Phase 46: The Battle for Mankind
Gera was near her machine, the warnings through the PLANTs were intense but Jayley had not given her any signs of what to do. She stood and stared at her leader who was watching the battle on the monitor with a harsh breath trying to deal with what was happening before her eyes. She had been waiting for a battle that was promised her by the man she called father now, he had taken her in after the disaster in Gibraltar. She had been promised retribution and that Liene would stand back and let her destroy those that were behind everything, but now Liene was the foremost enemy and everything that she had planned was crashing around her.
Her stepfather was Gryser Cerrian, a man who had been involved with everything all along. She didn't understand now why he was ignoring her messages and leaving her here when he had cared for her this long. He was responsible for giving her hope, he promised her so much but he was sending nothing. No army, just Gera.
"I need my orders Jayley," Gera said floating behind her with her arms crossed and an annoyed expression on her face, "we don't have much time and we need to hold them off till the NEA gets here. Then everything will work out and I'll be able to go after Virea."
"Shut up Gera!" Jayely protested shocking the girl, "none of that matters now! I was promised help but he's not responding! He raised me and cared for me, now I need him to tell me what to do and he's not here!" Jayley's anger was overflowing now, Cerrian may have given her everything but she executed his plans perfectly, she had to believe that she did it without him now. She knew that she was nothing without him yet in a way she somehow had to break that to continue what she started.
"Cerrian," Gera sniffed, "he just want's Liene defeated before the bastard has a chance to tell Meiko Virea about him. He knows that his time is up if Meiko's eyes turn to him so he'll likely sit this one out and watch ROW and Virea self destruct in this battle, for it comes down to them. I myself want her dead for how she took my place as number one in ROW." Jayley wasn't even listening as Gera spoke, the wheels in her head were turning as she knew that her brilliance had been a huge part of getting them here. Cerrian wanted ROW ended and Virea dead to save his own skin so he could continue his own plan to take over the world, well Jayley saw it clearly now. She was a pawn in his game, but he had given her more power than anyone else. She had ZAFT beneath her fingertips and the black gundam. He was wrong if he thought she wouldn't use them.
"You're task Gera will be to destroy the Eternal," Jayley spoke now with authority, "not Virea! You will obey me and kill Lacus for what she did!" Gera was surprised now, she knew somehow that Jayley hadn't forgotten the past.
"Calm down Jayley, reason with yourself," Gera began, "Cerrian will never…"
"He doesn't matter anymore!" Jayely exclaimed, "he's been wrong all along. Liene is right, there is so much bad in the world and it begins with those who say they are fighting for peace. Lacus and her ideals have brought this world so much pain! She can't see it so we'll have to show her! You will defeat them Gera! For the sake of the world!" Gera didn't understand what that had to do with the world, but she did understand that Jayley was her commander and what she said was important now.
An explosion rocked the ship he was on as Oran Veron ran through the halls toward the hanger. The 17 year old was fast on his feet and had been training for this day for a long time. He had always had a gut feeling that one day ROW would arise from the shadows and show up on ZAFT's doorstep, but he never expected them to have such a large force. Oran was proud of his rank in ZAFT, he was a red pilot who was the ace of his military division. He had a custom unit that he was sure would serve him well today, but his unit had just entered the battlefield. It seemed the PLANT lines were thinning out quickly and the aid they were promised was on it's way.
"Oran," he heard his 15 year old brother Micah's voice as he entered the hangar, "thank goodness, they need you out there! It's crazy! ROW has these two new twin gundams and this awesome ship! I wish I could go out with you!" Micah was still a green in ZAFT and had barley made it to ship assignments this time around. Oran wasn't very happy that he was along, this battle was much more serious than his little brother was prepared for but he trusted that the ship would be a safe place for him.
"Someday," Oran said to his brother looking toward his machine, "just survive through this!"
Liene smiled at the battlefield before him, this was all too easy. His robotics dominated the center of the battlefield, upgraded and improved. The PLANT war with ORB had damaged many of the ZAFT forces and though they were formidable they did not expect ROW to be so expanded. Liene had brought his full fleets, many many ships and countless amounts of robotics as well as different units. He was only fighting with half force now, leaving the other half distant enough that no one would see them waiting for orders, he would wait here and he believed he could win this battle now with half his fleet. He also had another weapon in the waiting that he would reveal when the Clyne faction made it's appearance with the NEA, ORB, Redemption and Virea. He knew they were coming. He could feel it but he had to keep the battle going and wait.
He knew he could win or loose here but his main goal would have to be met. His true motives would come out and things would change drastically. He could feel it now, no one knew what was coming and no one understood the gravity of what was happening around them. There were threats so much greater than ROW and if they made it through the world would be worse off. Here today he would eliminate all war and bring peace to the world. Through death he would bring change and those who survived would be stronger because of it. Just a little more time.
Oran launched onto the battlefield joining his team in the battle. The units appeared to be RMUs, robotic mobile units. He had heard of them after the famed sting battle but he had never expected them to be as fast as they were. He whipped around one quickly firing and trying to destroy them as fast as he could. He gritted his teeth as he realized there were many real piloted machines in the mix that appeared the same as the robotics. It threw him off at first as a piloted machine attacked him and he whipped out his beam saber to meet the enemy full on. He sliced through a gun the enemy carried and the other machine flashed a beam saber against him slicing at him quickly.
"Long live ROW!" The pilot declared and Oran near laughed. He quickly spun his machine whipping out a powerful gun and firing three times, faster than the pilot could blink, breaking weak points in his armor and causing explosions to engulf the machine.
"Quickly die ROW," Oran responded with a blank expression. Killing was not a fun job but he had to defend the PLANTs, for all the people he knew were there. Everyone was counting on him and not just him but the whole of ZAFT and the honor there was to be within the ranks of these forces today.
"Kiran Yamato!" he yelled, "Courage launching!" Kiran smiled as the Minerva and a few ORB ships along with the Archangel were the first to reach the battlefield. He was excited by the action around him and ready to take out as many ROW units as possible. He moved toward the battlefield and noticed Ceveris's machine beside him.
"Hey Kid," Ceveris yelled as they began to fight, "be careful! Don't get cocky!" Kiran smiled at this.
"I'm not a kid," was all he said in response destroying three robotic units in a quick sequence on complicated moves, "perhaps I was then, but now I'm so much more." He took off into the midst of the battlefield firing on units, destroying as many ROW units as he could. Rules were off since Meiko shows up and if the unit belonged to ROW it would go down by him. He took in the sight of the battlefield as the PLANT units seemed to gather hope from the reinforcements; they had been outnumbered before and the new arrivals were for sure welcome on this field of battle.
Kiran then looked around to see two ROW gundams he did not expect, they were identical and they moved together amazingly. He saw them bearing down toward a PLANT unit that was doing very well. The unit would be all alone when they reached him, Kiran hoped he could hold off for thirty seconds.
Oran slashed through another robotic units and turned his head to see coming toward him the two gundams that he had read about while boarding. The were identical and they were tearing up the battlefield toward him. Three more ZAFT units down when they arrived. He heard a voice on his speaker informing him that ORB units were there now but he didn't have time to process it as the dodged the dual attack of the machines.
"Come on!" Oran yelled angrily trying to keep up with their perfectly in sync tactics. They were double teaming on him.
"We're ROW's secret weapon," a female voice said, "I'm Ura and that's Un! We've received orders to destroy!" The girl sounded crazy and just as Oran was getting ready to fight back he realized there was a shot coming toward he he wouldn't be able to dodge. He wasn't going to die here, not after fighting in this battle as long as he had. But the shot never came as a new machine on his radar shielded the beam and stood against the second of the two machines.
"Let's even the odds a bit," the voice of a younger pilot. Oran nodded as he saw the pilots face on the screen, it wasn't ZAFT but the boy somehow seemed familiar. The two moved together perfectly dodging and fighting off the gundams when more ORB forces came to back up the machine the two gundams seemed to not like it and backed off moving quickly toward the other side of the battlefield; for ROW's secret weapons they either scared easy or had other orders to attend to.
"You're good," he said to the pilot of the first machine that came to help him, "who are you?"
"I'm Kiran Yamato," the Pilot said blasting away to pick a fight with whatever it could find. So he had been fighting with Kiran Yamato, one of Lacus's children and the son of the famed Kira Yamato. No wonder he seemed familiar.
"Minerva load all missile tubes and get ready to take down the nearest vessel," Meyrin gave orders, now that their pilots were out there the ORB ships were moving into the thick of the battlefield, "Steady people!"
"Meyrin status report!" she heard Athrun's voice as she looked to the screen.
"We have arrived," Meyrin responded, "where are you guys?" They had somehow been ahead of the rest and it confused them but they were fighting anyway.
"Hit a rough patch of something and we veered off course," Athrun responded, "but we're in sight now, we'll be there!"
"Rodger that" Meyrin said dropping her hand in signal to fire, "just hurry it's getting ugly out here!"
"Battlefield in sight, battlefield in sight, all pilots board your machines, level one battle stations."
"Level one!"
"This is it people!"
Meiko tapped her foot inside her mobile suit impatiently as they neared the battlefield, every fiber in her being was begging for a fight. Everything she was was ready for this moment. Her mind was clear as just an hour before so much had been said. She had reconciled herself to many possibilities but now she thought of none of them as she entered a blank mindset of the machine she had always been. She for one second knew that she had to forget all that had happened before and focus completely on her goal. It wasn't long now.
"Shinn Auska, Destiny launching!" Lacus heard the voices as she sat on the Externals bridge.
"Lunamaria Hawk, Impulse launching!" She smiled as Kira's face appeared on the screen. The final adjustments had been made the night before, he was flying his new machine and ready to prove that the wait was worth it.
"Kira Yamato," he said smiling and winking at Lacus, "this is the Ultra Freedom, I'm heading out!" He skyrocketed onto the battlefield meeting up with Athrun and a group of ORB mobile suits that had also entered. The Tranquility headed a large number of ORB and Clyne Faction forces as it moved in to back up the ZAFT units. Redemption was lagging behind just entering the battlefield. On board the Reversal were Yaro, Meiko and Trey along with Leyas whom had transferred without permission but it was too late now to think about that.
"Moving into stage one," Athrun said affirming their plans, "ORB pilots spread out and hold the line. Teams 7 and 12 move into close range with the ships! Protect the PLANTs and our units. Destiny and Impulse head times 9 and 18, get close to the flagships and search for Liene."
"Rodger!" Lunamaria and Shinns voices were heard.
"Ultra Freedom," Athrun said, "With me!" Kira smiled as he flew his new machine alongside the Truth, it was just like old times. They began on their targeting computers targeting as many ROW machines as they could and firing a large amount of firepower onto the field. Signaling their arrival.
"Sir the Clyne faction and ORB units are on the field," Gilligan Manchester said to Liene, "do you want to transfer to the weapon now." Liene smiled as he knew exactly how to play the field now. He would be revealing his STING 2, a very large flagship with a whole lot of weapons, it was more mobile than a singular large cannon but it had what he needed to really dominate the battle here and now. He also knew that once it was revealed that was the first place they would look for him.
"No," Liene said, "I will transfer to the Drudgen, it's smaller and less like a flagship and will garner less attention. Keep it well behind the STING 2 though, we wouldn't want to get in on the messy crossfire." Gilligan nodded, Liene's strategy's were interesting now as he stared at the battlefield. He identified the Reversal approaching and assumed that was where Meiko was now. Not long and she would launch. Not long and it would appear as if ROW was loosing. He would just have to drag this out long enough to wear out the enemy forces and break their spirits. Not much more to it.
The road that led them to this moment was unfathomable and the memories of all that had taken place would break any that were not as strong. The issue now was how would they handle themselves in the face of the enemy today. This is where Yaro was resilient now, fighting everything he knew within him that was wrong and clinging to Meiko's light in hopes that it would keep him from the darker side he knew he possessed. They were getting ready to enter the battle and now he knew he must put all unsureness behind him, his family had made it clear that no truths about his past changed anything for them. He was one of them.
"No matter what Liene said," Kira spoke to Yaro knowing that they would be boarding their machines soon and he had to get this out before they were off, "no matter what your past is Yaro I want you to know that to me you are and always will be my son. No matter what he says, I raised you and watched you grow and I care about you far more than he ever did or ever will. No shadow of him can take you now, you make your own choices and you were raised to make the right ones. Just trust yourself, you know who you are deep within and don't let anything he said or will continue to say change that before you. I am proud of you son, and I love you." Tears welled up in Yaro's eyes as he heard it from the man who changed everything. Kira was right, he was always the one who was there and always the one who would be there. No matter whose blood ran through him Yaro knew that Kira would always be his father and that truth strengthened him in this moment.
"Thank you father," Yaro spoke now receiving everything Kira said, "you are right. Liene will never be my father, you are and I know that you raised me right." This was what Kira wanted to hear from him. That no matter how dark things had gotten Yaro was still here with them, his son.
Now his hands grazed over the controls as he looked out toward the door that would open to space soon. He did not know exactly what he would find out there, nor how things would be but he knew who he was. He was not Yaro Liene as his biological father had tried to say, no he was Yaro Yamato, the eldest son of Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne. He had been raised in their family and they had taught him everything, how to live life and how to protect it. They lived honorable lives in service of the world and he knew that he had inherited their legacy and would fight to protect them and his siblings. For Kiran, Leyas and Kayla. His brother and sisters whom had been such a larger part of his life. Leyas with her own kind of strength, Kayla with her eyes that saw through everything everyone tried to hide and Kiran, his little brother who had changed so much with the war. Kiran was now very much like their father. It was for these and for Meiko Virea that he fought. Meiko Virea who was connected to them all through everything, and who he had grown to love.
Today he was ready and as he heard the launch order his moved his machine out to space, shining in the sky and bearing down toward the battlefield.
Kira broke through the enemy lines with Athrun and the two began destroying as many units as were exiting ships before targeting ships engines.
"Athrun bear right," he said to his good friend as the two approached one of the larger ROW vessels. They dodged the firepower as he unveiled one of his new weapons. The large cannon blasted an electric bolt alongside the vessel causing many of the cannons to explode as they fired up. He the quickly switched weapons to a more powerful cannon that tore through the ships left set of engines causing massive explosions and crippling the vessel.
He backed off and Athrun was right beside him as an ORB ship picked up their work firing its main cannon into the thick of the ROW forces. ROW had brought quite a bit of firepower and a massive amount of machines but these machines seemed to be weaker than Kira would have expected. For someone who was making an attempt of war on the entire world this wasn't what he expected.
"It's too easy," Athrun said echoing his thoughts.
"Somethings off," Kira said glaceing around the battlefield. Meiko had not entered yet, that was off and Liene was obviously holding back. It was then that all ROW ships seemed to fire at once and Kira and Athrun were all forced to dodge quite a bit. When the blasts faded behind them were much more ROW units and these one were human piloted.
"Great," Kira said rolling his eyes.
"That can't be all he has up his sleeve," Athrun responded. It was then that suddenly the Dreamer, which was moving at a high speed, moved out into the ROW battlefield and spun around, firing it's power surger and taking away power from as many machines as it could hit. Yaro was using the highest setting so some exploded with the sudden loss of energy and Yaro's machine powered up so he fired a large blast into the side of a ROW ship destroying it entirely.
Kira and Athrun then moved into action, both knowing that Yaro was right in not stalling but attacking full on. Speed was their ally in this battle and the quicker they were at foiling Liene's plans the better.
"This is Trey and Leyas launching!" he said and he knew Meiko heard him but for some reason she was hesitating. Leyas smiled as the two entered the battlefield.
"Remember stay close to the back," Leyas said to Trey, "We need to be in position for the plan to work." Trey nodded, he was protecting her with his life and he knew that since they told very few people of their plan that her life was in his hands. It was then that Yzak launched in Redemption's Honor.
"I'm taking teams A13 and H3," Yzak said to Trey, "leaving Team F8 under your command, stay safe." Yzak then sped into the battlefield with a large amount of Redemption units trailing him. Trey smiled at this. Yzak was one of those pilots with enough skill and recklessness to be really formidable. It was interesting to see him leading that many units toward the ROW lines. Trey looked toward the ROW ships and saw that there were quite a few; such a large force was necessary for Liene to even think to make a dent but somehow Trey thought that something was missing. The tactics were too crude, Liene wasn't just going to launch an army of ships and mobile suits alone and all out at once, he was holding something back. Trey gritted his teeth and prayed he was wrong.
Athrun fought off a couple of ROW units when Shinn came up behind him with a few ORB units and blasted them away. The Destiny still looked strong even though he knew Shinn had led his team through a large amount of ships. There were clear signs as the number of team members had significantly lessened.
"The Tranquility is ready," Shinn said, "We're sending in teams 25 and 2, we're still looking for Liene's flagship." Athrun nodded as they both felt the weight of what was going on around them.
"The ZAFT forces have exhibited no hostile activity and the NEA troops have arrived," The Impulse was next to him now as Lunamaria brought her report. It was good that the ZAFT forces seemed to be accepting the Clyne faction and ORB as aid and not as enemies but as long as Jayley was leading the PLANTs they would have to continue to be wary. It was an odd situation but it appeared ROW was loosing this battle by the amount of forces that had come to back the PLANTs up.
"And Meiko?" Athrun asked the two of them, they wanted to know what Virea was planning.
"She's still out," it was just then that the Phoenix skyrocketed from the Reversal flying fast across the battlefield and destroying every ROW unit in her path as she did.
"I guess she's ready to start her part," Shinn said wondering why it had taken her this long to get out here, a lot of the battlefield was already being handled but her mobile suit did look beautiful as she destroyed everything in her path. Nothing could stand before her now.
Yaro blasted through another ship trying to deal with the amount of robotics that seemed to switch focus to him once he made it into the middle of ROW lines He blasted through one when a large cannon blast destroyed ten at once and he turned to see the Phoenix's bright wings glistening the lights around it and moving to fire many beams from the tips. Many more robotics exploded as Meiko moved at a high speed through the battle area. She didn't leave herself vunerable with the anger she fought with. Yaro felt himself grow more determined as he saw how she moved through the area. He moved behind her picking up on things she missed and firing his own shots.
"What took you so long?" Yaro asked her as the two were back to back now fighting off whatever came toward them. She smiled at his question as she realized she was in the launch cannon for quite a bit of time. She was waiting for her mind to be completely clear before coming out here, and she wasn't going to budge until she was ready. This was their final hour, the day she knew that ROW would fall.
"I'm ready now," Meiko responded fighting off another wave of machines, "that's what matters." She glanced around the battlefield looking at the flagships, waiting for the right one. She had to stop their tactics before Liene started with his brutality. She could not tell where he would be. Her first instincts were to find the most powerful and protected ship when she realized that he knew she was out here and what she was probably planning on doing. No she had to think as if she were him in this instance. She had to find him.
Flay sat aboard the Reversal as Trey and Leyas backed the large ship up. She ordered more missiles fired toward the ROW ships and commanded her units well as she watched taking everything in. Once again she affirmed what everyone else was thinking that she did not understand why something felt off. This just wasn't what she expected when she heard that Liene was declaring war on the entire world.
She saw the Eternal was doing well on the battlefield. The Minerva and the Courage were also breaking lines. The ZAFT forces were not hostile toward the new units but something was scaring her, she looked to where Meiko and Yaro were fighting a longer ways from the main troops. She wondered what it was that girl was thinking about what was going on as she looked to Leyas and Trey whom she knew had to move soon if they were to stop the inevitable; Jayley Lired's madness.
Jayley was getting angry as she watched ORB and the Clyne faction enter in with Redemption on their tails. The NEA had also arrived and were backing their troops up which was good but she didn't like seeing her former enemies on her field of battle and fighting alongside her troops when her troops should have destroyed them long ago. No matter ROW and Redemption would soon end each other and she would have to make sure ROW ended quickly, then her troops would turn on her enemies. Lacus would have to go down by Gera who was surveying the field now and waiting for an opportunity when the aces were all distracted. Jayley would give her that opportunity.
"Corporal," she said to one of her staff, "ready the cannon." The man looked shocked but she was not going to back down on this one, "don't just stand there, ready it!"
Liene saw it coming as out of the midst of the PLANT's a mirage fell and the ship with it's mounted cannon came out. He knew Jayley was snapping as he expected she would and he knew what moves she was making next as he could predict that this had been coming for quite some time. She was trying to draw and accelerate his plans through this but she was wrong in thinking that he didn't have counter measures. The cannon that was attached to that ship had been in production for a long time and in that time Liene had been able to steal it's schematics through spies. He had placed them in information that he knew the Clyne faction had taken and once the ship started destroying their forces as well as ROW's he knew they would act.
His game of chess was working perfectly as the ZAFT forces would break away from the rest and cause chaos. The amount of people in this battle was insane, there would for sure be a massive amount of alliances broken if this continued. The NEA were more heavily connected to ZAFT than to the Clyne faction and ORB. Everything was falling right.
He smiled now, ready for his next move and he watched as Meiko moved about his ships with purpose; she was coming and he was sure she would be angry this time but he had much he had to tell her. She would cause her own death not him, that was the cruelest thing he could do but before that she had to alert the world that would remain of the danger that was coming. There was so much more they didn't understand and so much more that he would change before this was over. He was so close now, just hold on a little farther and his enemies would self destruct from the conflicts they had left unresolved.
"What is that thing?" Athrun asked as the ZAFT ship fired into the ROW troops taking out quite a few of them, it was quite a large weapon to be mounted on the ship that was under it. That ship was too small to be powering it. Kira was shocked that ZAFT had such a weapon, when he was in the ZAFT military there were clauses preventing coordinators from building larger cannons in fear of another incident like with the Genesis and Requiem and Neo Genesis. Jayley must have caused more changes than were apparent from the outside.
"Just be glad we're on their side this time around," Kira responded looking back toward the shocked ROW troops who were still showing superior numbers in this battle, "that thing is evening the odds for us just slightly." He was still concerned about Jayley's unstable state but he realized that thing probably couldn't fire as much as was expected.
Meiko was ignoring the rest of the battlefield as she let her mind and body separate for now, her mobile suit moved quickly as she continued to fight but her mind was everywhere else but here and now. Yaro followed her seeking to protect her as he realized something was different. Something was blocking her focus but he made it completely as she called out to her seed trying to get her super seed to respond but it wasn't. She reached out with her mind again as she knew now she would need every perception her super seed had to offer to find out where Liene was, because he was all they needed to end this and she had failed on Mars and couldn't fail here.
Her mind for a second faltered then she felt a presence around her but her super seed still didn't break. She needed one last push to get her to that place where she knew Uzumi would be waiting for her to ask him for help.
"Meiko watch out!" Yaro yelled over her radio as a blast was heading straight toward the Phoenix. The Dream wouldn't block it in time, Meiko would need to move. She opened her eyes just in time to grab her controls tighter but in this instance her survival instincts kicked in and it was what she needed her normal seed exploded and she grasped her super seed ignoring the pain and moving out of the blast's range. She called in her mind now searching every piece of information she had ever seen in ROW trying to understand everything that she once rejected.
"You know what it is you need," she heard Uzumi's voice, "you know who you are. Now grasp a hold of every memory you repressed and understand everything. Look deeper Meiko!" The surge of super seed energy filled her mind with the past but she couldn't hold it for long.
The super seed energy faded but Meiko had what she wanted, she had Liene's strategy at her fingertips. She looked to where Yaro was and knew what his place was on this battlefield; he could not go in with her this time and he had to respect that.
"Yaro!" She said as they fought side by side against robotics, "I'm going to find Liene but I need you to listen to me now, you can't come with me! Your destiny is so much larger, you have to stay out here because there is something much worse coming! Liene's not finished yet, there is so much more!" He listened to her and he understood. She would be going in but he would have to remain to fight whatever it was Liene still had not revealed. He understood as he defeated more and more robotics, this was just the beginning of everything and though he had sworn to protect Meiko he had also sworn to protect his family and she could take care of herself. He nodded to her.
"I will do what you ask," he said. She believed him though a part of her mind warned her. There was so much more they did not understand yet about him, so many things that he was capable of since he could sustain the super seed. He could see more than she could if he accessed it and she wondered what he would do once he realized the power that he held. For his was fully awake and ready for him to use.
"All ZAFT forces," Jayley spoke now to her troops, "the Clyne faction is as much of your enemy as ROW, though they mask themselves as our friends they are our enemies and we are to regard them as such." Oran couldn't believe what his chairwoman was saying now, he knew that she had something against Lacus Clyne but this was ridiculous, their main focus should be ROW now!
"All ZAFT forces, heed my words, we need to protect the PLANTs from all enemies," she knew that those who were on her side would attack now and those who weren't would be forced to attack later. The hierarchy of the ZAFT forces dictated that they had to obey those over them and in this instance she was over them.
Lacus gritted her teeth at the insolence of Jayley, one of her units had gone back to ZAFT recently to keep tabs on this battle and it seemed Jayley was not dropping old grudges. She wondered how this would alter the battlefield for her family as she tried to keep above it all.
"Kiran!" he turned as he heard his name and saw on his screen it was the ZAFT pilot he had met with earlier, "you have to get out of this area, that cannon! We're moving ZAFT forces away from here because the cannon is going to fire in this direction!" Kiran was shocked at what he heard and Oran was ernest to tell Kiran what he knew. Jayley was daring enough to fire upon the Clyne faction as well as ROW in this battle. the NEA was on their side and would surely react to this.
"Thank you!" Kiran said relaying the message to Clyne faction troops to get out of this area. But he had moved just in time, the blast moved down the battlefield taking out ROW, Clyne faction and ORB troops as it went. The Redemption units had been in a different area and were unaffected.
"How dare she!" Kiran protested.
"She's not letting go," Oran responded, "she's going to destroy as many of ROW as she can and of you, she still hates your family for some reason.
"Who are you?" Kiran demanded now. He wanted to remember the name of the person who had warned him of the danger.
"I am Oran Vernon," the pilot responded.
Kira was shocked at what Jayley had just pulled, she moved her units out before anyone realized what was happening. The second shot from that cannon was weaker, probably due to the low charge up time she had given it but it was enough to cause a problem. He knew that he had to drop focus on ROW and get back to Lacus soon, the game had changed slightly and they were dealing with a lot more than they expected.
Gera destroyed both Clyne faction units and ROW units as she moved through the battlefield, indiscriminately destroying what it was she could. She had a target and it was the Eternal now, because she obeyed her leader and she knew that the sooner she destroyed the Clyne faction the sooner she could go after Meiko and Yaro.
Athrun and Shinn moved together now fighting ROW and the few ZAFT units that had the audacity to obey Jayley's orders to fight their own allies.
"This is ridiculous!" Shinn protested as he felt anger over the situation, "they listen to that idiot woman! We're here to help, not to cause harm." Athrun agreed with Shinn at this point and he was ready to respond when a blast knocked his machine off balance and he turned to see the two ROW gundams moving toward him.
"Un will finish you off," a female voice said as Ura moved her machine with Un's to fire on the two gundams that Liene had ordered them to destroy. They both smiled in sync as they had successfully thrown the legendary machines off.
"Even more ridiculous!" Shinn responded to the recent attack meeting Ura's machine as Athrun defended against Un.
"Now that everything is in place," Liene said to his commanders, "We are taking the field. They are falling into my plans perfectly, Jayley's pride will be the end of everything. Bring out the STING 2!" The commanders nodded as Liene smiled, he would win here.
The ship approached the battlefield and all turned to it's magnificence, it wasn't the same as the old STING or anywhere near it's design but it was meant for the same purpose and with that it was just as much of a danger. The large ship had four smaller cannons, all nuclear blasts that wreaked havoc as it began firing into the fray of the battlefield, disregarding it's own soldiers.
"Kira we have a problem!" Kira heard his son Yaro's voice as the dreamer backed up the Freedom.
"I know!" Kira responded when the machine stopped firing. Kira turned to see the Eternal was still up and so was the Reversal, the Minerva and the Tranquility. Yaro then noticed the black Gundam moving toward the Eternal and he sent a message to the Archangel and it's crew.
"You go father," Yaro responded, "help the Eternal. I'll get the Archangel and go after this thing! Hurry." Kira nodded as he noticed the danger as well. He only hoped Yaro was up to the challenge before him.
"I'll be back as soon as I can," Kira said as he sped off to help Lacus.
"I think we need to move now," Trey said to Leyas and she nodded to him.
"We do," she replied looking out, "because we can't afford to be divided any longer! We have to move!"
There you have the beginnings. I began with the PLANTs perspective and I introduced a new character Oran to display the view of a ZAFT solider because I realized I didn't really have any on the good side in this story. So it's begun, I jammed as much as I could for build up in this chapter, I have two more battle chapters then a wrap up for the battle and a wrap up for the entire story.
Remember
Phase 47: The Light of the Seed
Phase 48: Unbroken
Phase 49: Yaro's Path
Phase 50: Shattered
So hard to look at this and see that it's ending! So much more to come, I hope the final chapters are as epic as I've tried to make them and that they will keep delivering shocking surprises. I know Immortal is going to be a shocking story because I've rehashed it so many times that it's never going to be what it seems.
So let me know what you think about this chapter. I worked to get it out as fast as I could and I am going to work steadily on the next ones as well. So please REVIEW and let me know, seriously reading your reviews is the biggest help I can get from you to write this story.
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-WinterChill
