Gundam SEED’s Final Destination

"I'm really happy that you can come and see me one last time."

There was a relaxed smile on Durandal's face.

That ever-elegant look and smile reminded Noel of Durandal when the two first met.

At that time, his expression was full of youth and vitality, and his eyes did not have the calm and thoroughness of a ruler, and the silence that seemed to understand everything.

"Who made us friends? In the end, I can only come by myself."

Nuoer restrained his emotions and shrugged with a smile.

"friend?"

"Isn't it—my dear friend, Gilbert Durandall of Zaft Genetics."

In the face of Noel's answer, Durandal's smile gradually subsided, and he raised his head and said in a relieved tone: "Thank you."

The vibration caused by the explosion became stronger.

Looking at the dilapidated room, Nuoer asked calmly, "Aren't you going?"

"Walk?"

Durandal shook his head, and replied calmly: "I can't get out, I can't get out, this is probably my final destination."

Yes, he can't get away.

He can't get out of his inner compromise with fate.

Having compromised his fate, he has long been sure that the arrangement of fate cannot be changed.

So, he accepted the fate in front of him.

If he goes, then he denies himself, denies everything he has done.

This is something he will never allow, so Durandal will not go, nor can he go.

Listening to Durandal's answer, Noel didn't know what to say for a while.

He thought that he would have many questions, that he and Durandal would have many conversations.

But when it came time to stand face to face with him, all those issues became irrelevant.

"If you have any questions, just ask, and I will try my best to answer them in my last time."

Durandal said with a smile.

"There used to be, but now, those issues don't matter anymore."

Noel shook his head.

Life is rare.

At least I have come to the end, got what I want, and everything else is not important.

Durandal heard the words and stared at Noel calmly: "You have really changed a lot."

"People can change, you, me, everyone is like this, but because of this, human beings have infinite possibilities, isn't it?"

Noel has indeed changed.

I don't know when it started.

"Even if it's dangerous and uncontrollable?"

"Even if it's dangerous and uncontrollable."

"Do you think what I've done is right or wrong?"

Durandal asked calmly.

When the question came out, he himself was surprised that he would ask such a question.

"Does my opinion matter?"

Noel asked back.

"do not know."

Durandal's heart was in a mess.

"Then do you regret it?"

"Regret what?"

"Anything is fine."

"Probably not."

"Even now?"

"Even now."

Looking at Durandal's eyes, Noel suddenly smiled and said, "So, do you think what you have done is right or wrong?"

"Hehe, I really can't stand you guy."

Durandall smiled dumbly.

Yes, since there is no regret, there is no right or wrong.

What is destiny, only what cannot be escaped can be called destiny.

I have accepted my destiny and fulfilled my destiny, so what is there to regret, what is the meaning of right or wrong.

Standing in the corner of the speaker's room, Lei stared at the two of them in a daze.

When he left his landline in the port and came here alone.

When they came in, they found that Noel and Durandal had already started a conversation.

There is no hatred between the two at this time, and some are just as harmonious as friends for many years.

However, when he heard Gilbert Durandall say that he never regretted it, he felt a piercing pain in his heart for some reason.

Never regretted it, including myself—

The tremor of the base became stronger and stronger.

"You should go, if you don't want to be buried with me."

Durandal looked around and said with a sullen smile: "Go and taste the fruits of victory, and bring my blessings with you."

"Don't tell me, your blessing is not poisoned, right?"

Noel sneered.

"Please, I'm still the Speaker, or your best friend. My blessings are very sincere."

Durandal rarely replied in a normal person's tone.

"Since that's the case, then I'll accept it with reluctance. Who made you my best friend?"

Noel replied helplessly.

Durandal shook his head and smiled when he heard the words, looking up at the broken command headquarters and was silent for a while.

Then, he slowly raised the pistol facing Noel.

Noel also took out the pistol he carried with him at this time.

At the rear, Lei suddenly froze in place as he watched this scene, not knowing what happened.

But soon he took out his pistol and aimed at Noel's back.

Durandal spotted Ray's actions and shook his head at him.

Then he put his eyes on Noel: "Goodbye, Noel, my dear friend, thank you for sending me this ride."

Facing Noel's gaze, Durandal put his finger on the trigger.

boom--

A sudden gunshot sounded.

The tall and lanky figure of the man shook, the pistol fell to the ground, and staggered towards the chair behind him.

There was a red and black blood stain on the long coat representing the president of PLANT's highest council.

Ray Za Barrel subconsciously wanted to pull the trigger, but was pressed down by an arm coming from behind.

"I have indeed received your blessing, and I will continue to walk with it."

While Noel was talking, he retracted the pistol that was rising from the smoke, and turned to look at Lei and Captain Talia behind him.

At this moment, Lei Junxiu's face was already distorted, and he fell to the ground like a broken puppet.

Thalia looked down at Lei sadly, then resolutely walked past Noel and came to Durandal.

"You are here."

Durandal raised his head weakly and smiled.

"You guy."

Looking at Durandal who was trying to sit on the chair, Talia unconsciously burst into tears.

"excuse me, I--"

Durandal smiled slightly, then coughed up a mouthful of blood, leaned, and slid to the ground in Thalia's arms.

He gasped in pain, his voice hoarse.

Thalia possessed and gently lifted him up, let him lean on her lap, and stroked Durandal's pale face: "Why didn't you tell me."

"Ha ha--"

Durandal smiled weakly and didn't answer, but just looked at Noel.

Noel saw what Durandal meant, and looked at Thalia: "Captain Thalia."

"You go."

There was another explosion in the distance, but her resolute voice surpassed everything, and it came clearly into her ears.

"—This person's soul, I will take away."

Hearing the determination in that peaceful tone, Noel swallowed the words back.

"Just wanted to ask you to help me with a word for Captain Ramias."

There was sadness in her smile.

In the end, she was reluctant to give up, and there was that love and pity, she said: "I have a son in PLANT, and he is still very young... Ask her to visit him one day..."

"I will."

Noel nodded solemnly.

"thanks."

Thalia smiled.

Noel looked at the dying Durandal lying in Thalia's arms, his face was so calm and peaceful, as if he was indulging in a good time.

The explosion sounded again to remind that time was coming to an end.

Noel turned around and patted Ray Za Barrell on the shoulder and left under Durandal's gaze.

Lei quietly shed tears, watching the man who was shot.

The hand that was paralyzed on the ground once hugged him kindly and gave him a lot of comfort and warmth.

But now-

Ray has always loved him, longed to be his strength, dreamed of the world he would create, and now—

It's ridiculous, Lei Mingming gave up a long time ago, and now he is even less hopeful.

He knew that he didn't want to live at all, and no matter from which point of view, his fate was exhausted.

Unexpectedly, he became frightened.

I have never been afraid of death before, why are I so afraid now?

Like a newborn baby, he touched the living world for the first time and shuddered at it.

Just then, he seemed to hear someone calling him.

Ray turned his head awkwardly, looking at the half-destroyed console.

Probably the communicator is not broken.

There was a faint noise coming from there, the voice was very small, but his name was mixed in.

"Ray! Ray! Answer as soon as you hear it!"

Really non-stop call, has been repeated countless times.

Looking out from the cockpit hatch opened by Impulse Gundam, the fortress that has almost become a sea of ​​fire is in front of you.

"Really...I see..."

Lunamaria looked sad and shook her head slightly, but Shin Asuka insisted on not giving up, still shouting at the communicator: "Ray! It's me! Quickly answer—"

Just then, they heard faint human voices in the noise.

"...Really...you...?"

The two looked at each other in surprise.

There was no video on the screen, and the voice channel was full of noise, but it was Ray's voice, and he was really on the Messiah!

I really quickly raised my voice: "Ray! It's still too late! Come out quickly!"

Unexpectedly, Ray gave him an unexpected answer.

"...I can't do it."

"Are you hurt? Then I'll find you! You first—"

"real!"

Luna Maria hurriedly stopped him.

The various entrances and exits of Messiah were occupied by the eruption of flames, and it was difficult to enter safely with the damaged pulse up.

However, I really want to rush to Ray's side.

Ray had the deepest friendship with himself, and was also the closest friend. He always helped him and took care of him in all aspects. Only he understood many of his ideas, even though they were wrong.

So, this time I must save him—!

Shin Asuka clings to this idea and refuses to let it go, as if it was also his own redemption.

But he heard Ray's refusal.

In the noises that were sometimes strong and weak, it was particularly clear: "Gilbert is dead..."

Really gasped, both shocked and a little foresighted.

"But……"

Shin Asuka is still trying to convince him: "Live it! Ray!"

Although I know that Lei's life is running out, but...

"Didn't you say it before! No matter how small a life is, as long as there is a chance, you will want to live!"

So that there will be no more children in this world who have suffered the same way as us, Lei seems to have been able to calmly accept his destiny as a replicator, but there is a hidden desire for life in his heart.

No matter how small or humble, even if there are not many days to come, as long as it can be achieved, there will be a yearning for survival.

So, I really still hope he doesn't give up to survive, just like he hopes Stella doesn't die.

Don't give up lightly, even if you are burdened with deep sins or have only one day left to live.

"real……"

Ray's voice was indistinct, mixed in with the noise, and sounded like he was crying.

"...you...go and live...with my tomorrow and future..."

The noisy telecommunication was extremely unstable, and Ray's voice was cut off abruptly.

"thunder!"

The noise got louder and louder, and Lei seemed to say something again. It sounded like please or I was sorry. Before I could understand it, the channel was suddenly interrupted.

At the same time, the fire of the Messiah became more intense.

It was also at this moment that a dark red MS rushed out through the flames with light wings.

"Ray, come here."

Seeing the boy collapsed and sitting in front of the console, Thalia called him softly.

Ray opened his eyes wide and turned his head, looking a little surprised.

Thalia looked at him and smiled at him as if she were her own child.

"I'm sorry, Thalia..."

There was a dying panting in her throat, and Durandal looked at her as if she was looking at a light: "...But, I'm really happy."

"You are..."

Thalia smiled wryly, not knowing for a moment whether she was talking about him or herself.

"Hey, really... I can't take you."

It was also at this moment that the explosion blew the door open, the flames shot up to the ceiling, and explosions occurred one after another nearby. The fire on the shaft scattered debris everywhere, and the thick cable pipe fell, causing the floor to jump. The heat rushed towards them all at once.

- How could it be like this?

The past, which should have been abandoned, actually caught up and entangled her at this moment.

"Could this be the so-called fate? You and me."

"Stop it……"

Thalia said so, but looking at Durandal in her arms, her expression was so content and happy.

As Ray stood a little further away, Thalia held out a hand to him, motioning him to come closer.

When Lei Qianqian approached and knelt down beside her, Talia hugged him hard.

"You did your best...you did a great job."

This child, and Durandal—or himself, may not have behaved correctly, but along the way, he has also devoted his whole heart and perseverance to this day.

"So that's fine...you know...it's alright..."

She whispered in his ear, like coaxing a child.

Ray whimpered and wrapped his arms around Thalia, as if full of dependence.

He buried his face in her chest, and his expression suddenly became peaceful, full of innocence like a newborn baby.

Mother……

Thalia seemed to hear the young man's muttering, and a feeling of love suddenly appeared in her chest.

- I'm sorry...

In the fire, she apologized to the young son she left behind in her heart.

- Mom has to come and take these two away.

In fact, I should have looked after them a long time ago, but I just didn't look up to them, and now my mother has no choice but to apologize to you.

She can't undo the past, but she can do her best to make up for it.

Maybe, the so-called irreversible things do not exist in this world. At this moment, Talia suddenly thought so.

When the final explosion swept through the command room, she did not let go of the two in her arms.

Talia hugged them tightly, and the three of them were like a wonderful family, sublimating and disappearing in the firelight.

Affected by the explosion, the Messiah wrapped in flames slowly fell towards the moon.

There are rocks and debris scattered along the way, but it is so bleak.

The tongue of flame surrounded the rock block, like a circle of golden trim, but it was able to break free of the broken outer ring, and it fell off at the same time.

One end of the fortress slammed into the surface of the moon in the pull of gravity, and the dust was lifted like a slow motion.

The rock block could not withstand the mass and impact force, and it began to collapse from the point of impact, and finally disintegrated completely.

The shock spreads across the lunar surface like a wave of water.

Noel sat quietly in the cockpit, watching the fall of the Messiah base.

Suddenly, his sight seemed to pass through the icy outer shell of the Messiah and saw the hidden warmth inside.

"Farewell, Durandal—"