Phase 3- First Impression

Xigo was most of the time a calm, cool, collected teen, rarely showing a negative emotion. Even more, it was uncommon that he would expose any feel of fear and worry. It was some sort of natural flair he had, the ability to remain composed or conceal it within himself even in the more difficult positions.

And right now, he was doing all too well at that.

In a large hall with a long table in the back, very similar to the council room of the ZAFT Headquarters, the young Shigora stood in the center, staring in the eye a group the New Alaska Base Officials, including Commander Cerrical and Captain Arelie. To the sides of Xigo were three rows on each wall of personal from the area. Logan, Rodka, Jina and Iryn all sat together, with Gartol and Shirta to one side, and Major Taro to the other.

There was very severe court going on, and it had been for the last ten minutes. It was, as expected, meant to decide on how to rule Xigo's actions, that being; coming into the base illegally, and not warning anything about Giyre while he had much knowledge of the organization. The Commander and Captain, as well as some of the other important Board Members, were quite displeased by this whole thing, and their current attitudes portrayed that.

"You were not meant to be the exchange pilot from your base in space were you Xigo?" Arelie stated. The young man shook his head.

"No, it was another high-class student that was supposed to come. I got out before him of course, well, more like survived, and came down here playing that act" he added.

"You do realize that's a serious offense to the military, correct? Lying to us and claiming to be another person" Arelie strongly spoke. Xigo didn't seem too fazed by that comment.

"I know that, and I have understandable reason for that. My only chance of living through that destruction. That place got blown to bits, nearly everyone there died, anyone who didn't join Giyre" Shigora shot back. The Commander then took over for the moment.

"Yes, going into that, tell us, how did you find out about all about them?" Cerrical asked. Xigo gave a quiet sigh.

"Well, as you may expect, the Board of the School allowed them to come in for a meeting, after all at that time they were using the 'neutral colony' crapola, so they didn't suspect anything" the young man began, "I had been walking down the hallway while they had their little meeting, and I overheard some of the shit, which quickly got my attention. Anyways I stood by and listened in, getting the parts about what Giyre actually was, and all of their plans. More importantly, I caught how they wanted me and my friend, the other best pilot there, to join them, as well as the rest of the school. I heard the board members refuse and begin to go crazy, before the guy, that Balador, explained that they'd personally talk to me and my buddy, and then destroy all of the school. A few gunshots later, I made a bee-line outta there, and tried to find my friend to leave with him. I couldn't get to him, and even though I consider it now a bit cowardly, I took the Valor and left, making for course for Earth here. By the time I was a half-hour away from the base, it was gone from my computer map, and from there I knew it had been destroyed. I had no place else to go to, except here, and where I knew I could taken in fine". By the time Xigo had finished, several people in the crowds were murmuring to each other, while the majority stared at him with widened eyes. The Commander though, wasn't one of those people.

"Then tell me, why didn't you warn us at first about them? Before we and the rest of the planet found out…" she interrogated. Xigo was beginning to get his 'cool' back, as he now gave Cerrical his own narrowed eyes.

"I was here for a month last time, I may've made friends with you guys, but do you know me completely? Hell no" Shigora replied, "look at it realistically Commander, what would you all have done if I jumped outta that Gundam from fifty feet, ran to you guys like a scolded dog and spat out all of what happened in ten seconds? You all would've thought I crazy, hell, I'm sure even a lot of the people here wouldn't believe me. Without proof like Balador gave, the entire idea sounds less believable than a rock spontaneously combusting. I wanted to give some time to settle in with you all, so it may've been easier on you to hear the truth. Any other way would've been insane, don't deny it Commander". Eyes widened even more from the onlookers from that comment, and even the Captain and Commander Cerrical looked a bit surprised by the bold remark. Major Taro though managed to smirk.

"Kid's still got the same spunk as he did before" the man muttered out loud in his seat. The Commander's and Xigo's met strongly, the two of them staring at one another without flinching. Neither would be intimidated, but one would have to submit eventually.

And with a light sigh, the Commander did that.

"Well, that's certainly reasonable Xigo, though still against military code and law. But lucky for you, you're not a part of the Earth Alliance Military, so we cannot hand out any form of punishment like that". Everyone person to the side of the courtroom stood up from their crowd and created a mass of cheers and hollers, as Xigo gave a great sigh of relief where he stood, now getting a real smile back as his face as the other New Alaska Base personal began to clap for him. Though oddly, he signaled for them to stop, and once they did he looked back at the Commander, more serious than he was in the last few moments.

"But um, you see Commander Cerrical, even if it would put me at some type of sentence, I'd like more than anything now to join the Earth Alliance Military" Xigo stated. The young man got many surprised looks from the crowds, and even Cerrical and Arelie both looked slightly taken aback by the comment.

"Wait, you're saying you want to stay here for the rest of your life, and work as soldier for the Earth?" Arelie questioned, not very much understanding Xigo's intentions. But the young man nodded.

"Yes, and there's no time better than now" he began, "Giyre's already sent down many troops onto this planet, you're all going to need as much help as you can get against these guys. They killed nearly every single person at the school I went to, all the instructors that I looked up to and wanted to be like…they slaughtered them all!" he shouted as he started to seem intensified through his speech. "And if there's any place that was home besides my school, it was right here, on Earth, at the New Alaska Base. I was a coordinator, from a ZAFT Base, when you guys didn't know a thing about me, but you let me into your base, and treated me like one you all. All of you made the effort to make me feel comfortable, and many made the effort to befriend me. I liked it here better than I did at my school, hell, I loved it here, I wished for more than anything to be able to come back and stay forever.

"You see, I wasn't born in a PLANT, my parents actually lived here on Earth, and gave birth to me here, on this planet. When they died though, a couple short years later, I was sent with my one aunt to live with my uncle, who was in a PLANT. Then when I was little older, he sent me to the school I was attending, and from there I stay trained and worked with Mobile Suits."

"I'm Earth-born, and now Giyre is threatening to destroy my home-planet, and this base that I consider my true home. Please Commander Cerrical, Captain Arelie, and the rest of the Board, allow me to defend what I keep close to my heart…" Shigora finished off. By then the crowds were silent, but many appeared emotionally affected by the oration Xigo had just said, including the near teary-eyed Jina and Iryn. The Commander looked back and forth with Arelie and the other Board members, whispering all around as Xigo and the rest of the people watched on anxiously to see what she'd say.

And soon, she looked back at him, and stood up from her chair with a smile.

"Xigo Shigora, as soon as I talk to the General of the Earth Military, you'll be an official soldier, but for now, you can still consider yourself that under my order" Commander Cerrical contently declared. Once more the crowd erupted in cheers, and Xigo's face never looked more pleased as he nodded back at her.

"Thank you Commander" not very loud, but in way that she knew what he meant.

And then, the alarm went off.

"Red alert! Red alert! Giyre forces moving in towards California shore, military bases there request back-up assistance from us!" the person on the sound system heralded. Some of the people went into a brief state of pandemonium, until the Captain literally jumped over the table and began to give out orders.

"No time for fooling around people we got a battle ready to go on here! All technicians to the Communications center, mechanics to the Docking Bay, Mobile Suit pilots get to your machines and be ready to be loaded up in ships! Let's move!" she shouted. Like little children from their angered mother, the personal of the New Alaska Base, dashed out from the room, all moving in their mass to wherever they were located for situations like this. As they did, Commander Cerrical then went over to Captain Arelie.

"Should we take the Order out to deploy the Gundams?" she asked. The Captain nodded.

"It'd be the best idea, considering the ships may even see some combat" Arelie explained. Xigo then came over to the two young women, apparently reluctant to be there.

"May I be allowed to go out and join the troops Commander?" he inquired with a salute. Cerrical smiled, trying to not to chuckle as she put her hand on the teen's shoulder.

"I said you were a soldier didn't I?". Xigo smirked instantly.


Several hours later, inside the Giyre Headquarters, Balador stood behind a seated-technician at one of the main control panels in the Communications Base. The wicked man was quite pleased by his message earlier in the day to the entire Earth, feeling that he got the idea across well, which indeed he had. More importantly, he was even more content with the recent news that all of the military forces he had sent to deploy on the planet had arrived at their given targets, and already several were beginning to set up secret bases across the continents.

And already, he had one group flying in to the West Coast of America, ready to unleash the first attack on the only remaining enemy for the Galactic Invasion Regime.

"What are their current coordinates?" Balador asked the technician.

"Right now they're at one-hundred twenty-four degrees West, thirty-seven degrees North" the man answered, gazing at the computer screen which showed a map of the Pacific Ocean.

"Can you get into contact with them?" Balador pressed.

"Sure, what would you like me to link with?" the technician replied.

"The Demolition" Varo answered back. With a nod, the man turned back to the control panel, and turned on the one radio. After adjusting the frequency, he turned on the speakers and tested the connection.

"Demolition Gundam, do you read?". In the next three seconds, a large, grinning man inside a cockpit appeared on the monitor. He wore a thick green vest, and had sleek brown hair, which a few strands of ran down to thick eyebrows.

"Yeah, Ragoss here, what is it?" he responded. Balador didn't bother to take a speaker to talk into.

"How much longer do you think until you'll arrive there?" he asked. The big man shrugged.

"I don't know, three to five minutes maybe, why?". Balador smirked.

"Because that's exactly the perfect time. By now the Earth Forces will have most surely organized reinforcements, as the California Shore doesn't have much defense, especially where you guys are attacking".

"Yeah! San Francisco's goin' down!" the Gundam pilot replied. Balador still smirked.

"Well then you don't know half of it. You see, it's almost definite that the Earth Alliance will send out the Gundams from the New Alaska Base, as we've found that's where San Francisco sent messages for back-up troops. Which means, you'll have the fun of destroying them, even the Valor" the leader of Giyre explained. Ragoss's eyes lit up.

"Are you serious? Oh man that's great! Now I can smash that lil maggot into the ground!" he exclaimed.

"Well make sure your entire troupe executes the attack perfectly, or you may not have as much luck. Let the GINNS go first to clear some of the path for you and the ZuOOTs, and after a while the GINN WASPs can surprise attack from another side of the city. This is an important mission, after all, this is our first major attack, we've gotta give a fine demonstration of our power" Balador added. The Demolition's pilot grinned again and nodded.

"You got it sir, we won't let ya down" he replied. Balador nodded back.

"Good, now get back you your work".

"No problem, I'll smash those guys for ya!" Ragoss yelled, and then ended the transmission. The technician also turned off the communication between them, and looked back up at a grinning Balador.

"Sir, do you honestly think they'll be able to destroy everything?" he asked. Varo snickered.

"Heh, God no".

A moment later, the main monitor switched to the image of three young men clad in Giyre piloting uniforms, all saluting.

"Reporting Sir!" they exclaimed. Balador turned back to the screen, apparently pleased by what it showed.

"Ahh you three, good to see you" Varo greeted with his usual smirk as he stared at the teens. All of them had fine facial features, and appeared to be of the same age. The one with smooth, glistening black hair running down his head, and deep green eyes was named Nitras Dolorga. In the middle was Sakara Zanakal, with a head of rich goldenrod hair that appeared to run backwards to his neck. Then on the end was the messy, mid-length orangey-red haired young man named Uusiko Eraddar. Amazingly, these three teens were the most dangerous, and important team of pilots to Giyre, and recognized as one of the most powerful.

After all, they were Giyre's sole Gundam Team.

"I'm sorry that I called for you all again, but I'd just like to make sure that you all know about your operation, correct?". Nitras nodded.

"Of course sir, infiltrate the weapon warehouses while the battle in the city occurs, and take whatever we can before the fighting's done" he replied. Balador nodded contently.

"Good good, glad to hear that. And I take it all of your ALEs are ready to launch when the time comes?" he inquired.

"Yep, we've got 'em turned on and prepared to take flight when we arrive at the city" Sakara responded with a smirk of his own.

"Though sir, may I ask why we're not allowed to use our Gundams?" the grinning Uusiko asked. Varo actually chuckled at the remark.

"I figured you'd ask that, and I still can't help laughing" he first answered, and then got to the main focus, "you see Uusiko, if three Gundams enter the battlefield, or even the outskirts of it, the Earth Forces are going to be far more concerned about that, and center their attacks on you guys. But, if you go in the ALEs alongside some smaller ships and attacking GINN forces, they'll never pay attention to whatever you do. And from that you can completely raid the city's armories." Nitras gave a firm nod in reply, and unlike his teammates had a serious expression on his face.

"Understood Sir, our captains have just reported that we'll be landing in approximately ten minutes" Dolorga stated.

"Perfect, all should work out fine then. I do not wish to keep you waiting, so head to your suits now and be ready for the operation" Balador ordered.

"Yes sir!"


Across the blue waves of the American West Coast moved a beautiful legged-ship. With gun turrets and beam cannons placed all across the outside, it was obviously a war-ship, and one of great power. The boosters in the back allowed for it to fly over the surface of the Pacific, soaring closer and closer to San Francisco as the battle there already began, with Giyre forces charging in and overwhelming the Earth Alliance Troops.

This ship was an exact copy in design from the two crafts the Archangel and the Dominion, which were used decades ago in the battle between Earth and ZAFT. Though, this one had some fine improvements in mechanics and weaponry, and also sported a stunning cyan tone. It was the main-ship for the New Alaska Base, and one of the strongest crafts the Earth Alliance had in its possession;

The Order.

"Pick up speed! The officers there report that they won't last longer than twenty minutes against the Giyre Forces!" Commander Cerrical shouted from her chair within the bridge of the ship. The boosters on the back of the ship increased in power, and the flame-like discharge grew in size as the great ship moved ahead.

Inside this one room, the head-officer of the New Alaska Base stayed perch on a tall-chair, with Captain Arelie below her, and several navigators, technicians, cartographers and communicators surrounding her at computers and monitors. Two of these people were Jina and Iryn, who had become some of the expert personal in these situations. Jina was one of the people who stayed on the radio and kept in contact with the Mobile Suits in the docking bay of the ship or on the battlefield, while Iryn was one of the technicians who watched the maps and radar.

It was shades of the Archangel's Crew so many years ago, with Commander Murre Ramius at the head.

"Alright, once we're within four miles of the city have the ship slow down. By then the Gundams will have made it in without being noticed that well, and we can assault any other groups from a long-ranged standpoint" Cerrical said aloud. Just as she finished, Iryn spotted something on her radar.

"Two Giyre Battleships moving in from the west to the city, they must've lagged behind from the others" the young girl stated. The Captain stood up from her seat and looked up at the monitor which showed the pair of crafts moving in.

"They've got a lot of missile launchers on them, and they seemed to have holders for Mobile Suits, if we don't take 'em down they could do massive damage" she declared, and glanced at the Commander, "do we have permission to attack?". Cerrical simply nodded. "Alright, aim Long-Range Helldarts and fire!" Arelie shouted.

On the outside of the Order, two large missile batteries opened up, and in an instant they unloaded some twenty projectiles each, sending them straight at the two moving battleships.

And they scored a direct hit.

Inside the Docking Bay, the Valor, Thunder, Blaze and Aile Strike were all being prepared to be launched on the rails. Their pilots were all set and ready inside the cockpit, and their systems on for battle. Unlike most Mobile Suit pilots, who wore an entire jumpsuit and helmet, Major Taro only usually wore the jumpsuit, while Logan and Rodka instead were garbed by simply their Earth Alliance Military uniforms, likewise with Xigo. Perhaps it could be said that it was an ego issue that they believed they didn't always need the full attire, or even that they were above the normal soldier, but whatever the reason, it was most surely true.

"You're clear to go Xigo" Jina said on the monitor inside the young man's cockpit. He nodded, and braced himself.

But as he did, a wave of thoughts rushed through his mind. Both ideas and memories ran in his mind, the young man-reliving moments from the past to himself as in those split seconds he prepared to launch and set out into battle, against the forces of Giyre…

One specific memory was of him and his best friend at this school, a time after they had a grueling duel with their Gundams under the careful supervision of their top instructors. He and the other pilot walked down a hallway, still wearing their piloting suits, and holding a soft-drink in their hand as they made their way through the corridor, talking with each other along the way.

"That had to be our best one yet bud!" Xigo said.

"Yeah I think you're right, we finally were able to hit each other this time!" his friend added.

"And that was the best part of it, especially when I nailed ya in the shoulder with my sword that one time!".

"Naah I think when I sent you flying straight into the wall with that one rifle-shot of mine took the cake, you nearly caved that entire thing in!".

"Well duh! It was my Gundam crashing into for God's sake. Any Mobile Suit would've did the damage I did, especially after one of those energy blasts you hit me with" .

"Yeah and that's why I had the best hit!".

"Ohh no don't go thinkin' that! At least I was floored instantly by your shot, when I hit you, your Gundam was on its back in a second!".

The two continued their conversation with each other as they turned a corner and headed down another hallway, the both of them determined to prove the other wrong in their playful-argument.

Nearly a year ago, a chat between Xigo Shigora, and Nitras Dolorga.

Then Xigo flashed back to reality.

"Gundam Valor- launching!" he yelled. With that the computer screens gave the 'clear' signal, and the rails pushed the Valor forward, and in a few short seconds the cord attached to it released, and the gorgeous cobalt and white machine took off into the skies.

"Gundam Thunder- launching!" Logan cried.

"Gundam Blaze- launching!" Rodka shouted. With that the pair of original Earth Alliance Gundams flew out from their Launch-Halls, and flew off to catch up with the Valor. Using a special flight-pad called an Oaro, the Thunder was able to keep up with the flight-orientated machines.

"Aile Strike- launching!" Taro yelled, and was released from the ship as his flight-pack moved him through the air and to the other Gundams. "Alright boys, let's take care of business!".


Several hours before, when the first spotting of the oncoming Giyre forces occurred, the city was immediately put into a state of evacuation. As whatever military troops and weapons could be relished and sent into the streets, the innocent civilians of one of America's biggest municipalities were moved out and away from the entire area.

And for good reason.

It was a brutal battle that continued to rage on within the steel and concrete maze of San Francisco, with explosions rocking the region every second. Fires dotted the area, and many buildings and structures had been reduced to rubble from the fighting. The sound of detonations and gun-fire echoed through the metropolis, making all of the city feel like one giant war zone.

Most of the Earth Alliance forces had been put into the commercial district, where the majority of the Giyre troops had entered and continued to stay. GINNs flew overhead and all around in the air, creating a rain of bullets down to the streets, ripping apart the concrete roads, and often tearing apart several Strike Daggers and the new mass-produced Mobile Suit of the Earth Alliance; Rollers.

Big and bulky, and with a chestnut hue, these machines moved only with the help of a pair of treads and small wheels that kept it going, a mixture of a tank and Mobile Suit. Whatever ones still standing in San Francisco slowly moved along the pathways of the area, shooting off powerful energy beams from the twin cannons on their shoulders. Endless blasts flew through the sky, most being evaded by the GINNs, though every so often one of the unlucky mechanical soldiers would be blasted into pieces.

Adding to the Roller's assault were small groups of hidden Missile Batteries, which now began to be activated. The packs rose up from underground holding spaces, and quickly aimed at whatever Giyre troops were around, whether on the ground in the air. From each one shot ten infrared-to-infrared rockets, sending hails of the rockets all around the city. More buildings were blasted by misguided shots, but also more GINNs in the sky were blown to bits from the sudden attack.

"What the hell? Someone destroy those things!" a higher-rank soldier cried from his machine in the air. With that some ten GINNs flew down into the streets of San Francisco, soaring like falcons with their many twists and turns as their MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machine guns poured steady streams of bullets that destroyed every Missile Launcher they came to, as well as any Strike Daggers that were only in pairs or groups of three or four.

On one of the larger streets, a lone ZuOOT moved down the path, firing its beam cannons at a trio of Strike Daggers that stood in place, retaliating with their 57mm Beam Rifles. Though numbers game overcame the superior armament of the once-ZAFT Mobile Suit, and after two beam shots through the body, the ZuOOT exploded in a ball of fire.

The pilots in the Strike Daggers took their moment to celebrate, pleased that they took down the powerful machine.

"Yeah take ya space-freak!" one cried.

"We can take on any of those Giyre morons!" another added.

The third pilot would made his own comment, but before he could, another ZuOOT came crashing through a supermarket building behind them, and with one shot from each Dual Cannon, destroyed the three Strike Daggers.


Within one of the large city squares of San Francisco, a group of Strike Daggers and two Rollers took part in a scrimmage against another group of GINNs and ZuOOTs aloft on one of the highway bridges. Though even with numerous beams, rockets, missiles and bullets flying back at forth, no side was able to do much damage to the other's forces.

"Shoot at the bridge-stands, take it down!" one of the Dagger pilots exclaimed. Two of the Mobile Suits aimed their Beam Rifles at the pillars that kept the bridge up, and quickly fired. The beams easily broke through the concrete material, and with that the bridge collapsed under the Giyre machines. They became lost in a cloud of dust, but the two Rollers swiftly added to the attack by firing a large spherical bomb from their chest, which flew at where the bridge once was and blasted the area with tremendous explosions.

"Alright! We got 'em!" the Strike Dagger pilot from before yelled.

And at that moment, a large deep indigo Gundam came flying towards them.

"Yeah, but now I got you!" Ragoss shouted from inside the Demolition. He then sent his huge ball-and-chain weapon swinging at the Earth Mobile Suits, smashing the Rollers to pieces, but just missing the Strike Daggers who took the air.

"Holy cow! It's a Gundam!" one of the Earth-soldiers cried. Ragoss grinned.

"Yep! Formerly under ZAFT control, but now far better fighting for Giyre!" the large man yelled, swinging his weapon around. The two Strike Daggers he intended to hit just managed to dodge again, and the huge metal ball tore straight through a building, sending the rest toppling to the ground.

"God dang that's thing's powerful!" one of the Earth soldier shouted. Two Missile Batteries then rose up from the ground, and aimed up at the Demolition, who turned to them just as Ragoss spotted them. Before the rockets from the launchers were even ready to fire, the Demolition unleashed a spray of bullets from its Eight 100mm CIWS Igelstellung. The bullets tore through the batteries like paper, and in a second exploded as the missiles contained within them were pierced.

And Ragoss wasn't done yet. As he finished destroying the missile launchers, the five remaining Strike Daggers revealed their ES01 Beam Sabers, and charged at the Giyre Gundam. With another grin, the pilot pressed a pair of red buttons on his control panel, and quickly three tubes opened up on each of the huge shoulders of the Demolition, and a Pod-Rocket shot from each one. The came at the Strike Daggers in mere seconds, and altogether created a massive detonation that blew the machines away.

Inside his machine, Ragoss looked on another screen at a shot of the Northern Docks area for San Francisco, which was now being overrun by GINN WASPs which emerged from the waters. The blue Mobile Suits unleashed showers of rockets and torpedoes, blowing apart the port-area and massacring all Rollers and Strike Daggers there. He began to laugh, a twisted grin still on his gritty face.

"I've been waiting for this much fun for years!" he shouted.


The Aile Strike, Blaze, Thunder and Valor were now closing in on San Francisco, passing by the amazingly-intact Golden Gate Bridge, and getting a glimpse now of all the battles going on, including what enemies they were up against.

"Well I don't like to abandon a team so soon, but I'm flying in after those GINNs" Taro declared, and gave himself a boost in speed to move into the city. Rodka had then noticed the carnage down by the docks.

"I'll take care of the harbor" the teen said, and turned to head in their direction, "that's a whole lotta targets to blow away…" he muttered to himself then with a smirk.

"And I'll get that Gundam!" Xigo and Logan said at the same time. The moment Dile realized that they both 'called' it in unison, he quickly made his own remark.

"No way Xigo let me take care of that guy, better for a big, brawling Gundam to take on another just like it" he said. Xigo smirked.

"Yeah but a quick one like mine can just out-maneuver it and tear it apart" Shigora replied.

"You won't have such an easy time destroying against a machine of that size" Logan retaliated. Xigo chuckled a bit to himself.

"Fine, first one to get there then has him!" he yelled, and in a flash the Valor got a boost from its jet packs, and soared away to the Demolition. Logan's face twisted with aggravation as he was taken aback for a moment by Xigo's abrupt departure.

"Hey! Since when can you get a frickin' head start?" the pilot of the Thunder shouted. Just then another screen appeared on his monitor, with Commander Cerrical seated in the bridge of the Order.

"Just let him go fight it Logan, head down to the docks and help Rodka. There's swarms of GINN WASPs there and you're perfect for taking out large amounts of Mobile Suits at once" the woman stated. Logan narrowed his eyes a bit growled in his irritation, but then turned his Gundam to the side and began to fly down to the harbor.

"Whatever you say…" he muttered.

Two Strike Daggers hovered together in the air, both firing off shots of their Beam Rifles, trying to hit the Demolition and finally take it down. Though every shot they unleashed, Ragoss was able to move the bulky machine out of the way, and evade it just as the others.

"Geez, you Naturals really are a bunch of weaklings!" he cried with a toothy grin, and flung his Ball and Chain Smasher, completely wrecking the machines in one attack. "Come on, where's the real challenge?" Ragoss asked aloud.

"Right here!" Xigo shouted in return. Ragoss was surprised for a moment, and looked down at one of his side monitor to see the Valor flying him. He grinned once again, and turned to face the Gundam, who stopped in the air some twenty-five meters from him.

"Ahh, the Valor Gundam! And wouldn't ya know it, you're that kid Xigo! The one that ran away from us!" Ragoss mocked.

"And I'm damn happy about it! I managed to joined an army that doesn't need to steal other Nation's Gundams to be powerful" Shigora struck back.

"Oh you're mistaken boy. Giyre is the strongest thing to ever be seen in this Universe, but in the process of taking almost complete control of ZAFT, we gained some excellent Mobile Suits, and a fine group of Gundams like the Demolition here! Why not use 'em to their full extent?". Xigo's glare hardened.

"Because like the others; this one will be destroyed!" the teen cried back. Ragoss smiled.

"Oh really…?" he said, "try it!". With that he sent his ball and chain flying like a torpedo at the Valor, but the cobalt machine flew away from it just in time as it smashed into another building. "Hmm, impressive, but can you stay away from two?" Ragoss yelled, and revealed another ball and chain. For a moment Xigo's eyes widened, but in the next he jumped back to focusing on the battle, and soared away as the Demolition swung its new weapon at him. Once again it smashed apart a building, that being a large hotel. Ragoss attacked with the other, swinging it full-force at him, and once again just missing as the Valor dodged it.

But just as Xigo thought he was safe for a moment, the enemy Gundam suddenly pulled back its weapons, and swung them once again with amazing speed. Knowing he wasn't able to evade them, Shigora pulled out his fabulous longsword, and held it out to block the attacks. The first one was held back, but the force knocked the Valor aside, and the second shot did the same.

"Ha! Take this!" Ragoss screamed, and sent them both flying at him at the same time. Xigo gritted his teeth, and had the Valor pull its arms back with the longsword in hand. Then as the ball and chains came to him, the Valor swung its sword, slicing the heavy spheres in half and destroying the rest of the chain.

"You're goin' down!" Xigo cried. Ragoss smirked, and the Demolition then pulled out a third Ball and Chain Smasher from behind its back.

"I'm not done with you just yet kid!".


The GINN WASPs slowly moved upon the shattered floor of the docks area, with enormous fires blazing all across the harbor. The water became polluted with debris and rubble, and nearly two dozen of the Earth Alliance Mobile Suits were wrecked. And now the dangerous blue machines from Giyre continued to advance, slowly making their way into the city…

And then from the streets came a stream of fiery-orange projectiles, striking one of the WASPs and tearing it apart. All the water-Mobile Suits stopped in surprise from the attack, and then suddenly a yellow beam of energy shot through another, blowing it to bits.

The Thunder and the Blaze Gundams came flying in, with Rodka shooting off continuous shots from his Napalm Grenade Launcher, destroying endless GINN WASPs in blasts of fire.

"Wooooo-hooo! Look at all sittin' ducks we get to blast Logan!" Redwing shouted from his cockpit. Dile on the other hand was still a bit incensed from having to let Xigo go fight the Gundam.

"Bad day to be my targets guys…" Logan growled. A square-flap opened up on the Thunder's left shoulder, revealing six missile barrels. In and instant he sent dozens of them flying, blowing away entire groups of the GINN WASPs at once, and creating a chain of explosions that rocked the rest of the harbor.

The GINNs in the skies were now having much trouble, no longer attacking the troops down at the city, but instead focusing on the one Aile Strike that zipped all around, massacring their forces single-handedly. Taro was having no trouble fighting against then odds, all of what he needed right now was the pair of burning-hot beam sabers the Aile Strike held in its hands. Every time he passed by another GINN, one of the energy-enhanced swords cut clear through their armor, either slicing them or two or destroying them in a ball of fire from their wrecked circuitry.

"Damn these guys are easy, wonder if they'd be harder to take down if I just used the rifles" the Major said to himself from inside his cockpit. The Aile Strike then stopped in mid-air, and put back both beam sabers in their holders. From it's thighs it released it's pair of 57mm High-Energy Beam Rifles, and after aiming at two GINNs for a split second fired them both off. A green shot of energy cut straight through them, freezing them in the air for a moment before they exploded like the others. Taro shrugged. "Guess not…ahh well I'll still shoot 'em all down!".


Nearly a mile from where all the battling was occurring in the city, the two Giyre ships had landed, and opened their back-ends as entire groups of men were running back and forth from large storage house, all working together to carry huge boxes of ammo into the crafts. Helping to the work were the three ALEs that the young men from Giyre were piloting, heavily armored, indigo Mobile Suits with long back-pieces running from their heads. Each one was working like the men below, grabbing large crates of ammunition and taking them to the ships, where'd they carefully stack them in the supply-rooms of the Berga-Class Crafts.

Another ALE landed, this one coming from the outer-regions of the battlefield, returning from a patrol of the situation.

"Don't worry guys, we got all the time in the world now! Some new blue and gold Gundam is fighting the Demolition!" the pilot inside it declared. Nitras's eyes widened as his face twisted.

"Well that's a relief, there's more in that building than we thought!" Sakara said as his ALE moved back to the warehouse. But while all the others continued working, Nitras positioned his ALE towards the fighting, and on his screen spotted the Valor dueling with the Demolition in the air.

"No way…Xigo…" he whispered.


The Valor continued moving all around in the air, dodging the many, and fast swipes from the Demolition's wrecking ball. Xigo was trying to stay conscious of all the buildings around him, and to attempt not to have the ball smash into them, though he found it much more difficult than he imagined, not always staying in a spot where another structure wouldn't be reduced to rubble. Sometimes he tried to block the weapon with his longsword, or smack it away with a slash of his own weapon, but the density, weight, and sheer force of it often made him just lose more balance in his Gundam.

"Ha! You're something else for just a kid, looks like I'll need to use more than my wrecking ball to take ya out!" Ragoss yelled. The eight machine-gun barrels on the Demolition's square-like head began to unload their ammo, shooting out in the midst of four yellow flashes on the Gundam's face. Xigo was taken by surprise by the attack, and put the Valor's speed to work as he flew up along the side of a small skyscraper.

As he stayed ahead of the attack, he noticed the stream of bullets tearing through the building, and flying out the other side as they continued their path.

"Holy crap, there's no way those are normal Igelstellungs!" the young man said to himself. Xigo then flew away from the building, leaving the skyscraper still standing, but with a massive vertical hole in the center of it. Ragoss grinned.

"Oh-ho, that's not all I got!" the big man shouted, and held the stocky indigo and white Gundam hovering in the air. Once again the six slots on its spherical-shoulders opened up, and came them flew out the rocket pods, straight towards the Valor. Xigo strained as he tried to pull backwards away from the projectiles, though only managed to find himself between two tall buildings. The pods hit the structures, and engulfed the tops of them along with the Valor in a huge explosion. Ragoss's face lit up with his sick content.

"Alright! Blew that kid to nothing!".

For a few moments there was no sign of any movement in the great cloud of smoke, though the Giyre pilot couldn't see through it to see if the Valor truly was destroyed.

And quite unlucky for him.

A stream of bullets came flying out in a split second, and began to pelt the Demolition full force. Ragoss cried out as his Gundam shook from the attack, as Xigo flew out of the smoke, his Gundam holding its 170mm Sub-Machine Gun in its other hand.

"You've got one crazy idea of what 'nothing' is buddy!" Shigora yelled. In another second he put his Sub-Machine Gun away, and grasped both hands about the hilt of his longsword. The Valor took off at the Demolition, as Xigo prepared for a massive swing. "You're dead!".

And then, Ragoss smirked.

Like lightning, the wrecking ball flew down at the Valor, and in those split seconds while Shigora was amazed by the resiliency, he managed to move his Gundam to the side a bit, though only allowing for it to avoid half of the attack.

The ball and chain struck the Valor's chest hard, and caused Xigo to lose control from the force of the hit. The Demolition then brought it back, and swung it around as the chain eventually wrapped about the Valor like a snake.

"Ha! Fry kid!" he yelled, and turned the chain's heat option on the wrecking-ball on. The link's temperature increased with incredible heat, turning it red and burning the Valor. Inside his cockpit Xigo screamed for a moment from the intense heat, and began quickly began to sweat and breathe heavily from the horrible conditions. Ragoss grinned. "Try and get outta this one! I dare ya!" he taunted. Xigo gritted his teeth, and through the awful feeling, pressed a button on of his control sticks.

With that the longsword became engulfed by cyan-flame, and in one flash slashed at the chain, cutting it off with ease. The Valor's upper arms then pushed against the remainder of it, swiftly shattering it all into pieces as it freed itself. Ragoss's eyes bulged as he cried out in shock.

"What the hell? No way!" the man shouted. Wasting no more time, Xigo flew at the Demolition, readying his flaming-blade.

"This is for every innocent person you've killed you bastard!" Shigora screamed. Ragoss became petrified in his seat as he watched in horror of the oncoming Gundam, gasping repeatedly as the Valor got closer and closer. And when it passed by, its blade flashed again, leaving a red cut-mark across the Demolition's upper body. In another second the entire Gundam broke into two pieces, only to then became trillions as they both exploded in a blast of fire.

Still in the Aile Strike, Major Taro spotted the blast on the edge of his monitor, and like the rest of the GINNs turned his machine towards it to get a full view.

"Well God-dang, the kid did it!" the veteran pilot exclaimed. All the Giyre troops sat wide-eyed at the sight of the dissipating fire where the Demolition once was, frozen in disbelief that it had been destroyed.

"No way…Ragoss got killed?" one of the Giyre soldiers yelled.

"How in the world could that have happened?" another added.

"Screw that! Let's get outta here before it happens to us!" the high-rank pilot stated, and turned his GINN around and took off. Quickly the rest followed, all flying across the city and heading out to the Ocean to escape.

Until they met with an entire squad of Moebius Zeroes.

"Don't even think about getting away guys" the leader of the regiment said with a smirk, "open fire!". In an instant the Mobile Armors released their four Wired Gunbarrels and let them unload of the trapped GINNs. The Giyre Mobile Suits quickly began to be ripped apart by the shots, every one of them being destroyed the massive attack.

At one point a few misguided shots flew Taro's way, and the man was just able to move the Aile Strike out of the way to avoid them.

"Whoa! Watch where you're aiming those things!".

About two miles from the city, everyone in the bridge of the Order sat in their seats watching the destruction of the rest on the GINNs on the main monitor, still themselves surprised by the sudden appearance of the group of Moebius Zeroes, which had begun to be mass-produced not more than five years ago.

Captain Arelie was the only one standing, though more of leaning over on her control panel as he read the messages from Logan and Rodka at the harbor.

"Commander, I've just been reported that the Thunder and the Blaze have destroyed all of the GINN WASPs, and the Demolition is confirmed to be destroyed also" the young woman said aloud. Cerrical smiled.

"So in other words we've won huh?" she asked. Arelie looked up at her, smiling back.

"You got it" she replied.

Still in the air, high above most of the buildings in the area, the Valor stood, hovering with the help of its boosters. Its longsword was back to normal, no longer burning with its stunning blue flames. Inside the cockpit, Xigo still held onto his control sticks, and sat with his head lowered as he breathed heavily. After a few seconds he looked up at the monitor, and saw the last GINN be destroyed by the Moebius Zeroes. In an instant he could hear the many hoots and hollers on his radio from the celebrating pilots, and before long a screen of Major Taro appeared on his monitor.

"We did it kid! We took 'em all out! We won!" he exclaimed. Still catching his breath, Xigo smiled.

And then the screen switched to another pilot; Nitras.

"Xigo? Xigo Shigora?" the Giyre pilot asked. Xigo's body nearly froze in place when Nitras appeared on his monitor, the teen in disbelief of what he saw. With his eyes bulging, and his body petrified, he barely managed to speak.

"Nitras?" he exclaimed. The young Dolorga narrowed his eyes sternly.

"Yeah, it's me, I'm on a private connection with you from my own Mobile Suit" he said.

"Are-are you wearing a Giyre uniform?" Xigo questioned, noticing his friend's suit. Nitras didn't even bother to look down at it.

"I am, and I see by your suit that you've joined the Earth Alliance" Nitras replied. Xigo's eyes now lit up with anger.

"What are you doing with Giyre? Why would you join those evil bastards?" Shigora shouted.

"I can see that you don't know Giyre's intentions for this war, you know nothing do you?" Nitras questioned.

"I know that they're a bunch of devils who want complete control of the galaxy!" Xigo yelled. Nitras's tone grew fiercer.

"For the better of humanity they want that!" he yelled back, surprising Xigo, "Giyre has been taking the most least-violent approaches to this campaign to take control of ZAFT, as well as the Earth Alliance. They want to unite both nations under one rule, and live in a world where both Naturals and Coordinators live in peace! Where people don't have to be separated by their birth-origin, where there isn't such a segregation! Giyre will bring order and equality to this world!".

"And you expect all this war and bloodshed to bring it about?" Xigo screamed.

"Fighting is something we can't stop, it is the only way to take over the Earth and Space, so we can create a nation where all people can live as one human-being, not the idea of Naturals and Coordinators which has divided humanity so horribly" Nitras explained. Xigo grunted in aggravation from his friends words, but finding himself at loss for what to say back in reply. Though Dolorga quickly continued before anything else. "Now let me ask you, why have you joined the Earth Alliance?" he asked. Shigora's expression hardened.

"Because I have people I love in their military. There are people who care about me from the New Alaska Base, where I made all my friends during my trip there from the pilot-exchange program" Xigo strongly answered. Nitras nodded calmly.

"Exactly how I feel with Giyre from my trip" he added. Xigo's eyes widened again, the young man taken aback by his friend's statement speechless at the same time. "I'll end our connection now Xigo, so I must say goodbye. But let me warn you, if we meet on the battlefield…we have to fight against each other…" Nitras finished, and with a push of a button in his ALE's cockpit, the screen of him vanished from Xigo's monitor, leaving a shocked, confused, and saddened young Shigora to himself.