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Chapter Seventeen

Launching

Earth Alliance Lunar Base

Like it was known by many in the Orb fleet, the alliance pretty much had full control. They were only here a day and already they were getting the short end of the stick.

It was agreed upon by Lacus and the others that the coordinators they had with them would not set foot on the alliance base for their own safety, that included Lacus herself, if any had to go off the ship it was either Cagalli or Murrue that ran the errands.

Archangel

Lacus was currently standing in the observatory in the back of the ship, with many things on her mind. She could hardly sleep with the situation they were in, her situation back on earth, and the most troubling the situation with Kira. She could remember every word he said, his meaner in which he said it, and how he used to be.

Something was terrible wrong with the situation, she still couldn't fathom why Kira would do this, and she was losing hope that she could bring him back as he looked completely gone, but more then that she still had a feeling their was more to his words then he let on.

Lacus quickly took her mind off these things as they were driving her crazy and tearing her apart inside.

Lacus looked at the base as she saw all the alliance soldiers working quickly, it had only been a day and all fleets were gathering at the base, not only that but their bases on earth were also sending more up from the surface. Lacus kept an eye on the countries around the world and it seemed they had all fallen in line with this Jibril. They feared him and the Atlantic federation so they quickly fell in line like he planned.

Lacus knew Cagalli was currently on the alliance base at the moment as she was in the worst spot of all politicians as it was her own brother and she couldn't risk putting her people in danger for that one reason, Lacus didn't like how they trapped her, but many even on the Archangel were beginning to think that it was worth it as that ship Kira built had to fall.

Lacus looked over as last night three of the remaining five machines they had stolen were more or less you could say confiscated by the alliance. Apparently the alliance had some sort of special pilots for them or something, and she wasn't getting a very good vibe from what they meant by that.

One thing she was aware of that the alliance didn't seem to catch was that both Andrew and Dacosta had left on a shuttle last night as they said they were going to retrieve something they never thought they would have to use again, she had a pretty good idea of what it was and though she didn't agree with the alliance the only thing she did agree with them was that monster ship had to be destroyed, and to do that they needed all the firepower they could get.

Lacus reached in her pocket and pulled out her small photo again, it was hard to keep her emotion in as she looked at it, but that was the reason she had to go on, she had to make sure the world they helped create was destroyed by the one who was essential in its creation.

Lacus with very determined eyes was going to speak to Kira once more, she had to.

Lacus couldn't watch the scenery anymore as she walked out of the observatory.

Plants

The order was very clear given by their new chairman; Ryu ordered all forces on alert as they were to move out the first thing in the morning. Their goal was to catch the alliance off guard and completely wipe their base off the moon. The night was spent in preparation as you would be surprised how quickly they were determined.

After Ryu's speech to the nation one that Kira stood behind him on all forces were confident they would drive the alliance off the moon and out of space.

Reserves had already reported and ships began to make formation, Kira was in charge of the battle plans and sent each ship a simple plan for what they were to do. The ships would clear the way while the Doomsday charged and struck the final blow. It would be easy if Kira just fired the ship immediately taking the forces and base, but then they wouldn't have proof of ability for his final goal.

When the scheduled time was nearing all ships were prepared and awaiting the Doomsday's arrival.

Minerva

Talia received the orders last night as well, first none of her crew not even herself was allowed to leave and then they heard Ryu was officially named the new chairman and they found out they were leaving again, and once they got the orders that just summed it all up.

"You have to admit ma'am this is a good plan," Arthur told her.

Talia looked at him, "I don't doubt the chairman or the commander's skills but I still have my doubts about a few things and I hope I can clear them up when we return."

Arthur nodded, "Very true ma'am, once we drive the earth forces back to earth this should all be over."

"I hope your right," Talia replied as she had a feeling it wouldn't end there.

The Minerva like the others now had to wait.

The ships moved out of their bases and got into formation that Kira gave them, in the middle was the large space where the Doomsday would make its appearance, but it wouldn't be on line with the others, it would remain in the back so it could successfully charge, that was one down side as they couldn't charge the cannon on the way and keep it at full power for that long as it would blow up so they had to make due and Kira wanted to make sure it had time, but even if it was attacked he wasn't worried as it's defenses were better then any other ship in existence.

Lunar Base Headquarters

Meeting Room

Cagalli was once again called for a briefing by this Neo, they wanted more of Orb's forces but there was no way Cagalli could mobilize them all before the deadline they wanted to move out on.

"Like I told you, my forces cannot gather and launch into space in that short amount of time," Cagalli told them very angry.

Neo looked at her, "Need I remind you that the treaty states you will provide the adamant amount of forces at our beck and call, I don't think you have the position to refuse."

Cagalli stood up, "Look we already gave you the mobile suits you wanted, you can make use of the fleet I have with me along with two powerful warships, that is the best I can do in this time limit."

Neo sat back, "Very well then, I think it is only necessary then that your forces take point on the assault."

Cagalli knew that was the worst place to be as if her brother fired that cannon again her forces would not be able to escape. Maybe the alliance wanted her out of the way as she knew the Seirans would be much more cooperative loyal dogs.

Cagalli however couldn't refuse this offer, "Fine then…but mark my words this treaty is only in effect until that warship is destroyed, I will not participate in anything else understand?"

Neo slightly smirked, "You have my word, after all we as naturals must prevail," Neo said as he stood up and dismissed her.

As he was walking out though that last statement didn't seem right for him, somehow he knew he wouldn't have done that in the past.

Neo though quickly shook his head as it cleared.

"Commander," an alliance captain ran up to him.

"What?" Neo asked.

"Sir, they have arrived and are waiting in the ships hanger," the captain said.

Neo nodded and went there immediately.

After Cagalli left she went back to the archangel, this deal was looking worse by the moment, she knew how dangerous her brother at this moment, but they had already taken steps to get out of this treaty as soon as possible.

Girty Lue

As soon as Neo returned to the ship he immediately went to the hanger where three individuals stood, one seemed happy to see him.

"I see you're all finally here," Neo said walking up to him.

"We only do as we are ordered sir," the one called Sting answered.

"Finally some good battle," the other one Auel said.

The finally one called Stellar just seemed to stand their staring at Neo.

"Yes, as you are all aware your number has been drawn and its time to prove your worth to us," Neo said as he motioned behind them and their stood three of the machines that Athrun and Andrew stole from Zaft.

All three looked at the machines and quickly smiled.

Zaft Territory

Doomsday

The Doomsday was still docked as they had to wait for Kira to return, the scheduled time to depart was soon so they expected him any minute.

Willard had them running simulations and such throughout the night as this time they would have to use the Doomsday at full force, in this battle it was anticipated they would have to use their other weapons and since none have been fired yet they were running tests and battle simulations to be ready.

Bridge

Willard was going over the ships systems as were the other bridge officers.

Sarah was there as well, her job was mostly finished until the pilots launched but at the moment she had her mind on other things.

The news she gave to Kira last night he at first took it better then she thought, but now he was being all secretive with her, something she never saw from him. This was news she would have liked to share with her parents and other friends she had but Kira strongly apposed that at the moment. She reached into her pocket and took out that card he gave her, from what she read this was familiar at all; it didn't seem to be in any of the Plants. All that Kira told her was after this battle he would take her there and nothing more. The look she saw in his eyes meant he was extremely serious about what he said.

She even asked Kira if she should remain on board with her condition but to Kira that was an insult of his mighty ship, his words were dark and cold when he replied this ship was the safest place in the solar system, after that she said no more about it. She still had this place she was going to in her mind but she did trust Kira so she decided to put it in the back of her mind and focus on what they were going to be doing, and now to her they were fighting for the future of their child, that was what she believed.

"Captain, the commander has arrived," an officer quickly said.

Kira had just entered the ship.

Willard acknowledged and waited for orders.

Mobile Suit Docks

Each of the four machines had their own hanger and the three from Kira's team were already placed on alert status and were all waiting in their respective docks. Kira or no one gave them any briefing they were just placed on alert status.

All three were in their small waiting rooms as each had changed into their new flight gear. The gear basically was the same as each suit represented their uniform as each were red that was for all three, Kira wouldn't let anything else go, they had to be dressed in those as Rey had his own suit but the resemblance when Kira first saw it matched the one of the Le Crueset and that almost sent Kira into a dark rage, after that all were given red suits with the one exception being the sides held a gold and silver strip meaning they were from Kira's team.

Luna waited in her dock as she watched them prepare the Impulse, the damage had been repaired and she decided to equip the Sword pack onto it, and now she just waited for orders.

Rey in his dock was still a little distraught by the loss of Gil, but he believed the story that was placed out and wanted nothing more then to erase the alliance from existence. The Legend had taken no damage in the last battle and was ready to leave at any time.

Shinn was a different matter, his machine was the worst damaged out of the three and the mechanics worked all night to restore it, Shinn was still a little busted up from the confrontation he got into with Kira, but now was more then ready to get out there and outdo him. Shinn waited impatiently as his cockiness and pride had taken a beating but he was still the same overconfident hotheaded fool in Kira's mind.

Lunar Base-Archangel

Briefing Room

As Lacus walked away from the observatory deck she heard speaking by the briefing room and since the door was open she looked in and saw three pilots watching some sort of video.

Inside Athrun, Yzak, and Dearka were watching the footage they had on the Armageddon and the rest of the machines Kira built, they didn't have much data on the machines but they were trying to study up on them the best they could.

Lacus saw the video clips as well, every time they hurt her heart, Kira was so skilled at sparing peoples lives in the past, that when he shot to kill his skills were beyond god like.

All three pilots were focused on the screen, they were lucky that the archangel recorded the data of when all three fought with Kira.

"Powerful," was all Dearka said.

"For such a huge payload I expected it to be larger and slower," Yzak replied as they watched Kira's speed and movement.

Athrun watched carefully as he realized something Kira never did before.

"Nothing is invincible the thing has to have a weakness somewhere," Yzak once again said.

"Beam weapons will not work, we have to get up close to it," Dearka replied.

Athrun looked at both of them, "You're forgetting one thing, on the right arm is a shield generator, why would he need that if his armor was invincible?"

"I am aware of that Athrun…it's the joints we have to aim for," Yzak replied.

"Correct, but something else I noticed…watch every clip…his strategy changes after every shot," Athrun said.

"Your right," Yzak said know noticing.

Dearka looked at both of them.

"Every pilot falls into some sort of formation when they fire or block a shot, but Kira's positions after every shot are different, the suit is never the same and always changing, he knew he would likely be doing what we are doing," Athrun said as Kira wasn't making it easy for them to study his movements or strategy.

"Overall that thing outranks our suits in offense and defense, we have to get close to it, I believe that is the best course," Athrun finally said.

"That isn't all we have to worry about though," Dearka said as they looked at the other three.

They studied the other three and then once again went back to Kira, they didn't have much data to go on but at least they knew the weapons of all four machines, and they got a little keen on their movements but they knew since their suits were weaker then those four they would have to out pilot them.

"This is so irritating," Yzak said flustered.

"You yelling about it isn't going to change anything," Athrun replied.

"I am stuck on an Orb ship with no choice but to side with the alliance," Yzak yelled out.

"That's the situation live with it, I don't need your screaming right now, even if you went back to Zaft you wouldn't get much accomplished as they would probably shoot you on the spot," Athrun said again.

Yzak smiled slightly, "I wouldn't call that true Athrun, I still have a few people that could help us," Yzak said quickly.

Athrun looked at him, Yzak was a commander himself maybe a few that weren't destroyed in that first attack would give them a hand, but to retake Zaft that was out of the question the only thing they could do with that was get information, but at this point anything would help.

"Who are you talking about?" Athrun asked.

Yzak smiled, "Mostly pilots, in the next battle I know their mobile suit signatures if I spot them I will see what is going on."

Athrun knew that was a long shot, but they would take any sort of hope at this moment.

Lacus left the scene after they first finished watching Kira's destruction, and immediately she ran into Cagalli who had just returned and Cagalli wasn't too happy either.

Bridge

Like with what the pilots were doing, Murrue had the bridge crew studying the images they had of the Doomsday, they had even less to go on as the massive warship never once fired any of its other weapons. Murrue though was doing her best through what they saw visually, they were able to identify a few weapons and things, but the speed, maneuverability were all but a mystery to them, and since the size she was gambling that it was slow so that was how they were basing their strategy on, it was all they could do.

Cafeteria

Lacus and Cagalli went to the cafeteria after they met up as it was empty at the moment.

"How was the meeting?" Lacus asked.

Cagalli looked at her, "They are making us take the lead on the battle…they demanded more ships and manpower but they want to move out so soon I can't provide it."

Lacus knew Cagalli looked completely drained, both physically and mentally, much like herself but Lacus countered it by making herself busy and it was helping slightly at the moment.

"How are you holding up though?" Cagalli asked trying to take her mind off things.

Lacus looked at her sadly, "I…I still can't believe he went this far, but what worries me is the feeling he is planning something even worse, none of that leaves my mind, maybe if I stayed around more he wouldn't have…" Lacus was blaming herself again but Cagalli quickly stopped her.

"This isn't your fault Lacus; remember I made you Orb's ambassador to Zaft so it's…" Cagalli said but Lacus cut her off.

"I took the job of my own will Cagalli, I only wanted to make sure what we fought for wasn't in vain, but now Kira is destroying everything for who knows what and I still can't figure out how to tell this…" Lacus said as she couldn't finish.

"Maybe you should return to Orb Lacus, I can arrange that," Cagalli said knowing that was what she was also worried about.

Lacus shook her head, "I can't yet…I have to speak to him again, I have to understand."

Cagalli nodded, "I don't like it but I understand I and the rest I know want to speak to him again."

Lacus thanked her as she got up to return to her room, she was hoping to get at least some rest, but until she spoke to Kira again, that was nearly impossible.

Plants-Aprilious One

Finally in his new office, Ryu had just finished giving the final orders, Kira had just left as well, the battle was well planned and he expected Kira to bring him his victory.

Ryu was also preparing for the news Kira told him last night, they never expected to get a specimen this soon, but it was only fitting that it would be from Kira. With this first specimen their final goal would be complete, Ryu spent a lot of time and capitol on perfecting this so he knew it wouldn't fail.

First thing was first though; the alliance had to be driven from space, after that they would start with this.

Ryu knew the council would be watching and now it was up to Kira to give them a good show, if they wanted to succeed Kira had to prove himself to everyone. Ryu was also permitting this battle to be broadcasted by the media, he wanted the citizens of Plant to see this battle, he wanted them to watch Kira destroy the alliance.

"Excellency, the fleet is prepared," a soldier said.

Ryu smiled, "Give the go ahead to launch, soon we will own all of space."

"Yes sir," the soldier said as the orders were given and Ryu sat back, his hard work was finally going to pay off.

Lunar Base-Girty Lue

Hanger

The three new pilots were now inspecting the new machines they were given, Neo measured their reaction times and battle skills closely, he believed they were ready for this.

The first machine that arrived was called the Chaos which the one called Sting was chosen for this type of machine. It was determined by Neo that he was likely the best of the three, his fighting was top notch but he was also able to keep his mind in control and focused on the battle.

The remaining two were practically on the same level, Auel's problem was he was way to overconfident and Stellar's problem was she had to high a fear of death.

All three were currently in the cockpits of their chosen machines as Neo kept an eye on them in the control room.

"Think they will be ready sir?" the captain asked.

Neo nodded, "They were trained for this and this alone, if they fail then they are no use to us."

"Phantom Pain is our top elite," the captain replied.

Neo remembered the battlefield however, "Their true test will be how they match up to Zaft's elite, if possible keep them away from that one machine," Neo said remembering the Armageddon.

"Are you sure sir?" the captain asked.

Neo nodded, "Let the coordinator pilots of the archangel handle him…it was strange but that pilot for some reason seemed familiar, a weird feeling hit me when we were on the battlefield, just do as I ask on this."

"Yes sir, I worry about the other two machines though," the captain said looking out into the hanger.

"Yes, Sting I don't worry about as much as I believe he can handle the Chaos' battle system…the Abyss that Auel pilots is mostly for water based combat and Stellar's Gaia works better on land…however they will have to make due," Neo said.

"Yes sir, shall we put them to rest yet?" the captain asked.

"Let them play around for awhile longer, once the battle begins have Stellar guard the ship, the rest we won't be able to control so just let them do as they please," Neo said turning to walk away.

"Yes sir," the captain said as they went back to monitoring them.

Neo walked out and stopped again, something was telling him that something was approaching; it was this strange feeling again.

Zaft Fleet

Doomsday

When Kira arrived on the ship he immediately headed for the bridge, taking his private elevator to the third floor of the bridge, when he arrived the entire bridge crew was standing as he walked in.

"Welcome commander," Willard said.

Kira sat down in his chair, "We have the clear to launch, join with the fleet."

"Yes sir," Willard said as the crew sat down and they prepared for launch out of Aprilious and to the waiting fleet.

Kira never once looked at the crew, it was straight to the monitors on his terminal, Kira just had a quick meeting with Ryu and knew in this next battle he had to show performance as the Plants would be watching.

Kira felt the ship power up and shortly after the ship was launched.

The Zaft fleet already waiting for them picked up the massive warship coming up on their six and as it got into its position Kira stood up.

"Patch me through to all the ships," Kira said.

That was Sarah's department as she quickly made the adjustments, "Your cleared sir," she said not daring to say his name in front of others.

On every Zaft ship Kira's image was showing on the main screens, "We have the green light, launch now," Kira said in his usual dark tone that still made some shutter at the sound of how deadly his voice sounded.

Kira kept his message short and sweet as all ships began moving forward, once they reached the Zaft Alliance border they would move to full power and shouldn't have much resistance until they saw the base. Kira and Ryu knew that those in charge would likely be planning for a larger attack and wouldn't be expecting this as past Zaft administrations would not attack after being attacked they would try to solve matters peacefully but certainly not Ryu as he and Kira had other things on their minds.

Minerva

Talia heard the words as she remembered that look in his eyes all to well when he killed one of her crew, things were still moving to fast for her liking but nothing they could do about that now.

Talia also had other things on her mind as she was just assigned a squad of mobile suits, they seemed to be normal Gouf's and Zaku's but a few were colored differently so they had to be elite pilots of some sort.

The pilots joined up with them as they were waiting for the Doomsday, and a few were heading to the bridge now to meet with her.

"What do we know about these pilots?" Talia asked.

Arthur looked at her, "They are from an elite group as all had experience in the first war."

Talia was about to say something when they arrived.

The first was a male that looked like the leader; the second was a female that was a red coat like the first one the rest all wore green but looked experienced.

All of them saluted as Talia stood up.

The first one spoke up, "Heine Westenfluss commander of this until captain," he said.

The second one then spoke, "Shiho Hahnenfuss second in command ma'am," she said.

The rest said nothing as they were just normal pilots.

Talia looked at them, "Welcome to the Minerva, I must apologize on the timing but we are at alert status, we will have to speak later, report to your duty stations."

"Yes ma'am," all said as they left to return to the mobile suit hanger.

"Maybe things are looking up for us captain," Arthur said.

Talia only shot him a glare as she sat back down.

Nazca and Laurasia Class ships

These ships heard Kira's message as they put their pilots on alert status as well, many believed this was the right thing to do as taking back space would finally put their citizen's minds at ease.

Fleet

With all in their positions they moved forward, with their current speed they would make it in no time as they weren't trying to hide anything, no sneaking around, only full out battle was what Kira and Ryu were going to bring.

Lunar Base

Archangel

Lacus had no luck in falling asleep and she was on her way to bridge, she saw the bridge crew and Cagalli going over preparations.

Cagalli knew that inside the base the alliance was doing what they were trying to study that warship and Kira's destructive machines but they just didn't have enough data on them.

Lacus sat down in her chair as they got a message.

"Captain it's from captain Waltfeld," Miriallia said quickly.

"Patch it through," Murrue said as Andrew's face came on screen.

"Sorry to keep you guys waiting I just thought this would come in handy," Andrew said as the Eternal came on screen.

Lacus slightly smiled at her old ship, she never thought it would be used again but Kira's new plans weren't allowing that.

"We could use all the fire power we can," Murrue replied.

"The chair is waiting for you songstress," Andrew replied as Lacus' seat was empty.

Cagalli looked at her, "Are you up for it?"

Lacus stood up and nodded, "I will be there shortly."

Lacus stood up as all bid her farewell for now, all of them still felt bad about this situation they were in, but Lacus had to feel ten times worse and they understood that.

Lacus had a crewman take a shuttle and fly her to the eternal where Dacosta was waiting for her.

Eternal

As soon as Lacus stepped out she was greeted.

"Good to be back?" Dacosta asked.

Lacus nodded slightly, as she looked up and saw the two remaining machines they stolen.

"What are they doing here?" Lacus asked.

"We had no other place for them, they are still without pilots," Dacosta said.

Lacus looked at them, "Please keep it that way…it doesn't feel right," Lacus said.

"I understand," Dacosta said as he led her to the bridge where once again Lacus took her chair.

"I know what you're thinking Lacus, and I understand there is no need to say anything," Andrew said.

Lacus nodded as she had them run a systems check, she was once again going to keep herself busy.

"From what I gather, our mission is only to destroy that ship," Andrew said.

Lacus nodded, "That is all Cagalli agreed to, but…" Lacus said as Zaft wouldn't just allow them threw.

"Maybe you should talk to the soldiers Lacus," Andrew said.

Lacus quickly looked at him, "No…I tried that last time and those that stopped or even listened Kira…Kira destroyed them, he expects me to do that and I won't risk those lives for that."

Andrew understood and Lacus may have known Kira the best but the truth was Kira knew her the best as well so only doing something that would give him more pleasure was out of the question.

Zaft Earth Alliance Border

Doomsday

Kira never moved from his chair as they were making good progress.

"Captain, we are approaching the border," the operations officer said.

Willard looked at him, "Keep an eye on radar."

"We have contacts sir, it looks like patrol mobile suits…five of them," the officer said.

Willard knew this was too early.

Kira however spoke up, "Prepare to fire Lohengrin one," Kira said out loud.

"Sir," Willard said.

Kira looked at him, "This just shows how foolish the alliance is, they are preparing for an assault against us they didn't expect us to attack first, I will not have them discover us."

"The range though sir," Willard said.

Kira stood up, "I know the capabilities of my own ship captain, now fire!" Kira said loudly.

The tactical officer didn't need to hear that twice as he took aim, the Lohengrin was aimed.

"Fire," Kira said as the tactical officer fired the cannon.

The Doomsday was in the back but the red light of the shot surprised many ships as it went streaming right past them.

The alliance mobile suits got the alert but it was too late as the beam blasted all of them apart.

"Target's destroyed sir," the officer said.

"Captain," Kira said.

Willard looked back.

"If you ever question my orders again, it will be the last thing you ever do, do I make myself clear?" Kira said in a tone that shook all on the bridge.

"Yes…yes sir, I apologize commander," Willard said.

On the Minerva they saw the shot go past them, as did other ships and that just showed the Doomsday was pure destructive as a shot from that distance made the Tonhoiser of the Minerva look like an infant.

Kira now stood up, "I am heading to my hanger, you have the bridge captain," Kira said heading for his mobile suit dock.

Willard acknowledged as Kira's final order before leaving was all ships to accelerate to maximum power.

Kira went down and soon he reached his hanger where the Armageddon was waiting for him.

Kira's Hanger

Kira now changed into his flight gear, the gear completely matched the color of his mobile suit in every way, even on the helmet the visor was a dark reddish black, Kira got changed and sat down as he waited for Ryu to contact him and he expected that very shortly.

Lunar Base

Defensive Line

The only line they had set up was near the base and since none were expecting an attack it was very primitive with only a few Nelson and Drake class ships watching.

They had the base in sight as the fleet that had been arriving and preparing was either docked at the base or right above it, the Orb fleet was above it with the Eternal while the Archangel was still docked.

The defensive ships were not expecting the alert they just got.

"Captain!" one officer screamed.

"What is it?" The captain quickly replied.

"Sir it's…" the officer said while patching it up on screen.

The captain about dropped what was in his hands as it looked like the entire Zaft fleet, but what was worse was the goliath behind it.

"Contact headquarters immediately," the captain screamed.

Lunar Base

Alerts went off like crazy all over the place.

Neo quickly went to the command center.

"What is going on?" Neo asked.

"Commander look at this quick," the officer said while patching everything up on the screen.

Neo's eyes went a little big, "I knew this was a foolish plan…alert all squad all ships have them prepare to intercept, launch all ships and mobile suits, I am heading out as well," Neo said running off.

Archangel

The Archangel got the alert and order to move out as well.

Murrue looked as did the rest as the fleet was shown on screen.

"This is not good," Murrue said as all looked at the massive ship in the rear.

"Kira's planning to wipe this base out," Cagalli said.

Athrun, Yzak and Dearka arrived and saw the screen as they quickly rushed down to the hanger.

Murrue quickly powered up the archangel as ships were heading out and under orders they were as well.

Eternal and Orb Fleet

The Orb fleet was already prepared as ships were quickly moving into place, this attack caught them way off guard and none were really ready. This is what they get for following Jibril's orders who wasn't a military man and didn't know how to prepare; instead of keeping the defenses up he ordered all ships to prepare for an attack so none were in position for a defensive line.

On the Eternal Lacus and Andrew watched.

Lacus clutched her heart and picture again, as she saw the massive ship in the back.

"The alliance are all such fools," Andrew said as they had a very big disadvantage.

Lacus looked at him, "Inform the fleet to not get in the path of the base," Lacus said knowing Kira wanted that base gone which was likely what that massive ships goal was going to be.

Andrew acknowledged as they quickly prepared for battle.

Lacus looked again, she wanted to speak to Kira and she would as she saw machines being launched all over the Zaft fleet.

What happened after that was heartbreaking to Lacus and destructive to their fleet.

Zaft Fleet

Doomsday

Right after they crossed the border was when Ryu contacted the ship, Kira had it patched through to his hanger.

"Yes Excellency," Kira said.

"I have alerted the media Kira, I give you full authority to do what has to be done, once you destroy the base the survivors will likely try to escape to earth, pursue and destroy as many as you can, I am counting on you," Ryu said signing off as he was patched through to all of the ships, Ryu gave the order to begin the mission.

Kira saw that the base was now in sight from long range radar, Kira contacted the bridge.

"Prepare to fire the payload on my command captain," Kira said quickly.

"Yes sir," Willard said knowing what that meant.

Kira ordered all his pilots to their mobile suits and he put his helmet on, walked out of the room and up to his mobile suit.

Once inside Kira powered up the Armageddon as he moved it to the launcher.

Kira's team did the same as all they were waiting for were Kira's order to launch and what their tasks were as they didn't know what to attack yet.

Kira came on the wire to the bridge again, "Once you are in the cannons firing range stop the ship and fire defensively, once in range charge the cannon and wait for my order to fire," Kira said as the cannon was charged fully but they had to charge it for the shot that wouldn't take as much time as if they fired a shot then wanted to fire another one that would take hours but this would only take ten to twenty minutes once it was in range.

"Yes sir," Willard said.

"The payload is ready sir," Willard said.

Kira looked at the screen in his mobile suit, the ships were alerted to their presence and the defensive line was falling back to join the other ships.

Kira spotted something off to the side, it was part of the Orb fleet that was returning from drills, only a few ships but some alliance ships were their as well.

"Concentrate fire on that sector captain," Kira said as he now waited.

The Doomsday's three Gottfried cannons, three Valiant cannons, missile launchers and the three Lohengrins were prepared to fire on those coordinates.

Minerva

Talia got the word from the new chairman as she ordered her pilots to the launchers; the ship was prepared for battle as she waited the final order.

Other Zaft ships

Other ships were doing the same and only waiting for the final order.

Doomsday

Kira watched and saw it was time, "Fire!" Kira shouted as Willard gave the other and the payload was released as all fired on those coordinates.

Kira watched as the ships had no chance as all were wiped out, the range of the Doomsday's other weapons was too much.

Kira saw the destruction and after taking a few of his pills he gave the final order, "All machines launch," Kira said as the hanger was open and he led the way as the Armageddon and his team launched.

All over mobile suits were being launched and all ships opened fire.

To be continued…

(A\N): The next chapter contains the battle as Kira meets with his former allies again. Bye for now.