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The battle that came from this mission would be the first and many hoped the last time a colony was so savagely destroyed. The ZAFT soldiers that saw the battle could not help but to feel like they had fought a battle that would cause them no end of nightmares. But the battle must be told so that there would no miss understandings. Rau so began his report to the council.
On the day that we obtained the new mobile suits from the naturals we failed to obtain one final unit, the unit seemed to preform admirably against our standard JINN and so we decided to attempt to eliminate the unit, and the newly discovered battleship. We had no intelligence on the development of said ship. It must also be taken into notice that Kira Zala was not among the returning operatives. There is no news on his whereabouts.
~Aboard the Archangel~
"Kira, I know that you are a mercenary, and I would expect that the Earth Alliance would be willing to sign a contract for your services. But at the moment I don't have the authority to make such a contract on their behalf. But we will be in combat, and I do need you. No one else will be able to pilot the Strike as is." Kira looked at her, and she did look rather flustered. He simply got closer to her gave her a small brief hug and kiss. "Murrue, I signed contracts with the commanders not with the Earth Alliance and the objectives were clearly defined. In most cases it was a verbal contract to begin with. That is why your database more than likely does not have any of my previous contracts. So how about this, You Captain of the Ship Archangel do you agree to render payment for the protection of this ship and mobile suit till they are safely delivered to an Earth Alliance forces facility. Payment to be given upon completion of said contract?" Murrue liked it except for 1 more item. "I may also which for the protection of the crew and any civilians within the ship." Kira was not going argue that point. "I agree to that addition, and I will accept orders from you exclusively as my client." Murrue and Kira exchanged a hand shake and the contract was sealed. "Very well, Kira how about we talk about something more personal now?" Kira was still close to her. "By personal do you mean where am I going to sleep?" Murrue blushed at him hitting the proverbial nail on the head. "Yes, Kira I can assign you some personal quarters but I rather have you closer than that. We could have a few moments with each other, and still have our privacy. The medical bay is fully staffed thanks to the doctor that was on that shelter we had to open. I do believe that they have birth control pills too." The last part was almost a whisper. Kira held her close and intimate way, "So we could live as a couple and the people around us may start to talk and make rumors. I don't really care what these people say, but will it bother you. I don't want to add to your problems, my love."
There he was again, and always the considerate boyfriend that she always wanted. "Darling, If I brought it up. I think I am quite sure that I value our relationship above what other people may say. But can you blame me for wanting to be more with you? Can you blame me for my own desires for spending more time and having a few instances of happiness in all this chaos?" Kira kissed her lips in an long and loving way. As soon as he parted. "Good thing I don't have luggage then, I can sleep comfortably with a person I love, and trust."
The decision and happy moment was interrupted by a sudden message from the CIC, "Battle station, to level 1, mobile suits inbound. All personnel to battle stations. This is not a drill." Mu was walking towards the elevator towards the hangar. He saw Kira and Murrue really close. "Kira, sorry to interrupt but we need to move and get ready for deployment." Kira was ready, but not without kissing her again and whispering in her ear, "See you back home, my love." As Kira and Mu went on a hurry towards the elevator they left a smiling and blushing Murrue thinking on what it meant. Then as they two pilots closed the door to the elevator and where on their way to the hangar, it dawned on her that she needed to go to the bridge too. She waited for the same elevator to return so that she could take her place on the bridge.
"Do we have a conformation on the units?" Murrue asked, Natarle was quick on the uptake and answered. "We have 4 JINN, and 4 unknown machines matching profiles..." As soon as the match was found the shock was clear on her face. "They are sending the captured G weapons. Duel, Buster, Aegis, and Blitz among them." Murrue cursed her luck, "Guess they could not wait to use their new toys." The situation would be tragic if it was not also very much expected of them.
Mu La Flaga on board his Zero he moved to the catapult. "Mu La Flaga, Ready for deployment..." Miriallia was heard on next. "La Flaga, all green, launch authorized." The Zero launched, and was amazed how much quicker it seemed. He began to think that he should thank Kira after this, if he made it back alive that is. "Kira Yamato, Ready to launch." As soon as kira was on the catapult. "Kira Yamato, Strike armament Aile pack. All green launch authorized as soon as the pack is finished mounting. Good luck out there Kira!" Miriallia must be nervous about him fighting. For all the times he had seen it the would never understand how civilians would be nervous for him and not La Flaga.
The Strike launched as was waiting for the enemy to move, but the wait was not long. He saw some missiles headed towards the Archangel. The idea of harm being caused on his love interest caused his berserker abilities to active. He immediately picked up a damaged and empty transport and threw it on the patch of the missiles. The missiles hit the vehicle and with the flash of the explosion he shot the JINN that had shot the missiles. The pilot of the JINN did not have time to evade and was hit one precisely where the cockpit on the JINN would be. The pilot and machine where destroyed.
All the G weapon pilots were shocked and amazed at the quickness in the mobile suit, Yzak even mentioned that it was oddly familiar how it moved, Dearka also commented that it was too quick for a natural, Nicol made the comment that Kira was still missing. Athrun could hardly believe it, it was familiar and it was done by Kira. Why would Kira be fighting to protect the naturals? Why go as far a kill his fellow coordinators? Then he remembered that this was not the first time, he had done so before when he took possession of that mobile suit. But he needed to know why his brother was doing this? "Don't attack the ship directly you seen what happens when that is the case. Attack the colony cause the ship damage as a consequence then maybe we will have enough time to evade that mobile suits attacks." Athrun told the others, but Yzak decided to mention that their suits has phase armor just like the enemy. This fight was not going to over quickly.
The fight was not easy, quick or merciful. JINN pilots were foolish and attacked the Archangel or at least tried to. The Strike stood in their way and killed every single JINN that tried, in the mean time Mu and his upgraded Zero was giving the 4 G weapons a real workout. Athrun had thanks his lucky stars that his unit had phase armor, because if it had not been so. He and the others would be dead at least 4 times. One of the final JINN who was foolish and shot all the missiles he had not at the Archangel but the support column that was the single tether which maintained the structure of the colony. The idea was to cause it to collapse onto the ship and destroy it or at the very least implode the colony and take the enemy with them. He of course was killed by Mu but only after the enemy had launched the missiles. Kira could have stopped some of them but not enough, and in the state he was he was a only focused on saving the Archangel. As the shelters were launched and the colony began to break apart. The ZAFT soldiers onboard saw what they never wanted to see again, it was just like seeing the destruction of Junius 7. The only distinction was that no nuclear weapons had done this, it was caused by the rashness of 1 fool. But at the very least the fool paid with his life.
The 4 G weapons had to retreat as soon as their energy reserves where extremely low, Athrun in a last ditch effort put way his weapons, and open a communication channel to the Strike. "Kira, why are you fighting your own people? Why do you defend the naturals?" Kira was still very much in his berserker mode, His eyes looked almost golden. Athrun heard one one reply, he could not understand the meaning until much later, the reply was. "Ask father about our secret." What secret could motivate him to kill his own people? Maybe there was a reason and this was not treason as Yzak and Dearka were quick to call after they saw him in action. Nicol and Athrun always believed that there had to be a reason for Kira's strange actions. They would find it as soon as Athrun returned to the PLANTS and asked their father, but would their father tell him the truth? He hoped beyond all hope that he would. He did not enjoy fighting against his brother, not one bit, and he was not the only one. Rau knew too well how Athrun felt as he heard the report.