"You may awaken now."

The figure in the tank opened its eyes and stared at the man in front of him. His hair was long and dark green. He managed to smash his way through the tank, breaking out without any clothes on. The look in his eye was cold and lifeless. His heart was full of rage. His mind was focused on destruction to all that stand in his way.

"Good...your awake. Welcome to the ZAFT spaceship...Orion"

The young man just stared at Ryo.

"I need you to destroy the Earth forces. With them out of the way, we'll be able to destroy the earth."

Orion just stared at Ryo. His eyes soon flashed with anger across them. Fear flashed through Ryo's eyes. He took a step back when Orion stepped closer. His started beating faster and faster.

"What...what are you giving me that look for!"

Orion then ran toward Ryo, using his hand as sword, thrusting it through his chest. Ryo spat out some blood. Then, he slammed Ryo hard to the wall. He walked up to the bleeding, and barely alive Ryo. He then started talking in a deep, emotionless voice.

"Nobody tells me what to do."

He then smashed Ryo's head in, killing him.

The young man threw the dead body into space. Then he went to the nearest wardrobe and found a ZAFT chairman uniform. He went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. He grabbed a pair of scissors. Then, he started snipping, shortening his hair. After cutting his hair, Orion put on the uniform, which fitted him well. An hour later, he walked out and went to the hull. An evil grin was on his face when he looked at his new mobile suit. It looked like a half-human, half-snake. It's chest was red. The arms were pure gold, and the hands were black. It's wings were silver. The head was was dark green and the tail was silver. It was ten times more powerful then Strike Freedom.

"Ah. My new mobile suit. The ZGMF-X10A Chaos Apocalypse."

The young man started to laugh, filling the whole room with his insane laughter. Meanwhile, Kira was in his room. He was thinking about what Shinn about ZAFT's plan.

'Artificial Coordinator...just like me.'

His thoughts are soon interupted when Lacus came in. She saw the saddest look in his eyes. Tears were forming and falling from them. Kira was more sad and confused then he ever was. Lacus put her hand on Kira's shoulder. Kira turned and saw a smiling Lacus. His heart soon melted into the smile.

"What were you thinking about?" she asked, innocently.

"I was just thinking about what Shinn said. You know...about the artificial Coordinator. He's just like...me."

Lacus gave him a confused look.

"I was created as the Ultimate Coordinator by my father...Ulen Hibiki. He made me...and I was born outside of my mother's womb. Cagalli, on the other hand, was born as a natural. Therefore, she wasn't created like I was."

Lacus stared at him for a few seconds.

"I see...but just because you two were both created...doesn't mean your the same."

Kira turned to Lacus.

"I'm saying that you two are different people. You, Kira Yamato, were born as a human to remain and be happy on Earth, and that artificial coordinator, was born to destroy it."

"Lacus..."

"Come...there is something I must show you."

Kira followed Lacus out of the room. Meanwhile, Shinn and Lunamaria were in the infirmary. Shinn looked out the window, while Luna was staring at Shinn. She started to worry about him. She saw tears forming in his eyes. Shinn pulled his knees closer to his face and hid his face between his knees. He started crying. Not taking it anymore, Luna put her arms around Shinn, but he kept on crying. His scream filled the whole room. His heart was filled with sadness and a little bit of anger.

"I...I couldn't defeat him...I couldn't defeat Ryo."

"Shinn..."

Shinn turned to Lunamaria with tears in his eyes.

"I'm sorry..."

Lunamaria put her hand on his face.

"I...I let him hurt you...and...I let him kill my family..."

Shinn's eyes broke down into nothing but tears. He clenched on tightly to the blanket. Luna put her hand on Shinn's shoulder. He looked up at her with his watery crimson red eyes. He looked into her eyes and his tears subsided. He pulled Lunamaria's head down and pulled his lips out, making her's touch them. Luna returned the kiss. For what seemed like almost an eternity, the two were stuck like that. Lunamaria broke the kiss and smiled at Shinn. He smiled back. Then, something snapped into her mind.

"Follow me. I have something to show you."

"Okay."

Shinn followed her out of the infirmary. Meanwhile, everyone was in the cockpit of the Archangel and saw the most horrifying thing they have ever faced.

"Is that...?" asked Athrun.

"It can't be..." said Murrue.

"What the hell...!" yelled Dearka.

Everyone satred at the enormous gundam. Inside it, was Orion.

Murrue turned to everyone.

"We're going to need some serious backup if we're going to survive this battle. Where the hell are Kira and Shinn!"

"I sent Lacus and Lunamaria to them to go get there new mobile suits." said

Mwu.

"You What! Ah, whatever. Athrun and Dearka will have to hold this guy off."

They both nodded in unison.

A few minutes later, Athrun and Dearka were in there mobile suits.

"Athrun Zala. Infinite Justice. Launch."

"Dearka Elsman. Buster. Launch."

Both of their Gundams launched into battle to fight for their lives.

"Get ready Dearka."

"Dude, I'm always ready."

Both of them charged at the enormous gundam. Meanwhile, Shinn, Kira, Lacus, and Lunamaria were in the place that was holding the new mobile suits. Kira and Lacus stood in front of one of the most advanced versions of the Strike.

"Is this...my new mobile suit?"

Lacus nodded.

"This the X30A Strike Zero, one of the most powerful and advanced gundams ever."

Kira turned to Lacus.

"But why give it to me?"

"Mwu thought that you might need it now. So he sent me to give it to you."

Kira stared at Lacus, who was looking down.

"Thanks."

He lightly grabbed Lacus' hands. She looked into his eyes, and he looked into hers.

"I promise to return to your side."

Lacus just stared at him.

"When this war is over, let's create a world of our own...with everyone."

"Yes."

Meanwhile, Shinn and Lunamaria were in front of another mobile suit that was as powerful as the Strike Zero.

"This, Shinn, is the X30B Destiny Impulse."

Shinn stared at the gundam. Then, he turned back to Lunamaria.

"You're...giving this gundam to me?"

Lunamaria nodded.

"Mwu felt that you might need it...and so do I."

Shinn nodded.

"Thank you."

Meanwhile, in the middle of a raging battle, Athrun and Dearka were charging at the ZGMF-X10A Chaos Apocalypse. Athrun repeatedly shot at the huge gundam. Dearka pulled out his gun and shot a huge beam at it. It was a direct hit. They both looked at the cloud of smoke in front of them. When the smoke cleared, both their eyes widened. The huge gundam appeared out of the smoke without even a scratch on it. Orion charged at both of them. He pulled out his gun and started shooting both of them. They both dodged the oncoming attacks. Athrun charged at Orion. Pulling out his blades, he started slashing at him with everything he's got. It was futile, as Orion grabbed the blades and broke them. Dearka grabbed the gundam by the tail. He started pulling on it, but Orion swung him right into Athrun. The two drifted for a few seconds, but then got back up and went straight toward Orion. However, Dearka was blown back by an incoming punch from Orion, but Athrun kept on charging. Orion then shot multiple shots. Athrun kept on dodging. He looked at his meter and was shocked. His power meter was running low. The blasts then destroyed his arms, legs, and head. The rest of his gundam turned gray. Orion then turned his hands into cannons. One aimed at Athrun and the other aimed at the Archangel. Dearka regained consciousness and was surprised at the situation.

"You, in the other mobile suit. You have two choices: save your friend, or save your ship."

Dearka hesitated. An idea soon struck his brain. The cannons fired. Dearka threw his shield to protect Athrun, which intercepted the shot. He then threw himself in front of the Archangel. Miriallia's eyes widened when she saw Dearka protect the Archangel without his shield. Tears formed in her eyes.

"DEARKA!"

"There is still someone on this ship I want to protect. Someone precious to me. And that person is...Miriallia...my wife."

There was huge cataclysmic explosion. As the smoke cleared, the Archangel was still in one peace, but the Buster was horrible condition. They saw half the chest float by. So they pulled Athrun and the half chest of the Buster. Miriallia ran toward the last remain of the Buster. She ran and suddenly a smile appeared on her face. She saw that Dearka was still alive, but he had lost his legs. So they took him to the infirmary. Miriallia followed them. Meanwhile, Orion aimed his cannon at the Archangel again. Murrue's eyes widened as she thought that this would be the end. The blast started, but it never came. Her eyes widened again as she saw two gundams protect the ship. They were none other then Kira and Shinn.

"You just leave this to me, Kira."

"You wish."

Orion, angered, yelled at the both of them.

"You dare protect this ship from my attack!"

Shinn grew tired of Orion's nonsense.

"There are people on this ship that we have to protect! People important to us!"

"That's right! And we won't let you hurt them!"

Kira and Shinn entered SEED mode.

"So be it! I'll destroy you all!"

Orion entered SEED mode.

Shinn and Kira charged at Orion, and he charged at them.

To be continued...

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