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A/N: It's time for an action packed chapter. I'll be also stripping any original elements (i.e.: Mobile weapons, spacecraft, human enhancements, technology and factions) from the story so far and transferring them to their own page, this data will be featured at the end of the fiction and contain details of the concepts that I created, however, some of what I have already posted may be subject to change. Although I do enjoy seeing people favourite VSD, I would like to hear some feedback, creative critiques or even some reviews from you the readers. Reading how much you liked it brightens my day and really gives me motivation; in addition, your critiques give me something to ponder about on how to improve it.
Sincerely, D-I
Vandread SEED Destiny – Phase 04: Beginning of the End
As the gravity of the Earth began to pull the remnants of the colony PLANT known as Junius Seven, ZAFT was still fighting the terrorists even as the colony began to burn red hot from the friction from entering the earth's atmosphere. "Have you forgotten the innocent lives thrown away here? You're living in a damn dream world laughing with the butchers who caused this, you bastards! The cowardly successors of Clyne have deceived us; they have corrupted and weakened ZAFT. Can't you see that? Patrick Zala knew it all along; the only true path for Coordinators was the one that he had chosen for us." These words resonated deeply within Athrun's psyche and would be the signal that would shape the events that soon followed
As the debris burned through the atmosphere a news broadcast went to all of the world's nations, informing them of the impending impact of Junius Seven and to seek out shelter or reach higher ground to avoid being swept away from tsunamis "It is very difficult to predict the impact points of Junius Seven's fragments and there is a possibility that all of the Earth will suffer from it. A great amount of destruction is anticipated at the impact points and their surroundings. All citizens -" A dark haired middle aged man turned off their jeep's radio and cast a discerning gaze down at the supposedly abandoned Woomera Prohibited Area "Looks like they're using the confusion of the Junius Seven drop to mask their approach. Pity for them that we called it in though, right?" The man pointed to the two-way radio that they had been using to contact the ZAFT forces back at the Carpentaria Base
Kazuki just stared up at the morning sky as faint trails of light streaked through the heavens "..."
Matthew Jameson let out a sigh of relief and began to pack the communications pack away into the back of the jeep "Well we should head back to Carpentaria. I for one would like to have a decent shower, meal and better company. If you know what I mean." The dark-haired man chuckled to himself, after having spent almost a month with the silent and stoic youth he was ready to get some down time with someone of the fairer sex.
"War is inevitable now." He said to himself with absolute certainty, as the explosive sound of the shockwave from Junius Seven's fall travelled around the world and like a massive war drum, signalled the beginning of the nightmares that were to come.
Opening - Ignited by T.M. Revolution
In a lavishly decorated cabin, red curtains slid open and revealed a false window that showed an image of a blue sky, rolling green plains and an audio recording of chirping birds, in her four, posted king sized bed Magno turned restlessly trying to ignore the chirping and sleep in, however, the sound of the birds was soon replaced by the sound of blaring claxons. "Oh no...What's the matter now?" the captain of the Mejeran Pirates groaned as she woke from her slumber.
On the men's side of the Nirvana inside of the converted Vanguard hangar, Parfet sat atop of Dita's Dread and scanned the internal components of the fighter "Oh wow! It's made an amazing metamorphosis. You can enter the atmosphere without reconfiguring at all. Wow! Paksis just never ceases to amaze me. It's incredible," the bespectacled girl said excitedly, holding the scanning device up close and completely unaware of the internal alarms.
"Excuse me, isn't something beeping?" Parfet's assistant called out to her superior from below.
As the alarms continued to blare throughout the ship, two female crew members ran towards their assigned posts in case of emergencies and were running past Meia's room when the door hissed open "What seems to be the matter?" the Dread commander asked wondering if the ship was about to come under attack.
"Apparently, they've detected some kind of crack in a part of the ship." The girls stopped and reported the situation to Meia in a hurry
The light blue haired young woman looked at the two crewmembers quizzically "What do you mean?" she wondered what exactly they meant by a crack in the ship.
On the bridge of the Nirvana a blonde haired young girl watched as sections of the ship's schematics began to flash red on her console, not wasting any time on allowing the situation to get any worse Celtic began directing emergency crews to the problem from her station "There's trouble in area thirty-six, damage control please report sector status immediately." She ordered over the internal communications system of the battleship.
The men's quarters were completely flooded with over two hundred millimetres of water. "It's so cool! What a wonderful flood! I check it on camera! Check it all out!" Paiway shouted as she took photos while sitting in a small yellow rubber dinghy.
Like Duelo and Bart, Hibiki was forced to seek refuge on from the rising waters on his bed however Paiway wasn't making it any easier for him by reminding him of what was happening "Brat." He said leaning forward, causing him to lose his balance and fall into the water "What the hell is going on?" the Taraak youth groaned.
Across the room in the adjacent cell, Bart in his blue pyjamas and nightcap was frantically trying to retrieve his favourite pillow with a broom handle "Not my pillow! How am I supposed to get to sleep now?" he whined trying to get his pillow from the water without getting wet himself, however his efforts went in vain after he reached out too far and fell off his bed and into the swimming pool which had been the men's sleeping quarters not too long ago.
Not wasting her chance to see one of the men looking ridiculous and in a humiliating position, Paiway raised her camera and grinned cheekily as she eyed Bart who was still under the water "And…I gotcha!" and much to the helmsman's contempt, she took a photo of him. "Look it's a fishy!" she quipped while articulating the 'mouth' of her frog backpack
Sitting on his bed that was opposite Bart's, Duelo was reading one of the many books that he had saved. "Well don't forget it's bad for human to chill the bottom half of their bodies." The Taraak doctor reminded the young Mejeran nurse, however, it was at that time that one of the pipes decided to burst and rained water on top of the doctor and Paiway couldn't help but laugh in response until she too fell victim to the pipe above her.
After changing and getting a brief description of what was happening on her ship, the captain descended from her ready room and down to the bridge to get a more recent update. "So how is it?" Magno asked Ezra
She turned to look at the captain "Well it looks as though things are just about under control now, except that the men's quarters are totally flooded." Ezra reported glancing back at her console.
After hearing Ezra's statement Pyoro, a short Navi robot that was designed during the Pioneer Era, came walking across the bridge dragging a small rubber raft with Khalua in it. "FLOOD! I am not going to let her drown! I won't let anything to Pyoro-2! That's it we're evacuating right now!" it ranted on while over exaggerating about what was really happening.
"Cut it out Pyoro! Don't treat Khalua like some kind of toy!" Ezra was worried how the small robot was handling her baby who was seemingly enjoying herself.
Pyoro eyes narrowed and frowned at the name that Ezra had decided to give to the baby. "She's Pyoro-2," it reminded the mother of the baby, attempting to get its own way.
Back down in the men's quarters, Buzam surveyed the damage that the leaks had caused and to her it didn't look too good. "We're not going to be able to use this anytime soon." She sighed wondering how such a disaster could happen aboard their ship.
In the medical bay, the men from Taraak had gathered together after being flooded out of their rooms and waited for Paiway to arrive so they could get started on the repairs to the ruptured pipes. "Ah! There you are, you need a place to sleep. Why don't you come over to my room?" Misty entered the room and offered Hibiki a towel and a place to rest in an attempt to get closer to the young man
Thinking that Misty's offer was an open invitation, Bart grasped the hand towel with a gracious expression on his face "Oh … thanks! That had me worried for a minute; I was wondering how I was going to get to sleep with out my favourite pillow" he said, relieved that he'd have somewhere comfortable to sleep after losing his pillow to the flood.
"I didn't mean you! Here take this." The blue haired girl snatched the towel away from the helmsman and offered it to Hibiki once more.
A tick appeared on Hibiki's head as Misty's constant attention towards him was starting to get on his nerves. "I keep telling you not to mess with me all the time! So leave me alone! That's enough I refuse to let things like this, give people an excuse to go around pitying me! A warrior may not eat but he can hold out!" he stood up defiantly and stormed out of the medical bay to get some space between himself and the new girl from Pluto.
"More like a spoiled brat," Duelo stated bluntly, noting the younger Taraak male's childish attempt to act like a man.
After Hibiki had left and seeing Misty's disappointed expression, Bart took the opportunity to see if Misty was willing to give him a place to sleep until the men's quarters were once again available "In that case I'll take his place." he said confidently, hoping that he wouldn't be turned down.
"I'm saying I have no interest in you, light-bulb head." The girl snapped at Bart's audacity at trying to invite himself into a girl's room without permission, let alone someone who didn't have any romantic or sympathetic feelings towards him.
The navigator faulted at the insult "Light-bulb head?" he looked at the ground in despair and began wondering if he really looked like a light-bulb or worse.
Not wanting to be left behind Misty got to her feet and ran out of the door just as Parfet approached the medical bay "Ohhh...yoo-hoo wait for me Hibiki!" she called out running after Hibiki.
Although narrowly avoiding a collision with the new girl on the ship, Parfet couldn't help but smile at her lively attitude. "Cheerful as always I see." The bespectacled girl said as she watched Misty run towards Hibiki's direction, entering the room Parfet then turned her onto the doctor and completely ignoring the navigator.
"Oh! I'm sorry for troubling you." The doctor apologised to the ship's engineer for calling her to help repair the pipes in the men's quarters.
Parfet on the other hand, wouldn't hear it, it was her duty as the ship's chief engineer to see that everything ran smoothly and she didn't want the doctor to feel as if he was imposing his will upon her. "Hey, that's my line. Just a second and I'll fix you right up, until then would you want to come over to my room?" she asked offering the doctor a place to sleep while the repairs were taking place.
"No, but I appreciate the sentiment, though. I'm much more comfortable here." Duelo replied just after the medical dummy behind him fell and rested its head on his shoulder; although a proper place to rest would be preferable the doctor didn't want to be a burden on her.
However, his response wasn't at all to Parfet's liking and she wondered why Duelo would refuse her offer to come to her room "Oh... I see... whatever you say." She reluctantly accepted his decision to stay in the medical bay.
Bart seeing the underlying relationship huffed at how he was the only one that wasn't making any progress in the romance department. "Each and every one of them" he pouted.
Terrorist Base; Oceania Union – South Australia
With their part of the contract finished the party sent to Earth to spy on the Zala supporters, Matthew Jameson had begun to pack up the equipment however his Coordinator comrade just remained silent while he glared at the base that they had been watching for the almost a month now, this attitude and lack of cooperation began to frustrate the black haired Natural who had finished packing up the communications equipment. "Hey, Kazuki! It's time we got going." Matthew called placing the container that held the communications equipment on the back seat of the ZAFT jeep.
As memories of what had happened at Panama to the Naturals that had surrendered flooded back from the recesses of his mind, he knew all too well what these rogue soldiers were capable of and how far they would go to see it through and knowing all this while sitting on the sidelines and doing nothing just didn't suit him. "Their path takes them through a town." Kazuki frowned looking at the horizon and marched over to the back of the Ereka
The other lieutenant watched as the coordinator moved the boxes to the floor of the jeep and lift up the back seat to reveal a large, black aluminium gun case that had been resting next to a slender gun case with chrome finish. "What are you talking about? Wait! Don't tell me you're actually thinking of going after them?" He basically shouted as the coordinator eased his arms through a black ballistic vest and sheathed a tanto-styled combat knife on the shoulder cover, he then took out two pistols from the protective foam and shoved them at the back of his jeans, near the small of his back, lastly he slung a submachine gun over his left shoulder and began storing the ammunition in the various pockets of his body armour. Watching the preparation and the uncharacteristically insubordinate attitude of the coordinator, Matthew couldn't help but let out an exhausted sigh. "Kazuki our contract states that we are to fall back to Carpentaria once they start moving, this doesn't concern us anymore and when did you have time to get a ballistic vest?" He stated matter-of-factly and wondered why his companion brought a vest with them if they were going to do just a recon mission however the playboy had already guessed that Kazuki had planned to get involved from the start.
Walking back to the edge of the road he looked towards the route that the main force had taken and then back to the hangars where the Mobile Suits were stored. "They're heading North East. A town lies directly in their path, they'll kill the people," the brunette adolescent thought back to when they were analysing the nation's map for possible holdouts from when they started the mission.
"You don't know that." Matthew Jameson replied with scepticism evident in his voice, still trying to be a voice of reason for the Coordinator but he ultimately knew that what ever he said now was an effort in futility and was hoping that the ZAFT military had evacuated the town before they began their operations against the terrorists.
Kazuki glanced back over his shoulder at the other Lieutenant with an emotionless expression on his face, both of them knew what these people stood for and it bothered him that Jameson was questioning that fact. "They still support Patrick Zala's genocidal ideals" he stated the obvious to Matthew and cocked the barrel of the submachine gun.
"This is crazy." The dark haired Natural groaned and brought his hand to his forehead, if he were to let Kazuki go and attack the base and get himself killed, he'd have a hard time explaining how it had happened and why he had allowed it to happen in the first place.
"Then don't come." the brunette coordinator replied simply making his way towards the converted military base across the desert landscape, fully prepared to throw away his life against seemingly impossible odds.
Not wanting to be left out, Matthew opened the chromed finished slender gun case and brought out a semi-automatic sniper rifle with a telescopic sight. "I just wanted to know when do we get started." he walked up to his comrade and placed a hand on Kazuki's shoulder to get his attention, to say the least, the coordinator was genuinely stunned by what he saw. "I don't want you to have all the fun" He let an arrogant smirk creep onto his features while he loaded his weapon of choice. As the sun baked the harsh Australian desert and laying beneath a tan coloured blanket, Matthew Jameson lined up his crosshairs over his target and even though he agreed to help out, he couldn't help but wearily shake his head at the plan that they were about to carry out... "You know this is the most fucked up, crazy arsed plan that I've been apart of. Are you sure that you want to do to this?" He sounded unsure whether their two-man assault on the base would work.
Ignoring his comrade's complaints about the plan, Kazuki opened the small container of capsule tablets and tipped one of the oval shaped black-red capsules in his mouth and gulped as it travelled through his body. "Just take the shot." The coordinator said apathetically as he stared at his target from the driver's seat of the jeep. The plan was simple enough and pretty straight forward, Matthew Jameson would take out the guards at the front gate to delay the base from being put on alert and Kazuki with the jeep would damage a fuel line and crash the Ereka into the fuel depot to start a fire, the resulting explosion would create havoc on the base and the defending forces would attempt to handle situation and in the process become easy targets, in addition the thick smoke from the fire would create enough cover for him so that the base's mobile suits would have a difficult time separating him from the base personnel.
"Right, right. Don't rush me or I might let you do all the work" He let out an exhaustive sigh and lined the sights of his rifle over the guard at the front gate, after compensating for wind resistance and drift; Matthew squeezed the trigger and the rifle kicked back with a sharp jolt as it released a round into the skull of the guard who fell to his knees and hit the and left a large crimson red stain on the pavement.
The thunderous echo from the sniper rifle was the signal to start the operation. Hearing the shot from a nearby motor pool a group of supporters of Patrick Zala's ideals came running outside wondering where the sound had come from "What the hell was that?" Their question was answered when a green jeep burst through the front gate. "We're under attack! Raise the alarm!" One of the rogue soldiers cried out and ran towards the armoury to obtain a weapon to repel the sudden attack. The next few moments were a complete blur as everything was so far going according to plan for the mercenaries, however, the more difficult part of the personal mission had just begun, after breaching the gate the next step was to somehow damage the reinforced-steel storage tank and ignite the volatile chemicals inside.
After driving past the storage tanks, Kazuki saw the answer to his dilemma in the form of the fuel tap and aimed the vehicle he was driving at it in an attempt to weaken the structure enough for the heat to increase the temperatures inside to ignite the stored fuel. As the distance between the vehicle and the tap the forces at the base had armed themselves with assault rifles and took aim at the Ereka jeep, out of the corner of his eye Kazuki watched as one of the men stepped forward glaring at him hatefully and could guess what was going to happen. "Open fire!" The rogue soldier shouted at the top of his lungs and a hail of live ammunition showered the side of the vehicle, however as the first rounds hit the jeep the teenaged soldier had ditched his ride and rolled safely away as the vehicle continued along its path, leaving a path of fuel behind it. "Get up and drop your weapons." The leader of the small force demanded as his troops pointed their weapons at the brunette coordinator. On the ridge, looking through his scope Matthew couldn't help but feel uneasy about how the situation had turned out, even though he could only see a rank of soldiers lined up he knew that it was bad however he also knew that Kazuki could always determine the flow of battle and undermine it to his advantage. Complying with the Patrick Zala supporter's request, Kazuki stood to his feet holding a flash-bang and dropped it behind his back; the soldier was quick to react however and took a few steps back as it rolled across the ground "I warned you!" He shouted raising his weapon to take aim at the infiltrator but he was blinded by the flash from the grenade which ignited the trail of fuel on the ground and flames shot into the air, that was the signal that Matthew was promised and began firing rounds into the compound hitting the soldiers that had threatened his comrade in the head, each one falling to the ground with sickening thud and spilling crimson red blood across the crack pavement. "Shit! A sniper!" the commanding officer shouted diving for cover from the bullets that were flying through the air.
"Where'd the shots come from?" One of the rogue soldiers asked his superior as thick black smoke billowed into the heavens and flames licked the sky and standing amongst the chaos like a demon thirsty for blood Kazuki Uraki withdrew his pistols from behind his back and turned off the safeties on his dual P8 USP pistols and immediately disposed of one of the soldiers who had come out of his cover only to receive a shot to throat, gargling as he fell to his knees as blood leaked from the wound.
"Looks like the shots came from the ridge, send a team around to take out that sniper." the commanding officer of the base's security looked at the splatter pattern on the concrete to determine the firing angle and the location of the sniper. "Otherwise we'll never be able to get near that bastard." he watched as Kazuki began running across the pavement narrowly avoiding being riddled with gunfire until he was close enough to plunge his tantō style combat knife into the chest of one of his attackers and let off a succession of shots into the abdomen of another before the guard was about to strike him with the butt of his rifle. After seeing how well the intruder was fighting and how few scratches he had, the base commander had no doubts what they were facing was a coordinator but not like any other.
Back on the ridge after seeing movement near the main gate, Matthew wasn't at all that surprised that someone had figured out where he was perched and knew that he would have to move sooner or later "Well looks like it is time for me to move." he said casting one last glance at the base that had turned into a battlefield in only a short space of time.
Nirvana; L 1 – Yggdrasil Debris Field
Back aboard the Nirvana, Jura had demanded that a camera should be set up to monitor how Misty interacted with Hibiki, after hearing how this new girl was able to instantly get on his good side and stole Dita's thunder. "Amarone how is it?" Jura asked impatiently, wanting to know if everything had been set up yet.
"Here it comes." the dark-skinned Mejeran replied almost excitedly after the footage from the security camera in the converted Vanguard hangar began to appear in a window on the monitor of her personal laptop. "Wow! Let me see!" Two other crewmembers nearby joined Amarone at the table she was sitting at and looked at the screen.
Looking over the dark-skinned young woman's shoulder "Oh wow! He looks completely enamoured." Jura said as her expression turned to one of concern as Misty seemed to be a complete natural when it came to dealing with men and literally had him eating out of her hand, at this rate Dita wouldn't stand a chance against the new girl.
"Hey! Let's not watch this" Dita looked on at the group at the table nervously, for some reason, it was hard for her to hear how Misty was taking all of Hibiki's time and attention.
Jura didn't like where this was going, Dita was giving up before even trying and it would ruin her chance of seeing if a Mejeran Woman and a Taraak Man could get together. "You're kidding? As far as I can tell Misty seems to know everything there is about men." The blonde haired woman argued placing a hand on her hip. "I think it's great and I want to hear what they're talking about, don't you?" she said sternly, knowing that Dita would almost immediately back down.
"But it's..." the red haired girl protested hesitantly at spying on Misty and Hibiki.
Jura couldn't believe that Dita couldn't see the larger picture. "Oh come on, it's okay. Look right there she just touched his hand." She said excitedly after seeing Misty making such a bold move that no Mejeran would consider doing.
"What is this guy? He's like an animal." One of the Mejeran women who were commented on how much Hibiki was eating and on his eating habits "They are sure having a good time." Another added. Even though Hibiki looked like an animal while eating, Misty seemed to enjoy watching the Tarak male gorging himself on the food before him.
Down in the converted hangar on the men's side of the ship, Hibiki sat cross-legged on a blanket as he scoffed a bowl of food that the recent addition to the crew had made for him "This is delicious! What's it called?" he asked with a mouth full of food as he continued to finish the bowl.
"It's paella. They say that there are as many flavours as there are couples." The girl sitting next to Hibiki replied cheerfully with a slight blush on her face, already thinking that they were an 'item' of sorts.
Hibiki, however, being totally focused on the food in front of him didn't hear the last part of what Misty had said "What was that?" he said dumbly as he picked the last few grains from the bowl.
"It's a time consuming and subtle dish you make, especially for your boyfriend," Misty added.
Hibiki more interested in the food and dismissed what she said and wiped his mouth with the sleeve of his shirt. "mmm...yeah whatever, this is great! Gimme more!" the Taraak male eagerly handed the crimson-eyed girl the bowl he had been eating from.
Back in the mess hall, a sizeable group had formed around Amarone and Jura, all having taken an interest in how fast Misty had gotten close to Hibiki "Boy! Hibiki you eat so much!" Misty said cheerily as she gladly refilled the bowl for the Taraak male.
"Boyfriend?" This one word that was mentioned in the conversation between Hibiki and Misty had left the crew who were watching baffled and confused "What's that?" Jura and Amarone said in unison while looking at each other, expecting that one of them should know what the new girl had meant by the term.
Terrorist Base; Oceania Union – South Australia
As the sun blazed in the midday sky and a small battle raged within the confines of the terrorist base, a pair of the Zala supporters had reached the position where the shots had been fired from however instead of finding their sniper all they found was a rifle and a few empty clips laying on the small hill that overlooked the base. Seeing only the weapon and the spent rounds scattered on the ground had left the scouts suspicious of their surroundings and begun investigating the area carefully, however, the overcautiousness would be their own undoing for allowing the obvious going unnoticed. "Wha-?" one of the members of the search team cried out as the sand beneath him shifted and Matthew grabbed the surprised soldier around the leg and brought him to the ground and drove his knife through the neck of the man he had tripped before grabbing his sniper rifle and unloaded the clip into the abdomen of the second. "Can't believe you fell for the oldest trick in the book." the dark haired playboy said with a sigh and turned his attention to the base where the battle had seemingly moved to the interior of one of the buildings. "Well, I hope he doesn't need my help anytime soon however it looks like he won't be needing it anyway, regardless his progress will make the boss will be happy." Matthew breathed heavily and waited lazily for the battle to come to a close.
In a bid to turn the tide of the battle to their favour the remaining base personnel had taken refuge inside the nearest office where they could catch him in a crossfire while taking cover in an office, anything to give them an edge however they had to gain the upper hand and fast otherwise the gradually decreasing morale would cost them the fight. Kazuki, on the other hand, didn't care what his enemies did, he didn't even care about the injuries he had sustained or the fatigue, at the moment all he cared about was the battle and killing every last person between him and his goal. It was during these moments that had scared Hilde and to an extent Captain Theodore that the drug would eventually wipe out his humanity and leave him in a berserker like state or worse continue a fight that may very well end up killing him, however no one could deny the benefits of having Kazuki in this mode and how that it not only gave them an edge in combat but also served as an effective tool in psychological warfare as his almost emotionless features and glazed eyes, sowed the seeds of fear and doubt amongst the ranks of the enemy. "Take this!" A frightened soldier shouted coming out from his cover in a nearby room and threw a fragmentation grenade at the brown haired coordinator who was walking down the hallway with the same blank, uncaring expression however the soldier had thrown the grenade too soon and Kazuki was able to kick the explosive off the frame of the door and into room that the rogue soldier was hiding in. "GYAAAH!" Debris and a painful howl came from the room after the grenade had exploded
"What the hell is this guy?" One of the soldiers-turned-terrorist panicked after seeing Kazuki effortlessly dispose of another comrade and continued down the hall to their position. "It's almost like he's a demon." the bad slid down behind the overturned desk he was using as his defensive position and had a look of disbelief clearly etched on his face, knowing that even if they blew off a limb this invader would still come after them.
The base commander, however, didn't need to be reminded of the ridiculous situation they were in and how absurd it was to be defeated by one man and a coordinator at that. The commander wanted to know was why they were being attacked by a coordinator who didn't even look like they were a part of any regular military but at this point in time that didn't matter anymore, what did matter was that they had survived up to this point. Gritting his teeth in anger and frustration, the base commander slammed the last remaining magazine he had into his FN SCAR assault rifle "Shut up and kill that bastard!" he growled to his subordinate and grabbed him by the collar "Do whatever it takes to finish him!" he spat and both rose from behind their cover only to find the hall empty save for a small cylinder rolling into the office and was followed by a blinding flash that filled the entire room.
Nirvana; L 1 – Yggdrasil Debris Field
In the mess hall aboard the Nirvana, a crowd had once again grown around Amarone and everyone had become enthralled by what was happening down in the converted Vanguard hangar however what started out as a fact-finding investigation had quickly turned into entertainment. "She fed him with a spoon! Did you see it?" one of the Mejeran females in the group said in shocked disbelief.
"Well she certainly is something, I'll give her that." Jura was honestly impressed with how well Misty was going. Unlike Dita who would usually meet some sort of resistance from Hibiki, Misty wasn't meeting any which was more progressed than any of the Mejeran's on the ship had made.
Amarone couldn't help but agree with the blonde haired woman's sentiments "Yeah and didn't she also come from a planet where men and women actually live together?" the dark-skinned eighteen-year-old woman remembered. "I'd say even a hundred and fifty Mejerans wouldn't have a chance against that one," she said in a defeated tone because Misty was born on a planet where men and women cohabitated she knew how to act around men and also knew the tricks on how to get closer to them.
However for the red haired girl the situation was becoming unbearable to tolerate and was weighing heavily on her heart, causing a rush of confusing and painful emotions to overwhelm her, something which she had never experienced in her life before. "Dita." Meia barely missed being knocked over the room as the girl in question ran out of the room, practically on the verge of tears.
Back in the hangar, Hibiki was just finishing the last of the food that Misty had brought with her however the crimson-eyed girl had not finished spending time with the Taraak male. "You know in my room not I have some wonderful desserts and not only are they a whole tastier but they're really sweet too." she tempted Hibiki with a bashful look on her face and a slight shade of pink on her cheeks.
"Did you say dessert?" Hibiki's face lit up at the mention of more being able to eat more food, especially considering that food happened to be sugary treats.
After clearing the hangar of the plates, bowls and other dishes Hibiki began to follow Misty down the hall and towards her room, everything was so far going according to plan for the girl from Pluto until they ran into Dita, who had been waiting for them and deciding whether or not she was doing the right thing. "Hibiki's going to come over to my room now, I thought we'd spend some quality time a lone together. Let's go Hibiki."
Misty smirked and said proudly as if she had already won the battle and continued walking towards her room with the now hesitant Taraak male close behind her. "Ah...sure." Hibiki replied dumbly unsure whether to follow Misty after seeing the depressed look in Dita's eyes
"Well Dita what are you going to do now?" One of the Mejeran women in the group who was watching over Amarone's shoulder was eager to see what Dita was going to do next.
Dita unconsciously played with a small alien toy that had a soft body but a head made of porcelain "Um...Mister Alien...um...well...um" she began nervously.
Hibiki stopped in his tracks after hearing the red haired girl's nickname for him. "What do you want?" the dark spiked haired youth replied with a mix of both irritation and concern.
The blue haired girl wrapped her arms around the Taraak male's left arm "Hibiki come on!" Misty urged the Taraak youth to finish the conversation and continue following her to her room.
Not wanting Hibiki to leave just yet, Dita summoned up all the courage that she had left and pressed her own 'attack' in an effort to stop Misty from stealing Hibiki away "Well...I...um...I didn't want you to be bored so I thought you'd might, like this." She offered out the toy in her hands.
"This is no good," Jura said, frustrated that Dita had made a childish move.
"That's not going to help. You can't fill a stomach with toys." The bob-cut brunette in the group surrounding the computer in the mess hall agreed with what Jura had said.
Misty, however, didn't take too kindly to Dita's interference and slapped the doll out of her hands, unfortunately, the crimson-eyed girl didn't know that the small alien doll's head was so fragile and couldn't help but be startled after it shattered against the ground. "Well I'm sorry but men don't really go for things like that and I don't want you getting in our way." Misty apologised but didn't want Dita to get the idea that they were friends.
"What's her problem?" Celtic who was watching what was happening from the bridge fumed at Misty's arrogant attitude.
Feeling that she had finally put Dita in her place, Misty had turned to the Taraak youth and grabbed him by the arm again. "Well, shall we go Hibiki? Come on!" Hibiki, however, was still startled by what had happened and felt that he should do something to cheer Dita up however he was snapped out of his train of thought when Misty urged him to follow.
The red haired girl steeled herself and grabbed Hibiki's other arm to stop him from leaving with another girl. "No! I don't want you to go!" She refused to give up this time.
"Hurry!" Both Misty and Dita began to pull harder, neither one wanted the other to take Hibiki. "You can't!"
The Taraak male who was in the centre of the argument felt as if his arms were about to tear off at any second and couldn't bear the pain anymore "Idiots! Stop it! OWWW!" he cried out and both girls realised what they were doing but they had both let go of Hibiki so fast that he had lost his footing and hit his head against the wall in the corridor. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THE BOTH OF YOU! Let's get one thing straight! I'm not a toy!" stormed off back to his quarters to see how the repairs to the pipes were progressing.
"You always get in my way!" Misty was infuriated that Dita had ruined her time alone with Hibiki and walked back to her room on her own.
In the mess hall, the Mejeran women who had been watching the fight over Hibiki and had been disappointed at Dita's performance and began wondering if the red haired girl was unable to get the young Taraak male's attention, what chance would any of them have of doing the same, "Misty is definitely in the lead." the Mejeran with the bob-cut stated unenthusiastically.
"Dita's always weak right when it really counts,"Amarone complained, for as long as the Mejeran pirates had known Dita they all knew that she wasn't aggressive enough when it came to certain things. Although her kindness wasn't a bad thing, it wasn't necessarily a good thing either and it was because of this that Misty was making more progress than Hibiki. However as the group discussed the situation between Hibiki, Misty and Dita, Meia who had been listening in from afar couldn't help but feel somewhat concerned and knew that if something wasn't done right away the entire formation would break down because of low morale, just like before when Hibiki had said that he wanted nothing to do with Dita and the girl in question began distancing herself from the Taraak youth.
After seeking refuge in her room, Dita locked the door behind and fell to the floor with tears starting to fell from her eyes and onto her hands as she cradled the broken alien doll in them. "Why? Why are? Why do so many tears keep coming out?" the feelings she was experiencing now were confusing to her, never before had she felt like this.
Terrorist Base; Oceania Union – South Australia
The last soldier had fallen and the only person who was left was the base commander, now he was being held in place against the wall and gasping for air. "Ack!" he felt pressure against his neck from Kazuki's arm "Why? Why are you doing this? We're a like we're both Coordinators, you should be helping us to get rid of the Naturals for their arrogance and for what they've done." the middle-aged rogue soldier said as he struggled for air and unable to believe that his base had been overrun by just one coordinator.
At first, Kazuki was tempted to break the man's neck however he didn't give into it and kept his arm against the base commander's throat until he had gone limp and loss consciousness. "We're nothing alike," he said almost inaudibly. Kazuki stared at the unconscious terrorist, still torn between executing the man or allowing to live but then came to the conclusion that it would be a too merciful to let the rogue soldier to die, however, allowing him to live would be a more fitting punishment for he would dream of what had happened at the base and see the faces of his comrades looking at him in the mirror with cold dead eyes. Some may see it as a weakness but what Kazuki had done was a fate worse than death.
It was moments later that Jameson had entered arrived on the base and Kazuki had tied the base commander up to a lamppost outside of the office building. "We cleaned them up pretty nicely don't you think? Are you alright man?" He asked after seeing the torn clothes, scratches and the blood trickling off of Kazuki's arm and onto the pavement, he also noticed that the coordinator looked slightly dehydrated and was surprised that he could stand in the state he was in.
Kazuki brushed past the dark haired natural and headed towards the hangars that held the remaining mobile suits that were being kept back in reserve. "I'm fine. We need to catch up with them." the brunette acted if nothing was wrong however at the moment he was more-or-less using his own will power to continue on.
Matthew hurried over to his fellow mercenary and began walking by his side. "Hey! Wait a second will ya? I don't know what's going on and I know Coordinators are tough, but right now you look like shit and about to collapse any minute now." He reasoned in an attempt to persuade Kazuki from doing something potentially suicidal. Although coordinators were considered to be almost superhuman that belief was in fact, false, first generation coordinators weren't as much engineered but in fact were tailored to their own parent's desires and wishes, which meant that their physical, mental abilities and their resistance to disease would have had to of been outlined during the initial consultation process and because they were human, meant that coordinators were far from being indestructible. "Even if you don't fall over yourself I can't pilot one of these Mobile Suits with a Coordinator's OS on board." the playboy stated matter-of-factly
"I wasn't expecting you to do anything," the brunette with his spiked hair in a ponytail said bluntly.
That visibly hit a nerve with the other Lieutenant and stopped him in his tracks however rather than letting the comment get to him, he allowed it to roll off his back and played it off. "I don't care how tough you are, you're not going to make me write a full page report on how you died out there!" he said nonchalantly, placing a hand on Kazuki's shoulder in a last attempt to stop him.
The brunette's glazed jade-green eyes stared coldly at the dark haired man in front of him, Kazuki could feel the effects of the stabilisation drug wearing off and tingling sensations began to throb from the wounds on his body. "Get out of my way or you won't be able to write one." the ex-Combat Coordinator warned, his voice was void and emotionless that sent chills down his comrade's spine.
Matthew rubbed the back of his head and let out an exasperated sigh as he watched his fellow mercenary walk off, with the performance enhancing drug that the Earth Alliance made him dependant on wearing off Kazuki was in no mood to have his patience tested and to be frank the Natural didn't want to be in his way or around when the enhanced-capsule form Glipheptin. "FINE! BUT DON'T GO COMPLAINING TO ME AFTER YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE BUSINESS END OF A GINN'S RIFLE...NO HAUNTING ME EITHER!" He called out to Kazuki as the Combat Coordinator disappeared into one of the hangars and into the cockpit of a mobile suit that had been placed in reserve by the rogue soldiers who still supported Patrick Zala's ideals, moments later there was a hum as and whir of motors as the primary systems of a grey-green GINN Insurgent type began it's start-up sequence and tore out of its cradle and burst through the rusted steel doors of the hangar in pursuit of the terrorist's main force. "You better not die Kazuki, he isn't a forgiving person nor someone you want' to anger," Matthew muttered under his own breath.
Nirvana; L 1 – Yggdrasil Debris Field
After the incident in the hall, Hibiki was annoyed by that Dita and Misty had fought over him like he was nothing more than some toy and the unwanted attention had started to get to him. In an attempt to solve the problem the young Taraak male had gone to the men's makeshift quarters to see if there had been any progress with the pipes however he discovered that the repairs were going to take longer than expected and at the same time had received a lecture from Meia who stated that their views on whether or not men and women can live together is starting to change and that returning to his 'room' would not change anything, even though her words did help to make things clearer for him they also brought up more questions on how he was going to deal with the current situation and how much the light blue haired Dread squadron commander had changed since he had first met her, noting that she was talking to others more.
After allowing Misty to help clean his Vanguard as a gesture of good will, Hibiki still felt unsure about what to do and how exactly he felt towards Dita but he did know it was something that would keep on nagging at him until he resolved them. To help clear his head of his doubts and confusion the spike-haired Taraak male unconsciously headed down to the Reg System and for a moment he had thought he saw Miss Gascogne sitting in the chair, howeve,r the phantom was soon replaced by Barnette who had taken over the duties of running the Reg System and its crew. At the same time Dita was being consoled by Ezra and had been assured that all Hibiki was doing was just being a good friend to Misty and trying to help her to adjust to life aboard the Nirvana, the red haired girl was about to say something else but was interrupted when Pyoro came in with Kaluha on his back complaining to Ezra about using paper diapers instead of the fabric kind. After their respective talks with their friends Hibiki exited the Reg System's office and began walking back to the hangar to finish the maintenance on his Vanguard however he found himself intercepted by Misty once again and was embraced by her out of no where after trying to cheer her up which led to another misunderstanding after Dita and causing the red haired Mejeran to run away in tears when she saw Misty hugging the Taraak male from behind, even though he tried desperately to explain that it wasn't what it looked like but Dita was so broken up by what she had seen that Hibiki's words fell on deaf ears and had to explain to Misty that he feel an emotion for Dita that he had never felt with anyone else before.
Unhappy about how the red-haired UFO nut was giving up without so much as a fight, Jura had decided to do something to give Dita at least a moment to be alone with Hibiki and a chance to sort out this entire mess between them. Dita had ran, just ran after seeing the both Misty and the Taraak Male she had come to call 'Mister Alien' together like that, wiping away the tears from her eyes, the young Mejeran woman tried to make sense of why every time she saw him and the new girl together, however, every time she tried, it only brought more pain to her heart. "Dita! Let's go! We're going to discuss some plans for a new formation. Head over to the meeting room immediately, got that?" Jura said using an uncharacteristically authoritative voice and then began looking for Hibiki to tell him to do the same.
"All right I understand," Dita replied sniffing and wiping the last of the tears from her eyes in an attempt to make herself look more presentable so she wouldn't be chewed out for not being properly prepared or something and so that people wouldn't ask too many questions about was going on.
Watching Dita approach the briefing room to attend the so-called 'meeting' from behind a corner, Amarone began filtering the images throughout the Nirvana which opened floating holographic windows in some areas of the ship or appearing on consoles in others. "Camera one standby." the dark-skinned woman's voice echoed over the speakers.
"Sorry I'm late." Dita ran into the room half expecting to get reprimanded by Meia or Jura however when she entered the only person she saw who had arrived was Hibiki. "What's up?" he asked, equally confused about what was happening and why only he and Dita were the only ones in the briefing room.
Taking a few steps further into the room the door suddenly slammed shut behind Dita and Jura's face appear on the large main monitor, startling Hibiki and nearly causing him to fall off his seat at the front. "ATTENTION! I've fixed it so you two can be alone awhile and I hope you appreciate this," she began, irritation evident in her voice.
"Jura..." Dita was at a loss for words, Jura usually tried her best to interfere and here she was trying her best to help the situation between herself and Hibiki.
The blonde haired Mejeran flipped her elegant long hair. "You're to talk things out properly and until you do the door remains locked and stop bothering me with this silliness already. YOU'RE MAKING ME LOOK OLD!" She shouted angrily at how childish the two of them were acting recently.
In navigation, Bart who had been forced to stay inside the special 'area' of the ship couldn't help but feel somewhat relieved that he had some thing to entertain him while he waited for the pipes to be repaired "I see. Now this is worth watching." he was impressed at how well Jura had been able to set this up.
However even though they were alone both of them were so nervous that they could barely speak, so much had happened in such a short amount of time, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to clear things up. "IT'S MADDENING! ARE YOU TWO JUST GONNA STAY LIKE THAT FOREVER? HURRY UP AND GET TALKING!" Jura demanded that they start doing something, anything to at least cut the tension in the air.
"Shut up! Man you guys are annoying, sheesh." Hibiki snapped back at Jura for being so impatient and trying to force him to do something he wasn't particuarly good at doing. "So um...Mister Alien...I...uh" Dita tried to get a conversation started but like Hibiki she didn't know where to begin.
The blonde haired woman, on the other hand, was still waiting for that something special to happen, the sign that said that there was at least a chance that a Mejeran woman and a Taraak man could get together, but Jura being the person who she was couldn't just sit and wait. "How irritating," she said impatiently however Meia who was standing near the door was perfectly fine with waiting.
After being rejected by Hibiki, the blue haired girl from Pluto needed to drown her sorrows with something to eat or drink, anything to get her mind off of what had happened earlier. Approaching the mess hall she had heard what Jura had said and entered the room. "Ohhh...So that's what's going on here? Here we have one hundred and fifty people all teamed and rooting for one girl. The pirates of Mejere certainly do value friendship don't they?" She said nonchalantly.
Hearing Misty's comment, the blonde haired Mejeran whipped around and glared at the new girl as if warning her. "This is a good moment here, so don't you dare get in the way!" She knew that if Misty was given a chance, she would instantly barge in on Hibiki and Dita while they were making up and ruin the moment between them.
"Oh relax, I'm not so dumb as to go around making enemies of the entire ship." she waved a hand dismissively "Anyway the only reason I was fooling around with that boy at all was because I was bored." Although she felt as if she had been betrayed and hurt by the others the girl tried to play off her true feelings for Hibiki as nothing more than act. Even though Misty tried her best to hide her feelings and the pain she was feeling, Meia could see right through the facade and watched the girl from Pluto walk out of the mess hall without so much as another word Upon reaching the park and sure that no one could see her, Misty finally admitted to herself that she was now alone, she had no family, no friends and now she had absolutely no chance with the guy she had a crush on, the pressure and the loneliness had finally gotten to her and brought her to tears.
Having followed Misty from the mess hall to the ship's garden Meia had saw the girl break into tears, with things as they are and also knowing how hard it is to feel isolated and lonely the Dread commander approached the crimson eyed girl. "Misty." She tried to sound as sincere as possible while not trying to startle her at the same time
Misty wiped the tears on her sleeve before speaking "What do you want now? If it's a lecture I don't feel like hearing it." She looked at up Meia scornfully and tried to tidy herself.
"There's no reason to act so tough and believe me you're never all by yourself when you're with us. We are allies in the fight against the Harvest. "Meia, however, didn't waver and looked at her understandably, the Meia from before would have done the same thing and try to hide her feelings from everyone else.
"Thank you." Misty cried into Meia's chest and embraced her whole-heartedly, grateful that someone had finally accepted her as part of the crew and as a friend.
Frustration and irritation had finally taken a hold of Jura as her patience had finally reached its limits, this was mainly due to Dita and Hibiki still being too hesitant to talk to each other however the invisible wall between them soon gave way and they began speaking, even if they were nervous. "Uh...you know-" The Tarak male began, finally working up the nerve to speak his mind.
"Yes? What is it?" The red haired girl waited with anticipation and hung off of Hibiki's every word.
The Taraak male struggled to say the right words, still embarrassed about the situation and both his pride and his hear continued to struggle with each other "Uh...well...you know..." he stuttered
"They're so irritating!" Jura began biting into a napkin as the tension, anticipation and her impatience began to overwhelm her, they were so close to seeing if a Taraak male and Mejeran female could really overcome their differences and get together, the suspense was literally killing her.
Hibiki could feel the words starting to form properly in his mind as he felt his courage starting to return to him. "Actually...I...uh...I...well...uh...how do I say it?" he wondered. "Tell me Mister Alien." Dita was now getting excited and her eyes began to sparkle, anxious to hear what he had to say.
"I'm only saying this once. So listen up! I mean, I uh...you...ah...I lo-" However before Hibiki could finish his sentence the ship's alarm sounded and interrupted his train of thought.
Dita who had snapped out of her own daze looked around the room trying to figure out whether they were under attack or not "What is it?" she wondered why the alarms were going off.
To much of the disappointment of the crew, the screens that had been showing the conversation between Dita and Hibiki disappeared all over the ship "Okay show's over! Back to your stations!" Barnette clapped to get the attention of the Reg crew so they'd go back to their stations just in case they were about to head into battle and had to start taking orders from the pilots.
Taking her seat Ezra looked at the console and saw the frequency that was being used for an incoming message, unfortunately the vessels in the universe the Nirvana had now found itself in had low bandwidth communications and thus had to be set to the International Rescue Channel so that the Nirvana and the JELLICOE could communicate more clearly however it was because of this that alarms on the ship were occasionally set off. "Captain! We're receiving a priority message from the JELLICOE." The mother of one said in her usual gentle tone.
Magno mused and looked over to B.C. and nodded, although it was a pain to rely on someone else, it would be too big of a risk to go around fumbling in the dark without a solid plan"It's been a while since we heard from them. Let's see what they have to say." she looked over to Ezra who then pressed a few buttons on her console which activate a direct line of communication to the ex-Earth Alliance vessel "To what do we owe the pleasure of your call captain?" she wondered, a little cheek in her voice.
As soon as Magno read the sober expression on Theodore's face her own features almost mimicked his wondering what was going on and what kind of news would make the seasoned war veteran so weary."I think you're entire crew needs to hear this." he said trying to mentally prepare himself to make the announcement for a second time in one seeing Magno nod to her communication's officer, Theodore Dupont cleared his throat and began making the uneasy of telling the crew of the Nirvana about what had happened moments earlier. "Today at 2100 GMT, a group of extremist Coordinators dropped a portion of Junius Seven on Earth. The casualties are expected to be in the hundreds of thousands. As a result, we expect tensions between the PLANT homeland and the Earth Alliance to increase and quite possibly lead to war." In addition to telling them about the fall of the colony on the blue, green planet he also transmitted the images that were being transmitted not only all over Earth Alliance territory but also through out the PLANT homeland. Everyone was shocked to hear what had happened and the images of the pieces of Junius Seven plummeting to Earth and striking the surface of the planet, causing a mix of fear and concern to wash over the crew of the Nirvana.
"On another note, we've been able to get a contract with the Deep Space Survey Development Organisation." Captain Theodore Dupont began.
Magno frowned from beneath the hood of her robe and stared at the large image of the leader of the mercenary group "And how does that involve us?" she wondered what he possibly had installed for them and how this lead could help them to get back to their own universe
"They need help with organising their security forces after the death of the head of security they need assistance in defence and with their help, they may be able to find an anomaly to get you back to your own universe and you'll be able to resupply." The ageing captain of the ex-Earth Alliance vessel informed the captain and commander of the Nirvana of the plan while ensuring that it sounded like he was making a suggestion to them rather than demand
Magno considered the request that had been proposed by the JELLICOE''s captain carefully. Even though they were only getting one person for two pilots, it would be advantageous to them to have someone who knew this universe to help them to get on their own feet so they wouldn't have to rely on outsiders t help them get back home and to surroundings that they are more familiar with. "That sounds acceptable," she replied trying to hide the cautiousness in her voice.
Although Theodore Dupont was conscious of the other captain's caution he dismissed it and continued. "Before you head out we would like you to transfer Miss Elden and Miss Gisborn to our ship so they can head down and work with one of our teams on the Earth's surface. Because your duties with DSSD will be primarily consultant work, we'll let you keep Miss Ravensbruck on board."The captain of the Nelson-class vessel tried to even out the trade of talent so that they would have some sort of idea of how to deal with people and that they wouldn't start thinking that he was asking too much of them.
Magno closed her eyes briefly as she thought over the options that were available to her. "Very well." She eventually responded, even though she had agreed to the trade, she didn't like the fact that she had only a limited amount of control of the situation but if they were to survive she had to, for at least the time being, allow for their new allies to help and direct them in the right direction.
"Thank you very much, Captain and good luck. JELLICOE out." The image of the captain of the JELLICOE disappeared from the main screen and was once again displayed the floating debris of the space station.
"Are you sure this is wise Captain?" Buzam, however, wasn't certain whether they should split their forces just yet, even though they're new 'friends' had helped them with training their pilots she still didn't trust the crew of the JELLICOE.
Although Magno didn't like cutting her defensive forces down, she couldn't ignore the bone that Captain Dupont was throwing them "They're making good on their end so far and besides it's not like we'll be attacked for awhile." She smirked slyly, even if there was a betrayal they had a trump card in their hand.
After being reassured by the captain, BC opened the ship's internal communications system "Jura and Meia report to the shuttle bay and prepare to depart for the JELLICOE." Her voice echoed throughout the ship as she ordered the women chosen for the operation to get ready to head out.
"I can't stay. I need to head out" Meia said gently and broke Misty's embrace, knowing that any sudden movements or doing anything forceful might hurt the crimson eyed girl further.
Misty let go of Meia and looked up at her with admiration. "'Kay do your best big sister." She cheered the Dread commander on.
"Huh? Ah...yeah right..." Meia replied uneasily, taking a few steps back and wondered what had just happened. In any case even though she was basically going to be under the command of a new captain, it still was a mission none-the-less and she needed to be ready however it was because she and Jura were going to be in unfamiliar surroundings that was going to make preparations hard and future battles, if any was going to be difficult to predict.
Roxby; Oceania Union – South Australia
Stationed at the Olympic Dam and awaiting the Zala supporters, was a Lesseps-class land battleship surrounded by five GAZuOOTs and thirteen BuCUEs. In the command centre monitoring the advance of radar operator stifled a yawn, after watching the steady march of the terrorist cell the operator was becoming bored however he soon perked up when his screen started to beep loudly as a new signal appeared on his screen. "Sir! We have another contact incoming and fast!" he called out to his superior who marched over to the radar operator's station.
"Another unit won't make a difference at this point." the commander of the Carpentaria Base said arrogantly, as he watched the tactical display that showed the topographical layout of the surrounding area and the position of their BuCUEs and GAZuOOTs compared to the terrorist's GINN OCHERs and Insurgent Type GINNs.
As the forces of the Zala supporters made their way towards the dam, the lead unit detected an incoming mobile suit on an intercept course and raised the arm of his own mobile suit to stop their group's advance and zoomed in on the approaching machine that sped towards them. "Unit 20? That's Blex's machine." The leader of the terrorist cell said to himself, wondering why the machine that was supposed to be on standby had sortied "Blex! I thought I ordered you to remain on standby. BLEX! RESPOND DAMN IT!" the terrorist cell leader called out to the ZGMF-1017 Insurgent Type GINN, however, got no response as the machine continued in a straight line towards their location and the pilot stared intently at the screen before him.
Ending - Reason by Nami Tamaki
What is it that makes one fight? Is it to protect, is it to gain something or is it for an entirely different reason? No one is ever certain of the true answer. While Meia and Jura prepare to leave for Earth, Kazuki continues his pursuit of the terrorist forces that plan to destroy ZAFT's Carpentaria Base. What is the meaning behind this fight? Will an answer be found or shall the question forever go unanswered? Next on Vandread SEED Destiny: Approach. BuCUE chase away the confusion!