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Chapter 16
It was about a half hour later on the Archangel.
Andrew Waltfeld was up on the bridge talking with Dalida about some of the things that need to be done.
But even as he was doing that. He couldn't help but wonder slightly just how many people would bother to show up.
He already knew that there was no way Sai Argyle would come, according to Dearka and Kira he had apparently gotten his fiancée pregnant a few month ago.
And there was just no way he could leave her by herself, even at a time like this. Not that any of the crew on the Archangel was expecting to see the boy, under such circumstances.
But what actually worried Andrew a bit was that there was still no sign of Arnold Neumann. And if he didn't show up they just had to find somebody else to pilot the Archangel.
But the big question now was who exactly should do that, it wasn't like anybody else on board had as much experience in controlling the big white space ship as he had, but it was not like they where leaving yet.
So there might still be a chance that he would get here in time, before they where heading out, so for now it was more important that they finished checking out everything else on the ship.
And with that in mind Andy again turned his attention back towards the thing Dalida was working so hard on, giving him a few advise about how he could get things done as quickly as possible.
But even as he was doing that, he turned and looked down at Jackie who was also working on the controls in front of him.
"By the way how many crew members have shown up?" He asked in a curious tone, as he watched the grey haired man trying hard to figure out the answer to his question, luckily he didn't have to wait long before Jackie began explaining to him that most of the mechanic staff and the mess hall staff was already presence on the Archangel.
But that they where still missing a few key personnel, like Murdoch and Arnold.
Hearing that the Desert Tiger nodded slowly in understanding while he asked the crew about what kind of supplies the Archangel had on board right now.
And it did not take long before Jackie was busy trying to figure that out, which of course only took a few minutes. And once Andy heard that they had more then enough food and water for a few months, he immediately began working on something else.
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Meanwhile down in the ships hangar.
A team of mechanics was already quite busy looking over the Freedom and Duel Rouge. Each of them doing their best to make sure that both of the gundams was ready for battle, if the only way they could get out of Orb was to fight.
But as they where doing that, Dearka was sitting in his light blue coloured Murasame busy running a complete check up on the mobile suit's OS.
He certainly didn't want to be a burden to the others, if there was something wrong with the Murasame.
It had after all been down there almost since the blue transformable mobile suit had first rolled of the assembling line, and that was a very long time ago.
And in Dearka's eyes it truly didn't hurt being to cautious with such things, he was already planing on taking a small look at the other Murasame down there.
Andrew Waltfeld was after all up on the bridge right now, so there was no way he had the time to do a check up on his machine. And it wasn't like Dearka had all that much else to do at the moment and he was determined to help out where he could.
Unfortunately he did not get much time to think about that, before one of the mechanics asked quite an interesting question.
"What about the SkyGrasper, should we take a look at that old thing too?" Somebody asked in a loud tone, while looking over at the fighter plane that was standing by itself at the end of the hangar.
And even true Dearka still had a lot to do on his Murasame, he couldn't help but turn and look back at the old aircraft.
"Hmm I think you guys should wait with that until you don't have anything else to do. It's not like we have any pilots on board that would actually get in to that old thing, so just leave it alone for now!" The boy said in a loud tone, just before he once more began working on the blue Murasame.
Still thinking about everything they where about to do.
But even true there was no doubt about how serious the situation was, his mind couldn't help but wander away from their current situation and over on a more cheerful subject.
And before he knew it his hands stopped working on the controls in front of him, so now he just sat there wondering and thinking about what his lovely girlfriend was doing right now.
He seriously hoped that it wouldn't be long before he would see her again, he really did miss her a lot, and he was just about ready to do everything to have her back here, where she belonged with the rest of them.
"Miriallia what are you doing right now?" He quietly asked himself, as he reached down in to his pocket and pulled out a small picture frame that miraculously had survive the attack on their home.
And even true the glass did have a bit of a crack in it, the photo itself still held a great deal of happy memories for him.
It was after all taken just shortly before the two of them had gone out on their very first date. And one single glance at the picture was pretty much all that was need to tell, that the brown haired girl was in a very good mood.
But as much as he loved this picture of Miriallia, he wouldn't really mind spending an hour or two just laying around somewhere just talking with her about everything that had happened.
But it really did seem like it was going to take quite some time yet, before he would be able to see the one he loved again.
So after looking at her a bit longer, he once more placed the photo back down in his pocket.
Being very careful not to break any more of the already sensitive glass, he did however not continue his work after that. He just sat there with a far away expression still thinking hard about Miriallia's smiling face, something he was longing to see a great deal at the moment.
But even with those thoughts on his mind, his hands again made their way up to the control,s where they slowly began typing away once more.
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Elsewhere on the ship.
Lacus and Cagalli had just tuck in Mayu in to her new bed, each of them a bit amazed that she could continued sleeping like this, with so much happening around her.
But she was apparently completely exhausted after everything that happened last night, not that anybody could blame the little girl for being so tired.
"She looks really cute when she is sleeping like this" Cagalli said, while taking a look around the room, there was a great deal of toys and books in there, incase she should get bored or just want something to do, actually just seeing all the stuff in there was more then enough to make Cagalli miss her own childhood.
Where she did not have nearly as much responsibility.
But after thinking about that for a few seconds, she slowly shook her head, it seriously wouldn't do her any good thinking about that now.
There was just no way her unworried some childhood would ever return, so dreaming about that wouldn't really do her any good.
She knew that there was no way she could even leave her responsibility behind. She needed to do everything possible to make Orb the same peace loving country it had been in the past.
The big question now was how in the world was she suppose to do that, as long as the Seirans was in control.
Just thinking about how far the two of them had been willing to take things, was more then enough for her to know that she was going to have a tough time getting the country to listen to her again.
She just hoped that she could somehow find a way to win back the people's loyalty from the Seirans.
She did however not get long to think about that before Lacus placed a hand on her shoulder, making her turn around and look back at the pink haired girl behind her, where she immediately noticed the caring smile her sister-in-law had on her face.
"We better leave before we wake her up Cagalli, you know as well as I that she is always angry when somebody wakes her. And I do believe that we are needed up on the bridge" Lacus said, thinking a few seconds about what her new job on the Archangel was suppose to be.
She wasn't truly all that keen on the idea about being the ships CIC, seeing as she had never tried that before, so she really didn't have any idea about what she was suppose to do.
It wasn't like she had any experience in being the CIC. She just hoped that it wouldn't take her too long to get the hang on things, she truly wanted to do everything possible to help the others out.
So while still thinking about that, she turned around and walked over to the door, where Cagalli was already waiting for her, which meant that it only took a few short minutes before the two girls was gone, leaving the sleeping Mayu by herself.
But what neither of them noticed was that when the door flew shut behind them.
The small brown hair girl slowly sat up on the bed and took a look around her new room. Just the sight of all the things in there, was more then enough to make a big smile ran over her lips.
"I really didn't think there would be so many cool things in here, I have to remember to thank mom for all of this!" Mayu said, as she got out from the bed and walked over to the big shelve that was on the other side of the room, slowly moving her eyes over everything on it, trying hard to decide what she should play with first.
She might be curious about getting a tour around the Archangel.
But she decided that it was most likely best to wait with that until her mother or somebody else had the time to go with her, she really didn't want to get lost when she was busy exploring, and it wasn't like she didn't have anything to do in there.
And with that in mind she hurried reached out and grabbed on to a few piece of toys, which didn't take her long to have spread out all over the floor.
And it took her even less time before she was far away playing around with all of her new things, not once thinking back to the terrible experience she had a few hours ago.
She was way to busy at the moment, messing around with every single thing, that was in her new room.
And if anybody saw her right now, they could quite easily tell by that big smile on her face, that she was in a very good mood right now. It wasn't everyday she got about thirty new piece of toys and a few other thing all at once.
This was almost exactly like Christmas, and that was definitely one of those holidays Mayu truly loved. It was always exciting finding out just what she was getting, from everybody else.
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And while Mayu was busy playing around with all of her new things.
Her mother was busy having a very serious conversation with Kira Yamato, just outside of the white space ship.
"Are you sure that this is the right thing to do Kira? I mean once we leave here, we don't really have any places to go, so where exactly do you think we should go?" Murrue asked, while thinking about her little girl that Lacus and Cagalli had taken to her new room.
She was really looking forward, to spend some time with her once they got safely out of Orb.
Hearing the woman's question Kira looked away from the Archangel and over at Murrue, with a thoughtful frown on his forehead as he tried to come up with some kind of reply to her question.
And finally after a few minutes he slowly opened his mouth.
"I think our best destination would be a place that still believes very much in the Athha family, there we should be able to lay low for some time" the boy said, while thinking about how long it would take the Archangel to reach that place.
Nodding a few times in understanding Murrue smiled a bit at the boy. "So we are heading for the Kingdom of Scandinavia right, that place have always had a great deal of respect for Lord Uzumi and the rest of the Athha" Murrue said in a far away tone.
She just couldn't help but feel a little guilty about dragging Mayu along with them.
She truly didn't deserved to get mixed up in any of this, and she deeply hoped that she could keep her daughter safe no matter what.
But even as she was thinking about that.
Kira began talking back to her, not seeing the slightly sad expression she had on her face. "Yes I do believe that would be our best option, there I'm sure that we can try to figure out what Zaft and the Earth Forces are up to" he said.
As he slowly turned his eyes away from the floor and over at Murrue, where he almost immediately noticing the depressing look she had in her eyes.
"What's wrong miss Murrue, it's been a very long time since I have last seen you look this sad?" The young man asked, not doing anything to hide his deep concern for the brown hair woman beside him.
Hearing him asked that, Murrue turned and looked back at him. "I was just thinking about, how much I wished that Mayu wouldn't have to come along with us on this trip. She is after all still a child, and I think it would be so much better for her that she stayed here, maybe with your famil. She does like your mother a lot" she said.
While thinking about how happy Mayu had been the last time she spend a night with aunty Caridad and uncle Haruma, as she always preferred to call them every time they came for a visit.
But as Murrue stood there thinking about that, Kira suddenly moved over and placed a hand on one of her shoulder, once more getting the woman to look back at him.
"I can take her there in the Freedom, if you truly want me to miss Murrue. But you know as well as I, that there is no way we can talk her out of leaving the ship. She wants to stay here with all of us, especially you miss Murrue!" The boy said.
Thinking about how many times, Mayu had shown that she truly loved her step-mother, with all of her being.
And it wasn't only Kira that thought it was quite sweet from time to time, how much the small brown haired girl, wanted to be there for her mother, both his wife and his sister thought pretty much the same thing, they had mention that more then a few times in the past.
"I don't know Kira, I really don't think she wouldn't be happy if she stayed here" Murrue said, still using that far away voice.
That really made Kira think about what she had just said.
"I don't think that's true miss Murrue, she always seems quite happy when she is around you. But if it make you feel better about the hold thing, I promise you I would do everything possible to protect her and the rest of the ship" Kira said with a calm smile on his face, trying his best to assure the woman that nothing was going to happen to Mayu.
Hearing the boy said that, Murrue slowly turned her attention back towards him. Thinking hard about what he had just said, and finally she could not help but smile a bit at him.
"I already know that you are going to protect us all Kira, but thank you very much for telling me this!" Murrue said in a grateful tone.
Just before she moved over and gave the young man a small hug, where she once more whispered how much she appreciated what he had just said to her.
After that she slowly moved away from him again.
And just as she was about to say something else to him, the elevator that was a few meters behind them flew open and in stepped Arnold Neumann and Kojiro Murdoch each of them with a big smile on their faces.
Which both Kira and Murrue immediately returned.
"It's good to see you two again, we where begin to wonder if you guys where ever going to show up!" Murrue said in a happy tone. It truly was great seeing the two crew members again.
The Archangel just wouldn't be the same without Arnold controlling the ship, and Murdoch down in the hangar, yelling at all the other machines if they didn't do their job well enough.
Hearing those words Murdoch got a deep frown on his forehead, as he folded both of his arms over his chest. "Ok now I am insulted, how in the world could you think I was going to miss out on this. If I'm not here none of the other mechanics would get anything done!" The man laughed in a loud tone, while he slowly looked the Archangel over.
The old girl, looked just as powerful, as the last time he had seen her, and he was already looking forward to be travelling on her again.
He might not show it much, but he kinda missed working around on the Archangel. It had always been a real challenge fixing up the ship itself and all the mobile suits it had on board.
The only other thing that had been almost as fun to work on as the Archangel, was when he had been helping out repairing the Minerva, and he had not been allowed on board that ship, so that little task actually got a little boring in the end.
Yet now that they where all back on board the Archangel, he was certain that there was a lot of things that need to be looked over, the ship had after all been down here for almost two years now, so there was bound to be a lot of things for him and the rest of the mechanics to do.
And just thinking about all the work that needed to be done, was more then enough to make a small smile ran over his lips.
And before the others could say anything to him.
He hurried began making his way towards the entrance of the ship.
And it only took about a minute before he was out of sight, quite obviously heading for the ships hangar, and seeing the man disappear so fast Murrue turned and looked over at Kira and Arnold.
"We better get inside too, I do believe that all of us is here now!" She said, as the two men nodded in agreement, then slowly walked after the woman in to the ship, with the door flying close behind them.
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It wasn't long after that before the three of them arrived at the bridge.
Once there Arnold made his way over to his usual chair and dropped down in it.
Then began powering the ship up while Andy gave him a few orders, that he immediately replied yes to, while he continued working on getting the Archangel ready to get out of this place.
But as he was doing that.
Murrue was standing by her usual seat looking straight at the Desert Tiger, for some reason she couldn't help but believe that everything on the ship would function all the more smoothly if he was in command of the Archangel.
And while still thinking about that, she opened her mouth and called out to him in a soft tone.
"Mr Waltfeld! Maybe it would be best if you where the one sitting in this chair!" Murrue said, as she took a small glance down at her usual spot on the ships bridge, wondering just how many orders she had yelled out while sitting there two years ago.
But before she could really give it all that much thought, the Desert Tiger began talking to her in a kind tone.
That of course made her look back up at him again, where she immediately noticed the friendly smile he was giving her.
"Nah! I actually feel much more comfortable sitting right here, and beside this ship is a bit short on pilots as it is, so I might have to go out there myself" the man said while thinking about the last time he had been in a mobile suit, the experiences he had back then, had far from been fun.
It was after all that battle, where he had lost his loving wife and a few body parts like his left eye and arm.
And just thinking about that made him feel all that more determined to go out in to battle once more.
He seriously didn't want anything like that to happen ever again, and while still thinking about that, he once more began talking to the brown haired woman.
"I truly am honoured that you would ask me, but I do think most of the crew, would feel more at ease if you where sitting in that chair captain Ramius!" He said while taking a small glance around at everybody else up there. It was easy to tell that pretty much everybody up there agreed to what he had just said.
But Murrue on the other hand just nodded a single time in understanding as she sat down in her seat. "Ok Arnold take us out of here, and please be careful not to hit any of the sides" Murrue said.
As the white space ship began slowly making it's way through the big hangar where it had been store, ever since it had gotten back to earth after the last war.
They did however not get very far, before Murrue yelled out for everybody to be ready, incase that there was any kind of trouble waiting for them outside, hearing her say that Cagalli stepped away from where she was standing beside Kira and Lacus.
"If it's all right with you guys, I would like very much to show Orb that I'm safe" she explained, while thinking back to the note she had left on her table, just before she had creep out of the Seiran mansion, wondering a bit if Yuna and his father had discovered the letter yet.
Truth be told there was actually a small part of her, that would very much like to see Yuna's reaction.
No matter what she was sure that the spoil moron was angry as hell right now, and that was something she wished she could see. It was always such a hilarious thing to see when things wasn't going the bastard's way.
Every time something like that happened he kinda acted like he was a small child that couldn't get the last piece of candy he want, and the whole thing with her running of like this was bound to piss him of a great deal, which was something Cagalli would almost pay money to see.
But for now the only thing she really could do was to use her imagination.
And just thinking about how angry he was right now was more then enough to make her let out a few light chuckles, which made the married couple beside her turn and look over at her.
"What are you thinking about Cagalli?" Lacus asked in a curious tone, as she again moved her eyes back towards the somewhat complicated controls in front her.
Hearing her asked that Cagalli turned and looked over at her sister-in-law. "I was just trying to imagine what could be going on back at the Seiran mansion" she said with a slightly wicked grin on her lips.
No matter what was happening back there, she almost felt a little sorry for all those servers that was most likely being blame for letting her get away so easily.
But after thinking about that for a bit, she slowly shook her head a few times, this wasn't really something worth feeling guilty about. It wasn't like any of those servers back there was being forced to work for the Seirans.
Each of them could pretty much leave whenever they felt like it, so if they want to stay back at that house. It truly was their own fault that Yuna was yelling at them right now.
"He is properly ready to blow up, just about now!" The tomboy said, not doing a thing to hide how much she liked the idea of making fools of the Seiran family.
This truly was going to hurt their reputation quite badly. And she knew how much the Seirans liked looking unmistakable in front of the public.
But before she could even try and figure out how much damage she had done by running of like this, just when her wedding to Yuna wasn't further away.
Kira moved away from where he was standing beside Lacus and over next to her, where he placed his right hand on her shoulder, making her jump slightly, she had after all been quite far away in her own thoughts.
But when she turned around and saw her brother smiling calmly at her, she visibly relax as she wonder a bit what he want.
"So the only thing you want to do once we get to the surface, is give the Seiran's and the other people in Orb a clue about where you are right?" Kira asked, while he saw his sister nod yes a single time to his question, as she once more disappeared back in to her own thoughts.
She apparently had a lot of things on her mind.
Which wasn't really much of a surprise, with everything she had been through today, actually now that he was thinking about it, he realized that he seriously wouldn't mind getting to bed early today.
And one small glance over at his wife, was all he need to know that she too was feeling somewhat stressed out and very exhausted at the moment.
It actually seemed a bit like, she was about ready to drifted of to sleep, in the very chair she was sitting in right now. And just the sight of her looking so worn out.
Was more then enough to make Kira hope that it wouldn't take too much time, for them to get Orbs attention. That way both he and his wife could finally get some much needed rest.
They hadn't really been able to relax since that group of Coordinators broke in to their home.
And once they had made certain that Orb knew that they where out here, there really wasn't anything, that could prevent the two of them from crawling in to their bed, and just sleep a few hours away.
He did however not get long to think about that, before Arnold yelled out that they where approaching the ocean surface.
And it didn't even take a minute before the Archangel came out of the deep blue water.
And was now cruising hastily over the ocean surface, making it's way towards Orb, just waiting for the military force that was most likely on standby there to notice them.
"So how long exactly are we going to sail around out here until they see us?" Arnold asked in a loud tone as he turned and took a small glance back at the blond girl, before he again turned his concentration back towards piloting the Archangel.
But before Cagalli had the opportunity to get out some kind of reply, Lacus beat her to it by yelling out that two Murasames was heading right for them.
Hearing that Murrue immediately got a thoughtful look on her face.
"Hmm they are most likely just out here to check up on what's going on out here, and now that they have seen us we can be certain that there is even more Orb forces on it's way here!" The woman said, just as the two Murasames flew far past the ship, and just one look at them made it clear that they where planing to keep their distance from them.
Whoever was inside the two machines was not crazy enough to try and attack them on their own, they just kept on flying slowly around them, obviously trying to figure out what the heck they where doing out there.
"It doesn't seem like those two want to fight, so lets just keep going until we are sure that Orb knows that we are here" the captain said, while again looking at the two red and white mobile suits that was still flying around in the distance.
And with that decision made the Archangel continued making it's way towards Orb, still with the two Murasames on their tail.
But even true the two machines seemed somewhat harmless right now, there was no telling what would happen once more Orbs forces showed up out there.
And with that in mind Kira suddenly turned around and began making his way towards the door. "I better get down to the hangar, incase they do something we are not prepared for" he told them, just as he disappeared out of the door.
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Meanwhile back on land.
To be more exact by Cagalli's room in the Seiran mansion.
Yuna had been pounding on the door to her room for almost a half hour now.
Which meant that the deep vain on his forehead just kept getting bigger and bigger. What the heck was going on in there, didn't she realize that if she stayed in there much longer, they where going to be late for their wedding.
"Cagalli what in Orb's name is going on in there, open up this instant!" He yelled out and was just about to began beating up the door again, when the head servant came running towards as fast as his old legs could carry him.
And just as Yuna was about to ask him if he had found the spare key to this room, the man reached down in to his pocket and pulled out the very thing Yuna needed to get in to Cagalli's chamber.
"Here you are sir, I'm sorry that it took me so long to find it, but for some reason it wasn't in it's usual location" the old man lied.
Truth be told he had been walking around with the key for the last hour now, making sure that nobody could find the damn thing. It was only now that the wedding was getting so close, that he thought that it might be a good idea to finally hand the key over to the youngish Seiran.
And he was now also completely certain that miss Cagalli had already had more then enough time, to get safely out of Orb.
But even as the old man was thinking about that, Yuna hurried took the key from his hand and un lucked the door. But before he could get even a foot inside the room his father showed up with a somewhat angry look on his face.
"Have you found that girl yet?" He asked in a loud tone, while looking around the hall for any signs of the blond haired brat.
"No father not yet, I was just about to go in to her room when you showed up!" Yuna said just before he slammed the door open.
But just as he was about to yell out her name, he noticed that the room was pretty much empty for any signs of life. And after looking around for a bit his eyes landed on the girl's wedding dress, that was laying on the floor.
Which made it pretty clear to him, that Cagalli had no intention of getting in to it.
He did however not looked at it for long before he lifted his head and took another look around, trying to figure out how the hell she had gotten out of there through a locked door.
But as he was doing that he suddenly saw a piece of paper over on the girls bed, and while still thinking about where the blond little bitch could be, he took a step closer to the bed and picked up the letter that had been left there.
And it only took a small second before he began reading the note out loud.
"Once you read this Yuna, I should already be leaving Orb on board the white angel, and I will only come back once I have found a way to save Orb from you and your father's ugly grasp. Heh I already told you I was going to make you pay for what you did Yuna Roma Seiran!"
That was pretty much all the letter said, but it was also more then enough to make his blood boil more then ever before.
"Damn that girl, damn her to hell!" The purple haired man muttered out just as he slowly tore the letter in half and throw both pieces of paper on the floor, still looking like he was just about ready to beat the crap out of the very first thing, that said even one single word to him.
But as he stood there thinking about how much he really want to kill Cagalli right now, another man suddenly entered the room. "Lord Yuna! Lord Unato! We have just gotten a report from our front line forces, that the Archangel is sailing around just outside of our coast. We are already sending out a few ships to try and find out what they are up too!" The man said loudly, while waiting to hear what the two Seirans had to say about this.
But much to his surprise Yuna just kneel down and picked up two crumpled up piece of paper from the floor.
And after straighten them out a bit, he slowly brought them together, then he just stood there studying them for a few very long seconds, until he slowly lifted his head again and looked back at the newly arrived man, now with an even more hateful expression on his face.
"Order our force to stop that ship no matter what, that ship has kidnapped Cagalli, we have to stop it before they can get away!" Yuna yelled loudly, just before he stormed with as much haste as possible out of the room, not once looking back at the people he was leaving behind.
He had to make sure that ship didn't get away from Orb with Cagalli.
If they really did succeed in escaping from Orb.
He would surely lose his only way to win the loyalty of those Orb forces, that still firmly believed that Cagalli was right when she said that it was a foolish idea for them to join forces with the Earth Forces.
And if the little bitch really did get away from here, he and his father would have a much harder time controlling those military forces that was still supporting her.
So he had to prevent this at all cost, there was no way in hell, he could permit something like this to happen.
"Damn that girl, doesn't she realize what she has done? Now everything is so much more complicated, who the hell does she think she is? This country is mine to do with what I want!" He muttered in a hateful tone, while thinking hard about how much he truly despised Cagalli Yula Athha, and how much he wanted to kill her right now, if he ever got his hands on her.
Not long after that he finally reached the exit of the big house, where he immediately noticed the great deal of military personnel that was running around all over the place, there was even a few squadrons of M1 Astray out there.
Not that Yuna cared about that at all, there was only one single thing he wanted to know right now. And while still thinking about that, he ran full speed over to the one who seemed to be in charge of all the fools there.
"What's hell going on? Is that damn ship still out there?" He asked, doing nothing to control the deep anger he was feeling, a big part of him actually wanted to tell the idiot in front of him, that if the Archangel succeed in getting away from them, there was going to be some very serious consequences.
But he somehow manage to keep the words down, as he stood there waiting somewhat impatiently for the man to answer him.
And fortunately it only took a second or two before the man began explaining to him what was happening outside of Orb. It actually cheered him up a bit when the man told him, that the fleet was already on it's way out there to try and stop the Archangel.
"Ok good, do tell them to hurry, we need to capture it before the media finds out about it!" The purple haired man bite out in a sour tone, while hoping slightly that they could somehow find away to keep this whole affair under their skin.
But thanks to all those military forces running around all over the place, that might be a very hard assignment.
It truly did seemed like it was going to be impossible to keep this from the public. "Damn you Cagalli" he quietly whispered to himself.
Being very careful that nobody around him could hear what he was muttering about, something he was actually doing a lot right now. But much to his big fortune, he somehow succeed in keeping his more angry emotions about all of this hidden.
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At the same time back on the Archangel.
The crew had of course already noticed the three or four squadrons Murasames and the small fleet of ships that was coming towards them.
And one small look around made it clear for all of them, that the Orb ships was trying to encircled them. Yet it was quite obvious, that they where not going to attack them, they where just trying to prevent them from leaving.
Not that any of the crew members on the Archangels bridge was feeling to worried about getting out of there, they already had an almost foolproof escape road ready.
The only thing they needed to do was head back down in to the ocean.
And just the sight of how much attention they where getting, made Andy turn around in his chair, and look back at Cagalli.
"Well I hope you are satisfied, if we stay here much longer we might end up having to fight them, so I think it would be best for us to take our leave now!" The one eyed man suggested with a small smile on his lips, as he turned around and took a glance over all the ships out there, the entire Orb fleet might not be presented.
But if they did get in to a fight now, they would certainly not escape from Orb unharmed.
But much to his small relief, he really didn't have anything to worry about. The blond girl was more then happy with the result of their little show.
"Yep lets get out of here, it's easy to tell from the way the fleet out there is acting that Yuna did understand my little message for him" Cagalli said, with a big smile on her face, still thinking about how hysterical her ex-fiancée clearly was right now.
But her happy thoughts about how much she had succeed in pissed Yuna off, by doing something like this, was brought to a hold by the Murrue's next words.
"Ok then open the vents we are going back under water!" The brown hair woman order, as she took one last look at all the warships that was surrounding them.
She was a bit worried that they would try attacking once they saw them disappear back in to the ocean. But even as the Archangel continued making it's descend in to the deep blue water, none of the ships out there did anything to prevent them from getting away.
And with no real obstacles to try and stop them.
It only took a few minutes until the Archangel had completely disappeared down in to the ocean, which was all that was needed to make the captain of the ship let out a small breath, as she slowly sank even deeper down in to her chair.
"Well then everybody, now that we are finally safe from any immediate danger, I could really use a few hours of sleep!" She said, while thinking about how sleepy she was feeling at the moment, and how much she truly want to spend a little time together with her daughter.
She hadn't really been able to do that, since their home was attack last night.
Luckily it didn't take long before Arnold gave her an offer she couldn't refuse. "If you want me to captain I can be in commanded for a few hours, just tell me where our destination is, after that there really shouldn't be any need for you to be sitting around up here" the blue haired man said, with a kind smile on his lips, as he again turned his attention back to his job.
Just hearing him say those words, Murrue felt a small smile ran over her lips, as she immediately began explaining to him where exactly the ship was going.
And once he had all the information he need, Murrue hurried stood up from her chair and began making her way towards the door, with Lacus following closely behind her.
Once outside of the bridge they both began walking slowly down the hall.
And even true each of them knew that they had a lot of things to talk about, none of them said anything, they where each feeling way to tired right now, to have a real serious conversation.
And once they past Mayu's chamber, Murrue just called out a small good-night to the pink haired girl.
Which made Lacus turn around and look back at her for a bit. "Thank you miss Murrue, I hope you sleep well too" Lacus told her.
Just before she continued making her way towards the hangar, truly hoping to find Kira down there. If she could be in his arms, Lacus knew that she wouldn't have to worry about falling asleep.
She was always out like a light whenever she was resting up against his chest.
It always felt so nice and peaceful, and she was already looking forward to having him sleep beside her for a few hours. She just hoped that he didn't have any work that need to be done.
She truly didn't want to be alone right now, she want Kira to be there right beside her, holding her securely in his two strong arms.
And while she was still dreaming about that. She was just about to enter the hangar, when her husband stepped out right in front of her, which meant that they almost banged their heads together.
But before they could do that, Kira hurried did a small jump backwards to avoid colliding with her, after that the two of them where just standing there looking at each other for a few seconds.
Until Kira slowly reached out and took her hand, where he gave it a light gentle squeeze.
"Hey you, did you come all the way down here to get me?" He asked in a soft tone, while looking straight in to her two tired eyes, as she nodded a few time at his question.
Seeing that, Kira couldn't help but smile a bit as they turned around and began walking away from the hangar without saying anything to each other. Yet if somebody saw them, they would easily be able to tell that the married couple was very happy that they where together.
And with nobody around to disturb them, it did not take long before they reached their new room on the Archangel.
And even true both of them where feeling a bit anxious to get a proper look at the place, where they would most likely going be spending a lot of their time, just the two of them.
The only thing they had on their minds at the moment, was getting under their cover and let the deep exhaustion that each of them where feeling take over.
And just sleep until the very next day.
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At the same time back up on one of the Orb ships.
Captain Todaka slowly lower his hand and looked back at the other crew members, not doing a thing to hide the small smile he had on his face right now.
He for one was very happy that the Archangel had gotten safely out of Orb. He seriously did believe that ship could pull out the same kind of miracle it had done two years ago, when it had put an end to the last war.
But as he was ordering the crew to get the ship moving so they could get back to Orb, one of the more new crew members stepped over in front of him, with a somewhat angry expression on his face, which made it clear for the captain that he had something on his mind, and he did not have to wait long to find out what it was.
"Why in the world where you saluting that ship like that Captain Todaka? It did after all just kidnap our countries leader!" The young man asked, in a somewhat loud tone.
Todaka however just stood there a few seconds studying the man for a bit, before he turned away and looked back out of the window he was standing next to.
"I was saluting the Archangel because I have a great deal of respect for that ship. Just try and think about everything it did in the last war, then I'm sure that you too couldn't help but feel some respect for it" the captain said in a far away tone, thinking hard about everything the white space ship had done.
Unfortunately he did not get much time to think about that, before the same man once more interrupted his thoughts.
"I don't care about what that ship did in the past! It just kidnap Lady Cagalli, when she was about to marry Lord Yuna, think about how much that would have done for a country!" The man said, clearly believing that it would have been a very good thing that Lord Yuna and miss Cagalli became man and wife.
But hearing the young man say that, just made Todaka turn and look back at him for a bit, before he once more looked back out of the window.
"If that's really what you believe then the two of us have nothing more to talk about" the captain said in a far away tone, that made it obvious to almost everybody up there that he was no longer in the mood to talk about this subject.
But that was not something the newest crew member on the ship picked up on, he continued talking to the captain in the same disrespectful tone as before.
"I will make sure to mention this conversation to Lord Yuna, and also that you did nothing to stop the Archangel!" The man said, quite obvious very serious about what he had just threaten the captain of this vessel with.
But Todaka didn't really take his threat and his words all that serious.
He just stepped away from the window and over in front of the Seiran loving idiot, where he looked straight in to his eyes for a few seconds, before he let out a small sigh.
"Maybe once we get back to the harbour, you should serious consider asking for a transfer to another ship, you obviously don't like being here. I mean I do respect your point of view in this matter, and that's why I kinda expect you to respect my view on those things, without all of this complaining" Todaka said, not once looking away from the clearly angry man in front of him.
It was obvious that he did not like being talked to in this kind of way.
Not that Todaka cared much about that right now, he just continued talking like he hadn't notice the hateful glare the man was sending him.
"And if you got nothing else to tell to me, other then that you will be telling the Seiran's that I did nothing to stop the Archangel, and that I actually saluted the ship, then be quiet until we get back home!" He said in a tone, that show all of them up there, that if the young man said anything else to him, he would be in serious trouble.
And just as he was about to say some else rude to the captain of the ship.
The person next to him, reached out and placed a hand on the young man's shoulder, making him turned around to see however had just interrupted him.
But before he could ask the stranger behind him to let him go, the man slowly lean forward and told him that it would be a good idea for him to shut up now, before he really got Captain Todaka mad at him.
Yet those advise pretty much fell on a deaf ear as he once more began talking about how wrong it was for an Orb officer to respect something that had just kidnap one of their countries leaders.
But when Todaka turned and gave the man one last warning glare.
Another crew member stepped over, and grabbed on to the arm of the talkative moron and pulled him along with him, out of the bridge, before his big mouth could get him in even more trouble with the commander of the ship, and once the provoking man was out of sight.
The angry look on Todaka's face slowly disappeared, while he again turned and looked back out over the blue ocean, still thinking about how much he truly hoped that the Archangel could put an end to this war as quickly as possible, before even more people would lose their lives.
But as the man stood there thinking about that another soldier stepped over behind him.
And began explaining to him that the two Seirans would very much like to talk with him, once the small fleet got back to Orb.
But even true the he knew that there was a very serious conversation waiting in front of him, he just nodded a single time in understanding, while he continued looking out at the light blue shining water, the ship was sailing on.
It truly was a beautiful sight.
To be continued.