Sorry for the wait, but here it is! Thanks for being so patient. I am currently trying to upload character sketches for Tess, Cedric, Ezekiel, and Virgil to my livejournal as well asa few pages of random sketches. It'll take a little while to load. The ones for Suzuka and a few of the other characters will take a while because they will have more then one character page, and I don't have a scanner at home (I use the one at school) so I will have to get those up sometime next week.
I'll be going to Anime Detour this weekand, so the next update may not be until sunday night or monday. I'll be cos-playing at Tsubasa Sakura (thanks to Trar who is a wonderful at sewing and is letting me borrow it).
Have fun reading this chapter. Review if you can.
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Yzak walked down the hallway of Orb. He was somewhat in one piece now,but the doctor was permitting him to remain on administrative duties only. Shiho had left about an hour ago, and thiswas the longest stretch of time that he had been by himself. She was either with him, or he was talking with Athrun, or ordering soliders, or being poked and prodded at by the physicians. Since he was very important to the upcomming mission, his healthwas constantly being monitored, which was a pain in the ass.
Yzakwas actually enjoying the time to himself. Stopping a moment, he stared at the window, and for a brief second, thought about how his mother was doing. Maybe he would try to negotiate with someone to allow him to send a secure transmission to her so she would at least know that he was alright.
As he was about entertain the idea of going to the diner for a cup of coffee, he heard someone running down the hallway.
"CAPTAIN!" someone called, "CAPTAIN JULE!"
It was Abby, his CIC Controller.
"What is it Sargent Hall?" he asked.
"We've detected something about 100 miles away from Carpentaria. I think you should come look at it."
"Oh, what?"
"A battle sir." she said, "Twilight has just begun it's invasion of earth."
Dearka pulled himself up, hauling Miriallia up with him. Turning to her, she was still clinging to his chest.
"Miriallia, I need to go outside. Please stay here-"
"No!" she shook her head, "I won't let you out there alone!"
There was another rumble of the ground, and she felt Dearka jump as shooting sounded outside, along with the sounds of people screaming.
"Damn it. Stay close!" he yelled, opening the door.
He dragged her by the hand through the crowd of people. Running to the infirmary, Ellanor was frantically running tending to the newly arrived wounded.
"Ellanor-san!" Dearka ran to her.
"Twilight has attacked." she said, "We have soliders, but we can't defend them for long."
"What about Rich and my team?" Miriallia said.
"Your team hasn't returned from town yet." Ellanor said.
Miriallia let out a relieved sigh. They would go into town to sleep at night, when she preferred staying in the village. They would be safe there.
"What are we going to do?" Ellanor frowned, "We have don't have the resources to fight them. The village will-"
"I'll help you." Dearka said, "We have to get out of here."
The two women stared at him in shock.
"I am a ZAFT solider." he said, "I know how these people fight. They are blunt, and to the point. Right now, they are only toying with us."
"Dearka-"
"What do you have in mind?" Ellanor looked at him.
Dearka was silent a moment.
"How many vehicles do we have?"
"10."
"Load the wounded onto them. Then gather all the women, children, and old people and take them as well." he said, "Begin to evacuate now."
"Right away." Ellanor smirked, rushing off, and shouting orders to the other nurses and aids.
"Dearka?" Miriallia looked at him.
"I'm going to go now. Please stay here and help Ellanor-san."
"No!" she grabbed his shirt, "I don't want you to get hurt again."
"I won't get hurt, don't worry." he smiled, "I'm going to save everyone this time. So please, go with Ellanor."
Miriallia stared at him and then nodded.
"Good." he said, turning around for a second, he walked a few feet and then paused.
"Dearka?" she looked at him confused.
"I forgot something."
"Oh?"
Dearka whipped around, pulling her into his arms, he crushed his lips onto hers. She felt her entire body melt into his as he roughly kissed her. As he slowly slipped his lips off hers, he smirked, licking her upper lip.
"Nevermind, I didn't forget anything."
He let go of her and disappeared out of the door. Miriallia found herself smiling, still slightly dazed from the sudden kiss. Ellanor laid a hand on her shoulder,
"He's a damn good kisser."
Miriallia's face turned deep red, "Ellanor!"
Dearka ran threw the village. He was not going to let these people die if he had anything to say about it. Out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a red form to the right. Grabbing the arm of his attacker, he slammed him into the ground. Quickly picking up the gun from the unconcious man, he slid down the hill to the crowd of villagers below.
"What's going on?" he yelled over the gunfire.
"We're trying to hold them back!" the middle-aged man yelled, "But it's not going to hold."
"We need to get everyone out of here." Dearka said, "Send half of the group back, we need to evacuate the villagers, and there will need to be a protected escape route."
"What-"
"The rest of us will stay here and defend till they leave." Dearka caulked the rifle back, firing it on one solider that was getting to close to their man-made barrier. He caulked it back once more, "Twilight will send these soliders in, but this is only the beginning. We won't survive when the mobile suits reach us. They want to use the village as a base of operations, so they have no interest in keeping any of us alive."
"Ah."
The man, as well as a few others were staring at Dearka now with interest.
"Name's Eli Baker." the man shook his hand, "Who the hell are you?"
"Dearka Elthman." Dearka smiled, "Major."
"Well, Elthman, what do you have in mind?"
Dearka smirked at him.
They sat in the control room, all gravely quiet.
"This is a serious matter." Athrun said, "That is in Orb territory."
"We can't afford to send out troops quite yet." Yzak said, "We're not prepared. We'll only be crushed."
"What should we do, Athrun?" Kira asked.
"We will proceed with the plan for now. Once you get to the Eternal, inform them of the situation. However, Carpentaria is in that area. It's a ZAFT base that refuses to abide by Twlight's orders, so we will send them reinforcements." Athrun said, "If Twlight captures Carpentaria at one point, that entire area will be under their control."
"Who should we send though?" Lacus asked, "Everyone is already doing something."
Athrun thought a moment.
"How about Mr. Asuka?" Kira asked.
Athrun stared at him.
"What?" he stared at Kira.
"Shinn has the competency for commanding a unit." Rey said, "But he has never had to be in command of a full squadron before."
"He can handle it." Kira said, "I think he understands enough to be able to."
Athrun thought a moment, "Alright. I will put both him and Lunamaria in charge of the squad." he looked at Kisaka, "Send a tranmission to the Eternal, inform Captain DaCosta that Shinn and Luna will be staying here. With Mwu-san, Kira, and Rey, there will be more then enough pilots."
"Aye sir."
Rey frowned to himself as everyone continued to talk, noticing that Suzuka had remained quiet the whole time. For a second, he felt her tug on his sleeve. Looking at her, she looked distressed.
"Suzuka?"
"Let's go Rey."
They quietly excused themselves from the meeting. Walking down the hallway, Rey looked at her.
"Suzuka, is there something bothering you?" he asked.
She gasped, "No...I'm just tired."
Rey glanced back at the floor, and slowly raised his hand. He held onto her hand, to her surprise.
"Don't worry, I'll always be here." he said.
Suzuka leaned against his shoulder, "Promise?"
"Yeah."
"Shit..." the young Captain cursed as he tried to ruffle through the papers, "Why do they have to send me all this damn paperwork? I swear, next time I see Commander Bartfield I'm going to kick his a-"
The door opened, and a girl walked in with a cup of coffee. He stared at her a moment, and smiled.
"Ah, Miss Hawke, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit today?" he asked.
"Coffee." she said, "It's 2 am, sir. You have been working 11 hours straight. That's not healthy you know."
"I know, I just...can't help it. Commander Bartfeild and Lacus-sama are hard acts to follow." he sighed, taking a big gulp of coffee.
Meyrin smiled at him, "If it's any consolation, I think you're doing just fine."
Martin DaCosta was the captain of the Eternal. Although it was still Lacus's ship, when she was gone he was in command of it. He was one of the youngest officers on the bridge, and somehow, he was given the position. Even though he really did not want in the first place. He had always been reserved, introverted...not really a fan of being in the spotlight. Now he was captain of one of the most powerful ships in the fleet.
He had not had a vaccation in 3 years...
"Would you like to get something to eat?" Meyrin asked him, "The cook wouldn't mind."
"Sounds like a good idea."
The com beeped. Martin pressed the button,
"DaCoasta here."
"Sir, there is a transmission from Orb here for you."
"Oh?"
"It's from Lord Zala himself."
He would have to hold that dinner appointment. Looking at Meyrin, he got up and they left his office for the bridge. She was his CIC controlller, and without her organization, he probably would have been screwed over by now.
Meyrin Hawke had first been assigned to his ship after the Requiem War. Since Shinn and Lunamaria did not return to ZAFT, Meyrin did not feel the need to either, but she still wanted to help out. Athrun had appointed her as the permanent CIC controller of the Eternal, because of her computer skills and her abilities to gather information. Martin had first met her at the reception at Athrun and Cagali's wedding, and noticing she was sitting by herself, he had asked to dance with her. Ever since then,Martin had found himself enraptured by her, and every time he would think something of that sort he would punch himself. Not only was she his subordinate, she was 8 years younger then he was, which was a lot in his opinion.
Meyrin looked at him worriedly, "Is something wrong, sir? You look like something is bothering you."
"No, I'm fine." he said, "Th-Thanks for asking..." he laughed nervously.
"Okay..."
Letting out a sigh, now not only was he a disorganized idiot, he sounded like a stuttering freak. He entered the bridge, his love-life problems would have to wait till later.
"Report."
Curse you LJ for being so difficult! Okay, I'll shut up now.
This chapter took a lot more effort then I thought. I'll probably write the next chapter soon because I'm at home for spring break, and I just found out my parents cancelled cabel. No more gundam seed, no more full metal alchemist, no more scryed, and most importantly...no more Boondocks...grr...
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Arigato
Lilith