he again looked her over.
He knew quite well how much his sister hated being dressed in finder clothes, which meant that walking around in a maid costume was bound to be getting on her nerves.
And that truly hateful glare she was giving him right now, show him that she really didn't appreciate his little comment about what she was wearing.
"Ahhh shut the hell up Kira, nobody asked you!" Cagalli yelled loudly.
Just before she pulled the black hair wig of her head, and throw it straight in to her brother's face still mumbling about how stupid men could be and that they shouldn't be allow to talk unless they where spoken to first.
But unfortunately she did not get long to dream about that, before the other boy up there decided to put in his two cents about the subject.
"Hey girl what about the dress, Kira also said something bad about that, why ain't you getting rid of that too?" Dearka asked with a big grin on his face, that immediately disappeared when Cagalli moved over and gave his left shoulder a hard pounce, telling him to keep his mouth shut too.
And just feeling her hit him like that Dearka's hand hurried flew up to his shoulder, where he softly rubbed it a few time, trying to reduce some of the pain Cagalli had just inflict on him.
"Ouch that hurt girl!" Dearka told her, for some reason he couldn't help but feel a bit surprised about how much power that had been in that pounce, the blond girl really didn't look all that strong.
But that however did not mean she was weak in anyway, she had already showed him that plenty of times in the past, and after rubbing his sore shoulder a bit longer he again looked back at the blond hair girl.
Just as she once more asked about, what the heck had happened out here, and who the hell those green mobile suits out there belonged too.
Hearing Cagalli asked that, both Murrue and Andy end the conversation they had been in and walked over to the three teenager.
Just as Lacus and Myrna enter the cave. "My goodness this place is a mess, I'm deeply sorry that all of you had to lose your home like this, it really most be hard on all of you!" The older woman said, while making her way over to the still fast asleep Mayu, where she slowly lifted the cover and moved it up over the girls shoulders so she wouldn't get cold.
After doing that she again looked back at the others only to discover that they where all watching her.
"Oh please don't mine me, you just go ahead and explain what has been going on" the woman said in a gentle tone, as the Desert Tiger moved his one eye away from the woman and over at Cagalli, that was obviously getting a bit impatient waiting for a reply to her questions.
So after letting out a small breath, Andy began telling the girl all about their experience from last night, which meant that it did not take long before the blond hair girl turned around and took one more look at the destroyed mobile suits.
"You...you mean Zaft are the once who did all of this? But why the heck would they do something like this, it just doesn't make any sense!" Cagalli said in a truly shocked tone, while thinking back to how kind a man Gilbert Durandal had been at her meeting with him up at the Plants.
Was he really the one responsible for destroying this building and trying to kill all the people inside. "Damn him, what could he be planing?" Cagalli muttered out in a angry tone.
Then looked over at Lacus, trying to figure out if her sister-in-law had been hurt in anyway, she had after all been the one who had been the Zaft soldiers primary target.
But it didn't seemed like the pink hair girl had been hurt at all. But before she could say anything else, her brother stepped over next to her still holding on to the wig she had thrown in his face not long ago.
"It's not like I'm not happy to see you Cagalli. But what are you doing out here? I thought you where suppose to be back in the city marring to that Yuna character?" Kira said, truly happy that his sister wasn't marring a guy like that, he really was a total idiot.
And one thing was sure, Cagalli really did deserve somebody better then a stuck-up moron like Yuna Roma Seiran. He did however not get long to think about that before Cagalli interrupted his thoughts.
"Well truth is, I kinda ran away from the wedding, there is just no way I can be happy with any of this, and I seriously doubt that joining up with the Earth Alliance, will do Orb any good" Cagalli said, while a single tear fell from her right eye, and made it's way down her face.
Not that Cagalli noticed that, she just continued talking in the somewhat low spirited tone.
"I mean if my father was here he would have been totally against this, and it's getting more and more clear that I can't help out Orb right now, so the only thing I really can do, is leave until I find the right opportunity to return" the blond hair girl explained.
As she reached down and began playing with the ring Athrun had given her shortly before he had gone back to the Plants.
Hearing the reason to why his sister was there, and seeing the depressed look that was in both of her eyes.
Kira handed the wig over to his wife, then stepped over and pulled Cagalli in to gentle hug, slowly running both of his hands up and down her back, trying his best to make her feel better, as she began crying softly in to his shoulder.
"Please don't cry Cagalli, we all know that you tried your best to talk the other personalities out of the whole joining up thing. And I know for sure that your father is proud of you Cagalli" Kira said, while thinking back to some of the last thing Lord Uzumi had said to all of them, just before they all had left Orb two years ago.
And just as Cagalli was about to say something back to what Kira had just said.
Myrna stepped away from the still sleeping girl and walked over to them, where she placed her right hand on Cagalli's shoulder, making the blond girl turn around and look back at her.
"Master Kira's is absolutely right Cagalli, your father would have been very, very proud about seeing what a brave young woman you have turned in to!" Myran said in a kind tone.
Before she slowly moved her eyes over on Kira where she immediately gave him a kind smile, before she asked him to please look after Cagalli while she was away from the country.
Hearing the woman ask him that, Kira gave the woman a small smile back.
"You don't have to worry miss Myrna, I will look after her, all of us will!" Kira said in a determined tone, while taking a glance around at the others that all nodded in agreement.
Seeing that Myrna couldn't help but let out a small breath.
"I'm truly happy to hear that master Kira thank you" the woman said, before she turned her attention over on Cagalli that was watching her with a sadden expression on her face.
"Please take good care of yourself miss Cagalli, I hope to see you again someday, now goodbye all of you!" Myrna said in a clearly depressed tone, as she turned around and making her way back down to her car.
She knew that it was a very good idea for her to get home in a hurry, there was no doubt that at one point in time, some of the Seiran lackeys would show up at the Athha mansion, and begin asking questions about Cagalli whereabouts.
And it would certainly be a good idea for her to be back home, when they got there, she just hoped that they weren't there already, she did however not get long to think about that before she heard Cagalli's voice call out after her.
"You don't have to worry Myrna, I promise you that I will come back home someday!" The girl blond yelled loudly.
Just as Myrna turned and looked back up at her for a second or two, with a small smile on her face. After that she walked the rest of the way over to her car, which meant that it did not take long before the black vehicle was hastily leaving the area.
But even after the black car was out of sight, Cagalli just kept on standing there, looking after the kind woman who had just given her so much assistance.
She did however not get long to really think about everything the woman had done to help her, before her deep thoughts was suddenly brought to a hold when Lacus began talking just behind her.
"I really do think, we should get going, there is no telling who else could show up here, either looking for Cagalli or me!" The pink haired girl, said while taking a look around to see if there was anything heading this way.
But things did seem somewhat calm at the moment, there was nothing around that indicated that somebody was heading their way.
"You are right Lacus, we have a lot to do. So if it's all right with you Kira I would like for you to take Mayu along with you in the Freedom when you are heading for the Archangel's hiding place!" Murrue said, she truly didn't want to wake up her sleeping daughter just yet.
Hearing Murrue's request Kira gave her a small smile.
"Of course it's all right miss Murrue, I will head over there immediately, just promise me that you will look after Lacus until we can meet up over there" the boy said, while looking over at his wife, where he saw that she was giving him a calm smile.
Which he knew better then most people meant that he had nothing to worry about.
But before he could say anything else Dearka cut in.
"I'm a bit insult that you would even ask Kira, of course we are going to look after the pink prin...mmm Lacus" the boy said, while taking a small glance over at the brown haired woman to see if she had noticed what he had been about to say.
It was very rare that he used that pet name for Lacus, but when he did it, he always made sure that Murrue wasn't around.
It was after all a way for him to honour La Flaga, and even true he would always be deeply grateful that the blond man had sacrificed his life to save the Archangel and the one he loved.
He surely didn't want to bring out some bad memories.
Everybody in this house knew that from time to time, the brown hair woman was still deeply sadden about what had happened to Mu.
And single look at her face was enough for all of them to know, that her thoughts was over on the blond man right now.
"I'm sorry about that, miss Murrue" Dearka said, with a slightly guilty expression on his face, that did disappear a bit when he saw the small smile the woman was giving him, and before he could get his mouth open and say anything else to her.
Murrue beat him to it and began speak to him in a gentle tone. "It's all right Dearka, I know it wasn't your intentions to make me sad. Now lets not hang around here any longer, we got much that needs to be done!" Murrue said, as she hurried walked over and began packing up the few things, they had manage to save from their complete wrecked up home.
Seeing her do that, it didn't even take a minute, before the other was giving her a helping hand, while Kira was making his way over to the Freedom holding on to the still fast asleep Mayu.
And it wasn't long after that, before the Freedom's Phase Shift armor was activated and both of it's eyes lighten up a single time.
And it only took a few brief seconds, then the gundam flew full speed away from the area, quite obviously heading towards the place, where the Archangel had been hidden the last two years.
But as the Freedom was disappearing in the horizon.
All of them where wondering if they could succeed in getting out of Orb, without anybody noticing them. But in the end the only thing they could do was hope for the best.
So after they where finished packing, they too left the sad remains of their home.
To be continued.