Chapter 08: Ed's Second Voyage to Space

Febuary 28th CE 72


Bodies, along with pools of blood surrounded that of a lone man. It was Samorei as he then ran towards a soldier. He ran his blade through the mans torso, as his blade finished off the soldier. As the body fell, he stood in that spot, and then turned, showing his face, half covered in human blood, his eyes in a blank, stare. Just then, his face turned that into the face of a demon.

With that, Mina awakened from her daydream, as the water was running within her shower, she stared down to the drain, as she watched the water flow within, as she felt the water drain pass her heals. Her hand, was on a soap shelf, as she felt her head with her other hand. "Sam. . . did something happen?" she asked herself, as the water dripped off of her slender body.

With that, a knock at the door to the bathroom. "Lady Sahaku, are you alright?" came the familiar voice of Merela.

Mina was standing there in the steam, breathing heavily still, as she regained her composure. "Yeah Merela I'm fine." she called, as she stopped the shower and grabbed a towel, and began to dry herself off. "Sam, are you alright?" she asked herself, as she walked over to the mirror, and saw herself in it, and then grabbed a housecoat, and wrapped it around her body.


Earth Alliance, Panama Headquarters:

Even after the destruction, from the use of the Gungnir's during the counterstrike after Operation Spit Break, and the Debut of the Strike and Long Daggers. The base was being rebuilt, along with a Mass Driver, for space use. In the headquarters main office a officer slammed his fist onto the desk. "What the hell do you mean the Entire squad was whiped out! It was a simple mission!" he yelled, as he shook his head. "How is this even possible, just one man defeated them?" he questioned.

"Yes sir." the soldier reluctantly answer the officer.

"Damn, and where the hell is the Archai, its power would be perfect for us to retatliate, rather then just those three machines." he commented, as in an earlier constructed hangar, the three pilots rested, within special use pods, to them, they were having just a wonderful sleep, while their minds where whipped for earlier events. "They were defeated, when just losing power, we can't rely on that!" he yelled.

"May I make a suggestion." came the familiar voice. The officer turned, to the man, who was known as none other then Banken, as he just looked at the officer.

"What is it Banken, we don't need your Mercenary efforts." the Earth Forces officer told him, as he sat back in the chair.

Banken just smirked, "Call this more of a personal matter." Banken told him earning a look. "I know what has been hampering you attempts to capture Ed the Ripper." he added, giving a smirk, "Its the White Devil that is doing this." he added.

"The White Devil, Impossible!" the officer told him, however Banken went and turned on the monitor, of Tempest's view of the battle with the Nosferatu.

"This sir, is the Nosferatu, originally an Orb machine, however its being piloted by the White Devil." Banken explained, as the officer watched. "If this is not enough to convince you that the White Devil is here, and the likely one that eradicated your forces." he pointed out.

"Alright, what do you suggest?" he asked, as Banken just smirked.

"Allow me, my Socious Clones and Second Voyage pay Samorei a personal visit, with your machines as backup to stop the stolen Daggers." he commented. "The Socious Clones, and I will handle Sam, while your pilots handle the traitors." he added.

"Alright, when do you leave?" he asked.

"Sometime tomorrow, also as payment, I want two of the new Dagger L units, they are better then the Long Daggers." he added, as he looked outside. "Do we have a deal?" he asked.

"Yes, but what packs, the Dagger L can equip Striker Packs." he added, as Banken nodded.

"Just give them the Aile." he answered.


South America: Village Outskirts

"This guy is simply amazing." Ed commented, as he looked over Samorei Joule, who layed in a bed of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, also known as a Mash unit.

Jane was beside him, as he then looked over to another bed, Alonsa layed there, both legs bandaged. "How is she doctor?" Jane asked, a bit worried for the child.

He shook his head, as he looked at the little girl. "The Bullets in her legs, destroyed their respondatory nerves, the girl, wont be able to use her legs anymore." the man answered her, as Jane just did not want to hear that. "We also don't have the equipment here, for a system that will be able to let her walk." He added.

"What of this guy?" Ed asked.

"Besides a lot of evidence of electric shock therapy within his body, only his right arm actually suffered a wound." he answered. "To me, this man should be lucky to be alive, heck he should be lucky just to stand again." he added.

"The White Devil is tougher then he looks." came the voice of Kaite, who was sitting on a bed not far, still wearing his business suit.

"Hey man, is it wise, to even wear a suit like that in the jungle?" Ed asked him, as Kaite just shrugged.

Kaite just smirked, "It doesn't overly matter, I just like to overly dress for non formal occasions." Kaite admitted. "The name is Kaite Madigan by the way, I'm the one that brought Samorei In." he added.

"Edward Harrelson." Ed told him, as he stuck out his hand, allowing Kaite to shake it.

"Jane Houston." Jane told him, as Kaite just nodded.

"Well, I should head out for a bit." Kaite told them. "I need to check on Mr. Rabble." Kaite told them, as he left the tent.

Ed shook his head, looking at the wounded, while the rest, who died overnight, were being put into body bags. "Damn fools." he commented, shaking his head.

"It'll only get worst." Jane told him, as he just looked at her, through the corner of his eye. "If Morgan, Rena and I fail to kill you, the Earth Forces, will bomb all of South America." she told him.

"Damn. Listen, I'm going to attack them this time." he told her, as she just looked at him surprised. "I'm going to take the Raider to Space, and attack from the sky." he informed her, "I will not let this go unpunished." he added as he turned, to leave however a voice stopped him.

"Ed." came Sam, as he turned to see Samorei with a smile on his face.

"Sam." Ed said surprised, as Jane went and helped Sam sit up, to Sam that was something Mina would of done if she was there, however she was not.

"Take it easy kid." she told him, still pointing out, she was older then he was.

"Thanks." he told her.

"Hey man, take it easy y'know." Ed told him. "You went through a lot." he finished.

Sam nodded, as he looked around, and saw Alonsa, legs bandaged up. "Alonsa." he said silently, as he began to stand, legs a bit wobbly. He went over to her, and kneeled down, and placed her hand within his, Jane looked down upon him.

She shook her head, "Sam, her legs were wounded in the attack, she wont be able to walk, without Cybernetic assistance." she explained to him. However, Sam just trailed his thumb across her temple and looked at her.

Sam shook his head, "Her mothers gone right?" he asked them, only to receive a nod, as he nodded. "Then she is coming with me." he announced.

"What are you talking about?" Jane asked. "Are you leaving the fighters?" she asked, as Sam shook his head.

"No, I meant is that, she is now in my care. Her mother asked me to take care of Alonsa if anything happened to her." he informed them, as Jane just looked at him. Pleased to hear it, but was still surprised.

Jess came running in just then, with a radio in his hand. "Guys, an outpost was just hit." he called, putting the radio down, and began to play the recording.

The recording began, as the sound of guns firing, as well as artillery cannons, "This is outpost 14, we are under attack by Earth Forces mobile suits." the voice called, as the sound of a fast land vehicle came closer, and then static on the radio.

"Damn, are they moving again?" Ed asked, as Jess shrugged.

"They may be coming for another strike." Sam pointed out.

"All the more for me to attack them." Ed pointed out, as the other two nodded.

Sam then joined in a bit more. "Ed, you will attack Panama, Jane, and I, along with the other mobile suits, will distract them here on the ground." Sam told him, as they all just nodded to each other. Kaite came in, as he was smiling a bit.

"Good luck in all that." Kaite told each of them.

"Your not going to help?" Jane asked him, with a smirk, as Kaite shook his head.

He just looked at her, then at Jess. "This kid is all that I am to do." he told her. "I'm a Merc not a soldier" he added, as Sam smirked at that.

"Then, I like to hire you." Sam told him, earning a look of surprise from the others, as he rubbed his right arm, the bullet wound, from the time he went to his other state, was beginning to itch. "I wish for you to protect her." he told Kaite, as he looked at Alonsa. "If you accept, I will either give you money, or get my Home, to create you a Astray Variant, superior to your GINN Assault Type."

Kaite thought of it. "You do know, I'm not a baby sitter." he told Sam, as all Sam did was nod. "Well that was until I started protecting Jess." he added.

"Hey, I'm not a kid." Jess told him.

"That's beside the fact Jess." Sam told him, as Sam looked back at Kaite. "Well, do you accept?" he asked, as Kaite nodded.

"Yes, on one condition, this Astray, put a cross on the left side of the mobile suit." Kaite told him, as all Sam did was nod about that.

"Alright, lets get to work." Ed began, that was when they heard a scream in the tent.

"MOMMMY!" the scream yelled, as they saw that, Alonsa was screaming, and flapping her arms. "I want Mommy!" she screamed, Sam wasted no time, still drowzie from his own awakening, but, this girl, it almost felt like she was his child, so he rushed right for her.

"Alonsa." he told her, placing a hand of hers in his, and then brought her into a hug.

To Alonsa, she had a flashback, of when her father was alive, when he use to hug her, after a nightmare, it was much like this, she squirmed but began to slow down. However, the voice may have been like her fathers, she knew it was not, but felt it was ok. "Sammy, is that you?" she asked, putting her hand through his white hair.

"You can open your eyes, to make sure." he told her looking at the sweet little girl, in front of him.

She shook her head violently. "No, no!" she yelled, "Not until all the bloodshed stops!" she cried, "I don't want to see anyone like with what happened to mommy, NO!" she yelled, refusing to open her eyes, as physical evidence was shown by her, that she wanted them closed, and there was no way, for them to open them for her.

Jane had some tears in her eyes, "She's traumatized." she whispered. As Jess could not help but feel sorry, as from the way he looked, as he looked at his Camera and through it aside, hard to the ground, at the edge of the tent.

"Jess?" Ed asked.

"This is my fault!" he yelled, and angry. "If I didn't just sit there taking Pictures, I could of saved them both." he told the others.

"I hate to say it Jess, but your wrong." Sam told him, as he picked Alonsa up, being held in Sam's arms, one arm under her knees and the other under her mid back. "If you did show up, that Dagger would of came sooner, and saw everyone leaving." Sam told him. "You saved more lives, for not showing up in Out Frame." he added.

Kaite nodded, "Jess, you are a journalist, not a soldier, or a true fighter. I admit you held off that dagger pretty well, but that was your first time fighting." he added. "If you did act, the Dagger would of slaughtered the ones retreating." he said, looking at Alonsa, Ed, and Jane. "If you did, you and I, might have been the only living ones here."

The others of the room, besides Alonsa nodded, as she was still teary, and rubbing her closed eyes on Sam's shirt. Jane went over to Sam, and moved her hand through Alonsa's hair. "Jess, don't blame yourself." Sam told him, as he thought of an Idea. "Hey Alonsa, want to spend some time, with Mr. Rabble? Like you, he is being protected by someone really good at his job. So if your with him, I can help him protect you." he told the girl, as Alonsa 'looked' at him. "What do you say Jess?" Sam asked, looking at the teen.

"Umm, sure, Out Frame does have Back Home, she can stay in there, and Eight will give her company." he commented, as Alonsa was staying close to Sam.

"Its ok Alonsa, he is a friend, and if anything happens to you, I'll kill him." he told her.

"No, no killing." she cried, still thinking of the events.

Sam looked at her with concern, as he held her with one arm now, and whipped the tears away with a sleeve of his shirt. "Alright, no killing." he told her, as he looked at Jess, and Kaite. "When the time comes, i want the both of you to protect her, while I do so from afar." he told them, as Kaite and Jess nodded.

"We will be honored." the two said in unision, as they looked at her.

'Always the children that were hurt the most' Sam thought to himself, as he looked at the girl, as Ed had left. From Alonsa's outbursts, Sam knew why he left without a word.

Outside the tent, Jane had caught up to Ed. "That girl, is something we are all fighting for now." Ed commented, as he was getting his Stolen Raider Full Spec ready for combat.

"Ed, are you alright?" Jane asked him, as all Ed did was nod.

"Yeah, just getting ready for to head out to space." Ed told her. "You see, we are short on time, those machines, from when you attacked, they are coming back." he told her, as Jane looked at him surprised.

"But how do you know its them?" she asked.

"Remember that transmission, one of the machines, was wheeled and fast, the only other is a ZuOOT, and those things are incredibly slow." he told her, as he did the calculations, courtesy of a stolen unit from months ago, a add on, to the Raider Full Spec, was stolen along with it, the item, would allow the mobile suit, to break the atmosphere. "So they are coming." she admitted.

"We have to do it now." he told her, looking at her, as he put a hand on her shoulder. "Listen, I know you will be fighting, but please, becareful." he told her, then all of a sudden, his hand tightened, as he brought Jane closer to him, as he kissed her, which surprised the daylights right out of her. However, she accepted the moment, and kissed him back.

Sam, Jess and Kaite, came out of the tent, with Alonsa in Sam's arms, they were taking her to the Out Frame, as they knew the machines were coming. Sam just smiled, as he held Alonsa close to him, after her tantrum, she had fallen asleep in his arms. Jess was just with a mouth drop, and took a picture of it, however before he could take a second, Kaite took the Camera, and then walked towards Out Frame. "It isn't a time like you to go gogga, for this." Kaite told him, as they left.

The two broke the kiss, as Jane smiled, "You becareful to Edward." she told him. He nodded, as he took the zipline up, to the cockpit of the Raider Full Spec, and went in, he looked down, one last time, as the cockpit closed behind him.


In an hour, the Raider jumped into the air, and landed on the support unit, rather then missiles, it had extra thrusters, while still had its machine guns. The Engines, are intended for heading out of the atmosphere. With that, the machine blasted off.

Inside Out Frame, Sam had layed Alonsa on the bed that was in there. "Eight, mind keeping her company, if she wakes up?" Jess asked the on-board computer.

If Eight could nod, he would of. "Yeah I will." Eight told him, as Sam moved his hand on Alonsa's forehead.

"You seem to really care for her." Kaite pointed out, watching Samorei from the hatch.

"Yeah, that is why I am offering you a mobile suit, she is worth much more then that." he told Kaite.

"Quite, but the mobile suit" he began, "is good enough pay for me." he added.

"Thanks man." Sam said, as they left the room, as Jess had the door closed behind them. "Alright, I trust you two to keep her safe." he told the both of them, lowering on the zip line, as it raised again, and Kaite went down as well.

"Trust me Samorei, I wont let anything happen to the girl." Kaite told him, while Sam smiled at that.

A while later, Sam had settled into his machine, ever since coming to this place, he had not put his flightsuit on. Like Kaite, he just wore, what he usually did, a lot faster to be ready for combat in a sense. The Nosferatu began its start up, as its eyes of emerald glowed.

Not far, the Forbidden Blue, began its own startup. Its light green eyes flashed, as the machine looked in the direction of the battle it was heading to. While at the same time, the Outframe started, as did the mono red eyed GINN Assault type. Not far, a pair of Duel Daggers with the Foresta equipment began. While at that, the trio of Dagger L's that were stolen from that base began startup as well. The Daggers all picked up their beam rifles, and turned to head out. The only machine left behind, was Ed's Sword Calamity. "Hey Jane." Jess began, as Jane came on his screen. "If the Earth Forces, were just going to bomb this place, why in the world are they sending mobile suit, after mobile sit, let alone build a base here in South America?" he asked her.

Jane then began to put two and two together. "Its a trap!" she called out.


Outer Atmosphere:

Ed's machine began to break the last atmosphere, as soon as he made it, he detached from the flight unit, to check it over. "Hmm, seems alright to use for re-entry.", but just then a beam had shredded the flight unit, sending Ed back a bit. "What the?" he questioned, just then, he saw something he wished he did not. It was the GAT-01A1+AQM/E-X04 Gunbarrel Dagger. "Morgan." he whispered.

"What do you want Morgan?" Ed asked, as his G-weapon stared at the machine, which was essentially either even, or surpassed the original Strike Gundam.

Morgan just kept his rifle aiming towards the Raider. "Edward Harrelson, its nice to see you again, my old comrade. Morgan radioed, as he looked ready to attack. "And for being my old comrade, I wish to give you three choices. "One Die in battle, Surrender, or burn in re entry." he told Ed.

"Damn, what is this, was I tricked?" he asked himself and shook his head no. "No, Jane would not do that, they must of anticipated she join me." he told himself.

"Well, Edward, which do you choose, I do not have all day." Morgan told the soldier.

"I choose choice number four, none of the above!" Ed called, as his machine reverted into its mobile armor form, and with that, got most of his weapons online. With that, he fired both of his Cobra Missiles at Morgan, however Morgan was smart, and one with Hightened Spatial Awareness, which made the Moonlight Mad Dogg, an emissary, of a hard fight.

Two of the gunbarrels detatached from the striker pack, and fired at the missiles, both units destroyed the weapons. "Nice try Ed. However, I don't blame it with that." Morgan told him, as he flew to dodge a barrage of machine gun fire, from the Raider's kinetic weapons. Both of the Gunbarrels reattached to the striker pack. "I understand space is not your true element, not like what the ground is." Morgan told him, as he was dotching Ed's futile attacks.

"Damn, I only like this, during Siege missions, not dog fights." Ed commented, as he looked at Morgan, and fired his machine guns. Both Machines, were getting closer to the atmosphere, to close for comfort, with out the flight unit, Ed knew his machine could not survive re entry on its own. "Morgan, do you have any idea, what the Earth Forces have done, how much damage they are doing, for no reason, to a place that, doesn't even want to be with them?" Ed asked, as Morgan nodded.

"I know, the reasons why you left old friend." Morgan commented, as he fired his missiles, from the Gunbarrels at Ed, however Ed was good enough to fire them down, with the machineguns. "I am Euraisian as well, so I have my own quarrels with the Earth Forces, but even with that, I am a soldier first." Morgan commented, "So in which, I cannot forgive treason!" he called out, as he sped towards Ed. However, rather then opening fire, the Dagger did a flip, and with that, the Gunbarrel Strikerpack rammed hard into Edward. Causing his machine, to go into the atmosphere, of no return. Much like the Duel, Buster, Strike, and the Jade Frame, back during the battle with Zaft Vs the Eighth Fleet.

Ed began to fall, "Damn, this is not good." he said, as he looked around,then something came to him. Last year, the Junk Guilds ship, HOME, fell from the atmosphere, using debris as a shield. He then saw, a piece of old colony metal, and glided over to it, and turned into mobile suit form, and hid behind it, and with that, had a shield, on his way down.


South America:

The Freedom Fighter Platoon of daggers, which were repainted orange to show that they were of the Freedom Fighters, and the Forbidden Blue, jumped and used their thrusters, to move foreward. While above them, the Nosferatu flew, as the only mobile suit among them, that could fly on its own, which meant, for him that only he could fight Overdrive, and Tempest.

Opposite of them, in the other direction, three machines were flying, while on the ground, Terminus was in its mobile armor mode. Behind it, was a platoon of Dagger L's ready for combat, while in the air Tempest, and overdrive, were being lead by a black mobile armor, that resembled that of the Mobius Zero/Exus. But in reality, it was a transformable mobile suit, and was Banken, using his machine he liked to call, the Second Voyage.

Inside Tempest, Kala, was not very pleased, normally, she is the commander of the three gundams, but her superiors had gotten her, to give that power to a Merc, Banken. Someone who has been doing odd jobs, since Azrael was alive. "Hey Kala something wrong?" Baiton asked, as Overdrive hovered near Tempest.

"Nothing that should get in the way of the mission." she told him, as she flew forewards.

Down below the pilot of Terminus watched the chat. "What's eating her?" Lorc asked, as his machine was knocking down trees with the shear force the mobile suit was putting through the trunks, let alone the phase shift armor, helping it out.

"Don't know." Baiton admitted.

Banken just smirked, hearing them, make small talk. "These guys sure are better then that last batch. Even though one of them, is still alive." he admitted. Speaking of the old druggies, with only Shani still alive and kicking. Just then, in his line of sight, he saw it. "There it is." he commented, as the backpack detached from the mobile armor, and it went from its Aegis look alike mobile armor, to its mobile suit form. Then the backpack, reconnected to the mobile suit. While the Voyager stopped right where it was. "Overdrive, Terminus, Tempest, all other Earth Forces soldiers, attack!" he called out. With that, Terminus, sped off on the ground, making a route for the daggers to follow. While with that, Tempest and overdrive, flew right on by Voyager, heading for round two, with the Nosferatu.

Like Banken, Sam noticed the mobile suits coming at them. "Stay frosty, here they come." Sam told them, as the two Electromagnetic Cannons, repaired and functional, were put into position. Two purple orbs, began to form, with white light, sparking around the balls of energy. Just then, as a hellstorm of purple light, erupted from the Nosferatu, heading for the enemy mobile suits.

Kala, and Baiton, new better then to block something like this, so took to the sides, while with Banken, he went up. "Wow, what an attack!" Baiton admitted, just then the Nosferatu came at him, one of the with that, he latched his beam rifle onto Overdrives hip, and drew his own beam saber, to block the attack of the Nosferatu.

On the ground, Terminus sped, as he came to a spot he liked, as his mobile suit, transformed to its mobile suit form, and the cannon, that nearly took out the Nosferatu Last time, snapped into position. Lorc had a sinister smirk because of it, "NO miss this time." he told himself, as the magnetic fields within the cannon, began to activate.

However, before he could do anything, the Forbidden Blue came down at him, with its lance blade down. Normally not able to do anything to phase shift, but can still shake the gundam up. "Not today." she told him, but Terminus, moved out of the way. Its feet in reality were its mobility, the mobile suit does not have to walk, like normal ones.

"Oh you bitch Jane." Lorc commented, as he brought up his machines using its tri barreled gattling gun. Jane used her machines shield to block the attack. She knew the weakness of Trans Phase Shift armor, and Terminus, had exactly, what it needed.

Daggers however, were having more trouble then they needed. Five of them, facing a Platoon of enemy soldiers. Let alone, unlike the Earth Forces, the Freedom Fighters, had no Striker Packs. "Shit, this is not good." one soldier admitted, as he dodged the anti ship gattling gun, of a Dagger L, which was using the Launcher Striker Pack.

"Oh no you don't!" another of the Freedom Fighters called, as from the hip of his Dagger L, the rocket propelled anti armor knife Stilleto emerged, as he threw it at the Launcher Dagger. The Anti Armor knife, pierced the mobile suit, close to the cockpit, and as it was rocket propelled, it exploded a moment later, damageing the mobile suit in that area.

"Hey cover me!" a fighter called, as his mobile suit kneeled beside the former Earth Forces one, and began to disconnect the Striker pack. Soon it did, and with that, he picked up the Agni Launcher. "Here you go!, Die you Earth Forces Scum!" he called out, as the Agni in his hands, opened fire, sending a stream of multiphase beam energy across the forest, catching some trees on fire, however the cannon, destroyed two enemy mobile suits.

In the sky, Sam was having a better time, as Jane was keeping an eye on Terminus. He flipped upside down, and fired the machines hip mounted cannons, along with his beam rifle towards the two enemies. Overdrive blocked it, with its machine's anti beam shield, however Tempest dodged it completely, and fired from its Thor Rifle. Sam took the counter attack to the shield, and fired his own beam at her, while the three machines, did aerobatics, that would leave people in aw, but there was no time for that. "Why wont you die!" Kala called out, as the Tempest put its beam rifle onto her machines hip, and grabbed, the handle that was in her mobile suits shield, and drew a weapon from it. Liked the shield, the weapon was a nine meter in length anti ship sword. "RAGH!!!" she called out, as she went to bring the weapon down onto the Nosferatu.

But before it could, Sam drew his own beam saber, to block the attack. However Tempest had more force in its blade, so was forcing Sam's back. "Just who are these guys?" he asked.

Down on the ground, Jane was asking the same thing. All she could really do was Melee against Terminus. But like both machines, Terminus was only using Kinetic weapons, meaning, that it was not using as much energy, as a mobile suit like Sam's would. "Damn, I hate this machine." Jane commented, as she was an underwater Ace, not a land one.

Lorc was smiling, as the mobility of his machine, began to take form, as he was holding down the legendary white whale. "Lady Jane!" a soldier called, heading towards to help her.

"Sorry, but no one, is helping this traitor, especially not antoher traitor." he mused, spinning in between both mobile suits, with his other arm aiming at the Dagger. The Tri Barreled Gattling Gun opened fire on the Dagger, filling it with several holes, and holes throughout the pilot inside it. The Dagger fell down, unable to be used by anyone anymore.

This momentary distracting, gave Jane her opening, she took her machines lance, and jabbed it, to the chest of Terminus, knocking it off balance. "What!" Lorc called, as his machine began to fall backwards. However Jane on the other hand, began to open fire with her missiles onto the mobile suit.

"Sorry Lorc, but this is the end." she told him, as her Phonon Maeser cannon, began to charge. However, she was cut off, as a pair of Launcher Dagger L's opened fire with their Agni cannons of the Forbidden Blue. Jane however did have the original defense, of the original Forbidden Gundam. As the GP system, bent the beams to hit the ground beside her.

As she backed away, Terminus opened fire with its weapons within the shields, which were a pair of quad barrel Gattling guns. Jane had to back away from the mobile suit. "I hate this." she commented, as she was being pinned down.

Sam was not having as much luck either. The two enemy machines, were just as good as he was in dodgeing. In a sense, the two machines, were actually, having the battle, as an even match. "Just who are these guys?" Sam asked himself, as he fired his beam rifle at Overdrive, only to be dodged.

Kala was moving her machine in a fashion, that was unorthodox to Sam. With that, her machine fired a pair of kinetic slugs from her machines wing mounted railguns. Sam took the hit, to his shield rather then dodging it. "If only I could get close to one of them, I can take them out of the fight." he told himself, as he went to go for a Melee fight, as he put away his beam rifle, and drew a beam saber into his machines left hand.

"A melee fight you want huh." Kala commented, as she moved her shield to her machines back, and beam rifle to her hip. With that, she drew two beam blades, as a sword with a beam edge. And flew towards the Nosferatu.

Baiton did much the same, however drawing a pair of beam sabers. The three mobile suits, met, one at a time, with Sam having to parry, more then strike do to that, he was fighting more then one at a time.

While this happened, Voyager floated in the air, observing the battles. "It seems these freedom fighters, are better then the Earth Forces actually anticipated." Banken commented with a smile. "No doubt it has something to do because of Samorei." Just then, the machines right wrist tightened, as a yellow beam saber emerged from said wrist. "Its time, for me to get in on this." he told himself, flying towards the Nosferatu.

The Forbidden Blue, was backing away, as the machine was being hit multiple times, by Terminus' gattling guns, and at the same time, defending her, from the Agni blasts from the dagger pair. However, once the attacks stopped, she opened her machine's shields, and fired three phonon Maeser beams. Two of them hit the Daggers, however, Terminus dodged the attack.

"Wench." was all Lorc said, as the Terminus was bladeing on the ground, as his machines feet were designed to do. With that, he discard both of his machines tri barrel Gattling Guns, and drew a pair of beam sabers from Terminus' hips. Both pillars of fire were ignited, and fire red in color, as the machine sped towards Jane. The only thing she could do to defend against that, was hit her thrusters, allowing her machine to jump out of the way. "Just great." she commented, as she turned, and fired a pair of missiles at the mobile suit.

Lorc however kept on going right for her, and used his beam sabers to destroy the missiles, and continued his way towards the enemy Gundam. "Die Traitor!" he called, however, she used her machines shields to take the hit. With that, she used her shields close combat claws, to level the Terminus, knocking him back, a few meters.

Sam on the other hand, fired his beam cannons at Overdrive and Tempest, but before the beams could hit, two remote weapons got in the path, and used a variation of the GP system of the Forbidden, to send the beams to the forest. "Damn." Sam cursed under his breath, as he saw the one that sent them. Voyager was heading his way, with the two remote weapons attaching to his machine again. "Not you again." he said dodging the initial attack from Voyager.

"its been a while Sam, a few months since our last encounter. How's my brother and sister doing these days?" Banken questioned him, as Voyager fired a pair of its Oda beam cannons from the subflight unit, it uses.

Sam dodged that attack, and another pair of attacks, from the other two G-Weapons. "How should I know, I haven't seen them as long as I've seen you." Sam told him, as he fired a pair of his own beam cannons at Banken, only to be dodged, and returned fire upon.

Banken was a bit bewildered. "Funny, I never thought you would be one, to stay out of contact with your friends." he smiled. "Oh wait, you're the one, that hid from your own family after Junius Seven went down." he added.

"Shut up Banken." Sam told him, as they were rather high up now, as the four machines clashed, of three Versus one.

Banken knew what he was doing however, he wanted to fight Sam at his full potential, he wanted the UE program. "Oh really, where are they, I'd like to pay a personal visit." he added, as with that, Sam fired his beam cannons again. "You have to do better then that Sam. Your must be lowering on energy now." he told him.

Sam looked at his battery power, and Banken was right, at most Sam had seven minutes of energy left before his phase shift went down. "Damn he's right." he admitted, as the beam cannons, went back to their dormant positions, as he put his rifle there as well, and drew both of his beam sabers, from the machine's shoulders. "Time to finish this now." he added.

Banken smirked, however, knew the program was not online. With that, the subflight unit, jettisoned off of the mobile suit, and it changed to its mobile armor form, with the front part all open, much like the Aegis. With that, it fired its Multiphase Energy Cannon Scylla at Sam. He had to dodge it, and the beam struck the ground below. "Oh please Samorei, fighting like this, how could you ever wish to protect Mina." he told Sam. 'If I can make him mad with remarks about her, he will surely go to that other state of the White Devil.' he thought to himself.

"Don't you remember last time?" Sam asked Banken, as he dodged a beam blade attack from Tempest.

Banken flew closer and fired seven beams, one from his machines rifle, two from the Oda cannons, and the other four from his Remote weapons from the subflight unit. "Of course I do. Its the day, I swore I will kill that Sahaku someday!" he called.

With that, the two words that were in that, spurred Sam's Device. Within his mind, he said to himself, "Samorei Joule, UE unlock Ten Percent." with that, the veins around Sam's eyes began to bulge as did some muscles in his arms.

Kala, and Baiton were in shock, when Nosferatu's eyes went from their normal green color, to a ghostly white, even the mono eye on the machines forehead. "What in the?" Kala called out, but before she could do anything, the Nosferatu vanished. "What?" she asked.

"Damn, he does have Mirage Colloid." Banken commented, as he vanished as well. "Its been so long since I fought this guy, I haven't learned all of this machines abilities yet, I only fought Kira, and Sam at Orb." he told himself, as he looked around.

Just then, Tempest looked like, it was caught and could not move. With that, the Nosferatu began to become visible again, its right arm, was draining the energy from Tempest, to replenish its own. "Ahh, he's like a vampire!" Kala called, as her machine's energy was drained, as her phase shift dropped, from having her machine yellow, and white turn to a dull gray.

"Kala!' Baiton called, as his machine went to rush the enemy mobile suit. Sam instantly let go of the Tempest, which fell down the the land below. He instantly drew both of his machines beam sabers, and with three quick movements, Overdrive lost its head, and both arms. "What how is that possible?" he asked, as his machine turned, and opened fire with the anti infantry guns from the mobile suits feat. Sam had enough of that, and turned, firing his hip mounted beam cannons. Baiton knew to move, but lost his machine's legs in the process. He knew he could not take anymore, so retreated.

However, Sam then had Nosferatu searching, for Banken, who was still under mirage colloid. "Where are you, you bastard?" he asked, trying to find, any sign of him moving. Trail of clouds, trail remains, just anything, that could signal, where he was. He then, saw a trail go through the clouds and fired there. However, the beams went right on by. "What the? A Decoy!" he shouted, as he turned, to bring both of his beam sabers to block a vertical slash from the Voyager.

"Impressive." Banken told him, his eyes were blank, showing the influence of the SEED Factor, in which he has used many times in the past. With that, Voyager returned to being visible, with its two Remote weapons connecting back onto his machine's system. "You saw it was indeed a Decoy." he told Sam, as the two began to fight, one on one, blade with blade.

Down below, Terminus, barely missed the Forbidden again, holding both of his own beam sabers invertedly to how a saber is usually held. "This wench Houston, sure knows how not to stay still." he told himself, as he then noticed, Tempest falling. "Kala?" he questioned, then put his beam sabers away, and revereted to his mobile armor form, and sped off towards the falling Gundam.

Jane saw the machine fall, in the direction Terminus was heading. "Sam's winning up there?" she asked, as she tried to look to the sky, but clouds were in the way.

Such clouds, Sam and Banken actually flew through, at times, Banken chasing Sam, and at other times, they are in a melee, or Sam is chasing Banken out of the cloud. Beams were fired, through the cloud, and returned, to sender in a sense, as Sam dodged the beams, while Banken blocked the ranged attacks. "Ragh!" Sam yelled, as his beam saber clashed against Bankens, as both fo their shields clashed against each other.

"So Voyager is able to compete with Sam, and his power." Banken told himself, as he dodged the next saber attack. He then hit the radio. "All Earth Forces, retreat, all we need has been given us today. If Morgan succeeded, then one of our problems is no more." he told them, with that, he and Sam clashed blades. "I repeat, all Earth Forces machines, retreat!" he called.

As down on the ground, Lorc had transformed his machine, to grab a hold of Tempest, which was in no condition to fight, because of its energy. Terminus had enough power, do to that, most of its weapons are not energy based. The mobile sit picked up tempest, and sped off, towards the Earth Forces base in Panama.

Banken on the other hand, was still in combat, with the Nosferatu. "You are quite the pilot, Samorei." Banken told him, as he backed off. "But, I will not be able to win this still." Banken told him, as he floated backwards. "Till the next we meet." he told the White Devil, as he changed to his mobile armor form, and flew off, under Mirage Colloid.

Sam just watched the machine fly away, as at that moment, his phase shift dropped, do to how low his machine's energy was. It landed on the ground, as he got some water from the cooler from under his seat, and took a drink. "This is nuts." he commented, as he wondered how Ed was.


On a far away mountain, a Zaft uniformed pilot, watched the Nosferatu from a distance, using a pair of binoculars. "Quite the battle Samorei Joule, son of Ezalia, MIA for a year until he came back, fighting against his own homeland. Killer of Rondo Ghina Sahaku. Quite the person he is, let alone, of him being of the UE program." the person chatted, watching. "Such a pitty, I can't let him stay alive, not him, or Kira Yamato, both of them, are to dangerous to let stay alive." she added. The persons helmet was taken off, revealing long raven black hair, trailed the person's back, as she looked at the mobile suit, kneeling infront of her. It was the M1 Astray Mina Custom, stolen from Ame No Mihashira, last September.


Panama Base:

The Hangar door began to open, upon hearing the failure of Morgan Chevalier, they still needed to defeat Ed the Ripper. Out of one Hangar, a large group of Dagger L's began to walk out, but as they are Strike Pack capable, they were equipped, with the Strikes old Sword pack. Twelve of these machines came out, and behind them, fourteen more equipped with Aile Strikers. From the other hangar however, was of no Dagger model, instead it was a blue, black, yellow and red version of the Sword Calamity. "Alright guys." Rena Imelia, the woman known as Sakura burst, from her fighting style with the Buster Dagger during the last war, and the burn marks, found upon her body. "Our target is Ed the Ripper, Aile Daggers, you are to keep the Nosferatu out of our way." she ordered, as various pilots nodded. "Rena Imelia Burst Team, lets move!" she ordered, with that, the thrusters of her machine, and the Sword Daggers, came to life, sending them towards the location of the last battle.

With that, the Aile Daggers took flight, all twenty seven machines, heading out, to capture two notorious traitors to the Earth Alliance.


A/N: Banken is back, and now, working with the Earth Forces again, as the last time, he fought beside Kira. The killer of Samuru, is back as well, observing the battle, just who is this person? And why does she want Sam dead.

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