Chapter One: The End of Zechs and Noin
First scene set in the mirai timeline.
Bittersweet Peace
The two girls watched in horror as their parents were held at gunpoint. Zechs and Noin had been assigned to destroy a base on the moon of Jupiter, which was rumored to be home to a group of rebels that once again threatened the peace of the space colonies and the Earth. The two children had snuck aboard their parents ship before they left Earth. Zechs didn't want to leave them alone unsupervised and in possible danger. So he left them in the care of the other Gundam pilots wives. Although Aries being the adventurer and the curious one had dragged her twin sister on to their parents ship before take off. Once they had reached their destination Aries had gotten off the ship wanting to explore the base and find out what her parents were doing here. Though through one wrong door they had walked in on their Mom and Dad being held at gunpoint with multiple guards around them who promptly restrained the two girls.
"Mom I'm scared." Amanda said her voice trembling.
Zechs mind was swimming with worry. How had the girls gotten here? Why did they have to walk smack dab in the middle of the most perilous situation him and Noin had been in a decade. He looked Noin at intensely each trying to formulate a plan of escape.
"My name is Rowan. I don't want to hurt you. I just need to know what you are doing here, who sent you and what you plan to do. "
Silence.
"Ok maybe you need a little help remembering." Rowan walked over to Amanda who squealed with terror.
Rowan was willing to pay any price for the chance to overcome the Earth with his mass of forces and technology. He had heard stories from his mother about how is father had been a great leader at the time if the war. How he had commanded countless troops and pulled the strings to many of the finest plots. Including the gundam pilots his mother spoke so highly of. And he had also learned from his mother that his father had been killed in the last battle of the war by one of the gundam pilots. He swore from that time on if he ever saw one of the six Gundams pilots his mother had told him of that he would avenge the death of his father.
Zechs watched as Rowan stared mindlessly into space and made his move. He snatched his arm from the guard that held it, and then punched the guard. Noin followed suit and freed her daughters from their captors. The guards shot a barrage of bullets in the air at the fleeing family. Zechs led his kin down the maze of corridors and back to the ship firing up the engines. Landing in one of creators on the surface Zechs rushed over to Noin, who was leaning against the wall breathing heavily, holding her side. Her left hand was pressed against her abdomen. Zechs removed her hand to find blood soaked through her clothes and dripping form her fingertips.
He let out a growl and the two girls looked over at him and then to their mother. All three crowded around the injured woman.
"Lucrezia...just hold on...you'll be ok." He held his own hand over the wound willing it to absorb the blood.
"Zechs...take care...Aries Amanda I love you so much." The two girls embraced their mother. Noin hugged them with all of her strength as she felt herself slipping away.
"Mom don't go. I'm sorry it's all my fault I shouldn't have dragged Amanda here. " Aries pleaded.
" We'll be lonely with out you." Tears rolled down Amanda's face
Noin smiled half-heartedly to weak to spell then turned her attention to her husband. Zechs leaned forward claiming his wife's lips for what would be the last time. It broke his heart to watch life escape from his wife like water escaping a broken glass. The color drained from her face, making her look like a ghost.
"I love you Milliardo." She mouthed unable to make a sound.
"I love you Lucrezia." He whispered sweetly watching her eyes close for the last time. Zechs embraced her then looked at the peaceful expression she had on her face. He broke away from, tears streaming down his face.
"Dad I'm sorry this is all my fault I convinced Amanda to come I'm so sorry." Aries said to her father. Zechs was so devastated by his loss that he never answered his daughter or tied to convince her that her it wasn't her fault.
"Dad look!" Amanda screamed. A fleet of mobile suits passed over the creator. Zechs walked to the back of the ship opening the hatch to the one escape pod on the ship.
"Dad, we're not leaving you," the girls said in unison
"You have to." He helped them in the fit was very tight, had they been any bigger then the twins wouldn't have fit, paused only to tell his daughters how much they meant to him.
Walking over to the other console he set the course of the pod, knowing that one wrong number could make the pod float off into space until it ran out of power. With tears almost blinding him Zechs pressed the red deployment button and watch as the pod speed off towards its destination: Earth, hoping it would make it would make it to Earth at the coordinates he had memorized in case the mission failed.
The former Lightning Count said a silent farewell to his two brave daughters and turned his head to where his wife's body still lay blood still spilling out from her wound. He maneuvered the ship out of the creator and toward the base. The fleet, seeing the ship sped towards him. Zechs fired missiles into the approaching fleet causing giant explosions.
"You'll pay for that!" The captain of the armada screamed.
"I have already played the ultimate price. I have no more to lose."
He accelerated the ship to its maximum speed and plowed into the base causing monstrous fireballs and numerous explosions.
To be continued.
First scene set in the mirai timeline.
Bittersweet Peace
The two girls watched in horror as their parents were held at gunpoint. Zechs and Noin had been assigned to destroy a base on the moon of Jupiter, which was rumored to be home to a group of rebels that once again threatened the peace of the space colonies and the Earth. The two children had snuck aboard their parents ship before they left Earth. Zechs didn't want to leave them alone unsupervised and in possible danger. So he left them in the care of the other Gundam pilots wives. Although Aries being the adventurer and the curious one had dragged her twin sister on to their parents ship before take off. Once they had reached their destination Aries had gotten off the ship wanting to explore the base and find out what her parents were doing here. Though through one wrong door they had walked in on their Mom and Dad being held at gunpoint with multiple guards around them who promptly restrained the two girls.
"Mom I'm scared." Amanda said her voice trembling.
Zechs mind was swimming with worry. How had the girls gotten here? Why did they have to walk smack dab in the middle of the most perilous situation him and Noin had been in a decade. He looked Noin at intensely each trying to formulate a plan of escape.
"My name is Rowan. I don't want to hurt you. I just need to know what you are doing here, who sent you and what you plan to do. "
Silence.
"Ok maybe you need a little help remembering." Rowan walked over to Amanda who squealed with terror.
Rowan was willing to pay any price for the chance to overcome the Earth with his mass of forces and technology. He had heard stories from his mother about how is father had been a great leader at the time if the war. How he had commanded countless troops and pulled the strings to many of the finest plots. Including the gundam pilots his mother spoke so highly of. And he had also learned from his mother that his father had been killed in the last battle of the war by one of the gundam pilots. He swore from that time on if he ever saw one of the six Gundams pilots his mother had told him of that he would avenge the death of his father.
Zechs watched as Rowan stared mindlessly into space and made his move. He snatched his arm from the guard that held it, and then punched the guard. Noin followed suit and freed her daughters from their captors. The guards shot a barrage of bullets in the air at the fleeing family. Zechs led his kin down the maze of corridors and back to the ship firing up the engines. Landing in one of creators on the surface Zechs rushed over to Noin, who was leaning against the wall breathing heavily, holding her side. Her left hand was pressed against her abdomen. Zechs removed her hand to find blood soaked through her clothes and dripping form her fingertips.
He let out a growl and the two girls looked over at him and then to their mother. All three crowded around the injured woman.
"Lucrezia...just hold on...you'll be ok." He held his own hand over the wound willing it to absorb the blood.
"Zechs...take care...Aries Amanda I love you so much." The two girls embraced their mother. Noin hugged them with all of her strength as she felt herself slipping away.
"Mom don't go. I'm sorry it's all my fault I shouldn't have dragged Amanda here. " Aries pleaded.
" We'll be lonely with out you." Tears rolled down Amanda's face
Noin smiled half-heartedly to weak to spell then turned her attention to her husband. Zechs leaned forward claiming his wife's lips for what would be the last time. It broke his heart to watch life escape from his wife like water escaping a broken glass. The color drained from her face, making her look like a ghost.
"I love you Milliardo." She mouthed unable to make a sound.
"I love you Lucrezia." He whispered sweetly watching her eyes close for the last time. Zechs embraced her then looked at the peaceful expression she had on her face. He broke away from, tears streaming down his face.
"Dad I'm sorry this is all my fault I convinced Amanda to come I'm so sorry." Aries said to her father. Zechs was so devastated by his loss that he never answered his daughter or tied to convince her that her it wasn't her fault.
"Dad look!" Amanda screamed. A fleet of mobile suits passed over the creator. Zechs walked to the back of the ship opening the hatch to the one escape pod on the ship.
"Dad, we're not leaving you," the girls said in unison
"You have to." He helped them in the fit was very tight, had they been any bigger then the twins wouldn't have fit, paused only to tell his daughters how much they meant to him.
Walking over to the other console he set the course of the pod, knowing that one wrong number could make the pod float off into space until it ran out of power. With tears almost blinding him Zechs pressed the red deployment button and watch as the pod speed off towards its destination: Earth, hoping it would make it would make it to Earth at the coordinates he had memorized in case the mission failed.
The former Lightning Count said a silent farewell to his two brave daughters and turned his head to where his wife's body still lay blood still spilling out from her wound. He maneuvered the ship out of the creator and toward the base. The fleet, seeing the ship sped towards him. Zechs fired missiles into the approaching fleet causing giant explosions.
"You'll pay for that!" The captain of the armada screamed.
"I have already played the ultimate price. I have no more to lose."
He accelerated the ship to its maximum speed and plowed into the base causing monstrous fireballs and numerous explosions.
To be continued.