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And to answer any questions at the end, yes one of the new OC's is related to a certain Destiny character
Gundam Seed Purpose
Chapter 20: True Storm
The Eighth fleet had had continuous skirmishes with ZAFT forces but every time the Earth force came out on top. Mainly due to the services of Canard Pars and the mobile armour pilots that had Gekido had rescued. The pilots sat in the rec room of the Menelaos, discussing the last battle they had. Canard sat alone, eating his lunch while wondering how the crew of the Archangel were getting along. The admiral entered the room and everyone stood to attention, even Canard who took longer.
"At ease gentlemen…and lady!" Halberton chuckled as Sarah frowned.
Though he would never openly admit it Canard respected Halberton. He was a stern military leader yet he knew when regulations needed to be broken. And above all else he actually cared for the men and women under his command.
"Ensign Pars at your request we restored the Hyperion's original head design" Halberton said.
"Thank you sir, and what of the repairs to its right arm?" Canard asked.
"They go well, that high manoeuvre type GINN did a number on it didn't it?"
"Yes it did sir!" Canard said, thinking back to the previous battle when he had used his Hyperion's arm to block the sword of a GINN.
"You know I owe a great debt of thanks to both you and Gekido Jaeger" The Admiral said, shocking Canard. "Don't look so surprised, over half of the men under my command were die hard Blue Cosmos members, but after seeing what you and Canard could do together lets just say that they converted to a greater club" Halberton smirked.
"It was more of Gekido's charisma sir, lets just say I used to be a bad person, till Gekido's charisma inspired me to better myself…to be my own person" Canard smiled.
"Can I ask what you mean young man?"
"Sorry sir but it is my business"
"Very well, now you should get some rest so you're ready for the next battle"
Suddenly the ships alarm blared and the pilots laughed as Halberton sighed.
"Or you could be ready now" He said.
"Sir, we have reports of two Laurasia and two Nasca Class ships, sir one of the ships is a gold and Black colour, I think it's the True Storm unit" One of the bridge crew said over the intercom.
The pilots all muttered amongst themselves in shock and fear. Canard looked at the Admiral in confusion, much to his shock he noticed a smirk on the mans face.
"Thanos must be desperate if he sent them, its understandable you don't know them Canard for they are the best of ZAFT and half of them aren't even coordinators. They are men and women of immense skill, which is only boosted by their modified mobile suits. While Thanos has his Black Storm unit, his True Storm unit is one to be feared, ALL HANDS LEVEL ONE BATTLE STATIONS!!" Admiral Halberton yelled and the crewmembers immediately got to work.
"Hoffman you get to the bridge and command our forces from there, as soon as things get difficult order our forces to retreat" Halberton ordered.
"Yes sir!" Hoffman said with a salute.
"But Admiral what are you going to do?" Canard asked.
"You didn't think I'd sit at the back and bark orders when the True Storm unit are involved did you, no its time I showed you young ones how we used to pilot Mobius's in the old days" Halberton chuckled.
Canard shook his head with a smile; the Menelaos along with its four remaining drake class ships launched their mobile armours. Halberton launched in a Mobius armed with a gatling gun, Canard launched in his Hyperion Gundam. The phase shift armour activated and the Gundam posed with its old submachine gun. Canard looked at the screen and made out that there were at least eighteen GINNs and six other mobile suits. The other six were heavily personalised GINNs, leading them was what Hyperion assumed to be Thanos himself. Thanos's GINN was black and red with its shoulder guards replaced with long shields with bolt shaped spikes on the right arm one, the GINN held a beam sniper rifle in its left hand, the horn on its head had been replaced with an axe blade, razor shaped blades had also been placed on the tips of the GINN's feet and perhaps its most striking feature was a pair of demonic wings on its back. One of the other GINN's was a dark green and black colour, its wing boosters and legs were smaller than most of the other GINN's, the GINN was armed with a beam rifle and replacing its left hand was a small round shield with what looked like two beam sabres on each end, inside the cockpit was a young coordinator woman with silver eyes and short brown hair, she wore a black flight suit with green accents. The third GINN didn't look all that different from the others, instead it was armed with a bazooka with a scope at the end and the only thing that distinguished it from the others was the fact that it didn't have a horn, this GINN was piloted by a young Natural man with multiple scars on his bald head, including a brutal scar over his left eye, he wore a black and grey coloured ZAFT flight suit. Another Natural man piloted the fourth GINN, he had long gold hair and purple eyes and piloted a red GINN with axe shaped blades on its heels, a shorter horn than most, stamped on the GINNS right shoulder was a blue ocean pattern, the GINN was armed with two beam rifles and had two samurai style swords attached to its hips. The Fifth of the GINNs was much bulkier than the other GINN's, it had attached to its shoulders a pair of cannons, it was missing its horn and was painted a yellow colour, the GINN was armed with two machine guns that had grenade launchers attached to it, the pilot of the mobile suit was a bulky coordinator who had red hair and brown eyes, his flight suit was a black and yellow colour. A coordinator woman piloted the sixth and final machine, however unlike her fellow female soldier her flight suit was tighter, her lips were coated red and her black hair had red streaks running through it, her GINN's legs were thinner than the others and the heels of its feet were also high like a pair of shoes, the GINN was painted a black and pink colour and like Thanos's GINN its wings were demonic, it was armed with the standard weapons that most GINN carried.
Before the battle had began Dagger Thanos, the commander of both the Black Storm and True Storm units met with the members of his team. Of course there were those who didn't approve of his having Naturals on his team, but Thanos didn't care, he judged all of his teammates by their skill and skill alone. Upon entering the briefing room he was set upon by the lustful Jessica Millennia.
"Oh commander it's wonderful to see you again, it's been so long!" The woman stated, practically liking her lips at the sight of Thanos.
Thanos pushed her aside, bored of her antics. Jessica was notoriously known for her seductive nature, when she was a raw recruit she had slept with most of her fellow rookie pilots. Unlike most soldiers she wore make up and coated her lips and nails red, her black uniform had a grey miniskirt design on it and also lacked sleeves. But despite this her fast tactics were well known among the fleet, that and her ability to wage psychological warfare. However her opposite was the more respectable Michelle Witter. A professional female soldier who unlike Jessica didn't wear make up, she was the only one who wore the standard red uniform, the others merely wore modified black coats. She specialised in powerful attacks with beam weaponry, before she had modified her GINN she used an Ion cannon with greater skill than any of her male counterparts. One of the Natural pilots was Lucas Giles, once a former gang member who had become a natural with mobile suits, both he and the other natural were able to pilot GINN's to their full capacity no matter what kind of OS was used. Luke had multiple scars on his head gained through torture he had endured when he had joined ZAFT, his GINN was modified the least but Luke made up for this with his tough and no mercy attitude. The other Natural pilot was the golden haired Marcus Loussier, a cool and collected pilot who shared Thanos's views on honour and strength. He specialised in fast close range attacks, drawing his sword in a samurai manner. However others said that he preferred the earth to space, perhaps because of his love of the ocean. The final member of the True Storm group was a gentle giant coordinator Cairo Niwa; he focused on heavy explosive weaponry.
"The mission of this battle is to destroy the eighth fleet, though the other units have orders to focus on the Menelaos, an enemy will come back unless you completely obliterate it which is what we will do with the entire fleet including the Hyperion!" Thanos explained sternly.
"Sir, is it true that his Hyperion unit is armed with the same barrier system that the Artemis had?" Lucas asked.
"Yes but he doesn't constantly keep it on considering the units generator, however that does not mean that the pilot is strong enough to defeat us" Thanos said, looking to each of his pilots.
"Ooooh a Natural with skill in a mobile suit…I wonder how good he is in bed!" Jessica moaned.
"I have a feeling that he is a coordinator but that doesn't matter, the fact is he pilots a machine that he utilises well, now I want you all to report to your GINN's, I will join you in this battle" Thanos saluted his soldiers and the battle began as soon as they launched out of the hanger.
Canard aimed at the twenty-four mobile suits and fired the Hyperion's cannons. One of the common GINN's was unfortunate enough to react slower than the others, while they flew away this GINN was struck in the chest. Thanos took sight with his sniper rifle and fired two shots, blowing apart two mobile armours. Sarah and the other previous Archangel pilots focused their attention on the common GINN's. Two of the mobius's fired their missiles at one of the GINN. The GINN flew higher to dodge the projectile, but was promptly shot by Sarah's linear gun. Halberton flew in his mobile armour, blowing apart a GINN with his Mobius's gatling gun. Cairo took aim and fired all his weapons, blowing up at least four mobile armours and damaging a drake class ship. Marcus's GINN flew towards the damaged Drake class carrier and slashed it through the middle; he then sheathed his sword like a samurai as the two halves of the carrier blew up. The Meneloas was able to hold its own against the assault from the GINN's and even Luke and Jessica's attacks. Thanos continued to shoot at the mobile armours with his rifle.
"Sarah we should fly away from here, there's no way we can take on Thanos!" One of the pilots said.
"Oh Hayato what would Gekido think if we ran away?"
"Kevin's right Hayato, besides if we ran away he'd just shoot us down" Sarah said, gripping the stick as she fired at Thanos's GINN.
"Impressive bravery, however bravery is only one part of strength" Thanos said as he dodged the linear gunshots before he returned fire.
The Hyperion intercepted the gunfire with its umbrella shield.
"You guys defend the ships now, let me deal with the True Storm!" Canard said over the radio.
The Mobile armours flew away as Canard fired at Thanos with his machine gun. Dagger's GINN flew faster than any that Canard had faced before, easily dodging the burst shot. Canard flew after the ZAFT commander, but Cairo and Michelle blocked his way. Michelle's GINN ignited its double-edged beam sabre and slashed at the Gundam. The Hyperion blocked the attack with the umbrella shield on its arm, then drew its beam dagger and cut the GINN's rifle arm off. Cairo fired his cannons, pushing the Hyperion back. Canard grinded his teeth together, before roaring and flying into the heavy GINN. He sliced off the GINN's cannons, and then aimed his submachine gun at the machines chest. Suddenly a rocket flew into the Hyperion's side, pushing it away from the GINN.
"Maybe you should leave this to a superior species son" Lucas smirked before he began firing shot after shot from his bazooka.
Much to everyone's surprise Dagger drew a beam sabre from his GINN's hip. The energy blade was red and more intense than the other beam sabres.
"What the hell is he using to create such a powerful beam sabre?" Halberton wondered, then the Admiral watched in horror as the True Storm commander began flying towards the remaining Drake Class ship.
The Commander sliced apart any mobile armour that approached him. Jessica and Marcus shot any that tried to attack him from a distance. Marcus himself threw one of his samurai swords to his commander. Dagger rammed the sword into the side of the ship and ran it across the carrier. The resulting explosion killed most of the hanger crew. Everyone in the bridge scrambled for the door as the black GINN looked at them with its glowing crimson eye.
"Pathetic!" Thanos growled before stabbing his beam sword into the bridge, completely vaporising it.
Halberton watched in shock as Marcus and Jessica blew the drake class ship apart. He growled in anger before he gave his last order.
"ALL FORCES RETREAT TO LUNAR BASE NOW!!" His roar across the radio immediately shocked his troops into action.
The old mobile armour pilot and respected Admiral flew at the True Storm unit, drawing their attention away from Canard.
"Sir what are you doing, I will draw their attention while the others retreat" Canard said before shooting apart one of the common GINN's.
"No, this will be my final fight, if you ever meet him again tell Gekido that it was an honour to command a soldier like him" Halberton said.
"It was an honour to serve with you sir!"
Canard stabbed his beam dagger into the cockpit of the one of the GINN's then shot another with his cannons. The True Storm units shot at the retreating Earth Forces, until Halberton flew in. His gatling gun blew apart Thanos's rifle.
"Impressive Admiral Halberton, one could almost call you a worthy opponent, that is in terms of leadership" Thanos said with admiration in his voice.
Lucas fired at the mobile armour, blowing up its gatling gun. However the admiral wasn't done yet as her fired at the mobile suits with his remaining machine guns.
"ADMIRAL!!" Canard yelled as he tried flying to his leaders aid. "GET OUT OF THE WAY!!" Canard sliced a GINN in half and stabbed another in the chest.
Canard looked in shock at the skill that Thanos showed. He sliced the mobile armours left side, destroying its thrusters. Halberton cursed as he tried to get his mobile armour to move. Then he felt a bang on the mobile armour and knew that the commander had most likely landed on him. Thanos's face appeared on his screen.
"I'd like you to know that I consider this an honour!" Thanos said.
"I'll see you in hell Thanos!" Halberton growled.
The Black GINN raised its red beam sword and stabbed it into the mobile armour. Canard watched in shock as the mobius was reduced to star dust.
"No, one of your strength is destined for a greater place!" Dagger said, saluting where the mobius once floated.
Canard roared in anger before flying at the Black GINN. Drawing both his beam daggers the two machines clashed. The Hyperion slashed at Thanos, who blocked the beam with his blade. Canard attempted to stab the commander with his left dagger, and then slash him with the right. However Thanos's reaction time was too quick, he first flew underneath the Hyperion then kicked it in the back.
"This skill and pressure, I wonder are you a failure?" Thanos asked Canard through the radio.
Canard froze and thought for a moment.
We are all individuals
"I am an individual" Canard began as a seed began to spin around "I'm myself, my own person…and I'll choose what type of person I want to be…I'm not Kira Yamato…I'M CANARD PARS!!" The coordinator pilot roared as he threw way his machine gun and drew his second beam dagger, the seed shattered.
"This should be interesting" Dagger smiled as he flew towards the Hyperion.
The Gundam and the GINN slammed their blades together, sending sparks flying across space. They separated and slashed at one another, both mobile suits narrowly avoided the others beams. In one burst of skill the Hyperion beheaded Thanos's GINN. The Hyperion flew after the retreating Earth forces as fast as its thrusters could take it. Thanos raised his GINN's hand, stopping his soldiers from firing.
"Leave him be, he fought well and earned his right to retreat" Thanos said.
A smile crossed Canards lips as he removed his helmet and spoke.
"I'm not Kira Yamato…or Canard Hibiki…I'm Canard Pars!"
Next Chapter 21: Tempest