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Chapter Seventy Five
Operation Extermination Part Three
Near the Eternal
With Kira and Mu
Mu heard the orders as he switched back to Kira's frequency.
"What do you say kid, one last time," Mu added moving his saber.
Kira stared at him, "Time is so limited but that is an offer I could never refuse," Kira said as both flew forward as their sabers connected with a thunderous blow.
Orb Ships
Archangel Bridge
Kisaka got the report from the alliance headquarters as he immediately started passing it on.
"What did you say?" Murrue asked quickly.
"The alliance knows where the reaction will start, South American continent," Kisaka reported.
Murrue turned back, "Use the emergency channel and send this report out," Murrue told her.
Miriallia acknowledged as she started contacting all ships and suits.
Eternal Bridge
The crew watched the exchange as Shinn and Luna were knocked into the ocean.
Andrew informed a few mobile suits that they had left, Orb standard models, they were ordered to do the recovery and bring them back to the Eternal. There suits were practically dead in the water so they couldn't just leave them down there.
Lacus looked down at her son as he was still in shock but was starting to respond. Lacus couldn't leave him here either but luckily she didn't have to as one of the personal that was looking for him called up and Lacus asked if they could retrieve him. The attendant arrived on the bridge as Lacus looked down at him again.
"Listen to me," Lacus said softly as she pointed his head up to her.
"I know this is a lot and I will explain everything to you later but right now you have to go with this person," Lacus said.
What happened next stunned her but she was relieved as well as he held on to her tightly, Lacus hated seeing them in such pain, but she quickly told something in his ear as he let go and walked over to the attendant. Lacus smiled again as the elevator closed and headed down.
Lacus quickly wiped a few tears at the pain he was suffering because of this as she returned to her seat. Lacus sat down as she wanted this to end, she wouldn't allow this to happen, Kira would fail at all costs.
Cagalli got the message at that time as Athrun had arrived; he was providing a little cover for Mu around the Doomsday before arriving here. Now he was going to help with Mu but something was about to change that as Cagalli read the report from Kisaka.
"The alliance knows where it will begin," Cagalli reported.
"Where?" Lacus quickly asked as all turned in that direction.
Cagalli explained.
"Transfer it to the suits," Andrew replied as they were still in a battle.
All did just that.
Orb-Mobile Suits
Justice
As soon as Athrun heard the word he knew that was the moment of truth, if they could shoot down those two that were starting that would stop this madness for now, however if they could get all eight then Zaft would have a major set back and they were looking at months to replace them, but to do that they would have to bring their forces back down and provide more resources so that was more like a year or two. It was also clear that if you destroyed the Doomsday, the chairman and Kira the madness would be over for good.
Athrun was about to head to help Mu, but he got a quick report that the suits that were sent to retrieve Shinn and Luna were destroyed by Doomsday anti air fire.
Athrun was left as the one that would have to do it. He looked over at Mu as he knew the quicker he could do this the quicker he could be back to help.
Athrun flew to the location as he dove straight into the ocean after them.
Impulse and Destiny
Two suits that were dead in the water as they sunk. Shinn and Luna could still communicate and hear what was going on from the reports, but they couldn't move at all.
"This was my chance," Shinn told her.
"I didn't know he had these things implanted in our suits," Luna replied.
It was then when they got the report.
"Maybe this will all end and you can fight another day," Luna told him.
"He is my kill, my family…and…" Shinn didn't finish.
Luna was a little confused however they saw something approaching.
Akatsuki
Mu was about to engage Kira when he got the orders.
"Are you sure?" Mu asked.
"Confirmed, that is the location," Miriallia replied to him.
Mu however wasn't as enthused as the rest, "I copy that," Mu replied as he switched back frequency's and started engaging with Kira.
South American Location
Defensive Line
Pure chaos was at this line, but something was true and not a single Zaft suit had broken through. They were keeping them back as it was pretty much even, if anything the alliance was starting to gain the advantage.
Destroys Location
The base commander was preparing when he got the word straight from the president.
The base commander looked up in the sky, "I see it sir."
"What is your battle status?" the president asked.
The commander quickly checked, "We are holding and starting to push them back."
"Get it down now, we cannot take any chances, if they get that off, it is over," the president replied.
"Yes sir," The commander said signing off.
He quickly moved towards the reactors as the crew was staring at him.
"It has drawn our number, it will begin here, if we fail the earth is no more, start it," the commander ordered.
The reactor operators stared up in the sky as they were running at full power; it was now up to the transfer crew.
"How much time," the commander asked.
"I still need a few minutes, if it's slightly unstable it is all over sir," the crewman replied.
"We have no choice, look above," the commander said.
It was getting awfully bright up there.
"Do it now," the commander said.
"Yes sir," the crewman said as they had two to shoot down, one would do it they had to strike both of them.
"Condition red," the commander ordered.
The crew readied itself as did the Destroys pilot.
The transfer crew readied the last commands.
"Ready sir," the crewman said.
The commander looked, "Now," the commander ordered.
It was the moment of truth, the crewman started the transfer.
Doomsday
Bridge
After Willard's orders the crew started to the assent procedures.
The crew worked quickly as they checked the armor and all that, no breaches meant they could lift all immediately upon starting.
The crew worked quickly as they still had a few things to do before the ship was ready.
Classified Room
Ryu hit the last command as he watched his creation in the works.
Space
The reactors opened their large mirror like dishes as they started gathering the power straight from the rays, this added to the power they had stored as the headquarters in space monitored for any sign of failure and it was working.
The power was generating through the reactors as it shot out through the lower dishes straight for the satellites reflectors.
Classified Room
Ryu watched as they were heading right on target to the two starter satellites.
South American Location
Destroys Location
The crewman made quickly finished what they had as he began the process, with everything ready he made the transfer.
"Done sir," the crewman said as all of them looked towards the Destroy.
The commander quickly radioed the pilot.
The pilot acknowledged as the hand was already on the controls.
They watched as the reactor generators started shifting power, the noise and vibration was great as they watched the cables start to take the power.
"Everything green," the generator operators reported as everything looked good so far.
"Its taking the power…now transfer," the crewman said as the power started moving to the Destroy.
They watched as the connection cables moved with the shifting of power as it was heading straight up to the Doomsday.
"Begin cooling procedures," the commander ordered.
Those operating the coolant generators started working as they nearly froze the cables to start with and now they activated the coolant generators around the reactors as well as the Destroy.
"It's all up to the pilot now sir," the officers reported as all they could do is monitor the gages.
The commander watched as this was the moment of truth, the sky was getting awfully bright and they had two shots to get off.
Inside the Destroy the pilot hit the controls as he immediately felt a violent jolt as the power was being transferred, the vibration was tremendous, he was finding it hard to keep the hands on the controls.
Outside the crew watched as the power was already starting to take its toll on the massive machines, but this wasn't nothing until the cannon was fired.
The pilot watched the gages inside as the power was building up; he quickly checked the heating sensors as they were starting to climb even with the coolant being applied.
"Almost," the pilot said.
Outside the commander watched the sky as well as the Destroy.
"Now," the pilot said as the controls were pressed and the vibration really started going.
The clamps holding it down were working so far but this was madness.
Once the controls were pressed that one cannon started another smaller coolant generator on the barrel as the power moved up to the cannons.
"Come on," the commander said as the shot wasn't out yet.
"Sir," one said as all of a sudden a massive beam was shot out, the aftereffect blew them off their feet.
The beam didn't stop as it kept going up.
The crew got back to their feet as they looked at the gages.
"They are spiking sir…but I think its working," one quickly said.
"The stress is a lot," another said as the reactors were taking some damage here.
The Destroy was shaking out of place a little but they were on target.
The pilot was inside was really going for a ride but it was working.
"Come on, come on," the commander said watching the sky as the beam disappeared, they switched over to the monitor as they saw it was losing some steam, that was expected but if it didn't have enough to reach then it was all over.
Satellite
The beam was dying out but it was on straight target. The satellite still hadn't received the power yet but it was just about to be transferred from the space reactor.
However that was short lived as the Destroys upgraded beam nailed the first satellite.
Destroys Location
The crew watched as the beam struck the satellites firing barrel and started a chain reaction as the thing exploded.
Celebration started a little but the commander wasn't done, "We are not through yet, if we don't hit the other one it's the same scenario," the commander ordered.
The Destroy powered down the shot as the first cannon was completely fried.
The pilot quickly ditched the cannon as it fell to the ground in melted smoke.
All were glad this was working but as the commander said they still had one to go.
"Prepare targeting for the other one, we have no time," the commander said.
The crew went back to work as they couldn't check the controls as they had to move.
The Destroys pilot started shifting the machine again as he didn't like the way the thing felt, that shot did some damage and he hoped they could get another shot off.
It didn't take long as the Destroy stopped and then it could just shift the cannon as the pilot worked on the next targets, all they needed was one more, then this madness would be stopped.
The crew wasted no time as they watched the sky something was going on up there.
Space and with Ryu
With Ryu
Ryu watched as one of his satellites blew sky high.
"Petty naturals," was his response highly annoyed.
Ryu knew the reactor was starting to transfer and that satellite that was destroyed was the first one to get the reaction.
Ryu had to quickly transfer power fully to the other satellite as that stalled the reaction but not by much as the alliance would have liked.
Ryu knew now they had someway to reach up that high, and that wasn't making him to pleased, one thing that didn't change was his confidence.
Ryu got into the controls of his attack team as he saw what they were using, from images they got from their sacrificial forces, and for once he couldn't do anything about it.
Space Headquarters
They saw as well.
"Not good sir," one officer said.
"We will be alright as long as we don't lose the other one," the command officer said as he thought of something else.
"If they get the other one sir we will be stalled for at least a few days," as they would have to wait for the power to recharge as well as the position of the earth.
"That will be nothing if they get all eight of them," the command officer said as that would be a major set back as he knew the alliance had to know about.
"Just get the power out to this last satellite, we will still have the same result," the command officer said again as the power was back on schedule.
Near the Eternal
With Kira and Mu
When their sabers clashed, it was all out war.
The two back off quickly as they charged each other again and met with another clash.
The two were testing their skills and abilities with each other. Kira had the superior suit and had the advantage that was clear as he slammed the massive machine straight into Mu trying to take the head off as he did.
Mu parried with a flip as he flew off a little.
"No escape this time," Kira replied heading right after him firing the rail cannons as he did, as well as the plasma cannons.
Mu was forced to dodge quickly as Kira wasn't showing any weakness in his abilities right now, Mu couldn't read anything but that could be the same about Kira or he would have gotten him by now.
Kira couldn't get a read just yet as they were going at each other like crazy. Back and forth battle right now.
Mu was limited to only short range weapons as his rifle was destroyed, but he still had a few surprises of his own.
"You fight much better on your own La Flaga," Kira replied as he moved in again.
Mu spun around, "You haven't seen anything yet," Mu replied meeting another slash, however with this one Kira quickly went low.
Mu had to think quick as he dropped the shield causing Kira to back off, as he did slice it in half, but as he did Mu met stabbed his saber forward.
Kira's quick abilities saved him here as he quickly turned around but as he did it grazed the top of the Armageddon's shoulder, melting it a little.
Kira flew back as he checked the damage with the head, "I will only say this once, which is the last time you will ever touch this suit."
Mu looked forward, "Maybe, because the next time I don't tend to touch it I tend to destroy it."
"There you are," Kira replied quickly moving forward.
Mu backed off as he quickly flew out of that, he knew Kira got through his defense for a second and did the smart thing as he flew off.
"Don't get all cowardly on me now," Kira replied.
Mu wasn't buying any mind games anymore, sure he had to retreat for a second but it was the smart thing to do as he could now wait for another chance, at least with him keeping Kira busy he wasn't hitting the ships.
Mu eventually moved in again as he saw a chance as the sabers met again.
Mu was getting a little worn out as this was likely apart of Kira's strategy again, make him use his body to the max while despite their abilities he had a naturals body and Kira had a lot more endurance with his ultimate coordinator status.
Mu was moving in once again as he got another piece of information.
Satellites-Space-with Ryu
Ryu watched as the reactor started once again as the full energy was transferred to the remaining satellite, and this time it struck the mirror reflector.
The crew on the headquarters smiled as this was it.
South American Location
Defensive Line
With Zaft forces down to a complete minimal the alliance was near victory as the Destroy didn't even get a shot near it.
Right here the alliance just won its first victory over the Zaft forces during this war. Now however the sky got extremely bright, brighter then the last time.
Destroys Location
The base commander knew they were so close.
"What is taking so long?" the commander asked.
"Sir, the pressure is too high and the coolant cannot slow the heat down any faster then this," the generator operator told him.
"We have no choice, begin now," the commander said as they were out of time.
"Normally they would object but they really were out of time.
"Starting…starting generators," the officer said.
Looking up then back at the controls, "Starting transfer," The crewman said.
"Pressure is spiking already sir," one quickly said.
"Keep it up," the commander replied.
"Transfer underway," the crewman said as the energy was passed to the Destroy.
The base commander looked quickly as they heard a loud alarm.
"Reactor one is overloaded sir," the officer told him quickly.
"Seal it off and shut it down," the commander said as they could run on the final shot with one generator.
"Yes sir," the officer said quickly shutting it down.
The crewman saw that dropped the pressure a little but now it was up to the Destroy.
The pilot didn't wait as he fired the shot immediately upon transfer; he was getting alerts all over the place as the heat was too great.
It moved up to the second cannon which was the only thing undamaged as the shot was launched into the air.
Once again it knocked all personal off their feet.
They quickly got back up as the looked to the sky.
The shot was weaker then the last one.
Blow outs all over the Destroy were starting to happen.
"It won't hold sir," one officer said.
"You think positive thoughts that is an order," the commander said angrily.
The pilot was getting a weakening on the legs as they clamps collapsed.
The pilot quickly grabbed the left controls with both hands as the force slammed him to the side of the mobile suit, he could feel bad shoulder pain but was holding on the best and as longest he could.
"Come on," the pilot was yelling.
Outside they were watching the monitor.
"Sir!" one said as they could see something forming in that cannon.
"One for us...come on," the commander was saying as he was looking for help anywhere.
The shot was dying out as they watched more and more.
Then the moment of truth happened, the blast nicked the satellite sending it into a spin as it exploded.
"That's it!" the base commander quickly said jumping three feet in the air.
The Destroys cannon were done as the machine fell onto the side, the pilot with a busted up shoulder was yelling in glory.
The crew was bouncing up and down as the generators were fired and the Destroy was now completely useless but they didn't care.
The commander quickly got on the horn.
Alliance Headquarters
It was the same here, the president was on his chair, the other leaders were going crazy.
"Spread the word," the president said as they had avoided the destruction.
The president quickly checked around earth as well.
The president's crew quickly contacted the archangel as the word was being spread.
Orb Ships
Archangel
Kisaka got the word and quickly passed it.
Murrue sat back as she heard what was going on, "Finally."
"What about the other locations?" Miriallia asked as the threat was over for now.
"No word yet, but it won't matter, with the start gone and all Zaft forces in space, they will have a difficult time dealing with anything with just their one ship," Kisaka replied.
Miriallia understood sort of as she spread the word.
Murrue actually smiled as well, they did it.
The crew was like the rest and started celebrating a little as the first major victory over Zaft was the one that had mattered the most.
Eternal
Dacosta spread the news.
Andrew looked at him, "In avoiding the immediate threat this victory is ours."
Lacus sat back as well, this was over, despite the other locations she knew that a finishing blow on the Doomsday was what they needed. Elimination was so far prevented for a few days but with the other locations that could be a year, however to end it all as Athrun knew they had to beat them here.
Other crew was in celebration.
Eternal Hanger
Athrun dropped the two suits off he recovered as he was heading back out.
Shinn wasn't to pleased having to sit this one out but he was forced to.
Luna was with him as they were heading up to the bridge.
Athrun flew back out as he got the word and now was time to make good on what he knew had to be done, that ship, that chairman and Kira.
With Ryu-and Space
Space Headquarters
The command officer saw what had happened, the reactor sent down to energy and as soon as it touched the satellite they blew it up.
He was furious as he stood up and was knocking stuff over, hitting controls and everything.
"This cannot be happening," the command officer said as he was out there.
With Ryu
On the Doomsday Ryu saw what had happened and looked at it very highly annoyed.
His fists were clenched as he turned to the other terminal.
Aerial Battle
With Mu
Mu was battling Kira when he got word of the victory.
Mu had an open com with Kira so he knew that he heard as well and the Armageddon for some reason didn't change its demeanor.
Mu then spoke straight to him, "Did you hear that kid?"
With Kira and Mu
Kira heard every word.
"What is your point?" Kira asked.
Mu looked ahead as he decided to have this conversation patched through to all the ships. Something told him to.
"We just stopped your reaction yet you act as if nothing bad has happened," Mu replied.
With all Orb Ships, Kira and Mu
The celebration was so grand that many didn't hear at first, but then they did.
Murrue and Lacus especially did since the conversation was being transferred to all ships.
"You accomplished something we didn't think you were capable of doing," Kira replied.
Cagalli was especially listening as she decided to tune in, "You took us too lightly and now it is over Kira."
"Oh, it's far from over natural sister," Kira replied to them.
"It won't be long before we get the other six if it hasn't been done already," Cagalli quickly replied.
Kira had a slightly smirk, "Everyone is so proud of themselves, I can sense it however you are different why is that La Flaga?"
Mu didn't say a thing.
Kira started typing something into the suits computer, "Let me show you, we have not been delayed, the world my former friends will be changed today."
"Impossible," Cagalli said as they did it, they stopped them and Kira was likely trying to make them think he still had the upper hand, they were his mind games again, that was what they knew it had to be.
Kira only smiled, as Kira sent the data.
Doomsday
With Willard and Kira
After Kira sent the data he got a private message from Willard, "It failed commander, we will abort the ascent to space."
Kira grew angry, "You will do no such thing, keep on schedule and prepare for launch."
"But sir they broke our starting point, we will have to regroup," Willard replied.
"Do not question me again, this will happen today, His Excellency is already on that fact, like I have told you before captain you are not privileged with all our information," Kira replied as he turned back to the Orb crew.
Willard did as he was told.
Classified Room
Ryu was way more annoyed then angered after his satellites were destroyed, however he then moved over to the terminal he didn't expect to use as he worked on that and since it was in ready mode he started to activate it.
Ryu sent a message up to his headquarters as he started, "Deactivation completed."
With Kira and the rest
Ships
All got the data Kira sent as all stopped dead in their tracks.
"Impossible," Cagalli said angrily.
"It, it wasn't in what we had," Lacus replied.
Others as well and celebration was then halted.
With Orb and Kira
Mu got the data, "I knew it."
Kira slightly smirked, "Find something you liked La Flaga?"
"Directly above Orb…" Mu said.
"Correct," Kira replied.
Mu stared ahead, "A fifth space reactor."
"What do you say we end this Mu? As you can tell I have things to do," Kira asked as the wings started extending.
Mu glared at him, "I guess I will go all out as well," Mu replied as he had a little trick up his sleeve.
The whole time since Mu heard the news he was skeptical, he felt it all along, and now was the time to use what he had planned before the start, however first Kira had to be dealt with.
Eternal
Cagalli and Lacus looked at what Kira had sent them and it was clear. Right above Orb it that hidden. They were totally screwed as they didn't even know they were there.
With Kira and Mu
Kira launched the dragoons as Mu slightly smiled as with the upgrades to the Akatsuki he did the same.
To be continued...
(A\N): The next chapter Mu gives his plan, Mu battles Kira, Ryu does his act, as well as other things. Bye for now.