Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FUTURE

Story:
Sequel to The New Coordinate. Twenty years later, a new force rised to threaten the peace forged over the years and intends to sent the whole world succumb to its knees. How will the children born in this era of peace cope with the chaos?

Notes:
Sorry for the delayed chapter, guys. Hope you guys haven't give up on this story. Oh, have you guys watched the GSD Final Episode Plus? It failed. HARD.

Minor spoilers: Some characters from SEED Astray/SEED DESTINY Astray will feature at some part of the story.

I don't own SEED, SEED DESTINY their characters or anything else aside from numerous OCs I created.

Chapter 4: Havoc

Junk Guild Base

A man with black hair and white highlights was watching the live feed of the battle occuring in Orb. Beside him, a woman with similar color of hair. Her hair was long and wavy. The man stroked it gently.

"It's starting again..." she said.

"Yeah. Will Lowe be alright? Even with the arrival of Freedom and Destiny, those four mobile suits are certainly no pushovers."

She chuckled and then held his hand. "Of course our leader will be okay. But I know you'll go down there to help."

He smiled. "Heh. You already figured out, huh?"

The woman pinched his arm playfully. "Of course. I'm your wife, right?"

He pulled her close. "Right on. But do I have your permission for it?"

She hugged her husband. "As long as you come back here, that is..."

"Of course I will." He then kissed her on the forehead. "Thanks, Mina."

Later in the hangar, he was starting up his mobile suit as he pondered what he was about to do.

"Twenty long years...and still..."

Then, his wife Mina appeared on the display. "Everything's ready and good to go."

"Ah, thanks Mina. I'll come back ASAP. I promise."

She gave him a wink. "I hold on to that, dear."

The main hangar door opened and he pushed forward. "Canard Pars, Dreadnought. Heading out!"

Shinn, having to cope with two opponents muttered a curse as his sword swing missed Starchase yet again. Then, he instinctively avoided Irene's attack from behind. He started to sense that both of them didn't give their all.

"They are just playing around. What's their purpose? To reserve their energy?"

Then, he detected another mobile suit approaching. It was the Neo Justice and Ashton launched a HiMAT attack at both opposing units. Starchase managed to avoid it while Galaxy simple used its wings to absorb most of the beam attacks.

"Ashton?"

Neo Justice floated beside Destiny. "Yeah, it's me, Uncle Shinn."

"Adora. Is she alright?"

"She's fine. She's with Uncle Xan and the others now."

"Glad to hear it. Now, are you up for this?"

"I don't know how I will fare against them, but I won't let them have their way. Not with my mother down there."

Shinn smiled as he pushed forward towards their opponents. "That's good enough to hear. Let's go."

Before Ashton could move, Maya, in her Nova Gundam stood alongside her companions.

"Hey, we can deal with them, Miss." Anton said.

"He's right, Maya. We can manage. You shouldn't get involved in this." Irene added.

However, Maya was adamant about it. "No. Master Eckehart's plan must go smoothly. I won't allow this plan to go awry."

With that, she pulled out both beam sabers and exchanged attacks with Shinn. Anton shrugged while Irene managed a sigh.

"Looks like we have no choice, yeah?"

"I guess so..."

With that, the battle started anew. This time, it's three on two.

On the other side, Strike Freedom and Legacy were engaged in an intense melee battle where neither gain the upperhand. Kira could feel something different about his opponent. While Rau's objective was bent on humanity's extinction while Rey acted solely because of Dullindal. And thus, they attacked with much aggression. Roy's style of piloting was almost identical to the two but Kira could sense the calmness about him. There were nothing hostile or malice surrounding him. And that fact disturbed Kira. He then fired a mighty blast from the chest cannon and Roy calmly deflected the shot away.

"Don't compare me to those two, Ultimate Coordinator. My abilities are far beyond them."

"What is your purpose here?" Kira demanded.

"We are just making our presence known to the world, for now. Nothing more. I assure you, there will be no casualties to the citizens. Like our leader, we despise violence. But that doesn't mean we won't use it against you."

Xander was discussing further plans to resolve the current problem with Jess and Lowe.

"Hey Xan. Isn't it time for you to use your unit?" Jess asked.

Xander looked at him then smiled. "Hahaha. They can handle them. But eventually, I have to use it soon though."

Then a woman in formal military approached them and saluted Xander. He blinked.

"General Xander Darklighter."

"Yes. What can I do for you, Ensign Murakumo?"

"With the orders by Chief Representative Attha, you, your family and your friends are to aboard Seraphim as soon as possible."

"Seraphim?" Lowe said.

"Aye. It's the newest Orb battleship." Xander replied before returning his gaze to Mai. "Very well, we'll do as ordered. Please have some of the guys to load these mobile suits inside."

"Yes Sir."

"But before that, I have to go back home for a little while."

After the council meeting, Athrun and Yzak were walking along the corridor towards the mobile suit hangar.

"They doesn't seem to agree with your decision." Yzak said.

"I know. But what is the point in attacking a colony that is not there? Until we discover their intents, we have to keep the situation away from the public."

"You're planning to fight again, isn't it?"

"If it can't be helped, I will."

Two ZAFT soldiers saluted them and opened the door. They went inside to see the Infinite Justice standing proud alongside Yzak's reconstructed Duel Gundam, Second Duel. Athrun glanced at Yzak.

"Is Athena ready for battle?"

"Yeah. It is. Captain Taylor Gladys is handling it pretty well. Pray tell me, if you do fight, who will overlook things here?"

Athrun smiled. "How about...you?"

"Bastard, don't you even suggest my name."

"Of course I won't. Since your daughter is on Athena, you might wanna come aboard too. But I'm not sure what your wife will say..."

"Ugh...about that. She's planning to come along should I do that..."

Xander and Lunamaria entered their home and greeted by Mary Ann.

"Welcome back, Master Xander, Mistress Maria."

Lunamaria smiled at the old maid. "We're back, Mary Ann."

"Where are the children?"

"Mary, there's a fighting going on here. And you must go to a safer place." Xander explained.

"But where will you go?"

Xander and Lunamaria looked at each other before the husband replied. "We...have to fight once again..."

Mary Ann closed her eyes then looked at Xander. "I understand. But please let me come along."

The couple was surprised by the request. "Mary, you musn't! We can't guarantee your safety." Lunamaria warned.

"Maria's right. We can't take you." Xander added.

"Mistress Christine wanted me to look after all of you. I promised her that. So, please..."

"Mother..." Lunamaria muttered as Xander stood in silence, thinking of his mother who passed away five years ago. He then placed his hands on his maid's shoulders.

"Mary, you've been looking after me since the day I was born. To me, you are the best nanny anyone could have and I'm thankful of that."

Mary Ann blushed upon that statement. "Master Xander..."

"And now you're taking care of my children as if they are yours. We, especially Zack and Rina would never want to lose you. So please, stand by us a while longer. And do cope with my stubbornness in the meantime."

Mary Ann smiled and hugged Xander. "Thank you."

"No problem. Now you better get ready. I have a friend to pick up."

After seeing most of his long range beam attacks were useless against Galaxy Gundam, Ashton pulled out the combat knife and upon a press on the switch, it extended into a 15 meter anti-ship sword. He then detached the backpack of his unit and used it as a subflight lifter. Seeing this, Irene re-ignited her beam scythe and moved towards her opponent. Ashton did the same and the two weapons clashed. They were equal on the first run and they proceeded to another and the cycle went on.

"Get out of here!" Ashton shouted.

"Only if Valten says so, boy." Irene retorted.

Shinn's problem was now doubled as he had to deal with the speed and ferocity of Starchase and Nova's unorthodox movement. Maya fired with the dual cannon and Shinn countered with a blast from his beam rifle. Explosions occurred upon impact and Anton used this chance attacking Shinn from behind. Shinn knew this and threw an elbow behind. Anton avoided it but got hit by a powerful kick from his opponent. Seeing his opponent failed to recover in time, Shinn pulled out his boomerang and threw it at Starchase. The throwing weapon cut off its left leg. Before Shinn could add further damage, Maya came in from behind attempting a cross-slash with her dual sabers but he easily dodged it and with quick reflexes, he pulled out the beam rifle and blasted away one of Nova's dual ram cannon. Both Maya and Anton were forced to regroup.

Anton snickered. "Damn. That guy IS powerful. I like it."

There was no end to the duel between Kira and Roy as both exchanged attacks and barely scratched each other.

"What are you trying to accomplish? Genocide? The extinction of humanity?" Kira yelled.

"To put this world in its place, of course. Total chaos." Roy calmly replied.

Kira was speechless upon that reply. "There is no way we allow that to happen!"

Before Kira could move in to attack, Valten's red mobile suit Vengeance Gundam appeared in front of him.

"Of course you lot won't allow it. That is why we need to eliminate all possible resistance."

Kira could feel a familiar aura from Valten. "Who are you? You're not Xander..."

Valten laughed. "Of course not. My name is Valten Eckehart. This is our first meeting, Kira Yamato. The Ultimate Coordinator. Me and my friends are called Verwustung."

"Verwustung..?"

"It means 'havoc' my friend. Roy, you go and help out Maya and Anton. I will handle this."

Roy nods. "As you wish."

After Roy left, Valten pulled out both of his beam sabers. "Now let me see what you have."

Lacus and Andrew entered the bridge of Orb's new battleship Seraphim. Andrew looked around the interior in awe.

"It is spacious indeed. No wonder the Archangel was replaced by this."

The captain's seat turned to reveal who was in charge of it. It was Yvonne Norman.

"Welcome aboard Seraphim, you two."

"Yvonne. Where are the others? The children especially..." Lacus asked.

"Don't worry about that. I already asked Ensign Murakumo to pick them up. As soon as we're done with everything, we'll launch."

Then, Mai contacted the bridge. "Captain Norman. We just arrived as you have requested."

"Good. Where is General Darklighter?"

"He have some...matters to attend to. And he would like to have a few of the crew to pick up a few mobile suits."

"Permission granted. I'll notify the mobile suit crew."

The door opened and the Elthmann couple entered. Dearka waved.

"Hi there. Care for us to join?"

"Geez. I can't believe this thing happens just when I just got the grasp of cooking a perfect stew!" Miriallia moaned.

"Now, now. You can always do it in the cafe, you know."

"Shut it! I'll take the communications seat then."

"Guess I'll be...the mobile suit pilot?"

Yvonne smiled. "Welcome aboard, Dearka, Miria."

Shinn is getting more and more advantageous as his opponents were forced to avoid all his attacks. With Starchase's damaged leg, Anton had lost its balance and wouldn't be able to dodge the attacks if not because of his high-speed mobile suit. While Maya had nothing much to worry about, she still had to protect her comrade by resorting to long range attacks to delay Shinn. He was about to press on another attack when Roy joined in and fired with the DRAGOON cannons. He avoided it and took some time to look closer at Legacy Gundam.

"No. That is not Legend. And the pilot is not Rey either. But this feeling..."

"Take him to the enclave and wait until we returned." Roy instructed.

Maya nods. "Affirmative. Let's go, Anton. We did enough for today."

Anton reluctantly agreed. "Sure, sure."

With that, both Nova and Starchase left the scene. Roy re-ignited his beam javelin and moved towards Shinn. Shinn pulled out his sword and the two clashed without delay.

"Who are you?" Shinn demanded.

"You should know who I am, Shinn Asuka."

"You are not Rey!"

"He and I have some similarities but we are not the same. But in time, you will know."

Things were going bad for Ashton as Irene just took out the Fatum subflight. And without it, Neo Justice won't last long in air. Ashton discarded the anti-ship sword and used the beam saber instead to lessen the burden of his unit. Despite that, Ashton was inexperience and Irene knocked him around before eventually went for the kill with her beam scythe.

"Death to all who oppose me!" Irene yelled.

"Dammit! Is this it?" Ashton cursed.

Suddenly, Kira and Valten felt an overwhelming presence from above. A white mobile suit that is Dreadnought Gundam entered Orb air territory and launched a beam blast with its dual beam cannon, causing Irene to back away from Ashton's Neo Justice.

"You...who are YOU?" Irene shouted.

"Canard Pars of the Junk Guild." Canard casually replied.

Suddenly, Kira recognized the voice. The two had met at Malchio's orphanage more 20 years ago.

(But Lowe never mentioned him before...)

Seeing this, Valten managed a smile. "Wow. So much help. I think this is a good time to leave. Let's go, both of you."

Roy nods and turned to Shinn. "We shall settle this matter another time."

With that, Vengeance, Legacy and Galaxy left Orb. Canard helped out Ashton to maintain his balance in mid air.

"Thank you."

"No problem."

"Let's go to the Seraphim. Just got the message from Yvonne." Shinn suggested.

Kira nods. "Yeah. Let's go. Lead the way, Shinn."

Xander and Lunamaria were standing in front of a vault located deep beneath their mansion. They have their eyes scanned by the security system before a monotonic voice boomed in the air.

"Welcome back, Master Xander, Mistress Maria."

Xander smiled. "Glad to hear you, ANGEL."

"I could say the same, Master. It has been ten years, eleven months, twenty-two days, three hours, twenty-three minutes and fifteen seconds since the last time we talked."

The couple laughed. "THAT long, huh?" Lunamaria said.

Xander shrugged. "Indeed it is, dear. Anyway, I trust you have been keeping our friends in shape?"

"Of course I did, Master. It was your last order before you left this place."

"Very well. Please open the door. The time has come for them to help us."

"As you wish."

There was a loud click and the massive door opened and the two walked inside to see two mobile suits standing in their respective docks. Xander stopped in front of the Forgiven Gundam.

"Looks like I'm gonna need your help again, my friend. I was hoping that you would stay here indefinitely..."

Lunamaria held his hand tight. "Xan..."

"I know, Maria. We need to do this to protect the children."

Lunamaria winked at him. "Let us look at it this way. It's my chance to test out this unit we have made together."

Xander looked at the other unit. It was slightly shorter than Forgiven with a pair of feather-like wings. He smiled.

"Hm. And you gave a very nice name for it. Can't say I like it."

"Oh, shut it! You've lost the bet back then!"

"Okay, okay. I know that." He then pulled her by the waist. "What can I do without you?"

His wife blushed and the two kissed. "Don't you start with that, dear."

Xander laughed. "Okay, okay. Ahem. ANGEL, initiate the launch sequence. We're going out."

"Acknowledged. Launching sequence initiated. Please get into the mobile suits."

Xander and Lunamaria entered their respective units. Then, their units were moved onto the launching deck. The door opened on the side of the island as Xander turned on the system.

"Damn. It's been twenty years. We're getting too old for this, yeah?"

"Xan, stop being grumpy!"

"Oh, my bad."

"ORB-120A. YOU ARE CLEAR FOR LAUNCH!"

Xander winked at Lunamaria on the display. "That's your cue, honey."

"Right. I'll be going to Seraphim."

"I'm gonna check on our friend Valten for a while. Won't be long."

"Fine. Just be careful. Lunamaria Darklighter, Darkhawke. Flying out!"

With that, the Darkhawke Gundam skidded on the platform and shot towards the sky, turning on its phase shift colors of purple and black. It then transformed into its mobile armor mode in the likeness of a hawk.

"WOOO-HOOO!" She screamed on top of her lungs. "This is a success!"

Unknown Mobile Colony

A pink battleship was leaving the colony, cautiously approaching Earth. Despite its sheer size, the ship was unmanned and everything was computerized and controlled by its pilot. The terminal inside the cockpit flickered as the system calculated all the possibilities while descending through the atmosphere.

(Astray...Red, Blue, Gold, Out Frame...)

To Be Continued...