Okay guys I am back for you with yet another Chapter of Gundam Agito SEED, I do hope that you enjoy this as much as I did writing it. If i round it up, I spent about 12 hours plus on this chapter so please read and enjoy.
Also I put in a two songs to play when you're reading it, the Bold writing will tell you went to play it here are some links to the music
The first one is: Three Hours That Changed the World the link to it is wiki/The_Beginning_of_the_End
You have to scroll down to find it and play it, I implore you to do so
The second is Hope from and the link to it is here
watch?v=8-RjDOpR_vw
Well that is all folks time to get started please read and Review this story and a big shout out to all you guys who have done so already I really appreciate it.
Opening Song (Hologram)
"Masshiro na keshiki ni ima sosowarete" Bright Vermilion light shines from the eyes of the Agito Zero as the camera pans down to the torso to reveal Anthony with his eyes closed.
"Boku wa yuku no mada minu sekai e" Anthony opens his eyes and begins to move his suit. As he does this the entire screen is now engulfed with Vermilion light and the Logo of Gundam Agito SEED appears.
"Maigo no mama tabi shiteita" Anthony is sitting with his back to the Agito Zero, flipping through pages of his book.
"Nezumiiro no sora no shita." Anthony turns his head slightly to look in the direction of the camera.
"Higawari no chizu ikutsumo no yume ga nijindeita." This scene shows Kira sitting and looking at earth while Lacus comes from behind and places her hands over his eyes and then removes them as she smiles.
"Itsuka wa sa." The scene now shows Delilah as she now gets into a mobile suit and prepares to launch.
"Chippoke na boku no kono hohaba demo." This Scene show Andrew Waltfeld looking over the desert at night while the winds blows. The Camera pans out to show that Ashia and DeCosta are with him.
"Ano kumo no mukou made yukeru kana." The view now shows a line of the crew of the Archangel. It pans to the left showing Kuzzey, Flay, Sai, Miriallia, Tolle, Natarle, Mu and then it zooms in to show Murrue. Behind Murrue there is a flag of the Atlantic Federation.
"Tsuyogatte" Anthony looks straight ahead at a man, the wind blowing his crimson cape behind him, his eyes are narrowed and his face is empty of emotion.
"Kizutasutia" Rau Le Creuset Now turns his mask on and his hair being blown in the wind, he has a smirk on his face as he faces Anthony.
"Kokoro sukashita youni." The two of them are standing off and the image of the Earth's sphere is in between the two of them.
"Furidashita" A feminine hand reaches out for Anthony and he does the same, only the hand that is reaching out for him fades before the two can make contact.
"Amastubu tachi ga" Anthony wakes up in his mobile suit and holding a picture in his hands. The camera zooms in on during the last word to show him standing and smiling with a young woman.
"Ran hansha Kurikaesu" The scene shows a sign saying extend then three Mobile suits one Grey tinted Green, One Black and the last a Grey tinted Blue. A Man with Blonde hair in white stands smiling at them as the scene breaks to show Rau Le Creuset in front of the Dominion.
"Massugu na hikari ga, Kousa shite" The scene shows Kira in the Freedom cutting down to GINNs, the first it passes him, the other he uses the cannons on the Freedom to shoot down.
"Yukusaki mo tsugenumama" The ground is on fire and the Blitz, Duel and Buster emerge out of the flames to take on an unseen enemy.
"Doko made mo, Tsuknukeru" The view pans past Delilah in a custom GINN that is coloured bright yellow and turns to show that she is firing at an unseen enemy in space.
"Awai zanzou ryoume ni yakitsukete." This scene pans to the right as it reveals the Clamity, the Forbidden and the Raider, above the ocean trying to land a hit on the Agito Zero and each one being thrown back.
"Kono sora no shita" The scene shows Rau's Custom white GINN flying forth with its beam sabre.
"Donna toko ni itemo" This scene show Mu face and the Strike clashing beam sabres with Rau in his GINN. The scene is lit up with the light coming from the class.
"Tokoku hazu nanda, mada minu sekai e" The scene is of that when Anthony is facing the camera, he turns his head closes his book stands up and moves towards his cockpit.
Chapter Twenty Two
"Whatever I do, I'll always be me. I won't tone myself down to fit in." Satoshi Fukube (Hyouka)
The military base of the Earth Alliance known as JOSH-A was under attack.
A huge force of enemy ships, vessels and mobile suits had come out of no where.
Well an attack had been expected but not one here not at JOSH-A. It came as a shock and at first the defenders were caught off guard by all of it.
In fact they were caught so off guard by it that the out lines of defence fell within the first minute of the attack.
It came from the land, air sea and even space.
It was all a blaze of fire and death as the ZAFT forces due to their mobile suits as well as their genetically tailored reflexes made those who took the full brunt of their assault crumble, crushed by the sheer overwhelming power that that possessed.
The bulk of the EA's forces were at Porta Panama.
This left a token defence force of the Eurasian Fleet to defend the HQ of the EA.
The legged ship, the Archangel was among the Eurasian Fleet as it had been assigned there.
It had to leave before a member of it's crew Flay Alster was able to depart and now things looked truly grim.
The fleet of ships that was guarding the sea route to JOSH-A were under attack by the mobile suits in the air and below water.
The Mobile Suit Strike team was lead by the MS Duel and they were decimating the Eurasian Fleet.
The ships were firing at the air, trying to avoid the shots coming from the suits up there as well as shoot them down.
This left them open to the marine Mobile Suits that ZAFT had in their employ, as the Air Strike Force began evasive manoeuvres, the marine Strike Force emerged from the depths behind the line of EA ships.
They began to fire on the ships taking them down one after another with no mercy.
The land battle was not fairing well either, though they were able to hold off ZAFT a little better.
With the initial shock of the attack over, the EA forces mostly Eurasian were able to launch a defence to try and hold off ZAFT forces until help arrived.
If help did not the sheer number of enemy mobile suits would be enough to grind them to dust.
It did not help that for every mobile suit that did fall at least more than half of the vehicles trying to bring it down were taken down in the process of doing so.
Murrue Ramius, Acting Captain of the Archangel now was on a call with her commanding officer "Captain Sutherland, what is going on."
Captain Sutherland did not look happy at all but he coldly said "All defence forces are to launch at once, commence interception."
The shock of the entire crew on the bridge of the Archangel could not be more earnest.
To do as they had just been told, to do that was plain suicide.
The Archangel did not have Mu La Flaga or Kira Yamato with them at this point in time.
The man now said "They tricked us, they change their target at the last minute and came here to JOSH-A."
Clouds of mobile suit swarms descended upon JOSH-A, some fell as they got shot out of the sky.
But most did not, the same could not be said of the defenders though.
A rain of bullets among energy shots hit them and it is safe to say that most who were under fire were dead.
ZAFT was not playing, they came here to win to kill and to destroy.
Murrue knew this and so did the rest of the crew on, she had to make a choice right now.
Murrue now said "Fighting against the overwhelming odds is suicidal, but we can't afford to lose HQ."
It was clear to the crew what she was about to say and one of the crew now turned to face her as he said "Captain" as if asking for orders.
Murrue now gave the order "All hands now proceed to level one battle stations, we've been given our orders and the Archangel is taking off."
Kuzzey now said what they all had in their minds "You're kidding, without Kira or the Commander."
It was true with those two gone, the legged ship, the Archangel was a sitting duck, it also was a big white target for any and all of ZAFT to fire at.
If they did move to fight, then it would cause major damage to the ship, not only that but they may be unable to survive this.
The may was only in the crew who were a bit more hopeful than the rest or in a total state of denial about all of this.
Both were not the best thing to be in at this time, also add the fact that three of the crew knew there was a ZAFT pilot in the MS Strike.
At this very moment, the 3 of them were a tad bit more tense that the rest of the crew, well all of the crew that was meant to be on board.
It was all a mess all of it, this was not a battle it was a death sentence.
Murrue got a sick feeling in her gut, it was the words of Anthony that now came back to haunt her.
It was no longer a safe haven, no it was a death trap one that ZAFT clearly intended to make into the graves of those who defended it.
All she could think of was "Since when, since when did it all go to hell, when did it come down to this, here at JOSH-A."
With Kira
Kira knew of what was going to happen, Anthony had told them, but seeing ZAFT deploying in such force was unreal.
Thanks to the Clyne family, he had been able to catch a glimpse of the combat, he hated it, all of it.
Kira just wanted this to stop, he wanted to find a way to save his friends, to keep them out of harms way.
He couldn't, he wouldn't let his friends die, not like this if ever, the whole reason he had to fight in a Mobile Suit was due to this.
But he knew desire and strength was not enough to do that, he may be more than just a normal person, but even he could not stop that battle, even though he wanted to do so. What he needed to do that was the Mobile Suit, the one that Lacus was going to take him to when the time was right.
Though he felt some joy at this he also felt pain, he knew his time with Lacus had now come to an end.
He had to leave and if he ever saw her again, well that was a big if to him right now.
Lacus had not forced this upon him, she had let him have a choice, if he wanted to stay he could and she would not judge him for that.
In his heart he knew he wanted to, but he knew he had to do this, he did want this as well.
If he sat by and did nothing, if he did not help his friends when he could wasn't he betraying them?
It was a good question, but he knew now was not the time for it, now was the time for him to tell Lacus that he was firm in what he wished to do.
That he was not going to stand by and let his friends die, it was also time to say goodbye.
Kira felt a sting in his heart and tears well up in his eyes as he turned to face her, if he could stop it, he would have tried to, but he was unable to do so.
"Lacus, I think, I think it is time that I left this place, thank you, thank you for all that you did for me, it was truly kind of you to do so."
In reply to him Lacus gave him a nod "Kira, are you sure about this, I said that it was alright if you did stay her with me."
The 'with me' part stung Kira a little, be he knew what he had to do, he also knew that if he did not do it, the sting he would feel in his heart as he closed his eyes would be far more painful.
"It is, it is alright Lacus, I know what I have to do, what I want to do."
Lacus gave him a smile, one that he was able to see was from the very bottom of her heart.
"Kira if you do go, where will you go, will it be to fight the ZAFT forces?"
Kira in reply just shook his head at her so Lacus now asked him "The Earth forces?"
In reply again he only shook his head at her, in his mind Kira knew what he had to fight to stop all of this.
Kira now said "Laucs, I think, I think that Anthony was right if we do not try to change then it won't and in turn nothing will end, I think that I have a true understanding of what we should be fighting against?"
Lacus was not prone to shock, but her face displayed almost no emotion at all for a moment as she now gazed deep into Kira's eyes.
For the two of them it felt as if it was eternity, Kira's tears had dried up as he had spoken.
There was no hint no sign of hesitation in his eyes, that is what Lacus saw and she knew that Kira was truly ready.
Kira on the other hand could only think of how beautiful Lacus's eye's were, it was as if they held what was truly beautiful about her within them.
To him it was like a gate that was now wide open and what was behind it was her soul, a soul so pure and so kind, it was beautiful, so much so that it stung his heart to look into it.
It was Lacus who now broke off the gaze and said to Kira now with a smile in her sweet and earnest voice "Very well Kira, I understand."
There was no lie in her words, she did and she was ready to make sure that Kira was able to get to his friends, to her Kira was the example for all.
A young man, a Co-ordinator who was willing to risk his life to save his friends be the Co-ordinator or not.
In her heart she knew that his selflessness, his desire to protect his friends is why she had fallen for him.
With Mu
Mu La Flaga had ditched the waiting line to check up on a feeling he had got.
It was a very sick feeling that all this, all that was going on outside, it was some type of trap, but for who?
As he now ran in the almost unlit corridors.
But as he did so he came to a stop, the feeling he felt, this feeling it was what he had got in space from that man.
"This feeling, is Rau Le Cresuet here?"
If he was how did he get in, sure it was obvious since not a soul was left in this base but one may never be too sure.
"If he is in here, I may just have to find where he is and put a stop to what he plans to do."
That was a given, if the man in the mask was here it could meant that ZAFT had already made it this far, it may also mean a bunch of other things, but that was not Mu's focus at this point.
He had to find the masked man now and he had to put him down or at least get some answer from him, like why was there no one in this place any more?
He now approached the area where he got the feeling from, he did so quietly in order not to tip off the man in the mask that he was coming.
He did not know as he could feel Rau, Rau could feel him had he not been in the middle of a hostile environment.
He now moved with his back to a wall as he could see a room ahead, there was a light above the entrance to it.
But not enough to light up the entire area, it was almost like fighting in low light.
Mu now put part of his head over the open doorway, the man in the mask was there in the flesh, he was looking at a few screens that were in front of him.
Mu got a sick feeling that the man was rather happy, but about what he was unsure.
His shadow was cast to the left of said man and with no warning Rau turned around and fired twice, hitting the wall and then running.
As it was, Mu gave chase and ran into the room and took cover holstering his gun as he did so.
As he did this Rau said "It's been a while Mu La Flaga."
The fact that he greeted him was proof enough that he too was able to sense him, though this was not on Mu's mind at this point in time or later for the record.
It was also as if the man wanted to sneer at him in his own way as well, like he knew what Mu did not know.
Rau now said "I don't have time for fooling around, though we've only just met again, I have to apologise for leaving so soon."
This was a tad polite given the current situation and all but then Rau had to go and say "But considering that you're still hanging around here, your usefulness to the Earth Forces must be at an end."
Mu could hear the smile on the masked man's lips as he said this, he also was a little pissed as well.
"Oh Hawk of Endymion, how the mighty have fallen."
Rau now fired two shots and made a bolt for the door, the opening of the automatic doors confirmed to Mu that his masked foe was gone.
But he still got up and pointed his gun at the door just in case making a grunt for added effect as he did so.
But it was now that Mu turned to look at the screen that Rau had been looking at and had to think.
"Why is the entire base, this entire area empty, why is a place like JOSH-A deserted and left bare while others defend it?"
As he now looked at the screen he got his answer and all he could say to it was "Oh god dammit."
If what he was seeing was true which he was sure it was then all the people here were going to die.
Sure they may all be going to die, but at least it would have been the enemy not their own command to do it.
With Kira
Lacus had given Kira a ZAFT red jacket uniform to wear, it was a good fit and Kira looked the part as well.
Now with Delilah the three of them were making there way through a ZAFT base in the PLANTS.
It was a rather odd thing to behold, a ZAFT base in a base, but that was not what mattered at this point for Kira.
Lacus was about to get him out of here, he knew he could trust her, in his heart Kira felt this would be alright.
So even now as the passed by two green jackets Kira gave a salute while Lacus along with Delilah did the same.
As they passed those soldier who in turn saluted them Lacus said in a very cheerful way "Good Morning."
After a little while the three of them came to a door that was closed, well to say it was a door would be silly. It was more of a barred gate in a way.
Two men in green fully body suits were at it and as Kira, Lacus and Delilah approached it Lacus gave a nod that led to the two of them in turn giving her a nod before they took out their key cards.
They unlocked the door that lead into a room filled with darkness or rather the absence of light as they did this Lacus chimed cheerfully in a sweet tone "Follow me."
At first all Kira could do was blink as he moved from a room with no light to a room with just a little.
The three of them now came to a halt, but Kira still did not see what Lacus wanted him to see.
But this all changed when the lights came on.
Kira gave a gasp as he saw a mobile suit in front of him, but it was not just a mobile suit, it was a Gundam.
Kira now said "Huh, it's a Gundam!"
Lacus in turn turned her head to him a bit of a curious look on her face as her mouth was a little open.
She then chose to smile as she said "Actually that's not what its called, this is the ZGMF-X10A Freedom."
As she had said this she had turned her head to look at said suit.
She now turned to Kira and said "But you know, Gundams better because it sounds more powerful."
It was clearly a joke and she closed her eyes and gave a small laugh at that.
All that Delilah did was roll her eyes at this and say "How original."
Kira now said "I can hear Anthony in my head talking about the irony that a Mobile Suit was named Freedom."
Lacus gave a slight frown as she said "Really I think it is a fitting for it, I am sure that Anthony would say so as well or at least say that it would since you'll be the one to pilot it."
Lacus now said "Under orders from Chairman Zala they designed a new machine with the same capabilities the Earth Forces mobile suits they captured."
She gave a pause before she said "Then added state of the art technologies to it."
Kira was just able to say "Lacus, then why, why are you giving this suit to me?"
Lacus turned to him again with a smile from her heart and said "I feel that this machine has the power you're going to need."
Kira could not find a word or any words to say to him. Lacus now said "Neither will alone nor strength alone, will be enough."
This was true Kira had thought of it himself before or at least a thing along those lines.
Lacus now said "That's why, will this take you where you go, will it help you when you get there?"
The answer to these were obvious but she was just making sure that and she wanted to spend as much time with Kira as she could.
Kira at this point said "Neither will alone nor strength alone?"
He now turned to Lacus and said "Who are you really?" Lacus in reply said "I am simply Lacus Clyne and you are Kira Yamato."
The two of them stared at one another for a few seconds, Delilah felt this a tad awkward as she watched this private scene unfold.
Kira then said "I'm grateful."
The two of them now got to the area outside the cockpit and Kira had to ask "Are you sure?"
Lacus then said "Yes, I too will be singing the great song of peace."
Both of them smiled at one another and Kira said "Be careful."
Lacus in turn said "I will, you too Kira, my strength goes with you."
As she said this the songstress of the PLANTS leaned over and placed a kiss on Kira's cheek.
Kira gave a gasp as he did this and Delilah turned away to give Lacus her privacy and she was a bit too embarrassed to watch the two of them and wanted to say.
"Just hook up already and you call that a kiss Lacus!"
Lacus gave a blush as she moved away, Kira and her eyes seemed to shine as Kira gave her a nod and Lacus said "And now you should be on your way."
She now moved away from Kira as he got into the cockpit and booted it up.
The acronym Generation Unsubdued Nuclear Drive Assault Module was one the screen.
So too was the name of the mobile suit and Kira had to say quietly "Gundam MS Freedom, I think I like the name."
With that Kira Yamato now launched the MS Freedom out of the bay that it was in and into space.
As he did this he saw too enemy suits, they began to fire on him, but Kira was by far the better pilot and had the better suit to boot.
"Back off just let me through!"
When they did not listen to him in a show case of the power of the MS Freedom Kira drew the beam sabre and cut off the arms and heads of the two suits, in the same action as he flew past them, leaving the pilots of them in awe.
Kira needed to get to JOSH-A he had to save his friends and now he had a chance to do so thanks to Lacus.
With Anthony
Anthony had now opened up a channel with Rear Admiral Halberton, the man had been on his way with what remained of his fleet to Panama, but he had been tasked with taking his fleet to JOSH-A just a few seconds before the attack begun.
The Rear Admiral had given Anthony a speech about loyalty and duty as a soldier, no need to say that Anthony did not give a shit nor was impressed by it.
"If you stand in our way I would like to know why, why is the pilot of the mobile suit who fought to protect the Archangel and her crew standing in my way?"
In reply to him Anthony just said "War is hell, I am telling you that JOSH-A is a trap for all those that Blue Cosmos deem to be a hindrance to their plans, it also serves as a death trap for all the ZAFT forces who fight and get inside the base only to die."
Rear Admiral Halberton now asked "Do you have any proof of this or is this some of that data that you have that you do not tell many?"
In reply to this Anthony said "Fact of the matter is that the Eurasian forces have always been the voice of reason in the Earth Alliance, the leaders of the Atlantic Federation have been taken into or were a part of Blue Cosmos, with the power tipped, they can do as they please."
The words that he said were dangerous if not almost insulting, but Admiral Halberton was able to see some hint of truth to the words that had just been said.
It was true that the Eurasian forces had always been the voice of reason and even he was able to see that they would lose many of their forces here.
That would tip the power in the EA to the Atlantic Federation, if what Anthony said was true then it all could take a turn for the worse.
It was now that the Rear Admiral asked "If this is all true, why are you telling me this, how are you so sure that I as well as my fleet can be trusted?"
In turn Anthony said "You are being sent to your deaths any and all who were transferred off would be the people who were aligned with Blue Cosmos."
The Admiral got a very sick feeling in his gut, he had got a few of the crew transfers from command.
Also they were not given a single replacement for them. It is safe to say that if Anthony was lying he was doing a damn good job.
"If all that you have said is true, the what do you suggest I and my fleet do, I can't just leave them down their to die."
Anthony raised an eyebrow at this and asked "You can't even if you go down there, all that you're in is a space ship, you were not meant for combat on Earth."
In reply the Rear Admiral said "I know this, but the people down there, they deserve a fighting chance to get away."
For the first time ever the Rear Admiral heard Anthony laugh and he was sure that the man was mocking him for what he had said.
"A fighting chance, I am sure you have a few reports as well as the fact that you can see that they are in the middle of hell."
Anthony now continued to laugh and then said "You do know what you said, even if you did give them warning, you think the ZAFT forces will just, I don't know move back and let them run away?"
The laughter came to an abrupt halt as Anthony said "Do you, do you think that if you go down there, will you make a difference, you will be gunned down or caught up in the Cyclops, that is all that is going to happen to you."
The Rear Admiral now said "What is it, what is it that you find so hilarious, do you think that the death of others the death of people in masses is a joking matter to be laughed at?"
Safe to say there was some if not a lot of anger in his voice as he said this, but he kept it discreet so as not to anger the man in a fleet destroying Mobile Suit.
Anthony now said "What I find funny is that you, wish to go down there and die even though I am giving you the chance not to, I have to hand it to you, if I was younger I would commend you but tell you not to."
Now in reply Rear Admiral Halberton asked "But since you're not, then what are you going to do?"
Anthony now give a small chuckle as he said "Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity, Rear Admiral?"
The Rear Admiral did not know how to reply so Anthony now said "I save your life once, back at Orbit when the Archangel was about to descend, so in short what I am trying to do here is to save you again?"
Anthony now gave another chuckle and then said "Oh the definition is doing the exact same thing over and over again and expecting shit to be different this time."
It was now that Anthony said "Like, this time, this time it's going to be different, I'm going to make a big change in the outcome of what I am trying get to, but in the end if you don't change a thing you'll get the same result no?"
The Rear Admiral had no idea was this was going so he just said "You're right then?"
"I guess I am, but you, I save you once and now I tried it again, but still you don't trust me eh?"
To say this was a put in a way that you could take many things from it was what it was meant to be.
"It means that if I want to make a difference, I have to change what I am doing, now pick Rear Admiral."
It at this point at this point in time that Anthony said "Should I change the fact that I do not kill people or should I just not save people, come on choose?"
The way that Anthony was urging him to make a choice was both earnest and sinister none could truly tell why Anthony was saying this.
It was true though if one did wish to make a change they had to do a different thing or do it another way.
What he just presented to the man was an Ultimatum, he was giving him a choice between to evils.
The Rear Admiral knew what he was saying it was "Do you want me to go down there and save them by kill the ZAFT forces or to stay up here and let them die?"
Rear Admiral Halberton did not like the choice he had been given, it was truly a choice that he could not make, he did want to save the lives of the people down there.
But he also knew that if Anthony did go down there he had to take on the ZAFT troops.
If he did so, if he did disable them, they would die in the Cyclops explosion that was going to happen or at least Anthony said would happen and all things at this point, pointed to the fact that the EA was going to detonated the Cyclops under JOSH-A!
Rear Admiral Halberton now said "That is not a choice that I can make for you, you are not a soldier and you are not under my command, I can make a request of you, but I don't believe you should cast aside your morals."
At this point Anthony tilted his head slightly and asked "Oh, but if I do that, then I can say without a doubt there will be no change and things will carry on as they are?"
In reply to that Halberton said "That is true, but if what you said was true, then even if you do act that same, even if you do follow your same code, that Cyclops Bomb will change all that happens from here on out, I do not know what goes on in your mind, but I know that a good man would not stand by and let his friends die."
All they got was a smirk, right before he spoke.
If he was going to chastise them for what the Rear Admiral had just said or to simple deny them, they did not know.
All he said was "Is that it, is that the measure of your convictions Rear Admiral Halberton?"
This was not what the Rear Admiral had been expecting to hear.
In fact he did not have a clue what the hell Anthony meant by that at all, not that many people would.
In reply Halberton could only say "Wait, hold on what do you mean when you say that, is this a test?"
Anthony in reply said "Rest assured you passed with flying colours, Rear Admiral, but now that I know what I have to do, the question that I pose to you is, what is it that you are going to do."
The man was about to make a reply but Anthony said "Such things need not be said so quickly or so easily, think it over for a time, I will do as you suggested that I do in the meantime."
All that Halberton managed to say this time was "Wait, what is it that you have to do?"
Anthony in reply now said "Well I guess it should be a tad obvious to a man like you, but I guess I can tell you."
Despite the fact that he had said this, so far Anthony had not told the Rear Admiral a thing about what he was going to do at all.
After a pause he now said "I guess I should tell you, I intend to go down there and help out the Archangel, but I may be stealing someone's thunder."
Halberton was about to ask who, but the line as well as the channel went dead and he could see from his ship the vermilion light that showed the MS Agito Zero was on the move.
As it now entered the atmosphere, leaving Halberton to ask "Stealing whose thunder, what is he on about?"
But the answer to that, none except the pilot of the MS Agito Zero knew for sure, as usual.
Archangel
The Archangel was taking heavy fire, the enemy was ruthless as well as prepared. It did seem as if this was just a hopeless battle.
One they could never win, but Murrue knew just like all those in command of the other ships that they could not afford to lose HQ.
But now, the crazy nut job pilot who had landed on the Archangel through a hole that was blasted in the catapult was now on the bridge.
As he came onto the bridge Mu said "Captain!"
He ran over to her as Murrue turned her head in both shock and a tiny little but of joy that he was here.
But she only said "What the hell are you doing here Commander, what about your transfer?"
As Mu now got to the Captains chair he put his hand on it and said "That's not important, we have to get out of here right now."
All of the bridge crew now turned to look at him, there was a deathly serious look on his face and his tone had been the same.
He was not kidding around about this, they had to leave though he was yet to say why?
With the same deathly look on his face Mu asked Murrue "This is one screwed up plan, what kind of order did they give the defence forces?"
In reply she could only ask "What?"
Anthony's words came back to her and she felt a knot in her gut intensify now.
The Archangel now took another hit and this time it was right below the bridge, ever one was shaken by it.
After this Mu said "Okay now listen up, there is a large Cyclops system underneath HQ, that thing is powerful enough to turn everything within 10Ks of the base into a blast furnace."
Murrue was in shock, she only could say was "Wha-?"
Had Anthony been right all along, in fact he had and she got the feeling that this was what he was talking about.
Mu now went on to say "It is impossible to defend the base with what's left and reinforcements from Panama can't make it in time."
That may be the case for the fool, but all on board the Archangel knew that if what Mu said was true, well then, well then they were not going to get any reinforcements.
Mu now said "Soon the defenders will be gone and the main gate will come down, that is when HQ will make the decision to activate the Cyclops and destroy the base!"
His tone had a sense of urgency now.
But he was not yet down and now said to them "And in the process they will take out more than half of ZAFT's fighting strength, that is the whole scenario for this battle imagined by the top brass!"
There was anger now in his voice and only horror on the face of Murrue, it was all too mad!
The shock of Murrue and that of the crew along with there horror was thrown off for a minute as the ship took another hit.
Murrue went into denial and said "It can't be!"
Mu in turn just frowned as he said "I swear I saw it with my own eyes the command centre is completely empty!"
He now took a step back from her "The only ones left behind are the Eurasian forces and the Archangel, because those big wigs have given up on her!"
No words could describe the horror, shock and betrayal that Murrue felt, in all her time as a soldier she had done what she had to in order to win, but she had never thought of this.
It was mad, it was all mad, but Murrue could tell that what Mu said was true, she also felt that Anthony did give them a warning that this would happen and she had just chosen not to listen or rather to not take it all in.
One of the crew now said "So the left us here to die, is that what you're saying?"
Mu turned and gave that man a nod and then said "Yes, but only after a desperate battle so the enemy doesn't know that it is abandoned."
Kuzzey got up from his seat and let lose a sound in horror, the rest of the crew did not do that but they too were just shocked as well as disgusted at the thought that they were to just die now.
Miriallia now said "What, what kind of strategy is this, because this a war and because we are all supposed to be good soldiers?"
She now turned, there were tears in her eyes as she said "If they tell us to, I suppose we are supposed to just throw away our lives?"
Sai tried to find a way to comfort her and said "Oh Miri."
Murrue was angry her face of contorted with rage, she could hear the yells to be save by those at the gates who were being killed even now.
Murrue now said "If the object of this whole battle was to lure the ZAFT forces closer in, then in my opinion, this ship has already accomplished it's mission."
She now said "Note that I, Murrue Ramius, Captain of the Archangel made this decision alone, no other crew member is to be held responsible for these actions."
Mu at this point just said "Don't put so much pressure on yourself."
Murrue did not answer him, she just stood up and said "This ship will now abandoned the battle area and begin to make withdrawal, signal the other ships and tell them to follow us, engines full speed, to port we will break through the left side of the bay."
Mu now leaned closer to her and said "This won't be an easy escape for us, but we can't give up, I'm launching too."
All Murrue could say to this was "But Commander?"
Mu just gave a smile and said "Don't worry about a thing, have your forgotten, I'm the guy who is famous for making the impossible possible."
With that he left them.
The withdrawal
ZAFT was able to see that the legged ship and a few other ships were trying to make a break for it, why they had no idea, but they knew that they would not let them escape.
The phrase "Death to those damn naturals."
Was hot on the lips of all the ZAFT pilot and soldier on board those ships and in those suits.
All of them wanted to sink the legged ship, all of them wanted to kill it and the crew so that they could say that they took down the unsinkable legged ship.
But now as their own ships launched their own attack at the legged ship, but to the surprise of all there, the missiles exploded in mid air and a vermilion light, a light that the crew of the Archangel knew was a sign of hope came into view.
(Play Three Hours That Changed the World)
All who saw it gazed up in awe at it, a sight that not many had seen, a sight that many had heard of.
Even the ZAFT pilots gave pause to look in wonder at that vermilion light, they had been briefed on what it was, but why was it here?
A voice was now heard and it said "When nine and nine meet nine, the depths of reason shall stir, when the seal of creation is broken a voice like thunder shall sound, and thou shalt know."
The light the vanished and not one but two mobile suits were seen, one was white with black chest and blue wings, the other was had a black torso and head, with a cream legs, it had wings of crimson as well as lines of that same colour running through it's entire body.
The voice that had spoken before now said "We have arrived!"
Both of them now burst forth into action one a blur of white and blue, the other a blur of black and red.
It was almost if not poetic to see the two in action, the speed at which both suits moved was beyond the ability of most ZAFT pilots.
Not only that, but the way they moved, it was almost as if the two were in a dance.
The two of them dashed past the ZAFT air mobile suits cutting off arms and heads, but leaving the pilots and cockpits in tact.
It was like a scene out of a movie, one where the hero and he best friend show up at the last minute where all hope seems lost to bail there other friends out of hell.
The pilot of the blue and white mobile suit contact the Archangel, all were surprised to see Kira's face, all were also a bit if not very grateful to see his face as well, even more so to hear his voice.
"Captain, you have to get out of here, this place it is not safe, what Anthony said before was right."
Murrue gave him a nod and said "I know, Kira, it is, it is good to see that you are alive."
In reply Kira said "It is good to be alive, Captain."
It was at this point in time that the MS Dueland its pilot Yzak came charging in to attack Kira.
Just as he was about to make contact with Kira, a vermilion blur slammed into it, this almost sent the MS Dueldown to the depths of the ocean below, be he managed to regain his balance and yell "Dam you, red bastard!"
A very condescending voice was then heard in his suit that said "Oh so you still do not have the ability to use your brain yet, a true pity."
Yzak in rage tried to attack him his foe only to find that his suit lost both arms and legs.
That same voice said "Improve your skills, then come and find me."
Yzak was not sure why the pilot had done this to him, he was sure that the pilot if he wanted to could have taken his life.
He was also sure that the pilot of the new suit was more than capable of it as well, but so far, he had only seen him disable the suits rather than kill the pilots.
One of the other Mobile Suits caught the damaged MS Duel leaving Yzak to wonder out loud and say "Why, why are they not killing any of us, who are they?"
It was now the voice of Kira Yamato who said out loud for all to hear "Forget about fighting and get the hell out of here, if you value your lives!"
All on the field of battle minus the MS Agito Zero and the last of the Eurasian ships and Archangel paused.
Anthony in his own mobile suit gave a smile as he said quietly "So this is the path you have chosen to take Kira Yamato, very well I shall follow you."
Now it was his turn to speak and he now said for all to hear "If any of you have lovers or family you wish to see once more, I implore you leave this place."
The MS Agito Zero and the Mobile Suit the MS Freedom now took to the sides of the last two ships of the Eurasian forces that were fleeing along side the Archangel.
It was at this point that Anthony pulled up a channel with the Archangel "Move as fast as you can, you have less than a minute to get the hell out of here before they set it off!"
It was not the time to ask how he knew it, it was the time just to do as he said and get the hell out of her!
Murrue knew this as she now said "All power to the engines, get us out of here!"
Only a few of the ZAFT forces seemed to try and attack them now, but they were fended off with ease by the MS Agito Zero and the MS Freedom.
If it was out of fear for the 2 suits or if they had taken the warning, it was unclear but they too seemed to be pulling back just a little.
(Stop Playing Three Hours That Changed the World)
On board the Archangel Sai gave the news "They have activated the Cyclops!"
All of the crew were now in a tense moment Murrue now yelled "Put all we have into the engines, we have to get out of the blast range in time!"
The Archangel now sped forth and the two Eurasian ships that were left with it tried to do the same.
But one of them began to lag behind, Anthony saw this and contact Kira "Kira make sure do what you see is right, I'm going to give that ship a push!"
Kira did not know what to say to that, but he did managed to say "Just, just be careful Anthony, we can't lose a good man like you."
In reply to that he just got "As if I could let myself die like this Kira."
(Play Clannad: Tomoyo After OST - Hope)
The MS Agito Zero now spun back and moved to the blast, the Eurasian ship was doing its best to move ahead, but it must have taken some damage so it was not able to keep up with the Archangel and the other ship.
The MS Agito Zero had now reach it's back and was about five seconds away from being engulfed by the blast.
In this time Anthony said quietly "Agito Zero, you have been with me through this world, lend me some of your strength, Tomoya lend me your tenacity, Sei lend me some of your joy, Ayu remind me of our happiness!"
His eyes now wide open he could feel it, the despair of all those on the ship, but he could also feel the hope they also felt during this.
The hope they had placed in him, the trust they had place in him and he was not going to let them down.
He may not known them, they may not even be people in the actual show, but here they were real and if he did not do what was required of him, they were going to die.
Within the last second before the MS Agito Zero would be in the blast, it gain a sudden burst of speed as a blast shot out from it's wings and it began to glow in a brilliant vermilion light.
The blast on its own belonged to his twin bust rifles that was stored in the wings during NTD mode and in his cape in the suit's regular mode.
With the added power of Trans-Am along with the NTD mode, the mode that exposed the Pysco-frame on his suit and that of the blast, the MS Agito Zero was able to blast itself was well as the ship that it was pushing away at speeds that most thought would be impossible for the ship.
Had any soul on board it been standing, they were surely on their ass now.
But that was not what mattered at this point, no the fact was even though the boost in speed was only temporary, they were away from it.
Anthony could feel the relief that all of the crew felt, he also could feel both the relief and joy that he felt, it was a nice feeling to feel.
If he had not been in such a life or death situation, he would have sworn that he could see Ayu smiling at him now.
Anthony too felt just a tad if not extremely dizzy, it was odd, he had never got this from his suit before so why now.
"I guess, I guess I am drunk of the ever sweet taste of a job well done."
(Stop playing Clannad: Tomoyo After OST - Hope)
He could see where Kira and the Archangel, along with the Eurasian ship had made landfall.
Kira had saved a ZAFT suit, it came as no surprise to Anthony, he had watched Gundam SEED, he knew that Kira would do this.
But he also was able to tell that this was all off as well.
This was not meant to happen until May like the 9th of may to be exact.
"I guess I must have gone and screwed up the timeline more than I thought."
As Anthony thought this he saw that Kira had gotten out of his suit and was tending to the ZAFT pilot.
No doubt the two of them were talking, Kira would just be asking if he was alright and the pilot would be asking if Kira was indeed the pilot of that mobile suit.
He saw Kira now punch the ground, it was sad, but that pilot Kira had thought to be saved had died, no doubt about that.
That turned Anthony's thoughts to those on board the ship he had just saved "I will have to find out how many of them, survived this as well, dammit it."
PLANTS
There was both shock as well as horror in the PLANTS, none of them, none of them knew what was true any more.
Some of them went into denial saying that they had to wait for more accurate reports of what was going on.
But if they reports they had at this point were true, then they fail not only did they fail, it may be true that most of their force was annihilated.
This was unheard of, Naturals did not have any way to do this.
Well at least so far they did not, did they find a way to tip the scale in their favour it was yet to be seen.
What the more realistic ones did know was that if this was true the war was about if this was not enough, taken a turn for the worse.
On top of all this, on top of it all, they had an issue that only a few knew about.
It was that a new Mobile Suit the one of the two based of the Earth ones had not only been stolen, but by one who could pilot them.
At this point it all linked back to the Omega as it was being at the PLANTS, some of the ZAFT high command had to speculate that it was done by that pilot.
How it was done was left out for the time being, so far that pilot was beyond any foe they had faced before.
If they did not see him as a true enemy before they did now, especially if he was the cause of their failure.
If what Rau had said was true and it either was or the pilot of that Omega was not human, they had a leak on their hands.
But it became clear that they had no leads as to who did this, all systems in that area as well as the areas around it were down.
It was as if they had all been blanked out at the time, no trace no record of any thing.
That is what truly put them off, they had no idea who or what did this, if it was a person or if it was done by a machine all of it, all the evidence was not there.
The ones who had been given the task to investigate this had to confirm that the one who did this, must have had an idea of how their systems worked, that or they had some sort of AI do it for them.
But the topic of an AI was a bit if not strained theory at best.
During this time of uncertainty Athrun Zala was able to return here, he had no idea what was going but he wanted to know and badly.
He now saw a face that he knew and moved to greet the man, one arm in a sling he said "Commander Yuki."
Said man now walked to him and said in surprise "Athrun Zala, what are you doing back here in the PLANTS?"
Athrun then said to him as he made a quick glance around "I'll tell you but first what's going on?"
The face the Commander made said it all.
"Operation Spitbreak seems to have failed."
Athrun opened his mouth in shock at this, there was no way, no way in hell that this was possible in his mind.
The Earth Alliance had no way to defeat that many of their Mobile Suits, especially due to the fact that they no longer had the MS Strike or Kira Yamato.
He did not pride himself on it now, but Athrun had seen to that himself.
Commader Yuki now said "We do not have the full details yet, but the initial report is saying that they were annihilated."
Athrun was at a loss for words, he had no idea how this could be.
Commander Yuki now moved closer to him and said in a whisper "I have some more bad news for you, somebody and we do not know who yet, stole one of our stop secret mobile suits, one of the new ones we were devolving."
He now said to Athrun with a face that was painfully serious "You did not hear it from me, but the person Chairman Zala wishes to peg it on is Siegel Clyne."
Athrun in turn was so in shock, so much so that he dropped the back that he held in his right hand.
He knew what Ray Yuki was telling him he also knew what it meant if his father wished to do that.
"Does he, does he have any evidence to support this theory, sir?"
Ray Yuki shook his head "No, but the national defence committee is in a state of panic, I'll try to let you know if we learn anything else."
With that Ray Yuki left Athrun to go and do what they both needed to do.
Athrun bent down to pick up what he had dropped.
He had no idea all things had gone to hell since he had not been on the front lines.
"Just why, why is it that this had to happen, father what the hell are you up to, there is no way Lacus or her father could have done this!"
It was at this moment in the vast universe that Athrun for the first time began to doubt his own father.
"Father, just what are you trying to do, are you trying to use the deaths of all the people who died to further yourself or are you looking for a scape goat rather than find the one who is truly responsible for all this."
He had to know, what the hell had become of his father, if he did try to take out Seigel Clyne, he would also take out Lacus, no doubt about that.
"What the hell, what the hell is all of this, why can't I, why can't I accept what my father is doing, what has happened to him to make him like this."
At this point he would just do what he had to do, but he was sure that he would have to find a way to confront his father about this later.
There was no way in his mind that he could let slide, he had to ask his father what was going on.
Athrun now asked very quietly so that none could hear him "Father is this, is the type of man you've become without mother here to guide you?"
So how was the chapter guys, I hope that you all enjoyed reading it, I did put a lot of time into it, I would also like to say sorry that Anthony did not pop up for the first 3 sections and that I did cut the mobile suit action down a lot. So sorry about that and all please forgive me on that one. As I said in the last chapter I am trying to write as much as I can before the Christmas rush takes hold of me and it is coming already I can feel it in my blood! (jokes, but I can feel it when I am starting to eat all the food!) That aside I am still doing my best to finish this story off and I also would like to say sorry if I am neglecting all if my other stories because I am and I am so sorry that I am just I have to get this one done, it is like my longest one so far and I just feel the need to finish it. Also I got Elder Scrolls Online so I have been playing that, kind of shit though pay once play forever, unless you are on a console, then fuck you pay for Playstation Plus. After I got over that though it was alright, but I do pour more time into this than that.
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