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Chapter 47
Neo Roanoke was in his room slowly eating his breakfast.
Yet if somebody had actually been able to see his face, they would easily have been able to tell that he wasn't really feeling all that well. He was tired from the lack of sleep, and he honestly felt like going to the nearest bathroom and just throw up everything he had eaten the last few minutes.
The reason for his so called sickness was simply because every time he closed his eyes, or didn't keep himself occupied with something.
All those people which he had seen for the first time only a couple of days ago, when he had hit his head kept on hunting him. And no matter how hard he tried to get them out of his mind, they would always be there either looking at him or smiling at him.
Yet the worth part about it all was that he felt like he was suppose to be with them and help them out, like each and every one of them where all people that he loved and cared about.
And the fact that he had no idea about why his feeling for them where so strong, almost made the man feel like he was going completely out of his mind, he just didn't understand why a bunch of people he didn't know, where so important to him.
"Damn it, it's times like these, that I kinda wish that it was allowed to have alcohol on a military vessel" the mask man muttered annoyed, while taking a small sip from the glass of orange juice, standing on his table.
Yet the sweet beverage did nothing to help on his nauseousness, if anything it actually made him feel even worse then before. It was kinda like his mind and body was screaming and telling him to remember all of those strange people.
He did however not get long to think about that before he once more saw the brown haired woman, coming slowly towards him. And even true it was only for a brief moment, he kinda felt like she was reaching out to him.
Which almost made him grasp out after her hand, but before he could actually do that he forced his hand back on the table, and shook his head as hard as possible to try and get the woman out of his mind again.
For some reason she was always the one that seemed to appear the most. It was kinda like her image alone was actually waiting for him to figure out, who she and all the others where.
And even true it was simply impossible for him to deny his deep attraction to the woman. It was frankly starting to frustrate him more and more that it always seemed like she was there keeping an eye on him, just feeling her presence at the back of his mind made it incredibly hard for the deeply puzzled man to concentrate properly on his job, or anything else for that matter.
"Man the next time I got a day off. I'm going to do some serious bar-hopping!" The mask man promised himself.
Frankly hoping that an entire load full of alcohol, would be enough to get his mind back on track.
Yet when he saw that brown haired teenage and a man in a orange boiler suit, he again realized that getting these images out of his head wasn't going to be as easy as that, they really did seem determined to be there no matter what.
It was very much starting to seem like, that the only way for him to return to normal was to somehow figure out who these people were. And why exactly they where all so important to him.
Unfortunately he was pretty low on clues about them.
Seeing as the only way he really knew them was from whenever they appeared in his mind, which was definitely not enough for him to actually find out their names or anything else overly vital.
Yet as all of those thoughts was going through his confused head. The intercom on his desk suddenly began ringing loudly. Which was a pretty obvious sign that there was somebody on the ship, that wanted to speak with him.
He just hoped, that it was something that could be over and done with in a jiffy. He really didn't feel like having a long conversation with anybody right now, he would much rather be by himself. So he could meditate and at least try to find some meaning to all of this highly puzzled thoughts.
"Well knowing my luck it's properly something about we being under attack. Perhaps the Archangel and the Minerva have combined forces, to take us out" the mask man joked.
Then slowly reached out after the intercom and pressed down on the button that enabled him to talk with the person on the other end of the line.
Seriously hoping that it was nothing more, then a status report about the repairs on the mobile suits, or something else which did not require that he left the room, with his head so utterly messed up, it didn't take much for him to get a headache, not that he didn't already had one.
So while still somewhat annoyed by the interruption, he began talking calmly in to the intercom. "What is it? I'm really busy at the moment, so would you please make it snappy" he ordered, then waited a few seconds for the person at the other end, to give him a response.
"I'm sorry for disturbing you sir. But a few moments ago, we detected a single enemy mobile suit, heading in our direction. And from what we are able to tell it's most likely the Impulse!" A female crew member told him in a serious voice.
Somewhat taken back by those news, the mask man leaned slowly backwards in his chair, where he rubbed his chin in a thoughtful manner. "It's coming here all on it's own?" He asked, seriously wondering just what exactly the pilot of the Strike-like gundam could be up to.
"Yes sir, but it doesn't really seem to be all that hostile. It's been trying to get in contact with us, ever since it first show up" the woman explained loudly, sounding quite concerned about the whole affair.
Hearing that, Neo blinked a few times under his mask. "Hmm that's interesting. Yet I kinda doubt that he is here to desert over to our side, so it will definitely be best that you go over to level two battle station, and get ready to engage him, if he is here looking for blood" the blond man said.
Then told the woman, that he would be up there shortly, and that the bridge should make sure, that his Windam was ready to launch incase he got a need for it.
After that he disconnect the communication to the bridge, before the woman had the necessary time to say anything back. "Well here we go again. If it's not one problem it's another" he sighed annoyed, then stood up from his seat and began making his way over to the door.
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It was about two or three minutes later, when Neo stepped on to the bridge.
"Ok boys and girls give me a status report, is our unwanted visitor still out there?" The mask man asked.
Then dropped down in his usual chair, where he instantly looked up at the main screen. That was showing a clear image of the highly powerful Zaft mobile suit, which was equipped with it's version of the old Aile Striker pack, and obviously approaching the John Paul Jones quite hastily.
Taking a small glance over at him, the exact same woman he had talked with only a few moments ago over the intercom. Began telling him what little information they had about the Impulse gundam's present, in the area.
"Well you see sir, since the gundam first showed up on our radar it hasn't change curse even once. And we have already received a minor bunch of request to open a line of communication. Whoever is piloting that mobile suit does seem to be quite eager to talk with us!" The black short haired woman said, as she along with the rest of the crew waited to hear, what he had to say about all of this.
Thinking briefly about what the female crew member had just told him. Neo once again rubbed his chin in a thoughtful fashion. "Hmm all right put him through, I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm actually a bit curious about what he wants. Yet if it does turn out that the pilot is a total crackpot, that's only here to demand our immediate surrender then just cut him off. I'm not really in the mood to deal with a crazy person right now" the blond man said.
Then used the next couple of seconds to softly drum the armrest of his chair, while he waited patiently for the crew to carry out his order.
Which of course meant, that it did not take very long before they all heard the pilot's voice talking loudly to them or more rather to him. "Attention Neo Roanoke. I'm here to deliver Stella back to you, so she can get the necessary treatment she needs. If you want to save her life, please meet me on the small island about three miles away from your present location!" The boy said, not doing much to hide the deep anger and hate he felt towards them all.
Yet before Neo could give the pilot's request all that much through, he once more began talking to him.
"I have already seen more then enough off how you bast...people treat your own. But as far as I know, Stella has already done a lot for the Earth Forces. Both when she stole the Gaia gundam and using it against Zaft for such a long period of time, so don't you think she deserve your help" the kid said, obviously more then a little pissed off at the moment.
After those words was said the communication between the ship and the gundam was disconnect, just as they all saw the powerful mobile suit change direction up on the screen, obviously heading towards the very island the pilot had request to meet Neo at.
Yet even true Neo could easily tell that the rest of the crew up there was somewhat taken back at what the boy had asked of him. He could not help but smile slightly, at the whole thing, seeing as it was pretty easy to figure out why the boy was doing this.
"Hmm well ain't that something, it would very much seem like our young enemy pilot has a crush on Stella. Yet like the old saying goes, love can be blind!" The blond man said, with more then a little amusement in his tone. It wasn't really all that comment that two people on different sides in a war would actually develop feelings for one about.
And it frankly made him wonder how Stella felt about the whole thing. But there was properly only one way to figure that out, and that was by meeting with the crazy kid.
So even true he knew that this could actually be some kind of trap to get him alone, he was pretty quick to make up his mind about the whole matter. "Ok people get my Windam ready, apparently I have an appointment with a enemy pilot. Beside I really could use some fresh air!" The man said, still somewhat annoyed that he just weren't able to get rid of his damn headache.
Hearing him say that, just about everybody up there turned and looked over at him with a slightly shocked expression on their faces. "Are you certain that this is wise sir, this entire thing might just be some kind of daring scheme, he has construct to get a chance to kill you" the war ship's new second in-command said, clearly not all that happy about the situation.
Taking a small glance over at the man. Neo could not help but smile a bit, he liked this guy much better then the previous second in-command. He was just that much easier to get along with, then the last bastard that had lose the Gaia and Stella in the first place.
"I don't think you have to worry commander, it's not like I'm going out there completely unarmed" he said calmly, then gave the handgun which was hidden away inside his coat a light slap, to show that it was there.
After that, he once more began talking in a somewhat reasonable tone. "Beside if he has traveled all the way here on his own. I kinda doubt that his mobile suit has all that much power left. So if he really do want to fight I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to handle him until you guys can send reinforcements, just be sure that Sting stays here after what the Freedom did to it, the Chaos is far from ready for combat yet!" The blond man said.
Knowing that they had yet to remove the whole obsession with revenge, from the green haired man's mind. He was still completely and utterly possessed with the idea of destroying the Impulse gundam, for murdering Auel in the battle at Crete.
And if Stella really was inside the Impulse, there was simply no way they could allow Sting to interfere in this little exchange, it would after all be best if they could get the girl back alive without anything else to rattle her up, this whole thing about being capture definitely had been a traumatizing experiences for the young blond haired woman, and it was most likely best to remove those memories immediately after she got back on board the ship.
He did however only get a few seconds to consider that, before the second in-command's voice, brought him back out of his thoughts. "We'll be absolutely certain to follow your orders as precisely as possible. But please do be careful out there sir, we only have a few mobile suits to send out as backup if this really is some kind of trap!" The man said loudly.
Hearing that Neo nodded a single time in understanding. "All right commander, just be sure to keep your eyes open for anything unusual, this might just be some sort of diversion, and we do not want to be taken by surprise" the mask man said.
Knowing that there was a small chance, that there might be a bunch of Vosgulov class and a few other Zaft war ships nearby.
And they where in no condition to do battle with anybody right now, certainly not a larger fleet of ships.
So if there was more then just the Impulse gundam out there, it was definitely best to retreat from the area as quickly as possible. He really wasn't a big fan of fighting a losing battle, if it could somehow be avoided.
And while he was still thinking about that. He left the bridge without saying anything else.
Heading for the hangar with loud firm steps, which made it pretty obvious for all who past him, that he was determined to get this over and done with in a hurry.
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Meanwhile out in the Impulse.
Shinn was starting to get a bit worried about this whole thing.
He had yet to see any signs of that highly annoying purple Windam.
And he was seriously begin to wonder just what exactly the weird bastard could be up to, as much as he hated to admit it, there was no way he would be able to last all that long, should this whole thing suddenly turn ugly.
His gundam was already extremely low on power after his encounter with that one Raider Full Spec gundam, so if that Neo was planing on meeting him with a whole bunch of mobile suits. There was no way he would be able to defeat them all, before the gundam lost the rest of it's power.
And if that where to happen, he would just have to get out of there in a hurry, before any of the enemy machines could somehow take him and Stella out.
Yet as he was thinking about that, he noticed a single target on the scanner heading hastily towards his location. Which immediately made him lift up the rifle and take a look at the approaching mobile suit.
And once he realized that it was the very machine he was waiting for. He hurried fought down the deep temptation, that told him to pull the trigger and free the world from the very bastard, who he blame for the large amount of pain Stella had gone through.
But just as he was about to make his fantasy, about killing this man a reality.
The person he was trying so desperately to save let out a small yet painful moan.
Which pretty much instantly, made him look down at her and remove his hand from the controls, before he could do something that would properly cost, the innocent girl he cared so much about, her life.
"Damn you! Just you wait, someday I'll make certain that you can never hurt anybody ever again" Shinn promised, seriously hoping that it would not be necessary for him to spend a lot of time talking with this guy.
Just the thought of actually having a nice friendly conversation with this bastard, was almost enough to make him want to throw up.
Yet as the purple Windam continued getting close and close to their location, he moved the mobile suit around a bit in a attempt to make the Impulse look as treating and dangerous as possible, hoping to show this guy that if he wanted to fight he was more then ready for it.
Unfortunately it didn't really seem like the bastard paid all that much attention to his unfriendly gesture.
If anything the scrap pile of a Windam, actually increased it's speed when it saw him move around in such a manner, which made it completely clear to him, that there was simply no way, he could trick this guy in to believing that the Impulse was still hundred percent ready to do battle with him.
But while he sat there mumbling out a few minor courses about that. The annoying Windam landed about fifty feet away from him, which wasn't really all that far when one thought about how huge a mobile suit's steps where.
And even true Shinn would honestly have liked to glare at the other machine, for at least a few seconds. He did not get the time for that before the man started talking to him in a much more calm tone, then Shinn liked.
It was almost like this moron didn't care one bit about, the two of them being enemies. And that they had already tried to kill each other more then a few times in the past.
"So Zaft pilot how do you suggest we handle this? Are you going to throw her out of the cockpit to me, or do you have some other bright idea?" Neo asked, trying his best to sound like he was highly bored with the whole thing, and just wanted to return back to the ship as fast as possible.
Yet the only reason why he was talking like this was simply to provoke the other pilot, and to see how he was going to react to his bulling.
But apparently the boy was quite determined to remain calm through this whole ordeal.
"We'll step out of our machines at exactly the same time, and meet midway between them, and no gun pulling or anything else like that. Neither one of us wants Stella to get hurt right?" Shinn asked, not bothering to hide the deep hatred in his voice.
Thinking briefly about the teen's suggestion, Neo smiled a bit to himself, as he gave the boy a reply. "All right that does sound reasonable kid. I'll leave my gun behind if you do the same!" The blond mask man promised, as he pulled his gun out of his inner pocket and place it on the dashboard where he could easily get his hands on it, should the boy start shooting at him.
Not totally sure he really believed that this guy was going to do what he was saying. The Zaft pilot was a bit more hesitant and suspicious about the idea of leaving his weapon behind.
But seeing as he would be needing both of his hands to carry Stella, the small weapon wouldn't really be of much use to him. "Ahh damn it. I guess it's best just to get this over and done with without at least trying to blow the head of this bastard!" The boy said to himself, not realizing that the so called bastard, could hear everything he was saying, seeing as the radio was still turned on.
Not that Shinn cared all that much about that, he just wanted to make sure that Stella was safe and that this whole exchange didn't turn in to a battlefield, so while still somewhat unsure about this, he removed his gun and place it on the seat.
After doing that he looked down at Stella's lovely face, seriously more then a little worried that this was going to be the last time he would ever see her. But there was simply no way around it, if she stayed together with him, she was going to die very soon.
And with those negative thoughts rummaging hastily through his mind.
He slowly reached out and got the cockpit open just as the purple Windam did the same. "Here we go Stella! Soon you will be back with Neo and he will make you feel better!" He softly told the girl.
And even true he honestly had a whole bunch of other things he would truly like to tell her. He kept his mouth firmly shut as he carefully began manouevring the blond girl out the tight cockpit.
Being extremely careful not to knock her head against anything in there.
He really didn't want to put her in an even worse condition, then she was already. Especially not when the very person, he was asking to help her, could see just about everything he was doing.
Once outside of the Impulse.
Shinn instantly took notice of the blond man standing not far away from the left foot of the Windam. Yet what really caught his attention was the ugly looking mask, he was wearing.
There was simply no way he could deny that with all of the hate he was feeling towards this man, that he hadn't been at least somewhat curious about, what he looked liked, unfortunately with that stupid mask on, it was pretty much impossible to tell.
Yet as he stood there glaring at the masking wearing bastard that he had fought against so many time now, the blond man took a single step towards him, which made him tense up slightly.
This was after all a very dangerous predicament for him, if this bastard really was planing on killing him, there wasn't really a whole lot he could do about it with Stella in his arms.
Actually the only option he had to defend himself should this guy suddenly pull out a gun and start shooting at him, was to use Stella as a shield. And there was just no way in hell he was ever going to do that, to tell the truth he would much rather die then see her get hurt.
He did however not get long to worry about it all, before the man's next few words brought him out of his thoughts. "So you really did have her in there, I was having my doubts that you where telling the truth" Neo said, as both of his eyes slowly ran over the unconscious girl in the Zaft pilot's arms. It wasn't really difficult to tell that she was in dire need, of the usual treatment they gave the Extendeds.
Which meant that it was definitely best, to get her back to the John Paul Jones in a hurry. "Hand her over to me, she needs to be treated as quickly as possible!" Neo said, then took two more steps towards the boy.
But before he could get very far he saw the Zaft kid shook his head a few times.
"Not before you promise me, that she will never have to fight ever again. I don't ever want to see her in this kind of condition again. She doesn't deserve to be treat in such a inhuman way. She deserve a normal life without war, and you are going to give it to her Neo" Shinn demand in a highly treating tone, while glaring hatefully at the mask man.
Slightly taken back by the gundam pilot's demands, Neo slowly raise his left eyebrow underneath the mask, while thinking hard about what the boy was telling him to do.
And even true he would honestly like to tell the boy that she was never going to get in to a mobile suit ever again. He knew that there was simply no way Lord Djibril and the other Logos leaders was ever let something useful go to waste.
Yet he realized that if he did not tell the boy what he wanted to hear, the blond woman was going to die very soon. And that meant that the only choice he had was to lie to the Zaft pilot, even true he was honestly more then a little against it.
He really didn't like breaking his promise, but he would rather do that, then watch as she slowly died in that brat's arms. "All right kid, you got a deal. I'll make certain that she will never have to fight again!" He said loudly.
While looking straight in to the Zaft pilot's red eyes, where he could easily tell that the kid was still having some very serious doubts about all of this, not that anybody could really blame the young Coordinator for that. So while still standing there watching him, the mask man decided to keep his mouth firmly shut, until the brat could make up his mind about, what to do.
Of course not completely sure he should trust this man's words.
Shinn looked first down at Stella, that was resting somewhat calmly in his arms, then back over at the mask man, who was behaving more then a bit like he didn't have a care in the world, which served to piss Shinn of a tiny bit.
Yet as quickly as those angry feelings had appeared the instantly left him, when he once more turned his gaze back towards the blond girl. "All right, I guess that I got no other choice but to trust you. But if you are lying to me, you can be damn sure that I'll send you on a one way trip to hell!" He promised the man, before he slowly began making his way over to him.
Not having a whole lot of trouble telling just how serious the boy, was about that promise. Neo nodded a single time in understanding.
"Well seeing as you obviously hate me quite a bit boy, I kinda doubt that you are just going to ignore me the next time we meet. So lets just skip past the pleasantries and move on with this ordeal, that way neither of us will have to look at each other anymore then necessary" Neo said, as the two men slowly continued approaching one another.
And it was only when they where about two feet apart that they stopped, where they glare at each other for a second or two, until Shinn slowly moved his eyes back down at Stella.
"Now Stella, it wouldn't be very long now, before you are back to your normal self again" he softly whispered to her, then slowly leaned down and plant a light kiss on her left cheek.
And while still watching her face he carefully handed her over to the blond man, who by now was fighting the temptation not to give a few witty comments to what he had witness.
He might been having his suspicion about why the boy was trying so hard to help her out. Yet seeing him kiss her like that, was pretty much all he needed to tell, that he had been right about the crush thing all along.
So after brushing away a few strands of hair from her forehead, the mask man once more looked back at the Zaft pilot.
"I'll take here back to the ship now, do me a favor and say hello to white baldy and all of you other merry friends, once you get back to the Minerva" Neo said with a slightly wicked grin on his face.
And without waiting for a response he turned around and began making his way back to his purple mobile suit. Already knowing that the teen would most likely be in a great deal of trouble, once he got back to the Zaft space ship.
Wondering a short moment or two who the heck white baldy was, the pilot of the Impulse continued watching the mask man, until he saw that he was getting ready to get back up in the Windam.
And not wanting to stand around down there like a statue while that idiotic bastard was only a few feet away from him, in a mobile suit.
Shinn hurried shook away the man's last few words and began making his way back to the Impulse.
He did however not get very far before he turned and took one last look after Stella and the mask man. "Please take good care of her!" He said loudly trying his best to keep back the many tears that was treating to leave his eyes, he definitely didn't want this Neo fellow seeing him cry like a small child who had just been scold by it's parents.
Yet not all that surprising, the mask man didn't give him a reply. He just continued onwards towards his mobile suit, which was placed in such a manner that he could use the left arm to get up to the cockpit.
And realizing that the bastard had nothing else to say.
The depressed dark haired teenage ran the rest of the way over to the gundam, frankly hoping that he could get out of range before the Impulse would lose what little power it had left.
It wasn't that many minutes after that before both of the quick flying mobile suit sprang back to life.
And once both of them stood up straight, they just stared at each other for an unknown number of seconds until the purple Windam turned around and took off in the same direction, it had appeared from not long ago.
Somewhat taken back that this guy was just going to let him leave without a fuss, Shinn reached up and scratch his hair in a thoughtful manner. "Hmm he was a pretty weird guy. I seriously didn't think that anybody from the Earth Forces could behave so 'friendly' while talking with a Coordinator. Especially not after the last lunatic I ran in to" he mumbled softly to himself, while thinking about how crazy the guy piloting the Raider Full Spec had been.
Yet once the damn Windam was completely out of sight, he decided to return to the Minerva in a hurry before the captain declared him MIA or even KIA. And with that in mind, he got the gundam back up in to the air, and started the long journey back to the grey war ship.
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It was a little over an hour later when Shinn and the Impulse enter the Minerva's hangar.
Where not surprisingly there was a whole squadron of well armed man waiting for him to get out of the gundam.
And even true he came out of the mobile suit with both hands up, it took least then a second for two of the men to throw him on the floor while a third handcuffs both of his arms behind his back.
"Oww! Take it easy I'm not resisting" He complained, while he was roughly pull back up again by the two men holding his arms. It actually hurt quite a bit the way they had thrown him on the floor and how they had place the handcuffs on him, it almost seemed like they where ready to break both of his arms should he do any kind of resistance.
But his minor complaining pretty much fell on deaf ears, while the same two men who had hold his arms began dragging him out of the hangar. They did however not get him very far, before the leader of the group said a few somewhat mean spirited things back to him.
"Neither did chief engineer Aves or mechanic Yolant when your blond buddy knocked them out!" The black dressed man said, while looking at the teen with a angry look in both of his eyes. If there was one thing he didn't like, it was traitors, and people who would hurt the once they where fighting along side. And it did bring the big man a bit of satisfaction when he saw the guilty look in the brat's eyes.
And knowing that the boy's conscience was getting to him right now, made him smile slightly as he gave the two soldiers holding on to the overly spoil brat a signal to take him away from there.
Which they immediately did without question.
Yet as they approached the exit of the hangar, Shinn noticed the two former members of the Le Creuset team watching him. Each with a disappointed expression on their faces, and the way Athrun slowly shook his head in a somewhat disapproved manner did piss him off slightly.
But just as he was about to open his mouth and tell the blue haired man to shut up and mind his own business. His common sense quickly remained him that it might be more then just Athrun that shook his head in disapproval over what he had done.
So in the end he decide to keep his mouth shut before the FAITH member gave him a smack or two for what he had done.
Yet what he didn't know was that Athrun didn't think it was his responsibility to punish Shinn for what he had done. In his eyes that task was better left to the captain of the Minerva, and nobody else. But that most definitely didn't mean he thought what Shinn had done was all right, far from it actually.
And once Shinn was dragged out of sight, Athrun turned and looked over at Nicol to see his reaction to all of this. But the GOUF pilot just stood there quietly with a far away look on his face.
"I know better then most what it is like to want to protect one you care about, but I really do hope that Shinn knows the consequences of his action. This could mean that we would have to fight that girl again, and maybe even kill her. Yet if that's the case, he got nobody else other then himself to blame" Nicol said, as he once more wondered what had been going through the younger teen's head, when he had made the decision to do this.
Not really needing a whole lot of time to think about what Nicol had just said, the young Zala nodded a few times in agreement. "Yeah an outcome like that definitely is a possibility, we should make sure to mention that to him when the captain is done questioning him" Athrun said, while thinking about how large a panic the Impulse pilot had made on the ship, when he ran off with that girl.
Taking a small glance over at his friend, Nicol knew that Athrun was right. The last member of the Asuka family definitely needed to be told a few times, that what he had done was wrong, no matter how good his intention had been.
But knowing that Athrun already agreed with him on that. Nicol decide that he did not want to start a longer discussion about it.
He really wanted to get out of there and back to his temporary room and see how Luna was doing. She had been absolutely pissed, when she had been woken by the ship's alarms so early in the morning.
And when she had heard it was Shinn who was the cost of it. She had immediately promised, to give the gundam pilot a overly hard knock on the head, the next time she saw him.
So while still smiling slightly at that, he again turned his brown gazes over at Athrun. "I better get going now, it's been a pretty hectic day with everything that has been going on. And I for one would really mind sitting down a bit and just relax. So I'll talk with you later Athrun" the green haired teenage said in a friendly tone, before he turned around and slowly walked out of the hangar.
"All right see you Nicol!" Athrun said back, while looking after his old friend until he was out of sight, and once he was gone the young Zala thought a moment or two about what he was suppose to do now, and it only took him a few seconds to decide what he wanted to do now.
And with that in mind he too stepped out of the ship's hangar and began making his way back to his room. Determined to look to the rest of the video footages, which he had copied down from Rey's ZAKU.
Up until now most of the footages had shown the Freedom gundam doing battle at either Alaska or Jachin Due, and a few other battles which Zaft had been involved in two years ago.
But even true Athrun had seen about half of the footages already he still wasn't able to figure out why Rey was so interested in them in the first place, the only thing he knew for sure was that it had something to do with Rau Le Creuset or the Providence.
Seeing as every single video ended with a picture of the madman's mobile suit.
That one the other hand just serve to puzzle Athrun even more as he was now starting to wonder just what kind of connection Rey had with his former and long dead commander.
Maybe the whole thing with gathering all of those footages of the Freedom was some kind of quest for revenge. Perhaps Rey was actually using all of those videos to try and study the Freedom and Kira's fighting style.
But as logical as that sounded in Athrun's mind. He still had no definite proof that revenge, was the reason why for Rey's extremely high interest, in his best friend's mobile suit.
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At the same time down in the brig.
Talia was looking at the Impulse pilot with a deeply angry look on her face.
"Leaving the ship without permission, thief of military hardware and releasing a prisoner! All of these charges is quite serious Shinn. And they will most likely end with either a long time down here, or a military execution!" She told him, hoping that her last words, would make him look away from the floor and up at her.
Yet much to her minor annoyance he kept on watching the floor like it was the most interesting thing ever, which made the brown haired woman narrow her eyes more then a little bit, as she again start speaking to the stubborn boy.
"But what I really want to know is why? Why did you do all of this Shinn? You should already know, that freeing a enemy prisoner is an act that will get you severely punish!" She said loudly.
While thinking about just how much trouble the boy was in. She might find his at times overall stubborn attitude very frustrating. But she would honestly preferred not to see the boy get executed.
Unfortunately it was not up to her to decide what kind of punishment he and Rey where suppose to receive. The only once that could do that was Gilbert and the rest of the Zaft Council.
She did however not get a whole lot of time to think about that, before Shinn slowly turned his attention away from the floor and over at her.
"If we hadn't helped her, she would have die captain. But you already knew that" he said in a far away tone, that Talia could honestly say that she had never heard him use before.
Thinking briefly about his words, the frustrated woman finally let out a deep breath, which was actually powerful enough to make the hairs on her forehead fly around a bit.
"Ok it was as I thought, the reason why you did this was to save your crush. I just hope that you realize Shinn, that you might have to die in her place now!" She said then turned around and left the brig with loud steps, before the dark haired teenage had the necessary time to come up with some sort of reply.
Once gone Shinn slowly laid down on the somewhat uncomfortable bed in there, and looked straight up at the ceiling. "Damn what are totally lousy day, I actually can not believe some of the things I went through. I really hope I wouldn't have a day like this again anytime soon" the completely worn out teenage said, while briefly going over some of the things, that had happened today. Like his fight with the Raider Full Spec, and giving Stella back to that Neo guy.
He did however not get a whole lot of time to think about it, before Rey's voice brought him back to reality.
"Well look at it on the bright side, at least now we'll have a lot of time to rest and relax. It's not like we got much else to do while we are stuck in here!" The blond man said, sounding more then a bit, like he was bore with the whole thing.
Knowing that Rey was right about that.
Shinn let out a long sigh while he said one last thing before he slowly drifted of to sleep. "That's not really what I consider as cheerful news Rey, there is just no telling how long we are going to be in here..."
With that said it did not take long before he was making his way to dreamland, while Rey stayed awake a few seconds longer, just thinking about what his friend had said to him.
He was definitely right about this, it wasn't really all that great being in here.
And even true he was pretty confident that Gil would get them out of their without a scratch. He realized that it could properly take a few days for him to convince the rest of the Council, that Shinn and him where still loyal Zaft soldiers.
To be continued.