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Chapter 72: Desperate Strike, Operation Stardust Memories!
Last time, in Tales of the Cosmic Wars, Ben, Ezan, and Hiryuumon were beginning to see just how harsh Kira could really be to his own men! For the sake of," making his new apprentices stronger" Kira made Ben and the others go through borderline torturous obstacle courses that pushed our heroes to their physical and mental limits! However, no matter how hard it got, Ben would not give in and managed to make it through every obstacle, and, as a reward, ran into one of Kira's vanguard Enji, the blind, but powerful Tosen!
The high-minded warrior at first seemed like no match for Ben. However, he then showed how tricky he really was and used his magic to nullify all of Ben's senses! While the chosen warrior of the Star Sword was totally caught off guard, Tosen went for the cheap blow and crucially injured Ben by attacking his spine! This, of course, knocked Ben out, and when he woke up, he only found his situation was worse!
Though healed from the slash, he was brought Kira and one of his men, Revolver Ocelot! That's not all. Ben woke up to see he was chained to Kira's Embrace of Pain device, the same cruel machine that fanatics used to torture him years ago! Kira then showed how far he was willing to push Ben, and used the machine to make Ben feel worse pain than anything from all of his battles so far! Kira did not only want to break Ben's body, but his soul, and made a shocking revelation to Ben! It seemed his cousin Max was in Kira's own squad, before he was presumed dead!
As this was going on, Ezan was doing slightly better. His opponent, Gin Ichimaru, seemed to be no match against the super elite warrior. However, when Gin seemed to be finished, he perplexed Ezan and asked him out of nowhere to kill a war criminal for him!
This odd request became even crueler when Gin showed it was Ezan's presumed dead real mother Namine! Shocked at the sight of his mother alive, even the cold professional Ezan could not bring himself to kill his own mother, much to Gin's delight! Gin attacked Ezan ruthlessly knowing he would not risk using his full power. However, when Ezan deflected a magic attack back at Gin, it hit his mother, or really a holographic recreation of his mother! Seeing that Gin was tricking Ezan made him furious, and he attacked with no mercy! Ezan 's rage was so great that Sephiroth's will almost once again began to break free!
However, thankfully, the enigmatic Diz's magic sealing crystal was still working, so Ezan was able to regain control, although not before blasting Gin through a few walls! With his test completed, Ezan showed how he got to where he was today, and that left Ben to try and do the same! Kira was determined to break Ben and make him renounce his dream and become totally obedient to Kira's will! However, Ben refused to be broke, and after remembering one of his cousin Max's inspirational speeches, he was able to gather his resolve and overload the Embrace of pain and break free!
This even impressed Kira, and it seemed that he was ready to teach Ben something besides how to deal with pain. However, before they could move on, an emergency alarm blared out that Zeon was commencing an attack on a major Lylat factory world! Ben has his first mission under his new commander. How will this battle fare? And will we find out the truth about Max? It's time to find out!
We start off our newest chapter at the command center of the moon fortress, Grandra . Although Ben is still at the brink of collapse from the effects of the Embrace Of Pain, he keeps himself awake for fear of adding more of Kira's wrath. He sees many armored salvation soldiers in the room. In fact, one of the few people not wearing a helmet, is the red goggle wearing Titan commander, Bask. The bald man is displaying the planet of interest, the industrial world of Pakamino. Ben can see that from the world's description chart that it is a watery rainy world.
It looks like the world of Kamino from Star wars episode 2( if that helps,) and that it also has a Zeon armada heading straight for it! Ben sees Ezan is also in the room and then sees Kira nod to his subordinate before Bask says,
"Alright, the mission briefing will begin now. At about 800 hours, our Bothan spies in the Zeon army sent us a transmission that the Zeon staff were preparing for a new major assault. However, before we could be informed about the precise world targeted, the spy was caught and killed. Even so, we heightened our defenses and surveillance around the possible list of targets, and it seemed that it paid off. Not long ago, one of our spy satellites picked up a Zeon fleet warping into Hyper space from one of their own main worlds.
After figuring out their direction, we are confident they are heading for our world of Pakamino."
Ben then looks at the screen and raises a eyebrow before he emits a frustrated," Man, why would Zeon go out of their way to attack now, when the Zannacross Empire is still attacking them as well!? Haven't they realized that it's idiotic to fight a two front war and should unite with us? At the very least you think they would not want to die!"
Kira sighs and responds with a flat," It seems simple Ben, but sometimes people won't accept the real answer and push for the conclusion they demand, no matter how futile it is. And, when the person doing that is one who is a leader like Weil and his greedy cohorts, then that makes it almost a tragedy. Weil is one with such greed that he would sacrifice his entire population for supreme power, if he could get away with it.
The reports state that he has secretly killed the rest of the high ranking members of the federation, and that the Zannacross Empire is no longer helping him. But seeking to wipe him out for their own goals, he has become like a mad dog, the more he is backed into a corner, the crazier his tactics become .
All the more reason to take him and his foolish followers out as quickly as possible, and all the more reason we must give Zeon the message that no matter what they try, they can not reach their hopeless aims. The time is coming soon when we can at last make the move to demolish the Zeon Federation.
But for now let us settle with putting this fleet of theirs in their place. Luckily, it is possible for us to intercept their fleet, if we prepare to leave at once. Luckily, we are not alone, as the London Bell fleet under the command of recently promoted General Bright, as well the Enji Knights stationed on that world under the command of Captain Firion and his squad.
Very well, Bask summon up the division at once. Tosen, you will command Ezan and go on the Alexandra, while me and Ben will go on the Eternal Justice. Is everything clear?"
Tosen nods and says,"Understood, I shall gather my men and leave at once."
Kira then looks around the room and strongly proclaims, "When we lift off, I will finalize the battle plan. Just remember Ben, no matter what the Zeon soldiers situation is you must not hesitate. even if Weil lied the majority of his troops to get them to fight for them, they still committed treason to the Lylat Kingdom and only deserve a traitors death. With that, good luck everyone. Come with me, apprentice."
Kira flicks his cape back and walks out of the room. Tosen and a bunch of soldiers then follow him. Ezan is about to leave as well before he looks at Ben, and smirks, before saying," Well, Ben Auro, looks like the Commandant did a number on you. What is wrong? Is this training too hard for you?"
Ben just gets annoyed and sorely snaps back with," This is nothing! It's just that that Tosen guy I fought used a cheap magic trick to get the jump on me! Next time I will show him what I think of dirty fighters! Watch out, Ezan, he likes aiming for spines."
Ezan just shrugs and says," Oh Ben, you are so predictable. Unlike you, I don't let myself get tricked so easy. The opponent Kira had waiting for me, Gin Ichimaru also tried to use underhanded tactics. However, I made him pay for playing mind games on me."
Ben then looks uneasy before his responds is,," Did not see that one happen. I admit I was a little careless, and paid for it, that's for sure. But remember, Ezan, I was able to out trick you!"
Ezan just looks annoyed and says," Bah, that was a fluke. Next time I will defeat you for sure, despite your new Bankai powers. However, now is not the time, as I have a job to do. As do you, so I suggest you stop wasting my time and catch up with Kira unless you like to feel more pain. Try not to mess up."
Ezan, without a beat, leaves the room, leaving Ben to himself.
Our hero then says," Sigh, Ezan never changes. While he has been a little friendlier since our match, he still just has to rub in how much better he is than me, no matter how subtle he is about it. Oh well, despite that, now Ezan is the only other guy I know here.
I wonder what Cloud, Doug, James and Lacus are up to? Well, no time to think about it now, time to save another planet! Oh yeah, better find out what happened to Hiryuumon too. Man, I just wish I could take a little rest, so tired. Huh? Hey don't close the doors while I am in here!"
Ben sees the conference room doors close down and he dashes out to avoid being locked in! From here, he hurries to catch up with Kira. After going through a few hallways and elevators, Ben is at the docking bay. There Ben sees the ship he will be getting on board, Kira's favorite warship, the Eternal Justice. Although Ben has seen the large red and black colored space battle cruiser in action before, this is the first time he has ever entered the ship himself. Ben sees that Kira is already on board and enters.
Once on board, since Kira seemed to not have left any commands just yet , Ben hopes that means he is free to do whatever he wishes, and then goes to his cabin for some sleep. However, he remembers that he does not know where his resting quarters are stationed in, so he goes over to one of the soldiers standing guard and asks him,
"Um, excuse me, sir? Would you happen to know where the cabins are in this ship?"
Although the soldier he asked is one of the few not wearing a helmet, he does not appear to be friendly and just looks annoyed at Ben before saying, "It's not my job to give out directions. If you don't know where something is, look at the map readout, like everyone else!"
This causes Ben to get nervous and he responds with a on edged, "Of course, my bad. Sorry, I am new around here. I just came, started training with Commandant Kira yesterday, or was it two or three days ago? I don't know how long I was in that blasted device of his."
The soldier looks amused and says, "Oh, so your that Enji, huh? That guy with the special sword, Ben Auro?"
Ben takes out his hand and says," Yup, that's me! Heh, Kira sure knows how to drive you nuts, eh?"
Ben is shocked when the soldier bats Ben's hand away and says, "Bah, if you think the Commander is too tough, you're not disciplined enough! You Enji may have your magic powers, but we of the Titans are the best of the best without crutches! Sure we have an Enji here, too. But like Kira, they all don't make excuses! If you are as talented as they say, just use magic to poof into your room! Now, I have rounds to make, so excuse me."
The soldier leaves and Ben sighs before he grumbles out," Good grief, everyone here is totally behind Kira, 100%. Guess it's not going to be easy finding someone to talk to around here. Well, I suppose I am too tired to do much anyway. Better get some sleep before more action. Well, despite how rude that soldier was, I guess I could find my way by myself."
Ben does what he said he would do. A few minutes later, Ben finds the room he is given. As glad as he is to at last have some R&R, he is annoyed when he sees his room is much smaller than his one back at Hallow Bastion, in fact it's barely bigger than a storage space! And Ben also sees that the only thing in the room is a single basic bed, and a door leading to what appears to be an even smaller bathroom.
Ben then sighs and says," Well, it's true that the Titans are not big on luxury. But, this is the size of a prisoner cell!
Oh well, just more of an incentive to hurry and pass Kira's training so I can go home. Whew, among everything else I see, I smell. Might as well take a shower for clean evil head smashing, huh? Great, the only furniture here is a burnt smelling purple lumpy rug!"
Ben is shocked as the rug moves up and looks at Ben.
And Ben then realizes that it is actually a burnt, bruised, and hungry Hiryuumon!
The Digimon then lurches up in angry and snaps out with," Hey! Who are you calling bad smelling! Huh? Boss it's you! Where have you been?"
Ben smiles at seeing his friend and says," Oh, somewhere that makes hell look like a nice vacation. I could say the same about you, what training did Kira make you do?"
His dragon pal looks beat and says," I think they have a different definition on the word training around here boss! All they did was make me fight guys one after another! It was a piece of cake at first, they did not mind if I went all out and they were wimps. But they got getting bigger and stronger. And I was not allowed to rest or eat while they kept having more and more guys gang up on me!
In the end, I was worn out when some guy in a big suit got a sucker punch on me! Then I woke up here! This place stinks! The food is awful and they all seem to have a grudge against you and me, for some reason!"
Ben then pets his pal and says," I know what you mean. I guess Cloud Sensei was not kidding when he said the Titan Special Forces were combative with the Enji Knights. Still, no matter how bad it is, we have to never give up. When we prove we are able to handle anything they throw at us, then maybe they will respect us. Just have to keep trying, no matter how painful it is. Ah well, enough of that. We already are about to launch a new mission and I can not even feel my limbs! I think I will take a shower and then get some sleep."
Hiryuumon then says," Sounds good, I was having a nice dream about the land of fudge anyway. Ah, so many tasty fun things."
The Digimon yawns and Ben goes into the bathroom just as the ship prepares to take off. Ben has been on so many spaceships by now that he is able to act normally even as the ship blasts out of the moon and enters hyper space with the other ships! A little later on, Ben is in the middle of the shower and thinks about how Kira told him Max died in his mission, even though he heard from Max on his home computer when he was on his previous holiday break . He then thinks to himself and says,
"Max, did you really die? Kira, as secretive as he is, he could just be hiding classified info about whatever task he gave Max.
I mean, there is no way Max could die, even if he was faced with some freak like that crazy Ravxen or that maniac Darth Damonus, he would not die. Nothing could ever get Max down. Not only was he unbelievably strong, but he was just as much a fighting genius as Cloud Ezan or the others!
There is no way he would ever be killed. He can't be dead, after all I still have to show him how powerful I have become. What am I saying? I got a message from Max himself, and it was no doubt that was the real Max. Kira was wrong, they were not prerecorded messages. Max is alive, and one day I will meet him again and show I have at last caught up to him!
Ow, just hope my body does not break apart before then. I knew that Kira would be rough. But, its like he wants to kill me. No, I won't let his mind games and "training" sessions get to me. No matter what, I will show everyone once and for all, I really am the greatest Enji and the hero that will save the cosmos from the supreme darkness. Just have to keep moving forward. And now, time to catch up with my sleep."
Ben gets out of the shower, and is so worn out from his long training, that he does not even have the energy to put his clothes back on and just collapses down naked on the bed and falls asleep at once!
Meanwhile, as the ship he is on blasts to its coordinates, let's see just what the ones Ben is ready to fight think for a sec. In the Zeon command ship, the blazing red Rewloola the ace pilot Char Aznable has just entered the command bridge. He sees a tall man with graying brown hair and a monocle on his eye.
He is none other than Azrail Tarkin, one of the smartest scientists in the Zeon federation, and the creator of the majority of its robotic army! The man is observing data when he hears the blond haired ace pilot clear his throat and then pauses before saying,"Yes? What is it, Char?"
Char then replies with a restless,"Tarkin, if you have not noticed, we are detecting that the world of Pakamino is setting up their defenses. It seems they are aware we plan to attack."
Tarkin does not even raise an eyebrow and says,"And what of it? It was laughable if you expected the Lylat Kingdom and those pesky Enji Knights would not catch on. As simple and hive minded as they are, a few of them are not as stupid as the rest. And, in any case, these matters are not my concern."
Char looks annoyed and says, "So, if these matters do not concern you, then you would not mind if I went ahead with my battle measures?"
This causes Tarkin to laugh and he says, "No need to be so modest, Char, at least with me. You're the best mobile suit pilot in our forces. While I would not say, I am incompetent in military strategy, I will give you the credit you deserve "Red Comet".
Yes, I am not here to command soldiers. I came here to collect the data on my new creations, and to insure their proper completion of their programmed tasks."
Char is the one to chuckle and says," Heh, I do admit I did not expect you to volunteer yourself to be a part of this operation, Tarkin. I thought you scientist types like to watch from the sidelines, as we do the work."
Tarkin then stretches his hands and responds with a dry, "Well, let's just say I am interested in what the effects of the successful compilation of this mission would be, so much that I want to be here first hand to delay the wait on my hypotheses."
Char then looks closely at Tarkin before he retorts with a intense ," Oh, really? And there is no other reason? With men like you, there is always an ulterior reason. I would know, since I am also that kind of man."
Tarkin looks amused and says, "I see why you have come as you have. Perhaps, but if it puts asides your worries, it does not concern you or your men's safety. It involves a power source that would allow me to spawn creations of even more power, power on the level of the Zannacross Empire!
Yes, with this and the completion of the Death Star, those out of date cretins will fade with the time they came from!"
Char looks concerned and says, "Yes, I never trusted Xehamaru and Sithantos, and now they are trying to wipe us out of existence for offending them. Sigh, I wish president Weil was not so arrogant as to try and command them to serve him. But that can not be changed now. Now we must do whatever it takes to survive! No matter who is are enemy, not even god will stop us from being free from anyone 's chains! So Tarkin, you can promise these new Cyber Dragons you have created are more than just toys?"
Tarkin reacts with a defiant snort and sharply says," You doubt my genius? These creations are far more deadly than the likes of those Zaku throw away bots! They are even more powerful than the legendary Bahamut dragon king! But don't take my word for it, see for yourself! Ah, and it looks like that time is coming sooner than I thought."
Char sees that monitor indicating they are almost ready to depart and he says," Do what you want, just don't think you can sacrifice me for your experiments, or you will find yourself regretting it. Now, time to begin. Gato, Rezin, tell are troops to prepare to mobilize."
Char and the two other Zeon aces leave the room. Tarkin then sees the outside change back from Hyper space to normal space as he crosses his arms and says,
"Ah, all of this nonsense is beginning to grow tiresome. I wonder how long Weil can keep his head above the water. The statistics show it will take quite amount of things to go perfectly if we are to defeat both the Lylat Kingdom and the Zannacross Empire at the same time. In any case, it's a good thing I don't just count on the normal help.
If that man kept his word, today's victory is assured. Now, time to ready the pets."
Tarkin begins to prepare his battle program. Let's go back to Ben. We travel forward in time to just as the Eternal Justice exits Hyper space itself along with the rest of the fleet of the Special Forces. As procedure, a large computer voice blares out to the sleeping Ben and says,
"Attention all on board. We are about to enter battle formation. All personnel head to their required posts at once."
Ben just barely hears it and says," Five more minutes mom, please? I am so tired."
The voice then says," I repeat, all personnel must go at once. Anyone neglecting coming to their task will result in severe penalties."
An annoyed Ben almost rolls out of the small bed he is in and then wakes up and gets out of bed and even Hiryuumon does the same, after giving a loud yawn.
Ben then stretches and says," Sigh, well at least I don't feel ready to collapse now. Alright then, time to show Zeon they are never going to win. Here we go again, oh well, it's still more fun than this " fun" training Kira has for me." Ben is just about to walk to the door when Hiryuumon says," Hey boss hold on a sec!"
Ben turns back and says," What is it? I can't afford to arrive late or Kira will have another excuse to throw me in that fun little embrace of pain thing."
His Digimon pal just scratches his chin and says," Sorry, but it's just that, I thought you told me I was the only one who got away with not wearing any clothes? "
Ben says "Huh", and looks at himself before realizing he was in such a daze he forgot to put his clothes back on!
He then says," Err, nice save, Hiryuumon. Man, going out naked is kind of a thing you don't want to do in front of your boss. Good grief, my mind is such a mess. Any who, let's do this again."
Ben dresses and dashes to the command deck. A few minutes later he sees Kira ordering commands to his men. He sees Ben and just presses a button on his arm glove before saying,
"Good of you to arrive on time Ben Auro, we were just about to begin the operation."
Ben just steels himself and asks," What is the current situation?"
Kira looks amused and says," Well, we are just about to send out the troops. Several Zeon fighters and mobile suits are beginning to leave from the Star ships."
Ben looks at the screen and says," So, since I can't breathe, I guess I will handle the ground force, right?"
Kira then looks annoyed and says," Speak when I ask, but yes. I will be leading the space forces, along with ace Lylat pilot, Amaro Ray in my Strike Freedom Gundam. Captain Firion and his squad are stationed there and you will be going to his aid, along with Tosen. Oh, yes, and when you go, I am sending one of my men down with you."
Ben looks confused and says, "Um, what do you mean? Besides the soldiers? Is that a good idea if we are about to land in a battle zone?"
Kira quickly responds with," Your logic is correct, but this is a special case. He is one of our top researchers of the Special Forces, and I don't believe you have met him before. He is..."
Before Kira can speak, Ben and Hiryuumon hear the left door slide open and a narcissistic voice say,"Oh my, is that my clue to come out, Commandant?"
Ben sees an odd thin man with white and purple hair in a black kind of suit. He is sitting in a hover chair and looks at Ben before saying," Ah, so you are one of the boys Kira has been so fascinated about? How interesting."
Ben looks at him and says," You are a scientist? At first glance I thought you would be some kind of wacky fashion designer . Oh well, they say geniuses have eccentric behaviors, so, whatever."
This gets the newcomer mad, and he says, "Know who you are talking about, fool! I am the great Dist the Rose!"
Ben thinks for a moment and responds with a curious," Oh I remember hearing about a crazy guy named Dist! That's right! Jade always talks about a guy named Dist the Reaper, or was it Dist the Runny?
Whatever it was, he kept telling me it was some annoying idiot who was always ripping off his work and was as stubborn as a cockroach."
This makes Dist upset and he says, "HOW dare he talks about me like that! I was his oldest friend! Sure, there was that whole thing about being a God-General under Van, trying to kill him and his friends many times, trying to create a true replica of Professor Nebilim and a few others.
But, he should still give me the respect I deserve! Why I ought to.."
Kira then looks at Dist coldly and says, "Enough, I don't have time to hear about your meaningless outbursts. As you can see Ben, Dist is the one I was talking about. Now, before you ask, yes Dist is a class A criminal. But, his knowledge is still of value to the Titan's Special Forces armaments. In order to insure his knowledge was exclusive to the side of justice, I granted him freedom from the Malkuth military prison in exchange for his constant observation, like a house arrest.
In any case, the details are not your concern. What is your concern, is performing your duty."
Ben then responds with a simple," I understand. "
Kira does not waste a beat reacting with a near emotionless," Good, now, get going, my apprentice. And no matter what, do not fail."
This causes Hiryuumon to say," Don't worry, the boss and I don't accept failure as an option! Alright! Time for some more metal stomping!"
Ben and Hiryuumon leave the room and Dist is about to go with them, before swerving around back to Kira and saying,
"Oh, by the way. You DO have the combat data on him and Ezan, right?"
Kira just says," Yes, now we have a full readout of their entire body and DNA structure. As well as their mind pattern."
This makes Dist excited and he says,"Oh, goody! I can't wait to go to work on that! Just have to destroy a few Zeon pests. Bah, no matter what world I am on, there are always bothersome fools trying to ruin my fun. I can't wait till you stamp out all such unworthy specimen."
Dist then leaves and Kira smirks before saying, "Ah, they are all so easy to predict. And they are making things move along faster than was expected. Ah, soon the time will come when all the things that stand in the way of true justice will face their fate."
Kira leaves to go to the docking bay himself. The Titan's ships all enter a battle formation and deploy mobile suits. Ben gets on a shuttle with Dist, Hiryuumon and a squad of Salvation solders. As Ben's transport shuttle leaves the Eternal Justice, he sees a large amount of Zeon ships in the distance and says,
"Well, here we go again. Are these Zeon soldiers willing to lose everything, even though they know how futile it is for them to win? I almost feel sorry for them, but then again, I can't let them do anything as evil as this."
The shuttle blasts through the planet and heads to the meeting point of the reigning capital city of Pakamino. As the shuttle lands, many people see it, and one in particular sees it and grins shrewdly .
This unknown man then walks down the building he was on and says, "Heh, so it begins. I knew this was going to happen sooner or later. Oh well, might as well get some fun from this ride, while it lasts! Time to see just what game these guys are playing."
The man takes out his sword and jumps down the building.
But enough of that for now. Anyway, Ben and co land on their destined platform without a hitch. And, although it's raining, Ben sees many people waiting for them. Ben remembers seeing the one in the middle around Hallow Bastion, even if he does not know him personally.
He is a young man with odd hair and an interesting style of clothes. He has many weapons on him and his favorite one seems to be the red colored special Blood Sword.
He is Firion, the Enji captain who, with his friends, saved his world from the reign of the Palamecia Empire. The dark army of monsters and demonic soldiers ruled with an iron fist by Emperor Matus Palamecia. The man had such a strong darkness, that he was able to cheat death and return as a demon from hell! It was said he might have made the deal to return from the dead with either Darth Damonus or the sealed spirit of Chaos in some form himself!
But even after he became a demon, and turned his imperial capital into a copy of Pandemonium, he was still defeated. It was this effort that got the Enji Knights to notice his talents. Anyway, Firion sees Ben and salutes him and Ben does the same. The older Enji then goes up to Ben and says, " Ah, glad to see you, Ben Auro. And I am also glad to see Kira came before the fighting started."
Ben smiles when he sees Firion offer to shake his hand and he complies and says, "Of course, it would not be very professional to arrive late, right? After all, this is the kind of party when showing up late can mean the difference between a disaster or not. So, has the fighting started yet?"
Firion looks up at the sky and says, "Not yet, but I can tell it will happen any moment now. The Zeon ships are just trying to see who will make the first move. Sigh, as grateful as I am to see you all arrive, I hope Kira does not try and act too aggressively. But, then again, if Kira and his men had not been so aggressive, then they would not live up to their reputation.
Still, I am worried he will make the Zeon forces even more desperate. He tends to drive people to their limits, both friend and foe alike."
Ben laughs nervously and says, "Heh, wait till you have to obey his every command or face intense pain as punishment."
Firion looks amazed and says," So the rumors I have heard about you and Ezan training directly under Kira are true. Yes, I too have heard about his harsh methods. Have they paid off?"
Ben then takes out his Star Sword out of his sheath and looks at the sky before he says, "Well, I guess today I will find out."
The Enji see the fleet in the sky come together with the Lylat Ships already stationed there, as Dist and some soldiers just head into the nearby building. Speaking of the fleet, at the moment, the capital ship of the Lylat fleet, the Ra Cailum has just sent out its main pilot, Amuro Ray! He flies in his custom mobile suit, the powerful, custom class, funnel equipped, Nu Gundam.
The Gundam that is coming up to greet him is none other than Kira, in his powerful custom Gundam. The gold tipped, extremely powerful Strike Freedom Gundam! When the two Gundams are in front of each other, on top of the Lylat ship, the Albion Kira opens a channel and from his cockpit sees the face of Amuro in his cockpit.
Amuro then says,"Commandant Kira, glad to see you are here. Just in time too, it looks like Char is just about to run out of patience."
Kira looks amused and says," Ah, so that means you are sure the one that is leading this attack is the exclusive " Red Comet" of the Zeon army himself? Good, I look forward to crushing the last remanding hope Weil has."
Amuro then says," Kira, don't underestimate Char. He is a master of fleet battles, even on par with you. I would take this seriously, Kira."
Kira just looks at him and casually retorts with," But I am always serious, Amuro. I know Char is good, so I will just have to outmaneuver him. What is your fleet status, and how many pilots of your caliber are with you?" Amuro says,"
Well, to be honest, my fleet had to scramble here pretty quickly. Of all the ace pilots I know besides us, only Kou Uraki, in his experimental Gundam "Dendrobium Orchis", is here with us. "
Kira turns around and sees the giant Gundam/ mobile armor hybrid flying by the two, with more standard Gundams behind him.
Kira just shrugs and sternly responds with,"
Bah, Bright needs to work on rallying your forces. No matter. Thankfully my forces and I will tip the scale in our favor. After all, not even Char can compare to my skills. And even more so, I have my three new pilots to test out, in a fight, along with such forces as the Destiny Gundam. Ah, the trio I am talking about is right behind you."
The Strike Freedom then motions to three new Gundams coming out of his ship and Amuro sees they are all custom Gundams. The first one is a green colored Gundam, with cannons and plenty of other weapons called the Forbidden Gundam.
The one next to it is a navy colored mobile suit that has a kind of missile launcher, a shield, and two powerful cannons on its back. It's the Calamity Gundam!
The last one is a black one that can transform to a bird like flight mode and is armed with various weapons, like a kind of battle hammer.
It is the Raider Gundam!
Kira sees the three fly behind him and he smirks before saying,
"Yes, with these trio's powers added to yours and mine, Zeon will soon pay dearly for not knowing their place."
Amuro looks at the information of the three pilots of the Gundams, and is shocked when he sees who they are!
He then says to Kira," Kira, is this a joke! Clotho Buer, Shani Andras and Orga Sabnak?
All three of them are terrorists who have tried to destroy the Lylat Kingdom! What are you thinking, having them pilot state of the art mobile suits?"
Kira just sighs and responds with a firm," What I am thinking is that it's wasteful to misuse pieces that still have use. I gave the three a simple choice, amend their crimes and fight for justice, or be executed like dogs. Don't worry, if they have even a thought of betrayal, the bombs I had implanted inside them will kill them in an instant. So boys, ready to serve your purpose?"
The Forbidden Gundam takes out its large scythe and its pilot Shani says, "Oh, you can bet your medals on it! I don't really care who I am killing. As long as I can get away with it, I'll do what ever you say, mister Commandant!"
The other two say similar statements and Kira looks at the approaching Zeon fleet, before saying, "See, Amuro? People are easy to predict and control, at least for me. A key to victory is to be two or more steps ahead of your opponents. And I have such foresight, which is why the battle has already been won. Yes, I knew that either Zeon or the Zannacross Empire would at some point attempt major planets with strong importance. Heh, and it's why I created a fitting weapon to be installed on this world to put such fools in their place!
Observe, Amuro ray, the device that will blight out this little "after glow" of Zeon! It's time, all troops fall back from the target range. Dist, can you read me? It's time, activate the "Solar System Cannon"
Amuro is shocked and from his mobile suit says," Are you serious! That has not been approved for use in battle yet! And at this rate, if you fire too fast, it could hit are own men!"
Kira then says," Don't be a fool. This is merely a display of power, and it will crush this petty fleet in one stroke! Anyone foolish enough to remain in the line of fire, is responsible for their own fate. If you are truly worried, then perhaps you would like to warn them?"
The winged Gundam Kira is in flies higher, as Amuro sees giant mirrors around the planet line up in position. He flies out of the way as well! Ben sees the mirrors all begin to absorb energy from the sun, or at least Ben sees them through a monitor, since the planet sky is covered with rain clouds! Not sure what is going on, he turns to Firion and says,
"What is going on? What is with all the mirrors?"
He turns to the older Enji and sees him shocked before he hears," He is really using the Solar System? Kira is really serious about achieving victory as fast as possible. However, this weapon has not been finalized yet, it could prove disastrous if anything goes wrong!"
Ben looks confused and says, " What do you mean?"
His dragon pal pokes him to get his attention and points at the monitor before saying, "I think we are about to figure out, boss!"
Sure enough, Ben sees the display show an enormous amount of solar power going somewhere. And, in a command tower above, where Ben and the others are, Dist has entered the tower and is looking at a power reading and is gleeful when he sees it's at full power! He spins his hover chair around and eagerly says, " Ah! Looks like it's time for a ray of little sunshine on our attackers! Fire!"
Dist presses a button and, back at space, all the giant mirrors glow before transferring the stored up power into a massive cannon in the center! The cannon fires a massive yellow energy blast at the fleet of Zeon ships!
The Solar System cannon then does its job, as the blast tears apart warships and mobile suits alike and turns them to space dust with one massive explosion! As the dust settles, Kira has his scanners do an area scan and sees little movement.
He then says, "Ah, good, it was worth the money and time building it, after all. Well, that takes care of that. I guess it was still worth it for an exercise."
The Nu Gundam then flies in front of Kira and says, "Kira! Are you thinking straight? There was no need to wipe them all out! You could have fired a warning shot first! They may have been our enemies, but what you did was manslaughter! There are rules to war, you know, we could have at least warned them to surrender!"
Kira just looks at the fellow Gundam pilot and says," Do you want to play nice or do you want to end a battle as efficiently as possible, Amuro? Rules to war? Don't make me laugh.
That is a façade. Playing on the same level of your opponent is not going to let you win. Mercy is an act of foolishness. Do you think Char or Weil would not do such a thing if they had the chance? Really now, it's all about striking first. And since we have, the battle has gone to us, and just maybe Weil will finally see his little act of defiance is pointless.
Anyone who dares stand in the way of true justice has only death to await them. Char and his fleet found that out the hard, what? What is this? The scanners, all of these readings, where are they coming from? No other ships were in range. Unless, NO! This power, all ships take invasive maneuvers!"
Kira and everyone else sees a flash of light and the Gundams use their boosters to burst in different directions, just as a storm of large plasma cannons come from the left! Although, thanks to Kira, most of his forces are able to get out of the way, there are still lots of ones that get blown to scrap! Kira then sees that it was obviously a barrage of charged particle cannons that did that attack and says to himself, "How did the Zeon fleet survive? My spies would have detected if there were hidden ships. I doubt they have access to a magic spell that could confuse me so badly. Huh, a transmission?"
Kira then sees he is getting a transmission, and a screen appears before him with the image of none other than Char himself!
The blond pilot who shot down five battles ships in one battle is smiling at Kira and says, "Ah, if it's not the head of the Titans himself! I was waiting to get a chance to repay you personally for all of my people that have lost their lives to you and your little band of butchers! Tsk, your tactics are as blitz like and as brutal as ever. It's a good thing I expected such a welcome and convinced the others to lay out a dummy fleet to receive the greeting!"
Kira's face does not change at all and he says, "A dummy fleet? Not bad, I should have suspected that. Damn it, the units that were deployed must have been mere Mobile Doll AI pilots. Well, Char, I see you are as good as they say."
Amuro then flies besides Kira and says," He used dummy ships and suits in the past. If you just went over this with me before you fired, you might not have just played into his hand!"
Kira calmly says,"No matter, even with the loss of the preemptive strike, I will still crush them."
Char then transmits to him,"Oh, I can't wait to blow up that smug Titan mouth of your " Commandant" . Ah, and Amuro, it seems destiny has brought our paths to a crossroad once more. Perfect, today will be the day I settle things. Today is the beginning of our liberation!"
Amuro then takes out his Gundam's beam saber and says, "Char, you still are as deluded as always. Think you can win by sneaking around?"
Char then sneers before he snaps back with a bitter," Who is hiding? Our grudge ends now!"
The Lylat forces then see the Zeon fleet come out of the cloaking field that their ships had set up! Several giant red Musaka cruisers and Char's current flagship, the Rewloola in the front begin to engage the Lylat fleet as several mobile suits, real suits fly around them! Various Zeon mono eyed TIE mobile suits head out with the black colored OZ-02MD TIE Virgos behind them, but Kira sees a distinct custom suit leading them.
It is a large red machine that looks like it's a commander type armed with various weapons like deadly "fin funnels".
It's none other than Char's own powerful custom machine, the blazing red Sazabi!
Kira sees this and says,"Fine, I will bring down judgment the hard way then. You should know there will be no pardoning any of you for your war crimes. What you, Weil, and the others call "independence" I see as greed and selfishness."
Amuro then adds," Kira may be harsh, but he is right about this one Char. You're a fool to take Weil and the Zabi family for their word. Weil does not want to give more rights or privileges to the people of the Zeon federation, just more power to himself! By fighting both us and the Zannacross Empire, he is bringing more misery to all of you, misery that can be ended if you all come to your senses!"
Char just responds with a defiant," Oh please, spare me your naïve nonsense, Amuro. It's true, I have my doubts about Weil. There were rumors that Craft's change of attitude was not his choice. But nevertheless, it's better than having to deal with you Titans. Enough! We talked for far to long as it is, it's time to end this."
Kira chuckles before in a icy tone he states," Oh, I assure you, I will end this. You really think you could ever take control of such an important world with the meager forces you have?"
He sees the Sazabi fire off a sort of single flare, and all of a sudden, a warp in space appears behind the Zeon warships, and three more appear behind them, and everyone is horrified to see a giant space colony behind them!
Amuro then looks mortified before he says," No! That's, Junius Seven! It's been empty for years though, but that means it's perfect for a colony drop! No, don't do it, Char!" Kira just looks at Char with pupils as frosty as a blizzard before he states,"
So it was not a bluff, like the dummy ships. No matter, it's just another target for the Solar System cannon."
Char then says," Ah, your ego drives you to the end, Kira! Junius Seven, a place ruined by you, Kira, a place where people's protesting was returned with poison gas that killed everyone in it!"
Amuro then says," Don't make up such crazy lies, Char! The Titans are brutal, but not mass murderers! Kira, he is lying, right?"
Kira just says,"Of course. Char, don't take out your frustration on those that don't deserve it. You and the rest of your kind only have yourselves to blame for all the deaths you have received. Since you insist on hanging onto your foolish ideals, I will make you take them to the next world with you!"
Kira has his Strike Freedom charge at Char and he fires a blast from his chest and also has his Gundam's funnels surround Char and fire blasts from various angles! However, Char is no slouch himself, and has his own suits funnels form a powerful beam shield to protect himself! However, Kira sees this and then has all of the weapons aim at Char before saying,
"I see there's no doubt how you lived this long, Char, but your fate is sealed! Anyone that tries to disturb the peace must be dealt with!"
Kira then fires various beams from his Gundam's two beam rifles, shoulder cannons, hip rail-cannons, chest cannon and all of his funnels to blow away many incoming TIE Fighters! However, just as all the blasts are about to hit their target, Kira is shocked to see a barrage of missiles head into the way of his attacks and take the hit! Kira then turns upward to see what blocked his attack.
Not only is the large and powerful reddish Alpha Azieru mobile armor locking on to him, but several TIE Defenders fired shots to protect Char too, and the blunt of the energy attacks heading Char's way is neglected by the energy shield of a red Mercuius suit! The enemy machines all surround Kira and the pilot of the Alpha Azieru, the loyal soldier of Char, Gyunei Guss appears on Kira 's screen and says, "Kira, the butcher of Zeon! We won't let you get your hands on Char! Commander, we will hold him off, so you can complete the mission! Don't worry; we won't let him interfere with the glory of Zeon, no matter what!"
At Gyunei's command suddenly TIE mobile suits all dog-pile the Strike Freedom before it can fire!
As the Alpha Azieru follows them, Char then takes out his beam saber and says, "Well, it seems Kira has quite a lot of people who want a audience with him. That's fine, it will allow us to settle the score without interruption, Amuro Ray!"
He then goes to slash at his rivals Gundam, but is greeted with a beam saber clash! Amuro then says," No matter how many times you come at me,Char, I can't afford to allow you to win! So many people will lose their lives if Junius Seven collides with Packmino!"
Char then calmly reacts with," Yes, it's bad for you that Kira was so eager to waste his new toy on fake ships. If he kept it hidden, you might have had a chance to stop me. But now I will break it apart, before it can fire again!"
He then backs off and has his suit fire a blast from its beam shot rifle, but Amuro just dodges it and says, "Forget it, I will never let you get close enough!"
Char just laughs and says," I would expect no less. However, there is more than one way to smash a mirror. If you are so stubborn from the outside, I will just send troops to do it from the inside!"
Amuro sees what Char is talking about, as he sees the Zeon ships fire several drills at the planet, drills that the Lylat Pilot identifies as troop fast transport shuttles!
Amuro then say," Ground troops? Damn! Still, don't think it's over, Char? We have several Enji Knights stationed there. They are more than a match for whatever ground troops you send!"
Char then backs up and says," Heh, those overblown Enji are not as impervious as you think. And, in any case, Tarkin has been working on some new creations that even your Enji will find hopeless to stop! Enough of that, let's finish this!"
Char has his own funnels bombard Amuro and the Lylat pilot says," Sigh, well guys I hope you can pull it off. "
The tense battle between rivals continues.
Meanwhile, as the two fight, and Kira turns the group of fighters charging at him to scrap by swinging his mobile suits around and bombarding his opponents with a rain of plasma, he also sees the troop ships speed past him and says,
"So they are also trying to send ground troops to sabotage the Solar System and the planets energy barrier? Heh, it will do those fools little good. I suppose this will be a good way to see how my two new apprentices training is going.
Huh? What is this? Where did that come from? "Out of nowhere, Kira senses a massive power level that manages to shock even him! He then says,"
This energy, I have not felt this particular magic energy in a long while. But it can't be, the last time I felt his presence it was, huh?"
Kira's thought is interrupted when he sees several TIE Bombers fire missiles at him! He responds with,
"Bah, I will deal with that matter later. Fools! You throw away your lives for such nonsense. Let me show you just how meaningless your efforts are!"
Kira shows his attackers how he is as deadly in space combat as he is on the ground, by blasting all the attackers in every direction at once! As Kira takes out his machines beam sabers to do some slicing, the Zeon drill transport ships burst by.
Although the Destiny Gundam and others tries to stop them, it only shoots down one with its beam cannon. The rest of them manage to break through the defense barrier and land right to where Ben and the rest of them were standing guard!
Seeing the ships on radar Ben, Firion, and the others prepare themselves for battle and as Ben takes out his Star Sword, he says,"Well, should have known they would find a way to sneak some pests past the shields. Oh well, I am ready!
Firion then says, "Even though it's just a small attack force, I am surprised how many pods I see!"
Ben then smiles and says," Oh this is nothing compared to how much stuff Xehamaru threw at us during his grand invasion of the capital, and even that was not enough for him to win!"
Hiryuumon then jumps up and says,"You tell them, boss! No matter how many tin cans they throw at us, we will smash them all! Oh, I think they are coming!"
The Digimon is right, as the heroes now see the ships in the sky themselves break through the storm clouds.
They open up and reveal a large amount of battle drones already combat ready! Ben sees in the distance, all their mono eyes glow, before marching into battle as one. Ben expects the usual Zaku and Goulf cannon folder droids, but is caught off guard when he sees different tougher looking ones instead!
One of the new Zeon bots is the armored blue Jagd Doga super battle droid.
The other new one looks like beefed up Zaku's called the Geara Doga.
One of the different colored command looking ones scans Ben and says to the others, "Enji Knights detected. Annihilate!"
The rest then responds with their usual, "Roger, roger!"
All of them aim their various weapons at the group of Enji and Lylat troops, but Ben just begins to power up his magic energy and says," I see Zeon has been making some new , I thought there would be more Skrull or Krogon warriors, I guess the Zeon army really is divided at the moment. Bah, that just means they are not going to back down."
Firion gets besides him and says, "Be careful, they are formidable and if they surround you it could be trouble."
Ben then looks around carefully before he says,"I see, in that case, I will just destroy them all before they even get a chance!
After all of Kira's brutal " training", I have been waiting for something to take out the stress on! Here I go!"
Ben shocks his fellow Enji as his magic energy explodes enough to shake the ground and he charges at the attackers with a burst of energy!
As Firion sees Ben move so fast, he is a blur that turns groups of droids to dust with a punch, he says to himself,"Impressive, he is displaying power and skill worthy of his supposed destiny. Heh, I better step up my own training so I am not left in the dust. Huh?"
The Enji sees a Geara Doga fire a grenade from its shield at him, and an instant later, he fires an ice spell to freeze the grenade at the one that fired it solid!
He then says,"Vile tools of war, be gone!"
In a flash he throws a dagger in to the war machine's plasma cannon right before it can fire, causing it to misfire! A instant later Firion dashes at his current target to slash it in half. Before the droid even falls Firion all ready braces for his other enemies attacks and he swiftly deflects a laser blast and continues his assault, Ben continues to plow through his attackers. It seems for all the suffering Ben has endured, it at least seems to be paying off, as even though these new Zeon troops are stronger, Ben is beating them without breaking a sweat! We see him kick a robot's head off and fling the body into the one behind it, just as it opens fire, blowing that one up too!
From the flames, Ben sees two wheel shaped Destroyer Dom Droids fly out, and at once transform into combat mode and fire a gauntlet of energy blasts as their shields pop up! Ben just jumps high in the air to get out of their targeting range and says,
"No matter how you try to shoot me, you're not going to kill me! It's just about time you Zeon idiots get the message that you will never win!"
Ben charges up his power and fires a concentrated energy blast from his blade in the shape of a crescent moon at the two shielded robots. His attack easily overpowers them and causes an explosion!
Ben lands on the ground and says,"Tsk, Zeon should have learned by now that they can't win with just these idiot robots. Huh? A power level, maybe they have a few human fighters after all. Whoa!"
Ben senses a surge of power and flash steps to the side, just as a massive yellow energy blast heads down to vaporize the platform he was standing on! Ben gets on guard and his dragon friend jumps over to him and says,
"Are you alright, Ben?"
Ben nods and says," Just did not expect that. That did not seem to come from a droid, could one of the Dead Cell crew be here? Huh, over there! Show yourself!"
Ben then hears a laugh and sees a man in a blue Zeon uniform walk up and kick the fallen head of a robot and kicks it aside! He then narrows his eyes at Ben and says,"What's wrong, Enji?
Bored already? I am sorry you are not having a good time, but let's see how cocky you are when I am through with you!"
Ben just gets into fighting stance and says," Who are you? Whoever you are, if you value your life, surrender now!"
The brown hairdo man just smiles and says," You're mistaken, it's you who should be laying down your sword if you have any plans of living!
The name is Vent, and I know you're that big shot Enji, Ben Auro!"
Ben just is shocked he knows who he is and says," Well, I guess people have been paying attention to what I have been doing after all. That's odd, you know who you are dealing with and you still want to fight? "
Vent just grins madly and says, "HA, of course! What better way to move up then to rub off on one of the warriors of lights stars? "
Ben has his blade glow with magic energy and says," Well, you clearly are serious about this. But with the power level I am sensing from you all, this is going to do is bring a lot of pain to you."
Vent then looks driven as he responds with," I may not have a natural strong power, but I do have this!"
Vent then takes out from his pocket an odd glowing red helmet like object. A puzzled Ben says," What is that? It's odd looking for a curse seal crystal."
Vent just laughs and says," Piff, don't confuse this with one of those lame things. This is the pinnacle of Zeon technology, created by the best mind in the cosmos, Dr. Tarkin himself! This here is a bio-metal. It has the powers and essences of some of the finest warriors around! This one was based on those two pesky maverick hunters, X and Zero!"
Ben is shocked and says," What are you talking about?"
Vent then just has the Bio-metal glow and he says, "Ha, I was one of Dr. Tarkin's aids, and I helped recreate all the powers of those two thorns to our causes sides and stored them all into this for me to use! Heh, for all your skills I have more power in the palm of my hand! Time for you to get with the times, Enji!"
Vent activates the Bio-metal and a light breaks out that blinds Ben and Hiryuumon. When the light fades, Ben can see a new figure standing in front of him. Vent is now covered with red and blue armor that looks as if X and Zero were taken apart and merged together!
Vent is now covered in his model ZX Armor! He takes out his beam saber and Ben is shocked at this and says,
"Man, when X and Zero find out the Zeon army is trying to copy them, you all will be in even more trouble. However, even with this, you can't expect to beat me with stolen powers!"
Vent shows off his new power and slams the ground with his beam sword to send huge chunks of the ground at Ben! Our hero is able to slash them to pieces with the Star Sword, but is shocked to see a yellow charged buster shot head his way! Ben is barely able to defend himself in time and braces himself for the blow, as it hits him and blasts him into the nearest wall! As he gets back up Vent laughs and says,
"Stolen? This is an improvement in every way from those two out of date robots! I now have the power to crush all who stand in the way of Zeon! And now it's time I show you Enji how out of date you are!"
Vent charges at Ben and tires to slash into him. But he is shocked to see Ben catch the blade of the ZX armor between his hands! He then says,
"Your strength is real, no doubts there. However, even if I was not in the greatest moods, you still have no chance. For one thing, you're a little outnumbered, since all of your droids are little more than targeting practice! Now, its time for all of you Zeon idiots to wake up and see that this is meaningless!
You're just wasting time when the real threat is the Zannacross Empire! Maybe this will wake you up!"
Ben delivers a hard kick in the gut to Vent that sends him flying across the area and into the other wall! As Ben gets back on his feet, he smirks as he sees the annoyed Vent recover and summon his Beam sword back to his hand before glaring at Ben. However, as Ben begins to charge at him, Vent laughs and says,"Don't think I am a moron, mister hero!
I knew even with this supreme power I have it takes more than one soldier to win a battle!
That's why as Char and the others party above, I brought some of the other new creations that Dr. Tarkin has been busy with. Come on boys, time to show him who's today's loser!"
Ben is about to go on the attack, when he hears a loud rumbling and looks to the side, only to see a barrage of red energy blasts heading right to him! He is ready this time, though, and defects the ones heading his way with his blade into the sky as the others tear apart the area around him!
He then sees the ones who fired that blast, and it's much fiercer than simple battle droids! Ben sees six house-sized metallic Cyber Dragons with snakelike heads fly around Ben! As their eyes glow, Hiryuumon sees them and is shocked as he says,"
What the? They look like they could be metallic brothers of mine!"
Vent then laughs and ruefully says," How do you like the Zeon army's new Cyber Dragons? They were modeled from combat data of the toughest dragons in the cosmos and built up with the most powerful materials. In fact, even your little dragon pal, and the dragon king, Bahamut, are part of the mix! Although these new monsters can crush through any organic weakling with ease!"
This gets the dragon Digimon mad and he says," You think you can beat the boss and me by trying to build a better me? Forget it, I will show you how it's done!"
Ben grins and says," Show them, Hiryuumon!"
Hiryuumon then glows and says," Hiryuumon, double digivole too!" He is consumed with light and briefly turns into Wyrmmon before powering to the next level! He lands in his much larger form of," Geno Wyrmmon!
Alright, it's fighting time!" Geno Wyrmmon roars and charges at the Cyber Dragons.
As he does Vent says," Nice trick, but your little Digimon pal is not going to cut it against my beauties!
But don't worry; you won't have to watch them beat him down. I will kill you before that happens!"
Ben sees Vent fire off two charged shots at him, but Ben just powers up his magic aura and kicks them back at the shocked Vent! He then closes in and slashes his own blade and is greeted with Vent's beam sword and the clash in power creates a shock wave!
Ben then says," Do you really want to go through with this? Countless lives will be lost for your idiotic idea! I won't let you through with this! I will stop you!"
This causes Vent to say," Oh, really? And what makes you think you can pull that off? You Enji are always butting in where you're not wanted!"
Ben then looks confident and says," Because it's my destiny to save the universe. If you really want to see how strong my resolve is, then you're responsible for your own fate!"
He presses down on Vent, but his foe gets madder and aims his buster on Ben's head! However, Ben dodges back, only for Vent to keep firing! As Ben keeps dodging, Vent says," HA! Talk about it all you want, but I am equipped with powers that have evolved me past an Enji! Time for you to find out the hard way!"
Vent tries an energy sword wave of his own, only for Ben to get annoyed and dodge it!
Ben sees the battle raging around him before he steels himself and says," Alright, I think it's time I wrap this up, I have a planet to save."
He then closes in on Vent and the man in the ZX armor has his sword glow and says, "You don't seem to get the message! You Enji and your out of date ideas are about to be stamped out by superior technology!"
Ben just sighs and has his blade become immense with magic energy and he charges at Vent while saying,
"You can't just win with superior technology; I'll show you the power that can't be replicated! Shining Flare Slash!"
The two warriors swords collide with explosive force, but it's clear that Ben's power is greater, when he slashes through Vent's beam sword! The Zeon special forces agent is horrified as he sees Ben's attack continue to slash and wound his shoulder! Vent recoils in pain and dashes backwards as he glares at Ben. Ben just stares back and says," So, had enough yet, or do you want some more? I am fine either way."
Vent then madly says, "NO! The Bio-metal must be defective, there is no way I can lose to you Enji scum! I have to win, my family, my entire world is counting on me! We have to size are independence, or we will lose everything! "
He then charges up his buster again at full power and Ben just says, "Give it up, no matter how low you Zeon soldiers stoop or how desperate you get, you are not going to win! "
Vent then laughs and says,"You don't know want I am willing to do to win. I have to win no matter what, not even the so called chosen one of the Lylat Kingdom is going to stop me! Die!"
Vent fires off a full powered blast that Ben avoids, as it blasts apart the top of a nearby tower. Ben is not expecting Vent to keep on firing!
Vent's attacks seem to have become without purpose and he is just firing madly! Ben sees one of the shots blast away a pair of Salvation soldiers and he gets mad before saying, "Hey! You're fighting me so, watch where you are aiming!"
Vent then retorts with a wild," Hey, this whole planet is my target! It's the cost of war, dude! Huh?"
Vent then sees Ben's magic energy explode and the owner of the Star Sword sharply shouts,"I had enough of clowns like you taking innocent lives for your twisted ideas. you can justify yourself all you want but your still a criminal! If you won't stop, I will just make you stop!"
Ben flash steps right in front of Vent, and just as his foe is about to fire another shot, Ben grabs his buster, and crushes it with his hand, causing a misfire that really messes Vent up!
Even as Vent screams in pain, Ben continues to squeeze Vent's arm hard and harshly says, "I know your kind too well by now. Never learn, never listen. Your to deluded to see reason even if reality is right in your face! There is only one way to deal with the likes of you. Now, say goodbye!"
Ben's magic energy presses down on Vent and brings him to his knees.
Vent sees Ben gather magic energy into his hand in the form of a blast and panic forms in his eyes before he crawls back and says, " No, stop! AH!"
Ben then narrow his eyes with driven resolve before his reaction is,"You're the one who wanted to win at any cost. Time to face up to the wager you made."
Just then he is about to fire, he sees Firion run up to him and say," Ben, what are you doing?"
Ben pauses before he looks down at Vent and says," Just eliminating a threat. "
Firion then cocks a eyebrow before he says," There is no need to go this far, he is already knocked out! We have more use for him alive!"
Ben looks confused and says," What are you talking about? This guy won't give up, so I have no choice but to, huh?"
Ben is shocked to see his magic energy. He pressed on the wounded Vent so hard it knocked him out of his Bio-metal and left him unconscious! Startled, Ben releases him and blinks a bit before he says," What the, he was already out? Was I really going to kill him? Man, Kira's training is taking more of a toll on me than I thought. Err, sorry about that, Firion. Guess I been a little tense latley. "
The older Enji just eyes Ben cautiously before he nods and responds with," Don't worry, I know all about the stresses war can bring. I did grow up mostly fighting the armies Emperor Mateus commanded, it made me grow up fast to say the least. Still, we must always be diligent to not let the horrors of war twist us in to the same monsters that wage wars or we will be no better then them."
Ben looks ashamed that he is letting the stress of a few days make him act more harshly then a man who spent the majority of his life fighting a horrible war and just quickly nods before he looks back at Vent and says," Your right Firion, sorry. This guy is a enemy, but he is no threat now. Well, better have someone lock him up for questioning, right? How is everyone else doing? "
Firion looks at a holographic screen on his shoulder and says,"Well, as you were fighting him, myself and the others have been fighting the mass droids. Those new Cyber Dragons are tricky, but we still have the advantage. Kira and the others seem to be in a stalemate with Char's forces. Tosen has reported that he and Ezan are fighting similar forces on the other side. However, I feel that as long as we don't let the pressure mount up, we won't give in."
Ben then smiles before saying, "Heh, and with their captain of sorts out of the picture, they will be confused. Alright, let's show Zeon they can keep their space colony in space!"
Firion smiles and says,"Well said. Come on, let's quickly throw him somewhere for later, and move the troops to the, what the? Hit the deck!"
Before Ben can ask why, the other Enji grabs Ben and hurls both him and Vent off the platform they were on, just as it's destroyed by missiles! As Ben gets back up, he sees the wreckage and says,"
What the? Where did that come from? I don't sense a power level, it must be a droid. But what kind of Droid could do, WHOA!"
Ben hears a noise and turns around, only to see a gigantic mobile armor descend! This giant emerald green colored weapon looks about an overall height of 76.6 meters; and an overall width of 73.6 meters!
Ben can see this machine is even more armed than the Big Zam, and it looks much more mobile! Ben and Firion are staring at Zeon's newest Anti Enji weapon, the Neue Ziel!
Ben braces himself and sees the head of the mobile armor glow red before an image of its pilot appears in front of it. Ben can see a man with a ponytail, he is another ace Zeon who has the nickname of " the nightmare of Solomon" , Ace pilot Anavel Gato! The man smirks before saying,
"Well, so this is the Enji that is on the news, huh? I knew Vent would blow it, so I let him fight first to wear you guys down. So I could have the glory of wiping you all out myself, with the power of this grand machine!"
As he lands the Neue Ziel with a loud thud, Ben powers up his magic aura once more and says,
"Sigh, same old Zeon tricks. Droids and giant robots. No matter, regardless of size, I'll turn everyone of them to scrap, before I let you jerks win!"
His opponent's machine begins to have several targeting lasers aim for Ben and Firion and Gato laughs before saying,
"Think this is more of the same and you're in for a shock, Enji. This here is the weapon that will lead Zeon to our new goal! But don't take my word, see for yourself"!
Gato fires nine mega particle blasts from his machine's shoulders and tail binder at the duo simultaneously! The two warriors of light move as fast as they can to avoid finding themselves full of holes. As Ben sees the Neue Ziel only add to the assault by firing a storm of missiles from its hips, he shouts to Firion,
"Good grief, we better take this thing down fast, before it blows up the entire area!"
Firion nods and responds with tense," No argument here. Let's see, as powerful as it is, the pilot still needs to see. Ben, cover me while I get in position, would you?"
Our hero nods and then throws his blade like a boomerang to intersect a pair of missiles.
As he draws the Zeon soldiers attention, Firion uses his grappling hook to lift himself to the top of the tower above. As he sees Ben punch the machine, only to be bounced off the older Enji, he uses his own magic energy to have his other stored weapons hover around him and he then jumps downward aiming for the Neue Ziel 's head!
However, just as he prepares to swing his blood sword, he is shocked, as he sees the mobile armor's visor glow and two new sub arms then sprint out of its sides to greet Firion with a very hard metal punch that hits Firion hard and sends him through the tower! As his sword lands out of his hands and near the ground near Ben, our hero gets very mad at seeing this! Gato then laughs and says,
"Think I am an amateur, like that punk Vent? Give me some credit! You're not taking me down so easily!"
Ben then sees the mobile armor take to the air again and, in response, he says, "Captain Firion! Grr, if that's how you want to play, then let's see how you like some real fireworks!"
Ben begins to charge energy to ready his Shinryukenha energy wave attack. Gato sees the sensors showing Ben's power rise and he gets nervous while saying," Up to one of your deadly magic tricks, uh? Sorry, but that's not going to fly here!"
He presses a button in the cockpit and Ben sees out of the chest of the machine a small sphere, the size of a bowling ball. Ben thinks nothing of it at first, until that is he sees it fire out a wave all over. This wave absorbs Ben's magic energy! Shocked he says,
"What the? What's going on? I can't gather my magic energy."
He then hears a laugh and says," Ha, that would be because of this machine's handy magic jammer! It can absorb magic energy around a whole stadium! Just a thing that would be useful if you are looking to kill a few Enji, eh, hero? Sorry, but your time has come!"
Ben sees the magic jammer fly around and sighs before saying," Well, this makes things more annoying. However, all that means is I know which part of your machine to break first!"
He dashes and jumps into the air and dodges a punch from his foe's metal arm. He then jumps up to swing his blade down on the magic jammer.
However, as he does, he finds out the hard way that the Neue Ziel's sub arms can break out and fly on their own, and Ben finds this out, as they launch out of the mobile armor and fly at Ben! Ben dodges them, but then they turn around and have an energy net come up between them, and catch Ben in midair before he can dodge!
They latch Ben onto the wall and as the net shocks Ben he says,"Man, how many tricks does this thing have? Grr, got to get out of this thing or I am, AH!"
Ben tries to power up, but the net shocks him. The Neue Ziel then lands on the ground again and Gato proudly says, "Well, looks like I caught a clown! You are not too bad a fighter, too bad you're fighting for the losing side!"
Ben then struggles to break free and says,"Don't think you can beat me down so easily! Those that underestimate me tend to regret it. Huh, uh oh."
As he says that, the chest cannon of the mobile armor begins to open up and gather a large amount of power!
Gato then says,"On the contrary, Ben Auro, I have been hearing about your talents. That's why I am not going to play games; you're going to die right now, before you can pull a miracle out of your hat! And when I kill you, the top brass will see I am even superior to Char!"
The amount of energy gathering around the Neue Ziel's main cannon grows larger and Ben's pal Geno-Wyrmmon sees Ben is in a tight spot! As he smashes a Cyber Dragon on the head, he says, " Oh no, the boss is trapped! Hang on, I'll get you out of there! Hey, get out of the way!"
As the giant mechanical red and purple dragon tries to fly to where Ben's pinned down, the pack of Cyber Dragons stand in his way! He then gathers his energy and says," Get out of my way, you tin cans! Trinity Fury Cannon!"
The Ultimate level Digimon then fires his triple energy cannon attack to blast away his attackers. However, one of them gets in front of the blast and has an energy barrier form around it at its brethren! The other dragons do the same, and are able to nullify the attack!
Geno-Wyrmmon then says," No way! Grr, they may have fancy equipment, but I will still crush them all! Whoa!"
He then sees the artificial dragons all charge up energy in their mouths and fire charged particle flares from their mouth at the larger heroic Digimon! Although he is able to get out of harm's way, he is not able to find a path to Ben either!
As Ben sees the Neue Ziel prepare to fire off its full power blast, he says, "No, it can't end like this! After all this? Have to break free!"
Gato then looks hungry for victory as he proudly shouts," Time to make history, Sieg Zeon! "
He at last fires the powerful blast at Ben. It looks like it's curtain call for our hero!
However, just as the blast is about to hit Ben, he is shocked when out of nowhere a figure appears in front of him. The figure swings his sword with such force that it bats the blast the other way, and into the unsuspecting Magic Jammer, destroying it in a flash!
The blast goes up into the sky and causes a massive explosion, and this gives both the shocked Ben and Gato a clear look at the new arrival!
Ben at once sees it's not Firion who did this, it's a much more muscular man. Ben can see the man is wearing a kind of long red sleeveless jacket and has dirty blond hair that is the length of his neck.
The man is holding a fancy large sword that is larger than the size Cloud uses with one hand, and as Ben sees the man turn around, he is shocked at who he is! Ben sees the man has a scar on his left eyebrow, but more importantly, realizes he knows this man!
Ben in disbelief says," It, can't be! Are you who I think you are?"
The man just grins and casually says, "Hope so, because there is only one of me."
Gato then gets mad inside his mobile armor and says, "What? Whoever you are, you must have a death wish! Well, let me grant that wish! "
He has the massive machine take out its beam saber and charges to strike at the new warrior. However, in an instant, the warrior Flash steps right in front of the head of his foe and slices off the left arm of the Neue Ziel, before giving a round house kick to the head that sends the machine through the platform they were on! The figure then lands on the ground without missing a beat and despite the situation he is in he looks perfectly calm. He just gives a lopsided smile and playfully says, "Hey now, didn't anyone tell you how lame it is to try and kill someone before even knowing their name? Well, let me do you a favor. My name is Max Bruder!"
Ben then sees that the man before him is truly his cousin and says, " Max! It is you!"
Max then gives Ben a thumps up as he slashes the energy web of Ben before saying, "Hey cuz, how's it going? Sorry I have not called in a while, been busy. I was just in the area and saw this craziness was going on. Stopped by to see what was up, and happened to see you were in a jam, and yada yada yada, here we are."
As Ben rips off the rest of the energy web and sees that it's not an illusion, he gets excited and says,
"Max, it really is you! But, I was told you were dead! "
Max just laughs and says, " Dead? Me? Yeah, right! Didn't you get those messages I kept sending to your dad's house? Don't tell me they were sent to the wrong house."
Ben then looks embarrassed and gives a nervous laugh before he says "Oh, I got them alright. But, Commandant Kira told me a few days ago you died on a top secret mission and those messages were prerecorded. But you're here! Err, unless the Max I am talking about is a robot, you're not a robot or an evil clone are you?"
Max just laughs and says," Not last time I checked! AH, that Kira. Sounds like something he would say. But he was telling some truth, I really was undercover in the core Zeon worlds for the past year. However, lately it's been chaotic over there.
In fact, I had my cover blown when the world I was on rebelled against Weil' s reign. Weil 's little dream of total ownership is falling to pieces.
Sadly, that means his mind is too. Sorry, but our catching up has to be put on hold for a sec. Seems you guys could use a little help with your space colony repellent. "
He then offers his hand to help Ben up and Ben gladly accepts his cousin's help. Ben then feels like a large weight has been lifted off him before he looks relived and says," Heh, glad you made a good time for an entrance, things are getting a little hectic here. But now that you are here, these guys are finished!"
Max then yawns and says," Hey man, don't sell yourself short. I was watching for a while, and I can see you have become a real Enji Knight, Ben! Still, I don't mind being back in the action since, oh just a sec."
Without missing a beat, he backhands a missile launched at him from the return of the Neue Ziel and, without even looking, smacks it back to its sender! It explodes at the massive mobile armor, but it's far from finished. And the enraged Gato says,
"What is this? Another Enji that wants to be squashed? "
Max sighs and gets into his fighting stance, before powering up his own magic energy, with such force it not only blows away the rubble around him and even pushes the Neue Ziel back! Max then grins and says,
"Like I said, the name is Bruder, Max Bruder! And your about to receive a personal crushing defeat, free of charge!"
Ben grins to himself and says," Heh, would you like to take your defeat shaken or stirred? Ah, now that Max is back at last, nothing evil stands a chance! "
Max then chuckles and says, "So Ben, still remember our little motto? School of the undefeated of the east!"
Ben then eagerly says," Winds of the king! "
They then say the rest in unison,"
Zenshin!
Keiretsu!
Tempa Kyoran!"
Then the duo do a dramatic fighting pose before saying,
"Look! The east is burning red!"
This dumbfounds their Zeon opponent and he says,
"Are you two Enji Knights or clowns?"
As the reunited cousins merge their magic auras, Max then wags his finger and says,
"Tsk, I'll teach you to disrespect the motto of the undefeated white lightning! I'll finish this one, Ben."
Ben then nods and says," He's all yours, show them who they are dealing with!"
As Max then calmly walks into battle against Neue Zeil, the fighting rages on around planet Pakmino and in the space around it the empty space colony blazes towards the Rainey planet. And as it does, a new figure warps in from a portal of darkness and stands on the top of the tallest tower of the planet.
This man is wearing the same dark Enji black coat like uniform as Larxene and the others, but he has a mask over his face. He is none other than the crazed and powerful Ravxen! It seems he was the one Tarkin hired to help Zeon out!
As he sees the battles raging on below he chuckles and says,
"Well, looks like the curtain has already been opened! That annoying Zeon bug should have been more precise!
I thought they hired me to blow up Kaminio! And now I went and reduced a planet to nothingness with no one paying attention! Oh well, I suppose I can manage an encore!Hehehe, and I can sense our little Star fool's energy as well!
This is going to be a grand act, after all! HAhaahah!"
Well, talk about a day full of surprises! After all this time, Ben's cousin and mentor, the great warrior Max returns, and he seems to be just as powerful an Enji as Ben always told everyone!
However, even with the dynamitic duo reunited, can they manage to save this world, now that the deranged dark side villain Ravxen has arrived to help Zeon get the job done? To find out, don't miss the next chapter of Tales of the Cosmic Wars!
In our next issue, the battle rages on both in space and on the planet to save the world of Pakmino . Even though time is running out, at least Max is just as much of a genius fighter as Ben remembers, as he easily defeats the Neue Ziel and the Cyber Dragons that stand before him! Tarkin watches these turns of events from his ship and responds with sending his powerful Cyber End Dragon to finish the Enji, and with Ravxen adding his own shadowy murderous games to the mix even Max might not be enough to win the battle!
And meanwhile, in space, the battle between Char and his forces against Kira, Amuro and the other soldiers of the Lylat Kingdom continues to rage on. Can our heroes fight back the Zeon forces and manage to prevent the collusion course of Junius Seven? To find out, don't miss Chapter 73: The Reunion Of the Cousins, Return Of the Solid Blade! Till next time!
