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Chapter 6
"The Revived Wings"
ORB
9:30 PM
In a clearing two miles from the home of the Yamato, is a Horizont class Dive Transport DTTS-12 (Dive Transatmospheric Troop Shuttle) is on a landing approach in stealth mode.
Coming out from its ramp are 3 Limo and 6 Cyclone's (Veritech Armored Cyclone) as escort, and when they were away the second cargo door opens to let two black painted (Spartas ATAC-01-SCA) Hover Tanks. They disembark the transport, and into the night, they disappeared in the shadows.
As the convoy of Limos approaches the Yamato's home, Eileen Canaver felt rather uneasy as she holds on to the files that was given to her by the Admiral, and remembers what he told her late this afternoon.
What Ranma told her was an act of good faith, trusting enough to show her the partial result of their investigation, and what she receives is quite disturbing.
In her hands are copies of evidence that linking Chairman Dullindal of the Plants and the terrorist, and that he had a hand in the fall of Junius 7. Those accusations are very serious, yet evidence pointed that the Chairman is somehow involve and maybe even the one who perpetrated it.
Admiral Ranma Saotome was not at all happy about the partial result of their investigation and that he's not about to let anything happen to the Earth, not to mention, he hated people playing games with people's lives.
'There is a chess game being played in the Cosmic Era and everyone is the chess piece' Eileen remembers the Admiral's words
Flashback
"We are in a game of chess" he remark
"The Life and Death of Humanity being played as a game and I hated people like that" he gestured two fingers of two people as he said
"Two Players, Gilbert Dullindal Chairman of the PLANTs and ZAFT and Lord Djibril von Hitler of LOGOS and he holds the helm of the Earth Alliance. For now,"
"Both have every intent to start a War, and each has an ulterior motive as to why they are doing this, and that will result in the death of countless number of people," he then explains about them
Djibril is easy enough to understand, he hates Coordinators deeply with a vengeance, and he's hell bent in sending you all to hell" Ranma believes that,
"He will no doubt, use every means and every excuse necessary to start a war and I don't think he cares how many people will die on both sides, so long as the end will justify the means, and he is no doubt, the Villain of the story. The dark chess player" next, Ranma talk is about Dullindal
"Chairman Gilbert Dullindal is a different story, and we're still figuring him out, yet we do know that he's quite the political chess player, far better than Djibril and he may have a more dangerous hidden agenda in mind, we just don't know yet"
"He would be the Hero of the story, well sort of, but in my opinion he's not," commented about Dullindal, Ranma sounded like he does not like something about him.
"Now Chairman Gilbert Dullindal is a scientist in genetics and a genius in DNA analysis, though we haven't seen anything that he'd done anything wrong doesn't mean he did not do anything wrong" he told his feelings
"From a personal point of view, I think, that he believes that he's smarter than everyone else in the world" he felt disgusted in people who think like that.
"He thinks that he knows he's right while everyone else is wrong, and that in my opinion, make him just as dangerous as Djibril"
In their talk, Ranma told her the incident that happened at the ZAFT Ship Minerva with Judah onboard a while back. Judah's observation started to make the REF suspicious of the Plant Chairman, and later on, those suspicions became well founded as their investigation bare fruit.
It was after the Junius 7 destruction, that the REF have been investigating the fall using materials and equipment recovered from the terrorist and started tracing their origins. The REF found circumstantial evidence that Dullindal could be involve in the incident.
Referring to the fall of Junius 7 to Earth, Ranma explained to her a scenario; his tactical analysis teams hypothesize, when Junius 7 had actually fallen on Earth without the REF involvement in stopping it.
The REF believes that, the fall of Junius 7 on Earth by those terrorist would have been the ultimate excuse for Logos in order to start a war of retribution, but the REF stop Junius 7 from falling also they stop the resolution Logos tried to have approved in the Atlantic Federation.
All of it would have happen, If the REF we were not there, and even when ZAFT was successful in breaking Junius 7 apart, pieces would still fall and hurting and killing countless millions of people.
The EA under Logos would use that terrible tragedy as a rallying cry for revenge and unite the earth in the banner of hatred against Coordinators.
It was the perfect excuse.
Eileen finds that scenario very possible, and that was a problem for her
'It doesn't make sense' she thought disbelieving the idea
"Why would he do it? Why would he cause another War?" she asks worriedly,
'And what about the hidden agenda Ranma believes that Dullindal has in mind and may still be pursuing'
Ranma said to her
"Though we don't know his true intentions yet, as of now ZAFT is in the sidelines watching what is happening to the AF, so far no war, but that may not keep," he said with concerned
"There is a possibility that ZAFT may interfere or get involve in the internal matters of the Atlantic Federation,"
"Chairman Dullindal will most likely, will, cause something to make an excuse to do so and for now he can't because ZAFT orders from the Plants council, is not to get involve"
"I don't understand why he would do such a thing, Admiral Saotome. What motivate him to do this?" she ask him still disbelieving of the thought
"We are asking that ourselves Ms. Canaver," he replied and admittedly he said
"We don't know his real motives yet and that's a real problem," he answered
"What we have, maybe just be one part of the whole story, and whatever it is, we need to know the whole story before it's too late" then Ranma ads a possibility
"If Dullindal did make an excuse and interferes in the turmoil of the Atlantic Federation, it will escalate to a war, and I doubt you would like to see that happen again this time around, and certainly not with these things in their possession" showing an holoscreen picture of two weapons.
Admittedly, she agrees with him, she would not like to see that happen again, and looking at the PADD Ranma gave her, it is saying to her,
'Definitely not'
End Flashback
On her hand are data disk of what Ranma showed her, are ZAFT and EA new weapons. Ranma explained that both weapons were built less than a year ago, and both are fully operational. Eileen started to feel uneasy when she read it.
In a Military standpoint, the purpose of these weapons were technically, built as a deterrent. However, in the hands of certain individuals with no qualms of killing people no matter how many will die on both sides is a danger, and this is worrying the REF.
The data file gave her more migraine when she read it.
ZAFT built another G.E.N.E.S.I.S. or Gamma Emissionby Nuclear Explosion Stimulate Inducing System and more disturbing, is that the Earth Alliance have built a new weapon, it is their answer to ZAFT weapon.
The REQUIEM
In the aftermath of the first war, EA engineers began the development of a weapon system that is a match against Genesis using some of the G-weapons, primarily the High Energy Particle Cannon and Beam Deflectors directing the beam on any targets.
Requiem is somewhat, Inspired from an old US 'Star Wars' program, and no one ever heard or seen Star Wars. The Requiem is a magnified High Energy Particle Cannon; a land based fixed weapon system, using beam deflection stations mounted on cut out O'Neil type colonies. These stations bend the beam to strike a target anywhere was both ingenious and scary.
Requiems is much like the UN Spacys 'Grand Cannon' program in Alaska, except that the Grand Cannon is a mile across and ten miles long in the magnitude of a thousand fold in power.
A War now will spell annihilation and Dullindal is forcing it to make it real.
'Why'Eileen kept asking it
Dullindal is a brilliant scientist in DNA research and he's very smart and intelligent that the council think that he's right man for the job of Chairman.
Eileen thinks he was good choice also, and finds it hard to believe that he would support those terrorist.
For some people however, choosing very smart people does not always mean that they are the wise choice for the job.
Eileen remembers one of Ranma's saying
'Intellect without Wisdom will not make a person a good leader alone, nor will Intellect alone will guarantee happiness for everyone," he told her, the words of wisdom
Those words 'Intellect without Wisdom' seem to echo in Eileen's thoughts quite often. Words seem to mirror the people situation right now, especially in the Plants. Intellectually, Coordinators are very smart thanks to their enhancements yet none are the wiser, and no different than the average Naturals.
With so many achievements the coordinators have done, people are not at all happy in fact, they are miserable despite the established peace. There is very little changes in attitude between Naturals and Coordinators in fact, people seem to be more distant than usual even among each other there was signs of discontent.
The convoy of Limos was there now. Before coming in to meet with Miss Clyne, Eileen is thinking about Ranma's people, the People of Alpha Earth. How they live their life, after going thru such suffering, such ordeal even she has to admit it was excessively too much even for her to imagine that they could move on, and yet they are building a future with those that did them great harm.
The Images of 'The Rain of Death' now haunts her sleep, presumably she thought that, to those who live thru that is haunting their sleep as well, and her heart goes to them
'How dreadful it must be for them'
"How do you do it?" she remembered asking him
"Live your life after that, how is it that, you have done what we haven't' referring to the Naturals and Coordinators problems
Ranma smiled at her and answered
"We are not all that different to the Zentraedi's, nor are we different from you our cousins, Natural and Coordinators," he answered
We live our life one day at a time," he said
"Were not perfect Ms. Canaver nor claim to be one. Yet we will continue to learn, continue to understand the things around us and understand each other in the hopes of becoming a wise and noble people," he said to her with honesty
"It's hard work and very difficult at best, but that's not new to us, and were use to it, and the hard work paid off quite nicely for us" he also said something about their former enemies the Zentraedi's,
"We forgive, but we don't forget, and yet we will move forward together, for the other choice is a dead end," he said to her
"Our former enemies are now our friends and with honesty I don't entirely blame them because they are just the tools of war of another race, and for that I feel sorry for them, for that is what they were created for," He said
"Hating the Zentraedi's, committing vengeance serves no purpose but to hold us down and make us small, but we do hate the very people who created them, their Masters, a small group of people who played Gods, but I say, they are the very much the Embodiment of Evil itself"
The Robotech Masters, Ranma is referring to
"The ones whom to My personal opinion and experience first hand…are a bunch of Space Nazi's, who believes that they are the Supreme Race born from God to become God themselves, and everyone else are nothing but monkeys or a Lab rat to be experimented on"
He then whisperingly, cursed the Robotech Masters name, Ranma hated them a lot and to his opinion, they can never be forgiven, ever.
"Those fiends, ruined thousands of worlds and also theirs as well. Whole civilizations, cultures, technological achievements and others is no more but just a ruin fragment of their former glory when they came to my world seeking their treasure that they stole from another," he shook his head at the horrible mess they left behind their death was hardly payment for all the suffering they caused.
"For a highly advance people with intellect far greater than humanity could ever achieve…is so unwise"
Now with their Earth becoming a technologically superior, Ranma and others have their fears of becoming like them.
Ranma said assuredly
"We will not become like them, we won't allow it!" he swore
"We who live thru the Rain of Death will not allow humanity to follow that path, and it is a promise we intend to keep," he stated and with caution
"Yet we need to be careful, because someday without our knowing, we may end up like them, and for that not to happen, we really need to grow up some more"
'To grow up' Eileen thought and something her people need to do…no. The People of the C.E.Earth really need to do, and she is going to make all the effort to have the best relationship with Alpha Earth when this is over, for everything she has experience for 3 days on the SDF-2 Prometheus saying to her that they are serious people.
As the limousines arrived, the 6 Cyclone's took up position around the house and kept a thorough scan of the area for possible trespassers.
On Orbit
The Prometheus was on high orbit when an emergency distress call came in from a biosphere carrier at the opposite side of the planet. The ship was off stealth and in the middle of space where ships and shuttles routinely pass by
Scott was bewildered as to how a biosphere carrier got itself into trouble as one of his Lieutenant reports to him
"A, what hit them?" he was dumbfounded at the report he just received
"It's Uhm, a golf ball sir" the female replied
"How the hell does a golf ball disable a starship of all things?" he ask disbelieving
"Well sir," she looks at the report again "the crew was doing some EVA maintenance work outside the ship, they were opening one of the maintenance hatch when suddenly a golf ball going at 10 thousand kilometers an hour entered the hatch, and inside, it did an imitation of a pinball, sir" Scott ask with in high volume
"How, can a Golf ball passes thru the ships gravimetric shielding?"
"Well Sir," she look thru the message again and answered
"According to the report, the shielding system was down, and it was the one they were doing repair work Sir" and then ads
"Their cloaking systems was severely damage because of that, as well as navigational systems"
"Good Grief"
"Sir, we are the only closes ship to them," she answered and she added more bad news
"Several civilian vessels already seen the ship, and a group of ZAFT Nazca-class ships is on intercept in 30 minutes"
Scott groaned and pinched the bridge between his eyes at the headache of the situation.
Biosphere Ships are spear shape, fifteen hundred meter long, three hundred meter high, and a thousand meter wide, with a circular dome at the center just before the 4 sublight engines.
These ships were big and nominally armed with defensive armaments, but it's well armored with state of the art shielding keeps it protected from any form of space trash from hitting it let alone a golf ball.
But it somehow happens.
Scott immediately called the Admiral on the comm, who is talking with Ms. Clyne and the others on the peace treaty, though the details about the golf ball he did not add until later on.
"Alright then go," Ranma permitted
"The Neptune is nearby if there's trouble Sir" Scott said
"OK then," he turns off his communicator and faced Ms. Clyne as they talk inside the living room
"Sorry about that interruption my dear," he said apologizing "So, shall we continue?"
After that, Ranma turn to face Ms. Clyne, who is astounded at the story Kira and Rev. Malchio told her.
Another Earth at the other side of the Galaxy, a United Nations that still exist and is now the global government with a military force that is beyond Earth Alliance, ZAFT and even ORB combined is called, The UN Spacys, and that the purpose of the UN Spacys, Robotech Expeditionary Forces, for being here.
Ranma had first to explain some of the recent events, and that they were the ones that destroyed Junius 7 from falling, for it threatened their mission to Earth. They also caused the current turmoil in the AF using the truth as the weapon, and that their target is Logos who tried to start another war.
Ranma explained to Lacus about their mission, and why it is so important that there will be no war on Earth and why they are planning to remove Logos from the picture for they are a nuisance to them.
"The Peace Treaty we are offering to the three major powers is to make sure that there will be no misunderstanding of my own world and our intent. We wish to avoid conflict whatever we can"
"With all due respect sir but, why the secrecy" she ask
"Ms. Clyne, respectfully, if we directly approach Earth with a fleet of a thousand ships and claimed that we belong to another Earth at the other side of the galaxy, the reaction of the people when they will first hear of this, especially with Logos in control of the Atlantic Federation? How will they influence the people with this kind of knowledge?"
Lacus, is seeing a number of scenarios in her mind, none of them was good, and she nodded in agreement with him
"There are outcome would be unfavorable for you, but the trouble you caused on the AF, isn't that interfering on the affairs of another world, since your suppose not to" she said and Ranma agrees
"True enough, and you are right about that" he said and added
"Though the UN Council sanctions my mission and every operation to complete the mission, what I did is a violation, but it is my choice and my responsibility," he said
"I prefer to interfere, if War had happen, then my mission here has failed, and also, I for one, don't like to see billions of people screaming in anger towards anyone, do you Ms. Clyne?"
'Kill all Coordinators' 'For the Preservation of Our Pure and Blue World'
The words from people all across the globe would be shouting. Another War and that means more deaths and destruction all over again.
She was silent, considering that thought for a moment, shaking her head
"No, I don't" she answered
"What we've done however, is to show the truth and nothing more, for Logos is neither a government nor a nation, but a malevolent Nazi organization with a despicable agenda," he said Ranma spoke on
"When we expose the truth to the light, we had a fifty-fifty chance of succeeding in stopping another war. The option, in causing turmoil in the AF is preferable to a full scale war that Logos was about to start," he also added
"As Commander, I also have other options, however, some of it I am choosing to avoid, for most of them will lead to war," he told her
Looking at Ranma, then to Kira, Eileen and Rev. Malchio who just nodded to no one in particular, yet he feels that Lacus is looking towards him.
All of them had serious look in their faces for this was no joke
'Other options that would lead to war' she thought
"You're serious,"
"Yes, I am"
Ranma also told his dismay on what happened to the UN of the Cosmic Era.
"Our brethrens, whom have struggled to make some sense in this chaotic world while preserving peace were brutally killed and their organization destroyed. Well, we intend to pick up where they have left off, only this time its going to be a little different" promising
In explaining the plan to Lacus and from what she understood, Rev. Malchio and Ms. Eileen Canaver will approach the leaders of their respective nations and explain the UN Spacys intentions. Then present the drafted peace treaty along with the declaration of the reestablishment of the United Nation
Ms. Eileen spoke up "The Drafted Treaty is still being work on by my people Rev. Malchio and Gov. David Sheridan own people is also working with the Admiral's people in order to make sure that there will be no misunderstanding," she said
"Still we need your participation on this Ms. Clyne, we need your help"
"My help," she said and asks, "How can I help you?"
"Ms. Clyne" Ranma spoke up
"Once the United Nations and the UN Spacy goes public, alot of people might get scared or have some weird ideas of who and what we are, so we need someone to calm everyone down, and hear our side without bias or anyone jumping the gun so to speak,"
He told her
"Naturals and Coordinators respect you and trust you, which I see no one else that could do that but you my dear,"
It flattered Ms. Lacus, and the way Ranma spoke, he sounded so mature and likeability about him, still she finds it hard to believe that he's older than her father and yet he look so young as she is.
Ranma smiled at the pink princess, in person, he found Ms. Lacus to have an Aura of confidence with a calm and likable personality. She reminds him of that one other particular person back home who is now President of the United Nations of Earth.
Lacus felt that she could trust him and ask
"Can you tell me more about your mission Admiral, and can I have a copy of the treaty you are offering us," she ask softly
The meeting went well, and Lacus have agreed to help them after looking at the draft treaty being work on and she had quite a long discussion with them on certain aspects of the treaty.
Later on the night, everyone is delighted for her finally saying yes, for her help will go a long way to keep the peace.
While the others were talking to Ms. Clyne, Ranma and Kira had a small conversation outside the balcony as they look inside. Ms. Canaver and members of the REF, is explaining to Ms. Clyne about the possibility of Chairman Gilbert Dullindal of the Plants, his possible involvements with the terrorist that tried to drop Junius 7 on Earth. Lacus reaction Ms. Murrue and Andrew Waltfeld was as expected they were surprised.
Later on, they took a break, Ranma and Kira was outside the balcony having a private discussion
"Well, I expected that much from them," Ranma observed, as they look inside and at Ms. Murrue Ramius
"It's going to be hard for Ms. Murrue once I tell her about him" Ranma nods in agreement with Kira. The knowledge of Mwu La Flaga being alive and remembers nothing about his past will be too much for her to bare. Kira ask that he will be the one to tell her, Ranma agrees
Looking towards Kira, Ranma ask him about something
"So tell me Kira, what will you do, now that Ms. Lacus have agreed to help us?"
Kira was a bit undecided of what to do next as his perspective of the universe have change and expanded ever since he steps on board the Prometheus.
His surprise to find Mwu alive but has amnesia and is now leading a group of Extended as Col. Neo Lorrnoke under Logos has confused his feelings a bit. Kira was glad and saddened. However, Kira is concerned about someone, who is trying to start another war.
Kira never wants to see that happen again, and from what he was told, two people of great power are trying to make it happen, but only one of them is manipulating the other to create the scenario he wanted to occur for a purpose they do not know yet.
The first war, Kira lost good friends like Tolle, Natarle and Flay, how many more of his friends will loose their life this time around he wonders, especially if the UN Spacys are involve with the kind of firepower they have.
It was fortunate enough that they are not hostile as the offer of peace first, shows that they want to avoid conflict as much as possible in order to have good relations with Earth and the Plants, and with Lacus involve,
Kira thinks that he maybe needed to be more involve this time.
"I'm think, I need to protect Lacus," he answered, "She needs to be protected"
"You will protect her, even if it means… becoming a Mobile Suit pilot again Kira," Ranma ask and that gave Kira some pause to think about that and its something he wanted not to do or to become again.
Ranma sees Kira with great power and the potential to do the greater good, if it wasn't so tainted with the memory of his past. He sympathizes with the boy's feelings, for he was created to be the 'Ultimate Coordinator' at the expense of so many of his unborn siblings and mother, no thanks to his father.
The past, that has been haunting Kira ever since the day he knew the truth of his existence have held him down, not enjoying life, as teenagers should be. Looking at Kira again, he sees a veil of uncertainty in him; his past is a wall, and Ranma thinks that Kira needs to break thru that wall, so that, he could live his life as he wanted.
"Don't let your past haunt you, don't let it hold you down," he said
"Kira, I know this will sound selfish of me but…your strength is needed, and you can't just continue to hideout from the rest of the world, not while someone out there is trying to start another war, you can't bury your head on the ground like some ostrich and wait till it goes away"
"Admiral"
It was just then that his communicator acted up, Ranma answered.
"Ranma here, go ahead,"
"Admiral this is the Neptune, Captain Bridger here, we have a situation," he reports
Ranma replied, "What is it captain?"
"Sir, the ZAFT Sub just entered ORB territory and have sent out 12 underwater types Mobile Suits and 20 divers riding on them" he gave a location
"West side of the beach, at a thousand yards from your location at extreme speed, and they will reach shore in 5 minutes"
"Twelve Mobile Suits, coming here?" Kira announce
"Captain, take that Sub out and we will deal with the incoming and also call for back up"
"Yes Sir, but the back up will be there in 10"
"Then we will hold them off till they arrives"
Kira look with concerned of what he just heard and questions
"Have they followed us all the way here?"
"No, I don't think so Kira" he said doubting that was true, but he can guess who they are after
"Go tell the other's and evacuate the area immediately" he said
"Yes sir" Kira went inside and told what was happening; Ranma signals the Cyclone Marines and the ATACs in hiding
"We have incoming, I repeat, we have incoming,"
As the people in the house are being evacuated to an underground shelter, Ranma went into position outside the house and undercover. A marine named Capt. Ellis handed Ranma a Gallant in rifle mode, he gestured not accept it.
"I don't need that Captain," he said and pulled out a Sakabatou from out of nowhere.
The Marines have known about the famed 'Black Stallion' during the Second Space War, and he's not someone to be trifled with.
During the Battle of Macross City, Ranma was said to have obliterated an entire division of mindless bioroid foot soldiers with Martial Arts fighting skills he posses, it was a bloodbath that even the Zentraedi's found it too gruesome to describe it because he use a regular Katana on that battle and seeing a reverse edge sword is a change.
It was the only time that the masters got that closes to the SDF-1 and their last attempt in taking the ship before the RDF went into the offensive and Ranma was on assault-force that attacks the Masters Mothership.
The marines are pitying the ZAFT forces that came to pick a fight.
"Take positions and be ready," he ordered
"I will give them a chance to surrender and if they refuse, then you may kick their ass"
"Yes Sir" replied by the marines and move on to their hiding place.
Ranma went in front of the house and waited. Twenty men in groups of two approaching a two side's commando style, a marine scan a shortwave radio band used by them, and then relayed it to the Admiral
Ranma is hearing radio chatter from the incoming.
"Make sure that the primary target is eliminated, we got one chance at this, and so make sure she is dead"
'She' it was as Ranma thought so, the reason why the surveillance on this part of the beach, is her
'They are talking about Ms. Clyne'
When they came close enough, Ranma appeared from his umi-sen-ken technique and slammed a fist at one man and kick another man on the face, which startled the others as he announce him to them
"Greetings! I am Admiral Ranma Saotome of the UN Spacys" he starts
"I'll make this straight to the point. You have NO chance of succeeding your mission and ONE chance of surrendering, you are surrounded, lower your weapons now and I'm going to let you live!" though It sounded like an order other than a choice of surrendering
There was a pause from them, and then they took aim
'Thought you'd choose that' when the first shot fired, Ranma went into action
He dodges their weapons fire easily, and that signals the Marines to open fire. The ZAFT commandos found themselves being shot at by energy beams and mini missiles than bullets as they run for cover.
They can see people in motorcycle of some kind, and right before their eyes, they transformed into human size mobile suits and started firing on them.
Meanwhile, the Admiral is slashing thru a group of soldiers with a sword thru a hailstorm of bullets, the soldiers are not dead just knock out.
The commando leader called thru the radio "Back up! Back up, we need help here!" he shouted frantically as a particle beam blasted the boulder he was hiding behind and knocking him out unconscious.
The twelve MS came out with guns and missiles firing at the house destroying it. The ATAC appeared in tank mode as the Cyclone's scrambled, moving around very fast as to make sure they don't get targeted.
The fighting between 12 ZAFT MS against 6 Cyclone's and 2 ATAC was close to an even match but MS had the upper hand as the battle became more ferocious.
Ranma planned to hold as REF reinforcements are minutes away to help them so Ranma and the others had to hold on.
Ranma brought down one MS with his sword glowing like a beam saber, as he cut off the MS legs and then cut off its arms as it falls to the ground, which surprised the pilot as much as everyone watching him fight an MS on his own.
"Who the hell is that guy?"
"Nevermind, just shoot him!" their commander ordered
Saying it is easy doing it was another thing as their target is moving too fast for them to follow.
Ranma called the Neptune as he dodges, weapons fire from the other MS.
"Bridger where's that back up" Ranma ask
"Admiral, they'll be there in 1 minute"
"We do not have a minute, we need it now!" he shouted
From the side of the mountain an explosion occurred, and from there another Mobile Suit came out to do battle.
"The Freedom!"
"What!"
Ranma smiled when he saw the ZGMF-X10A Freedom. As Ranma and the other suspected, it was the famed Mobile Suit.
Since they arrived on Orb, their sensors made a deep scan all across the island and detected many hidden facilities inside mountains, hills and underground caverns, and this is one of them.
'Finally you decided Kira' Ranma thought
He then contacted the others
"Marine's! Go into the offensive; concentrate your firepower at one MS one at a time. Take them down now!"
The Freedom dodge and avoid their fire as he takes out 2 MS by slicing their arms and legs off, the Cyclone's combined their firepower against 2 of the MS while one of the ATAC destroyed 1, using its ION Cannon. The other ATAC was damage and is out of the fight, Ranma took out another with a KI blast at point blank range, he blow a hole thru its right shoulders and slash the MS arms and leg joints causing it to fall to the ground.
The remaining Mobile Suits were disarmed by the excellent skills of the Freedom pilot, as Ranma expected from the young man.
As he watch the Freedom fight, Ranma evaluated Kira skills and rated him in the same level as Char and Judah, but not as close to Amuro level and he's the 'Top Gun' pilot in the fleet.
When the last MS was defeated, the ZAFT commander, without hesitation, quickly pulled the destruct mechanism, killing him, and soon the rest did the same as to avoid capture, they all committed suicide by blowing themselves up.
"Oh Shoot!" the MS Ranma was standing close to, also exploded in front of him. Ranma shielded his face with his arms and put up a KI barrier in front of him just in time.
The explosion did not hurt him, but it did threw him 15 feet away and into a pool of seawater.
Everyone got out of the shelter via the backdoor entrance of the shelter, and saw the amazing battle, between the Admiral and an MS and the Admiral thrown into the pool of water from the explosion.
"Admiral!"
Everyone rushed towards him as a figure rose up form the water and it was not a man but a girl, a redhead, with the admiral uniform that it was ripped from the blast.
"Admiral, are you ok?" Capt. Ellis ask
"I'm fine captain" she replied in shallow breathing and slowly returning to normal and removing her shredded Admirals coat, which reveals two nicely shape melons of a very sexy body.
Captain Ellis blushes when he sees the redhead, and like every Man and Woman serving under the Admiral's command. They have never gotten use to seeing him gender change.
'WOW' is the normal response from everyone
The male/female body he possesses is voted numerous times as one of the most beautiful bodies there is in both gender by the People's Magazine, People's Choice Award.
Ranma frowns when everytime his name keeps appearing along with photos of her male/female body no thanks to amateur photographers (Ranma's Multitude of fans) that kept sending photos to the Magazine and demanding he must be part of their list.
"See to the other prisoners for questioning" she ordered
"Yes sir" the Marine has saluted her
"Uhm, excuse me" Lacus step forward, confused like the others unaware of is happening just now and ask
"Who are you, and where is Admiral Saotome?" she asks looking around they don't see him and even more confused,
"And why they are calling you Admiral Saotome?"
Ranma groans in complaint at his situation right now, of course the Marines are trying not to laugh at the humor in the situation of their admiral is about to enter.
'Mann, are these folks are gonna freak out when they see this' Capt Ellis thought as he pulled out a thermos of hot water.
Knowing that something like this might happen anytime it is Mandatory that there is someone has some hot water available for the admiral.
Ranma took a deep breath, and answered
"Ms. Clyne, and to those who don't know, I am Admiral Ranma Saotome, but in this female form, I am Ranko Saotome," that did not make sense to them at all
"You are what the Admiral?" Eileen questioned 'What the heck does she mean by female form?'
Just then, Captain Ellis poured the hot water on the admiral head, and right before their eyes, the voluptuous petit readhead is now the hunk of a man with Jetblack hair.
Everyone, stared with mouth open at the phenomenon they just witnessed, they heard of gender change, but this was way too freaky to see.
Ms. Canaver was dumbfounded when she saw that, but that was temporary for she recognize her from a novel or manga that's was being sold on board the ship which strangely titled, Ranma ½
"How in the world…" was the only words Murrue Ramius could say when she sees the transformation.
"This is all quite explainable, but I ask you, do you believe in magic?"
It took a few demonstration and explanation on what is happening, though they find it hard to believe that magic exist, even though there is living proof right in front of them.
"Though I change gender doesn't mean I change character," he said
"I'm still a man inside meeeyiiii!" she screamed like a girl when she felt the sudden touch of a hand on one of her breast and to her shock it was,
"Ms. CLYNE!" he roared
Ranko was surprised by Lacus hand, when she grabs one of her breast like a man and gave it a nice squeeze and a pinch on the (censored) to see if they are real, and they are.
What she did have sent shockwaves all over Ranko body, which made her skin stand up, her heart racing and body heating, knowing how sensitive those private parts of a woman, something like that only his wife(wives) has the right to do that when doing the 'u know what' in closed doors.
"Wow, they are real, definitely 100 percent female" Lacus announced and everyone blushed, nosebleed and faints with eyebrows twitching at what she just did.
"DO YOU MIND?"
Ranko slaps Lacus hand away and then turned around as she shielded her chest from her rather grabby hand.
'WHY IS IT THAT EVERYTIME THEY SEE ME CHANGE TO A GIRL, THE FIRST THING THEY DO, IS COP A FEEL ON WHATS FIRST IN FRONT OF THEM!'
On board the Freedom, Kira was wide eyes as he could not believe what he just saw on his monitors, not to mention the sudden rise of body temperature of the admiral along with that red glow coming out of her along and registering an energy spike.
"Oh, I'm so sorry" Lacus apologize so innocently and she blushes red for letting her curiosity do something like that, it was unlike her to do that.
'They are so big and well curve' she thought as she feels her hand as if it was still holding it.
Ranko glare at what her hand is doing, which is causing shiver thru her spine.
"Please stop doing that," she beg (Soun Tendo style crying)
"Oh, sorry"
Ranma's heavily sigh to let out her anger and thought of the terror ahead of him
'My life is going to hell, again'
TBC