Mobile Suit Rwby

by CT7567Rules

When dust and weapons aren't enough do handle the Grimm and the returning darkness, Huntsmen and Huntress's will need to step up their game with a weapon of great power. With these Gundams in their hands, the Grimm will be nothing to them and one man will prove that the strongest weapon, is a simple soul. Challenge by Marka Ragnos629, uses characters and machines from all series.

26. Treacherous Seas

One review is better than nothing, I guess. SaurusRock625: Glad you liked the chapter. I wanted it to be as good as I could make it and you are right about a certain man being a spy for Frozen Talon.

Anyways, disclaimers are the same as before, please enjoy.

Chapter 26: Treacherous Sea's

Coming at a length of three hundred and five meters with a width of two hundred and seventy meters, the MSC-07 Albion, the seventh Pegasus-class assault cruiser is said to be an improved version of the ship called White Base which was used in the Dark War. Armed with two mega-particle cannons, two twin barreled main guns, two twin barreled secondary gun turrets, four two barreled anti-ground laser cannons, fourteen twin barreled anti-aircraft laser cannons and four large missile launchers, the ship flew overhead the Archangel, Minerva, Kestrel III and the Takemikazuchi plowed through the ocean waves as the rain came down hard on the decks.

After being surprised by the information that Sutherland was actually a spy working for the military and had called for the five ships to report to JOSH-A for an inquiry regarding the recent events, the ships left Vale several days ago with the students and soldiers that made contact with the Strike and its pilot. It made a lot of the crews on all the ships rather uneasy about this, especially Halberton who along with the crews of the Archangel and Minerva knew what he did to both Flay and Stella. Something about this didn't sit well with him or his son and prior to leaving port, he demanded that Yuna explain to him when Sutherland was made a spy. Yuna said that it was always planned for Sutherland to infiltrate Frozen Talon, but the fact that only Yuna knew about this was bothering him greatly.

Even more troublesome was the request of all the people for the inquiry. He could understand if it was one of the ships and its crew, but the fact that it was five ships along with six huntsman teams and some of the best mobile suit and fighter pilots greatly reduced Vale's capability to defend the city from any other attacks. Halberton tried to reason with the council, but it was out of their hands. The only saving grace was that the Soul Drive was removed from the Strike before leaving port.

While he trusted Ozpin and Ironwood greatly, he felt like he should have told his son the real reason for removing the Soul Drive from the Strike Gundam but if he did, the consequences would be severe. As the admiral pondered his thoughts, he spotted Neptune running back to his team's quarters with a pale face. It came as a shock when he learned that 'Mr. Cool', as some of the students called him was afraid of the water, despite having the name of the god of the sea.

'Seems that even those who try to act cool have something they are afraid of.' He thought before one of the technicians on the Archangel informed him that the modifications to his Windam were complete and was ready to sortie. "I'll be ready in five minutes." He told the technician before heading for the locker room and changed into his flight suit. Once he had finished changing, he climbed into the cockpit of his Windam and was granted clearance for takeoff and just seconds after leaving the ship he transformed his mobile suit into an aircraft similar to the Veritech Raptor, only without the gun pod. He was soon joined by the Galm Team and Wardog Squadron and headed out to conduct their recon mission.

As Robert watched his father take off with his comrades, he headed towards the quarters he and his team were given by Captain Ramius when he bumped into La Flaga who quickly explained that he needed him to look at something on his Sky Grasper before he could sortie again. At first, Robert wanted to say no but he didn't want Mu to die in battle, so he gladly did so.

Meanwhile, deep beneath the waves of the ocean Marco Morassim, a veteran member of the White Fang and one of the few Faunus Coordinators on Remnant, listened as he received his orders from Adam Taurus. "Our information indicates that the legged ship and the other ships that have interfered with our plans in Vale are heading for JOSH-A. We can't allow those ships to reach the base, especially considering that a former member is on the legged ship. I trust you know of that place where that monster of the deep lives? Push the ships to that area and let the monsters deal with them." Adam instructed the forty-two-year-old leopard faunus before ending the call.

Slamming his fist down on the table, Marco was quite furious at Adam for ordering him to get the ships to head towards an area known for something that was deadly to both Humans and Faunus, wanting the chance to take out the ships and the Strike himself. But he knew that when one didn't follow Taurus orders, they were severally punished especially if one still believed in the ideals of the former high leader. "Attacking the military if they are confirmed to be working with Frozen Talon is one thing. But going after students' onboard military ships because of the Dark Army attacks is crossing the line! But I'll play your game, Taurus." He said with a snarl as the Vosgulov-class submarine he was in command off surfaced and opened its catapults.

"Remember, we're to only force the ships to change course into the area where that sea monster lives. Once we've completed our objective, leave the combat area." He ordered his brothers and sisters in their own mobile suits before two more Vosgulov's broke the surface of water and launched several mobile dolls. Marco soon launched in his DINN followed by several other DINN's plus a few GINN's on Guul sub-flight units and headed towards the ships.

Back on the Archangel, Ruby, Jaune and their teams were having a bite to eat in the mess hall of the ship along with the rest of Team RATH and watched with embarrassment as Nora gorged herself on as many pancakes as she could, which Ren was reluctantly recording and sending to those on the Minerva per Nora's request. "When I said Nora could probably eat a dozen stacks of pancakes, I was only kidding. I didn't think she'd actually do it." Yang whispered to her younger sister.

"You should never mention Pancakes to Nora, they are her favorite breakfast food after all." Jaune said to Yang as he tried to hide his embarrassment as Nora downed her last stack of pancakes.

"There, I… ate them all…" Nora groaned as she felt her stomach growl in pain from all the food she had just ate as Natarle walked into the mess hall and was none too pleased with the sight. Nora groaned in pain as Ren helped her to the medical ward for something to help with her stomach.

"I don't even want to know what that was all about." Natarle said in annoyance before instructing the students to clean up the mess, even those who weren't part of the little event. She left the mess hall wondering if she was a little too harsh on the students. Despite being raised in a military family, she wasn't one to follow orders without question and like the other captains, Admiral Halberton and General Ironwood were concerned about Sutherland's position as a spy for the military. Something didn't sit right with her and it felt like something was off about this inquiry.

While Natarle was deep in her thoughts when she returned to the bridge, Robert and Mu finished up fixing the cannons on the commander's plane which had become very dirty. The two of them had their hands completely covered with dirt when Stella brought them a rag and sandwich for the two of them with Cody right beside her as always. "Hard work really builds up an appetite." The Commander said with a smile before wiping his hands on the rag and taking on the sandwich's. Robert did the same thing and bit the sandwich and ate it.

"Hey, uh commander. Do you think something is odd about this whole situation?" Robert asked.

"You mean about Sutherland being a spy for the military and asking so many of us being asked to go to JOSH-A?" Mu asked. He looked to Stella who started to freeze up at the mention of Sutherland and almost had a painful memory of what the captain did to her, only to have Cody rub against her leg and calm her down. "Yeah, something about this doesn't make sense. I mean, if it were just the Archangel that wouldn't be a problem. But five ships, two fighter squadrons, General Ironwood, the 7th Panzer Division, 8th MS team and five teams of students from the Academies, that doesn't make a lot of sense. Why do you ask?" He added.

"I've just got this weird feeling that's all." Robert admitted. Lately he had been having strange dreams lately. In most of those dreams, he saw the five ships destroyed and sitting dead in the water, the bodies of his friends and family covered in blood and their machines wrecked beyond repair. In another dream, he saw three mobile suits which were Gundam's. One of them was the Winged Gundam, the second was a blue and white mobile suit with red highlights and a black shield while the last one was blue and white with red and green highlights, large thrusters, a large double-barreled rifle and a large red, white and gold shield.

Normally, his dreams didn't bother him that much, but with his friends and family being killed in the dream, he couldn't help but become a little concerned about, as for the Gundam's he wondered what it meant, especially with the pilot of the Winged Gundam looked to be a woman. His thoughts were broken when the alarm of the ship rang all around them and Murrue's voice came over the loudspeaker. "All hands, level one battle stations! Multiple mobile suits approaching from the west. White Fang models. Raptor, Strike prepare for combat. All other teams are to deal with the mobile dolls!" Murrue's voice shouted over the loudspeaker prompting Robert and Stella to head to the locker room and quickly change into their pilot suits before they launched from the ships and joined the F91, Impulse, Akatsuki, Zephyranthes and Dendrobium in the air as dozens of White Fang mobile suits approached them.

(First Contact starts)

Raining deadly fire from their heavy machine guns, the DINN's broke off their attack allowing the GINN's to fire their heavy weapons at the ships. The CIWS weapons of the ships along with the Vulcans of the ranged mobile suits that were on the deck of the ships downed most of the missiles but some of the warheads made their mark on the Kestrel and Takemikazuchi, knocking out a few of their catapults rendering them useless.

A burst of fire from Coco's beam gatling took out several GINN's that got close to the Minerva as the ship fired its Tristan beam cannons taking out a few enemy mobile suits as Lunamaria and Rey's Zaku's opened up with their own weapons at the incoming mobile suits, Lunamaria's being the powerful M1500 'Orthros' high-energy long-range beam cannon which blew apart several GINN's before they could get within range. This allowed the Saviour in its mobile armor mode to fire its plasma cannons at several DINN's that were about to fire their missiles at the Kestrel, which somehow had its CIWS guns operating slower than usual.

Kou could only watch helplessly as another GINN fired its heavy weapons at the Takemikazuchi, these ones destroying several Murasame's and Astray Hornets that were preparing for takeoff. Seeing so many people killed at once was not something new to him, but it made him feel helpless. That is until he remembered that he was a pilot of a Gundam. Quickly, he lined up his beam rifle on a GINN and fired, the beam round tore through the GINN's cockpit destroying the mobile suit before he fired off several more shots at several other enemy mobile suits, these ones making an attack on the Albion. Pushing his controls forwards, Kou drew one his beam sabers and slashed apart a Guul before Keith finished off the GINN before it could fire its weapon.

Seabook activated his beam shield and blocked the rounds from several GINN's before opening up with his beam rifle and fired it like a machine gun taking out several of the Taurus mobile dolls which had just finished strafing the Albion when he spotted several objects beneath the waves of the ships. "Shit! Torpedoes! Seabook to all captains, White Fang aquatic mobile suits are launching torpedoes at the ships. You need to get someone in the water to take out the mobile suits!" he shouted into the radio.

"All ships, hard to port!" Murrue shouted to the other captains who followed her instructions. As the ships turned, Velvet spotted a pair of Tauruses in fighter mode approaching the Archangel at wave top level, well below the firing angle of the ship's weapons. Quickly, she aimed her own beam rifle and destroyed two of unmanned mobile suits while getting behind the remaining mobile suits and drawing one of her beam sabers and sliced the other units apart as the Raptor flew past her and downed two DINN's with its beam rifle.

Flying at Mach 2.25 with her beam rifle blazing, Stella downed five GINN's with several bursts of fire before configuring to mobile suit mode and brought one of her beam sabers up to parry a blow from a GINN's sword before driving her saber right into the cockpit of the machine. "How did these bastards find us?!" she asked as her Vulcans roared to life as she fired into the water, taking out several torpedoes' but not all of them. This left herself vulnerable to a DINN's 190mm anti-aircraft shotgun which struck her machine back. The enemy machine was quickly downed by a burst of fire from a Super Tomcat piloted by Mu who had only just recently taken off.

"We can worry about that later. Right now, we need to hold them off." He said over the radio before firing a burst from his own gun pod at a single GINN which crashed into the water below. Scanning for targets, Mu spotted the silhouette of several under water mobile suits cruising towards the ships. "We've got aquatic mobile suits under the surface! Torpedoes are heading towards the ships!" he called out, sending the location of the underwater mobile suits before fire from a DINN forced him to break off.

"Deathscythe MK2, Exia, Shenlong MK2, Altron MK2 get in the water and take out those mobile suits!" Captain Eiphar Synapse of the Albion shouted over the radio to three of the mobile suits he knew could function underwater. His orders were followed and the three Gundam's did just that. Thankfully, the mobile suits attacking the ships were Pisces and Cancer mobile dolls which were coming in for another attack run.

"Take them down! There only machines, don't hold back!" Ruby shouted before her machine swung its signature weapon and cleaved four Pisces to bits before she slashed apart a pair of Cancers. A burst of fire from her Vulcans and machine cannons blew several torpedoes out of the water before they could get close to the ships

Weiss followed suit with her GN Blade in one hand and a beam saber in another. Bringing her massive blade up, she slashed apart four Cancers before swinging her beam saber and cleaving apart a Pisces before they could even fire their torpedoes. "It looks the timing on these machines is off. Keep on your toes." Weiss called out.

"Got it, Ice Queen." Sun joked, getting a hey from Weiss before he launched his dragoon fang at a Cancer punching a hole right through the area where the cockpit was before spinning around trident, creating a whirlpool which sucked the enemy machines in allowing Ren to launch his own dragoon fangs and grabbed two of the enemy machines which he then slammed into the ocean floor. "Did I ever tell you guys I hate fighting underwater?" Sun asked.

Back above the water, a burst of cannon fire from the Strike's gun pod downed two GINN's while its Vulcans downed the missiles launched from several DINN's, taking out a good portion of them but most of the missiles hit the ships. "Damn it!" Robert cursed.

Shinn on the other hand finished off a pair of Guul mounted GINN's before he spotted Halberton and the others returning to assist them. But just as they arrived, the White Fang forces started to retreat. "There pulling back. Why are they pulling back?" he asked.

(End song)

Shinn soon got his answer. About a half hour later, it soon became clear that the White Fang's efforts were to force the ships to detour through a dangerous stretch of the ocean known as the Jaws of Hell. In ancient times, long before mobile suits ships that traveled through this area were attacked by a creature from deep beneath the waves taking an entire ship down to the bottom of the sea.

As time went on, it was revealed to be a large aquatic Grimm of unknown classification, but many a sighting from ships that passed the area would say they saw tentacles or a large fin deep beneath the waves. Although many of those reports were from drunken sailors, something lived in that area of the ocean and was a threat to all sea faring traffic. While the last reported sighting was ten years ago, the entire area was supposed to be restricted to any and all shipping trying to navigate the area.

The sights of numerous wrecked ships thrown onto the rocks and just rusting and rotting away put many uneasy. Many of the newer wrecks included several mobile suits and military transports that got lost from the fog the area was known for. No bodies were seen and it caused some of the crews on all the ships to become a bit scared. "Now I see why they attacked us. They were trying to push us into the jaws. All hands are to maintain level one battle stations and pilots are to stand by in their mobile suits. Start resupplying all of the machines!" Murrue shouted.

In the hanger, tech crews worked hard to resupply the Strike, Raptor, Deathscythe MK2, Altron MK2 and Shenlong MK2 along with the Exia and the other mobile suits that were stationed on the Archangel as their pilots waited in the hanger. "Anyone think that we might be joining these wrecks if we don't get out of here?" Yang asked, a little frustrated that she couldn't go out and fight with her two other teammates.

"Thoughts like that create negative emotions which will draw the Grimm towards us. All we can do is hope that we make our way out of this area as quickly as possible." Arthur stated simply.

"All the same, we need to get the hell out of here! I've heard rumors that whatever this thing is, no one ever survives it." Tammy said.

"Still, maybe we might be able to figure out what is lurking in this area. Any information about this could help us save lives." Jaune added.

As the others talked about the current situation, Stella stood on the deck outside the ship and looked at some of the wrecks with concern. According to what she heard; a convoy of supply ships being escorted by Captain Mark Koopman were last scene in this area before all contact with them was lost a few days before the Breach. As she looked at the wrecks, they seemed to take the form of monsters she had seen in her nightmares before becoming the daughter of Admiral Halberton. After she landed, she volunteered to take the Raptor and scout a way out of this area. Just as she was about to leave the upper deck, she spotted a figure floating in the waves clinging to a piece of wreckage from one of the ships.

Quickly, she told Murrue and she brought the Archangel to a complete stop so they could bring the man onboard. It came as a shock to everyone that the man they had fished out was Captain Koopman himself who was the only survivor of the convoy. Apparently, the Captain had survived for more than a week on whatever supplies he could find from the wrecks of the convoy. Despite showing signs of fatigue and malnutrition, Koopman was still in good condition, but needed to be checked into the medical room of the ship but kept muttering a single sentence. 'Sharp teeth' was what he muttered over and over again.

Not wanting to find out what he meant, the ships immediately put their engines to full power. As they did, the radar on all five ships picked up a large contact under water approaching them rapidly. Stella saw what the object was as she was launched from the Archangel on her mission with the Strike close behind her. A large black fin pierced the water and was heading straight towards the Kestrel III! Before she could shout a warning, the fin disappeared back beneath the waves before anyone could get a glimpse at what it was, they just saw.

After sometime, the fin wasn't seen again and Stella found the way out of the area but before the ships could exit, the floating wreck of a ship was soon bit in half by a large 20 meter shark like Grimm with numerous scars across its body from harpoons, spears and bullets by those who tried to kill the creature. "It's a Megalodon!" Trine shouted from the Minerva as the large shark streaked towards the ships.

(Del Lago, RE4 OST starts)

The massive shark opened its mouth and reveled its five hundred and forty-four razor sharp teeth as its red eyes fixed its gaze on the ships and charged through the water towards the direction of ships. "Launch Wolfram Torpedoes! Fire the Tristan's and Isolde! Blast it out of the water!" Talia shouted to fire control officers who were still in a state of shock at the sight of such a creature. The Archangel followed suit with its Valiant linear cannons at the creature. Most of the shots fired hit the Grimm dead center but it still kept coming towards the ships. "Get the Kestrel and Takemikazuchi away from that thing! They aren't equipped to deal with something like this!" she shouted into the radio to the captains of the two aircraft carriers.

The carriers only weapons were 25mm and 20mm CIWS guns and short-ranged anti-air and anti-missile launchers. While they could carry aircraft and mobile suits, they couldn't do much in ship to ship combat, let alone ship-to-Grimm combat. Though they were able to launch a few Super Hornets and Hornet Veritechs and several Astray Hornets equipped with only their gun pods and two anti-ship missiles each. Normally, these missiles were used against enemy ships but given the circumstances they were to be used against the creature of Grimm.

Four anti-ship missiles streaked towards the Megalodon, but missed their target as the creature dived underneath the waves. It then emerged from below and jumped into the air, using its tail to destroy two of the carrier launched aircraft and mobile suits. "That things a monster!" One of the pilots cried out, unknowingly flying right into the path of the large shark Grimm which swallowed the pilot and its machine whole.

Other pilots were able to score a few hits with their missiles and guns, but the creature of Grimm continued to attack and kill anything that got in its path. From inside the Archangel, Ruby and her team could only watch in horror as this creature rammed the ship causing numerous objects all over the ship to fall and shatter.

"How are we suppose to kill this thing?" Yang asked, tempted to take her Gundam and jump onto this creature back and take it down on her own.

"This thing is a lot more dangerous than anything we've ever seen. Normal weapons aren't going to be enough. I don't even think a Gundam could kill this thing." Weiss said in agreement. "Why would the White Fang force us into an area like this?" she asked.

"They probably thought that it would be easy for them to eliminate a problem by having the Grimm do it for them." Blake surmised. From the monitor they saw the Albion return overhead before the F91, Airmaster Burst, Zephyranthes and Dendrobium launch from the ship while the Gundam Ground Type's MK2 walked out onto ships outer hull with their rocket launchers in hand and fired at the shark once it surfaced. The four aerial mobile suits each strafed the creature with their beam rifles, hyper bazooka's, Vulcans, machine cannons and beam cannons while the ground types fired their own heavy weapons at the creature.

These shots made their mark, causing the creature to roar in pain before it leapt into the air and brought its massive tail down on the Minerva's triple cannon destroying it. Without its heavy cannon, the Minerva's beam cannons were the only weapon it could use against the creature. Seeing no other choice, Talia gave the order for the Impulse to launch with the sword silhouette and to attack the creature. Ironwood followed suit with the Tallgeese but remained on the upper deck of the ship and used his dober gun to hit the creature of Grimm hard.

Once the sword silhouette attached to the Impulse, Shinn drew his anti-ship swords and hovered for a few seconds as a barrage of bullets and beam rounds from the Strike and Raptor slammed into the giant shark's skin only for it to dive back down beneath the waves again. "Robert, get the sword striker pack. I think this calls for a bladed weapon." Shinn radioed to his brother, narrowly avoiding being eaten whole by the monster shark.

"Roger that." Robert replied and returned to the Archangel and quickly swapped out the Aile pack for the Sword pack and returned soon. Stella followed suit and combined her beam rifle and anti-ship blade into its sword and three waited for the shark to surface again before gunning their thrusters to full power and charged at it with their swords powered up and ready to strike.

The massive shark opened up its massive mouth and would have swallowed the three mobile suits had they not pulled up and avoided the gapping mouth of the creature before swinging their blades at the creature and hurting it. The three of them then stabbed their blades into the creatures back, causing it to roar in pain before they finished it off with a burst of rounds from their Vulcans before the creature sank beneath the waves and dissipated into black vapor.

(End song)

"If I've haven't said it before, I'll say it again. I hate sharks!" Robert said firmly and headed back to the Archangel with Stella while Shinn returned to the Minerva. Once they had returned to the ships, the five ships left the area, but they weren't out of danger yet.

Just several minutes after they left the area, Mu gave his theory to Ironwood and the other commanding officers. "A submarine carrier?" Murrue asked.

"Yep. No matter how you slice it, those suits couldn't have come from any White Fang bases since we're so far out at sea. We're on the move ourselves so if they came all the way out here to attack us, they couldn't make it back. I'm betting we're facing a Vosgulov-class submarine. Those things can transport both aerial and underwater mobile suits. Though as for the mobile dolls they launched, I think it's safe to assume that those weren't from Frozen Talon." Mu explained.

"If I remember correctly, I thought all the Vosgulov-class subs were decommissioned years ago. You don't think the White Fang fixed up a few of those machines?" Captain Ryu Todaka, of Vale's 1st naval fleet and the Takemikazuchi's commanding officer questioned.

"It's possible that the White Fang stole several of the decommissioned vessels and fixed them up so they could be combat ready. Rumors are spreading about a massive White Fang operation in the works ever since my son heard about it during the 'off-the-records' investigation he and Team RWBY went on." Halberton added.

"Whatever the reason is, we can't afford to waste time fighting them." Eiphar stated. "The Minerva, Takemikazuchi and Kestrel III have taken damage and the Minerva's Isolde is damaged. They won't last long in a fight and the carriers are not meant to deal enemy ships." He added.

"In that case." Ironwood began. "Captain Synapse, take the Albion and continue onto JOSH-A. Most of your mobile suits are designed for land battles so there isn't much you can do in the air. It's possible the enemy will follow the Albion and focus on us." The general added.

"A good plan Ironwood." Captain Arthur Goodman of the Kestrel III said with a smug look. "If the Albion can lure the enemy away from us, we can eliminate the White Fang forces with the Strike and the other mobile suits that can function underwater."

The others weren't too pleased at the thought of sending the students out to deal with mobile suits and submarines, but Goodman's plan made sense so it was arranged and Captain Synapse left the F91 with the four remaining ships as the Albion continued onto JOSH-A.

Back on board the lead Vosgulov, Morassim was glad that the enemy ships had destroyed the creature that had plagued the Jaws of Hell and that he and his team now had another chance to sink the enemy ships. Once again, the Vosgulov submarines broke surface and launched their remaining aerial mobile suits while they launched their underwater mobile suits which consisted of a few YF-3A GINN FEMWS, numerous UMF-4A GOOhN's and UMF-5 ZnO's. "This time, we'll finish the job we started!" Morassim shouted and launched from the lead sub in a ZnO followed by the other underwater machines.

No sooner had the machines departed from their vessel, one of the submarines exploded after it had submerged back beneath the wave. The explosion alerted the ships and were quick to launch their machines. From the Kestrel III, Coco's beam gatling was attached to the backpack as she drew her beam saber before dropping into the water to engage the enemy mobile suits while the Raptor, Galm Team and Admiral Halberton launched engage the enemy aerial units.

From the Minerva, the Impulse, Saviour blasted into the air while the two Zaku's and Miguel's GINN took up positions on the deck with their weapons ready. On the Kestrel, the Akatsuki launched followed by several Murasame's and Astray Hornets.

The Takemikazuchi had several of its Astrays take up position on the flight deck to cover a pair of Murasame's that climbed to engage the enemy machines while much to everyone's surprise, the Strike equipped with the sword pack jumped into the water with its anti-ship sword in hand. "Mr. Halberton…" Natarle began before she was cut off.

"I know! The Strike isn't meant for underwater combat, but I can use the anti-ship sword without activating the beam. I won't let Coco take all the risks in dealing with those machines on her own!" he shouted before turning towards a pair of GOOhN's which had just launched their torpedoes towards the Strike.

(Had Enough starts)

Despite the fact that they were now traveling over swallow water, the enemy mobile suits had the advantage in battle. Or so they thought, two GOOhN's were slashed apart from the Heavyarms MK2's beam saber while a burst of Vulcan rounds from the Strike forced two of the ZnO's that were attempting an ambush to break off their attack. Swinging its massive blade, the Strike sliced through one GOOhN before is sliced another one in half like it was made of tissue paper.

Seeing his comrades taken out, Morassim pushed his ZnO towards the Strike ignoring the Heavyarms MK2 and fired several torpedoes towards the Strike. "I've got him. The rest of you go after the ships!" he shouted to his comrades who did as ordered and sped towards the ships, firing their torpedoes and energy cannons at the ships. Several torpedoes managed to impact the carriers, while the others missed their targets only to be downed by Vulcan and machine cannon rounds from the Shining MK2 which had jumped into the water and had its beam sabers in hand.

Surging forwards, Yang slashed the arms off several GOOhN's before delivering a mixture of martial arts and brawler moves to disable the machines which then started to head back towards the two remaining submarines as Coco hacked apart the few remaining GINN FEMWS with her beam saber before looking to Yang.

"Hey, I know how to fight underwater. You can say, it really gets me 'wet'?" Yang joked before she noticed a few more torpedoes heading towards the ships which she then shot down with her Vulcans. Coco only rolled her eyes at the joke and headed back to the surface, landing on the Kestrel allowing her beam gatling to rotate to its normal position and opened fire at several DINN's, blowing them to bits while Yang used her own machines Vulcans to down the missiles they had launched while using her beam saber to disarm the machines of their weapons.

A burst of fire from the Akatsuki's beam rifle downed two GINN's right through the cockpit before bringing its shield up to block a burst of machine gun fire from several other GINN's and a few DINN's before they too joined their fallen comrades. "You will not stop us, human! We will destroy these ships so that the Faunus can take our rightful place as the dominate species of Remnant!" The pilot of one of the GINN's shouted to Velvet before swinging its sword at the golden Gundam.

"I'm a Faunus, not a human!" Velvet declared, blocking the sword with her beam saber.

"If you're a Faunus, then why are you fighting with the humans? Have you been brainwashed?" The pilot asked, confused.

"I'm fighting to keep people like you from starting a war! If you keep going down the path you're on, you'll give the people in Frozen Talon and those who share their views a reason to start a war! In fact, some of my best friends are humans and I even have feelings for the human piloting the Strike!" Velvet stated.

"TRAITOR!" the GINN pilot shouted before they were killed by the violet blade of the Gundam.

"No, I am doing what I know is right!" she said to herself.

Several remaining GOOhN's cruised above the surface firing their dart rifles and energy cannons at the ships from behind but were quickly taken down by a burst of beam rounds from the F91's variable and regular beam rifle, but not before a few shots impacted the engines of the Archangel and Minerva while the Kestrel and Takemikazuchi were hit in the rudders.

Even from below the water, Robert saw explosions from the hits given to the ships he was protecting as the ZnO he was fighting dropped its guard allowing him to drive the anti-ship sword into the left shoulder of the machine. The damage didn't stop Morrassim who grabbed the Strikes head with his machines grappling claws, bringing it down to the sea floor and prepared to fire its high energy cannon. "No, you don't!" Robert said and drew the Strike's knives and plunged them into the head of the machine before kicking it off him where it landed behind and exploded.

(End song)

The last submarine and mobile suits soon retreated but the damage was already down. The rudders of the aircraft carriers were damaged and most of their weapons were destroyed while Archangel and Minerva suffered extensive damage to their armor, weapons and engines. "We won't make it to JOSH-A at this rate." Murrue spoke to Sutherland who she had contacted after the battle had ended. "We've sustained heavy damage and if we're attacked again, we'll be destroyed. Captain, we're requesting permission to head back to Vale for repairs."

"You will continue your current course to JOSH-A. A few minor damages shouldn't stop you from reaching the base on time." Sutherland said with a small smile that no one saw before the transmission ended.

"If we're attacked again, we'll all be killed. I don't know what Sutherland is thinking and not allowing us to return to port. We're still several days away from JOSH-A and I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of the enemy." Ironwood stated.

"What in the world could Sutherland be thinking?" Natarle questioned.

Just then, Blake arrived on the bridge. "I… know a place where we can get the ships repaired. It may take us off course, but they would be more then willing to help us." She said with a bit of hesitation.

"What's the name of this place?" Ironwood asked.

Blake took a deep breath and gave her answer. "Menagerie."

F91 Gundam F91

Type: Limited Production Attack-Use Mobile Suit

Power Source: Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor

Armor: Gundarium Alloy Ceramic Composite

Weapons: 2x60mm Vulcans, 2x30mm 'Mega' machine cannons, 2x beam sabers, 2x beam shields, beam rifle, 2x variable speed beam rifles, beam launcher.

Pilot: Seabook Arno

Based on the F90V Gundam F90 VBSR Type, the F91 is a limited production Gundam type mobile suit built to combat the Crossbone Vanguard pirates. Faster than most mobile suits, the F91 can easily over take a mobile suit or aircraft in a dogfight and is armed with numerous beam weapons.

MBF-M1 Astray

Type: Mass Production General Purpose Mobile Suit

Power Source: Ultracompact Energy Battery

Armor: Foam Metal

Weapons: 2x75mm CIWS, 2x Type 70 beam sabers, 2x Anti-ship swords, shield, Type 71 beam rifle.

Built by Morgenroete and used by Vale as a replacement for their older GMs, the Astray is a mass-produced mobile suit used by the Vale military as their main mobile suit used by the military. Capable of fighting in both the air and on the land, the Astray was modified into the Astray Eagle, Astray Hornet and Astray Falcon. It along with its fighter versions are used by the Roughnecks of all branches.

MVF-M11C Murasame

Type: Mass Production Transformable General-Purpose Mobile Suit

Power Source: Ultracompact Energy Battery

Armor: Unknown

Weapons: 6x M2M5D 12.5mm Automatic CIW's, Type 70J Kai Beam Saber, Type 72 High-energy Beam Cannon, 4x Type 66A Air-to-air 'Hayate' missiles, Type 72 Kai Beam Rifle, shield.

Pilots: Andrew Waltfeld, Aisha

With superb aerial mobility, well balanced with a mix of shell based and beam-based weapons and missiles, the Murasame is said to be superior to older aircraft like the Spearhead and the newer Sky Grasper. Used by the Flying Tigers and Vale, the Murasame is capable of dealing with both Grimm and mobile suits in any battlefield.

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