Chapter 73: The Chaotic Reunion of the Cousins, Return of the Invincible White Lighting of the Son of Liberty!
Last time, on Tales of the Cosmic Wars Ben, was almost glad when he heard Zeon forces were attacking the Lylat Industrial world of Pakamino since it meant a break from Kira's brutal training ! After taking a nap on Kira 's battleship Ben readied himself for yet another battle. This time, Zeon was not being led by just anybody. The one commanding the attack fleet was their best commander, the "Red Comet", Char Aznable!
And he had big plans, he had more in store than just mobile suits and missiles, he planned to smash the rather large and abandoned space colony that goes by the name of Junius Seven, into the Lylat world! Luckily, Ben and co were able to reach the planet before the battle begun and our hero and his Digimon friend arrived on the surface to help out their fellow Enji Firion and his men. And, in space, Kira went into battle himself to help ace pilot Amuro Ray in his Nu Gundam.
The Titan's leader had many tricks with him, like special Gundams, and the devastating Solar System cannon! Kira tried to use the powerful weapon to wipe out the Zeon fleet in one shot. However, Char is smarter than that, and makes Kira waste the shot on the fake warships! There is no choice but for a tense battle to insure, and not just in space.
Char launched ground troops as well, but Ben was ready. After coming so far, the stander robot minion was just a warm up for the wielder of the Star Sword, even if they were new advanced models. Even when the human Vent attacked him with his powerful armor based off the data on Megaman X and Zero, the ZX biometal! However, despite this, Ben showed he was not in the mood for games and showed Vent no mercy. In fact, he was so in a frenzy that Firion had to stop Ben before the stressed out hero finished the Zeon warrior off!
While it looked like the battle was going well, a major turn around happened when Ben found him dealing with the massive new anti Enji Mobile armor, the Neue Ziel, piloted by another ace pilot, Anavel Gato!
Not only was Gato ruthless, but his machine was quite formidable. And with the weapon's magic jammer limiting Ben's options, he soon found himself cornered! The Zeon soldier was not one to play games, and was ready to blast Ben to dust, ASAP! However, right when it looked like Ben's luck had run out, a miracle happened. A warrior appeared out of nowhere and easy deflected the most powerful attack of the Neue Zeil, and Ben is amazed when he sees its none other than his favorite cousin and his mentor, Max Bruder!
Yes, as shocking and unexpected as it was, Max had at last made his return, since apparently his cover was blown due to Weil 's crazed state or something. However, Max would have to explain all the details at a better time, since at the time, they still are in the middle of an intense battle! And since it seems the insane Ravxen of Organization XIII has showed up to make things,
" Fun", it's going to be a hectic day, and it's time to see how that day ends, so let's get going!
Our newest chapter begins with the top Zeon scientist Tarkin still watching the battle from Char's ship. As he sees on one of the monitors one of his Cyber Dragons had its head smashed by an angry Geno-Wyrmmon, he gets frustrated and says,
"That disgusting Digimon! How dare he destroy my new Cyber dragon! Bah, the combat data was not properly implemented. And how disappointing, it seems Vent 's power level has already dropped to one.
Bah, yet another failed experiment. And why has Gato lost an arm on my majestic Neue Ziel? It's purpose is to kill them! And that Char, I thought I could count on him to drop Junius Seven already! I am surrounded by idiots! Then again, it's really that annoying Kira and his stubborn Titan's special forces that keep getting in the way of my experiments.
Tsk, as fun as it is to dissect those warriors of light, I cannot wait until all of those freaks are extinct. Well, if they keep delaying the time table, I suppose I could always throw the final weight to tip the balance! Yes, I would like to have performed a few more tests first. However, I must crack open this planet at any cost! Yes, with the special energy of legend hidden under the world's crust, I can make my creations even more powerful. And then I can perform my ultimate experiment! Ah, but first things first, time to wipe out those idiots that stand in our way."
He then presses a button and a screen of the ship's hangar bay comes up. We then see on display, a gigantic three-headed Dragon, with giant wings. On the wings and its chest are blue orbs. It's Tarkin's most powerful of his current Cyber Dragon projects, the Cyber End Dragon!
Tarkin chuckles and eagerly says, "Hey, time to wake up, Cyber End Dragon. Even though your not fully completed yet, you are still powerful enough to show those annoying Enji and pathetic Digimon what the true ultimate life form is!"
The man flips a switch on his coat and causes his creation's eyes to glow, before it roars! It then fully activates and flies out of the hangar bay. As he sees it burst towards the planet's surface, to crash the battle, he grins and says,"
There, like always, if you can't find good help, you have to get the job done yourself. Still, I will give Char credit for keeping the fleet together. Most of the opposing commanders that face off Kira find themselves crying for their mommies. Kira Myers, he is such an amusing case study."
Tarkin looks at the data that shows the distance between Junius Seven and the planet of Pakmino, and it's getting closer! However, a few others have a much closer look at it, like Char, Amuro and Kira!
After all this time, the battle has not progressed much. Amuro and Char are still locked in combat, while it seems most of the fleet is trying to gang up on Kira, unsuccessfully. Despite the numerous fighters that the Zeon forces has Kira and his fleet are able to stand there ground. At the moment Kira is showing the Zeon fleet why he has his reputation, as he dodges two missiles and a proton cannon at once, only to fire a volley of rail-cannons to blow off the heads of the TIE suits! He then sees the Cyber End Dragon fly past him, into the planet's atmosphere, and he says,
"Well, so they are throwing every kind of obstacle they can, huh? So be it, but they will not deride justice. Oh?"
Kira then sees three more machines charging at him, with their beam blades, but he just smirks and stoney says,
"Such dedication to a cause, such foolish dedication. I will not forgive your lack of judgment."
He takes out his two beam sabers and, in movements that defy the maneuverability of a mobile suit, he easily dodged the blows and slashes them into spare parts, before they blow up! He then sees the other suits move back a little before he coldly states,"
"I will only give you all one more warning. Surrender at once, and you will be spared. Otherwise, all of you will face the maximum punishment. So, what will it be?"
He then sees the Alpha Azieru charge up its cannons as its fanatical pilot frantically shouts," We will never forgive the injustice of the Lylat Kingdom! We will never let you interfere with Commander Char's grand plan!"
They all begin to fire again and Kira responds to the attack with a steely," So be it, you won't be shown mercy!"
As he systematically destroys his attackers, he thinks," Char, he is able to rally quite a large amount of soldiers to think they are fighting for some sort of noble cause. All the more reason he must not escape today. I will destroy this world of lies, so get out of my way, you hopeless weaklings!"
As Kira unleashes his power on those that stand against him, let's see about Char in person. After all this time, he has still been locked in combat in his Sazabi against Amuro in his Nu Gundam . The two are evenly matched as are their mobile suits, so it's been a stalemate. At the moment, the Nu Gundam dodges a beam shotgun blast and he sees the giant space colony fly closer to the Lylat planet with the giant ion engines pushing it closer. Amuro sees this and says, "Char! Enough of this nonsense! You are so loyal to Weil Zabi's lies that you are willing to break worlds in the name of false independence? Huh, guh!"
Amuro sees more of his rival's funnels blast at him all over and he barley manages to avoid being blown to scrap. Char sees his enemy and sneers out a disgusted, "Foolish Amuro, still a faithful dog of those Lylat parasites! The Lylat Kingdom and King Atem foolishly think he has the right to command the entire universe. But those of the Zeon federation will not be so easily commanded, by your kingdom or the Zannacross Empire!"
This makes Amuro mad, and he charges at Char before saying, "You are so arrogant. The reason the Lylat Kingdom exists is because the cosmos must be guided, so it does not rip itself apart! People, most people need to be told what to do, or they will go crazy on their own. The Lylat Kingdom is not perfect, but King Atem is trying. I believe in him, more than I believe that anything you say is for a just cause!"
Char then laughs inside his suit and spits out a bitter," Oh, spare me. I've seen what your forces have done in the name of "true peace". I had enough time wasted hearing yours and the others excuses! Now, it's time to make history. Junius Seven will soon turn this major military world into a planet wide graveyard."
Amuro then looks at the engines on the space colony and says, "No, I won't allow it!"
He then tries to fire on the engines, but Char blocks the shot with his own fire! The Red Commet then interjects fiercely with ," Forget it, Amuro, you cannot stop this space colony from sharing its "painful" memories with this world! Even you will not stop me! Now, its time we see just who is the superior pilot at last! Huh, a new fighter approaching? Someone is being foolish."
Both of them turn around to see the Forbidden Gundam dashing to Char! The disturbed pilot of the suit sees Char s suit and takes out his scythe before saying,
"It's that big shot Char, right? Finally someone who can be fun to fight!"
Amuro then says," Shani right? Stand down, you're no match for Char!"
His response from the fellow Lylat pilot is a crazed," Hahahaha! Are you kidding me? I don't care who he is, I never lose! Time to annihilate!"
He then tries to slice Char's suit but the " Red Comet " swiftly outmaneuvers his attacker's swings. Frustrated, the Forbidden Gundam then tries to blast the Sazabi with his weapons, but Char is too fast. This gets the former terrorist mad and he says,
"Think you're one of those fancy fairies that can outlast me? I'll rip you to pieces!"
He fires from his machine guns, but Char just dodges all of them and slashes his attacker's arm off with his beam sword! Char then says," Bah, Lylat dogs. Amuro, are these idiots your equals? Such fools are examples of how corrupt your precious Kingdom is!"
This makes Amuro mad and he says, "Hey, don't blame me for things I have no control of!"
This makes the pilot of the Forbidden Gundam even madder and he barks out a furious, "Stupid Zeon scum! DIE!"
He fires a powerful particle beam from his mouth. At first Char dodges it with ease, but he is caught off guard by the Forbidden Gundam's power to have its beam curve and it curves to the side and hits Char! It's not a fatal blow, but his suit still causes damage and he says, "Grr, I see the Titans have been busy working on odd Gundams."
This gets Shani pumped and he says," Hahahah! Now it looks like you're finished! Time I squashes you like the bug you Zeon freaks are!"
He continues to fire all his weapons at Char, but he has become crazed in his aim. In fact, he is even hitting part of the space colony! Amuro is alarmed at this and flies over to the other Gundam and says,
"Watch where you are aiming! If you hit the space colony the wrong way it will blow up! And while that is what we are trying to do, if we blow up the colony the wrong way, it could just shatter and cause even more damage! So focus! GAH!"
This advice just makes Shani mad and he kicks the Nu Gundam back before saying,"I don't take orders from you London bell wimps! The only one who I will obey is Commandant Kira, and he said destroy, so I will DESTROY! Now stand still Char, and let me kill you already!"
He has his suit's boosters make him thrust to Char. But Char just says, "Enough of this, my plans will not be ruined by mindless pawns!"
He sees the Forbidden Gundam fire its bending energy blast again, but Char is ready and maneuvers himself to get in front of the blast and counters with the mega particle gun in his torso to cancel the attack! While the explosion is still strong, Char then has his machine's funnels fly out at once and barrage his target!
As the Forbidden Gundam is being bombarded from all sides, Char then throws one of his stored beam tomahawks to slice his opponent's suits hand of, and it's the one holding the scythe! Mad at Char damaging him so much, Shani starts to freak out and say, " You blasted Zeon clown! You think you can do this to me? I'll show you! I'll, AH! No, not now, the medicine is wearing off!"
Char takes his opponents scythe in one hand and his own beam sword in the other and charges at the Gundam, while saying, "Pitiful, you're nothing more than a biological CPU. When armies resort to such desperate measures, it shows how weak and desperate they are. Now, time your meager soul is removed from my sight!"
He goes for a death blow and while Amuro tries to intercept him, it's too late and Char slices the Forbidden Gundam's head off, before then slashing it in half! Shani Andras screams one last time before he is blown up along with the Gundam! With him dead, Char sets his sights on Amuro and says, "Ah, now Amuro with the mad beasts put down, how about we finish this? Don't you see that the higher ups see you just as a tool, like your little friend there?"
Amuro just retorts with," Char, you let your anger consume you. We can still make a government that people can trust. We just need to be patient."
Char then just snickers and says," We can rant on back and forth, but simply put I am not willing to wait till I die of old age to say I told you so, Amuro Ray! I will change the way things work with my own two hands! It's too late to stop my plans!"
Amuro then interjects with a brazen, "We will see. The Enji Knights and the others. They are people I trust. Working together, we can make a system that people can believe in!"
He fires out all of his fin funnels and Char has his own funnels come out as well as he says, "The Enji Knights, you trust beings of such power to bring justice to all? Well, Amuro, show me just how strong your resolve is!"
Char and Amuro clash once more, but speaking of Enji Knights, it's about time we check on the most recently arrived one!"
Yes, I mean Max. We go back to where the last chapter left off with those two. After making his dramatic arrival, Max asked Ben to let him handle the massive Neue Ziel piloted by Gato. Even though the machine was created to neutralize and kill Enji, and was pressing Ben against the ropes, Max does not seem concerned.
He just walks calmly up to his opponent and puts both hands on his massive sword before he chuckles and causally says, "So tell me something, Gato, was it? What makes you think dropping a "haunted" space colony on a planet to kill millions of people is going to make things better for Zeon? Seems to be you're just kind of being a bunch of mass murdering idiots."
This makes his foe angry and Gato shouts out, "Silence, Enji! You don't know how much we suffered at the hands of the Lylat Kingdom! We will seek independence at any cost, and have our freedom!"
This makes Max sigh and he says," I do kind of know. See, I was spying on your main Zeon worlds for a while know. Seems to be the people are not free under the Zabi name. Seems more like they are paying for more and being ripped off, since in your little federation Weil's corporations own just about everything, including the air!
Seems to me that Weil is the only one gaining freedom, if he can pull this off, the freedom to do whatever he wants with his people! Face it, your rebellion's a sham. And I don't have much sympathy for people trying to kill others for shams."
He powers up his magic energy, and in response, Gato aims his machine's weapons at Max before saying, "Simple minded warriors don't know the details, you can only see what you want to see! No matter, you can die thinking whatever you want!"
Max just gets into fighting stance and spits back a sharp," Whatever. But just to warn you, you don't stand a chance in hell of coming out of this alive if you go through with fighting me on with that a toy like that."
This causes Gato to respond by firing all the missiles and energy beams he can at Max! However, Max just responds with swinging his sword around him with such power that he blasts back the lasers and blows up the missiles! This further angers the ace Zeon pilot and he has his mobile armor take to the air once more. He then sees Max looks perfectly composed before he pounds his chair hard and shouts," Don't think you're so high and mighty just yet! You haven't seen what this machine can truly do! I was careless before, you won't slice off another arm so easily! "
As the machine begins to change shape, Max just shrugs and retorts with a wry, "Fine, I'll just settle for your toy's head!"
Hearing this, Gato then has an energy barrier form around the machine and he then says, " Heh, no more messing around. I just activated the I-field barrier, this thing is strong enough to withstand the impact of Julius Seven's collision, it's enough to make me invincible to your powers!"
Max dashes back and looks up before brashly lashing back with, " Now you're just being arrogant. Nothing is truly invincible."
His foe then readies himself to charge at the experienced warrior, while saying," You're one to talk, you stuck up warrior of light! It's time your arrogance is punished!"
Max sees the much larger machine ready to strike him with its barrier and just responds with a calm , "Heh, don't put words in my mouth. I don't think of myself as arrogant, just confident in my abilities. But, don't take my word on it, see for yourself!"
Max just powers up his magic aura so much that it creates a wall of magic energy that holds the charging Neue Ziel in place! At the side, Ben is seeing this and is amazed at just how powerful his cousin is!
He then says," Incredible, Max, after all this time he is even stronger than when he left! Heh, I guess it's no wonder, since he was always called a prodigy by his master when I saw him. Oh?"
Ben hears some rubble moving and gets on guard, but sees it's the wounded Firion getting out! Ben offers his hand and the fellow Enji says," Ah, thanks Ben. Well, that's not a move I plan to make again. But, I see we are still here, so something happened. Huh, this power? Has Kira come down to the surface?"
Ben shakes his head and points to Max bouncing the massive mobile armor back, using his aura alone! A shocked Firion says, "Who is that? I hope for all his power he is on our side. "
Ben smiles and proudly says," Oh, he is on our side, he is my cousin, the genius ace Enji Knight, Max Bruder!"
Firion is puzzled and responds with a curious," Max, Bruder? Odd, I never heard that name."
Ben shrugs before he responds with a steady," Well, he was on a top secret mission deep in the Zeon worlds for a year or so. It was so secret that Kira told me he was dead a day ago! However, he is an Enji. I saw the insignia on his shirt and Kira even mentioned Max was once a part of Kira's own squad, the cobra squad!"
"Firion is shocked once more at hearing this and says, "Wait, really? I did hear rumors about Kira's former partner. So he is the one, with as much potential as both Kira and Xehamaru? Impressive. Oh? Maria, Guy! You're safe!"
Ben looks behind him and sees Firion's comrades, the purple haired women Maria and the large brown haired Guy, not to be confused with Luke's friend, Guy Cecil, run up to the duo.
Maria then looks relived and says," Firion! We were worried when we heard all those explosions from over here! Leon is helping the troops fight off the Droids, so we rushed here. Glad to see you're safe." Guy, who has been working on his talking skills since Final Fantasy two, looks at Max fighting the giant mobile amour with ease and says,
"This guy is taking on this giant robot single handedly? He has guts! Come on, let's help him break it!"
As he helps Firion up, Ben ushers a confident, "Wait, just a sec, Max said he could defeat it alone, and Max nearly all the time goes through with his word. Let's see how it goes, please? Huh? Oh, looks like we have others wanting to play anyway!"
Ben looks above and sees even more cyber dragons flying down with their eyes locked on Ben and the other Enji! He then takes out his Star Sword and says," Fine by me. Even with Max here, I am not about to let him take all the credit! Bring it on monsters, I will give you the fate you deserve!"
Ben enters the battle with renewed valor and flash steps in front of a Cyber Dragon to slash it across the chest! As he and the others fight off the wave of attackers, Max is still giving the pilot of the Neue Zeil a severe case of frustration!
After Max used his powerful magic aura to press back the mobile armor, Gato responds with shouting, "Think you can make a fool out of me, Enji! I killed plenty of you warriors of light, and you are going to be crushed for trying to make me look like a fool!"
He sends out his machine's arms and have them hover to Max's sides before preparing to fire! Max just cracks his neck and says, " I don't have to do anything, you seem to be better at making yourself look stupid then you are fighting! Well, anyway, if you're just going to whine on and on, I think I'll end this soon. I have better things to do!"
He sees blasts coming at him from three sides. But all he does is dodge them and has the two sub arms destroy each other with their own attacks! As for the one fired by the main body, it just blows up a tower.
As the machine recoils from this, Max, in a flash, slices his sword and chops off one of the leg like structures at the bottom of the machine! Gato then says,
"No, I did not come this far to lose to the likes of you! You Enji will not stop the glory of Zeon! I can't fail today, for the sake of the Zeon Federation, and all my comrades I won't lose to you!"
He has the machine's engines dash back and its chest then begins to glow. He then says," Put all power into the mega cannon! FIRE!"
The machine fires off a powerful energy blast at Max, but Max does not move an inch, before he narrows his eyes and says," You think this is a big deal to me? Ill show you how big a deal it is!"
With that Max takes a deep breath, before he gives a swift two handed swing, a slash that has such force that it slashes the energy blast in half! Gato looks mortified to see his fragmented energy blast explode all over the area! He then grasps his hands so tightly that he draws blood before he states," No, that's impossible! Even for you Enji freaks, you should not be able to do that!"
Max just looks serious and says, "Well, they always told me I was special. Now, it's about time you see for yourself how special my powers are!"
Gato sees Max ready to strike before he curses a bit and slams a button," Damn you Enji! Ill take you out, no mater what it takes!"
Suddenly the Neue Zeil 's chest glows red, and the ace pilot dashes right for Max at full speed! The Enji gets ready to strike, but is caught off guard when suddenly a lot of cables burst out of the enemy mobile armors chest to quickly entangle Max! Gato laughs madly as he says," The Neue Zei has a powerful last ditch Kamikaze self destruct attack! I was prepared for anything on this mission, no matter what it takes ill bring glory to Zeon! If I can take out you Enji dogs and bring victory to my people, my life means nothing!"
Max just looks annoyed before he narrows his eyes and sharply says," Man, you really are revved up to be a good little Zeon dog eh? Think you have resolve eh? Please, your just a pathetic tool who is to weak to believe in anything for himself! If your to weak to act on your own resolve, then don't think for a second your going to take me out punk! Enough of this, Buster Wolf!"
With that Max's energy explodes and he breaks out of his bindings with ease, before he unleashes a powerful charging uppercut right in the chest of the massive green mobile armor in the chest with such force that its launched quickly to the sky!
Max sees this and calmly raises his arms in to the air before he charges up his magic energy and forms it into a giant sphere of magic energy! He then rises his arms stright up and says, "Well, it's been fun, but I have a lot to do and little time to do it! And now, Full Moon Crusher!"
Max shows off one of his attacks, and forms a giant sphere and then proceeds to fire off his powerful energy attack! He then jumps off and fires it at the mobile armor! In response, Gato activates the I-field barrier once more.
However, it's not fast enough, and Max's attack is too strong and it breaks right through it, and proceeds to blow up the mobile amour! As Gato sees his machine begin to blow up, he glares madly at Max and shouts,"
Curse you! But it's pointless, in minutes this whole planet will be history! You cannot stop us from gaining what is destined to be ours! Seig Zeon! RAH!"
He is blown to atoms, along with the rest of the Neue Zeil! The few remaining fragments of the former mighty mobile armor falls to the ground as flaming wreckage. Max just sighs and dusts off his blade before saying, "Sigh, I wonder just how many idiots I killed because they would not give up their path of honor, or because of their loyalty to a corrupt cause? Meh, in the end, only the victors make history. So cuz, what do you think? Huh?"
He sees Ben deflect a flare blast from a cyber dragon, before jumping over to his cousin and giving him the thumbs up and saying," Heh, looks like you have not been getting any weaker. But, then again, neither have I ! Heh, I will catch up to you yet!"
Max just smirks and looks amused before he quips out," Well, they always say the best dreams are the impossible ones."
Ben then smiles and states," Well, despite the giant object of doom trying to cause mass death and destruction about to come down, this is still turning out to be an okay day. Now that both that Vent and their "grand "Enji killing mobile armor are out of the fight, the tides on the ground at least are turning. You think Zeon would take a hint and back off. Then again, they are mostly made up of robots. If it were mortal creatures fighting, hopefully they would be sane enough to realize the only thing they can achieve now is more carnage. Oh well I guess I will just have to, what the? This power?"
Max jumps to the side of Ben and says,
"Ah, so you sense it too, huh? Yeah, looks like someone with an enormous power has just decided to join in. Sigh, just when one problem is taken care of, another is likely to just drop in!"
Ben tries to pinpoint the power source and says, "Whew, could it be? Now that the Zannacross Empire thinks of Zeon as just another group to destroy, who on Zeon could have such a power? Could it be Craft? Or maybe it's, what the? No way!"
Ben is horrified to see from the stormy sky rain a downpour of large and powerful red energy blasts! Seeing them too late, Ben, Max, and the others, can only use their speed to avoid being blasted, as this attack causes the entire section of the city battleground to be torn apart, killing Lylat and Zeon troops alike! When the attack ends, Firion breathes hard and sees Ben and says, "What kind of being could attack with such force?"
Ben tenses up for a moment before he responds with a anxious," I know that kind of attack, it must be..."
Before he can finish his speech, the group hears a loud devious laugh and Ben sees the masked dark Enji Ravxen descend from the clouds! Ravxen then looks at Ben, and chuckles before saying,
"Ah, we meet again, my little Star fool! Sorry for being late to the show, I just wanted to make sure I had the best forecast possible! And I seem to have picked the perfect time! Between falling space colonies and my presence, the forecast will be death, just as planned!"
Ben powers up his magic energy again and says, " Ravxen! Just great, one of the last people I want to see now!"
Max looks at Ravxen and just looks amused before he wryly says," So, I take it you know this overpowered joker, Ben?"
Ben nods and direly responds with," Yup, he is one of the members of the elite dark Enji of Organization XIII, and he is one of their most powerful and insane members."
Ravxen then laughs and retorts with a theatrical "Why yes, I do happen to have the title of Phantom of Chaos, no? But then again, I do love my job. Well, pawns of the light. Do you wish to be relieved of your suffering?"
Ben has his Star Sword glow and says," No, but I do wish to be rid of having to suffer your mad outbursts! You won't get away this time, Ravxen, this time I will finish the job!"
This amuses Ravxen and he laughs before saying, " Hahahah! You're such an amusing one. But you really think you have the power to derail my script? Oh please, your feeble light may have overwhelmed that foolish Xehamaru. But I assure you, the powers of the dark side I possess are far greater! Yes, you cannot stop what is destined, Ben Auro. You can only suffer as you painfully try to delay your fate!"
Max then says,"I see what you mean. I just meet the guy and I am already annoyed."
The masked warrior just looks at Max and retorts with a wry, "Oh my, I do believe we have an extra actor in today's performance. Ah, I don't believe I've seen your face before, stranger. But, this energy, I felt this energy before."
Max then has his own sword glow before boldly saying," Must have been my charisma making waves across the cosmos. However, I will be more than happy to give you a personal introduction! Huh?"
Ben then walks forward and says, "Hey, Max? Is it alright if I fight him first? I have my own score to settle with him. If things get crazy, feel free to step in. Especially since this guy loves playing dirty."
Max then chuckles and enthusiastically responds with," Heh, I see you have developed a true warrior's spirit since I was gone, Ben. Fine then, show me what the Enji have taught you. Don't bore me now."
Ben grins and confidently responds with "Don't worry, you won't be bored."
Ravxen gives a amused snort before he theatricality says, "You want to play with me one on one, even though you're such a fragile being? You Enji are such jokes. But, it's time I give you the killer joke!"
Ravxen fires a death energy beam from his finger Freiza style to swiftly blast Ben. However, our hero deflects it and charges at his foe! He then bursts at Ravxen and goes to slash him, but the villain has his aura of darkness form a blade around his hand and at once he clashes with the Star Warrior with such force it creates a shock wave that shatters the towers around the two!
As Max watches, Ben and Ravxen exchange several blows per second. Max smiles and proudly mutters," Heh, he has come far. Still needs to grow up a little but, huh? Oh, so you guys want to push your luck too?"
He sees a group of Cyber Dragons land on all four sides of him and charge up their mouths to blast him! He just makes a mocking gesture before he brashly yells out, " So, you guys know fear? Well, since you're machines, I guess you're not programmed for fear. That's too bad for you, because if you could, you would not be acting so dumb right now. Then again, that just means I don't have to feel bad for this being such a mismatch!"
He sees the four all fire their charged particle flares at him, but he just swings his sword so fast, it's like a blur and it then propels the energy blasts like a fan of sorts into the air for another big explosion! A second later, he slashes all four of them in half, and as they fall down and explode, Firion sees this and says, "I say, it's no wonder Ben holds you in such high regard. Might I ask who was your teacher?"
Max just smirks and says," Ever heard of the king of hearts? Let's just say he was a strict teacher, and apparently I am a quick learner. But, in any case, I'll give you my biography after the world is saved and all. Alright, who wants to fall to pieces next? Huh? Uh oh, seems I got the attention of their alpha dog, so to speak."
What Max is talking about is that he, and the others, hear a roar so loud that it shakes the ground. He looks up and sees the massive Cyber End Dragon fly down! The metal monstrously lands right in front of Max and glares at Max! Max just sighs again and says, "Three heads? All the more to chop off, then. Well, hope Ben can keep it together while I handle this big boy."
The ace Enji then flash steps in front of the giant dragon and delivers a hard punch, which does not even scratch the beast! Max dashes back quickly to avoid being swatted by its tail and smirks, before saying,
"I see your armor is much stronger than that mobile's armor. Well, looks like this might be a little fun."
Max dodges the blasts from Tarkin's master dragon.
As he does, Ben and Ravxen continue to go at each other with increasing ferocity! At the moment, Ravxen tries to rip off the top of a building and hurl it into Ben, with one hand, while he is still in a blade locked with Ben.
However, our hero is able to see it coming, and fires an energy blast from his hand to blast it back! He then sees Ravxen create a new energy blade in his other hand to go for a double slash, but Ben dodges it. Seeing Ben looking so determined gives Ravxen a laugh, and he says, "Heh, I see you're giving it your all. Such passion, for such meaningless garbage! Come now, even your feeble mind should see the true state of this cosmos. Despair and battles are constant cycles! The best way to cure people of this despair is to erase them from this realm!"
Ben then looks disgusted before he responds with, "No, you and your kind of people just are too warped to understand! I discovered the power to protect people from despair, and now it's time you pay for treating life like some play for you to direct! Shinryukenha!"
Ben fires his best energy wave attack at the masked villain. However, Ravxen just fires his own powerful energy blast to blow through it and into Ben! It's too fast for Ben to react, and he is hit dead on as it blows him into one of the planet's storehouses, and when he lands, the foes dark blast explodes with enough power to destroy the entire building! Ravxen laughs as he sees the damage he has made and says, "Tsk, such a naïve boy. Try to be the hero all you want, but my grand performance of darkness cannot be derailed now! All you can do is amuse me with your futile gestures! Ah, and I see he wants a standing ovation!"
What Ravxen means is that he sees a force of light blast away the flames caused from the attack, and out of it comes Ben! Even though he is a little bruised, our hero is far from done, and he says,
Ravxen, you can mock me all you want. But, in the end, I am going to have the last laugh. After all, don't you remember the basic rule, that evil never wins!"
Ravxen just wags his finger and says,"Such worthless babble from a worthless tool of the light. While your powers may be real, they won't be able to save anything, since you're about to become a mere memory! Now, time to take your exit with grace. Goners Sympathy!"
Ravxen laughs, before gathering a large amount of power in two hands and forming his own kind of energy beam which he then fires at Ben! As Ben sees this powerful dark energy wave coming at him, he says, "No, I did not go through all of that suffering under Kira just for this! And besides, I can't look bad in front of Max now. Time to go all out and end this madman. Bankai!"
Ben powers up to his max power and his energy explodes enough to defect the energy blast of his foes into the air! A flash of light engulfs the area, and when Ravxen sees Ben again, he sees he has successfully unleashed his full power.
The villain then sees Ben's energy surge before he cackles out a sarcastic,"Oh, so that's how you want to play? Very well, ending it like that would have been a little dull anyway."
Ben then walks forward and says,"This time you will find yourself in a very different situation, Ravxen. This time I have the power to destroy you!"
Ravxen just creates his dark energy sword again and raises it at Ben, before haughty saying, "I see being the primary role in Xehamaru's demise has increased your arrogance. How silly, Xehamaru and I are in far different leagues. If that is not apparent to your mind, then I will make it so very quickly and painfully!"
He throws his energy blade at Ben. However, before the enemies attack even hits the ground, our hero has vanished. This does not surprise Ravxen at all and he just chuckles, before saying," Tsk, trying to impress me with your new speed? I will give you credit for moving so fast, however. You're still not too fast for me!"
He has dark energy form around his hand like a knife and, in a flash turns around, and stabs Ben in the chest! Seeing the wielder of the Star Swords shocked reaction, Ravxen laughs again and says,
"Hahaha! That's always the look you pathetic so called heroes have just when you realize you're nothing but morons! You thought your blade of the celestial ones could grant you the strength to surpass me? Ha, their time is soon to end, but yours is sooner! Any last words for your tombstone?"
He sees Ben struggle to lift his head, but shocks his foe when he smiles and says,"No, because I don't plan on dying!"
Ben disappears completely and Ravxen is truly shocked and says, " What? I hit his heart. There is no way he could still have the power to break free. Unless, Guh!"
Just as Ravxen starts to grasp what happened, his suspicions are confirmed, as the real Ben warps right in front of him and slashes him vertically across the chest! It seems that what Ravxen stabbed was a cleverly used shadow clone! Ben hit his target and at once tries to go for a killing blow.
However, Ravxen is quick to rebound and does not even grasp his chest, as he has dark tentacles come out of his back to grab the Star Sword! Ravxen then glares at Ben through his mask and says,"
Sneaky boy, you have learned a few tricks. Then again, I'm not one to play fair, so I'll give you some credit. However, do you really think you can kill me so easily?"
Ben then quips out a delighted,"Well, I never saw you having the recovery power that Xehamaru had. Then again, you never were as easy to damage as he was. It does not matter, I will defeat you, no matter what tricks you have!"
Ravxen just looks at the wound Ben caused and starts to get annoyed before lashing out with a unbalanced ,"Fool, you have no idea just how nasty I can be! It's time, time I stopped playing so nicely!"
Ben is shocked to see large spikes of pure dark magic energy form from the dark Enji's back and try to give him a spiky hug! Ben is able to fall back just in time to avoid being given a painful end and gets back into fighting stance before saying,
"Let me guess, by these kind of powers I bet you're not human either, and you're a demon, like Nightmare?"
Ravxen retracts his energy spikes and says, "You could say that. However, I am not such a lowly position as a simple demon. But it's not worth telling you what I really am, since your demise is at hand!"
Ben then summons an energy sword of light into his free hand and says, "People keep saying they are going to kill me, but they never learn that's just not going to happen! Now, for you that's a different story!"
Ravxen sees this and laughs before his energy flares up even higher! He then says, "Ben Auro, I admit you have been giving a more powerful performance than my first assumption. However, all that means is that I guess that I have to see you as a threat. And, anyone that is a threat to me, must be given their requiem, AT ONCE!"
Ravxen begins to gather energy and form it into his own kind of giant dark magic sphere! Ben then stays determined before he , "No matter how you try to win, I will never lose to you or anyone else!"
He then beings to power up and Ravxen then darkly says,"Ah, such foolish dreams and hopes. You are indeed a prime example of how foolish you Enji are. Come; let me show you you're true, oh? Oh my, I got so excited, I just let the time flow by!"
Ben is puzzled and says," Huh, no, what are you up to? What the, that rumbling. Hey, oh no!"
Ben looks at the sky and sees that the rainclouds have finally cleared up, only for Ben to see the space colony in the sky, ready to crash on to the planet! Ben then says,
"No, I guess Kira and the fleet were not able to destroy it after all! Just great."
Ravxen unleashes a vile cackle before he theatrically states," Well now, so sure you are going to continue with your heroic aims? Looks like you messed up your priorities, Star Fool, even if I may have been a good side show. Now, since you're pretty much doomed, I suppose my work is done.
Since having an object the size of a small country fall on me is not my kind of fun, and since, if I blow it up it would ruin the whole purpose of my drop in, I'll let the space rock do its thing. Well hero, how are you going to save the day now? I look forward to sensing the agony of your soul when you figure out you can't!"
Ben looks furious before he shouts out, "Hey, don't think you can just warp away like this was a game!"
The owner of the Star Sword then charges to slash Ravxen in half, but he is too late, and his maniacal enemy opens a portal of darkness and disappears into it . The warrior of light realizes that the battle is over before he grasps his blade tightly and says,"
"Bah, I have to find a way to stop the guys I am fighting from vanishing, before I can finish the job. Heh, he is just lucky Max did not step in, or he would have at last find himself being brought to justice.
So, speaking of Max, where did he go? Let's see, now that Ravxen is gone, the largest energy is right over, oh boy!"
Ben hears a loud roar and turns around, only to see the Cyber End Dragon causing havoc!
As he dashes over, he sees Max calmly dodging the robotic dragon's assault with ease, and Geno Wyrmmon standing on the side lines! Ben stops his dash right next to his dragon pal and the Digimon notices him before saying,
"Oh, hey boss! Glad to see you are still doing well. Sorry for not being able to help you out in your battles, the more of these metal fakers I thrashed, the more of them I found waiting to try and bite me!"
Ben then smiles and says,"It's okay, things worked out. So I see you met Max?"
Geno-Wyrmmon is shocked and says," This guy is your cousin? Wow! I just thought he was one of Kira's crazy supporters! I saw him fighting this big three headed one and came to help, only to find my energy attack being bounced right off! Then he just warped in front of me and said, "Hey, thanks for the back up bud, but don't worry I got it covered", and has been fighting this thing ever since!"
Ben then sees Max grinning from afar, as he parries the Cyber End Dragons tail swipe with his own kick and looks out in amazement before he says, "That sounds like Max, whenever he starts a battle, unless it's really dire, he fights on his own."
The two then see the Zeon monster roar and fly into the air again. This causes Max to say," What's wrong, bored already? Come on, don't be so angry just because of our not winning, it's poor sportsmanship!"
Ben then shouts to Max with,"Hey, Max! Are you playing around with it? Come on, don't treat this as a game, we have a battle to win!"
This causes Max to look over at Ben and chuckle and he casually responds with," Oh, hey, Ben. Good job handling that quack, like I knew you could. And don't be so tense. Nothing wrong with enjoying a fight or two, I see that after all this time, you still take everything so seriously."
Ben then face palms his head before saying, "Err Max, you do know that Junius Seven is already entering the atmosphere, right? "
Max looks up and sees the giant space colony beginning to glow red from the heat it's getting from entering the planet's atmosphere. He then shrugs and plainly retorts with," Yeah, I guess it's cutting it a little close, huh? Alright then, looks like it's time to finish you, six eyes."
The Cyber End Dragon seems to get Max's meaning and gets furious! All three of its eyes glow, before large amounts of energy form on each of their mouths! It then fires its most powerful attack, the deadly Eternal Evolution Burst Flare at Max!
Ben and his pal are amazed when Max just powers up his magic aura and bats it into the sky with one hand! He then says,
"Oh, come now, don't be that way. It's hard to accept reality.
But don't worry; I'll make sure you get put down real fast! Your armor is a tough nut to crack. However, I bet this skill of mine will do the job!"
Max throws off his jacket, and Ben is shocked to see nine other fancy swords latched to the jacket! As Max uses his magic energy to summon them and have them hover around him, Ben is amazed and says,"Wow Max! How did you collect so many swords?"
His cousin grins and responds with a confident, "Let's just say your cousin likes to have a memento of his battles and missions. Now then, time for this big pile of bolts to be recycled. Blazing Judgment!"
Max has all his blades spin around in a circle and they all glow green. The Sword he is holding shines the brightest and he then charges at the Cyber End Dragon so fast, that Ben cannot even see him attack!
Ben does see Max land on the ground a second later, with his other swords landing behind him. The Cyber End Dragon sees this and turns around, before raising its claws.
However, as it's about to strike, all of a sudden gleams of red light spark up all across the machines giant body and Max's attack makes its full effect and the monster falls apart into hundreds of pieces!
With his opponent beaten, Max just cracks his knuckles and walks up to Ben, before saying,"Well, that's one less thing to worry about. So, are the Zeon forces retreating yet?"
Ben then says," Err, most of the important ones. But, that might be because any minute now that space colony is going to smash this planet!"
Max looks up at the sky and looks serious for a moment before he states,"Junius Seven, one of this war's many tragedies. Well, as much as I hate messing with memorials, I guess the only thing to do now is blow it up."
Ben is taken aback and says, "Well, that sounds simple enough, but how?"
Max laughs and pats Ben on the back before saying," It's obvious, with our power!"
Ben is shocked and blinks for a moment before he says," Are you crazy, Max? It's kind of big, I mean, even the fleet and all of those Gundams could not destroy it, even with Kira leading the battle."
Max grins wildly before he reacts with a confident,"Oh, it's not that big. The fleet could have blown it up if that Char and his forces were not such good road blocks. Hey now, Ben, remember. You're the guy destined to save the whole universe from the ultimate darkness, and, from what I've seen just now and heard in the news, I am confident it's more than just a legend.
Combo that with me, a guy who apparently is one of the most powerful fighters in space, and we have way more than enough magic energy to blow that thing up in one shot! It will be dicey, but after all, we can't afford to fail now, right? Come on Ben, now is no time to get caught up in how things are. We have something in are way, so the only thing to do is to is to charge in at full force to take care of it!" Hearing these words, Ben smiles again and looks confident before saying, "Heh, you're right, Max, together, nothing is getting through!"
Geno-Wyrmmon then roars before proudly stating, "Don't worry boss, you always know I have your back!"
Max just chuckles before he says,"Alright, that's more like it. Geno Wyrmmon is it? We have no time to waste, fly us to the top of that central tower!"
The two cousins get on the back of the Digimon and fly up to the space colony, as it is falling down, onto the planet! After a minute, Max motions Geno-Wyrmmon to stop and he charges up his energy, before telling Ben,"Alright, we are only going to have one shot. Ben, unleash all of your power !"
Ben powers up and responds with a determined," Right! Here we go! I will save this world, because, after all, heroes don't fail. Burning Celestial Shinryukenha!"
Ben fires his energy blast at full power and the swirling energy blast heads right on a collision course for the space colony!
Max then tenses up and vigorously says,"Well, with the stakes this high, no sense holding back. School of the undefeated of the east, the ultimate technique!" SEKIHA…TENKYOKEN!"
Max performs the master attack he learned from his teacher and fires a large golden energy orb to combine with Ben's attack. Not to be left out, Geno-Wyrmmon then says,"Well, it may not be the ultimate technique, but it's still something! Trinity Fury Cannon!"
The Digimon adds his attack to the mix, and now the trio of energy attacks head right into the space colony. They succeed at hitting it right at the center, and cause a gigantic explosion! The sky is blinded with light and it's so big, that even the forces in space can see it clearly!
Ben then wipes some sweat off his brow and says," ,"Was, was that enough?"
Even before the light fades Max chuckles and in a nonchalant manner answers with," "Well , since I don't hear a loud impact, and the world is not blowing up, I think we just might have done it, cuz. Hey, take a look."
Ben sees the light fading and also sees that the plan worked! All that remains now of Junius Seven is a few chucks of scrap metal that has no chance of endangering the planet.
Seeing this, Ben smiles and says,"Hah, Enji Knights one, giant Zeon space rock of doom, zero! Whew, that was close, too. Max, it's all because of you showing up. If you did not appear today, I am not sure I would have pulled it off."
Max just pats his cousin on the back and replies with,"Oh, enough with putting yourself down, Ben. You are becoming quite the Enji. That was a hell of a fight you had to deal with, I am glad to see you handled it well."
Ben then looks teary eyed and says," Max, it's been so long, that I was starting to think you would never return. I'm so glad to see you again."
Max sighs and says," Oh, come on, don't get all emotional on me. Well, anyway, I am glad I dropped in when I did to save you from embarrassing yourself."
Ben then says," Heh, well I could have still won, but it could have become ugly. Hey, but then again, no matter what, I am not about to let myself lose. I can't even think about dying until I reach my dream, the dream to be come the greatest Enji Knight and the greatest Hero!"
Max shakes his head and says," Ah, I see you're still set on being a hero, huh? Looks like some things never change, no matter how many years pass."
Ben then smiles and says," But of course! After all, this dream is what has been keeping me going all this time! Well, that, and someday reaching your level of skill. So, I see you even mastered that ultimate attack you were taught by your master, huh? Wow Max, you're like the ideal Enji. Is there anything you can't do? Hey, by now I guess I should have as much confidence as you. But, I guess I never was big on that."
Max just takes a deep sigh before he says," Ah Ben, I am not so sure your idea of the ideal hero is really not all that ideal. Sometimes pride is quite the troublesome thing."
Ben looks puzzled and raises a eyebrow before his reaction is," What do you mean by that Max? Huh, why are you poking me, Geno-Wyrmmon?"
He sees the Digimon nudging him and he turns around and sees his pal answer with," Oh nothing much, but I just thought we might want to duck. You know, because of that wreckage coming at us?"
Ben turns around and says," Uh oh, missed a spot!" Ben and Max jump down before a large skyscraper sized remain of the colony blaze past them! It smashes through the tower they were on and flies into one of the major buildings, causing an impact that shatters the building at once!
As Ben sees fire and explosions break out of the shattered building, he nervously says, "Err, I hope people were not in there." Max just looks at the building and adds,
"Nah, don't worry about it. It looked like it was a military building. And with the way Kira runs things, his men were most likely gone before it left. Speaking of my former fellow comrade, where is Kira?"
Ben pauses before he looks at the sky and says," Most likely, still with the fleet killing Zeon forces. Tell me Max, was Kira as harsh with you as he is now? I find it hard to find people being able to put up with him."
Max then looks at the sky and says,"Heh, depends, since I have not seen him in a while. However, believe it or not, he was not always as stern and as harsh as I hear he is now. After his brother died on that mission, the kind Kira I knew died and some other guy took his place. Now, from the way I hear it, the only emotion he displays is through fighting. The Zeon forces must be figuring that out the hard way."
As the two see some Zeon Jaga Doga droids try to kill some Lylat Soldiers, by firing some of their funnels from their shoulders, they nod at each other and run to help the troops out, with Geno-Wyrmmon following right behind.
Meanwhile, as the three prepare to wrap up, the battle the battle in space is also coming to its end.
As all this has been going on, Char and Amuro have been fighting a stalemate duel the whole time, until Char saw his plans ruined with the destruction of the space colony! Seeing this causes Char to be upset, to say the least, and as he has his mobile suit back off from the Nu Gundam, he says, " How? Our ships were keeping the London Bell and Titan's ships from attacking Junius Seven. And, with its position, it blocked the Solar system cannon from being able to gain the energy it needed to fire again! So why did it burst apart!"
He then hears Amuro answer with," Looks like the Enji knights were able to pull through after all. Well Char, seems like you underestimated the power and resolve of the Enji Knights. Like always, you pay for looking down on the abilities' of others. So, ready to surrender yet?"
Char shakes his fist and says,"Well, seems like fate has conspired against me once more. But this is not the end! My goals are far from finished; I just have to try harder."
Amuro sighs and lashes back with," Oh, give it up already, Char! All you're causing from your fractured dreams are more death and destruction!"
Char goes to slash Amuro with his machine's beam saber, but he misses and he then yells, "Amuro, a foolish dog like you can never understand my pain! All you know is to do what you're told. It's because of your blind will that Lalah Sune was killed!"
This causes Amuro to sigh and he says," You're still obsessed over that girl, a year later? She got in my path, so it's her fault. And, according to a soldier we captured a while later, you were way too obsessed with her even though you only met her a week before she died! Not to mention, don't you think she might have just been a little young?"
This angers Char and he passionately snaps back with," You could never understand. She and I understood each other because we had a connection! I will create a world that people like her would not have to be fearful of! And that means I will kill all fools like you that prevent that dream from happening!"
He then fires at Amuro, but the Lylat pilot blocks it with his shield and says, "Wake up, Char, your deluded visions will never be more than that."
Char then strikes back with a angry,"You're the one that is deluded, if you think that you are fighting for justice! Enough, even with this setback, I will still come out victorious, if I can finish you! Huh?"
Char's sensors detect a warning, and as he looks up, he sees Kira in his Strike Freedom Gundam flying down with his two beam sabers aiming right for him! The Red Comet barely has time to dodge and a part of his mobile suits shoulder gets slashed off! Kira then has his Gundam fly in front of the Sazabi and says, "Char, all of your meaningless dreams end now. I had enough of this charade of yours. In the end, you're just another radical. And for the sake of justice, I will put to an end another threat to the peace!"
Char gets annoyed and lashes back with a fierce, "Kira, I, and just about the whole Zeon federation, are sick of your high and mighty stance. You think you have the right to decide what is the best way to govern all space?"
Kira flatly responds with,"Why, yes. Only one who has the best understanding of the nature of the cosmos and its people can decide what's best for those that can't manage to behave themselves. Char, the rebellion you fight for under Weil is just another group of greedy and selfish individuals who can not accept their fate. Even you are nothing more than one who puts his own ideals above what's good for all."
Char then summons out his funnels again and he says, " Enough! I won't let someone like you derail me!"
He is about to charge Char, but all of a sudden Kira's mobile suit then begins to glow with magic energy! From his machine, Kira then says, "Oh Char, you think you're above everyone. But you're no better. You're just an angry man who can't admit his failings. Here, let me bring out your heart's true emotions, and then we will see who is fighting under misguided feelings!"
Kira then has a flash of light blind up the area of space he Char and Amuro are in and it blinds Char! When the light clears Char sees everyone is gone!
All he sees is a girl with brown skin and hair that is Princess Leia style. She is a women Char knows well. She is the girl he quickly had grown attached to, Lalah Sune!
Char is amazed to see her since he saw her die and he says, "Lalah? Is that really you? That's impossible, you died! Have you been revived?"
The woman just turns her back at Char and says, "Char, you misunderstood my words. You twisted them to suit your own needs. I have seen from the other realm, you are just a man that twists people to suit your own needs and to satisfy your desires. I see now you are nothing like what I thought you were."
This causes great pain to Char and he says, "No, wait, Lalah, you don't understand!"
The girl just begins to glow with light and she says, "It's too late, Char Aznable, you and your dreams are not something I wish to see."
She then turns into a flock of swans, and flies right in front of Char! And, the most surprising part, is that this causes major damage to his suit!
All of a sudden, another flash breaks out, and Char sees the left leg and right arm of the Sazabi have been slashed off with the Strike Freedom right in front of him! Amuro seems just as confused before saying," Kira, what did you do? He was just rambling on about something and it's like he did not see you at all!"
Kira just smirks from his holographic display and says, "Well, Amuro, that would be because I stopped being nice and used my power. Yes, I cast my Perfect Hypnoses spell on him.
And now I can make him see whatever I wish. Yes, people can be quite easy to control. However strong they appear to be, their heart's desires betray them. That's why the one that's best to lead is the one who has his emotions at his command."
Char comes to his senses and is enraged at Kira, before darkly saying," Kira Myers, you arrogant Enji bastard! I will kill you for twisting her vision!"
He then prepares to fire his mega cannon and his funnels, but Kira fires first, and with his overwhelming fire power, blasts the red mobile suit. It's only because of the ace pilots skills is he able to maneuver his suit from being destroyed by that attack! Kira then aims again at Char and coldly says, "And now, time to rid the cosmos of another threat."
Amuro then flies to the side of Kira and says, "Wait, Kira! His suit is no longer able to function enough to be a threat! Let's capture him. I am sure bringing him back alive would do more good for ending this war."
Kira just laughs and coldly says, "Don't be absurd, Amuro. Someone like him, who has committed many severe crimes must not be aloud to get anything but the punishment that he deserves."
Amuro then says, "But think about it, Kira! If we bring him in alive and have him stand trial for his crimes, it would send a message to others in the Zeon army that if they surrender, they won't be killed on sight. Don't let your pride blind you to a path that can end this war faster!"
Kira just stays silent for a moment, before charging up his weapons!He then says,"Amuro, what you say has some logic to it. However, you're trying to send a message that is too weak. In order to make sure those from Zeon never again have thoughts of rebellion dwell in their heads, we must make it quite clear there is no tolerance for betrayal. Those who disturb order cannot be forgiven. If one is spared, everyone will see it as a sign of weakness, and that can not be allowed. I am the supreme officer here, and it's my final judgment that he dies now!"
He charges at Char with his beam swords for a final strike, but just as he is about to strike, he senses a power approaching and dashes sideways to avoid being hit by a mega particle blast!
He looks above and sees a damaged, but still functioning, Alpha Azireu fly in front of Char! Kira then looks annoyed and says, "So, you still survived? Impressive, but you should have played dead when you had the chance to live."
Char then says to the mobile armors pilot, "Gyunei Guss, I thank you for that. But leave now, you will only be killed by this man."
The Zeon pilot then says," I know that Commander, but I will gladly give my life to save yours! You must escape! If you die here, the Zeon federation will have lost its hope!"
Kira then says,"Hope? Your little rebellion has never had hope, only despair. Now it's time for that false hope of yours to totally dissipate!"
He sends out his funnels to blast at Char, but the Alpha Azireu sends out its own funnels and says, " No! You won't crush us, I won't let you have the pleasure of killing the Red Comet! Now, Commander escape with the fleet, while I hold him off as long as I am able to!"
Char sees Kira charging up for a final attack and also sees the Raider ,the Calamity Gundam, and the Destiny Gundam, blasting closer to him with many other ones behind them. He then says," Gyunei Guss, I will not forget this. Your family will know you died with honor to Zeon. All forces, pull back. White Fang unit, escape plan delta!"
The suit's eye glows red, and a flash breaks out of it!Angry, Kira sees this and grinds out a harsh," No, I won't let you escape! Get out of my way!"
Kira blasts his cannons to destroy his opponent's funnels and then boosts over to the Alpha Azireu and slashes it both horizontally and diagonally in half, before it explodes! However, its delay tactic did its purpose and Char's ship, the Rewloola, fires a beam at the Sazabi, a tractor beam that pulls it back into the ship at the speed of light!
At the same time, the other Zeon ships do the same, and while some get blown up, most of the fleet escapes into hyper space! This causes Kira to get rather angry, seeing his target escape his grasp, his magic energy explodes out of his Strike Freedom and it even rains down on the planet and pushes his own ships back!
He then says,"Blast him! He will pay for worming out of his judgment. Bah, in the end this battle was not able to be a success."
Amuro then says to him," Were you not paying attention, Kira? The Enji were able to break apart Junius Seven and prevent it from destroying the planet! I think I would call that a success."
Kira just responds with a dark,"Your already letting your feelings cloud your judgment! That may be true, but since we were not able to capture Char or destroy the fleet, it's not a real victory, only a stalemate.
And about that, I wonder who was able to manage the power to blow up the colony?
My apprentices? No, even they do not posses the power to do that on their own. I wonder, this other strong power, I want to know who it is now. Amuro, you and Bright check the area for survivors and bring them down. I am going on to other matters."
He casts a warp magic spell to warp his Gundam to the planet at once, to everyone's shock!
As shocked as he is, Tarkin is even more shocked! Back at the command deck of the Rewloola Tarkin looks so aghast at the results that his jaw is dropped! He then sees that the ships are all now in Hyper space before he turns around and says," What the, why are we turning around!?"
The blond women besides him, Char's aide Nanai sighs and answers with," Are forces are being overwhelmed sir, and with Julius Seven , the Cyber End Dragon and the Neui Zui all destroyed we have no more advantages. Sorry, but we failed."
Tarkin grasps his monocle so hard that he breaks it before he seethes out a ," DAMN those Enji! My great creations, those Enji made them look like a child's science fair project! All my data and calculations, ruined by a monkey who just was blessed with raw magical talent! I won't stand for this, I won't let the Enji make me look like a fool again and again! Ill use the data from this set back, to insure that I can find a way to create my true master piece.
Between the Death Star and the other project, when I complete my grand projects everyone in space will have to expect that my genius surpasses that of any other being in the universes! Bah, if I can insure Weil does not transport my mind in to a jar like he threatened before I can complete my work. Very well, I better prepare how to save face to Weil right away, and prepare more then a dozen charts to give enough data to prove without a doubt that ill be of better use to him with a organic body and not be turned to raw data."
With this Tarkin goes to try and avoid sharing the fate of Craft and the Dead Cell team we leave him and the Zeon forces.
We go back to the city of Pakamino. After Ben and Max saved the Lylat soldiers from the Zeon droids, the rest of them get the single to retreat, and fly back to the ships! After this, Ben and Max meet up with Firion and helped check for survivors. When Ben hears that the Zeon fleet has fully retreated he says,
" Whew, looks like they finally came to their senses! Ah, I can finally relax again."
Max still is besides Ben and looks amused before he playfully says,"What's wrong? Tired out from this? Come on, I taught you to endure through more than this!"
Ben says,"Hey, that's true, but I have been so worn out by Kira's training lately. Oh? Speaking of mister "Commandant" it seems he wants to check the battle out, first hand."
Ben and Max see Kira appear right above them in a column of magic energy! Max then looks at the Strike Freedom and says,
"So, that's Kira's new machine, huh? Bah, it's even more of a show of spam a lot suit then his old Freedom Gundam."
Ben then sighs and says," Oh, that's right, since you two used to be on the same squad, I bet you have as much as to catch up on as me! Ah, a hero's life is busy, but it's worth it. Hey, and now that you're back, both Zeon and the Zannacross Empire have no chance of winning now!"
Max then looks seriously at Kira and says, "Hey, I see you still see things in black and white. The life of a hero, you're right, Ben. In fact, it's the most chained destiny one could have."
Ben seems not to be paying attention and says," Ah, for once even Kira can't complain. We stopped everyone who tried to attack in there tracks, even that crazy Ravxen! Heh, looks like he should not have been so quick to leave after all. "
As Ben sees Kira's mobile suit begin to open up, Kira sees Max besides him and as he prepares to leave his suit, he says,
"Max Bruder. I never thought the day would come when I would see you again, alive. This changes things, but even this can be worked around."
As Kira descends down, we then shift the scene once more to the moon of this planet, its not a populated moon.
In fact, the only being or thing on the moon is Ravxen! As he sees the Zeon fleet is gone, he laughs and says,
"Well, that was not the curtain call I was expecting. Oh well, next time I'll just do things my way, the explosive way! Then again, all that really matters is that while Zeon put on a show, I was able to find this!"
He then has red crystal fragment come out of his pocket, the apparently last key fragment, one of the two seals that is the only thing that prevents the return of Chaos Zannacross Necron!
He then says,"Oh yes, the true beginning of the end of everything in this filthy dimension is at hand!
After so many years, the Key fragments can at last become the key! After waiting an eternity, I can at last give these pathetic mortals the destiny they all deserve! And, all that stands in my way, is that foolish band of silly Enji.
Oh, I can't wait, until I see them all perish! And, Ben Auro, your death is the one I look forward to the most! Hahahaha! "
Well, it seems things just keep getting more and more interesting!
Now Max has at last returned, and, even though it seems Kira is not as enthusiastic to see Max return as Ben is, maybe this will push Kira away from his extreme course of training. But, even with Char's plans ruined, Zeon still is not out of the count yet. And of course both the Dark Enji and the Zannacross Empire are still ready to put their plans into action. Will Ben be ready to face them?
Only one way to find out, and it's to stay tuned for the next Tales of the Cosmic Wars!
In our next chapter, Ben finds Kira is harder to impress than he thought when he lashes out at him for not following his exact orders! However, the return of Max seems to keep Kira from being to harsh. And when everyone there finds an odd cloning facility underneath the building hit by the wreckage of the space colony, they all of a sudden have more pressing matters to attend to.
Not only does Kira get of Ben's case, he allows him to return to Hallow Bastion for a weekend! It's not just for relaxation, sadly. Ben finds out it's because his parents requested Ben return home for his Grandmothers funeral. As sad as the occasion is, Ben then sees a bright spot for the sad time, for it also allows him to keep his promise to Lacus and make her birthday after all! Now that Lisa was found out to be the lying pain loving Larxene, Ben is set to do whatever it takes to win the heart of his long time friend, even with the giant obstacle that is Brad Fowltror .
Ben has a plan that, with the help of his smooth cousin Max, to win Lacus' heart, and gets Max to agree to come with him to the party. When the duo and Moz do arrive at Lacus 's family manor, by lake Sabou, Ben is glad to see he is still welcomed to the party, err that is after proving to the family's security battle android KOS-MOS that he and Max are not hostile.
Even with this, things seem to head into a nice night. But, things are never easy for our hero. Unknown to Ben at this time, Organization XIII has finally found out from Larxene that Lacus has the Blue Eyes Dragon sealed within her body, and their leader Xemnas commands that she is brought before him!
He sends the gambling magical Luxord to get the job done. And just to make sure the odds are stacked in his favor, the elite dark Enji hires several bounty hunters to insure nothing stops him! Will Luxord's bad timing ruin Ben's chance of winning Lacus over Brad? Or with Max there, is there nothing to worry about? To find out don't miss, Chapter 74: Beating the Odds, Raising the Stakes of the Heart. Till next time.