Chapter 11: The Signs
Kevin floated in the hangar looking over the ZAFT grunt version of his mobile suit, which was just a ZAKU given weaponry of the Sturm Falke. "The Falke would tear those things to pieces." Kevin told himself as he saw the mechanics working on damage of the mobile suits. None of them however even touched the Jet form of the Black Lightning, or the docked Red Queen unit. "Chris did bring back some old reasons why I fought, but I never truly thought of the people I hurt when doing so. Or how selfish I was, to think only I had such pains." Kevin thought to himself. "And what is Shinn's deal, saying things about the homeland?" Kevin asked himself.
"Hey Kevin!" Came the reassureing voice of Cagalli who floated towards him.
"Oh, hey there Tovarisch." Kevin told her as the two floated in the hangar.
"I can't believe Chris did that to you." She told him as Kevin looked up.
"Chris, from what I gather, as a very protective person, he reminds me a lot with Jason, especially back when we first visited ORB in the last war." Kevin told her remembering when Jason Hibiki shot his gun out of his hand. "The two are very much the same, when they found out what I was, protecting anyone that was not a part of the project, if I did what I did to Shinn, to Aelan, he might not of been so aggressive." Kevin told her.
"Yeah, I get that same vibe from Chris that I got from Jason, sure Jason and I didn't talk much but you know what I mean." Cagalli told him. "Chris is much like you, in more ways than one." Cagalli told him as that gave Kevin a small smirk.
"Yeah, besides being a Zoanthrope, he is willing to give up everything to protect his friends, he even protects people that can't fight back, something he must of grown to." Kevin explained. "Sometimes, I can feel what he is actually talking about. Like what he said back there to me, when his hand was gripped around my throat." Kevin told her. "He is actually right, with my own looks and selfishness for my own problems, I never thought of what happened to certain links to the other people. And I should of thought of it." Kevin thought to himself. "Like when you met Athrun the first time, all I cared about was you. Now add that together like the Hawke sisters on this ship, I'm wondering if they are willing to give revenge for the lost of their sister. Like I would avenge someone if you were taken away from this life." Kevin told her, sure they were litteraly not together anymore, he still cared for Cagalli's well being.
"Kevin, I actually have no Idea what to say." Cagalli stated to him.
"Nothing to say, but from what we just talked about, I actually know the reason now, the reason Aelan is so intent to kill me, she knows the consequences if she does, yet, she is only thinking of the people I'm hurting, and for her own killing me, she is thinking of the pain that will happen to others." Kevin told himself having this revelation of the reason why for Aelan.
"Well, Kevin I came to make sure your alright, and that I'm going off to speak to the chairman, and was hoping you'd come with." Cagalli told him.
"Yeah sure." Kevin told her as the two went towards the hatch leading back into the main body of the ship.
Meanwhile at the Ruins of Junius 7, twenty ZGMF-1017M2 GINN High Maneuver Type II's fly in various parts of the ruined colony. Inside one of these machines was a ZAFT green uniformed pilot, who had a scar of the bridge of his nose. His GINN placed a Flare motor onto a piece of the asteroid pressing in a code. As his machine pushed the numbers, he looked at a set of pictures on the dash. One was him without the scar on the nose, with two of his friends on either side of him, each wearing the green uniform. Next to it, was himself with his arm draped over a woman's shoulder. He place a hand on the picture as if wanting to touch the woman again. "I am sorry, but to have revenge for you, I must use your grave." The man said.
"Commander Sato, the motors are in place, all will activate when yours fires up." Another one of them called.
"Right, Flare Motors are now go!" Sato called as the one he was at, activated which began to move the large piece of rock. As in two certain areas, two plaques floated off of the ruins. One was the black marble monument from the Junius treat which cracked in two, which will lead to tell Peace is no more. The other was a smaller Plaque, surrounded by several origami flowers, on it said this "February 14, C.E. 70, A sad day in the history of humanity, and a day which must never be forgotten, or repeated."
Onboard the Avalon, Nicola walked the halls of the ship thinking of what the colony they just fought in once was. Her home, was all she thought of, in her entire life, she lost three homes, Junius 7 do to a Nuclear Halecost, The PLANT where Chris and her lived, but was destroyed by a miss fire. And then her home in the Himalayas, was destroyed for the better of the group. "How many homes of mine must join the spiral?" Nicola asked no one in particular, as she floated into the cafeteria.
"Hey Nicola, come on grab a bite with us!" Came Aingeal's voice where both Psymone and Sophia also sat having a meal. Nicola did as she was asked. "Hey, why the long face?" She asked.
"Yeah, I never thought the queen of our group would look so sad. . . Ooof" Psymone said as Sophia elbowed him in the gut. "Hey!" Psymone yelled, causeing Nicola and Aingeal to smile a bit.
"Shut up Psy." Sophia told him, even though being the oldest of them, she acted younger than her age. "Something bothering you?" Sophia asked Nicola.
"Yeah a bit, just that, the last battlefield we were at, was once mine and Chris' home." Nicola told them.
"You mean where?" Psymone began as Nicola knew what he was going to ask. The question of where Chris mother died on that fateful day.
"Which was my fault." Alexis said as she came by the table with two trays of food in her hands. "Here." Alexis said passing one of the trays to Nicola. "Any word from Chris yet?" she asked as Aingeal and Nicola both shook their heads no. Out of everyone at the table, it be one of those two that would know.
"The two went over just last night, nothing has been going on at all during the last day, that ship vanished without a trace." Sophia told them. "Besides, if Nicola really wanted to get a hold of them, we just get the ship in range of her ability with the two."
"Yeah, we could do that, but its not wise." Psymone told them.
"Well, no matter, it was good eating with you, but I have to get back on duty." Sophia told them.
"Same here." Aingeal and Psymone said. Each of them stood in their purple uniforms, Psymone with the males version while both Aingeal and Sophia with their female versions.
"Well, it was good to see you as well." Nicola called to them as the three left the Cafeteria and went for the bridge.
"Something seems to be bothering you Nicola, whats wrong?" Alexis asked as Nicola gulped.
"During the past, Chris and Aelan told me I had this other gift, premonitions if you will when I'm asleep. I've seen many things, one thing I didn't want to say before now, I saw the destruciton of Junius Seven, but now, I wont do that again." Nicola told her.
"What do you mean?" Alexis asked her, a bit worried, Chris didn't lie much about their abilities, and from the tone of Nicola's voice, this was no lie.
"Its the Apocalypse, fire will rain down from the heavens to earth, but that is all I know, my dream went from the perspective of someone on earth so I have no idea on how it will come." Nicola told her.
Meanwhile at the ZAFT observational area the soldiers were contemplating of what to do about the odd movements of the ruined Junius Seven Colony. Each argueing on how they are to tell the council, and the Earth. On the Minerva, many people were resting for a sleep. Aelan and Chris were given quarters for the night, which were right across from Kevin's, Cagalli's, and Athrun's room.
Chris slept in the bed above Aelan's. Chris was having a dream, of his life, being with all three of what you could call girlfriends. Each of them smileing, one Meer, another Nicola, and last was Aelan, just having plain fun, not worrying about the experimentations of life.
Aelan actually layed awake, she didn't trust one of the people in the next room, and that she was having her nightmares again. Sure she liked Abaddon for her friends only, she hated the rest and all who made it. She lowered the sheets, as she dangled her feet below herself, both were bare, she didn't like to wear socks or any footwear when sleeping. She wore a white top, and black Pants, her Avalon Uniform hanged on the wall not far from her. She heard Chris move above them looking over. "Something wrong Aelan?" Chris asked.
"Oh, Chris I'm sorry for waking you up." Aelan apologized. "Chris, mind telling me why you grabbed Kevin like that?" She asked.
"I don't know, I guess I can't stand seeing someone like him hurt someone who is not like him. Sure if it was one of us, well not Nicola of course, if he touched her like that, it would of been much much worst." Chris explained to her.
"I agree, if he held Nicola like that, he wouldn't be alive right now, count on that." Aelan told him, as deep down in her agumented body, she cared for Nicola more than anything. She is Aelan's only family left.
"I agree with you fully my friend, now get to sleep, we are going back to our ship tomorrow." Chris told her.
"Hmm, I'm going to get a snack." Aelan told him as she stood up, she then picked up her mask and floated out into the hall, the halls were bright with lights, for the people who were on duty. She flew to the Cafeteria as Chris layed back on the bed.
"Nicola, what are you trying to send us, what is the Apocalypse you are trying to tell us?" Chris asked, as at the end of his dreams, rains of destruction fall to the Planet.
Aelan floated into the Cafeteria as she went over to the chief. "Oh, Red Queen what is it you'd like?" the chef asked.
"Mind making me a egg sandwich please." She asked as the chef nodded. That was when her Destroyer sense activated, as she saw Kevin coming into the Cafeteria. "So, the murderer decides to pay a visit. Is it a fight your looking for, or a talk?" Aelan asked.
"If not all that much trouble Red, its a talk, no weapons if your agumentations can see." Kevin said removing his cloak to reveal a plain black muscle shirt, and black pants, as he tossed his cloak to the table not far.
"Here you go Miss Aelan, your food." The chef said passing her the sandwich. She grabbed the small plate and sat at the table where Kevin threw his coat.
"So, what is it that you wish to know?" Aelan asked, wondering why Kevin was acting so, well kind to her.
"Easy, I think I understand you now." Kevin told her as he sat down across from her. "You fight for others rather than yourself, thats why when you were with the Clyne Faction you went with my sisters wishes correct?" Kevin asked her as Aelan nodded.
"Yes, that is correct, Rau was to much on the insane side. Besides now a new battle has begun. Oh, I've also heard the Chairman told everyone who you really were." Aelan said taking a bite of her sandwich.
"Yeah, last time someone was to knowledgeable was back at Artemis when you stole that Hyperion unit." Kevin told her as she remembered that day, stealing the Hyperion, much like how Kevin stole that GINN back at Heliopolis. "The Destruction of that base, was inevitable, even though now, the Junk guild use it as a base of operations." Kevin told her.
"Yes, I remember that place, I saw you when I was there, but I put myself on a mission, so I have a machine that could face Kira." Aelan told him, thinking of her old Hyperion unit. "I really enjoyed that suit." She told Kevin, as they both remembered.
Flashback
Snake realized the danger through his link to Kira, and he redoubled his efforts to get airborne. "Come on, come on...!" He said as he impaled the Hyperion with one of the Beam sabres.
End Flashback
"No matter, that suit is gone, and well I'll admit, it didn't stand a chance much against your new machine at the time." Aelan admitted. "However, one of the things I said that day, I didn't lie about."
"What do you mean, what did you say?" Kevin asked as Aelan lowered her face, and peared above her mask, which Kevin was now able to see her violet eyes.
"You are such a naive fool Walker, such a Naive fool." Aelan said to him, with deep anger in her voice. "Back during that battle, I'm sure Chris knocked it into you what he said before, about you killing." Aelan wondered. Kevin looked at her with his ice like jade eyes. "Actually its more like I said it for you, about the making you a monster."
"Oh yeah, during some nights, that phrase echoes in my head." Kevin told her. "Your words actually stuck to me, more than anyone else. Mainly that phrase that day" Kevin then began his quote. "The only ones who made you a monster was yourself for Killing people who looked up to you." Kevin quoted. "Many word you said during our battles, still echo in my skull, I can't get them out of my head." Kevin told her, as Aelan finished her small meal.
"Well Kevin, its true, you killed many that looked up to you, I know the reason why, but it still doesn't fill the void within me, until I kill you in battle it wont." Aelan told him.
"Aelan do you truly know what happened to me that night?" Kevin asked her as she shook her head no. "Well, that night was my first time going into the SeeD as Malchio put it. Do you have any knowledge of it?" Kevin asked her.
"Hmm, a little yes, like what the Acronym stands for, Superior, Evident, Evolutionary Destined-Factor." Aelan told him. "Its said to be the next step in Human Evolution, and is held deep down inside everyone, we all just have to know how it comes out." Aelan told him. "And not just that, but only a few people actually have it, I've know you and Kira have it, yet so do I." She told him as Kevin eyed her, he speculated she did, as she could be even when they were fighting each other.
"You Know Aelan you remind me of Andrew and a Malchio mix sometimes, you set a goal for yourself, and you don't stop until its finished. You also seem to be very wise" Kevin told her as she smirked at that.
"Right, thanks Kevin I think. The death of your friends seem to change a person, oh, one more thing." Aelan said turning to him one more time. "Remember what we have spoken here today, Everyone already knows how bent on I am to kill you, Chris and Nicola have agreed to let me fight you alone. If you wish to redeem some honor before we fight again, tell your friends the same thing, don't let them fight out battle, I actually don't want any of our own friends to die anymore, but if they interfere, I wont promise you that I'd spare them." Aelan told him as she began to go around the corner.
"Same here Aelan, same here."
That was when Cagalli walked into the Cafeteria, as she saw the one she was suppose to marry a long time ago. "Kevin! are you alright!" she called franticly, as she just saw the woman that wished to kill Kevin.To her surprise, she just saw Kevin there whirling the plate Aelan used under his finger, completely fine.
"Oh, yeah I'm alright Cagalli." Kevin said as he looked at the Plate.
"Is something wrong Kevin." Cagalli asked raising her hand up to her chest.
"Nothing Tovarisch, just some words she said is all, no threats really, or none that I saw as threats." Kevin told her as he looked at the table. "Cagalli, can I ask a request from you?" Kevin asked as she nodded her head. "When I fight Aelan on the battlefield, I request no one gets involved." Kevin told her.
"But Kevin, how are we so sure that she will let someone go after you?" Cagalli asked him. "Are you that foolish to go into a battle, and look for death!" She demanded smashing her hands on the table.
"I know you don't like it Cagalli, but the battle Aelan and I have, is personal, we have put aside our differences when on the same ship, that is all." Kevin Calmly told her. He knew the two people that are scarier than him are Aelan or Cagalli, and one of them is getting closer to snapping his neck right now. "Cagalli please, I can't believe I just said that, but take it from someone the Grim Reaper wont take, I will not die easily." Kevin told her.
"Attention, shall Avalon's and ORBs representatives, come to the briefing room, please Avalon and ORB reps, go to the briefing room." An announcement called as Kevin grabbed his coat and put it on.
"Come on Cagalli, we will continue this conversation later." Kevin told her as Cagalli just got an annoyed look on her face about Kevin. Only two minutes later, Kevin and Cagalli arrived into the room where Athrun, Aelan, and Chris were already waiting. Both Chris and Aelan wearing casual wear rather than their uniforms.
"What is this meeting about Chairman?" Chris asked as Dullindal nodded as Talia was beside him, with her hat under her arm.
"We have received dire word from the Supreme Council, and from what I learned from Aelan. Chris, this will be hurtful to you and Aelan the most." Gilbert began.
"Enough of these words Chairman, what are you truly trying to tell us?" Kevin asked him, as he folded his arms.
"Well, I am sad to say, and to learn of this dire situation, Junius Seven has broken its Orbit in the Debris belt." Gilbert told all of them, each of them had their faces painted in shock.
"Are you serious, our home has broken its ORBIT!" Chris yelled as he went to the window to look at the Earth.
"Yes, our ship, along with the three Nazca ships Zammour (A/N: This is my own Nazca ship thats going in, see if you can guess who the commander is), Volataire, and the Rousseaou to stop it, and this ship has been asked to do this as well." Gilbert told them. He then turned to Chris "Chris, I am now withdrawing and revokeing our earlier contract for getting those mobile suits back, I want you and your ship to come with us, and help in any way to stop the damage this situation may cause." Dullindal told him as he looked at Aelan who went to the corner.
"It is done, and if you wish, no pay is required for this, as you all may know, Legend's Rising hate the lost of innocent life." Chris told him as Dullindal nodded.
"What kind of damage are we talking about?" Cagalli asked.
"Armageddon, Ragnarok, the Apocalypse. All of these words can explain the consequences of this move, complete and utter destruction." Kevin mentioned as Athrun still having his eyes full of shock.
"How, do we have any idea of why it started to move?" Athrun asked.
"Athrun, that question can be answered another time, the true question is, how do we stop it?" Talia asked as Chris nodded.
"I agree, if we don't stop this thing, every person on the Planet could go the way of the Dinosaurs." Chris told them, using the general hypothesis on how the Dinosaurs were killed.
"That will be determined when we Rv with the Nazcas that are going, as far as I know." Talia began. "This ship, and the Avalon will be providing those ships escorts for their Meteor Breaker Cargo." Talia told them.
"Meteor breakers?" Aelan asked, she has been in the ZAFT military for a while, but never heard of these things.
"They are basily massive drills that are to be used on incoming Meteors, and with this mission, its going to be the biggest Meteor they are going to be used on." Dullindal told them.
"Is there anyway that we can help?" Cagalli asked on behalf of Athrun, Kevin, and herself.
"Don't take this the wrong way Miss Athha, but when we wish to ask ORB for help we will." Dullindal told her.
Ten minutes after the meeting, Chris and Aelan both have already gone to their own ship, do to the dire need of a strategy. Chris and Aelan got onto the bridge, where Asriel, Nicola and Alexis waited for them. "So, our mission has changed it seems." Alexis said with her arms crossed.
"I knew this was going to happen, my dream told me!" Nicola called raising a index finger in the air. "I tried to tell yeahs." She told them.
"We would of went there right away if we knew it was Junius Seven that was the falling debris you saw Nicola." Chris told her as he went to the navigational area. "Well now, our new mission according to the Chairman, we are to provide escort for the ZAFT machines. I say thats bullshit, and we go one step further, we will help them blow the rock out of the sky." Chris told them as both Nicola and Aelan looked at him in horror.
"Chris! are you serious, that was our home!" Aelan yelled at him.
"I know this is a disgrace to our way of thinking, but if we don't blow the hell out of Junius Seven, more than the two hundred forty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty one victims!" Chris told her. "I can't stand by knowing our old home, will be the cause of complete destruction of Earth!" Chris yelled at her.
"Chris!" Nicola yelled at him as Chris calmed down.
"I know how you girls feel, its actually killing me saying this about our home, but wouldn't your parents want our homeworld to destroyed?" Chris asked, as this little argument caught the attention of everyone on the bridge. "I think they wouldn't." Chris said going to his knees.
"I think our leader is right." Asriel said. "I have lost my little sister and my mother in the incident, and I think they would want us to do what Chris is saying."
"I'll do it." Aelan calmly said as Nicola looked at her. "Listen Nicola, we lost our parents in the attack I know, but remember those friends we met that are on Earth, those are the lives we must think about, not the deceased of Junius Seven." Aelan told her as she looked at her sister.
"When you all are right, your right." Nicola gave in as Chris put a hand on her shoulder.
"Ok, then it is truly decided, we provide Escort, and we demolish Junius Seven!" Chris roared as the bridge roared back.
Onboard the Minerva, Lounge
Shinn, Rey, Lunamaria, Meyrin, Vino, and Yolant all talk about the falling Junius Seven. "This is terrible news." Rey told them as Meyrin and Lunamaria both nodded.
"Yeah, this is just plainly terrible." Meyrin semi wined. "I hope we can decrease the overall damage." She hoped.
"Well, at least we are going to try to bring down the damage, with those Meteor Breakers after all." Vino told them as Shinn nodded.
"Yes, this is our best way to deal with the problem, making it into smaller pieces so it wont deal as much damage." Rey told them as Lunamaria and Shinn both nod to the idea, as they were to be flying out there, the pilots ideas were to be the best ones to be heard. "Because if we don't the entire Earth will be destroyed."
"This is true, but you know what I think, we just let Junius Seven hit." Youlant said as he layed back in the seat. Just as Cagalli, Athrun and Kevin walk by in the hall "If it hits, imagine all the comfort the people in the PLANTs could get with that big ball of water and land vanishes." Youlant said as then Cagalli stopped from going to her destination and went to the Lounge upon hearing this.
"You Idiot!" Cagalli yelled at the dark skinned youth.
"No Cagalli stop!" Athrun tried to persuade her as Kevin put a hand on his shoulder.
"No Athrun!" She snapped at him. "Is this how everyone in ZAFT thinks after the Last war?" Cagalli yelled and asked the room.
"Cagalli, this is enough!" Kevin told her.
"No, these idiots all think the same!" She yelled, when actually didn't get the young man was joking.
"No you listen here you little wench!" Shinn yelled at her, which got Kevin's attention, if this person tried to harm Cagalli any way, he would strike. "Can't you see Youlant is only Joking, or do all you idiotic ORB Nobles no know how to take a joke?" Shinn asked her.
"Shinn watch what you say, she is" Rey began.
"The ORB representative, who cares, they never cared about anyone else!" Shinn belowed. "I don't even care she is the supreme leader of that damned nation." Shinn yelled.
"Tell me Shinn. . ." Athrun began.
"Why do you hate ORB so much, it better not be something stupid." Kevin finished for him, but then the next thing Shinn was going to say, would bewilder even Kevin, because he swore to eradicate Blue Cosmos for this same reason.
"You wanna know eh. You Wanna know why," Shinn began to shout at the two body guards. "Heres the Reason!" He told them. "MY ENTIRE FAMILY DIED BECAUSE OF THE ATHHAS! FAMILIES IDEALS!" Shinn yelled at them, as Kevin realized, Shinn hates ORB just as much as he hates Blue Cosmos nearly for the exact same reasons, for the death of their parents. "Tell me Cagalli, do you have any Idea of how many people died following your damn Ideals?" Shinn asked her, as Cagalli remembered the death of the Astray pilots.
Flashback:
Several other GuAIZ units were attacking he M1's. One got a lucky shot off at Juri's M1 blasting it throught the chest. All that was heard was Juri yelling as the M1 exploded. "Juri!" Asagi yelled as then a beam blasted her into oblivion.
"No guys!" Mayura yelled but was blasted in the back by another GuAIZ ending her wonderful life.
End Flashback.
"I thought not! you damn rich nobles don't understand what goes on outside your offices." Shinn said calming down, as he stormed out of the room, Vino running after him leaving a bewildered Kevin, Athrun, and on the verge of crying Cagalli. As everyone just stared at the exchange of Shinn and the ORB reps.
On Earth -Blue Cosmos Mansion Unknown area
At an ancient looking Mansion that shadowed a horse track. A meeting between the heads of Blue Cosmos were inside with something devious being planned by them, over a game of pool. "So what are we to do in this situation?" One member asked as he lined up a shot on the pool table, breaking the balls.
"Yes, Lord Djibril what are we to do?" One of the men asked as a tall white haired man, with purple lips wearing an important business suit.
"Nothing to worry about." Djibril told them. "I have already ordered the Phantom Pain to investigate this matter and have sent two special agents as well." The man told them.
"What of the people of Earth, shouldn't we give out a warning of the danger?" The man by Djibril asked.
With that the leader of Blue Cosmos Back handed the man. "Don't be assured." he told the lowly man. "This is our chance to eliminate the coordinators for this, we can band all of Earth to fight those people." Djibril told them as he looked out the window. "While this thing can be seen easily, we give out the alarm, before then however, we take shelter." He told them as he grabbed a cue stick. "We hide until this passes over, and put the Blame on all Coordinators. After all they built those damned abominations in space anyways," He told them, "First evacuating everyone, then we unite them against the coordinators." he said while hitting the queball into the corner pocket. "Scratch that problem." He told them using a pun.
"Yes of course." One member said.
"All for our little plan." Djibril told them.
Onboard the Minerva the ship uses its engines at full blast, as right above it was Avalon doing the exact same thing, so they can meet up with the three Nazca ships. Which two of them carried Meteor breakers, while the other was to provide them escort. On the Minerva, Meyrin has gotten off her break, and has rejoined her position. "We have no word from the Earth Forces yet?" Meyrin called.
"Well, even without them, we can't let harm to come to our Mother Planet!" Dullindal belowed over the bridge as everyone nodded, getting ready for battle. Elsewhere on the ship, Athrun brings both Cagallli, and Kevin a drink into their quarters.
"Cagalli, forget what Shinn said alright." Athrun tells her, as she was doing nothing but thinking of what Shinn told her. "Tell me Cagalli, do you have any Idea of how many people died following your damn Ideals?" Was being played within her head over and over again, bringing back memories of her fathers own sacrifice.
"Dad, dad died for his Ideals as well." She said with tears in her eyes.
"And he did for a noble cause Cagalli." Kevin reassured her. "Without him, we would of been overrun by the Earth Forces sheer numbers within a few days." Kevin told her. Both Kevin and Athrun remember the destruciton of Junius seven. "Shinn is to consumed by his emotions to not see it any other way." Kevin reassured her, as sure enough in Shinn's rooms, he looked at the last pictures his little sisters phone took. One was Mayu with a big panda bear, next was of his parents. And then finally one of him and Mayu together laughing.
These pictures brought out the sadness within the teenagers heart. Later, at the Junius Seven ruins, the three Nazca class cruisers Voltaire, Rousseau, Zammour. On the bridge of the Voltaire, Yzak Joule wearing his commanders uniform proud, as he looked at the video displays of two people. One was his most trusted ally Shiho Hahenfuss, wearing her ZAFT elite uniform rather than her lieutenant one. She preferred to wear it rather than the her LT uniform. On the other half of the screen was John Tyler on his own ships bridge. "Its time." John told them as Shiho nodded.
"Commander Joule, the Meteor breakers are ready to be sent out, along with our pilots." Shiho radioed to him as Yzak nodded.
"Ok, Shiho, send out all you units, one equipped for escort wile the others are to carry the Meteor breakers." Yzak ordered as Shiho nodded, as Yzak's friend Dearka went to the hangar to do his job as escort as well.
"Ok, I'll send out the Strongholds." John told them.
"Hey wasn't that Ironwall Hibiki's people?" Yzak asked as John nodded.
"Yeah, Elite pilots and they all got their ZAKU warriors" John told him as inside the hangar of the Zammour, GuAIZ R's were going to the catapult, as three various color ZAKU's waited. One was a blue ZAKU warrior, another one a light Red almost pink, and another one Lavender purple. Inside the Blue Zaku, was an Obsidan black haired male with orange eyes who checked over his machine's systems. He wore the ZAFT Elite pilots uniform. His right hand was out of uniform however, as it was a mechanical one which he lost during a battle long ago. "May the souls of Junius Seven forgive us for the deed that is being done." The man said.
"May Jason Guide our weapons tonight eh Corson" Said the female pilot of the Light - red ZAKU. Inside it was a woman, she had pink hair being a fan of Lacus but her eyes were dark and almost sinister but her heart was different than that. "Hey, Mora are you ready?" She asked.
Next to that machine was the Lavender ZAKU, Inside, was a fifteen year old girl her long purple hair bundled up in the helmet, as her tourquise eyes just kept an eye on her monitors. She joined the stronghold when she was only thirteen years old, even though everyone didn't know except for their commander. "Yeah Klasana I'm ready." She told them.
"Mora Greenwich, to Catapult." The announcment called as her machine walked onto the catapult.
Elsewhere, both Avalon and the Minerva were now approaching the Debris belt. With this, both Athrun and Kevin walk through the halls, in which Athrun bumps into Lunamaria. "Oh hey Athrun, and you to Walker." She said in a more serious tone. "How is Cagalli?" She asked.
"She is doing fine Luna. Besides the point Shinn bringing up her memories of the ones she lost in the last war." Athrun told her.
"Well, Miss Hawke if you excuse us, we are going up to the bridge." Kevin told her going by, when Kevin was out of sight, the childish side of Luna emerged as she stuck her tongue out at him. Within moments, both Athrun and Kevin emerge onto the bridge. "Captain Talia!" Kevin called as Talia turned in her chair.
"What is it?" She asked, in a serious tone as they are going out to do something that pained everyone.
"We would like the lend of the ZAKU Warrior and the SAHAWKU that we came here in." Athrun told her.
"Well Walker I understand, but Athrun, are you sure you want to throw away everything that Chairman Canaver arranged for you to go to waste?" Talia asked him raising her voice.
"Its not like us to just stand on the side lines!" Kevin yelled as Dullindal looked over.
"Give them permission, the more help we have the better we can decrease the damage." Dullindal told them. "Besides, were not going into battle." He said with a shrug.
"Are you sure sir?" Arthur asked as Dullindal calmly looked at him.
"Of course, we are not heading into battle after all, so the arrangement is still valid." Dullindal told him.
Out in Space around Junius Seven, a pair of GuAIZ R's under the eye of Dearka attached a Meteor breaker on the falling colony. "Come on hurry up, we need to rip this thing apart before it gets to stage three!" Dearka called. Not far from him, Klasana O'Neil and Corson Johnson and Mora all watched their own GuAIZ R's. Klasana useing the Gunner pack for her ZAKU, Corson useing the SLASH, while Mora has its Blaze pack. They kept an eye on the GuAIZ's, then all of a sudden a beam rifle shot fired destroying one of Dearka's GuAIZs.
Not far from these attacks, the Girty Lue sends out all three of its machines to gather evidence. With this, on both the Avalon, and the Minerva their mobile suits began to prep for launch.