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Karin:... Fayt's lame.
...sissy pants.
Karin:... totally.
...yeah.
The 'Eternal' tore out of the rip gate, its enormous size tearing opening the gate. Just fifty kilometers away, stood the awaiting army of excutioners. The moment the 'Eternal' broke free of the free radiating energies of the rip gate, it immediately opened fire.
Its long range ion cannons and basilik missles creating large explosions. The rest of the fleet emerged from the gate, opening fire as soon as they were through. But the excutioners were ready. As if they had some form of radio transmission, the excutioners were ready for their attack.
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Fayt strapped himself into the command seat, punching in the coordinates of Maria's last known signal. He managed to trace it to the main facility of the research center. As the systems on the base itself were no longer functional, Fayt could not determine the situation.
"Scan the base for any human life forms."
Fayt told Kanai.
"Understood, scanning... Found it. About a couple hundred people."
"Are you able to specify the individuals?"
"Not with all of this interferance."
"Alright."
"Admiral! We've lost the 'Pyloin'! And the 'Gentrihold' is under heavy attack!"
"Send out all of our available fighters! Kanai, are there any fighers left?"
"We still have ten in the hanger but no pilots left to pilot them."
"Good, that's what i want to hear. Send out word to prepare all ground teams. Teleoprting is out of the question so we have to go down there ourselves! Kanai, you have control of the bridge."
Fayt got up but Kanai stopped him.
"Admiral! Where do you think you're going!"
"I'm going down there. I'll take a fighter and don't worry, i've done enough simulations."
"But if you're going, then i'm going too."
"What! Then who's going to take control of the ship?"
"I can do it sir!"
The pilot called. Fayt did trust the pilot, but this was whole other issue. If they lose the battle in orbit, they may never leave the moonbase. But Fayt had little choice.
"Do what you can to keep everyone alive, i'm placing that responsibility into you until i come back. Is that clear?"
"Yes sir!"
"Good. Kanai, let's go."
"Yes sir."
Fayt and Kanai left the bridge and an announcement rang out the ship, annoucing the pilot has control and that all ground troops were to prepare for landing.
"He's certainly doing well."
Kanai commented as they entered the armoury. Karin was inside, slamming a clip into her rifle.
"Karin, can you fly a fighter?"
Fayt asked.
"Er.. i had some training before, why?"
"Good, you're going with me. I need wingmen and you're one of them."
"Me? But-"
"But what?"
"Oh nevermind."
Karin grumbled as she was about to away her rifle.
"Oh, you'll still be needing that."
"Huh?"
Karin looked confused.
"We're going to clear a path for the transports to land and after that, we're going to land ourselves."
Fayt explained, grabbing a rifle for himself. Kanai suited up as well, getting another gun and slinging it around her.
"The three of us?"
Karin wondered.
"No, i plan to grab the others. Let's go."
Fayt slid his blade into its sheath that was at the back of his favourite black sleeveless cloak and he led them out of the armoury. Making his way towards the hanger, Fayt pulled another five members of his crew along. Fayt turned another corner and he bumped to the very people he wanted to see. Fuin, Pyikon, Hyujin and Gin, all stood outside the hanger, as though knowing what he was going to do.
"I heard from the pilot. So, you need wingmen?"
Fuin asked. Fayt smiled.
"Yeah, but i need Pyikon and Gin to go with the ground troops."
"What?"
Pyikon looked like he was offended.
"Easy there, big fellow, i need two people i trust to lead the ground assault. You two are to secure the landing site, gather as much information as possible of the situation down there, and await for the rest of us to reach."
"Oh, is that so? Sounds kinda easy to me."
Gin said.
"Well, the last i checked, the place is crawling with excutioners, so be on your guard."
Pyikon and Gin saluted and left for the transports in the hanger. Fayt looked at the five other members of his crew. Four guys and a girl. Strange how fate can bring him to such a situation again.
The girl, Yuin, had short brownish hair and had a childish look to her. Fayt saw her always sitting alone in the cafeteria, eating by herself. By researching her file, he found that she excelled at combat, both ground and air, and wondered how she ended up in damage control section.
Among the guys, there was Karl, a guy with greyish hair but looked like he was still in his early twenties, excelling at sports and has a history of serving in the airforce of Tylin.
Jione was a young cadet with green hair and matching eyes who just enrolled in the service, having one of the highest scores in his class for combat. Alek, a guy who is just as good at fighting as he looks.
Sole was a member that Fayt wanted badly to find and place him in his combat team. Sole is one of the sharpest eyes in the entire crew of the fleet, able to spot out the tiniest object from a record distance of two hundred kilometers. He also has a habit of disappearing and appearing, which can freak some people out.
"Right, if we're all ready, let's go."
Fayt said, leading the group into the hanger. The hanger was extremely large, being able to fit two battleships in. The engineers and technicians were running about, making sure everything was working at their peak. Another blast shook the 'Eternal', causing some equipment to slid out of place, but with the amount of hands on the job, they were quickly put back to place.
At the far end of the hanger, the fighters sat there, waiting for their pilots to enter. The fighters were shaped like a W, having the cockpit in the center, wing spreading out and having firearms at the tip, under and above the wings. Guns were also loaded on the mainframe of the cockpit itself. Fayt stepped up the ladder to one of the fighters and strapped himself in.
A few technicians helped him with the some final details, others went to check on the fuel and weapons lock. Kanai strapped herself into another and the others followed suit. Fayt put on the helmet and the screen visor slid down automatically. The screen showed several stats of the ship and did a quick system check on its own.
"Admiral, are you ready?"
Kanai's voice came in from the built in earpiece had fitted itself into Fayt's ear.
"Yeah, i'm good."
Fayt replied into the small microphone. Fayt gave a thumbs up to the technician and the technician acknowledged it, waving a green light to the control personal over at the control room. Soon, Fayt's fighter was lifted up by the elevator that is present under each ship that enters the hanger. The elevator brought Fayt's ship to the launch bay and the final checks were made.
One by one, the other fighters were lined either behind Fayt, or beside him. Kanai and Fuin were next to him while the rest were behind. A small screen popped up in his visor, showing Karin's face.
"Fayt, are sure you can do this? This is not the same as a simulation."
"Thanks for the worrying, Karin, but i'll be fine. It's practically the same thing, in theory, that is."
Karin gave him a skeptic look.
"Well, just make sure you're close to us. It's not good to anyone here if you end up dead."
"Aww, Is Karin worrying over Fayt? Isn't that sweet."
Fuin popped up on another screen.
"Fuin!"
Karin stared hard at him, her face turning red.
"Don't you worry about Fayt, he can take care of himself, am i right?"
"Yeah, i guess."
Fayt shrugged. Karin sighed.
"Fine, whatever. Just be careful, because i am not going to be a tissuebox for Maria for a second time."
The screen with Karin disappeared.
"So Fayt, what are you going to do when you see her again?"
Fuin asked.
"Not sure. I haven't really thought about it."
Fayt replied. Another screen popped up and the control personal appeared.
"Sir, we are opening the launch hatch now, go whenever you're ready."
The screen disappeared.
"Looks like we're on."
Fuin winked and his screen went out as well. The hatch slowly opened, letting the bright light of the sun shine into the dark launch tube.
"Right, people, let's go. Fayt Leingod, red flight leader, launching!"
Fayt slammed the ignition button and the fighter roared to life, sending him pressed back hard against the seat. The fighter shot out of the ship, faster than a bullet and Fayt was shot into the zero gravity of space. The fighter first spiraled in circles, Fayt being unable to control the ship by himself. A small screen appeared in his visor and Karin's face came on.
"Fayt! Grab the stick! The stick!"
"The what?"
Fayt totally lost orientation of everything, but he felt his way to the control stick and grabbed onto it. Forcing it straight, the fighter righted itself and Fayt sighed in relief.
"Thanks, i thought i was going to hurl."
"I so did not need to know that."
Karin sighed. Kanai's screen appeared as well.
"Admiral! Are you alright? Hang on, we're reaching your coordinates."
"Just how far did i spin?"
"Well, at the velocity you were spinning, i'de say you shot out about fifty klicks from the ship."
Karin scratched her head.
"Wow, that's far."
"Admiral."
Sole's face came on.
"What is it?"
"I've spotted the transports. They're at your five, about ten klicks off."
"Right, everyone, head towards the transports. That is our main objective."
"Roger."
"Admiral."
"What is it, Sole?"
"I noticed two other things."
"What is it?"
Fayt felt irritated at how Sole never gets to the point.
"One, you've got company on your seven. And you're upside down in relation to the moon's surface."
"What!"
Fayt took a look around, and it was true, he was upside down. Tilting his stick, he quickly managed to right himself, just in time to see the two excutioners heading towards his small fighter.
"Admiral!"
"Whoah!"
Fayt pushed the stick down, sending the fighter down and missing a claw by an inch. Fayt circled the hand, firing his weapons towards the head as he flew up the arm. The other excutioner tried to swipe the fighter, but only managed to scratch the first one. The two excutioners roared as they began to fight each other. Fayt flew out of the conflict and directed his plane to where the others were waiting.
"How did it go?"
Fuin asked, a huge smug on his face.
"I don't like being in the middle of a fight. Let's just let them 'talk' it out."
Fayt sighed. Fuin shrugged.
"Alright, let's go. We have some stranded members to save."
AN: I watched Gundam Seed Destiny and i just had to add the fighters in. Can't use mecha cause it would seem too cheesy.