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Rey Za Burrel had just told his fellow pilot, Shinn Asuka, the truth about him being a clone. Chairman Gilbert Durandal had just ordered the Requiem superweapon fired on the Alliance Lunar Base Arzachel, annihilating the city in it's entirety. The people aboard the legendary battleship Archangel were now meeting to discuss this matter.

"Miss Murrue!" Kira Yamato said as he, and his lifelong friend, Athrun Zala, entered the bridge, horrified at what they had just seen happen.

"Kira..." Murrue turned to the young adult.

"The... The Requiem!" Athrun Zala said.

"But... he said he would dismantle it!" Lacus Clyne protested.

"Lacus, you're talking about a man who made a fake copy of you and used her to brainwash the world into believing him, saying that Meer was the real Lacus. He lied there. He lied here. It's not surprising." Cagalli Yula Attha, the Chief Represenative of the ORB Union said as she looked onto the screen.

"We're in a predicament. Most of the Alliance's power to resist Chairman Durandal and his 'Destiny Plan' was wiped out with that last shot." Murrue warned.

"That weapon... is a monster. Depending on where the relay points are, they can fire anywhere they want, at any time they want, unless it's being recharged." Athrun Zala said.

"So... no one, is safe?" Kira asked as he tilted his head down. Lacus Clyne turned to face the Archangel's Captain.

"Contact the Eternal and have them link up with us as soon as possible." The pink haired popstar said.

"Inform the ORB fleet to gather around the Archangel. We are going to go and fight against Zaft. As Kira, said, no one is safe. We either fight, or submit. And I would rather die than have to live in Durandal's world." Cagalli ordered.

"Yes. We will do so." Murrue said as she turned to her crew and gave them a nod, telling them to do as ordered.

Zaft mobile assault space station Messiah:

"Contact all of our forces. Have them prepare for battle. After that last shot it's unlikely that certain group will accept our new and better world. They will come, and we will defeat them, and in doing so, we shall end war." PLANT Supreme Council Chairman, Gilbert Durandal ordered one of his subordinates as he sat in his chair in Messiah's control room.

"Yes sir. Right away sir." The man who Durandal was ordering said. The Chairman of Zaft leaned back in his chair and put his hands together, thinking.

'And now... the fate of the world, of humanity, will be decided. Will those who wish for a world without war, without conflict, without tragedy win? Or will those who constantly persist that we stay in the endless cycle of the past prove victorius and plunge our race into darkness? Now, that question will be answered, once and for all.' Durandal thought.

"There is no place to run. No where to hide." Kira said.

"It's sad. The reality is you either kill or be killed now." Cagalli added.

"I guess we just have to accept it then." Lacus lowered her head as she said that.

"Well there's no point crying over it, is there? We've made our choice, and they've made theres." Said Athrun Zala.

Onboard the Minerva:

Shinn Asuka and Lunamaria Hawke were walking down a hallway, talking.

"Sure, you're both FAITH members so I guess I do need to accept this and just take it, but... I didn't expect to be treated like that, Shinn." Lunamaria complained about something that happened earlier between her and Shinn.

"Yea, I'm really sorry. We were talking about the Chairman's speach and the Destiny Plan." Shinn replied.

"But that's what I wanted to talk about too!" Lunamaria said as a nearby door opened, Vino, one of the Minerva's mechanics running to them,

"Shinn!" The young red/brown haired boy said as he closed in on the Minerva's Ace. "Arzachel has been destroyed! It was that Requiem cannon!" He informed.

"What?" Shinn's jaw dropped as he heard this.

"Under whose orders?" Luna asked. Suddenly both red suits turned around as a fourth voice was heard.

"There was hostile activity detected in the area. I understand that's why they were fired upon." Rey Za Burrel said as he came up behind them.

"Activity?" Vino said.

"Our... forces...?" Luna tried to ask.

"It's like I said Shinn, it's the right then to do, but it's not going to be easy." Rey said as Shinn gasped a little. "The ends justify the means... but you know who will be coming after us... don't you?" Rey asked.

"Them..." Shinn clenched his fists.

"Yes, the Archangel." Rey said.

"They've interferred... for the last time! THE LAST TIME!" Shinn raged.

In a large hanger under the moon the great white vessel prepared to launch.

"Engines operating and stable. The conduits and the FCS are online. Power flow is stable. Magnetic field chamber and pellet dispenser are online and functioning. External impact dampener: Holding at twenty percent output. Main power contact. Archangel: All systems ready. Preparations for launch are complete." Neumann informed his Captain.

"Archangel, taking off!" Murrue ordered as the ship left the hanger bay, the rest of the ORB fleet gathering around it. Suddenly, something appeared on the radar.

"Ma'am. Detecting several Zaft and Earth Alliance ships heading for us. They're attempted to contact us." Mirallia said.

"What? Have they powered weapons?" Murrue asked.

"Negative."

"Put them through." Murrue ordered. Several of the Archangel's screens were filled with the faces of Captains of the battleships, both from the Alliance and Zaft.

"Captain Murrue Ramius of the Archangel. We are like you right now. We reject the Destiny Plan and we wish to fight alongside the Legendary Archangel and the ORB fleet as you take the fight to that bastard Durandal himself. Will you allow us to do so?" One of them asked.

"Yes. I thank you for your aid. We need all the help we can get. Your assistance is appreciated. Now, as you said, let's take the fight to Zaft! Maximum thrust! Course: Five zero!" The Archangel's Captain ordered as the fleet moved away from the lunar city they were at.

"We are going to destroy that ship this time, and all who follow it, once and for all!" Rey said to Shinn. "I promise you this right now."

"Rey..." Shinn said.

"This is the world you wanted Shinn. That was the world which ended your loved ones. Don't let them bring us back to that world! Let us defend our new one!" Rey said.

"Yes... let us defend our new world. And let anyone who opposes us feel our wrath!" Shinn clenched his fists.