Gundam SEED Fan Fiction ❯ The SouL Of DarKneSs ❯ The Fire of the Desert ( Chapter 3 )

You were very excited. Rau gave you a special mission. The guy Dearka talk about-Andrew Waltfielfd, was killed in a battle few weeks ago, and he asked you to go on earth to investigate. Yu had to go this his old base and to get new information about the statut of it and all. You couldn't refuse it, but you were glad to have a mission. You'll not fight, but at least, you'll be in your gundam.

You were sent on earth, after you said your goodbye to the rest of the crew. Lacus was on the same spacehip as yours because they had to take her home. But your roads will be separeted. Just before she got down, she made you promise to visit her. You did promise and gave her a big hug to tell her goodbye. She'll miss you a lot, and Haro too... but you'll have to get over it. You finally reached the Base of Gibraltar, in the North of Africa. You went to meet the new commander in charge, and you exanged few sentences. There was nothing new, really... that deceived you, but you till had to go in the desert to continue your invastigation.

You ride your Gudam and flew right though the high cliff of sand. The landscape impresed you, and you found this place very calm and nice. The sun was very high, so it was very hot outside. You put down the gundam and got out. You almsot choke because of the heat. You took off your cask and started to walk around with a little machine, who was supposed to search for presence of metal stuff. After almost an hour, you found nothing, so you decided to go more to the Estern side. Again there, you found nothing. You finally reached the cockpit of your gundam when your radar announced you that three other gundam were approching. You wondered who that could be. Only coodinators could ride a gundam. Maybe they were from the base.

As you went to go away, the three gundam had reached you, and to your big surprise, they started to attack you! You recognized the symbol of the Earth Alliance on each of the machine. You frowned your eyebrow. What the hell was going on?? As you were trying to avoid their attacks, you got hitten in the back but you didn't surrender. A fierce gight had started. They were really good, and you didn't know for how much time you could handle them. You tried to reah the base, but no one sem to answer. Maybe a sandsotrm was coming and it was blocking the interferences. You drew your biggest gun and tried to shoot hyperbeam but you only hit the cliff. “Damn it, they're fast” you said to yourself. Suddendly, One of the gundam appeared over you but you didn't had the time to make a move then he slashed the top of your gundam as another one had charged into you. Smoke was starting to rise into the cokcipit and you were chocking. Nothing worked anymore, and the gundam just fell and layed on the sand.

You wanted to reach the button to open the cockpit, but your hand couldn't touch it. You started to panic seriously, because you could not breathe, but you finally suceeded to reach it.

You got out and crawled in the sand, trying to get more air. The three gundam were now motionless in front of you, like they were watching every of your moves.

“What are we going to do with thi one?” asked one of the pilots.

“Nah, he was on our territory, I suggest we just kill him” you could hear what they were saying, but you didn't mind at all. You had suceed to took you cask off. Then, the wind blew into your face and you could breathe now. “W-Wait a minute!” shouteed one of the pilots. “this is a GIRL?” “what the heck?” added another one. “I didn't know that... they take girls as pilot now??” laughed the third one. “Well, what are we going to do with her?” “I won't kill a girl” said one with a severe voice. “Well, let's take her with us, then... and leave the gundam here.” “all right” One of the gundam bent to take your in one of these huge metallic hands you couldn't move like that. No!!! You didn't have the chance to see were they were taking yo, because you fainted.

 

When you woke up, you were laying in a bed. The mattress was hard and your back and butt was hurting. You realised you were in a big cell. It wasn't too dark around you, because there was windows higher in the room that lets the light leak in. `Where Am I?' you tought to yourself, a bit scared. You slowly rembered what had happen. So now, you were prisonner! You couldn't imagine how Rau will be worry about you. Maybe, maybe not. You hoped at least he'll not let you down.

A few minutes after you woke up, three guys arrived in the room. The were wearing the Earth Alliance uniform, but each was kinda different, like they added their personnal touch to it. You realised then that they were the three pilots that attacked you. One was about your age, with short reddish hair. He looked quite feminine or something... you couldn't say! An other had light green hair, like Nicol's, but they were all parted to one side of his face so you couldn't see it all. He had headphoness and he was listening to music with a relaxed look. The last was a lot older, with fluo-green hair, very short and well combed. He looked a very severe guy and he was the one to stepped in front of you. “What were you doing in our territory, ZAFT's pilot?” you just realised he was talking to you. You gasped as you were searching for an answer. You should think fast, a wrong answer could bring forth death! “I was only invastigating...” you said, and it was true. “I had a mission. I'm sorry if I penetrated into your landscapes, i didn't want to pick up a fight or anything...” The fluo-haired guy just glared at you with a kind of discust. “Yeah, you didn't mean too.” He said, ironic. “And what were you investigating about??” “This is none of your business” the words had skipped from your mouth and you were surprised of your boldness. The guy looked at you, very pissed. “So you were spying us!!!” “Hey, relax, man, she said she didn't know she had penetrate our lines” replied the guy with reddish hair. “And you trust her? She's a coordinator, from ZAFT!!! Even if she's a GIRL, that won't stop me to...” “Aw, shut up, Orga, you're getting on my nerves” The third one, who hadn't speak yet, wasn't even looking to him, but right to you. “We checked up all her stuff and her gundam, he we didn't find a fucking thing wrong.” “So what were you invastigating about?” shouted Orga as he turned back to you. You sighed. “Do you know the Base of Gibraltar?” you asked. “sure, it know it, it's just behind. Get it to the point” “I was sent her to investigate about the attack that happened a few weeks ago, in the Southern. ZAFT destroyed a city and all and the suvivors decided to strike back. It was the team of Andy Waltfiel, the “tiger”. The STRIKE, piloted by Kira Yamato, shot it down and I was there to find any traces of him because we didn't find his body back.” “And you tought you could get here years after to look for his body???” “I said I was INVESTIGATING, I was only searching for evidences and make a complete report.” Orga just looked at you and you couldn't say how he felt about all this. He turned to the reddish one “Clotho, give me further information about her. I have to know if she's lying. I don't want troubles...” You started to laugh out loud. Orga gave you a terrible look. “what do you find so funny??” “Oh, it's only that, at least, you should have my name to make such researches, no?” and you continued to laugh softly as Orga's face was turning to red. His jaw was tensed as he was staring at you furiously. “And what's your name, Mr Genius?” You wiped little tears that appeared in the corner of your eyes. They were very funny, in the end. You gave him an innocent look. “Tsukara. Sara Tsukara. Do you want something esle, buddy? I hope you're not the leader in here, you seem to be not very perspicacious” This time he was out of himself, he was going to grab you trough the bars, but Clotho prevented it. “hey, take it easy, man” he said with a soft voice. “I won't let this little chick tell me these things! “ then he gave you a look full of hatred. “Don't play with me, or you'll lose. Shani, bring her something to eat before she could complain...” “I NEVER complain!” you shouted while you crossed your arms on your stomach. He didn't look back at you. “I'm not the maid in here” replied Shani. “no, but you'll do as I say!” He was very irritated, but Shani just gave him an arrogant smile, and they all quit, leaving you alone.

Shani came back after half an hour with a little tray. He still had his headphones on, and he looked to be somewhere esle. “May I know where I am?” you softly asked. He didn't seem to hear you. You got angry and you pull out his headphones. “May I know where I am???” He looked at you in surprise, but his face grew arrogant again and he stared at you coldly. “In our base” he simply answered. “There's no bases that existed near Gibraltar's Base!” “Now, there's one.” He added anything and he left the cell. “Hey, wait!! What are you planning to do with me? What did you do with my Gundam? And how come you're a natural and you can pilot a gundam????” He didn't turn back on you. “Too many questions, just wait.” He said, placing back his headphones. You were very annoyed. Why couldn't he answer?? You could at least know where you are!

 

Hours were passing and you had nothing to do in the cell, so you did push-up and stuff to keep you busy. You were already planning you evasion. You only had to know where the gundam were stocked, then you could run away with one. You will not stay here forever! The others were waiting for you.

**Shani, Orga and Clotho POV** “did you get something, Clotho?” asked Orga, impatiently. “Yeah, I succeded to reach the ZAFT's records, and she was really on it. She joined Rau le Creuset's team. But nothing else. I'm still trying to attempt the secret files so I could know what was the mission they recently gave to her.” “Whoa, what a big boy, you can do that?” Said Shani, ironic. “What are we going to do with her? Now that she know the exact location of the base, we can't let her get out” “I don't think that she knows the EXACTLY location, she didn't get out yet” replied Clotho. “But still...”

Orga was playing with a little knife. “ I suggest we just kill her. Anyway, that's what we were about to do before we found out she was a girl. She's still a coordinator...” “Don't be silly, I said I won't kill a girl” said Shani in his calm and cold voice. “Erh, you're too sweet-hearted.” “there's a difference between being soft-hearted and fair.” “FUCK IT!! SHE'S A COORDINATOR, SHANI!” “don't shout like that, Orga” interrumpted Clotho with an uncertain voice. “these are part of my principles...” added shani with glare eyes. Orga shut up but stared at his comrades angrily. Shani walked away and Orga, to let go his frustration, punched the wall next to him.

**back to your POV** You chose THIS time to escape. A man had enterred the cell to give you your meal, and you knocked him so hard that he felt on the ground, inconscious. He had been too surprisse to react. You jumped over his body and ran out of the cell. You had taken his weapon and you were now armed. You started to run all over the base's corridors. You met a few soldiers but you got ride of them easily. You were very good-trained in martial arts and stuff.

Somehow, all the lights started to glow red. Oh, no! The alarm have been enclenched! You heard voices right behind you and you jumped behind big boxes as bullets were coming trough. You saw small holes in the boxes. Someone was shooting you. Suddendly, you saw something rooling toward you, and a thick smoke rised. You chocked as you grabbed your arms. You went trough the smoke, and you felt something touching your arm.

You could see clear again, but they were chasing you. You looked to your arm and see that a bullet had brushed against it, and you were bleeding.

You ran the fastest that you could, meeting sometimes some soldiers. But you were untouchable. Really. That felt good that no one could beat you.

SOMEHOW, you finally reached a big hengar. All the gundam and ships were stocked there. You walked toward them as you put and hand on your injured arm. You approached a little combat ship, but before you could get in it...

 

“Freeze!!!” You stopped. You almost drop your gun, and for a second, your body was numb, but you fianlly turned back and pointed your gun. It was Shani, and he was alone. You were both pointing guns at eachothers. “you won't let me stay” you whispered as a wild angry grew into you. “For now, you'll be a nice girl and gave it up” He had no more his headphones, and you didn't know if he was able to aim right because of all his hair in his face. You had a soft laugh. “Nobody can rip my liberty” you replied. “Shoot me if you want, but I will no longer be your prisonner” He didn't move or talk. You were staring at eachothers, and that for many minutes. After a while, he lowed his gun, to your biggest surprise. “You sure have an attitude” he finally said. “and I like that” “So you let me...?” before you could move, you heard people that arrived all around, and you saw the fluo-haired, Orga, pointing his gun at you. You didn't have time to avoid it. You felt the bullet geting trough your chest, and blood came right away, you could felt it. Your vision blackened as you fell on the ground.

 

You mumbled softly. You had difficutly to open your eyes. All your body was hurting you, and you groaned in pain when you felt ths terrible pressure on your chest and stomach. `I'm... I'm not dead?' you remembered the bullet that Orga had fire to you. You finally opened your eyes wide. It was not clear, but you tried to sit in the bed. You realized that a soldier was there. He was guarding you. You were in a clinic or something... you put a hand on your chest. There was bandages everywhere.

Someone arrived in the room and you recognized Shani. He told the guard he was relaying him. “You're finally up” he said “it's been five days since you collapsed” “So i'm not... dead?” “look like you're not...”

He sat on the edge of the bed, still staring at you. “I guess I'm you prisonner again” you said with sadness “I should have die, then.” “Orga is really a bastard when he feels that way. He knew he hadn't to shoot you, but he did it anyway. You should be more careful with him, you don't know what he's able to do-“ “I don't care, i'm not afraid of him!” “it's because you don't know him. Believe me. Don't get in his path.” You nodded, a little irritated. He won't boss you around, that's for sure. Suddendly, Clotho appeared in the room, out of breath. “Orga wants to see the girl NOW” he said. “I have a name, ya know...” “What does he want from her?” asked Shani, frowning his eyebrow. “do you think I know??” “Well, let's take you to him” Shani said. You wanted to get up but the pain stopped you and you stayed there, a little shy. “Uh... I just can't get up... it's too painful.” “C'mon! We won't grab you on our shoulders!” shouted Clotho, annoyed. “Shut up, big crude” replied Shani. “She's wounded. If I broke you a leg, would you walk on it few days later?” His comrade didn't answer. Shani stared back at you and helped you to get up without too much pain. You were grateful to him, he was the only one who seem to care about your health. “Thanks” you whispered shyly. But you didn't want him to help you walking, that was for sure.

You finally got to a room where Orga wanted to meet you. You sat straight on a chair because you couldn't stand up anymore. Orga stared at you coldly. “no, get up” he muttered. “And you two, get out.” Shani gave him an intense look that meant he didn't agree, but he left without saying a word. You stood up with difficutly. “did you really think you could run away?” he asked, his arms crossed on his stomach. “Yes.” You simply answered. Before you could do any move, he stepped on and slapped you very hard. You felt your jaw getting almost out of it's cavity. You turned a deadly look to him as you put a hand on your red cheek. “Don't even think about it again, you heard me? Because the next time, I'll shoot you and you won't get up!!!” his face grew more angry then ever but you were not afraid of him. You remembered what Shani had said, but now, you were so furious that you couldn't think anymore. “Like you can aim” you shouted, out of boldness. “You already tried to kill me but you failed. If you think you can afraid me with—“ you didn't even finish your sentence because he smacked you in the stomach, right on your wound. You shouted in pain as you felt on your knees. He grabbed your hair and pulled on so you could face him. “I can learn you to fear me, it that what you want” “Cut it off!!” you screamed as you tried to kick him but he pinned you on the ground. The whole weight of his body was on your stomach and you screamed back in pain. It was so painful that you couldn't even move or try to defend yourself. “Leave me alone!!!” you yelled, trying to get him off. “Aw, shut up” he groaned. “If you want me to stop, just implore it!” “IMPLORE??” Like you were going to kneel down for him! You couldn't surrender to him!!!! But his knee was sinking right into your bone and it made you almost cry. You couldn't handle this anymore. Won't somebody come to help you???

You drop tears as you whispered “ leave me alone, please, get off” “what? I didn't hear...” “Please!!!! Get off me, I beg you!!!” “it's better than nothing” he muttered as he stood back. You sigh in relieve but all your body was hurting so much, and you almost fainted. “Now get out of my face” You would have murdered him if you had been in greater shape. Too bad, it'll be for the next time.