Chapter 07: World of Turmoil

Standing on a beach looking to sky, just outside a shelter, a azure blue haired girl, watched as the colony above them, was visible, within the twilight sky. A man with chestnut brown hair, walked up beside her. He wore a a black set of clothes, with a red belt, and belt buckles connecting the limbs of the clothing connecting it to him. "Alley." he said looking at her.

"I know Kira." Allenby said saddened. With that, a little green robotic bird landed on her shoulder. "Hey there Birdy." she said.

She then nodded looking back over her shoulder, as behind them, a young woman, with long light pink hair, and a clip above her left eye. She wore a light blue dress, with white frills from her upper chest down. "Come on children, into the shelter now." she said, as with her, Revrend Malchio, and Kira's mother Caridad escorting the children in. The pink haired girl, looked up on top of the cliff.

Standing in the wind, with a pair of black shorts, and a green tanktop, another teen watched the sky. "Is this what the world has come to now?" he questioned, as the lone mercenary watched the sky.

"Heero!" Lacus Clyne's voice called out, as he turned to see the pink haired girl down below, with a pink Haro ball bouncing beside her. "Its time for us to go in." she told him.

Heero looked below and nodded, as he jumped down, and going towards there. As Kira and Allenby entered, Heero took one last look to the sky, and proceeded to the inside. He closed the door behind them, and sealed it shut, and now the hardest part, was waiting for death, or survival.

Earth Atmoshpere:

Shinn Asuka stared in disbelief at his screen, from what had transpired. "Whoa." was all he could say, as he straightened the Impulse.

Minerva Bridge:

"Turn to starboard, disengage all safety locks on the Taunhauser!" Talia Gladys ordered. Malik the helmsman turned the ship to the starboard side, as the ships bow opened up revealing its strongest weapon.

"Safety locks unlocked, prepared to fire when ready." Chen the fire control officer informed them.

Talia nodded, "Remember, even with our units out there, we have to stop this!" she told them, as Arthur Trine Gulped. "Taunhauser, Fire!!" she ordered, as from the ships bow, erupted the power of an anti matter weapon. The weapon streamed towards the PLANT remains, and made a direct hit, breaking off chunks from the colony. "Chen continue with rapid fire!" she ordered.

"Captain are you serious?" Arthur questioned.

Talia nodded, "Even if it overloads, we need to stop this, otherwise the whole world is dead!" she ordered. "Chen FIRE!" she ordered.

With Rapid fire engaged, the Minerva fired multiple shots of Anti Matter upon the falling colony, as the ship began its own descent into the atmosphere.

Debris Fall:

Shinn Asuka moved the Impulse to a proper position. "Where are they?" he questioned. "Those idiots, especially Athrun, trying re entry in a ZAKU." he cursed. As he looked above, and saw the final piece being blown away by the Minerva. With this, colony debris began to fall to earth, as a rain of destruction.

Marshall Islands:

Heero stood as he observed everyone, while Caridad, Malchio, Allenby, Lacus, and Kira had various children around them, scared. "Are we going to die?" one child questioned.

"I don't want too!" another one called out in a cry.

"I want Mama!" another called out. Mama was another orphen that lived with them a short while ago but was adopted, and was deeply missed by the children.

Heero shook his head, "There is a low probability that we will be hit." he told them.

Lacus nodded, "Yeah thats right Kali." she told a girl who had barried her head into the ribs of Lacus. "We must never give up hope everyone." she told the rest, as she closed her eyes.

Beneath a veil so cold, You deeply sleep, all alone The melody of prayer; on the lonely fields, a little light shined She told everyone, as rumbles of shockwaves of Debris impact began to shake them all. Much Debris began to strike across the Planet, destroying everything that was within their vicinity. I watched as you dreamed You laughed like a child So dear, and yet so far - That is the promise of our future A large piece of debris, slammed into Italy, destroying an area destroying much of the aincent empire home of Rome, and the Vatican City. As one not far from such impact hit, destroying Athens Greece. That one day, on a green morning, One day, we will make it there Because in this wintered sky We still believe Fields of Hope Shores of coatal cities now began to take water away from the beaches, to soon throw the water back, in the fashion of Tsunami's. On the day we were born, we were embraced And now we search for those gentle hands again The melody of prayer; one vanishes, And all begins again; a powerless, painful continuation She sang, as just outside, a tidal wave picked up old mobile suit parts, from a battle a few years ago, as parts of the old GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam smashed through the walls of the house above, as the weakened structure engulfed the rest of the building taking much of it with it. One day, to that green morning, We'll cross through all these nights Because that is the place each one of us searches for In the sky, a red hot Nosferatu began to maneuver around falling debris, as it fired a pair of beam cannons upon the debris vaporizing some of it. Sam cursed under his breath as his mobile suit was just hit hard by one such debris, and soon another hit him again. He dodged the next one, "This is not good." he admitted, as he coasted his machine to behind a falling Debris and began to use it as a shield against the friction of re entry. Now, within my own heart, I want to keep you warm So dear, and yet so far - In the name of peace Fields of Hope She sang, as in the sky, on the Girty Lue, four mobile suit pilots watched, Sting, Auel, Stellar, and the masked wearing Shaai watched the fall and rain of destruction. Three of them had calm faces, but felt troubled as the Debris fell, however Stellar had a look of horror upon her face. "Is everyone going to die?" she asked. Shaai behind her mask, closed her eyes, and silently wished what she was seeing was not happening. So dear, and yet so far - The fields of promise Fields of Hope Fields of Hope Samorei Joule, leader of the Black Knights braced himself as the Debris he was on, broke the surface of the water, taking it all in. "Come on baby, hold it together!" he called, as he heard the strain of metal as the sudden water pressure began to press the machine from all around. Further up, Athrun Zala callibrated as fast as he could, to adjust the ZAKU to work with his current situation of re entry. However, his machine was melting, as the Wizard pack on its back, began to melt away. "This is not good." he admitted, as the Blaze packs thrusters melted over, making them completely useless. "Dammit, is this really the end?" he questioned. Just then the still functioning sensors began to ring, "What?" he asked, as the screen popped up, showing the Impulse heading his way. "Impulse?" he said a bit confused. "SHINN!" he called out. The Impulse using its Force Silhouette's thrusters to coast over to the falling apart ZAKU which had a leg fly into the air, melted away by the heat of the friction. "Athrun!" Shinn called, as the Impulse put the ZAKU's arm over its neck and onto its shoulder. "Don't worry I got yeah." he told him. "No Shinn, return on your own, your thrusters wont handle both of our machines weight!" he warned the young pilot. Shinn ignored him, and began to slow their descent down.
Minerva: Bridge. Cagalli watched as they began to pass some thin clouds, as red rain moved with them. "Any news?" she questioned. "Where is Athrun, and Sam?" she questioned. "We don't know." Talia told her. "Did they?" Arthur asked a bit worried, thinking they were vaporized by the random firing of their cannon. Talia grimaced, "Let us hope that is not the case." she told him. "Shinn! Athrun, do you read?" Meyrin called out as the group discussed. "Mey. . .rin!" a voice came over the static. "Shinn!" she called as she worked fast. "Captain, I have them!" she called out. Talia felt some relief. "Alright, fire signal flares, tell them were we are." she told them. Cagalli felt some relief, just then she remembered another machine. "Wait, where is the Nosfeartu!" she called out, as this came as a surprise to everyone.
Outside, the Minerva fired its Signal Flares, in which Shinn noticed it. "There it is!" he called as he began to move his and Athrun's Machine towards the ship.
Minerva Hangar: The Impulse, touched down within the ship, with the ZAKU over its shoulder. The functioning machine set the ZAKU down, as the fire extinguishers fired to cool down the machines. "Temperature check normal" the announcment called. "Impulse, ZAKU you are clear to leave your machine." Meyrin told them. Soon both Machines cockpits opened, and they got out. "Shinn." Vino called running over. "You alright?" he asked. Shinn nodded, as he looked over to Sagira, "Commander." he said, as she came over. "Its good you are alright Shinn." she said, as not far, Athrun removed his pilots helmet. "Now there is the insane one!" Ahmed called out, clasping an arm around Athrun. "You actually had me worried." he admitted. Athrun shrugged a bit, "It was nothing." he admitted. "NOTHING!" came a familiar voice to the both of them, as Athrun turned to see Cagalli. "Cagalli." he said, as she went over to him, as she grabbed his shoulders. "You idiot!" she yelled. "What were you thinking going into the atmosphere like that!" she yelled at him. "Attention all members, please brace for impact." the announcement told them. "Everyone over here!" Madd Abes the Minerva's head tech called out. He was beside various safety harnesses, soon every person within the hangar had placed themselves within one. Cagalli, and Ahmed were beside each other, as Ahmed embraced Cagalli's hand. Unknown to them, Shinn held onto his shoulder embrace, when he felt a soft hand on his own. It was Sagira's, "Don't worry Shinn, the ones who made this ship, and repaired it, are good." she told him. Outside, the ship opened up its atmospheric wings, as it glided across the air, as it came closer to the ocean. The ship flew across the ocean, as it skimmed over the water itself. Soon the ship settled, as the crew could take off their harness. "Man, that was bad." Lunamaria admitted, breathing a bit heavily. Just then the ship shook from the vibration of an after shock, Causing Luna to fell into Athrun. "Wha what was that?" Vino said as he caught himself. Rey looked at them, "It seems to be an after shock. Many of these are likley being felt all over the Planet now, and that is likley not the first." he added, as he looked at the others. "Damn." Ahmed said, as he walked over. "This is really bad." he admitted.
PLANTs, Aprilius One Chairman's office: Durandal entered into his office, to see someone already sitting on the couch, "Ahh, Miss Lacus, you are here." he said. Infront of him, was a young woman, with long dark pink hair, wearing what seemed to be a purple and white swim suit, with a large purple dress connected only on certain parts, with a large star clip in her hair. "Please Chairman, when in Private, call me by my real name." she said in a slightly annoyed tone. "Alright." he said, "I guess that you are here, you already know of the situation now?" he questioned her, as she nodded slightly.
GENESIS Alpha:

Calvin, an ReHOME had docked within GENESIS Alpha, a while ago, along with the Mendeleev. Rondo Mina Sahaku, stood as the members of ReHOME came on. "Well, its been awhile each of you." she said.

Andrea came over and bowed. "Its good to see you Lady Sahaku." she said with respect to the woman.

Mina giggled a bit, "Andrea, you know you can call me Mina. Or even Rondo." she added.

Andrea giggled at that, "Of course." she said, "Umm, who she?" she asked, the little girl, that stayed close to Mina.

Mina smiled a bit, as she put a hand gently on the head of Alonsa. "This my dear, is Alonsa, my and Sam's daughter." she told her.

Andrea's mouth, if it could, would of hit the floor, as soon as she heard, Sam's and Daughter, in the same sentence. "No. . . no way!" she said a bit shocked. "You two don't even know each other that long!" she told the noble, as she noticed Alonsa was a little scared from the sudden outburst.

Alonsa then looked up to Mina, as she heard the woman slightly laugh at Andrea's sudden outburst. "You can calm down Andrea." she began, as she brushed Alonsa's hair a bit. "Alonsa here, she lost her parents, and now Sam and I take care of her. She is originally from South America." she explained.

Andrea just let out a small sigh of relief. "whoo, don't scare me like that then Mina."

That was when the professor turned to them, "Sorry for butting into this reunion, but, us of the Junk Guild, do to the recent battle." she began, looking over towards Lowe Guele. "We are going to be going to Earth."

Lowe did not look like his enthusiastic self, which seemed to make Kisato a bit nervous. "Lowe?" she said.

Lowe turned to her, "Don't worry Kisato, I'm just thinking of what kind of idiot would of did this. I don't think the ring master mobile suit pilot out there, was the one who thought of it." he began.

Alex nodded, "I agree, it seemed to, sophisticated of a plan for a renegade." he admitted. "If it was someone who wants to start a new conflict, then they are on the right path." he added, thinking like a strategist.

Sebastian nodded, "I have to agree Spider." he told Alex. "They knew that ZAFT would of done something."

Mina nodded, "Valid points, and now we are in for it." she admitted, looking at Alex. "Alex, we are to head back to Ame No Mihashira."

Alex nodded, "The Mendeleev is ready to return us, since. . ." he began.

Sebastian took notice, that Alonsa looked sadened. "Hey kiddo, you ok?" he asked her, as Alonsa, 'looked' at him. She then shook her head, "What's wrong?" he asked as he kneeled down to her eye level.

"Sebby, Ein died!" she cried a bit, which gave a shock to him as well. Ein was a pet stuffed wolf toy, that he gave her a few months ago. She then went and cried as she sat in her chair.

Sebastian, reached a hand to her, "Its alright, don't worry about it. He still loves you no matter where he is." he told her, speaking of the wolf. 'Just as Sam, where ever that guy is.' he added without her hearing.

"Thank you." Alonsa told him.

"Oh Sebastian." came Flay's voice, as Sebastian turned to his red haired cousin. "I want you to meet someone." she told him, as she dragged someone right behind her. Sebastian took notice of the girl, which had long raven black hair, light blue eyes, and a slender figure.

"Hubahhubah. . ." he began, as Flay got closer.

Flay smiled, as she took notice, that Sebastian was getting a bit nervous. "Sebastian Conner, I like you to meet a good friend of mine, Andrea Strassmeier." Flay told him.

"S. . .s. . . Strassmeier!!" he called out, as he looked over to Alex. "Is. . . is. . . is she. . ." he tried to get out, as Alex just gave a simple nod. Within seconds, Sebastian eyes, began to roll into the back of his head, and within seconds, he fell backwards, landing on the floor.

"Sebastian!" Flay called, going over to him, as Alex, let out a low laugh. "What is so funny?" she asked.

Andrea laughed out loud, as Flay looked at her, with a look of death. "Hey easy Flay, I just did not think he would faint, THAT fast." she laughed.

Alex just shook his head, turning around, hands in his pockets. "I'm going to head to the Mendeleev, we should be leaving shortly." he told them.

"Hey Alex." Andrea began, as her older brother, stopped and turned around.

"yes?" he questioned her, looking at her, from the corner of his right eye.

"I have been wondering, what is with the black uniform, you and Flay are wearing?" she asked him.

Alex took a moment, "I'll let Flay tell you." he told her, beginning to turn, "Which ship are you going back with?" he questioned, before he left the room.

Andrea smirked a bit, "I'll go with Flay, and get the whole story." she told her brother.

Alex just nodded, and walked off, "Then I guess we will be traveling on his ship then, to Ame No Mihashira." Flay announced.

Andrea just nodded to her friend, "Well, should we help Sebastian here aboard his ship?" she asked with a giggle, as she bent down, and began to lift the coordinator up, and swung an arm over her shoulder.

Flay shrugged, "To be honest, I was thinking of leaving him here." she told her.

Calvin, Captains Quarters:

Sebastian, happily slept in his bed, within his quarters. He slightly stirred, as he heard a call from his computer terminal. He sat up, still rather drowsy, as he reached for it. "Conners here." he told the Terminal.

"Commander, everything is ready to take off to Ame No Mihashira." the captain told him.

"Good." Seb said, as he let out a yawn.

"Just waking up commander?" he asked.

"Yeah, I dreamt, I met, the most beautiful girl ever." he told him.

"Hmhm." came a clearing throat sound of a female.

Sebastian slowly turned around, to see the black haired Maiden. "Umm." he said, as he turned off the terminal. "What are you doing here." he said, as Andrea took notice of his shaking legs.

She smirked, "Easy now, I wont bite." she told him.

Flay was giggling, at the commented, as her cousin began to regain his composure. "Um hi." Sebastian told her. "My name is Storm Wolf, the Sebastian Conner of the Academy." he said, mixing up his own title.

Both of the girls, giggled at that, "Sebastian, you sure have the words for girls." Flay teased.

Sebastian just shook his head, "I'm sorry, I just did not know Commander Strassmeier had a sister, let alone one that is. . ." he began, not knowing what exactly to say about the Spiders sister.

"Don't worry." Andrea told him, calmly, as she looked around. "So this is a Nazca, its my first time on one." she admitted, looking around.

Seb, got his composure back, "Yeah, its the Calvin, the head ship of the Storm Wolves." he told her.

Flay stood up and began to leave, 'I guess I can leave them alone now, I hope they make a good couple' she said to herself as she left.

Andrea, looked more, "Storm Wolves. . ." she repeated. "I always did like wolves, especially the timber wolf." she admitted.

"Really now?" he questioned, as she nodded taking a seat behind Sebastian's desk. "Ever here of the Mystical wolf named Fenrir?" he asked.

Andrea nodded, "Yep, the wolf that bit off the hand of Týr" she told him. "Even though Týr was the only one that was brave enough to feed the wolf, as others were afraid of his strength." she added.

"Wow, you know your mythology." Sebastian said astonished.

Andrea smiled a bit, "Yeah, Alex may of loved reading on war, and weapons, me. . . I mostly read about Mythology." She explained to him, as Sebastian smirked.

"Interesting." he told her, as he went over to a case, as he opened it.

Andrea came over, hands behind her back, almost as she was bound. She then looked over his shoulder. "Whatcha got there?" she asked, with curiosity. She saw a forest green sheath, with a golden twine spun throughout the sheath to give it a mystical form. The handle of a sword was at the end, circled in gold, with a leather handle. Andrea let out a long whistle.

"This is Fenrir, my family heirloom." he told her, as he began to tell her much about himself.

Earth, Pacific Ocean Minerva Deck:

Sagira Marusu, watched over the ocean, "Even in a time of turmoil, the water seems still at this time." she noted, watching the light waves of the water.

Rey Za Burrel nodded, as he walked over, "At least the ocean is beautiful still, and as far as I know, that will never change." he admitted, watching it.

She smiled a bit, "Even a body of water, has an underdrift that will take you to your grave." she told him.

Rey smirked, "Just like you, a Rose with Thorns." he told her, as she could not help but smirk about it.

"Oh wow, this looks so great!" Lunamaria called as she ran out, and took a breathe of fresh air. "This is great!" she called out, as behind her though, she turned, and covered her mouth.

She saw, Cagalli a bit saddened, unlike Luna, her home was on Earth, and an Island no less, a very dangerous area, do to the Tsunami's resulted from multiple impacts in the ocean. She looked at the blonde with symphany, and sadness.

Cagalli looked over the area, Ahmed behind her, as he put a hand on her shoulder. "This is terrible, so many people, places, have died. I hope Orb is alright still." she admitted, looking to the side.

Ahmed nodded, "Don't worry, they are in hands of people who do care for them at least somewhat. I am sure they had everyone in the shelters in time." he assured her, as she looked at him.

"Ahmed, thank you." Cagalli told him, as Athrun came out. "Athrun are you ok?" she asked.

He shook his head, "Things are going to be bad soon." he told her.

"What, what do you mean? How much worst can it get, then it already is?" Cagalli asked him, as Athrun turned to her slowly.

"Only a handful of people were responsible for this, but that doesn't matter. all anyone will remember is that they were Coordinators. You think they'll be quick to forgive?" he quietly told her, as she then realized that he was right.

Cagalli knew that herself was a coordinator, "Do you think they will think Orb was responsible as well?" she asked, as Athrun wondered as well.

"I don't know, the only Orb Influence was GENESIS Alpha. But they did not even fire the weapon." Athrun pointed out, "Guess for that purpose, only time will tell." he added. "I'm sorry. . ." he said after a moment of silence, getting Cagalli to suddenly turn to him. "I'm sorry for bringing you into this." he added.

"You don't have to apologize Athrun. I'm just hopeing the Earth will ever forgive us." Cagalli said saddened.

Unknown to them, one person was inside the hatch, with an angered look upon his face. He then went out, "Are you all nothing but idiots!" he told them. "Even if we tried to stop this, they will only see one thing, Coordinators, did it!" he told them.

"Shinn." Athrun calmly said.

"Shut up you idiot!" Ahmed said, as he went to throw a punch at the young soldier, however Shinn, who was trained in the Academy, composed a Figure four arm lock on Ahmed, sending the young Natural to his knees.

"Ahmed!" she called out, as she was about to help him, Athrun stopped her.

"Why am I an Idiot, when what I say, is the truth?" Shinn asked him. "Everyone on this Planet was hurt by those damn renegades? And do you think they will be quick to forgive us, when they were using ZAFT weapons to do it?" he asked again.

Just then, everyone felt a shake on the ship, almost like another shockwave from an impact. "What was that?" Cagalli asked.

Bridge:

Talia turned to Bart, "What is going on?" she asked.

Bart found out, "Mobile suit detected, its already on the ship!" he called out.

Talia then had a look of shock within her eyes, "No. . . how?" she asked.

Arthur turned to Chen the Fire control officer. "Chen, activate Tristan's, target enemy machine once we get a visual." he ordered.

"Wait cancel that order!" Talia told them.

"But captain?" Arthur turned to her.

She looked at him, "Think logically Arthur, Junius Seven just fell to Earth. Do you think Enemy Military will be mobilized for combat at this moment?" she questioned him.

Outside,

Yolant, was scared, as he backed away, with vibrations getting wilder. Soon he saw the reason, a giant mobile suit hand came from the water, and landed where he once stood. "AHHHH!" he called out.

Cagalli saw what it was, though, a mobile suit head appeared from the side, it was a three eyed head, that looked like a malevolent mobile suit head. "Only two mobile suits have that head shape." she admitted.

Athrun nodded, "Then this is, Nosferatu!" he called out.

"Samorei!" Cagalli called out, as the mobile suit fully climbed onto the deck.

Shinn let Ahmed go, as he saw the machine that finished off Sato back in space. "A Black Knight?" he asked, as the Nosferatu kneeled down, as its phase shift went down. The Machine was mostly intact, but its right arm was heavily damaged, as was its shoulder with a gash taken out of it. Sparks flew from some of the machines joints, as it short circuited a few times.

"Sam!" Cagalli called, as she ran over to the Machine, and soon was greeted, as the mobile suits cockpit opened up. Inside, was a male within a black and golden pilot suit, which fell from the cockpit.

"Sam!" Athrun and Ahmed called, as they caught the man before he landed. The two men were underneath the man now, as Ahmed felt a bit of pain.

"Ow, what has he been eating?" Ahmed asked. The reason is because he caught the side where Sam's artifical arm exists.

Lunamaria came over, "We should get him to the Infirmary." she said a bit worried. "Shinn Rey, help them out!" she called over to them.

"Oh alright." Shinn said in a complaining tone, while Rey just nodded, as the two helped the fallen knight off of Ahmed, and Athrun.

Minerva: Just outside of the Infirmary:

The doctor stationed on the Minerva, had been telling Cagalli and Athrun, the symptoms. "I just don't believe this guy. His body has been through hell and back, and he still comes back. He is one durable soldier." he told them. "Broken arm, his artificial one, is damaged, and he is running a fever. Honestly, I never want to try Re Entry in a mobile suit alone."

Cagalli snorted a bit, "What an idiot, doing that for a second time." she said angered.

The doctor looked at her, "Well, when it comes to him, when something puts him down, he comes back stronger. His X-Rays confirm it." he added. He showed Athrun, Cagalli, and Ahmed about it. The X Ray showed the skeleton, but in several areas, it was a brighter white then the others.

Athrun looked at it, "Were all those fractures?" he questioned.

Ahmed looked at Athrun for a second, "What are you talking about?" he asked.

Athrun turned slightly, "When a bone is broken or fractured, it actualy regrows stronger then before. This here means Sam, has had many fractures or even broken bones throughout his life." he added.

Cagalli realized it, "No wonder, he is so durable, this and the UE project." she added.

Infirmary:

Sam layed on the bed, his arm in a sling, while his artificial one, removed, and laying on the table beside him. In the same room, was Lunamaria, watching over him. "So this is the famous White Devil?" she questioned. "I don't believe how close I am to him right now. . ." she said. "Sad to say he is with Lady Sahaku now." she admitted.

With that, she noticed something, the White Devil began to move. His eyes slowly opened.

"Your up!" Lunamaria yelled. "You are actually still alive but how?" she asked.

Sam sat up, using a crunch to do so, as he looked at her. He was about to speak, but then the door opened. "No, just not dead yet." he said, as the first person to come through was Cagalli.

"You idiot!" she called out. "What was going through your mind, when you did that stunt of yours?" she added, voice raised. "If you were not already as injured as you are, or Mina and my rivalry no longer in effect, I would kill you right now!" she told him. Sam actually only smirked, at her words. "Just wait, until Mina is informed about this!" she added.

That gave Sam a look of fear, "Ughh Cagalli." he said, as behind Cagalli Ahmed was laughing on the inside.

"Man, you are so boned." Ahmed told him. "No offence though sir." he added remembering Sam had a higher rank then him in the Orb military.

Cagalli began to calm down, as time slowly passed, "At least you are alive though." she told him.

Sam slowly stood up, "Lady Cagalli, I am sorry for worrying you." Sam told her, as he was only in his black pants. "I've been kinda out of it, for the last few hours, what is the situation here on Earth?" he asked.

Shinn Asuka who was standing at the door, having a bit of a glareing problem at the white Devil. One of Sam's clones, were the last one to see his sister alive, and for all he knew, both died at the same time. "Worst then anything you can imagine." he told the newcomer to the ship.

Sam looked over, "Asuka, its been a while." he told the pilot. "Shinn Asuka, pilot of the ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam, the second ZAFT variation of the GAT-X105 Strike."

Shinn nodded, he remembered seeing Sam, nearly two months ago, "And what buisness is it to you?" he asked.

"Shinn!" Luna shouted. Shinn looked at her, and then left, "I'm sorry Mr Joule, Shinn can be a bit hot headed at times." she told him.

Sam smirked, "No worries, and no cares about that." he told her, as he went over to his arm. "Hey can I have a bit of help my arms are a bit useless right now."

Luna nodded, grabbing his black Knights uniform, and drapped it over his shoulders. "Thank you Miss?" he asked.

"Hawke!" she said saluting. "Lunamaria Hawke!" she added.

Sam nodded, "Thank you Luna, now is it possible I can meet with the Captain of this ships, and if I recall, the FAITH member of this ship?" he asked her.

Luna nodded, "I will contact Captain Gladys, and Commander Marusu, right away." she told him, leaving the room.

Sam smirked a bit, "Nice girl." he admitted.

Cagalli, nodded, "Out of the crew though, its only Asuka, and Marusu, you should watch out for." she told him.

Sam cocked an eyebrow, "Why is that?" he asked.

Cagalli, rubbed her arm a bit, "Some reason they have negativity about Orb, and Shinn is sad about his family."

Sam had a bit of shock, "His whole family? I remember him with his sister, after the battle of Orb, at Ame No Mihashira." he admitted. "Wait, damn, the child that went missing, it was his sister wasn't it?" he asked, as Cagalli nodded.

After a while, Lunamaria came back into the infirmary, "Mr. Joule sir, the Captain will see you in her office. As is commander Marusu, and Trine." she told him.

Sam nodded, "Thanks Lunamaria, could you lead me to them, we know of Minerva, but I never studied its interior." he told her.

She nodded, "Alright." she said, as she began to lead them. "Oh another thing, Lady Cagalli, is also asked to join you in the meeting." she added.

Cagalli suddenly looked at her, "Alright." she said.

After a short while, the two of them arrived. Cagalli had the door open, as Samorei went in right after her. In the office, Talia Gladys sat behind her desk, while Sagira Marusu, and Arthur Trine stood on either side of her. Sagira took notice of Sam, "Last time I saw you Joule, you were definitely in a better condition. Are you sure you should even be walking right now?" she asked him, with a bit of sarcasm added.

Sam smirked, "As beautiful, as you are, you sure have a sharp tongue in that mouth." Sam told her. "Captain Gladys, I thank you for giving me treatment here onboard your vessel." he told her, standing up in his best formal way.

Talia nodded, "We have no problem in doing so." she told him. "Leader of the Black Knights." she added with a bit of a smirk, "It was quite a surprise that you uhh, crawled onto the ship." she said not really sure of her choice of words.

Sam laughed with a low chuckle, "Quite, not exactly quite the image you would have, when the words Black Knight are used." he told her, as Cagalli looked at him, then back at Talia.

"What are you going to do now?" she asked the captain.

Talia looked over to her monitor, and activated a holographic map and shifted her attention. "I have decided to take you all to Orb." she told them.

Out of the entire room, only two people were shocked to hear what she was doing. They were Cagalli, and Arthur, while Sagira just let out a low grown, while Samorei nodded. "But captain, this is a ZAFT ship, its a better idea for us to go to Carpentaria!" Trine objected, as Talia looked at him.

"Kinda hard for us to get there, if the ship sinks before we reach the coast." Talia told him.

Sagira smirked, "Besides the point of that, I believe the mechanics of Orb would do a fine job on the ships hull." she noted. "That is if the princess here, allows us entry." she added.

Talia nodded, "Yes, the please Representative Athha, would you allow us into your borders, and for us to repair your ship in your waters?" Talia formally asked Cagalli.

Cagalli nodded, "Yeah no problem, you did help the Planet with considerable less damage then what could of happened." she told her, as Talia sat back and smiled.

"Thank you Miss Cagalli." she thanked her. She then looked at Sam, "You seem a bit troubled Mr. Joule, is something wrong?" she asked.

Sam shook his head, "No, just thinking of what the current governor, will think about this." he said. Unato Ema Seiran, the current governor of Orb, was a large member that leaned towards that of the Earth Forces, which has earned the hatred of a few members, especially the coordinator members of the Orb Noble Familys.

Cagalli nodded, "Don't worry Sam, I will handle Unato when the time comes." she told him, as Sagira smirked.

"Unato Ema Seiran, its been a while since I heard his name." Sagira said, standing up straight, "Nothing a pompous piece of trash from what I heard, why you people voted him as your governor, I will never know." she said giving a wave of the hand as the silver haired woman came towards Cagalli. "I wonder why exactly?" she questioned. Cagalli was a bit shocked that the woman came towards her in such a manor. "What about that Yuna Roma Seiran though?" she questioned. "Last I heard, he and you were ment for an arranged marriage."

"Marusu, do you really think such talk is right; right now?" Talia asked her.

Sagira smirked, "Ahh quite right, this little one. . ." she began, placing a finger on her cheek, as her hand cupped her chin. "Did just helped us, I guess I could let it be now." she added, looking over to Talia. "If you excuse me captain, I will be heading to do some work on Zephyr." she added, leaving.

As the woman passed Cagalli, Cagalli looked down, "There is no such marriage." Cagalli told her, as Sagira stopped in her tracks.

"Is that so?" she questioned, "Hmhmhm, I guess I was wrong. . . However." she began. "Ahh never mind, it is nothing important." she added leaving the room.

"Quite a strange woman." Sam admitted, as Talia sighed.

"Tell me about it." she told him. "Sagira is beyond an ace pilot." she told him, as Sam quirked an eyebrow. "Her skills and her moves, are beyond what many people can only wish to accomplish." she explained.

Arthur nodded, "Her marks in the academy allowed her to move all the way through, and then she began to become friends with the current chairman." he told her.

"Not much is known about such a thing, but the next thing we know, Sagira is the Leader of FAITH, and is the current commander of the Minerva." Talia explained to them, as Sam nodded.

"Quite the Resume for her then." Sam admitted, as he looked where she once was. 'A pilot to be reckoned with. Someone I don't want to be on the wrong side of a beam rifle with.' he thought to himself.

Talia nodded, "Well then, I will call this meeting an end, you and your body guards." she said, adding that last bit of a look towards Cagalli. "Free access in roaming around on the ship."

Cagalli nodded, "Thank you captain." she told her.

Sam nodded, "Same with me, even though. . ." he began, indicating both ofhis arms.

Talia nodded, "Alright." she said, "I'll assign someone to escort, and help you around." she added. Sam smiled, and nodded.

Minerva Hangar:

"Wow this is so cool!" Vino called out, as he was doing scans over the damaged Nosferatu.

Madd Aves nodded, "Cool is only part of it kid. This is Orbs Finest Work at our feet." he told him.

"Yeah but wow. And its even a Black Knight Machine too!" the younger one added.

That was when another voice added in, "Its going to stay that way too!" the voice called out. As coming down an elevator, Athrun Zala was coming towards them. "Sorry, but even with it here, only Cagalli, Sam, or Lady Sahaku, are capable of allowing you to even touch it." he told them with a smirk.

"Ahh man." Yolant whined.

Athrun smiled a bit, "Hey don't worry about it." he said. "I have to admit, Nosferatu is quite the machine and has a large amount of combat in its Frame." he added.

Vino nodded, "Quite right. Battle of Orb, Battles at Mendel, Second Battle of Jachin Due, the South American War, and now even the latest chaos." he noted, listing the Mobile Suits feats.

Athrun nodded, with his arms crossed, 'This Machine, I wonder how much Sam will continue to use it in the future?' he wondered. 'Especially with the current situation.' he added, looking at the dark gray G.U.N.D.A.M.

Minerva Crew Lounge:

Samorei layed back on one of the cushion seats, as he was handed a drink container with a straw. The one holding the container, was the red haired pig tailed Meyrin Hawke, Lunamaria's younger sister. "I don't get it why I was assigned to this." she pouted, as she was much like Samorei's maid now.

Sam smirked, and let out a chuckle, "I'm sorry Miss Hawke." he told her sitting up, using a crunch to do so. "If my artificial arm was not well junk, I would be doing this myself." he told her.

Meyrin giggled a bit, hearing that, "Yeah I guess your right." she told him, with a bit of saddness.

"Something wrong?" he asked her.

Meyrin leaned back a little, "Yeah, I wish I was able to see Athrun, I find him, really cute." she admitted in a school girl kind of way.

Sam smiled, "Interesting."

Meyrin suddenly blushed, "Oh no, your not going to tell him are you?" she asked, a bit in a panic tone.

Sam smiled, "Don't worry, your secret is safe with me." he told her, as Meyrin blushed a bit.

"Thanks." she admitted, as she looked outside through a view port, as the waves crashed against the side of the ship. Sam then began to stand up, "I'd like to go outside." he told her.

Meyrin looked at him, "Well, they set up a shooting range outside, I wonder, can I show you how I can handle a gun?" she asked him, as Sam looked a bit shocked, but nodded.

"Yeah sure." he told her, as the two went out.

A half an hour, later: Minerva Deck, Shooting Range:

Sam leaned against the wall, as he watched the group firing at the targets at a chosen distance. Meyrin, and Shinn Asuka, were showing they knew how to handle a gun quite well in their hands. To the targets that they were shooting at, they were either hitting vital areas on the target, or narrowly missing them. However, he looked over to Rey Za Burrel, and saw that the blonde haired teen, was shooting his targets with deadly accuracy. 'He's like Alex, with that marksmanship' he admitted, watching Rey shoot the target in the head again. 'Kira Yamato with a gun' he thought again. He then looked over at Lunamaria, who was having a rather hard time using her gun, as her shots were hitting in the black area's of the target.

"Uhh, this is so hard. . ." Luna whined a bit. "Why are you all so good at this?" she asked, as she loaded another magazine into the gun.

Shinn smirked, "Luna, be quiet for once."

Luna sneered at that, "Oh shut up Shinn." she told him, as she fired another Magazine through the gun.

Meyrin then noticed a new face, walked outside. "Hey there!" she called running over. "Hey there." she said.

Luna turned, "Oh hey there." she said to him.

Athrun nodded, "Hey." he noted, coming over, he then saw Sam, and lowered his head. "I guess things are going well out here, later." he said turning to leave.

"Hey wait." Meyrin called after him, as Athrun stopped and slowly turned around. "Come on, you should fire a few rounds." she told him, dragging him over.

"But I. . ." he began.

"Oh come on." Meyrin pleaded, "Here use Luna's gun." she said taking Luna's.

"Hey!" Luna called out, as Meyrin gave it to Athrun.

"Go on give it a try." Meyrin pleaded.

Sam smirked, "Go Ahead Athrun, she wont stop until you show them." he told them.

"Yeah." Meyrin told him, as she began to hit a few buttons, getting Athrun a new target.

Athrun finally nodded, as he took aim. "Athrun, that gun maybe mal. . ." Luna began, however Athrun opened fire, his shots were beyond accurate, as the bullets were hitting their marks, with slight better accuracy then how Rey's shots were going. Lunamaria could not believe her eyes, with how the shots were firing infront of her. "Functioning." she finally finished. "How did you do that?" she asked.

Athrun shrugged, "It was nothing." he told her, as he began to leave.

Luna looked at him, "Of course it was something!" she told him. "You are as well. Look, the truth is, all of us here know who you are and what you have done. Formerly a ZAFT Red with the Le Creuset Team, in the final stages of the war, you defeated the seemingly unstoppable Strike. You even put down the original form of the White Devil's Jade Frame mobile suit. After that, you were assigned to the national committee's special forces FAITH Team. Then they made you the pilot of the ZGMF-X09A Justice. Your name is Athrun Zala. And there is no way of you to just look away from that." she finished.

Sam nodded, "Athrun, she does have a point, that day, you defeated me, and 'tied'" he emphasized the last part. "With the Strike, ending and making both you, and its pilot having to upgrade to new machines."

Athrun, finally nodded, in agreement with Sam.

Space, Ame No Mihashira:

Floating down the hall, someone wearing the white commanders uniform of the male variety was Sebastian Conner of the Storm Wolves was accompanied by his little Cousin Flay Allster. Who seemed to be wearing a new version of the Black Knight uniform. The uniform featured, a black jacket with gold lining, along with a black belt and a small bandoleer, running from the middle of the belt up, to her left shoulder. The length of the jacket, ended just above the pit of her stomach. With the uniform, for her, came with a pair of knee high black boots, and a black skirt as well. "When did the Black Knights change uniforms?" he asked her, as the two floated down, him with Fenrir strapped to his belt.

Flay smiled a bit, "This? Well it has just been issued really, all the Black Knights are changing to them, from the old uniforms." she told him, as they floated down. "As of now though, Samorei is the only one, out of uniform." she giggled, as Sebastian smirked, and nodded in agreement.

He looked forward, "Any ideas why Lady Sahaku, is wishing to have an audience with me?" he questioned her.

Flay shrugged, "To be honest Sebby, I have no idea." she answered him, as they continued. "Who knows, she may have voted to shoot you off into space, for being an annoyance." she joked with him.

"Hey now, that is not even funny." he told her, elbowing her lightly on the arm.

Flay smiled, "Well it is to me." she told him, as the two made it to the entry way to Rondo Mina Sahaku's office, which formerly belong to her deceased twin brother. "Well here we are." she told him.

With that, they both entered. The room, seemed to be a bit dark, with the only luminescence of the room, was behind the main desk. Behind the desk, Rondo Mina Sahaku, sat there, who had a sleeping little girl in her lap. Alonsa slept peacefully, in her adopted mothers arms, seemed like an angel to Sebastian. Standing on either side of Mina, were a pair of men, who had striking resemblances of the White Devil Samorei Joule. The both of them, wore uniforms resembling that of Flays. However the Jackets were longer, and they wore normal height boots, and long black pants. The on on her right, had shoulder length silver hair, resembling close to Yzak Joule's own choice in hair style. It was Savir, one of the clones created with Samorei Joules DNA to protect Mina Sahaku. Opposite of him, was another clone, with the same hairstyle as Samorei has. It was, Saxton. "Ahh, Mr. Wolf." Mina began, as she motioned for Savir to come over. He did so, as he gently took the sleeping girl from Mina. "Savir, please take her to her room for me." she quietly told him, as he nodded, leaving with the girl in his arms.

"Lady Sahaku, it is an honor to see you again, but may I ask, why it is that you had my cousin here, bring me to see you?" he asked her, as Mina smiled, and stood up.

"That my young wolf pup of a friend, is simple." Mina told him, as she turned her monitor over to him. "I have review many of your battle aspects, as well as commanding capabilities." he told her. As on the monitor came up, with what battles he was doing upon the battle of Junius Seven.

Sebastian, had a look of bewilderment on his face, as he was wondering exactly what she was getting at. "Thank you M'lady, I expect you like what you saw?" he asked her.

Mina nodded, "Quite." she said, as Flay walked over to a nearby couch, and picked up a small brief case. "This is why, I am hoping you could resign from your position within ZAFT." she told him.

"What!" Sebastian began. "I'm sorry but I can't, ZAFT is the army that protects my home." he told her.

Mina nodded, "Indeed, but I wish." she began reaching out her hand, "That you would include this place as your home, where those of your family now live." she added, as Sebastian raised an eyebrow, as suddenly Mina nodded to Flay, who began to unlock the briefcase. "Sebastian Conner, right now, I am offering you a position, within Orbs Elite. A position among that of the Black Knights." she told him.

With that, Sebastian suddenly turned, and saw what Flay had presented him. It was a well folded Jacket, of the Black Knight uniforms. Flay smiled at him, "With this Sebby, you can be here, with me, Alonsa, and even. . ." she began, as she looked at him through the corner of her eye. "Even Andrea." she said in a teasing tone.

Sebastian laughed, "Hey, we are only good friends there oh cousin of mine." he told her. He then turned to Mina. "Lady Sahaku, I will be honored of joining the order of the Black Knights." he told her kneeing on the ground.

Mina smiled, "It is good for you to join us my friend." she told him.

"There we go, we now have my cousin the Storm Wolf among us." Flay cheered.

Mina nodded, "Quite, and your first mission, is to borrow one of our M1B Astrays, to escort me, Alonsa, Alex, and Andrea, to the Atmosphere, as we go to Orb. With the AMATU in the shuttle as well." she told him.

Sebastian nodded, "Yes mam!" he told her.

"You two are now dismissed." Mina told them both, as the two left. Mina went and walked over to a cabinet, as she unlocked it, and took out a wine bottle, and, poured herself a drink. "I hope the Earth can forgive those who tried to save their planet." she said as the glass was half full. "I am sure though, that everyone, who can, is trying their best, to help those on the Planet." she added, taking a drink.

Girty Lue:

"I. . . I don't believe it." Stellar said, as she shook nervously, while she held her legs close to her chest. "All those people."

Sting nodded, "Yeah, tell me about it." he told her, as he looked at Auel.

"Yeah, and what are we doing? Waiting for a damn Nelson to arrive, with some new equipment for us." he said sourly.

"What do you suppose it is though?" Sting questioned, as he leaned back.

"Hell if I know." Auel shot at him, as he layed back, legs crossed as his right leg kicked the air.

Shaai, who was quiet, and watched, out the viewport. "It seems your Nelson is arriving." she told them. "It seems to be the Ramesses." she told them.

A short while later, Neo looked over some of the papers, as he raised his head, to see what was being loaded onto his ship. "The GAT-X141 Hyaku" he said, as the mobile suits feat was placed in one of the areas that a Dagger L once stood. "Being assigned to me as well." The machine was a bright golden color.

"Sure doesn't look impressive commander." Auel's voice echoed, as the three Extendeds floated into the hangar.

Neo smirked, "If anything looked good, it would lack in other aspects." Neo told him. "Remember, a mobile suit is made as a weapon. Not a model for show." he added, floating up to the machine. "Now Hyaku, I wonder how well we will get a long." he told the mobile suit.

That was when he felt the masked woman's hand on his arm. "Neo darling, you and it will go great together. Just like us." she told him, as Neo nodded.

"Yes Shaai, what are the plans now, any new orders from commander?" he questioned a person next to him.

Earth, Minerva:

It had been a few days since the fall of Junius Seven, and the massive ship the Minerva. The mighty ship, was now on course, that was once used by the Archangel, a few years ago. But unlike that ship, the Minerva, was not being attacked over and over again. Cagalli watched the oncoming Orb Fleet with a smile, as they had already been informed of the ships situation and its occupants. "This is a lot better welcoming then the Archangel had to Orbs Shores." she said with a light smile.

That was when she felt a familiar hand on her shoulder, as she looked over at Ahmed. He nodded, "Yeah it is." he told her. "I am surprised however, that the Governer, allowed it. Almost too easily." he added.

Cagalli nodded, "Yeah, but for now, that is fine. They are our guests, and that is all there is to it." she told him.

Ahmed nodded, "I wonder however, what this shall bring us all." he told her.

A/N:

Samorei Joule, the lucky one. He has survived much, and is now back to his Home. What will happen now, as the ship heads into Orbs Waters. Only time can tell.

I know its been a while, but well, lately it takes time to get into writing around now. This part, hasn't been planned greatly, unlike later events. But hopefully will be up to the standards I give you all.

Well anyways, until next time, Nuke Dawg heading out.