A/N: As luck would have it, I got tired of using Microsoft Word for several reasons and ended back with OpenOffice. Thus the layout might have or not changed. But enough of that, I hoped you enjoyed the last chapter, Lacus reunited with Kira and the more detail into the SEED factor that the original storyline never touched on. From what I believe that is what the SEED ability, a key evolution towards Newtypes. Considering that Kira was able to use a DRAGOON system and have the Newtype flash was enough for me. So here we are with the attack onto the Eurasian Federation. People might be off put with my thoughts that the story will end in five more chapters, the way it's going it won't.
I would have released this yesterday, but it was the 7/7, which if anyone in London or Britain, or the world for that matter can remember was a dark day then, and I had to pay my respects...
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just another reader
2010-07-08 . chapter 51
It seems that Cagalli always slaps Kira after he comes close to death due to his own recklessness. LOL. One bone to pick with you...Gundam particle physics has always had ties to real-life physics. How do you explain these "creation particles", anti-gravity, etc etc? Oh and I think it would be interesting to try a Kira x Mayu lemon, kinda like having Mayu and Lacus "share" Kira. In earlier chapters, Kira's tone when interacting with Mayu suggested above-normal levels of caring and concern.
A/N: Cagalli does that because Kira is reckless and she wants to knock some sense into him, he is her twin brother. Creation Particles are the next level in particle physics, and to say that the Gundam based it's technology on real-life physics isn't entirely true. I'm not in tune with actual physics, but I don't believe that particles can bend light energy to create a stealth ability. And that a particle energy can create a shield or bend high energy. Anti-gravity is actually something that people are investigating, although it is still high up as science fiction, also it's a theory it involves nuclear reaction. The Kira and Mayu relationship is above-normal levels of caring and concern, well Mayu's feelings are that. We'll see...
Galatica SwordLady
2010-07-07 . chapter 51
wonderful truly wonderful, although this story is kinda freaking me out, as always update as soon as possible!
A/N: I wonder what's freaking you out...thanks for the review!
Blaid
2010-06-30 . chapter 51
Good work, can I also point out, Kira is more NIEVE again. I'm surprised you didn't show Krane's Telekinesis, also I need to speak to you about an idea! Keep up the Good Work!
A/N: PM me it, and thanks! It was hard that chapter!
Onwards to the story!
Opening Theme: Breaking Out, Breaking Down – Bullet For My Valentine
Phase 52 – Graveyard In Snow
April 24th C.E.76, 1001 Hours – Earth, Severnaya Zemlya Islands, Bolshevik Island, Military Base: Olympus, Command Planning Room
Kira had entered the planning room late, not that everybody was all too concerned about as they were all aware of his activity lately. He was busy helping the technicians and mechanics rebuild his damaged Judgement unit. He was sweating as it seemed he was running around the most, it wasn't something a pilot should concern himself with from views of other pilots, but Kira took pride in keeping his unit in top nosh as pilots should, just not mess around with the machinery side of it.
Everyone noticed that Lacus too was late, although she hadn't arrived. Cagalli knew what their expressions were about. "Lacus is resting for you guys don't mind?" she snapped which caused Athrun to look defensively.
He wanted to know what caused her spark, which he asked, "What's wrong Cagalli?"
She sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Sorry...i-it's nothing"
Rau, not taking the time to dwell on the scene, carried on with the meeting. "Kira take your seat quickly, we have much to discuss"
The brunette nodded and sat down next to Athrun.
"As you know, we need to put a quick end to the war, which is why we need to defeat one of our enemies in their own backyard. We received reports that the OMNI forces have started up again, and the issue with Kira attacking Krane also recommenced the war between all three sides. However that wasn't a issue as ZAFT immediately attacked the Earth Alliance once they declared an end to the cease-fire"
"The Earth Alliance also attacked as soon as ZAFT broke the cease-fire onto their own territories. So it shows they were prepared for this" Mu added, Rau nodded.
"That's why need to get rid of the biggest thorn in our side for more possible allies. Our target is the Eurasia capital Moscow"
"Moscow huh? From I heard no one had successfully taken Moscow in all of Earth's history. Especially in the Second Great War" noted Shinn resting his arms behind his head.
"You mean the Second World War?" Luna said, correcting Shinn.
"No actually Shinn is correct, it is known these as the Second Great War, as politicians consider the war at the moment as the world at war" Rey said, correcting Luna. Little Talia giggled on her father's lap and pulled on his long blonde hair.
"Huh smart ass" mumbled Luna looking away, making Stella chuckle.
Rau cleared his throat to gain the young pilots attention. "Any ways, you can debate on that after the briefing. For now we're going to make the capture of the city Moscow a reality. For what we're aware of they've prepared an invasion like the one we're about to commence for years. So we need to be clever about this"
"How are we going to be clever about this?" asked Athrun.
"Simple"
"We're going straight through them" added Kira.
Everyone gasped and looked at the brunette like he truly had lost it. "Go straight through them?" questioned Murrue. "You do know that they outnumber us ten to one. We can't afford to make a cock up on this if they achieve victory here"
"We're aware of that" replied Mu.
"That's why we're going to launch the Seraphim on a special operation to disable the nuclear reactor facility that powers their defences, east of Vorkuta. It's located at the end of the channel that leads to the base. The Seraphim will be in submarine status and enter the base near the harbour. The base is heavily defended, but that's why Canard and Mudie will assist on this mission from drop pod entry"
"Is the mission actually to destroy the facility?" asked Shinn.
"No. If we did their would a nuclear fallout" answered Kira.
"So it's to disable the actual reactor?"
"Correct"
"That's not easy. Does anybody know how to disable a nuclear reactor?" asked Rey.
"I do" spoke up Kira.
"What? We're going to let Kira disable the reactor? He's a high valued person! If the OMNI forces kill him it's all over!" protested Shinn.
"I have to agree with Shinn here Rau" agreed Rey. "If he's killed it's all over against Krane"
"That's why he's going to have an escort" countered Rau.
"The team that's going to infiltrate the reactor is composed of, Shinn, Stella, Rey and Luna" explained Mu looking at the youngest pilots in the meeting. "Shinn, you are Kira's personal bodyguard, so that's obvious, and Stella you are assigned to be under Shinn's command. Rey and Luna, it's up to you two if you do want to take part"
"I will accept the mission" stated Rey without a second thought.
Luna seemed unsure, and looked at the young girl that still played with her father's hair. "Um..."
"Luna, if you want to stay behind for Talia that's fine by fine. We'll get someone else to go with that group"
Rau rolled his eyes, a rare moment indeed which made Mu chuckle. 'So he is human sometimes'.
Luna looked defeated about the suggestion. She was about to speak up until Kira interrupted her. "I agree. Luna can stay behind, we'll organise something. Alright Luna?"
Luna sighed in defeat in Kira's objection also. "...Yes"
1224 Hours – Fallen Flagship Seraphim, Luna and Rey's Room
Luna watched as her long lost daughter played with colouring pens and paper, making drawings of her newly discovered family. She held up a picture of a stern mean looking Rau, which actually he drawn quite femininely. Luna couldn't help but laugh out loud at the picture, she then pulled her daughter to her and rubbed her arm holding the picture. "Maybe we should show it to your grandpa?"
Talia nodded quickly. "Yeah! Grandpa would love it right mummy?"
"Of course!" smiled Luna, trying to hold back the laughter she imagined Rau's annoyed face.
Suddenly Luna's younger sister entered with a smile seeing young Talia being held by Luna. "She's so cute" giggled Meyrin as she knelt in front of them.
Luna looked at Talia who looked back confused, and then looked at Meyrin again. "Mummy...who's that?"
Meyrin almost fell over in shock again, as this wasn't the first time that young Talia had asked who this person was. Luna giggled behind her daughter and wiped away a cheerful tear. "Sorry Meyrin. You know why she doesn't recognise you so well"
"Yeah...because I'm not Newtype..." sighed Meyrin. "But hopefully she'll know in time"
"This is your auntie Meyrin" explained Luna to the child, which she looked from her mother to Meyrin.
"Ah..."
Meyrin stroked her neck length blonde hair, feeling slightly annoyed about something. "She could have had your hair also..."
"You know I thought that too. But I guess Rey's blonde hair was the dominant gene in that department"
"...Luna"
"Yes?"
"You want to go on that mission with Rey and the others right?"
Luna looked at Meyrin shocked and then moved her gaze away to the blonde girl. "I, don't know what you're talking about" She then lifted her daughter up into the air where the little girl kicked around happily.
"That tone you used is familiar to me you know" stated Meyrin. "I could look after Talia when your gone"
"You make it sound like I'm going to be gone for a long time" growled Luna. Suddenly Talia started to cry, she must have understood what they were talking about. "Now now Talia, auntie Meyrin didn't mean it like that" comforted the young mother wiping away the girl's tears. After Talia calmed down, Luna looked at her sister, in thought. 'Can she really? I mean, I would like to go on that mission, I am after all part of Kira's team back in the days of ZAFT, and all of us working together would be nice...'
"I'm sure Miss Ramius wouldn't mind Talia on the bridge if I asked"
Luna thought about it hard, it would be nice, and that young Talia would spend time with her aunt, who she rarely remembers her name. "Okay. But I need to talk to Rey as well"
Meyrin smiled, which then the little girl smiled happily too. "It's nice that Rey gave her Captain Gladys' first name"
"Yeah"
Suddenly Rey walked in with his long coat off, carrying it under his arm. "Am I disturbing?"
"Daddy!" screamed Talia at the top of her lungs and ran to her father's leg.
"You know...the only bad thing is that she's completely a daddy's girl..." wined Luna.
Meyrin just laughed.
April 26th, 2237 Hours – Northern Eurasia, Near Coastline to Nuclear Reactor Plant, Seraphim, Hanger
With all the Fallen's preparations made, they waited for the assault onto the coast nearest to their Olympus base. Various Neptune-class submarines awaited the defence for the shore defences to go down, which everything was resting on the shut down on the reactor. With Luna now back in the infiltration team, they prepared for a tough battle. Although they knew of the base's location, that didn't mean that it wasn't highly protected. At least two large squadrons of Paladin units and numerous defence structures secured the site.
Kira who reviewed the map from a satellite camera shot, realised that the base was even using a Mirage Colloid Stealth System to hide the base. Various photographs then proved this as one day a building appears and within an hour it's gone. Further investigation went in and when Mobile Suits or transport vehicles went within a two mile radius of the centre of the suspected generator, they vanished. This was enough to prove Kira's theory.
"So you see we'll actually be going in blind to what they'll have" finished Kira, after explaining his investigation to his team.
"We'll ain't that nice...so how the hell are we able to shut down the reactor and expect what forces they've gathered?" questioned Shinn, looking unamused by this development.
"We have to go in anyway. We do believe that they will have some heavy fire-power also" replied Kira.
"Like?"
"Destroy units most probably"
"Great"
"But is that going to stop us Shinn?" asked Kira with a raised eyebrow and smirk. He knew all too well what Shinn's reply was.
"Of course not! I'll destroy every single of those monstrous weapons!" boasted Shinn with passion.
Rey sighed and looked away. 'So easy...' thought the blonde.
'Kira can twist poor Shinn around so easily...mind the fact that Kira knows better than anyone as our divisional officer' thought Luna hard about the past.
"Sir? How are we going to locate the reactor if it's stealthed?" asked Stella, who wanted to get back on track on the mission on hand.
The group looked at her with a curious and shocked expressions across all. Looking round, she looked oblivious to why they were staring at her like that. Shinn, who was more deeply worried took her hand and looked into her eyes. "Stella what's wrong? You seem...up tight lately"
The blonde looked away feeling awkward that everyone sensed something was up. "I-It's nothing..."
Although Kira wanted to push for it, considering he couldn't afford having Stella's mind wonder else where, or that there was something bothering her, decided to push ahead of the plan. He needed this done now, the whole of the Fallen assault force was waiting for them.
"Shinn, you can talk about this later. For now let's onto the job at hand. As for the stealth problem, the OMNI forces might have a weak link somewhere where I believe to be the weather itself"
The group looked at Kira strangely, but Rey sort of had an idea what he was talking about. However, he decided to let Kira talk, he didn't want to put down his friends.
2241 Hours – Moscow, Kremlin, Eurasian President's Office
The Eurasian President, Vladimir Krukov sat behind his desk with an impatient look on his face. The man who was the last person he wanted to meet was coming here, here of all places, the place he was least wanted the most. He snarled at the man's comment on the phone to him about three days ago, and he didn't approve of the language used on him. The just thought of that man having control over him disgusted him to the pit of his stomach.
Suddenly a knock echoed in the large white and gold office, which Krukov looked annoying at the door. "Yes?" he growled, which the aide walked in, slightly worried.
"Sir, Lord Djibril as requested" stuttered the aide.
Then the man who wore an expensive suit and white hair walked in with a gleam smirk on his face. That look instantly pissed off Krukov. "Djibril...just what the fuck do you want really?" Krukov was aware of Djibril's initial intention of coming here, but there was something that the Blue Cosmos leader wanted that Krukov could deliver.
"So hostile Krukov, after everything that's happened in your nation, the Junius 7 colony drop, the Fallen assault and rebellions spread through your collation states. It seems that people would favour being apart from the Alliance"
"That's because my people don't want to be apart of scum such as yourselves. The ZAFT and Fallen forces provide a better solution than your organisation's violent actions"
"But that's going to be a problem for us Naturals soon, the Fallen and ZAFT are comprised of Coordinators! Not to mention that they are Newtypes as well! We're soon going to be a dying breed, and those filthy space monsters will take our home away from us! You need my help Krukov!"
Krukov, unamused by Djibril's ranting looked away. "And in what way can I need your help?"
"Well, for starters, you are aware that the Fallen are planning an invasion soon correct? Into your snow filled wasteland known as Siberia? They'll take it and then head here, where they'll take Moscow into the history books!"
The just thought that a Fallen flag hoisted above the Kremlin made Krukov's blood boil. The fact that Moscow, a city never conquered would be a downright disgrace to the true Russian born man. Krukov was a man who survived the Third Great War, and moved himself into politics to secure the Russian state for good. That was until this Earth Alliance came into action. But losing his beloved city to young Newtypes, Natural and Coordinator, was not something he was looking forward to.
"So what do you propose Djibril? The fallen have to get through the defences near the coastline before making a move"
"True. That's why I had the liberty to send some of our specially trained soldiers to deal with a nasty flaw in your defence"
"You what?"
Djibril just smirked. He knew of the nuclear reactor facility, and he knew the Fallen would expose that.
April 26th, 2301 Hours – Northern Eurasia, Near Coastline to Nuclear Reactor Plant, Seraphim, Bridge
Murrue waited as the were within range of the reactor base for the go ahead for the mission. The tension of trying to disable a stealth generator, then disable the reactor itself without it getting damaged, was tricky. The base was most likely highly protected as the Eurasian forces wouldn't leave their Achilles heel exposed that easily. Her thoughts suddenly were interrupted by a cheerful cry of young Talia who was awing the controls her auntie was in charge of.
"Wow! Their so pretty!"
Murrue sighed. 'How did we become a play school?'
Meyrin noticed that Kira was pushing through, which he came on the big screen. "Are all the preparations ready? We'll begin in-"
"Uncle Kira!" cheered the little girl waving fanatically at the screen.
Kira sighed with a smile. 'Just how did Luna convince me that Talia can stay on the ship?' Shaking the thought from his mind, he looked back and cleared his throat. "We'll start in thirty seconds, prepare for battle stations!"
Murrue nodded. "Understood! Prepare for battle stations, condition Red!"
2303 Hours – Operation: Cloak and Dagger
The Seraphim rose form the icy depths and opened her MS catapults to launch the teams out at once. The Innocence and Tsuki launched with the True Destiny and Gaia Fate following straight after. The Alliance forces in the area didn't expect a straight forward attack onto the base, nor were they hoping for Gundam units either!
The Innocence moved in with it's 'Colopatiron' sword and sliced off the lower body of a Paladin unit. Then drew the 'Holy Lacerta' from the waist and blocked a beam sabre attack from another Eurasian Paladin. Then used the large steel blade to swipe the legs of the Paladin out, then drawing the 'Colopatiron' up and fired two shots at two airborne Paladin units, destroying the thruster packs, which they landed hard on the snow.
The Tsuki twirled round it's 'Rikusentai' and sliced-in-half a Paladin in the air, where it's cut up body exploded on the way down, mixing ash with snow. "The enemy are showing up from nowhere!"
"They've got to have some battle bunkers!" cried out Athrun as he drew his beam boomerang and threw it. The weapon decapitated both Paladins then drew his 'Holy Lacerta' and pierced into another Paladin.
"Then let's kick them out of there!" cried Shinn as he moved towards the edge of the base, a hatch opened and a sniper type Paladin appeared, the pilot inside cried out in shock as the True Destiny's 'Micah' palm cannon landed on the chest fired, blowing away the enemy Paladin.
Another bunker hatch opened and a Paladin holding it's beam rifle aimed at the True Destiny, but then the Gaia Fate landed on top of the Paladin and drove it's beam sabre through the unit, then breaking off to transform into it's 'wolf' like form. "There's probably more like these around the base! Shinn be careful!"
Shinn growled as he was saved by his girlfriend, but the tone she was using on him really ticked him off, it was like a strict mother lecturing her child.
Four more Mobile Suit battle bunkers appeared and all four were fitted with missile launcher packs and high powered sniper rifles. Stella gasped at the four and evaded the first barrage set of missiles which just manoeuvred away from a high powered beam shot. Then looking ahead she saw six beam Gatling gun turrets aim at her. She was surrounded by the bunkers and the turrets, no escape!
"Stella you're in too deep! Get out of there!" shouted Shinn as he carved his way through a Paladin aerial unit.
"It's too late!" cried out Stella. 'No! I can't die here! I have to finish things! I have to finish that nightmare!'
The weapons fired, and Stella closed her eyes, seeing the inevitable. But something crashed into her, and they both went down into the snow and ice. The attacks missed. Opening her eyes, she could see the snow pressed against her unit's head camera, then lifting her unit up slightly she could see the True Destiny blocking the attacks with his 'Blessed' beam shield.
"Shinn! Stella! What the hell are you two doing?" came Rey's irritated voice over the radio.
"Shut up Rey! Where the hell are you? I need back up!" shot back Shinn on the frequency.
"Dammit Shinn you causing problems!"
"Just give us a hand!"
'Shinn...I'm sorry...' thought the blonde girl as she looked up to the relentless attacks.
The Deliverance zipped past three Paladins with it's 'Damnation' beam katana and sliced all three at the chest, killing the pilot and destroying the unit easily. 'Dammit Shinn'. The white and black Gundam then aimed it's 'Ramiel' cannons and fired a full burst at the turrets. He then had to evade the beam shots from the bunkers, which the Defiance used it's beam sniper rifle, and snipped all the Paladin units inside the bunkers.
The Deliverance landed next to the True Destiny and Gaia Fate, which Rey gave a sour look at Shinn through the HUD display. "Just what the hell is going on? Stella you shouldn't be marching through in a blind attack, the orders were to secure the area!"
"Don't shout at her Rey just because she was trying her best!" defended Shinn.
"Are you guys alright?" asked Cagalli landed next to them. "What happened?"
"We'll explain later!" spat Rey. "For now we need to locate that stealth generator!"
"I-I know where it is!" Stella cried out rising the Gaia Fate to it's feet.
"Stella? How?" asked Shinn shocked.
"Because I've been here before..." spoke Stella sounding upset about something.
Shinn was about to ask how, but Rey interrupted. "Alright lead the way then...although I am wondering why you never spoke about this before..." Rey muttered the last part to himself.
The Gaia Fate moved forward, looking around for the location that identified the structure to her easily, more attacks came from their left flank, which Luna and Rey fought back with the 'Ramiel' cannons and sniper shots. Stella drew her beam sabre in a backhanded fashion and cut down a Paladin blocking her way. Shinn moved up and blocked an attack from the stealth field with his beam shield.
The attack was a powerful multi-phase beam cannon blast that took everyone by surprise. Looking over they noticed three scorpion like Mobile Armours, with a Paladin's body lying in the heavy armour itself, holding a beam cannon and a large rocket launcher like weapon. It also had a multi-phase cannon on the tail which also had large beam axe blades on for close quarters combat.
"Well, isn't that a YMAG-X7F Gells-Ghe?" wondered Luna.
Rey looked at them hard, and then realised what they were. They were in a investigation report into a Blue Cosmos weapons manufacture and distribution organisation, LOGOS. And what they found in their investigation was new weapons being built by them. Rey read the report as he was the one tasked by Rau to initialise the investigation. "No, that's a newer model. It must be the OMNI's new YMAG-X8F Hanzo Giles. Stay weary! We don't know their full operational capabilities!"
The group kept an eye on them, which then the front Hanzo Giles aimed it rocket launcher type weapon, and fired a heavy beam cannon. Rey blocked the attack, but then was struck by a rocket afterwards, blowing him back. Luna dived in drawing her beam sabre and slashed at one with a fierce war cry, but the large Mobile Armour projected a white and purplish light that blocked the attack.
"It's got a shield like a Gells-Ghe! You have to force your way through the shield!"
"I understand! But this thing is armed to the teeth!" shouted Luna jumping back from the beam blades on it's tail.
Athrun made it through the last of the Paladin units, and arrived to see the three Mobile Armours stalling the assault. Athrun watched for a bit to organise a counter attack against these Mobile Armours. Overhearing the transmissions, Athrun knew that Stella was aware where the stealth generator was located, he quickly put a plan together and moved in.
"Alright everyone! Listen up! Stella, Shinn, you two go and destroy the stealth generator! Rey, Luna, you take one of those Mobile Armours while me and Cagalli take on the other!"
"What about the third?" asked Shinn as he slashed his 'Destined Blade' onto the positron reflector, then jumped to the air after the MA fired its multi-phase cannon at him.
"It'll be covered" replied Athrun looking at the timer. 'And yet they were delayed by the Eurasian Federation space fleet'
Just then Rey moved in with his beam katana and struck the wall of light. "These shields are annoying!" Rey growled, with a feral meaning behind it. Flipping over a crusher arm swing, the Deliverance saw an opening and fired it's 'Jophiel' assault rifle over the MA. But the swerved aside, making Rey even more annoyed. "I didn't think they were that manoeuvrable!"
Luna drew her two 'Haste Cleanse' beam pistols and fired manically at the shield that was brought up. "They're not going to go down so easily are they?" she cried.
Athrun brought the 'Colopatiron' sword onto the other Mobile Armour unit's shield. "Well we got to try harder then!"
The Tsuki aimed it's 'Dieshin Dan' buster rifle at the Mobile Armour that Athrun challenged and locked onto it. "Athrun now!"
The emerald eyed man realised Cagalli's intention and shifted back, with Extended pilot inside seeing his opportunity to take down the Innocence, but alarm warnings indicated from a threat above. Raising the shield he looked up to block a golden powerful blast, which shifted the Hanzo Giles back.
"Dammit! It blocked that attack too? Shit!"
"Keep your cool Cagalli, you were close...we just got to keep trying!" roared Athrun drawing out his javelin the other hand. "They will fall!"
Meanwhile, Stella and Shinn made their way to what Stella can remember the stealth generator's location. 'It's next to a v-shaped large glacier...that's where I saw it...and heard the soldiers talk amongst themselves about it...'
Suddenly Shinn sensed danger and shoved the Gaia Fate away to evade blue and crimson beam attack from their purser. "Fucking hell...stop following us you bastard!" roared Shinn as he fired his two beam cannons from his shield armaments. The attacks proved fruitless as the bright shield came and stopped the attack. "Fucking cheaters...fight fair!". The True Destiny leapt forward and threw it's extensional arm forward to be stopped by the shield again. But activating the palm cannon he forced his way through slowly which the Hanzo Giles grabbed onto the arm and threw the entire Gundam unit up and slammed it to the ground, aiming it's beam chainguns at him.
Stella panicked as the True Destiny laid their motionless. 'Shinn get up! Fight back! Shinn!' She moved her Mobile Suit forward but then heard a chuckle from Shinn's cockpit through the comms.
"Heh...got ya".
Then the crusher arm exploded throwing the Hanzo Giles back. The Extended pilot looked shocked at his unit's destroyed arm. He tried to think back to how this happened, how did he lose his unit's arm in that situation where the true destiny looked defeated?
The Gaia Fate landed next to the True Destiny, with Stella shocked herself how Shinn pulled this off. She then activated her video link through her HUD to Shinn who smirked at his trick. 'How...did Shinn do it?'
Shinn straightened his unit and smirked again. "You should have remembered that my unit's arm are extensional, with a palm cannon. Looks like someone hasn't done their research into their enemy well enough". Shinn remembered that fault, he always didn't research what his enemies were capable of, and it was that two years training with Kira during the peace that he brushed up on his fault, a matter he clearly improved on. "And I know that crusher arm of yours can't harm Phase-Shift equipped units. That was your fault!" The True Destiny drew both it's large anti-ship swords, the 'Destined Blade's. "And now I'm going to fucking cut you up!"
The red and white Gundam sped forward with it's DIVINE System activated and the Wings of Eternal Light gushing out Mirage Colloid particles, an illusion of the True Destiny swept forward, confusing the pilot as he fired it's tail's multi-phase cannon but it was sliced off with the real True Destiny from above, then the back two legs fired their multi-phase cannons but the Destiny unit flipped over and landed in front of the Hanzo Giles.
"You bastard!" screamed the Extended pilot as he fired the beam chainguns at the True Destiny, but the beams went through like a ghost. "What?". Then the Hanzo Giles was was stabbed from above and carved in half by the real True Destiny. The unit fell into two with the Paladin unit inside ejected still holding it's beam cannon and beam bazooka weapons. "You fucking twat!"
The True Destiny looked hard at the Paladin unit. It no longer had the advantage, it's main weapons platform gone, and no aerial ability left it carrying it's heavy weapons. "Let's finish this!"
The True Destiny moved in sheathing the large swords, then the red and white unit drew it's 'Shining Destiny' weapons. The Paladin unit aimed at the charging Gundam and fired it's main heavy beam cannon which looked to engulf the True Destiny.
Stella didn't believe that Shinn would go down after the stunts he pulled earlier as saw two of the 'Shining Destiny' boomerang weapons came around the beam blast and sliced off the arms of the Paladin. "W-what? Impossible!"
Then the True Destiny landed behind the Paladin and caught the two weapons, and slashed in a cross action, slicking the unit into four across the chest. "Nothing is impossible..." noted Shinn.
The Deliverance landed back with a feral growl escaping Rey's mouth. He knew what these were capable of, but this hard, he wished he had Shinn around with his DIVINE system. The Deliverance's DIVINE system however could attack around but he need to stay still to use it properly, and the Hanzo Giles wasn't letting him have a chance.
The Defiance fired her beam pistols fanatically, but the positron shield blocked all attacks, making Luna frustrated too. "There's no point around the unit that could open up easily for an attack"
"Then we need to create one" stated Rey. "If you can distract him long enough I'll finish this". The Deliverance swerved away from the enemy's tail cannon's and returned fire with the assault beam rifle.
"You sure?" questioned Luna as she jumped away from the beam chainguns attack.
"Don't question it Luna! Just do it!"
Luna scowled. "He didn't have to be mean" she muttered under her breath. The Defiance drew out four timed mines and threw all four at the shield, which exploded on a timer of three seconds, creating a smokescreen for the Deliverance to charge and activate it's DIVINE system.
The Hanzo Giles steam-rolled through the smokescreen and knocked the Defiance down with it's crusher arm, with it's thermal energy activated. Rey stared angrily at the Hanzo Giles, and threw Mirage Colloid particles at the MA, the shield went up as the Extended pilot was alarmed to an incoming threat. The Mirage Colloid particles clashed on the shield, but went through and sliced the body in half. Because of the shield, it dispersed some of the particles which prevented an accurate strike.
"Luna now!" cried out the blonde throwing his katana blade towards the Hanzo Giles. "Finish it!"
The Defiance quickly got back onto it's feet, which it charged and jumped, grabbing the katana in mid flight and preformed a jumping slash finish driving the blade through the Paladin unit. The unit exploded due to the extend of the damage it sustained, which the Deliverance landed next to the Defiance. "I thought you said you were going to finish this?" asked Luna with a smile.
Rey sighed. "Some say it's best for a woman to blow some steam on something, thus forth the destruction of this Hanzo Giles"
Luna looked angrily at her lover. "So this was to blow some steam? You know what? It didn't work!" she growled.
"Obviously not" replied Rey rolling his eyes.
"Hey! Don't roll your eyes at me!"
'Great...I have to put up with this for the rest of my life...maybe she'll grow out of it?' thought Rey. He looked at the violet redhead who pouted at him, like a told off child. Then again maybe not...' thought the blonde with his head dropped, with a large sweat drop.
Athrun and Cagalli had a better time with their foe than Rey and Luna, mainly because Cagalli was providing the heavier support for the Innocence to get close to the Hanzo Giles. The Tsuki's buster rifle kept the Hanzo Giles pinned down whilst Athrun looked for openings. 'It's a three hundred and sixty degree defence. Something like a creation shield from ZAFT, but like all defences their not perfect, and this is a lead example. He can't counter-attack whilst having that active, and he can't move. Simple enough, but it's breaking through that an issue. Hold on, it uses positron particles to shield itself!'
Athrun replayed an event in his mind back when they were fighting off ZAFT when a ZAKU Knight fired it's positron cannon at the Innocence whilst having it's DIVINE system activated. The attack repelled and the Gundam was unharmed.
'Idiot. Should have know this better at the start'. Athrun charged the DIVINE system. "Cagalli, keep him down, use your weapon pods if you have to!"
"You got it". The Tsuki then released it's disc shaped DRAGOON units and gripped onto it's 'Chi Ta' beam pistol and fired volley after volley at the Hanzo Giles, which prevented it's movement.
The Innocence jetted towards it with the experimental particles covering it's body, making it glow a bright white colour and put the thrusters into overdrive making the Innocence disappear, then reappear next to the Hanzo Giles with it's 'Colopatiron' sword at a position it had just swiped. The Hanzo Giles fell into two leaving the unit to explode as it's power core was destroyed.
"Great work Athrun!"
"It's a shame"
"What?"
"That the pilot inside couldn't be saved"
"Huh?"
Shinn and Stella continued on route to where Stella remembered where she believed was the stealth generator, they then came to a v-shaped glacier. While Stella thought of the exact location, Shinn couldn't help but 'feel' a presence somewhere around, it was a dark aura from what Shinn could feel. The Gaia Fate pressed it's hand against something solid but it gave off a distortion of particles. Stella found it.
"Shinn, get back. I'm going to destroy the generator now" instructed Stella.
Shinn moved back and watched the Gaia Fate lock drew out it's 'Balaena 2' railguns, and aimed with the 'Twin Purify' beam rifles. The black Gundam fired all the weapons including it's 'Pure Calidus' the invisible structure took the hits and was set in flames, and before long the structure exploded. Soon the wide range particle effect suddenly started to drop, it was like it was peeling off the layer skin to the true appearance of the base.
But what caught Shinn's sudden attention was the large Destroy unit next to a large reactor facility. He also noticed the hatch to the Destroy closed, and the eyes flashed red with rage. The machine was awake and angry. "Stella the Destroy is moving!"
Stella looked to see the monstrous unit hover off the ground. "We didn't get told that a destroy unit would be here!"
"We didn't get told those new Mobile Armours were here also!"
If it was one thing the Fallen despised, it was a Destroy unit. The large and expensive Mobile Armour was practically an unstoppable force of nature. And it's light-wave shield was a pain in the ass. Just then Shinn realised what building the Destroy Mobile Fortress was protecting.
"The nuclear reactor...Stella contact the others! We need to defeat this fucker before infiltrating the reactor!". Just as Shinn mentioned that, the Deliverance and Defiance arrived. "Well that was fast..." mused Shinn.
"The last line of defence" stated Rey. "Let's get this over and done with so we can get the invasion force ashore"
Shinn nodded. But a message came through from Athrun. 'New objective. Protect the Judgement as it makes its way toward the reactor. Purifier and Vengeance en route to your location'
"You got that?"
"Yeah. Well orders are orders"
"You aren't getting away" snarled the Extended pilot inside. Suddenly his artificial sixth sense picked up two new foes above him, where he activated the lightwave to block the Purifier's 'Uriel' heavy particle beam cannon. "More prey!"
The Vengeance's 'Criss-Cross' beam wires landed on the shield but failed to get through, which the HERMES system then glided the red and blue Mobile Suit away from the Destroy's fingertip beam cannons. "Why is it we get the big guy?" asked Mudie irritated.
The Purifier released it's DRAGOON 'Sammeal' pods and used three to project a shield to block an enemy attack from the fingertip cannons. "Does it matter? Let's just take care of it!" Suddenly Canard noticed something, something that could go seriously wrong if the missed. "We need to get the Destroy away from the reactor! If it explodes or we miss and damage it, it could go nuclear. And dying here isn't an option"
Mudie agreed. They need to either disable the unit or move it somehow, and moving a Mobile unit if that size and weight was impossible. "So how do you want to do this?"
"Simple. We get him really, really pissed off which makes him move away from the reactor. We need to clear the way for Kira to get inside"
"Simple enough I suppose..." frowned Mudie.
The Destroy deployed it's large hand weapon pods which gave chase to the Purifier, but with Canard's excellent marksmanship he shot one down easily with his beam bazooka, and air rolled away from the five beams from the other flying hand. Then dived forward and impaled the remote weapon with his 'Purging Fire' beam javelin, then kicked it away fall into ash.
Mudie was then pursued by missiles which she shot the first two with her 'Burst Cleanse' in rifle mode, then changed to shotgun mode and shot most of the rest down in a rapid Spaz shotgun state. The slashed the remaining three with the 'Criss-Cross' wires.
"So, how do we draw him away?"
"Just pest him like a fly"
"...That's a nice way to put it..."
The Vengeance repeatedly slashed at the lightwave shield with the beam wires, and the Purifier blasted the top with the dual beam bazookas. Which from Canard's activation of his sleeping SEED ability, he could feel the annoyance of the pilot inside. "Fall back, let's see if he'll follow us now". As the two moved away, the Mobile Armour changed into it's Mobile Suit form and fired all it's heavy beam weapons at them.
"Nope! That didn't work!" declared Mudie shielding against the rapid attacks.
"C'mon you fucking pest! Move!"
"Mudie, Canard, let me help!" came Kira's voice.
"Kira?" the two said in unison.
"I'll use the Judgement's DIVINE system to teleport him away from the base, just hang onto as well!"
The Judgement came up behind them, with it's arm missing and the side armour plate that stored it's 'Sammeal' pods missing too. "You sure that's possible?"
"In theory"
"In theory? That's great to know" moaned Mudie.
"You got a better idea?"
"Nope. But any idea at this moment is a good one!" she cried as she manoeuvred away from another attack.
"Then let's go!". The Judgement, Purifier and Vengeance steam rolled towards the Destroy dodging and barrel-rolling away from the Destroy's repeated attacks. The Destroy pilot looked astonished at the three units charge, he believed they were mad! The three then clashed into the lightwave shield and pushed their beam shields on and thrusters to full, forcing their way inside, where the Purifier and Vengeance rested their hands onto the Judgement, as the white and gold Gundam placed both of it's hands onto the Destroy. "Hold on!"
The DIVINE system in the Judgement activated, with the spill of Mirage Colloid particles flooding around all four units, and in a blink they vanished to where Kira 'shifted' everyone to remote place outside about six miles away from the base. The Destroy landed in the snow, with the other three hovering above it.
"That should have done it for you guys. I'm going back to shut down the power" explained Kira moving away as the Destroy started to aim it's cannons.
"Go on. We'll make quick work on this guy!" declared Canard.
"Alright". The Judgement started to charge the DIVINE system, and then distorted the space around him and vanished.
"Next time...if he offers to take us somewhere with the DIVINE system...I'll decline..." groaned Mudie as she felt unwell.
Then the two separated as the mass of beam cannons fired upon them. "Let's end this now Mudie. I don't want to keep the others waiting any longer!" shouted Canard firing beam bazooka and heavy particle cannon with the 'Sammeal' pods, which clashed on the lightwave shield and exploded violently. The force made the unsteady giant unbalance making his next target unable to be locked on.
The Vengeance charged in with it's 'Divine Cleanse' high energy wide-spread cannon in hand. The Destroy seeing the weapon instantly knew what Mudie was up to and aimed it's three chest multi-phase cannons in her direction. Canard sensed the Destroy pilot's intention and activated the Purifier's DIVINE system and formed a shield right in-front of the chest cannons. Once the Extended pilot pulled the trigger the the beams clashed against the Mirage Colloid produced shield, and a chain-reaction and exploded, damaging the chest cannons and forcing the Destroy back again on the ice and snow. The extended, really annoyed looked up to see the Vengeance in front of him, with the 'Divine Cleanse' beam cannon in hand.
"W-wait!" cried out the pilot.
"There's no turning back as an Extended" stated Mudie before pulling the trigger and the wide green beam covered the torso, which it exploded and the Destroy fell in two, which the two pieces then followed in the flames and explosions.
"Let's head back Mudie. We need to finish securing the area" stated Canard.
"Yeah"
Back at the Base, Seraphim
Whilst the Gundams and Mobile Suits were dealing with the assault, the main battleship had to deal with the enemy ships in harbour and other spurious Mobile Suits around.The Seraphim locked onto another vessel that tried to leave the harbour and counter-attack the assault. The dual 'Tristan' beam cannon easily took care of that. Murrue concentrated on cutting down the enemy ships that could prove to be with a problem.
"The Judgement has arrived at the reactor facility" informed Meyrin.
"Good. We're getting close to the objective" replied Murrue.
Mu who believed to be going out, instead was on stand by, remained on the bridge. He watched as the enemy tried to counter-attack but they were holding out against most of the enemy units. Another reason why he was on stand by was Kira's request as he was also a brilliant tactician on the bridge. He noticed that the forces they were dealing with did not react quickly enough to the attack, but that was a good thing on their side.
Bart Heim who remained on the ship from the Minerva due to personal reasons, noticed that they had two large land based battleships heading towards them. The identity of those land crawlers came up almost instantly as Bart saw them. "Two Alliance Hannibal-class land battleships heading this way! Red 90!"
"Two? They must have been on patrol" noted Murrue. "We better head them off, otherwise they'll interfere with the operation with the reactor. Malik, Arnold, take us up. We're going to intercept the two vessels at once"
Malik Yardbirds, also a member from the Minerva who stayed on for his own reasons, nodded in confirmation. "Yes ma'am". Arnold and Malik are both the helmsmen of the of the ship, which helped with shifts, but Malik was in control as he was well more experienced and aware of this ship and it's movements.
The Seraphim moved up and flew towards the location of interception. "We need to cover ourselves, use that snow like valley as cover, I'll go out in the Akatsuki and when you fire you missiles, I'll launch" instructed Mu.
Murrue looked at him, and noticed that look in his eyes, they were sparkling with a plan, which Murrue long enough to trust his plans, after all he did make the impossible, possible didn't he?
"Alright. Just be careful alright?" she said with a soft smile.
"Hey, it's me" joked Mu as he left the bridge.
"You got the idea Arthur?" asked Murrue, which he gave a nod. "Good, then take the bridge into lock-down, these things are heavily armoured. And there might be heavy damage, they also carry Mobile Suits, so go into Mobile Suit battle status as well"
"Understood ma'am. We'll attack with the 'Neo-Neidart' from behind the snow, and then pull up to engage with the main cannons"
Murrue nodded with confirmation. "Good"
"Approximately five miles to engage" Bart informed.
"Understood. Take the bridge into lock-down"
And the lights dimmed as they were lowered down into the operations room about three decks, with six other operators ready to begin the attack.
"Three miles" Bart updated.
"The 'Neo-Neidarts' ready" confirmed Arthur. "Main cannons charged"
"Two miles"
"Commander La Flaga ready in the Ataksuki, and waiting conformation to launch" Meyrin added.
"Launch the Akatsuki" passed Murrue.
"Roger"
"One mile!" Bart confirmed.
"Fire the 'Neo-Neidarts'!"
"Understood!"
Eight 'Neo-Neidarts' launched which passed over the snow valley and travelled towards the second Hannibal-class battleship, striking it's side before the CIWS systems could retaliate. Fire and smoke sputtered out of the side, which the engines of the Hannibal-class slowed down to 40%. Then the golden Gundam came over the snow and charged, the two battleships released as many as Paladin units as they could, which then the Seraphim came out of the valley. The two cannons aligned onto the damaged Hannibal-class, the 'Tristan' heavy beam cannons fired and destroyed the damaged carrier before it had a chance to launch any more Paladins or retaliate.
The other Hannibal-class carrier opened it's dome hatch and deployed a Destroy in Mobile Armour mode. And it's six main cannons targeted the Seraphim and fired, but the Akatsuki had launched with the 'Shiranui' pack, and launched it's weapon turrets and formed a shield around the Seraphim blocking the attack.
Murrue knew that the Hannibal-class battleship was better to be removed. "Prepare the 'Tannhäuser' for firing, target is the remaining Hannibal-class!"
The ship manoeuvred around and targeted the remaining land battleship. "Enemy vessel locked on"
"Fire!"
The 'Tannhäuser' fired with the positron beam was dead on target. Until the Destroy got in the way and activated the lightwave shield.
"Damn, that was not I hoping on" growled Murrue.
The demolished carrier suddenly sprung to life, and rubble shifted to reveal a half damaged Destroy. "Great, two?" Arthur cried. "This isn't good, we only have one Gundam unit against two Destroy units and the Hannibal-class. This isn't looking good"
The atmosphere in the operations room was dire, and hopes were down. If it was one, being outnumbered and out gunned downed the spirits of the younger crew in there the most. Murrue looked around, and strangely felt the despair in here, she grunted and stood up.
"Don't give up. We need to defeat them to prove we are willing to die for the true peace we're searching for" announced Murrue. "We must never falter, the pilots in those Gundams, and Mobile Suits are risking everything! And so, we must our lives also to help them push forward, towards victory and peace!"
Everyone was silent and shocked, which was broken by young Talia who was now strapped into the spare seat where it was next to the tactical map table was. "Yeah! Daddy and Mummy are fighting the bad guys! I want to help! I want to help!"
Murrue smiled. Although the child indeed could not do anything considering her age, she admired the courage she displayed. Meyrin smiled proudly at her niece as well, she was indeed taking after her parents. "Like Talia said we will help them in every way we can by defeating these units and that warship!"
Meyrin walked over to Talia who was still uneasy about not given any job. The aunt patted her niece and smiled sweetly at her. "You are helping Talia, you're a part of this ship. So you are helping your mummy and daddy"
Talia thought about it and smiled happily. "Yeah!"
Murrue looked and her options, she needed this ship intact and make sure they don't sustain any casualties. The best way to this was something that Murrue would risk. But it could work, in theory. She picked up her headset, and asked Meyrin to patch her through to the Akatsuki. "Mu, I have a plan...but we need your help"
Mu who listened well to what Murrue had to say was about to call it crazy, but he was distracted by two more Paladin units as they closed in with their beam sabres. The Akatsuki drew it's beam sabre and cut down the two. Mu had defeated almost all the Paladins that attacked them, they were ill equipped for the job, which Mu believed they were probably rushed to get them out was the cause. He groaned as he had no other choice these three large targets were a serious problem.
"Alright, I'll go with it. Just be careful though".
"Thanks". Murrue placed the headset down and stood up again careful as Malik evaded the attacks from the Destroy and Hannibal-class vessel, by diving into the valley again. "Alright he's the plan..."
Meanwhile Talia looked at the map, and noticed the group of blue dots right net to each other, with each labelled, Judgement, Innocence, Tsuki, True Destiny, Gaia Fate, Deliverance and Defiance. She wondered what they were or meant. But her thoughts were brought away by a almost shocked scream.
"What?" cried out Arthur in shock standing up after hearing the plan.
"Listen, if we are going to destroy that monster, then we have to do it!"
Arthur backed down, he smirked though as he sat down, it was like the old times with Captain Gladys.
"Malik start the ascend"
Malik also was unsure of this, but he was just following orders, and he had a little faith in this. The ship jetted quickly out of the valley and into the sky, and like Murrue predicted, the Destroy started to move forward to get a better aim. The ship climbed higher and higher, with Talia thinking this was great, completely unaware of what was actually happening.
Neumann looked at the screen, gripping hard on the seat. "Approaching 40,000ft!"
"Make a dive now!" ordered Murrue.
Upon hearing the order, Malik pushed hard on the controls, but the force and speed they were going at slowly made them change the angle, Neumann assisted in pushing the co-pilot's controls which the ship dipped further until at the desired point of the plan. Everyone gripped hard onto something as the force of gravity and the nose dive made everyone's stomach's turn and lift horribly.
The ship descended quickly, with Neumann reading the height. "29,000ft!"
"Where's the Destroy?"
"Next to the valley!" reported Bart.
"Good. I got where I want you! Arthur the weapons! Aim at the Destroy including the 'Tannhäuser', save the 'Tristan' cannons though till later!"
Arthur nodded, feeling rather sick made the simple confirmation on the terminal and targeted the Destroy, minus the 'Tristan'.
"17,000ft!"
"Fire!" screamed Murrue.
Arthur fired all the weapons, the 'Tannhäuser', some Neo-Neidart, and the 420mm triple barrelled heavy beam cannon at the Destroy, and much to disheartened the weapons struck the lightwave shield, but something he noticed instantly made him smirk. The Destroy was close to the deep valley where the force of the weapons on the shield placed more pressure and heat onto the snow and ice below him, which they gave way. The Destroy tumbled down the small avalanche.
"Fire again Arthur!"
In doing so, the 'Tannhäuser' fired again with a direct hit onto the Destroy, it went up smoke and the crew cheered, half hearteningly from the fall still.
"Pull up!"
Malik and Neumann pulled hard with all their might, which the Seraphim pulled out of it's nose dive, and headed straight for the Hannibal-class land battleship.
"Fire the 'Tristan' at the Hannibal-class!"
Arthur engaged and unleashed the main cannons, which the crew on the Alliance ship were totally unprepared for it and were easily struck by the attack, four large holes were sustained and with the Seraphim flying overhead like a low flying jet pushed the ship almost on it's side, but that didn't happen as it exploded with debris and shrapnel falling everywhere.
Seeing the Seraphim successfully destroying both the Destroy and Hannibal-class, Mu couldn't help but smirk, his woman, sole mate, had made the impossible possible! Now what was left was the damaged Destroy. He eyed with a sorry expression, the unit was practically useless, it was missing it's right hand and most of the saucer shape backpack was damaged making it unable to change into Mobile Suit mode, the dual beam cannons on top were trashed by the crumbling steel from it's mother ship. However, the extended pilot would rather die then admit defeat, which Mu would honourably give him.
The Ataksuki moved all it's weapon pods to the Destroy and fired all over the unit in key weak points, making the stumble as the hover jets gave out forcing it to land on it's feet. The golden dawn Gundam charged in, with it's beam sabre in hand, seeing the Destroy's defences wide open, he slammed the beam sabre into the cockpit, which Mu sighed, he felt the life inside die out, like a candle light blown out.
"Another one bites the dust" Mu said in an emotionless tone. "Poor kids, they didn't deserve this"
0147 Hours – Eurasian Power Supply Base, Nuclear Reactor Control Centre
The defences inside the plant was gone just like the defences outside after the battle, no one opposed the group as they ran for their lives, but they were soon captured and rounded up by the Purifier and Vengeance that were outside waiting for something like this to happen. Kira entered the plant's system and immediately started to power down the reactor's power supply to the defences and other bases that prevented an easy shore assault into Siberia.
Kira sighed. It was done, and to his honestly, he was rather worried about this. 'There was more of an tough opposition than I thought, but then again can you predict this? It's basically predicting the weather on the exact time of day'. Kira turned to his team, and discovered he was missing two of them.
Rey noticed this and sighed. "Stella wondered off, and Shinn followed, they were discussing something and she looked upset" he explained, although he was curious he was also worried, not that he wanted anyone to know.
Luna groaned at her boyfriend's cold nature. 'Why is he like this? Normally he would be more caring than this, all of sudden he more cold and aggressive lately'
Kira however was annoyed. "And you didn't tell me this why?"
Rey looked like he just tread on dangerous territory. "B-because of the mission"
Kira let out an annoyed sigh. "You don't know the other significance of this base do you?". The two looked at one another, rather confused and unsure. "This was also a Extended facility, and graveyard"
Luna covered her mouth in shock, while Rey looked pale.
0156 Hours – Outside, Secret Underground Bunker
It was dark, cold and had the stench of death lingering over the entire underground complex. Shinn had to go back to the True Destiny and brought back some torches, where they explored the cavern tunnels. It seemed that the place was operational until recently, about an two to three hours ago. Shinn was confused to how Stella knew of a place like this. 'She was part of the Alliance once, but did she come a remote and desolate place like Siberia, and if so, what purpose?'
He scanned his torch around and they came to a open cavern. Walking in, he saw something that created flashbacks to that time back at that island. The place that was filled with massive tubes, with children and teenagers inside, linked to computers and gave out readings. But then again, they were all killed, most likely to some sort of compromise safety protocol. They floated lifelessly, with the heart monitor giving that never-ending beep of no response from the subject.
Stella gave an angry cry and punched the glass tube, which cracked under her raging strength. She started to hold in the tears, and bared her teeth in fury. Shinn then understood where they were, they were in an secret underground Extended facility, probably a place where Eurasia created their Extended platoons. He placed his hand on her shoulder, which she whipped round and buried her face into his chest, hands balled up and thumping his body.
"Bastards, bastards, bastards, bastards, bastards, bastards, bastards!" she then started to cry out, with each thump into her boyfriend's chest. He stood there and received them, allowing her to take her anger on him. The tears came.
He wrapped his arms around her, to comfort her in a place where Stella was grown up in and trained in the art of killing Coordinators. The place that took away her humanity.
"I'm here Stella, I'm here okay?" he whispered trying to comfort. Below his hidden anger, he displayed a calm and caring face. He bottled it so he could try and calm her. He was angry that another place like this existed. How many where there? And how did they gather so many children to conduct these inhuman experiments and conversions into killing human CPU's?
Stella leaned back and looked into her boyfriend's ruby eyes. "Thank you Shinn..." she sniffed. The she looked round to see more of the dark hall. It was similar to the Lodonia lab at the minor islands of Create, where death was the reeking smell that lingered. Stella couldn't hold it, she let the tears fall again. So many painful memories.
-Flashback-
1st March C.E.67, 1459 Hours - Lodonia, Research and Development Department
Stella stood over the corpse of her fallen enemy, an enemy she never intended or dreamt of killing in her life. It was girl about her age, she had long blue almost black hair, brown eyes and a pale complexion. They were good friends, were good friends. The two Earth Alliance soldiers moved slowly in, with slight uncomfortable feeling in their eyes at Stella. Who could have blamed them? They fought like animals and to be at the age, playing with knives as the instructor says. They picked up the body and left with it.
Stella looked at where she claimed victory over her victim. She slashed with the combat knife at her the girl's throat, making it a slow painful death. A sight Stella almost couldn't bare to watch. Her eyes became watery and she started to shake a little.
"Well done Stella!" shouted out the instructor, clapping his hands. "You have moved up in the world! You are truly a Level 4 Extended!". The man then turned to the scientist next to him. "What level was her friend?".
"She was a Level 4 also" he replied not interested in his question, but the results he was getting on his hand-held HUD computer.
The instructor turned back around to see Stella's back. "Good Stella! You progressed well! You shall make an excellent soldier for this blue and pure world".
Stella didn't pay attention to his words, she just shivered still as tears rolled down. "I'm sorry Rebecca..." she quietly said to her friend, hoping her soul was around still to hear it.
-End of Flashback-
That memory hadn't left her, not at all. And Stella couldn't let it go, it was the turning point in that time that she was injected with a higher drug dose, which lead her to the Phantom Pain squadron.
Suddenly they heard footsteps behind them, and the two looked to see an Alliance soldier, about a year younger than both of them, pointing his M9 gun at them. A evil, twisted smile was on his face, with stains of blood on it. He was holding onto his chest, where he received a injury from the battle earlier on. He was chuckling evilly to himself, almost in a maniacal way.
"Fucking...Fallen Angels...You think..." he stops to cough, but his aim with his weapon didn't shift. "That you...can win? You're...in for a surprise, oh yes you are!" he laughed louder. "Djibril...will make sure of that..." He pulled the firing pin back, and smiled even more. "But before that...I'll kill you fucking bastards!"
The sound of a gunshot echoed through the icy caverns, and blood splattered over Shinn and Stella, with the Extended fell to the ground. His brains were blown out, from a brunette from behind. Kira lowered his Glock, and made his way to the couple. "I'm lucky to have found you. I feared the worst" he said, with worry clearly in his voice.
Stella cringed at the sight of Kira, and looked away. "Why? Why did you have to shot him? You could have tried to restrain him...and tried to help him, but you shot him without a second thought!" she screamed at him and started to run away, but Kira gripped onto her wrist.
"You think I had time to stop him? Like shot him in the kneecap? He would have shot you two on the floor, ignoring his pain. That was what the Extended were trained for, weren't they? You should know"
"That's enough Kira!" snarled Shinn, glaring at his teacher and acting older brother.
Kira looked at him, and ignored the glare. "You think I wasn't aware of this place? I came here, not to shut down the reactor only! I came here to put a stop into this ridiculous operation that the Alliance conducted!"
The two teenagers looked at the older one, with shocked expressions.
"I however...wanted to save these children from the fate..." he looked at the glass container of a dead little girl. "You think that I don't care, and think their animals?"
The two looked down, they never considered what Kira was actually intending. But would they know?
"I failed. I can't protect the weak and innocent like a swore to do, back when I accepted my position as the leader and Deity of the Fallen Angels...you have no idea. How much this hurts me also"
Stella released the tension in her arm and walked to Kira and wrapped her arms around him. "I'm sorry...I'm sorry. I just, I just thought-"
"We thought, that you didn't change! Only for that moment!" shouted Shinn wrapping his arms around Kira also.
"G-guys" stuttered the brunette clearly shocked by this.
"We're sorry!" the cried out in unison.
"It's okay, I'm sorry too...maybe...I'll now go that extra mile, to save them now" smiled Kira placing his hands on the two's heads, like a father comforting his scared children.
Outside
As the trio left the bunker, a team of Immortal Commando units outside came to attention for the officers. Kira approached them, let them at ease. "You are to gather the bodies of all the Extended. We're going to put them in the morgue of the ship, understand?"
The Commando nodded, and signalled all his team to follow with flash lights.
"And if you find a survivor...try to restrain him, got it?"
The Commando leader nodded again and went down.
Rey then walked to Stella, the snow crunching under his boots. "Stella, I'm sorry for not...um..." Rey was lost for words. He somehow thought it was his fault not actually knowing about the truth of this place. He looked down like a told off child in embarrassment.
"Jeez, you're so bad at apologising aren't you" whined Luna looking away annoyed.
Stella however smiled. "It's okay. I'm sorry for telling any of you. And I'm sorry Shinn, for snapping at you earlier in battle"
Shinn produced his own smile, but a warm one that smoothed Stella. "It's okay" Shinn then pulled her into an embrace. "Just, no more secrets okay?"
Stella nodded happily with a smile.
0232 Hours – Seraphim, Officer's Mess
Luna, Rey, Shinn and Stella made their way back into the mess square to grab a quick drink before resting. That was when they found Talia laughing and jumping around the room in all excitement, while Meyrin was fast asleep on the sofa. Luna and Rey gave a dumbfounded look, then changed to anger, the babysitter was asleep and the child was waypast her bedtime!
Luna was the first to approach her sister and kick her hard in the shin. The younger Hawke girl yelped in pain and looked angrily at the culprit. "What was that for?"
"Why is Talia not asleep and you were just now!" demanded Luna, which caused Talia, Rey, Shinn and Stella to quiver in fear.
Talia ran to her dad's leg and hid behind it. "Mummy so scary" she whispered in fear.
"Your telling me" added Shinn.
"I didn't believe that a bubbly woman like was so...frightening" agreed Stella.
"You guys have no idea" sighed Rey with his head dropped.
The Hawke sisters then talked a bit more calmly and Meyrin explained the reason from not leaving the poor girl alone in battle stations, to the epic drop from 40,000ft. "And she enjoyed that so much that she couldn't get to sleep!" moaned Meyrin. "I tried everything"
Luna sighed. "Oh great we got a hyperactive daughter to deal with" said Luna looking at her blonde boyfriend, which the girl then jumped up and down next to her father.
"I can't sleep! I can't sleep! I can't sleep!" Rey knelt down and rested his hand on her shoulder. "I can't-" she was cut off and fell into her father's arms.
"There we go" sighed Rey in relief.
"R-Rey! You can't do that! You can't just use that move to force to sleep!"
"It worked didn't it?" he retorted and looked back annoyed.
"Man, I'm glad I'm not your child, I would have a ferocious mum, and you, a insane father" joked Shinn.
Rey struck Shinn hard on the head with his fist, with and angered expression. "Shut up!" growled Rey as he made his way out. Leaving Shinn to squirm in pain from the punch.
A/N: For you guys information, what Rey did was squeezed a pressure point in the shoulder and nerve that forces an impulse and lack of blood to bring the brain unconscious. It's dangerous considering that if done wrong could do more serious damage. Hence forth why Luna is mad at him, and why Rey is a dangerous father...
Kira's Cabin
Kira, Athrun, Cagalli, Canard, Mudie, Murrue and Mu gathered in Kira's study, to not wake Lacus who was sound asleep in the bedroom. "So how is Lacus?" asked Cagalli.
"She's okay. But she was worried, especially that plan of yours got her really worried Murrue, she had to tidy our room and everyone else's" chuckled Kira. "Boy was she mad"
"Lacus? Mad? Never" laughed Cagalli.
"So that's why our room was tidy" Athrun said, joining in the laughter.
Canard cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention."Sorry to break it up, but the report?" asked Canard, which was the main reason why they gathered. Kira nodded, which the elder brother started to read out what was in his hand. "Reports have come in from a successful landing, and the Eurasian forces are pulling back to gather for a proper defence line"
"But that means they will have a fallout massive battle" Mudie countered.
"True, but some of their power to essential bases have been cut off. They're on their own" countered Mu.
"So all in all it was a success?" Cagalli asked.
"Yes" replied the eldest Le Creuset sibling.
Kira sighed. "Thank god"
"But I have some questions, we didn't expect three new Mobile Armours to be deployed at the base, and not to mention that they were weapons developed by LOGOS, so how did they get into Eurasia?" asked Athrun.
"Most likely that LOGOS is collaborating with LOGOS now, since Eurasia was on our hit list to liberate" Murrue answered.
"That's probably the case" Cagalli agreed.
"Also" added Kira. "If you think about it. If Eurasia falls, who's next in the Alliance's opinion?"
"The Atlantic Federation" answered Mu with a smirk.
"Correct. That is why, we better be careful from here on in. Until we get to the Ural Mountains, we're still in Eurasia's backyard, and anything can go" warned Kira.
To be Continued...
Ending Theme: I Could Die For You – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
A/N: Man thank god that was over! I thought this would never end! For your guys the Seraphim's data is below. Besides, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please review! ...Looking at the story traffic, I noticed that more reviews came in the first season...is the second season not to people's standards?
Next Phase: Phase 53 – Hell Frozen Over
- Mobile Suit Data-
Serial Number & Name: YMAG-X8F Hanzo Giles
Manufacture: LOGOS controlled Adukurf Mechano-Industries
Power Supply: Solaris Recharge Generator
Operating System: Unknown
First Deployed: April 26th C.E.76, Operation: Cloak And Dagger – Northern Siberia, Russia
Pilot: Extended Elite Guard
Information: This Mobile Armour was designed from the early Second Bloody Valentine War Mobile Armours, Gells-Ghe and Zamza-Zah, and introduced as an Mobile Armour to be reckoned with. The unit consists itself like a scorpion design, but follows more of the Gells-Ghe in overall appearance. Unlike the Gells-Ghe, the Mobile Suit body can eject and act accordingly as a normal Paladin unit. The unit carries two hand-held weapons of the 'Cryton' heavy beam cannon and the weapon development of the Calamity's 'Todesblock' beam bazooka, but this has a beam cannon with a homing rocket. Two beam chainguns act as it's CIWS although they can be used against Mobile Suits alike. The 'Predator's Tail' serves as a extra 'arm' in attacking, which is armed with a heavy multi-phase cannon for heavy retaliation with beam cannons for airborne threats whilst dealing with another enemy, but also carries two beam blades that strike targets who get too close. Each leg is armed with a 'Gamzatov Dyne' multi-phase cannon for 360 degree defence against ground targets. It's two 'Vasiliev' crushers grab and tear enemy unit who get too close to the main body of the Hanzo Giles. And last the 'Schneid Schutz' positron reflector shield, that was famously used against ZAFT in the last war, which provides excellent defence for vital structures. Overall a defensive unit, but it can also be regraded a high risk unit in base assaults.
Armaments:
1 x XET223 'Predator's Tail' (1 x Heavy Multi-phase Cannon, 2 x Beam Blades, 2 x Beam Cannons)
2 x Beam CIWS Chain-guns
1 x M566 'Gamzatov Dyne' Multi-phase Cannon (Located on each leg of the Hanzo Giles = 6 x Multi-phase Cannons)
2 x XM611 'Vasiliev' Hyper-oscillation Crusher
1 x 'Schneid Schutz' SX1022 Positron Reflector Shield
Other Equipment:
1 x 'Cryton' Hand-held Beam Cannon
1 x 'Todesblock' 400mm Beam Cannon/Rocket Launcher
- Warship Data -
Serial Number & Name: FALF-2 Minerva Eternal Class Battleship - Seraphim
Manufacture: Triton Ship Builders/Arcane Weapons Bureau/Ashtov Industries
Power Supply: Thermal-nuclear Reactor
Operating System: FADCAWS (Fast Action Data Collection Automated Weapons System)
First Deployed: March 16th C.E.76, United Emirates of Orb
Information: The latest warship in the Fallen's arsenal, and probably the most powerful. The Seraphim is a combination design of the Minerva and Eternal warships, it adopts the shape of the Minerva but it takes it's wings from the Eternal as it gives the Seraphim great manoeuvrability and speed, with the two 'Meteor' weapons. The three catapults are implemented from the two ships also, where the Eternal's catapult sits above in the centre, and ends before the 420mm triple barrelled cannon. It retains the Minerva's 'Tannhäuser' and 'Tristan' cannons for heavy fire-power, and holds twelve beam CIWS chainguns which six are posted on the upper deck, and other six are underneath, kept in secret hatches. Two 'Neo-Neidart' launchers are based aft on the ship with two more in front near the catapults. The layout is the same as the Minerva, including the bridge lowering down but into an armoured section in the ship, which is the operations room. A standard support weapons include anti-beam cartridges and signal flares. The 420mm triple barrelled heavy beam cannon is the ship's secondary weapon, which is used base assaults but it can be also used in mass grouped formations of ships.
Armaments:
1 x 'Tannhäuser' Positron High Energy Cannon
2 x 'Tristan' Main Heavy Beam Cannon
1 x 420mm Triple Barrelled Heavy Beam Cannon
4 x 'Neo-Neidart' Missile Launcher (Holding 10 Homing Missiles, and 10 Heat Seeking Missiles)
2 x 'Meteor' Heavy Beam Cannon (4 x Beam Cannons, 2 x Hyper Impulse Beam Cannon)
12 x CIWS Beam Chaingun
Anti-Beam Cartridges
Signal Flares
Anti-Beam Coating Armour
