Gundam Seed: Killer's Realm

by Knightmare Gundam of Ni

What would the Cosmic Era be like if the kind, positive, and idealistic Kira was instead a Killer who sheltered a cold and realistic worldview under his kind mask? Alternate Universe Fanfiction with new Mecha and some Original Characters. DEADFIC

2. Phase 01: Killer's Augury

Gundam Seed: Killer's Realm

Phase 01: Killer's Augury

What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet. - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior. - Logan Pearsall Smith

Cosmic Era. It began with the end of the Third World War, also called the Reconstruction War. It ravaged the nations of Earth, eroding national boundaries and creating new ones. Entire cities are annihilated overnight, and over a continent's worth of humanity are extinguished.

Over time, an accord is reached, and new nations rise out of the ashes. Construction focus turns from weapons and engines of war to space colonies and merchant ships. An expedition is made to Jupiter, led by the war hero George Glenn, a man of inhuman skill.

On the outset of his journey, Glenn broadcast a message to the entirety of Earth. It detailed exactly what he was. He was a Coordinator, a human genetically altered in the womb for greater capacity for physical and intellectual ability. The revelation sent the entirety of humanity abuzz. With this broadcast, Glenn had also transmitted the procedures to make other Coordinators. Within the year, parents were visiting doctors to have their children altered. Religious leaders met, unable to come to conclusions regarding their stance. An environmental group called Blue Cosmos declared against Coordinators and their supporters, and an international committee declared the creation of Coordinators illegal. When Glenn returned, though, he brought an alien fossil. Investigators declared it real, undermining the religious opposition to genetic modifications. With the opposition toppled, the creation of Coordinators was made legal, and their numbers increased exponentially.

Glenn created a new model of colonies, to be made at Lagrange 5. These PLANTS were made to be dependent on their sponsor nations, and were unable to produce food. This was against Glenn's expectations. In C.E. 50, the main leaders of the PLANTS, Siegel Clyne and Patrick Zala, created the Zodiac Alliance, working to lift the restrictions against the PLANTS. Glenn discovers this, and joins them. Three years later though, he was assassinated. Using him as a martyr, Zala pushes too fast, antagonizing the sponsor nations. When an outbreak of a mutant strain of influenza occurs on Earth, he is accused of having engineered it. Then it is discovered that he was pushing the production of a new weapon, called a mobile suit, to counter the mobile armors used by the terrestrial nations.

Tempers are inflamed, and numerous skirmishes break out. The Atlantic Federation, former geographic United States and United Kingdom, announces the creation of an Earth Alliance with the Eurasian Federation, forcing the United States of South America to join. The EA's military, the Oppose Militancy and Neutralize Invasion Enforcer (OMNI Enforcer) sends a fleet to pacify the PLANTS in C.E. 59. The PLANTS newly made armed forces, the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty (ZAFT) responds with its own fleet of advanced battleships, and new weapon, the ZAFT Approved Mobile Suit (ZAMS). They decimate the fleet, the ZAMS and their Coordinator pilots outmaneuvering the mobile armors at every turn. Stubborn, the Earth Alliance sends its new type of capital ships, the Berial-class Mobile Fortresses. The war escalates, with major battles occurring around the position of each Berial, taking ZAFT five years to fight past the stubborn battle groups that fought alongside the behemoths.

However, even the brute force of the Berials couldn't halt the advance of ZAFT, especially when the ZONGS (ZAFT Original Networked General-purpose Suit) was introduced to its elite forces, the ZAFT Reds. The combined fleets of ZAFT finally broke through the line of five Berials on February 5, C.E. 64, claiming portions of the Moon as its own.

When ZAFT assaults the terrestrial-aligned lunar bases, OMNI sacrifices thousands of its own soldiers with a microwave self-destruct system to decimate the ZAFT fleets. Then OMNI initiates a suicide attack on the PLANTS with nuclear weapons, succeeding in destroying the farming colony Junius Seven on February 14, 64 C.E., the 'Bloody Valentine'. With the population enraged by this sudden and devastating assault, the enlistment rate in the PLANTS climb, the Coordinator-dominated colonies advancing quickly, improving the designs of the ZAMS and ZONGS, creating new battleships, and developing ever-changing strategies.

On April 1, C.E. 65, ZAFT fights its way past OMNI's orbiting defense stations, dropping new weapons onto the Earth. The weapons, Neutron Jammers, bury themselves deep into the Earth's crust, and began ceasing any nuclear fission reactions on Earth and in Earth Orbit. The PLANTS remain mostly unaffected, their photovoltaic energy collectors supplying far more than enough energy. On Earth, however, chaos reigns. ZAFT uses this to create a foothold on Earth, capturing swathes of land. With the majority of the Earth Alliance's defensive emplacements knocked out, ZAFT focuses on enhancing the defenses of its bases on Earth, as well as that of its PLANTS. Over the years, numerous battles rage as each side goads the other into developing more advanced weapons, recruiting more soldiers. Unknown to them, they had already created perhaps the deadliest weapon imaginable.

– The Killer and The Madman –

Lagrange 3, Heliopolis Colony, Technical College Campus.
January 25, 71 C.E
3:47 P.M. Orb Time

"KIRA!" The shout sounded right next to his ear, causing the teenager to jump up, before falling, almost flat on his face. Thankfully, his reflexes brought his hands up in time to stop the weight of his head from smashing his nose flat into the concrete. Looking up, Kira saw Tolle Koenig and Miriallia Haw, two of his classmates. Tolle was just about the same height as Kira, had blue eyes and brown, messy hair that looked like a malformed bush. He wore blue sneakers, grey-blue pants, a blue undershirt and a white-ish overshirt. Miriallia, on the other hand, was a few centimeters shorter than Tolle, had light brown hair with the back sticking out towards the sides, and sea-green eyes. She wore an orange dress colored white around the bodice, with wrist length sleeves and bare shoulders, and brown shoes with white knee-socks. Kira himself was dressed in a dark blue shirt and light blue jeans and brown shoes.

"What's with the rude awakening?" the programming student groaned. Getting up, he saw a bird in the sky, wings flapping as it flew high above his head. A second later, the avian dove down towards him, before flaring its wings, flapping a few times as it landed on his shoulder. Smiling slightly, Kira stroked the green and yellow 'Birdy', the robot impressively simulating a real bird.

"The professor wants you to go over the OS again." Miriallia replied, grinning as Kira groaned.

"I've gone over it a dozen times! What does he want me to do?"

"I heard Sai talking about some problems with the pseudo-nervous system links and the polymer electric charge controller." Tolle supplied. "Also, I think some idiot rewrote the AMBAC System, and a bug's been causing the simulator to crash."

Even as they spoke, all three knew it was just an act. Kira, quite simply, wouldn't refuse. At heart, despite his classic complaining teenager mask, he was a push-over. Well, as far as they knew. He had shown up a year previous to enroll, with nothing but a suitcase of clothing, a backpack, and that strange bird robot. After showing his qualifications, the college faculty had tripped over each other getting him in. Within weeks of his arrival, Kira had acquired a reputation as the best programmer on the colony. Heck, maybe in the entirety of Earth and Earth Orbit.

"Alright, I might as well look at it again." Turning to the laptop he'd been working on, Kira quickly activated its security protocols, locked it down tight, and picked it up. "You coming Jack?"

The teenager that had been resting fitfully across from the picnic table Kira had been sitting at lazily opened one eye, before yawning and stretching out his limbs. His pitch-black hair was a mess, almost like he'd just gotten out of bed sleeping on his face, and he had tanned skin, as though he spent most of his time in a the sun. When he opened his eyes, they were revealed to be jet-black with hints of silver-grey. He was dressed in a camouflage T-shirt with a black jacket over it, along with black jeans and boots. Across the T-shirt's chest was written in bright white letters: Shhhh. I'm hiding from the voices.

"I'm coming, I'm coming. Sheesh, don't get your panties in a twist." Kira frowned at Jack's reply. Despite his age and seeming immaturity, Jack Kagizaki was one of the most intelligent people Kira knew. Majoring in robotics, Jack had immediately drawn up plausible designs of the ZAMS and ZONG mobile suits ZAFT used so far, commenting on their weaknesses and strengths. He'd also scathingly derided the Earth Alliance's current mobile armors, pointing out their glaring flaws as well as easy and cheap ways to minimize or eliminate them.

Jack was also one of the few people who actually knew who Kira was.

"Five years, five years of me helping you and you can't even let me rest for….five hours." the designer complained, waving his hands around in general gestures of incredulity. "How many times have I pulled your hind end out of the figurative – and in some cases, literal – fire? Huh?" Kira expertly tuned out Jack, rushing after Tolle and Miriallia, knowing that Jack would follow him, muttering all the way.

- The Gang -

Sai and Kuzzey looked up as Tolle and Miriallia came through the door. Grinning, they stepped to the side as Kira came through, Jack on his heels, looking a bit sheepish.

"Sorry for being late." He said, setting his laptop down on a desk as Birdy hopped down. He took a step towards his terminal, and then noticed the person standing next to the door. Said individual was dressed rather inconspicuously with dark blue hat and jacket and tan pants. Curious, Kira bent down a little and peered under the hat. What he saw practically made his heart stop. Cagalli? His twin sister looked a bit sheepishly at him, shifting uncomfortably as she pretended not to know him. Glaring, Kira withdrew, assuming a confused mask as he continued to his computer. Before going to his own terminal, Jack inconspicuously leaned close to put his ear near Kira's mouth. "It's Cagalli," Kira hissed. His own face paler now, Jack rushed to the computer assigned to him. If Cagalli's here…there can't be anything good happening back at Orb… Both Jack and Kira eyed Cagalli nervously, watching as she tried a door.

– The Redcoats –

Heliopolis Colony, Outer Hull

The team of infiltrators moved slowly towards the entrance, small puffs of air from their propulsion packs (Jet-pack is so 1950s) maneuvering them just so. As their feet touched the metal hull, their leader, one of six red-suited soldiers, knelt next to the hatch. Opening the access panel, he punched in a series of numbers given to him by the commander, opening the hatch. Within was a long corridor, seemingly empty. To the visor-altered view of the intruders though, it was filled with infrared lasers, probably attached to numerous security systems and maybe even traps.

The apparent leader started through the hallway first, timing his entrance perfectly. At once, all the lasers switched off. Shaking his head, Athrun propelled himself down the hallway, Yzak, Dearka, Nicol, Rusty, and the rest following. Commander Le Creuset was scary. The team moved through the hallway, splitting up at designated points, fanning over the system. Surprisingly, this network of hallways also doubled as the colony's air conditioning system, and by following a blueprint, each of the groups was able to find their targets.

They worked quickly, the Reds and a few Greens grouping near the upper hanger, with the rest placing charges in the lower hanger and the power facilities. Athrun signaled to Yzak, motioning. Yzak, Dearka and Nicol would take the three outside, while Athrun, Rusty and Eric would take the three inside the hanger. With one final signal, they moved out.

- The Captain -

Morgenroete Facility

Lieutenant Murrue Ramius could have, if she were inclined to, railed at the technicians for the slow pace. However, it really wasn't their fault it was taking so long to get the G Units moving. For some reason, there had been various difficulties with the transport equipment. Something with the control programs…..or so they told her.

"Bill, hurry up! We need to get the G-Units out of here!" She shouted.

"Ugh. What's the rush? It's not like ZAFT knows we're h-" Billy was interrupted by a loud explosion. Startled, he fell off the crane he was fixing, as the hanger began to shake.

- The Ace -

Heliopolis, Surrounding Space

"Damn!" Lieutenant Mu La Flaga swore, moving his Moebius Zero through a hail of bullets. The ZONGS almost seemed to shrug at its aim, before targeting one of the Mistral mobile pods trailing in Mu's wake. Before the youngster could scream, the hail of 76mm rounds annihilated the mobile armor, leaving freezing gases and shredded metal. One of the ZAMS targeted Mu and fired, barely missing him as he turned the Moebius aside in a Split-S. Still swearing, he pivoted the mobile armor about and launched the gun pods, his spatial awareness helping immensely in coordinating them. The coordinated fire ripped off the ZAMS limbs, with the Zero's central cannon taking its head. Firing a second volley, Mu destroyed the ZAMS' cockpit before moving to avoid the approaching horde of 76mm armor-piercing bullets. The ZONGS actually seemed to be a bit perturbed now. At least, as perturbed as a Cyclops made of titanium and steel could.

To the side, another Mistral charged one of the two remaining ZAMS, its pilot screaming out:

"Die, you Fat Muther!" The rotund mobile suit moved fluidly out of the Mistrals attack path, avoiding the 25mm bullets with a combination of thrusters and that AMBAC system. As the Mistral passed, the ZAMS fired its machine gun, rending the mobile armor apart.

"Damn!" Mu snarled, dodging another burst from the ZONGS, who seemed quite annoyed.

Then, for no apparent reason, the ZONGS and the ZAMS moved to the hull door, back to the wall. Mu raised an eyebrow at this. What were they doing? Sure, those mobile suits were more agile, and could easily dodge the mobile armor's shots, but even if the Mistrals and the Moebius Zero missed, it wouldn't do anything to the colony. The thing was armored against micro-meteorites, which were slightly bigger than most bullets and traveled just as fast sometimes.

To his disbelief, the doors opened, allowing the three ZAMS and the ZONGS to move through.

- The Mad Scientist -

Morgenroete Facility

Liene hissed as the explosion sent shards of white hot metal flying across his left arm, cutting the flesh and cauterizing it at the same time. Despite the pain, the engineer rushed away from the hanger's door, taking cover behind one of the G Unit transporters.

"Liene!" He turned his head and saw Lieutenant Ramius from OMNI. "Are you alright?"

"Well, the cuts aren't bleeding, at least." Liene replied lightly. Wincing as he moved his arm, he looked around, and spotted a flash of green out of his eye. "ZAFT!" He warned, pointing at the soldier extricating himself from the air vent. Ramius turned and shot the soldier, the three-round burst from her SMG ringing out among the hanger.

Outside, there was a virtual earthquake as a ZONGS landed on a truck, shadowing the G Unit the vehicle had been guarding. Then the mobile suit leaned back, avoiding rockets from a car further in the front. Turning, it refrained from using its' machine gun, instead peppering the rocket launcher with its foot-based anti-infantry guns. The bullets penetrated, setting off the armed rockets and enveloping the vehicle in flames.

The ZAMS that landed next had no such compunctions, or merely made do with what they had, annihilating most of the vehicle escort with short bursts. One ZAMS had the arrogance to kick a vehicle, sending it crashing into the side of one of the transporters. The ZONGS stared at the offending mobile suit for a second before shooting another truck.

"Damn...how did ZAFT find out about this facility?" Liene hissed through his teeth, clutching his pistol. "Lieutenant Ramius, take the Augury. I'll get the Kiba out of here." The OMNI officer started, staring at the engineer.

"Are you sure? We haven't finished the OS in either one." Liene grunted.

"If memory serves, we completed the Augury's motion-based systems, including the AMBAC. As for the Kiba...I'll have to make due." As sounds of gunfire echoed throughout the facility, Ramius nodded, dashing off to the Augury.

Heading for the Kiba, Liene swore as the three G Units on the outside rose, CIWS occasionally firing at the defenders. ZAFT had them now. And it figures that they'd finish the Operating Systems themselves, already having experience with their own mobile suits. As he clambered up the transporter's ladder, he spotted two teenagers on the upper level. Frowning, he peered up at them. They look familiar...almost like...no, it can't be...

- The Killer -

Technical College
Five minutes ago

Kira and Jack had responded instantly to the shaking that they knew were explosions. Looking at each other, they nodded.

"What was that?" Sai, nervous. "Were those explosions?" Not wanting to find out, the others began heading for the door, and the shelters beyond. Watching Cagalli, Kira and Jack followed them, heading out into the hallway. When Cagalli ran off, they both cursed silently. Looking towards Sai, Kira yelled.

"Jack and I will get her! You guys go ahead!" Ignoring their protests, the two Coordinators rushed down the hallway, each silently promising themselves they'd get a good explanation from the Princess of Orb.

A good minute later, they finally caught up to Cagalli, who was looking out over a large hanger. Down below, they saw three mobile suits, all in an nondescript gray color scheme.

"Damn it...OMNI"s new mobile weapon...Father, you traitor!" She cried, slumping down. Kira and Jack exchanged looks, a mix of amused and stupefied.

"Come on Cagalli, let's get you to a shelter." Kira said, grabbing her hand and dragging her up. She snatched her hand away, looking angrily at Kira.

"What's your part in this? Did Father get you to help with this, Kira, Jack?" Both boys shook their heads, trying not to smile.

"We're here because we got into OMNI's files...and found this project." Jack began. "But, that's a story for another time!" Kira grabbed one hand while Jack gripped the other, both overpowering her and dragging her to the nearest shelter. Kira jabbed at the intercom, opening a channel to the occupants.

"Can you guys take my friend?" he yelled over the din, the chatter of rifles continuing.

"...Sure, but that's all the room we have though!" A man's voice replied, sounding tense.

"That'll be alright. I'll find another shelter." Both boys then shoved Cagalli in the entrance, Jack waving idly as she raged in the elevator-like tube.

"Well, now that we've dealt with her, what'll we do about the Gundams?" Jack asked.

"Well...We could steal them...but what if we managed to get the crew to defect?" Kira said, sounding a little hopeful. Jack just stared. "What? I've looked over the crew manifest. If ZAFT managed to take out the higher officers, like we think they did, then the rest are just normal people. Most of OMNI's command structure consists of Blue Cosmos affiliates over the more sensible people." Kira defended himself, against Jack's accusing stare. After a moment Jack relented.

"I suppose it could be possible...hey, isn't that Liene?" The ebon-haired teen pointed at the figure climbing the ladder of the mobile suit in the middle.

"I wouldn't be surprised if it was. You know him, always concerned about his projects..." Kira said, heading off towards the unit in the back. "You take the Kiba, I'll get the Augury."

"Bu- Wha- You-" Jack stuttered, staring after his friend. "You know how L get along..." he finally muttered, before jumping over the railing.

Kira raced along the walkway, moving to a position directly over the Augury. Thank goodness for all those exercises. He thought, moving swiftly in the lower gravity. Across from the Gundam's crotch, he saw two ZAFT Reds firing at the woman and man crouched on the mobile suit's torso and leg. One Red fell, at the same time as the man did. Kira saw both soldiers yell out at their comrades, although even his Coordinator hearing couldn't make out the words over the sound of mobile suit machine guns and infantry assault rifles.

Running, he leaped over the railing, landing gracefully on the Gundam. The woman behind him fell back, startled as the Red raised his rifle to fire. As Kira braced himself, the Red looked over his weapon before throwing it aside, drawing a long combat knife instead.

Grim, Kira reached back for the balisong knife he kept in his belt sheath. As the Red drew close, the visor angled so that the light no longer reflected of it, and he saw the Red's face. Athrun? In the helmet, Kira saw Athrun mouth his name, before bullets ricocheted off the Gundam's armor. Athrun threw up his arms, using his pack to jump backwards. Looking, Kira saw his old friend jump onto the forward-most Gundam, briefly glancing at Kira before entering the cockpit. Kira struggled a bit between desire and self-imposed duty, when the woman called out to him.

"Hey, you!" Turning, Kira looked up at the OMNI soldier. She seemed to be injured, holding her hand to her arm. He moved quickly over to her, mentally beating down his desire.

"Here, get in." Obeying, Kira hopped down into the cockpit after her, moving behind the command seat. His eyes moved quickly over the controls, memorizing every button, switch, the stick, the throttle, and the screens. He watched as the officer grabbed the controls, moving them carefully, as though she held grenades in her hands without the pin, but with the arming lever intact.

Outside, the remaining ZAFT Greens watched as the 18-meter mobile suit stood, moving slowly and cautiously. The other one, in the middle had already chased after the one Athrun had taken, sprinting after it like a wolf on the hunt. The Augury plodded out the hanger door, it's unskilled pilot handling it tenderly. Kira had to reign in his impatience, knowing that he could move this unit faster than this.

Outside, they saw a silver Gundam facing off against three ZAMS, the ZONGS and the red Gundam stolen by Athrun. As they watched, the red one fired its thrusters, moving towards the outer hull door. The ZONGS faced them, drawing a long blade. As the mobile suit charged, the OMNI officer drew the Augury's arms above its head, crossing them as she pressed a large button. The Gundam flared into color, its gray tones replaced by white, blue and gold. The blade clashed with the limbs, sparks flying as the ZONGS pilot tried to force the blade through them.

Apparently frustrated, the ZONGS moved back, and started in again with the sword, slicing at the torso. The soldier fired the head-mounted CIWS, but the rounds missed what, by all means, should have been an easy target, digging into the concrete. This unit's weapons haven't been calibrated yet? Kira thought disappointedly. The next slice sent the Augury tumbling back, crashing into a building. As he recovered from the impact, Kira's eyes fell on one of the secondary monitors. It showed Sai, Tolle, Miriallia and Kuzzey running, Tolle pulling Miriallia behind him. The woman moved the Augury back up, facing the ZONGS, which was preparing to stab the G Unit. The OMNI engineer moved the mobile suit back a step, far too close to the teenagers for Kira's liking. His conscience, always the dominant part of him, had him gripping the throttle and firing the thrusters, charging the ZONGS. It fell back, and as its pilot attempted to rise, Kira pushed the soldier aside, seating himself in the chair. Pulling out the keyboard, he began typing in the changes he had long since been planning, restructuring the Operating System to his liking as the engineer looked over his shoulder.

"How can you pilot this with this OS?" Kira muttered, hands moving swiftly over the keyboards.

"Don't blame me...we weren't able to finish it..." The woman trailed off, quite obviously astonished at the scene unfolding in the cockpit. As he looked over the System, Kira saw more and more tell-tales, affirming his suspicions. This is definitely Liene's handiwork...Orb, or at least someone with a lot of power helped the Alliance in this...Once he finished, he reset the keyboard, taking hold of the main controls as the ZONGS righted itself. The ZAFT unit took a swipe at him, blade whistling towards the Augury's head. Ducking, Kira moved the Gundam's hand down, and up, in an uppercut that slammed the ZONGS to its full height. As its pilot shook off the shock, the mobile suit sheathed the sword, instead drawing its machine gun.

As the weapon fired, Kira moved the Augury to the side, before jumping it up with the thrusters and landing next to the ZONGS. Acting quickly, he drew two of the Augury's four weapons, a Beam Pistol for the left hand and a Beam Saber in a reverse-grip in the right. He shot the ZONGS through its thigh with the pistol; blasting actuators into so much melted scrap, and sliced its head off with the Saber. Kira followed up by slicing the left arm off and shooting the right shoulder, effectively disabling most of the ZONGS' main weapons. Out of one monitor, Kira saw a green-suited figure jumping out from the ZONGS back, and had an instant to figure out what would happen next. Moving the Augury back, he shielded the torso with its arms, just in time for the ZONGS battery to intentionally overload, initiating a self-destruct sequence that caused an explosion equivalent to a car bomb.

- The Madman -

In the Kiba, Jack grinned as he saw Kira fight the ZONGS down. Then he glanced worriedly at the unconscious Liene behind the pilot seat. He's not going to be happy when he wakes up. Jack had knocked the engineer out when he'd climbed into the Gundam, right before uploading the updated OS Kira had prepared. Still somewhat worried, Jack turned his attention back to the ZAMS, which had mostly been eyeing the Augury, inching ever-so-slowly away from it. Shrugging, Jack closed his eyes. Chimamare opened them.

Jack's crazed alter grinned madly, flexing his fingers before gripping the Kiba's controls tightly.

Then, he started killing.

The Kiba's right hand darted into the object attached to its hip, a long gauntlet-like weapon with fingers tipped by two-meter claws. The gauntlet detached, coming up and around as the Kiba moved for the center ZAMS. The mobile suits Cyclops eye moved to regard the Gundam for an instant before the claws took its head. Chimamare chuckled as he kicked the Kiba's feet at the ZAMS', knocking the bulky, rotund mobile suit over. Turning slightly, he regarded the ZAMS on the left, which had raised its' rifle at the Gundam. The claws flashed, slicing the weapon into five equal-sized pieces before scratching across the torso armor, leaving relatively shallow rents, and allowing Chimamare to see the terrified pilot. The alters' grin widened, his bloodlust rising. He wanted to stab the claws deep into the mobile suit, piercing the pilot through and seeing the life seep out of his eyes...but no. That would work against the plan Jack and Kira had made, and despite his berserker bloodlust, Chimamare was ruthless, and stuck to the plan. So instead, he sliced the knees of the ZAMS off, turning to finish with the last ZAFT unit. The ZAMS fired, a long burst that impacted against the Kiba's Phase Shift Armor, rattling the pilot and passenger inside. As its' machine gun stuttered, ammo spent, the ZAMS slowly backed away. Chimamare chuckled again, and the Kiba's yellow optics glinted as the gauntlet was raised for one last strike. The blow fell, raking diagonally across the ZAMS, from right shoulder to left hip, cut expertly calculated to come within inches of the pilot's nose. When he saw the pilot, Chimamare just shrugged. It wasn't his fault the man had a long nose. Closing his eyes, he 'went to sleep' as Jack reaffirmed his control, shaking his head at the devastation his alter caused. The ZAFT pilots all followed their leader, setting the self-destruct before fleeing for the outer hull door.

Jack moved the Kiba towards the Augury, kneeling the silver Gundam next to the White Gundam, deactivating the armor and opening the cockpit hatch. Stepping out, he saw the Augury do the same, with Kira and the OMNI officer stepping out, although the officer had her pistol on the Coordinator.

- The Author -

You know, I was hoping to actually get farther than this, but I'm still working on the ship...and before anyone asks, yes almost every single mobile suit has been replaced. So far, between me and a few others, (cough* Velshard* Cough) we've managed to replace the entirety of the First Tier Gundams (The original G Units) pretty much all of ZAFT, the Second Tier Gundams (Freedom, Justice) and are working on the Orb mobile suits.

The ZAMS was made by one Velshard, most detailed mecha designer I know so far. (He made an entire Gundam on a whim while I was writing my first story)

The ZONGS was designed by Animefan29 (although I made a few changes to fit it in)

The Augury, Kiba, Aegis replacement and Duel replacement are designed by yours truly, with Velshard tucking the Buster and Blitz replacements under his belt.

Jack is an Original Character created by throwing a minuscule amount of my own personality with bits of Hallelujah, Ali Al Saachez and Michael Trinity from Gundam 00 and Lelouch Lamperouge and Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass

Liene is one of Velshard's OC's, and as fleshed out as any of his mobile suit designs (You'll see when I post the tech chapter)

I think I'll post the tech chapter after the next chapter, for those of you curious as to the exact details on these mecha.

For those of you dirty-minded, I do not mean that kind of desire when Kira is meeting Murrue Ramius. Read the prologue again, and I'm sure you'll understand.

Oh, and updates are going to be rather sporadic, what with school, homework and even sleep getting in the way of my writing.

Knightmare Gundam of Ni

(Revised 3/1/11)