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We left off at round two of the Yzak VS Heero shoot out, now I know I was a total evil SOB again because like the shootout in OWS I left you at a cliffhanger now I will warn you ahead of time this chapter contains violence… but then again so does mobile suit gundam in general so on with the…
*BANG*
"ALD YOU SON OF A…" Yzak roared as he kicked in the door "I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU REGRET LEAVING US HOLDING THOSE GUNS!"
What's that OH SHIT!
*BOOM* "TAKE THIS!" Yzak roared as he leveled the large fifty cal sniper at ald *BOOM* the shots splintering furnature and putting holes the size of grapefruits through the walls
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR START THE CHAPTER SO HE DOESN'T KILL ME!
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Ch 4
Heero and Yzak trained their guns on the discs barely visible in the sky and fired.
Shinn winced from the loud dull thump of the fifty caliber sniper rifles and watched as two orange puffs of smoke appeared ahead of the Dominion "Damn…" he gaped as they reloaded.
"Yeah… Heero scared the hell out of us when he was practicing one day… he set up targets around the base just cups full of chalk and disappeared." Duo groaned "First time I ever had a glass shot out of my hand… from two miles away…" he shivered at the memory.
"Yeah you were taking a break on the roof and you picked up one of the targets…" Trowa smirked as Heero turned and looked at him.
"I warned you that I'd be practicing that day… you were the one that forgot what the targets were…" Heero said as Duo glared at him.
"Well what am I supposed to do when I see a cup filled to the brim that's bright pink…" Duo gaped.
"Not make yourself a perfect target to get covered in bright pink chalk…" Yzak said as he loaded another round "Face it you were asking to get covered in pink chalk…"
Heero nodded to Trowa "go."
"PULL!" Trowa yelled into the radio again and they watched Yzak and Heero train the guns on something Yzak fired first and a puff of white smoke appeared ahead of the Dominion.
Heero smiled "Not bad Yzak… but you picked the closer one…" he followed his target lower and fired a puff of white appeared just off the bow of the ship and half way down almost at the water.
Yzak turned to Trowa "One target this time, distance as far as you can…" he loaded another round.
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"What in the world are they doing down there shooting artillery?" Talia asked as Arthur brought online the outside camera.
Arthur blinked as he watched "Are those sniper rifles?"
"What are they shooting at we have no targets that would be…" Talia smiled "Open a line with the Dominion."
Arthur opened a line and Sally was sitting in the captain's chair "I'm guessing you want to know why they're shooting sniper rifles right…"
Talia nodded "We don't have any targets for sniping so what are they shooting at?"
"Depends… mostly they're shooting small targets at distance, it's a continuation of a small competition they started back during operation meteor… the pilots kept their skills sharp by training against each other and competing… Heero beat Yzak the last time they faced each other in target practice…" Sally shrugged "Though judging by their speed… Yzak might have the edge this time…"
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"PULL!" Trowa ordered as the two trained their guns on a target they could not see.
Lunamaria looked at Quatre "Why did he say this one would make a…"
Yzak fired the sniper and was reloading quickly "Damn it…"
Heero inhaled as he followed the shot and fired and an explosion ahead of the Dominion marked his victory "Wait… what the…" he looked at him as Yzak grimaced.
"Wait the target wasn't that big… then what the hell did…" Yzak blinked and looked at Trowa.
Trowa shrugged "The target wasn't…Heero… the target wasn't supposed to…" Trowa smiled "That was a draw…" he threw his hands up and Heero blinked.
"What kind of round was…"Shinn started and Heero ejected his clip.
"Son of a… Trowa these are anti armor rounds." Heero glared.
"I didn't load them…" Trowa looked at Duo who was grinning like a fiend.
"Hey Heero… that was for when you scavenged your spare parts off the Deathscythe…" Duo laughed as he started into the ship.
Yzak blinked "But what did… then neither of us… who's operating the." He scanned the pilots amongst them "Where's Hilde…" he glared.
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Hilde spun the pin around her finger as she walked back towards the hatch "Thanks Howard, Duo needed that…"
"Not a problem at all besides using grenades for target practice always makes a nice bang…" Howard smirked as he loaded the real target into the launcher a quarter sized pink anti acid pill.
Howard picked up the radio "Hay Trowa… tell them that the real target is getting launched in ten seconds."
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Yzak blinked as he heard Howard's voice "Howard… figures…" he turned and picked up the rifle again loaded it and readied for his shot.
Heero watched just as carefully down the scope "Wind velocity fifteen knots due east lead target by two…"
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Howard smirked "Firing!" he pressed the button and the small target was launched off of the ship into the air.
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"The target should be…" Yzak trained his eye on the small pink anti acid barely the size of a pin's head in the scope.
They fired at the same time both of the rounds parallel to each other streaking towards the target.
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Howard smirked as the high speed camera caught the shot "Well I'll be damned… Hay Trowa you've got to see this…"
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Yzak and Heero both looked at Trowa who was looking at a small hand held electronic tablet "it's a draw…"
"WHAT!" Yzak spun and glared at Trowa.
Trowa spun the small screen around and the slow motion video caught the two bullets as they collided and obliterated the small pill.
Heero smiled "Not bad…" he ejected the clip from the gun.
Yzak smirked "So who's buying the drinks when we reach Orb?" he looked at Heero.
"I think Duo wouldn't mind…" Heero said as he broke the gun down and started storing it in the case.
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The Helicopter landed in the driving rain at the military base on Onogoro Island as the door slid open they were greeted by the cold rain as the four pilots jumped out and made their way towards the main building where three figures stood waiting for them.
"I'm hoping that we can resolve this before Cagalli even sets foot on the mainland…" Kira said as they walked under the overhang where Commander Waltfeld, Murrue and Natarle stood.
"Don't worry kid… we won't let them lay one finger on the princess…" Andrew said with a smirk.
Murrue smiled "It's been some time Kira how've you been…"
"Fine though I'd like to find out what else has happened since you contacted me…" Kira said as they made their way into the Orb branch Headquarters.
"As of what we've found the Seiran's and their backers are making deals with the Atlantic Federation behind Cagalli's back and even worse they're moving in faster than we had expected they are the most powerful house of the five families that control parliament and they are in perfect position to attempt an assassination." Waltfeld said as his secretary opened the door to his office and they walked in.
"So… where are they now?" Orga asked.
"In the opening stages to a meeting they're waiting for Cagalli to arrive to start." Natarle said as she took a seat at the Coffee table.
Kira nodded and looked at Murrue "Then what's our first move…"
"We have no moves to make…" Murrue said "All the information we've found points at the Seiran's behind this however we have found one thing… they have two of the other houses on their side and they have control over most of the military." She looked at Natarle who nodded.
"Kira… I hate to say this but from what it looks like if Cagalli doesn't do what they want they're ready to attempt to overthrow her…" Natarle looked at him as she spoke "And we aren't in much of a position to do anything about it…"
"What about the meeting…" Kira asked.
Waltfeld shook his head "Like they always are, closed to anyone but representatives and members of parliament… we couldn't get in if we wanted to… only guards are allowed on the outside and the perimeter is under guard twenty four seven…" he poured some coffee into a mug and turned to face them "The best we can do is show that we are ready to act if needed."
Kira clenched his fist "Damn it…" he slammed it into the coffee table "Is the Archangel ready for launch if needed…"
Murrue blinked "Kira why would we…"
"If something goes wrong in that meeting I want the Archangel on standby for evacuation, Orga, Shani, Clotho, keep tabs on the Seiran's if they make one move that indicates they will attempt to…" Kira stopped as he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Easy Kira… just calm down and think for a moment. Just how could they pull it off in a building completely sealed and under heavy guard." The man's voice asked.
Kira looked up at the man Captain Todaka the only regular member of the military forces of Orb in the room of Preventer's officers "The only way is if they did it themselves Kira…"
Kira sighed "You're right but I still think we should be ready…"
Todaka nodded "We'll meet them at the docks and make sure she has a military escort…" he smiled.
Murrue got up "I'll make sure to have the Archangel on standby."
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The two ships appeared on the horizon the next morning being escorted in under the overcast skies some patches of sunlight that could be seen through the cloud cover.
"Two degrees to starboard reduce speed another twenty percent…" Arthur ordered as the Minerva started into the harbor at Onogoro island.
"This is Onogoro port control one to all stations arrival of Zulu Alpha is confirmed, from this point on Zulu Alpha will link it's nav-com to guidance channel Iota Bravo, port entry sequence go…" the controller said as the Minerva turned in the harbor to back into the dock.
"ZAFT's latest and most advanced ship… the Minerva, seems our princess has returned with a little trouble…" Unato Seiran said as he watched the black warship back into the dry dock.
Yuna smirked "It can't really be helped father, I'm sure Cagalli really never expected to be involved in these troublesome affairs to such an extent we can't exactly rebuff the ship that brought our head of state back safe and sound… for now…" he smiled.
Unato nodded "Yes… but the arrival of that Preventer's ship couldn't have been timed worse…" he said as the gangplank swung into position.
Yuna looked at him "Leave that matter to me father…"
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Cagalli looked at the other officers around them "You know I didn't think you'd packed your uniform Athrun…" she smiled.
The ZAFT crew members looked over at Athrun as he stopped next to Cagalli "I didn't the Dominion was kind enough to lend me a spare uniform."
The hatch opened and they started across the gangplank and Athrun blinked as he spotted four figures wearing the same uniform step forward "Even…" he stopped as they saluted they started down the steps where Athrun stepped forward "Kira why have you…"
Kira was in full uniform "Due to the recent events a call for all of the preventers forces to go active went out… we're here to escort the representative to her meeting."
Athrun nodded "Alright I'll be…"
Kira shook his head "You need some rest besides… Commander Badgirule wants you to report for a debriefing."
Talia looked at the two as Athrun nodded "Alright…"
Unato glared at the black uniformed Preventers officers in stark contrast to the white the rest of the Orb Union's military wore. He stepped forward "Representative Attha it's good to see you've returned safely…"
Cagalli smiled at him "Unato Ema, it's good to see that you're alright…" she started forward.
Further down the dock the black uniformed officers of the Dominion started to make their way towards the group.
"I'm sorry representative but due to the urgency of the recent events we must head to the meeting immedeatly…" Unato said as he looked at her.
Cagalli nodded and they started towards the car that would take them to the meeting.
Talia watched as the car pulled away and turned to Athrun "Just who was…"
"It's nice to finally meet you in person Captain Gladys…" Noin said as she walked over.
Talia nodded "Yes Captain Noin it is…" she smiled.
Heero walked over to Athrun and nodded towards the command center and they started towards the headquarters with the other pilots as another preventers officer passed they saluted her and kept going.
Talia blinked as she stopped a few feet away "It's good to see you again Captain Noin…" the brunette said.
Noin turned and smiled "Likewise Captain Ramius."
Arthur gaped "Captain Ramius… as in the Captain of the Archangel…"
Murrue nodded "And you must be Captain Talia Gladys." She smiled at Talia who blinked.
"The captain of the Archangel who's ship almost single handedly cut a swath through the strongest ZAFT teams with the Strike then when they disappeared and reappeared ended the war as the flagship of the Preventers." "Yes, it's a pleasure captain…" Talia smiled as she extended a hand to her.
Murrue took the handshake "Your ship looks like it could use some repairs Captain, and I'm sure your crew could use a rest… If you like we can have the maintenance crews get started right away."
Talia nodded "That would be fine…" she blinked as another officer walked over "Andrew?"
Commander Waltfeld scratched the back of his head "Long time no see Talia…"
"I'd heard you'd disappeared with the Eternal at the end of the war… how did you end up in Orb?" Talia asked as she looked at him.
"Long story short… we fought with the Archangel at the end of the war and after it had officially ended I relocated to the Orb Union and took up command as one of the Orb Union's Preventers commanders." Waltfeld smiled.
Murrue blinked at Waltfeld "Commander Waltfeld you neglected to tell us…"
Waltfeld shrugged "We agreed to keep private matters off the record… we attended the military academy together, so how's Gordon doing these days…"
Talia looked down "He passed away during the last war… at Panama."
"I'm sorry…" Waltfeld said as he shifted his weight a little uncomfortably "Gordon dead… no wonder I couldn't get in contact with him…"
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"So why did Kira, Orga, Shani, and Clotho all escort Cagalli to that meeting, a little excessive don't you think…" Duo said as they walked through the door "I thought Kira retired too…"
"Kira did, he went inactive due to the incident he came back and took command of the mobile suit forces, now the question is why did he tell me to go get debriefed…" Athrun said as he stopped in front of the door labeled Captain Badgirule, he knocked and opened the door.
Natarle nodded to the pilots as they entered "Sit, I have to inform you as to what's been going on while you were on your trip…"
Athrun sat down "Besides the Junius…"
"We have information on a possible assassination attempt… That's the reason Kira returned and all the pilots went active, information points towards the Seiran's as the most likely culprit…" Natarle said as she turned to face them.
"What…" Athrun's eyes went wide "Cagalli's in…"
"We don't have enough information to confirm it, they could be being set up by an outside source, and if we move too quickly, we're at a serious disadvantage…" Natarle sat down at her desk and sighed.
"What kind of a disadvantage?" Heero asked.
"The Seiran's have been making deals with the Atlantic Federation, most likely they'll try to push an alliance with them, if Cagalli refuses they're in perfect position to over throw her and take control of the government…" Natarle looked at them "We're out numbered, out gunned and…"
Quatre nodded "With us here it helps matters some… but… there's still a risk… having a ZAFT warship in harbor only makes things worse for our position… on top of the Dominion technically being of the ESUN branch…"
"What's the plan then?" Trowa asked as he looked at Natarle.
"We hope Cagalli doesn't stick her neck out too far during that meeting… she doesn't have the political sense of either Uzumi or Relena…" Heero said bluntly "From the information I gathered she'll be at most risk from within the meeting room itself…"
Wufei looked at him "I'm guessing that Kira already planned on that so that's why they'll most likely find a way to guard her…"
Natarle nodded "Captain Todaka is in command of the guards, and they'll be guarding the room the meeting is being held in…"
Heero nodded "Then we'll leave it in their hands…" he stood "I'd like to take this chance to catch up with my family…"
Natarle nodded "If things should start you'll be the closest in that case to the Parliament building."
The others stood and Heero nodded at them "Athrun when the meetings done if nothing happens bring Kira by later I want to find out what's been going on…"
Athrun nodded as they started out.
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"You're doing what!" Cagalli slammed her hand onto the table as she stood glaring at Unato Seiran "You're about to sign a new treaty making us allies with the Atlantic Federation! Why would you do that especially now, right now we should be focusing on sending immediate aid to the disaster zones!"
A minister looked at her "That disaster is exactly why we're doing this… Besides this isn't only a treaty with the Atlantic Federation. It's true that the original proposal was drawn up and presented by the Atlantic Federation but this is actually a treaty that unites all the nations of the world. Naturally part of the agreement deals with policies concerning assistance and aid to the disaster zones, we're considering signing the treaty because it will help us coordinate our efforts more effectively."
Cagalli glared "But we can't, it goes against everything our nation stands for!"
"And what, we're supposed to sit back and hope that the ESUN that hasn't made a statement as to the matter does something, think about the position we're in Representative. Are we supposed to rely on a nation that hasn't made contact with us in almost a year after sending delegates to our nation…" Yuna looked at her.
"No but…" Cagalli started.
"Maybe because you were onboard that ZAFT ship for so long you didn't get a real sense of the situation." Unato said as he pulled up images from across the world of the damage done "Athens, Philadelphia, Rome, Moscow, London… the list goes on, over ten million have been affected and displaced from this tragedy… The casualties Earth suffered are far greater than words can express."
Cagalli stood shocked "I can't gain a footing unless Relena makes a public statement…"
"Then there's this…" Unato pulled up an image of Junius seven and the Black and Purple GINN's with the flair motors "We… and everyone who's living on earth have just learned about this…"
"How did…" Cagalli started "Where did these images come from?"
"The information came from the Atlantic Federation; however Durandal and the Plants have already acknowledged more or less that this is what actually happened. But you already knew this didn't you representative…" Yuna smiled at her his fingers interlaced in front of him.
"Damn it… I'm being backed into a corner…" "Yes but… this incident was caused by a handful of terrorists the Plants weren't involved, in fact as soon as they realized what was happening Chairman Durandal and the Crew of the Minerva along with the Preventers did everything possible to stop it from happening. They actually saved Earth!" Cagalli looked around the room at them.
"We know that… however what are we supposed to tell the people affected by this disaster, are we supposed to say 'yes we know you're suffering terribly but please forgive them because earth was saved…'" Yuna said as he looked at her.
"Right now there isn't a single person on earth who doesn't feel some kind of anger after viewing these pictures… we're fortunate that Orb escaped any real damage… and that's all the more reason why we must choose our next steps with the utmost caution…" Unato said as Cagalli stood there and the members agreeing with him nodded "Obviously ideals are important but right now the question is with whom should our nation be sharing this grief? Even you need to be considering this carefully Representative."
Cagalli thought for a moment "I need to buy some time… they need my ultimate approval unless all of them overturn my decision… I need to get in contact with the ESUN and begin the relief efforts… but with these… it almost looks like…" "I'd like some time to think on this matter we'll re convene tomorrow morning…"
The other members of Parliament nodded "A wise decision representative…" Unato said as he smiled at her she was the first to leave the room followed by many of the others leaving Unato, Yuna, and a few other of the higher ranking parliament members.
"Do you think she'll agree to the treaty?" a black haired female asked Unato.
"I doubt she will… she'll most likely try to get in touch with the ESUN's vice foreign minister Relena Darlian." Unato looked at her "We'll have to enact our contingency plan, thankfully a scapegoat has landed in our laps…" he smiled as he pulled up a picture of the Dominion.
Yuna nodded "Then the Sahaku family is in agreement then…" he looked at the female.
"Yes… the Attha's have become a hazard to the nations well being and we must bring an end to them before the ESUN get's a firm grip on our nation…" Mina Sahaku said as she looked at Yuna.
"Then it's decided… she may have been chosen as Uzumi's successor but she's not his daughter by blood, and should have never had a claim to the throne." Unato said as he stood "Operation setting sun begins as of this moment… and this will be the last sunset for Cagalli Yula Attha."
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Several hours passed and the crews of both ships were disembarking when the younger members of the crew of the Minerva spotted the Preventer's pilots making their way towards them.
Meyrin smiled "Hay you guys!"
Hilde smiled "Hay, thought you guys would be disembarking for some shore leave but give it a minute…"
Lunamaria blinked "Why we have clearance to leave the base and return…"
"No it's not that… it's the fact that Orb's pilots are training currently… and it's dangerous to cross the base's grounds…" Trowa said as he nodded towards several machines that flew over the base.
"What are those, they don't look like Orb's suits…" Yolant said as he watched the mobile suits flying back and forth a dark drab green paint job on each.
"OZ mobile suit model six, Leo… the first mass produced mobile suit of the ESUN… though I have to admit they have gotten better…" Duo said with a smirk.
"Who are they?" Vino asked.
"Orga Sabnak, Shani Andras, Clotho Buer. The pilots of the Calamity, Raider, and Forbidden." Heero nodded towards a hangar near the end of the dock as the group walked.
Lunamaria gaped "More Gundam's… but those are Earth Forces models."
The three Gundam's stood in the hangar each their pilots personal colors.
"They defected at the end of the war, after about a month's worth of training they were about to where they needed to be to take on one of us…" Wufei smirked "Though Nataku still put them to shame…"
Lunamaria blinked as the girl passed him and turned her black hair the same as her husband's her eyes were a shade of turquoise blue her hair was pulled back into a ponytail "They still could use some improvement… they can't even hold Commander Waltfeld off…"
They watched as a fighter like aircraft flew past them and circled back transforming into a mobile suit red, yellow and black in color it closed and drew two beam sabers hitting the Leo's in the back forcing them to shut down.
"Awesome…" Meyrin said as the higher powered Murasame struck the last machine "Wait did you say Waltfeld?"
"Yeah… it's our first time seeing him pilot but we heard about his reputation… the Desert Tiger…" Quatre said as the machine landed and walked towards the hangar a bright orange and black tiger's head on the shoulder of the machine.
Another pilot walked out of the hangar wearing a black preventers pilots suit he waved to the group as they approached smiling "Been some time guys hasn't it…" Kira smiled.
Nicol beamed "KIRA!" he Duo, Quatre, and Dearka all charged him and tackled him into a heap.
"Ouch, hay get off me for a sec will ya!" Kira's protests could be heard from the bottom of the pile.
"Hay Kid your ride's here…" Waltfeld yelled as he pointed off the coast.
They looked up to see a small white and blue dot along the cloud line.
Orga and Shani walked out "Now the real fun begins commander… ready to see how much we've improved…"
"Wait you were… how did…" Duo pointed towards the Leo's now approaching the hangar "Oh I see… you guys got permission to use them for practice too huh?"
Lunamaria looked at the suits "What's so different about them…"
"They have the mobile doll control system installed for target practice… it's a war crime to use them in battle but for target practice it's legal… and encouraged…" Trowa said as he looked at the machines as they stopped perfectly aligned next to each other.
Kira stood "Orga, Clotho, Shani go get your machines ready we're conducting air combat practice."
Orga smirked "Alright three on one it is then… Blue Knight of Freedom…" he smirked as he made his way towards his machine.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Duo blinked and looked at Kira "Kira?"
Kira shrugged "Don't know why but like Athrun I've gotten a title, he's better known as the Red Knight of Justice. At least that's what the rookies refer to him as until the first weeks up then they start to call him the red demon."
The Machine approached as Yolant looked up "Holy it's the Freedom!"
The Freedom landed next to the Leo's and lowered its lift rope as Kira walked over the ground shuddered as the three Gundam's started their way out of the hangar and started to lift off heading skyward.
Xxx
Talia and Noin looked up as the three machines flew out over the bay "What do you think?" Talia started.
"Looks like Orga, Clotho, and Shani are getting some combat practice in…" Noin smiled "They're three of Orb's pilots."
Talia looked at the three as they circled back "But what are they waiting…" she stopped and turned just as the Freedom flew past at high speed drawing both of its beam sabers "The…"
Noin smiled "So it looks like Kira decided to actually test them… makes sense…" Noin watched as the Freedom clashed with the Forbidden "Now I have to hope that the boys don't get the urge to go out and join them…"
Talia looked at her "What… but how the Freedom and Justice were both thought to have been destroyed in the battle of Jachin Due…"
"The Justice yes… the Freedom was heavily damaged but it and both the pilots of the machines survived." Noin smiled as the Freedom rolled through the shots and rammed the Raider.
Talia watched in awe as the pilots dueled back and forth during their practice "They really are something… Gundam pilots…"
Xxx
Shinn looked out the window on the rear of the bridge "It's them… those machines they killed Mayu…" he glared as he turned wearing his civilian clothes he started to make his way off the ship.
Xxx
Heero smiled as he opened the door "Glad you could make it…" he stepped back letting Kira and Athrun enter.
"It's good to see you Heero…" Kira smiled as he walked in and the three of them made their way into the living room in the Lowe's house.
Ryuta was sitting there reading a book as Heero nudged him "Ryuta go tell mom our guests are here…"
Ryuta nodded and got up and made Kira and Athrun blink "Hay what happened to your head Ryuta?" Athrun asked as he pointed at the brown streak in his hair.
"I forgot to touch up my hair… ever since I entered school mom started dying my hair… said that it kept her mind off of something…" he walked from the room and headed towards the kitchen.
Kira and Athrun looked at Heero "So what's the story…"
"He's like a miniature version of my father… it's scary if he lets his hair grow out he'll look just like him he has brown hair by birth… I found that out when he opened the door…" Heero said as he sat down "So how did the meeting go?"
"Mostly uneventful but Cagalli seemed flustered afterwards… said that she needed to get in contact with Relena tonight and the Atlantic Federation is already pointing fingers and all of them at the Plants…" Kira said as he and Athrun took the other seats.
Heero nodded "Alright I'll try getting in touch with Relena… any response from the plants yet?"
Athrun shook his head "I don't think they will if they do they'll refuse the demands that the Atlantic Federation is making and a war will break out, if they comply to them then the Plants will almost lose their autonomy."
Kira looked at the two of them "I think the Seiran's are working with the Sahaku family to try to assassinate Cagalli they were the only ones that did not leave when everyone else did…"
Heero nodded "When I tapped into the networks I found a lot of the information Waltfeld found… it does look like an assassination attempt is likely and we aren't in any position to call them on it…"
"How will they do it…" Athrun looked at Heero "You have Experience with this…"
Kira looked at Heero as he spoke "Kira take Cagalli to Murrue and Waltfeld's tonight make sure the Freedom is in its hangar there and that the Calamity Raider and Forbidden are loaded onto the Archangel… they'll move tonight, most likely either a lone sniper or a squad to try to take her out with everyone else…"
"What about you guys?" Kira looked at Heero and Athrun.
"Athrun, we need you to get the Plants to hold off until the ESUN makes a statement to try to get the Atlantic Federation to back down, you, Dearka, and Yzak are the only ones who have political pull within the Preventers from ZAFT that know fully what happened." Heero looked at him.
Athrun nodded "And what about you Heero?"
"Most likely they think the Preventers will make the perfect target to blame for this… if I'm off base then it will make us look even more red handed…" Heero looked between the two and they agreed.
"What about them…" Kira nodded towards the kitchen where Erica and Ryuta were talking while she was cooking.
"If the worse case happens she's tied to the preventers and we'll need to get them out so take them with you when you leave tonight… I know Ryuta can handle a gun and on top of you, Orga, Shani, and Clotho… it should be no contest as to who will make it out alive."
"So what if we're forced to run where do we link up?" Kira asked.
"We don't… it would be best if you run and hide, we don't want to know where you are… if we're blamed we can't say anything then if we don't know where you went… don't run to the ESUN just hide…" Heero smiled "If the Seiran and Sahaku families think they can take Orb on the offensive with Cagalli out of the way then we'll give them a taste of what operation meteor was, attack them wherever they deploy don't let them use their forces…"
Athrun stood "I don't like it… I'd rather if Cagalli weren't in danger at all why don't we…"
Heero looked at him "Athrun think about it… either way we lose ground had we known sooner we wouldn't be backed into this corner the best option we have is to separate and come back together at a later date just like we did when we went to space, split our forces to prevent capture."
Athrun sighed "I guess you're right Heero… so what's for dinner then?"
Erica smiled as she walked out of the kitchen "The boy's favorite… rosemary chicken…"
They ate in relative quiet as they finished Heero went to his room and changed into his dress uniform "I think we should at least pay our respects before…"
Kira nodded "It may seem bad for me to say this but I haven't been there yet either…"
Athrun groaned "Honestly Kira the only places you go in Orb are here and reverend Malchio's orphanage and occasionally you visit Cagalli that's it…"
Heero laughed as they made their way towards the front door "After we're done paying our respects Kira you drop us at the military base… and head straight to get Cagalli… I called ahead and had the Freedom sent back to the secure hangar while you were on your way…"
Kira smiled "You're the only one of us in dress uniform…"
"Mine's packed in my suitcase still… I'll just grab it and take it with me to the Plants…" Athrun said as Heero started the engine of the black sports car and started heading towards the memorial site.
Xxx
Shinn walked along the concrete path leading to the memorial flowers surrounded it all the way down to the coast he looked towards the hill "It's changed so much…" he looked towards the hill holding the pink cellular phone in his hand the voicemail activated as he held it "Hi, Mayu here sorry I can't talk to you right now, I'll call you back later please leave your name after the beep!" tears started to run down his face as the wind picked up.
He turned to leave and stopped as he saw three figures approaching two in black uniforms one in blue each holding a bouquet of roses as they approached he blinked "What are…"
Heero smiled "We thought it would be only right to pay our respects…"
Shinn looked at them Athrun and the other brown haired Preventers pilot who was with them each made their way forward to the monument and laid the roses at the base.
"So you must be Shinn…" the brown haired pilot turned and looked at him.
Athrun smiled as Shinn blinked "Shinn this is Kira, he's the pilot of the Freedom."
Shinn's eyes went wide as Kira looked at him "This guy… the Freedom's pilot…"
"The flowers are starting to bloom…" Kira smiled as he looked towards the hillside "It's too bad they'll wither in the spray of the breaking waves…"
"Perhaps it means they can't be fooled…" they looked at Shinn as he spoke "No matter how beautiful the flowers are people will just wipe them out."
Heero nodded "When they do wither the hill will be bare again… just like that day…" he looked at the hillside.
Shinn blinked as he remembered "The Wing Zero was… the Freedom and… they… they were the pilots of those machines that killed Mayu…" he took a step back.
"Shinn… we know what happened that day, we were fighting the Calamity, Raider, and Forbidden over this spot after reviewing the combat data of the fight we found the cause of the blast…" Athrun looked at him.
"You murderers how dare you show your faces here!" Shinn glared at them.
"That's right Shinn… but we weren't the cause of your family's' death…" Heero looked at him "A Earth Federation warship was a stray beam hit the hillside."
Shinn looked at him "How…"
"Wufei and Zechs both wanted to kill us after the fight, Wufei guarded you as captain Todaka helped you escape, needless to say we're sorry we couldn't prevent Orb from falling each of us were furious that we were ordered to retreat." Athrun said as he walked forward.
"How…" Heero started as the three made their way to him "Each of us has the guilt of an act or the loss of someone important on our hands… Each of us can never be forgiven for our actions…"
"What do you mean… you said you didn't kill my family then…" Shinn looked at Athrun.
"New Edwards base… we were fed faulty information that resulted in my killing of the alliances leadership that was seeking to pursue peace as a result I escalated the conflict during the eve war." Athrun spoke calmly as Shinn turned to Kira.
"During the Archangel's early days I failed to protect many people important to my friends and even failed to protect the civilians evacuating to Earth from the Archangel. Because I couldn't get back to the Archangel during Operation Meteor we lost a friend of ours Tolle Koenig." Kira looked at him pained by the memory.
Shinn looked at Heero who looked at him calmly "I failed a mission in the worse possible way… that resulted in two hundred and fifty civilian casualties, including a little girl and her dog, as a result I accepted Operation Meteor because it was supposed to be a suicide mission with a ninety eight percent chance to not come back alive." Heero's gaze was cold "None of us think we have the right to be alive after what we did…"
"I… Why are you…" Shinn stuttered as they started to make their way back.
"Shinn… want a ride back to the base?" Athrun asked.
Shinn nodded as they made their way to the car "But what… Who's car…" he blinked as Kira opened the door to the driver's seat.
"It's Athrun's…" Heero said as they got in.
"Why do you guys seem like something's going on…" Shinn looked at the three as Athrun closed the door.
Kira started for the base "Because there is something going on… don't leave the base tonight and make sure everyone is onboard the Minerva…"
"What's…" Shinn looked at Heero.
"There's a possible assassination threat against Representative Attha… After Kira drops us at the base head aboard the Minerva and don't leave make sure everyone is there." Athrun said as they sped down the coastal road to the base.
"An assassination why aren't you…" Shinn gaped.
"We are…" Kira said as he drove "The Orb branch is handling it… if the ESUN's branch gets involved it could get messy and with them and your ship here it gives the people plotting this a better chance to get away clean by blaming it on you…"
"So what you're saying is that you want to make sure we don't get involved…" Shinn asked as he looked at them.
"We're trying to keep it that way, Athrun will be heading for the plants to get chairman Durandal to hold off saying anything until the ESUN makes a statement right now the way things are looking we could be forced into a full scale war." Heero said as they pulled into the base.
"So what are you planning on…" Shinn looked at Kira as they stopped.
"If the worse case happens we run… it's our only option at this point we're backed into a corner." Kira looked at him and smiled "It was nice meeting you Shinn."
Shinn nodded as the group got out "Yeah…"
Kira smiled as Athrun shut the door "Athrun I want to know… why did my sister have that ring on her finger when she came out of the meeting…"
Athrun blinked and turned a little red "Well… come on Kira you…"
Kira laughed "Don't worry, I'm fine with it besides it's better that Cagalli has someone like you it calms her down a bit…"
Shinn blinked "Wait you're…"
Heero shrugged "Yeah Kira's Cagalli's brother by the way did you ever figure out which one of you was the older child?"
Kira smirked "Found out I was born about half a day before her…"
"Makes sense since you have that over protective older brother thing like Heero going on…" Athrun shrugged "Alright take care Kira and I'll see you when I get back…"
Kira nodded as he started the car again and headed for the entrance to the base.
Shinn looked at the two "Wait Heero has a…"
"Yeah… now get back onboard the Minerva and make sure everyone's there…" Heero said as he started towards the Dominion "And tell Yzak what we told you."
Athrun started to walk in the opposite direction and Shinn nodded and hurried back up the stairs to the Minerva as the sun started to set on Orb.
Xxx
Kira opened the door to the house and made his way inside "Alright everything's taken care of…" Cagalli blinked as she followed him.
"Kira what's this about?" Cagalli asked as they made their way into the living room all the blinds were drawn she stopped as she saw all of Orb's Preventers in the room "What's going on?"
Kira turned "Cagalli there's a threat of an assassination attempt on you we were going to tell you but we didn't have the chance…"
Cagalli's eyes went wide "Who… no why am I even asking…"
"It's the Seiran's they're sending Orb's special forces after you." Waltfeld said as he got up "We're going to the Archangel we'll use the tunnel to Morgenroete all of the necessary preparations have been made."
"Are you insane are we just supposed to hand the government over to them!" Cagalli glared as she looked around at the officers "You can't really…" She stopped.
"Cagalli they already have the government…" Erica said as she looked at her "It's the only way we can protect you at this point… we hate doing it just as much as you do but if they succeed then where do we stand."
"Then where will we…" Cagalli stopped as the house went black.
"It's them…" Waltfeld said as he stood "Guns out keep low!" he ordered.
Xxx
"Alright according to the information Representative Attha should be inside… hay what's…" The officer watched as the entire house went dark "What's going on…"
They watched as several figures "Who are those guys?" the other Special Forces operative asked.
"I don't know and I don't care we were ordered to kill everyone who was here it's time…" he took aim with the sub machine gun fitted with a suppressor on the barrel and fired.
Xxx
The ZAFT special forces operative glared "Damn it an ambush!" he spun and opened fire on the hillside as the two behind him dropped from being hit "Who are these guys are they after Clyne too!"
He hit the dirt and fired several bursts as they started to charge out of the woods and down the hill towards them.
Xxx
"What in the…" Orga fired a burst into the soldier who broke through the front door. "Move!" he and Shani laid down suppressive fire as they made their way down the hall towards the basement the children were crying as they made their way.
Clotho got to the stairs "Watch out!" he dove on Murrue as a burst of fire came up the steps "Shit another team!"
Kira pulled the pin on a grenade and tossed it down the stairs killing the assailants "Move now… what the… these guys aren't…"
Waltfeld looked at the tactical gear "These guys aren't Orb's they're ZAFT…" he glared "I get it... Orb's after Cagalli and ZAFT's after Lacus."
The glass broke on the window in the basement as a operative started through Kira fired killing him where he was "And that's not Orb's gear either just who the hell…"
Xxx
"Black sheep to Sheppard, we have enemy units." The commander yelled into a radio as he fired on another ZAFT Special Forces member.
"This is Sheppard to Black Sheep, who are they can you confirm?" the team leader asked.
"ZAFT's here they have mobile suits!" The operative yelled as he watched in horror as three green and gold mono eyed suits made their way out of the ocean and onto the shore.
"Understood, sending in backup sit tight." The officer said.
Xxx
The ZAFT Special forces pilots smirked "Clyne is ours…we don't give a damn about who the hell you are…" he took aim at the hillside the infrared showing the enemy clearly "For ZAFT!" he smirked as he fired.
"What in the… AAAAAHHHHH!" another pilot screamed as his counterpart watched in horror as the missiles blew up before the target "Who are these guys!"
The enemy pilot smirked as the blew apart the missiles "Pathetic… to think this is what passes for special forces for ZAFT, we are OZ Prize we'll show you what real special forces are capable of!"
The machines eye flashed a menacing red glow as the ZAFT pilot's eyes widened the machine charged bringing a beam saber through the ASH his counterparts flew in at high speed and took on the other mobile suits each of the pilots screams could be heard over the radios of their comrades.
Xxx
The group made their way into the large underground tunnel that leads to the Archangel.
"Who the hell is OZ Prize?" Waltfeld asked as they made their way towards the ship.
"They say they're special forces so OZ had their own special forces unit if they're half as good as some of the OZ units then we've got a real problem." Natarle said as they opened the large blast door that lead to the hangar of the Archangel.
Xxx
The machines stood amongst the burning wreckage to the horror of the ZAFT forces they had never seen machines that looked like these each trimmed in gold one red another blue and the last a dark forest green.
The commander smiled as their forces moved into the building "Kratz, Broom it's time we finish our mission."
"Yes sir." The two replied as the machines took flight and left the Special Forces team to finish the job.
Xxx
Unato smiled as his butler delivered the tea to them "I must say I never expected that the Atlantic Federation would send a team like yours…" he smiled at the elderly man who picked up his cup.
"Not at all… it's the least that we could do… now for the arrangements as you know we're from the ESUN and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the data at Morgenroete…" The man smiled as he added some sugar to the tea and stirred it in his glasses reflecting in the moonlight "My old colleagues certainly did disappoint me when they disappeared."
Unato nodded and smiled "Dr. Berg the mobile suit technology of the ESUN is on par with our own and your machines even surpass ours."
Berg smiled as he took a sip of the tea "Unlike my traitorous students I remained loyal to OZ and Romefeller because of this; I had access to the latest equipment and technology."
Unato raised his cup "To the foundation… and may our partnership benefit us all."
Berg smiled as he raised his own cup and they drank.
Xxx
"Begin launch sequence, have all pilots on standby for launch!" Murrue ordered as the hangar flooded.
"Beginning launch sequence all hands level one battle stations." Natarle's voice echoed through the ship as the hangar flooded and launch doors opened for the Archangel.
Cagalli made her way to the forward part of the bridge and looked out of the windows at the hangar as they started to make their way out.
Xxx
The Sun broke on the horizon over Orb that day as Shinn woke "I hope they…" "Hay Rey you awake yet?" he asked.
Rey was already dressed at his computer "Yeah… mind telling me why you were running around like a mad man last night checking on everyone?"
"Hopefully it was for nothing… I ran into Heero, Athrun, and that pilot from their team we saw in the video Kira…" Shinn said as he started to get dressed.
Rey looked at him "Huh… so what did they say?"
"To make sure everyone was on the ship." Shinn said softly as he fastened his uniform closed.
"Why would…" Rey looked at him as Shinn turned and looked at him bags under his eyes.
"They told me that there was a threat against representative Attha's life and to leave it in their hands, all of Orb's Preventers branch was on call for that… the reason they told us to stay on the ship is so we couldn't be blamed." Shinn said as he made his way to the door.
"They… hang on we'll go to the lounge the news should be on in about ten minutes." Rey said as he got up.
The lounge was packed the crew was all listening as the reporter spoke "The scene behind me is a tragic one for our nation, last night Chief Representative Cagalli Yula Attha was assassinated…"
Shinn's eyes widened in horror as the camera switched to a helicopter "The house was a safe house designated by the Preventers to guard the representative if it was required, the evidence as to the assassination team point towards the culprit, when the military examiners found the remains of several mobile suits and special forces operatives equipped with ZAFT equipment."
"No… how could…" Lunamaria watched as the operatives uniforms were shown "We caused…"
Shinn glared "It's a setup."
"It is also believed that, Preventers commander Athrun Zala had a hand in the planning of the assassination, he was seen as he left several hours prior on a high speed shuttle for the PLANT's, after further investigation of the headquarters it has also been found that the ESUN's branch of the Preventers has backed him in this, as a result this statement has been released by the Parliament and new Chief Representative Unato Seiran." The reporter said as the camera switched to a press conference within the parliament building.
"It is with great sadness this day that our nation mourns the loss of Representative Attha. We have made a united decision and have accepted an alliance with the Earth Federation as a result of this tragedy ZAFT has made it clear that they see us as a threat and as an enemy." Unato said as the reporters tried to get questions in.
The comm. system came online "All hands level one battle stations Orb is mobilizing to attack us." Captain Gladys voice echoed through the ship as the crew started to bolt from the room for their stations.
Xxx
Noin opened a line with the Minerva "Captain Gladys we'll be moving out with you the information we have obtained from our branch shows that we're being framed for this so we shall be…"
Talia nodded "I was informed by Commander Joule we understand perfectly we shall be heading for the Carpentaria base, our ships should be able to out run Orb's fleet."
Noin nodded "We have no intention of being captured."
The two ships accelerated out of the harbor as the Orb fleet mobilized behind them the hangars on the two ships opened and the mobile suits deployed taking up defensive positions on their ships.
Noin's eyes widened as they neared the border "Good lord we've been chased into a…"
The Atlantic Federations pacific fleet with their mobile suits deployed ready for their prize.
Talia glared "Damn it…" she watched as the battleships took aim.
A line opened across all channels as the Wing Zero flew forward "Attention all Atlantic Federation forces this is Lieutenant Commander Heero Yuy of the ESUN Preventers if you choose to open fire then we have been authorized to retaliate with full force, you have been warned." He took aim with the twin buster rifle at the center of the fleet.
Talia blinked "What does he mean?"
Yzak opened a line with the bridge "If they open fire on us then that means we are going to use every weapon available to us and the Wing Zero's Twin Buster rifle is more than capable of cutting a gaping hole in their fleet."
The Dominion activated it's full arsenal and lowered the two Lohengrin mega particle cannons into firing position Talia nodded "Arthur, take aim at the enemy fleet."
A message was broadcast over all channels from the fleet "To the ESUN Preventers, as a result of the actions your organization has taken and is defending the ZAFT Warship, the Earth Federation and all of its member states have declared war on both ZAFT and the ESUN." The fleet commander said "Fire!" he ordered.
"Heero, you have…" Noin started but stopped as the Wing Zero opened fire and split the rifle taking out the missiles and almost fifteen ships within the center of the fleet.
The Deathscythe charged landing on the deck of a carrier "Time to meet your maker!" Duo yelled as he cut the bridge in half.
Shinn glared as he launched towards the fleet "You bastards!" he drew his beam saber and cut a blue and white mobile suit in half then landed on one of the carriers and fired his beam rifle point blank into the bridge.
Lunamaria opened fire from the deck of the Minerva "Take this!" she fired the beam cannon she was holding and slowly turned taking out five enemy suits.
Xxx
The admiral looked at the Minerva "I see so they are putting up a pretty good fight… where's the Zamza-Zah?" he asked "We won't get an effective demonstration of its power if the prey is too weakened."
A commander nodded "yes sir we'll launch it as soon as it's ready."
The admiral smiled "I may be a little bias but I believe that soon mobile armors like those will be the backbone of our forces. They're a lot better than those imitation ZAFT machines we have now those flimsy insects…"
Xxx
Trowa zoomed in on one of the ships in the back "Hay Heero it seems they're launching something." He watched as the large green and orange mobile armor lifted off.
Heero glared "That thing's the size of a destroyer where the hell did it come from?"
Xxx
"It doesn't matter, Aim Lohengrin's one and two at that mobile armor we'll take it out with one shot!" Noin ordered as she looked at Talia "Care to back us up on this one it may be a little overkill but we'll clear half the enemy fleet with the same blast…"
Talia nodded "Aim Tannhauser, target enemy mobile armor!"
Arthur nodded "Targeting enemy mobile armor…"
Xxx
"The enemy ships are taking aim with their positron cannons…" one of the three mobile armor pilots said.
The commander nodded "Prepare to activate positron reflector…"
"Yes sir, now assuming reflection position." The other pilot said as he pressed in the code and the armor tilted forward and deployed an energy shield.
Xxx
Nicol's eyes widened "That's the same as the Artemis shield!"
Yzak looked at the mobile armor horrified "They can get those shields on a mobile armor now what the hell!"
"What's so special about that shield?" Trowa asked as he looked at it.
Dearka glared "Artemis was an impregnable Earth Forces space fortress… until Nicol cracked it's shield using the stealth capabilities of the Blitz to infiltrate it when he destroyed the shield from the inside out… that base could take hit after hit from the largest weapons we could throw at it and it didn't even phase it…"
Xxx
"FIRE!" Sally yelled as the Dominion and the Minerva opened fire at the same time all three mega particle cannons hitting the mobile armors shield at the same time.
Xxx
The pilots watched in awe as the blast carved through the fleet destroying almost thirty ships in the blast.
Out of the smoke and flames of the destroyed warships the mobile armor flew without a scratch on it.
Xxx
"They Deflected them… they deflected the Tannhauser." Shinn's eyes were wide with fear.
"Holy… how in the… that thing could take three direct hits from the Lohengrin's and it's still moving not even Heero's twin buster rifle could penetrate that shield if it can survive that…" Duo said as he looked on at the mobile armor as it started to close again.
Xxx
"Twenty to port, engines to maximum target the warship on the port side with the Tristans…" Talia ordered and Arthur looked at her.
"But captain that mobile armor is still out there!" Arthur said as he looked at her.
Talia glared at him "I'm open to suggestions, do your best to avoid it helmsman!"
"Yes mam!" he yelled from his seat.
Talia looked up at Meyrin "Where are Yzak, Dearka, and Shinn get them back here!"
Meyrin nodded "Yes mam!"
Xxx
The mobile armor commander smiled "Main cannons one and two target the enemy ship!" he ordered as the two beam cannons on the forearms of the mobile armor activated and swung into firing position.
Shinn glared as he charged "AHHHH!"
"What in the…" One of the mobile armor pilots pulled back pulling out of the way as the Impulse dove.
"Damn… Just what the hell is this thing!" Shinn yelled as he circled back for another attack on the mobile armor.
"Does that matter this things…" Quatre stopped as he flew closer "What…"
The commander looked at the two mobile suits "Extend claws!" he ordered.
"Rodger that, extending claws!" one of the other pilots responded as the two large forearms extended and two massive claws emerged and started to glow as their temperature increased.
Shinn flew backwards away and rolled away from the mobile armor "Damn I cant let that thing get a hold of the Minerva!"
The commander glared as he flew past "We'll crack those puny bodies of yours like a nut!" he fired the rear beam cannons at the Sandrock as he circled back.
Xxx
Trowa glared as he watched the Sandrock and the Impulse dodge the attacks of the mobile armor "Quatre!" he took aim and glared "Damn it they're of range…" he moved to launch from the Dominion.
"Trowa stay put the Heavyarms is no match for that mobile armor!" Wufei said as he flew towards the battle.
"Fine then help Quatre and Shinn…" Trowa glared at the mobile armor.
"Where do you think I was heading… Nataku would have my head if I didn't save him…" Wufei said as he rolled and flew towards the large mobile armor.
Xxx
"The Impulses power levels are reaching critical!" Meyrin said as she looked down at Talia.
"Four incoming mobile suits at seven O'clock!" The radar operator yelled.
Talia glared "Damn it… at this rate they'll split us off from the Dominion."
Xxx
"Target the water directly in front of the Minerva." The captain said as he watched the warship.
"Captain those aren't our orders…" the officer looked at him "Besides they…"
"Were all onboard their ship last night, along with the crew of the Dominion, none of them are responsible for the assassination, and it puts a bad taste in my mouth to even be firing on those ships after they saved earth from being destroyed." The captain said with a smile.
The officers nodded "Yes sir, captain Todaka."
"MAIN GUNS FIRE!" Another officer ordered as the Aegis class crusiers opened fire their shots landing around both of the ships.
"Captain Ramius I pray that you are alive and that the Preventers protected Representative Attha from any harm…" Todaka though as the shells from the ships landed around the Minerva.
Xxx
Talia glared "Arthur open fire on the Orb fleet they aren't…"
Noin shook her head "The ship in the lead is under the command of Captain Todaka he's one of the few allies we have left in the Orb military, he knows about what happened don't fire they won't hit us, they're just putting on a show."
Talia bit her lip "If you're wrong then we're leaving our stern open."
"Do I look like the kind of captain who would let her ship get shot out from under her?" Noin asked with a smile.
Xxx
"They're opening fire on the Minerva!" Shinn's eyes went wide as he and Quatre looked back at the Orb fleet rappid firing their main guns at the Dominion and Minerva.
"We cant…" Quatre started and felt his suit shake as he turned his eyes widened in horror "SHINN!"
Shinn turned just as the Zamza-Zah latched onto his mobile suits leg the Sandrock in the other claw in the same way "AWWWW SHIT!" Shinn yelled as his eyes went wide the armor started to dive for the ocean to slam them into the surface alarms started to blare in his suit as the power cell ran out.
Quatre watched in horror as the Impulses leg was sheared off as if it were nothing and he was thrown towards the surface "SHINN!"
The commander smirked "Now it's your turn!" he pushed the claw's pressure to it's limit and watched "What in the!"
The leg was crushed under the pressure from the claw but it wouldn't shear through "What in the hell is that thing made of!"
Wufei watched in horror as his suit closed "Damn it the Altron's not fast enough to get there!" the Impulse plummeted out of control towards the surface of the ocean.
"Quatre!" Wufei yelled as he closed the mobile armor threw the Sandrock at the Altron.
Shinn's eyes were closed as he remembered the past events "Mom… Dad… Mayu… Representative Attha… I won't… I WONT LET IT END LIKE THIS!" his mind went clear as he opened his eyes and pushed the thrusters of the Impulse to their max just before the surface of the water.
"You had enough yet!" The commander in the mobile armor glared as he took aim with all of the guns of the Zamza-Zah and fired.
The Impulse rolled as it dodged the shot and streaked away.
Xxx
Heero launched from the deck of a carrier as he watched the Impulse dodge the shots from the Zamza-Zah "Shinn's just like Kira and Athrun, the S.E.E.D. factor that mom was researching… that's why they could use the ZERO system so easily…"
Xxx
"Minerva, Meyrin use the Deuterion beam system and get a leg flyer, and sword silhouette." Shinn ordered calmly as he dodge the shots from the mobile armor as if they were nothing.
"Shinn?" Meyrin asked a little shocked she looked at Talia.
"Just do it!" Shinn glared.
"Just give him what he wants!" Talia ordered.
Meyrin nodded "Yes mam, Deuterion chamber standby, tracking system has a fix on the Impulse!"
Xxx
"Deuterion… isn't that what…" Nicol blinked.
"Yeah… the main unrefined component of Gundanium." Trowa said as they watched the green beam from the Minerva hit the impulse instantly recharging it's power supply causing the phase shift to reactivate.
Xxx
The Mobile armor commander looked on horrified "What was that!"
The Impulse rolled and charged the Zamza-Zah to the pilot's horror "FIRE!" The commander ordered as the armor fired its beam cannons the Impulse drew its sword and shield blocking the attack with them both and closed.
Shinn dove on the mobile armor driving the beam saber into the center of the machine and pulling it as he kicked off tearing it in half.
Xxx
"Well I'll be damned… the kid does know how to pilot after all…" Duo said as he watched from the Dominion the mobile armor plummeted into the ocean and blew up in a large blast that illuminated the sky "Wait that thing was… they're using their nuclear weapons again awww hell!"
Xxx
"Send out the silhouette!" Shinn ordered as he flew back towards the Minerva again.
Meyrin blinked "Right…"
The Minerva launched the two flyers as Shinn ejected the damaged leg section and the Force silhouette.
The Impulse combined with the new components and turned a blood red color as it took off towards the remaining ships in the Federations fleet.
Xxx
Wufei watched as the Impulse rolled past the ships missiles and landed on the deck of a destroyer "He isn't just Mayu's equal… he's better…"
"Shinn…" Quatre said weakly as blood trickled from a cut over his eye the visor of his helmet cracked.
Xxx
Shin swung the massive anti ship swords through the bow of the destroyer then spun bringing it through the bridge and charged the next ship continuing to carve a bloody path of destruction through the Federations fleet. He landed on the next ship and drove the sword straight through the center and pulled it the length of the ship as he launched sending it up in a massive fireball.
Xxx
Noin watched as Shinn continued on his merciless slaughter of the fleet "It's like watching them again…" her thoughts went back to when Wufei had attacked the Lake Victoria base.
Xxx
Shinn landed on the rear deck of a destroyer that had collided with a carrier while trying to flee the battle the CIWS opened fire as he raised one o of the two massive swords and brought it down into the center of the ship causing it to explode as he jumped onto the carrier driving both of the blades into the flight deck ripping it to shreds.
Xxx
Lunamaria watched in horror as the suit carved through the fleet "Shinn…"
Rey looked "It seems Shinn's scores weren't false after all…"
"It's kind of scary isn't it Dearka…" Yzak said as he watched.
"Yeah…" Dearka said.
Shiho blinked "What you guys?"
"It's like watching Kira again… when we were fighting against him…" Yzak said as Shinn cut the upper structure off of the last ship putting up a fight as the others ran at full speed to retreat from the battle.
xxx
Lady Une sighed as she knocked on the door "How am I going to…"
"Come in…" the female voice said from the other side as Lady Une opened the door and saw Relena at her desk.
"Vice Foreign Minister… there's a…" Lady Une started.
Relena looked up from her paperwork "Yes Middie?" she smiled as Lady Une walked forward.
"I'd still rather you use my title and not my first name Vice Foreign Minister… and there's a situation…" Lady Une held out a document to her.
Relena blinked as she took it and opened it her eyes went wide as she read the first sentence "To the Earth Sphere United Nation, as a result of recent events the Atlantic Federation declares a state of war against the PLANT's and the ESUN for the result of the Break the World incident and the assassination of Chief Representative Cagalli Yula Attha of the Orb Union."
"As you can see…" Lady Une started
Relena looked up tears running down her face "How… Cagalli dead… it…" she choked on her sobs as her hands shook holding the paper.
Lady Une closed her eyes "It's hard Vice Foreign Minister however we must take action, with the recent events… The Atlantic Federation has already attempted to strike at the Plants…"
Relena nodded "Ready a press announcement, I hate to say this… we are at war…"
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So another chapter finished and Shinn's kickin some ass, Athrun is in the Plants what will he do when he finds out… who knows that's for the next chapter… The Preventers have just gotten a taste of what kind of a pilot Shinn can be
"What's that supposed to mean 'can be', I am the lead of this series!" Shinn yelled
Yeah all *Cough* complaining pansy *Cough* you're the lead alright…
"WHAT WAS THAT!" Shinn roared as he grabbed Ald
Easy Shinn come on it was a joke
"A JOKE, THOSE ARE PEOPLES LIVES YOU'RE JOKING ABOUT HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT!" Shinn glared
Wha…
*THWACK*
"Damn it Shinn… quit practicing you're lines on… wait no keep practicing and read your part that was Athrun's…" Rey said as he flipped through the script.