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Phase Thirty-Five: Day of Wrath

"All you Naturals, mark this moment well. Let this light usher in the creation of the Coordinators' world!" Wu said as Rau watched on with an insane smirk. "Fire!"

GENESIS fired... And hell was unleashed upon the Earth Alliance fleet.

The beam tore through the fleet. Nothing could stop it. Nothing could withstand it. The hulls of even the mightiest ships in Alliance fleet nothing compared to GENESIS's firepower. Dozens of Agamemnon, Nelson, and Drake-class ships were destroyed in an instant, alongside countless Moebius mobile armors and Strike Dagger mobile suits. Their armor of their hulls and machines might as well be made of paper against the powerful beam of GENESIS. In a matter of seconds, one half of the Alliance fleet was gone.

Just about everyone watching was stunned and horrified. The surviving Earth Alliance forces, the Clyne Faction forces and even the ZAFT forces could only stare at the detestation brought upon the Alliance forces.


Jachin Due Command and Control Room

"GENESIS fired at 60 percent maximum output." a technician reported.

"Estimated fifty percent of enemy forces destroyed." another added. "The enemy forces are retreating."

"Commence cool-down. Remove reflector mirror one and move mirror two into position."

Up on the command platform, Hong Fa Wu and Rau Le Creuset grinned at what they had wrought. "Your Excellency, I am astonished to see how incredible GENESIS truly is." Rau commented.

"There is no point in fighting a war unless you have the means to end it with victory." Wu replied.


The Dominion

"Our CSS is destroyed. Requesting permission to return to the ship at once."

"God...How could they do that..."

"Captain! Come in Captain! Do you read me?"

"Where's the Alexander? Has anyone seen the Alexander?"

Everyone one was stunned and horrified at just what had happened. The entire fleet was in disarray. Even Natarle was speechless. But she knew that if their surviving forces were to recover, someone needed to take the lead. "Get a hold of yourselves and find out what ships we have left!" Natarle said over the comm, trying to reestablish order amongst the forces of the Alliance. "What's the status of our flagship, the Hood?"

"The Hood's identification code has completely disappeared." the radar operator replied.

"No response from the Cook or the Grant either." Flay added.

With the Hood, the Grant and the Cook gone, the Dominion was now the flagship of the fleet. She glanced at Azrael. The man seemed paralyzed with terror and rage. He wasn't going to be giving any orders any time soon. "Fire the signal flares. All remaining ships are to withdraw immediately." she ordered.

"Firing signal flares now." Ensign Lockhart replied.


The Archangel

Though the forces of the Clyne Faction had been out of the field of fire, sparing them from the wrath of the massive beam, they were just as stunned and horrified as the Earth Forces.

"The Earth Forces are withdrawing from the area." Sai reported.

"Captain Ramius, we should also retreat for now." Andrew Waltfeld added.

Murrue nodded. "Yes...Recall all mobile suits."


Jachin Due

Hong Fa Wu stood up from his chair. "Courageous soldiers of ZAFT! We can no longer tolerate the aggression of the arrogant Naturals! Once again, the PLANTs have come under nuclear attack! This is no longer a war! It is a campaign of extermination!" he shouted. "We can no longer forgive the Naturals who commit these atrocities without remorse!"

"Our new future! For the light of creation is with us! This is a day of history! Making the advent of a bright new world of Coordinators! The new Mankind!"

The control room filled with cheers and chants of 'Victory'.


The surviving Alliance forces were in full retreat. However, a number of ZAFT forces were less than willing to let them leave. GINNs and GuAIZs chased after retreating Strike Daggers as ZAFT warships fired on the fleeing Earth warships.

"Stop it!" Kira shouted, firing on a pair of GINNs. "Stop firing on those that cannot fight back!"

His beams destroyed the rifles and heads of the GINNs, forcing them to retreat and allowing the surviving Strike Daggers to reach the safety of the Alliance fleet. With his job done, he regrouped with Athrun and the two headed back for their fleet.

"This is madness." Chris said as the Exia pulled alongside the two. "As if nukes weren't bad enough, ZAFT creates a...I don't know...a massive death ray!" He let out a sigh before continuing. "The nukes were one thing. We could intercept those. But that thing…How do we stop that thing?"

"I don't know. I honestly don't know." Kira answered.

Athrun could only shake his head and wonder why his father's old friend would build such a weapon, much less use it.


The Dominion

Several Hours Later

Natarle sighed as she studied the causality list. That new weapon of ZAFT had been devastating. Approximately half the fleet had been wiped out by that one attack. In addition, there were the losses they had incurred in the battle prior to the attack and during their retreat. The fleet was a mess. At the moment, they were all struggling just to deal with the damage they had sustained.

"That's right! I'm dead serious! This is a result of the negligence shown by you guys at the top by letting this war drag on!" Azrael ranted on the comm to Fleet Command.

Suddenly, his rant was interrupted. "Captain! The Churchill is emitting a distress signal!"

The Fleet had suffered enough losses already. They had to help them out before they lost more good men and women. "Tell them that we'll move to assist them immediately." Natarle ordered.

"Don't be an idiot!" Azrael shouted. "They want backup? Why should this ship have to help them?"

"Director Azrael. We have to-"

"All surviving ships are to prepare to resume the attack immediately!" he said, countermanding her order. "We need to concentrate on resupplying and maintenance!"

"But that's insane!" she argued. "You know very well the damage our forces have sustained!"

"Reinforcements and supplies will be arriving from Lunar HQ in no time!" he countered as he moved back to his seat. "You're the one who doesn't understand the situation! Take a look! We cannot afford to leave that thing out there! What do they mean 'the Naturals' barbaric nuclear weapons'? They can destroy the Earth from there. That device of theirs is by far the more barbaric weapon. And we have no idea when they'll point that thing at Earth. If we sit back and wait, they'll fire that thing again and it will be all over."

At that moment, there was a flash of light from a nearby explosion. Natarle didn't need confirmation to know what happened. The Churchill had exploded. Natarle scowled but didn't say anything. As much as he hated this man, he was her superior and she had no choice but to follow his orders.

"It's all because you military types gave them all the time in the world to build that monstrosity!" Azrael said. "Maybe it's crazy, but we have to destroy that thing and the PLANTs before they destroy Earth!"

Ensign Lockhart could only stare at the remains of the Churchill, the ship that had blown up due to the lack of aid.

She clenched her fists so tightly she drew blood. How had those brave men and women reacted during their last moments of life? And how had they felt when they had realized that they had been abandoned by the Dominion and Azrael?

Turning to face the man, tears flew away from her eyes as she glared at him. "What was that for?! Don't you realize that those men and women were expecting help?!" She snarled.

Azrael just glared back at her. "So what? They would have been a liability in the end." He replied.

"What happened to the cooperation that once ruled the world?! Has everyone become so indifferent that they could care less about the LIVES of the men and women under their command?!" The ensign snapped back. "Those people were in NEED OF AID!"

"And those who can't help themselves do not deserve to live." Azrael said in a low voice. "That crew was worthless if they took damage to their ship."

By now, Ensign Lockhart had had it. She reached for her gun and pulled it out, aiming the barrel at Azrael's head. "Give me one reason why I should not shoot you now." She snarled.

The man just smirked at her. "The crew here will protect me." He replied. "You see, you are outnumbered."

Ensign Lockhart growled, but put away her firearm. "You do not understand how the real world works, Director Azrael." She said. "How the world used to work was very different from what you know today. And that is never truer than now."

Azrael and the rest of the bridge crew stared at her in confusion.

"What are going on about, boy?" he asked.

"What I am saying is that the world needs international cooperation, built on trust and actions that back up those claims. But right now, that is not happening. Rather, the Earth Alliance is nothing but a big organization that bullies others into joining it. I seem to recall a time when such things did not happen, when an international group helped nations to settle disputes, and when people actually CARED ABOUT OTHERS!" Ensign Lockhart shouted back. "What the Earth Alliance is right now is nothing but a bunch of bullies who like to hide behind power. They like to force others into joining them, but when faced by a stronger nation or alliance, they retreat. That is what makes the Earth Alliance so different from the United Nations, even if they are no longer the powerhouse that they once were."

Azrael stared at her words, which had hit home far closer than he was willing to admit. While it was true that the Earth Alliance did bully others into joining it, he was not going to admit it. Besides, power was what enabled him to force others into joining the Earth Alliance, and that was what made him so angry. NASA was able to stand on its own against the Earth Forces invasion fleet that had been sent to conquer the alliance and its member nations. No mere three nation alliance should have been able to do that. And yet, THEY HAD! That made him madder than he could hide, but he hid it well.

"So, you say that the Earth Alliance is nothing more than bullies? That is just sad." He said as he leaned back in his chair.

"How is it sad?"

"You are saying those things about your home. That is not what a normal soldier would say. Tell me, are you against the Earth Alliance's ideals, or are you with them?"

"I am with the Earth Alliance, but I do not agree with the way the ship abandoned the Churchill." Ensign Lockhart replied instantly.

Azrael just glared at her before he nodded. "Well, a soldier is entitled to her beliefs, I suppose, even if you have to do as I say. Just don't voice them. Otherwise you will come off as with the Coordinators."

It made her mad, but Ensign Lockhart had no choice but to back down for now. Oh, when she got him, she would do it, not just for her country, but for the crew of the Churchill as well.


The Eternal

"They fired a gamma ray beam. The rays were generated by a nuclear explosion at the source and immediately focused into a coherent beam." Erica explained. "Think of it as a giant gamma ray laser. If it was fired at Earth, the extreme radiation would burn the entire planet to a crisp. All life on Earth would be wiped out."

Lacus, Kira, Athrun, Chris, Cagalli, Heero, Liz, Nisha, Aki', Tao, Murrue, John and Andy all quietly listened to her report on this new super weapon of ZAFT. "Do you think they'll fire it again... At Earth?" Murrue asked, worried about this latest development.

"Essentially, the purpose of a weapon of mass destruction is as a deterrent." Andy answered. "However, in this case, they've already been used, both nukes and that thing. At this point, neither side will hesitate to use them again." He paused for a moment. "The first time I shot someone, it turned my stomach. But after a time, I grew use to it."

"You're saying it's the same with that weapon and nuclear weapons?"

"Isn't it? People have the ability to adapt to anything, even with battles and killing."

"Is it weapons that give birth to battles? Or is it the human soul?"

"Whether it's nuclear weapons or that weapon, we can't let them fire those things at each other again." Kira said. "If that happens, it will be too late for anything."

Athrun nodded his head. "Yeah."

"Well...I can't think of a more impossible task we've set for ourselves." Chris said, rubbing the back of his neck. "But we seem to have a habit of making the impossible possible. So how are we going to do this?"

"Well, the only thing in our favor is the fact that is cannot fire consecutive shots. My guess is that they need to change the mirrors every time it's fired. But the main section is made of phase shift armor and we have to get through Jachin Due to get to it. And their defenses are quite formidable." Andy commented, studying the layout of the ZAFT forces around Jachin Due.

"Don't worry about that." John said. "The 11th Fleet will clear the path for the Archangel, the Eternal and the Kusanagi. But I recommend that we wait until after the Earth Forces start their attack. That way, they'll draw much of Jachin Due's forces away and make things easier for us."

"You realize that you and your guys will be facing down a lot of mobile suits and warships. You realize what that means."

"Don't worry about us, Andy. We'll take anything they can throw at us." the Black Hawk replied. "Regardless of what happens to us, you guys will be in position to attack that monstrosity."

"What about the nukes?" Chris asked. "This will all be for nothing if we take out ZAFT's weapon only to have the PLANTs destroyed by nukes."

"The Freedom, Wing Zero, and the Justice, as well as some of the mobile suits on board the Archangel, can form a hunter-kill team to intercept the nukes and take out their carriers." John answered. "Once the nukes are dealt with, they can join up with the rest of us."

"How much time until they replace the mirror?" Murrue asked.

Andy scratched his chin. "I doubt it will be much longer. The real question is, will they target the Alliance's main lunar base, or will they target..."

"The Earth Forces will attack nuclear weapons again, won't they?" Kira said.

"Without a doubt." John replied, staring at the map. "No doubt, they're terrified of that weapon. I know I am. They have no choice but to use nukes now to destroy that thing."

"Sirs!" Martin shouted, interrupting the meeting. "The Alliance fleet is on the move! They're resuming their attack!"

"Speak of the devil." John said, already heading for the elevator. "Everybody better get ready. Things are about to get chaotic again."

Andy moved towards his command chair as Athrun, Chris, Heero, Aki' Tao, Liz, Nisha, Cagalli, and Murrue headed for the elevator. Kira followed, but stopped when Lacus called out to him as she headed for him. "Kira."

"Lacus." Kira said, catching the floating girl.

He glanced at everyone in the elevator, they all just smiled and John pushed a button, closing the elevator doors. A moment later, the empty elevator came back and the two teens entered it. As the elevator traveled, Lacus pulled something out of her pocket: a silver ring. "Kira, there's something I want you to have."

"Thanks." he said, accepting her gift.

Lacus stared into his eyes. "Please come back to me, okay?" she softly said.

Kira smiled and nodded. Then he kissed her cheek. "You be careful too, Lacus."


Cagalli stared at Athrun as the two headed on their own to the hanger. Athrun glanced at her. "What is it?"

"Nothing." she replied, turning away. "It's just that this time, I can go out too."

"They were finally able to assemble the Strike Rouge that they brought from Morgenroete. Good luck out there." she said.

Athrun stopped and grabbed her hand. "Wait, Cagalli. You're going out?"

"What's the matter?" Cagalli asked, annoyed at his tone. "I've received sufficient pilot training for this. And I'm a lot better than the Astray pilots!"

"Yeah...But..."

"The things we can do…the things we want to do and the things we should do, are the same for all of us, right? For you, for Kira, for Lacus and for me."

"Cagalli..."

"Sure, there are times when it's useless to go out to the battlefield and fight. But right now, it's necessary."

Athrun could only stare at her in surprise.

"Don't look at me like that. You take a lot more risks out there than I do." a very determined Cagalli said. "I won't let you die out there."

"Cagalli..."

"I won't let that guy who could be my little brother die either."

Athrun raised an eyebrow. "Little brother? Not your big brother?"

"Of course not! He's the younger one!" Cagalli practically shouted at him.

Athrun smiled. "You're right." he said before embracing her in a hug.

Cagalli could only blush as the two stood there for moment. "I'm lucky to have met you." Athrun added before breaking the hug. "I'll protect you."

The two then kissed.


The Archangel's Hanger

A Short While Later

Mu sat in the Strike's cockpit, waiting for the order to launch, when there was a knock on the hatch. He turned on a camera to see who it was. It was Murrue. Mu opened the hatch and stepped out, pulling off his helmet as he left the Strike.

"I thought I wouldn't make it in time." Murrue said to him.

Mu chuckled. "Wouldn't make it to what?"

He then noticed the floating necklace around her neck. "He was a mobile armor pilot, wasn't he?"

"Yes." Murrue answered, her tone soft and quiet.

"Don't worry. I'll be coming back. I promise." Mu said before pulling her into a kiss.


Liz drifted up to Nisha, who was in the Z.A.M. Gundam's cockpit. She was wearing her pilot suit, helmet in hand as she reached him.

"Hey." She said.

"Hey."

"Look, about going out there…I just wanted to say, well…you know…good luck. And that I'll cover you should you ever need it." Liz said.

Nisha looked up, noticing the blush on her face. "Hey, are you…" a small blush creeped onto his face as well.

Both pilots were silent before Liz did what Nisha thought was impossible. She kissed him. He was flushed with embarrassment, but he melted into the kiss and kissed back. Both pulled apart to give the other air.

"Thanks." Nisha replied as he smiled at her. Liz smiled back before she drifted back towards the Dynames.


By the time the Clyne Faction forces reached the Jachin Due area, the battle was already in full swing. They quickly started deploying all of their mobile suits. The Eternal's mobile suit catapult opened up as the Freedom was loaded onto it. "Kira Yamato. Freedom Gundam taking off." Kira said launching from the Eternal.

The second the Freedom cleared the catapult, the Justice was loaded onto it. "Athrun Zala. Justice launching."

Once they had launched, the METEORs were released and mounted onto the two mobile suits.

At the same time, the Archangel's catapults also opened up as the Strike and the Exia were loaded onto them.

"Mu La Flaga. Strike launching."

"Chris Dante. Exia launching."

The two machines took off, the Strike's phase shift activating. The next two machines were loaded onto the catapults.

"Saul Kessel. Surge takin' off."

"Dearka Elsman. Buster launching."

Both cleared the catapults and took off as the next two were loaded on as well.

"Nisha Itsuno. Z.A.M. Gundam launching."

Wing Zero took off with only the roar of fire and noise being the indicator that it was launched.

They cleared the catapults and the final two machines were loaded.

"Liz Dante. Dynames launching."

"Nicol Amalfi. Neo Blitz taking off."

The Kusanagi's catapult opened. "Cagalli Yula Athha. Strike Rouge launching."

The Strike Rouge took off, followed by the Astrays. Meanwhile, the hanger doors of the Odin, the Valkyrie, and the Einherjar, opened. "John Alaric. Farsight II launching."

The Farsight took off, followed by the rest of the 11th Fleet's mobile suits.

Next up were the 7th Fleet's ships and machines.

"Tao White. Diver launching."

"Akira Nishikama. Wing launching."

The two machines took off with the rest of the elite unit's machines behind them.

"Alright, listen up boys and girls." John said to his pilots. "This is it. ZAFT and the Alliance are set to wipe each other out, unless we can stop them. And it falls to us, the men and women of the 11th Fleet, to clear the path for the rest of our forces. That means we can't stop for anything. We must break through the ZAFT lines to reach that weapon, which means we must fight and even kill our former comrades. Normally, I would ask you all to aim your shots carefully, but we don't have the time for that. For the sake of everyone within the PLANTs and on Earth, nothing can be allowed to stop us. 11th Fleet, move out!"

The warships and mobile suits of the 11th Fleet took off, heading for Jachin Due as the rest of the Clyne Faction prepared to follow after them. "Good luck out there everyone." John added.


Jachin Due

"So it begins." Zane said, powering up the Retribution. "The end of this wretched, accursed world. But it can't end yet. Not until I finish one thing first."

The hanger doors opened. "Retribution launching." Zane said, taking off.


Jachin Due Control Room

"Second mirror block is almost in place." an operator reported.

"Input the target data. Lunar surface, the Earth Forces' Ptolemaeus Crater Base." Wu ordered.

Officers rushed to input the targeting data. "Where is the location of the Earth Forces' reinforcements?" he asked.

"At Green Alpha 5, Mark 3."

Wu smirked. 'Perfect. We win, Naturals.'

"Sir! Earth Forces are breaking through Area Seven!"

"We're almost ready. Tell our forces to hold on for a bit longer." Wu said to the man.

"Then shall I go as well?" Rau asked.

"Yes."

Rau nodded and started to walk away when Wu stopped him. "Le Creuset. I won't forgive any more of your blunders. The least you could do for failing to destroy the Eternal, is stop them from attacking the PLANTs with it."

"Even if that means killing Athrun?" Rau asked, not actually caring for his answer.

Wu scowled, barely containing his rage. "Of course!

Rau saluted. "Understood sir." he said before continuing to hanger.


The Archangel

"Captain! There's an unknown mobile suit approaching at Blue 12, Mark 4. Distance 600 and closing.

Chris knew who it was. "I'll deal with him. You guys continue on ahead." He said, heading for the approaching enemy.

"But..." Murrue started.

"Don't worry about me." Chris replied cutting her off. "Like John said, we can't stop for anything. I'll hold him off by myself."

"Very well then. But be careful."

The Exia continued on, heading to intercept the approaching mobile suit. When he could see the mobile suit with his own eyes, it only confirmed what he already knew. It was the Retribution.

"It's time to end this once and for all." Zane said as the two approached each other. "And what better place than where all of humanity will end."

"It doesn't have to be this way Zane." Chris said. "When the Bloody Valentine happened, I became like you, angry and hateful at the world for what happened: Bluu Cosmos for doing such a thing. The Earth Alliance for letting Blue Cosmos to do such a thing, ZAFT for not being able to protect our home, even myself for not being there and dying with them. But I accepted those feelings and moved on."

Zane fired on him, but Chris dodged the shots. "And that is why you and I are different. You have forgotten them. All of them. Jenn. Sara. Kai. Micheal. Johnny. Gabriel. My parents. Your parents. All of them died that day." he replied. "I haven't forgotten them!"

"Nor have I!" Chris shot back, firing his GN Vulcan. "Every day I remember them! I remember their faces! I remember their voices! I remember their smiles! I remember all the good times we had! I will never forget them! I'm just not fixating on their deaths! Nor am I trying to avenge their deaths by destroying everything!"

Zane sidestepped the shots, firing his right Punishment cannon at him. "You think I'm doing this for them?" he asked as Chris evaded the shot. "I'm doing this because this is what humanity deserves! After the Bloody Valentine, when Rau Le Creuset found me, I was broken. Pathetic. But he showed me the truth of humanity! We mistrust each other. We're intolerant of each other. We hate each other. And we kill each other! That's all we know how to do! That's all we ever do! Look at them! ZAFT and the Earth Alliance are about to wipe each other out for reason beyond their own hatred!"

The two continued to exchange fire, but neither seemed to be able to be able to best the other. The Retribution had the superior firepower, but the Exia was faster and more maneuverable, allowing it to evade the fire of the Retribution. "Naturals were envious of Coordinators. Coordinators looked down on Naturals. That's how it started. Then the Naturals grew to fear and hate the Coordinators for their enhanced abilities. While the Coordinators began to believe that because of their enhanced genes, they were the next, superior breed of human and grew to despise the 'inferior' Naturals whom they believed were holding them back." Zane said as they battled. "Then men like Hong Fa Wu and Muruta Azrael, men that couldn't tolerate the existence of the other race, emerged and the Coordinators and Naturals willingly lined up behind those men. Why? Because they appealed to the true hearts and desires of people!"

"You're wrong!" Chris shouted, as he flew around dodging Zane's firing. He pushed the controls hard to their limits and charged at the Retribution. "Coordinators. Naturals. We're all people. Flawed, but decent people. All of us have the same dream: to live a decent life. The petty hatred between Coordinators and Naturals must end. It brings nothing but suffering to everyone." he said, igniting the Exia's beam weapons. "Those were your own words! And you were right! That's all people want! To live a decent life in safety and security! But men like Azrael and Wu play on people's fears and problems! Blaming the other and getting their people to fear and hate them!"

A seed shattered in Chris's mind as the Retribution's bayonets activated. Zane thrust the beams forward, intending to impale the Exia with them. But Chris was faster. He turned the Exia on its right side and deactivated his left beam saber. The Exia flew dangerously close to the Retribution, its single beam blade cutting through the Retribution's left multi-phase cannon. Zane quickly discarded the cannon just before it exploded. The Retribution then spun around and fired its remaining cannons at the back of the Exia, but Chris managed to dodge the shots. "Looks like the Exia is at least as strong as one of your cannons." Chris said, turning back towards the Retribution.

Zane growled. "You got lucky. But no more! I'll crush you with this mobile suit! Even if it's the last thing I do!" he yelled as his own seed shattered.

The Retribution's cannons let loose a furious barrage. Chris dodged most of the shots. But one found its mark, hitting the Exia's left shoulder. The Exia shook violently as its joint was hit. Chris quickly pulled it back to a safe distance and fired its GN Vulcan. One of the shots hit its target. The Retribution's remaining Punishment multi-phase cannon. The cannon exploded. "Gah! I'm not beaten that easily." Zane said, drawing his beam sabers.

Chris drew his own sabers and the charged forward, their blades clashing. The Exia was strong, but the Retribution's power was far greater in terms of beam weaponry. The Retribution overpowered the light blue machine in some areas, pushing it back before bringing down his sabers. Chris sidestepped to the left. But he didn't quite make it. The Retribution's sabers sliced through the barrels of the Exia's GN Vulcan and right leg armor. Chris took that moment to thrust his left saber at the Retribution, but one of its sub arms rose up and blocked the saber with its own. Zane laughed as he kicked the Exia back. "Your luck has run out. You don't stand a chance against the Retribution in that piece of junk, even if it is a new machine."

The Exia flew back from the kick but it quickly righted itself. "It doesn't matter." Chris said. "I don't care how superior your machine is to the Exia! I will not lose! I will not let your insane dream happen! Even if I die here, I won't let you win!"


The Strike fired its rifle, destroying a Strike Dagger. He fired at another when he felt it. It was like the feeling he felt whenever Rau was near. Rau was near.


Chris found his SEED pulsating in his mind before it shattered to reveal a pulsating light that then flared into a nova. It was indescribable. Zane fired his beam cannons at the Exia. But to Chris, he could see patterns he never knew existed and knew where the shots were going to hit, allowing him to avoid the shots and before Zane could react, sliced the tips of the cannons off. "Impossible..." a stunned Zane whispered.

"I told you, I won't let you win." Chris replied. "That's four cannons down. It looks like the power of your cannons isn't as great as the Exia's."

The Retribution's remaining sub arm unfolded. "Fine then." Zane said with all four of the Retribution's sabers casting a crimson glow on the mobile suit. "We'll settle this with swords, something that I have a distinct advantage in."

"We'll see." Chris replied.

Both pilot roared, charging forward.


Jachin Due

"Mirror block in place. N-Jammer Canceller activated. Connecting to nuclear cartridge. All systems connected. All clear to fire." an operator reported.

"Fire!" Wu ordered, unleashing GENESIS upon the Earth Forces again.


Nisha fired on a pair of Strike Daggers, which then exploded in twin balls of heat and energy. The missiles had found their mark.

He then turned and fired on another Dagger that was after him from behind. The cannon blasts hit their mark, taking out the Dagger as well as another one that was beside it. More wreckage floated amongst the combatants.

The Z.A.M. Gundam had taken some hits prior, but nothing too severe. He was just missing one of the missile covers for the chest chamber. Other than that, his machine was intact, save for that missing cover.

Nisha looked back, only to see the fighting still going on. How he wished that the fighting would end so that he could go back the life that he had once had before the whole mess had started. But it seemed impossible now.

His home had been destroyed by ZAFT, his cousin had joined ZAFT only to leave again, he had lost his mother and Tolle, and he had gotten into more combat than anyone else other than those on the ship he was now proud to call his home base.

He had no regrets on what he had done, and he had gotten a potential lover out of it. And if he was given the chance to do it all over again, he would. That was how happy he was with his decision to fight.

True, Nisha had come to hate the killing he had done, but it was all part of war, right? That was unavoidable true, but it could also be avoided if the circumstances were right.

And that he knew was always true.


Heero flew around, firing the Twin Buster Rifle at any Daggers that tried to swarm him in large groups. Given what they had seen in the aftermath of JOSH-A, it was not surprising that they felt large numbers were needed to overpower him. Still, he felt it was a bit too unnecessary to use such a tactic, as it only put more lives in danger than needed.

He fired his rifle at a group of twelve Daggers, wiping them out in one golden blast.

"The Berserker of JOSH-A will fall!" one pilot yelled as he flew in from behind, only to get stabbed through the cockpit before his machine blew up.

Heero then dodged a beam rifle beam barrage, only to fire back at the three Daggers that had unleashed it. The three were destroyed with no trouble thanks to the Buster Rifle. Of course, Heero had not used it at full power, as there was no need.

The Gundam pilot looked back at the cannon, GENESIS, his eyes narrowed slightly. If there was a way to destroy it, then he would find it.

And he would…


Aki' fired his machine's Hellfire mini-missiles at a trio of Strike Daggers, taking them out in three explosions.

Turning around, he used the Wing's beam sabers to slice another two in half before he flew back, the explosions taking the enemy out. He looked back, only to dodge a Strike Dagger's beam saber that had been aimed at his cockpit.

"Damn it!" he swore before he called upon his SEED, which exploded in a shower of sparks. His eyes glazed over and dilated, he dodged another attempted stab before he took out the Dagger's arms and legs with two slashes.

Turning around, he flew at another Dagger, only to take out the arms and head. The damaged machine drifted in space, the pilot unable to fight back.

Aki' then heard his alarm bleep, and dodged a beam rifle blast that barely missed his cockpit. He looked back at the Dagger that had fired it, only to fire off a missile slew at it before the small warheads made contact with the other machine.

It exploded, taking out the pilot in a ball of heat and energy.


Tao flew around, using her machine's battle staff to take out any Daggers that tried to attack her. She slashed one in half before taking out the arms and leg of another. The first exploded, damaging the second even more.

She then turned on another Dagger, its pilot yelling at her over the com-line. "Now you will die, space monster!"

Tao felt fury unlike any other as a small blue-grey seed-like object exploded in the back of her mind. Her eyes dilated and glazed over, she attacked the pilot with the Diver's battle staff.

"YOU! YOU WILL PAY FOR THE DEATH YOU CAUSED!" she screamed as she stabbed his machine in the cockpit.

The pilot screamed as his machine blew up. Still filled with rage, Tao turned her wrath on everyone else who dared to attack her.


Liz sniped off a few Daggers from afar using the Dynames' GN Sniper Rifle. Each shot found their mark as a few zipped by, missing as well.

"Looks like I still need to practice my sniping skills." She remarked as another Dagger fell to her machine.

'Maybe I can get John to help me when all of this is over.'

That seemed like a good idea too.


Washington D.C.

President Hilson looked on as guards from the Pentagon escorted people from the capital to the underground shelters that would shield them from nuclear fallout. She doubted that the shelters would stand up to the massive cannon that currently aimed at the Moon, based on the latest reports and data from New Juneau.

She knew that it was only a matter of time before the cannon was turned on the Earth, and she wanted to be prepared for such an event. That was why she had issued the evacuation orders.

The lines moved along, but they were still longer than he liked to see.

The president groaned loudly as she fell back into her seat, which was in the presidential limo, the Beast. She too was being taken to a shelter, despite her objections.

"Why do I have to go into the shelters too?" she asked. Agent Williams, the president's assigned guard, just looked at her.

"You are the leader right now. Your safety is more important than you might think." He replied.

President Hilson groaned again. Looking up at the sky above the Beast, she could only hope that the agent was alright.


NASA missile silos

Techs ran around, trying to make sure that all the missiles were in their launch silos before moving onto the next batch of missiles. Installing the NJCs was still ongoing, but with the test proving that the missiles still worked, the time for checking each one was now shortened to allow for more to be checked out.

The time that they had was getting shorter and shorter as the massive cannon prepared to fire again.

That was what was making the people working on the missiles so anxious. They wanted to get the project as far as they could before the cannon fired at them once more. True the blasts so far had not hit the Earth, but they were not going to take a chance.

Time was on their side right now, but the techs knew that it could change at any moment.

Soldiers stood guard with Traverse units out front, the doors to the silos blockaded. No one could enter or leave without an ID and anyone without one would be chased off by the Traverse units and their pilots.

"We have to hurry! That thing could be fired at the Earth any minute! We need to get these missiles online and loaded into the silos before the warehouse is struck! The last thing we need is to suffer nuclear fallout from the explosions!" a guard shouted as the missiles were loaded into place with loud hisses and CLICKs.

Many more were hauled into storage rooms that were lined with the armor that was used in Traverse machines, which happened to be the same as the Gundanium used in Wing Zero, although they did not know it at the time.

The soldiers closed up the massive doors, also made out of the same armor, before they were locked so that no one except for the soldiers and techs involved could open them.

"Doors are sealed sir!" an aide reported as the she ran up.

"Good. Now let's get out of here!" the guard ordered as everyone ran out of the missile silo where they had been stationed.

Everyone ran out into the desert, where their cars had been parked, only to begin to drive off to the areas where the bunkers and shelters for nuclear fallouts had been placed.

This was one thing that they could not avoid, even if they wanted to.


Pentagon

John Keller looked up at the massive cannon that was now in use. He could not believe what was going on. First one of NASA's top shipping companies sends the Earth Forces NJCs when they should not have, now this!

He reflected on the NJCs being sent to the AEU, unable to grasp how the person in charge of the shipping route could have been a Blue Cosmos supporter. Yet he had been. Keller and the higher-up members of the company had been shocked when they had seen the roster and how two ship containers of NJCs had been sent to Blue Cosmos.

How they had missed that, Keller did not know, but in the end, it had been too late to retrieve those NJCs, even though NASA had the right to demand them back. But, knowing the AEU, they would have demanded that NASA back off or they would fire missiles at NASA's cities.

Still, it made him mad that NASA had lost some of their newest weapons to the EA, all thanks to Blue Cosmos. And the new matter before him now did not help in the least either…


New Juneau

The NAZAFT officers ran around, trying to get any info on the massive cannon they could. Yet there was little to no info that they could glean from the data files of the PLANTs.

"Damn it! They really hid those files on it well!" a NAZAFT officer said as he slammed his hand down on the console. The data codes flashed over and over as they tried to hack in to see if there was any way to take out the massive weapons.

But it seemed that there wasn't…


The final battles continue, with each side racing to wipe out the other. What awaits now? Read on to find out! :3 Flames, AKA, hate filled/spamming reviews, will be deleted AND/OR reported depending on if they are signed or not. Anyway, read and review! ^^