Chapter 3: The Friendship and The Price of Revolution

Part B: The Price of Revolution

Legend

Italics shows character thoughts

Word shows Date, time, and location

-Word- Shows Noises, or actions such as sighing

Disclaimer: I don't own the song,"45", by Shinedown, nor did I write it or claim to own it in anyway.

June 29, C.E. 70

Forward ZAFT Base, 11:00 A.M.

Scion pulled back on the controls to avoid stepping into a ditch. ZAFT had been sending more men to set up a base to spy on Orb with, they must have reason to think Orb is helping the EA. Scion destroyed this base each time with each new base having less defenses put into them.

Only two GINN's were here, ZAFT must be giving up on this and pulling men back to fight the EA.. Good, they can leave us alone now.

His work done, Scion decided to head back to base. He didn't like leaving the base anymore, everyone was one edge after that last attack on him and Yumi. People had been leaving for a while and others, like Yumi, had closed themselves up and didn't see anyone anymore. It was sad.

Axle was promoted to deal with the sudden employee drop. He didn't like the job since it put a lot of pressure on him. Plus, Doc didn't want a lot of security around since it would make everyone well uneasy with all the guns around. Either way it meant things were going very badly.

Not only that but Doc was seeing that the Gundam was going to be done well before the GAT-X series was enough near completion, which was the original plan so that Scion wouldn't get so must attention if he decided to pilot it into combat. The plan to just have it be a mobile suit of the EA gone renegade was shot to nothing.

Scion made his way back to base, feeling very on edge, like everyone else, since everything was appearing to fall apart around him.

Mobile Suit Hanger/Doc's Research Base, 1:00 P.M.

The cockpit opened and Scion stepped out into the hanger bay for the lone mobile suit. The mechanics were already swarming over the Gundam to get on with repairs and so on. Scion merely hopped unto the raised platform next to the cockpit and waited as it lowered him to the ground.

Scion talked with a few of the mechanics about a glitch in the right arm and it's slow reaction time, they agreed to look into it and see if it was a malfunction, all of the mechanics were being paid double since a lot of the mechanics left leaving only the fanatic ones behind, the ones that will never let anything happen to this machine. Scion thanked them and then went on his way. Maybe he'd go see Yumi, he hadn't seen her since the incident and to add to that he hasn't heard anything from her or about her. Axle stayed in touch, though much less since the attack.

He made his way through the halls of the research base, everyone was very quiet as if they were afraid to speak because they didn't want to be accused of being a spy which they would realize was stupid if they just thought about it for a bit, but even Doc pulled away and didn't see everyone as much as he used too.

-RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING-

Scion's head jerked up as the fire alarm went off. No sooner had he looked at everyone were they running to the exit to escape being burnt alive. Scion followed suit, he would have gone to the hangar to make sure the Gundam was okay but he knew it could survive a fire and besides that the mechanics would never let anything happen to it.

Everyone ran in one direction, all of them knowing the way to the nearest exit. As they made their way to the exit more and more people joined up with them and continued to run to the front entrance, their exit.

When the group came into the sunlight one of the oldest of the group began calling a head count. Scion began looking for Yumi, Doc, and Axle to see if they were okay. Someone said Yumi was okay since she wasn't at work today and Doc was unaccounted for.

"Has anyone seen Axle?" Scion hollered to get someone's attention.

"Axle said he was going to make sure that Doc got out okay! He never left the building!" One of the techs that had joined up with them on the way said.

"What!" Scion yelled as he ran over to the tech and grabbed him by the collar.

"It's true! He said he was obligated to make sure that Doc was okay…so he…"

"Damn it!"

Scion shoved the man away from him and ran back into the building. He had to save Axle and help him get Doc out if he was still inside. But something became very obvious as he made his way through the building.

Why are their no fires? None of the sprinkles are going off either. What's going on!

Then it dawned on him, maybe it was another spy trying to get everyone out so that he could steal the data on the Gundam. That meant Axle and perhaps Doc were in trouble! Scion reached for his pocket and pulled out the gun that Doc had given him. He hoped he wouldn't have to use it.

He was half way there when he noticed the smell of something awful. He stopped and investigated finding three dead security guards. This put the fear of god into Scion, his worst fear had come true. Without thinking anymore he ran double time to Doc's headquarters.

Please be okay, damn it be okay. Neither of you better be dead damn it.

Scion reached the door and found it had been opened alright but they must have hacked in because the door was intact. He punched in the codes and sprang into the dark room, all the lights were off, pointing his gun at the computer screen which was the only source of light and the man that sat in front of it. He couldn't make out the mans face from this distance and soon the door behind him slid closed leaving him in a very dark room.

"Who are you and where is Doctor Takashi!" Scion demanded as he clicked the safety off his gun, though he could feel his hands shaking as he held it.

The man stood up and he seemed to laugh silently while shaking his head.

"You just had to intervene." The man said as he pointed his hand at Scion who soon heard the clicking of a safety telling him it was a gun being pointed at him.

"What does that mean! We don't even know each other." Scion said as he gripped the gun with both hands, a sure sign of weakness.

" -Sighs- Why are you being so naïve? Are you so dense that you would need light to know who I am Scion Kazuma!"

Before the lights came on Scion knew who it was, who else would call him by his full name, a few others had but they never did it more then once. The lights then came on by command and showed the man to be Axle Maverick. Scion slinked back to the wall after this revelation hit him.

" -Gasp- Axle…what…what are you doing!"? Scion demanded of his life long friend.

"What am I doing? I'm stealing the research data on this mobile suit. I am then taking it back to the Earth Alliance what else?"

"You said…you said you left them!"

"Left them? Are you nuts? They are the only way we can destroy the Coordinator menace."

"That sounds like Blue Cosmos talking!"

"I am Blue Cosmos." With that said Axle showed a small badge given to him to show he was indeed a Blue Cosmos member.

"…Why Axle, why are you doing this!"

"Why? Because the Coordinators have to die is why! The N-Jammer drop killed millions and are starving millions more! At least the EA was using nukes to end the war! ZAFT was using the Jammers to keep the war going! That drop killed all of my Earth side relatives!"

"That doesn't explain why you are here!"

"I'm here to capture that machine to use against the enemy or to destroy it. I just never expected to see you here. It was a good hunch after all to kill that recruiter."

Scion went pale, Axle killed the only man in the EA that wasn't loyal to Blue Cosmos. He gritted his teeth in confusion, how could someone change so suddenly like this, why Axle?

Axle decided to put more coals in the fire.

"Oh yeah, I killed Violet too. To show I was loyal to Blue Cosmos. Poor girl" Axle bragged after seeing how hurt Scion was with the first bit of information.

Again Scion felt his heart drop. This couldn't be right, how could someone like Axle change so much in such a short amount of time.

"So you are out for revenge! If everyone got revenge after war we would never stop fighting!"

"I don't care what you think Scion! I know that if we don't stop the Coordinators they will take everything from us Naturals!"

"If we just got over our differences we could get along!"

-BANG-

Axle shot at the ground in front of Scion. His face showing extreme anger. Scion had never seen him so angry, even when he was telling him that he was leaving the EA.

"Don't you 'ever' say something like that again! Everyone in the EA, and almost every good Natural would despise you for saying that! Do you know how many people the Coordinators have ruined because they were 'made' better? Too many! I won't stand for it! Those freaks have taken everything from me, my pride, almost all of my family and now they've taken you!"

Scion was at a lose of words. He just didn't know what to say, the people of ZAFT and the EA had in their mind every reason to attack the other. Both sides were right and both sides were wrong.

"Don't make me kill you Scion. Just step aside and let me take the machine. I don't want to have to kill a Natural, even if he is confused about who's side he's on."

"…..I can't let you take that machine. It too important to Doc for it to be stolen or destroyed. It's his dream!"

"Dreams are for fools and the only reason we dream is because we can't have what we want in real life."

Scion steadied the gun and pointed it at Axle. He stood straight up from his slouching position.

How many people spent years working on this, how many years had Doc worked on this machine. How many people did I kill before realizing that this war was wrong no matter how you looked at it….how many people will have to die before the rest of the world realizes it?

"I can't…."

At that moment a sound began playing, Axle and Scion looked over to see it was Doc's radio. It was set to come on at a certain time and play whatever was on. It was that time.

Send away for a priceless gift


One not subtle, one not on the list


Send away for a perfect world


One not simply, so absurd


In these times of doing what you're told


You keep these feelings, no one knows


What ever happened to the young man's heart


Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart


And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45,


Swimming through the ashes of another life


No real reason to accept the way things have changed


Staring down the barrel of a 45

As the words played through Scion's head it reminded him of what him and Doc both wanted and what was happening to him because of this war and this hate between Natural and Coordinators. It was true what they said…Scion was slowly falling apart and Axle was speeding the process by stabbing him where he couldn't protect himself. His heart.

Send a message to the unborn child


Keep your eyes open for a while


In a box high up on the shelf, left for you, no one else


There's a piece of a puzzle known as life


Wrapped in guilt, sealed up tight


What ever happened to the young man's heart


Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart

Again, Scion felt a similarity between this song and his own life. Every child, like himself, were going to be born into this world of hate and war, the puzzle of life it spoke of. He was one of those children. The gift was pretty on the outside and it was only for you…but it was only pretty on the outside. Again, he felt the more then ever how he was slowly breaking down….and he never even noticed it happening.

The chorus finally hit home with Scion. He was literally staring down the barrel of a 45mm Magnum, the irony. As he stared at Axle he also saw that he too was breaking down, through their conversation and this whole ordeal he was swimming through what was left of Axle's life, the ashes of his once happy existence destroyed by this war.

Everyone's pointing their fingers


Always condemning me


And nobody knows what I believe


I believe

Another point, mocking Scion's as it showed that everyone was and would be condemning him for wanting the world that he and Doc wanted. In that instant he made a vow to carry Doc's burden, to make the whole world know what he believed and why he believed it. He would carry out Doc's Revolution. He would see to it's bearing of fruit.

­-Shhhhh-

The sound of a sliding door could be heard and it was Doctor Takashi. The Doctors eyes shot open as he saw them pointing the guns at each other.

And in that instant all ties between Axle and Scion were cut, all of their years together were erased as if they had never happened, in that instant instinct took over. Axle's eyes glowed and Scion knew that he was going to kill him and then the Doc and in that same instant he knew that he had to kill Axle.

It was inevitable.

BANG BANG

Doctor Takashi sat wide eyes as both men staggered back, Scion sliding down the wall into a sitting position and Axle falling straight to the ground. Scion shot in the stomach and Axle between the eyes.

In the silence the song finished with these words, to mock Scion...to mock his existance.

And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45 (45),


(And I'm) Swimming through the ashes of another life (another life)


(There is) No real reason to accept the way things have changed


Staring down the barrel of a 45

Scion stared straight ahead at the collapsed figure in front of him and despite how it was known to men that crying was a sign of weakness Scion couldn't stop the tears from coming. His best friend lay dead because of him, Violet lay dead because she spoke out for him, the recruiter lay dead because he helped him, and all the people on Junius Seven…who else would die because of him?

-RIIIIIIIIIIIIIING-

The alarm for an attack was issued through the automatic system. Scion stared up still fazed from everything. The Doc has said nothing and needed to say nothing. Scion stood up with the wound in his gut still bleeding but no one else would die because of him today, to many people had died because of him already and he would see no more because of him.

"I'm taking the Gundam. No more deaths today."

"Okay. I'll get the rest of the techs inside to help with the automated defenses and to guide you."

Scion nodded and with a slow start Scion made his way to the Hangar Bay and his Gundam.

Above Doc's Research Base, 2:30 P.M.

A sizable EA fleet was coming to confiscate the Gundam or destroy it. Two capital ships along with 4 carriers, if it was a Gundam then they would need a lot of fire power to fight it. The crew of the ships watched as they came closer to the fort. Soon they would demand the machine or they would begin to bombard the lab.

Hangar Bay, 2:30 P.M.

Scion was strapped in to the Gundam. It was fueled and equipped with everything that was made for it, it had no optional armaments. It was ready for launch.

"Scion." Doc's voice came over the com.

"Yeah?"

"We have everything up and running. This is will be the last or the launch before the last. My plan goes into action as of now. You have to make a choice."

"Consider your revolution in the making, Doc."

"…Thank you, Scion."

"Don't thank me yet." Scion brought up the starting screen and began a quick run through as the Gundam was lifted unto the catapult.

"Ready to launch Scion."

"Roger."

"3..."

"2..."

"1..."

"Scion Kazuma, launching!"

From a concealed position in the base the machine everyone was looking for could be seen being thrust into the air by a linear catapult. The completed Gundam with no name headed right for the enemy fleet which was easily in view. The fleet's carriers dispatched it's mobile armors into the air to intercept the enemy machine.

"No one's getting near that base!" Scion cried as he pushed the thrusters with the funnels to full strength. The response was the capital ships anti-air missiles being launched while the Mobile Armors shot at him with random weapons ranging from missiles to the linear gun. They all collided on the mobile suit causing a semi-large explosion. The attacking fleet waiting to see what remained of the enemy suit.

From the smoke came purple lights as the vision of a mobile suit surrounded in a purple energy casing.

"You'll have to do better then missiles to get through this shield. Maybe you should try the main guns on this lone mobile suit!" Scion spoke harshly, but he knew that most of the missiles blew up in the explosion and he knew he was starting to get sloppy since his wound was only covered up and not really taken care of.

"You insolent little! He wants the main guns! Fire the main guns! Aim at the machine but if he dodges it I want it to blow the base!" The commander of the fleet barked. The other crew mumbled about how easy the pilot aggravated the man but followed orders. Soon Scion could see that they were going to fire the main guns.

"Shit…I can't block that."

"Scion! This is Takashi. Dodge the shot, I got a plan."

"You sure?"

"Very."

In the base Doctor Takashi looked at everyone around him. They all knew what he was advising and they slowly nodded. They stood up and each spoke out stating that they would be happy to give whatever was needed to see that suit go free and that it's data not fall into the enemy hands.

Since the suit was in combat it would never be capture that left only the data. Doctor Takashi nodded and sat back down and so did everyone else, though they never went back to work…

­-BZZZZTTT-

The odd noise of the main gun firing could be see and Scion had already moved out of the way, but they seemed intent on using the base as a way to get him to intercept the blast. They fired and Scion watched as the blast traveled down to the base.

"What is your plan Doc!"

"To let it hit us…"

"What!" Scion turned his machine as the blast traveled past him. He gave chase hoping to catch it.

"We need to destroy any evidence that this machine existed or was built here. You are then to do with that machine as you please. It's yours, I give it to you."

The fleet gave chase to the fleeing Gundam as it tried to catch the beam, Scion was again feeling that he was killing everyone around him.

"Doc, damn it why!"

"It's okay boy. We've all decided on this, there is a booklet under your seat with information…. you are our legacy now. Complete what we started….for all of us."

"DOC!"

-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM-

Scion froze, along his machine as the whole base went up in smoke. Destroyed along with his friends, his pals, his would be father, and his life. Again he saw his life crumble away by the act of war. Scion turned his Gundam around to face the enemy. His enemy, and the enemy of Doc and everyone that died.

The enemy of his beliefs.

In that instant Scion felt a growth inside of him, a purpose that was blossoming inside of himself. A reason to stand up and against this war, a reason to pick himself up and never look back. It was Doc's dream that was now his. In this instant he was a renegade mobile suit pilot. ((An explanation of Scion's SEED mode and it's first happening.))

He was a new person, a man that knew what needed to be done and what needed to be done was to destroy this fleet and regain Doctor Takashi's honor. He looked at all his opponents with glossy eyes. The enemy stayed still while waiting for the machine to make it's move.

In a flash of jet fire and moving metal, the funnels detached from the mobile suit and launched themselves in groups of two at the enemy with the Gundam moving towards one of the enemy carriers. The ships began firing at the Gundam and the fast moving funnels. Soon explosions filled the air as the funnels were too small to hit, and they didn't have a radar signal for locking on. The fast moving mobile suit was just to far beyond the mobile armors for them to make any sort of difference against the enemy machine.

All the while Scion was sitting in the cockpit of his mobile suit as his eyes darted from one direction to the other. He sat completely relaxed with his fingers twitching on the trigger of his machine's weapons when he needed to fire them. The funnels moved with fantastic speed and deadly accuracy, Scion in his increased state of spatial awareness magnified by the Psycho-Frame gave him super-human control over the weapons.

"My god. It's destroying the entire mobile armor attack force." One of the soldiers in the commanders ship stated in awe of the mobile suits power and the pilots prowess.

"It's just one machine, how can it do all this! We have six ships!"

"With those things flying around it's like we're fighting seven enemies and the mobile armors have to lock on manually and they're to small to hit with our own weapons and the enemy mobile suit is too close to our allies. At this rate it will have us all destroyed in roughly ten minutes."

"….Order a retreat. Now. Call back the pilots and I want a full retreat. Now!"

On the outside Scion had reached one of the carriers and punched a hole in it with the anti-armor shotgun attachment that was equipped from the last sortie. One more shot to the bridge had it heading straight for the ground. All over the funnels were cleaning up the weak mobile armors that just couldn't stand up to the beam weaponry they had equiped. As the battle dragged on and the fleet began it's withdraw the Funnels began grouping together into larger groups until finally they met up with Scion.

"Got you." Scion said as he came on the next carrier, he aimed all the funnels along with the anti-armor shotgun at the carrier. The combined power caused it to explode. He then set his sights on the next one and made for it, blasting through a few mobile armors with the beam rifle as they made a hasty retreat.

That's right…run…run as far and as fast as you can.

Scion reattached the funnels to give him a burst of speed. The new speed allowed him to easily get to the last of the carriers which he dropped his beam rifle and unleashed his beam saber. He raised the saber and brought it down cutting at the bridge of the ship and also causing enough damage to destroy it. The other had retreated a while ago. He then turned his attention to the now drifting capital ships.

"Can I get them from here?" Came Scion's soft almost sleepy voice. His calm was not natural that he knew but at this point he didn't care. He aimed the beam rifle, the funnels detached once again and aimed as well.

-BZZZT-

The beams from the beam rifle and the funnels streamed across the sky at the enemy ship. Whether they made contact or not he didn't know. He did know that the ship didn't go down….it was lucky.

Unknown Point, 5:30 P.M.

Scion sat in the cockpit of 'his' machine. He sat reading through the booklet that the Doc has said was under his seat. It had a place to go if this should happen. It also had a number of contacts to go see and how to contact them should they need to be contacted.

For the next few hours Scion thought about everything that had happened to him in the last months. The betrayal of the EA, Axle's betrayal, the killing of Doc, the disappearance of Yumi, and the revolution he was to bring about. As he finished those thoughts another came to him. He quickly pulled down the keyboard and began putting in commands.

"Yes….that is your name….." Scion said as the screen blinked once then confirmed the given code name for the machine.

It's name…was Revolution….Gundam Revolution.

Author's Notes: I was looking forward to this chapter so much that I did it all in one day. Most of the plots come full circle here, giving you some answers, some questions and some dark places where you are like what's gonna happen next. This is by far the biggest fighting scene and will be the first of many to come since we are into the bulk of the story now.

I don't know what the EA earth forces are. I'm not sure that the Mobile Armors of the EA can be used Earth side but they don't have anything else besides normal fighter planes so I'll just say they are MA's(mobile armors)

The song was a nice touch I think since it had so much to do with the story up to this point and I mean that both literally and figuratively(sp?)

Also, I decided to change the name of this chapter since I found a better name for it. Sorry for the change.

Well I hope you all enjoyed this and will read more as Scion moves into yet another huge change in his life as a renegade Gundam Pilot.