Gundam Seed: Killer's Realm
Phase 15: Isurus Rising
Rau had to admit, these pilots were much better than their brethren in the common military.
For one thing, they decreased his average kill-per-minute from ten to two.
As the next victim charged in, Rau just shook his head at the ease it took to destroy the Constantine, simply blasting it head-on with the Ion Beam Cannon. Another Constantine charged in from the side, beam saber leading while it held it's assault rifle in its off-hand. The Charcharius' right arm extended, and the shield's grapple anchor fired, piercing the mobile suit through, although missing the cockpit. Swinging the anchor, Rau bashed the unfortunate Watcher with one of its fellows, who had been using an anti-ship sword. The tangle was amusing to behold. Finishing off those two with a burst from the Furia rifle, Rau quickly turned the SCAU-XU to lop off the hand of another Constantine wielding a sword with the bayonet.
Just a few dozen meters away, Mu in the Shadowfax danced with two of the Constantines, swerving to avoid linear rounds and pistol beams. Inside the Shadowfax, Mu couldn't be calmer. Unlike last time, it was only two.
As one closed eagerly in, Mu couldn't help but grin. He cut the power to the top two thrusters and SCRamjets, at the same time pulling the Shadowfax's nose up. The result was a loop that put him behind the Constantine. Still grinning, Mu let loose with all his forward weapons, the dorsal beam guns and ventral linear repeaters. The Constantine in question was immediately ripped apart, beam piercing vital components and linear rounds smashing through much of its structure.
Naturally, its friend was much less than pleased.
The Watcher tailed Mu, following every jink and maneuver. Mu almost laughed. He'd been practicing.
Behind the Shadowfax, Tom saw one of the rear guns swivel on its pod to point straight at him.
Well, I had a goo- The linear cannon round tore through the cockpit, ripping out Tom's bloodied, broken corpse along with several scraps of armor.
Still smiling, Mu pulled an Immelman turn, arching the Shadowfax for the larger battle.
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"Well? Hows it going up there for them?" Baryx demanded of his XO.
"Well sir.... it seems that Commanders Le Creuset and La Flaga are dealing with the Constantines, although slower than with the more common ones. Yamato, however, is tied up with the new OMNI unit.
"And the Kiba?"
"Seems to be heading to help Yamato."
"Feh. Well, I guess I'll go help Le Creuset." Baryx said, walking towards the Vosgulov-class' hanger.
"Sir?"
"My Isurus is prepped for launch, correct?"
"Y-yes sir."
"Good." As Baryx left for the hanger, the XO couldn't help but feel sorry for the Watchers. Three aces at one time. Judging from what he'd heard about all of them, and with what he'd witnessed as Baryx's XO, it was like having three asteroids the size of Mount Everest fall on top of them.
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Under the surface of the water, Chimamare waited patiently, just hoping for the chance to snare the Samyaza. Being a homicidal maniac with little or no patience, Chimamare distracted himself with visions of what he'd do. Unfortunately, Haji was forced to witness this as well.
Luckily, they had something else to distract them.
"Hey, what's that coming from the ZAFT sub?"
"I would imagine that it is a submersible mobile suit meant for marine combat, both under and above water."
"Who do you think is piloting it? Haji sighed.
"Obviously, it is Mark Baryx, seeing as there is only one unit, and it is moving towards Rau and Mu's battle. Hmm."
"What? What is it?"
"It would appear that it is moving as fast as, if not faster, than the Kiba."
"Heh, Liene's not gonna like that"
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Kira dodged another slice of the sword, followed by a 360-degree turn that swung the Augury's leg into the Samyaza's cockpit. The haloed Gundam responded with a beam from its rifle, which was in turn intercepted by the Kamikaze shield. The Samyaza kicked at the Augury, clipping the winged Gundam's side and spinning it around, which turning into another kick.
"Damn it, just die!" Lena growled, firing the remaining Scalpel laser on the left flange. The beam hit the Excalibur, slicing down to cut off a whole two thirds of the blade. "Hah!" Kira wordlessly discarded the blade, drawing one of the beam sabers. As the Samyaza charged, the Augury fell back, CIWS peppering the face. One of the 75mm rounds struck true, shattering the right camera.
Kira took advantage of this, swinging over to the Samyaza's right side. Sure, the Watcher Gundam had impressive sensors, but they didn't provide the same details as actual cameras.
"Damn it, stay still!" Lena growled, the Samyaza swiping with the sword as Kira threw the Augury to the side. The tip of the blade cut a streak along the left wing, at one point cutting one of the wires that relayed commands to the thrusters. Muttering a curse, Kira quickly reprogrammed the O.S., trying to compensate. Before he could finish, the Samyaza's Devastator swung around, firing a spray of linear rounds and beams. Throwing the Augury into a dive, Kira pulled the black Gundam up short, aiming the Kamikaze along where the Augury would have dove. Kira grinned as he caught the Samyaza in the crosshairs.
Then something silver blocked him.
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Back at Rau and Mu's battle, the Constantines became more cautious after the death of their leader, eventually managing to maneuver the two aces into the center of their formation.
"Well, this is a bit of a predicament." Rau said off-handedly, the Charcharius moving its rifle from target to target.
"It's about to get a bit more troublesome." Mu said, highlighting two Constantines coming from outside the battle. Painted in the normal OMNI colors, each of these was carrying a P-THEL.
Then, one suddenly jerked, diving into the ocean.
"...What was that?"
A second later, an underwater explosion sent a column of water sky high, a dark shape rising with it. The shape reached out with one of its arms for the surviving OMNI Constantine, the limb in question exiting the water-column. It was long, with the upper arm segmented like a bug and the lower looking like a club with two finger-like claws and one thumb-like claw. From each claw sprouted a beam, four meters in length. The claws closed in around the Constantine, thumb claw stabbing just under the cockpit while the finger claws sliced off wings and arms. The dark shape – the mobile suit - fell, dragging the OMNI suit with it. Seconds later, there was another explosion.
By now, the Watcher Constantines were floating about nervously, heads swiveling around, trying to keep a look on both the Charcharius and the orbiting Shadowfax and the rest of the ocean.
Naturally, they didn't succeed. Almost as if planned, Rau darted the Charcharius towards the closest Constantine, and the ZAFT mobile suit burst out of the water to hook onto two Constantines on the edge of the formation. It was a blocky-looking suit, with squarish legs and shoulders like rounded rectangles. It's head was shaped like a lance, with the monoeye on the underside, and had a fin on its back. Also on the back, to either side of the fin, were two pod-like attachments ending in large barrels pointing downwards
With the propulsion of two Constantines, the mobile suit stayed suspended, hanging onto both of the Watchers. Before any of the others could act, the ZAFT pilot started on the two closest targets. The Constantine ensconced in the left claws exploded outwards, the whole torso ripped to shreds. With the free claw, the aquatic suit fired missiles from a unit on its forearms, six spreading out to hit three Constantines. The shredded remains dropped into the ocean, the torso barely recognizable. With a clenching of its right claws, the ZAFT unit crushed the other Constantine, allowing itself to fall back into the ocean as the other Watcher suits started to fire. Another flight of missiles raced out, smashing into three more Constantines, with much the same effect.
At the same moment, Rau disemboweled his targeted Constantine, while Mu fired hails of beam and linear rounds at the others. To their credit, they managed to duck behind their shields and dodge most of the rounds. Unfortunately, they forgot the aquatic mobile suit. The blocky thing popped up under them, the cannon-like pods flipping to point straight up at two Constantines. The pods fired, dark yellow blasts haloed in blue racing to crash into – and through – the Constantines, smashing them into scrap. Before the other Constantines could react, the mobile suit disappeared beneath the water, only bubbles and some ripples showing where it once was.
"So, Mark. Finally back on the field of battle, eh?" Rau called over on the radio.
"Feh, I couldn't let you and La Flaga get killed now could I? Bad manners for a host." Baryx replied, his Isurus coasting under the sea.
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Kira almost snarled at the sight of the Kiba latching onto the Samyaza's back, non-Shifted claws scrabbling on the Watcher Gundam's front.
"Hey beautiful." Chimamare chuckled, his voice rasping through the speakers.
"Get off of me so I can kill you Jack." Lena hissed, struggling to aim the Samyaza's Devastator, or stab with the Achilles sword. The infuriating Gundam shouldered the rifle's barrel aside and scraped by the blade, pilot laughing.
"Sorry, Jack's not here. I'm Chimamare, and I'll be your host today." Chimamare laughed, the Kiba scraping off the Samyaza's remaining Scalpel laser.
"You're insane!" Lena growled, still struggling.
"Thank you very much."
"Get out of the way Chimamare." Kira ordered, moving the Augury closer.
"Soooorrrryyy, no can do." Chimamare drawled, "I want this dame all to myself."
"Hah!" Lena cried, triumphant. The Samyaza shifted, transforming. A second later, the Gundam/jet accelerated, dragging the Kiba along with it.
"WAAAAHHHH!!!!" Chimamare, screaming, held on for dear life, thrown all over the cockpit by the Samyaza's sudden maneuvering, at one time dashing his head against the console. "Fucking bitch!" He snarled, Phase-Shifting one of the Chilongs, fully intending to maul the Watcher's thrusters. Instead, the Samyaza swerved, diving and pulling out of said dive very, very quickly. Resulting in the Kiba's flying back into the ocean.
"Now...where were we?" Lena asked, transforming the Samyaza back.
"Right here." Kira replied. Just then, the Augury swung, the Phase Shifted edge of the Kamikaze shield slicing off the right arm of the Samyaza's V-fin. Then, the Achilles beam sword practically skewered the Watcher Gundam.
"Hey! That's my sword!" Lena cried indignantly, drawing the Samyaza's back-up knives, both turning from plain gray to a bright silver as their Phase-Shift kicked in. Kira didn't respond, instead choosing to fire off a C15 shell. The Samyaza dodged it quite easily, instead catching the follow-up KP round in the faceplate. The Samyaza flipped over, falling several dozen meters before Lena righted it.
The Augury was right in front of the Samyaza.
Inside her helmet, Lena grinned.
The Samyaza suddenly threw itself at the Augury, right manipulator leading. Instead of trying to stab the black winged Gundam with its knife though, it was going to hit the Augury with its fist. A very long, very thin blade slid out from the Samyaza's wrist, piercing the Augury through its right shoulder. The Gundams backed away from each other, the Augury holding its shield before it while the Samyaza hovered around, looking for an opening.
In the Samyaza, Lena was still grinning. It wouldn't be long now.
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A/N: alright, I lied. This chapter isn't especially long. I could use a myriad of excuses to explain why, but instead, I'll just say I was rereading some stories. Lotta Kingdom Hearts writers seem to like the idea of a dark Sora.....maybe I'll get in on that action.
That, and I'm still working on several of the MS designs for when the gang gets to Orb. Trust me, it's not easy trying to make an MS for the ultimate Coordinator (especially when your main design contributor shows up with a mass-production suit that pretty much makes the Freedom look like crap.)
Then I'm still working on Knightmare Frames too.
And yes, I totally stole the Hidden Blade from Assassin's Creed for the Samyaza. What can I say? It was an awesome game.
Kojira-Kun: Originally, they were going to meet up with the original cast of Seed. And my Kira would kill canon Kira. Painfully.
("There was blood everywhere, and canon Kira's head was shoved up the Augury's-") Shut up K'GoN!
G. Wagers: Yeah, most people I know say I have an 'unusual' sense of humor.
CroPathfinder: I'll try.
Knightmare Gundam of Ni.