Kido Senshi Gundam SEED: The sixth Gundam.
By: Prayer Reverie
Contact: prayerreverie(at)yahoo(dot)com
Summary: A sixth Gundam was developed at Heliopolis, unbeknownst to the Earth Alliance, Orb or ZAFT. AU for changing the SEED storyline and because of Destiny's confirmation.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED in any which way (although some days I wish).
RVD: There will be plenty of conflict for Strike and Slayer, and Kira has that knack (of selling models oO')
Blah: Here you go, another one on the way!
FreedomGundam: Glad you think so, hope you like this chapter also.
Chapter 4: Earth
C.E. 71, February 11th
The entire 8th Fleet, under the command of renowned Rear Admiral Halberton, was busy moving out of Earth orbit. The Archangel was hanging back, under protection of the Agamemnon-class Menelaos, the flagship of the fleet.
The Vesalius, Prometheus, Gamow and Ziegler were within 5000 meters of the ever approaching fleet. All GINNs and Gundams were standing by, ready for battle.
"8th Fleet detected. All mobile suits launch immediately. Repeat, launch now." said a voice over the intercom.
"Athrun Zala, Aegis, Launching!"
"Yzak Jule, Duel Assault Shroud, Launching!"
"Dearka Elthman, Buster, Going out!"
"Nichol Amalfi, Blitz, Leaving!"
"Ian Temk, Slayer, Moving out!"
One by one the Gundams launched, followed by the GINNs and two CGUEs. Ian cloaked and veered off to flank the fleet while the rest of the force dived straight in.
"That legged ship is in the rear, there's no sign of Strike." reported Athrun.
"Engage at will! Pierce the blockade and destroy that ship!" ordered Rau.
Dearka combined his beam rifle and gun-launcher to form a hyper-impulse rifle and fired. The powerful beam tore through a 130 meter ship, destroying it completely. Athrun transformed the Aegis into its mobile armor mode and raced past Moebius' and fired on a 130 meter with his Scylla cannon.
Yzak and Nichol occupied the defending mobile armors and were doing a good job at cleaning house. Ian uncloaked and engaged a 250 meter ship on the edge of the formation. It was a little more difficult without a larger caliber beam rifle, but with proper use of his beam saber and some lightning attacks, he managed just fine.
A swarm of Moebius' approached Dearka, so he reversed his hyper rifle and fired the anti-armor scatter gun at the incoming armors. Explosion lit up that portion of space. He turned and fired it again, the shots blowing through a third 130 meter ship.
Athrun reverted into his suit form and fired at the engines of a 250 meter. Nichol had snuck up to the bridge of a fourth 130 meter ship and launched his rocket-anchor, disabling the ship.
Ian targeted another 250 meter ship and as he flew by, he fired his beam rifle and dual railguns. Explosions rocked the ship and it started to fall back due to Earth's gravity. Smiling, Ian continued on course, cutting a swath of destruction moving towards the Archangel.
Vesalius and Prometheus fired their Gottfried cannons at two wounded ships, destroying the Earth ships completely. Looking at the battle recorder time, Ian was a little shocked to see that only 6 minutes had passed, and already there were 8 ships destroyed.
His sensors beeped in alarm, and an image of Strike and the Moebius Zero appeared.
"So you came out at last eh Strike? I'll get my vengeance!" said Yzak, accelerating to meet Strike head on.
Something's not right here thought Ian. And he was right. Strike turned sharply to port while the Zero ascended. From behind them came blasts of energy from the Archangel's Gottfriend cannons. Yzak dodged the main blast, but the legs of Duel were damaged, throwing his balance systems off completely.
"Yzak, fall back to the Vesalius, two GINNs will escort you." ordered Athrun.
Yzak growled in anger, and then started his trip back to the ship. Two GINN suits fell in escort positions. Strike accelerated again, this time heading straight for Aegis.
"Not this time Strike!" Ian yelled, pushing his thrusters to their max and intercepting the enemy Gundam.
Ian fired his shot lancer through Strike's beam rifle, this time on purpose. Strike immediately pulled out a beam saber and swung around to face Ian, who promptly cloaked and ran though some evasive maneuvers.
Having hopefully confused the pilot, Ian oriented himself towards Strike, uncloaked, fired three times and accelerated towards the enemy again. Kira dodged all three shots and took a swipe at Ian and missed.
Ian hard-stopped and launched all of his missiles, and engaged Strike again. Incoming fire destroyed the missiles, but it wasn't from Kira. The pilot of the Zero managed to evade Dearka and attack missiles with his gun pods.
"Captain Zeruman!" cried out Nichol.
Ian turned to see the Gamow bearing down on the Menelaos, firing on its way.
"For all those who died, we will open a path." broadcasted Zeruman.
A 130 meter ship moved to intercept the incoming ZAFT ship and even with Mu's help, the Alliance ship was destroyed. The Gamow barreled towards the Menelaos, firing all weapons.
"Athrun, Nichol, help out the Gamow and Dearka. I'll take care of Strike!" Ian said, dodging fire from Strike's head vulcans.
"Roger that." said Nichol before cloaking and moving in to support the Gamow.
"Be careful." replied Athrun, and then he proceeded towards Buster and the Zero.
"Now it's just you and me. Yzak wanted revenge for his humiliations, but it looks like I'll be serving justice tonight!" Ian said to Kira.
Kira didn't respond with words, only rapid swipes from his beam saber. Ian blocked and fired his shot lancer, aiming for the cockpit. Strike dodged, the pilot was no slouch, and the weapon tore Strike's shield in half.
Ejecting the shield, Kira armed and equipped the other beam saber.
"Oh crap, he's got two and I've only got one." Ian said to himself.
Strike began a wild offensive, pushing Ian further back as they went. No damage was done to either unit until Ian fired his railguns right after Strike thrust one of the beam sabers. The beam damaged Strike's left arm, rendering the arm useless. The saber flew out of his grasp and promptly deactivated.
Firing his head vulcans again, Kira pulled back to assess his situation. He was down to a single beam saber and his head vulcans for weapons, whereas Ian had everything but his missiles.
Now on the offensive, Ian fired his railguns as fast they could handle, charging after the enemy. Finally one solid shot connected with the Aile backpack, damaging the right thrusters. Kira ejected to useless pack and tried to fly away.
"No more! Now you're finished!" Ian yelled.
A seed exploded in Kira's mind. Without major thought he threw away the last saber and pulled out both Armor Schneiders. Ian couldn't stop in time and Kira stabbed the first knife in the thigh of Slayer's left leg.
The second knife stabbed deep into the right arm, disabling the Trikeros Mk. II shield. Both units floated in space for a few seconds.
"If you think I'm out of the game, think again!" Ian growled. He may not have enough power for the weapons but there was one more trick to pull.
Kira was a little confused, but then he saw everything in amazing clarity as Ian's shot lancer punched through Strike's head. If the hydraulic system had power, the weapon would have torn the head in half, and as it was, the lancer was stuck inside the head.
Ian poured all remaining power into his thrusters and pulled away. Strike's head proved to be more resilient than Slayer's shot lancer, the weapon broke off from Slayer's left arm.
"Next time Strike, you die!" Ian said while flying back to the Prometheus.
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The Archangel successfully landed in Alaska at the JOSH-A base with a damaged Strike and Moebius Zero. Yzak disobeyed orders and followed the ship down with Dearka, and the two pilots managed to land at the ZAFT Carpentaria base safely.
Commander Creuset was relieved to see them alive, but furious that Yzak went back with his damaged suit. Nichol and Athrun were given three days leave and safe passage back to PLANT. Ian prepared to drop to Earth to help Yzak and Dearka, but only after repairs was completed on Slayer.
The ZAFT High Council still considered the re-entry battle a victory. The complete annihilation of the 8th Fleet, Strike damaged enough that a serious repair job was needed and all five of the ZAFT Gundams intact, except for Yzak's, but it apparently was operable, constituted a moral boost and a battle worthy of the codices.
The timetable for Operation Spit-Break was prepared. The battle for Earth would begin.
A/N: Well another battle concluded and major changes occured! What will this do for the timeline? Read to find out, and always Review! Thank you.
P.S. Thank you FreedomGundam for pointing out my minor mistake. It is supposed to be Aegis and not Justice launching.