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Chapter Seventy

Cleared

Doomsday

Ryu looked straight at Willard, and gave him the code phrase for what they were about to do.

Willard ordered that transferred out over all Zaft channels.

Outside

The order was sent to all ships and then transferred to all mobile suits in the field.

The subs immediately started clearing back to get behind the Doomsday, no sub wasted any time doing what they were ordered to do.

Mobile suits nearby immediately returned as the order was spread to the front line mobile suits.

Base Defensive Line

The code word was transmitted as the suits received it.

All commanding mobile suits gave the order to their team members as the suits started falling back. They laid down cover and defensive fire as they stopped their advance and began their withdrawal.

The alliance mobile suits were highly confused by this action, Zaft was winning. They also haven't got any word from their commanding officers from the headquarters in awhile which made sense as they were dead.

The suits didn't have orders to pursue so they remained on the defensive line and for a minute they could sort of call this a victory.

Doomsday

Once the order was given Ryu nodded to Willard. Willard removed the keycard and placed it in the slot next to his seat as they started preparing for fire.

Willard got the reports from his officers as they were ready to extend the cannon.

The ship started rising up into the air as the cannon started moving out. The cannon opened into his umbrella shape as the bridge crew could once again no longer see out of the front. The cannon was fully extended as all they needed now was Ryu's order and once his forces were clear he would give that order.

Forces

The Zaft forces were falling back as quickly as possible as Ryu was mostly waiting on Kira.

South of the Base

Shinn didn't remember hurt of this kind since his parents and sister died.

Shinn looked up as he saw his commanding officer up in the air holding one of his guns. Soon the Mirage armor deactivated as that gust of wind just showed what that was from.

Kira stared down at them, "How utterly disappointing, you have failed me!"

Shinn looked down from Stellar then up to Kira and back and forth.

Stellar was struggling for breath as she smiled up at Shinn; it was almost like another thank you for what he did.

Shinn's emotions were running very high, a mixture of rage and hurt, just as he felt back when his family was killed. He got worse as he let out a cry when she died.

Kira was making his way down as he approached the Destroy; he got up in no time as Shinn was still there cradling that dead extended.

Kira got up as he could only shake his head in disgust over what this fool was doing, "Truly pathetic, getting all worked up over the death of a brainless being," Kira told him.

Shinn was getting enraged more as he slowly turned around glaring at his commanding officer.

Kira stared at him, "Your hatred is reaching its peak, I thought I could channel it, but now it appears that you are more useless to me then I hoped," Kira said as if he got this worked up over the death of a natural he was truly useless to them. Not only that but he disobeyed orders and was going to try and hide this thing on his ship. Kira was listening to everything as he landed.

When Kira arrived he saw that the Destiny was still there but what did it was he saw Shinn talking with this creature and getting to close, he crossed past a point of no return when Kira heard he was going to help the thing.

Kira didn't consider extendeds humans or of anything of value, they were brainless tools that were uncontrollable and too much of a problem for battle so they were lower then naturals in his book.

Shinn was shaking in anger as he kept his stare on Kira.

"Aw, are you mad I took your toy away, let me give you one more piece of truth before I finish with you," Kira told him.

Shinn let Stellar down gently as he started standing up.

"Let me explain why you hate Orb so much," Kira told him.

That grabbed Shinn's attention as he didn't even care Kira held a gun to him.

"You remember that fateful day when the alliance attacked your country, I would know it well since I was there as well," Kira told him.

Shinn still listened and still enraged.

Kira remembered from when he first got the file on his team Ryu explained the situation with Shinn to Kira and Kira thought it was ironic.

"You remember the Freedom well correct, I should know since I was the pilot," Kira told him sternly.

Shinn froze in pure hatred; he remembered that machine from that day.

Kira was saying all this to get under his skin, and it was working, "Especially when I fried your family, boy was that entertaining," Kira said purely to get under his skin despite what had happened.

Kira knew Shinn had a situation with all that so he exploited it and what he said was meant to dig straight into his soul.

Shinn exploded as the memories were there and he went straight for him not caring about the weapon.

Kira decided to do one thing, he holstered the weapon.

Something snapped and shattered inside of Shinn when this happened.

Kira stood steady as he waited for him.

Shinn let his fist fly as Kira immediately caught it. Shinn let the other one as Kira caught that one as well.

What shocked Kira a little was Shinn was nearly overpowering him a little, as Kira could feel himself heading backwards, however one thing about that was Kira wasn't using his skill yet.

"Truly a good day that was, can you say barbequed Asuka family?" Kira asked.

Shinn pushed harder yelling in rage.

"Tell me I have to know, did you find any parts of them left?" Kira asked.

Shinn finally got an arm free as he got the swing off.

Kira easily ducked delivering a swift kick to his ribs, this knocked Shinn back as the blow was powerful but the rage wasn't letting him feel that.

"Rage is a powerful emotion and gives you strength however you can never control it so that makes you no better then a natural," Kira told him.

Shinn went at it again.

Kira however was done playing around.

Kira met his charge but his speed was better, "You're just a coordinator," Kira said delivering two shift punches to the face and gut.

Shinn flew upward a little as Kira jumped in the air and with a spinning kick the blow landed straight across his cheek the force was nearly strong enough to snap his neck as it flew to the side.

Once Kira landed he pulled out his gun and fired.

Shinn took the shot as he was falling to the edge of the Destroy. Shinn landed on his left side for a second as he rolled over to his stomach, he felt his body going a little numb, Shinn was near the edge of the Destroy as he rolled right off. The drop was painful as he stayed on his stomach.

Kira approached the edge as he looked down; he saw blood coming out of Shinn as it leaked onto the soil.

Kira shook his head again, "Such a waste of what could have been talent."

Kira checked the north as the Doomsday should be almost ready to fire, it was miles away but this was something Kira wanted to see.

Kira went over to the Destroy before quickly doing something then he made it back over to his suit as he boarded it and powered it up.

Kira however looked over and saw the Destiny.

Kira walked over to it as he didn't need the thing anymore, Kira saw where it was angled to as he took out one saber and stabbed it straight through the lower left leg.

The beam went through as Kira pulled it out as a small explosion was seen and the Destiny started falling.

Kira watched as it fell in the direction where Shinn's body was.

Kira watched as it fell, "Squish," Kira said as he had no need to do anything else.

Kira powered up and flew back north, however as he looked back he had a small smirk.

Doomsday

Outside

All suits and subs were just about cleared only a few were left as they saw the massive cannon ready to fire almost eager to fire.

The last ship cleared when Kira arrived back from the south.

Kira's Hanger

Kira radioed in as his hanger opened as Kira had to maneuver around the cannon and get to the hanger. Kira landed as he got word from the bridge.

"We are a machine short commander," Ryu said.

"The fool played out his use, showing sympathy and committing treason, I have carried out his sentence," Kira replied.

"Very well, I will fire the cannon now, return to the bridge when you are done, we have things to discuss," Ryu ordered.

"Yes sir," Kira replied as they signed off.

Kira got out and changed as he made his way to the bridge.

Bridge

After that conversation Ryu turned to Willard, "Status?"

"All forces cleared, the cannon is at maximum capacity for land sir," Willard replied.

Ryu stared at him, "Fire."

Willard typed into the codes as he pushed the final button.

Outside the cannon started its activation.

The large beam started forming as it was shot out, expanding as it did. The beam was straight on target.

Panama Base

The remaining Panama forces were almost in celebration when Zaft retreated however that changed when they saw that massive beam heading straight for them.

The beam passed by vaporizing anything in its path as it struck the base, a massive explosion was seen as the base was destroyed, surrounding trees were gone, radiation spread and destruction was seen.

The connection between North and South America was completely destroyed.

With Kira

Kira arrived back on the bridge as he looked at Ryu. This campaign was a total success.

South of the Base

All that was seen here was the massive Destroy and the Destiny slumped over it.

Shinn opened his eyes as he heard the Armageddon fly off and he looked above him only to see the body of his mobile suit feet away from him.

Shinn recalled everything, after he was knocked back and heard that shot, Shinn felt his something strike around his chest. However what the bullet struck was his handgun. He placed it in there when he didn't want Stellar to see it anymore.

Despite his rage as he rolled over to his stomach and then off the machine he was able to get his knife off and made a cut into his stomach area away from all vital organs, which produced the blood he needed. The wound was mild but did bleed. Kira took him to lightly when he was enraged and Shinn knew that was a losing situation so he matured quickly as he decided he had to fight Kira on his own terms so this was his way out.

When the bullet struck his handgun, for a second his body went numb with the uncertainty. Luckily what happened was extremely rare but something was correct that it wasn't his time to go. After Shinn hit the ground and Kira left then came his machine. Shinn watched as it fell and Shinn quickly moved to the side of the Destroy as he hit the ground in an area where the machine didn't hit the ground, if that would have happened he would be more flatter then a bug.

His body needed time to recover as the Doomsday entered his mind. He knew it was going to fire as he knew the shot was angled more north so all he could do was hope the aftereffects wouldn't reach here.

He heard the shot from here as he was able to get inside the mobile suits cockpit barely but he was able to get to the cord which was dangling on the ground.

This was only for precaution however like he thought the blast didn't reach here. If he was in space that would have been a different matter but the Doomsday's cannon wasn't as strong in earth as it was in space.

Shinn now had to figure out what to do as he patched his wounds, Kira had just taken Stellar away and now he had to pay. Shinn wanted to try and power up his machine and their was nothing wrong with his machine but the leg so it didn't have any problems getting it started, Shinn moved the slumped machine off the Destroy but as he did that the thing blew completely up.

Kira apparently set a self destruct timer inside the Destroy. The explosion wasn't massive but it knocked the Destiny away and blew it into the ocean it was near.

Doomsday

Bridge

Kira arrived on the bridge as they were overseeing the aftermath. The cannon once again took damage but they seem to improve every time so it wasn't as bad as the last. The cannon was left out while it cooled and Ryu got a status report from all over the ship.

Everything was in the green especially the reactor they used to power the ship so everything was stable and nothing had to be worried about here.

"Mission accomplished," Ryu said as they were now getting images, the mass driver was destroyed and the base was gone. Total destruction to everything in its path.

"I guess that leaves only one thing," Kira told him.

"I had your assault team's start going through the data, we will head to the technical room and look at the findings," Ryu said.

Ryu left Willard in charge as they did the final count and all after battle checks and reports.

Kira and Ryu headed down and entered the technical room as the data was being analyzed there.

Technical Room

Once inside all stood up and saluted their chairman as the leader of the attack team was there as well as a bunch of analysts.

Ryu approached, "I want the findings."

Kira and Ryu were going through the data with the rest. Their communication transcripts were of most interest.

Kira was after them quickly. He went through all of them for the last few days.

It confirmed his notion that the alliance leaders were in contact however it didn't turn up what Kira wanted.

The transcripts only said that the alliance president wanted this base held at all costs; they were to stall and keep fighting for as long as possible.

This did confirm that the alliance was up to something; however what Kira wanted was not there. There was no mention of just what exactly their strategy was for this upcoming operation.

"Naturals are smarter then I thought," Kira said as he expected them to discuss more details.

"There is practically nothing sir, only requests for reinforcements and those few conversations the ones in charge had with the president," an officer said.

"Well that just wasted my time," Kira said not to pleased.

"They are staying cautious, what we have learned is they are up to something, we have no more time to waste, we must act quickly," Ryu added.

"Your orders sir?" Kira asked.

Ryu looked at him, "We will remain in this location and provide aide for our forces we are sending north and south, once they are here, our forces are evacuated back to space, and we begin this operation this is where we will remain."

"With the mass drivers under our control soon, those locations are the only places they can do something to stop our grand vision," Ryu added as that was the only weakness.

"I fully agree sir, so can I take that as an order?" Kira asked.

Ryu looked at him, "Extermination begins now."

Kira took that in as the stage was just about set; they still needed a few weeks to get the forces up to space, evacuated, and the sacrificial forces in place.

Gibraltar

Waters

When the Zaft forces arrived they were met with resistance after resistance as the battle waged the morning after the Doomsday fired the Genesis cannon.

Base-Mass driver

This battle was by far one of the most hectic for Zaft mostly but the alliance was fairing no better. The alliance had more firepower and more defenses then the Zaft forces had with their assault.

This battle waged on for thirteen hours straight. Massive losses on both sides, Zaft however did make it inside the base as they approached the mass driver location.

It was heavily guarded and they were losing more forces. The commander in charge of this operation was left with no final choice. He ordered his team with a full out assault. Machines covered other machines as they rushed the base.

You could say in a brave effort the Zaft forces were mostly destroyed, however their last effort push got them to the mass driver as forces secured the area and other suits tried setting up something as it became apparent of one thing, they couldn't capture this mass driver alone.

More suits were being damaged and were being destroyed, they were surrounded by alliance forces which kept applying the pressure.

The Zaft commander in charge knew after seeing this escape was impossible what he had to do, they finished arming the tactical nuke which they brought with them as a backup plan and they surrounded it guarding it with their lives. This commander was going to make sure they either had this base or destroyed it so he came with everything. This nuke was allowed access by this commander since he was one of Ryu's top loyal people. They fought to the very last suit, they did everything they could with a straight mind knowing they would succeed.

Overall the Alliance forces were successful in this battle holding off this base however they were far too late. The nuke went off taking the entire base with it. The Zaft commander planned on using this nuke Ryu authorized just in case they couldn't capture the base.

The base was destroyed along with the mass driver.

Doomsday

Ryu got word of this as a final transmission was sent. Though he wanted the base captured as he didn't want to lose a loyal unit like that one, but he would take this as well as now the alliances presence of going to space was stopped. The only way they could now halt this operation was from the areas he and Kira discussed after they found the plans stolen.

One Week Later

Around the earth

Forces were making it back do their occupied mass drivers as shuttles were being launched to space left and right.

They were taking everything with them that they needed. This was taking time as it wasn't planned but Ryu could calculate about seventy percent of their forces were either back up in space or at the mass drivers.

Panama

This was the location that the Doomsday was stationed, and this was where the sacrificial teams were arriving. The past week alliance presence from the north and south was heading here to attack.

Kira was spending his time either going north or south in the Armageddon taking out these alliance teams they were sending. Kira knew this was the most secured area for their teams they were sending in and he wanted it to be as clear as possible.

The Doomsday hadn't moved in a week and wouldn't for another as that was what Ryu had determined

All their teams weren't here yet either so they couldn't send them to the areas yet or the alliance would send forces and that wouldn't be good.

That was how it went until the final order was given.

Europe

The teams assigned here were also still arriving in northern Africa like where the Gibraltar forces went in. that was their route as well however alliance presence was down since the nuke went off so they knew they could make their way to the location they were ordered.

They still didn't know what was going on as Ryu didn't tell them everything so they figured this was just another assignment.

When they had a few more units they would be ready and Ryu could give the order for them to move north.

There forces were a lot more equipped then the Gibraltar force as well, they had the same amount of suits but they also had some support in the sea and land.

A pity but Ryu didn't forces that would give him problems later on. A shame to lose the hardware but it was worth it overall.

Asia

The forces were the most lacking here. These were also the most equipped of the four that would be heading down.

They were powered with a few land battleships as well as mobile suits, only upgraded older models though.

The forces were gathering in Southeast Asia and their forces were almost all there, but they had to make a journey north. So they would be the first to start heading north.

Space

Zaft Space presence was doing their weekly maintenance inspections on the satellites around earth and found everything ok so far. Shuttles were getting off the planet fast as many didn't know what was going on. Ryu gave strange orders as in a week they were to return to the Plants, but orders are orders so they would comply.

Exactly One week after that

Panama

All forces were arrived and many were assisting Kira with the little skirmish missions but they had slowed down the past few days.

Kira now knew they were close as all forces were either in space or the last few were heading up.

Europe and Asia

Asia forces got the word a day ago and they were heading north as ordered. However alliance presence wasn't there, that was strange, something had to be going on, but it was still a long journey.

Europe was still waiting as they got their orders finally to start slightly moving across the sea and to Spain. Forces in the sea were almost lacks for some reason, which was strange as well. Something had to be going on.

Doomsday

Preparations were finally done; they could do all they could for now. Ryu was ready to give the order to begin.

The Doomsday was powered up as they were ready to turn around, they had a specific location they were heading for this operation.

Ryu was in the bridge as he gave a few orders the past few days for the forces to finally go and secure those areas. If they were lucky nothing would be there, however the alliance had to know what they did so they wanted the forces to do what they had to.

Ryu was sitting on the bridge with Kira standing overlooking the monitors.

"We go," Ryu said.

The Doomsday powered up and was heading west as they were out of here.

Ryu gave the second from final command, "Final checks, I want a report by the time we arrive."

Kira now smiled, they were that close, and now they were going to assure this victory.

To be continued...

(A\N): The next chapter goes back to the day the cannon was fired but its on the Orb and Alliance sides leading to this moment. See you later.