Disclaimer: Me no own Gundam. Me want to buy though

May 9th C.E 74

Lagrange Point 4

"Mirage Colloid isstable, they haven't picked us up yet."

"Comm traffic is minimal, I confirm that. They have not been alerted to our presence yet."

"We're in the shadows, ma'am. Orders?"

On the bridge of the cloaked Girty Lue-class Stealth Battleship, 'Serial Peacemaker', a woman with long shoulder-length black hair, and brown colored eyes wearing what looked like a black ZAFT uniform looked out the front window of the vessel, which currently displayed their target. An old Stanford Torus type colony, one of many in the abandoned L4 colonies. However her attention was drawn to the small fleet of ships which were guarding it. Mostly old Earth Alliance vessels, notably Nelson-class Battleships, Drake-class escorts, and a single Agamemnon-class Space Carrier.

"Get our suits ready for launch," she said. "And do it quietly please, we don't want to attract their attention yet. Once they are launched, have them move into position to open fire, and hit them from all sides. We will fire on the carrier first, all other targets are secondary. Leave any M.S for our teams to handle."

"I don't think I'll need to go out there this time: my 105E would be overkill out there. I'll coordinate with the repair and resupply crews," another voice said, coming from a man who stood at 6'4" with black-blond hair and blue eyes wearing an Earth Alliance uniform. "God knows we're going to need a quick rotation with that many ships out there."

"I'm amazed Blue Cosmos managed to get this many ships…" the woman, one Sasha Urei said, shaking her head. "After the last war, they were pretty much rendered broke… the most we've seen from any other remnants are some Pre-refit EA ships, or modified Civilian transports. Nothing like this, refit escorts, battleships, even a carrier, and some Windams if intel is right."

Ronald Pinkerton scoffed. "Always expect the worst," he said. "That way you can be relieved when you're overestimating the enemy. I'll have the 105E on standby in case the shit hits the fan. Knowing our shitty luck, it will."

"Red and Blue teams have left, ma'am," their Communications officer, a woman with light brown hair and brown eyes in a blue version of the EA uniform said. As she said that, several Mobile Suits of E.A, ZAFT and Orb origin began leaving the ship, using gas propulsion to avoid creating too much heat.

Leading the two groups of Mobile Suits was what appeared to be, at first glance, a ZGMF-2000 GOUF Ignited. However, it possessed the same shoulder shields utilized by the ZGMF-1001 ZAKU Phantom, painted black with a crimson red trimming. In the cockpit, a young man sat at the controls, his helmet off at the moment as he cranked his neck. He looked to be in his late teens or early twenties, with short spiked black hair and crimson red eyes, looking like he could stand at 6'0". He was wearing a red ZAFT Normal suit, as he put his helmet back on. "This is Jaden Takeo, callsign: Cyclops." He said, "All wings report in."

"Takeshi Yamato, Callsign: Azure, Reporting in."

"Hitomi Yamato, Callsign: Mythic, Ready to go."

"Amy Takeo, Callsign: Shade, All set here."

"Mari Illustrious Makinami, Callsign: Lance, standing by. "

"Shinji Ikari, Callsign: Berserker… I'm ready."

"Rei Ayanami, Callsign: Jack, ready for deployment."

"Asuka Langley Soryu, Callsign: Garland, ready to blow shit up!"

"Alright everyone, we play this by the book," Jaden said. "Me, Amy, Mari and Rei will strike from the left side. Takeshi, you take Hitomi, Shinji and Asuka and hit them on the left. We play this by the book - No Heroics."

"Come on, Jaden!" Asuka whined. "The boss never lets us out to just wreak havoc: let us this time!"

"Pinkerton to all Mobile Suits: shut the fuck up and do what Jaden tells you to do!" Ron shot out. "We were contracted to take these assholes out, and that's what we're going to do, but I want ZERO fatalities on our end! Am I clear, Sohryu?!" The redhead pilot of one of the GAT-04A1 Windams with a Sword pack, sufficiently cowed, simply said 'yes, sir' and kept quiet after that. "Go on, Jaden."

"Thank you Ron," Jaden said with a small smirk. "As I was saying, I want Mari to provide long-range artillery support as usual, just watch your back and focus your fire on their ships. Leave the MS to the rest of us. Amy, you support Mari when you can, but just worry about the escort ships, then the Mobile Suits. Takeshi, you and blue team do what you do best - rip their mobile suits open like a can opener with an attitude."

"Understood," Takeshi replied. "Ready when you are."

The eight Mobile Suits split up into two teams of four, moving on the flanks of the enemy fleet. Mari began to draw out the Agni cannon of her Windam, preparing to strike once she got the word.

"Blue team in position," Takeshi said.

"Red team in position," Jaden said, as he nodded. "Cyclops to Serial Peacemaker, we are in position. Shall we knock on the door?"

Ron clicked his tongue in mock-disappointment. "Jaden, Jaden, Jaden," he said. "We don't KNOCK on the door. We BLOW IT THE FUCK UP! CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR! AHAHAHAHA!"

Jaden smirked "You got it boss," he said. "Mari! You know the drill! Hit 'em!"

"BANZAI!" The Windam fired the BFG at a Drake-Class DE, destroying it in one shot and taking out several Mobile Suits that were escorting/protecting the ship.

"Son of a bitch!" one of the ship captains cried out. "We're under attack! All Mobile Suit teams, scramble! Enemy Mobile Suits are attacking the fleet!"

"All teams engage!" Jaden shouted, as the Mobile Suits charged forward, as they opened fire on the B.C ships and Mobile Suits."Hit them hard people!"

The ex-Alliance ships and Mobile Suits quickly mobilized, but due to the almost blitzkrieg-like attack they were panicking and running around like chickens with their heads lopped off. "We'll keep jamming their communications and screwing with their heads while you make them not live anymore." Ron said. "Let's do this quickly and send these racist assholes straight to hell!"

"Eat this!" Amy Shouted, as her MVF-M11C Murasame colored Bright Red with Gold trimming sped through the B.C fleet, firing a pair of missiles which downed a GAT-01A1 Dagger quickly, before it fired its beam cannon into a GAT-01 Strike Dagger. A Drake attempted to fire its CIWS turret on the Murasame, however it sped away quickly before the ship itself was destroyed by another Agni blast from Mari's Windam.

Jaden's own machine sped towards a BC Windam, who was joined by four GAT-02L2 Dagger L's. He reached into the shoulder shields of his machine, but did not draw a pair of Beam Tomahawks, but instead a pair of MMI-558 "Tempest" Beam swords as he charged forward. The First Dagger L had a Sword pack, as he tried to swing the Anti-ship sword into him, but Jaden rose his left handed sword to block the attack, as the Dagger L pilot was surprised the beam held against his own beam. "W-What? That's impossible!"

Jaden grinned. "Yeah, I fixed that gaping flaw in beam blade weaponry," he said. "What's the point of having Beam Sabers if they just pass through one another!" With that said, he kicked the Dagger L away, before slicing the machine in half, destroying it quickly. "Who's next?"

Two more Windams fell before Rei's IWSP shield gatling, with one of the MSs ramming into the engine block of a Nelson-class battleship before exploding and causing more damage to it. simple tactic, but it worked, as the Nelson could no longer maneuver and was a much easier target for Mari's Agni. "I'MA FIRIN MAH LAZOR! BLARG!" Another beam punched through the Nelson, courtesy of Mari's big fucking gun. "Next!"

A cluster of three Windams were trying to blitz a '105' Dagger with a unique Striker Pack - it looked like the IWSP, but the Gatling Shield was gone, replaced by a shield based on the Impulse Gundam's, and the cannons on the pack itself were gone, replaced by a pair of Anti-Ship Blade Mounts. It also still had the usual Anti-Armor Swords on the hips. It drew the Anti-Armor Swords, and quickly blitzed through the Windams, before exchanging them for the Anti-Ship Blades and charging at a Drake, Cleaving it in two. "Next!" Takeshi called out from its cockpit.

"I'd say… we've taken out 30% of their forces now…" Jaden speculated as he cleaved another Windam in half. "Keep it up people, let's be back by-" He was cut off as another shot from Mari's Agni hit the Agamemnon in the fleet, resulting in the entire vessel exploding. However, as it exploded… something else came out of it, a massive machine, with two large legs and a disk-shaped body. "OH SHIT! THEY'VE GOT A DESTROY!"

"Son of a whore! All units, break off and regroup! I'm launching to assist!" The Destroy might have been a bulky monster that Mobile Suits like the Destiny could kill easily, but the SP's MS team had nothing like the Destiny. This was going to be a very tough nut to crack, IF they could crack it.

"You heard the man - fall back!" Jaden shouted, as the Mobile Suits spun around as they fell back as the massive Destroy Gundam began unleashing its firepower upon them, forcing them on the defensive as they tried their best to weave and block the attacks. However it wasn't just shooting at them, but it wasn't particularly trying to avoid hitting the remaining B.C forces either.

Whatever ships that survived the attack from Jaden's team were hacked to pieces by the Destroy's many, MANY beam cannons firing in every direction. "They have to have an Extended inside that thing! That's the only way this could be happening!" Most Extendeds were mentally unstable, and they probably weren't planning to deploy this thing anywhere near their fleet. Look who fucked up THAT plan.

Jaden's eyes narrowed as he watched the Destroy attack the fleet. However as he watched the Destroy do their job for them… he could… feel the pilot of the Destroy. He wasn't feeling psychotic rage or anything like that… but rather… pain. Whoever's in that thing… they don't have control over what they were doing, and they were in near constant pain… "Ron, whoever's in that Destroy doesn't like being in it very much…" he said.

"No one does. I saved those kids from that fate and I lost everything for it." Ron said. "We still can't let that thing survive: it needs to be destroyed."

"I agree with that," Jaden said, "Though maybe we'll get lucky with the pilot… I'm going in with you cap, no way you can take that thing on alone."

"Alright, Plan A is simple: you try and free the pilot, I'll disable the Destroy's weapons to make your life easier." He said. "Plan B...Let's hope we don't need Plan B." The GAT-X105E-RPC Perfect Strike Noir shot toward the Destroy, firing every weapon it had at the massive mobile fortress in a successful attempt to gain the pilot's attention. It worked, as the Destroy began shooting at him instead of Jaden.

'Alright, the cockpit should be right… there!' Jaden thought as he identified the cockpit of the Destroy, as he sped towards it. The machine focusing almost entirely on Ron, identifying the Gundam-type as the largest threat. However that changed when he slammed against the destroy, as he used his machine's hands to rip the cockpit open "Hey! If you can hear me in there, open you cockpit!" He shouted, "I'll get you out of there!"

There was a short pause, before he actually got a response. "I-It won't open!" A rather child-like voice cried out, "T-They locked me in here! I-I can't c-control what t-this thing does! Look out!" The pilot's warning came just in time, as Jaden jumped away, just as the Destroy's hand tried to grab his machine, as he twirled around the firepower it sent his way.

Two small anti-ship swords hit the hand, disabling the positron reflector before a large number of cannon shells, gatling gun bullets and beam rounds impacted it, followed by an Angi blast, which destroyed it. "Jaden, cut the cockpit out!" Ron shouted. "If he can't open it, that's our only option other than Plan B!"

"Right!" Jaden shouted, as he reached into one of his machine's shields, and pulled out a beam dagger. "Hang in there! We're getting you out!" He then charged forward, weaving through the Machine's weapons before he slammed against the torso section again. He then stabbed the knife around the cockpit, as he began to carve it out of the machine.

The Perfect Noir lept around, using the hybridized Striker Pack's absurd number of weapons to distract the Destroy, from missiles to cannon shells to beam weapons. "I should thank Orb for giving us the IWSP, Perfect and Oratori Packs! I love this thing!"

"Almost… got it…" Jaden said, as he had almost made a full circle. "Got it!" He then yanked the cockpit out, before speeding away from the Destroy as it began to be surrounded by sparks. "Ron, I got the Extended pilot out! Finish that thing off!"

"Mari, Elsman Maneuver!" Ron shouted. "We're blasting that thing in half!"

"I LOVE doing that!" Mari shouted, as the two heavy weapons-equipped Mobile Suits fired their Agni cannons at the Destroy, but there was a problem. The main beam weapon, mounted in the head, was charged and just about to fire. "FUCK! Change targets! If that thing fires, it'll destroy the SP!" Both fired at the Destroy's head, causing a chain reaction just as the cannon fired. Their beams merged together, as red and white sparks of energy began to spiral around the area.

"What the HELL is going on?" Jaden shouted.

"I don't know! I know one thing, though! I am NOT responsible!"

"I'm not taking the blame for this!"

"I sure as hell didn't cause this!" Usually, the hot potato blame game was amusing. Now it wasn't.

"Fall back!" Jaden shouted, "Get back to the ship! I think she's gonna-" he was cut off as the Destroy exploded, but it did so in a brilliant blue explosion followed by a blinding white light… before everything went dark for the Mobile Suits, and everyone on the Serial Peacemaker…

Location: Unknown

TIme: Unknown

The Peacemaker was no longer where it was. There was almost no debris, where at the battle site there was enough to build a fleet of warships. "Argh. Pain." Ron muttered, as he finally returned to consciousness. "What the fuck just happened?"

"No idea…" Jaden said slowly. "But… we have a problem."

"Like what?" Ron asked, as he looked at his Camera, and saw Jaden's machine, the ZGMF-X2001 GOUF Phantom up and moving.

"Ron… look at Earth." Jaden said, "Notice anything… new?"

Ron directed the cameras at Earth's general direction. The continents were slightly out of position, (it took a well-trained eye to notice THAT detail) and there were orbital elevators along with what appeared to be a solar energy collector in low Earth orbit. "Madre de Dios." He muttered. "This could be a problem."

"Understatement of the fucking century, Ron," Jaden said. "I don't think we're in our Earth anymore… all Units sound off!"

"Takeshi here," said pilot replied. "I'm pretty much in one piece… the battery's rather low, though - will need to return to the Serial Peacemaker ASAP to recharge."

"Hitomi here, same story." Hitomi said. "Heading back to recharge now."

"Mari here: same thing."

"Ayanami reporting: my battery power is low. I will need to return to the ship."

"Sohryu here: I'm dead in space! Barely enough power for the radio!"

"Um… I'm ok. I need to go back to the ship, though. Can I help Asuka first?"

"Do it!" Ron ordered. "If you've got power, assist with recovery of every surviving thing, be they personnel or equipment!"

"I KNEW we should've upgraded everyone's power plants to the H-3 Reactors…" Jaden muttered. "Remind me to get Peacekeeper ready to hunt for some Helium 3 in the Earth Sphere… I'd rather us not have to travel all the way to Jupiter just to make some more reactors."

"Amy here - I agree, and Returning to the ship," Amy said. "Just gotta recharge… it looks like we've got a lot of stuff to salvage here. We took most of the B.C fleet with us… what's left of it that is. Most of their ships looked pretty trashed, along with their suits… I'm not getting any readings on survivors."

"I've got the Extended we got from the Destroy here," Jaden said. "I'll take her back and get started on the salvage process… get the Mistral's ready. Got a lot of work ahead of us."

"Seeing as I'm the only one with a nuclear reactor, guess that means I'm on defense duty," Ron said with a sigh. "Get back and recharge, kids: I'll keep us safe for now."

"I'll let the Doc know to get the drug purgers ready," Jaden said, as he headed back towards the Serial Peacemaker. "We need to get her off those damn drugs they've probably flooded into her by now… damn she sounds like she's only a kid…"

A few hours Later - Serial Peacemaker briefing room

"Alright… it's clear we are not at the same earth we were in just a few hours ago,." Jaden announced. "We can't get in contact with anyone from the PLANT's, Orb, EA… not even the Junk Guild or Serpent Tail. We're all alone out here till we make contact with whoever is in charge in this universe."

"Good news is - we've got a lot of supplies," Amy said, being a woman with shoulder length red hair and emerald green eyes in a ZAFT Red uniform just like her brother. "Serial Peacemaker left Copernicus fully stocked before we went for this mission. And several of the former E.A ships that got transported with us are relatively in-tact, but they've lost their atmospheric integrity, and their crews are all dead. When we attacked, we hit them so quickly they couldn't launch all of their Mobile Suits, so we've got quite a few intact Dagger Ls, Windams, Strike Daggers and 105 Daggers to work with, along with whatever else we can salvage."

"What ships survived the… transition?" Sasha asked.

"Out of all of them… two Nelson-class Battleships, a Cornelius-class Supply/Tender ship, a Marseille III-class Transport, and about five Drake-class escorts are still in relatively good condition," Jaden said. "We just need to restore life support, and patch up their damage with the wrecks of the other ships that are in… less than serviceable condition. Of course the biggest problem becomes our current lack of people to use the damn ships… I suppose I could get Lucy to Slave the ships command interface into the Peacemaker's communications systems, and control the ships remotely… but it wouldn't be nearly as effective as having actual crews onboard."

"Aside from that… we think we can salvage a lot of parts and supplies from the other wrecks." Amy said. "Ammo, Food, Water… we'll be set for quite a while at the least until we find somewhere else to resupply at."

"Plenty of work cut out for us. I'll tell Ron to make sure you're covered during the salvage operation," Sasha said, nodding. "He DOES have the most heavily armed Mobile Suit we've got."

"Yeah," Jaden said, nodding. "Aside from my own machine, his Strike is the only one that doesn't use an energy battery. Hopefully we can fix that once we get enough Helium-3."

"Yeah," Takeshi replied. "My 105 Dagger is a good Mobile Suit, and my custom-made Swift Striker Pack has performed rather well, but if we could upgrade it, or switch out for a Gundam, that would be good."

"Agreed," Hitomi added. "I like the M1A, but I could definitely use something more powerful."

"CIC to Captain: we've picked up something approaching. We can't get an exact count: some kind of interference."

Sasha rose an eyebrow "Do we have visual?" She asked. "If so, get it on screen."

"Aye Captain, give us a moment." The CIC operator said. A few moments passed, and the front screen of the briefing room switched to an image of a single vessel approaching. It was smaller than the Serial Peacemaker, roughly 200 Meters or so long, with three large 'pods' attached to it, and three long antennes behind the ship. It had no visible armaments aside from what looked to be a single cannon along the bow of the ship.

"Never seen it before… not that I was expecting to…" Jaden said. "What are they doing?"

"It seems-" Sasha began, before the three tubes of the vessel began to open up, and revealing three Mobile Suits emerging from them. But not just any type of Mobile Suits… but Gundam's. "What the hell?"

They moved toward the Peacemaker, armed and hostile. "Pinkerton to Peacemaker: I'll intercept them." Ron said. "If they start shooting, well… I'll have to get creative. Make sure our teams are ready for launch: I might have what's arguably the nastiest MS we've got, but I'm not taking chances."

"We'll be out there ASAP Ron!" Jaden said. "Just give us a few minutes to get our suits out into space!" He turned to the others. "Move it people let's go!"

The others quickly leaped out of their seats as they headed out of the room, Sasha quickly ordering out Red Alert as Klaxon alarms sounded across the ship once more.

GAT-X105E-RPC Perfect Noir Strike

The hybridized Perfect, Ootori, IWSP and Noir Pack-using nuclear-powered Strike flew toward the three Gundam-class Mobile Suits. "This is Lt. Commander Pinkerton of the independent warship Serial Peacemaker." He announced. "Stand down and identify yourselves."

There was no reply as the three machines approached - which Ron confirmed were Gundam-types. They were leaving behind a trail of red particles, and one was a sniper-type, another was a Close Combat type, and the third, and most lightly armed, was likely a support-type of some kind. However the Sniper type acted first, as its large beam rifle rose up from its shoulder, and fired a black of red and black energy his way.

"You did NOT just shoot that red shit at me!" Ron shouted, as he prepared for combat. "Ok, you want to play hardball?! I play LETHAL HARDBALL!"

(BGM: Resident Evil Outbreak: Third Time's the Charm)

The Strike dodged the beam, firing the gatling, the shell firing 220mm cannons, the Ootori's railgun and beam cannon and the Agni in full force, blowing off one of the orange machine's arms and destroying the sniper machine's main cannon with the Agni. The sniper type ditched the weapon Ron had destroyed, pulling out a beam saber. "If you want to play that way..." Ron flipped a switch, activating the Ootori's flight system and AI before launching it at the support machine, leaving him with the Perfect/Noir weapons. "Then I get to fuck your ass!"

The dark crimson support machine moved out of the Ootori's flight path, firing what looked like a beam hand cannon towards it. The orange colored machine however then deployed what looked like eight DRAGOON's which shot out of a pair of containers in its skirt, which shot forward firing red beams of energy towards Ron.

They didn't expect the ejected pack to turn and fight back with the weapons mounted on it. "Like the AI, assholes? I had that thing made to fight DRAGOONs with that fighter!" The craft fired off six rocket-propelled pods, which peeled open to reveal 28 missiles inside them. Even if the DRAGOON-type weapons were maneuverable, they couldn't avoid the guided missile version of carpet bombing. Still, it WAS three on one. "Guys, I'm good at taking this people on for a while, but WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!"

"Right here!" Jaden shouted, as the GOUF Phantom launched out of the ship, soon followed by Takeshi's 105 Dagger, Amy's Murasame. and Hitomi's Astray. "Coming in now, Takeshi, Hitomi, you two deal with the DRAGOON-using one! Me and Amy will help Ron with those other two!"

"Understood!" Takeshi replied, as the thrusters on his Striker Pack kicked in, sending him at the DRAGOON-using machine, which was forced to use its giant sword to block Takeshi's twin swords.

The support and sniper machines continued to fire at the nuclear-powered Strike, which closed in on the damaged sniper, crossing sabers with it before firing the shoulder-mounted gatling gun, barely managing to chip away at the armor. "Almost as good as VPSA." He said. "Too bad I've got weapons that bust that!" He kneed the gundam before hacking the arm off and kicking the Gundam away before using the beam rifle to blast off the remaining limbs. "One down. How's the rest, kids?"

"One sec…" Amy said, as the Murasame sped around the Support unit, before it made a high G turn before it sped right towards it, slicing off the arm which held the Beam cannon on it, before slicing off the second arm as well before punching it right in the torso section, sending it back. "Got it! I think I knocked the pilot out. Takeshi, Hitomi how 'bout you?"

"Too easy," Takeshi replied, having switched to his Anti-Ship Blades to cleave off the head, arms, and legs, before kicking the torso hard to knock the pilot out, thus ceasing the attack of the DRAGOON-Type weapons. "I don't think they were trained for fighting pilots of our caliber."

"Someone dropped the ball on that…" Jaden said. "Bring them onboard, secure the pilots and salvage the gear we cut off. And get a team to investigate their engines - I'm interested in seeing what the red light they left behind is from… also get a boarding party over at that ship - search their data banks, we might be able to figure out who these guys are, and what the status of this world is in."

"Drag their machines back to the Peacemaker," Ron said. "If they try to resist… kill them. I'm not risking my people over them."

"Considering how they obviously weren't prepared to fight against us, I doubt they're prepared for close combat," Jaden said as he carried the black machine back towards the Peacemaker. "I'm pretty sure we could flood the cockpit with that sleeping gas the Doc made to calm down Extendeds. We'll send them to the brig, and have the Doc do a quick check-up on them while they're restrained and Knocked out."

"Works for me," Takeshi said as he hauled in the orange one. "No muss, no fuss."

"Very well. RTB and prep for debrief," Ron said. "I'm going to resupply this thing the second I get back. I'm almost out of missiles for the Ootori/IWSP, and I hate wasting my ammo. Jaden, the second we land, I'm putting you in charge of the salvage operation."

Ron could tell Jaden was grinning. "You got it sir!" he said. "Our teams will get on it ASAP. Gonna have a LOT of fun with this!"

Serial Peacemaker hanger - 5 minutes later

"Crack open the cockpit! Gas em, people!"

This was the sight as the three unknown Gundam's lied on the floor of the Serial Peacemaker, as engineering crews had brought in large tanks filled with specially modified sleeping gas. They had cracked the cockpits open just enough to where they could point the hose inside, and begin shooting the sleeping gas inside.

"We'll keep this up for a few minutes." Doctor Naomi Lee, an asian woman with short black hair tied up in a low ponytail and brown eyes, wearing a classic white doctor uniform and a pair of glasses. "If they're normal humans, they should be out of it in less than two minutes. If they're coordinators, I'd give them three to four, and Extendeds - five or so."

"Make it five," Ron said. "Those pilots gave me a hard time, and only two things do that: Extendeds and combat-hardened Coordinators."

"Considering you're a Natural, that practically speaks volumes of your capabilities." Naomi said, and Ron scoffed.

"I survived both wars, as a Mobius pilot and a Mobile Suit pilot," he said. "I was one of the few to get kills in both types of machine, and I fought in the worst battles of the second war. I had a lot of time to get better at not dying. It's the Mobile Suit that makes me deadly."

Naomi nodded. "We'll gas them for 5 minutes then. We'll have them transferred to the cell block. I've already had some of my people move some of my equipment there so I can make sure they're alright, get their DNA Samples, and head back to the lab to get some answers, and find out who and what they are."

"I'll get my MS rearmed," Ron said. "You have fun, doc. Tell the kids to take their medicine." Ron had been looking after the Extendeds since the end of the war, treating them like his own children. They even considered him their adoptive father to a point.

"I'll make sure," Naomi said. "Try to keep them away from their Mobile Suits as much as possible."

Ron hopped off, passing by Jaden who was feverishly looking at the engine unit they had already removed from the support unit. "What've you got there Jaden?" He asked.

"A Goldmine," Jaden said, with a face splitting grin as he typed into a handheld terminal. "This thing's specs aren't too different from a H3 Reactor… in fact I've found trace amounts of Helium 3 inside them. These things have a very large reactor output, and those particles are from some kind of photonic decay phenomenon… its not just a power source, but its also a propulsion system!" He then turned to face him "The Quantum particlization of these things aligns perfectly to my old FTL theory I came up with a while back!"

"Can you manufacture them?" Ron asked, sounding very intrigued. "If these things are a power source, if we ever get back home, they would be a hell of a source of income for the energy companies, and God knows we need the money."

"I could, but I'd need to work out some kinks." Jaden said, turning back to his work. "The Particles they produce now are toxic when weaponized. I can fix that easy. But these things… they seem incomplete, like they were missing something…" He shook his head. "Either way, with these specs I could manufacture them - though I'd stick with H3 Reactors myself. These things have an adverse effect on radio and comm waves, which made them difficult to detect. Plus its pretty damn easy to spot a trail of red particles, so its not necessarily a stealth machine. Either way, we probably could make a pretty penny out of these things back home."

He collapsed the pad as he picked up a case. "I'm getting ready to head over to their ship with the boarding party," he said. "Bringing Lucy along incase they have any Cyber failsafes. We'll send any data we get back to the Peacemaker after we've made sure there are no viruses in them."

"Good." Ron said. "I'll head to the bridge and make sure we don't suffer another sneak attack."

"Aye sir." Jaden said with a short salute, which Ron returned before they went there separate ways, with Ron heading for the bridge, and Jaden heading for the shuttle.

Later - Unknown Mothership

The airlock to the small vessel opened up, as several men in armored Normal Suits came in, wielding a mixture of MP5's and G36K's raised and ready as they secured the entry point. Upon seeing no contacts, they moved up. "Clear!" The first one shouted, as the rest of the team came in, along with Jaden, who had his gear in a backpack, a laptop in one hand, and a Uzi Machine Pistol in the other.

"Sir, we've got a Terminal for you." One of the soldiers said, identifying what appeared to be a small terminal built into the wall.

Jaden nodded as he pulled out his laptop, setting it next to it as he activated the Terminal. "Holographic display it seems…" he muttered. "Not as reliable, but I can work with that…" he opened his laptop, plugging it in. "Good thing USB ports don't change… alright Lucy, do your stuff."

"On it," A female voice responded, as appearing on the holographic display of the terminal appeared an image of a woman with brown hair and eyes, wearing what looked like a Japanese sailor outfit, with a devil-like tail and horns. "I'm in."

Jaden blinked. "Wow that was fast, even for you." He said, and Lucy grinned.

"It seems to me they weren't prepared for someone to hack them from the inside of the ship," she said. "Hmm… doesn't seem to have a name outside 'Trinity Mothership' though… it looks like it was crewed solely by the pilots, and a combat Haro."

"Combat Haro?" Jaden asked. "You mean those things Lacus Clyne uses as pets?"

"Similar yes, but slightly larger, and capable of interfacing with Mobile Suit operating systems." Lucy said. "There apparently capable of assisting in combat scenarios from what the data says… they can also assist in repairs, scavenging ops… they're much more useful than ours, and less annoying."

"Huh, Haro's that me and Ron can work with," Jaden said with a smirk. "And if they could help with repairs and salvage ops, that would be a huge plus as well. What else do you have?"

"Hmm… accessing calendar…" Lucy said, as she turned around as images flashed in front of her. "It appears this universe still uses the A.D Calendar system… it's 2308 AD. This vessel is part of a private corporation called 'Celestial Being' who are…" she barked out a laugh. "Oh, Ron'll get a kick out of this - they're trying to eradicate all human conflicts in the world."

"Say wha?" Jaden asked with a disbelieving look. "End all war and conflict?"

"Yup. I shit you not," Lucy said, shaking her head. "Utter idiocy if I've ever seen it. It's impossible to end all war… alright, crew roster… they all appear to be siblings. Johann, Michael and Nena Trinity. Pilots of Gundam Thrones Eins, Zwei and Drei respectively… not very original, but hey… the ship is lightly armed, just one 'GN Cannon'... it appears those particles are called GN Particles… and only Celestial Being has access to them right now."

"What about the rest of the world?" Jaden asked, while more engineering teams entered the ship, looking through all of the systems it had to offer.

"Apparently, they are divided between three major power blocs." Lucy said. "The Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations, or 'Union' for short… made up of Japan, North America and South America… the Advanced European Union, AEU focused around Europe and 1/3rd of Asia along with small areas in Africa… and the Human Reforms League, HRL who take up the rest of Asia, including China, India, Russia, all that. They are focused on the three Orbital Elevators which provide their primary form of access into space, as well as providing infinite solar energy across the world… capable of supplying even Mobile Suits with pretty much infinite energy using microwaves."

"Impressive…" Jaden said, nodding slightly. "Do we know what factions have access to Gundams like the ones this… Trinity team uses?"

"None of them." Lucy said, "It seems Celestial Being's technology level is centuries ahead of anyone else's. They are the only ones who have Gundam's… it appears there are four more Gundam's, who use GN Drives similar to theirs, only capable of true infinite flight time. There is also a mention here about another Celestial Being team who have access to Gundams… but not much on them. They've conducted numerous 'armed interventions' in places like Sri Lanka, Africa, South America… sometimes attacking both sides of a conflict. Though the people of earth have come close to capturing Gundam's twice… they have failed both times. The most recent of which was thwarted by the Trinities just a few days ago."

Jaden hummed in thought for a moment. "Get ready to transmit it all over to Serial Peacemaker." He said. "Ron'll want to see this… right now, we need to get every scrap of data we can find on this ship. Once we do that, maybe we can work on getting it some better defenses… I mean seriously - just one Cannon? No CIWS defenses or anything? We'll use some of the scrapped parts from the destroyed BC fleet to fix that flaw…"

Later - Serial Peacemaker

"If we encounter these idiots, I'm just going to attack them on principle," Ron said, groaning as he shook his head at Jaden's report. "You cannot end war: conflict is part of human nature. Do that, you surrender your humanity."

"I agree." Jaden said, from the bridge of the Trinity Mothership. "I admit it's a noble desire, but it's impossible to accomplish… If we run into the four Gundam's of the main CB team, we'll knock them around a bit… maybe we can get them to realize they're being idiots. But on a side note, we at least know where we are, where things are, and who the big players are. And a lot of their technology - both Celestial Being's and the three Bloc's - are rather impressive."

"They don't have our electrical conversion technology, so their ships and MSs are either GN particle propelled or they use actual propellent," Ron said. "But their carbon-based construction material… It's as strong as titanium, but dozens of times lighter. Think we can repurpose some of it for our MSs?"

"I think so," Jaden said. "We could easily use it to replace the Titanium normally used in Phase Shift armor, make it even stronger, and cheaper. It's not that difficult to produce in mass quantities either, not too different from Lunar Titanium actually. We'd just need to create or buy the proper materials to manufacture it… I'd suggest setting up a base of operations somewhere… someplace secluded enough where we can hide our supplies and ships… I looked through their maps, and I think I've got a decent location."

"Where?" Ron asked.

"Lagrange Point 5," Jaden said, "From what I uncovered, its where the Eclipse colony is located, its an unfinished Union colony, construction was suspended a while back, as they focused on their L1 colony. Its pretty much abandoned, and no one goes there since it doesn't have any 'strategic value'. But its a good place to lay low, and the Trinity Team has been using it as place to hide their mothership when they're on earth interventions or getting more supplies for said ship. The docking clamps aren't designed for our ships of course, but a quick fix to our universal docking clamps and we won't have any problems. We could probably expand the base if we really wanted too - build in the areas needed for continued construction of E-Carbon and anything else we need."

"Very well. Get any more intel you can from the computer and get your ass back here." Ron said. "I'll have whatever teams that aren't busy work on retrofitting that thing. After that's done, I want you do go to Earth. We're going to need supplies."

"Got it sir." Jaden said, "Like we mentioned earlier, we've got enough supplies from the ship and the wrecked E.A ships to keep us going for a while. But you're right, we need a continued supply of food, water, ammo, all that… I'll go through the data bases here, see if there is anyone we could contact that might help us out. I doubt we'll be getting those supplies for free afterall."

"Put a call out for anyone looking for a PMC or an engineering company." Ron said. "We've got enough to be both. If there's a problem, we can fix it. Put that as our tagline."

Jaden chuckled at that "You got it sir," he said. "We'll get everything ready… also, when those Trinities wake up, let me know. I'd like to have a talk with them."

"Very well. I'll inform you if they wake up," Ron said. "Until then, keep doing what you're doing. I'll handle our logistical issues on this end. God knows I always do. Pinkerton out."

Serial Peacemaker - Brig

Two Hours later

Two hours had passed, and work on the quick refit to the Trinity Mothership was well underway, as she was being fit with new armaments and defenses. It wasn't that difficult to integrate their technology into the Trinity's mothership - which Jaden had named the Zaeed Massani, after one of his favorite characters from the game 'Mass Effect' from the early 21st Century.

Now however, they had received word that the Trinity siblings had finally awaken, so Takeshi, Jaden, and Ron stood outside the entrance to the Brig. "Well, time to talk to our first neighbors," Takeshi remarked. "Fun times."

Jaden sighed. "Alright, let's get this over with…" he said, as he opened the door to the brig. Inside, they found the only three occupied cells of the ship, and inside them were the three Trinity siblings. The first one, Johann Trinity, seemed to be the most calm. He was pretty damn mad that was for sure, but he was understanding the situation a bit more as he lied in his cot.

The second, Michael Trinity, was a different story. He was banging against the cell doors, shaking the bars and shouting profanity, demanding someone answered him.

Third and last, was Nena Trinity. She was in the last cell, curled up in a ball in her cot, staring outside rather blankly. Though there was a bit of anger on her face, Jaden could both see and sense a lot of fear and confusion as well. In fact, he could sense it from all three of them. The moment the doors opened, all eyes fell upon the three of them as they walked inside.

"Children. My name is Ronald Pinkerton." Ron said. "You're currently on board my ship. I apologize for your accommodations, but you DID try to kill me and my team. I would like to ask you a few questions, if none of you mind."

"Let us out of here NOW!" Michael shouted, slamming against the cell doors again. "You have any idea who we are?"

"Celestial Being - yeah yeah, we read your ship's files," Jaden said. "Your defenses weren't all that effective against a hack from inside. You obviously were not expecting to be overwhelmed and captured so easily… that is very apparent from your mobile suits and your own skills."

"Why you little-" Michael shouted, but Johann cut him off.

"What do you want?" He asked, his eyes narrowed as he looked at them. "You have Gundam's… but you don't use GN Drives… and your ships, your other mobile suits… they don't look like anything we've seen from the Union, HRL, AEU or anyone."

"It's a complicated story, but we're from an alternate timeline," Ron said. "You don't exist in our universe, we don't exist in yours. We don't know what happened, but we're here now."

Michael barked out a laugh. "What? You're from a different universe?" he said. "What a load of shit!"

"Oh, well then give us a better explanation Michael Trinity," Jaden shot back, drawing a bit of surprise from them all. "Yeah, we know your names. Like we said, we got everything on your ship's memory banks. Your personal info, ship specs, your GN Drives, everything. Even your Mobile Suits."

"Then why are you here…" Nena finally spoke, looking at the tree. "You have all our stuff… why don't you go ahead and kill us, and sell it off to the blocs?"

"Well, number 1: I don't like killing unless I have too." Jaden said, "And number 2… I wanted to ask you all something… why do you serve Celestial Being?"

This was a surprise, as the three Trinity siblings glanced at one another "W-we're here so we can end-" Johann began, before Jaden cut him off.

"-end all war, yes we know that," he said. "But is that really your goal? And if so… are you really so naive to think you can actually end all war between humans? Even with your fancy Gundams?"

"You may end the current wars," Takeshi replied. "But only by turning their hatred against you, so that they unite to wipe you out. And after that, they'll just get back to fighting each other. Humans fight each other. It's in their nature - you can't change that."

"We've been fighting for as long as we could remember," Ron said. "We've fought for food, supplies, money, fuel, country, even living space. Even simple games like chess are conflict. It's what we are."

"Don't get us wrong - wanting to end war is a very noble cause… it's just pointless," Jaden said. "After you're dead and gone, people will just go and start fighting again. Hell, the technology they use to defeat you guys will probably go to continue fighting one another. An alliance forged by hatred is a fragile one at best… there will always be people who want more power, people who have conflicting ideologies, beliefs, ways of thinking. The only way they'd work together is if you force them too - then you'd be no better than dictators."

"So, yeah," Takeshi remarked. "What you're doing won't change anything in the end. You're just destroying, making more and more people hate you."

"In our universe… there was a man named Gilbert Durandal. He tried to do the same thing as you." Jaden said as he walked closer to the cells. "He wanted a world without war… but in order to achieve his dream… he had to murder millions of innocent people to accomplish it. Men women and children, it didn't matter to him. He wanted to make a world… where a person's genes determined who they would be in life. If your genes say to be a soldier, you become a soldier even if you're a pacifist. Your Genes tell you to become a priest? You become a priest even if you're an atheist."

"And even that system was doomed for failure," he continued. "As eventually… people would rise up to challenge his rule… and they did, as the Three Ships Alliance, Terminal, and the Earth Alliance attacked Durandal's fortress Messiah… and brought his Destiny plan to an end." He then glanced at them all. "What makes Aeolia's plan any different? He wants a world without war… but the only way he'd get it is to subjugate all of mankind, and kill anyone who disagreed… according to your records, Celestial Being even goes so far as to force people to follow them… threatening their lives, their families… how is that moral by any stretch of the imagination?"

As Jaden continued, the Trinity siblings had all quieted down, as they began to listen what he and the others had to say. "We… the Steel Dragons…. we don't like war..." he continued. "Sure we love the thrill of battle, we like make challenging strategies, we like to have a challenge… but we do not take any joy in murder, in killing, and avoid it when at all possible - but we are not afraid to use lethal force if it means to permanently end a threat. We stand not to end all wars… but to end Genocides, Massacres, War Crimes, ethnic and religious conflicts where no one gains anything but a mountain of corpses."

"You three… have potential," he said. "Your Mobile Suits need improvements, as does your own training… but all three of you show so much potential as pilots… why waste those skills with a faction like Celestial Being? They are basically destined to fail eventually… what we are offering you… is a choice. Do you want to keep fighting for Celestial Being, and when the time comes, die along with the rest of them when the world unites against you?... or join us? And help us and make this world a little bit better by eliminating one corrupt warlord at a time? Actually trying to save lives, instead of ending them?"

The three Trinity siblings glanced at one another, as they thought about what Jaden said. Now that he mentioned it… they were on to something. Already the major powers were getting more crafty, the fact they had almost successfully captured the four primary Celestial Being Gundam's was proof of that - and while their own three Thrones were effective, their GN Tau Drives were weaker than the true GN Drives they had, only capable of running for so long. It would only be a matter of time before they come up with a plan to try and take their own machines somehow.

Also… now that they thought about it, they were also right that Celestial Being appeared to be designed to be destroyed by the world inevitably. Their recent interventions have started to stir up a lot of anger in the three primary powers, attacking factories and military bases far more frequently than the Ptolemy's team were. The world won't stand for that for much longer. And… the chance to actually have a life outside of Celestial Being… was a bit tempting actually.

"What would you have us do?" Johann asked. "If we wanted to join you?"

Jaden smirked, they almost had them. "Simple… we are currently refitting your ship with superior defenses and such," he said. "Hope you don't mind, we also picked out a new name for her - Zaeed Massani. If you accept our offer, we will send you back to your ship, and repair your Mobile Suits. You will become our eyes and ears in Celestial Being… when you are told to make an Intervention, you tell us immediately. We can try to take the workload off your hands, and enact covert 'Interventions' of our own. If for some reason they have you attack a location where a large amount of civilians are present, we will give said location a tip that CB might be attacking, giving them a chance to evacuate the civilian personnel before you arrive."

"In exchange for this… the moment the world starts to unite against you, you are all free to fully join us." He said. "After that, we can do some major upgrades to your Mobile Suits, and make it so they are far better than they ever were with the technology of our universe."

"We might also be able to kick the living shit out of the CB gundam team. Make them understand that they are the biggest idiots this side of the galactic core," Ron said with a small smirk. "I, personally, want to make them bleed. So, what's the answer, kids?"

Once again, the Trinity's all glanced at one another, still looking a bit hesitant… but in the end, they both realized A. They didn't have that much of a choice, and B. These guys had a damn good point.

"Heh… Might give me a chance to fight that purple haired girly boy," Michael said with a short chuckle. "What the hell, I'm in."

"Me too," Johann said, nodding. Nena herself said nothing, but nodded as she smiled slightly.

"Goody. If and when you get a call in, I'm going to enjoy this," Ron said as he pressed a button which unlocked the cell doors. "Word of advice: don't FUCK with my kids. There will only be two outcomes of that: either they kill you, or I kill you."

"What's the difference?" Michael asked.

"They'll kill you quick," Ron said with a smirk that sent shivers down their spine. "I'll do it so slowly the ghosts of Nazis will be wanting to know my secrets."

"Right… don't fuck with your kids - got it," Johann said, nodding.

"Alrighty then!" Jaden said, as he clapped his hands together. "I'll have my engineers finish repairing your M.S - we'll also make a few minor upgrades, namely to improve your units flight time. Nothing major or noticeable yet. Feel free to help out if you want, and you can look through the ship - but please keep in mind that if a door is locked - its locked for a reason, don't try to open it. So that means stay away from the Reactor, Weapons Systems, etcetera…"

The three Trinity's nodded in understanding. Afterall, they were very new here, and they had to start building up some trust with these people before they could trust them as well.

"Follow me, siblings. I'll show you around," Ron said. "Jaden, get planetside as quickly as possible. I'd like to have more information on what exactly is happening down there: news, rumors." He smiled. "Porn." The last one was a joke, as Ron was the exact opposite of a pervert. The reaction was still funny though, as Jaden blushed before he groaned, Michael chuckled, while Nena blushed as well.

"Yeah… I'll head down there ASAP." Jaden said, shaking his head. I'll need to upgrade my machine with Atmospheric Boosters though… I'd rather like to avoid relying on those Space Elevators to get back into space."

"Then you get to fly my Ootori/IWSP for a while: it's reentry and atmospheric launch capable. I'll have it detached from the Perfect Noir and reset for a human pilot," Ron said. "Thanks for the AI work, by the way."

"Not a problem - me and Lucy love to work."

Later - Ootori/IWSP

En Route to Earth

"We'll enter the atmosphere close to the south pole," Jaden said, as he piloted the Ootori/IWSP down towards the planet, sitting in the front cockpit while Takeshi sat in the back. "From what the Trinity's say, it's a blind spot in the sensor systems used by the three power Bloc's. We should be able to enter atmosphere without much trouble… and detection won't be a problem with the stealth system Ron had equipped, and landing on runways won't be a problem with our VTOL capabilities."

"Understood," Takeshi replied. "Definitely interested about what this world is like when compared to ours."

"The similarities certainly are… shocking," Jaden admitted as they began re-entry. "Both universes use Giant mecha called Mobile Suits… we both have access to Advance Machines called Gundam's… "

"It's called 'parallel evolution', kids." Ron said on the long-range comm. "Like an animal evolving on one sides of the world and another one evolving completely unrelated to it. Does that make any sense?"

Jaden nodded "I suppose - still weird as fuck though." he said. "So what's your ETA to Eclipse?"

"Heading there now, should be there within a day or so," Ron said. "Not much comm or ship traffic in the area, looks like the intel paid off for once. Should be a nice place to get started, might work on expanding the colony a bit more, though."

"I'll get to working on the expansion specs when I get back," Jaden said. "It appeared to be intended to be a variant of the Bernal Sphere-types, similar to most of the L4 Colonies in our universe like Mendel. We should be able to build the proper areas to provide us food, water, oxygen, supplies, and such. Though we're obviously going to need to expand the Steel Dragon's though - my engineers are good, but they can't be everywhere at once. If we could build more of those Haro's with those Karel units we could increase production considerably… but some actual extra manpower would go a long way."

"Yeah…" Takeshi replied. "And if we could learn how those GN Drives work - not just the ones the Trinities use, but the ones used by the other CB Gundams - that would likely help greatly with upgrading our machines."

The Ootori-based craft sped toward its' entry point, careful to avoid visual detection by anyone in Antarctica. "Ron DID say this thing could survive atmospheric reentry," Takeshi said. "I'm just hoping the pilot is part of that survival."

"Hey, remember who helped him customize this thing," Jaden said. "She can do it, don't worry. We'll be heading towards Japan - it's under Union control as an economic zone, seems like the best place to start looking for some info."

"Right," Takeshi replied. "Well, at least my name won't stand out as much there."

"Same here," Jaden said. "Let's hope it's not too different from home…"

Later - Tokyo, Japan

"Ah… it's good to be home!" Jaden said, taking in a deep breath after he and Takeshi had landed the Ootori in a secluded forest in Japan, before arriving at the massive city of Tokyo. "Different universe or not, Tokyo is just as great as ever!"

"Agreed," Takeshi replied. "If anything, it's even more impressive here than it is in our universe - I mean, they've got holographic display screens in place of billboards!"

"Meh, there's okay I suppose," Jaden said shrugging. "Holograms are a bit overrated… sure there flashy, but I never was a fan to Holographic displays on monitors and such - makes things more difficult. Anyways, I'm gonna try and find a place for us to stay… plenty of apartments we could use, and the Trinities were kind enough to give us some of their credits they had on them."

"Sounds good," Takeshi replied. "Gonna hit the bars - may not drink alcohol, but bars are always a good place to make contacts."

"Right - I'll start looking for places," Jaden said, as the two split up as they set out to gain information, and a place to stay.

With Takeshi

Takeshi stepped into a rather high-profile bar, not wanting to visit the sleazier ones - he wanted to make contacts, not get in touch with a criminal underground. He stepped up to the Bar itself and said to the barkeep, "I'll have a Root Beer."

The Barkeeper rose an eyebrow, but nodded as he left to get his order. As Takeshi waited, he glanced at the TV which had the news showing, revealing what looked like a battle between Mobile Suits breaking out. "It has been two days since the joint HRL, Union, and AEU Military Exercise in the Taklamakan Desert ended with the death of hundreds of military personnel. While we are still trying to confirm the details, reports say Celestial Being made an armed intervention in the area, and the exercise participants attempted to conduct a capture operation - however, rumors have circulated that they had nearly captured the Gundams, if not for the arrival of three new Gundam-type MS who showed up on the scene."

'Guess the Trinities already made their debut,' Takeshi thought. 'Well, wonder what the Newsies will think whenever we decide to go loud…'

"So, they have three more huh?" A female voice said behind him, causing Takeshi to blink. "As if four weren't bad enough."

Takeshi turned, and saw what looked like a perfect figure of female loveliness in his eyes - slender, but not too thin, with decent curves and an above-average bosom, standing at 5'4" in a black business suit with a miniskirt, top open just enough to show her cleavage, brown hair done up in a bun behind her, and emerald eyes behind a pair of glasses.

It took every last ounce of willpower for Takeshi to keep from staring. "Yeah… " he said. "The first four caused enough damage… now we've got these three to worry about - and they look almost evil."

"A bit, maybe…" the woman said, as she took a seat next to him. "By the way, I haven't seen you 'round here before… you new here?"

"Yeah," Takeshi replied. "Takeshi Yamato, at your service." He paused for a moment as his brain came up with a plausible backstory. "I'm a wandering Mercenary, go from place to place looking for work… of course, Celestial Being is a bit of an annoyance in relation to my cash flow…"

"Shion Uzuki," The woman said with a smile. "And I understand… not much of a problem for me - I'm a Mobile Suit technician for the Union, I work with MSWAD in North America, came back here to visit my family." She then glanced back at the news. "Sorry about your Job, but… at least Celestial Being is doing this for a good cause."

Takeshi sighed. "Maybe…" he said. "But they're forgetting one thing."

Shion tilted her head inquisitively. "What's that?" she asked.

"Human nature," Takeshi replied. "They're not going to be able to change our innate desire for someone to fight, or our fear of the unknown that also triggers conflict. All they're doing with their interventions is bringing the hate of the world upon themselves - eventually the world will take action and destroy them. And after they're gone, we'll just go right back to fighting each other." He looked at the news. "So, yeah, noble goal… practically impossible to achieve."

"But they have weapons and Mobile Suits far superior to anything the world has ever seen," Shion said, and Takeshi nodded.

"True," he said. "But look at the news - if those new Gundam's never showed up, all four of the Gundam's would've been captured. The Union, AEU, and HRL practically had them, and managed to capture them using machines that - compared to Celestial Being's - are obsolete. The people are evolving to the situation, and it won't be long before they make a new plan, only now factoring in the three new machines as well. And eventually… Celestial Being will slip up, underestimate their opponents… and that will cost them."

Shion nodded. "Makes sense…" she said. "And you do have a point, I guess, about the practicality issues related to their goal."

"Standard common sense, to be honest," Takeshi replied. "Peace has never really lasted for very long - something always happens to break it… and those who claim to seek an ultimate end to warfare almost always have either an ulterior motive, or some plan that costs so many lives and forces the peace in such a way that the people will rise against it."

Shion seemed to give that notion some thought. "That… actually makes a bit of sense," she said, glancing at him. "Have you ever fought Celestial Being?"

Takeshi chuckled, shaking his head. "No, but I've seen my fair share of challenges," he admitted. "Looking forward to when I do get my chance to fight them… personally I am very interested in the blue and white one… I love that sword it has…"

Shion smiled. "Good at close combat?" she asked.

Takeshi nodded, and the Bartender came back with his Root Beer. "Yup." He said, "Always prefer to fight up close and personal… one of the many things Mobile Suits brought back into modern combat. Before it was just trenches guns and tanks shooting at each other miles away… now we're back to close combat, sword on sword battles. There's nothing else like the thrill when you face another Mobile Suit in close combat, swerving and spinning around, daring not to make the slightest mistake, requiring split-second reflexes… makes me feel alive."

Shion giggled. "You know, you sound like a rather interesting person," she said. "I wouldn't mind getting to know you better…"

Takeshi blushed slightly, but nodded. "T-thanks…" he said. "I… wouldn't mind getting to know you, as well."

Meanwhile - with Jaden

"Got this place for a steal," Jaden said to himself, with a smirk as he rode up the elevator to the floor where the apartment he had just bought was at. It was simple enough, and cheap enough to meet his and Takeshi's needs. Two bedrooms, kitchen, living room, bathroom, all that. He made a mental note to start hunting for some furniture in the future, assuming there wasn't any already present inside.

'Probably won't be here for long, but it's nice to have a place to lay low on earth,' Jaden thought as the elevator opened up, and he walked out. 'Alright, room 403… 403…'

"Oh, another new neighbor?" asked a male voice. Jaden glanced up as he saw two people walking towards him. One was a young Japanese man, about 17 or so years old if Jaden had to guess with short brown hair and brown eyes. Standing next to him was a rather attractive young caucasian woman - European if he had to guess - about the same age as the man, who had long waist-length blonde hair and bright blue eyes.

Jaden glanced at the room numbers, and saw that he was right next to room 403. "It… appears so," he said with a small smile. "Name's Jaden, Jaden Takeo."

"Jaden, huh? Nice to meet you!" the young man said. "My name's Saji Crossroad, I live with my sister Kinue - she's a news reporter. This here is my friend, Louise Halevy."

"Nice to meet ya," Louise said with a smile. "You new in the neighborhood?"

"Ah, I'm actually from Tokyo," Jaden said, staying as close to the truth as he could without technically lying. "I've been away from Japan for a while, but me and my friend decided to move back into town I guess you could say."

"I see," Saji said nodding. "Either way, I guess I should say welcome back to Tokyo, eh?" At that moment, coming from the second door next to Saji's came out another young man - this one looking to be arabic from his skin tone, with short black hair and brownish chestnut eyes.

"Hey Setsuna!" Saji said, grabbing his attention. "We've got a new neighbor!"

Setsuna just glanced at Jaden, as he glanced back. However when he did that… Jaden got a wealth of information just by looking at him. His eyes were that of a trained killer - a child soldier most likely. His expression was stoic, but he could tell there was a lot of pain and regret behind those eyes. But most importantly… he felt something odd, something similar to what he normally sensed when around Newtypes like Mu La Flaga… but different at the same time, weaker.

"Nice to meet you… Setsuna," Jaden said with a smile. "Jaden Takeo - Hope we can get along great."

Setsuna looked at him, as he too felt something… strange from Jaden, but he couldn't really put a finger on it. "Its Setsuna F. Seiei…" he said. "And… I hope so too." With that said, Setsuna just walked off.

Saji sighed. "Sorry 'bout that," he said. "Setsuna's… he's a bit anti-social."

"So I've noticed," Jaden said shrugging. "But he probably has his reasons. Anyways, you said your sister is a Reporter?"

"Ah, yeah. She's working for JNN," Saji said. "She's been putting in a lot of hours though, lately… she's been pretty obsessed with the whole Aeolia Schenberg and Celestial Being story."

"She is?" Jaden asked, his interest peaked. "That's actually pretty interesting… me and my friend have actually been doing some investigating of our own - we'd be pretty interested in meeting your sister if it was possible - maybe exchange notes?"

Saji blinked at that. "Uh, sure! I think I can do that," he said. "She could probably use all the help she could get considering how much time she's put into this."

"We'll be glad to help," Jaden said with a nod, before he cranked his neck. "But if you would excuse me, I need to get our new apartment ready for when my friend finally comes back - probably gonna have to go hunting for furniture and the like…"

"Ah, right," Saji said. "Well, it was nice talking to you!"

Meanwhile - With Takeshi

"So you'll be leaving in a few days?" Takeshi asked Shion, after the two had left the bar, having gotten to know one another quite a bit.

"Yes… Professor Eifman is heading back to North America at the MSWAD base," Shion said. "With those three new Gundam's, the Union needs to be prepared since now we've got two teams of Gundam's to worry about, instead of just one."

Takeshi nodded. "Makes sense," he said. "Be careful. If he's looking into the Gundams, trying to figure out what makes them tick, he's going to get a target on his back sooner or later - and so will you, being his assistant." He then seemed to perk up with an idea, and took out a piece of paper and a pen, quickly writing down a number. "Here, take this," he said, handing it to her. "If something happens, give me a call, alright?"

Shion blinked in surprise, before she smiled as she accepted it. "Thanks, Takeshi," she said, before she wrote down her own number on a piece of paper. "And… if you ever need any help with your Mobile Suits repairs or anything, feel free to call me as well. I know a thing or two to make your machine a heck of a lot better."

"Thanks," Takeshi said as he accepted the number. "I'll keep that in mind."

"Yeah, well… I gotta go…" Shion began, as she started to turn away, but she hesitated a moment before she groaned. "Ah to hell with it." She muttered before she gave Takeshi a quick kiss on the cheek, before smiling and dashing away to catch a cab.

Takeshi blinked for a few seconds, blushing, before he reached a hand up to where she'd kissed him, and smiled.

"I like her," he said to himself. "I may have only just met her, but I like her, a lot." He then sighed. "I hope I see her again - right now, though, need to meet up with Jaden."

A few days later - Lagrange Point 5

Eclipse Colony

Ron looked at the colony that the Trinity Siblings had told them about. The info they had provided was dead on - the colony did look like an incomplete version of a Bernal Sphere Island-2 design space colony. Its Solar Panels were mostly completed, positioned near the back of the colony. However, while the central body of the colony was completed, it was missing the standard habitation module needed where the city would have been built inside.

Of course, as Jaden had mentioned, this wasn't necessarily a bad thing. The fact that the colony was basically at a bare bones configuration, it gave them room to expand it however they want. They could build E-Carbon production areas, a habitation area, Shipyards, Munition Plants, M.S Factories…the possibilities were endless. It would make a decent home away from home at the very least. The real problem would just be getting the resources to actually build those additions.

"Have the ships move in, see what we've got to work with here," Ron ordered. "Make sure that place isn't booby trapped or anything - we don't know who else could be using this place as their own hide away."

"Captain," Marissa Foster said. "We're picking up a transmission - It's coming from the Zaeed Massani."

"Put it through, and stand by on the Perfect Noir, just in case this is something important." Ron said as he walked to one of the monitors, where Johann's face appeared a moment later. "Trinity the Eldest. Something you want to tell me, young man?"

"Yes, you told us to inform you when we received our next intervention mission orders." Johann said, "We just got our next mission - we're to attack the Union MSWAD base, our target is to assassinate Professor Ralph Eifman."

Ron rose an eyebrow. "Someone we should know?" He asked.

"Nena did a bit of research," Johann said. "Professor Eifman is one of the brightest engineers and scientists in the modern era. However he's been currently working with the Union, trying to solve the mystery behind the Gundam's and our GN Drives. If that's true, and we are to assassinate him, it's likely he's getting dangerously close to solving the riddle behind GN Drives, and Celestial Being wants to silence him."

Ron sighed. "Stand by on the attack for now," he said. "I don't want the man killed, but revealing that you've defected is not a wise idea either. Find a way to fake his death. If not… proceed as ordered, but try to not succeed in your mission. Am I making myself clear?"

"Yes sir," Johann said. "We don't have that big of a window here… when we receive these orders, we're intended to act on them immediately."

Sasha hummed in thought. "We could send word to Jaden and Takeshi," she said. "The Ootori Fighter could get there faster than any of us could, and probably be there before the Trinity's show up. They show up, they and the Trinity's pretend to duke it out for a bit long enough for Ralph to hopefully escape."

"Then I'm going to need to launch: that thing is battery-powered, and I don't want Celestial Being to try and destroy it." Ron said. "That and I want to test the Noir against them, just in case."

"Just hurry up, we launch in a few minutes." Johann said, "We'll try to make the fight look as real as possible."

Meanwhile - Back on Earth

Tokyo, Japan

"Seriously, I got this stuff at dirt cheap prices," Jaden said, sitting down on one of the new couches of their apartment building, complete with beds, tables, kitchenware, and a large 70 inch wide screen T.V. "The economy in this world is WAY better off than the one in our world."

"Nice," Takeshi replied. "Definitely did a good job here, Jaden."

"Meh, I've learned from Ron how to stretch money to last a long time." Jaden said, "We should be good if we avoid spending over $1,000 per month with our current budget, at least until we get more money to work with-" Jaden was cut off as his long-range phone went off with a Metal Gear Solid Codec sound effect. "Speak of the devil..." he muttered as he activated the phone, putting it on speaker. "Yo Ron, what's up?"

"Get your asses in the air and to North America, RFN: the Trinities have been ordered to kill an important scientist." Ron said. "Personally, I wouldn't give a shit if we weren't involved, but we're involved. Get your asses over there and keep that old bastard alive by any means necessary!"

"Got it," Jaden said nodding. "Who are we protecting and where?"

"Johann says it's a Union Professor named Ralph Eifman, at the Union MSWAD Base." Ron said. "They've been ordered to destroy the whole facility to ensure the guy's killed - they said something about him getting too close to figuring out the secret behind GN Technology."

Takeshi's eyes widened. "Shion…" he whispered, before saying more loudly, "Ron, I made contact with one of Eifman's assistants earlier today at a bar - I'll contact her, let her know what's going on. She can help us evacuate him."

"Then get in contact with her, but do it fast: they're attacking in a matter of hours," Ron ordered. "I'm launching as well to get my Ootori back and give you support if the quarteto de retardados show up afterward."

"Understood," Takeshi replied as he got out his cell phone, then the paper with Shion's number on it. He punched in the numbers with an urgency Jaden had never seen before, then held the phone up to his ear. "Come on, pick up…" he muttered, as he waited for the line to connect.

Meanwhile - North America

MSWAD Base

"If my theory is correct, and the energy generation systems of the Gundam's utilize topological defects, then everything would logically fall into place." Professor Ralph Eifman spoke, as he typed into the computer terminal before him in his office. Standing next to him was his assistant, Shion Uzuki who watched as he worked. "It explains the small number of Gundam's, And why they needed more than 200 years to develop them… such an energy system could only be constructed in a Jovian Environment…"

"That makes sense," Shion said, nodding. "But… when would Celestial Being have had the chance to reach Jupiter to make their energy systems?"

Ralph seemed to think about it for a moment, before he gasped as his eyes widened. "Of course…" he muttered. "The Europa expedition 120 years ago… it was the only manned mission to Jupiter since! Could it be the project is related to the development of the Gundam's?"

"The Jupiter Incident…" Shion muttered, nodding. "It would make sense…"

Ralph's eyes narrowed slightly. "If that's the case…" he muttered. "Aeolia's true goal isn't the eradication of war… but something else altogether…"

Shion blinked in surprise as she glanced at the professor "What do you mean, sir?" she asked. "I thought the Europa's mission was to scout the Jovian moons for future colonization…"

"It was far more than that, Shion…" Ralph said, as he sighed. "If this is about what I think it is… Aeolia has been planning for something much bigger than the simple and pointless attempt to eradicate war…"

Before Shion could form a reply, her phone began to ring, causing her to glance at it. "Oh uhh… I'm… sorry Professor, but I need to take this." She said.

Professor Eifman chuckled slightly. "It's alright," he said. "It must be important."

Shion nodded as she walked out of his office, before she smiled seeing it was her new… friend calling her. She then answered it. "Takeshi, is that you?" She asked, "I'm surprised you called so early-"

"Shion!" Takeshi called out, and she could hear the urgency and worry in his voice. "Remember when I said that the Professor would have a target on his back sooner or later? Well, I've gotten a tip - it's sooner, in fact it's right the hell now!"

Shion blinked in surprise. "W-what?" she asked. "Takeshi, what are you talking-"

"Those three new Gundams we talked about?" Takeshi said. "They are heading your way NOW! They're trying to destroy the MSWAD base and everyone in it to silence Professor Eifman before he figures out the origin of GN Drives!"

Shion's eyes widened at Takeshi's statement, and for multiple reasons. 'They… no, that...' she thought. 'We… we agreed…' The truth of the matter was that Shion was actually a member of Celestial Being - one of the few mechanics who worked on the Gundam's and knew how to make a true GN Drive. She was placed as Ralph Eifman's assistant to monitor his progress on his GN Drive research, and should he get close to solving the mystery, she would either find a way to get him off course, or bring him into Celestial Being.

But… the fact Celestial Being was willing to kill one of the most brilliant scientists and thinkers of the century… while knowing one of their own people was inside… she was just so confused - and even more confused how Takeshi knew what Celestial Being called their Gundam's power source.

"Shion? Shion, are you there?" Takeshi asked. "If you hear me, you have got to get out of there NOW! We've got help on the way but you've gotta move!"

Takeshi's words finally shook her out of her shock. "R-Right!" she said. "I-I'll get the Professor out of here! B-but what kind of help are you talking about?"

"We'll explain later," Takeshi said. "Just get out of there - we won't let you get hurt." With that said, the phone hung up. Shion sighed, before she turned around and entered Ralph's office again.

"Professor, we have a problem," she said, before she saw Ralph was looking at his computer screen in surprise.

"Yes… we do," he said, as he spun the front screen around, revealing the single line of text now written on it: 'You have witnessed too much.'

Serial Peacemaker

"Catapult power at 120%. booster units installed. Perfect Noir is ready for take off."

Ron remained silent, not wasting his breath with a catchy launch phrase before he was launched into the black. The boosters would take him to Earth in less than four hours. Whether Eifman died or not was irrelevant: his people were far more important than a scientist he didn't know or care about.

"We'll see you when you get back, Ron," Sasha said. Try not to get those kids killed."

"I've saved their asses more than I've put them at risk, Sasha," Ron said. "Maintain radio silence from here on out." He flipped off the radio before she could answer back. "Two wars and a trans-universal jumping into another one. Why did I leave my job for this shit?" The boosters activated, sending him toward Earth.

Meanwhile - MSWAD Base

With Team Trinity

The Eins, Zwei and Drei Gundam's approached teh MSWAD base as they had been ordered by their official leader. "Let's hope Ron and his guys get here in time…" Johann said, "Nena, dock with my machine. If we're gonna do this, we're gonna make it look like we tried to smash this whole place at once."

"Roger!" Nena said, as she moved behind the Eins as she prepared to grab onto her Brother's MS to attach. However just as she was about to do that, a beam of red energy shot between them. "What the-" she began, just as the Ootori Striker shot past them, banking for another pass.

In the cockpit, Jaden sighed. "Looks like we got here just in time," he said. "Let's just hope we can hold on until Ron shows up."

"Agreed," Takeshi replied. "Or at least until Shion and the professor can escape the base entirely."

"I'm pretty sure that's them," Johann said, as they prepared their weapons. "Don't look like you're holding back, but don't try to shoot them down - the last thing we want to do is make Ron angry."

As the fighter turned to engage the three Gundams, Takeshi turned his eyes to the ground. 'Come on, Shion…' he thought. 'Get out with the Professor… we'll buy you as much time as we can.'

Meanwhile - On the Ground

With Shion and Ralph

Shion and Professor Eifman had managed to make it down to the bottom floor of the MSWAD base, as they ran outside to find the shelters. "We gotta get to the shelters!" Shion shouted. "We gotta go before-"

"Look at that!" The Professor shouted, pointing up to where what looked like a fighter was battling it out with the three new Gundam's. "What on earth is that thing?"

'Could that be Takeshi?' Shion thought to herself, before shaking her head. "I have no idea, but it's buying time for us," she said aloud. "Let's move!"

Back in the skies, the Ootori fighter continued to fight the Throne's, as it weaved and sped through their attack. "Well, at least we know they're really on our side now!" Jaden shouted, making a sharp turn to avoid being hit by Johann's beam cannon. "We'd be dead already if they were taking us seriously!"

"Agreed!" Takeshi replied. "Hope Ron gets here soon, though - we're starting to run low on power!"

"Pinkerton to Takeo and Yamato: ETA to your position is 6 minutes! Status?!"

"We're getting low on power here! But thankfully Trinity's going easy on us!" Jaden shouted, as he shot the Ootori upwards to avoid a beam saber swing from Drei. "So get your ass here NOW!"

"Understood. Overclocking the thrusters now. I'll be there soon. ETA is now 2 minutes, 17 seconds."

"Good! Now Get here!" Jaden said as he nose dived the Ootori down, as the Trinity's pursued. "Takeshi, I need you to go down and find your Girlfriend and the professor! Ready to give the EX-Gear a test run?"

Takeshi nodded. "Yeah - wait! Shion's not my Girlfriend!" he shouted, and Jaden rolled his eyes with a smirk.

"Suuuure," he said. "Just go out and find 'em ASAP."

"Got it," Takeshi replied, hitting a few switches before grabbing the handlebars, as the controls seemed to fold up around him, forming a flight-type exoskeleton. "Pop the hatch!"

The hatch to the fighter popped open, as Takeshi was then ejected out of the plane, as Jaden continued to fly away when the hatch closed back up. He was in free fall for a few moments before a set of wings spread out from the exoskeleton as a set of jets activated, giving Takeshi flight.

Takeshi immediately began swooping towards the ground, doing a few spirals and loops to put the unit through its paces and make for a hard target to shoot at, while still maintaining his downward trajectory.

He was hopeful he could find Shion soon. While he'd told the truth when he said she wasn't his girlfriend, he had refrained from voicing what would be the operative word in that statement: yet. He was really hopeful that could change sooner or later, hopefully sooner.

'Come on, where are you…' Takeshi thought, as he used the scanners on his helmet's HUD to lock into the signal from Shion's phone.

"Michael, you need to split off and attack the base!" Johann ordered as they continued to fight. "We have to make it look like we're not focusing entirely on the fighter! Start hitting the hangars, but leave the main complex for last!"

"Right!" Michael said, as he split off from the battle, as he deployed his GN Fangs to begin the attack on the base.

As the Fangs began tearing into the base, Takeshi kept following the signal from the phone as he swept down, almost to ground level. 'Come on, come on… there!' he thought, finally spotting her, running with what looked like another, older individual. He smiled in relief. "SHION!" he called out, swooping towards them.

Shion and Ralph looked up in surprise as Takeshi swooped in. "T-Takeshi?" she asked. "Wha… how did you get here? What is that?"

"Shion, you know this man?" Ralph asked in surprise.

"We met before we left Japan," Shion said, looking at Takeshi. "I… I can't believe you actually came… but where did you get a fighter that could take on Gundams!?"

"Long story," Takeshi said, as he looked up and saw the Zwei begin its attack. "But right now, we gotta get out of here! And I can only carry one person at a time with this thing!"

Ralph - while still confused as to what was going on, realized that Takeshi was correct that if they wanted to live, they needed to get out of there. He glanced around, and noticed that there was a Union helicopter on a landing pad, currently unwatched and appearing to be intact. "We can use that Helicopter!" Ralph said, pointing to it. "It's been a while, but I know how to fly these things."

"Got it!" Takeshi replied. "Come on, let's go!"

With Ron

"I hate my life." Ron muttered as he opened fire on the Drei and Eins with his two beam rifles and the Trikeros shield beam cannon, trying to miss without making it LOOK like he was trying to miss. "Kids, if you don't break off, I WILL kill you." He said. "Just because I'm a nice guy doesn't mean I'm not brutal." To make his point known, he deployed the Agni and armed it.

At that moment, his sensors went off as he glanced and saw what looked like a squadron of Fighter-like Mobile Suits, SVMS-01 Union Flag's if he remembered correctly, only highly upgraded.

"Union reinforcements…" Johann said, as he looked at the damage Michael had already pulled off, as the primary building already looked like shit. "We've done as much damage as we could - let's just hope they believe us when we say we killed the professor… we're pulling out now." With that said, the three Throne Gundam's pulled up, and made a turn out of the battlespace, while the Ootori pack docked with Ron's M.S.

"So did we get him?" Ron asked Jaden, when his image appeared on the screen.

"We got lucky - Takeshi found Ralph and that girl he met in Japan," Jaden said. "They took a Helicopter, and are heading east. The base's Radar got hit, so they don't have to worry about being detected anytime soon… the real problem will be getting them back up into space to the colony."

"Too bad we can't use the Ootori to get them into space. Get ready: firing thrusters. We're going back into space." The Perfect Noir fired all of its' thrusters, taking only a few minutes to leave the atmosphere and head back toward L5.

Meanwhile - With Takeshi

Takeshi breathed a sigh of relief as the Thrones evacuated, then watched as the Perfect Noir returned to space with the Ootori. 'Guess I'll need to get a ride for all three of us,' he thought, before turning to Shion and Ralph. "You two alright?" he asked.

Shion sighed. "We're good…" she said. "That… was way too close…" She then glanced at Takeshi. "But… what the hell happened back there? How did you know the three new Gundam's were attacking? And how do you know their reactors are called GN Drives?" Ralph glanced back from the cockpit, seeming just as interested.

Takeshi sighed. "Well… it's a complicated story," he admitted. "I will tell you this though Shion… what I told you back at the bar? I told you the truth about everything I said… well most of it at least… it's probably best if we had my commander or my friend explain it though… is there anyway we could get into orbit without using the Orbital Elevators? I don't want to risk C.B finding out you survived the attack."

"There… are a few ways," The professor said. "Most space transportation is carried out via the Orbital Elevators nowadays - but considering it's not easy to travel almost half way across the world to reach an elevator, alternative methods of reaching orbit are used on occasion such as Mass Drivers, standard surface-launched shuttles and such… they're more commonly used by nations who lack access to Orbital Elevators like the Kingdom of Suille, or in areas like the Northernmost half of the HRL, AEU and Union, places furthest away from the elevators."

"Which would be the closest from here?" Takeshi asked.

"San Francisco Spaceport," Shion said. "It has a Mass Driver… it predates the Solar Power Wars, but it's still being used to this day - it was used before the elevators were completed, and is still used for civilian traffic. I should be able to get us safe transport into orbit… I hope…"

Static was heard before a voice came over Takeshi's Normal Suit's built-in radio. "Take, if you can hear me, talk to me, damn it, or I will start recalling the more embarrassing moments over vox."

"I hear you, Ron," Takeshi replied, even as Shion and Ralph listened to the transmissions, as well. "We have a potential route to space - there's a Mass Driver over at San Francisco, apparently. Shion and the Professor are alright, as well, but they're wanting an explanation."

"Nutshell truth or outright lie, Take? We have enough problems."

"Truth, I think," Takeshi replied. "I'd rather not lie to them." 'Especially to Shion,' he continued mentally.

"Alright, hand them the spare earpieces," Ron informed. "They're in the rear storage compartment. Before you say anything about them being there, I put them there. I'll explain everything."

Takeshi reached into the storage compartment of his EX-Gear, bringing out two earpieces, before handing them to Shion and Ralph. "Better than needing to hear second-hand through my speakers," he remarked, and the other two nodded as they put the earpieces in.

"Alright, listen closely and don't interrupt," Ron informed. "I'm not repeating myself. We're from an alternate universe - shut up - and we were sent here by accident. We ran into the same Gundam-class MSs that attacked your facility, but captured them and turned them to our side as double agents. We… convinced them to spare your lives while I showed up to make a show of 'stopping' them. You want the full story, it'll have to wait: we're entering the exosphere and-" Static erupted from the earpieces' speakers.

"Looks like he hit the outer limit of the comm's range," Takeshi remarked. "Our ship's comms are a lot more powerful, and can tap into satellite networks to boost the range even further, but these aren't quite that good." He looked at the two of them. "I know it's likely rather hard to believe, but as has been said in the past, 'the truth is stranger than fiction'."

"-ing second hand radios can't punch through the damned exosphere's EM field!" Ron yelled as he came back. "Can you three hear me again or not?!"

"We can hear you, mister… Ron?" Shion asked.

"Ronald Pinkerton, former Major, Earth Alliance OMNI Enforcer," Ron informed. "If you can kindly get the hell to San Francisco, we can explain in more detail later on the Peacemaker. cutting radio contact: we're within range of a colony. Psycho out."

The line finally went dead. "Well, that's that," Takeshi remarked. "Just need to get to the Mass Driver and back to my ship, and we'll be safe."

"Another universe…" Ralph said, shaking his head. "Normally I'd call that preposterous… but considering we saw what your machines could do already… and the fact we're still alive…"

"Agreed," Shion replied. "And it explains how you knew what the power source of the Gundams was called… and how you knew the attack was coming our way…"

"Yeah…" Takeshi informed. "When Ron informed us about what he'd gotten from the Thrones, I… I couldn't help but be worried for you, Shion…"

Shion glanced at Takeshi in surprise. While she knew Takeshi said he could help her… she never would've thought that he would go through such lengths to help her - since they've barely even known each other for less than a week.

"I know we only had three days to get to know each other, Shion," Takeshi continued, noticing her look. "But I… I feel like it was much longer… You… you're so intelligent, kind, and… beautiful… I… I care for you, a lot." He was starting to blush pretty heavily at this point, as could be seen through his helmet visor. "I consider you a good friend, but would like to be… more than friends… if you'd be alright with that."

Shion blinked a bit in surprise at Takeshi's… declaration. She gave it a few moments though 'Well… he is rather handsome…' she thought. 'He's honest… went to extreme lengths to protect me… and the odds of me finding another guy like him in my lifetime are probably slim to none… ah, the heck with it.'

"Well Takeshi… I'll be honest," she said. "You are… the most handsome, strong, and courageous person I've met in a long, long time… " She then smiled. "…and, since I'm not in any… current relationships… might as well see if we've got some chemistry." At that notion, Takeshi looked up in surprise, before Shion removed his helmet, and planted a kiss right on his lips.

Takeshi's eyes widened in shock for a moment, before they closed again as he began returning the kiss. For some reason, it just felt… right, somehow.

To the side, Ralph chuckled slightly. 'Ah, young love…' he thought nostalgically as he flew the Helicopter away from MSWAD, and towards San Francisco.

Later - Eclipse Colony

The Perfect Noir flew toward the semi-abandoned colony, causing a few people to stare at the machine. Mostly because, to some people, it was upside down. "I don't care, Jaden," Ron said. "You aren't used to being backwards in a Mobile Armor, and upside down is just going to make it worse."

"Does upside down even exist in space?" Jaden pondered, "I mean, it really just comes down to a point of view I suppose… by the way, I kinda like the colony. It's bare bones, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Once we get the money flowing and hire some more man power we could really make a home for us here… I've been wanting the Steel Dragons to have an official Home base, didn't think we'd find it in an alternate parallel dimension. "

"We still need to find a way back," Ron said. "We don't belong here. Sure, alternate universe is great and all, but we, or at least you, left people behind. I'm going to try to get us back home." The Perfect Noir landed on the Peacemaker, rightside up. "Sasha, keep an eye out for anyone heading this way. As of this moment, we're on hot alert."

"Copy that, we'll keep our eyes on sensors," Sasha said. "Since we don't have to worry about so much N-Jammer Interference, our sensor range is a long wider here than back home. We will notify you the moment we detect anything out of the ordinary."

The Perfect Noir entered the hangar, allowing both men to leave their respective cockpits. "Boys, I want you to load the Ootori's artillery cannons with the prototype anti-lightwave shield shells." He said to the engineers. "Just in case we run into the Celestial Being MS team. I want to see if that 'GN field' can be cracked open."

"Shouldn't be that hard," Jaden said. "Remember? We got data from the Zwei about its GN Buster sword - it appears physical weapons like GN Swords are affected by GN Fields like beam weaponry are."

"Those are close range weapons specifically designed for anti-GN field use," Ron said. "These shells aren't. You're a bit slow on the understanding part, Jaden. I'm surprised at you."

"Who said I didn't understand?" Jaden said, with a small roll of his eyes. "I was just saying that it's one weakness we could exploit. We can use what we know from that to make weapons that can do the job even better, and hopefully at longer ranges."

"You should word it differently next time. I'll be with the kids. I might bring them down to Earth: they could use another environment."

"You baby them, Ron!"

"They're my adopted children! It's my RIGHT!" Ron left the hanger, leaving them with THAT revelation.

Jaden simply sighed with a small smile. "He makes a good father," he said, turning back to the engineers. "The hell you looking at? Come on, move it! We've got shit to do!"

Meanwhile - Celestial Being carrier Ptolemaeus

"Another Gundam?" Lasse shouted, as the Ptolemy team had gathered in the briefing room once again, as they watched the latest news report from the Trinity's attack of the MSWAD base, which was largely thwarted by the arrival of a strange Fighter, and another Gundam-type MS that didn't use GN Particles.

"It was built like a Gundam, but we aren't sure it WAS a Gundam. If anything, it could be a machine that just looks like one," Lockon said, shaking his head as the 'Gundam' engaged the Thrones, mostly with long range fire. "Looks like I've got a buddy."

"Gundam or not, it was capable of fighting three Gundam's at once," Christina said. "And that fighter was able to hold it's own too… and they were using beam weaponry - and only Celestial Being has access to that technology."

"It didn't look like ours, though," Lichty remarked. "Look there," he pointed to one scene of the new Gundam firing its beam weapons. "It's a green beam coming out of that weapon. GN Particle Beams are pink, or red in the case of the particles from the Thrones, not green."

Sumeragi noticed something… off about the beams. "He's missing on purpose."

"Huh?"

"The pilot has extremely good aim, but he's not hitting them," Sumeragi said. "He's missing on purpose."

Lockon looked at the footage, his keen eyes and his knowledge on Marksmanship allowed him to realize she was right - he was intentionally missing the Trinity M.S. "She's right…" he said. "But that's not all… the Trinity's aren't going all out either. We saw what they did in the desert, they ripped the AEU, HRL, and Union a new one… but why isn't the Zwei attacking with its Fangs? Why isn't Drei trying to flank them while Eins snipes?"

"That doesn't make sense…" Allelujah said, shaking his head. "Why would Trinity be going easy on a machine like that?"

"I don't know…" Sumeragi said, her eyes narrowed. "All this does is deepen the mystery behind them… Tieria, could look through Veda's files for anything that might tell us where this eighth machine came from?"

Tieria nodded. "I will check, but if this machine is anything like the Thrones, it might not be there," he said.

"Any information is better than none." She said. "We might need to find this mystery Gundam-type. If it's a CB machine, we need to know why it did that. If not… we could have a serious problem."

117Jorn: And voila, Chapter 1 is done for this new fic! I know, I know, 'Jorn, you should be working on your current fics!' Well, let's just say things got in the way, some people don't update when you want them to… it's a whole thing. So we just keep writing when we can, on whatever stories we want.

Takeshi Yamato: And this one's definitely an interesting one - we'll be having some fun here! :D

Ron the True Fan: I'm going to enjoy this. For reasons known to my co-authors and unknown to you readers. (Evil laugh)

117Jorn: So until next time…

Everyone: JA NE!