Gundam Seed: The New Threat

by damon blade

two years after the Bloody Valentine war the Earth and the PLANT's have entered a peace with a third group know as the Peace Keeper Force stopping any attack that might start the war again, Kira was hoping to spend the rest of his life as an Officer in th

4. Chapter 4: Blue Cosmos

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed in any shape or form.

A/N: Hi again people I must say this fic is fun to write but alas there is no beta for this chapter like all of the others as my beta is over worked at the moment but don't worry once my other works have been done I'll repost this one with improved chapters.

Chapter 4: Blue Cosmos.

The next three weeks pasted quickly Kira coming back on duty after a two week honeymoon with Lacus down to Earth, Athrun and Cagalli returned to the PLANT's as did everyone else from there, Andy stayed with the Berserker having gotten orders that one of the two new suits going to be used by the Peace Keeper Force was going to be ready soon and they wanted a test pilot.

It was the day the Berserker would leave for the PLANT's to pick up the new suit called Twilight its brother suit Valour still going through its final building stage and wouldn't be ready for a few more weeks yet.

Lacus was walking onto the base in her normal dress she had on for traveling Haro bouncing along behind her as she walks into the office area only to meet Kira's secretary and no Kira, "Oh Mrs. Yamato, your husband told me to tell you he was down in the hanger helping with the final cheeks before the Freedom was sent over to the Berserker, he said that you can wait here or head down to meet him."

Lacus gives a nod of thanks and quickly moves over to the hanger and the elevator that lead down to the officers suits the Freedom standing a good head over the rest of the suits down there the wings where deployed a little as technicians and engineers moved up and down ladders and lefts checking the joins and other areas that needed doing before it was sent over to the Berserker.

Chief Kojiro Murdoch was at the foot of the Freedom looking at his clipboard his hair showing a little more grey then it did back in the war but otherwise he looked the same as he always did, "Hey Kid you done with the cheek on the new Dragoon beam gun system yet?" He called up not noticing Lacus walk up behind him.

Kira raised his chair up out of the co-pit and got up leaning over the edge of the suit and looks down at his friend and only engineer he would let near the power system and most other systems. "I just finished and all that is left it testing them." Kira quickly jumped onto the lowering rope and started down his royal purple uniform standing out amongst the orange and yellow overalls the technicians and engineers wore.

Lacus looked up at Kira as he came down and says cause Murdoch to jump a little as he hadn't heard her walk up behind him, "Kira we are going to be late as Andy wanted everyone going to the PLANT's to report on board the Berserker an hour before the equipment was to be bought in."

Kira jumped down the last few feet and landed with out a problem, walking over to Lacus he gives a smile at her and kisses her gently on the lips saying over his shoulder to Murdoch, "Get him ready to move to the Berserker, I'll go ahead and help with the last of the cheeks needing to be done over there."

The walk up to the car and the ride to the ship yard dock in the forward section of the colony was quick and had no trouble at all besides traffic. Andy was waiting for them at the airlock leading to the umbilical tunnel leading to the ship giving them both a nod of the head as they floated by Tori and Haro right behind them.

"Welcome aboard the Berserker, your rooms are just across from my own quarters and I have just been told that the Freedom is on the way here so if you would be so kind Kira as to go and meet it at the main hatch and help get it on board we'll be on our way not long afterwards." He calls out to them Kira nodding and parting ways with Lacus at the next junction.

Kira got to the pilots locker-room and quickly got on a space-suit that was close to the old one he had back in the war only it had the Peace Keepers symbol on the shoulder and was the doze white and royal purple for the shoulders. Going through the airlock protocol to get into the hanger Kira was quickly into the MS hanger and floating along side a few workers who were near the airlock, he kicked off and went state to the main hatch catching the top of it before shooting out into the harbour.

"Transport coming in all crew in the hanger prepare for in coming cargo and MS clear bay 6 for incoming suit." Martin DeCosta voice says coming over the speakers everyone moving quickly to get ready Kira just hanging from the top of the doors.

One of the technician's calls out intrusions seeing two training GINN's coming in between them was the Freedom Chief Murdoch could be seen seating in the pilots chair ever now and then hitting the thrusters to keep it on coarse.

Kojiro looked up at the Berserker one of many Aeries class warship the Peace Keeper Forces used, it was very close to the Nazca-Class high-speed destroyer in design, only it had two main engines one on both wings as well as another low powered engine in the middle, and it also had an extra two Gottfried's meaning it had two gun barrows on were they use to be only one gun barrow and also had Valiant installed on both the port and starboarded sides and three Igelstellung's on both wing sections each.

"I have to say when they build those ships they wanted a lot of firer power." Murdoch says looking over the ship looking to the hanger in time to see a single person kick off and head right for him. "That you kid?"

Kira landed next to Murdoch and gives him a little wave before slipping into the seat Murdoch moving out of the way as Kira quickly took control and moved the Freedom into passions the suit doing a quick 160-degree turn and started to move backwards into passions Murdoch only just hanging on when Kira did this.

"Who ever it is piloting the Freedom the hatch isn't as large as it is on the Eternal so keep your wings folded in close and halve your speed now." DeCosta's voice called out as the Freedom started to enter the MS hanger.

"Reading that bridge slowing down now and preparing to land with in the hanger in five, Kira out." Kira says doing as he said he would as the Freedom slowed right down and just drifted right through the hatch and into the back of the hanger and then over to the left and into the locking clamps that the technician's quickly locked down onto the Freedom holding it in place.

Kira pulled down the keyboard for the Freedom and quickly started typing looking over everything to make sure the techs didn't have to do anything to it in the short trip from the base to here, Murdoch looked down at Kira and shacks his head as he kicks off to shut the hatch as the Freedom was the last thing to come on board.

Andy arrived on the bridge a few minutes after DeCosta radioed in saying that the Freedom was on board and secured and also that everything was ready for take off and they just needed to undo the docking clamps and retacked the umbilical cables.

DeCosta hadn't changed much in the year he had been away from Earth only gaining a little height really, he was also a full caption now with in the Peace Keepers but he still followed Andy anywhere he went saying he was more welling to follow that mans orders over anyone else's.

"Take us out DeCosta she's your ship after all." Andy says seating back in a chair to one side of the Nazca stile bridge DeCosta nodding to his friend and commander from the captions chair.

"Signal the control room and request that all clamps and umbilical cables and hatches be unlocked and retracted securer all stations and make sure the main hanger bay hatch is secured." DeCosta called out the other people on the bridge quickly carrying out the order.

It was a few minutes before the sounds of the clamps and cables gave a hiss of relishing the Berserker the ship started to slowly move away from the dock, "Fire engines a single second busiest to help use clear the harbour and keep an eye on the other ships in dock make sure none of them move." DeCosta called out after feeling the ship move away.

Kira who was still in the hanger at this time looked up when he felt the engines fire for the single second, "Looks like we are moving out," He gave a shrugging of his shoulders and went back to typing only to stop at the reactor temperature "Chief Murdoch, the reactor needs to be looked at its getting a little hot for my liking." He called out kicking himself up to hang just above the co-pit.

Murdoch looked up from talking with a few other engineers and gave a wave to show he heard him and that he'll take care of it. Kira nodding to him before kicking off from the Freedom and moving down to the locker-room and quickly changed back to his uniform wanting to get back to his wife's side knowing that he could count on the chief to take care of everything now.

Getting to there quarters Kira was greeted by the sight of Lacus in the middle of putting on the outfit she had on when she was on the Eternal, "Now where do you think you're going Lacus my dear?" Kira says floating in and shutting the door and locking it as well.

Lacus looked up from pulling the shirt of her outfit on the jacket and shoes floating by as the ship started to move completely out of the harbour and set its course to the PLANT's, "I was planning on going to the bridge and enjoy the view unless of course you have something else in mind?" she says turning in such a way that her hair seemed to wrap itself around her upper body gently and in a lovers way.

Kira just smiled as he pushed himself towards Lacus pulling her close when he gets to her saying into her ear softly, "It's a few days trip Lacus I can think of something right now to do and then we can go star watching." Lacus gives a smile and starts to undo Kira's uniform giving a giggle when he starts to nibble on her ear.

Andy gave a sigh from the other side of the door when he heard the giggle and pushes off to his quarters across from theirs saying softly to himself, "Its going to be a long trip if they keep that up all the way."

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DeCosta looked over his shoulder two days later when one of the bridge doors opened and Andy came though stopping himself next to his friend with his left hand, "Shift change go get some sleep." Andy says bring his other hand up and giving Martin's shoulder a squeeze as the man floats by him

Andy watched as his friend left before getting himself comfortable in the captions chair looking around at the other crew members who were going off duty and there repayments coming on, Kira being the last person to come through the door right behind one of the CIC officer, "I see you managed to get yourself out of bed and away from the Pink haired Princesses." Andy says over his shoulder looking at Kira with his only eye.

"A gentleman never tells, and besides I have been out of there a few times in the last few days to enjoy the view with Lacus," Kira says looking down at Andy who raised an eyebrow at the comment, "How's it going up here anyway?"

"We are on course and everything appears to be fine no sighing of any ships other then the odd patrol ship for both ZAFT and our own." Andy says looking back to the front and the blackness of space. "Also Chief Murdoch says one of the cooling rods had started to heat a little more then normal and that was why the reactor was starting to heat up so much."

"Picking up an energy signature, cheeking it ageist those in the ship database library," The young woman in charge of the radar says from behind Kira and Andy, "Match found two 250-meter class warships of the Earth Forces coming right at use."

"No commutations on any frequencies, in fact there ship id codes aren't showing at all." The commutations officer says from next to Andy. "I have tried to contact them but they keep on bouncing my signal back to me."

Andy looked at Kira and gives a nod before says pushing a button on his chair his voice sounding over the whole ship Kira heading for the door and already on the way to the locker-room, "All hand level two battle stations all Mobile suit pilots to your units and get my CGUE ready I'll be sortieing as well."

"We've just been targeted by a laser sighting system and there weapons are powered up and targeting us, detecting Mobile suits… Seven Strike Daggers and six GINN's, cheeking the GINN's idea codes." The radar officer says as Andy got to his feet, "There the stolen suits from the PLANT's!" She says looking over her shoulder as Andy gives a nod and quickly starts his way down to the hanger Martin passing him as he goes by.

Kira was already down in the locker-room pulling on a flight suit over his uniform only pulling the jacket off for the uniform, He was about to head for the airlock to the hanger when Lacus come in and headed right for him his wedding ring on a silver chain coming up out from under his suit when he caught her.

"Kira, do you have to go out there and fight?" She says getting to him, Kira catching her and stopping her from floating right past him.

"I'm only going out to defend the ship Love, I promise I well come back you know I well." Kira says as a the four GINN pilots on board went by all of them saluting Kira as they go, "Besides Lacus me and Andy are the only ones out of those other pilots who has combat experience."

Lacus gives a nod and kisses Kira quickly before he pushes himself off from the locker next to him and into the air lock with the other pilots; giving her one last smile Kira started the sequins to open the hanger air lock.

Chief Murdoch looked over his shoulder as he lowers the visor to his helmet as red lights started to flash and the main bay doors opening soon the pilots all heading right for there suits, he was standing next to the co-pit chair of the Freedom and caught Kira's hand when he got even with him. "I've fixed that problem with the reactor kid but watch the temp just in case."

Kira nods and straps himself into before lowering the chair one of the GINN's already loaded up with the standard M68 Cattus 500mm recoilless rifle, one of the others had a M69 Barrus heavy ion cannon and the last two had MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machine gun all four had the standard MA-M3 heavy blade on there backs.

"Andy you better hurry the kids are already getting out side to play." Kira says into his helmet mica on the officer's frequency as he powers up all weapons on the Freedom including the new Beam Dragoon system.

Andy who was in the locker room putting on his orange tiger flight suit gave a snort at Kira's comment and picked his helmet up as he started to walk over to the hanger air lock looking over at Lacus in the corner of the locker-room waiting for the battle to be over holding Kira's discarded jacket close her.

"I'll make sure he comes back now go up to the bridge and help out there it'll help trust me." He says over his shoulder as the door hisses shut and the green light above it turns red.

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"Commander the Freedom is loaded onto the catapult and ready for lunching." The CIC officer says before giving the all clear to the lunching of the Freedom. DeCosta nodding as he watches the white trail of the Freedom's engines after its lunched the wings fully deploying not long after leaving the hanger.

"Arm all Gottfried and targe the enemy ship on the port side aim Valiant on the same ship, load all missile tubes with Sledgehammer missiles set targeting to the other ship and fire anti-beam depth charge set Igelstellung's to auto targeting, don't let a single missile or shot hit us." DeCosta says strapping himself into his chair all the other people on the bridge doing the same while also typing away quickly as all the weapons come on-line.

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Andy leaned back in his seat when the orange with black striped CGUE was lunched and the hanger doors closed behind him, "All GINN's form up on me we are going after the second warship, Freedom the suits are yours." He says moving off to the left the four GINN's right behind him.

Kira headed off in the other direction right at the group of Mobile Suits the Strike Daggers bring there shields up and starting to fire there beam rifles at the Freedom, Kira just having his suit dance between the shoots bring his shield up to block any shoots that he couldn't dodge in time.

"Time to test the Dragoon drones I think." Kira says to himself dodging anther shoot fired at him this time it was one of the GINN's that had managed to lope around and flank him. Kira how ever didn't pay him any mind as he quickly shoot state up when he sow the twin beams of light of a Gottfried cannon coming at him from his left side .

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"Fire Gottfried's." DeCosta yelled when twin beams of green energy shoot past the starboard side of the Berserker the whole ship shaking a little from the shock wave of the near miss. "Pitch angle down 30 degrees fire Valiant's after moving." He called over his shoulder to the gunnery officer behind him.

The man gives a nod to himself as he quickly types out and moves the guns to account for the new angle while also watching his screen for any missiles that might be coming in.

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Andy shoot a missile that had just been fired from the starboard ship before the GINN's with the heavy weapons quickly darting in and firing on the main gun on the deck before darting away from the now damaged warship, when two of the enemy GINN's come in there M8A3 76mm heavy assault machine guns firing as they come in full speed.

"I'll take these guys you four keep that ship from getting any closer to the Berserker." Andy says as his CGUE headed right form them the beam claw on the left arm coming on-line as he moves in.

The two GINN's seeing the command unit come right at them broke apart and started to fire from both sides, Andy quickly bring his gun around and started to fire on the right hand side one while using his shield like forearm to block the left.

Kira mean while was darting in and out of the remaining four GINN's and five Strike Daggers the other three already being disabled by him, all around him how ever was eight little gun turrets that darted all over the place ever now and then one would pause and fire a shoot the enemy suit only just getting out of the way.

"Hmm response time is a little slow." He says bring his MA-M20 Lupus beam rifle around and shoots the head off of one of the GINN's that had just dodged the shoot from the Dragoon beam another two quick shoots had both arms removed and the suit just floating in space.

Andy mean while quickly closed in on one of his opponents and sliced one of its arms and a leg off his gun coming up and firing a single shoot though the head before kicking off from the now adrift suit heading for the other one spearing a quick look to see how his team was doing with the enemy battle ship.

"Unit's two and three pull back your to close let the heavy guns take care of the ship you two just worry about any missiles they fire at us." He says when a missile nearly hit one of the GINN's one of the others shooting it down a moment later.

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DeCosta grabbed hold of the side of his chair when a beam shoot hit the port side of the ship luckily the anti-beam depth charges took most of the hit, "Fire Sledgehammers and bring us around ten degrees to port bring us to look right down there gun barrows and fire at well with all weapons." He says striating himself up in his chair.

Lacus looked up calmly after the ship stopped shaking from the lattes hit and says holding Kira's jacket close while she floated up slowly her hand going up slowly to stop herself from hitting her head on the roof, "We fought so hard in that war and even now we still have people who believe that we are the monsters when is it not they who attack civilians, is it not they who kill surrendering soldiers, so I have to wounder did what we fight for mean anything to them?"

She looks over to the screen that was showing what was going on out side and gives a sigh watching as the Freedom shoots the weapon out of a Strike Daggers hands before darting off to the its next target, "But then again are they not fighting for there own form of peace even knowing that they are branded traitors by there own people for it?"

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Kira looked around as he shoot out another weapon from a Dagger, taking a deep breath Kira quickly started to make he way towards the battle ship that the Berserker was facing off ageist the other one having come to a stop when one of its engines had been shoot out and the main gun destroyed by the GINN team.

Andy looked up from taking out the other GINN this one he had cut nearly in half but had cut it above the co-pit of the suit, he sow the eight Dragoon modules moving back to the wings of the Freedom and attaching themselves to them as the suit kept on heading right for the battle ship.

"GINN team protect the ship from the remaining mobile suits I'll go and cover the Freedom." Andy says moving off at his best speed which was nothing really compared to the Freedom to go give support to Kira.

Kira shot past one Dagger and one of the few remaining GINN's the Dragoon Drones deploying when he was nearly on top of the battle ship all eight turrets firing at once hitting the ship all along its port side at the same time the Berserker fired its Valiant's one of the two shots hitting the main gun on the enemy ship.

Andy come though not long after Kira had shot right past the ship his gun and beam claw cutting down the two suits that Kira had pasted, "Hey kid your getting slow, you left two more for me." Andy says moving along side the now still Freedom watching as the warship came to stop and fired surrender signals the few mobile suits how ever kept firing on the Berserker and the GINN team who were quickly taking care of them.

"What did we fight for in that war Andrew? What did my friends sacrifice there innocents and for both of use some there lives for." Kira's voice says with a slight sadness to it, "What did you loss your arm for? Did we make all of those sacrifices so Blue Cosmos could just come along not long after the peace talks start to declare that all Coordinator are the ones to start the war, to break away from the Earth Forces and start raiding everyone who isn't one of them? I sometimes wounder if it was all worth it."

Andy gave a sigh and leaned back in his seat watching as the last of the enemy Mobile suits were shoot down, "Anything we want to protect is worth fighting for, I asked myself was it worth living after Aisha was killed, and then DeCosta came to me and said they needed me to command again and that they wouldn't be staying with ZAFT to do it, I found something new to protect Kira and it was the same thing you were fighting for in the end… peace."

Kira looked out the side penile to see the orange and black stripped CGUE as its head moved to look right at him, "Maybe what Le Creuset said about humanity was true we are all just leading ourselves to our ultimate destruction and there is nothing we can do about it."

"Your luckily Lacus can't hear you as she would more then likely be yelling at you for listening to that man and I would have to agree with her, from what you have told me he was nothing more than a failed science experiment that wanted to take the rest of the world down with him." Andy says seating in his seat and moving his suit towards the Berserker, "Come on we've got a lot of work to do before we move on from here."

Kira watched as Andy's CGUE moved towards the Berserker two of the GINN team moving around to pull in the enemy mobile suits the other two standing guard over them to make sure they didn't try and do a kamikaze run on the ship. "Your right Andy, but then again I know all alone you were and just needed to hear it again." He says moving towards the ship.

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It took a full day for another Aeries class ship to arrive at the Berserkers passions to take in the survivors of the two Blue Cosmos ships and the fourteen mobile suits. Kira had gone state from the Freedom after docking to his quarters Lacus staying with him all the way. Andy had stayed in the hanger over seeing the repairs to any thing that needed it there before heading to his quarters himself.

It was close to midnight before Lacus come out of hers and Kira's quarters only to be greeted by Andy who was just floating across from there door. "Thought Kira would like to know that not a single person was killed by his hands so he doesn't need to add to that list in his head this day." He says turning away getting ready to head off to the bridge to relive DeCosta.

"I'll be sure to tell him when I get back from the mess hall," Lacus says looking down and giving a sigh as Kira had been waiting to hear if he was going to add another few names of people he had killed to the already long list. "If you could let Chief Murdoch know that he needs to look at the transmitter and receivers for the Dragoon system for me when you get to the bridge I would really appreciate it."

"I'll do that you just look after him." Andy says pausing half way down the hall looking over his shoulder at Lacus who was in her normal dress, "Lets hope he want have to fight for a little while now."

Lacus watched as Andy moved away and sighs heading the other way to the mess hall saying softly to herself thinking of her husband sleeping in there room, "I hoped that a long time ago and ever time it looks like it is going to come true something happens." She finishes saying getting to the mess hall and heading into the kitchen to start on dinner for herself and Kira.