Ptolemy
The E-sensor began beeping.
"Miss Sumeragi, it's Setsuna. He has return." said Feldt.
"Thank goodness. He made it out alive." said Sumeragi.
Hangar
"Man, reckless as ever, Setsuna." said Lan.
"What are those?" asked Marie Parfacy.
"Setsuna, what is it that you bring this time?" asked Lan.
"I'll explain later, Haro help me with these." said Setsuna.
"Roger! Roger! Roger!" said the two Haro.
"Setsuna, aren't those cockpit?" said Allelujah as he pointed at the items on the Flag's left hand.
"Yes, Allelujah help me carried the injuries." said Setsuna as he ran toward the damaged cockpits.
"Haro, break them." said Setsuna as he waited near the cockpit while Allelujah on the other one.
"Roger! Roger! Roger!" said the two Haro.
As the two Haro began to force open the cockpits, Setsuna and Allelujah were ready to take the pilots out. They were shocked to see the pilots are young which reminding them about Setsuna when he became the latest Gundam Meister. Setsuna and Allelujah went toward the sick bay while carrying the injured pilots meanwhile Lan took care of the damaged cockpits.
Sick Bay
"Setsuna, what happen during the mission." asked Allelujah.
An image of Sumeragi appeared in front of the glass where they watched the injured pilot being treated.
"Setsuna, explain to us in the briefing room as soon as you are done." said Sumeragi.
"Roger. Let's go." said Setsuna as he went toward the Briefing Room followed by Allelujah and Marie.
Briefing Room
As the three of them came in, the rest of the crew except Lockon and Tieria were waiting for them.
"Setsuna, I heard the Athena exploded. What happend?" said Sumeragi.
"Yeah, and who are those two?" asked Allelujah.
"When I arrived at the colony, much to my surprise that a powerful force was pulling me in. In the colony, as I was trying to escape, I saw two gundams which were blue and red. When I saw the gundams were not be able to escape any longer, I went to them and grabbed the cockpits and use Trans-am to escape but I was caught in the explosion but luckily it didn't hit GN Tau. That's all." explained Setsuna.
"And what about their gundams?" asked Sumeragi.
"Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice. But to my surprise that they use Hyper-Deuterion Engine." said Lan.
"What is this so called Hyper-Deuterion Engine, dear?" asked Linda.
"I got the information from Tieria about it. It is a new hybrid system which combines a nuclear reactor with deuterion conversion technology but still not powerful enough to rival against GN Drive which was designed by Aeolia Schenberg himself." said Lan in his proud tone.
"About those two I believe Tieria and Lockon have the information about them." said Setsuna.
Orb
"Cagali-sama! Bad news!" shouted the Orb's soldier as he stormed into the meeting which shocked everyone.
"What is it? We're having a meeting now." said the angry Cagali.
"I'm deeply sorry about earlier." apologised the soldier as he bowed before he stand up straight and saluted her.
"And what is the bad news?" asked Kisaka.
"We've got a report from Pluto earlier saying that Admiral Athrun and Kira-sama were MIA near Artemis." said the soldier as he read the report.
"WHAT? Is it true?" asked Cagali as her tear began to flow down from her eyes.
"It appeared that the report was confirmed by Lacus-sama herself, sir." added the soldier.
"Kira. Athrun." cried Cagali as both her brother and lover were missing during a mission.
"Gentlemen, I'm afraid the meeting will be postponed. I'm sorry because Cagali is not in shape to continue the meeting." said Kisaka.
As the ministers were dismissing, a soldier came in with a rank of a Lieutenant Commander came in who turn out to be Lockon Stratos. He and Kisaka saluted each other.
"I'm glad you came Lieutenant Commander John Smith." said Kisaka as they shook hands.
"No, it's my duty of course. So what seem the problem, Colonel?" said Lockon in wonder.
"I need you to search for Kira Yamato." said Kisaka.
"That young prince?" asked Lockon.
"Yes." added Kisaka.
"Okay, then." Lockon seems to agree as he can use this as an excuse to return to Ptolemy.
PLANT, Supreme Council
Lacus was staring at the window with her tears flew out from her eyes as she was remembering her time with Kira. The other Coordinators just watched their Chairwoman as some of them were crying including Pluto's crews. Suddenly, a green and white ZAFT uniform soldiers came in.
"Sorry for interruption, Lacus-sama allow me to introduce you to Commander Zierel Quarton." said the green ZAFT uniform.
"Nice to meet you, Chairwoman Clyne." said Zierel who happens to be Tieria Erde in disguise.
"I've heard that High Commander Kira Yamato is MIA so I think maybe you let me search for him." suggested Tieria.
"Then, I'll have you lead your team to search for him." said Lacus.
"That's not need." said Tieria.
"Why?" Lacus wondered.
"Lacus-sama, he is a type that work alone but his skill is promising. I assure you" explained the green uniform guy.
"Then, good luck." said Lacus.
"Thank you so much." said Tieria before he dismissed.
Neo Alaska Base
"Damn those Coordinators!" shouted an admiral of the EAF, Mach Colley as he hit the table with his fist.
"Not only did they caused the fall of Junius Seven, now they are inviting aliens to our world." said Commander Eric Torse in fury.
"We need to get rid of those monsters ASAP." said Admiral Mach.
"What is your opinion, Edward." asked Captain Will Vorg to a man wearing a normal attire.
"I agree with Admiral Mach. Gentlemen, if we let those monsters roaming freely, who knows what another chaos will they bring upon us." said the Defence Minister, Edward Luis.
"Those space monsters shall pay for what they had done to us." said the irritated Admiral Mach.
"I heard the Prince and Admiral of Orb went missing during the expedition to the Athena." said Captain Will.
"You mean the explosion which shattered the Athena into pieces?" wondered Edward.
"Yes and the Princess of Orb is now too weak to rule the country." added Captain Will.
"Which mean this is our chance to siege Orb with our current strength." said Edward.
"I like the way you think , Will." said Admiral Mach happily.
"There is no Freedom and Justice to interfere with our plan. Plus, Orb is now having crisis, I think we will have higher chance of succeed." explained Captain Will.
"Then, the sooner we attack, the sooner we gain upgrade to our forces." Admiral Mach spoke in excitement.
"Then, we should prepare for war immediately. For the preserve of blue and pure world." roared Commander Eric as he raised his fist followed by other officers.
"For the preserve of blue and pure world." shouted the fellow officers.
"And this time nothing will stand in our way." said Edward.