Gundam 00: Second Innovation

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Gundam 00: Second Innovation

Phase 01 – The Numbers (0 and 1)

2312 A.D.

"No, I am god."

What...? Whose voice is this...? God's?

"If I don't rule over them, humanity will continue to struggle and will perish. I am their Messiah."

Messiah?

"I'll become the personification of Aeolia's plans. No, I'll become an existence that transcends his plans!"

"Is this fate?"

Fate? What's that?

"You despicable human!!!"

Silence... why is there... silence?

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2325 A.D., Earth's Sphere Federation Army, Eastern Iraq Base

The Eastern Iraqi base of the Earth's Sphere was bustling with more than its regular activities as of the late events of anti-Federation troops staging insurgencies on army convoys, causing the base to always be on high alert.

Kusanagi Halo, a young talented GN-XIII-R2 pilot,had just finished his usual escort duties and was just about to exit his red Mobile Suit's cockpit. The model was almost the same as the one used by the A-LAWS and the United Nations Army during the war 12 years ago, though the R2 had greatly improved on its performance to match those of the Gadessa and Empressa units deployed by the A-LAWS during the previous war.

The pilot himself was as impressive as the suit, whose dark brown hair was usually messy and some stray bangs obscured part of his sharp eyes (which is worth noting to be blood-red) from some angles. This gives him a quite mysterious and intimidating appearance, in contrast to his bishounen-ish features.

"Shino, I'm going first..." he said in a no-nonsense tone, really walking away just as his wing-man's Mobile Suit's cockpit opened. The pilot of the other GN-XIII-R2 was a female, Japanese and like Halo a young one at that. She has shoulder length straight brown hair, which was tied up in a bun for piloting. Her eyes are a light shade of brown, which gives her quite a mesmerizing appearance. Pair that with her upbeat and cheery attitude and you've got an idol of a pilot.

"Hey, wait up... Halo... eekkk!!" the small built girl shrieked as she tripped on one of the many wires and tubes criss-crossing the floor underneath her. She didn't fall though, as Halo caught her mid-fall by the midriff, covering several meters in a fraction of a second.

"Thanks, Halo..." She said, blushing. She looked up to his fearsome face and said cheerily "So you do care about me, don't you Halo?"

It was Halo's turn to blush, as he turned away from her and towards the doorway he is heard mumbling stuff like 'its only because you're my wing-man...' and 'I don't really care...' and more stuffs along those lines... Shino couldn't help but to suppress a laughing fit.

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Just over the calm skies of Tehran, a familiar blue-white Celestial Being ship, the Ptolemaios, soared, undetected on enemy radar thanks to its revolutionary GN-Particle based stealth system.

"Ptolemaios A-01 to Taurus-3, we're on schedule." said the middle-eastern commander of the ship, codenamed Setsuna F. Seiei, back to the Celestial Being's base in Taurus-3, where it had been since the previous one on the Lagrange orbit was destroyed in an A-LAWS raid. "We'll be arriving at the combat zone in 0350, just as planned."

"We copy that, Setsuna." the voice of Feldt Grace was heard in response. "Proceed with the mission... and please be careful..." she said in a whisper.

Setsuna smiled a little and said, "Roger that, over and out."

Now that one thing's done with...Setsuna said, resting his head on the headrest of the commander's seat.

His black hair is now longer, though he still tried to keep it to the same style he had worn his entire living years. He wore a newer version of the Celestial Being uniform, which had changed a few times since it was first introduced in 2312. It now consists of a sleeveless vest over white zipped up long sleeved shirt which had quite high collars. The vests' colors could be customized to suit one's likings, so Setsuna's was a usual, blue. The pants are all white, with black combat boots.

"Hey, Setsuna-sama?" a red Celestial Being uniform clad youngster, whose dark hair falls well over his face, making him look a reminiscence of old Allelujah Haptism during his days as a Celestial Being's Gundam Meister, walked into the bridge. He was well built, as well as being a very talented young man as well. His name was Zero Anzhal. "So when's the mission starting?"

"It's all in due time, Zero" Setsuna answered calmly. The young man smiled at him.

"This is awesome!!" Zero shouted. "My first mission as a Meister, and it'll be under your guidance, Setsuna-sama!!"he cheered and bounced out of the room, grinning like a child.

"He's such a kid, isn't he?" Mileina Vashti, who's now in-charge of being the single operator of the Ptolemaios A-01. She's much more grown-up now, as well as a better operator than she ever was 12 years ago.

"Yeah..." Setsuna said smiling. He forgotten when was the last time he had smiled so much. The peace they've obtained... He swore to his existence as an Innovator that he'll protect it.

Outside of the bridge, Zero's smile faded. His face showed his true, determined self as he walked towards his Gundam in the hangar.

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Tigris River; Eastern Iraq,

The usually quiet Tigris River banks is now deafened by the loud and deafening sounds of rapid gunfire. A small group of ships, which was lightly escorted with a couple of GN-X705 Nexts were suddenly overwhelmed by a large number of old model GN-Xs as well as MSJ-0611-A Tieren Ground-types. Though the Nexts were technologically superior as an improved version of the GN-X704 Aheads, the two of them were simply outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy forces which consists of nearly 15 Mobile Suits.

The pilot of the Nexts, both now barely able to protect the Earth's Sphere Aid Unit, had been pushed hard in their defense. "Hold the line!" shouted the senior pilot to the other as a solid shell explosion from a Tieren's cannon. "The villagers are counting on us for the supplies!"

Fighting as much as they may, even the most veteran of pilots knew the limitations technological advancements had against overwhelming numbers. The enemy mobile suits are now closing on their position, taking the fight to them as well as closing every possible escape routes.

"Darn..." the Next's pilot cursed as an anti-federation GN-X got around his GN Beam Rifle fire and closed in with its own GN Beam Saber at its side. "Damn! They're really aiming for the supplies!" he shouted when the GN-X didn't strike him down, but instead got past him towards one of the supply ships. He tried to shoot it down from the back, but found himself overwhelmed by other Mobile Suits which are quickly breaking through his defenses. "No! The supplies!"

A single GN Particle beam stopped the GN-X dead in its tracks, causing it to look up towards the blinding desert sun.

"You're not touching those ships!" Kusanagi Halo shouted through the external speakers as his GN-XIII-R2 descended quickly from the sky, its GN drive flaring up insanely as he dived down upon the GN-X, impaling it through the head using his specifically tuned GN Lance. Not quite satisfied with his work, he pulled the trigger on the GN Beam Rifle the Lance doubled as. Red particle beams pierced the GN-X until it was nothing but a hole-ridden wreck. Once the GN-X ignited and its remains sunken into the Tigris River, the R2 turned towards the other Suits who watched his act in horror.

"This is ESF Private Halo Kusanagi, supporting supply defense." Halo informed the Next pilots via private communication channels. He instantly cut off the channel then and boosted his Suit forward towards the thick of the enemy formation, leaving the Nexts confused.

"What in the world?" shouted one of the anti-federation pilots as Halo effortlessly dodged a full volley of cannon fire from the ground-based Tierens, his R2 a red blur against the clear blue desert sky. The GN-X moved in to meet Halo in the skies but was clearly outmatched by the new generation Mobile Suit as it struck down two X's in a swipe of his GN Beam Saber. Still in the follow-up of his saber attack, Halo primed his GN Lance again and fired the particle beams at the three Tierens it had targeted earlier. The beams found its mark, and the cockpits of the old-model suits burst up in flames as the GN particle lanced through them and the killed the pilots inside.

"Halo!" Shino's voice was heard through a private channel in Halo's cockpit.

"What is it? Shino?" Halo answered, his eyes not for a second leaving the main display.

"Another group of Tierens believed to be equipped with LC-Long Range Cannons had appeared at 7 o'clock of the supply units! Range is 20 kilometers from defense target!"

"What?!" Halo was snapped out of his battle against another GN-X. It wouldn't take a genius to calculate that the Tierens are in perfect range for a bombardment, and too far for for Halo's R2 to reach in time. "Are you in range with them?!"

"We're going to be in combat range in 8 seconds." Shino replied, her own R2 blazing against the sky as a few more XIIIs and Aheads followed up behind her. She could almost make out the Tierens' cannons, all pointing towards the river.

8 seconds? There's no time! Halo mentally screamed. He turned desperately towards the direction of where the Tierens are said to be.

Shino looked in horror as the Tierens began deploying their tripod stabilizers and took aim on the supply ships.

6...Shino floored her R2's thrust pedals, boosting the R2 to a dangerously high speed.

5...The Tierens' pilots got the firing coordinates from their observers at the river.

4...Halo fought to break through the anti-federation Suits defense lines. It seemed that the anti-federation forces are intent on not letting him towards the Long Range Cannon Tierens.

2...The Tierens' cannons are now loaded. Shino's R2 was just out of her own GN Lance's beam rifle range, where the Tierens could be hit. The Tierens' support units detected her squad and moved into interception positions. "Outta the the way!!" she screamed, engaging the enemy GN-X.

1...

Several purple particle beams flashed through the sky, destroying the Tierens' long-range cannons before a even a single shot was fired. For the second time of the day, every head looked up into the sky.

"That's a..." Shino gasped as a red-and-white mobile suit dropped out of the sky. It had a folded solid blade on its right arm, in which the folded form revealed a beam rifle-like weapon. On its left was another solid blade this time held like a normal sword. On its waist were large stabilizing skirting units, where some GN Fangs units are suspected to be kept. It uses a GN Drive like all ESF units, though the particles emitted were different in color... which could only mean one thing... "Celestial Being?"

The Gundam touched down in the middle of the enemy forces, causing the Tierens and Anfs to scatter and break formations in order to get a proper aim on the Gundam. They were, however, too slow. The Gundam engaged its right arm's massive sword and swung it across an Anf, cutting it cleanly in half.

Using the momentum of the previous attack, the Gundam spun itself before launching into the air, just in time to dodge a Tieren's cannon fire. In a split second, the massive sword/rifle took on the GN Rifle mode again, as well as its other hand held sword which transformed into a longer GN Beam Rifle. Taking aim while in the spin, the Gundam fired simultaneous shots from both GN beam rifles at the surrounding Mobile Suits, each shot biting the metal flesh its prey and either destroying or disabling the unlucky units.

"Zero Anzhal, Gundam Excel, " Zero said from withing the cockpit of the red Gundam, which now stood in the midst disabled oppositions, as well as stunned able units. "Blazing through!" With that he floored the thrusters' pedal on his Gundam, and charged right into the thick of the enemy lines.

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"Unit GN-0001 had engaged the enemy," Mileina dictated the information on her display screen. "None of the supply ships were hit, Phase 1 successful!"

Setsuna looked at the main screen on the Ptolemaios A-01's bridge, and saw a live image feed on the battle ensuing between the Excel and the anti-federation forces. "Contact Eins, Phase 2 begins in T minus 20 seconds"

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Sky; over Old Baghdad;

A lone civilian plane flew over the clear evening sky, in it carrying a group of high-class businessman and women, all seemingly enjoying their latest sales. The number of escorts for the plane was staggering, 6 mobile suits, all whose armaments rivaling those used by the ESF Army. The GN-XIII R2s all belong to a group of mercenaries, all who seemed to be more than regular pilots.

Eins Anzhal, a young man in around his 20's was laid in wait aboard his pitch-black Gundam. He had his long hair tied back in a pony tail, and his brilliant blue eyes were fixed on his Gundam's GN Sniper Rifle III's sniper scope. "C'mon... just a lil' bit more..." the moment the target was in his scope's sight, he grinned. "Eins Anzhal, Gundam Schatten! Sniping in the shadows!'" with that, he pulled his trigger.

A purple beam of GN particles pierced through the sky, and without any warning pierced through one of the enemy R2's cockpit and it dropped from the sky in a ball of fire.

"What the?! We're under attack?!" shouted one of the mercenary pilots. The other mercs quickly scrambled, diving from high altitude towards the origin of the attack. They, however, didn't dive in a straight vertical dive, but instead circled in random circles, all to avoid being picked off by the enemy Gundam's sniper.

"I see... smart aren't cha? " Eins smiled to himself. He pressed the trigger to his GN sniper rifle repeatedly, sending more particle beams flew up into the sky. As expected, the mercenary Mobile Suits dodged the perfectly linear attacks and continued their charge towards the ground based Gundam.

Suddenly, the beams fired by the black Gundam turned 90 degrees twice, turning back to strike downwards. Not expecting an attack from the back, two of the mercenary Mobile Suits took the shot directly on their backs; the explosion from their GN Drives momentarily blinded their surviving comrades with a combination of flames, smoke and GN particles.

"Where in hell, did that bastard go?" said one of the three remaining R2 pilots as the dust cleared and the Gundam had disappeared from sight and effective area scanning. They looked around frantically, until suddenly another mercenary pilot screamed as his suit was, too, pierced by a particle beam. His comrades had no time to look around as a storm of particle beams hit them from all angles, leaving no space to dodge such a brutal attack.

"Now, that one's done..." Eins said as he deactivated his GN Active Optical Camouflage system, making his black Gundam Schatten, whose name means shadow in German, appear out of thin air. He then turned his aim to his true target, the plane carrying the executives, but just before he pulled the trigger he remembered Setsuna's words before the mission.

"The course of Celestial Being's missions now depends on you, Eins." Setsuna told him, just mere moments before his sortie a few minutes age. "The plane transports the ESF's military provider, Nebula Arm's most important people. Without them, Nebula Arms would be out of commission for a few weeks at most, and that would be a great advantage for us..."

Brother? What are you doing? Stop! Those words rang through Eins' mind, and an evil smile crept about his face.

"Heh, to hell with the advantage." Eins said, his finger letting go of the trigger as the plane flew out of his range. He watched as his mission target flew away, just as he knew Setsuna was too as well. He didn't regret that even one bit. "I won't be the one to slaughter the unarmed, no matter how sinned they are..."

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Well, first and foremost, I would like to say thank you to all that read this fic. This is only my second work so far (The other one is Persona One World, under the Persona Series under Games... please do read that one too...) My other series is on hiatus so far, so I worked on this one for now, don't worry if you're reading One World as well, I want to inform that I'll be continuing the series really soon... I promise!

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