Valkyrie's Flight

Chapter 13: Journey Home

"The Destroy's on the move! It's already wasted Kiev and Warsaw!"

"Set course for Berlin. We'll intercept there."

Maria finally fit the FTL drives to a number of warheads.

"Planning a nuclear party?"

"This battle is where the Archangel and the Minerva were sent to the Colonial Fleet. After you Geass everyone, I'll set off the nukes, and next stop for them-"

"The Fleet's location."

"All hands, prep for contact with GFAS-X1 Destroy, Viper Squadron, their EA allies and the GNADF-X01A4 Morgan Raiser."

"CIC, this is Commander Avalonia-Pinkerton. Load all missile tubes with FLEIJA warheads, GN nukes, and Mk XI Virgon's Mercy nuclear missiles."

"ALL of the missile tubes?"

"All of them."

"Got it. Planning on nuclear spamming him into the next life?"

"Partly. We'll need 8 missiles to send everything in a 50 kilometer radius 5000 lightyears toward the Colonial Fleet."

"Contact with LCAM-X01A Archangel. Repeat, contact with LCAM-X01A Archangel."

"Lelouch?"

"I'll Geass them, too." "We're intercepting the Destroy now!" "All pilots, man your machines! All pilots, man your machines!"

Setsuna climbed into 00 Quanta and started it up.

"The cockpit's different." "The controls are the same as with any MS, Setsuna. Prep for launch. Your main objective is to defend any and all civilians until they're evacuated." "What about the Colonel?" "Leave my father to me. I'll be the one to kill him." "Does your Geass tell you that?" "Partly. It can only see 2 hours into the future." "Take a look." "Valkyrie Gundam, you're on the launch pad." "Roger. ADF-X01V1 Valkyrie Gundam, launching!" The Valkyrie launched toward Berlin. ZAFT was having an extremely hard time fighting off both the Mobile Fortress and what was left of Viper Squadron, but that was explainable. ZAKUs, AWACS DINNs and even the nuclear powered Custom DINN piloted by Colonel Wesker were nothing to Braves; after all, like the Susanowo, Morgan A2 and newer Darts, they were 9th Generation Mobile Suits. "Leave the Braves and EA MSs to the Black Knights. We're after the Morgan A4." "Yes, ma'am!"

Viper Squadron

"Engage the Archangel and the Freedom. Nuclear powered or not, it's still a 3rd Generation Mobile Suit. Take it out!" "Yes, My Lord."

"You are all on my shitlist!"

Then one of the Braves exploded. From DRAGOON fire.

"The A2."

"No, the Valkyrie! All Valkyrie Squadron Mobile Suits, cover the Archangel and the Freedom! When the Minerva arrives, we'll have extra support."

Ron cursed.

The Black Knights and Morgan Squadron were going to attack them, and the only support that the Destroy had were 12 Braves and the Morgan A4.

Still, it would be a hell of a test.

"Destroy Valkyrie Squadron. The Norse Goddess' flight ends here!"

"No, what ends here is the Witch who haunts the Knights of the Round Table! Take out the Morgan!" The Braves split up, engaging Todo's Bushido Dagger and the Susanowo.

"Numbers will change nothing!"

"Not the idea! They're trying to force us to shoot one another!"

Then MPC shots barreled past the two MSs.

"Or get our backs to the Morgan so he can blast us out of the sky!"

"There's always that!"

Ron dodged her daughter's railgun fire.

"Blast me all you want! I can dodge anything you dump at me!"

"Dodge this! Funnels!"

Eight funnels deployed from the wings and shot at the Morgan.

"Wait, if she can launch Funnels..."

DRAGOON fire nearly hit the Morgan, but Ron was anything but sluggish.

"DRAGOONs, Fangs, Funnels, GN Bits!"

72 long range weapons of all types shot at the Valkyrie, but Maria was faster then her father, and her Mobile Suit was superior.

But it's never performance that decides an MS battle: it's skill and, if you believe in it, luck.

Maria had both.

"Kallen, Lelouch, NOW!"

00 and the Destiny pinned the Morgan with something Ron hated.

After he replaced the power control systems-which used copper and fiberoptics-with ones that used Sakuradite, he hated them with a passion.

Gefjun Disturbers had just disabled the Morgan.

The 10th Generation MS hit the ground with an extremely heavy thud.

Marina landed the Susanowo beside the Morgan to make the arrest.

"Commander, mission complete. He's our-"

A .500 caliber round hit Marina is the arm.

Ron jumped out and got to the Susanowo.

"Since you don't use Sakuradite, I'll be taking your Mobile Suit. Bye."

The Susanowo took off, and Marina limped to the Morgan A4.

"Lelouch...Kallen, remove...the Gefjun Disturbers! The fucker's stolen...my MS!"

GN rifle fire hit Black Knights MSs very quickly.

Then Maria took aim with the FLEJIA launcher she installed on the Valkyrie. She fired one at the Susanowo, but all that did was knock Ron into the Destroy.

"Ow!"

Stella was launched from the cockpit, as it was exploding around her.

She landed on the Impulse's right shoulder.

Shinn got her inside the cockpit as quickly as possible.

Then Lelouch's face appeared on screen.

"Lelouch vi Britannia commands you! Forget the last 3 months and forge new memories!"

The Mobile Suits that survived, according to history, landed on their respective ship and both vessels got the hell out of there.

"Japan, this is Commander Avalonia-Pinkerton! Blast him!"

FLEJIAs, GN Nukes and Virgon's Mercy weapons hit the Destroy, and Marina, piloting the Morgan A4, barely got on board the Japan in time.

But Ron had the last shot.

Six GN rounds went into the Valkyrie, and nearly destroyed it.

Maria survived, and history went on, unchanged.

The Japan jumped near a black hole and created a temporal portal, back to CE 112.

The Black Knights Battlestar went through, and they were back at the black hole where they started. "Galactica, Valkyrie: mission accomplished. He's dead."

"This is Admiral Yamato. Good work. To the Black Knights: I'm sorry, but your universe was destroyed by Ron. There's no home for you to return to."

"This is Zero, leader of the Black Knights. We know. Vengeance has been served, but with no home, it wasn't worth it."

"We can give you a home. I know most of you are from Japan, which, in my universe, is part of Orb. You can live there if you want."

"We're joining the Colonial Fleet. Ron's gone forever, but the Titans still exist, right? We'll help you destroy them."

Kira chuckled.

More of Admiral Adama survived in him then anyone else.

"Granted. You'll be given commissions by the end of the month. Until then, visit Japan. That's an order from your Admiral."

2 hours later

"Bastard got the last laugh, all right. That .500 cost me my arm!"

Marina had her arm amputated, and she had an artificial one put on in it's place.

"At least he's dead."

Marina laughed.

"Do you know how many times Kira and Admiral Adama said that? Too many. And he survived! He's like a fucking cockroach!"

"Even cockroaches die."

"Good point. Still, he's hard as hell to kill."

"Those missiles killed him. The Susanowo wasn't designed to survive FLEJIA strikes. GN nukes and normal warheads, yeah, but not anything like those FLEJIAs. Hell, the Morgan A4 barely survived the one!"

Marina looked at the trashed Valkyrie.

"Damn shame that she's never going to fly again."

"I'll rebuild it with the A4. I mean, they are more or less the same Mobile Suit."

Then Kallen and Lelouch entered the room.

"How are you?"

"Fine, except for the missing arm."

"We're jumping back to Earth; something about a repair job."

"Galactica and Pegasus suffered some damage during the battle to destroy that machine. The Japan's blueprints, as requested by Admiral Yamato."

"Recommissioning those Valkyries will be a hell of a lot easier thanks to this. President Uther was always an ass."

"All hands, prep for FTL jump. Repeat, all hands, prep for FTL jump."

"I was never comfortable with FTL technology."

Outside Galactica

The Temporal Research Facility was deep in the gravity well of the black hole.

Abandoned, and devoid of life.

Suddenly, dozens of metal cones buried themselves into the hull, and the structure started to change. Braves fell out, and fell through a vortex.

The vortex lead somewhere, but where?

The metal cones kept coming, and soon, the entire TRF was transformed.

The computers gave the minds of these creatures the location of Titans facilities in the Koprulu Sector, including the primary cloning facilities in Tarsonis orbit.

They gained access to the universal FTL drives and jumped into orbit of the Titans facility.

Life in this or any other universe would never be the same after this invasion of Tarsonis.

He's dead, but what is this new threat? It's alien, that's for sure!

But that means I must continue! First up: the Lost Sagas: Ron's adventure through the worlds of Zeta Gundam, Turn A Gundam and Code Geass.

Next, Thor's Ascent: in keeping with the Norse theme, this is the successor to Valkyrie's Flight. What happens? Watch Awaking of the Trailblazer: there's your hint.

Lastly, I'm continuing my other projects. Thanks for reading!

Ja Ne!