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Chapter 2
Orb: Lacus' Studio
"Alright good job today." Smiled Lacus' manager as he handed her a glass of water and turned to leave.
"Umm... Ms. Clyne you have a phone call on line one." Stated Lacus' assistant Karissa. She had been working with Lacus since the war ended and had become fast friends. Karissa was 17 just like Lacus and had dark blonde hair and sky blue eyes.
"Oh, thanks. By the way, I'm heading to the Delegates' Ball. Would you like to come?" asked Lacus as she picked up the phone.
"If it would not be too much trouble..." started Karissa.
Lacus looked up at her and smiled. "I would be no problem. We'll leave together. Just be ready in an hour or so." Lacus then lifted the phone to her ear and began talking.
Phone Call
Athrun- "Hey Lacus, Cagalli wanted me to call you to tell you that Dearka, Milly, and Yzak are also coming."
Lacus- "That's great. Is it okay if I bring a friend of mine along?"
Athrun- "Sure."
Lacus- "I'll see you at seven, okay?"
Athrun- "Alright see you then."
Lacus- "Bye."
Blue Cosmos: Warehouse
"Our orders are to infiltrate the building as cooks. We are then to abduct the figureheads as the dinner ends." Stated the Blue Cosmos senior officer.
"Move out. Get the mobile suits ready!" shouted a unit leader. In the warehouse stood the Sword Calamity, Forbidden Blue, and Raider Full Spec. Gundams. There were also eight Gunbarrel Daggers, five Strike Daggers, seven Duel Daggers, five Buster Daggers, two Forbidden Daggers, two Raider Daggers, and two Calamity Daggers. All of these were stored in the hanger underneath the warehouse.
Remains of Onogoro Island (old)
"We have to be prepared for an attack. The Blue Cosmos will probably have already infiltrated and are in disguise. Their obvious targets are the figureheads and anyone else who is a coordinator. We will have the Strike Unit and the Serpent Unit standby 10 miles off the coast. The Gerbera Unit and the Scylla Unit will accompany me to the Palace. The Twin Justice units will stay behind for backup. Understood?" stated the commander as he donned his own black pilot suit with a silver streak across the helmet and a silver ring on his shoulder opposite to the one with the Wings of Freedom Insignia.
"Yes, Sir!" The mercenaries shouted in unison.
MS bay of the Eternal
Several Mobile Suits started up all displaying the same startup screen:
General Mobile
Unsubdued Operating
Nuclear System
Drive
Assault
Module
Basic System Tests: Running...
Visual Unit- 99
PS Battery- 100
Neutron Jammer Canceller- 98
Output- 97
Integrated Weapons Systems- 96
Enhancement Systems- 100
Exterior Weapons Check- 97
Total System Analysis: OK
Functioning Capacity: 98.142
Main O.S. Online...
"Alright Strike Unit proceed to standby point one." Ordered the bridge. The Eternal then launched five Gundams. One Strike with a blue, white, and black color scheme and four black modified prototype Astray MBF-321s were launched. Immediately after the Serpent Unit launched.
Orb Palace: 7:00
"Welcome Ms. Clyne." Stated the doorman as he opened the door for Lacus and Karissa who had just arrived.
"Thank You." Replied Lacus in her usual courteous tone. "Just act normal. You'll be okay." Comforted Lacus as she saw Karissa tense up. As Lacus walked into the main hall the press immediately started taking photos. Two security guards came up to escort them to the ballroom.
Kitchen
"Okay, here's what we do. When the dinner ends we storm the ball room and abduct the figureheads. We're also going to take all other coordinators present as well." Whispered the Blue Cosmos senior officer. He pulls out his cell phone and speed-dials a number.
Phone Call
Officer- "Get the MS ready. Also have my custom Purity Gundam ready and on auto-pilot."
Tactics commander- "Yes sir."
Palace Rooftop
The Wings of Freedom had just arrived on the rooftop and were looking for any disturbances. Lacus had just entered the ballroom and there were several delegates talking to her.
"West Wing, Any signs of unrest?" asked the commander as he stared down at Lacus. Cagalli and Athrun had just walked in and Lacus was introducing someone to them.
"No, sir. There's no one here and we've thermal scanned it." Replied a member of the Scylla Unit.
"East Wing?" questioned the commander as Yzak, Miriallia, and Dearka arrived.
"All clear here. Thermal Scan as well." Replied a member of the Gerbera Unit.
"Lowe, scan for any explosives on the building and make sure the men are ready to move on my command." Said the commander over his headset.
"Sir, there are several explosives scattered across the tables in the main room. Shall I hack and disable them?"
"Go ahead Lowe." Replied the commander, soon after the bombs were defused.
Ballroom
"Hey, Lacus!" waved Dearka as he, Yzak, and Miriallia walked over to her. Dearka smirked as he saw Karissa looking around with a look of uncertainty. "Who's your friend?" grinned Dearka devilishly, which earned him a nice smack on the head from Miriallia.
"I didn't come to the ball with you just so you could pimp!" yelled Miriallia turning away from Dearka who smiled widely at this.
"So you do like me." Grinned Dearka. Yzak groaned as Milly dragged Dearka away from Lacus and Karissa. Lacus was dressed in a white gown with a blue lining entwined with extremely light pink. Karissa was wearing a blue gown brought out her eyes. Yzak looked at the girl beside Lacus. She was definitely attractive. There was no doubt in Yzak's mind about this.
'Damn. Whoever she is she sure doesn't look like anyone my mom tried to set me up with.' Yzak thought. 'Doh! You definitely don't need a woman. Stop thinking like that!' Yzak thought as he mentally beat himself up.
"Hi, my name's Karissa. What's yours?" asked Karissa as she smiled sweetly.
"My name's Yzak Joule. Nice to meet you." Said Yzak as he gave her a genuine smile. Karissa blushed a little, but she was save the butler making an announcement.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, dinner is served." Stated an elderly man. Behind him stood several waiters who all happened to be coordinators. Everyone took his or her seats. The ZAFT high council sat at one table, the Orb council at another, and the Earth Forces at another.
2 hours later: Kitchen
"Sir, the dinner is over." Said an officer as he peeked out from behind the door. The man nodded and cocked his high caliber handgun.
"Okay boys, lock and load." Said the senior officer as they all loaded their assault rifles. They donned blue helmets and stormed the room.
Rooftop
"They've stormed the room sir." Said Lowe as he stared down from the skylight.
"All units wait for my command. Lowe, Mike get one of your guys over here." Said the commander as he loaded his own assault rifle/grenade launcher. The five men put on their harnesses and attached them to the top of the skylight ready to drop down.
Ballroom
"Hands up coordinator bastards or you're all dead!" yelled the first Blue Cosmos member to storm the room. All the coordinators looked up in confusion. Dearka, Yzak, and Athrun already had their hand on their guns but seeing as how they were outnumbered they tossed them onto the ground in front of them. Athrun looked apologetically at Cagalli who was just plain shocked. Ten of the soldiers rounded up the coordinators and separated the delegates from them. Five black ropes fell from the skylight. A smoke grenade fell from the ceiling causing momentary blindness to all of the room's occupants.
"What the F!" screamed a soldier as he opened fire randomly. By then the five men had already knocked out the soldiers guarding the captives.
"Regroup!" yelled the commander as shot a flare gun illuminating the entire room exposing the five figures standing in black pilot suits. The Wings of Freedom brought up their assault rifles to point at the Blue Cosmos. As the man spoke again Miriallia gasped at the sound of the voice. It sounded so familiar.
"Sai?" inquired Miriallia as the man spun around taking off the helmet revealing the face of Sai Argyle contorted in rage. He pulled out a detonator and pressed the button. None of the bombs activated. "Stupid piece of shit!" raged Sai as he threw the detonator and went for the next best option. He reached over and grabbed Lacus by her hair and put her in a headlock with his gun pointing to her head. The Wings of Freedom Commander began to shake with rage while his companions stood with unflinching calm as they had been trained to do.
"Oh, struck a nerve have I?" sneered Sai as he saw the commander begin to take a step forward. "Who are you anyway? Judging from the design on your suit, you seem as if you're the commander or something." Smiled Sai obviously enjoying the torture he was putting the man through. He yanked on Lacus' soft, pink hair making her yelp in pain. This spurred the commander into action as he dashed towards Sai. "I suggest you stop or the little songstress isn't going to be among the living anymore." Grinned Sai. "Now, show me who you are. I like to know who I'm fighting. The man stood up straight and took off his helmet. The face that stared back at Sai caused multiple gasps to occur around the room. Lacus upon seeing who it was almost shed tears of joy. Athrun, Sai, Cagalli, Dearka, Miriallia, Karissa, and Yzak just gawked in shock.
To be continued...
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