Chapter 5 – Payback, Fangs of the Enemy and Beyond the Cloud of Sands!
Disclaimer: As I've said before I do not own GS/GSD and some characters in this Fic belong to Gundam Seed Dark Destiny as I've said before (I hate disclaimers), in this story other than Krane and a few members of the Dark Celestials including their Mobile Suite designs nothing belongs to me.
February 25th, 6:30pm; North of the Town of Tassil, Desert Dawn's HQ
"Him…always him…" gasped Kira as he slid down a wall while griping his chest as it ached while he thought of Lucifel the Morning Star during their recent battle, the man always seemed to know where and what Kira was doing at any present time, Kira oddly didn't know that his emotional weaknesses left gaps in his mental defence that a child could slip through.
"Kira, are you Okay!?" questioned Flay as she walked towards him however he up and disappeared the moment she said his name, Flay didn't know what but something was causing Kira to be on edge.
Meanwhile; North Africa: Banadiya, Mansion Meeting Room
"I find this will lead to collateral damage" warned Krane as he looked at the tactical map with a thought "we will be destroying an entire town of people including the town"
"No, we will be warning the people to get out half-an-hour ahead of time" explained Andrew as he pointed to the map with a smirk causing Krane to scowl.
"You're too soft" growled Krane as he looked away from Andrew.
"And you have demission of all human life that refuses to bow down, subjugation, I think that you've been spending too much time around that self proclaimed father of yours" hinted Andrew and Krane sat there like a brick, if Andrew wanted information on Rau's plans, he would have to find it through a less obvious route.
"Sooo…" exaggerated Asuzur as he started "we attack the town while torching the ammunitions and food supply, but, the income of that village won't be able to keep up with demands!"
"And?" questioned Andrew with a smirk causing Asuzur to scowl.
"And…we will have no direct part in this, manage to bring out the Archangel and Strike, then we'll begin our intervention!" announced Zake and Krane pondered before nodding.
9:30pm; North Africa: Outside Tassil, Andrew's Encampment
"I don't know how we can trust that Lucifel character, after all, he is using the angelic name of Lucifer…" started DaCosta but Andrew cut him off.
"It's not wise to talk about him in such a way, he is the ZAFT Supreme Commander and he had his name censored for secrecy, he has enough military power to crush the Alliance if he wanted to however he's waiting for something…both he and Le Creuset are waiting" growled Andrew at the thought of what the two could plan "I willing to bet that they have something big and chaotic planned!"
"Shall we start the attack?" asked DaCosta and Andrew shook his head.
"Go and wake up the people first, warn them of the necessity and have them evacuate, Rau wouldn't give them the choice of survival or death!" commanded Andrew and DaCosta got in a jeep and headed off.
10:30pm; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Bridge
Krane smirked as he watched Andrew's Forces withdraw from the destruction of Tassel in which he had earned a supposed victory, however Krane knew that the only way it could have been a true victory was if the rebellious populace of Tassel were purged and their resources retaken by their forces, it seemed like fair compensation.
"It seems that the Archangel has launched the Strike and an unnamed Jet!" announced Dylan as he looked over CIC "the Archangel is also approaching!"
"Very well, rise the ship and target all weaponry on the Archangel, once the Archangel is sunk we'll be able to take the Strike for our own!" announced Krane with a smirk.
10:50pm; North America: on route to Banadiya, Battlefield
The Varda burst out of its partially buried place in the sand and fired the first lines of green at the Earth Alliance ship that was attempting to backup their allies on the frontline which was becoming increasingly difficult with the Varda now breathing down their neck, in fact the experimental Tristans were getting close to piercing the hull of the Archangel as it skidded across the desert to evade enemy fire while sending out a request for reinforcements, this was answered by the Strike which had finished its 'saving of the rebels' mission and was heading back however Krane had already launched also.
"I knew you couldn't hold the Strike, Andrew, now I have to clean up your mess!" growled Krane as he charged at the Strike from above which fired its beam rifle, Krane growled when he dodged a few missiles from the Desert Dawn as well as getting shot at by the FX-550+AQM/E-X03 Launcher Grasper with the Agni Cannon which skimmed the Subflight Lifter of the Neo-CGUE.
"Commander, shall we launch?" asked Asuzur over a transmission as Krane judged all the Anti-Mobile Weapon Missiles flying about.
"No, the battlefield is dangerous for units that lack Phase Shift, I want as many units as possible to survive the enemy attacks!" announced Krane as he looked at the Varda before shooting down a missile "call a withdrawal, I will be along shortly!!"
February 26th, 2:30pm; North Africa: Banadiya, Mansion
Krane growled as he walked through the corridors of the mansion while looking out the window at where Andrew was leading Kira and Cagalli out of a car, to bring the enemy here were against the very few rules that war had helped create over many tries and secondary attempts, to get attached to a enemy officer was the biggest 'No-No!' in the history of warfare. However Andrew had insisted upon brining the Strike's Pilot back while Cagalli got changed, how Krane wanted to kidnap Kira at this very moment and…do things however, Krane refused to think about it…it was bad enough that he was a sinner and incest wasn't another thing he wanted to add to his list.
'But I could if I wanted to, couldn't I?" smirked Krane mentally before he headed off while deep in thought about how to take the Archangel and Mu out of the picture.
4:00pm; North Africa: Banadiya, Mansion: Room
"What did the three of you talk about?" questioned Krane as he walked into the room via a side door while Andrew was pouring coffee before offering it to the Commander.
"Only about how useless this war is, this endless cycle of hatred, how you must completely destroy your enemy to survive!" announced Andrew with a shrug as he sat down on a sofa opposite Krane who sat down on another.
"War is necessary, power is necessary, if you have neither then human nature will be forced to change!" announced Krane with a scowl "humans enjoy killing, it is a form of sport for them, fighting in a war is inevitable even for places of peace like the Orb Union!!"
"I…guess your right" sighed Andrew as he sipped his coffee "but we should make every chance we can have to attain peace, right!?"
"True, however, so long as the world isn't unified it will turn out that humanity will continue to rebel against the world and their own true nature!" announced Krane with a smirk "if you have the power and desire to make a change, then stand up and fight! That is how it goes…"
"True…" sighed Andrew and Krane smirked, he expected Andrew to destroy the Archangel this time.
27th February, 11:00pm; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Hanger
"And so once again, you twits fall under my command!" scowled Krane as he stood there with his arms crossed "as for you, Yzak, I want the Strike's pilot brought in so no fatalities!"
"I'm going to kill the Strike pilot!" announced Yzak as he swung a punch at Krane "and you won't stop me!!"
Krane smirked as he gripped Yzak's wrist and flipped him clean over his head without even a flinch, Yzak landed with a crash and Krane simply remained emotionless before turning around and putting a foot on Yzak's chest, Yzak simply glared up at his superior before he actually started to show any form of fear.
"Understand this, if you even touch a hair on the Strike pilot's head then I'll kill you, an atom of him is worth more than a thousand of you!" growled Krane as he turned to walk away.
"You do that and my mother will…" started Yzak except Krane started to laugh.
"I am outside the jurisdiction of the PLANT Supreme Chairman and the Council and if you worry so much then I can tell that she is more loyal to me than family" smirked Krane and Yzak winced as two guards pulled him to his feet "after all, her mind is always on her job, you can spend the day in the brig and cool off"
"That was a little rash, sir" started Dearka but then Krane turned his sight on Dearka causing him to quake.
"Would you rather I killed him!?" questioned Krane annoyed and Dearka shook his head quickly from side-to-side "no? Well go prepare for the operation!"
"Yes sir!" announced Dearka before heading off, these spoilt brats had had it easy under Rau but now they were working for Krane, he would either shape them or break them.
28th February, 1:00pm; Talbadiya Factory District, Battlefield
Krane smirked as he watched the battle developing from his Subflight Lifter as Kira and the Strike destroyed ZAFT Mobile Weapon after ZAFT Mobile Weapon, Krane decided it was time to intervene and so equipped the Subflight back onto the Neo-CGUE's back and glided down to the Strike before drawing his beam sabre and clashing against the Strike's Shield, the Strike jumped back and Krane activated the Reverse-Engineered "Scylla" 580mm multi-phase beam cannon which the shot skimmed the Strike as he glided across the ground out of the way.
"My Lord, the Archangel seems as though its doesn't want to sink, also the Lesseps has been pretty much sunk as well as the Petrie!" announced Asuzur over a transmission and Krane nodded before heading off, Rau had sent a text only transmission to retrieve Duel and Buster which were dunned in the sand, besides…he had seen Andrew heading to the Strike and his victory or defeat would choose Krane's next course of action; irony led to Andrew's defeat.
4:00pm; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Hanger
"You two are a disgrace, a complete useless pair to our forces, the Duel couldn't even stand straight to the pilots incompetence and you Dearka missed the Archangel resulting on the device it was trapped on being destroyed!" seethed Krane as he glared at the two sorry looking soldiers before him "we are ahead of the Archangel at this moment by about a day's worth, I will be dropping you off at Victoria before rearming and turning back, time to take such matters out of children's hands!!"
"We're not…oof!" groaned Yzak as Krane punched him in the stomach causing him to keel over until two guards came over and gripped his arms.
"Another day in the brig, Dearka, your dismissed!" announced Krane before he headed off and Dearka gave Yzak a sad look before heading off themselves, they had had their chance being tutored by the high rank Commander and they had blown it, badly.
29th February, 10:00pm; Victoria, Port
"Begin resupply and get these pieces of dirt out of my site!" growled Krane as he moved to walk away while glaring at Yzak and Dearka.
"Krane, we are replacing the GINN HM Types with the Custom DINN units, as requested Zake and Jake are getting Subflight Lifters for their artillery!" announced the Head Scientist "all GINNs are a to be returned to Kaohsiung to be launched back into space!"
"Very well, continue" nodded Krane before heading off; he had to speak with Rau.
Info - And so Andrew Waltfeld 'dies', very little data there however Krane isn't the type of person to care about Waltfeld as he is only a Jenova Ensign which is the lowest rank in the Dark Celestials, Krane however has had it up over his head when it comes to Yzak and Dearka (please, since when in Gundam Seed do they not act like stupid idiots). Review!!