Following his proposal of marriage to Lacus Clyne ZAFT soldier and Strike Gundam pilot Kira Yamato participated in many dangerous battles. Following the wounding of his best friend and group leader Athrun Zala Yamato led a army of ZAFT soldiers in a attack on the Lunar Base of the Alliance. With the assistance of the new Dominion battleship Yamato was promoted to Commander of the ZAFT armies and became the new leader of the Gundam forces. Shortly afterwards his fellow Gundam pilots became leader of their own units. However Yamato asked that Athrun Zala be kept as second in command. The two pilots became renowned for their skills and bravery. And now the two have come up with radical but interesting new idea for a new kind of Mobile Suit.
"You do what?" shouted one council member in shock.
"We have learnt that by combining the power of the Neutron Jammers and the use of nuclear energy we can give a Mobile Suit a unlimited supply of energy council. We have already done a very small scale experiment and all test show it is possible" said Kira.
"We plan to do the experiment on Lunar Base. We managed to find during the take over a large stock of Nuclear Weapons they had in cold storage. There is enough to make at least three new Mobile Suits. All we need now is the permission from the council to use Neutron Jammers and collect the materials we need," said Athrun.
No one spoke on the council for about a minute. Kira and Athrun looked at each other from the corner of their eyes both agreed to the other that it looked hopeless.
"Command Yamato and Captain Zala, in usual cases we would disagree to this" said Rau, "however since you both are well trusted and respected we have no reason to not believe you. You have the full permission to use whatever you please".
Kira and Athrun breathed a sigh of relief, saluted and left. Outside of the council room they broke into laughter and stood to look at the winged whale fossil.
"So now that that's over lets focus on something even more nerve wracking," said Athrun with a smirk. Kira groaned.
"I do, okay see I can say it, I do, I do, I do" said Kira.
"You can say it now but can you at the altar" laughed Athrun.
"It's Father Markio who's doing the ceremony, a well respected friend of all of us. What's to be scared of?" asked Kira.
"Cagali says that Lacus has got her dress planned out, she's got her speech prepared" said Athrun. Kira looked at the whale still with a small smile. He didn't look bothered at all.
"And tonight she wants to discuss what food to serve" said Athrun.
"Hold Me," said Kira as his head landed on Athrun's shoulder. Athrun sniggered as Kira rose up again laughing.
"It's going to be fine man. I'm there, I'm the one who has to hold the rings ready" said Athrun.
"It sounds like you too are excited" Rau walked up towards, the three saluted each other.
"We're sorry you can't make it sir," said Kira.
"It's quite all right. But anyway I have something here" said Rau giving Athrun a disk. "It's blueprints for a Gundam design I thought up. I thought it may come in handy in the project" he told them.
"Thank you sir, we'll see that it's put to good use," said Kira.
That evening at the Clyne mansion Kira just sat outside with Tori on his shoulder. He hadn't spoken much since he got in and had been outside for the past two hours. As he sat there he felt her arms wrap round his body and her lips kiss his cheek.
"Tomorrow is the big day" Lacus whispered.
"Athrun had me practising I do all day" chuckled Kira.
"Are you scared?" asked Lacus. As she said that Kira had a smirk on his face and with great speed began to tickle Lacus' arm making her giggle. Lacus tickled back and Kira got up to escape the tickle but Lacus came in on the attack and the two tripped over each other and rolled by a nearby hill landing by the river. Lacus pinned Kira down and look at his boyish smile as he brushed her face and hair.
"Why would I be afraid when I am so happy" he sighed. Lacus smiled and kissed him.
"I love you" she whispered in his ear.
"I love you" whispered Kira as they lay there and looked up at the sky. Tomorrow would be a day not be forgotten.
"And by the power invested in me by God I pronounce you man and wife" said Father Markio as Kira and Lacus slipped the rings on their fingers as best man Athrun and Maid of Honour Cagali watched. The wings had an angel wing on each. "You may kiss the bride" said Markio, as they did the whole of PLANT and Earth celebrated as they watched and let out a cheer which would be recorded as the first ever proof of it being possible to hear sound in space.
"Well I'm not good on speeches, in fact I've had more trouble with my speech then Kira with the I do, which he did very well" joked Athrun, everyone laughed. "But here is to Kira and Lacus Yamato". The audience cheered and the party began. Two hours later Kira and Lacus were called up for their first dance. After an amazing display as they danced to Lacus' first ever single the two sat down and held each other tightly.
"I never thought this day would come," said Lacus nearly falling asleep in Kira's arms.
"Battles and war may change, but my love will never change" Kira whispered in her ear. As they sat there Athrun appeared and tapped Kira on the shoulder.
"Kira, there's someone here to see us both" he said, while Lacus went to talk to the girls Kira and Athrun went outside.
"Clotho?" said Kira in surprise. Still in his Alliance uniform Clotho was hiding outside n the shade.
"Kira first congratulations but also I need to warn you, both you and Athrun" said Clotho.
"Both of us, why?" asked Athrun.
"Its Azrael, he plans to announce a treaty in a month, however it's not a treaty, he has three new Alliance Mobile Suits coming in for the other two pilots and me. Also something is going on at the Sandrock base, talk among the troops is they are planning a new weapon" said Clotho.
"Wait Alliance Mobile Suits?" asked Athrun.
"Yes, thanks to funding from Azrael the Alliance is starting to construct their own brand of Suits to fight ZAFT. Take this, it will explain everything I've learnt" said Clotho and gave Athrun a disk before fleeing the scene.
"I'll examine it while you're on your honeymoon. Till then lets go have some fun" said Athrun, Kira smiled and nodded but both were uneasy.
Two Weeks later- "Hey watch it with that reactor will ya, even if we're in space we could still cause it to leek" Murrue pointed out. In one of the lower levels of the Lunar base ZAFT technicians were bust constructing the new Mobile Suits. With the funding and materials they could construct three suits and were using the personal designs handed to them by Kira, Athrun and Rau. Already the main skeletal structure wad done and they had begun placing in all the major components before placing on the armour so for now they were just wires and joints and pieces of cockpit.
"Murrue" said one of the techs, "we can finish MS suits X-1 and X-2 in no time but these designs from X-3 are going to take a while".
"As long as we get these new Mobile Suits up and running you can have all the time you wish just as long s you complete them" said Murrue.
"Murrue, Kira Yamato on the line for you" said another tech. Murrue nodded and entered her office turning on the com-screen on her desk.
"How was the honeymoon?" asked Murrue.
"A delight, I'll be sending the photos out later. How are the new Mobile Suits?" asked Kira.
"X-1 and X-2 are ahead of schedule, chances are we'll have them done by the end of next month if we are lucky" said Murrue.
"Excellent, Athrun told me how you were doing and I'm pleased with all of you. Oh I received a message you got the results back on that serum I was given," said Kira.
"Yes, it's a form of stabilising drug, some human bodies can be born unstable causing the person to experience great pain. This drug allows the body to keep at normal rate for up to seven hours. It was meant to have been banned fourteen years ago" explained Murrue.
"I saw Clotho drink some after he left me and Lacus. Do you think Azrael is behind this?" asked Kira.
"Maybe, we don't know for sure unless that tip off about the peace proposal is true," said Murrue.
"If possible I'd like you to be on Dominion just in case, I have full confident in Waltfeld but two captains will be better then one if a fight does ensure" said Kira.
"I'll come a day before then, you'll need all the help you can get" said Murrue.
"Thanks, and keep up the good work on the new suits" said Kira signing out.
The day of the treaty had arrived and it was to begin in three more hours. At the Clyne Manor Kira got changed into his Red Coat uniform while Tori groomed his hair. Lacus watched with a worried expression on her face. Kira had not said a word all morning, his mind was wondering if a battle would ensure today. As Tori flew from his head he felt Lacus hold his hand and he turned and looked at her. She looked so beautiful, his mind raced with thoughts of what would happen if he lost her.
"Promise me you won't go to the talk today. It may get dangerous," said Kira.
"Only if you promise to come back alive" said Lacus. Kira nodded and brushed his hand across her face.
"I'll come back, I promise you" he said and kissed her.
"Today is the day everyone has been waiting for, the chance for peace to reign, I'm sure you'll all make a grand entrance" said Azrael as his three followers waited to move. Orga and Shani had grins on their faces. Clotho said nothing and kept silent.
"We'll go ahead with the 'preparations'" sniggered Orga.
"Lets go, come on Clotho" laughed Shani.
"Yeah…sure" said Clotho and got up first followed by the others. As they left a figure emerged from the shadows.
"Are you sure one of them is a traitor?"
"One of the, is hiding something but I'll let them know the price of their treachery. Are our agents ready?" asked Azrael.
"One of them said he said he has something to take care of first, then he'll capture one of the prototypes. Meanwhile out second is all set, Strike Gundam is as good as ours,"
"Excellent, meanwhile you can join the others in combat, just make sure Yamato dies. Zala I hope you enjoy today's show, for it will be your last grand stand" chuckled Azrael.
"This is Kusangi requesting landing clearance," a crewmember asked as an ORB shuttle neared PLANT. The ship was a bright and dark blue colour. Onboard were Cagali and Athrun returning from ORB. The ship docked at once and Kira was on the phone to his parents when it arrived.
"Sorry mom I have to go now, Lacus and I are looking forward to you and dad coming up this weekend. Hope you enjoy the wedding photos I sent…yes I know your worried but I promise you I'll be alright. Okay I love you too, bye" he said and hung up before boarding the Kusangi and meeting Cagali and Athrun on the Mobile Suit deck where Aegis and Strike Rouge were situated.
"So you brought the two prototypes from ORB?" asked Kira.
"Right here" said Cagali and showed Kira two Mobile Suits. They both were Gundams with an orange, black and white paintjob. They were know as the M1 Astray models and had a flight packs, beams sabres, beam rifle and a shield.
"So these are the mass-produced Gundam Models?" asked Kira as he floated to get a closer look, Cagali followed behind while Athrun talked to some crewmembers.
"Thanks to the funding you sent us and the data from Strike Erika was able to finish them on time, these are just the first two which were made" said Cagali, Athrun had joined them.
"I took one out for a test spin, the OS can be modified to match any pilot, but the Natural Pilots of ORB are having a hard time getting used to it" he chuckled.
"Were they unable to create a phase-shift armour for them?" asked Kira.
"Fraid not buddy, however the armour is extra strong and their reaction speeds are extremely quick" said Athrun. Kira nodded, he had placed a lot of money into funding the M1's production and he was glad ORB now had the power to repel any invaders. He turned to the left and his eyes nearly popped out.
"What are those?" he asked. At the far end of the MS dock were two Gundam Mobile Suits. One was Red and white and had by its side a Katana blade and had a few resembelences to the M1. On one shoulder was a symbol of the Junk Guild, people who were natural and Coordinator, who lived from selling scrap to the armies, the symbol had the words LOWE painted on it. The other was the colour of blue however had been seriously customised. It had added armour and on its forehead had the symbol of Serpent's Tail, a renowned mercenaries group.
"These are two of the Three Gundam Astray Prototypes, PO-3 Red Frame and PO-2 Blue Frame" said Athrun.
"Where did they come from? I didn't know about these suits," asked Kira.
"I found them in the remains of Heliopolis Mister Yamato" from above Kira two men descended. One wore casual clothing with a red headband and had spiked brown hair. The other wore a Alliance uniform with the Serpent's Tail symbol stitched on and had glasses and black hair.
"Heliopolis?" said Kira in shock.
"Yep, shortly after it was destroy me and my fellow Junk Techs went into the remains and found these two suits. Hi I'm Lowe Gear pilot of Red Frame," said the Junk and he and Kira shook hands.
"Gai Murakumo, Blue Frame pilot, leader of Serpents Tail" said the Mercenary as he too shook Kira's hand.
"Wait I thought you said Lowe found them?" said Kira confused.
"Well he was on a mission to destroy them but he took it, used it and claimed it. I got the sweeter colour though" joked Lowe.
"So what is that blade?" asked Athrun looking at Red Frames sword.
"The Gerbera Straight, I decided to save energy not to use beam sabres so I found the blade and had it restored. Also I learnt some pretty nifty skills" laughed Lowe.
"What about the Blue Frame?" asked Athrun.
"Lowe helped me with that actually, he helped me customise Blue Frame to my liking, before hand the two looked alike. We added new armour and a bit of phase shift armour to the body but also a special back unit which can turn into a chain gun or sword" explained Gai. Both Kira and Athrun were impressed.
"So why are you guys here?" asked Kira.
"Dad hired them to my personal body-guards, Athrun and I told him about that warning you got. Since Lowe was helping with the M1 project dad requested he came along, Gai was hired as well, he thought two Astray experts will be enough" groaned Cagali.
"Commander, Azrael will be here in thirty minutes" reported a soldier.
"Understood, come on we'd best leave," said Kira to Athrun and Cagali.
"We'll be on hand in our suits, also our friends will be coming too" said Lowe.
"Thanks, see you later," shouted Athrun.
At the Winged Whale a table was set with two chairs for Patrick and Azrael. Every soldier, council members and civilian prepared to hold their breath. Kira, Athrun and Cagali joined Signel, Rau, Dearka, Tolle and Nicol in the stands.
"Where's Milly?" whispered Kira.
"She said she may run a little late" whispered Tolle.
"Here he comes," said Cagali. All by himself Azrael walked in with a smug look on his face while Patrick, escorted by two guards walked in the opposite sides. The two men sat at opposite ends of the table.
"Chairman, a pleasure to see you again," said Azrael.
"Here are the proposed documents towards the treaty" said Zala and passed Azrael sheets of paper with the proposition on it.
"Something's not right," thought Kira "where are Clotho and the others? And where's Mu?"
"These documents are very acceptable Zala, and here are my demands for the proposition" said Azrael as he handed over his own documents, which Patrick took.
"Something's wrong" said Kira, Athrun wondered what Kira meant then saw his fathers face.
"But there is nothing on these papers" said Zala and looked as Azrael began to chuckle.
"That's because there is nothing to discuss," said Azrael.
The west wall of the room exploded and fell to the floor as everyone began running and Patrick's guards got him away from Azrael fast who just laughed.
"For a Clear and Blue world, I present our newest member of the Alliance" he laughed. The sight of the new member caused Kira to freeze in fear.
"It's impossible" he gasped.
"Who even got close to it?" asked Athrun.
From the huge hole the top body of Strike Gundam looked down at the masses, many were running while a few soldiers began firing. Athrun, Dearka and Nicol ran to Patrick at once while Signel and Rau made their escape too. But Kira remained where he was looking at Strike. Then he noticed Azrael running through a corridor to escape.
"Kira come on," shouted Cagali as she and Tolle were making their escape. Kira said nothing and took one last look at Strike only to see it take off as Ginns began firing on it and followed it. Then he leapt from the stand and followed Azrael with a gun in his hand.
Cagali followed Athrun while Tolle decided to join Kira in the chase after Azrael. The others piled into Patrick's waiting car and Athrun took to the steering wheel and revved off.
"We'd better hurry to Dominion, they'll need back up" said Dearka.
"Kusangi is near the Dominion, we'll pick up Strike Rouge and Aegis and get Lowe and Gai to help us out" said Athrun.
"Would someone please explain why a Zaft Mobile Suit has been captured?" shouted Patrick.
"Believe me sir I'd like to know myself," said Dearka.
"Where is Commander Yamato?" ordered Patrick.
"He's chasing after Azrael," said Athrun.
"Get him on the line" said Patrick, Nicol got his radio.
"Kira, can you hear me?" he said. Kira still running grabbed his radio.
"Loud and Clear Nicol, are you guys okay?"
"Commander Yamato explain to me why your Gundam has been captured. That Mobile Suit is your responsibility!" Patrick was yelling at the top of his voice.
"Sir I still have no idea, I thought all the Gundams were supposed to be watched?" asked Kira. Patrick was about to yell but went silent.
"I withdrew the order"
"What?" said Athrun looking at his father.
"I didn't believe what you two told me, I thought Azrael was serious about a peaceful negotiation" said Patrick.
"ATTENTION ALL UNITS, UNKNOWN GUNDAMS ARE ATTACKING ONE OF YOUR MOBILE SUIT DOCKS" came an announcement as civilians were evacuated to shelters.
"It seems things are better then expected" laughed Azrael as Kira fired a shot but missed closely followed by Tolle.
"Get back here now you coward!" shouted Kira.
Meanwhile Mobile Suits were firing like mad as a huge fire was in blaze. Causing the attack were Three New Gundams. One was loaded with two shoulder cannons, two beam rifles and a chest rifle and had a Blue colour scheme. Its name was Calamity and its pilot was Orga. The Ginns and BuCues stationed were being shot down one after another.
"And there was me thinking this was going to be hard" laughed Orga, from behind him three Ginns began firing. "Hurry up Shani" Orga chuckled. From behind the Ginns a Gundam with a dark green and light colour swung with its huge deadly scythe cutting through the Ginns and destroying them. Its back plate came down over its head revealing a form of armour, which fired a powerful beam which bent itself to destroy several unmanned suits.
"And they call these suits the pride of the military, pathetic, Clotho take out the three behind me" laughed Shani as three Ginns fired on Forbidden from behind.
From above a red and black bird like creature descended and changed into another Gundam armed with a pair of machine guns and a spiked ball on a strong wire descendent and used its ball to disable the Ginns by taking out their legs. It then fired its guns to destroy a large number of unmanned suits whilst nearby pilots and techs escaped.
"This area is taken care of, lets get moving" said Clotho as the three left, breaking through the walls into the city where thousands of people ran in fear and Mobile Suits defended the city.
"Let's kill them all" laughed Orga.
"Our orders are to assist in getting our agents out and succeeding, there is time for killing in the near future" said Clotho sternly. Orga and Shani looked at Raider Gundam with concerned faces.
Meanwhile Kira and Tolle darted after Azrael who was still running through corridors, the building had been evacuated so the three were the only ones there.
"Why are you so determined to destroy everything Azrael?" shouted Kira.
"Coordinators are a abomination to the human world, only once you are all dead will peace rule" laughed Azrael.
"What kind of peace kills and uses Naturals and Coordinators as pawns and throws them aside to die?" shouted Tolle.
"As long as I gain victory it does not matter" laughed Azrael as he pushed through some doors and began running upstairs.
"He's trapped" said Kira, "that only leads to a small balcony. He can't escape". He and Tolle ran up the stairs in hot pursuit of Azrael who did not seem to know it was a dead end. They saw the door to outside close and at once Kira rammed it down and he and Tolle jumped out with theirs but froze in horror. Holding Azrael in its hand and aiming a beam rifle in the other was a Mobile Suit. It had the body of Strike and carried a single Beam sabre but its face had a blue helmet and visor for a mouth. It was blue coloured.
"What the hell is that?" said Tolle.
"Behold my friends, you're the first to see the Alliance's new troops, the Strike Dagger" shouted Azrael over the rockets of the hovering suit.
"You think that will stop me shooting you?" asked Kira and aimed his gun, Tolle did the same.
"No but I think what I have will" a familiar voice boomed.
"Sai?" said Kira confused. The Pilot hatch opened and Sai stepped out, in his arm was a knocked out body, a familiar body.
"MILLY!" yelled Tolle.
"She's under chloroform knock out, make another move and I will kill her, she's coming with me Tolle. If I am to be without someone to love then you shall too" shouted Sai.
"To Love? HAVE YOU GONE INSANE" shouted Tolle.
"See you again Yamato" laughed Azrael as he jumped into the cockpit and Strike Dagger took off.
"MILLY" yelled Tolle "we have to help her".
"We need Mobile Suits, come on" said Kira as they rushed downstairs.
"We need a ride to join Captain Zala and the others," said Kira to some soldiers.
"Sir take my jeep," said a soldier, as he was about to drive off in a jeep.
"Thank you, you're a good man" said Kira as he and Tolle jumped in. Kira started the engine and they drove off.
Meanwhile Athrun and the others had made it to the Vesalius and Kusangi where Lowe and Gai were waiting.
"We just called groups, they are stationed outside, the Junk Techs have spotted a Alliance shuttle" said Gai.
"Then we must act fast, we cannot allow those suits to escape, launch in your mobile suits and don't let them out of our sight when you find them" ordered Athrun as he, Dearka and Nicol ran to Vesalius while some crew members had already opened the MS door.
"Is Rouge ready?" asked Cagali as she boarded Kusangi.
"All set, we just heard three of the suits heading southwards, looks like Strike and a unknown MS are joining them" reported a crewmember.
"We have to hurry then, everyone stick close, your men look after the Chairman" said Athrun as Aegis Gundam walked out and through a door in the dock took off into the PLANT followed by Blitz and Buster. Gai and Lowe powered up Red and Blue Frame while Strike Rouge's phase shift armour powered up and the Aile Strike pack was placed on.
"Miss Cagali, Commander Yamato and Ensign Koenig are here," shouted a tech. Kira and Tolle raced into the Kusangi and slammed the brakes causing the jeep to stop just an inch from Rouge's foot.
"Nice driving" chuckled Lowe.
"Cagali, we need the M1s" shouted Kira as he and Tolle got out of the jeep.
"They're all powered up and ready, but you need to set the OS" said Cagali.
"You guys move out, we'll handle the OS," said Tolle who was already making for a M1, Kira followed.
"Okay guys, good luck, we'll save you some slices" laughed Lowe.
"Cagali, Clotho is one of the pilots of the three Gundams, also Azrael and Sai are in the unidentified suit, and he has Milly so be careful" said Kira.
"Roger" said Cagali and Strike Rouge took off.
"Remember Gai, we have to be careful, this isn't like space battles" said Lowe as Red Frame followed in flight.
"You're the one picking the fights most of the time" chuckled Gai and Blue Frame followed and flew past Red Frame.
Kira and Tolle quickly began setting the suits to their skills, which only took 30 seconds for Kira and 40 for Tolle.
"Kira, you can take Strike but I want Sai" said Tolle.
"Okay, just be careful, this is your first time in combat," said Kira.
"That won't stop me, I'm not dying today" shouted Tolle as his M1 left and took flight.
"No, but sadly we may have to allow him to leave" thought Kira.
Yesterday- "You do realise what you doing right Milly? Remember that this conversation never took place. This mission will require you to go undercover and find out as much information as possible then try to escape," said Kira.
"Your sending a recon team right?" asked Milly.
"Yes, we know Sai is here, just keep alive, I don't want to feel anymore guilty then I already do" said Kira.
"Sir, you may leave" came a voice.
"Right, launching M1 Gundam" shouted Kira as his M1 followed. Patrick watched as Kira left and grunted.
"Young upstarts, rushing into battle, I'll show them its wrong for them to fight for Naturals" he said and turned to face a nearby Ginn.
By now all Alliance Mobile suits had caught up with each other but also the ZAFT and ORB suits had caught up.
"Get out of here you has beens" laughed Orga and fired Calamity's weapons. The Gundams dodged and Buster and Strike Rouge fired back and attacked Calamity, Forbidden came down with its scythe however Blue Frame blocked with its sword and the two engaged in a deadly duel as Forbidden unleashed its deadly swings and Blue Frame blocked.
"I'm going after Strike, Nicol cover me" ordered Athrun.
"Roger" shouted Nicol as Aegis and Blitz flew upwards and fired on Strike, which easily dodged the blasts and fired back.
"Lets see you dodge this" shouted Nicol and activated the Mirage field turning it invisible. While Aegis continued firing trying to get close to Strike.
"We can escape, call in the second unit" ordered Azrael. Sai nodded and sent out a red flare. From behind the structure a Alliance Ginn appeared which sided with the Strike Dagger. The pilot opened the cockpit as Strike Dagger had Azrael who was holding Milly in his arms on its hand as it passed it to the pilot who took them in.
"Get them to the ship alive, wait for my signal to leave, keep away form the area" ordered Sai. The pilot nodded and took off at once. As Sai sat back in the cockpit two beam shots flew passed the Strike Dagger and a M1 was flying towards him.
"GIVE ME HER BACK," yelled Tolle as he continued firing. Sai smirked as Strike Dagger easily dodged the shots and fired back. Tolle did not have much time and reacted quickly to just missed the shot by a few small inches and continued attacking.
"She has been given to me to use as I wish, you will know the suffering I suffered" shouted Sai.
"He's mad, he's now stuck with Frey in his head" thought Tolle, "but how is able to move so fast?"
Meanwhile Strike was now being attacked by Aegis, Blitz and Kira In his M1 as the ORB Gundam drew both its sabres and swung at Strike which held up its sword to keep up defence.
"Kira, how are we supposed to stop it without harming it?" asked Athrun.
"Try and disable it, we can repair the damaged parts but I want to know who that pilot is" said Kira.
"One disable coming up" said Nicol aiming Blitz's main rifle when Calamity kicked it in the back.
"Nice try" laughed Orga but pulled back as Red Frame came flying in firing its rifle.
"Sneaky bastard" shouted Lowe.
Strike fired on Kira's M1 however Kira continued dodging the shots and fired back. Strike dodged but had to hold up its shield. With one quick move Kira aimed the rifle at Strike's head, Rouge and Aegis did the same.
"One more move and it's a load of Beam shots on your head creep" shouted Cagali.
"Whoever you are I do not want to personally shoot you, however I ask you reveal yourself and surrender" said Kira.
"But you know who I Kira, and you know I am loyal to the Alliance". Kira froze in fear.
"No, it can't be" he said.
"Mu La Flaga" said Athrun.
"Want to run that by me again?" shouted Dearka as Forbidden nearly hacked off Buster's legs.
"You were the one who I saw talking to the green haired guy. You planned this," said Kira.
"The Gundams belong to the Alliance, besides your ideas are weak. You're choosing to try and dominate over all," said Mu.
"That's not true, I'm trying to unify, I don't want to conquer" said Kira.
"You know he's telling the truth La Flaga," said Athrun.
"Sorry I don't buy it" said Mu.
"You rat bastard" growled Cagali.
"KIRA LOOK OUT" shouted Gai. From behind them a hail of bullet fire aimed at Strike caused them to separate. Strike grabbed Kira's M1 by the head and threw it while a Ginn began firing on Strike and followed as it tried to escape.
"NOW" shouted Mu.
"It will be my pleasure," shouted Orga as Calamity aimed its shoulder cannons and chest gun.
"STOP," yelled Lowe as Red Frame drew the Gerbera Straight and with great reactions chopped the shoulder cannons off and luckily dodged the Chest blasts but it was heading straight for Kira.
"No KIRA" yelled Nicol. Kira froze in fear and shut his eyes. A mere second later he opened them again, the beam had not met the M1, but Raider's shield.
"Clotho" shouted Kira as the beam vanished and Raider stood with its guns ready.
"Why am I not surprised?" said Shani.
"He saved Kira" gasped Athrun.
"Clotho, you…" began Kira.
"I'm on your side till the end Kira," said Clotho and Raider opened fire while charging at Calamity before launching its mace.
"FOR THE FREEDOM OF ALL HUMANITY" he yelled. Calamity dodged the mace and then find itself flying away.
"SHANI MOVE" yelled Orga. Shani nodded and Forbidden took off.
"HEY COME BACK," yelled Dearka.
"Their not important, Strike's escaping," shouted Nicol.
"All of you stay here, I'm going after Mu" said Kira as M1 took off after Strike.
"Wait up, no way am I letting you get all the action" shouted Lowe.
"That makes two of us," said Gai as Red Frame and Blue Frame followed.
"I'm going too, make sure no one was hurt" ordered Athrun as Aegis took flight. Clotho was about to follow when he felt a pain in his stomach.
"Oh no" he whispered.
Strike and the Ginn had now entered the inside structures of the PLANT with an obstacle course of girders everywhere. The Ginn pilot was not a pro not would not stop firing. The four Gundams following were slowly catching up.
"That pilots got guts," said Lowe.
"They're going to get killed if they don't get out of there" said Athrun.
"Strike's pilot knows his stuff but think he can manage us?" asked Gai.
As he said that Strike fired its rifle destroying the gun arm of the Ginn but it then drew a sword it had in its hand. At that point M1, Red and Blue Frame fired on Strike which began to flee while Aegis aided the Ginn.
"Are you okay, if your injured tell me?" said Athrun.
"You can start by releasing me now and let me continues this fight," shouted a familiar voice.
"Father?" said Athrun as Patrick came up on the screen.
"Stand aside now, you see what your friends ambition has caused?" he asked.
"Father please don't…" began Athrun.
"Look around you Athrun, the Naturals don't care if we live or die. That's why Yamato's ambition will be nothing but a weakling's dream" shouted Patrick.
"Your wrong, Kira is honourable and wishes to show mercy" said Athrun.
"And I'm about to show you why that caused such things as your Mothers death" yelled Patrick and flew off at once. Athrun growled and followed.
Mu had made it outside into space but the three Gundams were not giving up as Kira charged in front and took a swipe with its sabres but from no where a energy boomerang stopped him in his tracks.
"What now?" asked Kira as he looked up and saw another Gundam. It was a Calamity Gundam however instead of Cannons it now held in both its hands Sword Strike Blades and was the colour of orange. On its should was a symbol of a rose with two swords crossed through it.
"Its him" said Gai.
"Who?" asked Kira.
"Ed the Ripper and his Mobile Suit, Sword Calamity" said Gai.
Ed was a man with dark skin and had black hair and wore a red and yellow Pilot uniform. He looked at the three Gundams with a grin on his face.
"I'll let two of your past, but one of you will have to fight me" he said.
"A challenge by duelling, alright your on" laughed Lowe.
"Lowe no, Blue Frame can…" began Gai.
"Gai you may have noticed Strike is trying to escape so I'd advise you two getting a move on" shouted Lowe as Red Frame threw its shield and rifle aside and drew the Gerbera Straight.
"Lowe, escape when you can, good luck" said Kira and M1 continued flight followed by Blue Frame.
"So you're the Junk Tech called Lowe, you've made a name for yourself" said Ed.
"Yeah and its about to get bigger" laughed Lowe as Red Frame went on the attack and swung at Sword Calamity which blocked with one blade and attack with the other. Red Frame moved and then blocked a second attack. At the same time Tolle and his M1 had entered space along with Strike Dagger as he and Sai engaged in a sabre match. Surprisingly quicker Sai had the advantage but Tolle was holding well against his foe.
"GIVE HER BACK," shouted Tolle.
"You'll never learn" laughed Sai.
"SHUT UP," yelled Tolle when a Ginn and Aegis flew past catching Sai off guard. Sai moved in and severed the shield arm of Strike Dagger and at once went for the chest, however Sai pulled back kicking the M1 before fleeing.
"We'll meet again" laughed Sai. Tolle watched as Sai left.
"DAMMIT" he yelled.
"WHOA" yelled Lowe, Sword Impulse's attacks were fierce and Red Frame had to act fast, suddenly a kick to the head caused Lowe to loose balance and Sword Calamity aimed its blade to the Gundams neck.
"You lasted six minutes, you own the highest living record Gear. For that I'll let you have a rematch, be lucky I'm not in the mood for killing" said Ed and Sword Calamity took off.
"Trust me, next time your history" said Lowe as he regained balance.
"KIRA, the Ginn has my father in it" shouted Athrun.
"What?" yelled Kira as the Ginn came darting past.
"CHAIRMAN DON'T" yelled Kira.
"FATHER NO, MU DON'T ATTACK," shouted Athrun as both pilots tried to stop him.
Strike looked as Patrick came down towards it, his Ginns blade ready to cut. Mu did not seem to notice but moved Strike to draw its sabre and as time seemed to stand still the sabre pierced the Ginn and slowly drew the blade out as it began to show signs of blowing up. Kira and Athrun froze in sheer horror, the image was being shown to the whole of PLANT and everyone stopped in fear.
"Kira, Athrun" said Lacus.
"You see Athrun, this is what mercy brings, YOUR FRIENDS BELIEFS ARE FAIRYTALES" yelled Patrick as the Ginn exploded taking the pilot with it.
Mu said nothing but a small grin came over his face and Strike departed along with Sword Calamity.
No one spoke as they returned to Plant. Every soldier there was silent and as Athrun stepped out of Aegis they saluted.
"GUYS, its Clotho," shouted Dearka.
At the hospital a passed out Clotho was being operated on, his skin looked like it would be torn apart.
"His body has a number of enhancements which if not controlled by that serum would kill him," said the doctor.
"Can they be removed or set so they don't kill him?" asked Kira.
"It can be done, but we need to operate now" said the doctor.
"Do it, I'll pay for the costs" said Kira, and the medics got to work.
Kira sat outside the theatre with the others, Lacus held him in her arms. He had not slept but her soothing voice and humming sent him into a deep sleep. Athrun and Tolle sat silent with serious faces, then Tolle got up and walked off.
"Athrun, do you…" he began.
"No I still believe Kira's way is right" said Athrun as he looked at Kira, "but all I want now is to see Mu La Flaga fall for the death of my father" he swore, Cagali sat by him and held his hands.
"Don't say that now, just relax" she whispered, Athrun's eyes filled with tears as he secretly cried while holding Cagali.
After that event Rau Le Creuset was chosen as the new chairman and vowed to continue the pledge for peace. The Freedom and Justice Prototypes were nearing completion. Clotho survived the operation and became a soldier under Kira's command. Lowe and Gai chose to assist ORB while Tolle decided to go to Earth to advance his skills with the Gundam class suits. Kira Yamato decided that Sandrock must found and so Operation Black Horse was announced…
"Commander, the shuttle is here," said a soldier.
"Thank you" said Kira as he held Quatre, Lacus was sleeping in one of the seats. Gently nudging her Kira helped her.
"Lets go" he said.
"Yes, what happens now?" asked Lacus.
"We continues to build the structure for peace, no matter what" said Kira.
So now you know what exactly happened before the events of Operation Blackhorse. Next chapter Shinn, Luna and Stella of SeeD Destiny make their first appearance along with their new Gundams as the newest members of ZAFT while Sting and Auel are the new boys of the Alliance. The Alliance created Minerva makes an appearance following its mention in chapter 2. Black Tri-Star take their DOMS out for their first spin and get ready for the Alliance's newest Mobile Suits, Guncannon and Leo.