Disclaimer: Don't own Gundam Seed in anyway shape or form, I only own the Aliens.
A/N: Been a while sense I updated this story and I thought I would throw you all another chapter, once again a reminder that this story is un betaed and so no complaining about the spelling also if people want they can adopt this story to a degree as I'm very busy with some of my other stories such as Songstress and Dragon Lords 2 in Harry Potter so enjoy.
Chapter 5: Twilight.
/ Alien language /
The next two days pasted quickly with the Berserker moving towards the PLANT's, Andy had over seen the updating of the Freedom along with Chief Murdoch while Kira had remained in his quarters going by the sounds of laugher and other more privet sound going on in there some times it was obvious that Lacus was enjoying the time Kira was spending in there.
Andy was on the bridge with DeCosta both talking about old times and also about the battle of a few days ago the PLANT's only just starting to come into sight when the radar officer gives a shout, "General, Caption theirs a ship on a direct curse for us and there also signalling that they are to escort us into port at the PLANT's."
"Cheeking energy signature and idea code… match found it's the Eternal, and she is launching mobile suits, cheeking… it's the Justice and Strike Rouge, incoming transmarine from both suits." The commutations officer says typing a few commands on her keyboard and then looks over at the main screen showing Athrun and Cagalli's face with in their helmets Cagalli holding a little suit in her lap only just with one hand.
"This is Justice, we are going to escort you into the dry dock for any repairs you need and then we will lead the way to the Mobile Suit factory that is making the new command models." Athrun says looking at his friends on the bridge of the Berserker before logging off Cagalli's face taking up the whole screen now.
"Make room in the hanger Tiger I'm coming in to tell you about the Twilight and Valour." Cagalli says giving a smile as she starts to approach the warship and mover her Mobile Suit into passion to dock.
"Open the hanger and get the free standing claps ready also someone let Kira know that his sister is here and well more than likely want to see him." DeCosta says waving Andy off to let him work, Andy nodding and says while leaving that he would take care of letting Kira know.
Andy got to Kira's and Lacus' rooms within a few minutes and knocked on the door and after waiting for a minute opened it and wished he hadn't just as quickly, cloths were floating all around the room Tori could be seen darting all around dodging between the moving clothing, Haro was bouncing on the empty bed when Andy looked in the little pink ball calling out its name in greetings.
The sounds of the shower running was heard in the background and Andy gave a sigh calling out into the bathroom, "Kira Lacus, Cagalli is coming in to talk about the Twilight and to more than likely leave Caitlyn in your hands for a few hours so hurry up and finish in there and clean this place up I don't think Cagalli needs to know that you Lacus wares pink satin G-strings now."
There was a feminine yelp followed by Kira yelling back, "Thanks for the warning and now if you value your life you well back out slowly and not say a thing to anyone about what you have seen in there is that understood General?"
Andy gave a laugh and quickly left the room before Kira decided to come out of the bathroom and ring his nick right now. Getting into the hallway Andy closed and locked the door putting his personal codes in so that only someone who was a better hacker then himself would be able to open it, "Which means the kid can do it in his sleep." He says heading off to the hanger to meet Cagalli.
Cagalli was just walking out of the locker room when Andy showed up the man giving a smile to the Princesses of Orb and gives a mock bow to her before saying offering his hand to little Caitlyn to play with the silver fingers, "Your brother is going to be a little late as Lacus has him tied up at the moment," He says leading the way down a hallway after the greeting were out of the way.
"I didn't know Lacus was into that sort of thing I thought it was just me and Athrun." Cagalli says with a smile at the corner of her lips Andy giving her a look that clearly said he didn't need to know that, "I was joking Andy loosen up a little, now come on I have a suit to tell you about and then I think it's time for Caitlyn here to spend some time with her uncle say five hours."
"Only that long I would have thought a whole day?"
"No I would mess her after five hours so he only gets her that long isn't that right Cat?" Cagalli says smiling down at her little girl who just smiled and tried to pull Cagalli's hair.
Andy gives a nod and quickly leads the way to the briefing room and help with the download of the imagers from the Strike Rouge database, DeCosta came in just as they finished behind him was Kira who was just finishing doing up his uniform jacket.
Lacus who was in simple jeans and a light purple turtle neck sweater both Kira and herself still had wet hair from there early morning shower that Andy had interrupted Mr. Pink bouncing along behind her the Haro coming to a stop at the base of the chair that Kira had started to seat down in.
"I hear you and Lacus have taken up tying each other to the bed little bro, can't think of anything oriental?" Cagalli says seeing Kira seat down Lacus quickly taking a seat in his lap.
"For your information Ms. Screamer at two in the morning, Lacus and I were having a morning shower and nothing more." Kira says giving his sister a evil eye that clearly said he know all about her and Athrun's sleeping habits and he wouldn't have a problem with letting everyone know about it.
"Point to the kid." Andy says with a laugh at the look Cagalli was giving her brother and sister-in-law who was giving a little giggle at the siblings and what they were doing.
Cagalli gives a snort and hands over little Caitlyn to Lacus who starts to coo over her new niece Cagalli just moving right to the briefing an image of the new suits blue prints appearing on the main and the five privet screens in the room.
"Alright the Twilight is going to be our stealth and melee combat suit out of the two, armed with a experimental 'Heat Whip' that has a reach of about 30 meters fully stretched out, the suit also has a scythe for close range combat and before you ask this one shouldn't be cut from a beam sabre hitting it like the Forbidden's was, it also has a Mirage Colloid like the Blitz but unlike the Blitz it can keep the phase shift armour up while clocked and the shield on the fore arm of the heat whip arm is also like the Forbidden's energy-deflection armour also known as 'Geschmeidig Panzer' so beam weapons well turn away from it as long as it's going to hit close to the shield otherwise it has the stranded MA-M20 Lupus beam rifle mounted under the shield all you have to do it pull it out it also has mounted in the head is two Igelstellungs."
"Nuclear, plasma or solar power?" Andy asks looking at the plans of a suit that looked a lot like the Freedom only there was only four wings and not eight the colours when it was shown were all black with dark green for the shield's main colour and the shield looked to be more like that of the Blitz's right arm then a normal shield the Heat Whip attached under it.
"An N-Jammer Canceller is installed in it so is Nuclear like the Freedom and the Justice as is the Valour." Cagalli says looking down at Andy; she paused for a moment to see how Lacus was doing with Caitlyn in time to see Lacus gently pulling a lock of hair away from the baby when she pulled to hard on it but didn't frown just a little smile at the baby.
"Not so hard sweetie," She says softly Kira giving a smile at her and kissing her on the side of the face before doing the same to Caitlyn only on the forehead.
Cagalli gives a smile at the two of them before looking back at the screen to see the plans for the Valour start to appear on it.
"The Valour we wanted to do something for really close and personal combat, it has the two Igelstellungs in the head like the Twilight but that is all these two units share besides being 18.01 meters in height, armed with twin Beam sabres mounted on the hips like the Freedom and the Justice, also armed with 16meter anti-ship blade like the old Sword Striker, also armed with a anti-beam shield and twin MMI-M15 Xiphias railguns on the shoulders this unit is going to be a big help with fighting in tight quarters."
DeCosta looked at the blue prints showing on screen for the Valour, the suit looked like the old Strike Gundam only it had like the Twilight the four wings, the sword would be mounted on the back between the wings and the railguns looked to fold down the back so all the pilot had to do was spring them up and fire, "Are they compatible with Meteor's like the Freedom and Justice?" He asks leaning back in his seat waiting for an answer.
Cagalli gives a nod at this just looking at the red and gold suit that was going to be the Valour, "The Valour is but not the Twilight we figured that a stealth unit wouldn't need that much more firepower then it already had but if all of the commanders agree we could arrange something up like the Meteor's."
Cagalli paused here and then gives a sigh pulling a chair out and seating down looking over everyone who had been listening to her, "Andy they want you to test both suits and then as a General who still goes onto the battlefield you get to pick which one you want the other well be given to the next person who we thing can handily it."
Kira looked up from the file information that was on the screen and gives a sigh, "I'll be happy to test any of the suits you need or be a sparring partner for the test pilot." He says leaning back in his seat Lacus leaning back with him little Caitlyn going to sleep in her arms.
"We were going to do that anyway bro, the Freedom is going to be equipped with the laser targeting system and also both beam sabres are being replaced with sparring sabres when we get into port and then techs can get to him." Cagalli says leaning forward, "I want it known now that the Twilight has never been further then the hanger bay doors at the factory and the OS is very basic as we figured that the pilot would want to customise it themselves."
Andy gives a nod at this and says leaning forward in his seat bring up the plans for the Twilight studying them closely, "Give me an hour at least to get the OS sorted out then as I'm not as quick as the kid is."
"When do people plan on stop calling me kid?" Kira says to himself Lacus just smiling and kissing him on the cheek.
"I'll tell you what, the moment I see a little you or Lacus here running around the house I'll stop calling you kid." Andy says with a laugh at the light pink Lacus and Kira's faces turned Cagalli laughed at her brother's embracement DeCosta giving a smile at the pair of them.
"Going by the sounds coming from your room ever night I'm sure it want be long kid." Andy says a smile still on his face his left hand darting up to catch the Pink Haro that had been seating on the floor the whole meeting.
"KIRA! Don't go throwing Mr. Pink at Andy or I'll throw Tori at you." Lacus says sharply getting up out of Kira's lap after he had bent down to sharply for her to stay in his lap comfortably Cat still asleep in her arms.
Cagalli gave a little laugh at the look both Kira and Lacus were giving each other, Andy looked down at Mr Pink in his hand and gives a sigh when Kira and Lacus started to trad insults but both had a large smile on their faces at some of the thing they could come up with for insults.
"It's going to be a long test flight."
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The room was dark a low haze covered the floor as the seven chairs around a round table in the middle of the room the walls were an unknown metal that had a green tinge to it the table made from an hard wood that had long sense become extinct.
Seating around the table was six robed figures all of them just seating back in simple chairs shrouded in darkness, one in black at the foot of the table on its left hand side was one in red and next to it was one in green seating on the other side of the one in black was one in deep blue and the last two seating on the free side of both green and blue robes was one in white and another in yellow, seating at the head of the table was another alien like the others darkness prevented anyone from seeing each other's faces this one's robes a royal purple colour and a slight mechanical sound came whenever it breathed.
The middle of the table had a strange dome like devices that was showing the images of the MS hanger and the few Strike Daggers in the hanger from the fourth planet in the new solar system the unknown races new Trans-Light-Gateway had been builded in. / These mechanise are unlike anything we have encountered before I would advise that we approach this races with cushion. / The figure in the Black robe says the voice sounding very deep.
/ True but this lesser races well fall like the others before the might of our fleets. / the one in White says a clawed hand coming up and pressing a button on the table the images stopping all of the others looking down from the display and at each other waiting to see who would talk next.
/ Do not underestimate this races Commander, they were more than willing to destroy their own base to stop your troops from taking it. / The one in Black returns with a sharp hiss, / That stunt cost me the lives of three of my best agents. /
/ Be silent both of you, at the moment our main concern is with this new system is worth the time to conquer, what says you leader of Religion? / the one in Yellow says sharply the voice sounding much lighter than the other two
The one in Blue looks up at this and shacks its hooded head waving a hand showing that she wanted no part of this discussion. / Those who follow the great mother well not say yes or no to this counsel. /
/ My section would prefer to get a chance to research one of those strange mechanises before we decide to do anything. / The deep voice that seemed to be male for this unknown race says from under the Green hood.
/ I am with the Commander on this one my Emperor these new races well hardly prove to be a challenge to our mighty fleets, I say we lunch the green fleet to deal with this little problem. / The deep male voice of the red robed member sounds out over the dim of the others talking to each other.
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/ We of the Military Space Forces say attack as we have always done. / The one in white says standing and bowing to the Emperors seat.
/ We of the Civil Authorities say we processed with corrosion for these people are very much unknown to even our Intelligences section. / The female voice of the Yellow robed member says.
/ Those that follow the Great Mother well remain neutral in this affair. / The lighter voice of the Blue robed member sounded next.
/ Until we have had a chance to research one of their mechanics' we of the Research and Development department shale remain neutral. / The deep voice of the Green robed member sounded.
/ We of the Security Section say attack and conquer this race. / Red said next his hand moving up and landing on the table hard.
/ We of Intelligences well say processed with corrosion my Emperor and we will try and meet the request of the Research department. / The deep voice of the one in black sounds last of his entire hood bowed in thought as it was now the Emperors choose.
The Emperor leaned forward the tip of his long snout coming into the light metal plating covering ever single pieces of his scaly skin. / My counsel I say we processed the way we the Hzun have always processed, send the Green Fleet and for back-up send the Red Fleet as well. /
The blacked robed figure of the head of the Intelligences department got to his feet after hearing this and started to leave the room but not before sending a telepathic message to the Civilian Authorities '/ Let those you know wish to stop our war like ways know that we are going to war again. /'
The Yellowed robed figure giving a nod before leaving the room the others doing the same not long after the Emperor's thrown lowing itself into the floor.
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The Berserker came to a stop outside of a debris field out past the PLANT's a few days after the briefing the Eternal coming to a stop alongside her. Lacus was on the bridge of the Berserker dressed in her battle cloths from when she was on the bridge of the Eternal DeCosta standing next to her looking over the floating debris outside the ship.
"Full stop, deploy the cameras and let the Freedom's pilot know that he may lunch when given the signal." She says to the crow on the bridge everyone quickly moving and typing in the commands.
On the Eternal Athrun looked over his shoulder at Andy in his flight suit the orange and black stripped suit standing out among the royal purple of the Peace Keepers on the bridge of the light pink war ship. "You better get down there Andy and get Twilight ready, also good luck out there." Athrun says giving a smile to the older man.
"I'm going to need it." Andy says with a laugh as he heads out the door and down to the hanger quickly.
Floating into the hanger a few moments later Andy paused to look at the Twilight, it was a dull gray colour at the moment the Heat Whip aloud to uncoil down to rest on the hanger floor and around its legs once and that was as gray as the rest of the suit. "Let's see what you can do" Andy says kicking off from the floor and floating up to the co-pit that was the same as the Freedom's and Justice's in getting into the suit.
Andy strapped himself into the chair and quickly started final cheeks on the new OS he had spent the last two days installing, "Twilight, you well have a five minute head start on the Freedom before it is deployed to hunt you down, this test to see how well the stealth fetchers work after this test you well revives further orders." DeCosta's voice says over the radio from the Berserker.
"Rogue that, Twilight ready to lunch." Andy says moving the suit into passion feeling the catapult lock around the feet of the Twilight the electromagnet charge building to help lunch the suit.
"Twilight you are go for lunch," Cagalli's voices sounded in the hanger the Twilight lunching out of the hanger the gray armour turning black and dark green right after leaving not long after that the whole suit vanished from sight and sensors.
Andy seat back after moving into the debris field the suit felt find in the handle and was more than capable of moving between the floating picas of destroyed warships and even the focusing lenses that had been used by the G.E.N.E.S.I.S cannon used in the final battle of the war. "Kira Yamanto, Freedom lunching." Broke the silences within the co-pit a few moments later.
"Right let's see how well this thing can do." Andy says moving the suit into the melted mess of one of the focusing lenses nearby.
Kira looked all around himself trying to spot anything that might give way the Twilights passion, "Five minutes in and still no sight of the Twilight," He says into his radio moving the Freedom behind a destroy Nazca. "Let's add a few more sets of eyes to this hunt." He mutters to himself active in the Dragoon system and deploying the drones eight screens showing on the main panel as the Drones went shooting off in all directions.
The Twilight jumped from a large block of metal to another one landing without a problem as the head moved from side to side, Andy seat back in the cock-pit and narrowed his eyes, there was the Freedom unmoving just down from where he was standing the Mirage Colloid working perfectly. "This is too easy." He muttered bring his MA-M20 Lupus beam rifle up while it was still mounted under the shield the trigger having been rigged up so it could be fired from under there.
"Too easy." Andy says sharply quickly moving the Twilight from where it was standing in time to see four green shoots and the white light of the small engines of the Dragoon drones darting away into the debris.
Kira gave a smile when he saw the shimmering of the Mirage Colloid and had quickly ordered the Dragoon drones into passion and fired the Dragoons not having been fitted with Laser targeting systems like the rest of his guns had been. "Nearly got you Tiger." He says over an open radio frescoes.
Andy just narrowed his eye and within a blink of an eye brought the scythe around and cut one of the Dragoon drones in half quickly darting away as five shots came at him from defiant angels. "You never even got close kid." He says back.
On the Berserker Lacus and DeCosta both shock their heads Lacus bring a hand up to her forehead and muttering about knocking Kira down a few pegs at the comments the two were shooting back and forth at each other Kira coming close a few times at hitting the clocked Twilight, "Alright you two cut it out and proceed with the second test which you have already started, one on one combat." Athrun's voice says coming over the radio.
Kira gives a laugh as douse Andy as the Twilight comes into view the five remaining Dragoon drones quickly snapping back to the Freedom Kira pulling out one of the sparring Beam Sabres. The Twilight moving the scythe into passion to attack both waiting for the other to move first.
Andy moved forward the scythe coming around only to be blocked by Kira's sabre Andy quickly moving out of the why as Kira bought his shield forward trying to knock him back wards into some sharp debris floating behind him.
After getting away from the Freedom a little having a few close calls from the Laser targeting system warning him that he was almost locked on by Kira, Andy snapped the right arm back and then lashed it forward the Heat Whip shooting off at high speeds towards the Freedom Kira bring his shield up to block it but the whip shot past him.
Looking at the side panel Kira had a close up of the rubber like metal used in the making of the whip starched to the limit, "Your aim is a little off Andy." Kira says bring his rifle up to fire only to have the Freedom rock forward sharply the system bring up a warning that one of the wings had been broken off luckily that wing didn't have a Dragoon drone on it, it was also warning him that half a dozen systems where now off line from the impact.
Lacus whined at the why the Freedom was knocked forward Andy's Heat Whip having wrapped around a large chunk of debris which had turned out to be attached to an even bigger bit of wrecked Laurasia-class frigate, "That had to hurt." She muttered watching as the Freedom quickly dated off into the debris.
DeCosta razing an eyebrow at the comment and quickly looked at the CIC officers screen to see how the Freedom was doing after something that big had hit it in the back, 'Ouch damaged some of the circuitry in the back as well as damaged a lot of the armour and the engines.' He thought looking back out the screen trying to spot the Freedom.
Down in the hanger Chief Murdoch looked at the large image screen on one wall and nearly cried at all of the work he was going to have to oversee to get the Freedom back to perfect working order.
Andy had a slightly surprised look on his face at the size of the debris he had just pulled into the back of the Freedom the Heat Whip quickly undoing itself from the chunk of metal and coming back to his suit the Laurasia hull coming pass him as he dodged the chunk, "Hey Kira you alright?" He sent out quickly darting into a hiding spot to wait and see if Kira was able to continue.
"You try having a chunk of a Frigate hit you in the back and see how you do after words," Kira says back the Freedom showing up outside the field, "I'm done until I can get some repairs in the reactor is acting up from that hit and I really don't want to chance it breaching with me in it." Kira finish saying moving the Freedom into passion to dock with the Berserker.
"Sorry about that I thought it was much smaller then what it was." Andy says coming out of hiding and moving towards the Eternal only to stop when four dummy missiles came at him from both ships the Twilight quickly dancing between them and even wrapped the Heat Whip around one crushing it quickly.
"What was that for?" Andy asks quickly moving the Twilight in behind some debris.
"Who said you get to come back in?" Lacus says over the radio as she looks at the screen and Andy's upset look at having missiles fired at him. Looking over her shoulder Lacus gives a smile to the gunny officer and says quit calmly, "Fire another round and also use the Gottfrieds as well."
Andy's eye twitched as he know this was Lacus' way of getting revenge for hitting Kira that hard and quickly darted off into the debris field. "I said I was sorry." He called out as the four beams of green energy of the Gottfried's shoot past the Twilight cutting a path in the debris.
Andy seeing a path to get out of range of the heavy cannons on the Berserker activated the Mirage Colloid as he goes as dummy missiles hit all around him, "Your taking this why to personally." He says over the radio.
"I wouldn't have cared as much if I know I was pregnant that why I would have something to remind me of him but as I'm not yet anything goes." Lacus says back a large smile on her face as all of the shoots had been aimed in such a way that it had no chance of hitting Andy, Kira coming on the bridge in time to hear that Athrun over on the Eternal bent over laughing as was Cagalli at the comments.
"Didn't know you cared that much." Kira says a smile on his face as Andy started to get further away from the Berserker.
"Oh your just around to give my some children then I'll just find someone else who can do what you can't" Lacus says over her shoulder a smile still on her face Kira just raising an eyebrow at this and shacks his head.
"Nice to know I'm that needed."
"Oh you're good for other things like heavy lifting that and the fact that I want to be only woman to have the Ultimate Coordinator children." She returned with a smile.
"I should go chain myself to the bed now then as I'm only good for that." Kira says giving a mock hurt look.
Lacus gave a very deep thoughtful look before giving a nod in agreement with Kira's idea and even started to suggest a few other things he could do.
"Is it safe for me to come back yet?" Andy asks having heard everything so far between the two of them his head turning to look at who was talking as they went much like a tennis match.
"NO!" Both Kira and Lacus say at the same time turning to look at Andy's image on the main screen.
"Okay." Andy says acting like a little kid just scowled by his parents a smile on his face at the two of them at the fun they were all having.
Everyone else on the bridge bought a hand over there mouth to stop laughing out loud at that couple and the General who started to bring the Twilight towards the ship while still clocked. DeCosta just shook his head at the three of them while also listening to Athrun and Cagalli along with most of the bridge crew of the Eternal laughing over the radio.
Andy who had by now gotten between the two warships just gave a sigh and got conformable as it was going to be a while before they let him in.