Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion or Gundam SEED. I also don't own Noir, but the name sounds good.
Brief Summary: The Archangel is now in the Common Era, smack in the middle of a war between Humans and Angels. Duty to Humanity comes first, going home comes second. Though if they fail, they will have no home.
Updated Summery: With Dearka missing and Toji and sister needing to be return home, Kira begins openly flying around the Tokyo-3 area in the Freedom. He unknowingly starts an Anti-NERV movement, as with the new graceful feathered wings of the Freedom, it appears as a true angel, especially when he starts to save people from the middle of a terrible fight between U.N. Troops and NERV security, ending with the revealing of SEELE and the Human Instrumentality Project.
"Evangelions and Gundams"
Chapter 5
"An Angel's Birth, A Devil's Death"
As Kira Yamato soared high into the sky to clear a mountain top, he came upon midday Tokyo-3. People looked up into the sky to see the Freedom fly gently overhead. The people couldn't believe what they saw. An angel, not the Angels they had come to fear, but a heroically looking angel gliding gently above their town, daring any to threaten them now. The new feathered wings of the Freedom gave a gentle flap and the Freedom began a landing descent.
People followed the massive machine as it made a gentle landing near a simple home on the edges of the city. Even UN troops on duty had abandoned their posts to observe the flying hero land. People saw something tightly clasped to the back its shield. As the Freedom landed NERV cameras swiveled to observe it.
Kira knew there would be attention drawn to the Freedom, not just because it was a flying mobile suit, but because of the new wings that had been placed on by genius mechanic Lowe Gear of the Junk Guild. It gave what he said, "A truly angelic look to a real angel." Who would have thought that such a foul-loudmouth, brash mechanic like him, could be so poetic. Still, Kira cursed at himself for landing like he did on the Eternal. He had completely fouled the catapult and nearly destroyed the bridge. He was lucky that no one was playing blame game. Landing on Archangel planet-side is one thing, but on the Eternal, which was originally not meant for being planet-side, was another. Yet the Freedom's wings had been severed clean from the mobile suit and Lowe had built the new wings to be white and feathery, despite being made from metal.
Kira gently laid down his Lupus Beam Rifle and gently removed the pod that was clasped behind his shield. He gently put it down and a hatch at the top opened and two men climbed out and released the lower half of the ladder at the side. The low half slid to the ground and they opened the cover over the upper half.
People had already begun to crowd around, among them were Major Misato Katsuragi, EVA Unit-00 pilot Rei Ayanami, EVA Unit-02 pilot Asuka Langley Soryu, their friend Hikari Horaki, and a dozen others from there school and NERV. Another man came out seemingly to help someone out, a young girl with dark hair and fair skin. They help to the ground. Then another man comes out helping a young boy covered mostly in bandages. They all help him to the ground, despite a protest or two. Once on the ground, the boy finds himself in the tightest hug he's ever been in with his name being repeated.
"Toji it's you! You're alive Toji. They said you had perished when the Unit-03 went berserk!" cried out Hikari.
"Yes, it's me and… OW! Watch it, the bones are still healing! Be careful of arm, they barely saved it! I missed you too, Hikari, now please let me breath!" Toji yelled.
Hikari pulled back and everyone who knew the boy and sister were around asking where they've been and how they are. Toji answered simply and to the point.
"We were aboard the Archangel. They treated our injuries better then NERV could ever hope too. I was quite literally a jigsaw puzzle, but they put me back together and I got to keep my arm and leg. It's a massive battleship with 20 meter tall mobile suits inside and put of a large battle group. They carry more power than the 40 meter EVAs and have more advance and easy to control piloting systems. They also have a fighter jet aboard and space fighter called a Mobile Armor."
There were so many questions ranging from conditions, the crew, the ship, the mobile suits, and other major things (hint, hint as to who's asking) to what the general populace would ask. Finally one question came up.
"Where's Shinji?" asked Rei.
"He's in a coma aboard the Archangel, he was badly hurt and it took a lot to keep him from quitting and dieing, but he survived on his own strength," Toji replied.
"Gotta run now Toji, you and your sister take care now," boomed the voice of Kira Yamato.
"Mount up!" called one of the men from the capsule.
"Lord Yamoto, we'll take it from here," called a M1 Astray pilot.
Turning the Freedom to observe them, Kira just nodded the mobile suits head. Then lifting the two pairs of white wings and with a gentle flap and jump, Kira was airborne and on the hunt for GAT-X103 Buster and its pilot, Dearka Elsman.
People watched as the mighty machine and heroic pilot soar off into the sky. The Astray team retrieved the capsule once all of the men were aboard, but then military vehicles, including tanks, APCs, IFVs, and other assorted fighting vehicles surrounded them. The troops already on sight were confused, because none had heard any orders for general mobilization.
"In the name of NERV and the United Nations, you are to surrender and lay down your arms!" demanded the unit commander.
That's when it hit the fan real bad. A group of Anti-NERVs had gotten their hands on military weapons and then NERV's command for the Astrays to surrender had ignited the proverbial powder keg. All hell broke loose, but the Freedom heard the call for help from the Astrays and doubled back.
The UN troops caught in the center rallied around the Astrays and fought back against both factions. Civilians got caught in the middle of the deadly shootout and the Astray pilots ordered the civilians to get behind their shields. The civilians and the NERV personnel who were among them did so. The firefight between NERV Security Branch, the Anti-NERVs, and the UN/Astray Force was fierce, but when the Freedom reappeared, Kira called for a cessation of hostilities. The call fell on two of three deaf ears.
Watching the battle, via satellite uplink, the SEELE leadership was confident that in the end they would have the Astrays, but what they didn't know was that several ZAFT electronic specialists had stumbled upon their signal and they knew a pirate signal when they saw one. They made a report to Andrew "Desert Tiger" Waltfeld.
"Pass it on to the UN Security Council and be quiet about it," he ordered.
Looking up the current UNSC, the specialists found the representatives to be the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Russia, Germany, France, South Africa, China, Japan, and Brazil. They looked up who would be able to deal with SEELE. They found only four nations capable. The USA, the UK, Russia, and China, once two groups who opposed one another, now the only hope to stop SEELE. They made their report to Waltfeld and he said, "The future Big Three Powers, send."
"Aye, aye sir," the specialists chorused.
They sent the messages, finding and avoiding, as well as removing, all of SEELE's electronic spy programs. They also found out who was working for SEELE and sent that information to the four powers. The messages were received with a varying degree of disbelief, but acted upon. None of the four nations had any real love for SEELE, NERV, or anything to do with them. In fact, they hated them for stealing their most prize bases and research facilities. Also, despite the billions of dollars sent to them, little was seen in return except for the occasional dead angel, but that alone was creating more questions. Now armed, they sallied forth in a united front. SEELE didn't even know what hit them, let alone NERV.
For removed from all the fighting, in a small, sleepy village, about 39.85 km north by northeast, a young man with tan skin and blonde hair came to in a small military infirmary. He could easily recognize that fact from the disgusting stench of bleach and other disinfectives. He looked around the small room and saw a man with black hair standing in a corner, his black eyes boring into his blue eyes.
"Where did you get that EVA?" he asked.
"Dearka Elsman, ZGMF-1701-9875-3CF9," was all Dearka said.
"A soldier at your age? What's your rank?" the man asked.
"Dearka Elsman, ZGMF-1701-9875-3CF9," Dearka repeated.
"We're keeping you safe from NERV, ya know," the man stated.
"Then your name and rank," Dearka said back.
"Major Kaji Ryoji, Special Intelligence Section, Division 2, the unit with the Prime Minister AND the Emperor's ears," Kaji said.
Just then a young boy came to life in the next bed over from Dearka. He had sandy hair color, average skin color, glasses, and black eyes. He yawned as he moved to get up to his feet knocking over the Buster's Command Disks.
"So you're the guys that got me out of the Buster, but what happened to it?" Dearka asked, calmed, but not off guard.
"NERV used their power to seize from the UN, but the JGSDF seized it from them under my authorization, still at its resting place, but on a flatbed designed to move Angels and Evangelions," Kaji said.
"First off, it's a mobile suit, not an Evangelion. Second, its mine and my nation's, but still mine as I stole it fare and square from the Alliance and I have been piloting it ever since. Third, it's the GAT-X103 Buster, but don't try to pilot move it, only myself, or another like me can and that doesn't include the EVA pilots, the OS is totally different and a hundred times better then what the EVAs use," Dearka said.
"How old are you?" the boy asked.
"I'm 17 years old and a battle hardened veteran of several major campaigns and more than I can count of lesser ones. I've also been serving for a full year now, first with ZAFT, but now with the newly formed Triple Alliance, often referred to as the Triple Ship Alliance or the Clyne Faction," Dearka said, but added, "I've enlisted shortly before my birthday over a year ago, so I was 15 years old, but it wasn't uncommon."
'Did Third Impact happen, but that there were survivors?' Kaji thought.
"What's your name kid?" Dearka asked.
"Kensuke Aida, I'm a friend of Shinji Ikari and Toji Suzuhara. Do you know about them?" asked Kensuke.
"I do actually, the boy Toji and his sister should be getting released from the Archangel's sickbay soon, but as for Shinji, from what I heard, he should be in a hospital, but most likely, he too would be in sickbay," Dearka asked, standing up and retrieving the Buster's disks.
"Are you all right to stand?" Kaji asked concerned.
"You should have seen me when the Legged-Ship captured me. I had a broken leg and a concussion with several cracked ribs and a dislocated shoulder. Let me see, that was probably about six or seven, possibly eight months ago," Dearka said.
"WHAT?" yelled the two Japanese.
"No! My bad, it was about five months ago," Dearka corrected himself, at the same time a female and a male doctor entered the room.
"Five months ago, what?" asked the male.
"Five months ago he had a broken leg, a dislocated shoulder, several cracked ribs, and a concussion!" Kensuke practically yelled for all to hear, and all with-in a several kilometer distance did.
"I didn't think it was that short time back!" the male doctor grasped.
"We saw various injuries that were common and uncommon to the EVA pilots on him, but with the addition of those injuries that looked both new and old, we couldn't tell," the female doctor said just as surprised.
"Well there's a reason for that, but I can't talk unless I get told I can by someone from the battle group," Dearka said.
"We have your radioand know that only a short while ago, your people contacted four of the most powerful nations on Earth about SEELE and all hell has been breaking loose," Kaji said.
"Aw, Nuts!" Dearka said with a smirk. "I'm missing all the action then."
He then stretched a little and did a few quick punches in the air and declared, "I'm fit and ready to go get my suit and rejoin my friends! Yzak is lost without me."
"Is that so?" asked a voice that dripped with venom and belonged to one person that Dearka hardly ever wanted to piss off, Yzak Joule.
"Yzak! Buddy! How you've been?" Dearka asked trying to change the subject.
Everyone turned to see a boy, same age as Dearka standing there. He had silver hair, amber eyes, a scar running along the side of his nose, dressed in a JGSDF headquarters uniform, and looked really, really pissed (and I don't mean drunk, you Limeys) at the moment. He took a step forward, but a dozen set of arms kept him from charging at Dearka. He did try though, and used a rather colorful assortment of foul words in several different languages.
"Let me guess, he was worried sick about me and is mad about knowing that I'm just fine and cracking jokes at his expense," he stated, rather than asked a young girl with blue eyes and brown hair. She has average skin tone that is slightly tanned, wearing what appeared to be an American military uniform, and she looked ready to burst into tears; that was until she was enveloped in a tight embrace by Dearka, she calmed.
"Sorry Mir didn't mean to worry you too, but how did you find me so fast, I was actually hopping to surprise you guys?" he asked with a soft and gentle voice.
An older male with pearl white skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes that held both mischief and seriousness in them answered.
"We traced you through your emergency pack, how you got it is beyond me," the blonde stated.
"Umm… I knew that he would propabably be needing all his gear so I grabbed it after I pulled him from his mobile suit," Kensuke said.
"How'd you know what to look for?" the blonde asked.
"I'm a military buff and I've read enough articles about military escape systems," the boy answer.
"Well thanks," the blonde said, then turning to face Kaji, "Commander Mu La Flaga, of the OMNI Enforcer, CPO 1st Class Miriallia Haw, OMNI Enforcer, Commander Yzak Joule, the commander of Joule Team, ZAFT, and Captain Ronald J. Skies, captain of the AFS Clinton, Drake-Class Space Destroyer-variant, OMNI Enforcer."
"Pleased to meet you, Major Kaji Ryoji, Military Intelligence, JSDF," Kaji returned.
"Captain Sousuke Mikamora, medical doctor, JGSDF," the male doctor greeted.
"Captain Ayame Fukijima, medical doctor, JGSDF," the female doctor greeted.
"Hi, I'm just a civilian, Kensuke Aida, I live in Tokyo-2, though," Kensuke said.
"He's also a friend to the Suzuharas and the Ikari boy," Dearka said.
"Oh! Well, the Suzuharas have been returned home after receiving medical care aboard the Archangel, but the Ikari boy is still there in a deep comatose state," Captain Skies said.
"Yeah, but NERV started a battle to steal a team of our M1 Astray mobile suits. Talk about a dumb mistake, since Cagalli decided to sortie and teach them not to mess with her soldiers," Mu said.
"Typical NERV, but your reports to the USA, UK, Russia, and China should be starting a problem for both NERV and SEELE," Kaji stated.
"So it was Japan that intercepted our transmissions to them. I wondered who it was," Capt. Skies said, not really surprised, they had expected as much.
The group continued to talk as they left to head back to the battle group. While back in on the streets of Tokyo-2 and Tokyo-3, fighting raged between the UN and NERV security forces. The Freedom had entered the battle, robbing NERV of most of its weapons. Then the majority of the battle group arrived, the mighty guns of so many ships blazed a hellfire coloring of varying colors throughout the night time sky.
The MBF-01 Strike Rouge cut, literally cut, a path through NERV troops with the Sword Striker Pack. The massive 15.78m anti-ship blade Schwert Gewehr cut through tanks and other AFVs. It also cut through bunkers and pillboxes with ease and forced NERV security personnel to run for their lives. That's when seven new mass-produced EVAs challenged the vengeful Strike Rouge. A very fatal mistake, but luckily, the EVAs were unmanned drones. With a superior skill to machine and a superior, albeit smaller, machine with superior technology and OS, the Strike Rouge had seven flaming techno-organic junk piles burning a bright red, hiding the suit from both IR, HD, and VC techniques as the suit withdrew for a recharge.
A group of Strike Daggers and Clyne Faction Custom GINN and GuAIZ mobile suits engaged and destroyed five more of the EVAs with no problem and dispatched a force of NERV security troops with ease. The Clyne Faction models of the ZAFT standard mobile suit models had either blue or pink visors in place of the mono-eye configuration and had a pink stripe painted onto the left side of the chest. This notified all that these suits belonged to the Pink Princess. They also had feathery-like wings on the GuAIZs and GINNs. The backs of the Strikes, Duel, Astrays, and the Daggers had been left unmodified, but they sported some modifications to their armor and weapons to increase survivability and range, power, and accuracy. That was it for all the mobile suits, but Lowe Gear was not one to quit. He was able to get a single pair of wings onto a dozen Astray and Dagger units, and that seemed to cause more people to crowd around the suits after the fighting had moved on.
One person, a Catholic Priest, declared, "God has shown his kindness once more! Behold the Lordships true Angels! They have come to slay the devils that tarnish the Lord's good name!"
On a plane that was easy to get to, but not in, a figure bathed in the radiates of blinding light nodded his head to his fellow deities at the preacher's announcement as they arrived.
"They are doing as anticipated and that's defending our gathered children. I wonder was Lucifer is doing about this, as this is his handy work?" the figure spoke.
The others simply nodded and watched as the next "Angel" prepared to strike against the deities champions.