Fractured Universe - Chapter 53

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Gundam series, nor any of the various series which are used or referenced in my fic, so please point that damned lawsuit cannon at someone else, also, don't read this if you are not of legal age to read such material. The story contains possibly disturbing content and should not be read by close-minded people (i.e., people who are easily offended.) Everything in the story is fictional. I am also not responsible for any actions taken by people who read this story and society's problems. I do, however, own my original character; Hope Yamato.


"Oh, no." Athrun said, summing up what everyone was thinking in two words.

"Don't worry, the Borg won't be doing any repeats of the last time around." Kira replied. "We're already assembling a fleet in Typhoon sector to deal with them. We're using every possible vessel."

"Didn't Starfleet do that last time around, and the Borg still handed them their ass on a silver platter?" Athrun asked.

"Yes, but Celestial Being has upgraded the entire fleet since then." The amethyst-eyed man smirked. "The fleet will be mostly Archangel-class mobile suit carriers, Minerva-class mobile suit carriers, Prometheus-class multi-vector advanced escorts, Saber-class frigates, Vesta-class multi-mission cruisers, Sovereign-class assault cruisers, even a few of the new Excalibur-class ships, and the Defiant."

"Most of those are pretty small ships, sir." Athrun said. "What chance do they have of taking on a Borg Cube?"

"The Defiant was designed and built to fight the Borg. It's equipped with Starfleet's most advanced technology, and it will be backed up by almost every ship in both Starfleet and Celestial Being. The Phoenix is already on its way to rendezvous with the fleet. I hope that the Hydra will be there to help."

"We'll be there, sir, even if I have to pick this ship up and carry it." Athrun stated.

"I'll be watching for you." Kira replied. "Phoenix out."

The screen faded to reveal the spacedock.

"Set course for the Typhoon sector, maximum warp." Athrun ordered, quickly adding, "Raise shields, activate Energy Reflection armor, Phase Shift armor and bring all weapons online."

"Course set." Abby reported, even as the ship quickly pulled out of the spacedock

"Shields raised, Energy Reflection armor and Phase Shift armor are both online and functioning properly." The officer at the tactical console added.

"Warp Speed." Athrun ordered.

Space itself stretched around the Hydra. Superhot plasma from the warp core surged through the main engines. Then the ship was gone, leaving even the lights of the spacedock far behind.

As the suppercarrier Phoenix sped through space, Kira Yamato sat in the mess hall, eating a ham and cheese sandwhich. Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by the distinctive sound of a transporter beam activating behind him. He spun, instinctively reaching to his rear waist for his beam rifle, only to grab empty air where his beam rifle would have been if he had been wearing the weapon.

The three beings stood in a triangular formation, looking about them blankly. They were tall, probably once humans. Their skin was molted grey-black, punctured seemingly at random by various tubes and wires. Their bodies were covered in heavy black armor, interspersed with pieces of machinery. They were Borg drones, the foot soldiers of the Borg collective.

And the worst nightmare of every officer in both Celestial Being and Starfleet.

Kira hit his combadge, wishing he would have worn his beam rifle. "Attention all hands, Intruder alert. There are Borg drones onboard."

The lead drone advanced toward him, it's electronic scanner-eye running over the rank marking on his collar.

"You are the commanding officer of this vessel." It stated.

"Actually, I'm just a..." Kira began, intending to lie.

"Presenting false information is futile." The drone interrupted. "You will order your crew to stand down and prepare to be assilamated. "

"Check your grammar. That was a misplaced modifier." Kira stated.

The drone paused for a second as it ran an internal diagnostic. That second was all Kira needed to kick it in the stomach. As the drone stumbled backwards, the amethyst-eyed man utilized his god-like abilities to merge himself with the Divinity Gundam, and an instant later, the three drones found themselves face-to-face with the angelic machine's full arsenal of weaponry.

"You three will get the fuck off my ship." Kira snarled. "Either that, or I can kick your asses for my own amusement."

"Amusement is irrelevent." The lead drone responded, only for the three Borg to vanish an instant later, as Kira fired all of the Divinity's weapons. With that done, the amethyst-eyed man headed towards the bridge.

The space in front of the massive fleet suddenly seemed to tear, and a gigantic Borg Cube appeared, looming over the assembled throng of ships.

The hull appeared to be cobbled together from parts of several hundred starships, as well as the remains of several hundred other things. Kira thought he could see part of an old-fashioned skyscraper, now fused to the ship's hull. He wondered what people, on some forgotten world, had lived and worked there before the Borg had come, destroying everything in their path in their relentless quest to expand.

Suddenly, the communications lines were forced open and the speakers throughout every one of the assembeled ships announced. "We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."

"Fuck off." Kira responded, before closing the communications line. "Lexi, fire all weapons."

Fire erupted from the Phoenix's phaser arrays, positron cannons, beam cannons and linear cannons, cutting into the Borg shields. All around the huge flagship, the rest of the fleet opened fire. The U.S.S. Pittsburg, a massive Vesta-class multi-mission cruiser, spat a combination of photon and quantum torpedos toward the Borg ship, unleashing a furry that could have destroyed an entire planet.

A tiny shimmer appeared just above the Borg shields as the starship Defiant, Starfleet's most advanced battleship, dropped its cloaking device to launch a salvo of quantum torpedoes.

None of it came to any effect, however, as the cube's shields stood undaunted by the incredible furry of the fleet. Even the massive detonations of tricobalt devices, weapons which were able to vaporize a small moon by themselves, were ineffective against the ship's powerful shields.

Suddenly, it lashed out, striking the U.S.S. Carolina with a tractor beam. The giant Galaxy-class starship was dragged helplessly toward the Borg cube. A Miranda-class, a smaller starship that had been used for over eighty years, and had proven itself to be tough and reliable, dived bravely into the beam. Instantly, the aged ship melted, its hull disintegrating into droplets of floating metal.

"Fire tricobalts." Kira ordered, looking at the screen in shock. "Helm, get us in closer."

The Phoenix jumped forward, its forward launchers spitting out two of the most dangerous weapons Starfleet had ever invented. The weapons never hit, however, as a cutting beam had lashed out, striking the weapons as they flew. They crashed out of subspace, drifting and unguided.

The Phoenix cut behind a large group of Galaxy-class starships, then sprang forward. It skidded along, barely above the cube's shields, its phasers, positron cannons, beam cannons and linear cannons doing massive damage to the defenses of the Borg vessel.

Behind them, the Archangel-class mobile suit carrier C.B.S. Dominion exploded silently, victim of a cutting beam.

"Captain, their shields have been drained by less than half a percent!" The operations officer reported. "We've lost the C.B.S. Dominion, the C.B.S. Vesalius, the U.S.S. Norway and the U.S.S. Detroit, two more ships are heavily damaged. The U.S.S. Carolina is withdrawing."

"Fuck this." Kira growled, even as he stood up from his chair and swiftly moved towards the door. "Lexi, get my METEOR unit ready, and arm the temporal inversion cannon."

As soon as the Divinity Gundam, which was already equipped with its METEOR unit, shot from the Phoenix's launch bay, the massive flagship twisted violently, suddenly coming to a complete stop as a dozen brilliant blue-green beams snapped out from the cube, stopping the hapless supercarrier and slowly beginning to drag it in toward certain doom against the Borg shields.

"No you don't!" Kira roared as the angelic mobile suit effortlessly sliced through the cube's shields, ignited both of the METEOR's beam sabers and began to hack away at the tractor beam generators, destroying all of the emitters on that side of the cube within one minute and releasing the Phoenix.

Suddenly, the remaining starships, which had been focused on a concentrated attack, launched in several directions, firing their torpedoes and phasers at will, but the Borg got right in step with the numerous ships and returned fire. The Borg's firing capabilities were far more advanced than that of Starfleet's own, and the green phasers pierced through the shields of many ships, instantly destroying them and killing the crew. Large explosions pulsated through the vacuum of space.

The U.S.S Enterprise lead an attack pass with several starships behind it. The ships bombarded the cube with multiples torpedoes but minimal damage was inflicted. Captain Picard ordered the ship around for another pass. The Enterprise came within mere inches of the Borg cube and fired upon it again. Picard and his crew were astounded when their weapons pierced through the cube's defenses, the torpedoes smashing into the Borg cube's hull, sending mild explosions throughout the ship. Suddenly, the Enterprise blazed past the Borg ship, leaving rays of phaser fire behind it, the orange beams penetrating the Borg's defenses but causing little damage. The cube rumbled gently but appeared to be unharmed. The Borg vessel returned fire with its powerful energy beams. The green beams glazed against the Enterprise's shields, which easily absorbed the impact. The crew of the Enterprise held on for dear life, as the Sovereign-class starship came around for another advance.

Meanwhile, the U.S.S Farragut attacked the other advancing cube. The Farragut was followed by the Reliant, the Cochrane, the Stallion, and the Washington. All five of the Starships bombarded the cube with multiple torpedoes. The projectiles blasted into the cube's metal frame causing fiery explosions to pulsate throughout the Borg ship, and as the starships came within yards of the cube, they scattered in every direction. They looked like sparrows attacking a hawk. As the Washington flew away from the cube, the evil Borg ship fired it's phasers upon the escaping starship. The blast connected with Washington's warp engine, forcing the ship into a top spin. As the Washington spun wildly out of control, it connected with the Reliant, causing both ships to explode into dust.

The U.S.S Enterprise launched a salvo of chroniton torpedoes at the attacking Borg cube. The brilliant white projectiles launched through the starship's torpedo bay and hurdled themselves through the vacuum of space. The torpedoes smashed into the cube and sent massive explosions throughout its decks. The Borg cube instantly responded by firing its phasers at the Sovereign-class starship. The green beams glazed against the starship's hull, sending most of the crew to the floor. The Enterprise shuddered fiercely from the powerful attack, but then, the Galaxy-class U.S.S Farragut and the Intrepid-class U.S.S Cochrane came to the Enterprise's aid. They attacked the cube, sending torpedoes and phaser fire in the cube's direction. The Borg vessel rumbled from the bombardment, but quickly returned fire, with the Farragut taking most of the damage.

Meanwhile, the U.S.S Titan and many other ships fired their weapons on the other Borg cube. The second Borg cube had not made the progress that its counter-part had. It was well blocked off and under extreme amounts of firepower. Explosions cascaded throughout the Borg ship's frame, but suddenly, the cube released another green beam that connected with the Titan. The beam sliced through the Titan like a red hot knife through butter, and the ship broke apart into two pieces and exploded.

An instant later, 24 more cubes dropped out of transwarp and surrounded the already outmatched and outnumbered fleet.