Alright, after much consideration I decided to change it into a 3rd person POV instead of self-insert. The protagonist introduced in the first chapter will still have the same attitude. But I realized that if I'm going to expand on the other six that I will introduce, I need to focus on ZAFT's side of the story as well. Anyways, just think of the first chapter and some sort of unique way to begin a story. From here on out, it will be in third person.

Also, to my anonymous reviewers JC, Gaby, and DRBad39: your writing style in reviewing is similar and you three have extremely similar ideas. Not to mention, all three of you don't hit the space button after a comma.

Anyways, here's where the action really begins.

CH. 2: The Seven Gundams

The young man in the Fearless Gundam pressed several buttons, not knowing when and where he got this information. He didn't even know how he became a Coordinator. All he knew was that he had to activate his Gundam.

"What the heck..." He muttered. "Ahh... I see why Kira struggled to use the Gundam at first. This Operation System is pretty pathetic..."

He blinked, then smirked. 'What am I doing? A few seconds ago I didn't understand what any of these buttons did...'

The screen popped up. It said 'Welcome to M.O.S', whatever that meant. The young man assumed it meant Morgenroete Operating System, but he still wasn't sure. Some other screens appeared before one in general showed up that read: General Unilateral Neuro-Link Dispersive Autonomic Maneuver.

"So this is... Gundam!" His eyes widened. "I really am inside a Gundam!"

The first thought that popped into his mind was 'what kind of weapons does it have?' But another explosion stopped that train of thought. Reconfiguring the controls, his Gundam was able to stand up.

The person's Gundam next to him (not the guy he met before) stood up as well. He gave him a wave and started walking, as if to get used to his new mobile suit.

The young man pressed a few more buttons to get the communications figured out and succeeded, being able to get to that guy. "Hey! What's up, man!"

"Sup, dude!" He grinned.

The man in the other Gundam looked to be a young adult, possible twenty. He had brown hair flowing down to his neck, with blue eyes; not red eyes from the reflection of the fire. He wore a green turtleneck sweater from what he saw. The strangest thing was that he closely resembled Lockon Stratos from Gundam 00...

"So, how'd we get here anyway?" The young man asked him.

"I dunno man..." He said. "All I know is that this is pretty sweet, huh? What's your name?"

"Uh..." The young man didn't want to give his real name. So he gave an obviously fake one. "I am... Tsuki... Seiei?"

The man snickered. "Seiei? Are you related to Setsuna F. Seiei or something? Hahaha!"

He grimaced.

The man stopped lauging. "Alright Tsuki Seiei. I'm Nicholas Patterson, nice to meet you."

Another explosion occured near us. Nicholas looked around as other Gundams began to rise. "Uh-oh. We'd better get out of here soon."

"Why?"

"Are you joining the Earth Alliance like I am?"

Tsuki nodded.

"I don't know about the others." Nicholas said, worriedly. "I had met four of them already, and they said they were siding with ZAFT."

"What? Why?"

"I dunno!" He responded. "Anyways, let's get the heck outta here! We're gonna get smashed by all this rubble if we don't or get consumed by flames! And if we don't we might end up fighting three more Gundams anyway!"

"Y-Yeah!" Tsuki said.

"Alright then! Phase-shift armor, activate!" Nicholas yelled, pressing a few more buttons.

The armor around his Gundam began to light up. As he flew up from the fire, the armor's color became clear. It resembled the Strike, but with light green armor on it's knees and shoulders too. And the golden 'V' emblem on it's head was slightly lower than the other mobile suits in the series. Also, a huge rifle weapon became more visible on his back.

"Yes!" He gripped his fist, satisfied with his Gundam's look. "GAT-X114 Steadfast Gundam!"

"Okay... my turn then!" Tsuki said.

He flew the Fearless Gundam up a bit also, activating his phase-shift armor. This suit actually resembled the Strike most of all, with dark blue armor covering it's chest and shoulders with a red cup and shoes as well. Other than that, it seemed naked.

"Wonder what kind of weapons this thing has?" Tsuki muttered to himself.

More lights flashed from behind them. Nicholas gasped. "We gotta get outta here. Two against four isn't the best experience for us this early in the series!"

Tsuki nodded and fired up the thrusters, heading out.


Meanwhile, the other five Gundams were activating. Each pilot had reconfigured the Operating System quick and effectively because of their new abilities as Coordinators.

The one to the far left looked a lot different than the other Gundams. It's armor was slightly thicker, with a bigger chest and shoulders. It's upper body armor was colored red and it had two wing-like thrusters on it's back.

"Alright... ZAFT soldier Reed Maxwell in the GAT-X191 Accel Gundam, ready to go!"

The one next to it had the same, white legs that all the other Gundams had, but it's upper body was different. It was slightly more heftier than the others, with big, spherical shoulders that hid something. It had brown chest armor with yellow trim.

"Hmph. Doesn't this mobile suit suit me?" The pilot, Ryo Erde, snickered at his small pun. "GAT-X116 Order Gundam, preparing to launch."

"That was a terrible joke Ryo." The third pilot next to them said. "We have to hurry and meet with Athrun and the others soon. This is no time for playtime."

The third pilot's suit resembled the Strike as well, but with violet armor with red trim. It had thicker, sharper shoulders, and two wing thrusters like the Accel, except these were much bigger.

"Not bad." The pilot muttered.

"Geez Rouma." Reed sighed. "You could be a little more happy to have your own mobile suit."

"This suit is just a tool for my personal needs." Rouma replied. "Nothing more, nothing less."

"Whatever..."

"Rouma Loewen, GAT-X113 Truth Gundam, initiated."

"Wait for me!"

The fourth pilot's suit lighted up finally. It was as thick as the Accel Gundam, but it's upper body armor, shoulders, and forearms were colored yellow with white trim. It had a two wing-shaped backpacks on it's back.

"Matthew Henderson in the GAT-X313 Eagle Gundam, ready to rock!"

"Stop being such a child." Rouma glared at him.

"Loosen up!"

"No arguing!" Ryo snapped. "The other two Gundams went ahead of us already! I assume they're joining the Earth Alliance."

"Yeah, I know that green suit is joining." Reed said. "Should we go after them?"

"No. Not yet." Rouma replied. "I want to face them in real combat when they get used to their suits. Besides, should we fight, our inexperience in using these Gundams would prove fatal."

"I agree." Ryo said. "Then let's follow after Athrun."

"Where is he anyway?" Matthew asked.

"Hold on a second guys." Reed said. "Wasn't there a fifth Gundam besides us four and those two?"

The other three pilots blinked and looked around. Sure enough, there was a fifth mobile suit, but it disappeared.

"How strange." Ryo murmured.


Meanwhile...

The fifth suit was flying in space slowly. It had black armor for it's upper body, but it was covered with silver armor everywhere else. It was truly a magnificent sight to behold.

The pilot inside had thick blond hair down to his neck, wearing a green shirt and white pants. He wasn't wearing any sort of space gear or a jumpsuit.

"Heh heh heh..." He laughed, almost maniacally. "Cagalli Yula Athha... the hottest girl in SEED... shall be mine... Silva Wolfe's..."

He leaned up and stared out. Although far away, he could see a green and blue dot at the corner of his eye.

Silva grabbed the controls for the mobile suit and began to direct it towards Earth. His eyes were wide open and there were small bags under his eyes as well. "I'm headed for Africa, Cagalli my sweet. Then I'll meet you... and you'll be all mine..."

His mouth formed a wide grin, opening it wide to reveal yellow teeth. "My GAT-X400 Dusk Gundam will make sure of it."


Back in Heliopolis...

Two Gundams rose to the sky, as well as two colored suits. Tsuki and Nicholas landed safely on the ground, although Tsuki had a shaky fall because of the new controls.

The civilians of Heliopolis were in a panic, trying to find any evacuation shelter as quickly as possible. That included Sai, Kuzzey, Miriallia, and Tolle.

"There's more?" One civilian shrieked, referring to the four Gundams that appeared.

"WHAT?" Athrun turned to see two other mobile suits unlike the others in their intel. "Are those guys with us? I thought there were only five mobile suits!"

"Athrun!" A voice from behind him called his name.

A gray suit stood behind his, but it wasn't a Gundam. It had one eye, and had a knight appearance to it. A ZGMF-1017 GINN.

"Rusty failed!" Athrun yelled back.

"What?"

"An Earth Alliance officer boarded the final mobile suit there, I guess!" Athrun responded. "But what are those mobile suits over there?"

Athrun was referring to the Fearless and Steadfast Gundams several feet away. Tsuki and Nicholas didn't know how to respond at the moment.

The Strike also had a shaky landing, and started to run. The woman piloting the Strike almost ran over some civilians too. She typed a few keys and images of some GINNs appeared.

Kira, who was also in the Strike, took a glance at another screen and gasped as he saw his friends running. "Sai! Tolle! Kuzzey!"

The GINN in front of the Strike took out it's heavy assault machine gun and fired a few blasts. The Strike was able to step away in time.

"Why you!" Tsuki yelled.

The Steadfast put his arm in front of the Fearless. "We shouldn't too concerned about him. We have other things to worry about."

"Like what?" A second later, a small alarm beeped in Tsuki's cockpit.

Two other GINNs were heading their way. Both had their heavy swords drawn.

"We'll each take on down, alright?" Nicholas said. "Let's use this as practice for the battles ahead."

Tsuki stared at Nicholas for a second before nodding. "Alright."

The third GINN facing the Strike withdrew it's gun and drew the metal sword at it's waist. "I'll capture that machine then. Go ahead and leave with that suit."

Athrun was a little surprised, but then he nodded, confident in his comrade's abilities. Then he turned away. 'Could that have been Kira? No way, there's no way he'd ever be there!'

Athrun took out the keyboard and began typing.

Nicholas also was typing as fast as he could to the weapons screen. "Alright! Let's get this show on the road!"

Before he knew it though, the GINN was right in front of him. The Steadfast quickly sidestep, but the GINN horizontally slashed his suit. It struck but the armor was able to protect him.

"As if I'll let you beat me like this!" Nicholas yelled.

He found the weapons at last. "'Igelstellung' CIWS? The heck are those?"

He pressed the button and fired his CIWS, which were small, head-mounted machine guns. Although it did little to damage the suit, it stopped him from moving for a bit.

Nicholas used that the time to back away a little. "Okay, what else... huh? 'Kennedy' Beam Sniper Rifle? Now we're talking!"

The Steadfast took the huge rifle strapped to the back of it's shoulder and took aim. The GINN noticed it, but for some reason, thought it would be a good idea to rush in front of him towards the enemy!

"Heh! Nicholas Paterson, targeting and firing!" He yelled, firing a beam directly at the cockpit! It pierced right through the armor and destroyed the suit!

"Yeah! Take that!"

Athrun turned. "What the heck is that pilot doing?"

Tsuki also searched through his weapons list. "Alright, got the 'Igellstellung' Valcan Guns... wait, valcan-"

He was cut short as his enemy GINN attempted to slash him with it's sword. The Fearless grabbed the blade and split it in half! A little stunned, the GINN moved back and took out it's heavy assault machine gun and fired! However, the Fearless took out the red and white shield on it's back and was able to block.

"Gotta hurry!" Tsuki muttered, looking through this list. "'Vajra' Beam Sabers, high-energy Beam Rifle... 'Mjolnir' Hammer? What's that?"

Selecting that weapon, the Fearless's right hip had a compartment that opened up to reveal a spiked sphere attached to a chain. It looked nothing like a hammer, but Tsuki didn't care. He just cared that the weapon didn't look as cool as he wanted.

The GINN stepped to the right and shot more blasts. It made impact, but it didn't affect the Fearless's armor a whole lot.

"You!" Tsuki yelled. "Take this!"

He threw the chained ball at the enemy, making contact! But all it did was make a dent on it's right shoulder!

The GINN shrugged it off and took out a bigger rifle and fired a big, solid round at the body! The Fearless blocked with his shield, but the force was so powerful it knocked the shield away.

"Aghh!" Tsuki cried.

It fired another round at the Fearless. This time he was able to sidestep it and he chucked the 'hammer' at the enemy again. It slammed into the GINN's chest, knocking it back a little.

"Yes!" He shouted. "I got you!"

But it stood up straight as fast it got knocked back. Tsuki stepped back a little, shocked at the ineffectiveness of his weapon.

"You're using the weapon wrong!"

Tsuki turned to see Nicholas communicating to him through intercom. "Huh?"

"Don't just clutch the weapon and throw it!" He advised. "Fling it like a sword!"

"A sword!" Desperate, Tsuki took his advice and flung the weapon the way Nicholas had said. The GINN thought nothing of it and simple used it's right arm to block. That was it's last thought as it pierced through the arm and it's entire body, causing the suit to explode.

Sweat dropped from Tsuki's head, him gasping for breath. 'That was amazing...'

An alarm went off in his cockpit. Even Nicholas was yelling, "Behind you!"

A gray mobile suit turned red and started for Tsuki. "You bastard!"

Meanwhile, the Strike was combating the third GINN. Or rather, it was running away as fast as it could, which wasn't that fast. The GINN attempted to slash the Strike, but it quickly flew away some feet.

The impact caused Kira to fall on the piloting woman's chest, causing her to answer flustered, "Get away if you don't want to die!"

"S-Sorry..."

But as he was getting off, the GINN jumped to the air with it's sword raised high. Kira shrieked as the woman pressed the phase-shift armor button, causing the suit to light up with color. The armor was mostly white with blue and red armor.

With it's new armor, the Strike was able to block the sword with ease. The GINN's pilot gasped in shock as he couldn't pierce through the armor.

"This mobile suit..." Kira was equally shocked.

The GINN backed away. "What's with this armor! Why can't I pierce it!"

Athrun's red suit, the Aegis, flew right at the Fearless and reconfigured it's look into a spider mobile armor. It fired a powerful blast from it's bottom right at Tsuki! Reacting fast, the Fearless jumped out of the way and grabbed it's shield to block other attacks!

"Not you too, Athrun!" The GINN pilot yelled.

"It's called 'phase-shift armor'." He explained. "A GINN's sword can pierce this kind of armor!"

The Aegis turned back into it's mobile suit configuration and drew it's forearm-mounted sabers, attempting to pierce through the Fearless's shield. Tsuki chucked the hammer at the Aegis, causing it to fly to the side. A powerful beam whisked past the Aegis barely right after. The Steadfast was unable to strike Athrun's unit.

"Tch..." Nicholas grimaced.

"There are more mobile suits?" Kira gasped.

"What?" The woman was shocked. "I didn't know there was more than five."

"Wait, there was five?"

Suddenly, a beam even bigger than the Steadfast's whisked right at the Fearless! Tsuki's eyes widened, barely dodging the beam in time. But the force of the beam creating a small crater in the city.

"What the heck...?"

The violet-colored Truth Gundam flew above the Fearless, holding a big rifle in it's right hand. Wings made of mega particles shown from it's wing thrusters, making for an incredible sight.

The Accel, Eagle, and Order Gundams followed behind it.

"Those are the Earth Alliance pilots?" Matthew asked. "That's kind of sad?"

"What?" The amount of new events was confusing Athrun. "Who are you?"

"Relax, Athrun Zala." Ryo communicated to him. "We are on your side. ZAFT's side."

Athrun frowned. "You guys are ZAFT pilots?"

Tsuki's body was shaking from the immense beam that he just barely dodged. The pressure was intense and his butt felt like it was high. For the first time in his life, he felt as if he just escaped death's scythe.

"Tsuki!" Nicholas called. "We need to get away!"

"Y-Yeah..." Tsuki shuddered.

The Fearless managed to get back up from the shock. Hands still shaking, he was able to move the mobile suit slightly.

"They're getting away, Rouma." Reed said.

"Let them." Rouma replied. "This isn't the time to fight."

"But, the enemy-" Athrun began.

"Do you want to be responsible for destroying Heliopolis?" Rouma asked coldly.

"Eh? I-"

"Athrun, get outta here!" The GINN pilot, Miguel Aiman, yelled. "Leave this suit to me!"

Rouma turned to his teammates. "Do you guys want to destroy this space colony too?"

"Geez..." Matthew scratched his head. "It gets destroyed anyways?"

"We were sent here to change fate." Truth's pilot said. "The prevention of destruction is one of my goals to change fate."

"Yet, you wield a Gundam?" Ryo asked. "What are you, a Gundam Meister?"

"Speak for yourself, Ryo Erde."

"Alright then, let's go." Reed said. "The space colony's forces are attacking us!"

Some vans appeared equipped with missile launchers at the back. They fired the missiles at the ZAFT-piloted mobile suits.

"At least give us some action..." Matthew complained, referring to the vans.

Rouma sighed. "Fine. But only those."

"Alright!" Matthew's smile widened. "First one's mine!"

The Eagle quickly dropped from the sky and reconfigured itself. It's legs folded to be the main thrusters, it's arms folding under the body and it's head going in to the body and revealing a sharp edge at the end: a jet mobile armor.

It fired the CIWS it had above the cockpit at the missiles, destroying them. Then with the missiles mounted above the wings, he fired them at the first van destroying it.

"Awww..." Matthew whined. "It lost too fast."

"That's what's to be expected with the Earth Alliance." Reed said.

The Accel fell from the sky right to the ground in front of the second van. It fired some missiles straight in front of it to defend itself, but the Accel blocked with it's shield.

He drew it's 'Vajra' hip-mounted sabers, and then it's wrists started to rotate. The beam sabers rotated as well in high speeds, turning them into beam buzzsaws. The Accel ran right at the van and sliced right through it easily.

"Second van, destroyed."

"Looks like it's my turn." Ryo said.

The Order's torso opened up to reveal it's 'Dyaus' Beam Cannon and fired it right at the third van, destroying it easily.

"That was too easy."

"Hmph." The Truth took out it's positron rifle that fazed the Fearless and fired an extremely powerful beam at the fourth, taking it down and creating another small crater.

"Prevention of destruction..." Ryo repeated. "Sure..."

"Those Gundams are too strong..." Nicholas muttered.

Afterwards, the Aegis, Truth, Eagle, Order, and Accel flew off to an unknown direction.

Meanwhile, the GINN was flying around, dodging bullets from the Strike's CIWS. The woman's slow reaction puzzled Kira for a few seconds, before he gasped in realization what the problem was.

Miguel smirked. "Better armor won't save you from me!"

The GINN tried to slash the Strike, but it sidestepped. However, the GINN flew back a little before slashing again. The woman and Kira closed their eyes so they couldn't see what happened as they were struck back.

"You got no movement!" Miguel shouted as he struck the Strike, knocking it into a building.

Kira got knocked back, and the corner of his eye saw his friends running away from the damaged building.

"A Natural in a mobile suit?" Miguel taunted. "You guys are crazy!"

The GINN attempted to pierce the suit through it's cockpit. Nicholas turned and aimed his sniper rifle at the enemy. "Darn it! I won't make it in time!"

He forgot that in the anime, the Strike was able to dodge in time. Kira quickly pressed a button, causing the Strike to duck. Then it rammed into the enemy, making him fly back a little.

Tolle, Sai, Miriallia, and Kuzzey gasped as they looked on.

"Heh... that's Kira Yamato for you." Nicholas smirked, putting away his sniper rifle. "Oi Tsuki! Let's not interfear with their battle okay? Tsuki?"

"Y-Yeah..." Tsuki muttered.

He wasn't even paying attention to the battle, because he knew how it would turn out. He was more concerned about the power of the four new Gundams. 'They have enough power to take out an entire colony, while I'm equipped with a small hammer! How the heck are we gonna beat them now? And where's the other Gundam?'

"There are people still here!" Kira said angrily while typing a few buttons. "If you're gonna pilot this thing, put it to good use!"

The GINN slowly started to get up. Miguel was pissed off as well.

"This is crazy!" Kira exclaimed as he examined the Operating System of the Strike. "How did they expect to move this complex machine with an operating system like this?"

"It couldn't be helped!" The woman replied, still very dazed. "This suit hasn't been completed yet!"

"You bastard!" Miguel whispered angrily.

"Hurry up and move!" Kira yelled to the woman who responded slowly. He sat at the cockpit and took out the keyboard, instantly typing in keys.

'Is this kid a...' The woman began.

The Strike began firing it's CIWS at the GINN. Although it didn't damage the enemy, it caused him to abruptly stop before throwing itself at the Gundam again. Kira dodged it's tackle and threw a punch right at it's face! Miguel screamed as his suit crashed into a building.

"Take the calibrations and reset the zero moment point and CPG..." Kira murmured to himself as he quickly typed. "Then connect the control module directly to the molecular ion pump! Reconstruct the neural linkage network! Renew meta-active field, reactivate feed forward controls, convey function! Adjust deviation! Connect to motion routines! System online! Initiate bootstrap!"

"What happened to this guy?" Miguel murmured. "He started to move faster and stuff..."

The GINN got up and sheathed it's blade, taking out it's machine gun and firing bullets. Some struck the Strike, causing Kira to activate the thrusters and fly into the air. The enemy also flew to the air and fired more bullets with the Strike dodging them all.

"Weapons..." Kira realized, switching to the weapons screen.

"Valcan Gun...?" Kira was taken back by the mispelled word. "And 'Armor Schneider' Assalut Knife? Assalut? Is this it?"

Compartments on the Strike's hips opened up to reveal two sharp knives. He landed the Strike and quickly dodged the other bullets!

"I won't let you!" Kira roared. "STOP IT!"

The Strike ran right in front of the GINN. It tried to shoot Kira in the face, but he quickly dodged and stabbed it with both knives at the chest, deactivating the machine!

"My mobile suit!" Miguel cried. He quickly pulled a switch, activating it's self-destruct sequence and jumped out.

"Get away from the GINN!" The woman yelled.

Quickly, a beam was fired right through the GINN's suit from Nicholas's rifle! The suit exploded nonetheless, causing Kira and the woman to fly back. The civilians left in the city cried as the impact was felt.


Outside of Heliopolis...

Silva was barely half a mile away from the space colony when he saw two machines duking it out. It looked to be a GINN and an orange jet-like plane: a Moebius Zero!"

"That machine!" Silva gasped. "Mu La Flaga!"

"Can't we do anything about this difference in firepower?" Mu yelled.

Before Mu was able to do anything, the Dusk Gundam rushed right at the GINN knocking it back! Suddenly, a quick spark whisked in Silva's head, making him look up. "Huh?"

"The same spark jolted though Mu's head. "What it this feeling?"

Silva quickly shrugged it off. "I have to defeat this suit fast before I get to Cagalli!"

The Dusk drew two hip-mounted sabers and activating them, wielding the two in a reverse grip. The GINN attempted to back away, but Silva's reflexes were fast enough to slice off it's arm.

In retaliation, the GINN took out it's machine gun and fired it with it's only arm. The Dusk dodged with ease and was about to strike, when four orange pods whisked past him and opened up, revealing guns. They destroyed the GINN's machine gun and attempted to strike the enemy, but it flew away fast.

"I won't let you!" Silva yelled.

He quickly flew right in front of the GINN and sliced right though it's body destroying it!

Inside the Vessalius...

"Olor's been killed?" The captain of the ship muttered. "In a simple battle like this?"

"It's because there are two annoying pests flying around." The blond haired, mask-wearing man called Rau Le Creuset said. "And one of them happens to be from an Earth Alliance suit."

"What?"

Even Rau was slightly puzzled. "I don't remember hearing about a silver mobile suit in our intel... no matter."

The intercom activated. "Laser beacon from Miguel Aiman. It's an emergency!"

"If the suit's strong enough to defeat a GINN, then we can't ignore it... and that silver suit as well..." Rau got up.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Clouded Horizon

Several fireworks were shot in space, a sign to other allied troops that they should retreat. The remaining GINN that attempted to escape was cut down by the Dusk Gundam's saber however.

"Thanks, er..." Mu La Flaga began.

"Silva Wolfe." The Dusk's pilot replied.

"Are you with the Earth Alliance?" He asked.

"Oh... er..." Silva hesitated to answer because he knew if he did, he would get to see Cagalli. But it would lessen his chances of being with her alone. But if he showed up by himself, it would make him look suspicious. These were the thoughts swirling his head. So he said the first thing that seemed to be a good idea. "Yeah! I am! Ensign Silva Wolfe!"

Mu nodded and introduced himself. "I am Lieutenant Mu La Flaga, nice to meet you." Then he decided to change the subject. "Still, why would the enemy retreat?"

"I can think of one good reason." Silva muttered. 'Rau Le Creuset!'

Mu gasped. "I sense something!"

He changed directions on his Moebius Zero and headed out without another word. Silva followed after him.

"Do you sense me, the same way I sense you? It's unlucky fortune, wouldn't you say, Mu La Flaga?" Rau muttered to himself, heading out on a sharper version of the GINN, called ZGMF-515 CGUE. "And what about you? I sense something similar to you as well."


Back at Heliopolis...

Sai and Miriallia stood in front of the woman as she laid down on a park's bench. The Strike, Fearless, and Steadfast kneeled down side-by-side, with the two pilots Nicholas and Tsuki exploring their mobile suits.

The woman groaned as she tossed and turned until she woke up slowly. Miriallia smiled. "You're finally awake! Kira!"

She attempted to get up, but groaned.

"You probably should stay still more." Kira advised.

Too tired for words, she nodded at Kira. He stared at her for a bit before apologizing. "Sorry. I kinda got carried away in there."

Tsuki stared out at Kira talking to the woman. 'If I'm correct, Murrue will point a gun at our face and tell us we just witnessed a military secret. Or something like that. And then she'll force us to stay.'

"What do we do, Nicholas?" Tsuki asked through intercom.

"Huh?" Nicholas was taken back by his question. "We stay and let things happen as it should."

"Are you sure?"

"Well, didn't you hear that voice in you head too?" Tsuki nodded. "It's your choice. We were sent here to change fate. I'll let things happen for now."

"Don't you want to change anything?"

"Well, I'm only twenty years old." Nicholas grinned. "I think that, with a little interfering, I can get me a SEED girl. Murrue and Flay are pretty cute."

"You're disgusting." Tsuki said, jokingly.

Miriallia handed the woman a water bottle. Kira helped her up and she began drinking.

"This is really cool, this 'Gundam'!" Tolle said from afar, looking around inside the Strike. "Can I move it?"

"Hey guys!" Sai yelled to Tolle and Kuzzey. "Stop playing with it!"

Tolle ignored Sai, but he did get out of the cockpit. Kuzzey asked, "Why did it turn gray?"

"Probably because the battery's dead." Tolle suggested. "Maybe it happened to those other three machines as well."

"Stay away from that machine!" The woman yelled, pulling out a gun and firing between Tolle and Kuzzey! The two gasped as it barely missed them.

She got up and walked towards the three. "What are you doing? Please stop!" Kira exclaimed. "Those are the guys who carried you while you were unconscious!"

Then he gasped as well as she pointed the gun at him. "I'm grateful you saved me. But that suit is a classified military secret! It's not something that you civilians should think of as some sort of toy!"

Tolle scoffed and muttered. "What do you think you're saying. Kira was just piloting that suit..." He stopped when the woman pointed the gun in his direction.

"Ah ah... violence is never the answer." Nicholas said from behind her and grabbed the gun. "Unless, of course, you're fighting in a mobile suit."

The woman blinked. "Are you one of the pilots of the Gundam."

Nicholas nodded.

She broke free from Nicholas's grasped and pointed the gun at him too. "Then you'll come with me too."

"I had every intention of doing it." The Steadfast pilot whispered.

She looked towards the Fearless. "I want you to come out too!"

"Oi Tsuki!" Nicholas yelled. "Come out!"

Tsuki gulped as he opened the cockpit and jumped out. She had the gun at his face too. "I want you all to come this way."

She led them to form a straight line in front of her. She continually pointed the gun in her face. Tsuki wondered, 'I thought she was injured! How does she have enough power to hold a gun when she can barely hold herself?'

"Tell me your names, one at a time." She said.

"Sai Argyle."

"Kuzzey Buskirik."

"Tolle Koenig."

"Miriallia Haw."

"Tsuki Seiei."

"Nicholas Patterson."

She pointed the gun at Kira, last. He glared at her for a bit before saying, "Kira Yamato."

"I'm Murrue Ramius." She introduced herself. "I'm an officer with the Earth Alliance forces. I don't like this, but I can't allow you guys to leave."

"What?" The others gasped except for Tsuki and Nicholas.

'This is where everything gets interesting.' Nicholas thought.

"Regardless of how it happens, you all have seen a big military secret." She explained. "Until I reach the authorities and they determine how the situation will be handled, you will be forced to stay with me at all times."

"You're kidding, right?" Tolle said. "This is crazy!"

"You will do as I say!" Murrue barked.

"But, we're citizens of Heliopolis!" Sai said. "We're neutral! We have nothing to do with the military!"

"Yeah!" Tolle agreed. "And why are the Earth Forces in Heliopolis anyway? That doesn't make any sense!"

"He's right!"

Two gunshots in the air caused Miriallia to scream. Murrue glared at them. "Be quiet! You kids know nothing! You kids think you have nothing to do with this because you're 'neutral'. Knowing that, you distance yourselves from what's really happening! Do you really believe what you're saying? The most important secret of the Earth Forces was kept here, and you saw it. That is what you people face right now.

"...Kinda harsh, don't you think?" Sai asked.

"It is probably harsh, but we're at war here!" Murrue yelled. "Between PLANTs and Earth! Between Coordinators and Naturals!"

Tsuki supressed a move. His body almost acted against his own because of his new Coordinator body.

Nicholas put his hand on Tsuki's shoulder. "Just let this talk pass. Let's not interfere for now."

She lowered her gun. "Outside of this shelter you live in..."


Back outside in space...

Mu's Moebius Zero and Silva's Dusk drifted in space as the two searched for the common enemy. The enemy's CGUE immediately turned from it's hiding spot, a huge tower-like space colony binder and shot Mu's Zero with it's machine gun.

"You bastard!" Mu yelled as he dodged the blasts. "Is it you, Rau Le Creuset?"

He launched his gunbarrel pods at the CGUE, with each bullet missing.

Thinking it would be a good idea to fight, Silva attempted to slash the CGUE with his saber, but it dodged and shot some blasts at the suit. It did little to faze it however.

"Hmph!" The Dusk continued to slash, but the CGUE's pilot's skills were amazing. He dodged each strike with ease.

The CGUE dodged the slash, but a gunbarrel pod appeared from behind the Dusk and made impact with a bullet. Rau grimaced. "You're getting in my way, Mu La Flaga! You may think the same of me as well!"

"Don't ignore me, bastard!" Silva yelled, firing it's CIWS.

The CGUE dodged his blows as well and activated it's thrusters, heading into the space colony.

"He's going into Heliopolis!" Mu shouted.

He then followed after Rau. Silva did the same, but he was still pissed. 'How could I not hit him? Was it my inexperience as a pilot? Was I too cocky? If I don't improve, how will I impress Cagalli?'

Silva shook his head to calm himself. 'I've decided. I'll do the Earth Alliance's path and improve my skills. That way, Cagalli will definitely notice me.'

And just like Silva's newfound resolve, the Dusk's metallic silver glow reflected the moonlight, creating a beautiful sight.


Heliopolis...

"This is 105X Strike. Please respond, Earth forces." Kira said, attempting to communicate with them through the radio of the Strike.

"110X Fearless. Earth forces, can you hear me?" Tsuki was doing the same thing.

"Does our mobile suits work the same way the Strike and the rest do?" Nicholas muttered to himself, also trying to get into contact with the Earth forces through Murrue's orders.

"Please respond!"

A truck drove into the park. It looked very similar to a garbage truck, with a huge storage item on the back. Kira took notice and hopped out of the Strike.

Tsuki blinked as he saw it. "That's a Striker pack, I think. I forgot which one though..."

Sai got out the truck and walked to Murrue. "This is the Number Five Trailer you asked for, right?"

"Yes, thank you."

"Now what do you want us to do next?"

"Get the Striker pack." She ordered weakly, clutching her bandaged arm. "Once you do that, try contacting the Earth forces again Kira."

"Alright."

Meanwhile, as they entered the Heliopolis space colony, Mu, Silva, and Rau were in a tight fight. The space wasn't exactly plentiful, so they were slightly cramped in their fighting area.

The CGUE whisked itself behind a wall and fired it's machine gun. Mu dodged the blasts and fired from the Zero's linear gun. He missed as well.

Silva rushed right at the CGUE and attempted to slash with his saber. "You're not getting away from me again!"

Rau dodged easily and moved right behind Silva. It fired it's machine gun on the Dusk's back! Though it did nothing to harm it, the force of the blasts caused Silva to slam into a wall.

"In a cramped area like this!" Mu grimaced. He fired more blasts and Rau dodged them all. The missed blasts hit the wall of the space colony, causing explosions.

"It's two against one!" Silva complained. "We should be able to defeat Rau! And change fate!"

"Change fate?"

The Dusk activated it's thrusters and tried to tackle the CGUE, but Rau avoided him, causing him to crash into a wall. "Gahhh!"

"Hmmm..." Rau smirked. "It looks like the Earth Alliance pilots still have a ways to go."

"Rau Le Creuset!" Mu shouted, launching his gunbarrel pods. Each blast continued to miss though. It was all a distraction so that he could fire his linear gun, but Rau continued to dodge so he couldn't get a good aim.

Suddenly, the CGUE disappeared from Mu's view. A wall had come in between them.

"I would appreciate it if you could just die, Mu!" Rau emphasized his rival's name.

When they finally got past the wall, Rau fired at the gunbarrel pod right above Mu's cockpit. He ejected the pod before it exploded on top of him.

Silva was also catching up to the two fighting. "Am I not good enough...?" He murmured to himself. "Or is Rau Le Creuset a genius pilot?"

The Dusk, attempting a different strategy, fired it's CIWS at the CGUE. He dodged, but it gave Mu better aim as he fired at Rau. The enemy barely took notice and got hit in the right leg!

"Yes!" Silva yelled.

"We're not out of the woods yet!" Mu shouted.

He launched his two remaining pods at Rau and fired both of them. Rau dodged both and litterally grabbed the Dusk, chucking it at one of the pods!

"No way!" Silva screamed as he made impact with the pod, causing it to explode!

"Silva!" Mu shouted, then turned to Rau who destroyed the final pod with it's foot. "You bastard!"

The Dusk emerged, uninjured. Inside, Silva's pride was hurt bad. But he knew he had to put away his pride if he wanted to win. "I'm gonna destroy you, Rau Le Creuset!"

"Interesting..." Rau was as calm as ever. "Let's just see you try!"

Back at the park in Heliopolis, Kira in the Strike moved towards the trailer and kneeled down. The trailer opened up to reveal a few armaments, one obviously looking like a gun.

'That's the launcher striker pack, I think.' Tsuki thought to himself. 'Isn't it the pack that destroyed Heliopolis in the end?'

"Which is the power pack?" Kira shouted to Murrue.

"The weapons and power pack are together in one unit!" Murrue responded. "Mount it all!"

At the ground, Sai and the rest of them were either working on the Strike or hanging out. "They're still evacuating people..." Miriallia said.

"I hope my family and Flay got out safely..." Sai said.

"I just want to go home." Kuzzey said, arms on the back of his head.

Suddenly, a huge explosion occured above them! Three units emerged from one of the support pillars holding up Heliopolis! First was the CGUE, then the Moebius Zero, and finally the Dusk Gundam.

"Rau Le Creuset!" Tsuki immediately leaned up. "We gotta fight him!"

The Steadfast's phase-shift armor was already being activated. "Never mind that Tsuki. Look at that silver suit."

Tsuki blinked. "Silver... ah! That's the seventh Gundam!"

Rau turned to the corner of the CGUE's screen. He saw the three mobile suits sitting there. "So one of those suits destroyed Miguel's GINN? And that means the other two were not in the intel we received?"

"Those units!" Mu shouted.

The CGUE began flying at full speed towards the three mobile suits, with the Zero and Dusk giving chase.

Murrue was running as fast as she could. "Hurry and mount the equipment!"

Mu fired his linear gun at Rau, but he still kept dodging. Rau did the same back, but the Zero dodged it all. The two were equally matched, and Silva's skills weren't enough to prove a difference.

Silva kept trying to slash the CGUE with his saber, but the enemy kept flying away. Probably irritated by now, Rau drew his own sword and slashed at the Dusk. Again, it did nothing to hurt him but the sword's force blew him back.

It gave Mu enough time to fire. He damaged one of the wings, forcing Rau to go down a little. He retaliated by grabbing the Dusk once again and throwing him at the Zero! Mu grimaced as he took impact, causing the two machines to slam into the ground!

"Now to destroy your suits!" Rau shouted with his sword still drawn.

Nicholas's sniper rifle was over his shoulder already and he spent time taking aim. However, Rau was too good of a pilot that he dodged the beam, instead hitting a support pillar!

"Tch!"

But it gave Kira enough time to mount the launcher pack on the Strike. He screamed as he activated the phase-shift armor, giving the Strike it's blue and white color scheme. Now it was the heavy assault mobile suit GAT-X105+AQM/E-X03 Launcher Strike Gundam!

Tsuki was fired up. "Alright, let's do-"

His voice stopped as an enormous explosions occured above them again! A huge red and white ship emerged from that explosion.

"What?" Rau looked over.

Everyone was shocked at the appearance of this ship. Even Nicholas and Tsuki forgot about the entrance of the ship, because it was too early in the series to remember.

Nicholas covered his eyes as the bright flames glowed in them. "The more I look at it, the more it looks like a carbon copy of the White Base."

To Tsuki, it was a massive, angelic fortress of freedom. He had never seen a ship like this up close, because in his world, they still haven't created airships in real life.

All he could do was whisper the name of the ship. "Archangel..."

'Let fate be changed...'


That's the end of the second chapter. I apologize if it followed to closely to the actual story. This is just to build up the events for them to go to space. Everyone is still alive at this point though.

For the OCs, I introduced all seven of them. The four ZAFT pilots will have their characters developed soon, but all I wanted to do was introduce them. Now, ZAFT has eight Gundam pilots, and if you add Rau, you get nine pilots in total. It's a scary amount. The Earth Alliance now has three pilots, which I've slightly developed so far. Tsuki, which represents me, is excited for battle but still has his coward moments, Nicholas is a relaxed young man with not much interest in changing fate, and Silva is a Cagalli-crazed Char clone (in looks anyway).

Now, I'd like to do this thing where I show you the information of the new mobile suits. But I think I'll show one in each chapter, as something to look forward too. Each mobile suit was carefully crafted (kind of) and balanced to make sure they weren't any stronger than the original suits.

So, I'll start with Tsuki's. I'll use the format I've seen in other fics.

Fearless Gundam
A prototype suit not seen before, even to the supposed manufacturers of the suit. The Fearless is a mobile suit that excels in all ranges. It is armed with a beam saber for close range, a rifle for long range, a bazooka for heavy duty firepower, and a special sort of hammer that works for any range. While it is proficient in all areas, it does not have a strength in any range, thus making a balanced suit. This suit is chosen by 'Tsuki Seiei' for use during ZAFT's attack in Heliopolis.

Model Number: GAT-X110
Unit Type: Prototype General-Purpose Mobile Suit
Height: 17.71 meters
Weight: 62.2 metric tons
Power Plant: Ultracompact Energy Battery
Equipment: Phase-Shift Armor
Appearance: Looks just like the Strike, but with Exia's chest armor.
Colors: The same as the Strike, with Exia's armor. Bue chest and shoulders with a red cup and shoes.
Armaments: Head-mounted 'Igelstellung' 75mm multi-barrel anti-air CIWS; shoulder-mounted 'Vajra' Beam Sabers, can be combined to form Beam Javelin; a waist-mounted high-energy Beam Rifle; a hip-mounted 'Mjolnir' Hammer; a Shield
Optional Armaments: Hyper Bazooka
User: Tsuki Seiei
Based On: RX-78-2 Gundam

Description: When I first thought of the Fearless, it was before I read the Dauntless fanfic. At first I wanted it to be a mini-version of the Freedom, but I thought that it would be too powered. I didn't want it to be too strong, I wanted balance. As I read Dauntless and since Exia's my favorite Gundam, then I thought of using seven swords. But then I thought it would copy Dauntless too much. By that time I was already watching the original Mobile Suit Gundam, and I liked the idea of the RX-78-2 Gundam. That's why the weapons of this suit are pretty much exactly the same. If I wanted balance, all I had to do was look to the beginning. But I kept the look of the Strike having Exia's armor, and that will be a key role in changing fate.

Anyways, I hoped you guys enjoyed the chapter. Now I ask that you leave a review!