Phase 12:
Chapter 18: The Sea Dyed Red
Avalon, Bridge. "Captain, I have detected an Earth Forces fleet!" Sophia called.
"Destination determined?" Asriel asked.
"Yes, they are heading to ORB, and the Minerva has just barely left." She called to him.
"Alright, give the alert, level one battle stations you got that!" Asriel ordered Aingeal. "Mobile siut pilots, to their machines." He ordered as everyone that were outside, began to rush into the ship before the hatches closed. Chris, Aelan, Nicola, and Alexis all head into the hangar, as each of them climb into their machines, getting ready for combat.
"Man, why are we doing this so early?" Nicola asked with a whine as this caused Aelan to laugh. That was when they all began to feal the ship begin to take off, as the ship launched towards ORB, to protect the Minerva.
ORB, Defence Headquarters.
Yuuna stands observeing what is going on within the room. "The Minerva has launched." a soldier relayed througout the room.
"I heard that it's a fast ship, and will be out of our territorial waters soon." Yuuna began. "Have we contacted them yet?" He asked, as he was doing this without Walker or even Cagalli knowing. The soldier beside him turned to the purple haired noble.
"Yes, sir It's been done already." The soldier told him.
"Are our own forces in place?" He asked.
"Yes, Aegis ships are heading out, and Colonel Todaka's ship is also having the MBF-3000 aboard it, and its pilots have already boarded it, with Beam Scythe ready." The soldier told him.
"Well then, I wonder how it will turn out." Yuuna said with a smirk.
Minerva Bridge.
"We will be leaving ORB territorial waters very soon." A Burt Heim informed them.
"I wonder how the drop operation is going." Talia brought up. "Are we not able to contact Carpentaria yet?" She asked.
"No I've been trying this whole time." Meyrin reported.
"What of the Avalon?" She asked.
"It seems to be mobile, heading to rendevous with the ship." Burt answered her. "Mam, Numerous heat signatures! Distance: 20!" Burt called. Which caused both Talia and Arthur to look towards him. "Its an Earth forces fleet!" He called. "4 Spengler Class, 8 Daminov Class, and 10 other small Medium sized vessels are confirmed!" He informed them of what they are up against. "They are deployed ahead of us, to port and Starboard!"
Avalon Bridge.
"Distance!" Asriel called.
"1200 sir, we should be able to join in during mid battle." Sophia told them.
"Alright, Aingeal, get Black Lightning and Red Queen to the Catapults, launch them we are at 600 launch them!" Asriel ordered.
"Roger." Aingeal called.
Minerva Bridge
"What is the meaning of this?" Malik asked. "This soon after we leave ORB?" he asked.
"Does this mean, they were waiting for us?" The other person asked. "Weren't all the Earth Forces at Carpentaria?" He asked.
"Mam, an ORB fleet has deployed along their border!" Burt called. "Several Aegis class ships!" he called. As outside, on one of the ships, the Avalanche Gundam was ready to go out in combat, as it held the Grim Scythe from the Wraith Gundam within its right hand. "Their cannons are rotating, and they are targeting us!" He called.
"But that's. . .! Why?" Arthur asked.
"So, they are not allowing us to go back into their waters. . ." Talia reluctantly said in a serious tone. "That is basically it." She told them. "It looks like Orb is presenting us as a good-will gift." she explained. "But they shouldn't have forged an official alliance yet. Orb sure did it to us. . ."
"Captain!" Arthur called.
"There is no point in pondering this!" She called. "Issue condition Red. Close off the bridge!" Talia called, as the main bridge lowered into its battle position, below where it usually stays. "Prepare for anti-ship and anti-mobile suit Battle!" she ordered as the bridge continued to lower. "It'll be an atmosphereic battle, Arthur, do you understand?" Talia asked him.
"Y-Yes!" he replied.
That was when Meyrin began to issue the condition red. "Condition Red Issued! Condition Red issued! All pilots stand by in their respective units!"
"Meyrin, forget contacting Carpentaria until after battle, get a hold of Avalon!" Talia ordered as Meyrin nodded.
In the mobile suit pilot ready room, Shinn, Rey, and Lunamaria get in the elevator. "Red? But why?" Shinn asked.
"I don't know!" Lunamaria answered as Rey stayed quiet. "Why are you asking me?" She asked him.
"This is Captain Talia Gladys calling the crew of the Minerva! Ahead of this vessel is an Earth Alliance fleet with foru carriers, and behind us, an ORB fleet has deployed, probably to prevent us from returning to their waters." Talia informed her crew, as the ship became full of activity.
Lunamaria and Shinn run for thier units. "Four Carriers?" She asked.
"And an ORB fleet is behind us?" Shinn asked.
"I believe the Earth Forces have caught wind of our launch and set this trap for us. And Orb has closed the door behind us. The Avalon is to be helping us out when it arrives, but for now. We have no choice but to break through the Earth Forces ahead of us, alone until they arrive." Talia told everyone. "Although I believe this upcoming battle will be harsher than any we have ever experienced, we must get through this at all costs!" She ordered. She then took a breath and said what will spir the soldiers upon the ship. "I expect all hands to never give up until the end, as the proud crew of the Minerva." Talia told them.
"Damn" was all Shinn said, as he then took off towards the Core Splendor. As at the same time, both Luna and Rey are lifted by a lift to their own machines cockpits. Outside, off of the Earth Forces ships, the new GAT-04 Windams begin to take launch from the carriers hangars. Which each of them are equipped with a folded AQM/ E-A4E1 Jet striker pack. Each pack was equipped with multiple missiles on it, and each machine equipped with a shield and beam rifle.
This is when Arthur began his orders and into his combat personality. "Load Launchers two and seven with Parsifal. Activate the CIWS, Tristan, and Isolde!" Arthur ordered.
"Meyrin, tell Shinn not to strat too far from the ship after launching." Talia told her. Meyrin nodded telling her she will give Shinn the message. "Rey, and Luna are to shoot down any enemies incoming from the sky from the ship's deck."
"Yes." Meyrin replied as she continued with Mobile suit Prepartions, and will try to contact Avalon as soon as the Mobile suits are launched.
"Isolde, and the Tristan, should focus their firepower on the cruisers to port! We will break through on the portside!" She commanded.
"Yes Mam!" The bridge called.
In the launch areas, the mobile suits being their launch sequences. "Catapult Hydraulic pressure nominal, path Clear, Core Splendor, you are clear for launch!" Meyrin informed them.
"Shinn Asuka, Core Splendor, Launching!" Shinn called as the jet like cockpit of the Impulse blast off from the special hangar for the mobile suit.
"ZAKU Phantom, Stand-bye for launch!" Meyrin called. "All systems online" Meyrin called as the Blaze pack is equipped to the ZAKU. "Initiating launch sequence. Luna Zaku, standby for launch equipping gunner wizard" Meyrin called as the Gunner pack is equipped. As soon as that happend, the both of the two machines jump up onto the Deck.
"Don't fall into the ocean, Lunamaria!" Rey called. "Even if you do, I wont be able to go in and get you." Rey called to Lunamaria.
"Rey, You are so mean." Luna commented as her ZAKU landed ready to defend the Minerva. In the air, Shinn combines his mobile suit into the Force Impulse Gundam, as its colors went to their normal form, as his Shield went to full size.
"Lets GO!" Shinn called as he hit his machines primary thrusters, rushing towards the enemy mobile suits. He then began to open fire with his beam rifle, blasting the enemy machines in the cockpit, or in a vital area of the machine. As he manuevers his machine to destroy Windam after Windam, as on the Minerva Rey, and Luna try to give him covering fire from the ship. And down below the Earth Forces ships fire upon the Minerva.
"Isolde, Launchers one through four, Parisfal, FIRE!" Arthur called as the Minerva fired its own weaponry. As a few of the shots, began to sink a few of the enemy ships. And as the battle continues, Rey and Luna gave up on covering Shinn and began to fire at any mobile suit that got to close, suceeding in some of the shots. Shinn was franticly looking around as he manuevered his machine, and blocked incoming enemy fire.
"Three mobile suits, approaching from 3 o'clock." Burt informed the bridge.
"Evade! 10 degrees to port!" Talia ordered.
"Take this!" Lunamaria called fireing her beam cannon at an enemy mobile suit, blowing it out of the sky literally. Rey then target his missiles from his packed, destroying a few Windams above him. And as well, the CIWs guns continue to fire into the sky as well themselves.
"The Minerva!" Shinn called surprised hearing Meyrin on his communicator. "I Won't let them sink it!" Shinn called. As he set aside his beam rifle and drew his beam sabre, taking it towards an Windam, and sliced it down the middle, incinerating the pilot and a straight line down the mobile suit. "I wont let such things shoot us down!" Shinn yelled. As over on a beach, Lacus, Kevin, and Kira all watch the battle from the safety of the beach.
"Is something the matter Kira?" Lacus asked.
"Someone is crying. . . again." Kira answered her. With that, he imagined what Rey, Lunamaria, and Shinn were all doing. "I wonder why?" Kira wondered. "Why is this happening again?" he asked.
"Mam, incoming vampires on Starboard side!" Burt called. But before any one could say a thing, a pair of beams fired from behind the earth forces fleet destroying the Missiles. One was an azure beam of blue, and another of Positron energy fire by the ship. "Missiles gone, mam, I got two mobile suits on radar, its the Black Lightning and the Red Queen!" he called.
"So they have arrived." Talia whispered relieved.
As outside, the Black Lightning transformed from jet mode, to mobile suit mode as it drew a beam sabre, slicing a Earth Forces machine with a horizontal cut through the cockpit. "Chris down!" Aelan called, as she activated her multiple targeting system. She fired, two small beams of azure blue light, along side the Scylla cannon, and her Plasma cannons, each shot destroying three Windams with each weapon.
"Aelan." Lunamaria said almost bewildered to see the Legends Rising came in as the two new incomers are protecting the Minerva. Even with the new mobile suits arrival, the Avalon was out of range to help, and keeping both Alexis, and Nicola on standby.
"Here they come!" Chris called, as he went over beside the Minerva's bridge, as he fired his poistron cannon at the incoming missiles destroying them in a beam of positron energy. "Commander, contnue on presence." Chris called to Talia and the bridge. "Let, Shinn, Aelan and I take care of the mobile suits." Chris told her as she nodded.
"Of course." Talia nodded. "Malik, head to full speed, rush the enemy ships." She called.
Chris continued to fire his weapons at the enemy Windams from above the Minerva, as Aelan drew a beam sabre and kept one buster rifle in her other hand. She charged the enemy machines, as both Aelan and Shinn fly by each other, each of them destroying a machine. Aelan noticed a Windam going after Shinn, and fired her buster rifle at the machine blowing it out of the sky before it could fire. Shinn continued to fly around destroying and slicing Windams to pieces. Do to both Aelan's and Chris hatred to the Earth Forces, they never thought about fireing to disable them. And with that, even more Windams continue to open fire and launch from the Earth Forces ships. "Damn, there are a lot of these things." Aelan radioed to Chris as he nodded as he took a hit from a missile, which dealt no damage do the the Phase Shift armor.
"Your telling me!" Chris called back as he fired at the Windam that hit him with his beam rifle shooting the emerald beam of death through the cockpit of the enemy machine.
"Look at those numbers." Lunamaria called from her own machine. "You've got to be kidding me!" She called as she braught her cannon over an fired, which made the enemy machines scatter.
"You three, do we even have time to complain?" Rey asked as he fired at the enemy machines.
Earth Forces flag ship.
"I see, it is a powerful ship, and we have even detected the Raptor coming in as well." The commander smiled. "Get the new recruit to his machine and what about the Zamzah Zah." he ordered.
Down below of this ship, two machines were still in the hangar, one was a large black and blue mobile suit, that had two large claw like shields on each arm. It also had a tail like fin on the back of its torso. Underneath the shields. Climbing into the cockpit is a red haired blue eyed male, in his early twenties climbing into the machine, as behind it, three pilots climb into the cockpit of the Zamzah Zah. "We wont be able to obtain useful data on either the Quazer, and Zamzah Zah if we don't use them in battle now can we. Or even if the enemy is to weak to fight them." He told the crew.
"Sir, they will launch when ready." a soldier told his captain.
"Maybe it might just be my preference, I believe that in the future, the mainstay of our forces will be next-generation mobile armors like that." He told them with a smile, "It's far better than the mosquito like mobile suits we built ZAFT." Then both machines went to their drop offs. The Quazer was lowered to a pool of water, as the Zamzah was raised above deck.
"Paths clear, launch new mobile armor, and G-Weapon!" The announcement called. First off the mobile armor blasted off on its own, as under the ship, a compartment dropped the Quazer Gundam, which thrusted the same way as the Zamzah. Under the water, it began to fire its Phonon Maser Cannon from its chest into the sky which Aelan dodged just in time.
"What in the world?" She wondered as she saw the Zamzah moving towards the Minerva. "Chris, incoming machines, and that thing is frigging huge!" Aelan called seeing the Zamzah move across the water, much like a water Strider. And Chris could see the shadow of the mobile suit that is underwater, as the agile machine continued on course to the Minerva, as it had its shields aimed right at the Minerva.
"Aelan, handle the enemy, I'm going to pic up Nicola!" Chris called as his machine reverted from mobile suit, the jet mode, as he sped off towards the Avalon.
Avalon bridge.
"Load Missile tubes one through eight with sledgehammers, charge Lohengrin one and two, be on standby for Crimson blade, and launch Avian now!" Asriel ordered.
"Roger that." Aingeal called back turning to her station.
In the catapult hangar, Alexis' machine locked into place on the catapult. "Avian connected to Catapult, path clear, Alexis you are clear for launch." Aingeal radioed down in the hangar.
"Alexis Alexander, Avian heading out!" She called as her mobile suit launched into the atmosphere for its first atmosphereic battle. As its color changed to its phase shift version.
"Commander!" Aingeal called. "Black Lightning coming in, requesting for Crimson blade to launch!" Aingeal relayed.
"Do it, Launch Nicola in port catapult, tell Chris to be ready to receive!" Asriel told her as she nodded.
Down at the Catapults, the Red Queen latched onto it as Chris voice came over the radio. "Nicola, prepare for an underwater battle, Alexis, can you hear me as well, the both of you will be heading underwater." Chris told them as Alexis, flew over the battlefield, and rammed herself under water. And with the Nidhoggr scythe within her possesion, and the missiles in her machines chest, she was ready for underwater combat.
"Roger that Chris," Nicola called.
"Crimson blade connected to Catapult, Black Lightning in position in three two" Aingeal called as Chris came ever closer to his position.
"Nicola Stratos Heading out!" Nicola called as her machine blasted off into the air, as its feet connected to the Black Lightning's back, her phase shift armor activated as she held one of her beam boomerangs in her hand. Then the two began to head back to battle, as the Avalon was right behind them.
Minerva Bridge:
Burt turned to his captain. "Mam, two unknown machines heading this way, One under water and one above it!" Burt told her. "This is!" He called.
Meyrin then began to bring up an image. "An optical image is coming!" She called. That was when the saw the Zamzah, the machine was litteraly bigger than several of the Earth Forces ships, about twice as big as a few of them.
"What is that thing?" Arthur asked.
"A mobile armor?" Talia asked herself as the large green and yellow crab like machine came closer towards the ship.
"Its Huge!" Arthur proclaimed it.
"It'll be the end of us if something like that latched onto us, Arthur, activate the Taunhauser!" She ordered. "We'll wip out the fleet to our port along with that thing! Hurry up or do you want us to die here!" She told him as he was about to protest on using the Positron cannon in the atmosphere, with Chris already using his twice.
"Yes! I-I mean, no!" Arthur stumbled. He turned around, "Activate the Taunhauser!" He called. "Transition to fire vector control! Target: The enemies new mobile armor!" Arthur continued to order. And as soon as the Earth Forces new mobile armor saw it, they began preparations, The Mobile armor began to tilt forward showing its top/back to the Minerva. Ontop of its three fins, a bright pinkish light began to glow. To Aelan she remembered this, from when the Twisted Justice used it back in India. "FIRE!" Arthur yelled. As the brilliant crimson and white light fire from the Minerva, destroying what atmosphere was between it and the Zamzah, and the beam connected to a light shield infront of the Zamzah. And with that, the beam was then redirected back into the ocean. The entire Minerva crew, and the Legends Rising's pilots all witnessed the blast being diflected.
"Commander, Poistornic energy coming from the Avalon!" Burt called.
Avalon Bridge:
"Lohengrin one, target enemy mobile armor FIRE!" Asriel ordered as the same colored beam fired from the port side Lohengrin towards the enemy mobile armor. "Try to dodge this." he said to himself.
As the beam came closer evaporating the ocean, and destroying the air particles, but before it could hit the Zamzah, the blue and black mobile suit of the Quazer Gundam jumped out of the water, to reveal itself. It place its shields infront of it, as three glowing triangles produced the same barrier that blocked the Zamzah before. As that beam was directed into the sky, as it dissipitated in the air. When the attack was finished the machine landed back and continued underwater. Everyone this time were shocked, not just one machine, but two had the Positron Deflector.
"They deflected the Positron blasts!" Shinn said in shock, as Aelan, Chris, Nicola, and Alexis all were as well, even the Avalon was shocked to see such an event. "No Way!" he called.
Minerva Bridge:
"Turn twenty to port, use the Tristan to blast the ship in our way!" Talia called.
"But what are we going to do about that thing!" Arthur called.
"Meyrin, get Aelan and Shinn to take care of it! Also tell Chris to fight the remaining enemy mobile suits in the air" Talia called as Meyrin nodded. As outside, Chris flew over the area, and dropped of his Cargo into the ocean below. "Malik, I'll leave all evasive maneuvers to you!" She called.
Outside, in the battle zone, the Zamzah began preperations to fire upon the Minerva. "No you don't!" Shinn yelled as his machine charged for the Zamzah. "Damn, what is this thing?" Shinn wondered. That was when the enemy mobile armor extended two large crab like claws from where its main cannons stayed. As both of them began to glow a bright red.
Meanwhile as this went on, Chris changed back into mobile suit form, and drew his beam sabre once again, slicing what Windams were left. Aelan moved to a direction where she could not fire at ORB, and blasted her Buster Rifle at many Windams, as much of them were engulfed within the Azure light. "Aelan, go help Shinn with that mobile armor, I'll handle the rest here." Chris radioed to her as he changed from melee to ranged weapons, and began blasting enemy machines through the cockpits. Using his anger towards the Earth Forces.
That was when a Missile head the ship just above a CIWs cannon. "Tristan FIRE!" Arthur yelled, as the Avalon got closer firing its Gottfrieds which one destoryed an enemy vessel. With the Zamzah, Shinn fired at the Zamzah, with his beam rifle having no effect from the Positron deflector. Then it opened fire on Shinn, as a Plasma cannon got ever closer to Shinn, but was blocked by the lightwave shield of Aelan's Red Queen.
"Aelan?" Shinn wondered as Aelan fired her combined rifle at the enemy mobile armor, but like the Positron energy, the Azure light was deflected from the machine.
"Damn, that wont work." Aelan cursed as she and Shinn both fly out of the way of another attack. Below them, Nicola and Alexis double team the underwater machine of the Earth Forces. As the Quazer fired its Phonon Maser, Nicola was reduced to use her grappling claw and anti ship swords, as Alexis was with her Scythe, and Missile launchers. In which all their weapons were useless to the Trans Phase shift armor, and had to deplete its battery.
Within the enemy machine, the pilot began to laugh maniacly. As he effortlessly takes the hit of several Missiles. He drew his Glaive weapon, but didn't get to use it as Nicola's machine fired its anchor of a Dragon Claw at the enemy machine grabbing the glaive and snapping it in two.
On the Minerva, Meyrin saw the power level of the Impulse. "Impulses power level is in the Red Zone!" Meyrin called.
Burt then relayed more bad news, "Four mobile suits incoming from seven o'clock!" Burt informed the bridge. But then the four mobile suits were gone, from a blast of a Gottfried of the Avalon. Lunamaria then fired at the ones behind the machines destroyed, destroying one with her blast, as Rey reloads his beam rifle cartridge rather than waiting for it to reload.
In the denfence headquarters, Cagalli had arrived. "Minerva is coming closer to our waters." a soldier called.
"Fire warning shots, and if they continue I will permit a direct attack from the fleet and our mobile suit squad!" Yuuna called.
"Yuuna!" Cagalli yelled.
He turned to her with annoyance in his eyes. "The country is not your plaything!" he yelled at her. "Stop acting on your emotions alone!" which gave a look of shock within Cagalli's eyes.
ORB naval fleet ORB flag ship.
In the Avalanche Garret was itching to go after the Earth Forces, but did not, respecting the Representatives wishes, and only attack the ZAFT forces when they are to close. "This completely stupid." was all Garret said.
"I agree." Max said behind him, already connected into the mobile suits weapon systems. "I'm targeting the waters by the Minerva, after what they did for Miss Cagalli, I will not fire on such a ship." Max told him.
"Good, I don't want to fire on a ship that tried to save the Planet." Garret told her.
On the bridge, the crew were having the same conversation. "We are being very ungrateful." Todaka told his bridge crew. As out in the fighting, Aelan and Shinn try desperatly to destroy the Zamzah, as below, Nicola and Alexis try to take out the Quazer. "Although the word may not exist in the world of politics." He began. "Issure the warning. And aim our weapons infront of the Minerva's bow!" he ordered. "I don't want any direct hits!" he called.
"Y-Yes sir!" a soldier called.
"Commander, that goes against orders!" A recruit told his commander.
"In the words of Kevin Walker before he became a politician. Hell if I care." Todaka told him with a smirk. As the Minerva, and Avalon continue to destroy Earth Forces ships, Todaka began the warning. "Calling the ZAFT battleship Minerva, and Mercenary Group Legends Rising, You are currently approaching the territorial of the Orb Union. Our country will not permit you into our waters." Todaka told them. "Please change your course immediately." Todaka continued.
"What?" Was all Shinn, and Aelan could ask as they continued to maneuver around the blasts of the Zamzah.
"Captain!" Arthur called within the bridge.
"Do it, we don't want that to happen, tell Avalon, to begin a change course for Carpentaria." Talia told Meyrin who nodded.
Shinn looked down seeing the badly damaged Minerva heading south, away from the Earth Forces, and a general direction to Carpentaria. Shinn watched his ship as Aelan tried to warn him. "Shinn look out!" Aelan called, as Shinn turned only to be grabbed by the monsterous claw of the Zamzah.
"Shit!" Shinn called as the large mobile armor began to take him down to the ground. The mobile armor, planned on throwing Shinn into the water with such force it would crush the mobile suit. But the phase shift of the mobile suit precaution system began to turn off. And thanks to this, with the heat being produced by the claw sliced through the Impulses leg.
"SHINN!" Aelan called as she activated her wings of light prototype to increase her machines speed as she sped after the falling Gundam. Shinn slowly closed his eyes, thinking this battle is the end of his life.
As many memories began to take shine, First, were the deaths of his parents, and his little sister. And the many battles he has had so far since the Minerva had launched. And the memorial, with his sisters face coming to his mind. "I won't. . ." Shinn began. "I won't let such a thing kill me!" Shinn yelled, as Aelan stopped sensing something coming from the Impulse. That was when in Shinn's minds eye, a red seed bounce once and then shattered into a brilliant light. Leaving a blank stare within Shinn's eyes. And he used what power he has left in his machine to use in his Force pack.
"DIE!" one of the three pilots in the Zamzah yelled. Fireing its Plasma Cannons, but Aelan took those hits with her lightwave shield. Shinn flew towards the Minerva, as the Zamzah left Aelan and gave chase to the Impulse.
"Minerva Meyrin!" Shinn radioed. "Please prepare the Deuterion beam!" Shinn called, in which Chris, and Aelan never heard of before. As Shinn continued to dodge the attacks of the Zamzah that was right on his tail. "And launch the leg flyer, and sword silhouette!" Shinn told her.
"Shinn!" Meyrin called relieved.
"Hurry you can do it right?" Shinn asked her.
"Y-Yes!" Meyrin told him.
"Listen to his directions Meyrin!" Talia ordered her.
"Deuterion Chamber, standby. The targeting and tracking systems have locked onto the impulse. Deuterion beam fire!" Meyrin yelled. Beside the bridge, a slow green beam was fired towards the Impulse Gundam. The beam connected to the Deuterion receiver located where the two antenna of the mobile suit connected, as the power levels of the machine, sky rocketed to full power. Which caused the phase shift of the machine to re activate. Shinn, then drew a beam sabre, and used its shield to its true purpose. He approached the enemy machine with his blank eyes stareing calling for Death to destroy the pilots within the machine. The Plasma beams connected with the shield, as the Impulse pushed its thrusters to maximum, causing both Chris and Aelan to look at it with awe. Shinn instantly pulled up, and plunged the beam sabre into the cockpit of the enemy machine. Killing all three of its pilots, with one strike incinirating one man, and burning the other two with very intense heat.
Aelan then decided to finish the machine off once and for all, as the Impulse jumped away, leaving the beam sabre, Aelan fired her Azure beam, eradicating everything of the machine. "Launch the Silhouette!" Shinn ordered, As the silhoutte flyer, and the leg flyer fly towards Shinn, he dropped his phase shift, and leg flyer to dock with the new ones. As its new red phase shift armor became once again. And with that, Shinn had one target in mind, the main fleet of the Earth Forces. As he used his anti ship swords for what they are named for. As he destroyed ship after ship with slice after slice.
Under the water, Nicola dodged an Phonon Maeser cannon. Alexis then got an idea. "Nicola, prepare to activate your beam!" Alexis called, as Nicola nodded. Nicola fired her anchor at the Quazer as it dodged the attack, but was captured by the Avian which wrapped its arms around the Quazer. "Going up?" Alexis asked, as she charged her thrusters to fly up out of the water. The blue Gundam and Avian flied into the air, as the Quazer was now a fish out of water. Alexis quickly let go and let the Quazer enter a free fall. As a lot of steam began to come from the water below. No one saw it until the steam vanished, as Nicola was now above the water, with beam ignited anti ship sword in her hand. As the steam vanished from around the Quazer, it was slice horizontally in half at the cockpit.
Chris caught Nicola befoe she fell into the ocean again as they watched Shinn, slicing and dicing the Earth Forces fleet. After destroying one ship, he jumped to the next one and did the same thing as what he did to the last ship. Everyone in all ships, and mobile suits were shocked to see Shinn's feroicity towards the Earth Forces fleets. Even the ORB fleet were speechless seeing what was unfolding.
"Shinn!" Lunamaria spoke as Aelan watched shocked, seeing this only when Kevin went berserk upon the Earth Forces when the Archangel and Kusanagi went off to space. As with the Earth Forces point of view, they saw the Impulse as a monster that could not be hurt.
ORB defence HQ
"That's" Cagalli tried to say.
"The Earth forces are in full retreat!" the relay soldier called. As Kira and Kevin both watched the battle end seeing the damage done to the Earth Forces.
2 Hours Later, PLANT Chairman Dullindal's office.
Within the office, Gilbert, and Meer watch Athrun finish putting on a ZAFT top flight pilots uniform on. He looked at Meer who was excited to see one of her hero's in a military uniform. Gilbert the presented Athrun a small box. As it was the emblem he gave Aelan before she left, "This is FAITH!" Athrun said in shock.
"I don't want you placed within the normal chain of command, and I'm sure that would be troublesome for you as well." The chairman told him. "This will make things more convenient. Although the meaning of FAITH detachment is to pledge your allegiance. . . You can just pledge your allegiance to your own convictions and loyalty." The chairman told a former chairmans son.
"Chairman. . ." was all Athrun could say.
"You're a person who can follow what you trust. Never submit before intimidation, and fight when necessary, right?" The chairman asked him.
"I wish to be like that, but. . ." Athrun answered.
"You can do it Athrun." Gilbert told the teenager. "So please, use that power when you feel it to be necessary." he continued. "Although this might sould overly generous, please do it not only for ZAFT and the PLANTs. But for a world, where everyone can live peacefully." And with that, Athrun looked at the emblem one last time, and took it into his hand, and placed it on the collar of his uniform.
"Yes sir." Athrun told him. Athrun went to the Elevator, but then he was followed by Meer. "Meer what is it?" Athrun asked her.
"Athrun, could you please take this to Chris and the others when you reach Earth?" She asked him, handing a small envelope to him.
"Sure, I will Meer, please be careful will you Meer?" Athrun asked her as she nodded.
"Yeah, and I'll be going to Earth in two months or so, and I hope we can see each other again." She told him as he nodded with Meer smiling at him. "Thank you!" She told him, as she kissed him on the cheek, out of friendship.
Athrun emerged into the hangar, as Meer went back to the office in the elevator, Athrun climbed into the Saviour Gundam. "I'm sure you're also worried about the situation in Orb. So please go join the Minerva." The chairman radioed to the young pilot. "I have high hopes for that battleship. . . And that they may sever a role similar to the Archangel's role in the last war. Please lend them your strength."
In the mobile suit, Athrun began to launch from the Hangar. "Athrun Zala, Saviour Launching!" Athrun called. As the mobile suit, launched from the hangar just as the Justice did two years ago.
Earth, Avalon bridge.
"Aingeal, put the message I'm receiving through." Aelan told her, as Aelan nodded. On the screen, Meer within the elevator was going up towards the Chairmans office.
"Meer whats up?" Chris asked.
Meer just smiled at the group with her usual smile. "I have a job for you!" She called to them with a wink. "Athrun Zala is heading to ORB soon, to join with the Minerva." She told them.
"Meer! is Athrun still there!" Chris called to her as she shook her head. "Damn, ORB has just joined the Earth Forces!" Chris told her.
"Oh no, please, go and help him when her arrives!" Meer pleaded as Chris nodded to Aelan.
"I'll go." Aelan told them as she began to leave the bridge.
"Please, protect both Athrun and the Minerva." Meer pleaded to them.
"Mission accepted." Chris told her as she nodded to her friends.
"And when Athrun arrives with you, he has a message from me for you." Meer told them as Chris nodded with Meer leaving the screen.
"Hey Aelan take this." Chris said taking something out of the pocket and throwing it at Aelan.
"Whats this for?" Aelan asked.
"Its information on your machines defence capabilties, ZAFT may have it, but I also think the three ship alliance can make some use of it." Chris told her.
"You don't mean, the beam shield technology you have been working on, using my machine as a prototype?" Aelan asked as Chris nodded.
"Yes, I think Miss Clyne can find it rather useful from what Andrew told me back in Indea." Chris told her as Aelan nodded and left the bridge.
Aelan went for the hangar as she got into the Red Queen. "Red Queen being transported to Starboard Catapult." Aingeal radioed in the hangar as Aelan strapped herself in. And the Red Queen attached to the Catapult.
On the bridge, Talia came on. "Chris, we are detecting a launch from your ship, is the Earth Forces trailing us?" Talia asked.
"No commander, we just received a side job, and Aelan is going to go fullfill it." Chris informed the Captain of the Minerva.
"Red Queen is clear for Launch." Aingeal told them, as in the Hangar, Aelan lowered her visor.
"Aelan Stratos, heading out!" She called as her mobile suit blasted off into the sky, and began to head towards ORB once again.
A/N: Review Review Review, is all I'm asking, come on folks. I hope you liked the brief appearance of a new Earth Forces machine. I will now post its information now.
Model number(s): GAT-721
Code name: Quazer Gundam
Unit type: prototype Underwater Mobile Suit
Manufacturer: Earth Alliance
Operator(s): Earth Alliance
First deployment: January 1st C.E. 73
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 17.43 meters
Weight: max gross weight 91.61 metric tons
Construction: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Trans-Phase Shift (TPS) armor, Positronic Deflector shield 2 on each shield and 1 on forehead
Fixed armaments: Phonon Maser Cannon (Located within the chest), "Scylla" Multiphase beam cannon located on Head Shield Armaments: 2x Beam Claws, 3x torpedos upon each shield, High Energy beam rifle within each shield.
Optional hand armaments: F10A Beam Glaive
Pilot: Komya Risgard
And a warning, when I do have the episodes at hand, it will not take me long to write it. P.S., next chapter is the assassination attempt on Lacus Clyne, and that means, a returning character that was in the AU that has yet to be introduced in this story. And Aelan coming in to help the Walker Mansion out and also to deliver a little gift, from the Legends Rising.