Full Summary : 3 Months after the 2nd War ended Kira find himself faced against SENTINEL the organization behind Durnandal, LOGOS, Blue Cosmos, Patrick Zala and the very hate between Naturals and Coordinators. With the Freedom destroyed in under a minute can Kira stand up to them? Can he protect Lacus? Will he be able to fulfill Via Hibiki's last wish? Can he finally bring peace or will he bring devastation to the world?
PHASE 1 : The Fall of a Legend
PRELUDE
2 years after the second valentine war, the world had finally regained its peace once again, at-least thats what everyone thought had happened. 3 Months after the destruction of Neo-Genesis Kira Yamato decided to join ZAFT in order to stay close to Lacus as he was quite worried about the supporters of Patrick Zala or Chairman Durandal trying to assassinate her. Lacus's influence as the PLANT's new chairwoman and Kira's skills as an ace pilot easily placed him as a top ZAFT CommanderCommander within months of his induction although his identity as the Freedom's pilot was kept a secret. 10 Months after the war Kira was assigned his own personal squadron in-order to quell some of the resistance in ZAFT territory which was being carried out by lingering LOGOS forces. His squadron consisted of 5 Zaku Phantom's, 5 Ginn's and 5 Gouf's. Under his direct command he personally selected ace pilot and tactician Ryo Ardae as his 2nd in Command, Shinn Asuka and Lunamaria Hawke as his lieutenants equipping them once again with the ZGMF-42S Destiny and ZGMF-56S Impulse Gundam's. Furthermore the Yamato squadron was also assigned the newest ZAFT battleship the "Ptolemy" constructed by the PLANTS and ORB with state-of-the-art technology in-order to commemorate the peace between Naturals and Coordinators.
C.E 76 Unknown Location on Earth (Present Day)
The sky was lit up with hundreds of flashes of red, yellow and white as the Strike Freedom fought against an unknown grey Gundam. Inside the freedom's cockpit Kira took deep breaths as he struggled to concentrate on the battle and stay conscious. He had been fighting for only about 3 hours but he felt a strange pressure emanating from the other gundam which seemed to drain the energy out of him. A heavy blow to his left shoulder snapped him out of his thoughts as he struggled to keep the Freedom in airborne. Through gap in the cloud cover he could make out some uninhabited islands below, this reassured him as now he would not have to worry about any collateral damage. Kira winced as he took another hit from the enemy's rail guns. Although the hits he took had considerable force, the freedom's armor for some strange reason only suffered moderate damage but Kira reasoned that it was thanks to its variable phase shift armor.
Shaking his head free of unnecessary thoughts Kira quickly boosted his thrusters and charged the enemy while taking out his beam saber simultaneously, no sooner did he do this the grey gundam shot a few more blasts from its rail guns and suddenly dropped down below the cloud cover. The freedom immediately followed him down, but as soon as he flew into the clouds, Kira realized his mistake as he saw the grey gundam waiting for him and fired its shoulder mounted rail guns at him once again. Blasting his front thrusters to maximum in an attempt to evade the enemy barrage, Kira tried to duck under the beam but the shot hit the Freedom's head, easily blowing it off and momentarily blinding Kira. Almost immediately grey gundam fired another barrage of blasts engulfing the freedom before it even got the chance to switch to its backup camera. Kira winced as a multitude of shots hit the freedom pushing it back down onto the ocean's surface, luckily Kira had managed to activate the freedoms beam shield in time to prevent any major damage.
Thats when things took a turn for the worse. Frustrated and angry Kira shouted out at the other gundam "Why the hell are you doing this? Who are you and why do you want to kill Lacus? What have I ever done to you? Who in the world are you? ANSWER ME!" ... Finally for the first time since the start of the battle the other pilot answered, "A dead man doesn't need to know anything and there is no way you're getting out of this alive, but then again where you're going it doesn't matter how much you do know, so let me tell you. My name is Rein Eim, pilot of the RX-104 Penelope Gundam. Im a member of SENTINEL. Our objective is to create a perfect world by helping the people evolve into greater species, humans without desires for power, humans who will condone violence and seek peace, humans who will known their place proper place in society" Kira listened shocked, memories of Chairman Durandal and his Destiny plan flashed by, "But thats crazy! you want to create a perfect world by removing human desire, how in the world is anything like that perfect?"
" Tsk Tsk Tsk, You seem to be confusing me with that traitor Durandal" said Rein, his voice cold and menacing, "He wanted to let both the naturals and coordinators live, but thats where he was wrong, just like you said it's not possible to remove human desires, but it is possible to shape them. And thats what we will do, we in SENTINEL will forge a new and perfect world from the ruins of a filthy and corrupted world like this... But for that to happen, first, we must remove the likes of you and that pink princess from the face of this planet !"
Kira barely had time to react as the Penelope fired its beam rifles and rail guns together. Kira dodged them using the extra maneuverability provided by the Freedom's Wings. In the Penelope's cockpit, Rein smirked as he said "Well lets end this little game and get serious shall we Kira Hibiki!... Let me see what the ultimate coordinator can do!" Kira was too shocked by hearing that name and barely had time to react as the Penelope changed colour from a metallic grey to a white, blue and red mobile suit. Rein said, "Let me show you the difference between an amateur and a veteran" and slowly in the back of his mind a black coloured seed exploded.
Slowly Kira grasped the reality of the situation as he realized that the Penelope was running on reserve power until now and it was only now that Rein had activated his Phase shift armor and switched into combat mode. The fact that so far Kira had not even managed to lay a scratch on it even with the Penelope in standby mode was more than enough to make him realize the power difference. This was only proven true when the Penelope fired a single shot from its beam rifle and even with the Freedom's beam shield, the arm was instantly blown clean off. Then before Kira even realized what had happened the Penelope boosted its thrusters and covered the distance between them in a flash, then using its beam saber it cut the legs off the Freedom in a single slash, causing the legs to explode between them. The Freedom reeling from the attack, spiraled down into the ocean, but just before it hit the surface Kira somehow managed to stabilize the mobile suit. He could hear Rein's cold laughter as he said "You're such a pathetic excuse for an ultimate coordinator, I dont know why Commander Banagher Links thinks of you as a danger to our plans. Before you die, let me demonstrate what the Penelope and SENTINEL is truly capable of, witness the power of the Mega Particle Cannon!"
It did not take a genius to see that the Freedom had a very small chance of defeating the Penelope but in its current condition, Kira's death was almost assured. The images of Athrun, Cagalli, Mu, Murrue flashed through his mind, as he thought about how they would feel if they found out how he died, what would they do, what would Lacus do... Lacus... He had promised to protect her and the peace she had fought so hard for... Yet he had left her without saying a word and now he was going to die leaving her to fight the approaching battle with SENTINEL all alone. Suddenly as anguish overcame his mind and as tears flooded his eyes purple coloured seed exploded in his mind, and as soon as the Penelope fired its Mega Particle Cannon, Kira immediately boosted his thrusters turning the Freedom onto its side while he released simultaneously fired the DRAGOONS blinding Rein momentarily with multiple beams, while simultaneously Kira deactivated the Nuclear reactor and ejected out from the gundam's back and into the ocean, falling into the ocean below along with the DRAGOONS, to try and prevent Rein from knowing that he had ejected. The Penelope's shot barely grazed the chest, but the power was more than enough to melt the armor right off, instantly creating a huge cavity in the Freedom's chest. The force of the shot created by the impact was more than enough to plummel the freedom into a nearby Island.
Rein was absolutely delighted, not only had he finally gotten a chance to use his Particle Cannon but he had also killed the so called ultimate coordinator. He was surprised that the Freedom was still recognizable after all the damage it had taken but this would only speed up their plans so it was okay. Satisfied with the outcome of his mission, he transformed the Penelope into its mobile armor mode and flew back to base.
C.E 76 Unknown Island on Earth (Present Day)
Kira slowly limped onto the beach and made his way back to Freedom or what was left of it. The sight alone was enough to make him wince as the once powerful mobile suit lay there as a giant heap of scrap metal. It had lost both of its legs, its right arm and head. Its left shoulder had taken heavy damage such that the left arm was almost dangling off of it. But worst of all was the cockpit area that had been utterly destroyed.
The Penelope's mega particle cannon had clearly melted the outer armor off the whole chest area and every thing inside, leaving only a half melted central support beam. Kira silently thanked himself for if he had not started the emergency nuclear reactor shutdown system, the resulting explosion would have blown him and the freedom to smithereens. Kira slumped onto the ground, exhausted and injured at the edge of the little crater formed by the freedom's crash impact. Even though ejecting had saved his life, he did not escape uninjured. He had a broken shoulder and probably a concussion caused from the impact at the ocean surface as he had dropped from above at least 50 meters.
The DRAGOON's and some other debris had hit his left leg leaving a moderate sized cut on his calf. Most painful of all was the enormous burn on his chest and biceps area. The burn was probably due to the intensity of the particle cannon, as the heat generated managed to burn through not only the freedom but a good part of his pilot suit too. His stomach hurt and he coughed up a lot of blood into him helmet covering up the visor with blood. With his last bit of strength he took off his helmet and threw it towards the Gundam's ruins.
Slowly Kira tried to stand up but the effort was too much for him as he toppled over and fell on his back. His whole body hurt and the pain was consuming him, making life seem like a living hell and at the same time it made death seem inviting and comfortable. But through sheer will he managed to stay conscious, remembering his friends in ORB, his family, his comrades in the PLANT's and Lacus... Lacus... he wanted to see her, the thought of being unable to see her again, unable to listen to her voice, unable to hold her in his arms, unable to gently brush her hair with his hands, unable to protect her again and unable to stand by her side... These thoughts fueled his anger, remorse and frustration, why did things have to turn out like this? Why couldn't they live in peace? How did he end up like this? Why wasn't he by Lacus's side right now?
Before he could immerse himself in the memories of the past, a voice behind him said "Well, Your one tough one to kill aren't you?" Kira was shocked as he did not expect to find anyone here, much less an enemy. He quickly looked for any nearby cover but he was in no condition to move. The person seemed to notice this as she continued, "Dont worry, Im not an enemy, Im an ally, in fact Im your aunt" This shocked Kira enough that he was able to push himself to sit up and lean against a nearby tree trunk. He saw a young lady with pretty blonde hair in a white lab coat and high heels, dressed in a purple shirt and a black skirt.
She looked at Kira skeptically and then said "Hmmm, you may have lived though that fight but without help you're as good as dead, and we cant have that now can we?" As soon as she had said that two pairs of strong hands lifted him up and placed him in a stretcher they seemed to have brought with them. As they carried him, the blonde lady quickly filled a syringe with something, and injected him, after which things suddenly got blurry and before he could even think of anything else he fell asleep.
C.E 76 Kingdom Of Scandinavia, Earth (Present Day)
Kira slowly woke up in a comfortable bed, but the comfort was short lived as his brain registered searing pain from all over his body. But worst of all was his head it felt as if someone was beating him with a hammer from inside of his skull. His vision was still quite blurry but it was good enough to look around. His body was completely bandaged up leaving only a few spots of skin exposed, making him feel somewhat like a mummy. He was in room made out of blue concrete and fabricated steel. There was a sliding door to his left and all around him were an assortment of high tech medical equipment, and on another stand were an assortment of surgical instruments.
As he started to get his thoughts and senses back along with him recent memories, his monitor that registered his bloop pressure, brain waves, heart beat etc started to beep signaling Kira waking up. As if on cue the Blonde lady from before walked in. Seeing Kira awake and sitting up in bed a smile spread across her face, as she said "Glad to see your finally awake sleepy head, I've been waiting to talk to you for now..." Then as she saw him looking at the surgical equipment she quickly added "Oh and dont worry we haven't stolen any of your organs or anything." Kira smiled at the joke then looked at his supposed aunt and asked her "Who are you and why did you help me?" T
he lady smiled at that and said "My name is Elizabeth Roberts,or Eliza for short and like I said Im you aunt Kira. Via Hibiki was my cousin. I was a doctor and for almost all my life I assisted in the Ultimate Coordinator Project, but when I found out the embryo used had been Via's child I couldn't take it anymore and I quit. Even after you were born I couldn't abandon Via whom I loved so dearly or you, and partly due to love and partly for repentance I continued to take care of you and your sister who had lots of health problems as side affects of taking you out prematurely. I was allowed to do so by your parents because your body is unlike any other and I was the only one who knew it best, seeing as I had been the who designed your body, so your father thought it best for you to be treated by me. After their assassinations, the Yamato's took you in so I decided to go my own way so that you never have to see your past again. Unfortunately it seems in its own twisted way, your past has caught up to you, and just as Via feared, your life and the one's dear to you are in danger again. So in accordance with the promise I made with your mother 17 years ago, I've returned to fulfill Via's last request to me."
Kira just sat there listening as he tried to digest all this in. It was hard enough to listen to all this considering how his body was screaming in pain but believing and understanding all this at once was just too much. Eliza noticed this and she immediately moved forward and helped kira lie back down onto the bed. Then in a calm and soothing voice she said "thats it for now Kira, you need to rest. We can talk later, but first you need to get better as soon as possible." Slowly his mind filled with clashing thoughts and memories Kira slowly slipped back into the comfort of the unconscious.
Author's Note :
Hey Guys this is my first story so I can understand if you think I should be shot for trying to write but I plan to see this through and its probably going to be around 30 Chapters. It's only going to get better and better from now on so please favorite and alert the story and most DEFINITELY Review this! This will be a Suspense, Adventure and Romance story, centered around Kira x Lacus, Athrun x Cagalli, Shinn x Lunamaria. Maybe Dearka x Miriallia later on.
Review with any tips or suggestions you may have, I will try my best to incorporate them into the story if possible. Don't Forget to R & R.
