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A/N: Once again, thanks for the reviews. Now go on to the story.
Phase 9: The Former Comrade
Minerva bridge
Yzak looked at the data he had gotten from the remnant of the ZAFT forces on Earth and was in deep thought. Intelligences showed him that the unknown source which disrupted communication all over the world was probably located in Panama, where one of the Earth Alliance base was located but it was most probably taken over by the URANUS by now since the Earth Alliance troop did not have enough time to recover from the last war.
He was rather frustrated since the burdens now fell on him since he had the most power among the remnant of the ZAFT forces. They had to take out Panama, destroy the source and resume the communication links between the world.
Secret Room
"You are saying…" Stanley was surprised to hear that they had taken control of ORB. He had heard the plan of his old man but he didn't expect to carry that out so fast even though ORB was covered with the umbrella of mirage colloid.
"You'll be the captain of this ship which I'll be giving you and you would be entrusted to protect our empire." The old man smirked shaking his glass of wine lying on his chair.
"Yes sir! I'll not let you down."
"Fetch the girl first." The old man instructed swinging his glass.
Stanley came onto the bridge and gave his order for the ship to launch. The secret control room revealed to be the bridge of the Julius.
Infirmary of Archangel
Athrun sat outside the room waiting anxiously while the military doctors were trying their best to save Cagalli's life.
"It's my fault for not being careful enough." Athrun buried his face in his palm holding on to a pendant Cagalli had given him. The same thing happened during the armoury one incident when Cagalli knocked her head against the control of the zaku due to an impact.
Meyrin approached Athrun handing him a towel to wipe his face. She had noticed how anxious Athrun was when he carried Cagalli into the ship looking for doctors. She was aware that Athrun had feeling for Cagalli and vice versa but yet she was hopeful that Athrun would notice her and she would stand a chance.
Meyrin told Athrun that the Archangel would launch very soon and Murrue wanted Athrun to stand by by his Infinite Justice as they would most probably encounter the enemy once they were out of the facility.
"Don't worry, Cagalli-sama will be fine." Meyrin looked down holding the towel Athrun passed back to her.
"Everyone, from now on, it's going to be a tough fight. If we want to win, we had to break through the net the enemy had prepared for us. Things are now beyond our control unfortunately. Archangel will launch urgently." Murrue briefed her crews.
"Yes Madam!" Murrue dismissed all her crews to prepare for the launching of the ship.
ORB National Defense Headquarters
The old man had alighted from the Julius together with one of his subordinates. They had secured the national defense headquarters which would belong to them from now on. He stepped into the area and spotted dead bodies spreading over the place. A young pilot with curly green hair who was in wheelchair came to his superior.
"This area is secured, sir!" he reported.
"Good job. Connect the URANUS systems; let's see how far the ship can go. As soon as they launch, I want you and your troop to take good care of them." He patted the boy on his head.
"Yes sir. I'll not disappoint you." The boy turned to leave for the hangar for his mobile suit.
The old man just smiled. He recalled how badly hurt the boy was when they rescued him from a ruined mobile suit. The previous battle caused him to be paralyzed down the waist. He was a second generation coordinator just like Stanley who had a fantastic reflex. His strength was parallel to him and was as good as any of the elites in the former Zala squad as he used to be one of the members.
The boy put on his helmet and looked into the mirror, what he did not know that his memory was manipulated. The knowledge he obtained might not be the truth. Right now all he wanted was to fight the coward, Athrun Zala who escaped by himself when he was almost killed by the Strike. He swore that he would not let him go free. He would have his own revenge.
Bridge of the Archangel
"Load the Gottfrieds, Igelstellung, Valiant, Wombat, Corinthos, Sledgehammer. Pilots should stand by on their mobile suits. Once we are out of the facility, we are up for an intense battle." Murrue ordered.
Arnold repeated the command as he got the systems of the Archangel online, ready to launch.
Athrun jumped into his Infinite Justice booting up his OS in the system. He was busy adjusting his system to keep up with the following battles. As he was typing, his mind was all about Cagalli. The doctor announced that she was out of danger but he just couldn't keep his mind out of her.
Mwu in Akatsuki next to Athrun waved to him. Athrun nodded in response.
"Archangel launch!" Murrue announced. The engine of the Archangel blared as the ship launched emerging out of the water slowly.
National Defense Headquarters
The boy with green hair smirked as he saw the Archangel emerging from the water. Looking over the screen, the old man appeared signaling him to move. They would take on the Archangel with the murasames they had obtained when they took over the Headquarters as well as his Asterisk Gundam.
URA-205A: Asterisk Gundam deployed the use of ultracompact hyper-deuterion nuclear reactor with hyper capacitor, coated in silver equipped with the updated OS, phase shift armour as well as the mirage colloid. The weapon of the mobile suit used resembled a ninja equipped with its unlimited number of holographic boomerang which would be used to distract the enemy mobile suit while using the real boomerang as soon as the pilot was worn out dodging the holograms. Its mirage colloid enabled the mobile suit to avoid being noticed by the enemy mobile suit before they slashed down the mobile suits which in turn defeated them before they knew.
The OS was finally connected online. The boy launched it immediately for his hunt of the coward, "Nicol Amalfi, Asterisk, launching!" He announced through the URANUS system. The Asterisk launched immediately activating its mirage colloid and hid in the midst of the murasame troop.
Catapult of the Archangel
As soon as they emerged out of the water, they knew they were ambushed. Murrue clenched her fist on her seat.
"They are using the murasame! Madam!"
"That means we would not be able to launch our murasames in order not to cause confusion mistaking our enemies as the allies, send my orders to the hangar to launch only the Infinite Justice and the Akatsuki!" Murrue ordered. Miriallia would be responsible in relaying orders from the bridge to the hangar since the communication links were not working due to the disruption.
"Yes madam!" Miriallia took off to the hangar sending her orders.
"Our hope lies on you, Athrun, Mwu." Murrue needed to have the Archangel break through of the situation before proceeding to the Kingdom of Scandinavia in hope that they were not in the hands of the URANUS. They would take one step at a time.
'So I see." Mwu said. He turned to Athrun who was distracted. "They'll be counting on us. Let's do it!"
"What? Yes." Athrun did not pay attention to the instruction given.
"This will trouble us if you are not focused, kid." Mwu reminded Athrun.
"I'm sorry."
The missiles were fired to the sky as the battle began. Athrun and Mwu launched respectively. Athrun took out the Grappling Stinger and bind it over three murasame at one shot. He watched as the murasame exploded in the water from his attack.
Akatsuki on the other hand using its dual beam saber hacked off some of the mobile suit. The problem did not lie on the numbers Mwu thought. Something was fishy as the enemies were too easy to take down. Mwu looked around while slashing off another one or two murasames.
The Archangel was firing missiles to the sky trying their utmost to break free of their attacks before they reached the opposite side in order to submerge. That would be critical as they were unable to use any of the armament in the process of submerging.
Athrun maneuvered his Infinite Justice sensing an eye observing him. He concentrated by closing his eyes. He went into seed mode as soon as he reopened his eyes. Using the grappling stinger, he slashed on the air. The invisible mobile suit finally revealed itself after dodging the attack.
"As expected from Athrun Zala." Nicol muttered in his Asterisk. Mwu realized the presence of the Asterisk at the same time. He nodded his head signaling he would cover the ship while Athrun would take on the silver mobile suit.
Pulling out his holographic beam saber, he slashed on the Infinite Justice which managed to dodge it kicking it from the back. Infinite Justice took out his extendable trying to disable the invisible Gundam which disappear in a moment surprising Athrun.
It appeared once more this time clashing with the Infinite Justice directly over the water startling Athrun with its intense power.
A/N: I really hate to write battle scene. I hope it's not badly done. As for the new Gundam, I hope it's not illogical considering my lack of knowledge of Gundam even after some research. Please bear with it and I'll appreciate if you can R&R, see you next time!
