Flashback
Time/Date: 3-4 years ago Location: Unknown
"I'm not Trowa...I'm a nameless soldier that has been in the battlefields since as far back as I can remember..."
Then we go to the time right before Operation Meteor.
"I met this man called Trowa...when I was working as an mechanic on Heavyarms."
The real Trowa walks up to Dr. S, who was with Drake. Back then; Drake actually did work with the Barton Foundation...until he took off.
"What do you mean?! Why only target OZ?! "
"If we put Operation Meteor in motion, 2 billion people will die." Dr. S said, "Trowa, Don't you think we're going too far for Heero Yuy's revenge?"
"The operation's purpose is not revenge! It's so the people of the Colonies could conquer Earth all for the awakening of a new mankind."
"Indeed, something Dekim of the Barton Foundation would come up with."
"I see...that's what you don't like. My father and us conquering Earth doesn't amuse you!" he starts to leave
"Where are you going, Trowa?"
"I'm reporting you to my father." Drake gets a little pissed, but Dr. S stops him.
"You better watch it. I'll start Operation Meteor myself if I have to, hmp ERG!" Trowa falls from the fatal gunshot from Drake's gun.
"Now you've done it, Drake..."
"I'm sorry, but I have a family on Earth, Trowa. A person like him has no right to be given any power." Then, Drake thinks in his head, "I can finally get to be the head of the House. There's no one left in my way."
They then heard a noise.
"Who's there!?"
"I have no name. If you must call me something, just call me 'no-name'."
"Were you watching?" Drake points his gun at him.
"I understand if you want to kill me, but I might resist a little."
"Stop," Dr. S said and put Drake's gun down, "They'll find out sooner or later. It's useless trying to cover it up."
"Hmp, you're giving up too easily."
"What?"
"It's been inconvenient not having a name. I wouldn't mind taking his."
"What are you saying?"
"Seems like the stage called battle suits me best."
"Are you suggesting you take Heavyarms?"
"Yes, I've become fond of this machine, but I have absolutely no interest in taking over Earth."
"...Why not, from this day forward your name is Trowa Barton. You are now in charge of Operation Meteor..."
"...I understand..." Trowa said
End of Flashback
The missiles head straight toward Duo and Jerry, and they both closed their eyes and was about to accept death. The missiles hit and there was a cloud of smoke that went to the Jacen, Heero, Wufei, and Wongfei. When the smoke cleared, they found out that Jacen and Heero did a disappearing act.
"Hmmmm...." Wufei said, "Well settle this later then..."
Duo and Jerry were surprised that they are still alive.
"What the?" Jerry said as he looked ahead and Helena and Trowa were gone. He then looked behind him to see that the missiles blew holes in the ground, for them to escape in.
"Trowa...." Duo said. He and Jerry gets out of their ruined suits. "He always has to make it complicated."
"Man..." Jerry looks at his suit, "Couldn't that bitch took it a little easier."
He and Duo jumped into the holes and into the colony.
Location: Vega sector
Daniel were in charge of the fleet station in the Vega sector, and despite that it was interesting to be part of history, they seem to miss being in the battlefield. Then a console beeped.
"What is it," Daniel asked.
"Admiral, we've received a communicate from Lord Jacen."
"What does he want?" Daniel asked, disregarding the ranks and titles. He've always treated Jacen like another person, someone he is equal with.
"He has ordered the fleet from this sector to return to Earth at once."
"So, the Barton Foundation has finally made their move...I hope Helena has done her job" He walks over to the strategy board, "Give me Vega and Sol. sector."
The table turned on and a 3D projection of where they are and Earth is, is shown. Jacen ordered Helena to plant tracking devices on every ship in the Barton fleet.
"Tracking Barton Foundation fleet," The computer said, "Estimated time to arrival to Earth, 22 hours...tracking main Federation fleet...estimated time to arrival to Earth, 24 hours."
"Hmp...a mere two hours can decide the outcome of this conflict...In the condition that Earth is in, they don't need five minutes to take over." Daniel walks to the helm and sis in his chair, "Tell all ships to match our course and make full speed for Earth."
"Yes sir." the helmsman said.
Daniel's flagship, the Concordia, was surrounded by 50 other battleships. Most of them are considered old, compared to the newer models made during and after the war. There were only a handful of new models in the fleet.
Elsewhere, we see the Taurus's from New Berlin head for Earth.
"Currently, the Taurus unit ahead of us is heading for the transit station." Sally said
"They're taking a long detour, but their destination is Earth." Noin said
"The Preventer cruiser will arrive from the moon base soon. I suppose we could buy them some time..."
"Any word from Heero, Duo, Jerry, or Jacen?" Sally shakes her head, "I see...Sally, did you notice any new Mobile Suits in that fight?"
"No. There were only Taurus and Space Leos..."
"Damn, I've underestimated them!" Noin scans the suits, "No thermal readings."
"So that unit is made primarily of Mobile Dolls."
"The new Mobile Suit unit is being deployed somewhere else."
"It's a well planned decoy. But then where is the main unit?"
"In any case, we'll leave here. Send an urgent message to Earth."
"Roger."
At the natural resource sat. MO-III. Dekim and Drake watches, as Earth looms ever so closer to them. The sat. Was also covered by several Zeon type warships. Most were Musaka-class, made right after the war.
"My plans are perfect. I'm not like Quinze."
Back at X18999, New Berlin, Relena, Laura, and Mariemeia were in a transport.
"Conquer Earth?" Relena said, "Do you think you're following Treize's, no, your father's wishes by doing so?"
"Not quite so. I just want to become victorious."
"Then is it not right that you should think for yourself what it means to fight?"
"Miss Relena, please don't make me repeat myself. I will not tolerate rude remarks."
Meanwhile far off, Duo, Heero, Jerry, and Jacen watches.
"There's no way we're gonna catch up with them," Duo said.
"Probably heading for the spaceport." Jerry said, "but they're sure in an awful hurry to get to Earth."
"They're most likely going to escape." Heero said
"Escape? Then why did they bothered take this colony over in the first place? Hey, wait a minute! She's supposed to be Treize's daughter!"
"I'm more concerned about a man called Dekim," Jacen said, "Does that name ring a bell to any of you?"
"Are they serious?" Duo said, "Are they really trying to put the true Operation Meteor into action?"
"I am seriously doubting it, though they will threat about it." Jacen explained,
"They might anyway, but we won't let it happen." Heero said as they moved out.
Elsewhere, Quatre heads for the scrap sat, where all the Gundams are.
"Master Quatre," Rashid said, "We'll make contact with Vulkanus in 20 seconds."
"Okay."
"If you think it's dangerous, please come straight back into the ship."
"Right...I see it."
"Starting countdown. 7...6...5...4...3...2...1...0!" Quatre fires a large grappling hook at the large rock, and hooks onto it, and he starts flying toward it.
Then, the ship shook a little, and Quatre got thrown off his course and flew straight into the sat.
"Master Quatre!"
Quatre then activated his boosters and landed safely.
"I...I'm alright. I made it. You all take care. My regards to the Goddess Venus!"
The ship leaves and Quatre goes into the sat.
"The rise in temperature has been kept minimal due to the air left in here, but it's still hotter than a desert here." Quatre takes off his helmet and looks down at Sandrock. "Hi, we meet again. Good old Sandrock. I thought I'd never take you back into battle again."
Back at MO-III, Drake stands alone at the bridge and thinks of the past.
"I never thought I have to work for these people again," Drake said in his head
Flashback
Time/Date: Right after Operation Meteor had begun.
"...I was chosen to pilot the prototype of a new type of mobile suit. My name is Drake Adam Stephens. That is the name I let everyone know. But My true name is actually Drake Bruer Barton. I am the newphew of Dekem, and supposively the next heir to House Barton...Since I killed my cousin Trowa. But now this with Mariemeia.
I am a skilled mobile suit pilot for my age and have been on the battlefield most of my life. Lately, on the other hand, I have been a test pilot, seeing if new, experimental mobile suits are safe to pilot. I worked for the Barton Foundation, and I support the idea of "Operation Meteor". Why do I believe in this plan, you may ask? Simple, we merely want to liberate the colonies from earth's tyrannical grasp. Up until after I shot Trowa Barton, I never knew what Operation Meteor really is, except that what my superior said, 'For the Freedom and Independence of the Colonies.'
Then, Trowa told Dr. S, and me that the true purpose of Operation Meteor is conquest. So I shot him, and help a mysterious 'no name' mechanic, and sent him off to free the colonies. So far, there has been no word from 'Trowa', but then again, I did stick a gun in his face before convincing myself that he is no threat.
My only friend is a female technician, who will tend to tell me information of what my superiors won't. The day before I was to pilot a 'mysterious Mobile Suit' that had just been created, I went to talk to her."
Drake walked into the hanger area of the colony, and sees Clara.
"Clara, you in here?"
"Hi Drake, how are you today?"
"Eh, I'm fine I guess, but I'd like to ask you about that suit I'm supposed to try out tomorrow?"
As she set down a wrench, she responded
"The suit you are going to pilot is a new prototype, which uses a new type of cockpit system that should give a pilot an edge in combat. It has high speed, strength, and defense but lacks in mobility and the amount of arms it is equipped with is nothing special."
Drake stared with a curious look on his face "That all?"
"Yeah that's all I know about the suit."
"Okay, I'll talk to you later on tonight."
"Alright, bye, oh and by the way the mobile suit is said to use Gundanium Alloy and some new kind of secret metal which is supposed to be even stronger."
Drake walked out in astonishment as he thought about piloting a new version of a Gundam. "I never thought I would get a chance like this."
The next day, Drake got a chance to test out in his suit, and was very successful in piloting it. He felt so proud at such an achievement.
As Drake left he was extremely curious about the gundam and what its wings were actually made of. He then began to think why they had created this gundam. It was all too strange. Why would they make a prototype of a stronger gundam while Operation Meteor was already in progress? Could they have realized it so soon that the Gundams were not following their orders and have gone renegade?
Drake turned toward the commander's base to see what was going on. He walked into the base and asked to see Commander Hew. Commander Hew was one of the few commanders in charge of operation meteor. In fact, there were only three, and then there was Dekim Barton, who commanded the whole operation. As I walked into his office, he immediately thanked me for testing the new model. He was dressed in a black suit and had white hair. He seemed to pretty strong at the look of him. His hair was slicked back, and he had a mustache. "Why did we create a new model in the first place?"
"Well, it seems that operation meteor has been compromised, and we need to construct new gundams in order to stop the originals, and seeing how well you handled the prototype we would like you to be one of the pilots."
"Me? You would like me to pilot one of these gundams?"
"Yes, indeed we do; your skills are superior to most of our troops, we have had them try the new model but none of them finished the trial as fast as you."
"You seem to be one of the few who can manipulate the new gundam this well, most pilots passed out from the pain of being hit."
"Who were the other pilots?"
"There was only one other, his name is code name is 'Volt'."
Later on that day Drake went to see Clara, to tell her the news. She didn't seem too overly thrilled by his news. "So they did select you as a 'new' pilot, did they?"
"Yeah but you don't sound very happy, why is that?"
Drake later went back to Hew's office to talk to him. As he was about to knock, he heard them talking about Gundams. As he listened he heard him talking to someone about "the ultimate gundam" and how that the prototype's success insures their ability to conquer the planet. I stormed through the door in a furious rage
"You're going to use the data on this new gundam to dominate the planet!? You used me and I won't allow it!"
Commander Hew stared in disbelief "That's exactly what we're going to do and there's nothing you can do; it's truly a shame that you want to stop us instead of help us. You might be Dechim's nephew, but you are not his heir...I had orders from the Baron himself, that if you become...unrelible in this operation, you will be dispose of...Volt kill this person and dump the body."
The person that the commander spoke to was dressed in black pants, white shirt, and wearing what looked like a black leather trench coat. His hair was blonde and spiked in an odd fashion. He had a rather large sword on his back, and handgun from a holster at his side. He turned and looked at me in a menacing fashion "Very well, I don't like the way this ass looks away."
Volt drew his gun and pointed it at his head. Drake stared in awe. "Wha? NO! Not in this lifetime!" I screamed dashing forward and punching Volt, knocking him over, causing him to drop his shotgun.
Drake turned and ran from Hew's office until he reached the hanger and stood before the prototype gundam, sitting there, a weapon of war and destruction. Drake turned to a sound he heard from behind him. He whirled around preparing to attack, to see that it was only Clara.
"You idiot! What did you think confronting the commander would do!?" Her screaming seemed to hurt me mentally. "They are going to kill you!"
"You're being a complete and utter idiot because of your hot-headed attitude and lack of planning."
"I'm sorry."
She halted her screaming hearing his sorrowful tone of voice. "You are going to be killed now, and there isn't anything I can do to stop them."
"No they aren't, not yet, I have to stop their plans first!" I yelled hopping into the gundam before us, "Come on, get in, I'll need your help!"
She stared at the gundam. "Where are we going?"
"Wherever an Oz base is located."
"To earth, then?"
"Yes."
Clara jumped in the gundam beside me, I shouted out the word activate and was suddenly clad in the strange gear and seeing from the eyes of the gundam once again. "Are you all right in here Clara?"
"I'm fine."
"Alright, here we go!"
After that day, I escaped and went to Earth to help out the Gundam pilots in their objectives. I named my gundam Inferno. Perhaps the reason why is because I've always had a facination with fire.
Inferno's eyes lit up, and it began to lift off the ground, flying off in the direction of the nearest Oz base. As Clara stood there looking into the horizon where only a smoke trail remained of Inferno's thrusters, she caught, what looked like, more gundams out of the corner of her eye, heading in the same direction. "Oh, Drake be careful," she said as she began walking toward the city.
Drake flew quickly through the air toward the Oz base. He was feeling uneasy about going there this soon, because of the simple fact that he felt that he wasn't properly prepared to fight using the Inferno. He caught a glimpse of what seemed to be the base up in the distance. Drake readied himself for combat by extending the gundam's deadly double wrist sabers. He began flying at full speed into the Oz base, landing before the front gates with a loud crash
That same day, I met Jacen and learnd of his prespective in the war. Well, first off, we didn't get along at the beginning, and tried to kill each other out of confusion.
The two were facing each other off on a battlefield.
"Who do you work for."
Drake began speaking nobly, "No one, I work for no one, I only want to attain peace for mankind."
Jacen narrowed his eyes a bit, but Drake didn't see him do that and then Jacen snickered, "Join the club."
"Why did you respond to this question and not the others?" he asked curiously.
Drake responded in a smart-ass tone, "Because I felt like it."
"Then we have the same objectives...Would you like to join us?"
And that's how it all started...
End of Flash back
"These idiots have no idea of my plans..." Drake said in his head
Dekim then enters the room.
"The Preventer cruiser has changed course toward us." Drake said, "It reach us in about 20 minutes."
"They finally noticed. But it's too late now. By the time they reach this natural resource satellite, the ruler of Earth will have changed already. Launch Serpent and Sagittarian Units!"
"Roger. Earth facing gates, open."
The gates to the many hanger of the station opens up and sent of many large carrier that have these new suits in them.
Then, two bright dots flew at the sat.
"Unidentified Mobile Suits detected ahead!" Someone said
"What?!"
"Verifying Mobile Suit types." The screen zooms in and they see, "It's the Tallgeese and the Excalibur!"
"Trieze and Dante? Can't be...must be Zechs and David..."
"The Tallgeese and Excalibur units are heading this way!"
The Tallgeese III and David's Excalibur look alike dashes toward the fleet and takes out sabers. Tallgeese flies right into a transport and stabs it. David called his suit the Escutcheon, and flew toward another on and diced it with his sword. Tallgeese slices a line down the side of one and leaves it as it blows up.
Zechs and David retreated.
"I've predicted their moves perfectly," Zechs said, "I guess there is still a place for someone who just can't get use to peace."
"We might not be peaceful men, but we can be useful in bringing peace." David said
"The Serpents and Sagittarians can't attack because of their atmospheric shielding!"
"Should we detach the shielding?"
"I'll get into my Gundam," Drake said
"There is no need for any of that,"
David then appears on the screen.
"This is Colonel David Fanel of the Earth Defense force! You are in violation of the Arms Treaty...surrender and disarm yourselves at once!"
The Zechs's face appears on the other half of the main screen.
"This is Preventer Wind calling."
"Zechs Merquise! I thought you were dead!" Drake said
"That's right I was dead, But I find I couldn't quietly sleep in my grave...while Trieze's spirit is still roaming around," He and David point buster saber and mega cannon at the sat, "I've heard about you from Quinze...Dekim Barton, disarm and surrender immediately!"
"Hmp, I dare you to shoot at us."
"You do..." David said. "I'm not in a good mood today Dekim...and I'm feeling really trigger happy at the moment..."
"If you fire on us, you'll quickly realize that those new Mobile Suits are not the only card we had!"
"What?" Zechs said.
"Did Quinze not tell you...I was the one who first created Operation Meteor!"
"What, X18999!" David said
"Ha, ha, that's right, we can drop that colony any time we wish...If you continue to insist on getting in our way, we will drop X18999 onto Earth!"
David and Zechs grunted in frustration.
"You will surrender! Unlike Quinze, I have no intention in inviting you in to become our leader...But I'll be happy to consider you as a soldier under Mariemeia."
All the transports, Zeon battleships, and Drake flew down onto Earth.
Then, back at X18999, Wufei and Wongfei flies up and escorts the shuttle with Relena, Laura, and Mariemeia aboard.
"Now then Earth, show me your idea of justice..." Wufei said
"Drop the colony onto Earth!?" Relena said to Mariemeia, "Stop this at once, there's no reason for doing this!"
"Miss Relena, please calm down...there is no reason for it so long as the people of mankind bow before me."
"Do you really think the people will bow before you?!"
"I know, because in your row as the former Queen Relena, you've entrusted me with the highest position in the Earth Sphere. You and Laura both are very well trusted and respected by the colonies and Earth. You have a greater level of influence that you think."
"So that's the reason why you've abducted me!"
"So, you're going to use us...as propaganda tools," Laura said
"Now you get the picture."
Back with Quatre.
"It's over 80 degrees in here, I'll just think of it as a big sauna." Quatre then floats into a room and brace for it." I hope this works."
He presses a button and an explosion has spun the big rock around.
"5...4..." Quatre counted down to the next explosion," This angle show take us directly into Earth's direction."
He pressed a second button and the sat. flew toward Earth.
"Well, it show get a lot cooler now..."
Meanwhile, back at X18999. The alarms were set off as an explosion blew out a wall. Soldiers ran as another explosion overtook them. Then out of nowhere, Heero, Duo, and Jerry came out with guns. Jerry, a shotgun; and Duo, and Heero had machine guns. Jacen was not to far coming from another direction, but he was only using his sword. He plowed through the Barton soldiers
"Operation Meteor," Trowa said in the background, "That's what we called sending the Gundams to Earth...but it was originally something completely different. First, to increase the rotation of the colony axis speed...and then, destroy the equilibrium at a Lagrange point, hence dropping it on to Earth. With the Earth in chaos, the Gundams attack and take control. That was the original output of Operation Meteor..."
Heero inputs a code on the door to the control room, and Duo throws another grenade at the soldiers. The door opened and they went in to find Trowa and Helena already inside.
"What took you guys," Helena said and then went up to solute Jacen.
"What a relief. You guys really are on our side." Duo said
"Give us a hand. They've got an extensive lock on the system," Trowa said, and everyone took a seat and helped out.
"We better hurry," Heero said, "They've already started sending troops down to Earth."
"Can't unlock the final key. Have to connect the circuits direct." Duo said and went under the console.
"Many of my co-workers and friends are in this colony. When I realize that Dekim's goal was to implement the original Operation Meteor...this was the only method I could think of to stop him, but it's taken me too long to get here."
"So that's why you attacked me?" Duo asked.
"That's right."
"Then you should win an oscar. I really thought you were going kill me. Ow!" Duo got shocked when he connected the wrong wires.
"What about Wufei and Wongfei? Did they become her pets to block their plans?" Jerry asked
"No, they such indirect approach," Jacen said, "And Drake...I've suspected him from the very beginning. He seemed to have had a hidden agenda from the start...not surprising since he's part of House Barton. It seems to run in the family."
Then, each finished what they were on and check and mate.
"Ok, were done," Helena said
"This is Jacen..." Jacen spoke into his comm.
Back in Noin's shuttle.
"Are you guy's serious." Sally asked, "You guy's stopped Operation Meteor!"
David and Zechs charged up main weapons.
"This is 'Wind' we're destroying MO-III!"
David and Zechs fired their weapons and destroyed the huge sat with one shot. But then Dekim's shuttle escaped the blast and flew toward Earth.
"You were a little late. See you again." Dekim said to Zechs
Back at the colony.
"We were too late," Trowa said
"At least we save the colony," Jacen said
"We have you complete surrounded, surrender at once!" a soldier at the door shouted.
"It's over, we lost!" Jerry said
"Not quite," Duo said, "I got some mail from Quatre."
Quatre's face appears on the main screen.
"Hello, this is Quatre, I've just altered Vulkanis toward Earth's direction, and it should take me another 14 hours to reach Earth Space."
"Hey, send Quatre a message," Heero said, "Tell him to send Wing Zero to the AGS88 direction."
"What?"
"I'll pick up Zero in Space, it'll save time that way."
"Open the door at once!" the same soldier at the door shouted
"There's a shuttle in hanger #4 you can use." Trowa said
"Duo, I have one more favor."
"This is rather unusual. So many favors for you."
"Hit me,"
"What are you crazy!"
"Tear down the door!" the voice from the other side of the door shouted
"Hurry up,"
"Alright you ask for it," Duo cracks his knuckles, "I'll give you my best punch."
Duo smacked at Heero's face, but Heero barely flinched and it didn't seem to affect him. Then from out of nowhere Heero punched Duo in the stomach.
"What...the..."
"No hard feelings. That's one for one." Duo is knocked out, and Heero hands him to Trowa, "He's all yours."
"I'll just play dead as well right?" Jerry asked. Jacen moved his head to signal someone. "What?"
Helena then walked in front of him and kicked him in the face and knocked him out.
"Sorry Jerry, but...you sucks at playing dead," Helena said. Jacen jumped over and hid behind a console and Heero lied on the floor.
Then, many soldiers ran into the room.
"Don't worry, we've already taken care of them," Trowa hands Duo to a soldier.
"But they've prevented the colony's instability," Helena said. Then Heero popped out from the floor and made a mad dash out. Then, Jacen jumped out as well and knocked a few down as he plowed right through and ran behind Heero.
Elsewhere, Zechs and David floats aimlessly in Space. Then Noin's transport flew closer.
"Zechs," Noin said
Inside his cockpit, Zechs reads a pocket book. Then, Noin's face appears on his screen.
"Is that you Noin?"
"Zechs, I'm hear to pick you up,"
"Thanks," he puts his book down, "So Noin, how have you been doing?"
"Good...Zechs it's been one year and two days."
The transport loomed closer.
Elsewhere, beyond the moon, the now small Federation fleet flies ever so closer to Earth. In the bridge of the flagship Daniel waits.
"Sir, we've sent Excalibur as you've ordered.
"What's our status?" he asked a crewmember.
"We are running at 110%. We've already lost two ships. One at jump point and the other's reactor core melted down..."
"How many of the enemy?"
"Capt. David has tracked over 500 suits, 12 Musaka class warships. Also we've heard from both him and Lord Fanel that General Kai, Drake, Wufei, and Commander Wongfei are on the Barton Foundation's side."
"Hmmm....Just great, anymore good news?" the crewmember was about to say more, but Daniel stopped him, "-Shut up, I was being sarcastic."
Back on Earth, Dorothy was at her home, enjoying the nice view from the snowy sky.
"Well, looks like angels have come down with the snow. Hee-hee, how beautiful. It's going to be a very memoriable Christmas."
The skies of the world capital were suddenly dark from the shadows of about a dozen warships that loomed menacingly over the city. The people below were terrified at the sight. Then, from the bottoms of each warship dropped large boxes. Each fell to the ground with a thump. Inside were six Mobile Suits, and they walked out in formation. From the skies we can see the Serpent suits, parachuting from their carriers.
Christmas...After Colony 196...Mariemeia's army, has capture the presidential resident of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation...As snow continues to fall, peace on Earth has ended after on short year, and the Preventers, presently the Earth's only line of defense...was just too powerless to make a difference....
Back at the colony, Heero launches from a shuttle and Jacen follow in Wing, then splits up and heads for Mars.
On Earth, soldiers stood at attention as Mariemeia, Relena, and Laura walked up to the presidential palace. Dekim walks up to her and solutes.
"Earth is now under your rule," Dekim said, then he turns to Relena, "Welcome Vice Foregin Minister.So nice of you to join us."
"I'm just relieved that the colony was not dropped on Earth." Relena said.
"You have nothing to worry about," Mariemeia said, "I'll be in control of Earth now."
Relena then looks up at the sky, thinking of Heero.
"Heero..." She remembers something that Heero said to her once after the incident with Vulkanus
"I'll be back when you need me," He said to her.
Heero flew across Space, and then a beep on Heero monitor woke him up. Wing Zero flew right behind him in bird mode.
"It's here..."
Heero then matched his speed with Wing Zero and then got off his shuttle a jumped onto Wing Zero and get in. He turns it on and changes it from bird mode and spread its wing full and sped toward Earth.
"Let's go Zero! To Earth."
Jacen was nearing Mars and then detects Excalibur.
"There it is..." He matched his course and speed with Excalibur and then got out of Wing and went into Excalibur. He then steered his suit toward Earth.
"Course set, firing jump drive!" He pushed his throttle forward and Excalibur's speed increased drastically. The backs of his wings and thrusters glowed blue and ignited like a bright star. Excalibur seem to stretched across Space, as space around it is compressed.
Excalibur then disappeared from Mars Space and reappeared along side Heero with the fleet behind him, transformed, and flew along side Heero.
Down on Earth, Relena looks out the window and at the skies, where a lot of it was covered with the battleships.
"...Heero..." She said and then the whole building started to shake.
The structure started to sink into the ground and then as it does that, huge doors closes as it descends lower.
"Gate 1 closed. Gate 2 closed. Gates 3 and 4 closed. Gates 5 and 6 closed. Brussels Presidential Palace, closure is complete."
"My castle is completely protected," Mariemeia's voice said from behind Relena, and she turned. "Don't you think it's strange...that you'd need a shelter like this in a peaceful world with no weapons? Hmp, history is much like an Endless Waltz...the three beats of war, peace, and revolution, continues on forever. But all that will change on the day of my coronation. The instant this year end, I'll be on top of the world and the dawn of a new age will arrive...I will rule the world."
Back up in Space, Wufei floats in Space.
Flashback
Time/Date: Right before Operation Meteor
Wufei stands before Master Long angered that they've chosen to drop their colony onto Earth.
"You're dropping this colony onto Earth?!" Wufei shouted. And Master Long nodded, "That's insane! I will be piloting Nataku to get rid of the evils of the universe!"
"The Alliance has already decided to dispose of this colony,"
"Rather than just watch us get destroy, it would be more worth while to go ahead with Operation Meteor."
"All we nee to do is to defeat the enemies that need to be defeat," Wufei runs to his suit and activates it, "I will rid the Earth of all evil once and for all!"
He heads toward Earth.
End of Flashback
Wufei then wakes up from his sleep and senses something behind him.
"Hmp, there he is..." Then he charges up and blasted off toward Heero, "I will not allow you go to Earth!"
He launches his claw at Heero, but misses.
"Is this how you interrupted as justice!" Heero shouted
"I need to determine for myself if peace at the expense of lives is really define as peace!" He takes out his trident and attacks.
Heero takes out his beam saber. Wufei spins his trident around his back and launches it at Heero, who blocks.
"And I will become evil itself and find out!" He slashes and then they clashed left and right, "Humanity hasn't change. Although all the enemies have been defeat Earth did not change one bit!"
Jacen then catches up and then looks at Earth and flies toward it.
"I'm going ahead Heero, join me later."
Jacen dashes closer toward Earth. Nearby, the Sazabi floated above the earth. Kai stared down at the majestic, blue orb that was still the home for the majority of mankind. He reminisced about the recent past.
Flashback
Date: a few months ago
Location: Unknown
Kai and Dekim had a talk a while back about the situation.
"Why do you people even bother? It is pointless to do what you are planning. Stick with the treaties and regulations and at least you can keep your army intact…Hell, at least that way at least your troops will still have a place to stay and enough food to stay alive…Jacen will crush your rebellion with all his might. You know he hates you to the core..for what you did.."
Dekim ignores him a bit and makes fun of him even.
"Federation regulation...Federation Procedures...Federation rules...Look in the mirror 'General'...the Federation is getting old...for the pass decade before and even after the war ended they've been challenged by every known power in the system, the Alliance, OZ, the Romefellers, White Fang, and every rebel force named and unnamed in the history books...they all smell the scent of death of the Federation...but...my offer will bring new life to the Federation, a new purpose. Soon 'Duke Fanel' might not need of you anymore...you, the colonies, the Earth will benefit in my unification...but how badly do you want it, because there are hard choices to make..."
Kai just sat there and thought for a bit, "You're assuming I care for all of that? My job's a burden if anything…I'm damn tired, is what it is…You waste your breath, Dekim. Go ahead and take power, then. You'll fall in time, just as everyone else before you. My only question to you now is, will you repair and provide everything I ask in terms of my Sazabi?"
End of Flashback
And his discussion got him here. A world without conflict… it was a nice ideal, but just an ideal, nonetheless. Earth was still rife with problems, both economic and social, that would never disappear…And Jacen...he knows that Jacen's control over Earth is more thanjust for the good of it. Humanity does know how much they rely on him and his control over them, how soon he'll become the next dictator.
Jacen sped in Kai's direction and was stopped right behind him.
"…and of course you come…" Kai said as his Sazabi turned around and hovered in front of him.
"So...you have turned on me as well, Kai," Jacen replied as he charged.
"You know, peace can and will never be achieved through any mortal means …"
"Neither will it be if you continue to have it your way!"
"I think you're mistaken on my intent…"
The two backed off and took out projectile weapons and exchange fire. Then they came close and parried. Jacen slashed down from above, but was blocked and Kai took the chance and attack with his other saber, but Jacen blocked that. The two continued to fight as their paths darted to fall toward Earth.
Meanwhile, back at X18999.
A hallway in a hotel where a lot of colony citizens are held captive is being filled with sleeping gas. A figure walks with a breathing mask and then moves onto the next floor. Then, around the next corner, the figure released clouds of gases and all the soldiers fell asleep.
"I'm sorry, but I have to put you all to sleep." a female voice from the figure said.
She unlocks the door and enters the room.
"Is everyone alright?" she said to everyone and took off her mask and it reveals to be Sally.
Elsewhere, Duo and Jerry, lie in a cell. Jerry got up and then Duo.
"Well, I guess Quatre should be here soon." Duo reached for something in his hair and then outside, the guards heard a small explosion from the door.
"What the..." then the door fell down upon them and Jerry and Duo made a run for the hanger.
As they ran, guards opened fire on them, but missed. Then they both made a big jump toward a shuttle and made it. Inside was Trowa.
"That was so kind of you," Duo said," You left us to rot in that cell, you bastard!"
"You got out didn't you?" Trowa said
"Sorry, I'm late," Sally's voice said from behind Duo, "All hostages have been rescued."
"Ok, let's go," Trowa said
"Oh, I get it." Duo said.
"Why thank you Duo, you were kind enough to leave me plenty of good treats,"
"If you're joking that's cruel, but if you're being sarcastic, that's even worse."
The thrusters of the shuttle ignited and they flew off toward Earth.
On Earth, at the Preventer Headquarters at Geneva. Zechs and Une watches the main screen as the Earth captial was being taken over. A technician walks into the room.
"Col. Peacecraft, Tallgeese is ready." the tech said.
"Good."
"One Tallgeese can't beat 800 others," Une said
"It's worth trying."
"Vulkanus has over 314 Mobile Doll Virgos. They can help you."
"No...by using Mobile Dolls, we'd make the same mistake as White Fang did."
"Then how do you handle all those Mobile Suits? The Federation forces we have won't stand long against them."
"I told you before--I'm going to fight them my way." Zechs leaves the room, "Just sit back and watch the show."
Back with Heero and Wufei.
The two clashed back and forth like pinballs in Space again and again. Then, they came together and crossed weapons. Wufei, swung his trident at Heero, but was blocked and then made a hit at Heero's chest. Heero tried to counter, but was blocked.
"The more you fight, the more the sacrifices for this peace are wasted. You should know that." Heero then tried a horizontal slash but Wufei backs off, and launches a claw at him, and Heero tried to shoot at it, but it came at him and hit him. Then, he flapped his wings and flies up and shoots some more, but Wufei blocks, then crossed weapons again. "The War we fought is over!"
"So are you saying that soldiers who know nothing, but how to fight are to be discarded!" He twirls his trident and attacks, but was blocked.
"Soldiers have fought to gain a sense of peace, believe in the world we live in today!"
They fell toward Earth as they are crossed together.
"I'm acting for the ones who were used as weapons! I'm fighting on behalf of all soldiers including yourself!"
"Uh, Wufei..."
"Right now, you and I are fighting like this! Isn't it true that you feel so fulfilled whenever you're engaged in a fight!"
"What?"
"You and I are the same! We can only acknowledge our existence in the battlefield!"
Wufei backs off again and tried to attack with a vertical slash, but Heero grabbed his trident and hold it. The two fell fast down at Earth.
"Just remember Wufei, Trieze is dead. You have already defeated him!"
"You're wrong! I'm still continuing fighting him even now!"
They rolled toward Earth.
Back with Jacen and Kai. The two continued to clash back and forth in Space. Their battleground was endless and had had no bounds. Jacen then popped out his gattling guns and fired them at Kai. Kai dodged most of them, but a few struck his shield, then he launched from his shield missile that broke into many more missiles and flew at Jacen. Jacen flapped his wings and flew back and then shields himself from the attacks and opened up his wings after. Kai charged at him and used his shield as a piercing weapon, but Jacen pushed the shield aside and kicked Kai in the chest. Jacen dashed forward and slashed horizontally, but was blocked and defended another attack. Jacen broke his weapon into two and fought back. The two flew back and then clashed again.
"So tell me! What is the point of this?!" Jacen dashed forward and rammed Kai into a cluster of debris. "Do you think that do this will bring the people what they want? I truly pity the pathetic piece of toy you've turned yourself into!"
The Sazabi dashed forward and swung its yellowed colored beam saber at Excalibur, and the two clashed again. Then, they pushed off and charged each other again.
"You're unusually emotional today." Kai caught a part of Jacen unguarded and he made his suit kick Jacen's sides, then slashes Excalibur's chest area. "If that's what you want to see me as, then I guess there's nothing to be done about it."
"Why are you supporting Dekim?!" Jacen defends another blow.
"Dekim claims that he'll bring peace and order to the world, same as you." Jacen attacks again, but was blocked.
"You sound like Dante! He wanted order in this world, too. But that foolish ideal was his downfall."
"I don't know about your brother, but I'm pretty sure you don't know what I seek…" Kai charges again and shoots his missles at Jacen. "Everyone's just fooling themselves…like you, like your father…"
What Kai just said really pissed Jacen off, and he went right through Kai's missles and attacks him from above.
Kai blocks the attack with his shield, but Jacen sliced it in half. Kai then takes out another saber to fight with. Suddenly, someone spoke to Jacen in his head, or perhaps it was a memory.
"In this world...only the fittest survive...if you are strong you live, if you are weak you die...remember that...my son..."
"Father?" Jacen's face was filled with anger again as he clashed with Kai with all his might. "You..HOW DARE YOU!"
Jacen knocks Kai's left saber away and punches his cockpit area so hard that it cracked a bit. The force of the punch also sent Kai flying backward.
"Angry? I guess you are. Men are beasts of passion, after all. Beasts hiding from their own nature under the guise of reason…"
Jacen then powered up his wings, which glowed blue for an instant and he disappear, reappearing behind Kai. Kai had already seen felt the psionic presence move through subspace and would've already had attacked.Kai didn't bother moving. He didn't suspect that the once emotionless soldier he knew would react like this.
Jacen slashed his sword and created a red mark of fire on the back of Kai's suit. Kai's back thrusters were also damaged from the attack, and he was unable to defend himself. The Sazabi floats in the void of Space, unable to move. And Jacen flies toward him to make a final blow. Jacen points his sword at Kai's face one last time.
"We each choose our own paths..." Jacen said, "I guess this is yours then...I'm sorry it had to end like this."
"I'm sorry, too. More than you know."
Flashback
Date: Years ago, before Kai had joined with Jacen.
Location: Somewhere in rural Japan
Kai looked down at the wreckage of the OZ supply convoy, several ruined Leos burned fiercely several hundred meters behind him. Helena was in her Valkyrie a small distance away, not facing him. A ruined village was smoking to the Sazabi's right.
Several bodies lay tattered on the field, twisted and torn from shrapnel.
There was a teenage boy, his corpse still covering the corpse of his elderly father. It didn't help, though. The old man still died when his head was smashed by a piece of armor that blew off a Leo. The Sazabi fired a missile into a destroyed Leo. Then, again and again, he fired more beam shots into the same Leo.
"Not my fault…didn't want to…the shot was just a little…sorry…"
All around them Helena and Kai could feel the fading psionic presences around them. The Sazabi started firing into the village, destroying what was left of the already burning, thatched houses.
"I'm sorry…I'm sorry…I'm sorry…I'm sorry…I'M SORRY!!!"
"If killing me will at least help your heart feel more at ease, Jacen, then by all means strike…At least I can die knowing that, for once, I actually helped someone…"
Flashback
Date: Several Months after that
Location: A small town in Okinawa
Kai held the broken body of a teenage girl. She was an orphan, an orphan living in an abandoned building because the Alliance had executed her parents suspecting they were rebels.
She was 17. Smart, with a pretty face. And short hair. Her name was…Akemi?
He'd promised her that he'd take care of OZ, take revenge. For all the orphans that resulted from the purge that the town underwent, when Alliance soldiers had dragged away over 40% of the adult population.
He remembered that she'd had a crush on him. He decided that he would be her shining knight for a little while. Even if Helena wasn't all too thrilled. He'd taken care to watch it. No stray shots. Just used his beam sword. Too bad, though. Too bad they several Aeries ended up near the abandoned warehouse. Too bad one of them crashed.
Helena was nearby, embracing the girl's younger brother by 3 years, covering lowering his head so he couldn't see that his only sister with her crushed abdomen. He was just entering his teens. He had been shy around Helena, in the same way pubescent boys were always awkward towards older, attractive girls.
It's too bad.
He died just a few days later - they found him under a pile of debris from the building. He'd probably been crying inside the wrecked and unstable warehouse.
Too bad.
It was just too bad…casualties of war.
His war.
His casualties.
Jacen lifts up his sword to prepare a final blow. He charges up his sword to full power. Blue energy particles entwined with the sword as it glows in an almost beautiful sense. With all his might, Jacen struck down on Kai. But something stopped him from connecting. Jacen opens his eyes, and sees that he was blocked...by beam saber. He looks to the origins of the weapon and sees the Valkyrie next to him.
"…You can't kill him," Helena said.
"Why, Helena?"
"Helena?" Jacen pulls his weapon back. "I..I almost lost myself again."
"Because I won't let you escape." Helena said in her head to Kai, "I love you…and I hate you for that. We sinned together, and I won't suffer by myself while you let yourself die."
"Don't blame Kai for all the troubles that happened today." she said to Jacen
"Because there is enough that we both are to blame for…" She said to herself to Kai again
"After all, your target is Dekim, isn't it?" She said to Jacen.
"I'm so sorry…Helena…" Kai said in his head, "I almost left you alone, didn't I?"
Jacen was silent for a moment and then sets off for Earth again. But then he stopped.
"Almost…hurt you, too…" Kai said
"Hey Helena..." The Valkyrie looked at him, "Take more care of your lover...don't want him to get killed by me next time..."
"Just…just be silent for now."
Kai stared somewhat aimlessly in front of him, a regretful expression on his face.
And with that, Jacen speds off to Earth.
A slight smile broke over their faces.
"Bastard…"
"…Yeah…"
Meanwhile down on Earth, Zechs, Noin, and David fought by themselves.
A serpent tries to shoot at Zechs, but gets slashed from behind by David. Noin laid cover fire and knocked down several more suits.
"Zechs, the Brussels Presidential Palace has set up its shelter shield. We can't even get to it!"
"I realize that, but unless we don't do something, then no one will stand against her."
Zechs and David plows up another group of suits and then moved on.
"Who are you waiting for Zechs!" David shouted
"For those who hope for peace. If people allows Mariemeia to do as she wishes, then, they'll end up giving birth to a second Milliardo Peacecraft!"
Zechs flies toward another group of suit and launches his heatrod at a suit behind two others and dragged the one from behind to trip the ones in front. David charges up a wave from his blade and launches it at the enemy suits legs. Noin was in her Mercurious and she fired he beam rifle at a Sagittarian's leg, knocking it down and then she had her shield up so she could not get hit...much.
"Noin, you don't have to put up with me." Zechs said
"Zechs, I told you a year ago, that I'll never leave your side...I've been waiting so long, I'm not going to wait anymore."
"...Understood..." Then, Zechs was about to get jumped on by a Serpent, but it was shot. "What the..."
He looks up at a building, and there stood-
"Excalibur!"
"Sorry, but I'm running a bit late," Jacen said sarcastically, and shot another suit with his Harkonnen rifle
"I abhor tardiness ," Zechs chops up another suit. "You know after all of this, we better come out victorious."
Jacen smiles and walks away.
"Hmp, spoken like a true soldier..." Jacen blasted off.
Excalibur aimed its rifles at two ships and fired, damaging them, and them fired a shot that exploded right on top of Mariemeia's stronghold. The soldiers everywhere trembled at the presence of Jacen.
"It...It's Excalibur! Duke Fanel is here!" a soldier shouted to Dekim and then his line went off as Jacen shot and disables his suit.
"The devil himself!" Dekim said, "We'll have to fight fire with fire! Send him out now."
"He's already left, sir."
Back outside, Jacen walked and shot another Serpent in front of him with his energy rifle, and then shot through a building with his cannon and hit a suit on the other side. Then, a large group of suit came charging in front of him and fired their weapons, but Jacen just stood there, and popped up his gattling guns and barraged the suits until they fell down, but he didn't kill them.
"It's getting boring, not able to kill anyone this time. Oh well, I'll just have to enjoy it as it is!" Jacen flipped over a row of buildings and landed in between two suits and he crossed his arms and fired at both the suits next to him in the head. He empties another clip and then reloaded, and moves on.
He was getting closer to the presidential palace, and then aimed his gun behind him and shot down another suit that was trying to sneak up on him. Hee didn't even have turn around for that one. When he was right at the foot of the mountain that leads up to the palace, he stopped and then reloads. He then senses someone looming over him, and he realized whom it was.
"...Drake!!" Jacen shouted, "...How much longer must I play with your pathetic golems!"
There was then a long silence...All you can hear is the wind and the battle sounds not too far away. Then-
"You come Jacen!" Drake's voice echoed said from behind him.
He turned around and aim at a wired looking suits that is neither a Serpent nor a Sagittarian, which was holding up another suit. It was Laura's Dread custom. Drake was holding it by the neck, and Laura was inside. He had a beam saber at the suit's neck, threatening to use it.
Jacen aimed his cannon at Drake, but then hesitated. And then lowered his weapon as he would not jeopardizes Laura's and his unborn child's lives.
"YOU FOOL!!!" Drake then throws Laura's suit at Jacen so hard that he flew back and hit the side of the mountain. "Pleasure to see you again...Jacen Fanel."
Time/Date: 3-4 years ago Location: Unknown
"I'm not Trowa...I'm a nameless soldier that has been in the battlefields since as far back as I can remember..."
Then we go to the time right before Operation Meteor.
"I met this man called Trowa...when I was working as an mechanic on Heavyarms."
The real Trowa walks up to Dr. S, who was with Drake. Back then; Drake actually did work with the Barton Foundation...until he took off.
"What do you mean?! Why only target OZ?! "
"If we put Operation Meteor in motion, 2 billion people will die." Dr. S said, "Trowa, Don't you think we're going too far for Heero Yuy's revenge?"
"The operation's purpose is not revenge! It's so the people of the Colonies could conquer Earth all for the awakening of a new mankind."
"Indeed, something Dekim of the Barton Foundation would come up with."
"I see...that's what you don't like. My father and us conquering Earth doesn't amuse you!" he starts to leave
"Where are you going, Trowa?"
"I'm reporting you to my father." Drake gets a little pissed, but Dr. S stops him.
"You better watch it. I'll start Operation Meteor myself if I have to, hmp ERG!" Trowa falls from the fatal gunshot from Drake's gun.
"Now you've done it, Drake..."
"I'm sorry, but I have a family on Earth, Trowa. A person like him has no right to be given any power." Then, Drake thinks in his head, "I can finally get to be the head of the House. There's no one left in my way."
They then heard a noise.
"Who's there!?"
"I have no name. If you must call me something, just call me 'no-name'."
"Were you watching?" Drake points his gun at him.
"I understand if you want to kill me, but I might resist a little."
"Stop," Dr. S said and put Drake's gun down, "They'll find out sooner or later. It's useless trying to cover it up."
"Hmp, you're giving up too easily."
"What?"
"It's been inconvenient not having a name. I wouldn't mind taking his."
"What are you saying?"
"Seems like the stage called battle suits me best."
"Are you suggesting you take Heavyarms?"
"Yes, I've become fond of this machine, but I have absolutely no interest in taking over Earth."
"...Why not, from this day forward your name is Trowa Barton. You are now in charge of Operation Meteor..."
"...I understand..." Trowa said
End of Flashback
The missiles head straight toward Duo and Jerry, and they both closed their eyes and was about to accept death. The missiles hit and there was a cloud of smoke that went to the Jacen, Heero, Wufei, and Wongfei. When the smoke cleared, they found out that Jacen and Heero did a disappearing act.
"Hmmmm...." Wufei said, "Well settle this later then..."
Duo and Jerry were surprised that they are still alive.
"What the?" Jerry said as he looked ahead and Helena and Trowa were gone. He then looked behind him to see that the missiles blew holes in the ground, for them to escape in.
"Trowa...." Duo said. He and Jerry gets out of their ruined suits. "He always has to make it complicated."
"Man..." Jerry looks at his suit, "Couldn't that bitch took it a little easier."
He and Duo jumped into the holes and into the colony.
Location: Vega sector
Daniel were in charge of the fleet station in the Vega sector, and despite that it was interesting to be part of history, they seem to miss being in the battlefield. Then a console beeped.
"What is it," Daniel asked.
"Admiral, we've received a communicate from Lord Jacen."
"What does he want?" Daniel asked, disregarding the ranks and titles. He've always treated Jacen like another person, someone he is equal with.
"He has ordered the fleet from this sector to return to Earth at once."
"So, the Barton Foundation has finally made their move...I hope Helena has done her job" He walks over to the strategy board, "Give me Vega and Sol. sector."
The table turned on and a 3D projection of where they are and Earth is, is shown. Jacen ordered Helena to plant tracking devices on every ship in the Barton fleet.
"Tracking Barton Foundation fleet," The computer said, "Estimated time to arrival to Earth, 22 hours...tracking main Federation fleet...estimated time to arrival to Earth, 24 hours."
"Hmp...a mere two hours can decide the outcome of this conflict...In the condition that Earth is in, they don't need five minutes to take over." Daniel walks to the helm and sis in his chair, "Tell all ships to match our course and make full speed for Earth."
"Yes sir." the helmsman said.
Daniel's flagship, the Concordia, was surrounded by 50 other battleships. Most of them are considered old, compared to the newer models made during and after the war. There were only a handful of new models in the fleet.
Elsewhere, we see the Taurus's from New Berlin head for Earth.
"Currently, the Taurus unit ahead of us is heading for the transit station." Sally said
"They're taking a long detour, but their destination is Earth." Noin said
"The Preventer cruiser will arrive from the moon base soon. I suppose we could buy them some time..."
"Any word from Heero, Duo, Jerry, or Jacen?" Sally shakes her head, "I see...Sally, did you notice any new Mobile Suits in that fight?"
"No. There were only Taurus and Space Leos..."
"Damn, I've underestimated them!" Noin scans the suits, "No thermal readings."
"So that unit is made primarily of Mobile Dolls."
"The new Mobile Suit unit is being deployed somewhere else."
"It's a well planned decoy. But then where is the main unit?"
"In any case, we'll leave here. Send an urgent message to Earth."
"Roger."
At the natural resource sat. MO-III. Dekim and Drake watches, as Earth looms ever so closer to them. The sat. Was also covered by several Zeon type warships. Most were Musaka-class, made right after the war.
"My plans are perfect. I'm not like Quinze."
Back at X18999, New Berlin, Relena, Laura, and Mariemeia were in a transport.
"Conquer Earth?" Relena said, "Do you think you're following Treize's, no, your father's wishes by doing so?"
"Not quite so. I just want to become victorious."
"Then is it not right that you should think for yourself what it means to fight?"
"Miss Relena, please don't make me repeat myself. I will not tolerate rude remarks."
Meanwhile far off, Duo, Heero, Jerry, and Jacen watches.
"There's no way we're gonna catch up with them," Duo said.
"Probably heading for the spaceport." Jerry said, "but they're sure in an awful hurry to get to Earth."
"They're most likely going to escape." Heero said
"Escape? Then why did they bothered take this colony over in the first place? Hey, wait a minute! She's supposed to be Treize's daughter!"
"I'm more concerned about a man called Dekim," Jacen said, "Does that name ring a bell to any of you?"
"Are they serious?" Duo said, "Are they really trying to put the true Operation Meteor into action?"
"I am seriously doubting it, though they will threat about it." Jacen explained,
"They might anyway, but we won't let it happen." Heero said as they moved out.
Elsewhere, Quatre heads for the scrap sat, where all the Gundams are.
"Master Quatre," Rashid said, "We'll make contact with Vulkanus in 20 seconds."
"Okay."
"If you think it's dangerous, please come straight back into the ship."
"Right...I see it."
"Starting countdown. 7...6...5...4...3...2...1...0!" Quatre fires a large grappling hook at the large rock, and hooks onto it, and he starts flying toward it.
Then, the ship shook a little, and Quatre got thrown off his course and flew straight into the sat.
"Master Quatre!"
Quatre then activated his boosters and landed safely.
"I...I'm alright. I made it. You all take care. My regards to the Goddess Venus!"
The ship leaves and Quatre goes into the sat.
"The rise in temperature has been kept minimal due to the air left in here, but it's still hotter than a desert here." Quatre takes off his helmet and looks down at Sandrock. "Hi, we meet again. Good old Sandrock. I thought I'd never take you back into battle again."
Back at MO-III, Drake stands alone at the bridge and thinks of the past.
"I never thought I have to work for these people again," Drake said in his head
Flashback
Time/Date: Right after Operation Meteor had begun.
"...I was chosen to pilot the prototype of a new type of mobile suit. My name is Drake Adam Stephens. That is the name I let everyone know. But My true name is actually Drake Bruer Barton. I am the newphew of Dekem, and supposively the next heir to House Barton...Since I killed my cousin Trowa. But now this with Mariemeia.
I am a skilled mobile suit pilot for my age and have been on the battlefield most of my life. Lately, on the other hand, I have been a test pilot, seeing if new, experimental mobile suits are safe to pilot. I worked for the Barton Foundation, and I support the idea of "Operation Meteor". Why do I believe in this plan, you may ask? Simple, we merely want to liberate the colonies from earth's tyrannical grasp. Up until after I shot Trowa Barton, I never knew what Operation Meteor really is, except that what my superior said, 'For the Freedom and Independence of the Colonies.'
Then, Trowa told Dr. S, and me that the true purpose of Operation Meteor is conquest. So I shot him, and help a mysterious 'no name' mechanic, and sent him off to free the colonies. So far, there has been no word from 'Trowa', but then again, I did stick a gun in his face before convincing myself that he is no threat.
My only friend is a female technician, who will tend to tell me information of what my superiors won't. The day before I was to pilot a 'mysterious Mobile Suit' that had just been created, I went to talk to her."
Drake walked into the hanger area of the colony, and sees Clara.
"Clara, you in here?"
"Hi Drake, how are you today?"
"Eh, I'm fine I guess, but I'd like to ask you about that suit I'm supposed to try out tomorrow?"
As she set down a wrench, she responded
"The suit you are going to pilot is a new prototype, which uses a new type of cockpit system that should give a pilot an edge in combat. It has high speed, strength, and defense but lacks in mobility and the amount of arms it is equipped with is nothing special."
Drake stared with a curious look on his face "That all?"
"Yeah that's all I know about the suit."
"Okay, I'll talk to you later on tonight."
"Alright, bye, oh and by the way the mobile suit is said to use Gundanium Alloy and some new kind of secret metal which is supposed to be even stronger."
Drake walked out in astonishment as he thought about piloting a new version of a Gundam. "I never thought I would get a chance like this."
The next day, Drake got a chance to test out in his suit, and was very successful in piloting it. He felt so proud at such an achievement.
As Drake left he was extremely curious about the gundam and what its wings were actually made of. He then began to think why they had created this gundam. It was all too strange. Why would they make a prototype of a stronger gundam while Operation Meteor was already in progress? Could they have realized it so soon that the Gundams were not following their orders and have gone renegade?
Drake turned toward the commander's base to see what was going on. He walked into the base and asked to see Commander Hew. Commander Hew was one of the few commanders in charge of operation meteor. In fact, there were only three, and then there was Dekim Barton, who commanded the whole operation. As I walked into his office, he immediately thanked me for testing the new model. He was dressed in a black suit and had white hair. He seemed to pretty strong at the look of him. His hair was slicked back, and he had a mustache. "Why did we create a new model in the first place?"
"Well, it seems that operation meteor has been compromised, and we need to construct new gundams in order to stop the originals, and seeing how well you handled the prototype we would like you to be one of the pilots."
"Me? You would like me to pilot one of these gundams?"
"Yes, indeed we do; your skills are superior to most of our troops, we have had them try the new model but none of them finished the trial as fast as you."
"You seem to be one of the few who can manipulate the new gundam this well, most pilots passed out from the pain of being hit."
"Who were the other pilots?"
"There was only one other, his name is code name is 'Volt'."
Later on that day Drake went to see Clara, to tell her the news. She didn't seem too overly thrilled by his news. "So they did select you as a 'new' pilot, did they?"
"Yeah but you don't sound very happy, why is that?"
Drake later went back to Hew's office to talk to him. As he was about to knock, he heard them talking about Gundams. As he listened he heard him talking to someone about "the ultimate gundam" and how that the prototype's success insures their ability to conquer the planet. I stormed through the door in a furious rage
"You're going to use the data on this new gundam to dominate the planet!? You used me and I won't allow it!"
Commander Hew stared in disbelief "That's exactly what we're going to do and there's nothing you can do; it's truly a shame that you want to stop us instead of help us. You might be Dechim's nephew, but you are not his heir...I had orders from the Baron himself, that if you become...unrelible in this operation, you will be dispose of...Volt kill this person and dump the body."
The person that the commander spoke to was dressed in black pants, white shirt, and wearing what looked like a black leather trench coat. His hair was blonde and spiked in an odd fashion. He had a rather large sword on his back, and handgun from a holster at his side. He turned and looked at me in a menacing fashion "Very well, I don't like the way this ass looks away."
Volt drew his gun and pointed it at his head. Drake stared in awe. "Wha? NO! Not in this lifetime!" I screamed dashing forward and punching Volt, knocking him over, causing him to drop his shotgun.
Drake turned and ran from Hew's office until he reached the hanger and stood before the prototype gundam, sitting there, a weapon of war and destruction. Drake turned to a sound he heard from behind him. He whirled around preparing to attack, to see that it was only Clara.
"You idiot! What did you think confronting the commander would do!?" Her screaming seemed to hurt me mentally. "They are going to kill you!"
"You're being a complete and utter idiot because of your hot-headed attitude and lack of planning."
"I'm sorry."
She halted her screaming hearing his sorrowful tone of voice. "You are going to be killed now, and there isn't anything I can do to stop them."
"No they aren't, not yet, I have to stop their plans first!" I yelled hopping into the gundam before us, "Come on, get in, I'll need your help!"
She stared at the gundam. "Where are we going?"
"Wherever an Oz base is located."
"To earth, then?"
"Yes."
Clara jumped in the gundam beside me, I shouted out the word activate and was suddenly clad in the strange gear and seeing from the eyes of the gundam once again. "Are you all right in here Clara?"
"I'm fine."
"Alright, here we go!"
After that day, I escaped and went to Earth to help out the Gundam pilots in their objectives. I named my gundam Inferno. Perhaps the reason why is because I've always had a facination with fire.
Inferno's eyes lit up, and it began to lift off the ground, flying off in the direction of the nearest Oz base. As Clara stood there looking into the horizon where only a smoke trail remained of Inferno's thrusters, she caught, what looked like, more gundams out of the corner of her eye, heading in the same direction. "Oh, Drake be careful," she said as she began walking toward the city.
Drake flew quickly through the air toward the Oz base. He was feeling uneasy about going there this soon, because of the simple fact that he felt that he wasn't properly prepared to fight using the Inferno. He caught a glimpse of what seemed to be the base up in the distance. Drake readied himself for combat by extending the gundam's deadly double wrist sabers. He began flying at full speed into the Oz base, landing before the front gates with a loud crash
That same day, I met Jacen and learnd of his prespective in the war. Well, first off, we didn't get along at the beginning, and tried to kill each other out of confusion.
The two were facing each other off on a battlefield.
"Who do you work for."
Drake began speaking nobly, "No one, I work for no one, I only want to attain peace for mankind."
Jacen narrowed his eyes a bit, but Drake didn't see him do that and then Jacen snickered, "Join the club."
"Why did you respond to this question and not the others?" he asked curiously.
Drake responded in a smart-ass tone, "Because I felt like it."
"Then we have the same objectives...Would you like to join us?"
And that's how it all started...
End of Flash back
"These idiots have no idea of my plans..." Drake said in his head
Dekim then enters the room.
"The Preventer cruiser has changed course toward us." Drake said, "It reach us in about 20 minutes."
"They finally noticed. But it's too late now. By the time they reach this natural resource satellite, the ruler of Earth will have changed already. Launch Serpent and Sagittarian Units!"
"Roger. Earth facing gates, open."
The gates to the many hanger of the station opens up and sent of many large carrier that have these new suits in them.
Then, two bright dots flew at the sat.
"Unidentified Mobile Suits detected ahead!" Someone said
"What?!"
"Verifying Mobile Suit types." The screen zooms in and they see, "It's the Tallgeese and the Excalibur!"
"Trieze and Dante? Can't be...must be Zechs and David..."
"The Tallgeese and Excalibur units are heading this way!"
The Tallgeese III and David's Excalibur look alike dashes toward the fleet and takes out sabers. Tallgeese flies right into a transport and stabs it. David called his suit the Escutcheon, and flew toward another on and diced it with his sword. Tallgeese slices a line down the side of one and leaves it as it blows up.
Zechs and David retreated.
"I've predicted their moves perfectly," Zechs said, "I guess there is still a place for someone who just can't get use to peace."
"We might not be peaceful men, but we can be useful in bringing peace." David said
"The Serpents and Sagittarians can't attack because of their atmospheric shielding!"
"Should we detach the shielding?"
"I'll get into my Gundam," Drake said
"There is no need for any of that,"
David then appears on the screen.
"This is Colonel David Fanel of the Earth Defense force! You are in violation of the Arms Treaty...surrender and disarm yourselves at once!"
The Zechs's face appears on the other half of the main screen.
"This is Preventer Wind calling."
"Zechs Merquise! I thought you were dead!" Drake said
"That's right I was dead, But I find I couldn't quietly sleep in my grave...while Trieze's spirit is still roaming around," He and David point buster saber and mega cannon at the sat, "I've heard about you from Quinze...Dekim Barton, disarm and surrender immediately!"
"Hmp, I dare you to shoot at us."
"You do..." David said. "I'm not in a good mood today Dekim...and I'm feeling really trigger happy at the moment..."
"If you fire on us, you'll quickly realize that those new Mobile Suits are not the only card we had!"
"What?" Zechs said.
"Did Quinze not tell you...I was the one who first created Operation Meteor!"
"What, X18999!" David said
"Ha, ha, that's right, we can drop that colony any time we wish...If you continue to insist on getting in our way, we will drop X18999 onto Earth!"
David and Zechs grunted in frustration.
"You will surrender! Unlike Quinze, I have no intention in inviting you in to become our leader...But I'll be happy to consider you as a soldier under Mariemeia."
All the transports, Zeon battleships, and Drake flew down onto Earth.
Then, back at X18999, Wufei and Wongfei flies up and escorts the shuttle with Relena, Laura, and Mariemeia aboard.
"Now then Earth, show me your idea of justice..." Wufei said
"Drop the colony onto Earth!?" Relena said to Mariemeia, "Stop this at once, there's no reason for doing this!"
"Miss Relena, please calm down...there is no reason for it so long as the people of mankind bow before me."
"Do you really think the people will bow before you?!"
"I know, because in your row as the former Queen Relena, you've entrusted me with the highest position in the Earth Sphere. You and Laura both are very well trusted and respected by the colonies and Earth. You have a greater level of influence that you think."
"So that's the reason why you've abducted me!"
"So, you're going to use us...as propaganda tools," Laura said
"Now you get the picture."
Back with Quatre.
"It's over 80 degrees in here, I'll just think of it as a big sauna." Quatre then floats into a room and brace for it." I hope this works."
He presses a button and an explosion has spun the big rock around.
"5...4..." Quatre counted down to the next explosion," This angle show take us directly into Earth's direction."
He pressed a second button and the sat. flew toward Earth.
"Well, it show get a lot cooler now..."
Meanwhile, back at X18999. The alarms were set off as an explosion blew out a wall. Soldiers ran as another explosion overtook them. Then out of nowhere, Heero, Duo, and Jerry came out with guns. Jerry, a shotgun; and Duo, and Heero had machine guns. Jacen was not to far coming from another direction, but he was only using his sword. He plowed through the Barton soldiers
"Operation Meteor," Trowa said in the background, "That's what we called sending the Gundams to Earth...but it was originally something completely different. First, to increase the rotation of the colony axis speed...and then, destroy the equilibrium at a Lagrange point, hence dropping it on to Earth. With the Earth in chaos, the Gundams attack and take control. That was the original output of Operation Meteor..."
Heero inputs a code on the door to the control room, and Duo throws another grenade at the soldiers. The door opened and they went in to find Trowa and Helena already inside.
"What took you guys," Helena said and then went up to solute Jacen.
"What a relief. You guys really are on our side." Duo said
"Give us a hand. They've got an extensive lock on the system," Trowa said, and everyone took a seat and helped out.
"We better hurry," Heero said, "They've already started sending troops down to Earth."
"Can't unlock the final key. Have to connect the circuits direct." Duo said and went under the console.
"Many of my co-workers and friends are in this colony. When I realize that Dekim's goal was to implement the original Operation Meteor...this was the only method I could think of to stop him, but it's taken me too long to get here."
"So that's why you attacked me?" Duo asked.
"That's right."
"Then you should win an oscar. I really thought you were going kill me. Ow!" Duo got shocked when he connected the wrong wires.
"What about Wufei and Wongfei? Did they become her pets to block their plans?" Jerry asked
"No, they such indirect approach," Jacen said, "And Drake...I've suspected him from the very beginning. He seemed to have had a hidden agenda from the start...not surprising since he's part of House Barton. It seems to run in the family."
Then, each finished what they were on and check and mate.
"Ok, were done," Helena said
"This is Jacen..." Jacen spoke into his comm.
Back in Noin's shuttle.
"Are you guy's serious." Sally asked, "You guy's stopped Operation Meteor!"
David and Zechs charged up main weapons.
"This is 'Wind' we're destroying MO-III!"
David and Zechs fired their weapons and destroyed the huge sat with one shot. But then Dekim's shuttle escaped the blast and flew toward Earth.
"You were a little late. See you again." Dekim said to Zechs
Back at the colony.
"We were too late," Trowa said
"At least we save the colony," Jacen said
"We have you complete surrounded, surrender at once!" a soldier at the door shouted.
"It's over, we lost!" Jerry said
"Not quite," Duo said, "I got some mail from Quatre."
Quatre's face appears on the main screen.
"Hello, this is Quatre, I've just altered Vulkanis toward Earth's direction, and it should take me another 14 hours to reach Earth Space."
"Hey, send Quatre a message," Heero said, "Tell him to send Wing Zero to the AGS88 direction."
"What?"
"I'll pick up Zero in Space, it'll save time that way."
"Open the door at once!" the same soldier at the door shouted
"There's a shuttle in hanger #4 you can use." Trowa said
"Duo, I have one more favor."
"This is rather unusual. So many favors for you."
"Hit me,"
"What are you crazy!"
"Tear down the door!" the voice from the other side of the door shouted
"Hurry up,"
"Alright you ask for it," Duo cracks his knuckles, "I'll give you my best punch."
Duo smacked at Heero's face, but Heero barely flinched and it didn't seem to affect him. Then from out of nowhere Heero punched Duo in the stomach.
"What...the..."
"No hard feelings. That's one for one." Duo is knocked out, and Heero hands him to Trowa, "He's all yours."
"I'll just play dead as well right?" Jerry asked. Jacen moved his head to signal someone. "What?"
Helena then walked in front of him and kicked him in the face and knocked him out.
"Sorry Jerry, but...you sucks at playing dead," Helena said. Jacen jumped over and hid behind a console and Heero lied on the floor.
Then, many soldiers ran into the room.
"Don't worry, we've already taken care of them," Trowa hands Duo to a soldier.
"But they've prevented the colony's instability," Helena said. Then Heero popped out from the floor and made a mad dash out. Then, Jacen jumped out as well and knocked a few down as he plowed right through and ran behind Heero.
Elsewhere, Zechs and David floats aimlessly in Space. Then Noin's transport flew closer.
"Zechs," Noin said
Inside his cockpit, Zechs reads a pocket book. Then, Noin's face appears on his screen.
"Is that you Noin?"
"Zechs, I'm hear to pick you up,"
"Thanks," he puts his book down, "So Noin, how have you been doing?"
"Good...Zechs it's been one year and two days."
The transport loomed closer.
Elsewhere, beyond the moon, the now small Federation fleet flies ever so closer to Earth. In the bridge of the flagship Daniel waits.
"Sir, we've sent Excalibur as you've ordered.
"What's our status?" he asked a crewmember.
"We are running at 110%. We've already lost two ships. One at jump point and the other's reactor core melted down..."
"How many of the enemy?"
"Capt. David has tracked over 500 suits, 12 Musaka class warships. Also we've heard from both him and Lord Fanel that General Kai, Drake, Wufei, and Commander Wongfei are on the Barton Foundation's side."
"Hmmm....Just great, anymore good news?" the crewmember was about to say more, but Daniel stopped him, "-Shut up, I was being sarcastic."
Back on Earth, Dorothy was at her home, enjoying the nice view from the snowy sky.
"Well, looks like angels have come down with the snow. Hee-hee, how beautiful. It's going to be a very memoriable Christmas."
The skies of the world capital were suddenly dark from the shadows of about a dozen warships that loomed menacingly over the city. The people below were terrified at the sight. Then, from the bottoms of each warship dropped large boxes. Each fell to the ground with a thump. Inside were six Mobile Suits, and they walked out in formation. From the skies we can see the Serpent suits, parachuting from their carriers.
Christmas...After Colony 196...Mariemeia's army, has capture the presidential resident of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation...As snow continues to fall, peace on Earth has ended after on short year, and the Preventers, presently the Earth's only line of defense...was just too powerless to make a difference....
Back at the colony, Heero launches from a shuttle and Jacen follow in Wing, then splits up and heads for Mars.
On Earth, soldiers stood at attention as Mariemeia, Relena, and Laura walked up to the presidential palace. Dekim walks up to her and solutes.
"Earth is now under your rule," Dekim said, then he turns to Relena, "Welcome Vice Foregin Minister.So nice of you to join us."
"I'm just relieved that the colony was not dropped on Earth." Relena said.
"You have nothing to worry about," Mariemeia said, "I'll be in control of Earth now."
Relena then looks up at the sky, thinking of Heero.
"Heero..." She remembers something that Heero said to her once after the incident with Vulkanus
"I'll be back when you need me," He said to her.
Heero flew across Space, and then a beep on Heero monitor woke him up. Wing Zero flew right behind him in bird mode.
"It's here..."
Heero then matched his speed with Wing Zero and then got off his shuttle a jumped onto Wing Zero and get in. He turns it on and changes it from bird mode and spread its wing full and sped toward Earth.
"Let's go Zero! To Earth."
Jacen was nearing Mars and then detects Excalibur.
"There it is..." He matched his course and speed with Excalibur and then got out of Wing and went into Excalibur. He then steered his suit toward Earth.
"Course set, firing jump drive!" He pushed his throttle forward and Excalibur's speed increased drastically. The backs of his wings and thrusters glowed blue and ignited like a bright star. Excalibur seem to stretched across Space, as space around it is compressed.
Excalibur then disappeared from Mars Space and reappeared along side Heero with the fleet behind him, transformed, and flew along side Heero.
Down on Earth, Relena looks out the window and at the skies, where a lot of it was covered with the battleships.
"...Heero..." She said and then the whole building started to shake.
The structure started to sink into the ground and then as it does that, huge doors closes as it descends lower.
"Gate 1 closed. Gate 2 closed. Gates 3 and 4 closed. Gates 5 and 6 closed. Brussels Presidential Palace, closure is complete."
"My castle is completely protected," Mariemeia's voice said from behind Relena, and she turned. "Don't you think it's strange...that you'd need a shelter like this in a peaceful world with no weapons? Hmp, history is much like an Endless Waltz...the three beats of war, peace, and revolution, continues on forever. But all that will change on the day of my coronation. The instant this year end, I'll be on top of the world and the dawn of a new age will arrive...I will rule the world."
Back up in Space, Wufei floats in Space.
Flashback
Time/Date: Right before Operation Meteor
Wufei stands before Master Long angered that they've chosen to drop their colony onto Earth.
"You're dropping this colony onto Earth?!" Wufei shouted. And Master Long nodded, "That's insane! I will be piloting Nataku to get rid of the evils of the universe!"
"The Alliance has already decided to dispose of this colony,"
"Rather than just watch us get destroy, it would be more worth while to go ahead with Operation Meteor."
"All we nee to do is to defeat the enemies that need to be defeat," Wufei runs to his suit and activates it, "I will rid the Earth of all evil once and for all!"
He heads toward Earth.
End of Flashback
Wufei then wakes up from his sleep and senses something behind him.
"Hmp, there he is..." Then he charges up and blasted off toward Heero, "I will not allow you go to Earth!"
He launches his claw at Heero, but misses.
"Is this how you interrupted as justice!" Heero shouted
"I need to determine for myself if peace at the expense of lives is really define as peace!" He takes out his trident and attacks.
Heero takes out his beam saber. Wufei spins his trident around his back and launches it at Heero, who blocks.
"And I will become evil itself and find out!" He slashes and then they clashed left and right, "Humanity hasn't change. Although all the enemies have been defeat Earth did not change one bit!"
Jacen then catches up and then looks at Earth and flies toward it.
"I'm going ahead Heero, join me later."
Jacen dashes closer toward Earth. Nearby, the Sazabi floated above the earth. Kai stared down at the majestic, blue orb that was still the home for the majority of mankind. He reminisced about the recent past.
Flashback
Date: a few months ago
Location: Unknown
Kai and Dekim had a talk a while back about the situation.
"Why do you people even bother? It is pointless to do what you are planning. Stick with the treaties and regulations and at least you can keep your army intact…Hell, at least that way at least your troops will still have a place to stay and enough food to stay alive…Jacen will crush your rebellion with all his might. You know he hates you to the core..for what you did.."
Dekim ignores him a bit and makes fun of him even.
"Federation regulation...Federation Procedures...Federation rules...Look in the mirror 'General'...the Federation is getting old...for the pass decade before and even after the war ended they've been challenged by every known power in the system, the Alliance, OZ, the Romefellers, White Fang, and every rebel force named and unnamed in the history books...they all smell the scent of death of the Federation...but...my offer will bring new life to the Federation, a new purpose. Soon 'Duke Fanel' might not need of you anymore...you, the colonies, the Earth will benefit in my unification...but how badly do you want it, because there are hard choices to make..."
Kai just sat there and thought for a bit, "You're assuming I care for all of that? My job's a burden if anything…I'm damn tired, is what it is…You waste your breath, Dekim. Go ahead and take power, then. You'll fall in time, just as everyone else before you. My only question to you now is, will you repair and provide everything I ask in terms of my Sazabi?"
End of Flashback
And his discussion got him here. A world without conflict… it was a nice ideal, but just an ideal, nonetheless. Earth was still rife with problems, both economic and social, that would never disappear…And Jacen...he knows that Jacen's control over Earth is more thanjust for the good of it. Humanity does know how much they rely on him and his control over them, how soon he'll become the next dictator.
Jacen sped in Kai's direction and was stopped right behind him.
"…and of course you come…" Kai said as his Sazabi turned around and hovered in front of him.
"So...you have turned on me as well, Kai," Jacen replied as he charged.
"You know, peace can and will never be achieved through any mortal means …"
"Neither will it be if you continue to have it your way!"
"I think you're mistaken on my intent…"
The two backed off and took out projectile weapons and exchange fire. Then they came close and parried. Jacen slashed down from above, but was blocked and Kai took the chance and attack with his other saber, but Jacen blocked that. The two continued to fight as their paths darted to fall toward Earth.
Meanwhile, back at X18999.
A hallway in a hotel where a lot of colony citizens are held captive is being filled with sleeping gas. A figure walks with a breathing mask and then moves onto the next floor. Then, around the next corner, the figure released clouds of gases and all the soldiers fell asleep.
"I'm sorry, but I have to put you all to sleep." a female voice from the figure said.
She unlocks the door and enters the room.
"Is everyone alright?" she said to everyone and took off her mask and it reveals to be Sally.
Elsewhere, Duo and Jerry, lie in a cell. Jerry got up and then Duo.
"Well, I guess Quatre should be here soon." Duo reached for something in his hair and then outside, the guards heard a small explosion from the door.
"What the..." then the door fell down upon them and Jerry and Duo made a run for the hanger.
As they ran, guards opened fire on them, but missed. Then they both made a big jump toward a shuttle and made it. Inside was Trowa.
"That was so kind of you," Duo said," You left us to rot in that cell, you bastard!"
"You got out didn't you?" Trowa said
"Sorry, I'm late," Sally's voice said from behind Duo, "All hostages have been rescued."
"Ok, let's go," Trowa said
"Oh, I get it." Duo said.
"Why thank you Duo, you were kind enough to leave me plenty of good treats,"
"If you're joking that's cruel, but if you're being sarcastic, that's even worse."
The thrusters of the shuttle ignited and they flew off toward Earth.
On Earth, at the Preventer Headquarters at Geneva. Zechs and Une watches the main screen as the Earth captial was being taken over. A technician walks into the room.
"Col. Peacecraft, Tallgeese is ready." the tech said.
"Good."
"One Tallgeese can't beat 800 others," Une said
"It's worth trying."
"Vulkanus has over 314 Mobile Doll Virgos. They can help you."
"No...by using Mobile Dolls, we'd make the same mistake as White Fang did."
"Then how do you handle all those Mobile Suits? The Federation forces we have won't stand long against them."
"I told you before--I'm going to fight them my way." Zechs leaves the room, "Just sit back and watch the show."
Back with Heero and Wufei.
The two clashed back and forth like pinballs in Space again and again. Then, they came together and crossed weapons. Wufei, swung his trident at Heero, but was blocked and then made a hit at Heero's chest. Heero tried to counter, but was blocked.
"The more you fight, the more the sacrifices for this peace are wasted. You should know that." Heero then tried a horizontal slash but Wufei backs off, and launches a claw at him, and Heero tried to shoot at it, but it came at him and hit him. Then, he flapped his wings and flies up and shoots some more, but Wufei blocks, then crossed weapons again. "The War we fought is over!"
"So are you saying that soldiers who know nothing, but how to fight are to be discarded!" He twirls his trident and attacks, but was blocked.
"Soldiers have fought to gain a sense of peace, believe in the world we live in today!"
They fell toward Earth as they are crossed together.
"I'm acting for the ones who were used as weapons! I'm fighting on behalf of all soldiers including yourself!"
"Uh, Wufei..."
"Right now, you and I are fighting like this! Isn't it true that you feel so fulfilled whenever you're engaged in a fight!"
"What?"
"You and I are the same! We can only acknowledge our existence in the battlefield!"
Wufei backs off again and tried to attack with a vertical slash, but Heero grabbed his trident and hold it. The two fell fast down at Earth.
"Just remember Wufei, Trieze is dead. You have already defeated him!"
"You're wrong! I'm still continuing fighting him even now!"
They rolled toward Earth.
Back with Jacen and Kai. The two continued to clash back and forth in Space. Their battleground was endless and had had no bounds. Jacen then popped out his gattling guns and fired them at Kai. Kai dodged most of them, but a few struck his shield, then he launched from his shield missile that broke into many more missiles and flew at Jacen. Jacen flapped his wings and flew back and then shields himself from the attacks and opened up his wings after. Kai charged at him and used his shield as a piercing weapon, but Jacen pushed the shield aside and kicked Kai in the chest. Jacen dashed forward and slashed horizontally, but was blocked and defended another attack. Jacen broke his weapon into two and fought back. The two flew back and then clashed again.
"So tell me! What is the point of this?!" Jacen dashed forward and rammed Kai into a cluster of debris. "Do you think that do this will bring the people what they want? I truly pity the pathetic piece of toy you've turned yourself into!"
The Sazabi dashed forward and swung its yellowed colored beam saber at Excalibur, and the two clashed again. Then, they pushed off and charged each other again.
"You're unusually emotional today." Kai caught a part of Jacen unguarded and he made his suit kick Jacen's sides, then slashes Excalibur's chest area. "If that's what you want to see me as, then I guess there's nothing to be done about it."
"Why are you supporting Dekim?!" Jacen defends another blow.
"Dekim claims that he'll bring peace and order to the world, same as you." Jacen attacks again, but was blocked.
"You sound like Dante! He wanted order in this world, too. But that foolish ideal was his downfall."
"I don't know about your brother, but I'm pretty sure you don't know what I seek…" Kai charges again and shoots his missles at Jacen. "Everyone's just fooling themselves…like you, like your father…"
What Kai just said really pissed Jacen off, and he went right through Kai's missles and attacks him from above.
Kai blocks the attack with his shield, but Jacen sliced it in half. Kai then takes out another saber to fight with. Suddenly, someone spoke to Jacen in his head, or perhaps it was a memory.
"In this world...only the fittest survive...if you are strong you live, if you are weak you die...remember that...my son..."
"Father?" Jacen's face was filled with anger again as he clashed with Kai with all his might. "You..HOW DARE YOU!"
Jacen knocks Kai's left saber away and punches his cockpit area so hard that it cracked a bit. The force of the punch also sent Kai flying backward.
"Angry? I guess you are. Men are beasts of passion, after all. Beasts hiding from their own nature under the guise of reason…"
Jacen then powered up his wings, which glowed blue for an instant and he disappear, reappearing behind Kai. Kai had already seen felt the psionic presence move through subspace and would've already had attacked.Kai didn't bother moving. He didn't suspect that the once emotionless soldier he knew would react like this.
Jacen slashed his sword and created a red mark of fire on the back of Kai's suit. Kai's back thrusters were also damaged from the attack, and he was unable to defend himself. The Sazabi floats in the void of Space, unable to move. And Jacen flies toward him to make a final blow. Jacen points his sword at Kai's face one last time.
"We each choose our own paths..." Jacen said, "I guess this is yours then...I'm sorry it had to end like this."
"I'm sorry, too. More than you know."
Flashback
Date: Years ago, before Kai had joined with Jacen.
Location: Somewhere in rural Japan
Kai looked down at the wreckage of the OZ supply convoy, several ruined Leos burned fiercely several hundred meters behind him. Helena was in her Valkyrie a small distance away, not facing him. A ruined village was smoking to the Sazabi's right.
Several bodies lay tattered on the field, twisted and torn from shrapnel.
There was a teenage boy, his corpse still covering the corpse of his elderly father. It didn't help, though. The old man still died when his head was smashed by a piece of armor that blew off a Leo. The Sazabi fired a missile into a destroyed Leo. Then, again and again, he fired more beam shots into the same Leo.
"Not my fault…didn't want to…the shot was just a little…sorry…"
All around them Helena and Kai could feel the fading psionic presences around them. The Sazabi started firing into the village, destroying what was left of the already burning, thatched houses.
"I'm sorry…I'm sorry…I'm sorry…I'm sorry…I'M SORRY!!!"
"If killing me will at least help your heart feel more at ease, Jacen, then by all means strike…At least I can die knowing that, for once, I actually helped someone…"
Flashback
Date: Several Months after that
Location: A small town in Okinawa
Kai held the broken body of a teenage girl. She was an orphan, an orphan living in an abandoned building because the Alliance had executed her parents suspecting they were rebels.
She was 17. Smart, with a pretty face. And short hair. Her name was…Akemi?
He'd promised her that he'd take care of OZ, take revenge. For all the orphans that resulted from the purge that the town underwent, when Alliance soldiers had dragged away over 40% of the adult population.
He remembered that she'd had a crush on him. He decided that he would be her shining knight for a little while. Even if Helena wasn't all too thrilled. He'd taken care to watch it. No stray shots. Just used his beam sword. Too bad, though. Too bad they several Aeries ended up near the abandoned warehouse. Too bad one of them crashed.
Helena was nearby, embracing the girl's younger brother by 3 years, covering lowering his head so he couldn't see that his only sister with her crushed abdomen. He was just entering his teens. He had been shy around Helena, in the same way pubescent boys were always awkward towards older, attractive girls.
It's too bad.
He died just a few days later - they found him under a pile of debris from the building. He'd probably been crying inside the wrecked and unstable warehouse.
Too bad.
It was just too bad…casualties of war.
His war.
His casualties.
Jacen lifts up his sword to prepare a final blow. He charges up his sword to full power. Blue energy particles entwined with the sword as it glows in an almost beautiful sense. With all his might, Jacen struck down on Kai. But something stopped him from connecting. Jacen opens his eyes, and sees that he was blocked...by beam saber. He looks to the origins of the weapon and sees the Valkyrie next to him.
"…You can't kill him," Helena said.
"Why, Helena?"
"Helena?" Jacen pulls his weapon back. "I..I almost lost myself again."
"Because I won't let you escape." Helena said in her head to Kai, "I love you…and I hate you for that. We sinned together, and I won't suffer by myself while you let yourself die."
"Don't blame Kai for all the troubles that happened today." she said to Jacen
"Because there is enough that we both are to blame for…" She said to herself to Kai again
"After all, your target is Dekim, isn't it?" She said to Jacen.
"I'm so sorry…Helena…" Kai said in his head, "I almost left you alone, didn't I?"
Jacen was silent for a moment and then sets off for Earth again. But then he stopped.
"Almost…hurt you, too…" Kai said
"Hey Helena..." The Valkyrie looked at him, "Take more care of your lover...don't want him to get killed by me next time..."
"Just…just be silent for now."
Kai stared somewhat aimlessly in front of him, a regretful expression on his face.
And with that, Jacen speds off to Earth.
A slight smile broke over their faces.
"Bastard…"
"…Yeah…"
Meanwhile down on Earth, Zechs, Noin, and David fought by themselves.
A serpent tries to shoot at Zechs, but gets slashed from behind by David. Noin laid cover fire and knocked down several more suits.
"Zechs, the Brussels Presidential Palace has set up its shelter shield. We can't even get to it!"
"I realize that, but unless we don't do something, then no one will stand against her."
Zechs and David plows up another group of suits and then moved on.
"Who are you waiting for Zechs!" David shouted
"For those who hope for peace. If people allows Mariemeia to do as she wishes, then, they'll end up giving birth to a second Milliardo Peacecraft!"
Zechs flies toward another group of suit and launches his heatrod at a suit behind two others and dragged the one from behind to trip the ones in front. David charges up a wave from his blade and launches it at the enemy suits legs. Noin was in her Mercurious and she fired he beam rifle at a Sagittarian's leg, knocking it down and then she had her shield up so she could not get hit...much.
"Noin, you don't have to put up with me." Zechs said
"Zechs, I told you a year ago, that I'll never leave your side...I've been waiting so long, I'm not going to wait anymore."
"...Understood..." Then, Zechs was about to get jumped on by a Serpent, but it was shot. "What the..."
He looks up at a building, and there stood-
"Excalibur!"
"Sorry, but I'm running a bit late," Jacen said sarcastically, and shot another suit with his Harkonnen rifle
"I abhor tardiness ," Zechs chops up another suit. "You know after all of this, we better come out victorious."
Jacen smiles and walks away.
"Hmp, spoken like a true soldier..." Jacen blasted off.
Excalibur aimed its rifles at two ships and fired, damaging them, and them fired a shot that exploded right on top of Mariemeia's stronghold. The soldiers everywhere trembled at the presence of Jacen.
"It...It's Excalibur! Duke Fanel is here!" a soldier shouted to Dekim and then his line went off as Jacen shot and disables his suit.
"The devil himself!" Dekim said, "We'll have to fight fire with fire! Send him out now."
"He's already left, sir."
Back outside, Jacen walked and shot another Serpent in front of him with his energy rifle, and then shot through a building with his cannon and hit a suit on the other side. Then, a large group of suit came charging in front of him and fired their weapons, but Jacen just stood there, and popped up his gattling guns and barraged the suits until they fell down, but he didn't kill them.
"It's getting boring, not able to kill anyone this time. Oh well, I'll just have to enjoy it as it is!" Jacen flipped over a row of buildings and landed in between two suits and he crossed his arms and fired at both the suits next to him in the head. He empties another clip and then reloaded, and moves on.
He was getting closer to the presidential palace, and then aimed his gun behind him and shot down another suit that was trying to sneak up on him. Hee didn't even have turn around for that one. When he was right at the foot of the mountain that leads up to the palace, he stopped and then reloads. He then senses someone looming over him, and he realized whom it was.
"...Drake!!" Jacen shouted, "...How much longer must I play with your pathetic golems!"
There was then a long silence...All you can hear is the wind and the battle sounds not too far away. Then-
"You come Jacen!" Drake's voice echoed said from behind him.
He turned around and aim at a wired looking suits that is neither a Serpent nor a Sagittarian, which was holding up another suit. It was Laura's Dread custom. Drake was holding it by the neck, and Laura was inside. He had a beam saber at the suit's neck, threatening to use it.
Jacen aimed his cannon at Drake, but then hesitated. And then lowered his weapon as he would not jeopardizes Laura's and his unborn child's lives.
"YOU FOOL!!!" Drake then throws Laura's suit at Jacen so hard that he flew back and hit the side of the mountain. "Pleasure to see you again...Jacen Fanel."