Chapter 13 – Fallen Twilight!!!
Disclaimer: As I've said before I do not own GS/GSD and some characters in this Fic belong to Gundam Seed Dark Destiny as I've said before (I hate disclaimers), in this story other than Krane and a few members of the Dark Celestials including their Mobile Suite designs nothing belongs to me.
12:00pm; Fallen Territory Boarder: reoccupied Abandoned Military Colony, Battlefield
"Excellent, Stage One is moving ahead nicely, move Unit 56 to Stage Two, all other units are to swiftly complete all Stage One conditions to aid Unit 56 in Stage Two!" announced Asuzur as he looked over the battlefield, compared to Asuzur's Forecast, the battle was going extremely well.
"Grr, regardless of what we've been told, the Fallen have been trained pretty well!" scowled Zake as he dodged a few missiles but quickly used the beam rifle of the Cronos Arrow to destroy them "it's like a fricken ant hill, their well dug in, I say its desperation!"
"They have lower numbers and their Mobile Suites are below average, CE70 and Old model as seen with the SINNs and Providence Designs, however we not only have a numeral advantage but also we have a technological and tactical advantage since we have a plan!"
"Units 500 through to 600 are to move to Stage 42, Units 399 to 499 are to launch from the Gondwana and replace the units while they carry out their objective, the remaining of 50th Mobile Group are to remain on standby!" announced Asuzur as he opened out his 'Reaper' Tank Cannon and began to fire at enemy Mobile Suite teams and ships "I want reports on Cecile's taskforce as well as the main Fleet, Cecile did say that she would attack the enemy from the side so where is she, also where's Centrepoint Station!?"
"Their moving into position, My Lord, just be patient a little longer!" announced the Fort's CIC and Asuzur nodded as he looked at the battlefield, the line for this moment in time had been drawn, for the time being anyway.
Meanwhile; Fallen Territory: Communications Sector, Battlefield
"Tch" scowled Shane as he fired his Hell Berserker's MA-20A "Divine Rage" beam cannon which bent halfway through the shot and obliterated at least seven SINN Mobile Suites with ease.
"Pesky Annoyances!" shouted Krane as he slashed the Extreme Despair's MA-M02G "Super Lacerta" enlarged beam sabre right through the cockpit area of a SINN unit that was persisting to get in his way, the wingmen of the SINN moved in to take vengeance however the pre-launched DRAGOONs of the Despair quickly dispatched them.
"Like annoying bugs, right?" asked Courtney as the Prophecy's DRAGOONs were called in close to create a net of beam energy to destroy the missiles that were coming at him.
"Neidhart, fire!" shouted Renaldo as the Varda fired "Neidhart" missiles which slammed into the nearest Nazca-Class "next move the Varda 70* before firing portside Tristan, next charge Tannhäuser, swing 110* in the opposite direction and fire!!"
"Well, Renaldo is taking this operation seriously, he's kind of frightening actually" smirked Shane as he swung the "Reaper" beam scythe which split into two anti-armour scythes which flew as a beam boomerang and sliced through a SINN that was trying to flee from the Despair's path of destruction, Krane smirked as he watched his Dark Angel destroy everything in his bloody path.
"It's odd that Rau hasn't made a move yet, maybe he's being politically distracted, ah well" smirked Krane as he destroyed another SINN "not my problem"
"Do you always care this much about your father!?" questioned Courtney with a chuckle and Krane shrugged with a smirk.
"He and I have always been very competitive, if he's being slowed, I'm not one to complain" shrugged Krane as he dodged another SINN that had launched all its DRAGOONs, Krane's eyes dilated as he entered SEED and his iris had a green outline around them from the Psycoframe.
"Now you die!" screamed Shane as he slashed off the entire bridge of a Leurasia-Class Frigate before firing his MA-20A "Divine Rage" beam cannon right past a Nazca-Class Destroyer however before it passed the Fallen ship the beam bended and blasted a hole all the way through the hanger and out the back.
"Owch" muttered Krane as he watched the mayhem.
"I wouldn't want to get on his bad side" winced Courtney as he watched Krane's lover blow away the opposition.
"Damn him, I have to stop him here, otherwise…" started Rau however he felt a Newtype Flash before he began to dodged as Black DRAGOONs blazed beam shots down around him.
"Oh no, Rau, you've already got an opponent" smirked Krane as he headed after the blond, Courtney decided that he should better deal with enemy Mobile Suites, Shane however was fighting Yuan who was having a load of bad luck and success at trying to defeat the noir haired teen.
12:30pm; Fallen Territory Boarder: reoccupied Abandoned Military Colony, Battlefield
"Fallen here, Fallen there, Fallen Friking everywhere!" shouted Judice as his Spear-DRAGOONs hunted down the Fallen Mobile Suites that were attempting, bar failing, to push back Cecile's own strike force with their weakened forces.
"It's good that Asuzur has moved his forces accordingly, it means that our forces can easily destroy the enemy defences before they can send relief forces, if they do then Krane will have a clear path to Arcadia" smirked Cecile as the Qubeley flipped over three SINNs but the Neo-DRAGOONs quickly finished them off "it's only a matter of time before the Fallen…"
"Are destroyed" finished Judice with an insane grin as he watched his men fight in the distance.
The units of both Asuzur's small fleet and Cecile's small fleet had the enemy pinned down and were moving in for the kill, this abandoned Colony was a small fortress compared to the others they had seen however it was however heavily equipped with beam weapons, though that wasn't a problem they however would need to disable it in order for their forces to get past the irritancy and enter the Fallen Militarisation Zone proper.
Meanwhile; Fallen Territory: Communications Sector, Battlefield
"Krane!" shouted Rau as the Providence MKII DRAGOONs launched at the Extreme Despair causing Krane to roll his eyes, is there a more obvious attack that Rau could have pulled, Rau and that Providence were becoming an old combination that Krane was losing interest in an incredible rate due to the fact it hardly provided a challenge.
"Pathetic Rau, you can't defeat me, not in that unit anyway" scowled Krane as his own DRAGOONs launched and Krane activated the Chest Cannon and Energy Railguns before bombarding the predicted course of the DRAGOONs and firing.
The battle was impressive one at that, Rau was actually attempting to have his body give out with the strain of facing against the Extreme Despair with such skills while Krane had a Psycoframe and was in SEED, also one also had to take into consideration that Krane was a stronger Newtype and had a far more advanced machine that Rau. Krane had allowed people like Shinn and Rey to be allowed on the bridge to observe, under intense guard of course, Krane seemed to enjoy kicking Rau around in front of an audience before he suddenly felt a Newtype Flash and froze.
'This presence, Kira, no! He's dead!' growled Krane as he dodged an attack from a DRAGOON from the Providence.
"Maybe it's because he's come back to haunt you"announced Krane's reflection and Krane groaned in annoyance.
"What are you doing back, I thought I silenced you, annoying pest!" growled Krane mentally and the alternate personality chuckled.
"Can't keep a good personality down, also, you may want to move 60* to the right" continued Krane's reflection with a bored expression, Krane did as told and a beam missed the Extreme Despair where a second ago it would have been.
"Thanks" smirked Krane and the bored version yawned.
"Your welcome, how would you like to block all Newtype powers directed at you and not by hiding you emotions either, you can literally take yourself off the Newtype Map while still being able to use your powers!"announced the Alternate Krane with an evil smirk.
"You have a way of doing this?" questioned Krane and the Alternate Krane grinned.
"Yeah, when we fuse eventually, you'll be able to do it subconsciously!"grinned the Alternate Personality "besides, your close to getting us fused together, you reached the point where the child within you and I have almost you with the same distance between us in a mental sense"
"Ah, but I never did get a name for you, which one do you want?" questioned Krane as he dodged three more shots which caused Alternate Krane to smirk.
"How about…the name of the Angel you were given while with the Fallen, the Fallen Angel"smirked Alternate Krane and Krane nodded.
"Very well, I christen you, Lucifer!" announced Krane with a smirk "now Lucifer, if you would, help me defeated Rau while testing a new technique!"
"Gladly"grinned Lucifer and Krane smirked when he saw Rau's shots miss almost all the time now, Beam Rifle, DRAGOONs and all; Krane however could still sense Rau's moves before he made them.
12:45pm; Fallen Territory - Nazca-Class Destroyer: Replica, Bridge
"All forces are ready, it seems that the battle has already started, the Extreme Despair has been noticed inside the battle area!" announced Joppe Von Arafas as he relaxed in a Commander's chair.
"Very well, then I will launch also!" announced Gilbert as he stood "is the Reverence finished?"
"Yes, it will be ready for launch the moment you arrive at hanger, will that suffice sir!?" questioned Joppe and Gilbert nodded.
"Move the ship to attack speed and prepare to assault the Dark Celestials' Flagship, attack them but carefully!" announced Gilbert with a scowl.
"Yes sir!" announced Joppe with a salute before he got back to work; he ignored Gilbert as he floated out of the ship's bridge.
1:00pm; Fallen Territory: Communications Sector, Battlefield
"Damn!" growled Rau as he dodged another shot with a hairs width from his machine's arm, how was Krane doing this, even Rau's Newtype Flashes had difficulty detecting Krane's attack until after the beams had left the barrel of the weapons.
"It's a shame Rau, you came so far, only to die here" smirked Krane as he fired all his DRAGOONs however Rau dodged, one of his DRAGOONs however were not so lucky.
"Grr" scowled Rau as he dodged Krane's constant fire.
"You could always join me, Rau Le Creuset; we'd make quite a team" chuckled Krane as he crossed one leg over the other and sat there thinking.
"Nope" smiled Rau simply as he flew away from Krane's range as well as recalling his DRAGOONs to decrease the number of fatalities.
"It seems that you and the Fallen must be destroyed then, it is a shame this greed of mine, I want the world and even the Fallen under my thumb, I'm an extremely greedy man with dreams of a high place where I will rule and where everyone that sides me will live happily" chuckled Krane as be prepared to relaunch his attack until Neo-DRAGOONs rained down around him "what!!?"
"This pressure!" growled Krane as he dodged ever shot "it may have evolved but the trace is the same!"
"Gilbert Durandal!!" screamed Lucifer in fury as he continued to aid Krane by blocking all Newtype Powers and Quantum Brainwaves from getting near them.
"Is that you Krane, how can you block the power of a Newtype, you keep surprising me!" chuckled Gilbert Durandal as twenty Neo-DRAGOONs floated around the Reverence Gundam.
"Gilbert Durandal, you ghost of ZAFT! Didn't I clean you off my boot during the Coup D'état, regardless, I see you grew a backbone!!" roared Krane as his DRAGOONs fired at the Reverence which destroyed one of the DRAGOONs with its Long barrel Sniper Rifle, next it's funnels fired at the Extreme Despair but Krane dodged with ease compared to Gilbert's aim, it seems that Gil couldn't predict Krane's movements.
"Can't keep a good leader down forever, Krane" chuckled Gilbert as he fired at the Providence MKII while taking off it's leg.
"Rau! You think that Mobile Suite is a match got the Despair!?" chuckled Krane as the Extreme Despair's DRAGOONs bombarded the Providence MKII.
"Just admit that you're going to die a meaningless death!" announced Gilbert causing Rau to grin.
"Humph, perhaps your…right" grinned Rau "however I have a child, Canard, to return to at this moment in time"
"Then get going, I'll discharge Krane's forces from Fallen territory, go deal with his sibling!" announced Gilbert as the Neo-DRAGOONs fired down and destroyed three of the Extreme Despair's DRAGOONs.
"Tch" smirked Rau as he flipped his Providence MKII around and flew away while Krane glared after him as he recalled his DRAGOONs.
"That is the second time in two years that Rau has fled from combat, once at Jachin and now here, I'm no longer a happy bunny!" shouted Krane in a bloody rage as the Despair quickly grabbed the cockpit of the Reverence and went to activate its MMI-X340 "Palma Fiocina" beam cannon however the Reverence drew it's beam saber from the shield and slashed the arm away while the remaining hand drew a M71-AAK "Folding Razor" anti-armor knife and stabbed it into the Despair's cockpit, the edge of the blade slashed the side of Krane's right arm.
"It seems that you've underestimated me Krane, at your own peril!" laughed Gilbert as the barrel of his Long barrel Sniper Rifle widened creating a large velocity railgun.
"And you have underestimated those loyal to him!" shouted Courtney as the DRAGOONs on its backpack pointed forwards and let out a Full Burst of green beams "Shane, take the Despair back to the Varda and get Krane patched up if injured, I'll clean up these annoying interrupters!"
"Very well" nodded Shane as his Hell Berserker grabbed the arm of the Extreme Despair and guided it back in the direction of the Varda with all speed its wings of light had.
Meanwhile;Fallen Territory Boarder: reoccupied Abandoned Military Colony, Battlefield
"Just a little more!" growled Asuzur as the Fallen Forces continued to fight "position of Centrepoint!?"
"It is nearing its mission position, it is now also charging the Heavy Hyper Particle Cannon, once charged we can close the curtain of this battle!" announced Zake as he looked over the data on his monitor "Asuzur, take to the rear and act as a sniper, we'll deal with the frontline battle ourselves!"
"Yeah, the Fallen here need to be pushed back however a direct attack will get us nowhere in that opinion, maybe a few sniper shots will give us the final needed push!" announced Jake as the Death Shot dropped out of Mirage Colloid and slashed a SINN in two.
"Alright, if it's for the good of the mission, then I will fall back!" announced Asuzur as he jetted in the direction of the Fort which he stopped beside, the 'Reaper' Tank Cannon folded down and took aim before firing in rapid succession.
1:30pm; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Bridge
"Renaldo!" shouted Krane as he floated onto the bridge, everyone stared as the gaping hole in the side of his arm however he simply ignored it and the medical team entering the bridge with the Head Scientist at their head.
"Sorry, he refused to stop and wait" growled Shane as he too floated onto the bridge.
"It's fine, what is it your majesty, your hurt!" worried Renaldo and Krane simply ignored the injury all together.
"Never mind that!" Krane boomed "send out signal flares and prepare to withdraw from the combat zone; we are to meet at Mendel!"
"Are you sure, majesty?" questioned Renaldo and Krane's glare caused Renaldo to shrug as he got back to announcing Krane's command, Krane simply sat down on his throne.
"It seems that PLANT traitor did quite a number on you" smirked the Head Scientist as he cut away the pilot suite around Krane's injury.
"Damn the Twilight Dawn, it seems that Gilbert is going to play a much larger part in my plans…" seethed Krane "I'll kill him! But first, I must go to Mendel, there I will plan out the attack on Boaz and the Twilight Dawn Homeland!"
"It seems that Gilly, unofficially kicked your ass, but you had no data on that Mobile Suite" smirked Shane before turning to glare a CIC "what is the code for that unit!?"
"The ZGMF-L90G Reverence, it was a prototype for the Psycoframe built a year or so ago, stop moaning!" growled the Head Scientist as Krane winced while the Head Scientist was literally stitching the damaged skin back together before placing a radioactive device over the damaged muscle "this radioactive machine will speed up the rebuilding of the muscle and skin, however, the scar will be beyond any scientific ability to remove as weaker radiation levels are needed as such"
"Thanks for the history lesson, but…you were telling us about the Reverence!" growled Krane with a roll of his eyes.
"The Reverence was reequipped with the prototype Neo-DRAGOONs, it went missing during a terrorist attack on Aprilius One however, I'm sure you can guess which group was to blame" smirked the Head Scientist as he pointed out the view point in the direction of the Reverence.
"The Twilight Dawn" groaned Krane as he rubbed his forehead with his left hand "they are becoming a bigger annoyance than even I could imagine"
"I'll send the data of the Reverence to your computer, while of course, you rest" commanded the Head Scientist with a deadly glare and Krane sighed before nodding, Krane stood and floated towards the rear of the bridge.
"Send message to Centrepoint, report that we are withdrawing and are changing target to the Twilight Dawn, they are to entre Northern Fallen and hold the boarder at all cost!" announced Krane before he left the bridge with Shane not far behind.
Meanwhile; Fallen Territory Boarder: Centrepoint Station, Command Room
"Commander, we are in range, firing when commanded!" announced the Officer who sat at the Weapon Control Command desk of the Command balcony while watching all the operators below.
"Fire, destroy that Military Colony!" commanded Kuja before being called over to the CIC Officer and the CIC Command consol but he did manage to watch a beam of purple soar out and destroy the Colony "what is it!?"
"We have a message from the Varda!!" announced the CIC Officer who commanded on the CIC Officers on the station.
The Message read:
Emperor injured!
Withdrawing from Battlefield!
Twilight Dawn are the culprits and the Emperor will be organizing concentrated forces on dealing with them first!
Hold Northern boarder of Fallen Space!
"Very well, we will do as Commanded, send a message to all forces that once the Fallen are defeated we are to hold position in defensive positions!" announced Kuja before he stepped into the centre of the Command Balcony "once that is done, send a message to the PLANTs, tell them that we will need a supply route set up!!"
"Yes, my Lord" saluted each member on the Command Balcony before sending messages to the Command room that it overlooked, Kuja sighed before sitting on the throne at the centre of the balcony.
2:00pm; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship, Krane's Chambers
"It seems we're moving away from the Fallen territory" pondered Rey in his usual monotone voice "I wonder why"
"There have been…disruptions" growled Krane as he entered the room, Rey stared and the injury on Krane's arm and Cagalli gasped.
"You're injured" gasped Cagalli as she headed over to Krane who had relaxed back into the chair at his desk.
"It's nothing, just another scar my life has to bare, the life of a soldier is the one I have chosen" sighed Krane as he closed his eyes and went into a reverie "a life that goes from battlefield to battlefield, constantly killing and risking death also, don't you agree Rey?"
"Yes, brother, but I don't see why Newtypes always fight and die" shrugged Rey as he looked at his older brother.
"It's obvious Rey, at this moment in time…fighting, is really all that Newtypes can do" sighed Krane as he continued to relax "you have to see Political point of view, Newtypes with their spatial awareness, make very compact Superweapons"
"Therefore it's only reasonable that Newtypes are used" commented Shane as he walked in "but Krane is trying to change all that"
"Yes, I want a world where all of humanity awaken as Newtypes in a world of peace, which is my dream" sighed Krane "Kira was destined to die!"
"What?" questioned Luna and Krane let off a sad smile.
"He went up against the strongest Newtype in all of Newtype history while being injured, also I had a third Generation Gundam while he only had a second, we have entered the Era where built Gundams can be adapted to new technology without having to build an entirely new unit" explained Krane with his uninjured left and making pointing motions as though pointing at a board "if Kira had never killed and piloted the Strike, then he would never have awakened as a Newtype, Kira then would never have died"
"What are you planning after the end of the war?" asked Cagalli and Krane smiled kindly.
"I plan to revive the Newtype Noble Houses: The La Flagas, the Zalas, the Vairs, the Bonapartes, the Asukas and many more" smirked Krane "that why I need you to live, Shinn, Shane after all is going to be my partner whether it be as a Yamato, a Le Creuset or a Hibiki" smirked Krane as he sat back and Shinn's mouth dropped in surprise.
"You mean…I mean…you two…are…" stuttered Shinn and Krane sighed.
"Yes, we're lovers, where have you been for the last week" growled Shane "everybody knows…oh wait, you were under house arrest, sorry"
"Everybody?" questioned Shinn with disbelief on his face.
"Every Coordinator and Newtype" smirked Krane and Shinn looked woozy "Shane, take him to a place to rest, he looks as though he's about to faint"
"Right" shrugged Shane as he headed over to Shinn and the other noir haired teen stood as requested, he really did feel unwell.
"Also Krane, I've got to ask, were you the one who taught me to play the piano?" asked Rey as he stood and walked over to the desk.
"Yes, but you insulted not only me and Gilbert, but Cecile also" sighed Krane as he thought "I give my relatives three chances, but by betraying ZAFT you destroyed my trust as well as Gilbert and Cecile adding up to three people, Kira however was going to kill me therefore killing him first was Lucifer's idea 'since the best defence is a good offence' theory"
"Lucifer?" asked Rey and Krane smirked.
"Had a lot of experience with alternate personalities, Rey?" asked Krane and Rey paled "since you have, Lucifer, is my alternate personality much like I assume Kira had before the Dardanelles"
"How do you…" started Rey but Krane held up a hand for silence.
"I know Kira better than anyone, I don't know when, but his and my Newtype powers are linked" pondered Krane as he looked at the data on the Reverence on the screen "maybe it was during Jachin Due when we fought, or maybe when he and I met at Odessa, regardless it has given me no consideration into whether Kira is alive or not due to the 'Plain'"
"The 'Plain'?" asked Luna and Krane smirked.
"Yes, it seems to be a place where Newtype personalities can inhabit after death as well as Newtypes being able to feel the attachment remain between the themselves and the one they care about, this is where 'god' destines for all of humanity to reach, by becoming Newtypes or so my research shows" sighed Krane with a rub of his forehead "one of the many reasons why I want humanity to evolve into Newtypes, the other is that I want to revive my family legacy, the Newtype Royalty"
"You're just toying with the world itself" scowled Cagalli and Krane began to laugh.
"No, I want to burn the old world as it is beyond repair, I will burn the world and rebuilt it anew!" announced Krane from where he sat "I am the Emperor of Neo-ZAFT, the Dark Commander, and the man who destroys worlds and makes them!!"
"And the Fallen won't be able to stop you?" questioned Cagalli and Krane shrugged.
"Defiantly not, so long as I have my personal legion of Cyber-Newtypes, they have no choice but to bow" chuckled Krane "in fact, the regenesis of the World, is only a matter of time"
Info - Damn Gilbert Durandal, never been one to take a kick in the stomach quietly, is he? Ah well, what can you do, but Krane made an oath to kill his friend and you can bet that he'll do it. After All, Krane did 'kill' his brother (no comment on that) and was willing to kill Shinn and Rey, Krane even killed his biological father (he was a deranged bastard).
Next time on Operation Celestial Rain – Madagascar Assault! The Road to Victoria!!!
Gundam data stolen from the Dark Celestials:
Code: ZGMF-L90G
Name: Reverence
Producers: Meteor City Secret Research Teams
Powerplant: Prototype Celestial Engine (designed with unknown particles that are code named Creation Particles and supposedly were used in the Creation Engine that destroyed Atlantis)
Operating system: Guardian Unified Neo Displacement Assault Module
Weapons:
4x MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS
1x Long barrel Sniper Rifle, barrel can widen to become a 1x "Mass Driver" hyper Velocity energy railgun, stored on shoulder weapon slot and can be detached
1x Beam Javelin, stored in top of circular shield
1x MGX-2245 "Super Callidus" multi-phase beam cannon stored in chest
5x Neo-DRAGOONs, stored in back of shield
15x Neo-DRAGOONs, stored between jet engine backpacks
2x M71-AAK "Folding Razor" anti-armor knife, stored in upper leg
Other Equipment:
Gundanium Armour covered in Variable Phase Shift
Atmospheric Flight
HiMAT System in 2x backpack engines which carry 10x small jet engines
Psycoframe System
Wireless DRAGOON energy transfer system
Information: The original Prototype of the Psycoframe System and Wireless DRAGOON energy transfer system, after testing the new technology, it was stolen by Gilbert Durandal's Twilight Dawn Organization and hidden on Aprilius One until the Dark Celestials Coup D'état.
Pilot: Gilbert Durandal