Aprilius One

"What are they thinking? Compensation, disarmament, the resignation of every member of the council?!"

Durandal listened to the debate without saying a word.

"We should mobilize the military."

"If we do that, we'd simply be repeating history," Durandal said.

"We have to do something because of the activity at the lunar base," another member said.

"Mobilizing the military will only aggravate the situation further," Durandal explained. "I realize that the horror of the Bloody Valentine is still fresh in many people's minds." He sighed. "Mobilize ZAFT forces."

In space, Yzak and Dearka watched from the carrier ship Gondwana as the fleet began to move.


At the Alliance's lunar base, Djibril watched as the battleships prepared to move out. He smiled and opened a line to the White House. "How much longer?"

"We can't rush anything, because there a quite a few nations who've opposed some of our recent actions," Copeland told him.

"I don't see how anyone can oppose us," Djibril replied. Coward. Orb is nothing to be afraid of. "The world is a system that must be handled like a garden. The appearance fo weeds detracts from its beauty, so we must remove the weeds so that no one can oppose Logos' plans to create a new world system."


Copeland watched as the fleet began to move out. He activated the comm, broadcasting to Earth and space. "ZAFT has not met the Alliance's demands and is harboring the terrorist group responsible for the drop of Junius Seven. Therefore, I am proclaiming the PLANTs to be a threat to Earth."

GINNs headed for the fleet, ready for war. The forward group fired their heavy missiles, destroying several Dagger L units. Yzak and Dearka followed in their units, not knowing that the real threat was hidden.

A hidden fleet made its way out from behind an asteroid. The ships' bay doors opened, launching several Windams equipped with nuclear missile launchers.

A Recon GINN spotted them on his run, and relayed the information quickly.

"These guys are decoys?!" Yzak asked loudly, looking around. "Dearka!"

The ZAKU Gunner fired several shots before following Yzak's unit. "I know, I know!"

Yzak saw on his scanners that there was a Nazca class ship in ahead of the enemies. It was equipped with the new Neutron Stampeder. The Windams fired their weapons as the ship charged its main weapon. Then it fired. A beam shot towards the mobile suits, bathing them in light. The warheads shorted out and detonated, taking their carriers with them. The beam's effect traveled far, as the bombs carried by the fleet exploded as well.

Durandal smiled as he watched the information scroll down his screen. "Well, I'm glad that worked. Unfortunately, the Stampeder only has one shot."

When Djibril found out that the fleet pulled back to regroup, he was furious.


AUTHOR'S NOTES: I'm losing my touch, but here it is. Sorry. Hellshadow