Fractured Universe - Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Gundam series, nor any of the various series which are used or referenced in my fic, so please point that damned lawsuit cannon at someone else, also, don't read this if you are not of legal age to read such material. The story contains possibly disturbing content and should not be read by close-minded people (i.e., people who are easily offended.) Everything in the story is fictional. I am also not responsible for any actions taken by people who read this story and society's problems. I do, however, own my original character; Hope Yamato.

Author's Note: Before reading this fanfic, please read the following four fanfics; .net/s/5206070/1/Kira_and_Murrue_fanfic, .net/s/5233057/1/Kira_and_Murrue_fanfic_continuation, .net/s/5345526/1/The_power_to_change_the_past, .net/s/5398282/1/Gundam_SEED_Eternity, and .net/s/5945316/1/Celestial_Being_Chronicles_Universal_Disaster it will make this fic easier to understand.


The senior staff of Voyager were at a loss for words, even the crews of the other ships comprising the Celestial Being fleet were speechless.

"A wormhole?" Tom Paris said, a little louder than what he wanted the sentence to come out as he moved Voyager ahead of the Excalibur. Maybe it was like that due to the fact that Tom and the rest of the Voyager crew had been down this road before on several occasions, all ending with frustration on trying to get back home.

Janeway put her hands on her hips, gazing around at her crew. "Look, I already know what everyone is about to say, that we've been down this path before and nothing has happened. But this time it's different." Janeway said. "Mr. Tuvok, please explain."

The Vulcan security chief nodded. "This wormhole was encountered by us approximately a year and a half ago, when we found the two Ferengi on the nearby planet. I have run a scan, based on the readings we took during our previous encounter, and the wormhole we're encountering now matches the one from last year."

"You mean this is the Barzan wormhole?" B'Elanna Torres spoke up.

"Correct." Tuvok responded in his calculative predictable pattern of speech. "However, as we all know the Barzan wormhole isn't fixed, meaning it jumps around from point to point."

"Sounds like what I did before I met any of you." Neelix joked.

A few chuckles were heard around the bridge.

Tuvok continued, unfazed by Neelix's comment. "However, the space around the wormhole has been fixed, meaning the wormhole is stuck at the moment and not going anywhere. However, if my calculations are correct, the wormhole will be moving to a new point in space within the next few days."

Everyone started to get excited about thisdevelopment, especially young Harry Kim, who was more eager than anybody else to get back home.

"Then let's go through it." Harry said, openly expressing his thoughts on the subject.

Chakotay looked at the young man. "Harry, we're not even sure where the wormhole leads on the other side."

"For all we know it might lead it back to the edge of the Delta Quadrant near Kazon space, or it might lead us to the Gamma Quadrant." Tom responded.

Harry was now a little embarrassed for having spoken to soon.

"But there is one way of knowing." Janeway said as she turned her attention to Tuvok. "Launch a probe into the wormhole. Let's find out if the yellow brick road can take us back to Emerald City."

Janeway had a smile on her face, almost laughing at her analogy of comparing the story of the book 'The Wizard of Oz' to her and her crews predicament.

"Yellow brick road, Emerald City?" Seven spoke, confused at what the captain was saying.

Janeway gazed her attention to the woman who was once a Borg drone. "It's from an old story known as 'The Wizard Of Oz', Seven." Janeway said, smiling at her.

Chakotay couldn't help smiling a little either, knowing Seven still wouldn't get it.

"If you say so, Captain." Seven said, more confused now than she was a few moments ago.

Tuvok gazed his attention from his console to Janeway. "The probe is ready captain."

Janeway nodded. "Launch the probe."

And with that, Tuvok punched a button on his console and the probe went flying into the wormhole.

"Let's take a look. Harry, the screen please." Chakotay said.

Kim followed Chakotay's command and the view screen came to life, displayin the probe going into the wormhole.

"How long will the probe take to get some readings." The Doctor asked.

"I'm not sure." Tuvok said. "Perhaps thirty minutes to an hour."

"I don't know if I can stand that long." Kim spoke. "That sounds like an eternity."

Approximately forty-five minutes had passed since the probe had been and the Doctor had left the bridge soon after Neelix departed, leaving the rest of the staff to tend to their stations.

"It does seem like the probe is taking its time." Janeway said as she was shifting to a different sitting position to get more comfortable in her chair.

Suddenly, Tuvok's security console began to bepp. All eyes were now fixated at Tuvok. Tuvok was looking at his console, looking at the information that was being presented to him. He turned his attention to his captain. "I believe the probe has some data on where it is at."

Janeway was eager to discover just where the other side of the wormhole led to. She tapped her combadge. "Janeway to Neelix, Seven, and Doctor, please report to the bridge."

Janeway felt it would only be fitting to have the entire senior staff watch the information the probe had recorded.

A few minutes later, Neelix, the Doctor, and Seven of Nine exited the turbolift.

"The probe has sent some data for us." Janeway explained to the three. She nodded at Tuvok to begin what the probe had sent to them.

Everyone turned their attention to the view screen, where the information would be shown. At first the probe recorded it going through the wormhole, then it recorded coming out of the wormhole and back into normal space. The probe was flying around in space, recording everything around it. A few minutes later, several alien ships came hovering around the probe. The probe itself was beamed onto the ship, where the image now consisted of several alien soldiers that looked like rhinoceroses, except the aliens had spikes or small little horns around the sides of their faces. The aliens finally hit the probe and the transmission ended.

"That's the last of what the probe recorded, captain." Tuvok explained.

Tom had a bewildered look on his face. "If I'm not mistaken, those aliens looked like Jem'Hadar soldiers, at least according to my memory."

"Species 4221." Seven spoke up. "A Borg cube encountered several Jem'Hadar ships in the far edge of the Gamma Quadrant approximately one hundred and twelve years ago."

"What happened to them?" The Doctor asked.

"The Jem'Hadar ships destroyed the Borg cube by ramming their vessels in a suicide run, causing the cube to be destroyed." Seven said, explaining what happened to the Jem'Hadar. "No Jem'Hadar have ever been assimilated, though the Borg are aware they are part of the Dominion that controls a vast amount of space in the Gamma Quadrant."

"Wouldn't that be a fight to see, the Borg fighting the Jem'Hadar." Tom said, trying to think what the outcome of the fight would be.

Chakotay looked at Tuvok. "Did the probe encounter those ships in the Gamma Quadrant?"

Tuvok shook his head. "Negative. The probe's transmission originated in sector 633."

B'Elanna's eyes grew wide. "That's in Cardassian territory, near the Badlands."

"So the wormhole does lead back to the Alpha Quadrant." Harry chimed in. He was excited at the prospect of going home, his eyes glowing with excitement.

"But if the Jem'Hadar are supposed to be in the Gamma Quadrant, then why are they in the Alpha Quadrant?" Neelix asked in confusion.

Janeway explained. "Five years ago, there was an artificial wormhole that was discovered near the Denorios Belt. The wormhole led from the Alpha Quadrant to the Gamma Quadrant. Then almost two years later, the Federation made first contact with the Dominion, which the Jem'Hadar are part of, where the Dominion destroyed a Galaxy Class starship in the process. In the middle of last year, the Cardassian's signed a treaty with the Dominion, causing the Cardassians to become part of the Dominion. At the end of last year, the Cardassians and the Dominion launched a full scale attack on space station Deep Space Nine. There, the Federation left the station to Dominion and Cardassian hands while the Federation and the Klingons moved back into Federation controlled space. Now the Federation and Klingons are fighting both the Cardassians and Dominion in an all out war that is probably destroying everything in the Alpha Quadrant at best."

Janeway wanted to explain the circumstances in full detail to not just Neelix, but to everyone else, including the members of Celestial Being, in case they hadn't been informed properly.

"I got information about what happened several months ago, when we encountered that array that the Hirogen were using." Janeway added.

"The same one that took me back to the Alpha Quadrant, where I ended up on the starship Prometheus." The Doctor said.

Everyone now had a heavy expression of sorrow on their faces. The wormhole led back to the Alpha Quadrant, but into an enemy's territory, one which the Voyager had never encountered, that being the Dominion.

"It's funny, in a way." Tom said as he looked at his shipmates who had now turned their attention to him. "We've been out here, lost, encountering the Kazon, Vidians, Borg, having two spies on board, not to mention, being sent to that alien planet to live the remainder of our lives after the Kazon took over Voyager, and now, we're allied with a private armed organization with the goal of eradicating all comflict, but it seems like the Federation has been through more hell with the Dominion than we have in the past four years. I'm kind of glad we're not fighting them. Who knows if we would even last in a fight with them."

"So what if the wormhole leads into enemy territroy?" Kira Yamato spoke up after a long moment of silence. "They can't possibly hope to stop something like the Excalibur." As the amethyst-eyed man finished speaking, the dagger-shapped warship manuvered around Voyager and towards the wormhole.

"Red alert, all hands to battle stations!" Chakotay voiced the commands to everyone, not just on the bridge, but throughout the entire ship. This was it, it was time to go home, but at the very same time, go and possibly fight the Dominion, whom they had never fought before.

"Engage." Janeway ordered, Tom quickly pushed several buttons on his console, casuing Voyager to cut in front of the Excalibur and enter the wormhole. Voyager proceeded to make its way through the wormhole, closely followed by the Excalibur. As they entered, the two ship shuddered slightly, making the crew of the respective ship jump, but they all quickly regained their composure. Traveling through the wormhole was just like going through the wormhole that connected the Alpha Quadrant to the Gamma Quadrant, even though there wasn't anyone who could compare how similar going through both wormholes could be, since no one on either ship had gone through the wormhole that was right next to Deep Space Nine. The interior of the wormhole was essentially a tunnel of swirling blue-white energy.

Harry Kim looked at his console to report to Janeway two minutes later. "We're halfway through."

Finally, after nearly five minutes, Voyager had successfully traversed the wormhole and exited at the other end, with the Excalibur exiting a moment later, the dagger-shaped warship quickly taking cover beneath its mirage colloid stealth system. If Voyager came under attack, the Excalibur would first launch the Divinity Gundam, and if that wasn't enough, the massive warship would then launch its full mobile suit compliment while simultaniously deactivating its mirage colloid and opening fire with its own weapons. Everyone was a little uneased by where they were, off-balance in a way.

Chakotay turned to Paris. "Where are we, Tom?"

"We're in the Alpha Qudarant." Tom answered, studying the readings from his helm console. He couldn't help but smile, as did the rest of the crew on the bridge. All except Tuvok, whose emotions were never let out due to being a Vulcan and the way his race purged their emotions at a young age. Still, even though Tuvok did not smile, he was still glad to be back in the alpha Quadrant. Kathryn looked at Chakotay. Both had smiles on their faces, overjoyed to be back on their side of space.

"Mr. Paris, set a course for Federation space, warp-"

Loud beeps from Tuvok's security console interrupted Kathryn's order to Tom.

"Captain, sensors are picking up four ships closing in on us fast." Tuvok stated. "They'll be here in five minutes."

Janeway got out of her seat and walked over to the security chief. "What kind of ships are they?"

Tuvok looked at the information. "Sensors are classifying them as Jem'Hadar ships."

The grim reality came back to haunt the crew. They may have been back in the Alpha Quadrant, but their celebration would have to wait until they dealt with the Jem'Hadar. The task at hand was one of the very few that this Starfleet vessel had never experienced; a fight with the Dominion. They were going to fight them, and hopefully, the crew of Voyager would prevail. If not, then it was a fools errand to bring them home for nothing.

"Put them on screen." Chakotay ordered.

Harry Kim worked quickly at his console and a few seconds later, the screen flashed to life, displaying the four incoming Jem'Hadar ships. Janeway thought for a second. Could she send out a message that would be picked up by somebody in Federation space, or even Bajoran space, telling them that there was a Federation ship inside Dominion space that needed help. But before Janeway could initiate her plan, the ship was hit and she lost her balance, causing her to fall to the floor.

"Kira Jesus Yamato, Divinity Gundam, launching!" The young man announced, and an instant later, the angelic machine was flung from the Excalibur's centerline launch bay. The angel-winged mobile suit spiraling majestically through the blackness as its MCPS armor lit up, changing color from dull grey to a vivid white, black and white color scheme.

Janeway quickly regained her composure as she moved to the center of the bridge with her first officer. "Time to introduce ourselves to these bastards." Kathryn said, her eyes narrowing as she looked at the Jem'Hadar ships. "Mr. Paris, attack pattern omega. Target the first Jem'Hadar ship to port Mr. Tuvok."

Paris and Tuvok got to work, moving their hands around their consoles. Voyager quickly moved underneath the first Jem'Hadar ship's belly and started attacking the ship with phasers.

Tuvok glanced at his console and spoke up. "Minor damage to the Jem'Hadar ship."

Another hit rocked Voyager, causing most of the bridge crew to lose their balance and hit the floor.

Paris grumbled. "Minor damage? These things are beating us like a rug."

Harry spoke up from looking at the readings from the operations console. "Shields still holding. They're regenerating, but if we take any more beatings like that, they're not going to be online for long."

"Mr. Paris, attack pattern beta." Janeway ordered.

Paris nodded. "Hold on folks, this is going to get bumpy."

Voyager flew to the side of the Jem'Hadar ship it had fired upon and started firing on the side of the enemy ship. But as Voyager was firing, another Jem'Hadar ship fired upon the Federation starship. The ship jolted as the bridge crew lost their composure.

An instant later, the Divinity Gundam appeared directly in front of one of the Jem'Hadar ships, a glowing white beam saber blazing from both of its wrists. Before anyone on the Jem'Hadar ship could react, Kira had slashed both of his energy blades through the bridge before then pummeling the impulse and warp engines of the vessel with plasma blasts and hyper-velocity rail gun shells, leaving it adrift in the blackness.

"Excalibur." Kira's voice called out over the open communications line. "I'm going to disable as many of these ships as possible, so please recover the ones that I don't have to destroy."

"Understood, Kira." The voice of Misato Katsuragi responded from the Excalibur's bridge. "Also, the Akatsuki, Chimera, Destiny, Impulse, Savior Strike Freedom, and Wing Zero are all ready to launch on your command."

"Mr. Paris, how long would it take for us to reach DS9 from here?" Janeway asked the helm officer, even as the ship shuddered again.

"A couple of hours, at most." Paris informed Janeway.

"We may not even last that long." Chakotay said, looking at his captain. And of course, he was right.

"We need to get the hell out of here and head towards the space station." Janeway replied.

"Why not just dock in the Excalibur's hanger bay?" Kira asked, even as two of the three remaining Jem'Hadar ships opened fire on him, the searing energy bolts harmlessly bouncing off the Divinity Gundam's armor. In the blink of an eye, the angel-winged machine had unleashed all 36 of its DRAGOON units, the remote weapons quickly swarming around the closest Jem'Hadar ship and taking out all of its engines in only an eighth of a second.

"Good idea, Mr. Yamato." Janeway answered, as the Excalibur suddenly dropped the shroud of its mirage colloid, the dagger-shaped warship instantly opening up with its high-energy beam cannons and phasers, even as it began to steadily move towards the Starfleet ship. "Begin docking procedures."

Voyager quickly moved towards the Excalibur's open hanger bay, even as the two remaining Jem'Hadar ships continued to pelt its shields with energy blasts, but suddenly, the blue glow of Voyager's shields were replaced by the pure white glow of the Excalibur's shields.

"Shields at one-hundred percent, and holding." Asuka Langley Soryu smirked from her position on the Excalibur's bridge, even as the two Jem'Hadar ships continued to fire.

"That's enough!" Kira roared, having finally lost his patience. "Excalibur, launch one of the METEORs for me!"

"METEOR Unit 01, active!" Lexi's voice announced a few seconds later. "METEOR Unit 01, launch!"

Kira smiled as the METEOR sped from the Excalibur, quickly turning towards him, even as the DRAGOON units once again docked on the Divinity's wings. The METEOR silently drifted through the blackness, open and ready, as Kira backed into the lock, swinging his wings up to accommodate the METEOR. The Divinity Gundam shuddered as it connected with the METEOR, and Kira clenched his teeth, arming its weapons. Before then igniting the thrusters and screaming back into the battle.