Gundam Seed Prophecy

Phase-01: Conflicted Souls

Cosmic Era 76…2 years after Messiah's fall and the end of Dullindal's "Destiny Plan." Even though the war has ended, hatred between Naturals and Coordinators still remain. ZAFT has fallen, but is rising up once again to counter anti-Coordinator sentiment. Blue Cosmos is also building up their military power to wipe out all Coordinators. Orb has stated that they will no longer fight in any more wars.

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Amongst all the hatred a new military force has been formed—a force that fights for peace and understanding between Naturals and Coordinators. They call themselves Atlas.

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All who were involved in the war of CE 73-74 have refused to fight again. They all now live peacefully in the PLANTS and Orb.

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In CE 73, an experiment was conducted by ZAFT. 5 pilots volunteered for this experiment, called the "Telepath Project." The ZAFT high council had observed the abilities of a man named Rau Le Creuset. His fearsome Providence Gundam was a whole military arsenal built into one, but only he was able to use such a mobile suit. Scientists researched him and came up with a method of genetically altering pilots' minds. The result would increase a pilot's spatial awareness and heighten his/her senses. ZAFT ordered the engineers to build more units similar to the Providence and ordered the scientists to begin the experiment immediately. But this experiment came with a heavy price. 2 pilots went insane while being treated and killed three of the scientists. They then committed suicide. The ZAFT high council deemed the experiment too dangerous and ordered to cease the project and kill all who were involved, destroying any evidence. Leon Sieghart, Rhapsody Giftregen, and an unknown 3rd pilot were the only successful "telepaths." The 3 escaped execution and ended up killing those who conspired to kill them. All records of the Telepath Project were lost and none spoke of it again. Leon and Rhapsody resigned from ZAFT and lived in a secluded area near Orb. The 3rd pilot's location still remains unknown to this day…

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I remember those days…where we fought to protect. We never questioned who we fought for. Each soldier had his or her own agenda.

It's been 3 years since Rhapsody and I had defected from ZAFT. I've always wondered why I fought. And why I volunteered for that experiment when I knew of the consequences. I fight for vengeance now…yet I am the one who has brought this curse upon myself and Rhapsody. My hands are forever covered with blood. I have to ask myself…was it really worth it?

"What's the meaning of this!

"This project has been cancelled. We've been ordered to execute all of you. We can't have anyone knowing of this."

"You're the ones who started this project, and we're the ones that have to pay the price? You military people are really something."

"Shut up!"

Gunshots…blood…everywhere…

"Rhapsody…my daughter…I'm sorry…please protect her…Leon…"

Bastards…

"Leon? Are you alright? You seem to have something on your mind," said Rhapsody.

"Hm? Yeah, I'm fine," I said.

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah, let's hurry and get this contract over with and collect our money. I'll take you someplace nice to eat when we get back to Orb."

"Sounds good to me."

Rhapsody and I do mercenary work now. Ever since we left ZAFT money had become a major problem. But we put our mobile suits and skills to good use. A friend of ours from Orb, Alexander Dena, has supported us throughout our ordeal. He's been the one who finds us these jobs and provides maintenance for our mobile suits, thanks to his connections with Erica Simmons and Morgenroete. Our work usually involved retrieving stolen mobile suits, fighting people that were attacking innocent lives, destroying bases, delivering packages, and guarding/escorting people. But recently we have been attacking anything involved with Blue Cosmos. I was glad because we were getting paid and preventing Blue Cosmos from returning. Rhapsody and I worked too hard for this peace.

"Approaching targets," I said.

"All we have to do is take out these Blue Cosmos supply stations," said Rhapsody.

"We also have to worry about the mobile suits guarding the area."

"Well, from the looks of it there are only 6 Windams."

"You would think they'd set up better defenses..."

"Well, considering that everyone is still recovering from the last war, we shouldn't be too surprised."

"Yeah."

Rhapsody and I flew in closer and attacked. I activated my GOUF Ignited's beam claws and took out the first 3 Windams effortlessly. Rhapsody went in the opposite direction and shot down the remaining Windams with her ZAKU Phantom's beam rifle. We progressed further to gun down the supply stations.

"Why they kept those archaic mobile suits is beyond me," I retorted.

My GOUF Ignited's shoulder blades began slicing into the core of the first supply station. I signaled to Rhapsody and she fired a volley of missiles at it. Suddenly, multiple beams were being shot at us from a distance. We used debris from the first supply station to shield us.

"I guess we underestimated them," said Rhapsody.

"How many targets are there?" I asked.

"There are four Agamemnon class ships. I'm assuming each is carrying about 6 mobile suits."

"24 mobile suits and 4 ships shouldn't be too hard."

"Don't get overconfident."

The ships made no delays in preventing us from destroying the remaining supply station. The Windams deployed immediately and fired at us.

"Mercenary scum! Burn in hell!" yelled one of the Windam pilots.

"The same damn mobile suits, huh? You guys need to be more original!" I yelled.

Rhapsody and I made short work of the Windams. Left and right, Windams were being shot by a beam rifle and pummeled by missiles from Rhapsody's ZAKU. I preferred slicing them in half with my GOUF's sword and blasting them with my shotgun at close range. One Windam tried to sneak up behind me but I grabbed the body of a destroyed Windam and used it as a shield. I then grabbed the Windam's rifle and shot the cockpit. I counted about 18 mobile suit kills.

"Hmm…I thought Rhapsody said there would be 24 units…" I thought.

6 unknown units launched out of the last Agamemnon ship. They were visually similar to the Windams, just with a different head and outfitted with newer weapons. Judging from the design, they were built to be stronger and more agile…but with weaker armor. I attempted to take them down, but the mobile suits quickly dodged my attacks. Not even Rhapsody's hawk-like aim could hit them. Something about their movements seemed…artificial. One unit appeared right in front of me. It was too late for me to dodge, so I brought out the GOUF's shield. The unit fired a rail cannon at me and I was shoved back by the sheer force of the attack. My shield was completely destroyed.

"LEON!"

"I'm alright. It just caught me off guard…"

"Something's different about those suits."

"Yeah…Naturals shouldn't have quick reflexes like that. They're probably A.I. units."

"Great. We won't be able to read any of their movements."

The unknown units continued to shoot at us from all sides with their beam rifles. We couldn't avoid them for much longer…our suits' energy was about to run out. We needed to get out of here, but we still had the contract to fulfill.

"Rhapsody, have your ZAKU grab onto my GOUF."

"What are you planning to do?"

"I'm gonna set my GOUF to auto pilot and send it crashing into the second supply station."

"Are you crazy? How are we gonna do more jobs without our mobile suits?"

"I'll ask Alex to arrange something with Erica for us. Don't worry, we'll manage."

"Ok…I trust you Leon."

Rhapsody's ZAKU grabbed onto my GOUF and she immediately came out of the cockpit. I set coordinates on the GOUF's operating system so it would crash directly into the core of the station. I moved out of the cockpit and met with Rhapsody. The GOUF and ZAKU went flying towards the station and the 6 A.I. units followed after them. Our mobile suits collided into the station and exploded. The A.I. units got caught in the explosion and got destroyed as well.

"Damn it…we still lost," said a Blue Cosmos soldier.

"Don't worry…those stupid mercenaries probably died in the explosion. We won't have to worry about them anymore," said another BC soldier.

Rhapsody and I watched as the 4 ships drifted off. I contacted Alex as soon as the ships were gone.

"Alex? Rhapsody and I need to be picked up."

"Gotcha."

"Oh, and Alex?"

"Hm?"

"Could you contact Erica Simmons for me?"

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We arrived in Orb after receiving the payment from our associate the next day. Rhapsody and I took this opportunity to grab a bite to eat at a nice restaurant. We invited Alex to come with us, but he said he had to take care of some business with Erica since our mobile suits were completely destroyed.

"I've already arranged to have Morgenroete build us 3 custom Murasame units. We should be able to receive them in 2 weeks or so." said Alex. "Take a vacation guys. You've done enough mercenary work for now."

"Thanks Alex. I'll make sure to be more careful next time," I said.

"Yeah, with the way you fight we won't end up having any more mobile suits to work with," commented Rhapsody.

"Ha ha."

"Wait, why is Morgenroete building us 3 custom Murasames? Is there something you're not telling us?" asked Rhapsody.

"You'll find out soon enough," replied Alex.

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"So where do you wanna eat?" I asked.

"Oh, anywhere's fine. As long as I could get something sweet," replied Rhapsody.

"Just don't go overboard like last time. I'm not sure I can afford to satisfy your sweet tooth anymore."

"Only if you promise to take it easy on the coffee."

"I don't think I can guarantee that."

"Jerk."