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Chapter Fifteen

Uneasy Alliance

Battlefield Ruins

The only word that could be used to describe what was left of the battlefield was destruction. The Doomsdays genesis cannon left no prisoners as it destroyed all in its path, many of the alliance ships didn't even know what hit them, but when it did everything happened to fast that the deceased had no time to react to anything before they were vaporized.

Out of the entire alliance fleet Neo led only five percent survived the attack, it was likely their were some wounded and possible survivors that were in a few ships that weren't entirely destroyed however unlikely after that attack, but they couldn't be searched for as the remaining ships immediately retreated under Neo's order.

The Orb fleet that came to assist their representative suffered no damage from that attack, but they did take damage from the three machines built by their former ally and friend, and that didn't include what Kira himself dealt them, but considering what happened to the alliance fleet they were in no shape to complain.

Cagalli gave the order to take this Neo up on his offer to return to the alliance lunar base, but only as a temporary truce, she wasn't going to join them, but she knew after what Kira just showed off, the treaty of the first war was know broken, first by the alliance for attacking, but know by Zaft for building a mass weapon like that warship. All on the Archangel knew all their efforts from the last war, no matter who started it, were all but a waste as they knew the alliance was far from done, or after what Kira said everyone from anywhere was in danger from his wrath.

Jibril's little surprise attack had backfired in the worse way possible, however not all of this would be bad for him as this presented another opportunity that he would have had to dealt with eventually but this however just may have given him what he needed.

Somewhere on Earth

In an unknown location Jibril and his special council watched the events unfolding, they had been planning an attack to wipe out the Plants for awhile, but jumping the gun just may have cost them everything, for awhile the battle looked pretty even as they observed from the safety of earth, but as soon as that massive warship appeared and fired everybody was in a state of shock and horror.

Jibril's calm and collective attitude had long been broken as after that warship fired and the destruction it left behind all he cursed was the coordinators.

"That is impossible!" Jibril screamed as he smashed a wine glass he was drinking out of.

His special council was all video linked with him as they were all in different locations, they were uneasy about jumping the gun, and that just proved correct.

"How in the world could that have been built without us knowing?" one asked.

Jibril looked up.

"We should have waited until we were ready for a full assault," another added.

Jibril slammed his fist on the table in front of him.

"It is because we waited so long that they had time to build those monster weapons, this doesn't change anything," Jibril said as he knew this held opportunity.

"What are you saying?" another asked.

Jibril smiled, "What I am saying is the coordinators just may have aided our cause."

All listened.

"By now these images will be shown all around the world, people will not just stand by with a weapon like that on the loose, they will demand action against it, all world leaders will have to agree to our terms," Jibril said as this was the perfect opportunity to unite the world against Zaft, and with them using that to break monster warship that broke the treaty.

"Go on," one said again.

Jibril looked at the monitors he had placed out, "Many countries would not agree with what we are doing, however now, even Orb itself will have no choice but to enter an agreement with us, the political pressure alone will make the alliance leaders join us, we will deliver a proclamation to all earth nations, after all since they are on earth they will have no choice but to comply with us and the Atlantic federation."

"That still doesn't take away the fact that that monster warship wiped out an entire fleet by itself," another said.

Jibril looked at him, "We will use that ship as our bargaining chip, with Zaft in control of that ship they could wipe us out at any time, send all the images out all over the world and their leaders will fall to political pressure, they will join if they don't want our wrath."

"What about Orb?" the first one asked.

"With what we are facing now we need Orb's power and technology, I have been in contact with a few cabinet members, if that stubborn girl refuses the terms I present they will change her mind, if not we make it clear they have no choice, that should make the Seiran's cower enough to remove her and join with us," Jibril replied.

Not a one cared about the fleet that was just wiped out, they saw this as an opportunity to gain more power, but all were not taking that ship as serious as they should be, all in all they believed they were still in control of the situation, and just because of one ship they were not stopping their plans yet.

"What is our next step?" one asked.

"Apparently the Orb fleet and the few remaining ships are returning to our lunar base, I will get in contact with captain Lorronke and have him present Orb my terms…after they accept we will gather all our space forces and make another assault, we will destroy that ship and the plants once and for all," Jibril said.

"As for you people, make sure the earth citizens see as much footage as possible of that ship, put pressure on all earth leaders and we should have all of earths forces in no time, once the Plants are gone the naturals will once again have our world back," Jibril said still not taking that ship or Kira's determination serious enough, and that could be a mistake.

Jibril sat back down as now he wanted to contact Neo on their ship to quickly brief him on what they were going to do next, and it looked like they were going for another attack.

Around Earth

Jibril didn't have to do anything as all countries picked up the battle, and after the doomsday fired it brought all of them back to the moments of the first wars finale. Many people didn't know why an alliance fleet was there in the first place as it looked like they wanted another war, but after seeing the devastation they forgot about that and that fear Kira and Ryu wanted to inflict was placed in all of them, they were taking this matter a lot more serious then Jibril but as it looked Zaft was only defending itself, Jibril was aware of that and he knew he could manipulate the media to make it seem as they were only attacking to stop that ship so he didn't worry about that at all.

Many people had a very bad feeling as if something far worse then what happened in the first war was upon them.

Capitols

Many world leaders were aware at the same time their people were, and what they just saw was Zaft violating the treaty with that weapon, but many questions had to be answered, but one thing was for certain that massive warship couldn't be left alone, but they wanted facts first before coming to any conclusions, however Jibril's council was ready for that as many were being contacted immediately.

Space

Earth Alliance Fleet

Girty Lue

Neo was in his chair after he got conformation that the Orb fleet was following them.

Neo looked around and saw that his crew was completely in shock and horror, he was uneasy himself, but he had to follow orders, he knew Jibril and the others would have seen what happened by now and he expected to hear from him very soon.

"Commander the Orb fleet seems to be staying on course," his operations officer said.

"Keep on course and get in touch with our base…what is the status of the Zaft fleet?" Neo asked.

"They are not pursuing sir, they aren't even holding a defensive line anymore," another officer said.

Neo looked at the monitor, "They knew after the beating we just took we couldn't attack at this point, disgraceful," Neo said as they lost about everything in that attack.

"Sir the base has been alerted and you have a communication coming on your personal channel," the officer told him.

Neo knew who it was, "Transfer it to my quarters, and alert me of any changes," Neo said before leaving, he knew it was Jibril so he would speak with him in private.

Neo entered his quarters as he patched the call through and sure enough it was Jibril, with all things a smile on his face.

Orb Fleet-Archangel

The mood on the archangel was a little different then the rest of the worlds reaction to the events that just took place.

Pure shock and a lot of anger was what the crew of the archangel felt.

The crew knew Kira well and to see what he had become made many in disbelief and others filled with anger.

Hanger

The mechanics inside were currently tending to the three new machines that had just docked, Athrun left for the bridge but both Yzak and Dearka remained as the mechanics worked on their machines.

Yzak and Dearka watched as their new machines were tended to, they never expected to have upgraded models of the Duel and Buster, but the situation that was occurring now was far worse.

"I always knew that guy was trouble, we should have finished him off during the first war," Yzak said as he paced in front of his machine.

"I didn't know him that well, but I never got the feeling he would do this," Dearka added.

"First we are forced out of Zaft, and now the alliance makes an attack, then that monster warship fires something I never thought I would see again, and something tells me it all leads back to that guy and the vice chairman," Yzak said sternly.

"There is little we can do about that now, with the chairman dead I don't see how we will return things to normal," Dearka added.

"I don't like the fact of going to an alliance base either, we better remain here," Yzak said as he walked back to his machine.

They didn't really have a choice but stay with the Orb fleet as they would be destroyed immediately if they went back to Zaft and the alliance was still in their anti coordinator moods so all they had left was Orb.

Bridge

There was a mix of shock and anger on the bridge.

You have never seen such silence on the bridge.

Murrue was shocked at Kira's words, basically all it came down to was she was the one that started everything. Murrue always blamed herself for what she did to Kira, but basically all of what Kira said was if she didn't do what she did then he would of never of had to suffer, but if she didn't then many more would of suffered. Kira's words struck deep in her heart especially when he brought up Mu, his words were meant to break her soul and in a way he succeeded as all that entered her mind at the moment.

Miriallia one who was close to Kira felt much like Murrue as his words about Tolle were meant to do the same thing and they did, but in a way she sort of blamed herself, Kira was right about a few things he said, she and the others did join the alliance after Kira worked hard to get them to earth safely, they didn't really think about that at the time, and she regretted that, but Kira did go to far with what he said and what he was doing, she wouldn't let what happened to the sacrificed happened again and if she had to she would not back down.

Cagalli sat their with mixed feelings, first she still couldn't believe that was her brother, the brother she knew would never do these things, sure Kira's mental state after the last war was not that great, but as she looked into the darkness of his eyes she didn't see any insaneness, Kira was dead serious and what he wanted more was to destroy them and the world. Cagalli had the stress of running her country and now the stress that her brother wanted to destroy it; she knew the political pressure coming would tie her hands in a way she feared she would not be able to control.

Athrun however was filled with mostly anger, he tried keeping it in check for both the sakes of Cagalli and Lacus, but it was very difficult. Athrun knew by Kira's words that wasn't his best friend, just like what Kira said Kira Yamato was dead and all that was left was a monster bent on destruction. Athrun had his hand placed on Cagalli's shoulders as he knew Kira in that form was nearly unstoppable, Athrun knew if Kira was to be stopped then he would have to do it himself, he wanted another chance to talk with Kira again, but he knew their battle of the first war would eventually happen again, and this time one of them would end up being a causality.

The one who took this the worst was indeed Lacus; she had not spoken a single word since the shot fired from that warship. Her situation was a lot different then the others and that only made things a lot worse. Kira's words rang in her mind in a way could he be right, were they just fighting for a dream that could not take place. Lacus came to a conclusion that they had to go forward, they had to keep fighting for the hope that things could change, they owed that to the people that were sacrificed and for the future of the world. Kira's words pierced right threw her heart and straight into the soul, she knew him better then anyone here and his words were true. She still blamed herself for not seeing it when he was still with her. She had her duties always traveling between Orb and Zaft that she didn't see just how much he was still suffering, the world needed her voice but Kira needed it as well and she always left.

Lacus looked up at the screen as all what they worked for was crashing down, and now they were heading to an alliance base where Cagalli was about to be placed in an almost impossible position and she knew Kira wanted it this way. Lacus knew that wasn't the last they heard of Kira and if a small chance she could change him back she was going to take it.

That was the mood on the bridge until Miriallia gave the situation report.

"Captain the Zaft fleet isn't pursuing, and the alliance fleet is maintaining course," she told them.

Murrue broke from her trance, "Keep an eye on the situation," Murrue replied as she went back to looking out the main screen.

"Times are about to get rough again," Athrun said to Cagalli in a low enough voice so only she would hear.

"After all our hard work, my brother of all people is bringing it crashing down," Cagalli replied.

Athrun looked out and saw the alliance fleet, "Be cautious when meeting them, the alliance has only ever wanted one thing and what just happened will give them the chance they want to take full control of the earth nations."

"Exactly, and Kira also likely knows that as well, which is probably why they decided to use that weapon on a meager size fleet…is this all just a game to my brother?" Cagalli asked as it made perfect sense.

"I don't think it is to late to stop Kira, but the real problem is likely going to be the new chairman, if anything he is pulling the strings, and for some reason I can't figure out Kira follows this nut," Athrun said with a touch of anger.

"I wish I could figure that out as well, when Kira spoke not an inch was his former self, I have never seen him filled with so much hatred, and against us," Cagalli replied.

"There has to be more to it then this, but we have to worry about this later, first things first is you have to prepare for whatever the alliance throws at you, if you choose to refuse anything they give you I will support that decision," Athrun told her.

Cagalli slightly smiled as she turned back and when she turned she saw Lacus almost in a trance, "She is suffering far more then us."

Athrun only glanced back, "I can't really blame her with her situation, we should keep an eye on her."

Cagalli agreed as they halted their conversation.

The trip went on as Zaft was not pursuing, but many knew why as from Kira's own words he wanted a bigger battle, he wanted as many people to rise up as possible only so he could cut them down, but even if people didn't rise up they were still in danger as many could tell from the demonic voice of the once selfless hero, he wanted mankind destroyed.

Stolen Zaft battleship

Both Andrew and Dacosta were now with the Orb fleet, and they were aware of all that took place.

"This is one big mess were in here," Andrew said sitting back in his seat.

"Commander?" Dacosta said looking confused why he was taking this so calmly.

"Never thought I would have to fight that kid again, what a mess," Andrew replied.

"Do you believe his words were true commander?" Dacosta asked.

Andrew looked at him, "If you would have asked me three years ago I would say no…but no telling what was put in his head, I always had a bad feeling about that Ryu and now it looks as if that feeling has come true."

"So your saying he was brainwashed or something commander?" Dacosta asked again.

Andrew shook his head, "I highly doubt that, that kid was damaged mentally after the first war and that wouldn't be so hard to make a person believe in their own views."

"But sir that is brainwashing," Dacosta replied.

Andrew looked at him, "Well…you know what I mean…actually I don't know what is going on anymore…but simple brainwashing I don't think that's it."

Dacosta was all confused.

"Maybe deep down apart of that kid just got sick of humanity always following the same path, I don't know what happened, but it happened and now we have to deal with it," Andrew replied.

"Well luckily for us we took those machines in the back," Dacosta said.

"That does work to our advantage but I don't know if that will be enough," Andrew said as the situation wasn't looking very good.

Soldiers that have seen the battle thought very different from what Jibril and his council was thinking they didn't view the threat that warship is very serious, but those that have seen its power first hand knew the awesome power and knew that with that around many were not safe.

Girty Lue

Neo had the call patched through as he saw Jibril with a cocky grin on his face.

"I take it you have heard sir," Neo said.

Jibril looked at him, "Just a small set back, however this could work to our advantage."

"What are my orders sir?" Neo asked.

"You have the Orb fleet agreeing to dock with us at the lunar base correct?" Jibril wanted conformation.

"They have agreed to a truce sir," Neo replied.

"When they arrive I myself will give them the terms by video link, today is the day we gain Orbs power," Jibril replied.

"I don't think it will be that easy sir?" Neo said again.

"You saw yourself what happened, with that monster weapon they will have no choice but to join with us, my people are already working on the other nations of the world, soon the entire planet will give us their power," Jibril said seriously.

"Whatever you say sir, but what do we do with the situation now?" Neo wanted to know.

"Once I gain Orb's cooperation we will send the entire space fleet to the plants, we will crush them and their monster weapon, I want the entire lunar fleet not one little squad you had with you, we will use our entire space fleet to finish the job," Jibril said.

"That will take time to organize sir, if they decided to attack first we will be off balance," Neo replied.

Jibril looked at him, "You just follow orders, I will complete what I have to do, and during the attack you will take the Plants out as well."

Neo heard his words, he wasn't taking the threat that ship posed serious at all, and now he wanted to try the same thing again with a larger force they would be sitting ducks, they would have a better chance on earth where they would have the larger force and more weapons, but Neo had to follow orders, he just hated that their were to many unknowns that could pose.

"As you wish sir," Neo replied.

"I will give you more details during our meeting with the Orb representative, I will have a few of her cabinet members on the line with us as well, that should be enough to get her to join us," Jibril said before sounding off.

Neo could only shake his head, this plan was stupid, they should attack, but only to destroy that weapon and now Jibril wanted to bring the destruction of the Plants into motion again, things were way more serious then Jibril believed, he just hoped he wouldn't regret what he was about to do.

Neo got up and returned to the bridge as they would soon arrive at the lunar base.

Lunar Headquarters

Space

Both fleets maintained course and awhile later they finally arrived at the lunar base.

Neo looked from the bridge as at least the base looked like it was preparing for war.

"Commander we have been given clearance to land," the captain said.

"Patch me through to the archangel," Neo said as the com officer did just that.

By this time all on the bridge were well alert of the lunar base in front of them, no one trusted the alliance so they were just extra cautious.

"Captain, we are receiving a transmission from the alliance fleet," Miriallia said.

Murrue told her to patch it through and once again they saw that masked man, which many knew sounded very familiar.

"Captain as you knew we are in alliance space, your ship and your ship alone are permitted to dock," Neo told them.

Cagalli stood up, "Do you think I would fall for such a thing," Cagalli added as this looked like a standard trap.

Neo saw her, "We have no time for foul play, there is no telling what or when Zaft will do with that monster weapon, we have agreed to a truce and I will not break those words."

None were encouraged by his words, Murrue however kept an eye on the man on the screen; he was just getting to familiar.

"Once you dock your ship can keep your weapons systems on, you will not be boarded and if we try you can easily destroy our dock, does this jester make you feel better," Neo added as he had to get them to dock.

For some reason Murrue felt she could trust this man, but it was Cagalli's call.

Cagalli thought of all the options, "Very well then…my fleet will remain at their current positions and we will dock under your conditions."

Neo nodded, "Very well then, we have a meeting with a superior set up for you, you can bring three people as well as your security team if it makes you feel better."

Why did it seem like they were a little to bossy, Cagalli and the others knew it was because right now the alliance held all the cards, if they refused they would be looking to make the alliance their enemy, and after what Kira said Zaft was already looking to destroy them so they were left with no choice.

"We will meet with you shortly," Murrue added as Neo signed off.

Cagalli looked back, "I will go along with you captain, we will need one more person."

"I will go," Lacus finally spoke up.

All looked at her.

"I don't think that is a good idea Lacus, you're a coordinator and they might," Cagalli said concerned for her.

Lacus shook her head, "I have to hear what they plan to do, besides it will keep me busy," Lacus added as that conversation with Kira was not leaving her mind easily.

Cagalli was uneasy about this, but then figured since Lacus was well known not even the alliance would risk taking her out at this point.

"Alright then," Cagalli told them.

"What about your security?" Athrun added.

Cagalli shook her head, "No…I don't want to give them any excuses to start anything, until I trust them we will play this cautiously."

Athrun agreed for the only reason as the alliance wouldn't hurt Cagalli, as they needed her to agree if they wanted Orb's power, taking her out will not get what they want.

All were in agreement as Neo's ship the Girty Lue broke off from his alliance fleet and the Archangel followed as the docks were open and they were being guided in.

The ships entered the alliance base as they began powering down, with the exception of the weapons systems of the archangel, they weren't that trusting yet.

With Neo

Neo got off his ship first as he walked over to the Archangel, and as he did many soldiers rushed to him.

"Is everything set up?" Neo asked.

"Yes sir, the conference room has established a link to earth, everyone is standing by," the soldier said.

Neo nodded as they walked over towards the archangel and now waited for them to come out.

With all of them

Athrun led them to the exit of the archangel as Cagalli assured him they would be alright.

The doors opened as all saw the same man waiting for them.

The three women then walked out as the doors shut.

Neo saw them approach.

"Welcome, I can now formally introduce myself, I am Commander Neo Lorrnoke," Neo said.

Murrue froze a little, this now reminded her of Mu, his voice and his height were all similar, but she knew that was impossible, Mu died saving all of them.

"Chief representative Cagalli Yula Attha," Cagalli said.

Lacus looked at him, "Lacus Clyne ambassador from Zaft to Orb."

Many didn't like that saying but Neo ignored it.

"Captain Murrue Ramius," Murrue added.

Neo looked at her, for some reason she was familiar, he just couldn't tell what from, but for now he had things to do.

"We have the meeting room all set up; shall we be on our way?" Neo said as he turned and walked away as they followed.

They were led inside to the conference room; the three were sat down as there were a few admirals of the alliance there as well as a video link.

After quick introductions Neo began.

"As you know there is a crisis that needs addressing, and to do that I will allow our leader to present the terms to you," Neo said as he sat in his chair.

The three didn't like the words terms, but they expected the alliance to flex their muscle a little as they knew Orb was in a difficult position so they had a free be to do as they wanted.

A few seconds later a man's face appeared on the screen.

Orb Union

The news of what happened in Zaft struck here fast as the two most worried were the two Seirans.

Yunna was crying like usual, the Prime Minister Unato was more calm and collective.

"What do we do now father?" Yunna asked.

Unato looked back at him, "This is just the chance we need, as we will be getting a conference call shortly."

Yunna looked confused, in public Yunna always looked like he knew what he was doing, but the truth was without his father guiding him he was just a giant baby.

"Logos is now moving across the nations of earth uniting them against this threat, many countries are joining out of fear for their safety, others will join because they see no choice, for us we have to get that stubborn girl to agree to the terms," Unato said.

"This is what we wanted though father, a chance to wipe out all coordinators," Yunna added.

Unato was about to say something when the call he wanted was patched through.

On the screen was Jibril, this was a short time before the archangel docked at the lunar base.

"Mister Jibril, I have been waiting for this call," Unato said.

Jibril looked at them, "You know the situation and for your sakes I see you have contacted me, smart decision."

"As you are aware you will have my full support on an alliance," Unato said.

"That is all well and good, but in order for it to agree your chief representative most agree, I am currently having a meeting with her shortly and I want you two to attend as well, I will patch your signals to the conference room at the lunar base," Jibril said not as a request as an order.

"Yes, whatever you think is best," Unato added.

Jibril looked straight at him, "Make sure this is clear, I will soon have all nations under my control, should Orb not join then you will be considered a coordinator sympathizer and a ally of Zaft, I don't think you know what will happen if that is the case."

"I can assure you sir, that we will convince her to agree," Unato added quickly.

"Make sure you do, the meeting will take place shortly standby," Jibril said signing off.

Unato placed his hand on his head, "That girl better not blow this."

"Cagalli has her faults but…" Yunna added.

His father quickly looked at him, "Why can't you keep her under control, pathetic…however with what I have on her she will have no choice," Unato added.

Yunna placed his head down, and wondered what his father had as Cagalli always had the upper edge on him, he couldn't control her, but maybe with this situation he could try something else.

Lunar base Conference room

The three looked as a man's face appeared on screen, none had ever seen him before.

Jibril looked ahead as he saw all three women.

"So glad you could join us, I will get right to it," Jibril said not once introducing himself.

"The threat that Zaft know poses with that monster weapon is a clear violation of the treaty of the first war, there for…" Jibril was interrupted.

"Wait a second; you talk about violating that treaty, what about the attack you just did to make them use that weapon?" Cagalli said.

Jibril looked at her, "Our intelligence is flawless, we knew of that weapon and wished to destroy it that is all."

"Surly sir, you could have gone about it in another manner," Murrue added.

Jibril was growing angry, how dare they talk back to him.

"We have no time to let them rise in power again, we went to destroy that weapon but it failed and now that it's power was far worse then we imaged, they could fire that thing of earth then what?" Jibril said in a voice many could tell he was not playing around.

Cagalli didn't have an answer for that.

Lacus went to this meeting because she wanted to see just what the alliance was planning, but this man was obviously not worried about public safety, he had an agenda and a man with a agenda going up against Kira's power was a recipe for disaster, as the ones that would really pay the price are innocent civilians, but she could help but think Kira likely knew this would happen and that played into what he wanted to do.

"I am through with this nonsense," Jibril said as he was quick to start throwing his power around.

All three looked up at him.

"First maybe your ministry can talk sense into you," Jibril said as a few other screens lit up as both Unato and Yunna were on line.

Cagalli saw Yunna's ugly mug and knew something was up.

"What is the meaning of this?" Cagalli said.

Jibril looked at her, "I am going to tell you what is about to happen, the world faces a great threat and this is no time for a nation like Orb to start declaring its neutral status as I don't even believe Zaft will listen to that anymore."

"The nations of earth are already starting to join us, panic is starting to take effect, anti coordinator protest are taking place, and we will end this once and for all," Jibril said.

"What are you saying?" Cagalli said.

Jibril looked at her, "You will join with us against Zaft to destroy that weapon, or you will be considered a threat to our goals and a Zaft ally."

Cagalli grew furious but that was when Unato spoke up.

"Listen to reason representative, do you want our nations to suffer the same fate again, Zaft will not listen to reason as all they want is to destroy us, after all your own brother leads them."

All three women looked up in shock, how in the world did they know that?

Yunna smiled, "We got the transcript of the last of the archangel's communication and heard everything."

Murrue looked at him, "You were monitoring my ships communication?" Murrue said.

Yunna smiled, he had to act tough in front of all these people, but really it was his fathers work.

"The archangel is an Orb ship and we can monitor anything as in response to a military matter," Yunna said.

Cagalli cringed, she knew Unato was responsible in passing that bill a few years ago that let them monitor any communication from any Orb ship.

Unato first contacted Jibril with that information before he and Yunna spoke with him.

"So what you're saying is your country is responsible for that man?" Jibril said quickly.

Cagalli froze she was trapped.

Unato and Jibril planned this out perfectly.

Lacus didn't like what she was hearing but they were in a bad position.

"Surly sir, our country doesn't have anything to do with that man, he is a rogue and a traitor to Orb, don't you agree representative?" Unato said quickly.

Cagalli was stuck, if she disagreed then she would put her people in greater danger then with what Kira already promised, they couldn't handle Kira and the alliance fleet.

Lacus closed her eyes she knew what Cagalli had to say but she still hated hearing it.

Cagalli looked at them, "If you read the transcripts then you heard that my brother is dead and all that is…is a shell of a man that was once a hero, he is a…traitor." Cagalli added as in a way it was true, but she never thought she would say those words.

"Then to prove your words, I suggest we agree to an alliance treaty, Orb will join with us in stopping that man and his killer machine," Jibril said.

"Think about what you are doing Cagalli, the entire nation or just one man," Yunna said.

Cagalli wanted to hit him, but he wasn't there.

"Surly representative, the world faces a great threat and it has to be dealt with," Unato said quickly.

Cagalli had no choice, "Very…well I agree and a treaty…" Cagalli said as for her people she had to do this.

Jibril smiled, "Very well then…start preparing your fleet for battle, we are heading back and this time with all our space power," Jibril said.

Neo looked at them, "I understand you have extra powerful machines."

Murrue looked at him quickly, those were the machines they stole from Zaft, but if they were monitoring then they know that.

"You don't have skilled enough pilots for them, however we do, I want three of them," Neo said quickly.

Cagalli looked at them, "Fine…stopping my brother is paramount I know, I will arrange it shortly."

Jibril smiled, "We will contact you before we depart, you're dismissed."

The three stood up as they were lead out of the room, but Neo stayed.

Jibril looked at him, "Summon Phantom Pain."

Neo nodded and left.

Jibril could only laugh as he had everything he wanted, that thing Unato provided him about her brother worked just as he thought it would.

Jibril sure seemed set but one thing though, was he wasn't taking Kira too seriously.

Archangel

As soon as they walked out Murrue looked at Cagalli, "I want to take that monitoring equipment off my ship."

Cagalli quickly looked at her, "Do it."

Murrue didn't know it was even installed, but if they searched the data bank they could find it.

As they got back to the archangel they filled the rest in as they were on the bridge.

Andrew was on video link.

"They want three of these machines we have stolen?" Andrew said.

Cagalli nodded, "They left me no choice…what was I supposed to do."

Athrun could tell she was stressed, "We knew this would happen Cagalli…but I don't think we have to go along with this forever."

Cagalli looked at him, "I have no intention on cooperating forever, besides what bothers me is that mans attitude, he speaks like this is a walk in the park."

"Yes, I noticed that as well," Murrue added.

"He is a fool for taking Kira lightly, but I want simulations of the battlefield," Cagalli said quickly.

Murrue looked at her, "I agree we have to be cautious when attacking, I will work on something."

"I still can't believe we are fighting Kira," Miriallia said.

"I wish to…speak with him once more, maybe I can talk him down," Athrun said not wanting to fight him, but knowing deep down he would have to.

"We better get started," Andrew said signing off, knowing giving up three machines would mean they had two stolen ones left.

People were starting when Lacus suddenly spoke.

"I don't think that is all," Lacus said.

Cagalli and the rest looked at her.

"What do you mean Lacus?" Cagalli asked.

Lacus looked at her, "I don't think Kira told us everything," Lacus said as it still didn't leave her mind and she was thinking about it the entire time.

"Kira…told us he wanted to destroy humanity," Murrue added.

Lacus shook her head, "That's not just it."

"Are you saying he doesn't want to destroy mankind," Athrun said as Lacus knew Kira better then anyone and she could always read him well.

Lacus shook her head again, "No I believe he wants that…but his words made it seem that wasn't it, if he wanted to change things then just destroying humanity isn't going to help."

"What are you getting at Lacus?" Cagalli said.

Lacus looked at them, "I don't know yet, but just destroying everyone I believe isn't Kira's true goal, more like a means to an end, he wants to destroy everyone but I believe there is more to it then that."

All listened.

"His words made it seem like there was something more to it…and I fear it might even be worse," Lacus said as she looked out of the screen and towards Zaft space.

The others heard her words and if she was right what was Kira up to, destroying everyone was bad but what could be more to it then that.

Lacus remembered Kira's words well and if she was right whatever dark plan he had was not going to be good.

To be continued…

(A\N): This is one of the chapters that I didn't like doing but had to be done. Very sorry for the late updating but orders came down, if things go the way I think I may be sent out for fifteen to eighteen months, but I will be trying to update like I used to, my goal is to at least finish one of the three stories before I leave again. the next chapter switches over to the Zaft side. Bye for now.