Cyrannus System

Taylor couldn't pick a better luck at the time since the Cylons began their assault and to make things harder they were in league with the Shadow Collective. The Valkyrie pilot had so many to think of when fighting alongside a Colonial who is more confused as he is when fighting alien machines.

Shot down a view Raiders as the two fighters worked together, Areen spotted what she could describe a horrific leviathan. "Hey, Taylor, what the frak is that?"

"What is it?" Taylor looked further to her point of view until his eyes turned to the size of plates. "My god! Reapers! They must be launching a full scale invasion in the system! Areen we need to alert your people that they can't fight this force, the Shadow Collective is beyond anything you can imagine!" He spoke through the com link with a hint of worry in his voice.

"If your right then how are we gonna make them listen, they won't listen to you since your Tau'ri." Areen knew she had to agree when she watched one of the Battlestars get crunched by the Reaper's powerful appendages and not one scratch was dented on the alloy after the ship was destroyed.

When she first heard about the Tau'ri and everything they said to the Quorum about many alien races exist, forces they fought who are more powerful, almost god-like then any would've thought impossible and made her feel they need to be very careful for what they encounter.

Her father agreed with her and was wiser into thinking their people shouldn't let their religion get in the way but her brother didn't.

Her mind was snapped back into reality as a swarm of alien ships swooped past the debris, noticed a few alien fighters with the raiders firing their energy weapons. Areen realised Taylor's fighter swooped over her Viper and straight to the wave like some idiot until something she didn't see coming when it transformed into a giant-sized Cylon and unleashed a wave of energy of his own that quickly wiped out nearly all of the fighters much to her surprise.

'Thank the gods that we're not at war with the Federation!' She thought, steering her Viper to follow her new ally who transformed back into a Jet fighter. Admired of such skills performed, manoeuvring in ways the Colonials couldn't pull or believe would be possible. She even began to admire this Tau'ri-if he is one or an alien, either way he was very skilled.

The two fighters manage to pass through only to see a horrific scene of Colonial ships being destroyed without getting a chance to put up a fight to find one Battlestar fighting for survival against the Reaper and somehow not drifting like the rest of the fleet.

The two fighter pilots head towards it before any enemy ships reach it. They received a weak link from the Battlestar through the static until it became clearer to hear.

"Repeat this is the Battlestar Cerberus to any known survivors do you copy? We are being helplessly outnumbered and the entire fleet has been wiped out!"

'Oh no, Dad!' Areen recognised the voice of her father who is the captain of the ship. Just when she was about to respond back she heard Taylor's voice responded. "Battlestar Cerberus, this is Valkyrie Leader Taylor Yarnan from Starfleet. My squad is helping to as much as we can until help comes can you hold on a little longer?"

"The Federation? Forgive the surprise, son, but none of us believe you would come and help us." The captain responded with some sense of hope.

"Well I happen to came in time to safe a pilot named Areen."

"Areen? Thank gods, what happened to your squadron?" The captain spoke to her, made her felt relieved to hear he was worried inside. "We were ambushed, sir, we believe the cylons have made allies and some sort of transforming machines Taylor identifies as Decepticons which is an alien."

"Alien? Meaning we've been infiltrated?"

"That may be possible, captain, right now we need to gather any surviving ships and join up with the fleet as soon as they arrive." The Valkyrie pilot spoke. "I know you don't trust me but believe me we're at war with an alliance called the Shadow Collective that are powerful and extremely hostile. If they are in league with the Collective there's no chance that you can defeat them." Hoping to have gotten through to them, a few moments of silence until he received a response.

"We'll take your word for it, we're picking up more Cylon ships jumping in all over the place." Taylor and Areen were relieved to hear it, but before he would respond his face turned to a smile. "I wouldn't worry about it, Captain. Cavalry's arrived!"

Multiple Hyperspace windows and flashes opened from a distance then came the Federation ships, accompanied by the Klingon ships. Along with them an SDF Avalon but jumped out of Fold-space as any ships built from Protoculture, clearly the largest ship any have seen. The Klingon Bird-of-Prey ships immediately taken action when the Raiders and Reapers spotted them. Swooping pass the debris the Klingon ships began firing their upgraded torpedoes on the first targets such as the Basestars.

The Cylon Basestar launched their missiles, enveloped them in large balls of explosions only to have harmlessly disembarked without any damage due to their strong shields.

The Bird-of-Prey ships now fired more of their weapons again along with the Federation ships that have launched a dozen of drones at the Basestar and the Reaper that was approaching them, both were unable to do anything with the drones swarming around them like insects until they cut through their alloy like paper, blown from the insides of their vessels. The Federation fleet fired their forward phasors and plasma beam weapons all together, forming a defence position around the surviving Colonial ships and to guide them to the Avalon.

On board the Cerberus the Captain and everyone present in the bridge watched with awe and shock how powerful the Federation was including their allies. The captain was merely in his late-middle ages with greying dark brown hair and manages to keep himself fit. "Captain, more Cylons and aliens jumping all over the place!" Said his XO. "Oh gods!"

"What is it?" He shouted out, seeing the XO's paled face. "Their beginning to bomb the colonies! All of them!" Everyone was now pale as ghosts to hear such gruesome news. Fearing to learn their loved ones were still on the planets they are fighting for.

The Basestars launched their missiles into the colonies' atmosphere, then split into many more missiles, plummet into cities, oceans, forests until entire planets were enveloped with clouds of radiation, billions of lives lost by the Shadow Collective. The Shadow collective immediately began to send in parties throughout the system to be sure there were no survivors on the colonies while in the midst of battle with the Federation and Klingons.

Taylor watched in horror as mushroom-shaped clouds grew over entire landscapes, images of his past surfaced of his home and family. His hands clench around the trigger and eyes shut tight. "No, this is what happened to my home, my family!" He whispered, enough for no one to listen before turning his site to the Reapers with hatred.

"You bastards!" Thrusted his engines and fired endlessly at any enemy fights in his path, using missiles and guns in every direction. Streaming into a group of Raiders that had the misfortune to pick a fight with an angered pilot, ending up blown to pieces before the Valkyrie fazed through them.

"Oh frak." Areen watched as the Valkyrie pilot going berzerk after the bombing. It was as if something triggered him going like this, felt she needed to do something if he keeps going like this.

"All Vipers, this is Commander Vern of the Battlestar Cerberus leave the battle and return to the Cerberus we will initiate jump and anyone left behind will follow the Federation ships."

She spotted a raider coming from behind him no doubt wouldn't know when distracted. Took action to help him, firing her guns at the Raider until it manages to shoot the Valkyrie's wings causing it to spin out of control as she followed through.

Pacing some speed she used her Viper to steer the now unconcious pilot into the Battlestar Cerberus, sturggling with her might by the size and weight of the fighter until she had help with some other Valkyries in Battroid mode to bring it into the Colonial ship with an almost perfect landing in the docking bay, followed by a dozen or so Vipers. Engineers took action to extinguish sparks and fire from the damaged fighters before Medical units took the wounded to safe.

The SDF Avalon opened up the docking bay for Colonial ships to enter; once the last ship docked the fleet turned round and initiated Space fold, warp and hyperspace to flee the lost battle.

Far from the battle just began the Battlestar Galactica was in a state of panic after recieving news of a Cylon attack on the colonies. Colonal Tigh looked at the papers them received. "This is gotta be a joke." He said with a small grin. "The fleet's playing a joke on you, it's a retirement prank. Cone on."

"I don't think so." The commander William Adama disagreed with him, concerned of the reports. Picked up an intercom and started speaking to the entire fleet.

"This is the commander. Moments ago this ship recieved word of a Cylon and Alien attack against our homeworlds is underway. We do not know the size or the disposition or the strength of the enemy forces. But all indications point to a massive assault against Colonial Defences. Admiral Nagala has taken personal command of the fleet aboard the Battlestar Atlantia following the destruction of the Picon fleet in the first wave of the attacks." He sighed and continued on. "How? Why doesn't really matter now. What does matter is that as of this moment, we are at war.

Many took it in for the moment Adama said about war. "You're ready for this. Stand to your duties, trust your fellow shipmates and we'll all get through this. As other news only the Battlestar Cerberus was the only military ship that survived and recieved word the United Federation of Planets lend their aide for they are also at war with this enemy the Cylons have allied themselves. No further updates for now. Thank you."

Everyone in the ship scrambled into action, never believed they would be at war with the Cylons after 40 years but now with aliens for the first time in Colonial history. "Begin a plot around the solar system for any military units, friendly or hostile."

"Yes, sir!"

"Sir, I'm picking up unknown vessels recently appeared on our monitors 1500 km from our position."

"Could be these aliens you mentioned earlier. That Tau'ri president chick few years ago mentioned there are forces more fearsome than us." Tigh said.

"And they were right. We know nothing of the universe as they more widespread than we have." The commander replied.

"This is the Federation starship SDF Avalon to Colonial starship. We wish to make contact and have refugee vessels from the attack in the Cyrannus system." They were shocked and relieved to find the UFOP in the situation, also with survivors to count. "This is Commander Adama of the Battlestar Galactica, we're grateful to hear this and your permission to make contact is granted so long as we recognise our own vessels first."

"I understand your concerns, commander, as I have Commander Telos of the Battlestar Cerberus with us." It surprised them even more that Telos was with them.

"Tell him we'll be happy to see him come aboard." Turning towards his XO. "I'll need to get Starbuck out of the brig, we'll be needing all the pilots we need for this war."

"There are many who wouldn't trust the Federation from our first contact with them, mainly the Tau'ri."

All because of Adar and those fools would see things in their image. I think this could help both our civilizations to put aside their differences as both our enemies have now joined forces."

Halo Sol system

The Leviathan raced to the colony station after receiving hail from Captain Alexander. Commander Shanseem stood high and observing the screen while the officers around him carry out their duties. "Ensign, be sure the ship is cloaked from all vessels of this system. I do not wish to endanger the ship and it's crew in their war."

"Shields are up and the Leviathan is cloaked, sir." The female Trill officer replied.

"Sir, commander Keltrad requests to send a team to the station for immediate evact of all officers." A Tau'ri male spoke out from his post. "Tell him as soon as we are within range he'll need to be of extreme careful." Thun remarked, turning to the young Tau'ri. "Remember we're not the only ones with powerful weapons, but we know how they fight and think which should give us the advantage if one day they oppose us." The officer nodded before the Sanghieli turned to the AI. "Martin Luther King, anything on the Captain and his clan or any of the cadets?"

"I have indeed, but unfortunately the three cadets, San'L, Saki Yamuri and Kira Alexander are located just at the heat of battle for what I believe are the G-Weapons for the Earth forces."Lid up screens of the Machines built by ZAFT and the newest designs by Orb, Thon had to admit they were impressive, the grey machines reminded him of the Tau Battlesuits.

Despite of their so-called advantage Starfleet size would not matter only by strength, courage and wisdom are one of the ways that make a warrior strong. Over the years of understanding the two factions he sees them as no better than each other as they continue fighting one another.

As the war spreads at an alarming rate it would without a doubt they will be pulled in it and must work as allies to fight against the Shadow Collective whether they like or not.

"What about the cadets?" He became concerned upon learning the cadets are in the battlefield, despite they were one of the best trained in the academy they were not ready for real action yet.

"Through the security cameras, San'l and Saki have exited the building and Kira's signature is located in one of the G-weapons with who I believe to be is an Earth Force officer." The commander was shocked to hear what he didn't wish was true. "What? Why is Kira Alexander in the G-weapon?"

To answer his question the video-log showed Kira running to the female who was shot and wounded while protecting the last G-weapon, he watched closer to find a ZAFT soldier about to strike but to make things more confusing, the soldier paused where he stood and saw Kira's shocked expression. It was as if he knew his would-be killer before he fled to the other G-weapon. Thon needed to know why and how until they successfully rescued them all.

"Are the new Messiahs ready for flight?"

"Yes, sir! Skull squadron is ready for your call." An officer said.

"Keltrad will lead them in the mission with General Rolios. I want all to remain stealth, without being seen or heard!" Barking out his orders as followed. The seven Messiahs disembarked the starship, heated their thrusters to build high speed. new upgraded fighters with updated technologies and resources that allow them to be faster and stronger. Each fighter was equipped with their own personal FTL-drives, cloaking technology; even have self-reparing nanites for any damages they sustain.

Not far in the battle the Moebius Zero pilot, the famous Hawk of Endymion concentrated firing his targets when all of a sudden saw what could be described as curved streams of blue lights and even stranger than that was seeing a glimpse of a larger unknown ship before disappearing from sight. "OK, that was weird." He told himself until he felt a strange sense only he knows. "But this one I know what this feeling is." Turning his gaze to the Laurasia-class ships where the source was coming from.

Heliopolis

San'L and Saki ran for their lives through the dangers, thinking about how to get to safety and worry about the main picture; like why Athrun was in the military and doing this. "San'L, were you sure that was Athrun Zala?"

He faced her with a strong stern expression. "Damn righ it was him, even Kira saw him right in the face and I searched his mind." Looking back at the damage caused by them. "Why, why would he do this? This isn't like him."

"Hey!" Both turned to the familiar voice they recognised was Sai and Tolle, the four teens rushed up to them, all looked worried. "Wh-where's Kira? We thought he was with you two?" Said Mir. The two couldn't think what to say to them until large rocks shattered from the nearby building came above them. San'L didn't had time to think of what will happen, threw his hands above them and the rocks were thrown to another direction away from them. Saki was shocked for what he had done to expose himself for what he is in front of their friends who were more shocked than she was.

"Man, good thing one of my ancestors was a Tau'ri." San'L muttered quickly so no one would hear him. Turning to face them with a stern look. "San'L, how did you do that?" Kuzzey managed to speak from his shock.

"I know this is something you never saw but I promise me, Saki and Kira will explain everything. But we can't if we're responsible for your lifes if endangered."

"We did feel as though we wanted to tell you sometime because of the friendship we had, even Kira wanted to the most. Right now getting to safety is more importance." Saki felt as though she wished nothing like this would have happened. Felt a gently hand on her shoulder to realised was from Mir smiling to them. "We understand, Saki. I'm sure it wouldn't be that big of a secret."

San'L smiled with relief. "Thanks, Mir, but believe me it is big." Another explosion occured when a GINN burst out of the ruined buildings, turned it's attentions on the teens with its large weapon pointing at them until three energy lances stabbed from its torso. Fallen to the ground with the pilot now dead they see behind the GINN. San'L and Saki immediately recognised it as the Messiah; the teens thought it was a more advance mobile suit, sleeker, more humanoid with parts that resembled a plane.

"Is that a mobile suit?" Sai stared at it in awe.

"No really." They turned to San'L grinned with a positive face. "That's one of ours, the VF-25 Messiah, new in the Federation." Confused what he meant as the Messiah approached them casually with it's metallic feat skidded across the ground like it was ice skating. Kneeling down to look at the confused teens until they heard a voice coming from it. "San'L? Saki? Long time no see!" Both of the cadets were dumbfounded to recognise their saviour. "Taren?"

"The one and only and I see you've been busy! Where's Kira!" the Tetramand grinned looking through the vidscreen, noticed the other humans possibly with them. Wondering where their best friend is until he spotted another of the humanoid machined identified as Mobile suits but with mostly blue and white, observed as it battles a Mobile suit like the other he shot dead. He saw their stern faces something was wrong.

"You see that machine just now, Kira's in there in trouble." Saki explained, their friends shocked to hear this. "I'll go help him. By the way if you see another of these bad boys wrecking havoc and with a ape-roar that would be Gunjak, he and I became pilots of Skull squadron and immediately volunteered to help you guys! get to somewhere safe until we regroup."

Activated his thrusters, gusting great winds until he was from distances. Cleaning themselves then stared at the two cadets. "Yeah, I know we have allot of explaining to do but should head to the park." Started to run without wasting time.

After being pushed into a mobile suite, Kira watched as the woman was having trouble piloting the machine as well as fighting with it against a GINN poorly, he decided to take over with his years of experience with machines. Not knowing the woman watched him reprogrammed the G-weapon identified as the Strike in mere seconds. 'This kid, could he be...?' She had many questions in her mind.

The Strike pulled out it's sabres before charging into the GINN, dodging each blast that was for the Strike. Within reach stabbed it in the waist unit and the other beneath its head, severed the link to control the machine.

The young Coordinator, Miguel was having the worst of luck when having to capture the final G-Weapon. At first he thought it was easy having to deal with the pilot who is a Natural until suddenly became serious which confused him. Now his GINN was damaged and unable to control it.

"Ugh, damn Natural! Let's see you get out of this!" Pulled out an eject switch, opening a hatch behind him to jump out before moving the GINN into the strike.

The brunette woman grimaced of what he was doing. "No good! get away from that!" Alerting Kira who sees what was happening, too late to get a clear distance until something came between them and punched the GINN to its side before it exploded. Both were confused of what happened when one of the screens showing what she thought was a Mobile unit. Kira on the other hand recognised it. 'A VF-25 Messiah? Why would Starfleet be here? At least they came in time.'

Receiving a hail coming from the Messiah through weak static. "This is Messiah-4 speaking to the Mobile Suit, is that you Kira?" The boy's eyes blinked when realising who's voice it was. "Taren? I can't believe it!" Smiled at the static screen to hear his friend's voice.

"Same here, bud, what the hell are you doing in that? Commander Shansheem probably wants to know." Gulped when almost forgetting that Starfleet could hack into every network in this system, knowing he would have a very serious demand for what's been going on. Before he could respond to Taren, the woman was unconscious and her arm was bleeding.

"Taren, I have someone who's seriously wounded. She needs medical attention."

"Everyone's rounding up at the forest; San'l and Saki are already there by now. I'll go and let the officers know where you guys are, including your family, let's move it." Both the Strikeand the Messiah headed into seperate directions.

The ZAFT mobile suits escaped with the stolen G-Weapons now in their grasp, entering the ship for the Mechanics to get to work on the machines. Athrun disembarked his and floated in the zero-gravity, remembering what had happened on the station. 'Kira, San'L, Saki. It couldn't be.'

Meanwhile back in the station Saki started explaining to their friends everything, couldn't believe what they were hearing; that their friends, apart from Kira were really aliens. Working for this Federation which is an alliance of many more aliens, even more surprising that Humans have spread across their galaxy and one of those known as the Tau'ri were enhanced humans like Coordinators only much more physically stronger, smarter and don't have the same personality as either of them have.

What became more horrific is they and other allied alien governments are at war with an enemy that not only seeks their own goal, but to embark a crusade to exterminate all of Humanity and all related.

Sai sighed, taking all he and the rest had heard. "OK, so let me get this straight then; you guys are from another planet which is part of a bigger alliance of countless alien races in the universe."

Saki nodded. "That's right."

Tolle took his turn. "And what your saying is somewhere there's another Earth in another galaxy where a race of more enhanced humans called 'Tau'ri' who were one of the founding members of this Federation."

Both the cadets nodded again, Mir then gave a worried look. "And what your saying is your people are at war with these other aliens who want to rule many worlds, and wipe out all of Humanity? Including us?"

"'Fraid so." San'L remarked.

"But why? what is it we did to make them want to do such thing?" Kuzzey asked as many would agree with him.

"It's not what we did, they want to wipe us all out so we wouldn't become too powerful and a threat to them." San'L said knowing not to worry them allot about the details of the war, knowing they couldn't say too much when they see the familiar machine approaching them until slowing itself in front of them.

They were surprised of the size of it but San'L and Saki were used to things that size or bigger. They see now kneeling down before letting the hatch from the torso open and came out of it was Kira with an unconscious woman who's arm was seriously wounded.

"What happened?" Mir asked Kira when looking back at the woman. "She needs help with her arm. Saki, can you do anything for her?"

The Zolan nodded. "Sure!"

Elsewhere where the battle continued from the remaining ZAFT, two GINNs patrol the ruined city for any signs of Earth Forces or just for sick pleasure of any Naturals to shoot. Over the near halfe building one of them spotted something moving, the two decided to investigate behind it. But what they found was nothing; even their scanners couldn't find anything.

Taren couldn't picked a better time when having to deal with two mobile suits, could take them out in no time with his years of training and easily take on any enhanced humans

"This is stupid, there's nothing here!" The GINN pilot said, annoyed and bored hinted.

"We got what we came for let's get out of-" Destroying the rest of the ruins they saw light shimmering in a humanoid shape roughly about their height or bigger. Both ZAFT pilots were in a state of shock when it revealed it's presence. Couldn't find the right answer for what it is but to destroy and possibly bring back for study. But the humanoid-machine dodged it, taken the arm and tossed the GINN over its back like a feather until it landed roughly against the ground.

"What the hell?" The pilot who had the misfortunes to have his now disabled GINN thrown in the air by some bizarre robot. Unknown to them that it was the Messiah, developed from the Protoculture and other advance resources used in the Federation.

"What kind of a Mobile suit is that?" The second pilot shouted, controlling his GINN to fire at it but the Messiah had the advantage over stealth and speed. Skidded to the side to dodge the bullets as well as using it's shields.

"Shields?" It was something neither Natural or Coordinator thought was possible for any machines of their size would be able to possess shields or use advance cloak. Inside the Messiah, Taren was getting annoyed of how weak the ZAFT mobile armour are. Wondering how they could think of themselves more superior to humans when two GINNs couldn't take his fighter down.

"I have no time to deal with you, asshole! Now for some real fighting!" The Messiah approached the GINN, deactivating it's shields but the bullets still had no effect against surface as they were bounced off.

Seeing it running with a sword in the metal grasp, thinking that he believes to have won the battle but has gravely underestimated the pilot of the Messiah, displayed a smaller shield over its left arm that blocked the attack. Taren aimed it's free arm to aim right into the head, knocking it's balance off, enough time for him to fire energy weapons in the gaps.

Stood tall as the now destroyed mobile suit collapses to the ground before the victor. Taren had some small sense of pity for the Coordinators, using pride in battle and prejudice in battles would send them to a darker path and could affect those close to them. He once said the two factions would be nothing but trouble and he was right, they would have a hard time taking on the UFOP since he easily took on two GINN.

"I gotta get to Commander Keltrad and come back for the others, fast as possible." He told himself, bringing out the screen and gain contact with them. He suddenly heard a woman's voice.

"This is Lyta Alexander to the Leviathan or any Starfleet officer in the area, please respond!" Hearing Lyta's voice, Taren quickly responded, tabbing his finger against the holo screen. "Lyta Alexander, it's Taren! I just got in contact with the others, your son Kira is ok but they got caught in a crossfire!"

"Glad to know they are safe, I'm with my husband and our children now. Transmit the coordinates of their whereabouts."

"Got it, best to alert the commander not to beam them aboard in front of any locals, especially their friends. Meet you at the park." Cut the transmission off to regroup with the others, hoping to see his friends in good shape than being in the situation they're in now.