Chapter 1

Strauzz

The air brushed past the car speeding down the road heading for the hangar. The sky had already darkened being replaced by the night. It had been a busy day for Strauzz as he rode up to the hangar to watch over the Earth tonight, and Strauzz wished that he has home in bed as the wind blew past his long whitish blonde hair.

Strauzz was nearing his 18th birthday, and still remembered the rush of events that had taken placed three years before in the ZAFT, EA war. He had lost friends and family to the enemy in the mist of battle. But, still he felt the lingering joy of success, from it. The war was over with the GHOST treaty and the nations had been cooperating smoothly. Strauzz knew though that this peace could not last, the Blue Cosmos, and Logos had thought to been destroyed, but the hate for the others, coordinators or Naturals would bring the battle back.

Strauzz got out of his car to stride into the hangar, he hit the code into the door and the door opened allowing him through. He was saluted to by the soldiers on watch tonight and he climbed up his suit and prepared to launch. His suit had been code named Nightmare by the ZAFT mechanics that had built it because the weapons it carried and the colors that associated with it. Nightmare carried a beam rifle in its hand, on its back it had Wings of Light, a feature from Destiny gundam made during the last war, it was also armed with beam sabers attached on the waist; beam claws on each finger; and CIWS mounted in head. The color of Nightmare was a deep black, with red eyes, red Beam claws and Wings of Light.

Tonight, Strauzz would be looking over the military city of Heliopolis to see if Orb was following the Treaty. He had his weapons at his fingertips to use but wasn't supposed to do anything until it was discussed at his base. This would just be a check to see if weapons were being manufactured, and not a battle.

Patrolling the Earth was a pretty boring job, for someone who had just been in a war blowing up mobile suits. Strauzz knowing that peace was a good thing, hoped it stayed like this, but having a new unit with tons of power, that would have to lay dormant if or until another war broke out. He enjoyed the first few times piloting the coast and hoping for some action, but after awhile it had begun to become boring looking over everything that seemed so peaceful.

It had been an honor receiving the suit from his people and knowing that he had been trusted to pilot it, and soon he would continue to plant to see if they were following the treaty. Finally a new place to explore Strauzz thought as he had never been to Plant, because of being an EAF soldier. But, with the treaty it was necessary to go to find out if ZAFT was upholding the treaty and not building weapons of war in the plants.

The last war had come of a horror to most people has they had lost their loved ones and friends to the tide of the war and people were glad to be out of it. Strauzz was glad the war was over and also happy to still be able to save people, if the war ever broke out again. But talents of the war were not easily forgotten and Strauzz fingers hovered over the buttons to fire his guns, when ever surprised.

His check of the coast had been just as boring as the rest of them having to fly back and forth as nothing happened. Strauzz then decided that he had spent enough time looking over the uneventful coast and was going to turn in for the night. He moved his GHOST unit back to its secret hangar, shutting it down, locking the doors. Strauzz then after his busy day went back home to bed.

Strauzz woke up, in the late morning and went downstairs to make himself some toast. He flicked on the T.V. when he took the toast out of the toaster and sat down in front of the blaring television. It seemed that a ship from Plant that had seemed to have been destroyed by a crash several years ago was brought up with evidence pointing toward the ship being attacked. This sparked Strauzz's mind indicating that he was supposed to be at the hangar now, for his trip to Plant to see if the treaty was flowing smoothly there too.

Strauzz quickly gulped down his breakfast and ran upstairs to change into some suitable clothes for his meeting with the ZAFT Chairman Gilbert Dullindal. Fortunately he had already packed a night before and just needed to grab his car keys and luggage before running out to his car and turning the ignition. Strauzz stepped on it as he drove to his hangar, hoping that everybody was as late as him.

Strauzz got out of his car to be greeted by a commander.

"So you must be young Taselendril?" Spoke the commander in his gruff voice.

"Yes, I trust that my Unit is already been loaded and I hope that I have arrived not too late." Strauzz spoke back.

"Your unit is being loaded as we speak, and I know how challenging it must be for you to leave Earth for awhile, so I can see why you were late. You must be only about 18, right?" The commander said in honest tones.

Strauzz was glad that his absence had not been too much trouble. "Close, I'm nearing my 18th birthday now."

"Well, be sure to represent us nicely up in Plant, because your check is not just for the treaty it relays the officers of EAF and we do not want any scandals at this point."

Strauzz spoke up "I'll try my best to represent Earth to the fullest and perform my mission to return once again in times of Peace."

"Be sure that you do," Was the only response from the commander, who clearly thought that someone older and more experienced should go on this mission.

Strauzz then boarded the aircraft, taking one last look at Earth, because he wouldn't see it for a while on Plant.