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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 + Mrs. Darlian Notes: Challenge 62. Baby Series 2 #187. Takes
place after The Same Goal.
The Red Road “Butchery will never bring about lasting peace.” “Sometimes to attain one must walk the Red Road. The way of blood. Some days, walking this road, you see blood everywhere. The red curtain draping the window, the red of a girl’s dress. The fields of poppies marking the ancient battlefields of Flanders. Red stains our hands, fills our veins and reminds us of what could be if we misstep.” “Are you condoning the butchery?” “Condoning it? Ah, no. The problem is most people never stop to think of the cost in attaining their desire. If someone must do without, so be it. If someone must bleed… Well, there is blood to spare. It is only a little cost and not paid by the one who desires. One wants and one must attain. It is the nature of man to desire more, though most often one really does not need.” “You think you are pure enough to judge?” “Must one be pure to see how the world is? I have so much blood staining my hands. The blood of those I killed, the blood of those killed near me, the innocent who cry out their confusion. Most caught in the chaos of war do not even understand why. Did you know only two percent of soldiers actually aim to kill? Most fire wide of the mark. Man does not necessarily desire to kill man.” “You slaughtered thousands and stand there telling me you are one of the ninety-eight percent who do not aim to kill?” “My kill tally is much overrated. No, I did not aim to miss. Why prolong the struggle and have more die about me? Barge was the most I killed. There was no time to do more than take out the cannon and whether it was myself or the much vaunted Gundam pilots, Barge would have blown. I had an advantage over them. I knew what was stored there. Killing the beam canon would not have finished it. You blame me for the deaths there. Yes, I did the deed, but at least the colony was spared worse. No, I will not reveal what was stored on Barge, that is a secret I will take to the grave. The few others who know will not reveal it. Some things are better left unknown.” She considered him, uncertain what to say. He had an answer for everything she threw at him, and why was she still here? He had forgiven her cowardice. “Your argument is not with me, Alice Darlian. I forgive you what happened, and I thank you for Relena’s safety. There was so much blood shed in Sanc that it stains us to this day. Forgiveness of self is something we can not do without. I should know. I have taken enough lives and it is time to give something to the living, to those not as yet born. Forgive yourself, Lady.” “It is not so simple.” “Self-forgiveness never is.” End
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