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PHASE-1
Space, a vast expanse of nothingness. A peaceful quiet that extended to the far reaches. However, today the quiet was broken during an epic battle between the Archangel, The Earth Alliance, and Zaft forces. Alongside the Archangel fought the Eternal and the Kusanagi. Escape was completely blocked off as both Zaft and the EA were targeting the Archangel and its allies. The pop princess of Zaft Lacus Clyne suggested breaking through the Zaft forces to escape. Together, with the Kusanagi, they fired upon the Vesalius and though they were able to severely cripple the Nazca class, it was not sufficient to destroy it.
"Shit!" Andrew Bartfeldt cursed. The Eternal and Kusanagi were in real trouble now as they were caught in the fire of all three Zaft ships. The ship rocked violently from the massive beating it was receiving.
"Prepare the main cannon for firing" ordered the captain of the Vesalius. Aim for the Eternal.
Massive amounts of energy began to draw towards the beam cannon as it prepared to fire.
Meanwhile, aboard the Eternal, Bartfeldt was saying his goodbyes to the Archangel and the Kusanagi. Lacus tried to say goodbye to Kira but the young pilot wouldn't listen. His rage caused his SEED to activate and he pushed the Freedom towards the Vesalius desperately trying to save the girl he had fallen in love with. His efforts were futile as the beam began to fire.
Everyone aboard the Eternal closed their eyes and waited for what seemed to be certain death but it never came…
As everyone opened their eyes, a picture of an unknown gundam could be seen standing in front of a decimated Vesalius. The beam cannon was cut in half and there was a large gash where the left stabilizer was once connected. With amazing speed, the unknown mobile suit proceeded to destroy the other two Nazca classes with amazing ease.
Next, it turned its attention to the dominion. In the blink of an eye, it changed direction and sped towards the Agamemnon class.
"Fire Variants and Helldarts! Stop that mobile suit!" Ordered Captain. Badgiruel.
It was all futile as the gundam knocked out both of the Dominion's Lohengrin beam cannons.
Before it could destroy the new EA cruiser, the Archangel managed to contact the pilot of the unknown gundam via the international frequency.
"This is Captain Ramius of the Archangel. Are you a friend or foe?"
"I'm neither at the moment" responded the pilot
"Kid you got guts" Added Bartfeldt. "You really saved our asses"
"Heh I'm a mercenary so don't expect me to be some charitable son of a bitch."
"I'm sorry but all we can offer at the moment is dockage on our ship." Tried Ramius.
"Too bad then" Replied the pilot. "I'm just gonna have to destroy the three of you as well"
"Wait!" Came a sweet and melodious voice.
Inside the unknown mobile suit, the pilot was shocked as he realized who was talking.
"I will pay your price if you join us in our cause" continued the voice.
"I-Is that Lacus Clyne?" asked the pilot.
"Yes" replied the young girl.
"In that case there is no need for any payment" answered the pilot. "What do you want me to do?"
"Currently, we are fighting against both the Zaft and EA forces in order to put an end to the war." Briefed Lacus.
"End the war huh. That's gonna put me out of a job" Came the response.
"You can still join the military" suggested Ramius.
"I will not join the EA or Zaft for my own reasons"
"Listen why don't we talk more on the Eternal?" asked Lacus.
"Fine" came the reply "Where do I dock?"
"You may proceed to land on catapult 1" Bardfeldt stated.
"What do you think Athrun?" Inquired Kira.
"I must admit he is highly skilled and we didn't even detect him coming. I don't know how he did it but we really could use that kind of strength in our ranks." Replied the former Zaft member.
"I say we should test him out and see if he's really what you say" added Dearka, as he joined the other two pilots in the hangar.
"Let's leave that for another day Dearka" chuckled Kira as he made his way to the elevator.
As they got up to the bridge of the Eternal, they could see that the three captains and the higher ranking officers were all crowding around the monitor as the unknown pilot was searched for weapons and the like. They found two Heckler and Koch 45. calibre pistols tucked into his jacket as well as eighteen throwing knives strapped to a belt around his waist. To complete the entourage, they removed a wo dao and a long metal pole strapped to his back. The entire scene would have been funny if not for the pilot rolling up his sleeves and producing retractable tactical knives hidden under his wrists. The message was clear that he was not one to be taken lightly.
As the elevator shaft opened, the pilot walked in with two soldiers walking behind him in case he tried anything.
He was quite an impressive piece of work with a well built body. His eyes were a deep amber colour and his black hair was straight and smooth. His face was perfect with no oddities of any kind.
He began to unbutton his collar and as he did so an expensive chain fell out from inside his suit. Lacus almost squealed in delight as she rushed to hug the stranger. Everyone inside the bridegroom was extremely surprised at Lacus' attitude. Kira felt a slight pang of jealousy but it quickly disappeared as he remembered what Lacus had said to him before the battle they had just survived.
"It's been a long time Rhekka" Lacus said.
"Hmph" Came the answer.
"How did you get to know the kid Lacus?" Asked Bardfeldt.
"Does anyone remember the assassination attempt a year and a half ago?"
"Yeah I remember it was a terrorist organisation that demanded payment. Everyone ignored them so they tried to assassinate you to prove their point." Answered Ramius.
"Yes well I would have died had he not broken through security and stepped in front of the bullet"
"I visited him every day until he was better but he disappeared once he was released from emergency. The day before he was released, I gave him that locket with an autographed picture inside."
"Well that settles that" concluded Ramius "Let's all get some rest for now"