Valkyrie's Flight

Chapter 10: Concert Chaos

"I always hated Meer. But she's a turning point; if she hadn't taken the ADF-01 Falken into combat, the RvB mercs wouldn't've taken out a number of the Morgan's weapons systems."

Lelouch looked at Maria.

It had been two days, and no trace of Ron or Viper Squadron were to be found.

But that was to be expected: Ron was a master of hiding anything.

During the one year lapse from the Black Rebellion, he disappeared without a trace, only to kick so much ass during the Attack on Babel Tower, Britannia created their first Mobile Suits from blueprints Ron gave them.

Sure, they were DINNs, and the Black Knights had GuAIZ, but they were still a bitch to kill!

"So, where would he go?"

"A concert. Of course, I need to know what he's going to do!"

"He could try the normal approach: Braves attacking the Minerva and Meer's ZAKU."

"Now you're thinking like a Pinkerton."

Don't know to take that as an insult or a complement."

Maria gave Lelouch the mysterious Pinkerton Glare.

He experienced that for the first time almost 4 years before, when Ron became a physics teacher at Ashford Academy.

4 years earlier

Lelouch watched as a woman in a navy blue uniform with red linings walked in.

Her black hair contrasted her evil-VERY evil-red eyes.

"Oi, who are you?"

"Your newest physics teacher, Ronald Pinkerton. Question the name, I kill you. Painfully."

"How painfully?"

She smirked. "Good question. And you are?"

"Lelouch Lamperouge, ma'am."

"One, It's 'sir'. It's a long story. Two, what does radiation do to the body?"

He got the point.

One idiot didn't.

"Seriously, you're too hot to be a guy!"

Ron pulled out a revolver: a S&W M500.

He fired, killing him instantly.

"Any more stupidity? No? Good! Unlike your other teachers, I will ride your asses into the ground. You will learn how to make a nuclear reactor from glue and bailing wire...and make it work. Lamperouge! You're my first victim."

"What?"

The look in Ron's eyes was mysterious and evil.

Lelouch also saw hatred...for Britannia.

Present Day

Lelouch was right, but Maria had the A2. Ron was with Viper Squadron, ready to attack the ZAFT base.

With Ron, flying beside the Morgan A4, was the GNR-010CCRPC Chaos 0 Raiser II, piloted by CC, the witch who gave Lelouch Geass in the first place.

Ron and CC were perfect for each other: both were nigh-immortal, royal assholes, but for different reasons.

Ron had genetic engineering, as Britannia confirmed it 2 years later, with brain tissue from an operation; CC had an Immorality Code, but the reasons why didn't matter.

CC could be killed by GN particle fire; Ron, on the other hand, wasn't badly effected by GN particles; they just made his Innovator powers stronger.

But her father stood no chance against a Newtype/Innovator hybrid.

She'd be the one to kill him.

But Ron didn't attack.

Instead, he was listening on shortwave band 0.2514: the RvB merc frequency.

He was worried about those damned mercs: impossible to kill, and their Mobile Suits were just cannon fodder!

Then the suits landed in the base, and Mirage Colloid hid them perfectly.

"Bastards have Knightmare Frames! That's it, you son of a bitch! The truce is off! I'm coming at you like a baby making machine! Balls to the wall!"

Morgan Squadron questioned their leader's sanity.

"So, who wants to follow her?"

"That was a stupid question."

On the ground

Ron got into his personal Knightmare, the Zeus.

It was a mini-Morgan, minus the third GN drive.

He sent one to Maria after the Battle for UC Earth, but it wasn't likely they would fight.

Then a number of beam rounds hit the Guren MPTs.

The Athena, the Zeus' counterpart, was now piloted by the most pissed off woman in history: Maria Avalonia-Pinkerton.

"Son of a whore. This won't end well."

Then a number of modified Knightmares landed near the Athena.

"Something tells me you're not in the mood for a cup of hot chocolate or two."

"Oh, don't worry, dad. You won't be worrying about much soon."

Ron ran into a hanger, not wanting to be killed by his psychotic daughter.

It seemed immorality came at a price for Pinkertons: reduced sanity. (AN: There are drawbacks, see?)

"Should we let those two kill each other and kill CC?"

"I second that."

"She's not Ron, but she's still a pain to kill. Let's go."

Underground hanger

Ron and Maria were in a duel that was more comedy then anything else.

Maria was just charging, and Ron blocking.

Within 15 minutes, both KMFs were wrecked beyond repair.

Both got out, holding CQB weapons: Maria, a Katana; Ron, his Claymore.

"My first look at my father. Not very intimidating."

"Not really."

Both charged, swinging their weapons with the intent to kill.

They struck, and the fight was fast paced.

Then again, they were out for blood.

Parry, strike, parry, strike: the pattern was basically the same, minus the style of fighting: Japanese, Chinese, Italian, English, German and other sword styles were used by both of the fighters.

They eventually struck with so much force, they broke each other's weapon.

Maria put on brass-plated titanium-A knuckle dusters on both hands.

"Not fair!"

"You've got a titanium skeleton."

"Good point."

The sword fight turned into a fist fight.

Gut shot, headshot, armshot, block: that was the pattern for the fight.

Then both heard a woman scream.

Meanwhile...

CC had docked with the Morgan and was using the Chaos 0 Raiser to fight Morgan Squadron.

"Aim for the GN drives! If we can't blow up the Morgan itself, Chaos 0 Raiser will do!"

Beam rounds hit the Morgan, but that was moot: the same type of Geschmeidig Panzer anti-beam defenses used on the Forbidden kept the GN drives safe.

It wasn't the same for the C0R's cockpit.

CC ran, but Marina's GN beam saber destroyed the cockpit, killing CC in the process.

The Morgan ran off, on autopilot.

"Christ, what doesn't that thing have? A Cuisinart?"

"Shut up and blow it up before Ron gets in! We all know what'll happen then!"

"Hurry!"

All 6 MSs chased the A4 to the ZAFT base.

"There goes the timeline."

ZAFT base

Shinn Asuka watched as a female version of himself jumped on Lunamaria's head, followed by another woman.

Both actually ran up the side of the new GOUF's arm, and the fem-Shinn jumped...into a flying Mobile Suit.

The other woman stood on the GOUF's head.

"Fucking cocksucking bastard!"

Then another Mobile Suit similar to the one that flew overhead picked her up.

Shinn ran to the Minerva, followed by Athrun. Both launched in the Impulse and Saviour, intending to stop those Mobile Suits.

Back with the time travelers

"You made a big mistake killing CC." "And why would that be?" "That was Hiling, jackass!" "Your wife? But how?"

"Same thing that sent us here."

Maria chuckled in her cockpit.

"Good. Surrender. You can join me and my mother back in our time."

"The trip was one-way. And we're all going to die anyway."

Then two more contacts popped up on DRADIS: the Impulse piloted by Shinn Asuka and the ZGMF-X23S Saviour.

"Shit! Ryu, change the colors on your Phase Shift Armor, now!"

"Why?"

"Your father and Shinn are coming in their SBV War MSs!"

"Shit!"

The colors changed from ZAFT red, white and blue to ZAFT red, white and blue plus black.

Ron smirked.

He already changed the timeline.

His job was done.

"I would surrender to ZAFT if I were you."

Ron jumped away, and the two suits caught up with Morgan Squadron.

"What the hell?"

"We're not your enemies. We're after a dangerous criminal."

"Shut up!"

"You should know that this suit is more powerful then the Justice and Freedom combined. Let us land and we'll explain everything."

"Why should we?"

"The safety of the entire galaxy is at stake. Commander Zala, please."

"Land on the Minerva. We'll talk."

"Don't touch our MSs. The auto-destruct will not only destroy the Minerva, but everything within 500 kilometers."

"Understood. Shinn, escort them in."

Shinn growled, but did so.

'This is going to be a bitch to explain.'

LBBM-01 Minerva

"9?"

"9, and that's counting the Impulse and Saviour."

"This is odd."

7 pilots, two not even wearing proper pilot suits, got out of a number of advanced MSs, more powerful then the ones on board the Minerva.

Shinn looked at the Freedom copy.

"Damn thing's got no shield, no actual thrusters. This thing has to be analyzed."

"I said, Captain Asuka..."

The woman in the black flight suit removed her helmet.

Her blonde hair and red eyes made her look more like a demon then an MS pilot.

"That if you get into the cockpit, the auto-destruct will activate once you're confirmed not to be me or my father."

"Captain Asuka?"

"That is your rank in the Colonial Fleet. I am Commander Maria Avalonia-Pinkerton, ex-Morgenroete designer, pilot of the ADF-X01A2 Morgan Raiser and your superior officer."

"Captain outranks Commander."

"Not in the Colonial Fleet. Captain's above 1st Lieutenant." "Oh." "Your friends are?" Ryu removed his helmet.

He had his father's frame and face, but his mother's eyes and hair.

The opposite was true for Marina: mother's body, father's eyes and hair.

"Captain Ryu Zala, pilot of the ZGMF-X56SRPC Impulse Kai, third in command of Morgan Squadron."

"Zala? As in Patrick Zala?"

"No, as in Athrun Zala."

Athrun's eyes widened.

Marina removed her helmet.

"Major Marina Zala, XO of Morgan Squadron, pilot of the CDF-X06 Susanowo V3, and the idiot's older sister." "By 15 seconds."

"Still older."

Marie removed her helmet, and Lunamaria gaped.

If it weren't for her redish-brown eyes, they'd be clones!

"Captain Marie Hawke, pilot of the GAT-X105RPC IWSP Strike Kai."

"Are we related?"

"You're my mother. My father's Gundam Meister Setsuna F. Seiei."

"That's not possible."

"The year's CE 73, right?"

"Yes."

"We're from Cosmic Era 112, 39 years in the future. It's a long story."

"We've got all the time in the world."

"My father is Ronald Pinkerton, the son of a bitch responsible for your existance. He's smart enough to create a time machine out of GENESIS and two other superweapons. He's planning to destroy this timeline so-"

Durandal walked in.

Maria scowled.

"Get that fucking bastard out of here before one of us shoots him."

"What?"

"30 seconds, then I get in the Morgan and raze this place to the ground."

Durandal walked away.

"That son of a whore nearly destroyed Earth before my father took control of the PLANTs. ZAFT leader or not, he's a fucking war criminal. And if you want, we'll give you our DNA so you can confirm who we are."

Time travel isn't as hard as you think, and I'm using actual science to explain it.

To travel back years, you'd need to go faster then light, and tachyon particles do just that. But if you don't want to get your brain scrambled, you need a heavy gravity well, defeating the purpose. But GENESIS and other Gundam superweapons can create fractures in space/time. In short: if an unstoppable object hits an immovable wall, it opens a rift. Tachyons focus this rift to a time and place, and universal FTL drives can open doors to any universe, any time, any place.

Mobile Suits seen this chapter:

ZGMF-X2000 GOUF Ignited: This is another UC MS modernized in CE style, piloted by Heine Westenfluss, who quotes Ramba Ral's famous line about the Gouf and Zaku: "This is no Zaku, boy! NO ZAKU!"

GNR-010CCRPC Chaos 0 Raiser II: Chaos 0 Raiser was upgraded in the Geass universe for CC, or Hiling Care, Ron's wife, who ended up there 500 years before Ron showed up.

While it wasn't used this chapter, it made a cameo.

ZGMF-X56SRPC Impulse Kai: An improved Impulse, as the name implies, built for Librarian Works. The RPC stands for 'Ronald Pinkerton Custom', and is piloted by Ryu Zala.

GAT-X105RPC IWPS Strike Kai: An improved version built for Librarian Works, only with a fixed IWPS pack. This unit is piloted by Marie Hawke.

ZGMF-X56S Impulse: If you look at the design, the Impulse is based on the original Gundam, Core Fighter and all, sans the Silhouette Pack hardpoints. The basis, along with the Strike and Murasame, for the CDF-X01 Dart and, in part, the Morgan series. Piloted by Shinn Asuka (first) and Lunamaria Hawke (Second). Pilots are similar to Kamille Bidan and Emma Sheen in MSZG, and the Impulse is like the Gundam Mk II.

Athena and Zeus: Twin KMFs based on the Morgan A4, piloted by Ronald Pinkerton and Maria Avalonia-Pinkerton. Destroyed by a temporally insane Maria.

Next Time: Maria gets a gift from Lelouch: Geass.

Ja Ne!