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Infinite Eternity

AN: Okay I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. And Now I'm not even updating! I'm rewriting the story! Sorry. Yes the plot is still the same but I went back to my rough draft and ideas and realized how far off I was taking this story, so sorry. Anyways here's the new first chapter please enjoy. I will let you know that I will not be updating consistently with this story. It's too difficult to write quickly. Sometimes I'll get chapters out in short order sometimes it'll take a few weeks. I apologize but I hope you'll still continue to read.

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On another not, someone questioned my spelling on Durndal in a Review. I am using the English Spelling from the Dub of the series. All spelling I take directly from the credits.

Chapter one: Broken Innocence

"Kira! Please Kira don't be dead!" Cagalli pleaded angrily as tears streamed down her cheeks. "Kira!"

Carefully she grabbed hold of what had been the Freedom's cockpit and started to descend to the archangel. She had barely begun before some kind of explosion sent shrapnel right at her and Kira. She didn't have time to react and only could maneuver slightly so that Kira's cockpit wasn't hit directly. The blast slammed into her hard and she screamed in pain as her cockpit seemed to suddenly implode on her. Water began to seep in and she fought to maintain control of her mobile suit. She couldn't go down any further, with the damage to both hers and Kira's cockpits the pressure of the water would destroy them; she could only go up. Unaware of the pain ripping through her and her mind only on getting Kira to safety she forced her damaged mobile suit upward.

"What the hell?" Shinn shouted startled as the Strike Rouge burst from the ocean, shortly after the explosion had. "The Strike!"

"Ready the landing gear! Crash crew and Medics on standby!" Captain Gladys commanded. "If those pilots are alive they're going to need all the help they can get! Meyrin! Shinn is to assist the Strike Rouge!"

"Ma'am?" her First Officer stared at her.

"If we leave them out there now… we're no better then the Earth Forces. We'd be nothing but murders, and I'm sorry but I'm not willing to have that on my conscience!" Gladys snapped angrily. "Don't forget, Cagalli pulled a lot of strings for us to see that we could get out of Orb, I won't have her death at my hands. I won't forget."

"Right!" First officer Trine stiffened. "Crash and Medic crews on Standby."

"Shinn you are to assist the Strike Rouge! I repeat you are to aid the Strike Rouge!" Meyrin Hawk ordered over the CIC.

"What? They're the enemy!" Shinn snarled.

"They are also an enemy that can't fight back! That is a direct order Shinn!" Captain Gladys snapped angrily.

"Yes, ma'am." Shinn muttered and moved to take the free hand of the Strike Rouge.

The Strike Rouge didn't let go of the Freedom Cockpit and he was a bit relieved as his own Mobile suit was badly damaged. With the Strike Rouge he made his way back to the Minerva. They had barely landed before the crews were swarming over the Freedom cockpit, Athrun with them. Letting go of the Strike Rouge everyone was stunned when the mobile suit seemed to just fold in on itself and collapse to the hangar deck.

"Cagalli!" Athrun shouted running over to the fallen mobile suit.

The cockpit opened and water gushed but Cagalli didn't move to get out. Athrun reached inside and unbuckled her and hit a couple controls to turn off the rest of the power. Her helmet was cracked and there were several rips in her pressure suit. Blood had caked his hands from him removing the safety harness, all he could do was grab her and pull her from the ruined cockpit. Removing her helmet and holding her tightly he now saw what he hadn't before. The Strike Rouge was mainly intact but most of the left side had deep gouges and much of the metal had folded from water pressure after being compromised. The damage was repairable and in space or on land wouldn't have been all that bad, but Cagalli had been underwater in freezing temperatures with hundreds of gallons of water pressure surrounding her. The Rouge had never been built to withstand pressure of underwater battle, though it had been modified to endure it just as the original Strike had been, but the modifications were obviously not enough once the suit itself was compromised to a certain extent.

"Kira…?" Cagalli muttered blinking at him blearily.

Athrun looked over at the medic and crash crews that were removing Kira and putting him on a stretcher. "He's alive," Athrun murmured still holding her desperately.

"Athrun…?" Cagalli frowned trying to focus and not entirely sure why she couldn't.

"It's okay… you're going to be fine…" Athrun stated in a pleading tone, his whole body was trembling.

"Athrun… sorry… so sorry! I didn't… want this… please…" Cagalli hissed out struggling to focus. "Don't hate… me…"

"Cagalli… you're going to be okay… Damnit Cagalli! You're going to be fine! You're too stubborn… to… to die…" Athrun commanded angrily and desperately, tears ran down his face as he looked over the damage to her pressure suit.

Cagalli chuckled tiredly and managed a weak smile. "I'm so… rry…"

"Stop saying that! You're going to be fine!" Athrun snapped through gritted teeth. "Stop apologizing!"

"Athrun… I… Please…" Cagalli looked up into his beautiful eyes and remembered how they had met and how somehow during all the conflict she had fallen for him. It was agonizing to see him hurting like this. She hadn't wanted any of this. She'd just wanted…

"Cagalli…Cagalli!" Athrun froze in horror when she went limp in his arms. "Damnit don't do this! CAGALLI!"

A medic crew hurried over to Faith Pilot and the Orb Chief Representative, but even to them it seemed to take eternity. Athrun's scream of rage pain and suffering only seemed to make time stand still. The way he clutched at the young woman's body and sobbed desperately pleading for her to wake up was gut wrenching. When the medics arrived and took the Chief Representatives limp form to Med-bay, everyone watched as Athrun followed right on their heals.

"Isn't he supposed to be engaged to Lacus?" someone asked quietly.

"I think… I think the Chairman got it wrong… I think Cagalli is the one he…" Lunamaria whispered.

"He really loves her," one of the few older techs told them quietly. "If he was engaged to anyone it was Cagalli Yula Athha, and from what she said I'd say it's mutual. That isn't the type of thing you come across often."

"They're the enemy! He…" Shinn snarled.

"The enemy?" The tech frowned at the youth. "You sure are green kid, that girl was betrayed by her country as much as her people were betrayed. I heard your story brat, and you think the Athha's were responsible for the attack on ORB, well this time they joined the Alliance, it's not saving lives now is it? You want to call someone an enemy and lay blame at their feet, at least blame the ones who are guilty."

"But they attacked us!" Shinn shouted angrily.

"No they didn't," Lunamaria stated quietly.

"Luna? What are you talking about of course they did! They…" Shinn snapped.

"No they didn't! Orb has never attacked ZAFT except when the Alliance forced them too. Back when they blockaded their border they could have sunk us while you were occupied with the Earth Forces. They didn't fire at us, only around us to warn us off. The senior technician officer is correct. I don't get it Shinn! I know you're hurt but why are you blaming her? She hasn't done anything!"

"It's her fault! It's all her fault!" Shinn shouted angrily.

"What is Shinn? What's her fault, the previous war! She had nothing to do with what happened to ORB anymore than you did!" Luna shouted back angrily. "She had to follow orders too, Shinn!"

"Then what about now, she should have…"

"Should have what Shinn? She's barely older than us, and her Parliament consists mostly of people who have kids our age. Do you honestly think they would listen to some kid who just happens to be an Athha? Orb was practically destroyed by the Earth Forces and now it's beginning to thrive again! That's because of Cagalli! You can't just keep blaming her because it's convenient! You can't hate her because of what her father did, if you do, than you're no better than Blue Cosmos!" Lunamaria shouted back bitterly. "You are not the only one to loose loved ones and suffer loss. You escaped to the Plants, do you think it was easy for her to return to Orb and rebuild it after loosing her father?"

"I…" Shinn blinked startled.

"I know you watched your family die Shinn, but so did she! So did a lot of us! You can't keep doing this to yourself Shinn! It's not right!" Lunamaria snapped but there were tears in her eyes, and then abruptly turned around and went to follow Athrun to the Med-bay. "Athrun's right! You need to grow up Shinn!"

Athrun waited tensely outside of the ICU unit for word on either his friend or Cagalli.

"Athrun Zala, would you care to explain the situation to me, in your own words?" Captain Gladys asked calmly when she arrived.

"…" Athrun frowned and paused a moment before he finally spoke. "What do you want to know?"

"I'd like to know what is going on with you and Miss Athha. I want to know what the hell happened out there." Captain Gladys frowned at him but her voice was calm as she continued to speak. "I do not like all that's been happening but I am a good soldier and I follow my orders. I just attacked the Archangel and its crew, I want to know why!"

"Cagalli and I are engaged… I asked before I left for the PLANTs." Athrun stated tiredly. "I first met her back before Josh-A. We became friends. She's the reason I first started second guessing my orders as a soldier. She's the reason I fight. As for the Archangel… the ship and her crew are seasoned war veterans and the ship itself is the top of the line and probably better than even the Minerva. It's likely that the Chairman ordered the attack because he's afraid of what the Archangel and Kira could do. I don't know anything more than that."

"I see… it makes sense… I take it the Chairman staged your continued engagement to Miss Clyne?" Captain Gladys sighed and frowned when Athrun nodded. "Why?"

"Because the Lacus he's currently using isn't the real one. Her name is Meer Campbell and she's his puppet from what I can tell. The real Lacus was in Orb with Kira and Reverend Malchio, though I suspect that recent flight hijacking was her making her way to the Clyne Faction. We'll probably be seeing the Eternal again."

"I see… you've given me a lot to think about." Captain Gladys stated calmly. "I want to be kept up to date on any changes to either of their conditions is that clear?"

"Yes ma'am." Athrun nodded.

"Until further notice I'm removing you from active duty… Hopefully some of what is going on and what will happen will be cleared up when we get to Gibraltar."

Athrun saluted and watched her leave the room before he returned to his tense waiting. Eventually, Lunamaria and her sister came to wait with him. The two girls were followed by a scowling Shinn and an impassive Rey. Slowly the hours passed by and with every hour longer the atmosphere became that much more tense. Finally after nearly six hours a doctor came out to speak to them.

"The male pilot is stabilized and I expect a recovery in short order." The man stated calmly.

"And Cagalli?" Athrun demanded angrily. "Is she…?"

"Lady Athha is in critical condition… There have been some unforeseen complications." The man's shoulders slumped a bit. "There's some internal bleeding... She's hemorrhaging, and it is unlikely we'll be able to stop the miscarriage."

"What!" Athrun shouted stunned. "Miscarriage!"

"Lady Athha was pregnant... I'd say at least three to four months." The man eyed Athrun carefully. "We still have some tests to run but they were definitely a Gen. Coordinator."

"They?" Athrun asked hoarsely.

"Lady Athha was pregnant with twins..." The man sighed and frowned. "At the moment there are numerous other complications working against Lady Athha. From what we can tell Lady Athha was extremely malnourished and sleep deprived. Her body was under a lot of strain and to be honest I am not surprised that she was unaware of her pregnancy. The symptoms would have been the same as what she had been going through from stress. We will let you know more once she's stabilized. Excuse me."

"I can't believe it…" Lunamaria whispered in shock tears filling her eyes as her sister hugged her openly crying.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS SHE THINKING!"" Shinn demanded angrily.

"Shinn!" Rey snapped angrily his voice cold and vicious.

"Athrun?" Meyrin asked gently, and abruptly they all turned to stare at him.

His eyes were wide with pain and shock and tumult of raw emotions shook his frame. He staggered back hitting the wall and crumpled down it, folding in on himself. He couldn't think or feel past the fact that Cagalli had been pregnant, and he had no doubt that they were his, and he hadn't known. He hadn't protected her. He had fought against her and now they had lost something that should never have been lost. Just like when he had faced off with his father and when his father died, he couldn't do anything. He couldn't save them or even protect them.

Without realizing it he was suddenly standing and with shout of rage and pain he turned and slammed his fist into the wall, denting it and breaking the skin in his knuckles. Tears streamed down his face as he braced himself against the wall and cried.

"Athrun!" Lunamaria shouted shocked.

"They were… It was… I was…" Athrun whispered hoarsely. "Damnit!"

"How…?" Rey asked startled.

"We weren't careful… I never thought about it… why would I? I'm a coordinator… this…this is supposed to be impossible!" Athrun snarled at him, glaring through his tears. "There's a reason I was her body guard!"

"Well look at where that got us!" Shinn growled angrily.

"You don't think I don't know that!" Athrun shouted at the boy. "You don't think I don't get it? Grow up! This isn't so damn black and white! There is no real enemy in war except war itself! Do you honestly think that all this! Everything that's happened is Cagalli's fault? Or Kira's because he piloted the Freedom! You can't fight and not understand that there is more to a war then who's the enemy! I went through the first war never understanding until I was faced with a father who'd lost his mind and wanted nothing more than revenge! He tried to wipe out every Natural in existence not just the ones responsible! You kill because someone was killed then you're killed for killing him! That's not what I'm fighting for!"

"I…" Shinn froze as did the others, suddenly realizing why Athrun had become a FAITH member.

"There is more to fight for then revenge… and I will never forget that. I can't, not when she was the one who saved me." Athrun stated in a low brutal tone. "It doesn't matter who is right or wrong… today something has been lost that should never have been lost. Innocent blood has been spilt and it's no one's fault but that doesn't change that it's happened. Do you think they deserved to die Shinn! Do you! Do you think it is Cagalli's fault they never got a chance to live!"

"She's the one that went out!" Shinn snapped back.

"HE'S HER BROTHER SHINN! HER TWIN! DO YOU THINK SHE WOULD ABANDON HIM AFTER EVERYTHING SHE'S BEEN THROUGH! HE'S ALL SHE HAS LEFT!" Athrun raged at Shinn his voice barely recognizable.

"Brother…" Shinn blinked stunned.

"The Archangel is gone, even if she hadn't gone out… but then I would have lost her too." Athrun gritted his teeth.

"Wait what do you mean brother?" Meyrin asked in confusion.

"Cagalli found out just before boarding the Kusanagi in the first war that Kira was her twin brother. Her father gave her a baby picture with their names on it and no explanation except that she would be with her brother." Athrun explained quietly.

"But why! How could he do something like that to her!" Lunamaria demanded.

"He was a selfish bastard, who wanted nothing more than to protect his country and its ideals. His family for the most part was second to Orb. Hate Uzumi Nara Athha all you want Shinn, but Cagalli has lost and faced more horrors than you could ever imagine. Now this has been added to it..." Athrun stated almost calmly, his posture one of defeat.

"…" Shinn had nothing he could say, there was nothing he could say against the truth.

They all could only keep waiting in silence.

Okay that was a heartless place to end it but I couldn't resist. I know this isn't an update but it is a good revision and I'm hoping there will be those of you who approve the change. Again if someone would like to beta this story I would be most pleased. Please let me know my e-mail is in my profile. Thank you and review.