Hello and beyond the news all my faithful readers, come all of you gather and read the first part of the 2 part finale of Gundam Agito SEED and these two chapters are longer than the usual amount I'd like to say as well. Brought to you by yours Truly JAGA03. THANK YOU, thank all of you who gave me Reviews, it looks as if Option One is a go and Natarle is going to live, I'll do that for all of you. It is going to be one hell of a ride, but it is going to finish soon and the ride will be over. I'd like to say that this story is a good dream, but the dream must end when the dreamer awakes.
SORRY in advance for coming Monday it looks like I have hard labour for the entire week or at least it looks that way at this point in time. So I have no idea how long it will take me to get the last Chapter out to you. This is it, the start of the end and I hope that all of you who have read it from the start those with me from back in June last year or was it July read this.
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Opening: Avenge World
The music starts to play with the opening Lyrics
"Avenge World!" The MS Agito Zero is show in full NTD mode and Trans-Am in front of the earth beating it's wings as it spirals up into a vermilion light in the sky.
As the music continues to play with no lyrics Lacus Clyne is now seen standing up in shock upon the Eternal's bridge as she looks and the screen in front of her she can only see vermilion light.
The Logo Gundam Aigot SEED appears within the vermilion light and then vanishes form view.
"Dareka wo mamoru koto de" Yzak is shown getting into the MS Duel then turning to look at over his back.
"Dareka wo nikumu koto wo shiru" The scene switches to Dearka who is giving Yzak the thumbs up as he gets into the MS Buster.
The music plays now to show the Archangel hangar and those within it.
"Michi no kodou nomikomeba tada" Mu is now getting ready to get into the MS Strike, giving a nod to Murrue who is outside it looking at him and wishing him well.
"no kibou" Tolle, Sai, Flay and Mirriallia are now in front of the MS Strike Rouge.
"Oto wo tate kuzuresaru." Waltfeld is sitting in his chair on board the Eteranl and Ashia is by his side they both give a nod to one another.
"Watashi ga himeta." Kira is now in the cockpit of the MS Freedom in full space suit and is getting ready to launch.
"Yaban na itami." Athrun is in his space suit and getting ready to get into the MS Justice.
"Tatakau higeki." Delilah is now seen in front of her own MS and is in a space suit going to get into the MS.
"Nozomanu chikara" A flash back occurs to when the MS Agito Zero defeat first appeared and engage the ZAFT pilots.
"Negai no hoshi wa." Anthony is now seen standing with his back to the MS Agito Zero, his eyes and close and a single tear is rolling down his eye.
"Sude ni otosarete" As he opens his eyes the eyes of the MS Agito Zero, light up in a vermilion colour behind him.
There is a quick flash to a two hands one is lying on a bed, the other is holding it from off the bed in the early morning light.
"Kono kanashii sadame" Anthony now turns around and sees that Earth and the PLANTS are on fire as he looks into the MS Agito Zero's eyes.
"Watashi wo hikisaku itoshii" The MS Freedom and the MS Justice are seen taking on the MS Forbidden, the MS Calamity and the MS Raider and the 5 MS exchange fire at one another.
"monotachi yo" The MS Strike and the MS Buster are seen getting shot at and then fire back at a black MS
"Saa yume tsukamitore" The black MS is seen dodging the attacks coming his way and then launching his funnles and the silhouette of Rau is seen smiling behind the black MS.
"Kanashii samade wo sakende mo" Lacus is now seen reaching her hand out into the vermilion light.
"Hikari ga inori ga uragiri e to kawaru" The scene now shows Murue open the bridge yelling to fire and the seen switches to show Natarle on her bridge yelling to fire.
"Sabaki wo uteome" The blast from the two ships hit each other and engulfs the view of the screen in bright light.
"aa hohoemi wa doko e." Anthony is now seen standing in the commander centre of Jachin Due, an explosion is set off in the place that engulfs the screen.
"kotae wa mienu yoake." The MS Agito Zero is now seen spinning off towards Earth leaving a bright trail of GN particles and vermilion light in it's wake.
Chapter Thirty Four
"If you pretend to feel a certain way, the feeling can become genuine all by accident." Hei (Darker than Black)
It had only been 3 days after the meeting of the 3 Ship Alliance heads had chosen to go on and fight if it was needed.
It had only been 3 days when they got news of the attack on Boaz, the ZAFT space fortress, the first line of defence for the PLANTS.
The attack of the EA had just begun, but rumours about how and why such a drastic action had been taken began to circulate.
On board the bridges of all 3 ships, the Captains of each ship along with notable members of the crew all met once more to try and make sense of why the EA had chosen to do this.
"There is no way they can take down Boaz, it is just not possible, sure they have got those 2 new MS, but that won't be enough not for the defence force that we, I mean ZAFT had had Boaz."
Yzak said this with confidence, he was right, there was no way a regular attack force or a new attack force of the EA would be able to overcome Boaz.
Dearka on board the Archangel now said "It is true that the Boaz DF is no joke, but it is a pretty bold move to go and attack a space fortress like that, it won't be like it was on Earth."
Athrun on board the Eternal now gave him a nod "I know what you mean, the only thing ZAFT has that is bigger than Boaz is Jachin Due, I've got a bad feeling about all of this."
Lacus Clyne who was also on board the Eternal now said "The Earth Alliance, must have a plan to take down Boaz, they won't just throw away lives on a battle they can't win."
Mu on board the Archangel said to her "You may find that they can and if they want to, they will, but you are right, they have to have a plan, they higher ups are very devious if it comes to this stuff.
Murre who was beside Mu seated in her Captains Chair now said "Indeed, we are all aware of the fact that the Earth Alliance, is more than ready to throw away lives at a high value target."
Cagalli at this point said "I get it, they want to take it down and get to the PLANTS, but what I don't get is how they are ready to just throw away lives like that."
Kisaka who was with her and Yzak on the Kusanagi bridge said "Not all of the people in this world value human life the way we do, it is safe to say those who don't are in power right now."
Waltfeld now said "They have to have something up their sleeve, truth is I don't want to believe it, but the only way I see them taking down Boaz is if they nuke it."
Lacus turned to look at him in person and gave him a nod "That is what I fear."
Aisha now said to her "That is what we all fear, with men who are ready to kill many of their own fellows in charge, what will they do to the enemy."
That was a very good question, it was also a very scary question as it implied many thing that did not need to be implied at all.
Kira now said "It has to be, that or they have more new MS that we do not know about and are using them to destroy the ZAFT MS DF that is at Boaz."
Yzak shook his head "No, there are just too many of us, I mean ZAFT MS and ships at Boaz for that to go down."
Athrun then said to him "But if that is not the case, then either the Earth Alliance has nukes or it is using this as a distraction like they did at JOSH-A."
Cagalli was now quick to ask "But what is it that they are trying to hide?"
Athrun in reply just shook his head "That I am afraid I do not know at all, Cagalli."
Delilah who was behind Lacus now said "Mr Hitoro, you have kept quiet so far, if I know a little about you, it is that you always can shed more light on things, can you do this for us."
In reply to her Anthony said "All of you will get your answer very soon, you are right Athrun that attack force at Boaz is just to draw its DF to them, it is to say, put on for the sake of victory, a tactic that is used many times, but the victory they will have will be big."
At this point Yzak looked at him and asked in a soft voice "Does that mean, does that mean that Boaz is going to fall?"
In reply to this Anthony said "It will and not a soul in it, is going to out live it, it is a sad thing to say, but Boaz will fall and it will open the door for only more bloodshed."
It was Lacus who now asked "I see, so the Earth Alliance, they do have nukes and they are going to use them at Boaz?"
Anthony did not say a word to her, he just closed his eyes and gave a nod and that was all that he needed to tell them about it.
Yzak at this point yelled "Damn them, do they, do they not feel a thing at all for the use of such a weapon?"
As if to kick Yzak while he was down, Anthony said to him "Why not ask Patrick Zala and the rest of ZAFT, who have built a weapon with the sole purpose to wipe out the Earth."
Yzak froze, he got what he was being told, he did not like it, but he got it and he was able to accept it as fact and as the truth.
All he could say to this in his anger and tears was "Damn, damn this war and all those who made it, why did it have to be like this?"
As if to try and explain to him Anthony said "Most people want a simple solutions, solutions like war."
In his own head Anthony said "The more I am here, the less and less I feel like myself and now I sound like Full Frontal."
Lacus now said to Anthony "Are you alright, you kind of zoned out on us there for a bit?"
With a blink, he came back to reality and said "Sorry, I just recalled that a man who I did not like said the very same thing a while back."
Mu now said "It is true though, it is a lot easier to take out a gun and shoot a man, than it is to try to talk and find out why you do not get along."
In reply to that, Dearka said "I know that much, but I can say it does make us feel hollow, I mean if either of the 2 sides do win, what is next?"
Kira at this point just had to say "At this point, neither of the 2 sides can be allowed to win, if that does happen, it is not just the other side, but humanity as a whole that will have lost in the bargain."
Murrue gave a nod and said "I can agree to that."
Cagalli said "But if we do try to stop them, won't we be seen as people who just want to take power for our own use?"
Anthony now gave a laugh as he said "If that is the price to be paid, then I will pay it, it is sad."
Lacus now had to ask him "What is it that you find sad, can you tell us or do you not wish to share with us?"
"To think that is how many will see us, so be it, well I am ready for it, if one wishes to turn me into a villain, it is fine by me, I will do as I see right and as my mind and heart mandate, I do not give 2 shits about those who have an opinion to a battle they did not show up to."
Yzak gave a smile as he said "Yeah that is how it is, if we have to fight and get blood on our hands than any one else has to shut up and deal with it."
It was at this point, that Dearka had to say out loud "Shit the 2 of them really are alike, I see now, this is how he was able to get under our skin."
Yzak gave a blink as he now said "Wait, hold up what do you mean?"
He did not get to hear answer to due Ashia saying "It is nice to see that all of you boys get along, but we do have a war to plan out."
Kisaka now said "We will have to plan our line of approach, it is vital that we can try and do our best in this part first, since it will give us an advantage in the battle."
Mu gave a nod as he said "I get you, it is in our best interests to do so, but we will need data on both sides before we do this."
It was just as he said this, all eyes now turned to look at Anthony who just said "I'll see what I can do, but it will only be after Boaz is lost."
ZAFT High Command PLANTS
Patrick Zala was with Rau Le Creuset and a few others and they all now looked on in horror at what they saw on the screen in front of them.
Boaz, the proud part of ZAFT, a space fortress that no Natural could ever hope to take over yet alone destroy was now covered in white light.
It was the light of death, it was cruel and it was ever so harsh to look at.
Rau had to be the only one in the room who was not in shock, but in the heat of the moment no one had a clue that he did not care and in fact was rather glad that it had come to this.
It is true, a zealous fool is much easier to direct that a sane man.
His plan was about to enter its last stages, but he had to ask "What of Freedom, the Justice and Lacus Clyne and most of all the Red Demon?"
He chose to say now "It is clear to all of us now that the Naturals do have the ability to use their nuclear powers once more, I can say with no doubt that we will be next if we don't take action."
Rau gave a pause, it was to hint to Patrick to ask him why he gave a pause.
Patrick Zala did pick up on this and now asked him "But what is it Le Creuset?"
Rau now said "The problem now is that we have to deal with an enemy with nuclear weapons as well as 5 wild cards that our in play, these are the Eternal, the Freedom, the Justice and Lacus Clyne."
At this point a ZAFT officer now asked him "Sir, you said 5, but you only named 4 of the wild cards that are in play?"
If he had or had not done this on purpose, only Rau knew.
But he now said "That is because the last wild card is the Red Demon, after my scuffle with it's pilot, I am sure that it has many more tricks to show us, it is a wild card that is above the others."
He now gave a pause as before he said "But its pilot, the man can take a bullet to the chest and fight on even ground with me in hand to hand combat, be in a rage and still retain any and all tactical thinking, he is no wild card, no he is the joker and if he is played right, then we will lose this war."
He gave a smile on the inside as he now heard Patrick Zala's response to that.
"If that is so, we have to make our move before he and all the others get the chance to act, we have to destroy those scum and the world they call home, that is the only way we can bring this war to an end, all of them will die for Boaz, all of them."
Rau now said "Sir, I would suggest that we also try to make sure that we take him out if he is on the field, if we can do that, I am sure that his allies will lose heart."
It was true or at least in Rau's mind it was, if he got the Red Demon, the MS and the pilot who had never lost, shot down and dead, then in a sense he'd have won this war already."
Thing was, the fact that he had to get the MS to stay still for the GENESIS cannon to hit it.
Then it came to him "We do not have to aim for him, we just have to make him take the blow?"
It was not going to be an easy task to do, but with ZAFT's new MS, he could just pull this off and kill the Red Demon.
But perhaps he was getting a bit d of himself, he first needed to kill the Red Demon and then Kira Yamato.
In that order due to the fact that if he started with Kira, the Red Demon would just stab him in the back.
At least that was how he saw it go down.
"But wait, the Duel, the Buster and the Justice, the Strike along with that 1 golden MS I saw in ORB are also with them."
Things just got a little if not a whole lot more complex if he had to add those 5 MS in.
It may not be as clear cut as he thought it'd be, in fact he now cursed in his mind, it had to be the doing of that pilot, he had to of known about this.
"Did he know of me, or did he listen in on what I had to say, he did not let me finish, so he may know what I am trying to do, if he has figured it out, then he is a very talented man, but he will have to die, but that is the thing, he is a man and like the rest of his race, he must die."
Patrick Zala now saw that he was in a trance and asked "Is there more to this than we don't know at this point Le Creuset?"
He gave a nod in reply and said "There is, the Red Demon has a cannon on it's suit, I am not sure how powerful it is, but I have seen it take out up to 50 + MS in a single shot, it is a concern."
Patrick Zala now gave a scowl as he said "So if it has the power to do so, what makes you afraid or what is it that gives you pause about it?"
Rau in reply said to him calmly "It is the fact that he may be able to do a lot more than just that, he was able to hold off an attack from us with a single blast at the Battle of Orbit, I can say that I do not wish to be in the firing line of that gun."
At this point he was stirring the shit and he had to say to himself "I do have a talent for guiding fools to their demise, I guess it is easy to guide a fool who is all the more ready to kill for a cause that is genocidal."
After all had the man not been easy to fool as well as to manipulate, Rau may have just had a harder time bringing this about and to get his plan to this stage.
But as it stood right now, he had got his plan to this stage, only for an upstart group to try to ruin it.
"I and I alone have the right to judge humanity and they will all die because they are all just a fools, I may have set this all up, but it could have never happened unless they wished it to."
He was right to an extent, he did set this all up and all he did was give the 2 sides a push in the right areas to get the ball rolling and it had come this far.
Eternal
Lacus Clyne was on the bridge when the news came that Boaz had fallen to a nuclear attack. If this did shock her, she did not show it.
Andrew Waltfeld now said to her "So Boaz is no more, it is as he said it would be, do you want me to raise him on a line?"
Lacus shook her head and said "No, he must be doing as he said he was back when spoke to him."
Aisha now looked very sad as she asked "Just how many people do we know Andy who just died?"
Her lover and the Captain of the ship in reply just said "How many, I do not even want to get into the numbers, Aisha, it is a lot."
Lacus now said "I see now what Anthony meant when he said it was only going to escalate and get worse."
There was no doubt in her mind that Anthony must have known this was going to happen.
"If I had not spoken out of turn that day, would he have told us about this, I am not sure, yet I know that now I will never know."
Despite the way he treated her as in the way he had when she was on the Archangel, she could feel that part of the emotion that was once there was missing.
"It is true that a broken egg can never return to it's original form, just like liquid spilled from a cup can never return to the cup."
It was also clear to Lacus that at this point he was very well, very aware of what was going on and what came next.
"If I start to doubt him now, if I do go and ask him what is it he is hiding, will he tell me, will he get angry and leave us, will he tell me some of what he is hiding but not the part I want to hear."
It is safe to say that she did not wish to test if he would get angry or not. It was not that she did not trust him, no it was that at this point he looked like he had the weight of the world on his back.
"If only if you let us in, if you gave us a bit of trust, I am sure that we will be able to talk this over and try to find a solution to it."
But it was not that easy, it never was. In her heart, Lacus knew when push came to shove, Anthony would be at their side in and push back.
It was now she almost heard his voice say "I will do as I see right, it is the only way I know how to live and it is the only way I should live."
It was now at this point that the first words he had ever said to her came to her mind.
"I'm sorry by it is not a new style, it is a uniform but not of the Earth Alliance."
He had not said much at the time, but due to the Captain of the Archangel, she learned that it was he got her pod and brought it in.
If he knew she was in there or not, it did not matter right now.
"Miss Clyne, what will we do, do we wait or will we begin to move and get Anthony's data on the go?"
It was just as she was about to answer this when they got a hail from the MS Agito Zero.
Aisha now said "Oh well it looks like we don't have to, if I had to say it he has good timing."
Lacus gave Aisha and Waltfeld a nod as she said "The first stage of this final battle is close."
Dominion
Almark now gazed out at what was once Boaz and said "Well I am sure all of them can see now that we are no joke, I guess they can clean their pants and try to figure out a plan before they die."
Natarle who had been able to recover from what he had done, though her memory of it was vague as well as bad was in the Captain Seat.
She now asked him "Sir, do you have any remorse for using nukes against people like that?"
In reply to her he just gave a shrug as he said "I don't know, we should ask the folks at Panama what they think of this."
It was in a way to say that he did not care, all the troops at Panama were murdered after the battle to the last man.
He now said "Well if you look at it, in many ways I am almost like a saint, I do not send my soldiers out into battle knowing the only thing they will do is die in a battle that could never be won."
He did not get a reply from Natarle, he did not expect to.
"I can see that you do not agree with me on this, it is alright, I can take in the fact that you do not like nukes, but they will save a lot of lives."
Natarle did reply to this "Just how can you say that they will save lives, if even 1 of those things goes of or gets shot or hit, we will all go."
Almark gave a blink and then began to laugh as he did so he said "I see, I see, so it is not on a moral ground you do not like them, you just think of what if 1 of them is set off, it will kill us, how like a soldier of you, can I say that, is that a thing?"
He took their silence as consent and now said "Our next target is to be the PLANTS and we have to do it quick as to make sure that the enemy of all humanity is unable to give us a reaction as well as a counter to our nukes."
Natarle picked up a hint of fear in what he said, he may be all for the cause of the blue and pure world, but the man did not wish to be here and did not wish to be on the front lines.
If she had to say, he was here so the man or the men behind him did not have to be, so in that way he was just a puppet.
As long as he had those 3 psycho's with him, the man could do as he wished.
At this point Natarle was not sure why but she was sure the man had touched her, she had no memory of it in her mind, but her body did and it was afraid of him.
"I need to find a way to get him the hell away from me, I am unable to gain any tactical data while I feel as if I have to watch my back, just what the hell did this man do to me?"
3 Ship Alliance
Athrun now came onto the ships bridge and he asked "Is there any word on the Lunar Fleets attack on Boaz?"
Lacus now gave a nod and Kira now joined Athrun as Aisha now turned to them and said "We have news, but it is not good."
Lacus gave a slow nod again as she said "It appears to be that things have taken a turn fro the worse, in fact it is the worst that we are yet to see."
Athrun was no fool as was able to pick up on what it was they mean to say "Boaz, is it lost, it is lost isn't it?"
Waltfeld gave a nod as he now stood up and said "If what I have heard from our sources is true the EA used Nukes to take it down, it has already fallen."
In a way it was a sad thing for those who knew those who were at Boaz.
It was also an evil thing for it gave those alive no way to bury the dead.
Athrun now said "Damn, that is, that is the worst, but how can they, how can they use such a thing?"
His reply came in the form of Anthony who just said "It is done and you can't change that, if it is up to us, to put an end to this, we must focus and the now and the future."
In reply Athrun gave a nod as he said "No it is just not on their morales, I know they would, it is how did they get their hands on them and use it?"
In reply to that Anthony just said "I do believe that I told you some time ago how they did, think back to it."
Kira now said it for Athrun "Rau Le Creuset, he was the one that set this all off, is he the one to blame for all of this?"
Anthony gave a nod as he said "Not just this, but the entire war in general as well as key battles in it of course."
Lacus now asked Anthony "Do you have the data you need and do you have it ready?"
In reply to her Anthony said "I've done all I can, if we stall any longer we will be too late, I have the best path way the 3 ships can get to a good spot, but it is up to you to do your best from there, the rest of us will have to fight."
It was at this point he said "I will launch now and hang on to the one of the ships, that way we can launch the other MS as soon as we arrive and have one out their already to hold of any enemy forces that try to attack us."
Lacus gave a slow nod in reply to this and so did Cagalli over the screen and Murrue over the other one.
"I'll be out in a bit, need the Kusanagi to open up for me and all, in the mean time, we need to get a move or we will be too late."
Lacus gave a nod as she knew what he meant and said "Well then, we do have to get a move on, let's all do our best from here on out alright?"
At that point all of them gave a nod, pilots moved to go to their MS while the leaders stayed on the bridge.
The battle for Jachin Due, the last battle of the Bloody Valentine was about to begin, well it was not the real last battle, not yet at any rate.
It was but the prelude to show all just how mad this world has gotten and how mad the people who run it are.
Jachin Due, 3 Ship Alliance
It was not far and the 3 Ship Alliance was able to make it to Jachin Due in no time, but by the time they got to it, the battle had already been joined.
A savage battle between MS and MS along with ship against MS and ship against ship had no lit up space in for all those who saw it.
Anthony how was handing on to part of the Kusanagi felt a shiver move through his body ass he could see the hate out there.
"I can see it, I can see the hate that is out there, this is going to be real blood bath."
No doubt the MS Raider, MS Forbidden and MS Calamity were doing damage to the ZAFT forces as the ZAFT MS did to the EA fleet.
It was at this point that Anthony made a scan of all the ships and said "So Admiral Halberton is not here, that is good, but I do hope he is not on the moon either."
The MS Agito Zero now alerted him to the Peace maker force that was out in the field and was going to go to fire on the PLANTS.
Anthony now made contact with Lacus and said to her "Lacus the Nukes are out in the field and there is no one ready to take them on, I'm going on ahead."
In reply to him she gave him a nod and a smile as she said "You carry the dreams of us all Anthony, we cannot allow a single Nuke to hit the PLANTS."
Anthony now gave her a nod and said "You have my word that it shall not be."
He now gave a smirk as he launched away from the 3 ships "This is Anthony Hitoro, Agito Zero launching!"
A ZAFT Soldier's POV
(Play MegaMan Zero 2:Awakening Will)
We are in the fight of our lives, the PLANTS our homes our loved ones all of it, we wish to fight to stop all that is a threat to us.
Those naturals they wish to kill us all, they have no pity no remorse no soul, they will nuke all of us if we let them.
We will not, but right now, we are unable to do a thing, those 3 MS, they are better than us, there is no way they can be, but they are.
They are so much better than us I can hardly keep myself alive out here.
These 3 MS, they stand in our way, they will not let us get through to the nukes, they want to kill all of us or most and let some survive to see our homes as well as our loved ones die.
I am be no ace, but I will not sit by and just let any MS stand in the way of me saving my home.
I can see them I can see the nukes they are being launched and we are not close enough to them to get a hit on them, nor can we with these 3 MS.
I can hear the cries of despair as well as desperation to try to stop this.
I now charge forth and fire, even if I am to die, I have to hit at least one of those nukes, I can't let them hit my home, I have a family back there that I wish to protect.
It is now that I push for my standard MS to move and fire at the nukes be they in vain or not.
It is as I see the black bird like MS coming at me that I now see a brilliant pale red light flash past all of us.
I am not sure what it is, but it moves so fast, it could almost be a shooting star.
I now see a beam burst out of it like in the shape of wings.
The black enemy MS turns to see what the hell it is and it is just as it does this the entire of space seems to be lit up in bright white light.
But I can see that pale red light shining even brighter, it is as if even though it is smaller it is better and more bright than the white.
I see now the 3 MS now move to face it.
My visuals are mostly fried by the massive reading I got from the nuclear waves from that light.
Yet I can clearly see that what was at the centre of the pale red light was indeed a MS.
I know it only by 1 name, that is Red Demon.
It had just moved to save the PLANTS, my home, it had just saved my home, why?
I see it now and I can hear the voice of a young man speak as I pull back.
He says out loud for all to hear over an open channel or did he force it into our coms?
"Take all the mistakes take all the pain, guide what you have through to the fleeting beautiful light, so far away!"
It is now that he engages those 3 new MS in battle.
3 MS that were giving us hell, he is able to take on with ease, but it is another voice that I now heara voice, it is female and I know who it is for it is none other than Lacus Clyne.
"Soldiers of Earth, please cease your attack on the PLANTS at once."
I give a blink did Miss Clyne send the Red Demon to save us, is she, is she a friend of his or an ally?
She goes on to say "Are you all fully aware of what you are trying to do, it may not be now, but in 10 years will you be able to look back on this day with pride that you slaughtered untold amounts of innocent lives?"
Is she, is she trying to protect the PLANTS, is she helping us, but she was called a traitor as well as a puppet of the Naturals, what is she doing, could it be that we were all lied to?
She now said once more "I repeat Soldiers of the Earth Forces please cease your attack on the PLANTS."
I am not sure what it going to go on, but I can see that they have not attack us yet.
I blink now as my screen is given orders to pull back.
It is to get out of the line of fire of GENESIS, I am not sure why, my family owe the Red Demon their lives so I now signal to him to get out of the line of fire as well.
I may be a soldier, but this is all over my head and I do not like it.
I just hope the Red Demon is able to catch my signals, I owe him now, so I can at least warn him.
(Stop Playing MegaMan Zero 2:Awakening Will)
Dominion
Almark raised an eyebrow as he heard what had just been said "So, that young lady, she is the daughter of the former Chairman of the PLANTS."
He said this out loud but to no one, his face at this point had a blank if not soulless look to it, he was by no means happy with that had just gone down.
"If it it has to be, it has to be don't it, I mean if they are not with us they are against us and that lady just cost us a few nukes."
It was at this point that Almark gave a sigh and said "It was meant to be simple, it was simple, we fire, we hit, we win, we go home and not have to worry about a thing."
He now stood up as he said "It is up to us to find a way to get rid of them, call back our MS, we can't waster power trying to take that MS head on now can we."
In a way, it was a sound plan, due to the fact that said enemy MS, was just so much better as well as the pilot was in sync with his MS more than his tools were.
"If we do not get rid of them, they will be a thorn in our side for the next time we try to end this war, I don't think they are with ZAFT, but they are not with us, so bye, bye bye!"
It is safe to say that Natarle did not like a word he said, but at this point she could not do a thing to him.
GENESIS
Patrick Zala now got the report of what was going, he gave a snide laugh as he said "Lacus Clyne and those others are what, how admirable."
He took in a breath as he now said "Never mind, leave them alone, it is time, we need to get our forces out of the way and then we can reveal our true power.
The control room for the super weapon was filled with chatter as they began to update as well as inform others of the situation.
"Deploy GENESIS alignment mirror."
"Activate voltage, deactivate mirage colloid."
As if to make it be out of a movie the GENESIS Cannon appear behind Jachin Due.
"Activate N Jammer Canceller, set nuclear cartridge to detonation position, system connections all green."
Patrick gave a nod as he heard all of this, it was time for him to show the world what the PLANTS had and what the world did not.
He now made a speech though not a single Natural could hear it.
"All of you Naturals mark this moment well, let this light usher in the creation of, the Coordinators world!"
He yelled the last 3 words loudly, he was a zealous mad man and he was about to commit an act of god.
In his mind, it must have been for his late wife, but to his son it was just madness.
He could hear the humming of the cannon about to reach it's crescendo as he order all of them "Now fire!"
Anthony's POV (Play Digimon Adventure Tri: Brave Heart)
Good Lord, they have fired GENESIS, well I guess it is time to put you to the test eh, Agito Zero.
It had been a saving grace for me that the EA pulled back the 3 boosted men, had they not, I would have never been able to pull this off.
The Zero System now aligns it all up for me, off to the side, if I fire at the right time with the right amount of power, then I will be able to at least move the line of fire away from most of the fleet.
It has only one problem, humans are flawed and I have to be the one to take the shot, it is a lot of pressure on me not to screw this up.
But if I think about it, I've come a long way from where I was, well not skill wise, but as a person, I have come a long way?
I can figure out if I have or if I have not at a latter date, right now is the time to take the shot.
I do not have the fire power to take it head on and blow it back like they do to an attack like this in Dragon Ball Z.
Nor do I have a shield as and a person to back my up like they did at the end of Unicorn.
I am not super and I am no hero, but I can make a change, and I will make a change I will take this shot, I will do what I can to divert the blast, mind over matter.
I now say out loud "It is time to whip out the high mega cannon!"
I can't believe that I forgot that I had it hidden in my suit all along, well I guess I can be a ditz too.
Eternal
Lacus gave a blink as she saw the blast coming and she now yelled "Anthony, where are you get away from it, you'll be caught up in the blast!"
To yell it was not like her, she had to be seriously worried if did do it and this was a cause for her to be so.
In reply she just heard the words "Trans-Am!"
Followed by "Eat my high Mega Cannon!"
After this was said a beam not as large as the GENESIS Cannon, it was large for an MS to fire, but it was no where near as big as the GENESIS cannon.
Yet Lacus felt the ever so slight sting of hope hit her, it was the hope that this blast, it was not just the power of a MS, but it carried the hopes and dreams of many in it.
The main colour, it was Vermilion, but she could see that it had a light purple blast in it as well.
It was the light of the purple blast that made Lacus some what feel at peace, though she had no idea why.
It was when the 2nd blast hit the 1st that Lacus saw what Anthony had done and gave a blink at the light that now shone bright.
Andrew Waltfeld now said as he sat in the Captains Chair "Holy Shit, he did it, he did it, he was able to do it, damn trust him to pull a miracle out of his ass."
Aisha now said "Did he, did he just angle the blast, if so he had to have a lot of power to do so."
Lacus gave a nod as she said "He allowed it to pass him by and then he shot at it to angle it away from the Lunar Fleet, just what type of weapon is it that Anthony has, if it can do this?"
It was at this point Anthony appeared up on the screen and now said to her "I need to pull in for a bit, doing that really takes it out of the Agito Zero and my MS needs to cool down, I've done what I can so far, it is up to you guys for the next 10 minutes."
Lacus gave a nod as she now said "Roger that, all MS pilots get ready to launch, Kusanagi, the Agito Zero will dock with you till it is ready to take off.'"
So got an aye or a yes from all in reply to that. Waltfeld now said "10 minutes, he is lying, his MS needs hours to cool down."
It was just as Lacus was about to reply to him, that Aisha beat her to it.
"I am sure that he knows that Andy dear, but if you look at it, there is no way he can just take a break like that, he is going to fight out there no matter what."
(Stop Playing Digimon Adventure Tri: Brave Heart)
With the pilots
Yzak, Cagalli and Delilah were about to launch from the Kusanagi, Yzak on his way out had to say "It pains me to say this, but he is by far the best pilot and has the best MS I have ever seen, he is quite the guy to pull that off."
Delilah now said to him "It is up to us to take the field in his stead, we need to focus to win this guys and girls."
Cagalli at this point said "Astray pilots stay back and launch after we clear a path, you will need to stay and protect the ships."
She got a moan out of them, but they would do as she had asked them.
In a way, it is a bad thing that the MS Agito Zero did what it just did, for now they were a major target.
"It is up to us, it is up to us as Delilah said to take the fight head on, Nicol this one is for you!"
He now yelled the last two words as he "In memory of Nicol!"
All also heard Dearka say this when he launched from the Archangel "In memory of Nicol!"
Though he said it in a much calmer voice than Yzak did, Delilah did this as well, she did know him, but barely, but enough to like him.
"Delilah Bennett, for Nicol!"
Athrun was the last person to mention him as he launched and he said "This is the MS Justice, time to kick as, in the memory of Nicol and all the fallen!"
Kira now came out in the MS Freedom "This is Kira Yamato Freedom Gundam, I will fight!"
Cagalli also chose to say a catch phrase as she launched "This is Cagalli, Delta Gundam, it is time to kick ass!"
Mu did not do as the other and just said "Mu La Flaga, Strike launching!"
After he was out Mu said "Listen up people, it is up to us to show the people of the world the power we have when we work as a team, be we Natural or be we Co-ordinator, it is up to us to stop the blood of those we care for in the PLANTS and on Earth from being spilt, it is up to us to end this war, you with me!"
All of the MS pilots now gave a cheer as they all said as one "We all are with you!"
Mu gave a smile as he now said "Alright then, I want all of us to go out there and kick as much ass as we can, that is an order, kick their asses so hard that their heads pop right out of it you all hear me!"
It was at this point all of them now spread out as Mu said "Kira can you and that Yzak handle ZAFT?"
In reply Kira said "I can." Yzak said "Who do you think you're talking to, of course I can!"
Mu then said "Athrun and Cagalli, I need you 2 to try to get to that weapon and take it down?"
Cagalli and Athrun as one said "Got it."
Mu gave a grin as he now said "The rest of us have to deal with those 3 MS, oh boy, lets get this on people!"
GENESIS
Rau's mouth was wide open, wide open in shock, Zala was in a rage, it had, it had just been set at an angle and it had missed the Lunar Fleet.
It did play to Rau though as he did warn them that the Red Demon is a foe that had a few more tricks up it's sleeve.
But fuck, he did not mean it like this, not on this scale, this was just pure utter horror, that the MS could do a thing like this.
Power like that in the hands of Lacus Clyne, it was not a good combo at all.
"Sir, it might be wise, we all can see that the Red Demon is not in the field, we have to go after it and destroy it and Lacus Clyne."
It was at this point that Rau was about to learn, just why a mad Zealous man was both an easy tool to use, but a rigid one at that.
"No, we will not, we will get this done we have to fire on Moon and on Earth, with a target that size, we will not miss, I all of us to get ready to push, we will have justice!"
Rau gave a sigh as he now said "If that is so, but I do suggest we try to take care of at least that MS, before it is able to do this again to us."
In reply to that Zala said "If you want to see to it, then do so, I will allow you to, I will stay here and we will earn victory and destroy every last Natural."
Rau at this point said "I will do so, but after our forces are rest, we do not wish to push our luck if the enemy tries to attack us while we deal with Miss Clyne."
Zala had been a useful tool, but he was too rigid now, Rau gave a sigh at this.
With Athrun
"Damn there is just to many of them, Athrun if this keeps up, I'll run out of power and we won't be able to take that thing down!"
It had not been even 5 minutes since they had launched, but fact was Cagalli was not an ace pilot like him nor was she like Anthony.
The MS Delta Gundam avoid two more MS GuAIZ and shot them in the back after they past by.
The MS Justice was able to easily out do all of the MS GuAIZ and shoot them down before they could get a hit on him.
But fact was that Jachin Due had rallied to the Cannon at this point and they were up against the entire of Jachin Due DF.
He now had the MS Juscite fire taking down up to 5 MS GuAIZ in 1 go, but even he could see that did little to deter their foe.
"It's no use, we will have to pull back for now, if we do not, you'll be stranded here."
Cagalli knew this was true, but part of her tsun came out due to he caring tone he said that in "Hey I can take care of myself, it is not like I need you to save me."
She had let her guard down as she said this and Athrun had the MS Justice move and cut down a MS GuAIZ that had been about to kill her.
"There is no time for that, we have to pull back, I am not sure if they will follow, we also have Kira and Yzak near us, so if things go south, we can rely on them to get us out of here."
With a sigh Cagalli said "I will, pulling back now, but it is not like I care about what you think or anything like that."
Eternal
"It appears as if both sides are now pulling back, if it is out of fear or out of a tactical move, I am not sure, but one thing I am sure is that they will come back in full force, get our guys and girls back."
It was Andrew who said this over a screen to tell the other ships to signal for their pilots to pull back.
Lacus gave a nod as she said "It would appear that we are going to get a brief break, is their any news, how is our friend, is he, is he alright or is he?"
She did not want to hear that Anthony was hurt, if he was at this point, there was no way he could go out and pilot his MS, the G force could kill him at the speeds he went at.
Aisha now replied to her as she read a report "It appears he is fine or at least claims to be, his suit is very hot and needs some type to cool off before any one can check up on it."
Lacus gave a smile and said "That is him, he is not going to give up, so we must not give up either."
Andrew gave her a nod as he said "Though with a weapon like that, who knows how long it will be before they turn it on Earth?"
Lacus looked sad as she now said "Why is it that we have a thing like that in the first place, why do we need things like it or nukes or MS or guns, why is it that we all fight?"
Andrew in reply said "We can talk about that when the rest of us get here to discuss what is going to go on and what we are going to do next."
Lacus gave a nod and said "Pull us back, we need to get away so we can plan what we do next."
Andrew gave her a nod as he said "You heard the lady, we are to get out of here right now."
In her head Lacus had to ask "Are you okay, to pull off what you did, I do hope you are not hurt or if you are, I hope that you are not hurt badly."
It was true, if he was in no shape to pilot, this battle just got a whole lot uglier.
Aisha now saw this in her eyes and said "Do not worry, he is fine, he is not the type of guy to just go and die after that, I am sure he wants a very different scene to be there for his death."
Lacus gave a blink as she asked "What type of scene do you mean?"
Aisha gave her a smile as she said "I have no proof of course, but I am sure that he'd rather die in a bed circled by his family and dear friends, it is that man I see when I look into his eyes."
Lacus gave a smile as she said "It is, it is a very sweet way to think of him, thanks Aisha."
Dominion
Almark sat in his chair, he was not happy, in fact he was furious, but he was also glad, it was and is due to the MS Agito Zero, that they still have a large amount of MS and ships.
But also that he was able to see that the tool that Patrick Zala had was a kin to the nukes he had.
It was made not for war, but for genocide, it had to be taken out right now!
"We will wait till we have back up from Lunar, once we do, we can spread out our fleet and hit them and hit them hard!"
His voice took a very sick tone as he said the word hard, it was at this point that Natarle said "If we go back there, it is a death trap, I am not sure that the MS Agito Zero, will save us a 2nd time, also we did lose a quite a few ships to ZAFT and have injured with us, we won't be able to do a thing."
In reply to her Almark snapped as he said "Do you not see fool, it is only a matter of time, I can see it, I can see them turning it on Earth and firing it, I will not let that go down, we all have our orders and I have my own and they say for us to attack, do your job as a soldier and get on with it, we do not have all day!"
It was at this point Natarle said "Fine, but do you know that we can wait for the relief to get here to supply us?"
In reply to that Almark said "Do you take me for a fool, that is what we are doing, but we will attack once that is done, got it, these are orders from the highest level, those above me!"
It was at this point he sat back in his seat and gave a sigh "It is such a drag to be out here, to be near that thing and if they do fire at Earth, well we will take from them, what they took from us!"
There was a mad look in his eyes as he said this, it was clear to Natarle that the man did not take the near brush with death so well.
It was also clear that he did wish to kill all those who lived in the PLANTS.
He was a mad man, he may just be the reason why Mu and Murrue do not wish to return to the EA.
"Is it, is it true that we are the villains here, no we are not, we can't be just look at what ZAFT has done, surely this is evil as well, surely they are the bigger evil?"
It was at this point she came to see that she did consider what the EA was doing as evil as both ZAFT and the EA had done evil in this war.
It was a lose lose situation and she was on one of the side that was going to lose.
It did not matter who won, it did not matter was killed first, at this rate both would die as they tried to kill the other side off first.
"At this point we have to deal with the PLANTS and that thing, but we also have to deal with that MS, if we try launch any form of attack, it is going to end up in our way, it will be a shame to lose that MS, but it and its pilot are to dangerous to be left alive.
At this point Natarle had to rain on his parade as she asked "Just how is it that you are going to do this, the MS Agito Zero and its pilot are in sync as pilot and MS, I will also state, he may know what you and the rest of command are going to do."
Almark gave a blink as he said "So it is aware of our every move, it is a real threat, we will have to find a way to take him out when we do the PLANTS or if we can get the ZAFT forces to do it for us and then we will sweep in and clean them up."
His tone got more and more mad as he spoke, it was clear that he wanted Anthony dead for what he had just done, despite the fact that if it was not for Anthony, they may all be dead as well.
"It just has to be, that MS has no place in the blue and pure world, it is to unnatural to be one of us, in fact I think the pilot may not even be human at all?"
He now gave a smirk as he said "If that is the case, he will have to die, it is just sick to see an alien come to try to resolve our own conflicts, does he think he is a god to look down on all of us and act as he sees fit, eh?"
In reply to that Natarle said "From what I recall, he was less of that and more of this war was not his nor was it his problem, he did not care who won or who lost, though he did know of JOSH-A long before it came to be the way it was."
Almark narrowed his eyes at her and asked "So the pilot of that MS knew of JOSH-A, I need to know how he knew?"
Natarle shook her head "He did not say that nor did he say fate of JOSH-A openly, he did say that it was no haven since the battle of Orbit on repeat as to why he would not go there."
If this did not turn all Almark knew on his head, only death would.
"So he knew about it the entire time or at least had a gut feeling about it, what type of foe is he, does he know that I am on this ship, does he know why, is it that he knows more about us that most of our own allies do?"
It did sound a tad bit mad, but if it was true, there was no way in hell they could go after him until they had gotten rid of the PLANTS.
"I see, I see, we can't just go and fight up front, if we do, we will only be defeated, we will have to put him to the side until we can find a way to beat him."
Natarle was able to see that this guy was a scheming bastard and that he had lost it now.
"That an, Almark, I do not like him, I get the wrong feeling about him, like I need to watch my back with him."
Eternal Bridge
On a screen Erica Simmons was now saying "They fired a gamma ray beam, the rays were generated by a nuclear explosion and immediately focused to produce a coherent beam of energy, think of it as a giant gamma ray laser."
All of the leaders of the 3 Ship Alliance were present on the bridge of the Eternal along with the ace pilots.
"If they fired it at Earth, it would sear the entire surface to a crisp, wiping out all forms of life."
At this point Murrue had to ask "Do you think they'll do it, fire on Earth?"
Lacus Clyne was a bit if not very troubled by the fact this was real and her father had no idea about it or just had not told her about it.
Waltfeld at this point said "The whole point of a long range weapon such as it, is to serve as well a threat or a deterrent, but that point is moot since they have both been used at this point, it is evident that neither side is hesitant to use them again."
He was about to say more when Anthony chose to say "If I may say so, if we are to go after one side more than the other, it has to be ZAFT."
He said this as he came through the door, all of them could see that he looked a little tried.
Yzak at this point did have something to say, but it was not to rebuke or to challenge Anthony.
"I agree with Anthony, nukes all of us can deal with, that thing, only one of us can even attempt to stop it, it is not fair to put that load on Anthony if we can't lighten it for him as well."
Anthony at this point said "Thanks Yzak, but if it is not possible then we will have to do what we have to do, if I have to say it, I am not sure I will be able to pull that stunt I pulled off again."
Lacus now gave a blink as she asked "Wait what?"
Anthony now said "I was only able to redirect by using most of my fire power, I can do it, but I have to be at the right place at the right time and have the right quantity, at this point one of them is on cool down, a very long cool down and even if I try to force fire it, it power of the blast will suffer as well as the suit."
Waltfeld now said "I take it that we have not seen you use this weapon often or at all if it has such a flaw?"
Anthony gave a nod and said "The original of it's kind, it would drain the power from the entire MS, if you were to use it, at least my one does not do that, but it has the flaw in it, it stops the pilot of using it on repeat in battle."
Kira now said "Did you not fix it up on purpose, did you keep the flaw present so you would be unable to use it on repeat as you said?"
Anthony shook his head and said "The MS Agito Zero, is not the MS that I usually pilot, that is why at times even I am unaware of some of the things that I put into the MS."
Murrue now said "Back on topic, you were able to get the gamma ray laser away from the EA fleet, if it is as you say, then you are unsure if you can do this again?"
With a nod Anthony said "I know I will not be able to pull it off, I do not have enough time to try to let the systems cool down, it is going to fire to soon, I am sure that this time the target is going to be the moon and then Earth, Zala is no fool, he'll want to get rid of the supply of nukes."
Athrun gave a nod and said "Yes I can see him doing that, he may have lost it, but so far all of his calls in battle are sound."
His face contorted with pain as he said, it was his father they had to go and put an end to.
It did not matter that he was a zealous man on the path to genocide, a boy is unable to choose the family he is born into.
Cagalli now looked at Athrun and put her hand on his shoulder and said his name "Athrun?"
Lacus chose to speak at this point and said "It is a sad thing to see that the world has come to this, it is sad, but we have to fight it or we will lose all of it and all the we care for."
All in the room gave a nod to her, it was true, if they did lose here, all that they held dear would be gone, all of it in that single instant.
It was at this point a voice sung the words "Turning and flowing, times will change, I can't recall what happened any more. But if I try to close my eyes, I can hear everyone's laughter. Somehow that's now my most precious treasure."
It was a song, it was sung well, in fact it had a tune with no music to aid it, to make it all the more strange, it was Anthony who had sung it to them.
"It is up to us to put a stop to this, if one of us is unable to commit to this, then they should not fight this battle."
The words of his song was still in their minds as they gave their reply.
"I have come to far to back out now, if I did it would be a stain on any of my memories of Nicol!"
Yzak was the first to speak, he had a fire in his eyes as he said this, a fired that refused to go out.
Kira was next and he calmly said "I can't let them die, it is too late to back out, the final battle is here and if I don't fight the world is at risk."
"Well I for one am not just going to sit back and let a bunch of ass holes ruin the world we live in!"
Kira said this with a silent conviction in his body, he did not have the fire in the eyes of Yzak, but he would commit to this just as much if not more.
Cagalli said this there was anger in her, anger as well as grief, she had lost her father to this war, to honour her father's ideals she had to be here she had to go through with this.
"Well I for one do not want all the people on Earth or back home to just die."
Dearka said this and gave a nod, his face was grim and showed just how much he cared for this.
"I am in this, I was with Kira at the start, I will be with him at the end."
Murrue said this as she gave a salute to all of them, it was here way of saying that she was going to join them in this final push.
The voice of Mu La Flaga now said "I can't let the kids have all the glory, this old warhorse has some life left in him yet."
Mu gave Anthony the thumbs up, a grin and a wink as if to say he was ready to get into this.
Lacus now stood up from her seat as she said in her gentle voice "I will not just sit by and watch as the world is lost to us, such an act it is pure evil and I will do what I can to stop it here and now."
Waltfeld gave a smirk as he said "Well I guess it'd be a bit if not very rude of me to just leave the little lady all on her own now."
He got a playful jab by Aisha who said "I guess I can't leave you alone with a gorgeous young lady now can I?"
All in the room gave a laugh at this, it was a way to lighten the mood from the dark tone they had.
All in the room now turned to look at Athrun Zala who took in a deep breath as tears now rolled down his eyes.
"I will fight, I will fight against what has consumed my father, I will fight for the memory of my mother and what my father once was, I will not let it be known that my father was the leader of a mass genocide."
He now looked to Anthony "It is fine that we all have said we are in this, but are you?"
Anthony in reply just said "To protect the ones I cherish I got to be stronger, don't want to hesitate I have to be braver, so matter what may come I can face the morning sun."
As the meeting had drawn to a close, the entire of the 3 Ship Alliance was now making their ways back to the posts they had to be at.
Anthony was no exception to the rules and had to do it as well, but it was as he was about to leave that he felt a tug on his sleeve, It was Lacus, she gave him a smile and said "Can I speak to you in private?"
Anthony gave a blink and said to her "We can, but we will have to make it quick, I do have to get back to my MS the Agito Zero and get ready for battle, I do have a few things I need to do as well."
In reply to this Lacus said "I only need a little bit of your time, so please?"
Anthony closed his eyes and gave a sigh as he "Okay, I can spare a bit of time, but we can't drag on, if we do, I will be late to the battle."
Lacus said "Thanks, I will not keep you long, follow me please."
Much to his dismay Lacus now took Anthony by the hand as she now pulled him to a room where the 2 of them could talk alone so no one else could hear what was said.
It was safe to say that Lacus was no fool, in fact she was too smart.
She was able to pick up on the hints as to what Anthony had been saying as well as the tone and the conviction behind all that he had recently said.
With Lacus
Now alone with a room with Anthony, Lacus took a seat and motioned for Anthony to do the same.
It was as he did this that she said "After you launch, you do no intent to come back do you, don't lie to me, I can see it in your eyes, tell me, why is it that you do not intend to return to us?"
In reply to her all he said is "It is not that I do not intend to come back, it is just that I may be unable to come back to all of you, war is hell and I am the only one at this point who can make sure all of the others make it back."
Lacus gave a slow nod, she was able to see his point, but she did not want to accept it.
"It is good of you to want to bring us all back as well as get all of our pilots out of this alive, but why?"
In reply to her Anthony just said "I have seen it, I have seen the future where some of us do not make it, I do not like it Lacus and I never want to see it again, is that too much to as?"
Lacus gave a sigh as she now closed her eyes "No that is not, but Anthony do you not care if you die or not?"
In reply to her she got a laugh as Anthony said "Of course I do, I can feel fear, I do fear death, it is just that there are some things in life that we have to cop on the chin, this right now is part of that list."
Lacus was able to see that his eyes were clear and had no trace of hesitation in them, he knew what he had to do and he was not going to let her stop them.
It was at this point that Anthony reached into the blaze of his Agito Cadet Uniform and took out a chain with a dog tag on it.
"This is my tag of knowing, it is what he had to let the others know if we died or not."
Lacus now asked "Then why are you giving it to me, if it is a way to identify you?"
He gave her a smile and said "No matter how mature you are, you are still young, it is not a work of art by any rate, but it may be a good thing for you to have it on you."
He now gave a slight smile as he said "It may be a good thing, if I were to die you'd just need to look at it and recall who I was, don't worry I forgive you for that day Lacus, let us part as friends."
This caught her off guard and now tears rolled down her eyes as she said "Wait what, Anthony what do you mean by that?"
No he did not reply to that, he just stood up now and place he hand on her head as if to pet it in.
It was a way to say goodbye with no words at all.
He now left the room, but as he left he quoted to her this "Is the wheel one of joy or one of despair or perhaps?"
As the door closed behind him he said "I believe in people and I believe in the possibility that people posses."
GENESIS
Patrick Zala now addressed all of those in the station as he said "This day, it will go down in history, it is the day that we make a world free of those Natural Bastards who use nukes to try to kill us, but we, we are in every way better than them."
"We are the way of the future, they are in the past and it is time that they face what all those stuck in the past face."
"This day we will wipe out every last one of them all of them, this is the payment for what went down at the start of the war, all of our loved ones who died, this day will mark the dawn of a new age, it is the end of the Naturals and the rise of us the people of the PLANTS, this is our age!"
All in the control room and those who heard this over speakers now stood up and cheered for the mad man.
"We are the future, we will claim victory of the obsolete and weak Naturals, we will be the victors of this war and we will show them no mercy!"
As he said this a chant of victory began to go from those in the room and those who were outside and those who were in the ships and MS ready for battle.
It soon became a chant for no mercy and it became the battle cry of ZAFT as most if not all of them, be their at Jachin Due, the PLANTS or even the GENESIS Cannon began to chant "No mercy, no mercy, no mercy!"
Rau in the shadows gave a sick smile at what he saw, this meant that his plans would still move along and humanity would be no more soon!
With Anthony
It had taken a while but Anthony had been able to get back to his MS in the Kusanagi. He had just tuned in on a bit of a speech by the mad man Zala.
"If he wins, he will be known as the man who made their world a reality, if not he will be Zala the Mad, I think the latter has a nice ring to it more than the first, if I had to say he thinks that it is all over, well not yet."
Anthony gave a sigh as he was contacted by Lacus Clyne, he was able to see that it was not a personal one, but a contact to all the pilots as well as all the ships.
"All of us, all of us who are about to go into this battle, I want every single one of you to fight for what you truly wish to."
"It is up to us to put an end to this war and stop the destruction of both Earth and the PLANTS, I do not do this because I want to, I know that it is important to get results."
"But I ask that we all remember those who fall in the battle."
"I will not ask you to stay away from the cockpits, I will not put more of a burden on you that, I have already."
"All of us are here in this world for a reason, all of us can make a change in this world, it is the small boat out in the ocean that sets big waves into motion, it is time for us to put an end to this bloodshed."
"We are the only ones ready to stand up and find an alternative solution to genocide, we must not fail, for if we do, the cost is to high."
"Not one nuke can hit the PLANTS, GENESIS must not be aimed at Earth, it is up to us to make sure that tragedy does not come to pass."
"We are the ones who wish for a future where we can all look back on the past with pride and know in our heart of hearts that we did the right thing, it will be a day like no other."
"Our names will be said for years to come, Clyne, Yamato, Athha, La Flaga, Waltfeld, Zala, Ramius, Joule, Elsman, and Hitoro will be spoken on the vigil of this day."
"Children will ask who it was, how is it that they did what they did and who they were and those who speak of us can speak with pride on all that we have done."
"This day is not the day that we save the PLANTS or Earth, this day is the day that we save all of humanity, that we redeem it in our eyes and the eyes of all."
It was at this point she chose to sing a line or two from a song.
It was going to fit the mood for what they were all about to go and do and it was going to rally them if it could to be more than what they are.
It was the super power of Lacus Clyne, she was able to bring out the best in people and more.
Anthony gave a smirk has he said "She really is a better at speeches than me, not that it is hard to be better than me at that."
"And all those things I didn't say, wrecking balls in side my brain." "I will scream them loud tonight, can you hear my voice this time?" "This is my fight song, take back my life song, prove I'm alright song." "My powers turned on, starting right now, I'll be strong." "I'll be strong, I'll play my fight song." "And I don't really care if nobody else believes, cause I still got a lot of fight left in me."
She now stopped her song and said "All of you who are risking your lives, I am with you we are all with you and we believe in the future."
She now gave a pause before she said to them "I want all of us to search our hearts and call on the strength we have in their, the strength that is possibility that each and every one of us possess."
She now closed her eyes and said "I have said all that I can, I will stay here and fight till we can hold the future we can see in our eyes in our own hands, no matter what we are all here as one, thank you for your time Lacus Clyne out."
The transmission was over, she had said what she had to say to all of them.
Anthony gave a smile yet again as he said "I have to give it to her she is one heck of a girl."
He now pulled out a picture just to look at the faces of this in it.
As he looked at it he said "I never thought I'd be here least of all on this day in this battle, Ayu, watch over me lady."
It was all going to be here, all of it, here at Jachin Due, the battle, the last battle of this war, he had to make it so.
"I've only got one shot left at stopping the GENESIS Cannon, after that I am screwed, I guess I can leave it, if it does not target the Earth?"
Anthony at this point shook his head as he said "No, can't do that, if I do that, I will have thrown away any humanity that I hold so dear." the Agito Zero's screen flickered now as it showed him an option he had not yet seen yet.
Anthony gave a blink as he saw it and said "Is that so, but if I do try to do that, it will not work out the way I want it to, to calculate that, it will take years upon years that I do not have to live?"
The screen flickered once more showing him data on the path it had laid out for him.
"I am not too sure about this, it is all, very it may for me, it may happen, it may fail, the fact is at this point it is fairly terrible plan."
The screen flickered once more and Anthony gave a sigh "I did not want to see what the real probability was, now I know that it is almost certain not to work, but then again, the key word is almost."
It was at this point he gave a chuckle as he said "These folks, some of them have been good to me, I guess it is near time to repay the favour."
The screen flickered once again as he said "I get it, I get it, it is a better plan of action that what I had, so I will go along with it I just got to hope that all of them can make this battle count."
3 Ship Alliance pilots
It was time and all of them were ready to go out from here, all pilots of the 3 Ship Alliance were now in their MS ready to launch.
"This is Yzak Joule, Duel, time to kick ass."
"This is Dearka Elsman, going to rip the nukes and that big gun a new on."
"This is Asagi Cadwell M1 Astray, ready to kick some butt."
"Juri Wu Nien here, M1 Astray, I'll protect the ships!"
"Mayura Labatt, M1 Astray ready to launch." "This is Kira Yamato Freedom Gundam, I will fight!"
"This is Athrun Zala Justice Gundam, time to put and end to this."
"This is Cagallu Yula Athha Delta Gundam, for my father and the future of ORB."
"This is Delilah Bennett GuAIZ, time to make a bit of history."
There was a sigh and the voice of Anthony Hitoro said "This is Anthony Hitoro in the Agito Zero and I am ready to begin the mission."
All the pilots were ready to get going and to do this, they had to be.
It was now time to drop the curtain on this war and there would be now giant flash at to end it if they had a say about it.
Anthony now said "All of us have our jobs to do, Mu how did you want all of us to go out?"
In reply to that Mu said "I was going to ask you who did you think should go after what, use that talent of yours kid."
Anthony in reply to this said "You have like a year on me big guy, back on topic, if you want to know I can see that both sides are moving to fight once more, but this time they will be ready for us."
It was true all of it, fact was that they no longer had the element of surprise.
"Once we get out there we will split into 3 teams, Mu you will lead the M1 Astray girls and defend the ships, we can't let any harm come to them, clear."
Mu gave a nod over a small screen as he said "I got it, ladies you will be with me, this isn't to keep you out of the real battle, it is just o protect our rear."
Anthony gave a nod to Murrue and said "You will have to fight both sides as well, it is not going to be a walk in the park, stay close and each of you have the others back."
All 3 of them said in their own way "We got that, you can rely on us sir."
"We can do that, you do what you have to do."
"I will give it my best."
Anthony gave all of them a nod as Mu and the 3 M1 Astrays were going to launch last.
"I want Kira, Athrun, Delilah and Cagalli to go deal with ZAFT, it will not be easy, in fact it will be hard, but have a bit of faith in your friends and in yourself and you will get this done, I bet my own life on that you lot hear."
"If it comes down to it, Athrun you will need to take down the machine from the inside, can I trust you with a task like that."
Athrun said "You can count on me, I will get it down."
Anthony at this point said "That tone is not a good one kid, Cagalli if he does go in there, make sure you go in there with him."
Cagalli gave a smile as she now said "I got that covered."
Anthony now said "Kira, Delilah good luck to you two."
In reply to him Kira said "And also to you, you've saved a lot of lives by your actions already."
In reply to that Delilah said "I can say the same for you Kira Yamato, good luck to you Mr Hitoro."
Anthony gave a chuckle as he said "Well it is better than calling me kid."
Anthony now said "Yzak, Dearka, you 2 are with me, were are going to stop any and all nukes as well as take down the drugo trio that the Earth Alliance has in their new MS."
Yzak gave a grin as he said "It is time to kick some serious ass, they'll wish they never fought us."
Dearka now said "I don't know about that Yzak, they are not your run of the mill pilots like the rest of them and their MS are good to boot."
Anthony gave a laugh as he said "Yeah, but you forget who I am, I am the guy who rocked up out of the black void of space handed you your asses in a suit that I did not make for combat, I can deal with them."
Dearka gave a sigh as he said "Yeah I forgot we had to lord of all MS on our side, praise the Agito Zero all!"
"I don't need to or at least I don't think I need to add a thing to what Lacus said before, let us all go out there and kick some serious ass, for peace!" Kira gave a nod as he said "Well put, for peace."
It was the same for all of them who now said the two words "For Peace."
It is safe to say in the heart of all of them, they had this for all of them were at peace with the fact that at any time one or more of them may die.
But they were also at peace with the fact that if one of them did fall in this battle, they were not alone and that they did not need to fear any form of failure.
It is a sad thing to say, but all of them were at peace with the fact that peace is not a thing to last for ever.
At a point it will fail, but they were at peace with that, for if they were able to do what they had to do here and now.
They were sure that in the future when all of them are dead and gone in a new age, a new group of men and women just like them would do what they had to in order to bring peace."
It is due to the fact that the peace that has been paid for with the lives of may is all the more dear to those who have it.
They were all born, they had no say in that, why should how one is born be a thing to split one lot of people from the other.
It can be seen as a childish fantasy, but a world where all were able to see as well as understand the other, that is why they went out to fight now, there powers are turned on for this fight now!
It is so close to the end some of us can taste it, I can too, I can see it in my eyes the glorious ending. One worthy of a Gundam series. I'd like to say no the ZAFT soldier will not be named nor will I put in any more about him. I just wanted to write the stopping of the nukes from a different POV, sorry. The song Anthony did sing was "My Most Precious Treasure" from Angel Beats. The song that Lacus sung was Fight Song, I am not sure why I put it in, I asked around for good fight songs and this one did fit the bill to a point. Yeah I gave Anthony a few more weapons for his suit, but in truth that Agito Zero was a model he made for show and not for use in Gunpla, I am sure that I establish that he actually pilots the Hyaku Shiki in a flash back against Yuuki. The real battle the real last battle of the First Bloody Valentine will begin next chapter, all the cards are set and the players are ready to throw down.
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