Disclaimer: Mobile Suit Gundam and Gundam SEED is not mine.
"Speaking"
"Radio"
'Thoughts'
Flashbacks
AN: This is an AU story to my Path of Redemption Series starting during Chapter Nine, so if you are not aware of my stories until now I suggest you read Path to Redemption first. A large thank you goes to Alex Yamato for the Idea.
Chapter One: Falling Stars
Universal Century, Axis
"It is our job to show humanity the warmth of the human heart!" Amuro Ray shouted as his Nu Gundam attempted to push the lower half of Axis away from Earth, just moments ago dozens of mobile suits attempted to help him only for his suits and the cockpit of the Sazabi containing Char Aznable Psycofames to resonate due to the concentration of so much human will pushing all of the other mobile suits away and began to envelop the asteroid.
"For a man who thinks that way you where awfully cold to Quess." Char retorted referring to the young Newtype he used as a weapon.
"Give me a break I couldn't be a surrogate father to her!" Amuro retorted "Is that the reason, that why you used Quess as a machine?"
Char sighed "Alright so Quess was searching for a father figure," Char relented "Now I see why I found her so annoying, why I turned her into a machine."
"I thought you were more broad minded," Amuro accused "She was just confused!"
"Lalah Sune was a young women who may have very well been a mother to me!" Char retorted "And you took away her life! So don't you dare judge me!"
"A mother?" Amuro questioned in shock as the bright light of the Psycoframe of their cockpits burned brightly before enveloping them both.
Nahel Argama, Bridge
Bright Noa watched in shock as he saw the bright light of the Psycoframe envelop both halves of Axis and the Lower half that was falling to the Earth actually reverse and pull out of the Earth's gravity 'Amuro, where you the cause of this miracle?' He thought to himself 'Or was it it the Psycoframe, or could it even be a result of both?'
Unknown Location, Unknown Time
Amuro screamed as the cockpit of his Nu Gundam shook violently the Pananormic Monitor only showed a blindingly white light, it was then he heard voice from everywhere.
"I will... I will... I WILL SURVIVE!" He heard one voice shout.
"We are not defined by our abilities alone!" Another one roared.
"I will sever your distortion!" Another person shouted.
"Mankind's hope, Mankind's Dream, Mankind's Future!"
"You made me this Way!"
The Voices kept shouting into Amuro's head as he clutched at it trying to keep them out "Wha-what is going on!" He asked desperately as his vision dimmed the least thing he saw before passing out was a battle between two fleets as dozens of mobile suits tore their way through mobile armors.
Cosmic Era, Earth's Orbit, Cockpit of the G.U.N.D.A.M Strike
Kira Yamato, a sixteen year old girl with expressive amethyst eyes and long wavy brown hair that normally went to her waist but was currently in her pilot suit's helmet as she piloted the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam that she commandeered before her colony Heliopolis was destroyed to protect her friends. She flew alongside her mentor and now boyfriend Ryu Hisanaga, a former Ace Coordinator that flew for the Earth Alliance when the war started only to leave after they had nuked Junius Seven. He was thrust back into the cockpit when ZAFT had attacked Heliopolis in the hopes of stealing the prototype mobile suits being developed there by the ORB based company Morgenrate. They were partially successful, they stole the GAT-X102 Duel, GAT-X103 Buster, GAT-X207 Blitz, GAT-X303 Aegis, which was currently being repaired after a desperate duel with Kira and the Strike, GAT-X130 Grizzly and the GAT-X220 Lightning were all stolen by ZAFT, there were others though that were not stolen by ZAFT other than the Strike, such as the GAT-X305 Raven, GAT-X310 Zephyr were piloted by Kira's two friends Chris and Liz Dante, two siblings who had lost the majority of their family at Junius Seven and their uncle at Heliopolis. Ryu by a stroke of irony was actually piloting the GAT-X000 Dragon, the prototype to all of the G-weapons, something he had designed and presented to the upper echelons of the EA before he left.
Kira grunted as she dodged passes a series of shots from a passing GINN before returning fire with her Trikeros, it had been close to three weeks since the destruction of Heliopolis and they still were in the cockpits of the suits they had commandeered due to the fact they wanted to keep fighting to protect their friends that had joined the ship crew and their friends that were already apart of the crew. During those three weeks the trio of rookie pilots consisting of Kira, Chris and Liz had been taken under the wing of Ryu and his old wing mate Mu la Flaga the legendary Hawk of Endymion both of whom taught them everything they could about mobile suit piloting and combat tactics, Mu himself had began teaching Kira and Chris on operating Wired Gunbarrels after learning they had the potential to do so. Ryu had taken the opportunity between their battles to upgrade their mobile suits to the point the original specs were useless, even his own Dragon Gundam had recently received a major overhaul recently changing it into the GAT-X000 Dragon Berserker Frame.
"Kira, watch your left!" Ryu warned as a trio of GINNs equipped with Heavy Ion Cannons swooped in firing at the pair who had separated and closed in on the GINN trio before tearing them to shreds with their close ranged weaponry like Kira's Katana and one of the many that where equipped on the Dragon Berserker Frame.
Near Archangel, GAT-X310 Zephyr
Liz gritted her teeth as she fought to get to the Archangel with the aid of the GAT-X220 Lighting and its pilot Yuuka Mizuki who had no other choice other than to go to the Archangel, or risk descending to the Earth and landing in unfriendly territory, at least this way she would be treated properly as a POW rather than what else could happen "Hey what's that?" Liz asked as she spotted a white and black speck tumbling in the atmosphere "Is that a G-weapon!"
"It looks like it," Yuuka agreed "But it doesn't look like one I know."
"I don't recognize it either, but it looks like it's unable to control its decent." Liz trailed off and Yuuka sighed.
"C'mon, it's obvious you want to rescue it." She said as the Lightning's powerful experimental boosters ignited along side of the Zephyr's pushing both suits to the unknown one.
Archangel, Bridge
"Ma'am the Zephyr is on approach!" Sai Argyle, one of the Heliopolis civilians reported "She is requesting permission to bring aboard the Lightning and an Unknown Mobile Suit that was falling into Orbit, there have been no responses from the pilot."
"I'll allow it!" Murrue confirmed "Where are the Dragon and the Strike?"
"They are still engaging the enemy with the fleet ma'am!" Mirralia 'Mir' Haw reported from her station.
"Get them on the radio!" Murrue ordered "Flight Captain Hisanaga and Flight Lieutenant Yamato Why haven't you returned yet?"
"Sorry Captain," Ryu apologized as he fought his way through waves of GINNs beside the Strike "We kinda caught up in something here, continue on without me, Kira fall back I'll cover you."
"Like HELL I will Hisanaga!" Kira shouted back angrily as she cut a GINN in half "I told you I will watch your back while you watch mine."
Ryu chuckled as he shook his head "Captain can you open this to the entire ship?" he asked and receiving a nod he started speaking "Attention Archangel."
Change room
Chris and Mu looked up to the Speaker when Ryu's voice broke through "This is Flight Captain Ryu Hisanaga speaking with you for what may be the last time,"
"Don't tell me." Mu muttered as he frowned.
"It has been my honor to serve on the Archangel as an EA soldier,"
Hanger
"While our time together may have been short I can't say I regret a second of it."
"Ryu? Kira?" Liz asked in fear as all movement stopped in the Hanger.
"W-what's going on?" Yuuka asked in confusion.
The unknown Pilot they had recovered from the mobile suit stirred slightly at the noise and groggily opened his eyes 'Where am I?' He wondered to himself
"It was an honor to see such people in the EA exist, people who don't discriminate against Coordinators for how we are born."
Flay's quarters
"Some of you I know had to work hard to overcome these problems."
"A-are they?" Flay murmured in surprise.
"Please do not lose that."
Bridge
Little did Ryu know that he was in actuality announcing his speech to the entire EA fleet as well as Murrue, who realized what he was going to do, switched the comm from ship wide to fleet wide.
"It is in these troubled times that we cannot lose sight of the fact that we are in reality all are the same, Naturals and Coordinators are no different from one another, only in how we are born, we all are a part of the race known as Humanity," Ryu paused for a second to collect his thoughts "I truly believe that unity between Coordinators and Naturals can be achieved so to the crew of the Archangel I ask you of one favor, please do this in mine and Kira's place."
Hanger
"No..." Liz said collapsing to her knees in shock surprising Yuuka who was starting to understand what was happening.
The unknown pilot looked around at the others in the Hanger his eyes downcast as he felt their roiling emotions.
Change Room
"Goddammit!" Mu shouted punching the wall while Chris simply stared off into space numbed from the revelation.
Flay's Quarters
"N-no it can't be." She whispered in fear as tears fell down her face.
Bridge
The entire bridge was silent but for Mir's sobs as Sai tried to comfort her, the senior crew and NCO's all were saluting.
"But please do not become enwrapped in hatred because of this," Ryu pleaded unaware of the mood on the Archangel "We are fighting for what we believe in, this is our final stand for the future."
"I do feel the same as Ryu," Kira confirmed cutting into the broadcast "All I ask is that you tell my parents that I love them and that I'm sorry."
With that the two cut the link and turned their focus back to the battle "All hands prepare for descent!" Murrue ordered snapping people out of their revere "Heliopolis enlistees I understand if you need to leave the bridge."
Tolle grimly shook his head "I can't leave now," he said determinedly "He is counting on us to see this ship safely to Alaska, so how can I run when he is up their fighting for us."
"Tolle's right," Mir agreed "We will have time to mourn later."
Murrue smiled "Very well, begin Decent phase two!" she ordered.
"Warning we have a ionic storm in our path!" Tolle shouted as his hands flew across his consol "If we go through it our systems will be knocked out, but at this stage the slightest deviation will get us completely off course."
"We have no choice!" Murrue shouted "Neumann go around in the shortest route to evade it and try to get us back on course!"
"Yes ma'am!" Neumann confirmed as he fought with the controls of the ship flying it around the storm "I can't get her back on course ma'am, best I can do is Northern Africa!"
"It'll have to do!" Murrue stated grimly well aware that it was ZAFT controlled territory. "Keep her steady Neumann."
"Yes Ma'am!" He confirmed.
"Capitan!" Mu's voice broke through on the radio "The pilot that Liz and the ZAFT girl picked up is awake, although I think he may have a concussion, he's asking about something called Londo Bell, and Axis, where should we take him."
"Have Liz and a security team escort the ZAFT pilot to the Brig and have the unknown pilot taken to the Infirmary," Murrue ordered "Once we have completed our decent I will speak with him myself!"
"Understood." Mu confirmed breaking off.
Hanger
"Liz grab a security team and take your new friend to the Brig," Mu ordered as soon as he broke off with the Bridge "Chris, help me carry this guy to the Infirmary!"
"Yes sir." The sibling chorused before following his orders, leaning over Chris slung one of the Unknown pilots arms over his shoulder while Mu did the same on the other side and lifted him up as he groaned in pain.
"Who are you?" The pilot asked as they made their way through the hallways.
"We could ask you the same thing." Mu retorted sharply still sore over the loss of Ryu and Kira.
"Lieutenant Commander Amuro Ray of the Londo Bell task force." Amuro said as they entered the Infirmary.
Chris looked to Mu who shook his head "There is no such a thing as the Londo Bell Task Force in either the EA or ZAFT to my knowledge," Mu retorted "Unless, are you with ORB?"
"EA? ZAFT? ORB?" Amuro questioned confused as the Doctor began to look him over "Who are they?"
Mu and Chris looked over at each other "Let's try something else," Chris suggested "What is your unit's designation?"
"RX-93 Nu Gundam." Amuro answered automatically.
Chris frowned as he recalled Ryu's one lesson on a Mobile Suits or Armors designation number "That is not from any nation I know of," He said "Is the Londo Bell a mercenary group?"
"NO!" Amuro denied vehemently "We are a part of the Earth Federation forces."
Mu blinked "Earth Federation?" He questioned "Don't you mean the Earth Alliance?"
Amuro looked at the blond strangely as both of the pilots felt something tickle their senses "Are you two Newtypes?" Amuro asked suddenly.
Chris raised an eyebrow and looked at Mu who furrowed his "I think there is more to this situation than we know," Mu said "Can you tell us what year it is?"
"U.C. 0093." Amuro answered and upon seeing the confused looks that the pilots and the doctor where giving him he asked "What?"
"We never used the U.C. designation, ever," Mu answered "It is currently C.E. 71."
The look on Amuro's face would have been priceless if the situation wasn't so serious "What in the bloody hell are you talking about!" Amuro demanded sitting up quickly only to wince as his head throbbed painfully.
"I think it's best we stop here." The doctor advised "Mr. Ray here appears to have a minor concussion and will need to rest, and with our recent loss the two of you will need rest as well."
"Alright," Mu relented "The Capitan will probably come by to talk with you once we have landed and things have settled a bit."
Amuro nodded as he gripped his head, only a single thought was running through it 'What in the world happened?'
Bridge
"The pilot is okay," Mu reported once they had set down, they had landed in the Northern Africa desert and currently they were running a skeleton shift to allow the Heliopolisvolunteers time to rest "A minor concussion but that's it, however, there is something off, when we asked him some questions he answered quickly and precisely, but they were off, for example when we asked about the year he answered it was U.C. 0093."
"Really?" Murrue asked "Is it some sort of amnesia?"
Mu shook his head "I don't think so," He said "Most of the time when a person has amnesia they are not certain of their own answers, this Amuro fella however was completely confident in his answers, also this Nu Gundam of his worries me, the techs say his powerplant is a type they have never seen before, and the only weapon on it is the head vulcans, something is off about it."
Murrue nodded "Has the doctor checked if he is a Coordinator?" She asked.
Mu nodded "100% Natural." He answered before sighing "But there is something else, you know that in order for a person to use the wired Gunbarrels they must have high degrees of spatial awareness?" He asked to which Murrue nodded "Well, me and Ryu have had a couple of theories on it, we believe that this spatial awareness is a symptom of human evolution, something that has nothing to do with genetics, Ryu believes that those with high spatial awareness are using more than the right side of our brains, and that the more of the right side you are using the more powerful these senses are, mine, Ryu's and probably Chris and Kira's are higher than normal to the extent we can sense and feel each other when we are within a certain proximity to each other, the last time me and Ryu tested it, it was within a mile, this guy, whoever he is, he is making my senses go wild, I can pinpoint his exact location where ever I am on the ship, something I could only do within 100 meters with Ryu."
Murrue looked at him "Is he dangerous?" She asked.
Mu shrugged "Maybe, but in terms of to you, only if he is a super hand-to-hand expert or something." He answered.
Murrue nodded with a sigh "Thank you Lieutenant," she thanked "Please go get some rest, you looked exhausted."
Mu snapped off a salute "Yes ma'am." He complied before leaving.
"Natarle you have the bridge until I return." Murrue said to her second before getting up to go to question the unknown man.
Infirmary
Amuro sighed as he stared at the ceiling of his bunk going over everything that had happened so far 'What in the world happened,' he wondered 'That light, did it do something? Could the Psycoframe have sent me somewhere?' He groaned as he rubbed his eyes 'But the question is where, could it have sent me to another dimension? But that would be preposterous, that was only a theory, but everything they said, they were not lying, ZAFT, ORB, what are those places?'
He looked up when he heard the door open and saw an attractive brunette with shoulder length hair and brown eyes enter the room "You must be Amuro correct?" She asked kindly.
Amuro nodded as he sat up on the bed and looked the women over "I am, who are you?" He asked.
"My name is Murrue Ramius," She said introducing herself "I am the captain of this ship, the Archangel."
"Archangel?" He repeated the name unfamiliar.
Murrue nodded in confirmation "What can you remember on how you got here?" She asked.
Amuro sighed "The last thing I remember was trying to stop Axis from falling onto the Earth with the Nu Gundam, only for my suit's Psycoframe system to go haywire or something and a light had consumed my suit," he explained as Murrue listened patiently "And I know this would be hard to believe but, I started hearing voices, events that where happening and then when the light faded I saw two fleets battling each other. Wait does the term Gundam mean anything to you?" He asked knowing that it was one of the most famous in the world.
Murrue blinked "Uhh, not really," She admitted "One of our pilots had coined the term from our OS system designed to operate the G-weapons."
Amuro blinked as the last piece fell into place "Holy freaking crap." He muttered making Murrue blink "I think I just travelled dimensions."
END CHAPTER
Mobile Suits
Model number: GAT-X000BF
Code name: Dragon Berserker Frame
Unit type: Prototype Close Combat Assault Mobile Suit
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Phase Shift (PS) armor; hard-points for mounting IWS shields; high powered sniping camera, hidden behind the V crest
Fixed armaments: 2x "Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel CIWS, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2x Heat Shotels, can be combined to create a double bladed sword, mounted on waist hand carried in use; 1x 15 Meter Anti-ship Heat Shotel, mounted on Back, hand carried in use, 2x Murasame Combo Arm Units, Has Beam Pistol and Heat Blades integrated into one unit, mounted on Arms, blades extended in use, Beam Pistols used when blades are folded; 6x "Armor Schneider" combat knife, stored in hip, shoulder and upper arm, hand carried in use; 2x Energy Transfer Cable.
Optional armaments: High Density Beam Rifle
Author's Notes: After the Archangel linked up with the Fifth Fleet Ryu received these weapons that they transferred over to completely rearm the Dragon, especially after Its main weapon the Mesamune Heat Blade was destroyed, it switched from an all purpose model to a close combat assault due to the fact that the EA decided to capitalize to the effectiveness of the Heat Shotel and Blade technology against Phase-Shift and Ship armor making it an Anti-Gundam and Anti-Ship suit.
Model number: GAT-X105KC
Code name: Strike Kira Custom
Unit type: Prototype All-Purpose Multi-Mode Mobile Suit
Manufacturer: Morgenrate
Operator: EA
First deployment: C.E. 71
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.72 meters
Weight: max gross weight 64.8 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Phase Shift (PS) armor; hard-points for mounting Striker packs
Fixed armaments: 2 x "Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel CIWS, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x "Armor Schneider" combat knife, stored in hip armor, hand-carried in use; "Trikeros" offense/defense system, mounted on Left arm, featuring: 50mm high-energy beam rifle, power rating unknown; beam saber; lancer darts; Type three Mushashi Katana, mounted on waist, hand carried in use
Optional fixed armaments: see GAT-X105+AQM/E-X01 Aile Strike Gundam, GAT-X105+AQM/E-X02 Sword Strike Gundam, GAT-X105+AQM/E-X03 Launcher Strike Gundam, GAT-X105+P202QX Strike Gundam IWSP, GAT-X105+P204QX Lightning Strike Gundam, GAT-X105KC+AQM/E-X04 Sniper Strike Gundam, GAT-X105KC+AQME/E-X05 Aqua Strike Gundam, GAT-X105KC+AQM/E-X06 Gunbarrel Strike Gundam
Optional hand armaments: 57 mm high-energy beam rifle, power rating unknown; bazooka
Striker Packs: AQM/E-X04 Sniper Strike Gundam: Mirage Colloid generator, High Density Beam Rifle, Enhanced Sensors; AQME/E-X05 Aqua Strike Gundam: Enhanced Sonar, Aqua Shotgun, 4x Torpedo launchers mounted legs and shoulders; AQM/E-X06 Gunbarrel Strike Gundam: 4x Wired Beam Gunbarrel, mounted on back
Model number: GAT-X305CC
Code name: Raven Chris Custom
Unit type: Prototype Attack Use Transformable Mobile Suit
Manufacturer: Morgenrate
Operator: EA
First deployment: C.E. 71
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.94 meters
Weight: max gross weight 84.9 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: Enhanced sensors, range unknown; Phase Shift (PS) armor; hard-points for mounting Striker packs Weapons
Fixed Armament: 2x "Igelstellung" 75mm anti-air vulcan gun, 2x beam saber (mounted on the hips), 1x dual 52mm hyper velocity shield cannon (usable in both modes)
Mobile Armor Mode fixed Armament: 2x "Ahura Mazda" short-range energy cannon, 2x M2M3 76mm machinegun; 2 x AIM-957F "King Cobra" missiles, mounted on shoulders, beside short-range energy cannons
Model number: GAT-X310LC
Code name: Zephyr Liz Custom
Unit type: Prototype Transformable Attack Mobile Suit
Manufacturer: Morgenrate
Operator: EA
First deployment: C.E. 71
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.72 meters
Weight: max gross weight 64.8 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Phase Shift (PS) armor; hard-points for mounting Striker packs Weapons
Fixed armaments: 2 x "Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel CIWS, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored on hips, hand-carried in use; shield, mounted on left arm; 4x missile pods with 10x Hydra missile's per pod, stored in shield, usable only in jet form, 2 x Gatling Cannons, mounted on waist
Optional armaments: Type 71-beam rifle, stored on hip, hand carried in use, mounts on main body in jet form