Chapter 7 – The Beginning of the Rebellion
Disclaimer: As I've said before I do not own GS/GSD and some characters in this Fic belong to Gundam Seed Dark Destiny as I've said before (I hate disclaimers), in this story other than Krane and a few members of the Dark Celestials including their Mobile Suite designs nothing belongs to me.
22nd November, 2:30pm; Aprilius One: Government Building, Throne Room
Krane relaxed on his throne as he looked around the throne room with an annoyed groan at the thought of what he was next going to be doing with his day however he smiled when he saw Rau playing with the crawling Deus off to the side, Krane never knew why but Rau's Royal line and the Nobility of the Newtypes always grew up mentally a lot quicker than Normal Newtypes or even Coordinators, Krane knew what was coming next as he sat back and watched his political team and military team line up in the room leading from the throne.
"What news do you present on the Blue Cosmos attack at the Observation Colony!?" questioned Krane as he looked on at the members of his Council, he was in a really bad mood.
"Yes, your majesty, it seems that Commander Barth let an unidentified ship through the blockade which he was warned however it seems he wasn't…sober" explained the Fleet Admiral and Krane scowled.
"And I assume he didn't have a good reason for doing this?" sighed Krane as he stood before walking over to the view point that kept changing with different pieces of art work "therefore I decree that Commander Barth decided to make up his failures with his own life!"
"Your Majesty, isn't that a bit…rash" started Asuzur and Krane pondered before continuing.
"Ever human being has its own capacity, those with weak capacities have no right to lead a vessel, but considering you concerns…" sighed Krane before turning to face his minions "he will be demoted to Red Coat for his incompetence!"
"Thank you, your Majesty that is the wisest decision you could have made!" announced Zake as he stepped forwards with a bow before standing back.
"Do we have any news on South America?" asked Krane and Goud stepped forwards with a smirk.
"Madam Rough has defeated the U.S.S.A's Ace Edward Harrelson and pushed back the boarder once again!" announced Goud with a smirk "as you can see, unlike the Fallen, our officers have quality in what they do!"
That was answered by Rau's Bodyguard jumping at Goud and slashing down with his Katana however it was never meant to be as Krane's Katana met his blade instead, Rau's bodyguard was stunned as Krane simply twisted his wrist and knocked the slash away with his usual smirk, Krane held his Katana close to his face and waited for the next attack.
"My, my, aren't you full of yourselves! If you want a fight, then fight me!" announced Krane as he swung his Katana which forced 'Joseph' to block with his Katana as Krane danced around him elegantly which is continuing to attack.
Kira blocked the incoming attack with his blade and Krane smirked before spinning around trying to pierce Kira's side with his blade but Kira blocked again with difficulty, Kira had to admit that Krane was an amazing fight and incredibly swift as well as strong and smart, in his reverie he didn't notice Krane's blade zip through his defences and cut Kira's shirt.
"And next time I'll cut the cloth right off you" smiled Krane which he blade rose to his face and eyes closed.
Kira charged to try and get a strike in before Krane could retain his guard and go on the defensive, Krane however opened his eyes calmly at the last moment and swung his blade clockwise which if Kira didn't have a strong grip, the Counter-slash would have knocked Kira's sword right out of his hand. Krane spun with a laugh and started to stab in Kira's direction and even though he usually missed he still kept Kira on the run, Kira was amazed at Krane's tactical skills, Rau looked displeased at Kira's slow increasing skills…what was Krane's secret to Newtype strength evolution?
"He have him on the defensive!" growled Canard as he continued to watch the battle; it was pretty obvious that Kira was on the road to losing the battle.
"I now decide to claim you mask, in the name of Neo-ZAFT!" announced Krane as he lunged with his Katana except Kira managed to block it and suddenly…it happened again, pain pulsed through them and Krane convulsed with a cry which Shane ran over to him.
"What is this!" cried Kira as he fell back and Shinn crossed over quickly and caught Kira before he fell off his stable footing, both groaned in pain however said pain faded swiftly enough in their seconds' arms.
"I think I'm okay now" breathed Krane as he turned around with heavy breathing and rested his tired head against Shane's thighs.
"What was that?" questioned Kira as he placed his German Accent back on and became Joseph again, he ridiculed himself, he was not only almost beaten by Krane but had almost let his disguise down…however the images he had seen during that brief pain was interesting.
"It's something to do with my Newtype Connection with Kira, I wonder if you knew Kira, we'll talk later" smiled Krane as he placed a hand on 'Joseph's' shoulder cautiously and managed to remove it swiftly enough went he felt an electric shock shoot up his arm "anyway, back to the business at hand!"
"Endymion and the Luna City are nearing completion, that idiot Nickolas has managed to get that far even with his incompetence, well the good news can't be complained about" smirked Cecile as she stood not far from Rau.
"Good, this meeting is adjourned until further notice, bring in the paper work of doom!" announced Krane and his assistants started carrying piles of paper in causing him to sigh, paper work of doom indeed.
8:00pm; Aprilius One: VIP Area, Krane's mansion
Krane smirked as he opened the door to 'Joseph's' room, Krane could tell that the name was fake from the way people spoke it…the name didn't roll off the tongue, 'Joseph' was standing out on the balcony and Krane moved over to him with a smirk before stopping when he stood next to him.
"Nights on the PLANTs is far more digressive than on Earth, all artificial, copied to create a form of environment for the Coordinators to live in and soon it will be taken over by Newtypes" smiled Krane as he looked up at the sky "I knew Kira longer than anyone, Kira used to watch me when I played games when I was younger, Kira and I met again where I became his best friend before Athrun Zala came along. Not long after however I joined ZAFT at an early age and even today I'm known as a prodigy, I destroyed ships and Colonies without mercy, I even killed Ulen Hibiki when he 'returned from the dead' as it were"
"Why are you telling me this?" questioned 'Joseph' as he turned and looked at Krane who was busy looking to the 'heavens'.
"I'm telling you because you have a right to know, you knew Kira, and I can tell also that you're not a man going by the name Joseph!" announced Krane and Kira tensed "I fought during the Bloody Valentine War under the Codename: Lucifel the Morning Star, I piloted a Black Mobile Suite and pretty much ended opposition that tried to defeat me, I was only ever defeated by Kira who caught me off guard and thought he had killed me in order to find his first friend which was ironically me. Love of a brother is such a tiring thing!"
"But you still tried to kill Canard and Rey…" started Joseph and Krane smirked willingly.
"Ever since I was born I have been able to wield a judgemental aura scan capabilities for my main Newtype powers which I seem to find are opposite of Kira's evolution Tree, I can sense the aura of each member of my family however it is very judgemental as I've said before, it confirms Rey and Canard to be unworthy vessels of Newtype power" explained Krane as he looked at his hands and concentrated to see a black flame like outline around his hands "they didn't belong amongst the Gods, they had to be removed, that is what my powers showed me"
"Newtype powers can influence a being's personality?" questioned Kira and Krane nodded as he looked out over the terrain again.
"Kira and I have split personalities, Kira's is probably named Yahweh the Innocent One while mine is Lucifer the Fallen One, Kira's was so pure that it could easily take over the body of its owner while Lucifer is almost easily detectable" explained Krane as he pondered "Yahweh however is resilient and refuses to obey willingly, Lucifer sees helping his host as helping himself and therefore is partially submissive, only once did I ever lose control of him…lets just say I'm sorry for what happened"
"What are you planning?" asked Kira as he looked at Krane in deep concentration who simply shrugged.
"I want humanity ready and united for when we have…visitors" smiled Krane and he shuddered "when I say visitors, I mean other life beyond the Milky Way; those beings are on the move and are slowly gaining interest in our little pocket of the Universe, I simply want Humanity led by a strong leader and to evolve into Newtypes so that we are ready for the coming storm!"
"Interesting, you've made a lot of research into this?" asked Kira and Krane shrugged.
"By using a transmitter equipped Psycoframe I have been able to enhance the distance of my Newtype reach, I felt their war-thirsty and aggressive minds being slowly turned in this direction, it warns of such in the P.L.A.N!" announced Krane as he looked at Kira "when the time came, I wanted to lead beside Kira and destroy this alien menace before it came to Earth, however by killing Kira my plan is falling apart and there is a high chance that without Kira we'll be destroyed during the final battle!!"
"Does Rau know about this?" asked Kira and Krane shook his head with a sigh.
"No, I haven't told him nor has Rau had the Mind-to-Computer hacking skills to enter the higher levels of P.L.A.N, I am the only one graced with the knowledge of the higher levels" shrugged Krane but he jumped and pulled Kira out of the way as machinegun fire burst through the room's doorway "why, their making their move later then I first predicted, they mustn't have a good leader yet!"
Krane drew his Beretta and fired a single shot which slammed into the chest of the first unknown attacked, Krane drew the Katana Deus Mortis and made a bee-line for the doorway before pulling himself against the wall and looking out, he quickly pulled his head back and dodged a hail of bullets and formed a plan in his head from what he had seen. There were three traitors in the corridor that were using assault rifles and wore dark clothing, Krane jumped into the corridor and judging from his Newtype powers he could easily evade the incoming attacks belonging to his would be assassins, that shot two down and slayed the their with a swing of his Katana.
10:00pm; Aprilius One: VIP Area, Krane's mansion
Krane watched as the leader of the rebel strike force was held before him and he grinned cruelly, he nodded to three of his guards and while one gave him a missile launcher the other two opened the door of his mansion, Krane took aim at the rebel leader whose eyes widened in fear.
"Get. Out. Of. MY. House!!" growled Krane before pulling the trigger and watching as the missile in the barrel impacted the rebel leader before sending him flying out of the house followed by an explosion "clean up the remains, search for survivors for questioning, as for the Fallen…I owe you my thanks once again!"
"Our pleasure, as your allies, we are willing to give you our entire support…I give, for now, Command to you" smiled Rau and Krane nodded.
"Shinn and Shane, I want you to go and find the security systems and get them functioning again, take a few soldiers!" announced Krane as he turned to head off "the rest of you are to patrol but Rau and his bodyguard may come with me to my office!"
11:20; Aprilius One: VIP Area, Krane's mansion: Security Block
"I'm truly amazed that Krane got attached to Rau's bodyguard this fast, it's almost unbelievable!" ranted Shane as he led Shinn through the underground complex that led towards the northern guard tower where the security systems awaited, Shinn noticed a torturing room, a miniature MS Designing Factory and a Command Room in just one of these large corridors and considering that they were in the basement of the mansion that stretched over the entire facility with four large corridors coming out of the centre.
They arrived at the security zone and looked at the damage done, it didn't see that bad really, the power coupling had been shot and the back up connecter that was connected to the back-up power supply was cut. A technician who had followed also began to work on the resupply while soldiers took up defensive positions, one never did know, when an enemy would attack…
Meanwhile; Aprilius One: VIP Area, Krane's mansion: Office
"I had predicted a rebellion during or straight after the Observation showing of the ZAKU Knight, however, it seems that their leaders aren't as fast as I first thought!" announced Krane from where he sat behind his desk "they had a fleet near the remains of the Ptolemaeus Creator and are getting supplies from Blue Cosmos and Phantom Pain!"
"Those two as well as LOGOS have been a thorn in our side for years!" growled Rau as he sat there, the memory of Djibril disgusted him.
"That is why I'm asking you to add a fleet to my own and prepare to put down this rebellion, LOGOS and Djibril are using these rebels as a pivot to make themselves look powerful, we simply need to destroy them and a third war will be stalled indefinitely!" announced Krane with a smirk "besides, your forces aren't fully upgraded to your precious Avatars yet, are they?"
"I won't even ask how you got that information, Lucifer, however I want it to be a surprise for the Earth Alliance when we open it in their faces!" smirked Rau as he though of kicking Djibril's ass, Krane smirked when he found he could pit OMNI and the Fallen against each other using their leaders' hatred for one another, Krane hid this by nodding in understanding.
"So, will you be using you old generation Mobile Suites and help me out down this rebellion?" asked Krane and Rau nodded as well as his bodyguard, no matter what, they were still family.
23rd November, 4:30pm; Aprilius One: Government Building, Throne Room
"So, what did you think of Joseph?" asked Shane as he returned from making sure that the Fallen Members were comfortable on their trip to Meteor City for an official tour of Neo-Atlantis since they only stayed in the castle, all but Rau who joined Cecile in celebration of Rau's eldest achievements.
"He has potential, I'm starting to think that Joseph and Kira are the same person" pondered Krane as he paced the empty throne room.
"And is he?" asked Shane with a scowl, he had a weary dislike for Kira; it always seemed that Krane was obsessed with him.
"I do not know for sure, but, those symptoms I received earlier were rather interesting that I looked it up in the P.L.A.N!" announced Krane as he though how far ahead of the Fallen he really was with that omnipotent computer system "it is most common in Newtype Royalty but rarely in Newtype Nobles, it is the Newtype connection between twins who each have a soul based off half of what the other needs to be whole, in short to become Omnipotent the two souls will have to interlock!"
"But as far as I can remember, you and Kira were born years apart, does the amazing P.L.A.N explain that?" questioned Shane with a feral glare and Krane nodded.
"It says, that if a soul is split and no host is there to claim it, then the soul will await within the family line for a perfected host that is closest to the original that holds the other half of the soul" explained Krane as he seemed dazed "however, it is rare, but to counter that there are recordings of it happening amongst the Newtype Royalty; it leads to the two specified beings being needed to lead together"
"So, shall we arrest Joseph and have him hauled away for questioning?" asked Shane as Krane sat down on the throne but gasped as Krane gripped his wrist and pulled him down onto his lap.
"Now, now, are you trying to stop my military alliance with the Fallen?" questioned Krane with a smile as he rested his head against Shane's shoulder blade.
"But the Fallen are pathetic, they show emotion when it comes to battle and are wild with such emotion, the only person in the Fallen ever to control his emotions was partially Kira and…well…you" sighed Shane but smirked cruelly "Rau doesn't count, he just abandons all emotion to begin with, why would you want their help!?"
"Because the Fallen are expendable, they are held together by an ageing Newtype Royal and a defect like Canard, the more damage that is done to them the less when their our enemies" explained Krane with a smirk "besides, I want them rivalled with the Earth Alliance so that the two governments can pick apart each other while we observe from the sidelines, if Kira yet lives then once the Fallen are defeated he will come to me shedding tears of loss and I will welcome him with open arms! If Kira is not alive then I'll just keep Joseph as a prize!!"
"Either way, you win" smiled Shane and Krane shrugged "but then again, if the Fallen win and complete the P.L.A.N's predicted destiny, then you still win!"
"Everything is centred around my winning, it is inevitable, that Lucifer helps to start the 2nd Great War of Heaven and to do that I will battle the Fallen and the neutral Earth Forces to the brink of the Abyss!" chuckled Krane as he thought of his forecast of the near future "anything else is just a minor setback, now we will observe this 'Joseph' and reveal his true identity, I don't want to get my hopes up but I believe I've found him again!!"
"You can do what you want, so long as you love me" smirked Shane and Krane answered by kissing his neck "I'll help you Lucifer, after all, I am your Samael!"
Notes – And so the rebellion against Krane begins and the final battle of this series starts in the next chapter (doesn't mean that there will be an ending or that the sub-series battles are finished, it just means that it will be the last large battle), I really don't see the point in resisting Krane when you know that you're going to die, ah well. Review!!
