Chapter 13 – LOVELESS – Lucifer's Edition
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. There will be other things in this and future chapters that also don't belong to me, quotes, can one guess what book it's from.
5:00pm; Jachin Due: Central Block, Briefing Room
"Lord Krane, when will those Natural Scum make a move, it is time we destroy them for what they have done!" yelled a ZAFT Solider as Krane simply nodded before entering the Briefing Room which was filled by Dark Celestial Valkyrie Commanders.
"As you know, my comrades, we are under attack by the OMNI Enforcers who in their green and jealousy have decided that we are obsolete" announced Krane as he paced back and forth through the lines of Valkyrie Commanders "your superiors understand this and it is up to you to make sure that your teams know why we are fighting this battle, dismissed, except for you! Name!?"
"Heine Westenfluss, Sir, your Lord Lucifel" bowed Heine as he looked upon the Messiah of Newtypes with awe.
"I had heard Heine that you had been placed into the defence of Jachin Due with your team working further out, I want you to be sure that no entity can get near Jachin without having a white flag, understand!?" commanded Krane and Heine saluted before heading out of the meeting room.
"Krane, I will confront Le Creuset, leave that blond bastard to me!" announced Cecile as she ran out of the room while Krane sighed obviously as Antony came in with his usual grin at the thought of being able to hunt down some Naturals so long as it were on the fields of battle.
"I hope that Cecile can do it, Rau deserves an ass whooping for years since he nudged himself into being the top brass of ZAFT Commanders, he only did so by his usage of having Newtype potential" scowled Antony as he crossed over to Krane which the older nodded boringly "so, what to do?"
"We will launch in our Mobile Suites and launch an attack on the enemy forces before they get near Jachin's first defence line, it is for the best if our forces crush the Naturals here today, at the same time we have to make sure that GENESIS doesn't fire down at Earth!" announced Krane with a growl as he left the room and headed towards the hangers with Antony not far behind "tough job, I know, but it is necessary!"
5:30pm; Jachin Due: Generator Complex, Walkway
Rau gave a laugh as he continued through the corridor with a snicker as he constantly remembered why he had even been in this district to begin with, he had wired Jachin Due's self-destruction and when Jachin began Auto-Purge then GENESIS would fire its blast of energy down and encase the Earth in fire, then the battles would begin all over again with OMNI launching more Nuclear attacks at the PLANTs and ZAFT would continue to retaliate with the rewired GENESIS until both sides perished with the Earth in the middle.
"Going somewhere, Rau?" questioned Cecile at a whisper who was leaning on the metal handheld railing that made up the walkway with a button in her hand, she pressed the button and the bulkhead behind her slammed shut and sealed as did the one that Rau had recently walked through, once that was done it was Cecile who stood straight with her palm on her Katana.
"Cecile, you're in my way, care to explain why!?" asked Rau with a raised eyebrow but got defensive when Cecile drew her Katana which glowed a pink colour in the light as was her Katana's name: Prunus or Cherry Blossom in simple English.
"I've come to stop your plan, Rau Le Creuset, do you know the harm that GENESIS can do to the Earth!?" yelled Cecile and Rau gave a chuckle as he swiftly drew his Katana like a snake and sped across the walkway to slice at Cecile who flipped our him and kicked him in the back of the head.
"I don't and neither do I care" sneered Rau as he got defensive.
"Your impossible" scowled Cecile as she slashed at the blond haired Commander with such speed and strength that Rau had to push on the blunt side of his Katana to stop himself go flying backwards and lower his guard "your nothing more than a self-centred Jerk!"
"Aww, I'm hurt, Cecile!" sneered Rau as he slashed at Cecile's midsection but missed as Cecile jumped up and landed on the blunt side of his blade and Rau kept his blade at arm's length as Cecile stabbed down at him.
"Oh, please, but I can wait Rau" countered Cecile as she flipped across the walkway and landed on her feet "you're a defective clone, therefore the Newtype Curse will affect you at a much faster rate than it does to the rest of our kind and I am effected a lot less since I am a Spacenoid, how long until the last dose wears off Rau?"
"Snobby bitch" scowled Rau and Cecile answered with a laugh.
"At least I'm not that Japo Bitch" countered Cecile with a giggle before she drew her Beretta from her uniform "but why wait for your death, why dirty my hands with your blood, why don't I shoot you and watch you drown in your own blood!?"
"And I though you loved me Cecile" sighed Rau and Cecile scowled at the blond haired clone "or are you jealous of Yomiko!?"
"Tch, don't try and sweet talk your way out of this, Rau" spat Cecile as she aimed the gun without even a twitch "you brought this on yourself, even Gilbert knows that your insane by now, you should just…"
Before Cecile could finish the bulkhead that Rau had been heading to which Rau's back was now facing blew in on itself and Yomiko, Yuan, Sergei and Thomas ran in firing their Glocks which caused Cecile to snarl. Cecile quickly jumped off the walkway an over to an opening in the wall which was a maintenance doorway that led to a corridor, Cecile snarled up at Rau but what made Rau's blood run cold was who was standing beside her, Kale stood there with a dark grin and a missile launcher pointed that the walkway bridge; Kale waved with one hand while the other fired the missile. Rau ran as fast as he could up the walkway as the missile impacted and the bridge fell downwards, the missile had skimmed the bridge which had caused the collapse before carrying on to the plasma stabiliser on the opposite side of the chamber which exploded causing all the plasma to rush upwards, Rau heard the screeching laughs of Cecile and Kale as their bulkhead slammed shut and before Rau skidded behind a secondary bulkhead that closed before the plasma reached them.
27th September, 9:00am; Jachin Due: Suite areas, Pre-launch relaxation Suites
"Oddly enough, Kale and Cecile tried to kill me yesterday, would you happen to know why, Krane?" asked Rau but noticed that Krane wasn't paying attention as he hummed a song to himself "Krane!"
"What!?" asked Krane and Rau shuddered before moving on to more important matters.
"Regardless, GENESIS has been activated and OMNI have Nukes, isn't this wonderful, the Fallen are on their way to victory!" announced Rau with a childish laugh however 17 year old Krane Hibiki scowled "what's the matter Krane?"
"Are you sure that we're doing the right thing, destroying the Living Beings on the Earth, I mean?" questioned Krane and Rau lifted an eyebrow questioningly.
"It is a shame that so many have to be sacrificed, however as you know, there is no choice" smirked Rau cruelly as he stood and walked out, Krane glared after Rau before closing his eyes in thought, he next slammed them open and marched out of the room in all hate.
1:00pm; Varda; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, main hanger
"My Lord, your Black Providence is ready, it is equipped with a boosted form of Thermo Whip you have been using under the shield in which we are experimenting which we call a Heat rod" announced the Head Scientist with a grin "who is the target may I ask!?"
"Patrick Zala and his loyalists, Lacus Clyne and the Three Ships Alliance however our main enemy is Rau Le Creuset and GENESIS which we need to capture!!" announced Krane as he gave out his Commands "have Asuzur Launch as well as the Dark Celestials' personalised GINNs and GuAIZ, I'll need you on standby, have Goud Command the Varda while I am in battle!!"
"Yes, my Lord!" nodded the Head Scientist with a smile before Krane headed towards the cockpit of the Black Providence which was soon loaded onto the Launch Catapult and from there launched into the blackness of Jachin Due's battlefield.
2:00pm; Outside Jachin Due, Battlefield
"Come on Kira, you can do better that that, actually try to awaken that other side of you!" laughed Krane as he fired his MA-M20 "Lupus" high-energy beam rifle which in turn the Freedom also fired its own, the two green beams met in the middle and were diffused immediately.
"Shut up!" yelled Kira and Krane laughed as he pointed his DRAGOONs forwards before opening a barrage which the Freedom dodged as Krane also dodged the M100 "Balaena" plasma beam cannons and MMI-M15 "Xiphias" railguns of the Freedom.
"Not bad, but for now I have a place to be, goodbye my childhood friend!!" smirked Krane as he disengaged and headed in the direction that he sensed Rau fighting near, but not smirking at the confusion Kira had from their conversation only five minutes before.
"Get out of my way!" screamed Krane as he fired his DRAGOONs around the main body of the OMNI Wing of Mobile Suites, Krane smirked as he fired the MA-M20 "Lupus" high-energy beam rifle at original Providence causing Rau to dodge the incoming shot.
"Krane!?" screamed Rau and Krane chuckled like a child as he fired his beam rifle again.
"Sorry, daddy, but I want to fight over the end of the world!" smirked Krane as he launched his DRAGOONs at the Providence and almost caught the Silver Gundam in a beam net if one of his DRAGOONs hadn't been shot down by one of Rau's DRAGOONs.
"So I take it that this is your final decision? You really are against the plan?" questioned Rau and Krane scowled as he charged forwards with his shield beam saber activated and clashed before the two separated.
"What plan, Genocide, the complete inhabitable recreation of the Earth" scowled Krane as he dodged the Silver Gundam's DRAGOONs "No, Rau, I will not allow you to destroy the blue and green gem in which we all desire!"
"Actually, Krane now that I see it, you might as well go and support your precious Flagship it seems to be in quite a pickle going up against all those Nazca-Classes not to mention the Kusanagi and the Eternal!" laughed Rau as he recalled his DRAGOONs and jetted off in the direction of the Archangel while Krane instead headed back to the Varda.
"Bastard!" scowled Krane as he arrived back at the Varda, he only just had time to launch his DRAGOONs and have them flying behind his Providence as he moved to face the Varda, this in turn sacrificed the DRAGOONs and protected the Varda from the Kusanagi's Positron Cannon.
"Krane, we're here, what are your orders!?" questioned Cecile over the transmission and Krane actually then opened a transmission to all ZAFT Forces in the area as Cecile's Pink Nazca-Class led a Dark Celestials' Fleet of Black and Red Nazca-Classes into the battle area.
"Attention all ZAFT Forces, this is ZAFT Supreme Commander Krane Hibiki, reorganize the Defense Fleets and abandon Jachin Due in favor of defending the PLANTs!!" commanded Krane who cried out as some of the energy from the Positron Shot slipped through and damaged his unit sending shrapnel into his back creating a long and bloody wound, Krane quickly cut off the transmission and downloaded all the data in the Black Providence before opening the cockpit hatch and sending a last Command to the remaining DRAGOONs, one succeeded in destroying the Kusanagi's Lohengrin and Krane typed in the self-destruct code before kicking off from the inside of the Black Providence and floating towards a open hatch on the Varda.
The Nuclear Explosion sent the Varda with Krane aboard rocking away from the combat area which the large ship followed by activating its remaining booster engines and moved away with all haste, its commander was injured and could only of course stubbornly command from the rear of their forces now much to Krane's and the doctor's annoyance, the battle ended without a victory for the Dark Celestials but instead brought peace to the world…
2nd October, 10:00am; Aprilius One: VIP Area, Private Hospital
"Daddy!" announced a voice and Vega ran into the room with a big grin on his face as he looked at his adopted father "how are you feeling today!?"
"A lot better, I should be able to leave soon, how is the ZAFT Academy!?" questioned Krane with a smile as he looked at his son.
"It's okay, I met a new friend in there, when your home can I bring him to visit?" questioned Vega who was biting his lower lip and Krane simply nodded while acting giddy.
"I'll be out in a few days, that I promise" smiled Krane as he rested his head and though about his brother: Kira Yamato before remembering the LOVELESS Book Version written by Lucifer himself and then he decided that is who he had to become "Dreams of the morrow hath shattered soul, Pride is Lost. Wings stripped away, the end is nigh, such is...the fate of a monster"
Info – And so that is the end of the battles, in Mobile Suites anyway, next Krane will be meeting Shane except that it will be more drawn out than it previously was and it will explain why the two have such a fierce hatred at the world. Review!!