Phase 18:
Chapter 24: The Lohengrin Gate
Its been nearly a week after the visit to the Mahamul base. Four Ships fly across the ground, at a steady pace. One was a Lesseps class land battleship the Desmond, the one beside it was the Petrie class Bagley, with both the Minerva and Avalon battleships. Both of the land battleships were covered in desert colored GuAIZ R's, as Attack helicoptors flew around the battleships. From the Desmond, information was being sent to both the Avalon and Minerva. "We will arrive at point A! Has anyone picked up the signal from echo?" The captain of the Desmond asked.
"No, however the cargo hatch is open right?" Talia asked her own crew.
"Yes mam!" Arthur replied.
"After we reach Point A switch to condidtion red." Talia told them.
"Aelan is heading out now for Recon. She will be patched into the meeting." Asriel told everyone as the Starboard catapult opened, with the Red Queen taking off under the Mirage Colloid technology.
"Yes, and we are establishing the connection for our briefing rooms now." Talia told him. "Just have your personnel there and ready before we get goin." Talia told him as Asriel nodded. "All pilots assemble in the briefing room now." Talia ordered. With that, the entire pilots crew as on the Avalon, Chris, Nicola, and Alexis also go to their own briefing room, which will be connected to the briefing on the Minerva.
"Yes mam!" Meyrin acknowledged as she spread word on the ship that the pilots should meet in the briefing room. As a civilian buggy drove along the cliff, heading to the open cargo bay area of the Minerva. The driver was a fourteen year old female brunette. Upon minutes later, the buggy jeep parked upon the loading ramp of the Minerva as the ship was still in motion. Upon minutes later, battle ready pilots, were within the briefing room of the Minerva. As a television screen was beside a bigger screen, as the small T.V. came on, with various members of the Avalon on it. As many other pilots were on the Minerva that were temporary additions to the crew. Shinn, and Lunamaria finally arrived into the room both fully geared up. "When they say a local supporter, do they mean the resistance?" Shinn asked.
"Well I figure that's what it is." Lunamaria told him as they both took a seat. "After all, I hear that the city of Gulnahan is in a terrible situation right now." she brought up as Rey sat on the other side of Shinn. A few seconds later, Athrun, Arthur, and the brunette girl came into the room. With this, everyone instantly standing giving a salute to their commanders, as Shinn was the last one to do so. Shinn was looking at the girl the most, as she looked at the screen above them showing the briefing room of the Avalon. She could see Nicola whispering in the ear of Alexis. As Alexis did the same to her, giving Nicola a surprise look as she sat back down.
"Isn't she just a kid?" Shinn asked, surprised at how young the girl was.
"Be seated." Arthur ordered the squadron of greens and reds, and white given Rey's flight suit. "Well, it's finally time." Arthur told them. "I will now be explaining the details of the Gulnahan Lohengrin Gate Breaching Operation that we will be carrying out in conjunction with the Rudl Team, and Legends Rising." Arthur informed the group. "But as you all know, our target is indeed a tough opponent." he told them. "Although the Rudl team has tried to breach it before. . ." Arthur began. "Well it ended in failure." he informed them. "Therefore this time around. . ." he began as he turned to Athrun. "Athrun." with that, Athrun just looked over at the vice captain. "Please take over. I'll have you talk about the rest." Arthur told him.
"Oh right." Athrun calmly told him. With that, he activated the screen, as in the Avalon room, a screen of the area appeared. "This is the layout of the Canyon near Gulnahan, known as the Lohengrin Gate." Athrun informed everyone, as he began his part of the briefing. "Beyond this bluff is the city, and behind it sits the ammunitions plant." Athrun continued. He then used the pointer just a little down from the indicated area of the city. "This is the only line that we can take to approach the city. However, the enemy's Positron Cannon is placed on this hill, covering the entire Canyon. No matter where we go, there's no place for us to hide." Athrun explained. As Chris thought of a small plan that his group would go. "Even if we try to destroy the cannon or the rocks below that support it, using long range fire, they have in addition to your standard mobile suits, but another mobile suit, and a mobile armor equipped with a Positron Deflector stationed here for defence." Athrun told them, of this information. As in the Red Queen, Aelan was looking over the layout of the battlefield, as she was giving the ships a live feed of what is going on. "Even with the power of an Earth Forces ship, and the power of the Minerva, we don't expect to be able to deal any significant damage." Athrun told all of them. "Even though, I heard that both this ship, and Avalon encountered a mobile armor and mobile suit off the coast of Orb, both equipped with the same kind of shield?" Athrun asked.
"Yes" Shinn answered.
"And so for this operation. . . So basically, all we need to do is kick that mobile suit, and mobile armor's ass?" Athrun asked as Chris shook his head.
"No, we have to declare a plan, from the statistics of the two machines we have found in our ships databank Even if we can get close like the prievious two machines, these ones can actually fight back better than the last two" Chris told them.
"Precisely" Athrun commented.
"Right, so destroy the Cannon, the two machines, then enter Gulnahan right?" Shinn asked as the two beside him sighed, as in the Red Queen Aelan smirked, hearing all this through a communications channel.
"That is true, but. . ." Athrun began. "We're still contemplating on how to do that Shinn." Athrun told him.
"I can do it if I feel like it." Shinn sarcasticly told him.
Athrun then countered that Sarcasm. "Then will you do it? All we have to do is sit back and wait right? Will you let us know once you get through?" Athrun asked a series of questions, indicating he was all for letting Shinn do the mission alone. This snapped Shinn out of his little world.
"W-Well, that's . . ." Shinn tried to get out of it, as Lunamaria was enjoying seeing Shinn squirm because of his own big mouth.
"Well, with all this foolishness aside, Miss Coniel. . ." Athrun said turning to their guest.
"Oh, yes." she replied to him, as Nicola watched patiently.
"He's the pilot I told you about." Athrun told her, looking at Shinn. "So please give him the data." Athrun told her.
"What? him?" Coniel asked.
"Yes that's right." Athrun told her. Coniel, and Shinn just looked at each other.
"Well, what is it?" Shinn asked.
"Isn't the success of this operation supposed to depend on the pilot?" Conille asked, as Chris was getting amused with what was going on. "Will it be okay with a guy like him?" She asked Athrun.
"He may have childish behavior miss Coniel, but he is one outstanding pilot." Chris told her.
"Uh Thanks I think." Shinn wondered if that was a insult or compliment from Chris.
"Miss Coniel, Chris is correct about him." Athrun confirmed.
"Well, your the commander, shouldn't you do it, or get one of the Mercenary group to do it instead?" she asked him.
"Sorry Miss Coniel, but none of our units can do what you have planned." Chris told her.
"Well, if we fail, everyone in town will be finished for sure this time!" she said almost mad.
"Are you dissing my abilities you brat?" Shinn asked her.
"Shinn!" Athrun called raising his voice. "You as well Miss Coniel, the both of you." Athrun scolded the two.
"Oh right, we do have Athrun." Arthur came into the conversation. "No, it's just that I hadn't thought of that. . ."
"Huh, but" Shinn said looking at the other officer, as Nicola was trying not to blast out into laughter.
"You too, Vice Captain? Please cut it out." Athrun told them. "Now Shinn, sit down!" Athrun told him. With that, Shinn sat down, as the two continued to act as children. "He can do it. There's nothing to worry about." Athrun told the supporter of the resistance. "So please give me the data." he told her. She then handed him a disc, and as he tried to take it from her, she kept a firm hold as she looked at him with determination in her eyes. She then reluctantly gave up, and let him take the disc. Athrun walked over to Shinn presenting the disc to him. "Shinn." he said getting Shinn's attention. "Shinn!" Athrun said raising his voice a small bit.
"Why don't you do as she says, and do it yourself?" Shinn asked. "After all, she did say that it's all over if we fail." Shinn told Athrun, as on the screen, Alexis and Chris could be seen rolling their eyes. "You probably think you can do a better job too right?" Shinn asked him.
Coniel's and Athrun's angers began to rise. "Shinn, stop Whining!" Athrun said raising his voice. "Unfortunately, I'm not stupid enough to take into consideration your emotions, and let you take on a mission that seems impossible for you." Athrun told him, as he though of a small thing that he and Kevin spoke of. If you can not beat their attitude, beat their ego. "If I had thought the mission was impossible, I would've assigned it to myself in the beginning." He told the young pilot, "But, I thought you could do it." Athrun told him, hitting the ego of the pilot. "That's why we're going with this plan. But after all that boasting a short while ago, you're hesitating now?" Athrun asked him. Shinn then reluctantly stood up, and snatched the disc from the pilot, as Chris smirked with just outside, the Red Queen landed back into the Avalon.
A while later, Chris, Nicola, Aelan, and Alexis are all suited up, and getting into their machines ready for combat. As they head to their machines Nicola asked. "So what is our plan?" She asked him.
"Our mission is to keep the Mobile suit with the deflector busy." Chris told her. "The two of us will attack from above, as you two." Chris began looking at Aelan and Alexis, "You two are to fight it head on once you get through the enemy forces, just to get it to look at you. However, to further our machines that Dullindal is developing and the Clyne Factions own, we need to get that data to add to our defences for the new machines." Chris told them.
"So, I am to get the data to Invictus?" Alexis asked him as Chris nodded. "Alright, its a good thing that I have been staying in contact with Invictus and the rest of Stronghold." she told him as Chris got to the lift of his machine.
"Of course, why do you think we like you so much." Chris joked with her.
"I thought it was my good looks." She told them as the four friends were lifted to their machines, as each of them climbed into the cockpits of those machines.
"Sophia, what is the distance to the cannon?" Chris asked.
"We will be in range of the enemy cannon soon, distance 15,000" Sophia radioed to them as Chris nodded.
"All right patch me through to the Minerva Aingeal." Chris told her as Aingeal nodded and did as what was asked.
Minerva Bridge.
"Commander, Chris Nexus is trying to contact us." Meyrin relayed as Talia looked at her.
"Put it through," As a few moments Chris' image with his helmet on came on the screen. "Is everything ready on your side?" She asked as Chris nodded.
"Yes, how about you, are the pilots ready?" Chris asked her as Talia nodded.
"Are the pilots ready?" Talia asked Meyrin. "And what about Arthur? What is he doing?" She asked.
"We're almost at point B, it's time to begin the operation, All hands please stand by Vice Captain Trine, to the bridge." Meyrin radioed.
Minerva Briefing room. As Arthur just left, Coniel kept on staring at Shinn. "What is it? Do you still have more to say?" He asked.
Coniel looked away from him for a second. "After ZAFT attacked the cannon the last time, the town was in a mess. That's because it triggered a resistance movement in the town Those who went against the Earth Alliance were put through hell. Torture, and many were even killed!" Coniel told him, as Shinn was surprised of how much this actually meant to her. "This time too. . . I have no Idea what will happen if we fail." She said almost on the verge of tears. "That's why. . . That's why I want you to destroy that cannon for sure this time!" She told them, as Shinn continued to look at her. "So. . .!" She said looking away from them. "I'm counting on you all!" She told them. As the young girl began to cry, with Athrun leading her out of the room. With that, Shinn looked at the disc that was given to him.
Meanwhile outside, Athrun was taking Coniel to somewhere safe, as Lunamaria walked by the two. "As to be expected." She began. "Isn't Shinn hard to deal with?" She asked, as Rey walked up to them as well. "We've been together with Shinn this whole time, since the Academy, but he's always like that. He's always banging heads with his instructors and superiors." Lunamaria, showing that she was really proud of her commander. "But you actually got him down to your own pace, and made him listen to you. No small feat I tell you." She told him.
"It's not like that. I'm not trying to use him." Athrun told her. "Isn't he just clumsy with people?" He asked her. "He's not a bad guy."
"Ah. . . Yeah. . ." was all Luna could say.
"I'm not that good at dealing with people either." he told her, as he closed the door between them, and Rey.
"Is he taking precautions against me?" she asked herself.
"Who knows." Was all Rey told her.
A few minutes later, the four ships sped across the sands, kicking up a sandstorm do to their levitators. "Point B reached!" Sophia's voice called throughout the ship, as the two catapults of the ship began to open.
"Nicola, Chris you are both clear for launch." Aingeal informed the mobile suit team.
"Ok, Black Lightning heading out." Chris called as the Black lightning blasted off switching to plane mode, as the Crimson blade launched as well, landing on the Black Lightning's back, and turning invisible do to Mirage Colloid.
As on the other ships, the Mobile suits prepare to begin the operation, as Shinn jumped into the cockpit of the Impulse, as Athrun was raised to his own. As on the Avalon, the Avian, and Red Queen were ready to launch when the command was given. "Close off the bridge, prepare for anti Mobile suit battle!" Talia ordered, as the bridge was lowered to its battle position. "As soon as Shinn launches we will move ahead of the Desmond, Bagley, and the Avalon." Talia told everyone.
"Activate the CIWS, Tristan, and Isolde." Arthur ordered.
As on the Avalon, Asriel began making the same orders. "Activate the Gottfrieds, prepare the Valiant, and load Missile tubes one through ten with sledgehammers!" He ordered. As with that, the mobile suits, all prepare for launch, into the operation.
As on the Minerva, Meyrin gave the information on the launch sequence of its three machines. "Opening central hangar. Core Splendor you are clear for launch." Meyrin told them.
"Shinn Asuka, Core Splendor Launching!" Shinn called. As followed by it, were the Leg, and Chest Flyer of the machine.
As on the Avalon, Asriel told them the orders. "Increase Levitator power by ten percent, I want clear shots, rather than having the Minerva in our line of fire!" Asriel told Psymone, who began to increase the Levitators power, so that their weapons could just shoot above the Minerva. "Sophia, can you still detect Chris and Nicola?" Asriel asked.
"Chris yes, Nicola no." Sophia told him.
"Ok, Aingeal, tell Chris to gain more altitude, if we can still detect him, their is a high chance they can." Asriel told her, as Aingeal got right on it. "Oh, and keep Aelan behind, if they fire that cannon, we need her shield to defend against it." Asriel told her. "Psymone, any evasive Maneuvers needed, you be the judge." Asriel told him, as Psymone nodded ready to do what is needed.
"Commander, Windams detected Launching from the base!" Sophia told him, as on the Mineva Burt gave the same readings to Talia. As down in the hangar, Aelan was changing the status of her shield to defend against even a positron cannon, while with this, she was actually weakening her own weaponry.
As with Shinn, he was flying a long cravas in the ground, as he remembered what Coniel said. Of a cave that not even the Earth Alliance knew of, that would lead right below the Lohengrin cannon. "There!" Shinn told himself as he entered a dark Cavern where the only way he can tell where he was going was thanks to the data he uploaded from the disc to his onboard computer. As the Chest and Leg Flyers followed their master. "What is this?" Shinn called as he looked at his surroundings, which he couldn't. "It's pitch black!" He called. "Damn, is the data really the only thing that I have to go on?" Shinn asked himself. Shinn then remembered about the conversation about the size, and that no normal mobile suit can get through it. But the Impulse could. "I don't think that is the problem, its if I can get through!" Shinn told himself. As he was banging against the walls, but do to the Phase Shift on the core Splendor, no damage was done. "Dammit!" Shinn yelled, as he hit the wall again. With some more maneuvering, he flew over a underground waterfall. "That Bastard! He seriously thinks I can do this?" Shinn yelled. "He probably just didn't want to do it himself!" he called. "No matter, I'll make this happen!" he yelled at himself. With this, back at the ships, the mobile suits prepare for combat.
"Path Clear, Saviour, Rey, you are clear for launch." Meyrin told the two mobile suits.
"Athrun Zala, Saviour Launching!" Athrun called, as his mobile suit blasted off into the atmosphere. As with this, the Blaze pack was equipped to the ZAKU Phantom, as the ZAKU warrior was given its Gunner pack.
"Rey Za Burrel, Zaku Launching!" Rey called, as the mobile suit went out, landing on the deck.
Lunamaria was ready to do the same thing. "Lunamaria Hawke, Zaku. Here I go!" she called. As the ground battleships began to drop their machines, as the BuCUEs began to be ready for combat.
On the Avalon, Aelan finished her improvements. "Aelan Stratos, heading out!" She called, as the Red Queen launched, as it went and landed on the Minerva, as it was in the front of the formation.
"Alexis Alexander, heading out!" Alexis called, as he machine blasted off into the sky.
As on the bridge, Asriel continued. "If the Minerva rises in altitude, do so as well, and prepare Lohengrin, if they shoot at us with it, we shoot them back!" Asriel told them.
As on the Mineva, Talia commanded her own troops. "Increase Altitude, and charge the Taunhauser." She commanded. "And remember when Aiming what exactly is behind our target!" she warned them. "We don't want to blow the town away." she told them. "We will lure the Mobile Armor into the front, as Chris and Nicola take care of the mobile suit."
"Roger, Calibrating Taunhausers Target: The enemy Mobile suit squadron."Arthur called.
"Aelan, be ready if they counterattack with the same weapon!" Talia ordered as Aelan nodded.
"Right, scanners set to detect Positronic buildup." Aelan told her.
"Taunhauser FIRE!" Arthur called, as the Positron energy flew towards the mobile suit squadron. However, the Ghels Ghe came in and took the hit to its shield. With that, all the mobile suits, and ships felt the feedback from the atttack.
As in the air, Chris looked on seeing the shield in action as he whistled. "Damn, thats a pretty sweat defence, any sign of the mobile suit yet Nicola?" Chris asked.
"No nothing yet, I wonder if they even launched it yet." Nicola wondered as her scanner went berserk. "Chris, its behind us!" Nicola called. As a group of four beams fly by them.
"Whoa!" Chris called, as Nicola felt the barrel role from Chris as they dodged the attack. As behind them, a large mobile suit flew behind them. It was nearly double the size of both the Black Lightning, and Crimson Blade. It was lightly equipped, however, it had the Positronic deflector equipped, like the Quazer did. It also had a resemblence to the Hyperion Mobile suits, as it was a dark gray in color. "Nicola!" Chris called, as he turned and fired the Positron cannon. However, the Mobile suit deployed its own shield, stopping the attack. The machine then fired at Chris with one of its large beam rifles. Chris dodged before the beam hit him. "Well now, we may have a little bit of a tough time against his one." Chris told her.
As down on the ground, the sandstorm began to subside, as Athrun looked over to Alexis. "Let's go! We need to pull the enemy mobile suits away as much as possible too!" Athrun called to Lady scythe as both machines take off.
"Roger!" Rey and Lunamaria called, as the two ZAKU's began to open fire covering the two other machines. As Alexis went in, and sliced a Windam through the cockpit with her heavy Scythe, that was stolen from the Forbidden.
"Aelan, the Cannon is targeting the minerva!" Asriel called.
"Gotcha!" Aelan called, as she took off to get between the ship and the cannon. The Minerva began to go into a dive with that, the cannon fired. Before it got close to change some of the atoms into energy. Aelan got in the way, with her shield activated, blocking the attack like the deflector did. However, the beam subsided, as Aelan's machine stayed in one piece, as the shield was turned off for now, so it wouldn't overload the engine.
"Return fire!" Asriel ordered, as the Lohengrin of the Avalon fired in retaliation. As the positron beam fired towards the cannon, wiping out two mobile suits, as the Ghes stopped the blast like before. Just as at the same time, as then after the hit, the machine began to retreat back to its base.
"Damn!" Alexis called, as she fired a barrage of missiles from her machines chest cavity.
"Damn." Athrun said as well, as he began to take chase.
"That thing is returning ! Lunamaria!" Rey called, as the two ZAKUs went after it, as Aelan fired her cannons at incoming Windams, and daggers. Even though Rey told her, he came under fire from a barrage of missiles. Athrun used his Plasma Cannons, as Rey used his missiles to counter attack the attacks done to them both. Just as the ships were using their weapons on the mobile suits as well. Lunamaria took aim with her cannon, and fired destroying four of them.
Chris and Nicola were flying circles around the large mobile suit, as Chris told Nicola to do it. "Nicola now!" Chris called, as she jumped in the air, as he changed into his mobile suit form.
"Join the spiral!" Nicola called, as she held her anti ship sword high, as her machine came down towards the enemy machine. The machine looked up at the falling machine, as it didn't stand a chance, as the sword pierced right on through, slicing the machine vertically right in half. Nicola landed on the ground as the mobile suit vanished in a blaze.
Deep in the Cavern, Shinn go closer to his destination. "The goal! Is this it?" Shinn asked himself. "Distance 500!" he told himself. "SHOWTIME!" Shinn yelled, as he set off a pair of missiles from his Core Splendor. The explosion blew open a hole right below the cannon. The three pieces came flying out.
"Shinn!" Nicola called, as she threw a beam boomerang towards him, as the machine connected together into the Impulse, as it grabbed the boomerang, as it now held a beam rifle in one hand, and the boomerang in the other. With the appearance of the Impulse, both it, and the Black Lightning flying towards the cannon, as it was begin retracted into the mountain. The Ghes began to open fire on the two machines, as the Impulse connected to the Black Lightnings connecters giving the two a double team look. As the Ghes attacked, Athrun attacked it. Athrun came down on it, dropping his shield and rifle as he drew both of the beam sabres. The two sabres came down, slicing off both arms of the mobile suit. Shinn and Chris open fire destroying anti air guns by the cannon with a few fly byes.
"Shinn Chris the cannon!" Athrun called as he dodged a beam attack from the Ghe's leg. Shinn threw the boomerang destroying three enemy machines, as Chris let the Impulse go, using inertia to send the machine towards the cannon, as Shinn drew one of his anti armor knives. With that he stabbed the blade into the cockpit of a dagger killing the pilot. Chris changed to his machine form, and caught the boomerang as he fired straight up, destroying a pair of daggers that were about to shoot at Shinn. Shinn dropped his shield and rammed another knife into the cockpit of another machine, as the cannon continued to descend. When the cannons hatch began to close, Shinn grabbed the newly stabbed dagger, and threw the damaged machine right into the hatch of the cannon. He opened fire with his CIWS, giving a reason for the machines engine to go critical. The dagger fell down inside the area, as it hit the cannon and then went critical, destroying the cannon and its control room. Giving the signal of victory.
"Take this!" Athrun called as he disabled the last of the Ghes weapons, as he did so with the Machine gave ZAFT a way to study the deflector. Aelan smiled as she flew towards Chris and Nicola, as Chris went to Nicola. The battle was over, as in the town, the resistance made their last stand as the ZAFT forces were getting ever closer. Cheers could be heard all over, as the three Nexus Gundams came together with Chris looking at both machines.
"Its time." Chris told them, as Nicola and Aelan nodded. "Alexis, stay with the Avalon and the Minerva, we'll meet you at Diocvia" Chris told her as he reverted to plane mode, with Nicola landing on its back. "We have a job there, and you will arrive there in a few days." Chris told her. As all three of the gundams took off towards the ZAFT base.
As in the town, Shinn was getting a heros welcome as was Coniel with the entire town gathering around the two ZAFT gundams. Athrun watched as the townspeople executed the final members of the Earth Alliance. "Good Job Athrun" Talia radioed to him. "Now we can let the Rudl Team deal with the rest." Talia told him, as Athrun looked to the sky, seeing Chris and the others fly by. "Any Idea where those three are going?" she asked him.
"No clue." Athrun replied.
Moments later, Athrun walked towards Shinn, who was still getting his heros welcome. "What's the matter?" Shinn asked his commander. "Were you hit somewhere despite being as good as you are?" Shinn asked him.
"Oh, no." Athrun told him.
"The operation was a success wasn't it?" Shinn asked him. With that, Athrun looked at the smiles of the public and nodded.
"Yeah, it was a great success." Athrun told him. "Good job, Shinn. It was all thanks to your ability." Athrun told him.
"Oh, it was nothing." Shinn told him. "But it was terrible, I honestly thought I was going to die!" Shinn told his commanding officer.
"Really?" Athrun asked doubting what Shinn just said.
"You never told me that the visiblitiy in there would be so poor!" Shinn told him.
"Really? I told you that you'll only have the data to work off of." Athrun informed his comrade.
"Well, that's true but. . ." Shinn began.
"But you pulled through didn't you? you made it." Athrun told him. "I said that too."
"That's true, but. . ." Shinn said almost in protest.
"We're going back." Athrun told him. "Our mission here is over." and with that Athrun left, leaving Shinn with a sour look on his face, as the towns people continued to cheer for Coneil. With that, Shinn went up the Zip line with a smile on his face.
Five days later, Diocvia:
Chris, Aelan, and Nicola knock on the door of a large estate, where Lacus Clyne was to be staying at. Chris walked in, and the main hall was empty, while the sound of something bouncing was jumping towards the group. The Red Haro came bouncing at Chris, "HARO!" It called, as it came right at Chris who caught it with his hands in a cup. "CHRIS!" It called.
Just then they heard a voice they haven't heard in person in a long time. "Chris?" Meer said as they saw her, in her Lacus Gown. "Guys!" Meer called, as she ran as best she could to her friends, as she hugged the three of them, in a death grip.
"L. . .Lacus I can't breathe" Chris choked out as Meer let the three of them go.
"Oh, I'm so sorry." she told them, as Nicola rubbed her neck.
"Its alright, just as long as I get to do that to you." Nicola told her.
"So, what is this job you want us to do?" Aelan asked.
"Just like you Aelan, always down to business these days." Meer sarcasticly told about her.
"Oh yeah." Aelan said, as she grabbed the pink haired girls head, and began to give her a noogie. "Here take this!" Aelan told her rubbing her head.
"Ow ow ow, that hurts." Meer told Aelan as Aelan let her go. "Well, the reason I asked the three of you here, I have a performance, and I want you three, to help me with it." Meer told them. "I'll be performing on a Mobile suits hands, which will be the Crimson Blades, as we come down from the sky, and the BL, and Red Queen will be the ones doing that for me." she told them as Nicola smiled.
"Really!" Nicola squealed. "Its about time, for some happiness, to much death lately." Nicola commented.
"Yeah, and I am so glad you are all fighting for peace." Meer told the three. "Come on, we need to reherse!" Meer told them, as she led the three to go off, and prepare for her concert.
A/N: The Lohengrin gate has been taken down. And Chris, Nicola, and Aelan are reunited with Meer, getting ready for her performance in the next chapter.
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