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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Milliardo + Pagan Notes: Challenge 52. Baby Series 2 #143. Takes place immediately after He Was My Friend
He Could Have Spared You “Might I enquire how you viewed the reports, Sir? I myself sealed them and to my knowledge that particular file in the archive has never been opened.” Milliardo watched his son tie his hair into a knot about small fingers, wincing at the sharp tug as the child tried to free his hands. “You sealed the report in hopes of the world not knowing Stephan Peacecraft had warning of the attack. You did this so that others would continue to respect him and keep the idea of pacifism alive. I had a friend too. A friend who understood the value of truth and how it could hurt. How the hurt could make you stronger and in that strength more determined to see a hard course through.” “Treize Kushrenada.” “He was my friend.” Blue eyes centered on the old gentleman. “He knew what was in the report. He had access to Alliance intelligence gathered by his predecessor. On taking the reigns of the Specials he gained an intelligence network few could equal. He had the report accessed, photographed. He showed it to me.” “He could have spared you memories of that time, Sir.” “We did not have time to baby anyone, Pagan. If we were to stop war, not for a year or three, not for ten or even thirty years, there was no time to waste. How many advisors saw the report and failed to understand the intentions of the Alliance ? How many people ignored the warning because it did not suit their pacifist tendencies ?” “It is in the past, Sir and better left there.” a whisper. “You who loved him as a friend would think so. I will not raise the subject with others, Pagan, but understand me. I loved my father as a child and I know how the world reveres him now, largely due to Relena’s espousing of his Perfect Pacifist Principles. I loved him but he blinded himself to the primal nature of humankind. I cannot respect his decision. You are right, he did see the best in people, but in my turn as King I will see, mixed with their best, the very worst as well. He was my father, not my friend and I dare not blind myself to his faults any more than I will dote on his virtues.” “What of your friend? He is espoused the harbinger of peace, despite the deaths he brought about to establish his view of peace.” Pagan fought to retain his composure. “Treize was worse. He knew my father’s reasons and in the end, he knowingly emulated him, sacrificing himself for the ‘greater good’. I hated him when he did it and I hate him for it every day of my life, just as I do my father. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one, they say. Sometimes Pagan, the needs of the one can be just as important as the needs of the many.” End
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