Chapter 25 The World Turned Upside Down
"Sir, what are we going to do?" asked an officer at the Preventer lunar base.
"We are going to follow our president's orders and stand down." said Duo "Tell the Orb, EA and Zaft fleet that we will not open fire and that our new president wants to open a dialogue."
"At once sir."
Meanwhile on the battlefield over Earth nothing had changed the two forces clashed in a rolling turning battle. The new President's words meant nothing since most had been too busy fight to hear it. Even Heero hadn't heard the news as he rolled and turned from Wufei's attack.
"It is time to show the world that I am the better warrior!" yelled Wufei as he sent both of his dragon arms flying toward Heero.
Across the battlefield Heero's daughter was in a fight of her own. "So you want to fight me little girl?" asked Dimitri as he fired his massive amount of missiles at Leilani who just shot them down with her gun.
"No, for the first time in my life I want someone dead." said Leilani as she tucked her gun under her shield and pulled her sword. She charged forward Dimitri tried hitting the charging gundam but Leilani moved out of the way or let her shields take the blow.
Meanwhile Umize and the Constition were up against a living legend of Zechs Mercuize in the Tallgeese the 3rd. "Damn Admiral Yuy wasn't kidding when he said in flight school that Zechs was the best pilot he had ever fought." Thought Umize as he tried to hit Zechs but just barley missed him every time.
"This kid is very talented." Thought Zechs as he side stepped a blast from a shotgun like weapon. "He just lacks experience."
Nearby Mayu fired at the fast moving Marena in the Sorra. "Stay still!" yelled Mayu as she fired her gun at the Sorra but she couldn't hit it. Marena grinned as she transformed back into human mode and fired at the Terra. Mayu couldn't move out of the way as a wave of beam shots hit her suit.
"For a coordinator your not that good." said Marena with a grin but a slit second later the smile was whipped off her face. As a sniper round hit the Sorra knocking off the entire right arm.
"Rhyu?" asked Mayu as she looked back toward the Earth only to see Rhyu with his rife raised.
"You ok Mayu?" asked Rhyu as he appeared on Mayu's screen with a smile. Mayu's heart soared as she looked at Rhyu's smiling face.
"I am good, thanks." said Mayu as she tried to build up her strength one of the things with being the daughter of Stella and Shinn was she didn't want to lose the friends she had so she never tried what she was going to do. "Umm Rhyu."
"Ya." said Rhyu
"When this is all over would you…um…like to grab something to eat." said Mayu with a blush.
'You want to go out on a date?" asked Rhyu as Mayu pushed even more as she nodded her head. "Sure why not."
"You mean it?" asked Mayu
"True be told I always thought you didn't like me because you never talked to me or even looked at me." said Rhyu as he sniped a transport.
"I was just afraid that if I asked you out and you said no I would lose one of my only friends." said Mayu
"That would never happen Mayu." said Rhyu with a smile but before he could say more Marena recovered and fired at the two gundams. "We will talk about were to go on our date after the battle."
Siegel fired his beam weapons at Tallgeese mark 4 but Bernardo just kept moving out of they way. "Take this!" yelled the Lightening Prince as he fired his massive should gun at Siegel.
The beam hit Siegel's shield as the Liberty disappeared for a moment in beam shot only to come though the other side unhurt.
"Wow, that shot was strong." said Siegel "I can't take another hit like that our I am toast."
"You betrayed us!" yelled Aeneas as he tried to stab Victor and the Omen with the Sikyon's energy spear.
"Yes, I did." said Victor as he side stepped Aeneas's spear before he tried to cut through the shield with his sword. "But if it for the woman I love I don't really care."
"Your woman is an unhonorable coordinator." said Aeneas as Victor's eyes narrowed.
"Leilani has more honor then you, Dimitri and your master Wufei for using nukes." said Victor "She has more honor then me because I went along with you guys for so long."
"What is the situation?" asked Relena as she sat in the chopper.
"Not good President Dorland." said an aid "All the colonies and the Lunar base has sided with Senator Khushrenada."
"What of Wufei?" asked Relena
"He is still fighting in orbit." said the aid.
"Good then there is still hope where are we going?" asked Relena
"The Iceland base, it is the largest base that is still loyal to you." said the aid
"You mean the one that is nearest." said Relena
"No, it is the largest base that supports you. New Edward's, Victoria and the lunar base have all sided with Senator Khushrenada." said the aid "From what we can see most of the general population is siding with her."
"What is wrong with them don't they know what dangers those coordinators pose." Snapped Relena
"President Dorland, they think you are a greater threat to peace then the coordinators." said the aid.
"Those fools." said Relena
"Athrun what do you want to do?" asked Kira as he and Athrun stood on the bridge of the Seraphim looking down at the lunar base.
"Nothing, at the moment it seams that this universe is finally turning against Relena so we don't want to make it look like we are the aggressors by attacking a base that isn't attacking us." said Athrun
"I agree but we should remain on guard." said Kira
"Ya, have we heard anything from Heero or the others?" asked Athrun
"No the radiation in the area is preventing us from getting a single though." said Kira "But Luna should be in vision range in five maybe then we can get some information."
"I just wonder if my son and your son is alright." said Athrun to his brother in law.
"I just want everyone to come out safe but ya I want our friends and our kids safe." said Kira
"He is toying with me." said Umize as he tried to hit Zechs only to have Zechs side step his sword strike. "Come on and fight me!"
"Very well." said Zechs as he pulled his own sword. Umize tried to cut the Lightening count only for Zechs to side step again. However this time Zechs brought has knee into Umize's gut and his arm crashing down on Umize's head. The bow to the head was key since it destroyed the cameras and sensors located in the head. Umize's screen went black.
"No." said Umize as he fired wildly hoping to hit Zechs but he had moved out of the way knowing that he had taken the gundam out of the fight.
"I am sorry." said Zechs as he raised his rife and fired.
In the Darkness Umize's thoughts turned to his girlfriend Aleena, her long red hair and warm green eyes filled his mind as he awaited death. "I am sorry that I will not be there Aleena." thought Umize as he waited for the blows to come but to his surprise instead of hitting his cockpit Zech's beam shots hit both his arms. "He is taking his time when killing me."
"If you want to make it home, for battle station is at heading." said Zechs as he ran off the location of the EA fort.
"Why don't you kill me?" asked Umize
"Long ago, I asked the same thing to Heero." said Zechs "Each time he didn't because of the love of a woman. I will not take your life for a different reason."
"What reason?" asked Umize
"Because I am sick and tired of following the orders of my insane sister and I am tried of the battlefield." said Zechs "I will not take a life if I don't have too."
"Thank you." said Umize as he began to fly away.
"Don't you any hopes or dreams?" asked Leilani as she fired at Dimitri who was trying to keep her as far away as possible because of his lack of close range weapons.
"My hopes and dreams are simple to watch the world of coordinators burn." said Dimitri as he fired a massive wave of missiles of Wing II. Leilani opened up with her shoulder mounted machine guns destroying every last one.
"That doesn't involve causing people to die?" asked Leilani "Don't you care about anyone?"
"No." said Dimitri "I live only to end others life."
"Then I have no choice but to end you here and now." said Leilani as blasted away the two missiles pod located on Dimitri's shoulders and legs. She charged forward again this time she brought her sword to bear. Dimitri reached down toward a small pod located on his leg. It opened up and a beam sword shot out. He raised his sword just in time to stop Leilani's sword from hitting him.
"You are mistaken it will be you that ends here and now." said Dimitri
"I will get you both." said Marena as she fired her gun at Mayu and Rhyu but Rhyu's sniper shot destroyed her right engine making her mobile suit unbalanced and preventing her from going into jut mode but she was still a force to be dealt with, she fired her rife at Mayu who like her had been damage in the battle was unable to move out of the way of the attack. Rhyu watched as on of the Terra's arms and one of its legs was blown off.
"I got you now." said Marena as she lined up for a shot on the cockpit. She pulled the trigger only to have Rhyu swoop in taking the blow on his energy shield.
"I will not let you kill my girlfriend!" yelled Rhyu as he raised his rife and pulled the trigger. The beam hit Marena in the head taking her out of the fight. "Mayu are you alright?"
"I am fine." said Mayu with a smile "Did you mean it when you said I am your girlfriend?"
"Well we are going to go out on a date so if you want me as your boyfriend?" asked Rhyu with a grin
"Yes." said Mayu
"I'll cover you head back to the battle station." Said Rhyu
"Just be careful." said Mayu
"Welcome to the Iceland base President Dorland." said the Preventer Base commander as Relena looked out over the snow covered landscape.
"Thank you." said Relena "I want to get into contact with Peace Million III."
"Sorry Madam President but we have confirmed that Peace Million has been destroyed." said the commander
"What?" asked Relena "I saw the nukes go off myself how could we have lost Peace Million?"
"We don't know but it is gone and it seams at the moment that we have lost more mobile suits then they have." Said the commander
"We outnumber them and we have nukes." Said Relena
"They appeared to have shot down most of our nukes and their mobile suits are a lot better then ours." said the commander "Madam President we have lost this war."
"How dare you say that!" yelled Relena
"I speak the truth." said the commander
"If you believe that then why do you take me in?" asked Relena
"Because I feel that you can still make this right, if you talk to them and show the world that you are truly an agent a peace that you can bring the world back to peace." Said the commander
"I will never surrender and I will never make peace with those Coordinator scum." Said Relena
"I see, and then I give you fuel and 2 hours before I turn you over to the new government." said the commander.
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