Gundam-Soldiers

Side Story

The Earth Campaign

The Gundam pilots were young men, barely at the age of adulthood. But yet their maturity far exceeds anyone of their age group. They are young and head strong, but because of their past, each were changed. They had no time nor had the chance to grow up like regular humans. Each one had a purpose in this war, and had a part in the destiny of all of mankind. Whatever paths they choice will decide the faith of all of Earth and the colonies.

Trowa's Gundam grows closer to the last Aries that was crawling away, in hopes of having enough time to transmit a message to HQ.

"Anyone who has seen a Gundam won't live to tell about it." Trowa said and with a series of cuts and slices, he destroyed the Aries, but it was too late. The Aries already sent a distress call.

Noin watches from her suit in horror, witnessing first hand what these young men could do. She realizes that despite how fierce these soldiers are, deep within, they are very fragile. They have yet to know fear, and pain.

"These...kids..." Noin said, "...They're too pure. What we know of that is war, is nothing compare to what they face and do in battle..."

The Eyes of the Enemy

The carrier group with Noin's craft at the center was nearing the base at the South Pole. It was not a very large base, but more of a relay station. Those stationed there originally, were rejects and outcasts. It was once a quiet base in the middle of nowhere. But the coming of even a small detachment of military to it causes the entire base to be on the watch.

"We are flying over Wettel Sea and the Hilfina mountain ranges." Joyce said, "We are going to reach Berkeley base within five minutes,"

"Are there any readings on the radar from here?" Noin asked hoping there weren't anymore of the investigation group.

"Radar is active, but beside the Commander Daniel's ships, there are no other readings." the pilot responded.

"I see. We shouldn't assume that Hahad's group gave up. We better consider that they will regroup, and attack us more fiercely now since we have the gundams with us."

"That's a logical assessment," Heero said,

"There's more than just one good pilot in OZ." Trowa said,

As Daniel's assault transport grew nearer, he felt that it would be better to announce himself to Zechs so that they won't be alarmed.

"This is Commander Daniel Wilson of the Federation's 10th Mobile Suit Division." Daniel said in a voice that shows of authority. "We have been escorting your craft for quite sometime. It carries some of our friends. We request to land and be treated accordingly."

Then, Zechs's face appears on Daniel's screen.

"This is Lt. Col. Zechs Marquise, I thank you for helping out my envoy. The passengers on the carrier are very special. But I wonder...did you just run into them by accident?"

"No, we were...sent by a friend that you know of. He wished for their safety."

"A friend? Who is this person that I should know?"

"...You should know who he is..." Daniel said in a way that puzzled Zechs,

"I see...very well then, you may land along with my carrier."

And so, Daniel's small fleet landed on the airstrip of the base. It unloaded personnel and refueled supplies as humanly possible, thinking to not over stay their welcome. Heero and Trowa came out of their carrier. As they do, Heavyarms was also loaded out. From not too far away, Zechs waits for the two. Standing next to him was Kai and another soldier. Noin and Joyce walked toward Zechs and Kai.

"Lt. Col Zechs, I brought Heero Yuy, and Trowa Barton here, as you requested." Noin said

Zechs stopped in front of the two boys.

"Greetings, I am Zechs Marquise."

"Would you like to shake hands?" Trowa asked

"...No, that's ok,"

The group was lead down a dark tunnel that goes to the underground factory, where Wing was store. Zechs says Heero's name in his head again and realized whose name it was also.

"Heero Yuy, eh. That's the name of the late leader of the colonies." Zechs said, "Is that your real name?"

Heero didn't show a face but responded,

"Is Zechs Marquise your real name?" Heero asked back

"Heh, touché'. Forgive me. Names don't hold much worth to people like us."

They reach a blast door and it opened to reveal Wing, completed and look even better than it was before. Even Heero was amazed.

"Are you satisfied with it?" Zechs asked,

"Zechs, sir!" a technician shouted as he ran toward them, "We have finished repairing Unit 01 completely. Though we had adjusted some parts a little bit."

"I'd like to introduce you to the engineer responsible for repairing your Gundam, this is Maser."

"Uh, nice to meet you," Maser said, "All I have to do is to adjust the cockpit to your height."

"So, when would you like to start?" Heero asked

"How about tomorrow morning?"

"Alright."

"Heero," Noin said, "Don't you want to show your appreciation to Col. Zechs?"

"I'll show my own appreciation in my own way." Heero responded, "I'll defeat him in battle. That'll be my way of showing appreciation to him."

Noin gulp a bit and Zechs then think to himself

"Excellent," he said in his head, "For these soldiers out to save their colonies, this battle is just a nuisance. I am just one passage in their long history."

Heero then extends his hand to Zechs.

"I've never done this before...but..." and the two shook hands,

"...I feel that not only of Zechs," Noin said in her head, "But also for Heero too. They both of them shouldn't die in this battle."

Elsewhere, at Lake Victoria base, Relena went to see Zechs and Noin. The man left in charge was talking to Relena.

"As I said many times before, we destroyed Gundam 01." the tech lied, "There isn't even a stabilizer left in that unit."

"I'm not going to make sure if that's true or not," Relena said, "I want to see Col. Zechs. He is stationed at this base right."

"Um, Col. Zechs is not present at the moment."

"Then I like to see Lt. Noin, who is in charge here."

"But she is also not here-" but before the tech can finish his sentence, Pargan, who was standing next to her, was holding up his cell phone.

Pargan then whispered to Relena and they took off. As Relena's private jet took off. As she left the base, the tech contacted Noin as quickly as possible.

"Relena is coming here?!" Noin said

"Yes,"

"If she can get a hold of this information...we can assume that the Romefeller foundation knows of this as well."

"Please be careful ma'am."

"I see, thank you..." she turns off the comm. and starts talking to herself, "...In these times, there would be a lot of people who are impressed with the Romefeller Foundation. To kill Zechs will be a sign of loyalty to them since Zechs saved the Gundam...but why should Zechs be targeted? He is a hero of OZ. I wonder if Zechs's way is wrong...oh Zechs, you worry me so much with these things...I wish you didn't have to do this-" She stopped before she finish her sentence before she was able to feel the presence in the room, more specifically behind her. She then quickly turns around to see Zechs standing next to the doorway. If his mask weren't blocking his face she would see his eyebrow raised a bit. "(gasp)"

"Sorry for ease dropping." Zechs said with a smile.

"Uh..." Noin was flushed with embarrassment, "How long have you being standing there?"

"Long enough...but I have an answer for myself. Since I spent such a long time with OZ, I placed a value on the war." Zechs started to walk toward the window and looked outside, where a small storm blows over, "We can't understand each other, and since our even our enemies can share a war spirit. But they are different from me...because they devoted their lives to this war. They are true soldiers fighting for a cause. I am weak compared to them."

Zechs looked down, and then Noin came close and puts her hand on his shoulder.

"No you are not weak...They have a goal of fighting for their colonies. You have things to save, people to protect, Zechs."

"I don't have the right to have something to protect. But in their opinions, to think like this is too soft. A soldier with something to value is not needed in war. If I can't achieve that state of mind, then a Gundam'll just kill me. This is war. There's something to learn even if you lose your life."

"Zechs..." Noin looks down a bit and then Zechs turns around and held her hand,

"Noin, don't worry too much. It's too sad." Then Zechs walks out, "I'm going to get ready."

"You don't have to worry, I'll stop the investigation group from invading your battle."

"No. What I'm more worried about is being bothered by someone of the Peacecraft family."

As Zechs walks away Noin starts to talk to herself again,

"No, Relena is the most important person to you. By protecting her, you can become a true soldier."

Elsewhere in the hanger,

"You don't trust me do you?" Maser asked Trowa regarding Heero

"No, that's not it. From the impression I got from you, I think you are a reliable tech, but he doesn't like anyone else to mess around with his machine. That's the reason,"

"But-" Heero then lowers himself from his suit after thoroughly inspecting it.

"The self destruct system has been dismantled." Heero said

"Col. Zechs said that isn't necessary." Maser responded.

"He must think he regrets making you use it in the last battle," Daniel said as he walked in, "That's probably why. Maybe this time, he wants to finish the fight."

Heero then walks toward Trowa's suit. This puzzled Maser.

"Aren't you going to use your Mobile Suit?"

"I'm going to use yours,"

"Why?" Though Trowa didn't really mind,

"Mine is too perfect. It makes me feel overindulged."

"That's not going to happen to you." Daniel said

"No, it's not for me."

Later, Zechs hears this from Kai.

"I see...he's not going to use 01, but 03?"

"What is he thinking?"

"They think what we did on 01 was too much. But my feelings about the battle is the same."

"Then would you want the parts we used on 01 fitted back to the Tallgeese. Your left arm won't work that well without them. It's possible to recover the replacement parts from 01."

"That's alright. Just leave it like this."

"But Zechs, are you insane? Such a handicap is not necessary in a battle lie this."

"This battle is going to be the final one. The left arm was destroyed in Siberia, and this replacement is not fully functional. You can consider it a fair handicap."

"Kai," Joyce asked, "Is this the difference between an engineer and a pilot?"

"It is. It's a pilot's pride that I even I don't know of. Such honor in someone is very rare indeed. I truly admire this man."

Then, Zechs said in his head.

"No, it is different because of my selfishness."

The hours passed by and it was soon day again. Heero was still working on his suit, but even Trowa who was watching him. He too dozed of as he was leaning onto a wall. Just as Trowa was about to fall over, he woke back up and sees that Heero was still working on his suit so that fits him. Heero was overexerting himself. He was trying to screw in a circuit board, until he dropped the screwdriver, and held his arm in pain.

"Uh, what time is it?"

"It's 2:32 AM...you should rest."

"Uh...You're right," Heero got up, "Perhaps I will get some sleep."

Heero went to his bed and surrendered to exhaustion.

Outside, Trowa was doing some modifications on his suit.

"This is too much of a strain on your arm." Trowa then took Heavyarm's left arm apart, and reconnected just the gatling gun to the joints. This would put less strain on Heero when he tries to use it.

The next morning was a cloudy and dreary kind of day, but this is the South Pole, it's always like this. Heero and Zechs positioned themselves facing each other at a fair distance. The two stared at each other, almost seeming to look into each other's eyes. It was like a quick draw from the old west of America. The two opponents waited...and waited...It was too quiet. It became so quiet that all you can hear is the wind.

Then, Zechs drew his weapon first and fired, but missed. Heero return fire, but missed. Zechs took to the air as Heero evades his shots. Heero jumped away but his in juried arm was slowing him down. He stood for a moment to fire off his missiles, but most missed.

"What?! They started already?!" Noin shouted as she enters the command center, from oversleeping.

Outside, Zechs was having a hard time finding Heero from all the debris in his way.

"Damn, the infrared won't do me any good!" Zechs then saw a glowing heat signature of Heavyarms as it fires on him. He evades the shots, but got hit on one or two spots.

Zechs was too busy flying away from Heero's range, and then Heero fired the rest of his missiles and blew away a lot of ice and snow from the hills and cliffs to even more interfere with Zechs's scans.

"Damn it! Hiding in the dust?" Zechs looks at his infrared again and see the faint scan of Heavyarms moving and aimed to when it was going. "There!"

Heero was hit, but Zechs kept firing. Then, Zechs went up high into the clouds and fired straight down toward Heero's position and knocked him down. Heero fell and slide on the icy ground. As He gets up Zechs lands in front of him, then aims his cannon. Heero aimed back at him. They were at a stalemate. Heero looked at Zechs with his usual stoic face, but Zechs smiled.

"Heh...we don't have to die like this..." Zech said.

The two continues to stand their ground for a moment until they decide their next move, which would only take a few seconds.

Back at the command center, Trowa looks out at the battle and shakes his head.

"This is all in vain." Trowa said, "What a waste of time."

"It's not in vain!" Noin said, but in a way, Trowa was very right.

"Isn't it true? I don't know the details, but OZ is also hunting you guys at this base...We have the same enemy. So why are we fighting each other out in such a place? Heh, True piloting... It means nothing."

"...You might be right..." Noin said, "But were fighting each other just a short while ago. It's natural for them to still have hostile feelings toward each other. This is just a battle that you feel worthless."

But then, a voice interrupted them. A dark figure spoke from the dimly lit hallway before them.

"-Because it's not your battle," the voice from the shadows said.

Everyone, including Trowa turned to see Jacen.

"He is finding himself in this war." Jacen continues, "That is why he needs an enemy."

"Uh...Jacen?" Noin said in shock.

Noin looked like he saw a ghost. She remembers Jacen from 6 years ago in training. Jacen was the best at the schools. His skills were second to none. Seeing him again in such a place puzzles her, and from the uniform he was wearing she didn't know to either welcome him or face the small possibility that he is an enemy.

"It's been a long time, Noin," Jacen said. "I would like to chat with you, but this is not the time to rekindle of friendships."

"Of course. I assume you are here not as my enemy."

Jacen stares off at the battle going on, ignoring her question.

"...If a soldier finds someone to protect...he will be revived. It'll take a long time to do that."

"We don't know how to save the colonies," Trowa said, "We can't waste time here like this. In order to let this battle finish soon, I'm going to prepare for any interruption."

Trowa then walks away.

"Are you talking about the investigative group?" Noin asked, "Trowa, how are you going to fight."

But Trowa left before he can answer. Then, Jacen walks to follow him.

"Jacen, where are you going?"

"You ask how are we going to fight...in whatever ways we can..."

Back outside, Heero takes to the air and shoots at Zechs again, but misses. Zechs return fire and makes a direct hit at Heero's chest. Then, he remembers what Trowa said to him.

"Remember this...when you run out of ammo for your left arm gun, drop it."

Then, Heero ejects the gattling cannon and the weapon fell to the floor. Zechs lands in front of him and also discards his main weapon.

"Yes, this is how I want it to end!" Then, Zechs sees something weird on Heavyarm's armless left section. "What the?"

"A beam saber? I guess Trowa thought of everything."

Then, Heero takes it out and ignites it. Then, he attacks Zechs.

"So this is finally it!" Zechs takes out his own saber and parries with Heero.

The two clashed, dodging each other's attacks and swiping air. The two were still equally matched. Then, Zechs cuts through an icy cliff and cuts it up. A huge chunk of ice fell in front of Heero, but Zechs cuts right through it as well.

Nearby, Relena was getting close. She was reading the letter from Mrs. Noventa. But then, Aries surrounded her aircraft.

"Uh, Miss Relena," Pargan said, Relena looked out.

"Private aircraft!" the lead Aries shouted, "Leave this area now! This area is a battlefield!"

"Ignore them Pargan! Hurry up and descend! Don't stop!"

"But they are the investigative group who are hunting Zechs Marquis. They might attack us."

"They are not going to do anything to us until we reach Berkeley base. Just continue on!"

"Right then. I trust your judgment."

The aircraft started to fly lower. The Aries aimed their guns.

"The aircraft is accelerating!" the other Aries pilot shouted.

"Shoot it down then!" the leader Aries ordered, then their scanners showed something weird just ahead of them, "What the? What are those?!"

The clouds revealed Wing and Excalibur, both aiming buster weapons.

"Mobile Suits? No, Gundams!!!" Then, Jacen and Trowa fired weapons, destroying the Aries.

There was one left, and it crashed onto the floor. It tried to get back up. As it did it saw Nu gundam running toward it, beam saber drawn and was going to chop it. All the Aries pilot could to do is scream. Nu gundam cuts the suit in half.

"They're scouts!" Daniel shouted to Jacen.

Jacen and Trowa looked up at Relena's craft. Relena thought Heero was in Gundam Wing.

"Heero? Is that you?"

"Heero's not here. He's fighting Zechs near here." Jacen said

"Jacen!"

"What are you doing here Relena!" Jacen asked, "Get away from here!"

"I'm here to speak with Zechs. I'm going to make him stop this worthless battle."

"I see." Trowa said, "Then you'll have to hurry...before they kill themselves."

"Let's move forward and form a line." Jacen said, "The investigative group will be here soon."

Trowa, Jacen, Daniel moved forward. Behind them were their friends.

Back at the battlefield, Heero stopped for a millisecond and thought he felt something in the air, or perhaps the presence of someone else. Then, he paid attention to the battle. Heero attacks, but Zechs blocks again. Heero then jets forward and stabs at Zechs's left side, but instead of being blocked by Zechs's shield, Heero's attack grazed the left side of Tallgeese's torso. This intrigues Heero a bit and made him wonder.

"Something is wrong with his left arm...I don't remember damaging him there."

"Uh, did he notice my arm?" Zechs said to himself, then Heero attacks again and again, trying to make Zechs block with his left arm, but all he did was dodged them. This confirmed Heero's guess.

"You left your handicap on purpose!" Heero shouted to Zechs, "You think too much about honor an fairness!"

Then, he attacks again but was blocked and then defended against an attack. Heero return the attack, but was blocked again.

"I want to destroy distracting things like that within me during the battle." the next attack from Zechs hit home at Heero's left side and knocked him off balance. Then, he knocks him to the ground. Heero's in juried left arm was pushed against the console from the crash and it reopened his wound, causing new blood to bleed out. Heero screamed in pain. He was completely defenseless. "This is it!!"

Zechs went for a final strike at Heero, but then, the sound of a girl's voice through his and Heero's comm. stopped the battle.

"Heero!" it was Relena,

"Relena?" Zechs was shocked as well as Heero.

"Heero! I have a letter for you!" Relena shouted,

"Get out of here Relena! It's dangerous!" Heero shouted as if her life meant something to him. Relena was a bit shocked at the sound of worry in his voice. Was he worry about her safety.

"No! This letter says how to live for yourself. You have a responsibility to read this letter!"

"Princess!" Zechs shouted,

"You're Zechs right?"

"Princess, please leave her now! I have to get revenge for my soldiers."

"I order you in the name of Peacecraft to stop this at once!"

"Relena..." Zechs said in his head, "You have become so strong...you are truly a daughter of House Peacecraft...but... You have to see...that war is dirty and cruel."

Zechs makes his attack at Heero, knocking his saber away and relentlessly trying to destroy the gundam. But even though the saber was barely damaging it, he still goes on.

"Uh, that's terrible!" Relena said, "If he was a soldier and knight of Peacecraft, he wouldn't do this!"

Then, Noin called her. Relena looked at her screen.

"Lt. Noin, I must have misunderstood you. I thought you were sincere. How can you accept this battle?! This is not a battle. They're just killing each other."

"This right. You might look down on me. But I just want to trust Zechs. I can't do anything about what he decides on."

Relena was very mad at this and turn to look at Heero.

"Heero, just kill Zechs!" She shouted in a very demanding matter that even Heero would obey, "Such a cruel person belongs only to OZ. He's a dirty stain to Sankt kingdom! Kill him Heero!-"

Noin was speechless at what Relena just said, but then another voice stopped her.

"No Relena!" Jacen flew next to her. "Don't say such a thing!"

"Jacen?" she has never see Jacen mad at her like this,

"Don't mean that Relena...with such words and tone, even Heero will obey you, but...don't wish for your brother's death!"

"M-my brother?" Relena was shocked.

"Yes, it's true that he was once in OZ," Noin said, "But he joined them not because of their beliefs. It was the only way to track down the ones responsible for the death of the Peacecraft family. He's your brother...don't wish for that..."

"What..." Relena was still in shock.

"When the Peacecraft family was attacked by the Alliance 13 years ago," Jacen said, "he decided to get revenge...just like myself...but it was difficult to organize the scattered kingdom. So he joined OZ...I met him a few years later...we both went out to hunt down the ones responsible for the destruction of our families and kingdoms. He under the mask of Zechs Marquise to get within the Federation."

Words from what Zechs said a few months ago was brought up.

"My hands are too stained with so much blood...Relena is the best person to lead the kingdom."

Then, Noin continued the story,

"When OZ started creating the same problems," Noin said, "Zechs lost his reason to exist. He saw himself as a soldier again against the gundams. He's trying to attain the same spirit as Heero who can live apart from his emotions. This battle is for that. In order to love the name of Sankt Kingdom and Peacecraft."

As she talks, Zechs and Heero continue to fight. Heero pops out Heavyarms's blade and clashes again.

"He decided to give up his life...I will follow him...to whatever path he leads me to."

From the sound of her voice, Relena can sense the strong feelings that Noin has for Zechs.

"...you love my brother, don't you?"

The question made Noin hesitate for a moment, but her answer was obvious.

"Yes...I love him."

"Then please take care of my brother forever..."

"Heh, I will try, but I don't know if I can deal with him, because he does everything excessively."

"That is the blood of Peacecraft."

Then, the radar from the command center went crazy as it picked up a lot of targets.

"Multiple enemy crafts incoming! From three directions! From the long range scans, they are most likely the investigative group."

"How many enemy targets?!" Noin asked

"There are at least thirty carriers so far."

"Launch attack with all available Mobile Suits we have! Attack the group!"

The enemy carriers dropped Aries.

"They're coming!" Zechs said

"Zechs, Heero, can you hear me?!" Trowa shouted, "There are 30 carriers. Even including Aries they are just 100. If we split our groups into three, that will be about 30 each team. We'll finish them easily."

"No wait! I'm going to attack them by myself!" Zechs then heads off. "Go save your colonies!"

"Zechs!!!" Heero was more upset about the battle being unfinished than Zechs taking the glory of the fight.

"Heero! We will meet again...to finish our fight..."

"He's...a hard one alright." Trowa said

"True..."

Trowa then transformed Wing into bird mode and Heero grabbed a hold of it's arm. Jacen looked up at Zechs and smiled. He then jets off with his group.

"Let's move out!" Jacen ordered.

"But Zechs is outnumbered." Daniel said

"He can take care of himself,"

"Col. Zechs." Noin called out as her Aries came from behind him, "My Aries unit is ready to fight!"

"No, escape with Relena."

"Zechs!"

"When all of you have escaped, I'm going to attack them."

"I want to stay and fight with you!"

"Noin! I'm going to save the important person of Sankt Kingdom's future. Please let me protect her...and please...let me protect you...Noin."

"...I'll do as you ask...Zechs."

Zechs then attacks the enemies. Though they overwhelm him, he was holding his own. Such valor in a person. Noin looks back one more time.

"Zechs...be careful..."

Relena looks back as well.

"I'm glad that battle was over...but now another one starts...will this war ever end?"

Jacen lands on top of a huge ship that came down from Space. The space ship was like a Star Destroyer, but much sleeker. It had the color of silver and blue on it with black trim. On the top section of it, bares mighty laser weapons and torpedo launchers. The ship was more of a battleship than a Mobile Suit carrier, but is can fit about five suits. From the side of it bares its name.

~NX-1701--FDS Enterprise~

This was the most powerful of all the Federation warships. The Federation Directorate Ship, Enterprise. No ship in the fleet is as advance. It is the symbol of the Federation's might and ingenuity. Jacen's Gundam stands on top of the main bridge with his sword pointed down.

"This war has taken a new turn...the tides of the battle is changing." Jacen's train of thought was interrupted by a comm. signal from the ship under him.

"Captain Fanel..." the voice of an man older than Jacen spoke to him,

"Yes commander, what is the status of the ship?"

"The ship's refit is complete. All system is fully operational. We are awaiting orders."

Jacen was already inside the ship and had a change of uniform. He had the look of a high ranked officer, and commanded a look of respect from the soldiers and officers on the ship. His presence effects the moral of the crew greatly.

"Sub-commander Striker, prep the ship for space flight."

"Yes, sir!" Striker said, "All hands, prepare for space flight."

"Ensign Raider, take us out."

"Aye Captain."

The warship ascended to Space.

"So we will boldly go and do what others refuse to do." Jacen said to himself. "Because we are right..."

Jacen's ship quickly picks up speed and exit from Earth and is now in Space. As the ship flies away from the South Pole of the Earth, it was joined up with ten other warships.

Meanwhile at the colonies, OZ launched its next campaign, to destroy the remnant Alliance forces in Space. At one colony, Space Leos tries to escape from the enemy. They were outmatched.

"They're coming this way!" a Leo pilot said

"Get out of here." the commander shouted, "Hurry!"

From the distant, three black flying objects banked toward them and accelerated. They were Taurus Mobile Suits.

"Open fire! Destroy them!"

The Leos fired on the approaching Taurus but they were too fast for them to react. They got close and transformed from flight mode and counter attacked. One of the Taurus fired a volley at the group of Leos and blew a hole in the colony wall. The decompression sent the Leos flying into Space.

The Alliance of Earth sent soldiers to occupy the colonies and control the citizens. But with the collapse of the United Earth Sphere Alliance, the soldiers tried to maintain power in the colonies. But they were no match against the new Taurus models, which were designed for space combat. These new models can be auto piloted in battle.

"Stop this battle against our soldiers of unification." a woman's voice said "We of OZ are here to bring peace to Space. Let's enter this new age together."

The woman had long brown hair and was wearing a blue blouse, which was not really a military uniform considering that she was at the bridge of Barji.

Then, the squad of Taurus landed back on Barji. The only human in them was one.

"The Taurus Mobile Doll system is working properly." the pilot said "They are in good condition."

"I see," the same woman from before said, "Tell them to return to base."

"What about your protection?"

"The people of the colonies think of Mobile Suits as their enemies. I'll go alone today."

"Begin flight mode for Mobile Dolls and return to main base." the pilot said to the Dolls.

The Dolls transformed and flew away.

At a secret location, one of the professors that created the Gundams was observing these new weapons of OZ.

"Mobile Dolls...automated weapons?" the scientist said. "OZ is really starting to play around with this war."

At another colony, a summit was held to talk about the military problems in Space. The beautiful woman from before was speaking to the audience of representatives.

"After Colony 195, Citizens of space should be free," From behind her, a large screens shows the destruction of the Alliance Space Force. "But the Alliance has been constantly oppressing you. That is all over now. A new system is about to start on Earth. It is the same here. Space is free once again. OZ is here to help you."

"That was a message from the Armed Forces of OZ." the main representative said, "No, it was a message from the peacekeeping forces of OZ. I'd like to discuss this at our next session. They are not in a hurry for an official statement from us. Therefore, let's conclude our congressional meeting of the D-area colonies."

As the woman was leaving, she was caught up by one of the representatives.

"Wait," the guy said, "I wanted to thank you."

She turned around,

"No, I should thank you."

"It's only me now, but eventually everyone will thank OZ. Though a lot has thought about what the Federation offers."

"You're such a young leader."

"I like to think of youth as a great possibility. Third generation colony citizens like myself aren't like the old timers who distinguish themselves between OZ and the Alliance."

"...OZ used to belong to the Alliance, too. They can't understand us so quickly. Beside, there are former Alliance soldiers still in the colonies. Excuse me, I must leave for the next colony."

She was about to leave, but then-

"Wait, forgive me, but I haven't gotten your name."

"Oh yes, that's right. I'm responsible for meeting with the leaders here in Space." She then takes the guy's glasses off and holds it to her face. "My name is Lady Une."

While Lady Une tries to convert the colonies to OZ's sway, the Federation attempts the same thing. For the moment, both side seem to have an evenly matched number of colonies on their side.

Back on Earth side, in a remote area of the tropic, Duo, Bruder, Quatre, Saette, and Geo, hides from OZ. They were at a mansion that was own by Quatre. Not to far away, Jerry and Carl, preps their forces for another battle, but for now, everyone was resting.

"It's been two months...and still no word from Jacen." Jerry said

"We were told to stay with these guys, but it's getting harder to go on..." Carl said, "We've lost about half of our forces that we started out with."

Back with Duo and Quatre, the two was watching the news. It depicted the battles for Space, between the Federation, and OZ over the Alliance threats.

"The Former Alliance soldiers illegally occupying the colonies have been defeated." the reporter said, "The new weapons of OZ have started removing the mines between the colonies. Because of this, communication between the colonies have started again. The same is said about the Federation..."

"Does the OZ want to control all the colonies by every means possible?" Duo said

"Yes. They're doing it in the worst way, too." Quatre said, "If they used an army, people will resist. Instead, they claim that they only came to give 'benevolent guidance'..."

"The people of the colonies are careless. That's why they don't realize what OZ is really planning...I wonder is this what the Federation is also trying to do?"

"We should return to the colonies...the gundams were made to protect the colonies."

The two set off to their carrier and readies it to fly. Jerry and his forces joined up with them. Everyone was set on their goal.

"Yes, but how are we going to get up into Space?" Duo asked, "We can't attract OZ's attention."

"We want to get their attention. If OZ claims that they only want peace, then they can't use the threat of hurting the colonies against us."

"If OZ shows their true nature..."

"Then the people will know what OZ is really thinking. OZ can't afford to lose their support."

"We can still fight then?"

"Let's go back home...to Space."

The carriers took off and sped toward the nearest Spaceport. This is going to be a tough journey for the gundams to take.

Back at a colony, some representative talks about OZ.

"OZ did a great job. They defeated all the Alliance troops in the area."

"They most likely feel bad about the assassination of Heero Yuy."

"Don't say things like that! It's just a rumor that OZ was involved in that case. But should we accept them or the Federation?"

"Both side seem to have good intentions, but I prefer OZ."

Then, an older man step into the room. The man was wearing thick glasses and carried a cane with him.

"That's what OZ claim to be," The elderly man walked slowly into the room. From the looks of him, he appears to be very old.

"Emeritus Counselor." the counsel members were a bit surprised by the visit of the head counsel member, "Why are you here?"

"I heard that you were thinking of accepting OZ's offer."

"OZ is hoping for Peace."

"Isn't the Federation doing the same thing? Does OZ tempt you more? I don't think either side cannot be so easily trusted."

"At lease, Lady Une is trustworthy." the man that met Lady Une said

"Reports from the Federation say that she's been involved in many bloody encounters before, and was the one that planned to destroy the colonies with missile platforms!"

"That's just a rumor! Someone like her can't be as cruel as some say. She, herself, is leading a team that has the dangerous job of clearing the mines in Space."

"The Federation is doing that as well...why don't you support them, and beside, don't you think that does action is because they want control of Space?"

"What is true, is that they are working for the colonies, either side." another member said,

"Whatever their past is, they're giving us a peaceful path to follow now. We can't refuse it."

"We all agreed that we want peace with Earth-" but the elderly man spoke again

"Then, if so. Which side would you choice? The ambitious, peaceful OZ...or the noble, honorable Federation? Such choices to make...this is so disappointing..."

Meanwhile in Space, Taurus Mobile Dolls heads toward a minefield, preparing to destroy the obstructions.

"From the point on, we're entering the mine field," the human commander of the unit said, "Mobile Dolls, start clearing them out."

The MD's did their jobs, locating and destroying every target that threatens them. The human commander of the group was pleased with the work.

"This is Nikol. Area P-0314 is cleared. It's becoming much easier to clear up space."

Elsewhere, Lady Une was getting into her uniform and a hairdresser was fixing her hair into what it used to be like. It was calm and quiet for a moment, but her comm. range in.

"Miss Lady Une," a voice from the speaker said, "We have found a factory that appears to have the abilities to produce gundams on Colony D-1307. We arrested one of the scientists."

Lady Une opens her eyes and puts her glasses on.

"Thank you," she said to her hairdresser, then resumed her usually personality. "I'll be at the bridge in a moment."

Later, she walks into the detention center and sees Prof. G. Lady Une was surprised to see someone like him.

"This old guy?" Une said,

"Ah, the commander has come." Prof G said,

One of the soldiers guarding the old guy start to talk,

"In the basement of the military factory there is an area for making Mobile Suits and he was destroying everything."

"Did you recover anything?"

"There wasn't anymore data left." the other soldier said sadly

Then, Lady Une points her gun at Prof. G's face.

"Did you make the gundams?"

"Is that how you question people?" the prof said, unafraid to die.

"Answer me! You shouldn't have gotten involved with those five monstrosities!"

"Oh no, no...I didn't make the other four." this shocked Une,

"What do you mean?"

"I made one gundam. I think it's the best one. Why the hell would I design four other variations?"

"So you're saying you only designed one of them?"

"Yes, Deathscythe was the one I made...or unit 02 as you people call it. The others were just a coincidence, because of the Alliance; we couldn't meet or communicate with each other between colonies. I just made one."

"Coincidence? It's just coincidence that there are five gundams?" this was more confusing than it was.

Then, another soldier stepped into the room,

"Commander Une! A communicate from Earth! Singapore Spaceport base is under heavy attack from the Gundams and the Federation. Gundams 02, 04, 07, 10 and 11 has reappeared and are attacking!"

"What!" Lady Une was pissed.

Prof G laugh a bit,

"Just as I thought...they're coming back."

At the base, the troops there were doing their best to repel the Gundams. The troops at the base was overwhelming the gundams and Federation forces.

"Damn! Too many of them!" Jerry shouted as he took cover.

"This is the nearest Spaceport that we can get to!" Duo said, "Perhaps it was a good idea to get in contact with the Federation Space force!"

"It wouldn't have helped!" Carl shouted back, "If a space enters Earth in these parts would get shot on sight!"

Carl fired his energy cannon. Quatre and Deathscythe we holding their own, but they were pinned.

"We must load our gundams into the shuttles!" Quatre shouted

Quatre charged into a group of Leos, but was forced back from heavy cannon fire. Quatre was knocked.

"Quatre!" Geo shouted and went to help her brother. "Are you alright!"

Saette destroyed another line of troops, but more kept coming. Bruder jumps back and covers Deathscythe.

"Form a line!" Jerry shouted to his remaining troops.

"We must keep on fighting..." Quatre said, "to get everyone's attention. We need to get to Space! Space is waiting for us."

Several Tragos fires their heavy cannons at Deathscythe and Sandrock, knocking them down. Quatre got a bit mad and threw his swords at some Leos, dicing them up. He picked his weapons and continued on.

"To Space...with everyone!" Quatre shouted

The Federation troops following Jerry and Carl were good, but a few more fell to the overwhelming number of Leos. They are not gundams. With every death, Jerry was pissed off even more.

"Damn you!" Jerry went in close and slices several more Leos with his saber.

In Space, as well as Earth, the news shows the battles with the gundams.

"Are those the gundams?" one representative said, " They're attacking the OZ base on Earth. They are fighting beside the Federation."

"It's true that the Alliance persecuted the colonies, OZ and the Federation belonged to the Alliance. It is understandable that some colonies would want to retaliate at Earth."

"But OZ is having second thoughts about us." another guy said, "Because of our peaceful attitude. We cannot resort to violence anymore."

"They are fighting because they believe in self-government and freedom for the colonies," the elder counsel member said

"No, it's not good for us. We have to show OZ our trust before they suspect us of betraying them and joining the Federation."

"They are fighting for us!" the elder counsel member said in disbelief, "The gundams love the colonies...they love us so much that they took on the burden of fighting for us from all oppressions. They are doing their best for us! Why don't you support them, our true friends!"

But even though the old man's voice was heard, it did not have effect.

Back on Earth, the gundams were doing with one regiment of enemy forces and was destroying the base, except for the shuttles.

"I think it's over...for now," Duo said in relief. He looked at the news reports regarding them, "Now they know about us from all over the world. Uh what is this?"

Duo and the rest were surprised of what they saw on one of the channels.

"We are here to announce our decision for the D-Area space colonies. The Mobile Suits called Gundams are trying to destroy OZ, and with them, the Federation as well. We of the D-Area do not condone the gundams' action at all. We officially declare that if the gundams and the Federation are the enemy of OZ, we will be the enemies of them as well. All misunderstanding between OZ and us will soon be gone. We hope the gundams are defeated in this battle. We hope that the rest of the colonies will follow in our example."

"They don't understand!" Duo said, "They still don't understand!"

"That's ok Duo." Quatre said "We came down to Earth by ourselves. The colonies don't have to understand us right now. I feel good enough just to have some friends who fights with the same heart as I do,"

Then, several Tragos concentrated their fire and knocked Quatre back.

"Quatre!" Jerry shouted and was about to help, but he was also hit. The resulting blasts of cannon fire tore off his Gundam's left arm. "Damn it!"

Carl came to help out.

"You alright!" Carl asked, but he got hit as well. Even Thor's huge shield was not strong enough to withstand such punishment. "We're not going to make it!"

Duo was also knocked down from cannon shots. Deathscythe and Sandrock tried to get up, but the incoming fire from the Leos were pinning them to the ground.

"Come on, get up Sandrock!" Quatre shouted,

"Damn..." Duo said, "We're going to get beaten here. I thought we were doing something good here, too. Why do we have to die like this?"

Then, some new weapons fire came from outside the base. Flamethrowers and laser riles shot out from nowhere. It was Wufei, Sai, and Asia. From the other side of the base was Wongfei and his troops.

"Because we are right!!!" Wufei shouted over the comm. to Duo,

The Leos at the base, tried to fight back from the ambush, but were destroyed,

"We are... absolutely RIGHT!" Wufei shouted again as he shot out his claw at a Leo and lifted it up, then threw it into another one.

"It's him!" Duo said in surprise,

"The right should be strong!" Wufei said, "If you can't fight anymore, let the rest of us take care of it!"

"What?" Duo said, "Let 'the rest of us' take care of it?"

"You can leave if you're disappointed now. You'll feel sorry for those who agree with you."

Duo and everyone else looked at every news channel and sees the other gundams, all fighting.

"They did realize!" Duo shouted

"Everybody understands us." Quatre said

Where Heero is, he takes out make suits with his buster rifle.

"My duty is to destroy OZ!" Heero said "If they go to Space, then I'll beat them there too!"

At where Trowa is, he fights on as well.

"It's going to be a tough battle, but I feel relieved to know that all of our minds are set."

Trowa fights on.

Elsewhere, back in Space, Lady Une lead a team to fine Dr J.

"Is this the part of the colony where the fifth scientist is?" Nikol asked

"The other four were fairly simple to arrest, but this one is a bit tougher."

Some Leos were checking out an area of the colony where they think Dr. J is.

"Commander, there's a factory here! But the entrance is sealed off!"

"Did you offer him a chance to surrender?"

"He refused."

"Then commence your attack, force your way in!"

"Lady Une! There's a high thermal reading from the colony!" Nikol shouted

A buster rifle attack blasted out of the colony and destroyed the Leos.

"Evade that attack!" Lady Une, Nikol and the Taurus evaded the attack.

"We lost two mechs!"

"Mobile Dolls! Use your beam cannons! Attack!"

"But commander, those beams are too strong. They might end up destroying the colony!"

"Ohh...since when did OZ's fighting become decent? Nikol...what I am doing is not for diplomacy... it's for war! It's true the colony might be destroyed from our attack. But they will still have pieces left to rebuild from. All subversives must be reduced to particles."

"Heh, I'm glad to hear that OZ still resorts to dirty tactics," Dr J said, "I'll happily surrender then."

"Alright then, I accept your surrender. Now come out!"

"People will know the dark side of OZ eventually...I'm not going to waste their fight."

Back on Earth, Deathscythe was loaded first and then Shenlong and company. In a few minutes, all of the suits were loaded except Quatre.

"Now hurry up Quatre! Bruder, get in here!" Bruder set his gundam down, but saw that Quatre was not moving.

"Don't worry about me! I've made up my mind to cover you all! Launch!"

"(Gasp) Brother, no!" Geo shouted, "Don't do this!"

"I have to sister! I have to protect you all!"

"I'm going to cover you all from here! At least six of us makes it to Space. The needs of the many outweighs the needs of the one."

"Quatre!"

Quatre was hit again, and he started to bleed from a concussion.

"Please hurry up! Get out of here!"

Wufei and his team was set and ready to go, but it saddens Wufei of Quatre's decision.

"I'm sorry that getting into Space will have a high price for you. I'll think of someway to honor you."

"You fool!!" Duo shouted, then Bruder got out. "Where are you going?!"

"Hey! Bruder!" Carl shouted, "What are you doing with my nuke!"

"I'm going to save that kid."

Bruder places the bazooka that he stole from Carl next to Sandrock and forced open Quatre's cockpit.

"What are you doing!?" Quatre asked

"You're life is more important!" Bruder pressed the autopilot in his suit and strap Quatre into his gundam. Then tosses his sword to him.

"What are you doing!" Quatre was stuck, "Bruder!"

"Hey, Duo!" Bruder said when he got into Sandrock, "Take care of my gundam for me...and if you nose around it too much look at my personal file...you deserve to know who I am. I want you to protect what family I have left."

"What are you trying to prove!?" Duo, but Duo's shuttle launched and he couldn't get out. "Bruder!"

"Duo...I want you to find my only family, protect her with your life...tell her I sorry."

"Who are you talking about?" But Duo's comm. was cut off. And his shuttle was launching.

Shadow on autopilot took Quatre in a shuttle and launched it into Space.

"Well...this is it..." Bruder picks up Carl's bazooka, containing the nuke. He armed it and also set the energy cannon itself to overload. "The overload from the energy cannon and the nuke should destroy everything in this base and reach for several dozen miles. I think I should get rid of this suit as well."

Bruder presses the self-destruct button and an alarm goes off. The gang watches helpless, as one of them was about to sacrifice his life for them.

"Farewell my friends...it was an honor to have fought with you all!"

When the shuttles reached high enough, the epicenter where Sandrock is turned bright white as the self-destruct and nuke went off at the same time. A large white dome expand out and vaporized the nearest objects and a mushroom cloud formed. The once proud gundam pilot known as Bruder was now dead.

At Barji, the five scientist meets again.

"Hey everybody!" Dr J said

"You're late." Prof G said

"You guys should have resisted more."

"There is still much to do."

"So well then...welcome back." Prof G extends his hand and everyone puts their hands together.

"Fifteen years...But I didn't think that all of you would succeed in making gundams of your own."

In the command center.

"Are you going to have an open court for the trial?" Nikol asked

"No. There's something else we can use them for. After all, they made the gundams..."

"Lady Une, the shuttles that the gundams stole are out in Space."

"Lock onto them with the missile satellites, prepare to-"

Then a warning alarm ranged through out the station.

"What?!"

"Something strange is happening. Jamming from all direction. Radar is out!"

"All missile satellites are down! They won't respond!"

At one of the missile platforms, Jacen had destroyed it and at others, his forces have cleared them up as well.

"They should of used them when they had the chance..." Jacen said.

Jacen looked at the ships carrying the gundams, and he smiled...

To be continued

With one gundam pilot died, the team is one less of a gundam pilot and one less of a gundam. So who will take up Shadow and pilot it?"

The fight between OZ and the gundam signals one way of ending the era of war. But a hard destiny is waiting for those young pilots. From a state of near death, Quatre sends out a call to any allies in Space.

Trieze demands Zechs's death for refusing to fight as a knight of Romefeller.

More to come in the next episode-

The Results of Fate

~The Federation Fleet~

The Federation fleet has about 200 battleships, cruisers, destroyers, carriers, transports, etc. A majority of ships are Magellan class battleships and Salamis destroyers. Carriers of the fleet vary from different types of operations. Not much of carriers are used on the Earth campaign, and the operational range of an average Federation Mobile Suit can last longer than OZ's space MS's.

There was never really a necessary situation for the fleet to deploy their battleships, each with the power of destroying colonies without the help of their Mobile Suit escorts. Most battleships and carriers have the ability of planetary bombardment, but Federation command restricted the use of abilities of such mass destruction. The gundams of the Federation are more destructive than the ships that holds the units. The most powerful of the battleships is Jacen's flagship, the Enterprise.

~FDS Enterprise~

The most powerful battleship in the fleet, fitted with the next generation of space warfare. Its top speed is about 270 million kph at full impulse, which is about 1/4 of the speed of light. Its crew complement of 150, which also includes support staff, flight staff, and officers. Its weapons consists of several heavy laser cannons, charged proton torpedoes, and phaser banks on the sides of its hull. It can carry about 5 to 6 mobile suits, and 7 fighters. It is not a carrier and less than an assault carrier like the Ablion, but built to be purely as a battleship. Jacen was appointed as its commanding officer.

~The changing era~

The high ranked officers of the Federation are the young. The older soldiers were less adaptive to the changing era and the fast changing ways, so most of the generals of the time retire and left their experience to the next generation. But to see so many youths go off into battles, most without families, or with families but without another generation to live on their legacy. Too many children of young fathers and mothers are left behind, because that their parents and elders are victims of war, or died in battles.

The characters in my fic and in real life are not that different. Each soldier fights for their cause, for their families, and love ones. There are those that enjoys the wars and would bring about more wars in order to gave them a good show.

The characters might not seem realistic to the real world, because we have yet to face such a terrible destiny, but it is unavoidable, not matter how hard humanity tries, wars will come, people will die, and it will continue on forever. But it is the glimmering of hope that keeps us going, for one day we wish for no wars or bloodshed. Will that day ever come? Only the death knows the end of wars.