-PHASE 01- No Other Way

After the second Bloody Valentine, the civilians are boarding the shuttle Alpha to the newly-built neutral colony, the DCX, from ORB. Many people are anxious to get into the shuttle and started pushing their way in. The officers who are in charge of the civilians boarding the shuttle are having a rough time letting only one person in at a time as well as recording each person's passport for future reference

Reads off the passport

Name: Akira Ryuko

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Type: Natural

Place of Birth: ORB

"You may pass"

All of the civilians have boarded and the shuttle launched off to space. As the shuttle is approaching DCX, Akira noticed something fell down to the Earth and went past the atmosphere. As he stood up to get a better view, the lady in the shuttle took the microphone and spoke in a loud voice.

"The shuttle is preparing for landing, please be seated"

"The shuttle is preparing for landing, please be seated"

The shuttle approaches the gates of the colony

"This is shuttle Alpha to DCX, can you hear me?"

light-wave frequency sounds

"This is shuttle Alpha to DCX, can you hear me? Hello?"

"Yes, loud and clear... you may proceed landing"

"Confirmed"

The gates open and the shuttle went inside...

The people came out of the shuttle and settled down to have a first glance of the insides. Outside the colony, 4 Recon Goufs were detected along with 2 Nazca class ships confirmed as ZAFT's forces. The command centre is trying to contact them via the command line but it seems to have been jammed. The Goufs shot all of the cameras outside of the colony. This is not just a drop-off point for ZAFT soldiers to meet their families, this is a mission; a mission to destroy the DCX. An alarm sounded and an emergency P.A system activated calling everyone to go back to the shuttle and stay calm. While everyone panicked and started to run back to the shuttle, a sonic boom was heard. Everyone looked up to see four mobile suits past by through the air. Akira recognizes them as Goufs as they are blue and has 2 spikes on their shields. The alarm sounded and alert signs were everywhere.

"Code Red! Emergency, everyone please exit this colony immediately as fast as possible!! Code Red! Emergency, everyone please exit this colony immediately!!"

Everyone started to panic again, having no idea what is happening, they rushed toward the shuttle. The officers who were at the entrance of the shuttle opened the gate for the civilians. A girl fell on the floor before reaching the shuttle and Akira helped her up and tried to go to the shuttle. Unfortunately, it was too late, the officers closed the door and the shuttle was beginning to launch back to Earth, leaving those two behind.

With no choice, Akira scanned the area and spotted a map at the center. He asked the girl if she could walk, and she replied yes. Both of them went to see the map, however the new program for it hasn't been implemented yet. But they can still see the floor plan of it.

The only area that's available and seems to have not damaged yet is the north-west and south-west side. The north-west is composed of supplies and the south-west has nothing. However, Akira remembered the four Goufs and since the north-west is the only place with supplies, he thought that the pilots would land there and ambush the area below it.

Back to the shuttle…

"All passengers please maintain seated as we are launching out of the colony" Everyone has done so and in seconds the shuttle is out. The Captain however ordered that he will be boarding another ship so that more passengers could board. Unfortunately the 4 Recon Goufs spotted the shuttle escaping the colony and fired at will. The shuttle got destroyed.

Back to Akira and the girl…

They arrived at sector 4, and as predicted, the mobile suits are empty. The cockpit is opened and Akira took this chance to get in one of the Goufs with the girl.

Unfortunately, it is password protected. The machine will not operate without the password. However, Akira is not a Natural, he is a coordinator pretending to be a natural. He quickly adjusted the OS and bypassed the password protection and into the system. The machine's eye glowed green. Akira told the girl to hang tight.

Akira boosted up and sweep down with the Tempest Sword, slashed the other 3 Goufs with one strike. The girl behind him fell unconscious due to the shock from the attack. Akira noticed the delay of the reaction time and the slight difference in the accuracy and changed the OS accordingly. With no other choice, he had to bring her to an Earth Alliance space ship in a ZAFT mobile suit.

When Akira is flying in the air, the radar picked up an energy signature of a battle ship, but the code is unknown. Curious, he flew towards it, but the direction is to the sector 3. It is also the place where the ZAFT soldiers went.

As Akira is flying toward the large energy signature, the Captain also went to sector 3 using car.

In sector 3, explosions occurred everywhere…

"We must protect the new units no matter what until the Captain arrives!"

"We can't defend for long, they have the advantage."

The new units are located on a crater, however, ZAFT soldiers are at the top of the crater giving them ground advantage. As one of the soldiers got hit and fell down to the bottom, the others called for back-ups. The Nazca-class ship, which was orbiting DCX, upon receiving the signal, immediately sent 4 parties of GINNs, each party containing 4 GINNs. 1 party is empty for the ZAFT soldiers to pilot.

The Earth Alliance forces are defeated by the GINNs and the ZAFT soldiers are exiting their cockpits one by one. As they rushed into the building, Akira arrived in the Gouf.

One of the ZAFT soldier saw the Gouf and recognizes it was his.

"Hey! Someone is in my Gouf!" He said

"WHAT?!" The others said in synchrony

"Those damn Naturals!!! Lets go back to our GINNS"

As the Gouf landed, the GINNs are activated and they began to move toward Akira.

"Die!!"

The GINNs boosted toward Akira readily to unsheathe the sword.

"Get out of my way!!!"

Akira pulls out his sword and charges at the GINNs.

With quick movements, Akira destroyed the GINNs with one slash. However the explosion caused the doors to explode therefore revealing a new mobile suit.

The sound of mobile suits coming alerted Akira, so he took the girl with him and set the Gouf to self destruct in 300 seconds.

He made it to the new mobile suit carrying the girl. However it was locked. The reinforcements are coming closer and closer and he saw a gun on the floor, so he left the girl beside the cockpit doors to get it. The Gouf self destructed and the reinforcements have arrived. Enemy GINNs fired at the building blindly until they ran out of ammo with the 76mm heavy assault machine gun and the entire building collapsed.