Gundam SEED Fan Fiction / Gundam Seed Destiny Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny of Love ❯ into the storm ( Chapter 15 )

In the end Lacus ended up going back with Trent. She really had taken Kira's words to heart and tried to find some sort of opening she could use to escape bur the fact that Trent was within ten feet the rest of the few days she was there made it impossible to find what she was looking for.

 

When Trent wasn't there watching her every second of the day then it was the man he'd hired to watch her who was making sure that she didn't try to do anything funny. That made any hope of running away at the time nearly impossible.

 

At the moment Trent was out drinking but Lacus knew it was still not in Shiro's best interest for her to run while he was gone. This was because of the guard that Trent hired to watch her. The guy was tall and only had one arm and one eye but still looked rather strong. He seemed very serious about his work and that made Lacus a bit fearful. She couldn't help but feeling that something was wrong about it though.

 

There was a feeling of dread within Lacus at that moment. She'd felt it ever since Kira admitted to her about the dreams that he'd been having. It seemed unnaturally strong that night of all night though. `I just hope this feeling doesn't mean anything,' she thought walking up the stairs towards Shiro's room.

 

Turning the corner towards her son's room, Lacus caught sight of Eileen talking to someone she couldn't make out. The person apparently saw her and walked off before she could identify whoever it was.

 

Eileen came walking down the hall towards Lacus. “I just put him to bed. Having you there might help settle him down though,” Eileen said as the two of them stopped outside the door to Shiro's room. There was a sound of slight crying on the inside meaning that Shiro was still awake.

 

“I was planning to do that anyways,” Lacus said placing her hand on the doorknob before stopping. “Who was that you were talking to? Whoever it was seemed to be in a hurry to leave when they saw me,” Lacus said not able to contain her curiosity at the moment.

 

“No one of importance. I was just discussing something with one of the maids,” Eileen replied in a way that Lacus couldn't detect and sort of lie from. “So don't worry about it and go put your son to sleep,” Eileen said before she started walking down the hall in the direction that Lacus came from.

 

A smile appeared on Lacus's face as she walked into the room and saw her son lying in his crib. At the sight of his mother, Shiro's crying went from crying to little more than a whimper.

 

Reaching out her hand, Lacus gently caressed his cheek which stifled even the whimpering that Shiro was putting on. “It's ok sweetie. I'll be by your side until you fall asleep,” she said picking the boy up in her arms before walking over to one of the chairs and she took a seat in it.

 

A soft tune escaped Lacus's mouth as she rocked her little boy to sleep. It was slow but his eyes did start to close but he didn't completely fall asleep until the beautiful song finished up.

 

A smile appeared on Lacus's face as she placed a kiss on Shiro's forehead. `He never sleeps while I sing but is out like a light right afterwards,' Lacus thought with a small chuckle.

 

There was such a peaceful look on Shiro's face as Lacus put him in his crib once more. “You look so much like him when you sleep,” she whispered so softly that unless someone was within five feet that they wouldn't be able to hear. “I'm sure that he is very proud of you,” she said leaning down to kiss his forehead again before she went to one of the chairs again.

 

`I've got to get out of here soon,' Lacus thought as she took a seat in the chair. `I have to find a way for Shiro's sake. I can't let him be raised by a man who isn't his father,' she thought staring at her sleeping son.

 

`I have to get out of here soon,' Lacus thought as a look of determination crossed her face. `I might be able to think of something now since Trent is gone. That other man is tough looking but doesn't keep quite as vigilant an eye on me,' she thought of all the things that might be able to help her.

 

It only took a quick look around the room before Lacus found what she was looking for in the closet. It was a small bag that Lacus usually used for carrying around Shiro's stuff in.

 

`It's small but it will have to do,' she thought as she grabbed what she thought was important within her reach. She knew she had to work quickly and carefully. She could never tell when it would be that Trent would show up again.

 

Most of the stuff that Lacus grabbed belonged to Shiro. She was willing to part with her stuff because a lot of it held so little value to her. She knew there were a few things that she would refuse to leave behind but she'd wait to grab those.

 

`Just you wait Shiro, I'll get you out of here and get you back to you father,' Lacus thought as she quickly shoved as many things into the small bag as she possibly could. `You'll be with the man who loves you just as much as I do.'

 

*****

 

A deep sigh left Cagalli's throat as she sat down in a chair on a balcony at the Zala Mansion. She couldn't help but feel like there was something wrong but she couldn't think of what that could possibly be. She didn't know why but she felt that it involved her brother.

 

A noise was heard from behind her causing Cagalli to turn her head. She saw her husband walking towards her holding two mugs of coffee. It was obvious that he couldn't sleep like she could. She wasn't sure what his reasons were either. “What are you still doing up? Don't you have to go to work early tomorrow?”

 

“Yeah, I was thinking of taking the day off,” Athrun said taking a sip of the warm coffee in his hands. “I haven't had one for a while and there's nothing important going on anyways,” he said and Cagalli gave him a grateful smile.

 

“That's good. You hardly take any. So what's on your mind right now?” she asked taking a sip of the coffee as she looked at the broad expanse of the lands. Athrun's family lived on this land for centuries and she didn't mind moving there. Yet at the same time she liked how Kira lived in a small and comfy house.

 

“It's something I heard at Siegel Clyne's party,” he said just staring at the dark liquid inside the mug. “I ran into Fllay and she went into a rant about how she was going to get Kira back. Then she said something else that has been bugging me,” he said and only got a look of confusion from Cagalli.

 

“So what's new? She's always been yelling stuff like that. It's not like it means anything. She lies in just about everything she says so you shouldn't take her very seriously,” Cagalli replied but Athrun just shook his head. “What do you mean?”

 

“The only thing she cares about more than money is her pride. Not to mention she usually accidentally says the truth when she's mad,” he said and saw a look of understanding cross Cagalli's face before she nodded in agreement. “She claims that Kira told her that he'd fallen in love with someone else and that was why he broke up with her in the first place.”

 

A gasp escaped from Cagalli's mouth as a hand flew to it. “He's in love with someone else? That can't be right; he would've told us about it. He had no reason to keep it a secret,” she said refusing to believe it. She was sure that she would've been able to tell if he was feeling something like that.

 

“It might explain why he's been acting the way he has for the past several months. I thought he would've been happy if that happened though,” Athrun mumbled as several thoughts were going through his head.

 

“Maybe she really was lying. I wouldn't put it past her to make excuses that aren't true in order to keep herself from admitting that she was the one at fault. Let's just try and not make a big deal out of it,” Cagalli said since thinking about it just seemed like more trouble than it was worth.

 

Athrun wanted to listen but something inside him told him that this was the truth. `If he really is in love with someone else than why won't he tell us about it? Maybe she really was lying to cover her own ass,' Athrun thought before just giving up as well since the only person that could really tell them would be Kira himself.

 

*****

 

Kira smiled proudly to himself as he stood up and admired his work. He'd been getting rather frustrated with Fllay getting inside of the house that he went to the trouble of changing all of the locks.

 

`She probably made another key before we broke up. That would explain how she kept getting in when I'm positive that I took the key away from her,' he thought as he took out the only keys to the door. One he was going to keep for himself, one for Athrun and Cagalli, and the last was going to be saved for Lacus when he finally got her away from that place.

 

“Let's see her get in now,” Kira said glad that he might actually get a bit more sleep. Since Siegel's party, Fllay had been turning up more and more. Kira guessed it was because of what he did to her there.

 

Worry started to spread through Kira at the thought of Fllay. He was worried that she might do something that might jeopardize his love for Lacus. She just wouldn't leave him alone and he just wanted her gone. He was afraid that her stubbornness would sooner or later make her do something drastic.

 

Walking into the kitchen, Kira threw himself into one of the chairs. Changing the locks to every door into the house was very tiring. It did give him a sense of satisfaction because of the fact that Fllay wouldn't be able to get into the house.

 

Standing up, Kira walked out of the kitchen and towards his room. Walking into his room, he stopped and stared at a picture that he had next to his bed. It was a picture of Lacus and Shiro that Siegel had taken at Athrun and Cagalli's wedding. He gave it to Kira the last time that the two of them were able to talk privately.

 

“He tells me to be patient but I don't think that is something I'll be able to do,” Kira mumbled as he fell on his bed and turned to look at the picture again. Just the sight of the two brought a bright smile to Kira's face but also brought a pain to his heart knowing that they were in danger and that there was nothing her could do about it.

 

Kira could remember the day that he got the picture. It was only a day or two after Siegel's party. Lacus had already left leaving Kira alone once again. Kira was seriously tempted to just grab her and run. He didn't give a damn about the consequences. All he wanted was to have his love and his son with him for the rest of his life.

 

Siegel told him that it wasn't possible. That there still wasn't anything good that would ensure Lacus's safety. That pissed Kira off a good deal but he really couldn't do anything. He begged Siegel to do something but the older man only said that he would keep looking and that was all he could do. He didn't want Lacus to be hounded by Trent the rest of her life because they did something too hasty.

 

He then gave Kira the picture that sat next to his bed. He told Kira that he knew it wasn't much but he wanted Kira to have it to try and keep himself calm. Kira never said it but having the picture mere fueled his desire to have Lacus and his son by his side even more.

 

“How much is he actually doing? He's had over a month and I don't think any progress has been made!” Kira said slamming his fist down onto the soft mattress. “I can't wait any longer. I'm going to talk to him and if he doesn't do anything than I'll do something myself!”

 

*****

 

Stuffing the last bit of things into the small bag, Lacus was confident that she had all of Shiro's things that she knew she would need. She sighed as she took a seat in the chair and tried to relax for a few minutes.

 

Lacus suddenly sat up as something else came to mind. “Oh yeah!” she said as she quickly stood up. She ran to the closest and started to dig through the unimportant junk that she wasn't even going to be bothered to take with her.

 

When Lacus finally came out of the closest she was holding a small box tightly to her chest. “There's no way I can possibly forget about this,” she thought as she opened the box to see the blue sundress that Kira got for her all those months ago.

 

She remembered that when she got back that she immediately hid it. She knew what Trent would do if he found it, he would make her wear it for his own twisted pleasure. Kira gave it to her and she refused to allow its sentimental value be ruined by being used the way he'd want it to.

 

With that, Lacus felt that there was nothing else of importance for her there. Taking anything else along would also just slow her down. She knew she'd have to move quickly to get out of there before Trent got back.

 

`Let's see. First I'll hide the stuff and then wait. If he's out drinking then he'll be out for the rest of the night when he gets back,' she thought figuring that would be the best time to make her move. `It's still a huge risk with that other guy but I figure I have a better chance getting by him than Trent,' Lacus thought as she picked up the bag.

 

Lacus walked over to her son and smiled at him. “I'm going to hide these. I'll be right back sweetie,” she said kissing his forehead before she turned and snuck out the door but not without looking around the hall to make sure that no one was there to see her doing this.

 

When the coast was clear, Lacus swiftly left the room and headed towards the foyer. She knew the perfect place to put this stuff since nobody would be able to find it unless they were pretty much in front of it and even then it was still rather hard to see.

 

Thinking back, Lacus remembered the first time that she found the place. She was hiding from Trent and hid inside of it. He never found her then so she stuck to it and she was able to save herself from several beating although most of the time she never got there before he beat her.

 

The one thing that Lacus noticed as she quietly went through the halls was that they were pretty much empty. She expected for at least one or two of the housemaids to be doing something. `Then again, it is getting late,' Lacus thought deciding to just leave it at that since it was making things easier for her.

 

The foyer was also void of any presence. Lacus snuck down the stairs and turned at the end of it. She found the little nook that she planned to use but her luck seemed to completely vanish at that point.

 

The main doors swung open with a loud bang. Trent staggered into the room with a bottle of alcohol in his hands. His normally clean suit was very messy. His hair was also a complete mess. It was pretty clear that he was extremely drunk.

 

Lacus froze in fear and tried to hide herself in that little spot but he came to a stop and his eyes turned towards her. Lacus couldn't even think or move at that moment out of fear. She knew she should lose the bag quickly but because she couldn't move it remained on her shoulders.

 

The distinct pink hair was seen by his blurry eyes but nothing else at the moment. “What the hell are you still doing up?” Trent slurred in a way that almost made it unrecognizable. He staggered a few feet forward in her direction with a smirk on his face. “I guess I should consider myself lucky though.”

 

With every step that Trent took forward Lacus took back. She did her best to keep as far away from him as she possibly could and hope that he'd end up passing out from all the alcohol he consumed before he reached her.

 

The closer that Trent got to Lacus, the more he was able to properly see her. It was then that he noticed the bag that was slung around her shoulders. “What the hell is that?” he asked even though he knew. “You were planning to run. You ungrateful little whore!”

 

Lacus winced at the volume of his voice. He caught her and she knew that unless a miracle happened that her fate would be what it had been since the two of them first got married. She just didn't say a word as she took another step back but found her back hit the wall. `Oh no!'

 

“I should've known that you go behind my back and do this!” Trent yelled suddenly sounding as if he wasn't as drunk as he looked a few moments prior. “Oh no, you can't go though,” Trent continued with a bit of humor in his voice.

 

Even though she knew it was a risk, she knew it was her only chance. She took a dash to see if she could slip by him. Her attempt failed though as he easily grabbed her and slammed his fist into her face sending her sliding on the marble floor.

 

“Do you honestly think you can just leave like that? You can't! You see, I still have use for that money of yours,” he laughed out sounding as drunk he actually was as he approached her and grabbed the front of her shirt lifting her off the ground. “You run and I can't get anything. You die and I have a much easier time,” he said and took pleasure in the look of fear that crossed Lacus's face.

 

Lacus couldn't believe what she was hearing. “You're really going to kill me?” she asked with fear laced into her voice. The nod he made just made her squirm even more and fear to continue to well up within her.

 

“I've had that planned all along. You could've saved yourself the trouble if you'd just listened and did whatever I told you to,” he said before throwing her into the wall as hard as he could. He broke an expensive vase in the process but that didn't seem to bother him too much.

 

Lacus tried her best to push herself up. This was only met with a powerful kick to her ribs which sent her into the wall again. She was pretty sure that he must've busted a few ribs with that one kick alone.

 

“I was originally planning to let someone else take care of you but I think it will be much more fun if I was to do it myself. It's not like I'll get in any trouble,” he laughed before kicking her in the ribs several more times.

 

Lacus struggled to at least breathe at that point. She did whatever she could and swung her leg out and made contact with his balls. This gave her a small reprieve as he howled in pain while holding his family jewels.

 

The pain was intense in Lacus's ribs but that didn't stop her from standing up even though she nearly collapsed a few times. She didn't get very far before Trent managed to pull himself together enough to grab the back of her shirt.

 

“Stupid bitch! How dare you do that to me!” he yelled before throwing her into the wall again. He watched as she collapsed to the ground. “I will take great pride in the fact that I took your life with my own hands,” he mumbled with a drunken smirk.

 

Lacus's world was spinning. She hit her head rather hard when she hit the wall and could barely see. She was able to make out the sound of his approaching steps. She felt herself get kicked once again but her body barely felt anything since her entire body was already in pain. Cuts and bruises racked over her body from the beating and she was positive that her ribs were broken. She felt that there was nothing she could do to save her or her son now.

 

Standing over her, Trent admired the work that he did. His balls were still in a great deal of pain from her kick but he was doing his best to ignore it. “It's time to finish this!” he muttered preparing to make the final strike.

 

Lacus knew what was coming and a tear fell from her face. `I'm sorry Kira. I couldn't protect Shiro from Trent,' she thought waiting for the final blow but it never came. Instead all she heard was a thud as his body hit the floor.

 

Looking up, Lacus could just barely make out the form of her caretaker Eileen. “It's definitely time that we got you out of here,” she said throwing the pan that she had in her hand to the floor.

 

She was in the kitchen making Lacus some tea when she heard the noise. She grabbed the first thing she could, which was the pan, and ran out to the foyer to see Trent standing over the mess that she realized was Lacus. She heard his words about killing Lacus and she didn't even think as she rushed over and nailed him in the back of the head with the pan as hard as she possibly could.

 

The world finally stopped spinning and Lacus attempted to push herself back up. Eileen stopped her but Lacus wouldn't lie down as she looked around the room. “The… bag,” she said pointing in the direction that it fell. She fell after she said that and struggled to breathe through all the pain she was in.

 

“I'm going to call a doctor and then go and get a car for us to take. Don't move!” she ordered as she stood up. She then ran out of the room to get the phone. She was confident that Trent wouldn't be waking up anytime soon with how hard she hit his head with the pan.

 

Lacus's thoughts weren't quite the same as Eileen's. She knew that anything could happen and didn't want to wait around and take the chance that Trent actually would wake up and finish the job while Eileen was gone.

 

Despite all the pain that she was feeling, Lacus pushed herself off the ground and stood up. She nearly collapsed because of the stress it was putting on her wounds but she refused to go down as she dragged her broken and battered body across the floor.

 

She wasn't sure how she managed it but she somehow pulled herself up the stairs and started to walk towards Shiro's room. She knew Eileen would catch up with her but she wanted to get a head start and get Shiro out of there even sooner.

 

When she walked into the room she found Shiro crying in his crib once again. Lacus got the distinct impression that he was crying for the pain she was feelings. He always seemed to know what his mother was feeling and that was pretty much what determined his attitude.

 

“It's alright sweetie. I'll be ok,” Lacus said even though she felt like she was going to collapse at any moment. It was sheer determination that was keeping her going at this point and she wasn't planning to lose that determination. “We're leaving now,” she said as she reached down and carefully scooped up her son.

 

Though he was rather light, Lacus found that he felt much heavier than he should have because of her wounds. “It's ok sweetie. I promise that we will get out of here now,” Lacus said as she slowly made it out of the room. She was doing her best to just remain standing by then.

 

By the time that Lacus reached the stairs again she was breathing rather heavily and was having trouble focusing her eyes. She suddenly felt Shiro being taken from her arms and she panicked while looking around only to see that Eileen had him.

 

“I'm disappointed in you Lacus,” Eileen said causing Lacus's eyes to fall to the ground. “I know you were worried but you need to be more careful. What if you had collapsed? Shiro could've been seriously hurt!” she said in a way that showed how upset she really was.

 

“I'm sorry. I just couldn't lie around and do nothing,” Lacus said sitting on the floor to rest with her back against the wall. “I just wanted him to get out of here faster,” Lacus said feeling awful for almost putting her son through that. She didn't even think when she did that. She acted completely on impulse.

 

“Come on, it's time to get going,” Eileen said deciding to just drop it since nothing actually happened. “I got a car waiting for us so we need to her before Trent wakes up,” she said helping Lacus off the ground.

 

Lacus stumbled around a bit as a wave of dizziness went through her. She wondered just how much longer she would be able to go before she actually did collapse. She didn't think that it would be possible not to.

 

Seeing the look of concern in Eileen's eyes, Lacus smiled to try and make her not worry. Lacus knew she had all the reason to. The injuries Lacus had should pretty much have left her unable to move for several days. Lacus found it a wonder how she was able to move as the pain continued to sweep through her body.

 

Despite Lacus's smile, Eileen still worried. She knew Lacus wouldn't last much longer. She was pushing herself too much as it was. Her movements were just making some of her wounds worse than they should've been.

 

Turning around quickly, Eileen ran into the man that she was worried about running into. She immediately tried to get around him but Trent's hand found its way around her throat cutting off her air supply.

 

“That hurt you bitch!” Trent growled out rubbing the back of his head. “Did you honestly think that I'd let you leave with my heir?” he growled out looking much more furious than he ever had in all the time that the two of them had known him. “Now give him back to me!” he said and didn't wait for a response before attempting to grab the baby.

 

Summoning up the last of her strength, Lacus threw her body forward and rammed it into Trent's side. It had the effect she was looking for as he let go of Eileen and Shiro and fell to the ground.

 

This victory didn't last long as his leg swung up and hit her already broken ribs. Lacus screamed in pain as she fell to the floor as all of the strength she had left fled from her body. She was nothing but a sitting duck to him now and Eileen was busy trying to keep Shiro away from him. Lacus was glad for that. If there was a chance for at least Shiro to get out of there than she would gladly take it. “Run Eileen!”

 

Trent growled and grabbed Lacus's wrist lifting her up into the air. “Did you honestly think that I would let you just run away with him? I really have given you way too much freedom. That's a mistake I'll just have to fix!” he yelled swinging her arm making her hit a wall before silently collapsing to the floor. He smirked because he was pretty sure he broke her wrist. He was disappointed though because he knew she wasn't dead yet.

 

Lacus just laid there wishing that something would take this pain away. She had absolutely no energy left not to move, not to scream, and not even to cry. She could barely make out the sound of boots falling into the floor though. The sounds were heading towards her and she knew it wasn't Trent or Eileen.

 

Lacus was rolled onto her back and she looked up into the other face that she was dreading to see. “No… Not you,” she weakly said staring into the man's one good eye before everything went dark.

 

*****

 

The sound of someone screaming in annoyance woke Kira from his slumber the next morning. He groaned and rolled out of the bed. Opening up the dark blue curtains, Kira saw Fllay get into her car and drive off quickly. He was glad to know that his idea worked.

 

Looking towards the clock, Kira saw that it was already seven in the morning. “No point going back to sleep. I'm never going to be able to anyways,” he mumbled before heading towards the kitchen to fix himself some breakfast.

 

Kira then remembered that he had a meeting with Siegel later that day. He planned to tell Siegel then that he wasn't going to wait any longer. Lacus was in danger by remaining there and he'd be damned if he was going to leave her there for a moment longer.

 

After breakfast, Kira took a hasty shower and then got dressed in his normal business suit. He grabbed his keys and quickly rushed out of the house and towards his car. It would take about a half an hour to get where he needed and he couldn't wait.

 

Time seemed to move a lot faster as Kira drove down there. It wasn't long before he was walking into the building and getting into the elevator. The doors closed and Kira waited as it climbed the floors until it finally reached the floor where Siegel's office was located.

 

Stepping out of the elevator, Kira noticed that things seemed rather busy at that moment. People were running around and Kira wondered if Siegel would even be able to make time to talk to him.

 

Taking a chance, Kira walked up to the secretary. “I'm here to see Mr. Clyne. Is he available at the moment,” Kira said politely despite how anxious he was getting at the moment.

 

The middle aged secretary looked up from whatever it was she was doing on the computer. “Oh! Hello Mr. Yamato,” the woman said giving him a smile. “Mr. Clyne is currently busy but I'll see if he can make some time for you. Why don't you have a seat for now?” she asked and he nodded before walking over to one of the chairs before taking a seat.

 

After about twenty minutes, the secretary finally spoke again. “he says that he'll see you now Mr. Yamato,” she said which Kira just nodded before standing up and walking into the big room that was Siegel's office.

 

Siegel was behind his desk looking over some papers but looked up and smiled when Kira walked in. “hello there Kira,” he said shaking Kira's hand before the two of them took a seat across from one another.

 

“Good morning Mr. Clyne,” Kira said politely as he tried to get comfortable. “I was wondering if you've found anything yet,” Kira said deciding to just get to the point since he was sure that Siegel knew that. What Kira did next depended on Siegel's answer to his request.

 

Siegel sighed as he placed his pen down onto the desk. “Kira, you have been coming here very often asking me the exact same question. These things take time. Trent isn't a fool. He covers his tracks well,” Siegel said and immediately took notice of how impatient Kira was really starting to get.

 

“How soon till you think you can find something useful?” Kira asked and Siegel just shook his head in an indecisive way. “You mean you have no idea just how long you are going to leave your daughter in that beast's hands?!” Kira yelled slamming his hands down onto the desk.

 

“Kira, it's not that I want to leave Lacus there. It's what will happen if we take her away suddenly. Trent is not going to take it lightly. He's going to come after her relentlessly. We are just trying to avoid that happening!” Siegel said trying to remain as calm as possible.

 

“I know that! But I really do fear that something is going to happen to her. I know that Trent will probably try and kill her if given time. Do you honestly want to lose your only daughter?!” Kira continued to yell as his frustration continued to build up more and more within him.

 

“I know how you feel Kira,” Siegel said calming down a little. “Lacus told me about those dreams you were having. So I can understand just how passionately you feel about this,” Siegel said and watched as Kira calmed down a little but it clearly wasn't enough to sooth the young man's feelings about the matter.

 

“Listen, I'm tired of waiting. I've been waiting for Lacus to come back to me for nearly a year now. I'm not going to wait any longer. I'm going to go get her whether you want me to or not,” Kira said standing up and prepared to leave.

 

“I was afraid this was going to happen,” he said but was stopped from continuing though when his phone started to ring. “Just a second,” he said picking up the phone and put it to his ear. “Hello?”

 

“Siegel, it's me Eileen,” Eileen replied and Siegel's silence meant he wanted her to continue. “Something bad has happened and Lacus has been seriously hurt by Trent. I got her and Shiro out of there and we are heading someplace safe for the time being,” Eileen continued.

 

Without Kira knowing, Siegel took a quick look in his direction. “Very well. I'll be heading down there immediately,” he said trying to keep calm even though this news was really disturbing to him. “I'll talk to you later,” he said before hanging up the phone and then turned towards Kira again.

 

Seeing that Siegel was finished with his conversation, Kira decided to continue. “I know you feel that it isn't safe but I just can't sit around when my son and Lacus are with a guy that has no problems with hitting them!” he said as his hands clenched into fists at his side.

 

“Listen Kira. I need to go out of the country for a few weeks on important business. Please don't do anything rash in the meantime. I promise that when I get back that we'll talk about this. Just promise me that you won't do anything in the meantime,” he asked looking at Kira pleadingly.

 

Kira seriously wanted to argue with what Siegel said but something within the older man's eyes made him stop. “Fine but if nothing happens then I'm just going to get her by myself,” Kira said before standing up and walking out of the room.

 

`Maybe you won't have to wait much longer,' Siegel thought even though he had a really bad feeling about what had just happened with Lacus. `I better get going,' he thought standing up and grabbing his suit coat and briefcase before he left the office to go and help his daughter.

 

*****

 

Very slowly Lacus started to gain consciousness again. She had yet to open her eyes but she could tell that she was laying on something soft and that it was rocking a bit. “W-where am I?” she quietly asked as her eyes slowly opened and took in the velvety looking ceiling.

 

Eileen looked over and placed a hand on Lacus's shoulder to keep her down. “Don't move Lacus. You've been seriously hurt and need to rest,” Eileen said in a worried tone as she looked at Lacus's rather pale face.

 

“S-Shiro? Where Shiro?” Lacus asked as she started to panic afraid that Trent might've gotten her little boy. “Where is he?” she continued to ask while trying to get up only to be forced back onto whatever it was that she was saying on.

 

“Calm down Lacus. Shiro is fine. He's resting just like you should be. You need it more though. You're lucky that he didn't kill you,” Eileen said and was glad that Lacus calmed down. “Everything is going to be fine,” she said brushing Lacus's bangs away from her face.

 

“That is correct Mrs. Clyne,” another voice said catching Lacus's attention. She recognized the voice but couldn't quite place. “You don't have to worry about Trent for a while so please just lay back down and relax before you do any more damage,” the man said seriously.

 

Her head turned and her eyes widened when she saw the man who was supposed to be working for Trent. He was the one that was supposed to watch her when Trent was gone. “You! What are you doing here?!” she yelled looking around quickly expecting Trent to show up at any moment since she didn't hear everything that the man said to her a second ago.

 

“Lacus!” Eileen yelled trying to calm the frantic Lacus down but it didn't seem to be working. The woman was too scared of Trent now and Eileen really couldn't blame her after the events of the previous night.

 

“No! Get him away! He's come to take me back to Trent! I'm not going to go back!” Lacus yelled struggled to get out of Eileen's hold and run as fast as she could to get away from the man. She didn't care how much pain she was in and how much worse it was getting from her actions.

 

“He's not here to take you back Lacus!” Eileen yelled making Lacus freeze. “He works for your father. He was sent to keep an eye on you and get you out of there if things got too out of control,” Eileen explained and saw Lacus lie down but it didn't seem to stop her from shaking in fear.

 

“I'm very sorry for all that has happened but I had to keep up appearances Mrs. Clyne,” the man said giving her a smile. “My name is Andrew Waltfeld by the way. I must say that you surprised me. All of us expected you to try and run a lot sooner than that,” he said sounding a bit amused.

 

“Y-you work for my father?” Lacus asked trying to make sure she heard right. When he nodded his head she finally started to stop shaking. “Why didn't anyone tell me about that?” she asked since she figured she could've gotten away a lot sooner if she knew that someone from the inside could help her.

 

“I was sent to look after you and get you out only if necessary. I kept my identity secret to all but Eileen in order to make it a lot easier to do the job. Now that you've left, there's no reason for me to keep my identity secret anymore,” he said with a laugh as he sat on a seat opposite from Lacus.

 

“We weren't supposed to help you run since we figured that it would just cause problems later on. Trent will eventually come looking for you since he's lost his only two links to the Clyne fortune and we know he won't give up until he has you and Shiro back. We were trying to prevent that by buying Siegel some time to search for some way to stop that,” Eileen continued to explain.

 

“I… see,” Lacus said finding herself getting drowsy again. She had to admit that it felt good to know that she was away from him for at least a little while. That meant that she'd be able to get a peaceful sleep for the first time in several months.

 

“Now please rest. We are working to at least get out of the country for now. Take this time to sleep. I you will need all the rest you can get,” Eileen said and watched as Lacus's eyes slowly shut and she fell asleep. “It really wasn't a good idea to keep her there. We should've gotten her out of there a lot sooner so that she wouldn't have had to go through such a traumatic experience.”

 

The small group got to a small beach house that the Clyne family owned. It wasn't one that Trent knew about though since no one but Clyne family members and really close and trusted friends knew about it.

 

This was far away from any city so they knew Trent wouldn't be able to find anything about it for a while. He'd probably look in the city they used to live because he knew how badly Lacus was injured but they knew they had to take a risk. He was a rather predictable man and that was what they were hoping for.

 

They planned to have a close family doctor meet them there. One that would never tell Trent anything that happened unless he was told to. Until they got there, Eileen kept Lacus bandaged up and did her best to keep Lacus from getting worse. She felt that it was lucky that she had a lot of experience with medical treatment. It was lucky for her that Lacus kept sleeping the entire time so it made it much easier.

 

Siegel was already there by the time that they got there. He was really worried about his daughter and took the fastest plane he could in order to get there. He made sure not to tell Kira anything though because the boy was stressed enough as it was. Siegel feared that he might go overboard if he learned what happened to Lacus. So he decided to keep it secret for the time being.

 

“Get her inside. The doctor is already here and will look after her,” he ordered and the two of them nodded as Andrew carefully picked up the still sleeping Lacus and carried her into the house before placing her onto a bed.

 

Eileen came in a few seconds later carrying the car seat with the also sleeping Shiro. “Lacus was hurt very badly and I was also shaken up quite a bit at his brutality this time. I even heard that he actually did plan to kill Lacus. We had no choice but to get her out of there as fast as we could,” Eileen explained as they walked over and took a seat while the doctor looked at Lacus.

 

“Don't worry. I understand everything. You did the right thing getting her out of there when you did. Kira was planning to take her soon anyways. I guess it was inevitable. We just have to be extra cautious from now on,” he said knowing that the times ahead were going to be extra hard.

 

*****

 

Time moved extremely slow for Lacus. For the next three weeks she wasn't able to leave her bed. All day she just laid there and stared out the window at the clear blue skies wishing that she could just be out there and free.

 

She looked the other way and saw her son sleeping peacefully in his crib. “At least we're free from him. Soon we'll even be able to get back to your daddy,” she whispered reaching over with her good arm since her other was still sore from what Trent did to it.

 

She knew she at least had the strength to get around but no one would let her. She felt like she'd go crazy if she didn't get out of there. “First I escape from Trent and then I want to escape from everyone else,” she muttered to herself finding that she still felt like a prisoner.

 

The day slowly ended and the moon rose in the sky as the sky darkened. She heard everyone turning in for the night and decided that she couldn't stay here and wanted to get to Kira quickly. The next day would be one year since the day they met on that fateful vacation. She wanted to be with him on that day more than anything.

 

Slowly, she pulled the blankets off of her and swung her feet over the bed. She stood up quietly. She felt a bit dizzy at first but that quickly passed and she felt like she normally did.

 

She quickly got changed into the only spare set of clothes she had, which happened to be the sundress that Kira bought her but she found that it would make things much more special if she saw him tomorrow.

 

It was then that she noticed that there was something else in it. `How did this get in here?' she asked herself as she opened the small box. Inside was the most beautiful hairclip she'd ever seen. It was a beautiful golden color and in the shape of two crescent moons. She smiled as she took it and clipped it into her hair liking how it seemed to suit her.

 

She silently walked out of the room and called a cab. She went and grabbed her things along with Shiro. He continued to sleep peacefully in her arms as she made her out. It wasn't long before a cab pulled up to the front of the beach house and she got in before it drove off.

 

Little did Lacus know but Siegel had been watching her the entire time. Kira gave him the hairclip and he slipped it into the bag that Lacus kept her dress in at one point during the last three weeks. “I know that she will be much better off if she's with Kira. Maybe he could get her to settle down a little,' he thought before walking back to his bed knowing it was all her could do.

 

*****

 

Lacus was glad when she finally got off the plane. The place was quiet since it was still really early in the morning. She took the first flight she could find. She barely managed to get a ticket and get on before the plane took off.

 

She breathed in the fresh air of the gorgeous city. It was so polluted where she used to live that there was never anyplace she could go if she wanted to breathe fresh air. Not like she could either way since Trent kept her locked up all the time.

 

All of her important things she was allowed to carry aboard. So she just grabbed them and got off the plane. She found a taxi and got in. she wasted no time in heading to Kira's place. She knew it was early but she also knew that he would be glad to see her no matter what time in the morning it was.

 

About a half an hour later she saw the familiar looking street and grew excited. She grew even more when she saw Kira's house. `I'm back where I'm supposed to be,' she thought with a smile as the car came to a stop.

 

After quickly paying the cabdriver, Lacus got out of the car grabbing Shiro and the rest of her things. The cab drove off but she didn't pay any attention as her focus was on who was in the beautiful house before her.

 

Walking up to the door, Lacus rung the doorbell since she didn't have a key. She waited but no answer came so she rung it again. This time it did open but not to who she expected. Before her stood a woman her age with red hair. She wore a shirt that was unbuttoned showing her panties and the fact that she wore no bra but her shirt was closed enough to not see her breasts. Lacus remembered the woman before her, it was Fllay Allster.