Chapter 14 – The Fallen Angel
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.
25th November, C.E. 71, 12:14am; Arcadia, Major Meeting Room
"Is everything going according to plan?" asked Krane as he leaned against the desk before him "do we know where Kira is?"
"He is at Orb, Rau is expecting him to be assassinated, he wants Kira to join him" explained soon to be Deity Commander 'Samuel Phillips' "should we do something, Lucifel, hard to tell with all these rumours going about"
"Neither, I now go by the name Lucifer as I fall from the Heaven of Arcadia to the Hell of Neo-Atlantis" explained Krane as he stood there with his black katana with purple writing on it that spelt out: Deus Mortis in Latin or God of Death this eventually did a 180 and pointed towards either Hades or the Devil which this meant that Krane's namesake was the indirect name of the sword "neither of you will do anything, is that understood Alexiel? You too Rosiel!?"
"Of course, your majesty, oh God of Darkness!" announced Cecile with a smile.
"Yeah whatever, everything is prepared for my next mission, whether it is as 'Samuel Phillips', Inorganic Angel Rosiel or as Kale Boonar" announced Samuel/Kale "I am willing to serve!"
"Excellent, your next mission is to act as an ex-Dark Celestial still in my service as a spy for the Clyne Faction, however you will be acting as a double agent!" announced Krane with a smirk "meanwhile, I will be gathering up my allies in the Fallen before leaving for ZAFT, I will leave however I will be leaving a few intentionally behind! Cecile, will you join me!?"
"Of course, if I spend another night near Yomiko, I'll puke!" announced Cecile and Krane smirked at the almighty warrior.
"Very well, I never found out, what are you Katana names?" asked Krane and the two chosen to be Deities smirked.
"Mine is Latin for Cherry Blossom: Prunus" shrugged Cecile with a smirk.
"Mine is Latin for Corpse: Corpus" smirked Kale causing Krane to shrug in none interest.
"I've a meeting with Rashnu, so I'll see the two of you later when we blow our way out of Arcadia!" announced Krane before heading off through the chamber doors before he continued on down the corridor.
1:00pm; Arcadia, Corridor
Krane paced down the corridor as he headed for the meeting point in which he would meet Rashnu, he had to speak to him about Kira, and Rau had promised that he wouldn't use Kira however, when Krane was betraying the Fallen he doubted that someone like Rau would keep their word.
"Lucifel!" announced Rau as he stepped out of a doorway that Krane had just passed.
"Ah, Rashnu, you wanted to see me?" asked Krane as he turned to face the blonde.
"The Council isn't happy about you turning on us a Jachin, they were hoping to be able to fire GENESIS and destroy a large population of humanity on Earth, then the Newtypes would rise up and rule the world!" announced Rau as he looked at his oldest son.
"I have my reasons for turning on the Newtype Elder Council, their plan would have destroyed the Earth as we know it, as you put it: 'the world would burn'" growled Krane as he looked at his father in return "besides, I am tired of answering to the Newtype Council, when it is we of the royals who should lead the Newtypes into a new Era!"
"So, you want to turn against the Council governing body that had been leading the Newtypes in place of the original Royalty, I see" smiled Rau as he thought "it also seems that Christopher is spreading corruption into the council since becoming a Deity, I can see, why you desire to overthrow the council since they are considering of doing away with you"
"But?" asked Krane and Rau smirked.
"They find you too useful to get rid of…yet, after we have the upper hand, they will get rid of you" sighed Rau as he trailed a hand through his hair.
"Hence why I have to leave, right?" asked Krane and Rau smirked in understanding "they are giving me that opportunity, I already have a plan in place, I will not fail!"
"You've been planning this, you expected that the Council would want to finish you and so you planned to escape with those in Squadron, well I won't stop you" chuckled Rau at his child's forecast, even if it was, a few years ahead of its time.
"Thank you, Rau, I guess we may fight again on opposite sides" smiled Krane as he prepared to walk off "however, as an ally, will you help me secretly to escape?"
"Yes, I may not be a Deity yet however, I want to see what dream you desire for the human race" explained Rau and Krane nodded "good day, Lucifer!"
"Good day and goodbye Rashnu" smiled Krane before continuing on to the hanger where he finished preparations.
3:00pm; Arcadia, Private Hanger
Krane smiled as he entered the hanger and looked at the line of SINNs and Providence MKII Prototypes, he would use one of the Providence units, to escape the Fallen homeland.
"Lucifer, all of our forces are almost ready to leave, we have a ZAFT Fleet with the Varda awaiting our arrival!" announced Cecile as she walked forwards.
"Good work, Alexiel" nodded Krane as he walked over to a black Providence MKII.
"Your majesty, I will be heading over to the Clyne Faction, as soon as you and our allies have escaped to ZAFT!" announced Kale as he stepped forwards.
"Thank you, Rosiel" nodded Krane as he pondered "how long until we can leave?"
"An hours time, however, it would be wise to leave at Seven!" announced Cecile as she planned causing Krane to nod "shall we leave at that time, your majesty!?"
"Yes, we'll leave under cover, when it is expected that as many soldiers as possible are asleep" commanded Krane "remain on standby until that time!"
"Yes, your majesty!" saluted both Cecile and Kale in unison.
7:00pm; Outside Arcadia, Battlefield
Krane smirked as he launched in the Providence MKII and headed through the blackness of space towards the meeting point that they had agreed upon, Krane smirked when he felt a familiar Fallen presence that belonged to Christopher Green and began to head towards the Deity Commander's location where he awaited in a SINN, it seemed the annoying Council member wasn't going to let Krane go.
"Krane, you're a traitor to the Fallen, you have no right to face me, you filthy traitor!" yelled Christopher as he launched the SINN's DRAGOONs which spun around the Providence MKII.
"Feeling lucky, you're the traitor and a tyrant, you rule the council and now your going to attempt to kill a Newtype Royal!?" questioned Krane with a yell, as he fired the 'Judicium' Type22 Large Beam Rifle at the SINN which dodged.
"How dare you! You insult the memory of the Newtype Royals, you are traitorous filth, you could never be a Newtype Royal!" yelled Christopher but froze in fear when Krane destroyed all the SINN's DRAGOONs during Christopher's little rant.
"Using such blind emotion, there is no hope for such people, you are therefore expendable!" announced Krane as the Providence MKII launched its DRAGOONs and destroyed the limbs, Subflight Lifter and Railguns of the SINN before the Providence MKII kicked the SINN remains into a nearby asteroid "now, be gone, Christopher!!"
"C…could he really be a Newtype Royal, but they were killed off, does that mean Rau…" winced Christopher as he thought through all the possibilities as he watched the black Providence MKII head off.
20th June, C.E. 72, 3:00pm; Aprilius One: Government Building, Winged Whale Antechamber
"Tell me Chairman Canaver, the essences needed to rule!?" questioned Krane as he stood with the woman who had removed Eliza Joule and had her arrested for war crimes.
"Being able to maintain peace as well as control over the masses!" answered Chairwoman Canaver as she looked at Evidence-No1- while ignoring Krane as well as Gilbert and Rau off to the side.
"What about you Gilbert?" questioned Krane as he turned to the blond and noir haired men "Rau!?"
"The will needed to complete your mission, no matter the sacrifice!" announced Rau with a shrug of his white coat.
"The will needed to make a change in the way the world is eventually worked to attempt to control Destiny itself!" announced Gilbert as he looked Krane straight in the face.
"All interesting choices but no, the reason I find may be the most correct!" announced Krane before even Chairwoman Canaver turned to look at him "power, to control all forms of power also to be able to destroy and/or subjugate all before you…to have the will and power therefore to destroy the world and recreate it anew!!"
"It must be a matter of opinion then!" smirked Rau as he moved to walk away.
"Also, that is the reason why I want the Dark Celestials reborn, ZAFT is made to look weak compared to the OMNI Enforcers since they enlisted Phantom Pain!" announced Krane as he turned to face Canaver who shook her head "and why not!?"
"Because, your forces are too drastic in your missions, I understand that you want the Dark Celestials to be reborn in higher numbers however we both know that at this present in time you are still gathering forces to yourself" announced Canaver with a scowl "the Dark Celestials will therefore be committing Shadow Operations rather than be a part of the ZAFT Military's centre of Command, you have to understand that a strong army is no longer needed as we have now entered a time of peace, possibly that will last for a long time yet to come"
"It won't last, my forecasts predict that OMNI will make a move in the next year and then everything will collapse, if we are not ready then the entire of ZAFT will fall to Blue Cosmos" muttered Krane with a snarl but Canaver seemed hardly to care.
"Then we will fall, if you are right then I will admit to the council that you were wrong regardless of if I am still in office or if I am not, regardless you and your Dark celestials can do as you wish so long as you don't reveal yourself as the epicentre of the ZAFT Military!" announced Canaver and Krane snarled "you are the ZAFT High Supreme Commander and you are allowed to recruit more who are worthy also to the rank of Supreme Commander, we have given you power beyond your wildest dreams, don't you accept that?"
"I accept that you are weak, Chairwoman, you are not willing to do the necessity to make sure that we survive" scowled Krane as he stepped away before turning and walking away down the corridor but was stopped by a hand.
"If I have your vote, then I could possibly become the head of the PLANT Supreme Council and then I would agree to using the resources that fled from Orb in production of even stronger forces, eventually I will even pass the bill for your Dark Celestials to be reborn stronger than ever" announced Gilbert Durandal who owned the hand "so, what will it be, do I have your vote!?"
"Very well, I need the Dark Celestials to become the Head of the ZAFT Military Again, how dare she put all of our elites in a Shadow Military movement" scowled Krane as he continued on walking.
10th September, 11:00am; Antarctica: near Frostfang, on route to Fallen Training Facility
"Well at least someone is keeping up" smiled Vega as he turned to the Newtype Soldier beside him.
"Yeah, well I'm a Spacenoid too" smiled the Soldier as he turned his head to talk to Vega.
"From where!?" asked Vega and the Soldier smiled.
"Arcadia" smiled the Soldier and stepped forwards when Vega laughed "what!? You know Arcadia, have you been there!?"
"I haven't, but there is a major Newtype Base there, right!? A large base a distance from the Earth or Neo-Atlantis usually means…" started Vega.
"Nothing else out there!" both of them said in unison and then broke down laughing.
"Hey Zake! Both me and…" started Vega but the Solider cut in.
"Liam" smiled the Solider as he pulled off his piloting helmet causing Vega to take in a gasp of air.
"Both Liam and I, we're both backwater experts!" smirked Vega before walking on with a grinning Liam following.
"Good, keep going then" announced Zake as he shouted after them.
30th September, 9:00pm; Aprilius One: Government Building, Krane's Office
"You turned on the Fallen, good Lord, you have guts" smirked Asuzur as he leaned against the desk "Zake and his little team are observing the Fallen Training area, Kale has disappeared and Cecile is backing your building of her own Eternal-Class Battleship to replicate the Fallen's Avenger project, also Gilbert is pushing in the Council for we to be able to use more powers in the military"
"Very good, what news on the ZAKU II Project, may I ask?" questioned Krane and Asuzur trailed a hand through his hair.
"We should begin Mass Production for the Dark Celestials in about half a year's time, we have confirmation that the Fallen will be using the SINNs and the Mass Produced Providence MKII for their military operations, they will not be able to stand against our ZAKU II units!" announced Asuzur as he pressed a button on a terminal and the schematics of four Mobile Suites appeared.
"The Celestial Gundam Project in underway, soon we of the Dark Celestials will have your own Gundams, not the flimsy units that Gilbert is designing either" smirked the Head Scientist as he sipped tea "I believe Gilbert's project was Gaia, Chaos, Abyss, Impulse, Saviour and the Minerva"
"If you must know it was I who funded the Minerva's production, once built we can use it as a test bed for our future Minerva-Class Frigate designs and our limited production Minerva-Class Battleships" muttered Krane as he called up the ship's schematics before looking at the Varda's design "what happened to the Seven Angels?"
"The ship is under lock and Key by the Fallen at L4, it is out of our grasp at the moment, but you can make it up to me by building me a Minerva-Class Battleship" smirked Asuzur and Krane shrugged.
5th October, 8:00pm: Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Bridge
"Kira has joined the Fallen, you know!" announced Gilbert over a real-time transmission between the PLANTs and the empty bridge of the Varda.
"And I heard you became Chairman, Congratulations!!" announced Krane as he smiled neutrally.
"Indeed, the Destiny Plan is certainly possible now, but I want to know something…" smirked PLANTs Supreme Chairman Gilbert Durandal from the Varda's main screen.
"What is it, Gil!?" questioned Krane like a child, however both sides of the transmission knew that child had died the day the ZAFT Prodigy: Krane Yamato the Dark Commander, had been born.
"What type of Destiny are you trying to shape!?" questioned Gil and Krane made a face; it was always like Gilly to think of one thing: Destiny.
"If you're talking about the dream I want to pursue: Imperialism, I want the known world to become an Empire where all human beings, both Natural and Coordinators, can awaken as Newtypes!" announced Krane "after all, some naturals have naturally evolved into Newtypes on their own, but it's only a dream"
"Odd, considering that you wanted to create this world however you say that it is only a dream, your beginning to undermine yourself!?" pondered Gil suspicious as he concentrated on the High Supreme Commander and wondered if the young Newtype Prince was lying, that would be difficult to find out considering that Krane's emotions were like a closed book to even Rau Le Creuset at times.
"Think what you want, I have work to do, when you see Kira give him the High Supreme Commander's regards!" announced Krane before he signed off then he continued to think aloud to himself when Gilbert couldn't hear "your should have kept that dream of yours under the hood, Gilbert, who knows how many would fight tooth and nail against it!!"
18th May, 5½ months before the Armoury One Incident, 12:00pm; Mendel-Type Lab Colony, Walkway
Bullets sizzled through the air as Krane walked through the lab's main corridor, he wore a crimson leather shirt that was bullet proof and a loose black jacket that billowed behind him like a storm cloud, his black combat boots came up above his knees and had a slight heel to increase traction, ironically this was Krane's favourite attire after what happened at the Failed Ultimate Coordinator massacre at the original Mendel, the place where he had killed his birth father: Ulen Hibiki.
"Everything is under control, what should we do with this lab, the press are going to ask questions!?" announced Zake as he stood outside the lab control room.
"We will move the Colony closer to Meteor City's location, we will announce that it was being used as an Extended creating facility but by who is unknown, Gilbert will have difficulty countering this without revealing himself as…" started Krane however a soldier interrupted much to Krane's annoyance.
"Forgive me, Commander, but we have a living test subject in cell block 5!" announced the soldier who wore a Black FAITH badge that marked that they were either members of the Supreme Commanders squads or a soldier in the Dark Celestials.
Within the next moment Krane had projected both a new path to walk on as well as his growing Newtype powers to concentrate on in the told direction, he quickly paced in the direction given before breaking into a full out sprint, soldiers stared surprised as he passed and some even saluted. Krane was glad that he had reached the subject storing level before either Zake or Asuzur; he opened the door to find two soldiers standing around a cell noted as number 5 with a third in commander's uniform which was now stained red which caused Krane to walk faster to the area outside the site of the scared but determined Newtype pressure.
"What is going on!?" questioned Asuzur as he also entered not long afterwards.
"It is something that Krane has taken priority over!" answered Zack simply as he also entered the room; he could sense his brother also making his way in their general direction.
"My Lord, that child…killed our captain!" announced a soldier who continued to stand there still stunned and surprised.
"I can see that, do we know what the specimen was used for, who in our files does he resemble!?" questioned Krane as he looked at the two guards.
"Confirmation, Shinn Asuka, however our allies at the PLANTs have located a Shinn Asuka training under the command of Sacred Commander Krane Yamato, so we have 90% confirmation that this is not the same person!" muttered a soldier as he began to get over his shock.
Ignoring their following pleas Krane entered into the cell and kneeled beside the child who looked only 16 years old, Krane from then on kept sending words of comfort to the boy in hopes that he would calm down long enough for Krane to get him out of there without making the guards go berserk in the event but his Newtype connection held strong as he continued with the metal probing, the child soon gave into the warmth that Krane was offering and fell to sleep almost immediately however the child still tensed as Krane lifted him up into his arms.
"Orders, my lord!?" questioned one of the soldiers as Krane exited with the child.
"Prepare the Varda for my arrival with…Shane, I will be heading along soon, I want this placed occupied and cleaned up by then!" commanded Krane as he walked away with Shane in his arms.
19th May, 1:00am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Medical Wing
"The DNA Structure of this child is amazing, he is defiantly a Newtype but also he carries different genes yet the same birth structure of Rau Le Creuset and Rey Za Burrel, it may be possible that he was replicated from a Atlantian descendent!" announced the Head Scientist as he walked into the black corridor like rooms that were marked out along the opposite side of the medical level, they were used by commanders to spy on some subjects but usually injured enemies were more of a concern.
"I see, I would like to take him under my wing, he is a Newtype and therefore he will be useful for our goals" announced Krane as he looked at the sleeping milk skinned teen through the blackened glass where he could not be seen from the patient's side.
"You like him don't you, you see yourself within his shoes, also there is something you may find interesting" announced the Head Scientist "it seems that two drugs were created to turn people into Ultimate and Perfect Coordinators, we know that the Ultimate type was used during a recent medical exam on the PLANTs however is a weak strand that cannot stand fully against one that has been an Ultimate Coordinator from birth, the other was recently given to the boy you see before you making him a Perfect Coordinator and allowing you to not lead a life of loneliness!"
"Good, and who do you expect received the Ultimate drug, let me guess…" smirked Krane before the Head Scientist and he faced each other with insane smirks.
"Shinn Asuka!" they both announced at the same time followed by a chuckle, what humour this was, Krane finds Shane while Kira recently begins to train Shinn Asuka.
"It seems Gilbert took a liking to the kid, he had Newtype potentials during his 1st Medical test and therefore Gilbert observed him until he called young Shinn in for a second, you can guess he was told some crap about vitamin boosters while he was given the Ultimate Coordination Drug!" announced the Head Scientist "the boy after all has become an Ace of late, some of course to Kira's training, however he is evolving a lot faster than a normal Coordinator which he wouldn't have done before that second Medical Test! Also it seems that our scientists took a liking to the young man and relieved themselves, he isn't supposed to exist so raping him wouldn't cause the scientists any problem, to make matters worse the boy has the Asuka Empathy making him able to sense the emotions of others which is worsened through touch!"
"I agree with you that it is possible, I will take Shane back to my room and take care of him in this fragile state, is he healthy enough to be moved!?" questioned Krane as he looked at the Head Scientist who nodded.
Krane decided as he picked up Shane that he would give the younger the small single bed in his office for him to stay at, besides he wanted to keep the young Newtype close to him to decrease the risk to his life, once Krane arrived in his office he pulled off the hospital gown before placing the boxers wearing Shane into the small bed before heading over with anger to his desk so that he could lecture Gilbert on what had happened.
9:00am; Pre-Minerva-Class Heavy Battleship: Varda, Mess Hall
Krane walked into the Mess Hall and sighed when he saw a few of his officers surrounding the new Shane Asuka who crouched defensively in the corner, sighing he crossed over towards the little gathering and Antony moved to follow as the two crossed, Krane 'Ahemed' and the small circle split down the middle to allow Krane passage into the centre.
"Ah, Shane, I see that your awake" smiled Krane as he stretched his hand out to the boy who took it carefully causing Krane to chuckle with a roll of his eyes "no biting or snarling now, trust me, Zake scared me for life with that"
"Who are you?" asked Shane as he sat down beside Krane and winced from the pain in his rear end.
"I'm Krane Hibiki, I am sorry about what those scientists did to you, but you can be assured that I won't let anything like that happen to you ever again" smiled Krane as he cupped Shane's cheek and was surprised when Shane kissed his wrist, Antony meanwhile was fuming before the marched out of the room.
2nd September C.E. 73, 1:45pm; Fleet HQ, Meeting Room
"Lord Lucifer, what news do you have on the Fallen, they aren't going to wait forever before 'purifying' the world?" asked Asuzur and Krane smirked.
"I want to observe them for a little while longer, Amy, that's all" shrugged Krane as he turned to Asuzur before turning to the Head Scientist "meanwhile, the Celestial Gundam project, how long until it is underway, Andras?"
"We are and will be having problems with some of the weapons, however, the project should go ahead as scheduled" explained the Head Scientist and Krane nodded "the main problems is the physics behind the Despair's Eclipse Cannon and the 'Reaper' Gamma Cannon however, the problem is only temporary, we will cure the problems in due time as our research fields grow"
"Very well, then I would like you to meet our newest members" smirked Krane as he looked towards the new comers who were Cecile and Shane "this is Cecile Boonar as you know who is known as the Fallen Organic Angel Alexiel, she is searching for her brother: Fallen Inorganic Angel Rosiel, this however is Shane Asuka and is known as Samael…my Angel of Death and has the ability to become a Hell Hound!"
"Welcome" nodded Asuzur before turning back to the table as Krane and Shane walked out.
"So, where has Antony gone!?" questioned Shane and Krane scowled as he thought.
"He probably has gone off in jealousy at the fact I want you around more than I do him, ah Vega, how was you day?" asked Krane as Krane's oldest son walked over with a smile.
"Ah, Shane, are you becoming my new father?" questioned Vega and Shane gave a look of disbelief while Krane chuckled "as for my day, dad, it went amazing as I tested the new Ash Prototype unit!"
"Very good, Shane may be joining our family as he so wishes however I have a mission to the both of you, Shane is to go to Meteor City and observe the gathering of our forces while Vega is to go to the training facility I have set up at L6, it is time you became a Cyber-Newtype" smiled Krane and the two saluted before heading off in different direction, Krane couldn't help but smile as his lover and oldest headed off to do their missions.
Info – And that is the end, which is where Dark Destiny as well as the Krane and the Dark Celestials series carries off, now you know how Krane acted as the turning point for Kira…if you haven't guessed it is because of Krane's presence that Kira gradually awoke as a Newtype! Review!!