Phase 13:
Chapter 19: The Past will always haunt the future.
2 Hours, before Aelan's launch. Minerva bridge.
The bridge was still within its battle position, incase the Earth Forces were to turn around and attack the ship again. Meyrin reported of what her job was meant for her to do. "Luna's and Reys mobile suits have re entered the hangar, Avalons mobile suits had returned to their ship as well." Meyrin informed her captain. "The Impulse has also returned." Meyrin informed the bridge.
Taila nodded, as she continued to think of he Earth Forces, as the battered Minerva, heads towards the Carpentaria base. "Although I'd like to think that they won't pursue us any further." Talia informed Asriel who was in the Avalons commanders chair as they spoke to each other. "We don't know for sure, so it will be a bit of a relief with your ship escorting us." Talia told them. "Either way, give all the pilots a rest." Talia told Asriel as he nodded in agreement.
"Yes, of course, after that battle everyone would need a rest." Asriel told them as Talia nodded in agreement.
"Arthur, hurry up with the ship's damage report." Taila told her second in command.
"Yes Mam!" he obliged telling her. "Damage control, submit your report on all sections." He commanded.
"What of damages to your ship Asriel?" Talia asked.
"Hmm, we seem to have taken some damage on our Starboard side, but nothing serious at all so we have nothing to worry about. Even though we will have to stop at Carpentaria to get that payment you offered us." Asriel told her as Talia nodded.
"Yes of course, we will see to it." Talia told him. "It was definitley your crew that got us through." Talia complimented.
"I don't think so." Asriel began. "It seems the pilot of the Impulse is the true hero of the hour, none of us were even able to penetrate those shields. Even though, Nicola did destroy that G-Weapon they sent out, I find it odd seeing them send out these new models." Asriel told her, as she remembered the Neo Strike, Strike Noir, and now this new machine as well. And only one of the three were destroyed as far as they know of.
"His moves were unbelievable!" Arthur complimented Shinn even though he wasn't even there. "He destroyed that Mobile Armor, and he sank six enemy ships, along with two of the carriers, with his melee weapons no less." Arthur informed them. "I've never heard of such numbers!"
As down in the hangar, as Shinn opened up his cockpit, he could see the entire mechanic crew, and even the other pilots waving at him. "Shinn!" Vino called up to him with a wave. "Hey!" As soon as Shinn got to the ground, he was being congratulated by the entire mechanical crew of the Minerva in the hangar. "We heard you did a phenomenal job out there!"
"Great Job Shinn!" Someone else called as back on the bridge.
"No doubt that kid is, worthy of a medal!" Arthur commented.
"But that is the Impulse's . . . No, it was that boy's strength." Talia commented. Arthur looked at her a bit confused. "I've always wondered why that unit was given to Shinn and not Rey. Could it be that Chairman Dullindal knew about this from the beginning?" She wondered.
"Hmm, that could be true" Arthur commented. "The Chairman after all an expert in DNA analysis." Arthur told her as she smiled at the thought. "But still, that was amazing! I didn't even think we are going to make it through the situation. . . Even with legends Rising." He told her. "Not even Ironwall, the Red Queen, heck even the Sturmfalke, and Freedom at Jachin Due wouldn't match up to this!" Arthur exaggerated.
Talia nodded, "Once we get into Carpentaria, we'll get the Avalon Permission to dock as well, then we will file for a recommendation of a Medal, along with our reports." Talia told him. As she looked into the sky, where the general direction of the PLANTs were. "I'm sure the military headquarters will be rather surprised by this as well." She commented to herself.
Down in the hangar, Mad Ades, the head mechanic of the Minerva began to break up the little victory party. "Come on, you guys. Back to work." He told them. "Get back to your jobs already! We still have a long way to go until Carpentaria." He continued.
This gave the three pilots the ability to finally leave the hangar, as Shinn and Lunamaria immediatly walked towards the elevator. "Shinn," She began to get his attention. "Honestly what happened?" She asked him. "You fought like a super ace all of a sudden!" she continued. "Is that what they call an adrenaline rush?" She asked him another question.
"To be honest, I'm not too sure myself." Shinn answered her, "My head cleared up suddenly when I got after I saw the Orb Ships fire, which brought me to think, " He began. "I won't be beaten like this!" he told her.
Lunamaria sighed a bit as she asked another question. "So basically, you snapped?" she asked.
"No, I don't think that is what happened, it was different." Shinn commented.
"No matter, either way Shinn you defended the ship." Rey told him as the other two nodded looking at their blonde friend. "Being able to stay alive, is valuable in itself." he commented. "All that we have done really, is that it now means that we still have a tomorrow to look forward to." He told the two as he walked further ahead of them. With that Rey continued to walk down the hall, as at the Avalon, they got their call from Meer.
Orb Union - Capital
Cagalli, stood infront of a large white marble monument, upon the monument were these words. "The peace loveing souls, Of Orb's formerrunners who held fast onto the ideals until the very end, we shall never forget them." Were what it said, as Cagalli could hear the sound of a motorcycle engine. The black clad figure stopped ten meters away from the monument as he removed his helmet and set it upon the bike. It was Kevin as he walked towards Cagalli, who was leaving flowers for the ones that gave up their lives two years ago. "Kevin, I'm sorry I was unable to stop the treaty." Cagalli told the man that approached her as she stared at the monument. "And father, I'm also sorry as well, that I couldn't keep our true Ideals, of a world where Coordinators and Naturals could co exist." Cagalli spoke to the monument ahead of them.
Kevin walked up to his former fiance and put a hand upon her shoulder. "Cagalli, don't blame yourself, and I will see to it that someway we will be able to fight back." Kevin told her as she nodded with the feeling of his grip on her shoulder.
"Kevin. . ." Cagalli began.
"Listen Tovarisch, we all will have our hard times, and this treaty is one of them." Kevin told her, as a limo began to pull up behind them. As at the same time, Aelan landed the Red Queen, in the nearby forest by the Walker Mansion under the stealth technology of the Mirage Colloid. Aelan however, got out, and surveyed the area, do to not sensing any Destroyers near by.
From the Limo, Yuuna emerged from the vehicle, as he came over to them. "This place sure hasn't changed." Yuuna said in a cool calm voice, with both of his hands in his pockets. "Just like it used to be." Yuuna told the two that were infront of the grave. "I think it will be soon time to fix up your fathers grave Cagalli." Yuuna told her, as all he was getting from Kevin was just short of a cold reception.
"Yuuna. . ." Cagalli said surprised not knowning this man was to arrive.
"I thought you be here Cagalli, you know you shouldn't go out alone like this. You shouldn't be going around without any bodyguards." Yuuna told her as Kevin turned to him.
"Listen you pompous twit, what do you think I am?" Kevin asked the younger of the Seylan's.
"Exactly what I say Walker, we can't really trust you, with the fact of what you are. Tell me it wasn't you that killed those friends of yours five years ago?" Yuuna asked him, as Kevin fought and fought not to make this person pay. "This is exactly why, you are to dangerous to be a body guard, hence why we revoked that from you when you returned from the PLANTs." Yuuna told him. "Come now Cagalli, we must talk alone." Yuuna told her as Kevin was left in shock as he took her down the stairs towards the Limo that waited.
The two drove off, as Kevin also walked down, and clenched a fist with his left arm. He pictured the face of Yuuna upon the trunk of a tree. Kevin forced his left hand through the entire tree shattering splinters onto the other side of the tree, as it fell to the ground. With that one punch out of his system, he climbed onto the back of his motorcycle, and drove off towards his ocean side Mansion.
Yuuna's Limo
The limo continued to drive back to his Home, he had a small conversation with his soon to be wife. "Cagalli, even though Orb is safe, keep in mind the state of the world right now." Yuuna told her.
"I know, but what is it you want?" She asked him. "You came all this way because you needed something from me, right?" she asked. "Well, what are you waiting for." She began leaning onto the door, "Hurry up and tell me already." She ordered.
"My my, I see that Kevin Walker has more influence on you than I feared." Yuuna told her as she looked at him. "For you to be a proper leader, we need to change your way of speaking." Yuuna told her. "Everyone will eventually be upset if you, the maternal figure of this nation, if you continue to act like Walker." He continued as Cagalli just watched the sky from the window. "Even if it's okay for you to be like that now." He told her, as he then thought of changeing the subject. "Earlier I gave a report and a pledge to your fathers tombstone, that I'll defend both Orb, and you Cagalli with my life." He told her, which got her attention.
"Yuuna that's. . .!" Cagalli began.
"Althought it'll be rather hurried, it's been decided that our wedding will take place at the same time as the signing of the treaty." With this news, Cagalli was shocked with surprise. "After all, the citizens are rather agitated by the recent turn of events. It'll also serve to show them that we, the leaders of this country, are dedicated to working together for this country."
"But that's. . ." Cagalli began to continue what she was going to say. "Wait a second, Yuuna! I'm still. . .!" She said with her hands raised to him, and Yuuna eyeing her left hand. With that, he grabbed it with his right hand.
"You're not a child anymore, Cagalli." Yuuna told her holding the hand with the precious ring that was upon her finger. "I do feel a little sorry fo ryou that it's a little early but. . ." he told her, "We are both Naturals, And Orb will ally with the Atlantic Federation. It was an impossible notion You live in an entirley different world from them, to begin with, both Kevin and Alex are Coordinator's." Yuuna told her, turning her from her friends and family.
"Yuuna!" she began to raise her voice to the purple haired Natural.
"There is no point in yelling at me." He told her, "Or would you rather not marry me, and tell the entire population of Orb's citizens that you choose those two instead?" he asked her. "That you will ally, with ZAFT again, and that the Atlantic Federation should become our enemy once again?"
"I never said such a thing. . .!" she told him.
"Then, will you abandon this country, and your responsibilities and run away? Taking your family name of Athha with you?" He asked her. This was causing Cagalli to seriously doubt herself, "Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Coordinators in particular, But whether it be, Walker, him, or your little brother. I'm saying that we can't have them around you. Not around, Cagalli Yula Athha, the representative of the ORB union!" he told her.
Oceanside Walker Mansion:
Aelan watched the children play from the cliff side, as she remembered the good times of her younger life. As she had already sensed that Kevin had gone back to the Mansion, she knew she was safe, as from what she knows of Empathetic senses, from Chris, that Kevin can't distinguish it from, friend or foe. Unless he knew who he was sensing. As she on the otherhand, can sense Destroyers, do to a special sensor within her. And she knew, the Red Queen is safe from detection as long as it did not move from its waiting spot while under the Mirage Colloid. "Those kids are very happy, I guess Kira, Miss Yamato, Malchio, and Lacus treat them rather well." Aelan told herself, as she layed on her back in the grass. "If war had not come like this, this would surely be the life." She told herself. "I should seriously stop talking to myself."
Inside the Mansion
Murrue was on the balcony as Kevin was in the study working on a Laptop, as Andrew was in the kitchen spicing up a new batch of Coffee he was making. "Alright!" Andy called as he finished with the new batch. With that he poured two glasses of the coffee. He then went to the Balcony with Murrue. "This is a nice breeze." Andrew told Murrue as she moved her hair from her face.
"Yes, it sure is." She replied back to him, seeing him carrying two cups.
"I've deepened the roast a little from yesterday's batch." Andrew gladly told the former captain of the Archangel. He passed her one of the two cups in his hands, "I wonder, how you'll like it." Murrue gladly took a drink of the coffee. The taste surprised her, as she gave him an answer.
"I liked Yesterday's better." she told him. Andy then took a drink from his own cup.
"I think, I'm beginning to understand your preferences of coffee." He told her. Murrue laughed at what he said, as the both of them turned to the ocean, to see Kira walking beneath them. "But"
"Either Way. . ." The two said at a time, as Andrew turned to her after hearing them speak at the same time. "Go ahead. Ladies first." Andrew told her.
"No, no, the gentlemen should go first at a time like this." Murrue told him with a hand gesture.
"Well. . . Although Orb's decision is unfortunate, I don't think it can be helped." He began.
"Yes. . ., I'm sure from what Kevin has said, Cagalli did her best too." Murrue commented.
"Even though she's the Representative, politics when the world is in such a state is too difficult for a pair of eighteen year olds." Andrew informed her. "I don't intend to chastise her, but the problem is now, on our side"
"Yes. . ."
"You and the others aside, Kira, Lacus, Kevin, and I might have to prepare to move." Andrew informed her of what is to come for joining the alliance.
"To the PLANTs?" Murrue asked.
"Yes, even though I don't like it, its looking to be that way." Kevin told them as he came to the Balcony, to watch the sun set over the ocean. As away on the cliff, Aelan used her Destroyer features in her eyes to zoom in on the three that are now on the Balcony.
"It might be the only place, that is safe for us. And at this pace, it looks like that will be the only safe place for us to live." Andrew continued. "Well. . ." he began turning to Murrue, "if you like, would you come with us?" He asked her. Murrue was surprised at the proposal as she turned to him.
"That may be a bad Idea Andrew, because I'm sure the citizens are rather upset since we just had a war declared on us," Kevin told him as the Desert tiger nodded.
"From what I've heard from you Kevin, that the chairman Dullindal is a proper and honest man." Andy said as he turned with his back to the railing now. "I'm pretty sure, he won't do something stupid, and blame all of the naturals for the Nuclear attack." he continued.
"Even though, we'd be happiest, if we could just live and die peacefully somewhere." Murrue said out of the blue, as the breeze blew threw her hair, as well as Kevin's and Andrew's. As the breeze carried the smell of the ocean throughout the mansion. "I wonder, what is that we're still looking for."
That night, Aelan slept in a tree that had a good view of the mansion from it, and not very far away from the Red Queen Gundam. But that was when something strange happened that she could sense. A presence she has not felt for two years, and another one, no longer than a few months. This woke her up immediately as she looked down below to see shadows on the beach, that were not made by the cliff, or the trees. "What in the world?" She questioned herself, as she could see, the shadows were carrying automatic rifles. "This is not good." she told herself drawing a colt, and began to sneak towards the mansion. "How am I to warn them?" she wondered as she then thought of an idea. "Haro or Kevin!" she told herself, as she used her Destroyer communicator in her head, to either send a message to Walker, or the Haro's.
Down below on the beach, twenty people arrive in wet suits, as they peeled them off, and checking their weapons on last time. With them, were one person, in a dark trenchcoat, with only his jade eyes peering through the darkness. Next was the sandy blonde haired twenty six year old Jack Carter, as his age had been accelerated do to his Cloning. On his side, was a semi automatic pistol, as the trench coat person appeared to not be carrying any weapons at all. The others other than those two, were equipping themselves with night vision goggles. "Listen" The man in the trenchcoat began, as his voice was mechanical, "Do not leave behind any sign of their deaths, at the scene, no matter what." the man said as Carter nodded.
"All of you will handle the ones that live here, leave the owner of this place, to me and Kra you got that!" Carter ordered as the soldiers nodded. "I love my job" Carter thought to himself.
"We must kill her for sure." The mechanical voice told them, as he began to walk towards the mansion, using what he could to find Walker, within that building. All twenty two of them, began to move to the manor, with the trenchcoat mechanical voice person and Carter walked behind them. "So Carter, this is what you mean, by working for the side of the coin." Kra began as Carter nodded.
"Yes, our true purpose, will someday be brought to light, but for now, we must do things secretly. As though the Professor, had ordered." Carter told the larger person.
Inside the Mansion, Kevin slept in his own room, as did Kira, Andrew, Murrue, Miss Yamato, and Malchio all sleeping in seperate beds, as Lacus sleeps in one of two very large beds with the children. As the soldiers crept closer to the house, as inside Mr. Pink began to awaken, as it had received the message from Siren. "What the heck? What the heck?" It called. "This isn't good!" It called, as Kevin heard it and the message in his head.
"Who ever receives this, get to the shelter with everyone now!" was what he heard, as then he felt, three presences that were outside, as everyone were to be on the inside right now. Within moments, Murrue, and Andrew were up as well, with each of them going to a wall, as they punched in a code on keypads, to reveal automatic pistols, a feature of the house for Kevin Walker, able to find a weapon in any room.
Kira had also awakened, wondering what Haro was yelling about. As the soldiers outside, were creeping below the balcony, as up above, Aelan was on the roof, looking for a way to get in, to protect her friends, and the one she wants to kill her self, and wont let anyone do so for her. In the mansion, Kevin, Murrue, and Andrew who were all fully dressed with a pistol each in their hands. "I wonder which group they belong to." Andrew questioned.
"Take everyone to the underground shelters." Kevin told Murrue who nodded.
"Yes." Murrue said as she left, as Kevin looked at Andrew.
"Who ever trespasses on my house will be shot, got that Andy?" Kevin asked him as Andrew nodded.
In the hall, Mr. Pink was bouncing as before it got past one hallway, a womans hand grabbed it out of the air. "HELP!" it called as it then seen Aelan's face. "No Help!" it called again.
"Shh Haro." She told the little pink ball. "Here, open up, its something for Miss Clyne." Aelan told it, as the Haro did so, as Aelan saw a silver and a gold key within it. She ignored them, and put the disc that Chris entrusted to her, and now entrusting it to the Haro. "Now go Find Lacus, and tell them, the Siren is no enemy this time." She told the Haro. As the ball continued to go down its path, Aelan went back down stairs, to meet the intruders head on. Andrew, and Kevin both Met Kira who was clueless why the Andy was holding a gun.
"Whats the matter?" Kira asked.
"No time to explain Kira, get dressed and help Murrue get everyone to the shelter." Kevin told him, passing Kira a gun. "Use this if need be Kira." Kevin told him, as Kevin continued down the hall.
"We have unwelcomed guests, go and get Lacus and the others and get to the shelter." Andrew told him.
"Yes!" Kira said surprised, and did as he was told.
Lacus and Kids room:
"Lacus!" Murrue called trying to wake the pink princess. As Lacus did looking at Murrue. "Come Everyone wake up." Murrue told the room, as the children wiped the sleep from their eyes as they started to stir.
"Whats going on?" A child asked.
"Shh." Murrue told the child.
"Murrue?" Lacus wondered.
"Lacus!" Kira called opening the door, with Malchio, and his Mother behind him.
Down below, in the Kitchen, Kevin waited for something to happen, as he helled a propane can in his hand. And had a fire extinguisher near by. The kitchen door to the outside began to open as a a pair of soldiers began to walk in. Kevin poped up, "Hey!" he called to the soldiers who looked over. "Gass Leak detected!" Kevin yelled at them, as he threw the propane can at one of the soldiers, as soon as the soldier caught it however, Kevin fired his gun at the can, igniting the gass within the canister. This blew both of them out of the windows.
As in another hallway, Aelan heard the explosion, as she ran down a hall, as she heard gun fire nearby. Both from a pistol, and machine guns. As at the same time, Murrue was covering the children, Lacus, Malchio, Kira, and Miss Yamato from behind. "Stay away from the windows, and hurry to the shelter!" Murrue told them. As they had no objections to do so. Murrue then saw one of the soldiers run by as she fired at him and missed as the glass that was between her target and herself shattered, as the sounds of the gun fire frightened the children.
"I'm scared!" The children spoke as Lacus was holding the child that was most scared within her arms.
"We'll be fine, Now please hurry!" Lacus told the children. As everyone began to move, with Murrue more cautious before. She checked the hallway ahead, giving them the all clear sign to move ahead. As she nodded to Kira who was the last, a soldier came through one of the halls doors, and opened fire nearly hitting Murrue.
"Murrue!" Kira called in surprise.
"Go!" She told him as Kira had no objections. Murrue became prone to the wall as the soldier that fired at her got closer. And before he knew it, he had a kick in the side of the head by Murrue who was hiding around the corner. As he fell to the ground, she did not want him to put the kids in danger anymore, as she shot him three times in the chest. The kids and others stood to watch as Kira picked up the closest one to him.
"Lets go!" Kira told them.
And Murrue followed them as everyone ran to the shelter, where they would be safe. Kira noticed something as he went around the corner. "Murrue Behind you!" He called. As two soldiers behind her opened fire, as she jumped and went around the corner, as the bullets began to hit the wall beside both her and Kira. Kira put the child down, and went to help Murrue, as he opened fire with his own gun with only protecting Lacus and everyone else on his mind. As Murrue reloaded her own weapon and joined in, as the two gunsmen killed the soldiers.
In the living room, Andy was hiding behind a couch fireing his own firearm at the enemy soldiers. With him running out of Ammo, as he jumped to a door which opened when he hit it. Unknown to him, a soldier opened the door and was hiding behind it. Andy began to walk by him, as the soldier went to use a knife on Andy. But before the knife could hit, the hand was sliceed off by something metal. Just then a blur of blonde hair with silver highlights flashed infront of him, as a blade stuck out from the soldiers back.
"Aelan!" Andrew said in shock, as she took her weapon from the mans chest.
"Its been a long time tiger." she told him, as she grabbed the rifle from the dead soldier. "Go, I'll handle these guys!" She told him, as she activated her EM shield, which had the bullets miss her completely when she showed herself at the door, and began to fire at the soldiers.
Leaving the Kitchen, Kevin threw a pan into the air, and ricouchetted a bullet off it, entering a soldiers skull. "Iron or Lead?" Kevin asked as he was having a bit of fun with this. Until the trenchcoat man appeared infront of him. Before Kevin asked any questions, he fired at the man, as the man held out his hand, stopping the bullets from reaching him. "What the?" Kevin wondered.
"Its been a long time Walker, ever since Banadiya two years ago." The mechanical voice commented. "Or don't you remember me Brother?" The voice said as the trenchcoat man removed his hat, to reveal sandy blonde hair, and an older face of Kevin's, with the upper part of the right hand side of the head, was what looked like a Mechanical skull. "Last time, you had a special kind of bullet, now that wont help you, this time it will be a straight out fight. Or are you such a coward to use special tactics to beat me?" The man asked.
"Michael?" Kevin still in shock of the appearance of the man, who removed the trenchcoat, to reveal Black pants, and a metal chest plate. The man was far more ripped in the abdomen more so than certain soldiers. "But how?" Kevin asked.
"How what, how am I alive, how did I find you, or how am I going to get revenge for the death of Erica?" Michael asked him, as Kevin was still in utter shock. "Walker, these days, you are so pathetic, last time, you killed me without hesitation, is that because I threatened that blonde one those years ago?" Michael began to ask, trying to make Kevin angry again. "Or, maybe I should kill our sister, then go kill that woman?" he asked, bringing in more shock than what Kevin thought possible. "Hmmhmhmhm, I bet you that your wondering. How do you know that? and various questions like that." Michael began to mock. "Oh, I'm the incredible mysterious Walker, ha!" he began just trying to make Kevin snap as Kevin begun to do so.
"Shut up Michael!" Kevin began, taking the threat to Cagalli, and the others more and more.
"Oh, maybe I should kill that blonde one, just like you killed ERICA!" Michael yelled, as his own ranting made him to angry, as he began to charge Kevin with shoulder right at the man. Kevin jumped over the locomotive of Michael, as Mike smashed through the wall behind him.
"You'll have to do better than that Michael." Kevin mocked, as Michaels anger began to bring into a blind rage. As Michael ran at Kevin again, and missed, Kevin continued. "This is why I was the leader Michael, I kept my anger in check, and that is why I fought without fault." Kevin mocked as Michael ran at him again, but this time was different, as Kevin jumped into the air out of the way, something grabbed onto his ankles, and with that Kevin was forced to crash right into the ground, with his back smashing the floor beneath him. When Kevin saw what had grabbed him, two long mechanical arms, were coming from Michaels back. "What in the world?" Kevin asked himself.
"Hehehe hahahahaha!" Kraken laughed, "Abaddon is not gone Walker!" Kraken told him. "Infact, it's better than it once was, and as I." Kraken told his former commander, as two more robotic arms could be seen from his back, as Kraken looked much like Doctor Octavious from Spiderman.
"But how, I destroyed the facility!" Kevin called.
"Not completely, you've destroyed the above part of the facility, not below, where that equipment was copied, and made once again, and I am the first, that came from it." Kraken told him. "I am the first, and definatly not last Walker." Kraken began as he walked closer to the original of his cloned body. "Ragh!" Kraken yelled as one Mechanical arm came crashing down towards Walker, who rolled out of the way, before he became pernamently stuck in the Earth.
Meanwhile, with Aelan and Andrew, the Desert Tiger began to walk away as a Radio of the dead soldier Aelan killed came on. "The target has moved to Area E, along with the children." This broadcast bought Andrews full attention, and Aelans, as the last member of the previous room was no more. "She isn't armed, and is guarded only by one male and one woman! Hurry up and kill them!" The one sending the message ordered.
"Come Aelan, we must get to Lacus and the others." Andrew told her as she nodded throwing the used rifle to the corpse that once use to wield it. "What made you decide to come here?" Andrew asked her.
"A job, but for now, this is personal." Aelan told him as she walked behind the former desert commander.
As at the door for the underground shelter, Murrue was covering them, as Kira and Malchio were opening the shelter for everyone, as Lacus, and Miss Yamato were trying to keep the kids calm. Behind them, Andrew made his appearance and began to help Murrue as Kira, Lacus and the children saw Aelan.
"Queen!" A child called, seeing Aelan without her mask, as this was Murrue's first time seeing her without it.
"Waltfeld, Aelan!" Murrue said relieved knowing that Aelan would not harm no children, or anyone trying to help them.
"Murrue where is Walker?" Aelan asked, as she joined in the firefight.
"Last time I saw him, he went for the Kitchen." Murrue told her as Aelan nodded, as the doors began to open, and Mr. Pink finally made it to Lacus.
"Hurry children." Lacus and Miss Yamato told the children. And unknown to everyone, a soldier was taking aim to Lacus from the window.
"Hurry, there's quite a number of them!" Andrew ordered them, as Kira nodded. Aelan saw the soldier that was taking aim at Lacus.
And without thinking, she called Lacus by the wrong name. "Meer! I mean Lacus Down!" Aelan called, as Kira rammed himself into Lacus pushing her away from the line of fire with Aelan firing over them both, shooting the man in the window between the eyes through the goggles as the helmet shattered. Andrew was wondering, why Aelan mixed Lacus up, for the name Meer. "Go get in now!" Aelan told them, as they did with Kira and Lacus worried.
"What about Kevin?" Lacus asked.
"Get in there, I will go help him, and trust me Lacus, in this encounter, I have no intention on killing him, only on protecting you, and everyone else in this house." Aelan told her, as Aelan disappeared into the darkness.
"Come on." Andrew and Murrue told both Kira and Lacus to get in. Once they were all inside, Andrew turned to Kira as the door shut, and the panel locked itself. Murrue went to her knees. "Are you alright?" Andy asked.
"Yes, they were coordinators." Murrue told them.
"Yeah, and they are no amateurs, they've been trained for combat." Andrew informed them, as he turned to Kira. "Kira, with your link with Kevin, tell him that he will be having back up arrive soon, and tell him we are all in the shelter."
"Right." Kira told him, as he began to focus.
As at the same time, Kevin was thrown threw the wall of the living room, where dead bodies littered the floor. "Arghh!" Kevin called in pain, as this time, Michael was a lot more tougher than the last time they had fought.
"Walker! you will pay for killing her!" Michael yelled as he emerged from the hole, using the bottom robotic arms to walk. Kevin, was hurt, and he could tell, even with his agumentation, even fighting another supersoldier will hurt at least a little. But as he was contemplating this, one of the robotic hands grabbed Walker by the face, which began to tear the prosthetic skin from his face, revealing the metal of his face once again. "Now you die!" Kraken yelled, as he flinged Kevin into two walls, one to the outside, and another back where they came from. That was when Walkers left arm began to change, into a blade rather than a normal arm.
"Not today!" Kevin muffled, as he used the arm to slice off what was of the mechanical hand, which allowed him to land away from Kraken, to get back into the game. He however then began to see something from the damaged arm, the "hand" of it was beginning to regenerate, through nano machines. "What?" Kevin asked.
"Hmhmhmhmhm, this is just swell Walker, you are already seeing much of the new advancements are happening for us, if you didn't destroy the facility, we would of been unstoppable!" Kraken told his younger self. Kevin was standing, with his right arm as a broadsword, which was still lighter than anything do to the arm. His clothing however was torn, and ripped apart from the battle with Kraken and bleeding from his arm, and with those extra arms, Kraken has been unable to even touch Kraken.
"Kevin!" Kira called through the link, feeling Kevin weakened than what he usually was.
"I'm sorry Kira, talk later, I'm a bit busy." Kevin told Kira via the link as he was slammed by the mechanical arm, sending him through an antique case for a Japanese musket.
"Alright, just to say we are safe, and you have backup on the way!" Kira told him, as Kevin began to get up, as one of the Arms, slammed into Kevins chest, as another protruded a blade from it.
"This is the end of the great Hydra!" Kraken called, as the arm came ever closer upon Kevin's face.
"NOT TODAY!" Aelan's voice rang through, as she tackled into Kraken, which made him let go of Kevin. As both Aelan and Kraken went through the wall behind the older male, do to Aelan's own strength, of both Genetics and agumentations.
"Siren, so you turned traitorous to?" Kraken asked, as he stood up to see the woman ahead of him, who was shocked to see who and what she was fighting.
"Michael, but it can't be, I gave you a burial back in Banadiya!" Aelan called in shock as Michael cracked a smile.
"I see, and why are you defending Walker?" Kraken asked her, as she looked at him, with death in her violet eyes.
"Its because, you are suppose to be dead, and I've sworn on yours, and the others graves, that I will be the one to end his life." Aelan told him, as Kevin finally got back to his feet. As he saw Aelan extend her blades from her upper wrists. "Understand me Kraken, you are no longer the person I once knew, back before the event, you were a good guy, kind hearted, someone that I liked to be with, now you are a monster, More so than Walker!" Aelan told him.
"Don't you dare compare me to that monster!" Kraken yelled, as all four of the arms went right after her, Aelan jumped out of the way as all four arms slammed into the ground where she just was. But once she landed, the arms slammed into her gut, sending her through the wall.
"Aelan!" Kevin called, as he saw her go through the wall not far from him. "Damn it, Kraken is a lot stronger than what he once was, is this new Abaddon truly stronger than it once was?" Kevin asked himself, as Michael came into the room.
"You two traitors will die tonight!" Kraken called as Aelan came out of where she was sent through, and Kraken used the arms, to jump out of the way of her attack, as the arms began to allow him to walk on the ceiling. Three of the arms stayed connected as he thrusted one into the ground which Aelan dodged intime. Kevin on the other hand grabbed, the Musket, as he usually did, kept the ammo near by, as he had to take the ammo out in guns that were to easily accessed by the children.
"Hey! Kraken!" Kevin called. Michael looked at Walker, who fired the Musket, which was rather weak, but thanks to the gunpowder needed in the weapon, it blinded Michael.
"Argh!" He called, falling and landing on the ground again.
"Aelan!" Kevin called going over to Aelan, who was breathing heavily.
"Stay away Kevin, he's not down yet." She told him, as an arm came rushing towards them, as Aelan pushed Kevin away, and with that the arm grabbed her upper body, and flung her into the ceiling, and having her fall back to the ground with a hard thump.
"Kraken!" Kevin yelled, as though he was putting the rivalry away, and was actually protecting his former friend, and now arch rival. "You are more of a monster than I am, how would Erica feel that you are threatening the lives of children in part of your mission?" Kevin asked.
"It doesn't matter, she's gone, and that was because of you!" Kraken yelled, as he ran at Kevin, and grabbing two leisure couches from either side of him, with all four of his arms. "Your Going DO. . ." Kraken called, as unknown to him, he has been stabbed, as he looked down, he saw Aelan shoving one of her blades, into the abdomen. "Ae. . .Lan." Kraken stumbled as he felt the sharp pain of her blade within him.
"Kraken I'm sorry, but you are not even suppose to be alive right now." Aelan said, as he saw tears form down her cheeks, which were soaked of blood. Kevin noticed this as well, seeing the pain that Aelan has within her with what she is doing. Which was Killing a friend and knowing what she was doing. "Please, tell everyone that someday I will fulfill my promise." Aelan told him.
"Aelan?" Kevin wondered, as his brother still stood over her, as she had done what she had done, something he would never of expected her to do, and finally, the Nexus Project had claimed its first target.
"Kevin" Kraken said looking at Kevin, as he felt Aelan begin to remove her blade from him, as his mechanical arms begin to die. When Aelan removed her blades from the man, a red and blackish liquid began to leave his body. "Brother, Kill me here and now, I don't want to do this again" Kraken began, talking differently than what he was doing in the battle. Kraken then turned his head to Siren. "Aelan, your right, Erica would not want this, she would either want me to live in piece, or rest in piece, and I want the two of you, to make me rest in piece as I should be." He told the two of them, as Kevin nodded.
"Michael." Aelan almost said crying, as she looked upon her old friend.
"Aelan, thank you, for being a close friend, and know what I am going through, just remember, that we are going down the same path, will it all end when Kevin is killed? Or will you continue with your anger?" Michael asked.
"No, but, but, Kevin killed all of you, and he must be punished that way. I would not hurt anyone that cannot fight back." Aelan told him, as Kevin was hearing it from Aelan. "Its just something, I was born to do when I stuck my blade into you." Aelan told him, as Kraken was now down on his knee. Kevin just turned around and began to head back to his friends.
"Kraken, goodbye, and Aelan, do what is right will you?" Kevin asked her as he vanished in the night.
Aelan wrapped her arms around the man that was now on his knees. Michael took one of his hands, and took Aelan's placing it, in a weak point upon his armor. With that, he looked at Aelan one more time, and nodded, which Aelan sent her wrist blade through his chest, and out of the back of his neck destroying the spine. Once she had the blade leave, the mans body, he went limp dead in her arms. "Goodbye, my friend, again." She told him, standing up and began to walk towards the exit of the building.
Walker Mansion, Shelter Level one
Everyone were resting from the events that had happened, as Andrew, Kira, and Murrue were talking about the attackers. "A special task force of Coordinators, this is the worst." Murrue stated. As outside, the heard gunshots, as the door began to open infront of them, Kira, Andy, and Murrue got protectivley infront of Lacus and the others. They saw that, it was Kevin, bleeding from the left arm, and clothing shredded from the battle he just went through.
"Kevin!" Lacus called worried about Kevin.
He leaned against a wall and looked at his friends. "I will say this, I may not be able to get the stains out of the carpets" Kevin told them, as Kira smirked a little bit.
"Just like you Racher." Andrew laughed.
"So, what is the current situation?" Kevin asked his former mentor.
"Well, we were attacked by those special task forces, and not just that, but their target was Lacus, if it wasn't for Aelan, Lacus would not be alive at the moment." Andy told the cladded supersoldier as Kevin looked at his sister.
"I'm getting a bit confused now, Just what is Michael doing here?" Kevin wondered.
"Wait you mean Kraken?" Andrew asked.
"Yeah, I could swear I killed him back in Banadiya when you gave both Aelan and I that information." Kevin told him, as Andrew tried to think on what has happened.
"Hmm, I don't know what to think of this, we need more information, where's Red by the way?" Andrew asked.
"Don't know, she was last scene with Kraken, but after that I don't know, I can't even get a proper sense of her, but there is one other around that I know." Kevin answered.
"The true question now, is why are these people after Lacus." Kira pointed out.
"And me, Kraken was here for me, which does make sense, but for Lacus I have no Idea." Kevin answered. Minutes later, everyone were keeping the children quiet until time to emerge, even though Kevin killed a few more people before he arrived, the threat of that last presence still out there. "Hmm, I can't sense Aelan, I wonder if she left, or searching for that last person." Kevin pondered.
"Kevin, Kira, Commander Waltfeld, Murrue. . ." Lacus said coming towards the four military personel. "I was their target, wasn't I?" Lacus asked them, as she was busy calming the children down. Before anyone could answer, the building began to shake, as outside, Aelan viewed from the Red Queen, that the entire building was being bombed by the ZAFT UMF/SS0-3 Ash unit.
"Ashes?" Aelan wondered as she found it in the library of her machine. "What in the world are they doing here, is this ZAFTs doing?" She wondered as she watched the machines bombing the entire area. "It's a good thing I learned of this place, otherwise I'd be worried, they should be heading into the Level two bunker very soon." Aelan told herself.
As back in the bunker, everyone was shocked to hear the vibrations. As Lacus was in Kira's arms, Kevin fought to keep his balance from the constant vibrations. But unknown to everyone, even Aelan, another mobile suit stood on the beach, under the protection of mirage colloid. "Focus on the area of the shelter, if I know Walker, and I do, he will be out sooner or later." Carter called from the Twisted Justice Gundam. "It'll be all over once we breach the wall!" Carter told the Ash squad.
In the Shelter, Kevin, Murrue, Kira, and Andy were all moving the children and the others deeper into the shelter. As the door closed, three more doors closed behind it, cealing everyone into a brighter room, with two other doors, and one was a hangar. "Solkien Syn, they are still targeting us." Kevin brought up, as the Vibrations could still be felt.
"Damn!" Andrew mentioned out loud.
"Is it Mobile Suits?" Murrue asked, as Kevin nodded.
"Most likely." Kevin tried to ponder, on what exactly they were dealing with.
"We have no Idea how many and what type they are using." Andrew pointed out, "Kevin, any way you can contact Aelan?" Andrew asked as Kevin shook his head.
"No, no radio communications can penetrate these walls." Kevin told him, as Andrew looked down.
"Damn, she could come in handy right now." He mentioned. "This shelter wont last, if they continue this bombardment." He informed them, as Kevin looked over to Kira and Lacus, then towards the children, Malchio and Kira's mother. As outside, the Ashes continue to fire upon the shelter.
As the vibrations continued, Kevin then remembered something. "Freedom." Kevin whispered as Murrue, Kira, and Andrew looked at him, as he looked up to Lacus. "Lacus, do you have the keys?" Kevin asked. Everyone looked at her, as she was surprised at the request.
"Its time, we open the doors." Andrew told her, knowing what Kevin was getting at. "It can't be helped." he told her. "Or would it be better, if we all die quietly here." he told her.
"But, Aelan would help us before that, she most likely know that we have entered the last shelter." Lacus told them.
"And what if she already left?" Kevin asked her. "I can't sensor, she is to far for that." Kevin countered her, even though she was right, if Aelan was still around, she would not let, Lacus or the children die here.
"Lacus" Kira said her name, as she looked down, almost frightened. As then she turned to him.
"Kira." she almost whispered. Then the both of them, looked at the large door, where the Freedom was stored, as the Sturmfalke, was at ORB, ever since India. Everyone were looking at the two, as the two looked at the door.
Kira then calmly told her, "Let me have them." Kira told her. She looked at him with surprise in her eyes, as he extended his hands. "If you want, I'll open it." He told her.
"No but this is. . .!" She began as Kevin walked up to her, and place a hand upon her shoulder.
"Lacus, its the only way, if the Sturmfalke was here, I would take it right now, but I can't, we must use the Freedom." Kevin told her.
"But Kevin!" Lacus pleaded as Kira looked into her eyes.
"It's okay." Kira told her. "I'll be okay, Lacus" Kira told her.
"Kira. . ." She said with a sadened voice for the one that she loved that was about to go into the battlefield once again. With that he embraced her, pulling him close as Kevin let go, letting the two be together as they were meant to.
"Lacus, It'd hurt me a lot more to not be able to protect you all." He told her.
"Kira. . ." she said again.
"So please, let us have the keys to ressurect the wings to protect everyone." Kevin told her as she looked at him.
"Haro!" the Haro called, as it opened the second time today, as the disk Aelan place in it, fell to the floor. And inside it still, were two keys. One, was gold with a wing upon it, while the other was a mirrored version of it, in a color of silver. Kevin took the keys, and passed one to Andrew and took on for himself, as the both of them, pulled a computer lock from either side of the large doors. Lacus noticed the disk on the floor and picked it up, wondering what it was, as Kevin and Andrew placed the keys in their holes. The two looked on at each other and nodded,
"Three. . . Two. . . One. . ." Andrew called, as he reached one the two of them turned the keys at the same time. With the sound of confirmed access rang through the room, with the large door opening. Infront of Kira, and Lacus was a catwalk, leading towards the Freedoms Cockpit, as the once destroyed machine was now fully repaired, with various wires connected to it.
"So, the futures Freedom, has been released." Kevin began as he turned to Kira. "Its time tovarisch" Kevin told Kira as he place a hand on who he considered a brother. Kira entered the hangar, leaving the eyes of everyone to watch him go, and rejoin the Freedom, after two years from it. The doors, began to close as the wind that came from them, blew loose clothing away as Lacus' clothing and hair blew in the wind as well.
"Come on!" Kevin called, as he opened the third level of the shelters and began to rush everyone inside, having him as the last one to enter as the doors closed almost ontop of him.
"Damn, they've broken through." Andrew mentioned as he used the control panel to lock the doors. As smoke blew into the room, as the doors finally closed.
Outside, the an Ash inspected the room, and turned to the rest of them, and the invisible Twisted Justice. "All clear." The soldier reported. As inside the Freedom's hangar, Kira started up the OS of the machine. As the Acronym of the mobile suit came onto the screen. Generation Unsubdued Nuclear Drive Assault Module Complex. As Kira looked upon the screens, as he began to activate the mobile suit, as the wires outside of the machine began to detach from the machine. And then he began to activate the thrusters.
"Search for the Targets Bodies!" Carter called. "I want confirmation that the two of them have been killed!" Carter yelled.
"Sir!" one of the soldiers called, As they saw in the mountain area, beams being fired out of it, as a mobile suit flew through the smoke. And with that, Carter saw his machines brother.
"So it has arrived." Carter said in a calm voice.
"Huh? What is that?" a pilot called.
"Commander, is that the Freedom?" A soldier asked as Carter nodded.
"Yes, and take it down!" Carter ordered.
That was when within Kira's eyes, an amethyst seed began to spin faster and faster as it shattered into a Nova of lights. With that, he thrusted his machine forward, drawing a beam sabre. He made one pass, slicing off a piece of an arm off of two Ash Units.
As Aelan looked to see, an old comrade to finally fight again. "And the wings of our Freedom shine again" Aelan told herself. The Ash units began to open fire on the mobile suit, as Carter took off from the beach to dodge what was coming next, as the Freedom was upside down, and let loose its full fire power from its Cannons, Rail Cannos, and his beam rifle. This disabled the Ash units even more than what had already happened. That was when the ones that were at the manors ruins, fired beam weapons at the Freedom. Kira flew towards one of them, dodgeing attacks like crazy with that, he used his beam sabre to cut off the arms of an Ash unit. Kira fired his Plasma Beam cannons taking out the legs of another Ash unit.
"Impossible!" A soldier called, as he opened firing with a barrage of Missiles at the Freedom. Kira came down with a arc of weaponry, as the Ash Pilot dodged it. When done so, the claw of the mobile suit glowed as a beam sabre, and he charged for the Freedom. With that, Kira ducks under the attack, and lifts the mobile suit off its feet, and flipping it onto its back. Every other Ash unit had been disabled except for this one, as on a nearby hill, Lacus, and the others began to watch the small battle. This Ash unit got back upright, and aimed one of its arms at Kira. Kira who now had the Freedom standing on the beach infront of the Ash unit. As the arm targeted Kira, Kira fired a shot of emerald light at the machine destroying its right arm. The left arm then targeted, which was destroyed in the same matter. Then Kira fired two more shots destroying the Missile compartments on the machines' back. Then to add injury to insult, Kira fired two more shots destroying the legs of the machine.
"Hmm, time to weaken the machine." Carter said to himself as he brought up a special computer, as it showed on the screen. ' Ash Unit's Self Destruct Units ' "No one is to know of your failure." Carter told himself, as the Ash Units around Kira began to self destruct. Kira became blinded by the smoke as the ones on the hill nearby saw the machines self destruct.
"Its not over yet." Kevin told them, as from the Red Queen, Aelan could see the primary targets upon this attack.
"That fool Kevin, he's put them all in danger!" Aelan told herself as she activated her machines thrusters, as Carter also noticed them.
"Kira its Carter!" Kevin called, as he and Kira saw a buildup in energy. "Everyone down!" Kevin called, as a beam sprouted from nowhere.
Kira instantly thought of Flay's death as he took off towards his friends. But that was when a vibration around Kevin and the others happened, as dust rose from the ground in two clouds around them, and then, a lightwave barrier of the umbrella shield of artemis appeared around everyone, as the Red Queen became visible with the beam rifle shot was negated by the shield. "A. . .Aelan!" Kira was shocked beyond belief, as he saw the Red Queen gundam, protecting his friends.
"KIRA SHOW THIS BASTARD WHAT BEING THE ULTIMATE COORDINATOR IS ALL ABOUT!" Aelan yelled, as she opened fire her shoulder cannons which were within the shield. Everyone were surprised to see the weapons pass through the shield with out it being powered down.
Carter activated his Positron Deflector to deflect the hit into the air. "Damn bitch!" Carter called, as Kira knew where he was, and sliced off a hand of the Twisted Justice which had become visible. "Ragh!" Carter called backing away as he let the Fatum lifters weapons and blaster rifle fired upon Kira. Kira dodged the attacks, with the beams hitting the cliff behind him. Carter dodged the attack from the beam sabre, and fired into the ocean creating a cloud of steam. Kira fired a beam rifle shot through the steam as the Twisted Justice emerged from it with a beam sabre in its remaining hand as the two machines began their frozen fire dance. Kira mainly was trying to disable the machine, to bring Carter in for questioning. Aelan however was targeting the machine with her shoulder cannons. "This fool, how is he still so good, after so long from not even using it." Carter asked himself, as Kira fired all his beams at Carter who sent out his Positron Deflectors, which sent the beams away from him, but was hit by the live ammo of Kira's rail cannons. Even though those hit, thanks to the phase shift, the mobile suit was unharmed.
"Carter, I have a few words for you!" Aelan radioed to him, "Never attack my friends!" She called as the twin shoulder cannons fired again, This time however, Carter could not turn to use his positron deflector to stop the beams as the twin beams melted away the right shoulder, and half of the Twisted Justice's head damageing the reflector in the process. "Damn, until next time Yamato!" Carter called, as he took off under Mirage Colloid away from what were his targets.
Aelan inside the Red Queen sighed some relief. "They are alright, and Lacus has the information Chris wanted me to give her." Aelan told herself as she dropped the lightwave shield. "Kira! Kevin!" She called on both external and internal systems so that both Walker and the others along with Kira could hear her. "My job here is done, and in the future we have no Idea what is to happen. So, take care of yourselves." Aelan told them.
"Aelan!" Kira called as the Freedom flew over. "Thank you, if it wasn't for you, they would all be dead now." Kira told her as she smiled.
"No unarmed opponent deserve death, even Walker, and Kira protect them, with your life, do that for me." She told him, as she activated the thrusters of her machine and vanished under mirage colloid.
"Red, sure is full of surprises ain't she?" Andrew asked as Kevin nodded.
"She is a complicated woman, she's a friend one day, and can be an enemy next." Kevin told them, as Lacus ran on the beach towards Kira, with Haro, and the computer disc in her hands. Kevin saw the hug when Kira reached the ground once again. "You all know what this means right?" Kevin asked as Murrue nodded.
"The Angel must rise again." Kevin told them.
A/N: The second longest Chapter yet for this story, and most of it were the Destroyer Battles, and mobile suit battles. In which each of them, I enjoyed doing as they were both a lot of fun. And I mean a lot.
More of Aelan's character can be seen in this chapter, and what exactly is going on now? Abaddon is back! and Aelan has finally did her first kill of what she was designed to do. And where will Carter arrive next, within the Twisted Justice and what is he talking about? And who's side is he on anyways, ZAFT or the Earth Forces? time can only tell.
Review to let me know what you all think. I want more reviews, so I can know how I am doing.