Gundam Seed: Kira Reloaded c37

Patrick Zala looked at all the ‘Lost’ warships and mobile suits. He was seething to no end.

“Damn, Damn, DAMN IT ALL!”

He roared angrily as he saw on the large screen how Freedom passed the last line of defence and blasted through into the interior of the Genesis super weapon.

Seconds later, he already had a live stream from inside the Genesis weapon. Freedom was using the METEOR system’s massive beam swords to cut through the sections of the Genesis weapon and enter the core sections.

“S-Sir! Segments of Genesis are either not working anymore, or we lost control! They are being hacked!”

Patrick’s expression paled as more officers and officials looked at him. When the weapon was working, they didn’t say much… but now that it's falling apart and costing them billions…they will be trying to find a scapegoat.

And considering they built the weapon illegally…

Eventually, the whole screen showed two large words: ‘Connection Lost’.

“...Sir…”

“Genesis is gone.”

The screen changed to a different camera. They saw Genesis blowing up into a massive pink explosion. The extra large nuclear reactor makes a great bomb.

The main doors opened when the weapon was gone, revealing a blonde woman dressed in blue Siegel Clyne’s faction robes. To her sides were two soldiers with rifles.

“Patrick Zala, you are under arrest for nuclear and mass destruction weapon development and its utilisation.”

“Like hell!” Patrick Zala pulled out a gun and was about to shoot, but the soldiers opened fire first…

The Supreme Chairman’s eyes widened in disbelief. He couldn’t believe it ended like this! He was so close to ending all naturals.

“...Damn… you…Kira…Yamato Cough...” After coughing some blood, the Supreme Chairman died. His body started to float away, along with blobs of blood. 

A huge number of operatives looked at this with disbelief. Was this a coup? They were confused as hell.

“Send a word to all warships and mobile suit pilots to cease all hostilities; this war is over, " the blonde woman said to the officers, who snapped out of their shock and swiftly began relaying the message.

~~~

“Haaahhh—Haahhh— Haahhh.. Damn, I thought after blowing it, they will just piss off!” Kira exclaimed loudly, and with shaky hands, he disassembled another squad of GINN suits.

But then a green beam directly hit his METEOR system, and his flight support was blown away.

[Sir, reactor cooling can’t keep up, we are losing power output.]

Legion highlighted a window on the display. 

“Well… shit… using that large blast inside the genesis has heated the machine too much,” Kira complained as his vision was starting to get blurry.

But then he saw mobile suits starting to retreat.

For a second, he shook his head and got himself together. What he saw were three coloured flares that indicated retreat.

ZAFT is pulling back.

[Sir, it appears we have won.]

“...hell…yeah… so… why don’t you… take over? I…going to rest for a bit… just a second is…”

Kira moved his head to the side and passed out.

[Understood, have a good rest, sir.]

The mobile suit switched to autopilot and proceeded to fly towards where Eternal should be.

~~~

Lacus swiftly rushed to the hangar. The people quickly noticed that Strike Freedom didn’t respond on the way back; instead, it was Legion who told them that Kira was resting.

The girl panicked even more as Kira didn’t leave the mobile suit. The mechanics were the ones who opened the hatch. They found Kira sleeping in the seat.

“We need a doctor! Tell someone to get one for me.” The girl, in a snappy voice, instructed the mechanics, who swiftly nodded at her.

Before long, the pilot was taken to the medical bay.

“He is fine, only tired.” The doctor said after the initial scans.

Lacus sighed in relief. Her father joined them midway. By this point, the three warships were retreating back to the space station. Their job was done, and there was no need for them to stay.

“We should let him rest, Lacus,” Siegel suggested.

“Yes, I will stay behind. Father, you can return to the bridge.” The pinkette walked to the chair and sat down. The medical bay was situated in the part where artificial gravity exists.

“Alright, contact me if anything happens.” After saying that, the doctor and her father left them alone.

The girl ended up holding his left hand. There was a small smile on her lips.

“You did it, Kira. It’s finally over.” She softly said it to him.

The girl and the rest of the crew were simply baffled by how much he could do with a single machine. His performance will be recorded in history books, as he took on the entire nation alone!

~~~

Groan

Kira opened his eyes. For a second, he needed to focus on his vision as he wandered where he was.

“...”

“Oh…”

He whispered when he saw the ceiling, he was in a room.

“Kira! I was worried!”

A familiar voice made him smile immediately.

“...Lacus… I am back at Eternal?” He asked her as his eyes scanned the surroundings.

“Yes. We will soon begin the docking with Ame-no-Mihashira.” She replied with a happy voice.

“I see. It appears I was out for quite a while if we are back at Earth’s orbit.” He counted that he was about for at least a couple of hours.

“Around four hours, you should rest some more! Fiance’s orders!” The girl sharply said to him.

Kira simply smiled as he lifted his right hand. His left was busy being held by Lacus. 

The pilot of Strike Freedom looked at his shaky hand. It looked like he had been exercising for days, and now his muscles were rebelling.

“Even if I wanted to, I won’t be able to do a thing.” He exclaimed with a tired sigh.

However, he was able to move to the side and make some space.

“Come, you will keep me company~,” he said with a small smirk, making her blush slightly.

The girl slowly nodded before ending up lying down next to him.

Kira swiftly scooped her closer before snuggling. It was time to recharge his exhausted ‘batteries’!

…

…

…

Around a couple of hours later, Mu La Flaga and the rest of the Archangel crew arrived to check out what was happening.

“...Yo—”

The blonde stopped in his tracks before turning around.

“Still asleep, let them rest.” He said with a small smirk.

Cagalli and Kira’s friends from Heliopolis poked their heads around the blonde pilot.

“...Should we tell him the good news?”

“...Check it out.” Another one said with a teasing voice.

“Kira, Lord Uzumi just told us that you can keep the Duel and Blitz.”

The moment these words reached him, Kira’s eyebrows trembled, but he ended up snuggling into Lacus' neck.

“Damn, he is out cold.” 

“I would be out too. He took out 70% of all ZAFT forces.” Buster's blonde pilot said with an eye roll before pulling the kids out of the medical bay.

“We can speak with him later.”

~~~

“Hey! We want our machines back!” Yzak said to the Orb officers.

“They were developed in association with Orb, and you guys blew up our colony. By all means, they belong to us.” The leading soldier replied to the pair.

Yzak and Nicol grimaced. It appeared they would be the next ones to lose their mobile suits.

“What about the war? What happened?” Nicol asked, and Yzak calmed down when he heard the question. He was curious, too.

They are curious that there was only Freedom and three ships. Something like this should have ended in swift defeat for these rebels, but here they are, still alive and well! So what happened to ZAFT!?

“ZAFT is in full retreat, and we have intercepted a message that there are calls for a ceasefire.”

“...Huh?” The pair of ZAFT elites looked baffled. When did that happen!? Wasn’t there a big superweapon ready to vaporise all life on Earth!? So, where are the ceasefire talks coming from?

“The Genesis weapon has been destroyed, and my… father was killed when he resisted the arrest.”

Athrun’s voice got the pair's attention. Next to him was Daerka. 

“Athrun, where you have been?” 

“I gave back Aegis, which I borrowed from Orb’s princess.” 

“...What?”

“Anyway, I will see you two later. I still need to talk to her about something.” Athrun brought Daerka over before walking away.

“What the hell is going on? Why is he not being escorted by soldiers like we are?” Yzak was confused, and that confusion morphed into fury.

“That’s because he fought on the other side. That girl lends her machine to him. He helped to destroy that weapon.” Daerka explained with a careless shrug.

“...What? That traitor bastard!” 

“...Why do you care?” Daerka sighed, stopping Yzak in his tracks. He then explained what was more important.

“Most importantly, there will be a ceasefire, and this craziness will end.” The blonde ZAFT elite pilot reminded him of THAT.

“...You can’t be serious! I haven’t got my revenge against Kira Yamato!” Yzak clenched his fist while telling HIS name.

“Don’t be ridiculous. He took out more than half of the entire ZAFT forces. It will take over half a year to regain our original strength.” 

“Besides, he is with Orb now.” 

The ex-Duel pilot grimaced when he heard that. How was he supposed to get back at him? It's not like Orb would wage war on them or ZAFT would attack a little island nation in the Pacific…

“How do you even know all of that?” Nicol asked Daerka.

“Athrun told me.”

“Damn it all.” Yzak clenched his fist from frustration. Not only did he get beaten all the time, but now his machine is taken from him on top of that!

This is insane humiliation for someone like him!

“Alright, your shuttle is coming to pick you three up.” One of the guards interrupted them.

“...What about Athrun? Is he coming later?” Nicol asked the guards.

“...No idea. Athrun Zala was declared a terrorist in the middle of the last fight. 

So he can’t return for now.” The guard said to the trio.

“It was to save the planet and the innocent Naturals living on its surface. The council should understand that. I can ask my father,” Nicol said while looking at Yzak.

“Right, Yzak? Your mother is part of it.”

“...Yeah, yeah.” The ex-Duel pilot, with a grumpy voice, looked away.

~~~

“I think my uniform has too many stripes,” Kira commented as he looked in the mirror and placed his Orb’s uniform on.

“You most likely got promoted. The uniform was brough over by one of the high-ranking officers.” Lacus softly spoke with an amused tone. She inspected him from several angles.

“So I got promoted without even knowing.” Kira sighed. He was having issues with the buttons on his undershirt. His hands were still shaking even after 8 hours of sleep.

Lacus got in front of him and started to fix the uniform for him.

“Well, you did end the war, so it's only natural.” She reminded him of what he had done. 

“I am pretty sure you guys helped too.” Kira didn’t agree fully, as he watched closely how she was fixing him up.

“No, it was you—your weapon designs, your mobile suit expertise, your AI, all of it.” She finished fixing his uniform before looking into his eyes. The girl then leaned forward and gently kissed him on the lips.

“Now let’s go. Lord Uzumi and the rest are waiting for you.” The pinkette said after the kiss.

“Yeah…” He slowly agreed. He was feeling a bit better now, and he was maybe capable of fighting a couple of battles now!

“Good.” She took his hand, and the pair started to walk towards the doors.

“By the way…”

“Hmm?”

“Lieutenant said that Duel and Blitz were given to you after the battle.” She slightly smirked while saying that. She enjoyed the look on his face.

Her future husband looked like he just won a lottery!

“...Holy…”