Gundam Seed: Killer's Realm

Phase 11: Here There be Dragons

Barachiel, Meeting Room

January 31, 71 C.E., 10:01 A.M. Local Time, 7:01 P.M. Orb Time

"What's your connection with Abaddon, Sir?" Athrun asked, sitting in front of Rau. Le Creuset was sitting back in his chair, staring at the ceiling. Or, at least they thought so. His mask hid where his eyes were looking.

"I knew him....and his family, before the war." This generated quizzical looks and general signs of confusion amongst the majority of the onlookers, only the ZAFT team and the Orb Elite keeping calm. "About nine years ago, after an....accident, that orphaned me, the Abaddon family took me in. I lived with them for about two years, befriended many of them.....and then I ran away, killing several in the process."

"Why?"

"They were members of Blue Cosmos, and as the beginning of the war drew closer, they were planning to use me for some kind of experiments." More muttering, some retorts of disbelief.

"Among them was Edward Abaddon's wife."

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Grigori, Captain's Quarters

Same Time

"So, what are we going to do about them?" David asked, standing in front of Edward. The Watcher's Commander was sitting idly on his bed, looking over some of the latest reports, every so often snorting at some ignorant intelligence weenie's report.

"We're going to follow them until we figure out where they're headed. And then we're going to tell the Admirals and they're gonna plaster it everywhere and attack the place in question."

"Ooh, I just love when you two plot. Who are we killing now?" Both men jumped a little when the girl spoke, before turning to face the doorway. Edward got up and walked toward the new arrival, standing before her with his trademark blank stare. Then he broke out into a wide grin and embraced her.

"Lena! It's nice to see you again, how are you?" Lena rolled her eyes.

"Much better. Having an operation to turn you into a Coordinator-killing machine makes you feel so empowered."

"They didn't do anything...negative, did they?"

"Nah. The other three got adjusted so that they need this drug or something every three hours, but they didn't do that to me. Basically, all good and no bad."

"That's....good." Edward stepped back, looking Lena up and down. "That's new." Lena stepped back and twirled, showing off the body-conforming jumpsuit, causing David to flush and look away.

"Like it? It's the new pilot suit they came up with. Those three guys were wearing them too when we got our Gundams."

"That reminds me, what is your Gundam? They never told me what it was....." Edward asked, brow furrowing.

"Probably because they didn't want you to be jealous. And they probably want to irritate you. The great Vice Admiral Edward Abaddon, forced to use a Constantine while a lowly ensign gets a brand-new, never-before-seen Gundam...." That caused Edward to give Lena a doubtful look.

"The Praetor is hardly a Constantine."

"Oh please, you couldn't even beat a sixteen-year old boy and a repainted Scowler. It's an enhanced Constantine." Edward's eye twitched.

"The Praetor is unfinished. It is a work in progress. When I finish it, it will be a terror on the battlefield."

"And it'll be all dusty and rusted in my wake." David curled up in the corner of the room as the two glared at each other, both pale, black-haired and blue-eyed. Then they broke out into a long laugh, and he sighed in relief, standing back up.

"It's nice that we can talk like this again." Lena said, wiping a tear from her eye. "Instead of video conferencing. By the way, what's this Kira guy look like?" Frowning, Edward ruffled through his documents, pulling out one with a picture of Kira. "My....he's cute." Again, Edward's eye twitched.

"Excuse me? He killed Joseph"

"And we never liked him anyway. Always yelling at you, and he even hit you several times! I don't get why you keep up this vendetta. I mean, I understand your hatred of Le Creuset, seeing as he killed Mom and a lot of other family members, but why Kira? Joseph was an asshole."

"Now Lena, despite our mutual dislike of my older brother, he was family, and you're supposed to stick by family." Edward admonished, although he agreed with Lena.

"Cain killed Abel."

"Religious fiction. And even then, all those guys are nuts."

"Joseph killed Ben." Edward forced himself not to react to that. Ben had been his son, and he'd been killed by the Endymion Cyclops. Which had been activated by Joseph. "So, in a sense, Kira killed Joseph for you."

"We'll discuss this later. For now, let's go see your new Gundam eh? David heaved another sigh of relief as the two walked to the first hanger deck. He never wanted to get caught in the same room with those two when they were having an argument again. Father-daughter spats, even minor ones, became deadly when Abaddons were involved.

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Kira and Jack's Quarters

10:28 A.M. Local, 7:28 P.M. Orb

"Damn, he's got an even bigger vendetta against them than you do Kira." Jack commented, laying on his bunk. Kira just sat there, on his bed, typing on his laptop. "Whatcha working on?"

"The Augury's targeting systems. I'm trying to make it so that the Kamikaze adjusts voltage and magnetism to ensure that the shell penetrates just enough to where it's embedded in the target, rather than blasting straight through it." Kira responded, typing speeding up.

"Ah. For the Thermesium shells right?"

"Yes."

"Man, Liene really made a monster when he made the Kuro Tenshi."

"Oh, he's not done yet."

"Really? What else is he making?" Kira sighed. Now that he'd said something, Jack wasn't going to let up. He finished the part of the system that he was writing and closed the laptop.

"I'm not really sure, but I think he's taking data from the Gundams and compiling them, designing better versions and incorporating some of the more experimental technologies that he and Morgenroete have been working on. And some that ZAFT and OMNI have been working on." Jack was practically squirming with curiosity. Then Kira dropped the bombshell. "And I think he's working some of the Tetsujin's tech in there." Jack froze. His eyes glazed over and became bloodshot, and drool began dripping from his lips. "Oh shit."

The next second, Chimamare leaped onto Kira's bunk, grabbed the Orb Prince, and started shaking him.

"Tell me everything!" Kira responded with a low kidney shot, forcing Chimamare to recoil, and followed it up with kicking the alter in the forehead. The battle-crazed thing was laid flat on the floor, seemingly unconscious. After a few seconds, Jack groaned and sat up, rubbing his head.

"Did you have to kick so hard?"

"Yes."

"Ugh, again with the monosyllabic answers! Just tell us, exactly what is Liene doing?"

"I don't know. All I know is that he's making new Gundams, and that he's using technology from Project Shuurajou."

"Man, couldn't you have found out more?"

"No."

"Still, Tetsujin tech in our new Gundams! That's awesome. Almost as good as if we actually got to see a Tetsujin."

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Manufacturing Bay

10:57 A.M. Local, 7:57 P.M. Orb

Liene typed rapidly, palm computer hooked up to the manufacturing bay's, as he worked parts schematics and whole mobile suit blueprints into the program. A very brief, very slight scowl crossed his face before he deleted the last mobile suit.

I knew it. The Barachiel's facilities cannot build a Tetsujin in time. Ah well, more time for Mu's. Liene thought as he began working on his self-assigned project, working from the Shadowfax's schematic and on. This new Gundam would have to be fast, and make an impact......

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Indian Ocean, Barachiel Deck

12:34 P.M. Local, 9:35 P.M. Orb

"Whoa! So this is the ocean?" Nicol exclaimed, leaning over the railing (A/N: Just so you know, the Barachiel's deck is a flat wedge between the 1st Hanger Deck's catapults)

"Eh, it's like any other ocean." Jack said, leaning on the rail. Noticing Kuzzey glancing over the rail at the seawater, the Gundam Pilot grinned and sauntered over to the crewman, leaning next to him. "You want to be careful. There are monsters in these seas!" When Kuzzey gasped and jumped back from the rail, Jack laughed and resumed his lounging.

"While Jack may be referring to sea monsters such as the Kraken, Leviathan, and other such purely mythical beasts, there are indeed enemies in the Indian ocean." Liene said dryly. "Last reports from Orb and ZAFT's Carpentaria base state that OMNI has flooded the Indian Ocean with veritable schools of Megalodons, and Constantines equipped with mass-produced Angelos packs are patrolling the skies from specialized carriers. While ZAFT's new Isurus is helping in pushing against the Megalodons, there are too few Isurus suits and too many Megalodon armors. We should expect both ZAFT and OMNI forces on our way to Orb." Everyone shivered a bit at that. Most of the Gundams were land-based, and while the Barachiel's defenses were formidable, they could be destroyed more easily than a mobile weapon.

Currently, only the Augury and the Shadowfax could be depended on for aerial defense, but for underwater combat, they just had the Kiba.

"Contact! We have a mobile suit flying towards us!" At that announcement, they all scrambled for the hatch.

Barachiel, 1st Hanger Deck

Kira hopped into the Augury's cockpit, strapping himself in even as Mu did the same in his Shadowfax. They hadn't even finished the start-up process when they were locked onto the catapults. Kira had barely finished the process when the Augury was launched into the sky.

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A/N: Yes, I'm ending it here, cause I love leaving people with cliffhangers. That, and I think that I've hit you guys with enough surprises. Also, My stomach is trying to digest itself and I can't think.

AtramUnas: FINALLY! Someone got it! I've been waiting for people to check out the OS acronyms ever since I put the ZAMS up! I really can't believe no one picked up on the Megalodon's two Operating Systems.

Velshard: Still waiting (But take your time)

Everyone: Kinda disappointed no one sent a BCPU Gundam design, but now you got Mu's. Seriously, Me and Velly are dominating the market here. I think the only other ones who've gone and contributed was Animefan29 with the ZONGS and Kojiro Kun with the Megalodon concept.

Really, just send me a description and a list of weapons. Seriously. Someone?

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