Phase 10 - "Call of the United"

Shi sighed as the three damaged GM's moved back towards the blue orb that was Earth. Smoke trailed from numerous holes in the GM Command's armor, and it's left arm wasn't functioning properly. The other two machines were in even worse shape. The head and left shoulder of the GM Sniper was gone, along with it's beam rifle. It was being dragged by the Blue Destiny GM, which was in slightly better condition then the GM Sniper.

Opening the communication system, Shi spoke to the other two teens.

"Is everyone ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine.

"Me too, but I don't think the pilot of the ZAFT GM is, though." Kesu replied. He had seen the battle between the enemy Gundam and Shi's GM Command after Shi destroyed the other GM.

"What happened?" Meimei asked, confusion in her voice. After the GM Sniper's head had been chopped off, she could had seen nothing of the following events. Shi and Kesu quickly filled her in with the details of the battle, explaining how Shi had destroyed the enemy GM and had then been attacked by the Duel Gundam.

"Why was that GM with ZAFT anyway? And what GM was it?" Kesu asked, thinking about how strong it had been. At the time, the Blue Destiny GM had started to act up, not following his commands or firing too soon. On his computer screen were the words 'EXAM System not activated. Program NTMM must be initiated, then pilot data inserted.' The sixteen-year-old had no idea what the EXAM System or Program NTMM was, or even how to access them.

"I have no idea why it was with ZAFT or what type it was. From the way it was moving, I'd say it was piloted by a Coordinator." Shi said darkly. Normally he didn't mind Coordinator, since he had lived with them for most of his life, but that had changed since he got the GM Command. The teen now felt responsible for the safety of the other pilots, and if he had to kill to do it, he would. Even if it meant destroying Coordinators.

Sighing, he turned his attention to the GM's radar, where a large dot had appeared. Easing the GM Command to a stop, Shi glanced around and spotted the source.

"That's…that's and Earth Alliance battleship! And their launching Mobile Armors!" Shi exclaimed as the pink machines began to pour out of the ship. He knew that none of the others were able to fight an extended battle, and the GM Command was short on ammunition.

"Well….we can either be killed or surrender. I don't know what you two are doing, but I'm going to surrender."

I'm not going to run away and leave you here! We're in this together, no matter what happens!" Kesu replied, pulling his GM up beside Shi's.

"Yeah, I'm with you all the way! We've been through to much for me to leave you two here. Besides, knowing you lot, you'd tell those Earth Alliance guys everything! At the very least, I'm coming along to make sure you two don't blow it!"

"Er…ok…"

As the Earth Forces machines approached, Shi sent out a voice only message to the captain of the battleship.

"There is no need to attack us. We will surrender ourselves and our machines peacefully."

Instead of stopping, the Mobile Armors kept advancing, surrounding the trio of GM's. Each GM had three escorts, and a outer guard of six other Moebius'. Turning, the group headed back towards the ship, moving slowly because of the damaged GM's.

- - -

On board the Paris, a Nelson-class battleship, the captain watched the capture and arrival of the strange Mobile Suits with glee. He had clearly heard the message from the lead machine, but had ignored it, thinking that it was a trap. Instead, he had ordered the pilots of the Moebius' to attack if any one of them tried to escape. Luckily for him, none did.

"At last, I have something to fight those dammed Coordinators with! The people in Washington will be proud…"

Turning his attention back to the bridge of the ship, the man called out an order.

"See to it that each prisioner is separated and held away from the others. Do a check of each of those machines and repair the damage. Next, set us on a course back to the Lunar Base, and inform the people there we have prisoners. Last, collect all the data that is stored on the machines and make a copy of it."

"Yes sir!"

"Right away, Captain."

Smirking, the Earth Forces' captain leaned back in his chair, happy that his fleet had made successful capture. As the Agamemnon-class warship moved through the silence of space, the man got frequent updates on the status of the pilots and the data download.

With this information, I can get a promotion and get stationed on Earth instead of in this stinking base. Ah, it will be nice to have real gravity instead of the sorry excuse that they call 'artificial gravity'.

Grinning, the older man got up and went to his quarters, determined to write a letter to his wife. Although, there had been plenty of time to do it, the captain kept putting it off. At least he might have some good news to tell her…