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Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, and for sure I don't own any of Solid Sharks characters tat appear in this story. I do own Chris and his crew, and the people that are being commanded by Solid Sharks Invictus character.
Phase 16:
Chapter 22: New FAITH
John Paul Jones:
"The John Paul Jones, will be setting sail at 0900 hours!" the announcement called throughout the Earth Forces ship. "Level one battle alert issured!" The announcement continued. "All sections should stand by in their respective stations." It continued. As in the hangar, several soldiers were setting up a purple Jet Windam. As behind it, the Neo Strike was also being prepped for its first atmosphereic battle.
Neo stood on the bridge, as he has contacted the nearest Earth Forces base. Which was the Earth Alliances Indian Ocean frontline base, which was currently under construction. "You want me to launch all the Windams assigned to my Battalion?" The commander of the base roared through the radio. "What foolishness is this?" he asked.
"I think you are the fool here." Neo told him, in a more calm voice, than an agitated one. "We're about to go against a Bozgorov class, the Archangel variation ship the Raptor, which are escorting the ZAFT battleship the Minerva." Neo informed him. "Even with your help, it will be difficult to defeat them." Neo continued. "Haven't you looked at the data from the Earlier battle off the coast of Orb?" Neo asked him.
"That is not what I'm talking about!" The commander yelled. "We were dispatched her to create a frontline base to battle against Carpentaria! And even though our mission hasn't been accomplished yet, you want us to hand over all of our mobile suits?" he asked him.
"Ahh, but isn't all of that for the purpose of defeating ZAFT?" Neo asked him. "So stop talking in your sleep, and launch all of your units!" Neo ordered him. "I'll have the Gaia go to your base to defend it." Neo told him.
"But. . .!" The commander hesitated.
"This is an order of a superior officer. Be quick about it!" Neo ordered him. With that, Neo hung up on the commander, as he turned to the ships captain. "What are the Status on the Chaos, Gaia, Abyss, and the Strike?" Neo asked him.
"All units are ready to launch." the captain informed his commander.
"Alright, just remember, not to move the Jones from its designated position." Neo told them.
"Yes sir!" the bridge crew called, as Neo left to go for the hangar. As down in the hangar, the three Earth Forces pilots talked.
"I'm envious of the three of you." Stellar told them. "Stellar is the only one who has to stay behind. . ." She told them. Starlene nodded as she began to walk towards the Neo Strike.
"It does not matter, Stellar." Starlene told her. "The reason for that, is that you will be guarding a base because of your units inability to fly." Starlene told her.
"And it can't swim." Aeul added in.
Sting then place a hand ontop of Stellars head. "Just be a good girl, look at the ocean and wait." Sting told her. "You like doing that, don't you?" Sting asked her.
"Yeah." she told them, in a calm voice.
"I'm also will be disappointed that I wont be able to launch with you Stellar." Neo told them, as he walked down the catwalk.
"Neo!" Stellar called, as she went over to the man she looked up to.
"I'm sorry, but it can't be helped." He told her. "Even though I don't think anything will happen I'll leave the base to you." He told her. With that, all of the pilots went to their respective machines. Neo in his Windam, Sting in the Chaos, Aeul in the Abyss, Stellar in the Gaia, and Starlene in the Neo Strike.
"X24S Chaos, please standby for launch!" the PA system blared. As with that, the side of the ship opened on one side, with Sting and Aeul ready to launch.
"Sting Oakley, Chaos Launching!" Sting reported, as his mobile suit blasted off into the sky.
Next was Aeul. "Aeul Neider, Abyss, I'm going!" He called, as the Abyss jumped from the ship, placing his lance infront of him, as the shoulder units formed around the upper body, making the mobile suit become an underwater machine. As at the same time, at the Earth Forces base, countless Windams with Jet packs equipped, took off to join in the attack. As the Gaia did some land hopping while the Neo Strike, and the WIndam prepared to take off to join Sting.
"It'd be wonderful if we could finish it here. . ." Neo calmly told himself as he prepped for launch. As he remembered the ZAKU Phantom Pilot, who he had so much trouble with before when they fought in space. "Neo Lorrnoke, Windam Launching!" he called.
"Starlene Malor, Neo Strike, its time to eradicate!" She called, as the mobile suit blasted off, along side Neo, as the two joined up with the Chaos, and a battalion of Windams. As this began, Sophia noticed something on her equippment.
"What the!" She called as Asriel turned to her.
"What is it?" Asriel asked her, as he set his coffee onto the chair.
"Incoming Earth Forces machines!" She called. With that, on the Minerva, they began to detect the mobile suits as well.
"Go to Level one Battlestations!" Asriel ordered Aingeal, as she did so.
"Everyone to Level One Battlestations, everyone to level one battlestations!" Aingeal called, as the ship beside them, went to condition red.
"Condition Red Issued!" Meyrin called throughout the ship. "Pilots should standby in their respective units!" She told them.
As on the Avalon, Sophia finally determined what the machines were. "Heat Signature analyzed. They are Windams, Count 60" she told them.
As on the Minerva, Burt was giving Talia the same sirtrep. "60 of them?" Talia asked.
"Yes, they are also accompanied by the Chaos, and the Neo Strike!" Burt told her.
"So you mean that squadron!" Talia called in shock. "Where in the world did they come from? Is there mothership nearby?" Talia asked him.
"I can't find any" he informed her.
"Get the Avalon, they have better scanners than we do." Talia to Meyrin who did so, bringing up Asriel on the screen. "Asriel, have you detected a mothership with these units?" Talia asked him.
"No mam, we can't." he told her, as he came on the screen.
"Is it under Mirage Colloid again?" Arthur asked.
"On an ocean, that's impossible!" Talia told him. "No matter, Asriel there is no point in pondering over this." She told the captain of the other ship.
"I agree" Asriel told her.
"Right, Close off the bridge!" Talia ordered, as the bridge lowered to its battle position. "Prepare for anti mobile suit combat!" she ordered. "Maintain a constant channel to both the Neila Bongo, and the Avalon!" she called, as the bridge landed on its location.
That was when the vid screen Athrun showed up. "Captain Gladys." Athrun called. "Is it the Earth Alliance?" Athrun asked her.
"Yes." She told him. "It seems we have a knack for getting into ambushes." she told him. "As always, its tough being popular." she told him. "Its arleady to late for all of us to evade them." She told him. "So this ship and the others will be entering combat, as the Bongo will be on standby if we detect the Abyss." she told him. "What about yourself?" She asked. with this Athrun looked at her with shock. "I don't have the right to give you orders after all." She told him.
"Then I will launch as well." he told her.
"Alright" She told him.
"Even though I do not fall under your command, I am currently a crew member of this ship, However unfortunate this may be, I also see this battle as unavoidable." Athrun told her.
"In that case, I would like to ask you to take command of our Moible suits, after you launch." She told him. "Is this ok?" she asked.
"Yes I understand." Athrun told her as he signed off.
Over on the Avalon, The four pilots were loaded into their machines, as they prepared for battle. "Black Lightning, and Crimson Blade will launch first." Aingeal called, as the two machines began to move to the Catapults. "Black Lighting to Port side, and Crimson Blade to Starboard side." she ordered. Chris, and Nicola were ok with this, as their machines platforms connected to the Catapult.
"Chris here Aingeal, all systems green here, I'm ready to launch." He told her, as his machine's eyes glowed, revealing main power has been turned on. As on the Minerva, both the Impulse, and the Saviour get ready for launch, as both pilots entered their units.
As on the ship, Meyrin ordered, the people there around. "Impulse and Saviour prepare to Launch, and the ZAKU's are to wait on Standby!" Meyrin told them. As with this, the Impulses hangar came alive, with the Core Splendor, the Chest Flyer, then Leg Flyer, and the Force Silhouette stood by, ready for launch once the mobile suit was ready. "Central Catapult online, Lifting to Launch position!" Meryin relayed. "Core Splendor Systems online Requesting that you stand by for launch!" Meyrin told him. As at the same time, teh Saviour got into position for its own launch. "Closing Airtight shutter!" She called.
With that, Athrun called Shinn, from within the Saviour. "Shinn Asuka." Athrun called.
"Yes?" Shinn asked.
"I've been assigned to command this battle after we launch." Athrun informed him.
"What?" Shinn asked.
"Do you understand?" Athrun asked him. With that, Shinn gave a nod, as the central, and starboard side of the Minerva opened up revealing their catapults, as the Avalons, Starboard, and Port side Catapults opened as well.
"Core Splendor you are clear for launch!" Meyrin called.
Shinn then powered up the spledors thrusters, "Shinn Asuka, Core Splendor Launching!" Shinn called. With that, the Chest, Leg, and Silhouette flyers launched right behind him.
"Saviour you are clear for launch!" Meyrin told him.
"Athrun Zala, Saviour Launching!" Athrun called, as his mobile suit blasted off.
Over in the Avalon, Chris hit his controls after getting the all clear sign. "Chris Nexus, Black Lighting, heading out!" Chris called.
"Nicola Stratos, Crimson Blade, heading out!" She called, as her machine glided down to the water, as the Black Lighting caught it, within its plane mode. And because of this, Nicola drew, and combined both of her anti ship swords, ready for fly by attacks. As at this time, the Core Splendor combined with its other parts, becoming the Force Impulse Gundam.
"Aelan, and Alexis, you are both clear for launch." Aingeal told them, as both machines platforms connected to the Catapults.
"Alexis Alexander, Avian heading out!" She called, as her mobile suit blast off into the sky, with scythe in hand.
"Aelan Stratos, Red Queen, heading out!" Aelan called, as her machine blasted off, with all six machines joining on each others wings.
"All Mobile suits deployed!" Aingeal called on the bridge, as Asriel nodded.
"Alright, charge Gottfrieds, load Missile Tubes with Fragmentation Missiles, and charge up the Valiants!" Asriel ordered, as the weapons control officer began to do as he said.
As on the Minerva, Arthur began to tell the members of the Minerva to do the same. "Acitvate teh CIWS, Tristan, and Isolde!" He ordered, as the battle was about to begin. "Launchers load Parsifals!" he ordered. With this, the sixty Windams and the two Gundams, approach the small forces of the enemy ships.
"What's that unit?" Sting asked himself as he detected the Saviour.
"Is this another new one?" Neo wondered as well, as he search his databanks for any information on the machine. "Is it from Caprentaria? well ZAFT sure is amazing." Neo complimented.
"Who cares, I say we squash it!" Starlene told them, as her Agni cannon went from her machines back, to equipping itself to her right arm. With that, her machine sped off towards the ZAFT and LR machines.
"Yeah!" Sting agreed, as his own machine blasted off following Starlenes.
"Hey now, Sting, Starlene!" Neo called after them. "Oh well, I'll take on the Impulse." he told himself, as he went after Shinn. "The rest of you, attack the ships and other mobile suits!" Neo ordered them.
With that the battle began. Chris and Nicola went in, as Chris beam rifle fired from under his machine, as he flew in close to enemy machines, allowing Nicola to slice them in half with her anti ship swords. While, Aelan drew her beam sabres, and doing the same thing as her sister. Alexis on the other hand, was using both her CIWs, and her Scythe to slice enemy machines to pieces.
Shinn came in , fireing his beam rifle like crazy, as he took out Windams. "All you have are numbers!" Shinn called as his anger began to raise. With this, Starlene opened fire with her Agni Cannon at Aelan who dodged the attack.
"Your mine!" Starlene called, as the Neo Strike came in at Aelan, as it drew a beam sabre, and fired at Aelan rapidly with the cannon.
Sting on the otherhand, was heading for Athrun. "Hey, Show me your power newcomer!" Sting yelled, as he opened fire, with his beam rifle, and machine gun at the Saviour. Which dodged the attack through a cloud, and reverted into its plane mode. Which flew right on by the Chaos Gundam. With that, Athrun turned around fireing both his M106 "Amfortas" plasma beam cannons, and his 2 x MA-7B "Super Fortis" beam cannons at the Chaos, as the machine blocked the beams, while dodging the plasma attacks. As Shinn was having rain of beam coming down at him, from several Windams. As Alexis came up beside him, as she threw her scythe at one Windam, as the blade stuck into the machine. Within seconds, she came in and grabbed the Scythe back, as the mobile suit exploded behind her. As with that, Nicola threw a beam boomerang at a squad of the Windams, as three of them were sliced in two at the cockpit, as the boomerang returned to her.
"Take this!" Chris called, as Nicola jumped into the air, with Chris reverting into mobile suit mode, as he fired his Positron Cannon at a group of four machines, the only thing left of them, were access energy. He then transformed into Plane mode again, with the Crimson Blade landed on it again, with the two speeding through the mobile at extreme speeds, cutting away enemy mobile suits.
"There's no way I'd lose to guys like these!" Shinn yelled, as Aelan parried another blow from Starlenes beam sabre. With his moves, Shinn blew away two more Windams with his beam sabres.
"So I see." Neo told himself, as he opened fire on the Impulse which dodged the attacks. With that, Shinn fired at Neo, who hid in the clouds, as Shinn fired aimlessly into the cloud. After a few shots, Neo returned fire from with in the cloud, but Shinn dodged the attack easily.
"Damn, what are up with these guys?" Shinn asked himself, as he dodged another attack from the Purple Windam. "He's fast!" Shinn told himself, as Neo hid in another cloud. With that, the Purple Windam, came heading straight for Shinn.
"Don't get too cocky my young ZAFT ace!" Neo called, as his shots fired and missed the mobile suit. "Quit dawdling around. Team up and corner them!" Neo called. As when he said that, Aelan activated her three hundred sixty shield as and Agni blast, and several beam rifles hit it, doing no damage to the machine within. And as well, Chris just flew on by, letting Nicola cut down any machine in their way. Shinn on the other hand, had about eight Windams fireing all at him at once, as Neo came in as well with it going as well.
"Dammit!" Shinn called.
"Shinn!" Athrun called, as he dodged an attack from Sting. "Shinn you're too far out!" he called. "What are you doing?" he asked him.
"Hmph, anyone can complain." Shinn told himself.
Mobile Assault Ship Avalon.
"Incoming Mobile suits!" Sophia called to Asriel.
"Fragmentation Missiles Fire!" Asriel ordered, as the tubes containing them fired into the air, away from the ships. The Windams dodged the Missiles, as Asriel snickered. "Detonate!" he called, as teh missiles exploded on their own, raining down death upon the Windam Squad that were heading their way.
Minerva Combat Bridge.
"Missile tubes fire!" Arthur called, as the Missiles on the Minerva fired taking out Windams on their side.
Talia was talking to the Captain of the submarine. "Any news on a ship, or sub?" she asked.
"No, we haven't been able to detect any subs, or even surface ships on our sensors!" The captain of the sub called.
"Then, where do you think these numbers came from?" she asked him. "Are you saying there is a base nearby?" Talia asked him, as Chris face came on screen.
"There is a high chance that is possible!" Chris told her. "Unless these machines magicly came out of thin air, then there has to be a base near by!" Chris called, as the Black Lighting fired some shots from the beam rifle destroying two more Windams.
"This close to Carpentaria, I have no information on such at thing!" The sub commander told them.
"Vessel detected on sonar! Count one!" a soldier called in the sub.
"What!" Talia, Chris, Asriel, and the Captain all gasped.
"It's fast!" The soldier told them. "This is a mobile suit, It's the Abyss!" He called.
Talia turned to Meyrin. "Please Tell Rey, and Luna to prepare for underwater combat!" Talia ordered. "Chris, get one of your people underwater now!" she ordered him as Chris nodded.
"Alexis head to the Minerva, and cover Rey and Luna underwater!" Chris ordered her. As Alexis nodded, slicing one more Windam, and then heading to the ocean below.
Minerva's hangar. Both Rey and Lunamaria were getting ready for underwater combat. "Beam weapons won't work underwater, Equip us with Bazookas! and Blaze Packs, minus the rifles" Rey ordered, as both ZAKU's were equipped with the weapons.
"Underwater combat? Oh man!" Luna wined, as her machine was being equipped with the same weaponry.
Back outside, Aelan slashed at the Neo Strike which dodged the attack and fired a pair of Missiles from her pack. They hit Aelan, which caused her machine to go back. "Damn!" Aelan told herself, as she fired one of her buster rifles at the mobile suit. However, the machine dodged the attack, and fired another shot from the weapon. Aelan then had enough, as she activated the Wings of Light prototype thrust system, as she went at the Neo Strike. As she severly damage the machines main weapon.
"I got more weapons than just that!" Starlene yelled, as she ejected the Agni cannon before it exploded. As she then replaced the weapon with her Schwert Gewehr anti ship sword. "Ragh!" She yelled, as the beam ignighted on the sword, with Aelan drawing her own sabre to block the anti ship blade.
"Damn!" Aelan told herself, as her mobile suit, and the Neo Strike stood at a stalemate. Chris machine flew by a pair of Windams using its wings to slashed the mobile suits apart with its wings. As Nicola finished them off her swords. "Chris, Nicola I could use some help!" Aelan called to them, through their link.
With that, Chris fired his Positron Cannon, destroying ten more machines, as he then changed direction, to go help his girlfriends sister. As Sting was having trouble just trying to Hit Athrun, as the Saviour shot down a group of Missiles. "Dammit, this guy is to agile!" Sting roared. As with this, the squad attacking Shinn began to have the tide turn on him, as he fired destroying several Windams.
"Take this!" Shinn yelled, as he drew his beam sabre, with the intention of slicing Neo in half.
"Oh no you don't!" Neo told him, as he dodged the attack of the beam sabre. As on the oceans surface, many implosions could be seen, as under neath, the Abyss was slicing GOOHNs in half.
"I'm sorry for being so strong!" Aeul told them, as sliced open the cockpit of another, causing the pilot to die from the water pressure. With that, Shinn still had trouble with the remaining Windams as Athrun wondered what that explosion was underwater.
"Minerva, what was that?" he asked.
"It's the Abyss!" Meyrin told him. "Its currently engaged in battle with the Neila Bongo's GOOhNs." She told him. With that, on the Minerva, the two ZAKU's began to dive.
"Rey Za Burrel, Zaku Diving!" he told everyone as he jumped into the ocean.
"Lunamaria Hawke, Zaku, I'm going in!" she called as her machine dived after Rey's.
"Have you been able to locate the enemy's origin?" Talia ask Athrun.
"No, I have yet to see anything either." Athrun told her as he looked over at Shinn.
"This guy. . .If only I can take him down!" Shinn yelled. With that, he finished off the last five Windam Pilots. As down below, Stellar watched Shinn killing the Earth Forces soldiers.
"Neo. . ." Was all she said, as she got worried for him, then she sent out the Gaia with a funcion no one knew that it had, as the mobile suit, began to run across the surface of the water. Much like that of a water strider. As this went on, Aelan was in a sabre vs sword duel against the Neo Strike, as all of a sudden, Nicola came from the air.
"Leave my sister alone!" Nicola called, in a freefall, as her sabre slashed down horizontally, barely missing the Neo Strike, as Chris flew underneath them, catching Nicola. That was when the Neo Strike was face to face, with all three Nexus Gundams.
"Leave now, you have lost!" Chris told the woman, as she went after Nicola with its anti ship sword. She jumped as with a reaction from Chris, he changed into his mobile suit form, drawing a beam sabre, and slashing the anti ship sword in half, by cutting it from the back, where the Beam was not at to be deflected. "Now GO!" Chris yelled at her, as he used the large cannon to knock the machine away from his mobile suit. As the Neo Strike flew off, he caught Nicola's machine. "Come on, Alexis will need your help." Chris told her, as he went for where Alexis, Rey, and Luna were fighting the Abyss. Aelan on the otherhand went to help Shinn.
As Neo watch Shinn's performance. "He's gotten much better than I expected." Neo told himself as he saw the Red Queen making its way to him. "So, Red has come after me." Neo smirked, as he dodged an attack from her Scylla cannon. As he dodged it, he threw a beam knife at her, which pierced into her Buster rifle. She discarded the now useless weapon, as it exploded behind her, as she drew a beam sabre.
"Who are you?" Aelan asked, as she and the Windam connected Blade upon blade.
"Me to know, and you to find out!" Neo told her, as he knocked her sabre away from him, as he took off.
"Damn that guy!" Shinn yelled, as he went after the Windam. The three of them go closer to the land mass, as Shinn and Aelan were giving chase to the mobile suit.
"NEO!" Came Stellars voice, as Neo, and Shinn both saw the Gaia running across the water.
"The Gaia!" Shinn said surprised, as the black mobile suit, jumped from the waters surface tackling his machine sending both hers, and his underwater.
"Shinn!" Aelan called, as she hovered above the water. With that, Athrun came flying in, firing his Plasma Cannons as though they were railcannons.
"Damn, what is with these pilots?" Neo asked as he flew by Stellar and Shinn. Now that both the Gaia and the Impulse were in shallow water, the Gaia looked like a dog ready to pounce at an intruder into its home.
"You!" Stellar calmly said remembering facing the Impulse before. "You're always. . . always. . .!' Stellar began. Shinn brought his beam sabre down at the machine and missed causing steam to rise from where he hit. As the Gaia reverted to its mobile suit form. Aelan looked up to see, the Chaos and the Windam begin to double team Athrun, as she went to join them.
"Sting Flank him!" Neo ordered, as the two machines split from each other as they opened fire on the mobile suit. That was until Neo was almost hit by the Schlag cannons of Aelan's unit. "What?" Neo called, as he dodged the attacks. "You again!" he called turning around firing a beam rifle at the Red Queen. Aelan dodged the attack, as she brought up her remaining rifle, and fired it at the mobile suit.
Athrun saw, that Shinn was fighting the Gaia down by the Island. "Shinn! Pull back! You're playing right into their hands!" Athrun warned him.
As down there, the Gaia drew its own Vajra Beam sabre. "You Bastard! I'll get you this time!" Stellar yelled at the Impulse. With that, the Gaia thrusted to him.
"Shinn!" Athrun called franticly, as he fought Sting, with Aelan facing Neo, and Chris taking on the remaining Windams with the Ships giving him covering fire.
"Shut up! I can do this!" Shinn yelled, as he went into a sabre battle with the Gaia. Do to this, the base nearby, was getting ready to bring their anti air weapons online. And do to this, and the N-Jammer Canceler in her machine, Aelan was detecting the activation of the weapons.
"What the?" She asked, as her shield activated against Neo's beams. "Today, it ends in a stalemate!" Aelan told him, as her machine vanished under Mirage Colloid. As that happened, Shinn and Stellar had a duel upon the ground, as they knocked trees over, during the fight. And thanks to that, anti air guns were firing at Shinn.
"What now?" Shinn called. Just then, a pair of beams came from the air, firing at the base, as Aelan appeared. "Aelan what is a base doing in a place like this. . .?" Shinn asked her, as she became visible.
"It doesn't matter!" Aelan told him. Aelan had already detected the civilians, and has already began to attack the new base. "I will not let them make a base by Slaves!" She yelled, as she landed in the base, and began to open fire with her CIWs Vulcan guns, and her remaining buster rifle.
Shinn appeared shocked, as he just saw the Slaves running through some trenches, towards a fence. Many of these people were going under a hole in the fence, to return to their loved ones. "Civilians, are being used as slaves?" Shinn called, as he became to share the same setiment as Aelan is. That was when Aelan saw what just made her snap. Earth Forces soldiers began to open fire upon the civilians.
"You Bastards!" she yelled, as her anger took over, as she grabbed two Earth Foces in the hand of her machine, crushing his bones within the grip of her machine. Do the the attacks on the civilians, Shinn remembered the death of his own family at Orb, as he thought of what the children, and even the living family members were just going through, seeing their loved ones die infront of them. "Shinn, help these people!" Aelan ordered.
As up in the air, Sting continued to attack Athrun, as Neo joined him, after losing sight of Aelan. "What is with you anyway?" Sting yelled, as he continued to fire his rifle at the Gundam. Athrun did a barrel role dodging the attack, as his machine changed from plane, to its Mobile suit form. As with this, underwater, Lunamaria was hit, as her machine lost its arm.
"Ahh!" she called, as Nicola came in getting beside her machine, as Rey covered them. Nicola then thought of making a smoke screen for an escape, as she activated the beam on her sword, causing the water right around the two units to turn into a gass, hiding the two machines. As with this going on with Rey and Alexis attacking the Abyss, in the air, Chris transformed into his Mobile suit mode, and drew a beam sabre as he went in slicing another four Windams in half.
"Nicola? whats going on down there?" he asked, as he blocked an attack with his positron cannons arm.
"Lunamaria's hit, I'm taking her back to the Minerva!" Nicola told him, as Chris nodded, as he opened fire with his cannon at three machines, destroying them, with a smaller beam than what it usually went by.
"Have we reached our limits?" Neo asked himself. "It seems we picked the wrong stage to play on. . ." He told himself. "Jones we're retreating!" he called on the all frequencie channel of the Earth Forces. "Prepare to meet at Rendezvous! Auel, Sting, Stellar, Starlene! We're finished here!" He told the pilots of the Gundams. "Retreat!" he told them.
"But why?" Aeul asked.
"Because, all the allies we borrowed have all been destroyed, we wont be able to survive if we fight those two ships on our own." Neo told him. "They have also gotten to the base that we borrowed them from!" Neo told the light blue haired pilot.
"Huh? What were you doing, you idiot?" Aeul asked his commander.
"Don't be so Harsh Aeul, its not like you got any big kills either." Neo told him.
"Well then, I will!" Aeul told him, as his machine charged for the ZAFT sub. WIth that, both Alexis, and Rey gave chase, as Nicola was taking the mobile suit back to its mothership. With this, the Abyss fired four torpedos at the submersible, and as he flew by, the Sub was not down, so to add insult to injury, Aeul fired is rear cannons at the Sub, destroying the machine. Which this caused, Alexis and Rey to be knocked back, as the Submersible blew, showing evidence on the surface, as a large wave of water formed from the underwater detonation. Showing that the sign of the battle was over, with the Chaos, Windam, Gaia, Abyss, and Neo Strike all retreat back to their own mothership. Do to the lost of his Allies, Shinn began to open fire on the tanks, and anti air guns of the unfinished base.
Aelan was also opening fire, at any soldier that was not close to a Civilian. "You bastards!" She called, almost as though she was berserked. Shinn was also doing the same, as the two machines were taking their anger out on the Earth Forces soldiers, as Aelan didn't give a damn right now, that the Earth Forces soldiers couldn't fight back against her. Shinn walked around slicing towers down with his beam sabre, as Aelan fired upon fuel tanks within the main part of the base. As with this, Athrun flew over the two rampaging mobile suits.
"Shinn, Aelan!" Athrun said surprised as he saw the two mobile suits, continue their attack. Shinn continued to attack as he fired his beam rifle at hangars, and supplie storage. "What are you two doing? Stop it!" Athrun ordered.
Chris also flew over, thinking exactly what Aelan might be thinking. She had snapped, thinking of pain she has gone through in the past. "Aelan." he said knowing what she was doing. "She's now taking vengeance on the soldiers, for more than what they were doing now, but she was doing it for Abaddon, and the destruction of Junius Seven." Chris told himself, as he landed beside Aelan. "Aelan!" Chris called, as he put a hand on her machines shoulder. "Aelan, stop this!" he told her.
"Ch. . . Chris. . ." Aelan stuttered, as she snapped back into reality, as she saw what Shinn was doing. Shinn finally stopped his attack, as he walked over to the fence that was seperating everyone. The Impulses hand bent down, grabbing the fence, and raising it out of the ground. This gave all the people relief, as they ran to the survivor civilians, embracing each other, with tears upon their faces. "Chris did I do the right thing?" she asked.
"Yes Aelan, you did, if you did not fight these soldiers, many more lives would have been lost." Chris told her. With that, both Aelan, and Shinn smiled, as they watched the re united families below. Upon an hour later, Aelan, and Chris were aboard the Minerva, as the pilots were all getting down to the ground. With this, Aelan walked over to Shinn as she smiled at him. But with this, Athrun was walking up to Shinn, and Aelan. With his fingers extended, he slapped Shinn on the side of the face. With the sound of the smack, everyone turned to them.
"I don't mind if you want to hit me, But I have not done anything wrong!" Shinn told Athrun with anger. "The people there were saved by m y actions!" He told Athrun. Athrun, was about to hit Shinn again, but before he connected, Aelan grabbed his wrist.
"That is enough Athrun!" Aelan told him.
"No, he disobeyed direct orderes!" Athrun told her. But before he knew it, Aelan hit him with a fist.
"No he did not!" Aelan told him. "I gave Shinn those orders!" She told him.
Athrun was now on the ground, as he looked at her. "You are not allowed to give a ZAFT pilot orders, no matter your history!" Athrun scolded her.
"Oh yeah!" Aelan began to roar at Athrun, as he looked at the most dangerous woman aboard the ship. "Then why don't you ask Dullindal about it. He did make me a member of FAITH after all!" She told him, as everyone, besides Chris had the look of shock upon their faces. With that, she showed what was underneath the breast plate of her flight suit, as it showed, the emblem of a member of FAITH. "You see Zala, I do have authority, and I can give Shinn orders, so there is no reason for you to hit him!" She told him. Athrun just looked at the woman with shock, as the ZAFT personel, began to salute the Commander they didn't know they had. Aelan the Red Queen, has returned to ZAFT as a Member of FAITH.
A/N: Wow, Aelan has finally showed authority for being a member of FAITH, and showing Athrun that Shinn did not disobey orders, infact he followed them. Now, Athrun and Shinn have also witnessed, what Aelan feels about slavery, and she even linked it to both Abaddon, and the destruction of Junius Seven.
What exactly is going on inside her head, and will she now leave Legends Rising and join the Minerva, only future chapters can tell.