AN: Ladies and gentlemen, we are back for more once again! I just couldn't wait to get this one out there, because this is...the moment you've all been waiting for!

Kira: The arrival of the Dinobots?

AN: No.

Bumblebee: The face-off between Sentinel and Lockdown?

AN: No.

Shinn: The epic battle between the Freedom and the Impulse which happens alongside a battle between-

AN: No, and SPOILER! [Hits control.]

Shinn: Seriously?!...Uh nothing's happening. [Sees a pair of levers.] What are those for?

AN: Lucky you Shinn. Today you may get to avoid the punishment for nearly giving away a spoiler. Just choose one of the levers to pull, and if you choose correctly, you get to take a great ride on a rollercoaster, but choose wrong, and you still get the punishment.

Shinn: Sounds simple enough.

AN: Oh yeah, and Lunamaria has to be the one who chooses the lever.

Luna: What? Well okay. [walks to the levers]

AN: Shinn, when you're ready, just tell Lunamaria she can pull the lever.

Shinn: Okay. You ready Luna?

Luna: Yeah I think I've got it.

Shinn: Okay then...pull the lever Luna. [Luna pulls one of the levers and a trap door opens under Shinn] WRONG LEVEEEEEEEEEEER!

Luna: Whoops [hears a loud splash]

AN: [Laughing hysterically] Oh in all seriousness though, its the chapter where Kira and Team Optimus Prime return to action, and in which we see exactly what happens between Cagalli and Yucka.

Kira: You mean Yuna right?

AN: No...Now then on with the show!

I do not own anything from either the Gundam or Transformers franchises or any other franchise mentioned in this story


Chapter 7: Resurrections of Golden Wings

Athrun stood before Durandal and Meer Campbell, Durandal's fake Lacus Clyne, as he finished fastening the collar of his Z.A.F.T. uniform. It was now a few days after he had called for an appointment with the chairman, and now he had informed the man of his decision to rejoin Z.A.F.T. in order to assist in the upcoming war that they were now facing. Meer seemed to jump for joy at the sight of Athrun in his uniform, but Athrun could only grunt in acknowledgement of her excitement.

Athrun was not saying he disliked Meer, but he would not say that he liked her all that much either. From his first official meeting with her after he had returned to his hotel after his previous meeting with Durandal, he got the impression that the girl was a naïve fool as to what exactly was going on for the most part, and that she was clearly okay with just being the chairman's little puppet for whenever Durandal needed her. While her speech from that day and her appearance made her seem just like Lacus for the most part, Athrun could tell that aside from that, Meer had no clue what the real Lacus was like outside of that, a fact that was reinforced by the fact she believed that Lacus and Athrun were still engaged, which Athrun tried his best to correct her on. While it was true that there was never any official announcement on the matter, it was still well known for the most part that Athrun and Lacus's engagement had been called off during the final stages of the last war, but right now that did not matter.

What really mattered right now was when Durandal presented Athrun with a small, silver box that contained a pin that looked like a single wing. Athrun could only stare in shock at this as he stated, "FAITH members wear those."

"I thought it best not to insert you into the regular military chain of command. There might be problems, and this is a means of getting around that," Durandal explained. "FAITH operatives are supposed to swear an oath of loyalty. You need only pledge your loyalty to your own beliefs. You're the kind of man who follows his own beliefs without wavering from moment to moment, and who is prepared to fight courageously for them in times of necessity."

"I'd like to believe that is true Mister Chairman," Athrun told Durandal, secretly saying in his mind that the chairman had no idea how true that actually was.

"I'm sure you can do it. When necessary I want you to use that extra power as you see fit. Use what you have to bring about peace, not only for Z.A.F.T. and the PLANTs, but for a world where humanity can live as one," Durandal then told Athrun.

Athrun looked at the badge for another moment before finally accepting it with a salute. Durandal smiled at this and then told Athrun, "I'm sure you're concerned about Orb and the position its taking, but right now I need you to join the Minerva and the Xanthium. I have high hopes for those ship, and I have a feeling they could play the same roles that the Archangel and the Omega IIplayed in the previous war. I want you to help them achieve greatness."

Athrun then smirked a bit before he said, "If that is the case Mister Chairman, then I'm afraid that I won't be able to use the Savior as my mobile suit." Durandal raised an eyebrow in confusion at what Athrun meant by that, so the emerald eyed man quickly elaborated what he meant. "I have no doubt that it is a great machine, but if I'm truly able to accomplish what you and I both want to accomplish, then I will need to use a machine that I know will be able to do so."

"And where are you planning to find what I can only imagine to be a magnificent machine," Durandal asked, truly curious as to where Athrun was going with this.

Athrun smirked once more as he said, "Actually, it should be here any minute now."

Before Durandal could ask what Athrun meant by that, a call came through saying that an unknown mobile suit was approaching the PLANTs. When he heard this, Athrun told the chairman to request a visual of the machine, and Durandal did exactly that. When the image appeared on his screen, Durandal and Meer both gasped in surprise at what appeared before them. There on the monitor, was the familiar large form of the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam. Durandal threw a confused look at Athrun to which the now reinstated pilot only nodded in reply to.

Now understanding what Athrun was saying earlier, Durandal smiled even more confidently than before as he stated, "Well if this is what you feel is best, then who am I to say no to that? I know full well what you are capable of in that mobile suit, so there is now no doubt at all that you will be able to accomplish what I wish for you to do so long as you are piloting the Justice."

Athrun nodded in thanks for the chairman's words and then departed for the hangar where his old friend, the Justice, would be waiting for him. As he made his way to where he would find his new pilot suit, Athrun silently prayed that things were going just as well for the others back in Orb as they were for him.


At the same time, it was a bright and sunny day in Orb, especially at the home of the four former commanders. Murrue Ramius and Natarle Badgiruel especially were enjoying the light breeze that blew through their hair as they looked at the ocean from the deck of the house with smiles. They both then detected the smell of coffee when someone commented, "That's a nice breeze."

"Yes it is," Murrue agreed as she and Natarle both turned to see Waltfeld and Aisha walking up to them, each with a mug in both hands.

"Here, have a taste. I gave it a little more roast than yesterday's blend," Waltfeld said as he handed one of the mugs he was carrying to Murrue while Aisha handed one to Natarle.

Murrue and Natarle both accepted the mugs before they took a small sip. Thinking for a moment on how the drink tasted, Natarle then stated, "I think I liked yesterday's better."

"Same here," Murrue agreed with a smile.

Waltfeld and Aisha both then took a sip from their own mugs to test the flavor themselves before Waltfeld chuckled, "You know I think I'm starting to understand each of your tastes."

"It certainly helps to have someone else around to taste those drinks of yours. Sometimes I actually wonder if you ever make the same brew twice," Aisha told her lover.

The four all then turned to look out at the horizon as Kira walked out of the house himself. After staring for a moment, Waltfeld and Murrue both started to say something when they paused for a moment. Waltfeld then raised a hand as he said, "Go ahead. Ladies first, I insist."

"I'd like to hear the gentleman's point of view first," Murrue offered.

Waltfeld gave Murrue a small smile as he continued with what he was saying before. "Well, about Orb's decision…unfortunately I don't think that it could've been prevented no matter how hard Cagalli tried. I'm sure she did everything she could, and that she's the official leader of the country, but politics of that level are just too much for an eighteen year old to handle."

"Yes, I suppose that is true," Natarle agreed sadly. "I don't blame Cagalli for what happened, but still, it just means that we'll have to go with that option now."

"Well, we shouldn't jump to conclusions just yet. After all, that option was also for other purposes as well, and we won't know anything until Cagalli sends either us or the Autobots the word to move," Aisha warned.

"Well if that doesn't happen, then I don't know about you guys, but Kira, Lacus, Aisha, and I have been thinking about moving away from here, and some of the Autobots have been talking about going off grid for a while," Waltfeld then revealed.

"To the PLANTs," Murrue asked.

"If it keeps up like this, that might be the only place that we Coordinators and any Transformers can live," Waltfeld stated.

"I don't know about that tiger boy," a deep voice then amended. The four turned to see Wheeljack walking over to them. "Optimus has been saying that if we do go to the PLANTs, then it will only reinforce what the people of Earth have started to believe about all the Cybertronians, and if what Ratchet's been seeing is true, then that might not be as good an idea as you think."

"What do you mean by that Jackie," Natarle asked.

"Ratchet's been going over some details of Sentinel's story as to how his ship disappeared and then ended up here, and he's found some things that didn't really make sense. I couldn't really understand all of it myself, but he did say that if we have to go with that plan, then he would definitely explain it to everyone as soon as we got the chance," Wheeljack explained. "Whatever it is though, I will say this much. It's been making Optimus a bit suspicious of Sentinel and his team."

Everyone then just looked out to the horizon as they now found themselves with more to wonder about than ever before. If what Wheeljack said was true, then it could mean that the worst was still yet to come.


That evening, everyone was sleeping peacefully when Haro's detected an intruder approaching the house, and he immediately began bouncing along the hallway as he called out, "Too bad. Too bad! This isn't good!"

That started to wake up Natarle, Murrue, Waltfeld, Aisha, and Kira, who were closest to where Haro was at the time. Waltfeld and Aisha both ran out of their shared room with Energon Pistols in hand as Natarle and Murrue each came out of their own rooms as well. "I wonder where our guests are from," Aisha whispered quietly as the four all nodded to each other.

"We'll probably know soon enough. Murrue, Natarle, you two take Lacus and the kids to the shelter. Aisha, tell Wheeljack to let Optimus know what's going on. Good luck," Waltfeld told the three women.

"Right," Murrue and Natarle replied as they ran off with Aisha to their specified areas. A moment after he departed from the three women, Waltfeld ran into Kira as the latter was leaving his room.

"Get your clothes on kid," Waltfeld told Kira, upon seeing that Kira was still in his nightwear. "We've got unwanted visitors. Join Captain Ramius, Commander Badgiruel, and Aisha, and look after Lacus."

"Okay," Kira replied before he headed back into his room to get dressed as quickly as possible and then grab his own Energon Pistol.

The minute that Waltfeld was at a window that the intruders were trying to get in through, he immediately opened fire on the hostiles and took down one with a single shot from his gun. He then ducked behind the wall as someone tried to return fire through the same window before he started shooting again. Suddenly, a full spray of bullets started to rain in through the window, and Waltfeld had to turn a table on its side for better cover until he could reach a doorway that led to the hall. Thinking that he had bought enough time and that there was likely more of them in the building, Waltfeld smirked as he ducked out through the door and began to run down the hallway when he was suddenly attacked by another assailant. Waltfeld tried to defend himself, but the assailant had pulled out a knife that caused him to drop his gun.

"Hey," Waltfeld shouted as he pushed the mystery man off of him. Before his attacker could make another move against him, Waltfeld raised his left arm as it transformed into a blaster and shot said attacker point blank, mentally thanking the ones who gave him his Cybertronian prosthetic limbs as he finished saying, "I needed that."

Seeing that his attacker was down for the count at the moment, Waltfeld began to walk off to rejoin the others when he heard something come in from the man's radio. "Target is proceeding to Area E with the children. She's unarmed and only has three female guards with her, so hurry up and take her out."

"What about the Autobots of Optimus Prime," another voice asked.

"No sign of them so far."

"Too bad. I was hoping to show that librarian what happens to fake Primes."

That was all that Waltfeld needed to hear in order to realize that these people, whoever they were, were after Lacus, and that they had assistance from Autobots that were not a part of Optimus's team.


Murrue and Natarle were both pinned down as they tried to provide covering fire as Aisha tapped in the code to open the door to the shelter, and it was not an easy task with the kids panicking about the fact that there were people trying to shoot at them. Malchio and Lacus were doing their best to keep the kids calm, but even they had limitations. Just then, a door opposite of where they were all standing opened and Waltfeld stepped through it before taking cover on the other end of the hallway himself, just when the shelter doors opened. "Keep moving, there's a lot of them," Waltfeld told everyone as he placed a hand on Kira's arm.

Suddenly, Haro bounced up in front of Lacus shouting, and drew Kira's attention to a nearby grate where he saw a man with a sniper rifle taking aim at his girlfriend. Kira quickly dived in to push Lacus aside just as the man fired, and the four former soldiers quickly spun to the source of the shot and opened fire as well. They all then dived into the shelter just as the doors closed, and only relaxed after the doors had sealed themselves shut.

Wheeljack then drove into the room, having gotten in through a secret entrance that only Optimus and his team knew about, and quickly transformed as he asked, "Optimus is sending a team this way now, just to be on the safe side. Everyone okay?"

"Yeah Jackie," Kira replied as he gasped for breath.

"They're Coordinators," Murrue gasped.

"Yeah and they're no amateurs. Those guys are well trained, and they've definitely seen combat," Natarle agreed.

"You mean they're from the Z.A.F.T. forces," Kira asked.

"Yep, and that's not the worst of it," Waltfeld told Kira. Everyone turned to him as he said, "I overheard something from one of their radios and sounded like some of them are Autobots."

"That's a pretty serious accusation to make Waltfeld. You'd better hope to Primus that you've got some good reason to think that," Wheeljack warned.

"One of the guys on the radio said, and I quote, 'I was hoping to show that librarian what happens to fake Primes'."

"They're Coordinator special forces with Autobots that have something against Optimus. Great," Murrue muttered sarcastically.

"That's not all though. I don't really know why, but it sounded to me like they were coming after her," Waltfeld then told them as he threw a glance at Lacus.

"But why do they want Lacus," Kira demanded.

"Good question. Maybe it has something to do with what we heard about from Athrun the last time he contacted us," Aisha replied.

Everyone silently agreed with that, as they remembered Arcee telling them what Athrun had told her when she contacted him in secret the other day. They then just sat down for a moment before Lacus came up to Kira and the other five as she asked, "Those men out there were after me weren't they?"

Kira could not say anything in response for two reasons. One was that he did not want to worry Lacus, and the other, was because he immediately had to catch her she stumbled from the explosion that shook the whole shelter. When more explosions followed, Wheeljack simply replied in Kira's stead saying, "Correction, they're still after you, and they've got backup now."

"What makes you say that," Natarle asked as the explosions continued, through which one could hear weapons fire.

"I'd recognize the sound of Cybertronian energon blasters anywhere," Wheeljack replied grimly. That reason, and the fact that it would not be long before the shelter they were in collapsed, was reason enough for everyone to duck into a deeper, more secure area of the shelter and seal the door shut just as it exploded.

"Are they also using mobile suits out there," Murrue asked.

"Most likely," Natarle replied.

"I don't know what they have out there or how many, both in terms of Autobots and mobile suits, but with that kind of combined fire power, it won't be too long before they get in here," Waltfeld then said grimly.

Wheeljack then turned to everyone as he stated, "Optimus and the others are still a short ways out. They may not make it in time."

Taking all this in, Waltfeld then turned to Lacus and asked, "Lacus, do you have the keys on you?"

Lacus gasped in shock, confirming that she did have what Waltfeld was asking for. "Let's open the door then. It's our only chance now until Optimus and the others get here. Unless you'd rather we all die in here without fighting back," Natarle told the pink songstress as calmly as she could.

Lacus looked down hesitantly before she and Kira turned to the large door that Waltfeld was referring to. Kira then gave Lacus a reassuring look as he said, "I'll take them. I want to do it Lacus. Please give me the keys."

"No. You don't have to," Lacus tried to argue.

Kira understood what Lacus was saying and then told her softly as he gave her a reassuring hug, "It's alright. I'm alright with it Lacus, really. It would bother me more if I was unable to protect you. I know protecting you is the right thing to do, and I can't just let Optimus fight this battle for us."

Lacus muttered a quiet apology to Kira for what this would mean for him, and then just gave a teary nod in response as Haro opened up to reveal a pair of keys that were colored gold and silver. Kira and Waltfeld then took the keys to a pair of consoles on either side of the large door and on Waltfeld's signal, they turned the keys simultaneously. The door then slowly opened, and the lights in the room behind it immediately flicked on once they had opened all the way to reveal Kira's old mobile suit, the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam, standing tall and proud in all its glory, and fully repaired after its last battle at Jachin Due.

Kira nodded to Waltfeld and Wheeljack before he made his way to the large mobile suit that had served him so well in the past, and silently asked the Freedom to lend him his power once more in order to save the woman he loved and quite possibly the world once again from the approaching darkness. The minute he had reached the mobile suit, the doors to its secret hangar sealed behind him, and everyone else quickly made their way into the final area of the shelter just as the wall was blown open.


The men that were targeting Lacus were now certain that they had their target right where they wanted her, and were about to make their move to take her out with the final wall of the shelter when they felt the ground shake for a moment. The men piloting the mobile suits that were known as the UMF/SSO-3 ASHs looked to the sky when a large beam blast suddenly erupted from the side of a nearby hill, and a moment later, none of them could believe their eyes as a white and black mobile suit with blue wings blasted out into the sky above them.

It only took one of them a minute to recognize the machine and then shout out, "It's the Freedom!"

A minute after this declaration, Kira had entered SEED Burst mode and charged the mobile suits with the Freedom's beam saber. Once he was close enough, Kira cut down two of his opponents before he proceeded to eliminate the rest of the mobile suits. Just as he was about to finish the last ones off though, a barrage of energon blasts suddenly brought him to a quick stop. Kira then looked to the source and gasped in shock when he saw multiple red and blue Cybertronian drones that were clearly Autobots. The mere idea that Autobots were helping to target Lacus was one thing, but to actually see that it was true was another thing entirely.

Kira was about to charge in and engage the enemy Autobots when a familiar horn suddenly blared, getting everyone's attention. The Autobot drones all turned to the source to see the red and blue, long nosed truck that was Optimus Prime's vehicle mode racing towards them, just before said Autobot transformed and began opening fire on them. Kira nodded to Optimus in thanks as he returned his focus to the enemy mobile suits. As he did though, he heard one of the drones shout out, "It's the fake Prime! Destroy him!"

Optimus did not let that cry deter him for a moment and immediately began dispatching the enemy Autobots with his blasters and fists, until finally; Optimus had enough of these obvious traitors. With his patience now at its limits, Optimus paused only for a second before he pulled out the magnificent blade that was once the weapon of Prima Prime himself, the Star Saber, and unleashed its radiant, blue glowing glory against those he once fought alongside against the Decepticons. The enemy drones were too shocked at the sight of the Star Saber, and how this "fake Prime" was able to unleash its full power to do anything in retaliation for very long. By the time some of them finally did, Kira and Optimus had defeated all of them, and Optimus pinned the leader of the Autobot drones under his foot with the Star Saber at his throat as the Prime told his enemy, "Surrender now, and tell me who sent you."

The unknown Autobot only snarled in response as he kicked Optimus off of him and then signaled his fellow drones something. Before Optimus or Kira could do anything more, the mobile suits, and the Autobot drones all self-destructed, leaving nothing of them behind. Optimus could only look on in sorrow at the sight of what were likely once proud Autobots turned traitors as they exploded, and he sadly told Kira, "It would appear that there is most certainly something more going on in Z.A.F.T. than any of us were led to believe."

"Yes, and now the question is who can we really trust," Kira agreed as he and Optimus both looked on at the remains of their opponents while the other Autobots that were in Optimus's team pulled up to see the end results of the battle.


The following morning, Optimus and Wheeljack were meeting with Kira, Waltfeld, Murrue, Natarle, Aisha, and Lacus in the Freedom's secret hangar to discuss the events that had taken place the previous night. "I've seen the specs on those mobile suits. They're fresh off the assembly line, and only the regular military has them," Waltfeld explained.

"That means that someone in Z.A.F.T….," Natarle began, but she found that even though she could not finish the sentence, everyone knew that it meant that someone wanted Lacus dead.

"And after what we heard about from Athrun, I think it's a pretty safe bet as to who that someone is," Murrue agreed.

"But why come after me at all," Lacus asked.

"It would seem that Chairman Durandal may want his version of Lacus Clyne to be the only one in existence, and we now have enemies even within the Autobots," Optimus replied sadly.

"But that doesn't explain where those Autobots came from, or even if they really were Autobots. It could've just as easily been 'Cons in disguise attempting to make us believe that you've been betrayed," Kira offered hopefully.

"I doubt it kid," Wheeljack immediately replied, causing Kira's hopes to be shot down. "There's no doubt that those were Autobots, and I can only think of one group that would believe that Optimus was not really a Prime."

"Sentinel's team," Aisha stated sadly.

"But…why would Autobots from Sentinel Prime's team believe that Optimus was not a true Prime, or help in trying to kill me," Lacus asked.

None of them had the answer to that, and did not get much of a chance to think on it, as Cagalli's old nursemaid, Merna, suddenly came in with a message for them from Cagalli. Kira immediately accepted the note and read it aloud as they all discovered from Merna that Cagalli was being forced into marrying Yuna Roma Seiran that very day as the treaty between Orb and the Earth Alliance was signed. As Kira read the note though, something did not make sense to him about it, aside from the part that said she was giving Kira the ring that Athrun gave her so that the Seirans would not take it away from her.

Once Kira finished reading the note, he looked to the others and voiced his concerns as he said, "This doesn't make any sense. The note makes it seem like Cagalli's all but given up trying, when we know that she hasn't even come close to doing that. It makes her sound like she's resigned herself to a fate she doesn't want and is only doing what she's been told is best for Orb, and then there's the way it's written as well."

"Uh I think you've already covered that kid," Wheeljack told Kira.

"No I don't mean the message it seems to send on the surface, I mean like how it is actually written. There's a number of spelling and grammar errors in this thing, and it's not like Cagalli to make so many mistakes when she's writing something," Kira clarified. Natarle immediately took the note to have a look at it as Kira finished saying, "And there's also the fact that when she signed it, she signed it with the Autobot symbol alongside the Orb Union symbol."

Natarle looked over the note a few times before she smirked and started to laugh a bit. Everyone looked at her like she had lost it, and that was when Natarle finally said, "That girl really is something else. All these spelling and grammar errors Kira was talking about, they're actually a coded message. She wrote this letter to make it seem like she was submitting when in reality she was sending us a completely different message."

Murrue then quickly got a pen so that they could write down the real message as they deciphered it, until it was finally finished and she read the real message aloud. "All attempts to save the Kingdom from within have failed. The time for the angels and the titans to return is now. Prepare to roll out and we'll give Prince Un-Charming his just deserts. Can't wait to see the look on his face when he realizes the truth. The Princess."

Kira and the others all looked to one and other with a smirk as they nodded while Optimus turned to Wheeljack and ordered, "Wheeljack, return to base and contact Alpha I as you do to tell them we are commencing Operation: Liberation for Freedom."

"Understood sir," Wheeljack replied as he transformed and raced off in the direction of the Autobot headquarters.

Optimus then turned to everyone else and said, "I believe that if Bumblebee or Arcee were here right now, one of them would say let us go and crash a wedding."

Kira and the others nodded and immediately made their way to a secret elevator that led to an underground hangar. Inside that hangar, they came out to the welcoming sight of the ship that had served Murrue, Kira, Natarle, and all of their old comrades so faithfully in the last war, a sight they were soon joined in viewing by Murdoch and Former-Ensign Neumann. The sight of the first vessel of the Archangel class, the Archangel.


It was not long after everyone of the Archangel's old crew, save for a few people, had arrived that the ship was ready to get underway, and Murrue hesitantly stood by the captain's seat. Finally she looked to Waltfeld and said, "Excuse me Commander Waltfeld. I think you should be sitting in this seat."

"No, no. This ship is short on pilots as it is, and if necessary I might have to go out there myself. Besides, I believe that seat is definitely yours Captain Ramius," Waltfeld politely refused.

"I agree with Commander Waltfeld ma'am," Natarle added from her old seat on the bridge with a smile. "I may not have always seemed like it, but I have always believed that there is only one person qualified to serve as the Archangel's captain, and that is you."

Murrue nodded to both of them in thanks before she took the seat that everyone felt that she deserved so much as the ship went through final preparations. She then asked, "What's the status of the Autobots?"

"Ratchet has just reported that they are ready to roll out at anytime Captain," Natarle replied, now shifting into her command mode.

Murrue nodded in response and gave the order to begin final take off procedures. The main gate then opened and the minute the restraining arms were away, the ship slowly moved out of the hangar and began its ascent to the surface. The minute the ship broke the water's surface, Murrue gave an order she had not given in a long time, "Archangel, take off!"

A minute after the order was given the great white ship was soon airborne and flying towards the first objective of their new mission. Not a moment later though, the water's surface was broken once more as the familiar sight of a gold and red Cybertronian ship at least twice the size of the Archangel with a pair of wings on the back near the main thrusters emerged from the ocean. The minute this ship was in the air, everyone could somehow hear as Optimus Prime gave the order, "Omega II, roll out!"

With this declaration, the two mighty ships that had fought so hard in Earth's previous war and to defeat the Decepticons that had tried to ravage and poison the two sides of the same conflict were off once again for a new mission.


Despite the beauty of the location of the ceremony, Cagalli could barely hold herself back from nearly throwing up in her mouth. She could not believe that she was being forced to marry Yuna Roma Seiran like this, and the man had the audacity to claim that doing so was in Orb's best interests. When she first heard that, Cagalli had to give herself a mental pat on the back from keeping her need to burst out in a mocking laugh at the idea, but now all she could do was wait and hope that Kira and the others got her message.

Just as she and Yuna reached the alter, she heard a soft, fast beeping in her ear, and the blonde immediately smirked, knowing that was just the signal she was waiting for. The minute that the minister overseeing the ceremony asked if anyone objected to the union between her and Yuna, and she noticed the familiar motorcycle parked on the curb nearby, Cagalli immediately shouted, "Yes! I object to this marriage!"

Everyone had gasped in shock at hearing that the bride was voicing an objection to her own marriage, and Yuna himself looked like his face was a mix of rage, confusion, and betrayal as he spluttered out, "Cagalli what are you doing?! This is not the time for silly, little girl's games! I thought I told you to watch your-"

Anything more Yuna had to say was immediately cut off when Cagalli slammed her fist right into his face, sending him tumbling across the floor. Yuna was about to stand and shout out more angry words and threats at Cagalli, but he then immediately began to quiver in fear as he saw the enraged look on Cagalli's face and how it seemed to smirk with satisfaction as she told him, "First off, that felt so good! Seriously, you have no idea how long I have been keeping myself from doing that to you. Secondly, you never once had Orb's best interests at heart, and I will not allow you to try and play me or our country like pieces on a board in one of your games anymore!"

"Cagalli, you can't be serious," Yuna cried out.

"Shut the hell up Yuna! I wasn't done," Cagalli hollered. Yuna immediately cringed as he backed up thinking that putting some distance between himself and the enraged blonde might save him. Cagalli then smirked as she stated, "I only have one thing left to say so it shouldn't be a problem for you to just sit there quietly while I say it." Cagalli then closed her eyes for only a minute as she took a deep breath, before they snapped open once more as she shouted out with a smile, "Autobots! Transform and roll out!"

The minute Cagalli had shouted that, the sound of a Cybertronian transforming reached everyone's ears, and suddenly, one of the nearby M1s was suddenly hit by an energon blast, and another two soon followed. Everyone but Cagalli turned to the source and quickly began to flee in surprise and fear as Arcee raced up to where Cagalli was standing as she continued to fire on the Orb mobile suits. The minute the mobile suits were all down for the count, Arcee immediately leapt for where Cagalli was standing, and saw Yuna trying to hide behind her like a child would their mother.

Arcee then threw a glare at Yuna as she snarled, "Hands to yourself Seiran if you want to keep them, and do us all a favor and get away from my little sister!" Yuna immediately ran away from Cagalli screaming like a little girl, and both females could swear that the disgusting man with a stupid ponytail had wet his pants. Arcee then tapped her comm. link and called out, "Liberator Two here. Area is secured, awaiting further notice."

"Liberator Three to Liberator Two. Our escape route is secure, and we're ready any time. Seriously though, how did you and I end up being Two and Three," Bumblebee's voice then called out in reply.

"Because it only seemed right that the target's brother be Liberator One, who is clear to land at any time by the way," Arcee responded. A minute after Arcee had finished her sentence, the Freedom blasted out of the sky and landed right next to Arcee and in front of Cagalli.

"Kira," Cagalli cried out with joy as the Freedom lifted her up off the ground, and took off again. Seeing that her job was done, Arcee immediately transformed to vehicle mode and raced away, just as some Orb Forces that were loyal to Seiran began to fire on her, only to be cut off when Bumblebee's yellow and black sports car mode jumped in and blocked all of their shots just before the two began to race away.

Just when it seemed like some of the new Orb mobile suits, the Murasames would get the Autobot couple, a Ground Bridge opened up in front of them and the two raced through just before it disappeared. The minute they were through, they transformed and landed on the deck of the Omega II's Ground Bridge room, knowing that now all they had to do was wait for Kira and Cagalli to get to the Archangel.


The Freedom was now simply flying along towards the Archangel with Cagalli still in its hands, and needless to say, Cagalli was a bit ticked off at the fact that Kira was just having his mobile suit carry her in the machine's hands instead of in the cockpit. "Kira, seriously! Either let me in or put me down," Cagalli shouted.

"You might want to reconsider that second one sis, considering," Kira replied. Cagalli just looked down to see that they were both very high up and over the ocean now as Kira continued, "Besides, think of this as your punishment for taking so long to tell us to move."

Cagalli only growled at Kira in response to this and would have said something else in retort when Kira suddenly brought her up to the cockpit's entrance and he pulled her in. Once they were both inside, Kira got a look at his sister and could not stop himself from commenting, "Wow. This is actually a pretty amazing dress."

"Shut it! This thing is completely tacky and only fitting if you had the Seirans' sense of fashion," Cagalli argued.

"Just hold that thought for a minute sis, we've got incoming," Kira replied as he glanced at his radar once more. "Hang on tight." Kira then found himself unable to breathe when Cagalli wrapped her arms around his throat. "Not that tight! Not that tight," Kira then gasped.

"This is the Orb Forces HQ. Freedom, land immediately," someone then called out over the radio.

"No can do," Kira smirked in reply as the Freedom quickly sliced two Murasames out of the sky with his beam saber before he flew his machine further out to sea. They then passed by the Orb Fleet that was near the border and towards the Archangel and the Omega II, and they never stopped until they were safely inside the Archangel's hangar. Kira then simply looked at his sister and said, "Well, I'd say that went well."

Cagalli only smiled at her twin brother as the two of them climbed out of the Freedom as they felt the ship submerge underwater. She then looked to see all of the old engineers from the ship were back onboard along with her big sister figure and Bumblebee, both of whom were sending her proud, welcoming smiles.

"Thanks you guys," Cagalli finally said as she felt her eyes begin to water with happiness at the sight of how well their plan seemed to be going so far. "Now let's get to work, and find me something to wear other than this hideous dress."


Captain Todaka of the Orb Fleet had received orders that the Freedom and the Autobots had kidnapped Cagalli from her wedding, an event he was glad that he was not able to attend until he heard that news since he too would have loved to see Yuna Roma Seiran's reaction when it happened, and that they were to use extreme caution when engaging it. As they watched the Freedom disappear into the Archangel and then begin to submerge underwater with the Omega II, he found that he was ignoring most of his men's ideas on how they should proceed.

"We are exercising extreme caution," Todaka then told his men, quoting his orders from headquarters, and effectively shutting them all up. Todaka then stood at attention and saluted the two retreating ships, and his action was soon mirrored by his fellow officers and soldiers as he thought to the two ships, I'm counting on you Archangel and Omega II. Take good care of Lady Cagalli, and the future of our world.

A minute later, the two ships vanished beneath the surface of the sea as they and their crews began their new mission to save from the world and Orb from the darkness that was threatening both which none of them seemed to be aware of.


Djibril was not happy. Actually, that was putting it mildly, because Djibril was furious. They had begun a war with the PLANTs that was meant to be ended with the first blow, and yet they had beaten them back with a powerful weapon that they did not know the wretched Coordinators and their alien friends had like they were mere flies. As one of the members of LOGOS had just stated during their online conference, it was like they had dashed out in high spirits after declaring war, and then quickly retreated as soon the enemy had bloodied their noses. Then there was the battle that had taken place between Alliance Forces and the Minerva and Xanthium just outside Orb waters, and how Sentinel Prime seemed posses some new type of flight enhancement technology for Cybertronians. All these facts were what his fellow members of LOGOS felt was reason enough to question their leader's thinking.

"Is this whole scenario you wrote some kind of comedy Djibril," one such member demanded from his end of the video conference.

"If we turn and run after raising our fists and starting this fight, we'll become the laughing stock of the world," another member ranted.

"So what now? What do we do now? Who should we hold responsible for this? Was it your fault Djibril," a third member asked.

"That is simply ridiculous. We are at war! It is now more essential than ever that we win," Djibril immediately responded. "They posses a weapon that erased our energon reactor weapon forces in an instant, and a weapon that effectively allows Cybertronians to face each other on equal footing in any battlefield. How can we feel safe with monsters living over our heads with that kind of power? We will keep fighting. We will go back to the original plan. No, we'll come up with new and better plan, and when we do we will crush them! We shall render them all powerless before us! Both Cybertronian and Coordinator!"

"It sounds excellent on paper Djibril, but keep in mind who our enemies are," Lockdown then cut in, adding his voice to the meeting. "I hope you have a very good idea for how you will handle the Autobots of Sentinel Prime, or even those of Optimus Prime should they become involved."

Djibril then smirked deviously as he stated, "As a matter of fact I do. It's time we jumpstart Project: Nemesis."

"Djibril, you can't be serious," the first LOGOS member who had spoken earlier exclaimed. "That project is still in its testing phases, and you're asking us to start full production on it."

"If it works the way we want it to, then we will not only have a weapon that can match the Cybertronians like they were fighting one of their own, but we will have effectively achieved the ability to build the Transformers themselves, and turn the people against the one who leads the first group of Autobots who arrived on Earth. Plus, we have that one to ensure we're able to succeed," Djibril stated.

"I would be careful if I were you Djibril. Tampering with a corpse in the way you are suggesting is an action that is dangerous in and of itself, but that especially holds true with a corpse that once had dark energon flowing through it," Lockdown warned.

"If that is what it takes, then we can't afford to not take the risk," Djibril reasoned. Everyone soon agreed with this, and as of that moment, plans to fully commence Project: Nemesis were underway. Djibril could now only smirk as he thought to himself of how both the days of the Coordinators and the Autobots were now numbered.

Lockdown on the other hand was definitely worried that Djibril was tampering with something beyond his understanding, but if the human wished to do so, then he could not stop him. After all, Djibril was still Lockdown's client for the moment, but that did not mean the Eradicon leader thought Djibril was not making a grave mistake.


AN: And there you have it. Cagalli actually being in on the plan for her to be taken from the wedding, and she gave Yuna one hard hit to the face. Show of hands, how many of you honestly wanted her to do that to the guy every time you saw her with him in the first part of Gundam SEED Destiny, but uh oh! Autobots attacking Lacus along with Z.A.F.T. forces?! What is going on?!

Shinn: Wouldn't this mean that people who figured Sentinel was really a traitor were right?

AN: Maybe, or could it mean something else? Team Optimus Prime certainly seems to think that Sentinel's not as good as he used to be.

Bumblebee: And what theories does Ratchet have anyways?

AN: Excellent question. One that we can't answer just yet, so for now all I can say is...Onto the preview!...

The plans that Optimus Prime's team and Cagalli, Kira, and their friends are now in motion, while Athrun arrives aboard the Minerva, meeting up once again with the ship's pilots and Yzak and Dearka. Much about what has been happening with Athrun since the last war is revealed, along with possible allies in the plans of Optimus Prime and the Archangel crew, as the Z.A.F.T. ship and their allies aboard the Xanthium prepare for their next battle. What will happen when Shinn finds himself now fighting alongside both Sentinel Prime's team and the legendary Justice, and just what will be revealed to everyone on the Archangel of what Ratchet has discovered? Next time on Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Prime: Destiny Sentinels…Chapter 8: Battles Abound. Justice, brace yourself for the coming storm upon your return to action!

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