Armies of Heaven and Hell

Chapter 7: Heart of the Swarm

"Sanc Kingdom? Doesn't exist back in my universe."

"Well, Zechs Merquise is attacking the kingdom to 'liberate' it from UESA control."

Ron knew of OZ, or the Organization of the Zodiac, and knew that it was like LOGOS, but worse in a way.

"I'll steal one of their space shuttles and get into space. I have something to do."

'I heard a voice in the night. And it's not one from this universe.'

Ron got into the Morgan.

Then he heard Duo on the radio.

"Hey, Colonel! How about a duel before you go?"

"Duo, I'd destroy Deathscythe in seconds. How about a simulated one?"

"Sure, Colonel."

The simulated battlefield was space, a neutral playing field.

Ron quickly used the Deathscythe's weakness-lack of long range weapons-against it, and destroyed the beam scythe.

Without that, it was weaponless.

He armed the DRAGOONs and Fangs, then launched them out.

"You lose. FULL BURST!"

The Deathscythe was destroyed.

"You really need a better weapons system; that scythe is useless against the Morgan."

"Well, my suit's built for stealth."

"Mirage Colloid solves that problem. They can't see you, right?"

Duo had to think had over.

Prof G would be pissed, but Ron knew where he was, and a better designer.

Sanc Kingdom

Ron snuck into the spaceport, and stole a large shuttle.

It wasn't the Yashuman, but it would do for now.

"I need a new ship, and this won't do."

He activated the Morgan's FTL drive and jumped.

He had modified the drive, and now it was transuniversal.

He jumped into another universe, in orbit of a volcanic planet.

"The voice is coming from here."

Ron found an SMG: the FN P90. (AN: Seen mostly as a weapon in Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, the P90 was also seen during Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica)

The armor-piercing weapon was perfect.

The second he opened the hatch, he collapsed.

5 hours later

"Do you hear me, young one?"

"Gods, I have a headache."

"I AM YOUR GOD!"

Ron chuckled.

"Ever consider that you can't control me?"

"I control the Zerg! You-"

"Are a hell of a lot harder to control."

The Voice was recoiled by the inability to control Ron.

"You are my newest lieutenant. Agents of the Swarm are at your command, as you under mine!"

'In your fraking dreams.'

Ron got up and back to the shuttle.

He felt a tug at his mind, but there was no way in hell that thing could control him!

He got into the Morgan, spun up the FTL drive and jumped away, only to another planet.

The shuttle was gone. Ron found that he was over a shipyard.

An abandoned one.

'I could make myself a ship here.'

He found one design he liked: his very powerful Minotaur-Class Battlecruiser.

"Fitting. It was designed to replace the Valkyrie. It'll replace the Yashuman."

Nearby

"Commander, something just landed on the abandoned Dylarian Shipyards."

"What is it?"

"It looks like a small fighter. I'm launching Wraiths to destroy it."

Back with Ron

The DRADIS started pinging like crazy.

"Oh, frak."

Dozens of fighters that looked like the Wraith that he designed fired at him.

Ron transformed the Morgan into Mobile Suit mode and fired the twin beam rifles at the enemy fighters.

Then he noticed the ship they came from.

"Looks my Minotaur, only less...powerful."

He decided to take it over.

He deployed the DRAGOONs and Fangs, and targeted sections of the hull that were used for life support containment.

He'd use the vacuum of space to kill them.

"FULL BURST!"

Holes were punched all over the hull.

Air bled into space, killing the crew of the ship.

AC 195: several weeks later

Wing was done for.

Heero was gone.

And Ron was nowhere to be found.

Then...

"I'MA FIRIN' MY LASER!"

Hundreds of beams rained down on OZ and ex-UESA troopers.

The four remaining Gundam pilots saw a huge ship raining death on the enemy.

"Hey, boys! What's up?"

"Colonel? Where've you been?"

"Oh, here and there. Say hello to the Hiling Care, named after my wife!" "You're married?"

"Have been for three years. Get on board! My Hiling'll blast these bastards to hell!"

The red lasers destroyed Leos, Ares', and anything else in their way.

Duo and the others managed to board the large Battlecruiser, and the ship jumped away.

Duo lost his balance when he got out of Deathscythe.

"Where are we?"

Trowa and Wufei saw Ron enter the makeshift hanger.

"Damn it, the drives are offline! Good thing we're exactly where I need to be."

Duo looked at Ron.

"Colonel, where are we?"

"Duo, besides the sun, what's the largest celestial body in the Sol System?"

"If I had any idea what you just said..."

"Trowa?" "The asteroid belt."

"In one place, gaki." "Saturn?"

"Close, but think gravity."

"Jupiter? We're in orbit of Jupiter?" "Inside the Great Red Spot, actually."

"Then why aren't we dead? That Spot is a giant hurricane!"

"Advanced shielding systems designed by yours truly and a good pilot: a mercenary from another universe."

"So, you're the Gundam pilots? A little young if you ask me."

A red-haired man stood in the door.

"Who are you?"

"Ali Al-Saachez, pilot of the Hiling Care and the ADF-X03 Morgan."

"Speaking of that, Ali..."

"Oh, shit!"

He ran back to the bridge and a woman entered the hanger.

"Hiling, welcome aboard."

"Ron, it's good to see you."

She had a large bag in her hand.

"And what's that?"

"I've been vomiting all day."

Wufei snorted.

"Weak, as always."

"This woman happens to be my wife, and the pilot of the ADF-X02 Morgan. Only she can match me in combat, and her suit may be less powerful, but that's because I haven't had the time to upgrade it. She can still kick your asses."

Wufei wasn't impressed.

"Prove it."

"A simulated battle? While I upgrade the actual suit?"

"I will fight her only if she can fly your Morgan."

"She trained on it, and she's the one that actually built it." Ron got to the 02 Morgan and started installing new weapons systems, including a new Mk IV GN drive and an Ultra-Fang weapons system.

And then there was the Butcher.

Kathryn was still in a coma, and she wasn't going to wake up anytime soon.

Ron growled as he finished the modifications.

Wufei got out of his Gundam and screamed in annoyance.

"How is it that you can beat me?"

"I'm better."

"DAMN YOU!"

Ron chuckled.

"You suck!"

Wufei shot Ron in the head, and Ron just kept chuckling.

He enjoyed pissing him off.

Battlecruiser Hiling Care: 48 hours later

The Colonel and the Gundam Scientists were looking over designs Ron had created.

"I must say, Colonel, your designs are very advanced. And your Morgan takes all the best parts of our Gundams and none of their weaknesses. And the stealth technology called Mirage Colloid-"

Professor G shuttered.

"You can defeat my Deathscythe and Duo with your beam rifles and then cloak yourself."

"Your lightwave shields protect you from Wing's Buster Rifle, and your DRAGOONs and Fangs can destroy it."

"Shenlong cannot beat the Morgan because of the DRAGOONs. I am not an idiot: nor is Wufei."

"Sandrock is a close range type. The Morgan's more multirole. Your Striker Packs can transform the Morgan into a machine like Deathscythe or with a weapon like the Buster Rifle."

"Heavyarms may be made of Gundanium, but your suit is so much more advanced. You could beat all five of them."

"So, do I have permission to upgrade them?"

Doctor J chuckled.

"Your Morgan is powerful, and we aren't fools. You can upgrade Wing."

"Deathscythe is at your disposal."

"As is Heavyarms."

"Sandrock is yours."

"Shenlong needs work on it, Colonel. Make it the Gundam of a warrior."

"You honor me."

Upgrade time!

The upgrades for the Gundams are: Wing: lightwave shield, Mk IV GN drive. Deathscythe: Beam rifle/shotgun, Mirage Colloid, lightwave shield, Mk IV GN drive. Heavyarms: Beam Gatling guns, beam sniper rifle and Mk IV GN drive. Sandrock: hip mounted positron cannons, two GN Vulcans on each arm and Mk IV GN drive. Shenlong/'Nataku': shoulder-mounted Beam Gatling gun, beam wristblades and Mk IV GN drive.

Before anyone starts yelling that the Gundam Scientists wouldn't let Ron touch the Gundams, they aren't stupid. In the face of something like the Morgan, they'd let him.

Next Time: OZ, the UESA and Ron's forces, including the Gundams, engage one another.

Ja Ne!