I'm back to the GA Retold stuff once again but with something a little different this time.
This takes place in an alternative GA universe and it's gonna be quite an emotional ride, you'll find out soon.
The Moon Demon
The vast reaches of space, there's nothing like it when it comes to discovering what is out there in the galaxy. Whether it's new planets or civilisations, none of this could be topped by the fact that EDEN is home to the foundling source of Lost Technology that makes space travel possible. But not everywhere in the galaxy is a safe haven, especially is one place where the majority of the battles taking place.
A large fleet that represents the strongest Empire of Transbaal is at war with an automated fleet that is in command of a foe that no living being has ever seen since the rebirth of human life following the Chrono Quake several centuries ago. The enemy leader itself as it's been described is the size of the smallest moon that exists in the galaxy, but it is more than just a moon, it's been also described as some kind of demon...and it's alive!
How...how is all of that possible I hear you ask? That is the one question I have yet to find the answers for. I am Arnold Williams, the commander of the Elsior and the one leading the charge with the rest of the Transbaal army behind me. That isn't all though, I have what I would call the ace up my sleeve, or six aces up my sleeve. They are the greatest pilots I know, the ones who I can always count on. They are the Moon Angel Wing, six beautiful girls who are all different from each other that command the Emblem Frames. There was a seventh Emblem Frame that had my name on it, but I couldn't use it as I had my commander role ranked as a higher priority.
But I also know the members of the crew who work hard on the ship, mainly the ones who I watch over on the bridge. Lester Coolduras was the sub-commander, Almo was in charge of communications and Coco did the radar work that often saved us from many battles that we had won. But right now wasn't the time for me to revel on past events. At this moment, we were at the front lines where a massive group of automated ships were and the Moon Demon that we nicknamed was said to be far away from us for now.
Charging straight through and hoping for the best would not be a sensible choice, since we had no further information on what the Moon Demon really is on the inside. We were at a stand off situation, both sides did not seem to want to make a move. At first it would seem kind of boring to be at a stalemate, but I knew that there would be bigger problems around the corner and this was only the beginning of what was to come.
"Hey Arnold." Lester said. "You paying attention?"
"I can see what's in front of me." I replied in my commander outfit. "To think that it's come to this, never have I expected to be at a standoff with an automated fleet in front of us."
"Yeah, but this is all they have at the moment. The Moon Demon is apparently far, far away from us and the reports we're getting can't be unseen."
He was right on that claim, there were disturbing reports that the Moon Demon originally surfaced in the far south east part of the galaxy, the one corner of the galaxy that was explored the least. That was where our most disturbing enemy came from, but there were other reports of other sightings, yet they were dismissed as pointless gossip.
"I know that, Lester, but what else can we do?" I sighed, sitting back in my chair. "If we charge at the enemy front-line now, we won't have any spare fleets or other essentials left to defeat the Moon Demon itself."
"My point exactly and we can't use scouts or transmissions either."
"From what the scouts say...well the ones that come back alive." Coco said with sadness.
"Using communications with it is impossible and the fleet uses some kind of signal jammer should we ever get close." Almo added.
"Well Arnold, it's your call right now." Lester reminded. "Shall we send in our aces?"
I pondered that for a moment, sending in the Angel Wing would be the a good move but how long could they stay out there in combat for the long run? Although as a pilot myself, if I was to join them in battle, we would stand a much stronger chance of wiping out the enemy front line and clear the way so that we would have reinforcements at the ready.
It would be a risk to take, but it might be the only realistic move we had. I stood up from my commander chair and looked with determination. "Send out the Moon Angel Wing and inform the Transbaal army HQ that I shall take to the field as well."
"Arnold, you sure you wanna do that?" Lester asked.
"There is no other option right now." I stood my ground. "If we want to end this stalemate, we have to strike first and using our Emblem Frames is the best we have."
"Understood, just be damn careful out there, you have an army behind you after all."
"Don't need to remind me of that one." I began to leave. "Then I leave the bridge in your hands, Lester. Keep me on the line when I'm in my frame."
"Got it, go on ahead."
I nodded, leaving the bridge and walking my day down to the hanger. I was the only one there at first, but I got into my frame and waited for the six girls to join me. Eventually, they showed up and got into their frames. Milfie, the cheerful and very lucky. Ranpha, the fiery and fastest of them all. Mint, the elegant with telepathy. Forte, the strong and the one who always has my back. Vanilla, the quiet but the most reliable. Finally Chitose, who's range is greater than the rest of our frames and always wants to do her best.
All seven of us as one makes us one of the strongest fighters in the galaxy and the Transbaal army knew this very well. The hanger doors opened and we flew out into the open space. Lester appeared on my screen with the radar on show, the enemy front-line consisted of eight destroyers, six cruisers, four missile frigates and two battleships.
"Here's the situation." Lester said. "We are located here in the northwest of the map, we have allied reinforcements on either side of the Elsior. The enemy front line is deployed in the south east."
"With no sign of the Moon Demon, we have a chance to catch the automated army off guard and strike them while we have the chance." I responded. "Then our orders are simple. Eliminate the enemy front-line so we can push further to the demon's location. You ready girls?"
"Yes, we'll win because we have my luck!" Milfie replied happily.
"We don't need luck when we can knock those ships right out the park." Ranpha added.
"I fear that I might behave less elegantly whilst in battle." Mint giggled.
"Hey if that happens, it's no big deal." Forte responded. "We'll just go all out as always."
"And we will protect many lives." Vanilla said.
"Yes it's how we got this far." Chitose agreed.
I nodded. "Good to know that we're in agreement, then let us engage, the fight begins!"
Background music:
Galaxy Angel - Soaring Emblem Frames
The battle started and we agreed to battle solo on each of the destroyers as the first part. My Silver Speeder had just as much speed and armour as Milfie's frame, but the acceleration could do with some work. Then again, I have never once complained about how my frame handles in all the times I've had to be out on the field. My mini-guns and heat-seeker missiles brought one destroyer down. The six girls had no problems on their side and I tore through the last destroyer.
"Kung Fu Fighter, ready to unleash my special." Ranpha said.
"We've got cruisers on the move, use it now." I replied.
Ranpha was always the fastest of us and would dive straight into action without hesitation and it often showed, despite her frame having the weakest armour.
"ANCHOR CLAW!" Her claws had been modified to bounce off on other automated ships if too close, she ended up taking out three cruisers in one.
"Geez, save us some of the glory." Forte remarked as she brought out her attacks on a cruiser that went down.
"Lucky Star here, I shot one down, did you see that?" Milfie asked.
I nodded.
"Another enemy has been defeated." Mint said. "On to the next one."
"Target defeated." Vanilla said as I saw the last cruiser gone.
"Arnold, I'm ready to use my special now." Chitose intervened.
"Try to snipe those missile frigates down, they're up next." I replied. "If any of them still stand, I'll finish them off."
Chitose brought her frame and lined up her targets. "This is as far as you'll go. FATAL ARROW!"
Her lethal shots brought down two of the four frigates, the other two were heavily damaged.
"I'll take the rest down for you." Mint intervened. "FLIER DANCE!"
All that was left were the two battle ships, when suddenly-
"Commander Arnold!" Coco exclaimed. "Enemy reinforcements from behind the front line."
"Damn!" I responded. "There are three high-speed frigates and one carrier, this doesn't look good."
"Leave them to me." Milfie said. "HYPER CANNON!" Her special brought three of them down. "Awww, I've missed the carrier."
"Not a problem, I'll deal with it." I turned my frame around to where the enemy ship was.
"I've got the battleships in range, STRIKE BURST!" Forte yelled and her attacks brought down the battleships, however she took quite a bit of damage due to her slow speed. "Vanilla, a little help, please."
"Understood...Repair Wave!" She called out and our frames were back to normal.
"One enemy ship left." I said as I drove towards the carrier. "Here it comes...SPIKE DRIVER!" My drill tore through the carrier and it exploded, there was nothing else left.
Background music:
Galaxy Angel - Main Imperial Fleet
"Enemy front line destroyed." Coco said. "We won!"
"Great job out there, commander." Lester praised. "They never saw it coming."
"And that's why we're the greatest pilots of the galaxy, no enemy can touch us." I said. "Well, we better fall back to the Elsior and discuss the next move."
"Hold on a second." Almo intervened. "We just received an emergency transmission not far from where we are."
End Of background Music
This had me curious on the spot. "A transmission, how can that be? There should be nothing except the Moon Demon."
"Wait, it's gotta be coming the allied battleship that was reported missing a few days ago." Lester said. "Could it be..."
"Admiral Luft." I finished. He was the person in charge of the entire Transbaal command structure when this all began, but then three days earlier, he and a small scout he commanded went missing and we were worried if something had happened to him. Now it seems like something has.
"Then we better travel towards to where that ship is...brace ourselves everyone, this could be about to get nasty."
"Got it, Arnold." Lester replied. "All forces, prepare to move with the Elsior."
We fell back to the Elsior for resupplying and went back out, leading the now cleared path and things were quiet for a moment but every thousand feet we moved closer, I could sense a bad omen getting bigger. Until we spotted a small moon in our view, it was as dark as anything that I hadn't seen. But once we moved closer and closer, the moon began to suddenly turn...it wasn't a normal moon now.
Background music:
Chrono Cross OST - Star Tower
"Oh my god!" I exclaimed in whisper talk. In front of me was three quarters of a normal small moon but the last of it...it was like a demon alright, but a demon of that size with claws so big you could fit 50 anchor claws in each hand can only be the stuff of living nightmares. Good thing I had a strong stomach for this.
"What the heck?!" Lester echoed on my monitor screen. "Th-that's?!"
"The Moon Demon!" Coco and Almo finished in sync, although I heard trembling in their voices.
"It's here already?!" I had to regain my focus. To see it up close and not knowing it could be this huge, it's far worse than I could've imagined.
"Uwaaah!" Milfie yelled in fright. "It's so scary! I'm so scared!"
"Calm down!" Ranpha lightly warned. "Th-this is nothing, r-right?"
"Ranpha, it's okay to be just as scared as we all are." Forte said. "Even if I am as well."
"I can't bare to look at it!" Chitose exclaimed. "This is wrong."
Vanilla was shivering a little. "I'm f-f-frightened."
"It's okay Vanilla, j-just stay close to us." Mint responded, trying to not be scared.
"Stay strong girls." I intervened. "Do not allow your fears to overwhelm you, we still have a mission to eliminate this threat."
"How can you say that with a straight face?" Forte asked.
Just as I was about to answer, the Moon Demon roared and we all felt the force, we got pushed back and it threw us off guard.
"Dammit...that freaky thing is...wait, we're here because Admiral Luft needs us." I said. "Wait...the Moon Demon is holding something."
"Commander Arnold!" Coco said. "That's the allied battleship, Admiral Luft may still be inside that!"
"Huh?!" I set up an open wide transmission just in case the moon demon had a voice. "You demonic excuse for a moon, let that ship go!"
*ROAR*
"So you choose not to...then we have no choice, but to attack you!" I was about to make the first strike when-
End of background music
"Hold on, incoming transmission from the ship." Almo intervened.
I was in shock, maybe there's hope. "Put it through."
Background music:
Neptunia Re;birth 2 OST - Tear Drop
Then on my screen was the man himself and he was in bad shape. " Commander Arnold..." He sighed in pain.
"Admiral Luft!" I exclaimed. "Is that you inside the battle ship?"
"It's only...me that is alive, but indeed I am, but I won't be for much longer...you must leave at once, retreat."
"Retreat? No, we can't leave you here, we'll save you!"
He laughed. "You are always optimistic, Arnold, but even you must learn and know your limits. You must fall back and make preparations."
"Preparations?"
He coughed, trying to catch his breath. "When I'm gone, then the command of the entire fleet is yours..."
"But how can I, I'm just a commander."
"You will, have faith in everyone who will put their lives on the line for peace across the galaxy...farewell Arnold."
The transmission ended and we started in horror as the Moon Demon that was still holding the allied battleship raised both of it arms and slapped the claws together with a loud clap noise and roared again. The battleship exploded into millions of fragments...no, no way! Admiral Luft is...is...dead?!
"No..." Vanilla sighed in shiver.
"I...can't watch." Chitose added turning her face away.
"LUUUUUUFFFFT!" I yelled in anger. "Moon Demon...you will pay dearly for killing our Admiral!"
"Arnold, Luft is right." Forte said. "We have to leave now, there's nothing we can do."
"But-"
"We can't lose you either!" Ranpha exclaimed.
Mint was in agreement with a serious look on her face. "Remember that you're the one leading the entire army."
I sighed in defeat, I couldn't argue with those girls. "Alright everyone, let's fall back and retreat back to Transbaal, we'll regroup there and provide a battle plan."
"Understood." Lester responded. "All you angels get back on the ship, you too as well, Arnold."
"Alright I'm coming..."
End of background music
Just as I was about to turn and follow the rest, the Moon Demon roared and suddenly attacked by swiping at me.
"WHAT THE?!" I tried to go as fast as I could, if only frame was faster than this. "Argh!"
The demon's claw shaped into a fist and launched an attack right into my frame. "ARRRRRRGGGHHHH!"
My frame was out of control and was knocked away from the demon at an alarming speed...until it collided into one of the asteroids, the frame itself was lucky enough to not to break since there is no air in the vacuum of space...but I...I...I couldn't see or hear anything...was this it...was this the end?
But that was answered when after what seemed like a lifetime of waiting, I heard the beeps of a monitor.
I must've survived it in the end, but what was to come would be a far greater pain than what I felt in my entire body...
And so it all begins, you may have noticed that there was a lot of background music typed in, you might wanna get used to that for this story. ;)
Next Time on Sorrows Of An Angel, an interesting OC appears with a gift that may be a blessing and a curse.
