Chapter III: Two Lacuses and Two Tais
Hi again guys after some time. Took me a while to get back and start writing a new chap for this one. Now here is where I previously left off. Now there are some stuff or scenes from the show (such as the fighting the last Logos baddies) that I'll skip and just shorten it. Don't want to make this chap long and complex and me sitting on my butt for hours while typing this. Enjoy! Again look at my disclaimers from the previous pages to avoid any infringement here, just in case..
Everyone was surprised to see another Lacus and Tai on the monitors before them, especially Durandal. A lot were left puzzled, and with questions whirling at their heads. They continue to speak towards the populace about the whole truth and to break the confusion around. Thanks to Edward Elric, with his alchemic powers to help change the channel frequency back to their broadcast from Orb.
"We know that someone out there is working for Durandal, someone with the same voice, same face, same name." Lacus spoke. "However, I am the real daughter of Siegel Clyne."
"And I am the real Tai Kamiya, the leader of the Digidestineds and the frontman of the metal band Illuminati, a band born from my mind, formed by my hands." Tai added. "This is true. And to prove that, here is his bandmate and sister, Kari, standing by his side. The one you're seeing is actually my real beloved brother." Kari told to the viewers, honesty contained in her tone.
Lacus continued. "And he as well as I have joined forces with the Archangel that fought at the previous war. Just like I stand united with that ship along with the Digidestineds and our allies these days, along with the representative of Orb, and the entire Army of the Potomac."
"She and Lacus, him and I were two completely different people, and our beliefs are as different as well. I want everyone to be aware of that." It was Tai's turn now. The two imposters tries to get back but they were at lost for words. Still, confusion was present around, a lot asking questions that nobody can be fully sure of the answers.
Now, it was crowned prince Yoh Asakura that stepped in. Their minds of what to tell through network were the same. "We agree with neither chairman Durandal's words nor his actions." he now says. It was around this moment that Durandal has frustratingly decided to cut their transmission off. Now that the truth is revealed, the influence of both the Tai and Lacus imposters are no longer effective.
The young crowned prince of the Izumo Kingdom still goes on. "Those who fight are not to blame and neither to choose not to fight. The one to blame are the ones who made us fight. Logos are the merchants of death, but is the chairman saying the whole truth? Is that the real story here? The naturals are not to blame, neither does the coordinators, the mutants, Digimons, whoever, whatever. Just blame someone else, blaming the world itself. But please do not get yourselves entangled in his web of lies."
"Just to be sure of everyone here, we are not here defending Djibril." Lacus said. Lord Djibril, leader of Logos, who was watching the whole thing on the lunar base of Daedalus, and before he can cheer them for in league with them, he gets a shock to hear what she said.
"However, we simply do not trust chairman Durandal. He has been very much suspicious that he tries to get me and him maybe endangering Digimons as well. We have yet to know the chairman's purpose and agendas." Tai said.
Now it is Lieutenant General Ruuji Familon's (remember he's from Zoids: Genesis) time to also deliver his speech, trying to make everyone get rid of the confusion around. "Friends please, we must look beneath the surface and find out what the chairman's real objectives are." That's all he said. Short, but plainly truthful and to the point; his one sentence just hits it center.
After that, their broadcast ended. "You did a great job Ed, for using your alchemy to them online!" Kira thanked Edward, who give him and everyone a thumbs up and winked in victory. "Oh yeah! Take that Durandal!" Ed muttered.
Meanwhile there is still confusion. People don't know which is telling the truth. "Why are there two Lacuses and two Tais?" "They must the imposters" were some of the words that blurted out. Some still do not believe them and still on the side of the Confederacy.
With that, even with the whole truth spoken through the broadcast and ignorance clouding their minds, they think that Orb, the Digidestineds, the Union army and others are not to be trusted.
Meanwhile, onboard the Confederate ship Minerva, there was still talks of confusion around. Even General Robert E. Lee finds himself scratching his head and Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, one of Lee's best generals, was rubbing his head to make sure he wasn't hallucinating or something like that (they were at Durandal's HQ by the way).
At the hallways of the Minerva, 3 Confederate aces are talking. "Hey Rey, wait up." Shinn catches up to his friend. "Well what is it?" "Well, I... what is with that Lacus Clyne and Tai Kamiya from Orb? What's your opinion about that?" Shinn asks the Confederate Coordinator. "What do you mean?" "Well, you know..."
Then Lunamaria now asks, "Which one do you think is the real Lacus and Tai?" "Uhh, not you too Shinn, this is ridiculous." Rey sighed in disbelief. "This all but a ploy by the enemy to spread confusion among us to distract us. Everyone questions whether it's true or not, just like you're doing now." Rey said.
He continues on, trying to put the "truth" in them like what General Jackson would do to kill their doubts. "An excellent work of psychological warfare I'd say. But why does it even matter? Why do they think it's important? Is it because the real one is always right, and therefore the copy was always even? Such details don't matter to me. The chairman is right, that's enough for me." Rey concluded as he enters theirs quarters.
Shinn sat, his mind still floods with problems, the ones he encountered back at Orb. "There's no point in dwelling on it anymore. We have more important things to worry about." Rey told him as he sits down with a laptop on the table. "I'm talking about the Freedom, Athrun Zala, the Elric brothers and the (season 5) Digidestineds." Lunamaria looks up in surprise, not believing she heard the words Athrun, Elric brothers and the Digidestineds that were once with them. "That's right." Rey said. "What about Athrun? What does he mean Shinn?" Luna asks.
Rey showed the details from the laptop to her. "They're alive and onboard the Archangel. Athrun's piloting this machine, the Justice. And the elder Elric is piloting this one, the (Protoss) Arbiter. And Marcus Damon too, here is his partner Digimon." "Then, Meyrin too...?" Luna wondered if her sister is with them too, still alive and breathing. "If Meyrin is still alive then she's probably onboard that ship as well." Rey said to her.
Later on, Confederate forces now move in on where Djibril is. Forces under Generals Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson now press on to put an end to his schemes. Then, Djibril now prepares to make his statement to everyone, the activation of a new weapon called The Requiem. Now that he has pressed the button, the massive laser capable of mass destruction is fired, moving from the relay points acting as directional mirrors, attempts to hit at PLANT's capital, Aprilius One, in order to eliminate PLANT's Supreme Council.
However, due to combat at the last relay station between the EA escort fleet and the Joule squad (under Lt. Gen James Longstreet), the beam goes slightly out of alignment and instead hits Januarius 1 to 4, with Januarius 4 colliding into Decemberius 7 and 8 in its destruction, killing numerous Coordinators by the thousands, maybe near millions. The Confederates made an angry, vengeful counter strike. Everyone was shocked by what has happened, especially our heroes back at Orb.
When the Minerva had arrived, they waste no time in defeating the heartless Logos leader. After defeating their forces and smashing through their defenses, they made a furious assault on the relay stations, thus preventing them from firing the Requiem at the PLANTs again. However, Djibril spat out orders to fire it anyway, in attempt to wipe out the Confederate forces there. However, Lunamaria, in her Impulse, succeeds in destroying the Requiem control centre before it can fire, and the Minerva along with Shinn's and Rey's units destroys the base's defenses. Shinn destroys the base's hangar and command centre, while Rey detects the launch of the Girty Lue, the ship where Dijibril tries to escape in, and destroys it, killing the last member of Logos and Blue Cosmos leader.
The defending Earth Alliance forces then surrender, and seem to be treated well by the ZAFT forces. However, something goes wrong somewhere.
Confederate general "Stonewall" Jackson moves in on his Gundam to make sure the other threats are dealt with. But once he and his forces emerge from the dark side of the moon and into the light, Confederate forces there mistaken them for the remaining Logos forces and opened fired at them. Jackson's Gundam was hit but intact, however debris struck him; 2 in his left arm and one on the right hand. Several other men in his staff were also hit. It was until they call over the communicators to stop them continuing the friendly fire. Jackson was then rushed into the hospital and was treated.
Meanwhile, at the bridge of Yoh's ship (in the form of a Protoss Mothership), they gather up to assess everything what just happened. Some Union generals were there as well.
"This is like what happened with Genesis. This will never be forgotten." Athrun said with a tone of breathless disbelief. "Yeah, not just people of the PLANTs. No one had wanted this to happen." his friend Kira agreed.
"But it seems that we have no way of breaking this chain. Someone attacks, and they respond, which prompts another attack." A Union Colonel named Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain speaks up. "Everyone wants to be happy. And everyone fights because all of us believe we can achieve that."
"And it appears that the chairman has a solution to that." Izzy now joins in, holding a notebook in his hands. "He talks about a world where there is no threat of war. What would a world look like where all conflicts are eliminated, a world where every single detail of a person's life to be decided at birth, based on their genes. The same thing goes for Digimons too. That's what I think."
Everyone turned their attention to him now. "At birth? By genetics?" Murrue asks. "The Destiny Plan" Kira answered. "A world where a person or a Digimon's role in life is determined by their genes. And those who don't conform are weeded out and adjusted. And Digimons that are proven unworthy are then deleted." Athrun explains it to the others who were not aware or not fully understand it. "Weeded out? Adjusted? Digimons being deleted?" Edward asks.
"In a world like that, everyone would be free from the uncertainties about their role in life and the future. They could live their lives untroubled by worries or doubts." Field Marshal Ra-Kan (from Zoids: Genesis) completes the explanation for them. "They'd live according to the destinies that had been decided for them." Edward now speaks up. "Manipulating the essence of humanity, our genes, to achieve all the power we seek. For Coordinators this would be the ultimate destination."
Now Lacus talks to them. "There would be no war in such a world, even in Digiworld. Everyone would see that fighting is pointless because each person would know their destiny. "
"And what does Durandal become in such a world? The king?" Morty, a friend of Yoh, asks. "Destiny would be the king for our genes. Perhaps he'll be the high priest." Yoh answers for him.
"This is pointless..." Shirou (from Fate/Stay Night) muttered aloud. "Is it really pointless though?" Kira asks towards Shirou. "What, you never do pointless things?" Rin shot to him as if making a pointless joke or sarcasm. There was a brief silence, about it all.
"You know, I'm not the type of person who gives up." Athrun broke the small silence around them. "I'm the same way." Tai said. "So have I." Ruuji joins in. "Me too." Cagalli announced. "Me too, right?" Neo asks, looking at Murrue. She replied with a smile, "That's right, I'm the same." Soon everyone announces that they will not give up too. The few Union generals there smiled in admiration.
Kira walks over to Athrun. "We need to go everyone, back to space. The chairman must be stopped, for which we create our own destiny." "Yes!" Athrun replies to his friend and both made a high 5.
"We need to go guys. Not only must we stop Durandal from controlling our lives, but to stop him from manipulating Digimons too!" Tai announces, as if motivating to join in for a cause he's making. "That's right, Digimons deserve to live freely too!" a girl with the nickname Saber agrees with him. "So who's with me?" Tai calls to everyone in the room. "I do!!" they responded, especially their Digimon partners.
Later on, and onboard a Union Battlecruiser, the generals gather for a little meeting. They contacted their president, Michael Dugan about the situation now given. Their commander-in chief then authorized them to stop Durandal and his plans. After that, General Grant orders everyone to be ready by the morning.
At morning...
Everyone is now ready to go their destination, the lunar city of Copernicus. Cagalli in the meantime had to stay behind to do work here on Orb. The Digidestineds ride onboard Ra-Kan's ship Tempest (a Protoss Carrier with additional armaments). The entire Union army under General Grant is ready for the next new campaign.
So how do you like it? I know it sounds ridiculous of me putting all the stuff here and me repeating some stuff here, but I'm just writing for fun. I hope you at least enjoy this fic because I'm sure its bound to be entertaining. Weird and unlikely, but it's cool. No flames please.