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Mobile Suit Serial Number: ZGMF-600 GuAIZ
Unit Type: Customized general purpose mobile suit
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Armament: 2x MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS, fire-linked, mounted on head, 1x MA-MV03 composite shield, features dual beam claw on tip, mounted on left arm, 2x EEQ7R extensional arrestor, mounted on back, can be fired out on a line, 1x MA-M21G beam rifle
Pilot: Zane Scirocco
Color: Entirely blood red
Phase Twenty-Nine: Spiral of Encounters
The Dominion
Near the Mendel Colony
Natarle sat in her command chair, completely focused on what was coming. She glanced out the bridge windows at the Dominion's escorts. Two Agememnon-class warships. The Washington and the Luther. Even with the two additional warships, Natarle knew this was going to be a difficult battle. She won't admit it to anyone, but she did not want to go after the Archangel. She'd rather that Azrael's information turn out to be false.
"Captain. Detecting one Archangel-class, one Izumo-class, three Nazca-class and one unknown within the harbor."
"Wow. You would have guess that they would have gathered so many allies in such a short time." Azrael commented.
"Bring the ship to Level One Battlestations." Natarle ordered. "Inform the Luther and the Washington to do the same. But do not fire until I give the order. Bring us to harbor."
The Archangel
"Captain! Two Agememnon-class warships and one unknown approaching!" Sai said.
"Bring the ship to Level One Battestations!" Murrue ordered. "Do we have a visual yet?"
"Yes ma'am." Sai replied, putting the image of the main screen.
To everyone's surprise, the lead vessel was the Archangel. Or rather, a second ship of the Archangel class. Aside from a darker color scheme and a slightly altered radar arrays, it was identical to the Archangel. But that wasn't the only surprise.
"This is the Earth Alliance Archangel-Class Assault Ship, the Dominion." a familiar voice said over the comm. "Archangel, can you hear me?"
Those that had served on the Archangel before JOSH-A were all stunned. They all knew that voice.
"Your ship as been listed as a rebel ship and we therefore demand your immediate and unconditional surrender. Should you fail to abide by these orders, we will have no choice but to destroy your ship." Natarle Badgiruel said as her face appeared on the main screen. "It's been a while, Captain Ramius."
"Yes. Yes it has." Murrue replied.
"I regret that we have to meet again under these circumstances."
"Same here."
"I heard about what went on in Alaska. However, I strongly suggest that you surrender and talk things over with Military Command." Natarle said. "I don't know what help I can be, but I'll do everything I can to assist you. I know you're well aware of what this ship is capable of doing."
"Natarle. Thank you, but we cannot do that. This isn't only about what happened at Alaska, or even what happened to Orb." Murrue answered. "We have serious doubts of the entire Earth Alliance as a whole. Therefore, there will be no surrender and no return to the military."
"Oh, this is so amusing." Azrael spoke up, clapping his hands. "You should be embarrassed, Miss Captain. If we could solve everything by talking, there would be no conflict in this world. Enemies are made through misunderstandings. Once that happens, all that can be done is to shoot them before they shoot you."
"Director Azrael." Natarle said, trying to protest his intrusion.
Everyone on the Archangel's bridge fell silent for a moment.
"Isn't Azrael the name of…?" Miriallia asked.
Murrue's eyes narrowed. "Yes, the leader of Blue Cosmos."
Inside the cockpit of the Raven, Chris tightened his grip on the Raven's controls as watched things unfold on his screens. The leader of that damned organization was here. The monster responsible for the Bloody Valentine was here.
'Focus. Focus dammit. Now is not the time for revenge. Stay focused and keep everyone alive.'
"Launch the Calamity, the Forbidden, the Massacre and the Raider." Azrael ordered. "Today we're sinking the unsinkable Archangel."
Natarle cut the channel. There was no other option now. "Tell the Luther and the Washington to deploy all mobile suits. Open the port catapult for the mobile suits. Target the Harbor with the starboard Lohengrin!" she ordered.
As the Dominion's mobile suits prepared to launch, it's Lohengrin fired. The large beam streaked out and impacted the side of the colony harbor. Debris crashed onto the ships inside. "Status report." Murrue ordered.
"The ship's fine ma'am. No real damage." Chandra replied.
Murrue opened the comm to the rest of the ships. "Is everyone else alright?"
"We're fine." Kisaka replied.
"We're fine as well." Waltfeld said. "But the Eternal isn't combat ready yet. We're gonna have to sit this one out."
"The Odin is good to go. But both the Valkyrie and the Einherjar are trapped by debris from the shot. They need some time before they can get out." John added. "The Archangel and the Kusanagi should engage the Dominion and it's escorts directly."
"What about the Odin?"
John grinned. "Don't worry. I got something special cooked up."
Murrue nodded. "Very well then. We'll deploy and engage them. Launch the Archangel!"
As the Archangel maneuvered out of the harbor, another thought came to mind as she glanced at the debris outside.. "Keep an eye for debris. The metapolymer tether lines out there are especially hazardous."
A moment later, the Freedom and Justice both launched and immediately went after the four closest enemy units.
"Athrun, it's those guys again. The ones we fought at Orb." Kira said as they sped towards the four incoming enemy machines.
"Yeah, I see them."
At the same time, the Kusanagi slowly moved from its mooring to join the battle. "Accelerate to full speed once we're outside." Cagalli ordered. "We'll cover the Archangel's port flank."
"Roger that."
The Odin slipped out just behind it. But instead of going to engage the Earth Alliance ships, it seemingly pulled away from the battle.
"Captain! One of the Nazca-class warships appears to be fleeing the area."
"What?"
Azrael chuckled. "I guess not all of their allies are as brave as them."
Natarle didn't say anything. It was unlikely that they were fleeing. They were no doubt trying to hide and ambush them. But if they defeated the Archangel and the other ship before they were in position, it would be meaningless.
The four Biological CPUs saw their primary targets right away. As much as they wanted to just demolish them, they had to remember their orders. If they failed, they feared they'd be subjected to the punishment again.
"Remember they want these things intact." Orga said.
"Well, you think they'd be satisfied with just one?" Clotho asked.
"They better." Kevin said. "Cause I don't think I can stop myself from killing one of them!"
Attacking first, the Calamity fired every weapon it possessed. Various energy beams streaked through space, forcing the Freedom and Justice to stop and dodge the shots. The Massacre opened fire on the pair, forcing them the pair to separate. The Forbidden and the Raider attacked. Shani, swinging his scythe at the Freedom while Clotho fired the Raider's hammer at the Justice.
Seeds shattered in both of their minds. Kira pulled back at the last second, avoiding the attack. Athrun blocked the hammer with his shield. Pushing the Justice back, but sparing it any damage. But pilots knew this was going to be a tough battle.
As the Kusanagi prepared to enter the battle, Cagalli quickly surveyed the area to see where the ship needed to go first. The Archangel and its forces already were taking on the Dominion, so that left only the two Agememnon-class warships to contend with.
"Engage the closest Agamemnon-class first." Cagalli ordered. "Aim for its engines."
But suddenly the entire ship jerked to a complete halt, as though it collided with an invisible wall. Everyone on the bridge was nearly thrown around
"What happened?"
"Sir, we've been snared by some kind of cable! It's wrapped around the port engine section!" the helmsman answered.
"Break free!"
"We can't, we're already at maximum thrust!"
Kisaka growled in frustration. The Kusanagi would be a sitting duck until it got freed. "Asagi! Get out there and cut whatever's trapping the ship!"
"Roger."
Asagi quickly left the Kusanagi, seeking to find where the ship was entangled and get it free. She only hoped that she had enough time.
Back on the Dominion, Natarle took notice of the Kusanagi's plight. She opened a channel to the Washington and the Luther. "Captain Leon, Captain Walters, the Izumo-class seems to be incapacitated for moment. Concentrate your forces and firepower on the Archangel. We need to take them out it before the Orb ship can free itself."
"Roger."
"Ma'am."
The Strike Daggers of all headed for Archangel. Where they came face to face with the rest of the Archangel's mobile suits. Mu fired the Launcher Striker's Agni cannon, destroying a Dagger. "Eat this!" Liz shouted, firing her beam rifle at another.
A pair of Daggers fired at the Neo Blitz, but Nicol deflected the beams and fired his pincer claw at one and shot at the other. Saul slice one in two with his swords as Dearka gunned down one with his cannons. A barrage of bullets tore through one Strike Dagger before the Raven's Ahura Mazda blades sliced another in three.
Elsewhere, Shani was ignoring their present orders concerning capturing the Freedom and the Justice. And heading for the trapped Kusanagi.
"Shani, where are you going?!" Clotho demanded. "Ugh, that dumbass!"
Asagi didn't need to search long before she had found the cable that had the ship immobilized. Pulling out a beam saber, she cut into the cable, melting it away layer by layer. However, due the material it was made of and it's thickness, she had no idea how long it was going to take her.
Suddenly out the corner of her eye, a dark shape loomed out of nowhere. She quickly recognized it as one of the enemy Gundams from the battle back at Orb. It was right in her face, and there was no time or means to dodge or even fight back. The Forbidden reeled back its Nidhoggr scythe, ready to slice her Astray to pieces. But it was not meant to be. Something slammed into the Forbidden, sending it flying. It was the flightpack of the Justice. Athrun had come in just in enough time to save Asagi.
"Don't just sit there!" he shouted. "Hurry and get the ship loose!"
"R-right." Asagi replied, wasting no time in getting back to work.
Athrun reattached his flightpack, when a proximity alarm rang. He saw the Forbidden was returning, this time now focusing on him. Drawing one of his beam saber, he charged forward to answer the challenge.
Simultaneously, Kira had his hands full taking on both the Raider and Calamity. However, the Massacre was nowhere to be seen. The two enemy machines were flying circles around him, but he did what he could to take shots at them when they drifted into his sights. The Calamity came to a halt, aiming its Todesblock. Kira tried to take the chance this apparent opening gave, when a second alarm rang. He looked to see the Raider's Mjolnir hammer was coming right at him full speed. He fired the Freedom's head mounted vulcans, hitting the weapon to try and slow down its momentum. It worked just barely, but it was enough. Swinging his shield, he batted away the hammer, causing it to now strike the Calamity straight in its torso.
At that very moment, Kevin appeared from below, firing his head mounted beam cannon at the Freedom. Kira flew out of the path of the beams, firing his own rifle back. But the Massacre dodged his shots. The Calamity fired it's cannons at the Freedom. Kira evaded the beams, only to come face to face with the Raider in it's mobile armor mode, it's Ahura Mazda blades activated. Kira swore as he sidestepped the machine. These pilots were skilled. Far more skilled than most. Kira wasn't all that sure if he could defeat more than one of these guys at a time. But Kira had no other choice. If he didn't stop these guys, they'd destroy everyone.
On the other side of Mendel, the five Nazca-class ships had arrived unseen. Along with Zane, Yzak, Saya and Shiho, Le Creuset could see the battle unfolding in front of them.
"Well, look at what we have here." the Commander said, "The curtain's been raised on this little show."
Ades looked up from his console. "The Eternal and the 11th Fleet are definitely there, along with two other vessels, one of which happens to be the legged ship. It seems that the Earth Forces have two Agamemnon-class, but the other is unknown right now. "
Le Creuset took a look at the console and then back out the bridge's windows. "Whatever the case, until we've a better understanding of what's going on, it'll be best if we stay out of it for now." He then rose from his seat. "However, Yzak, Zane, and I will enter the colony and gather information."
Ades was taken aback. "You're personally going, sir?"
The Commander nodded. "I want both the Noin, the Helderton, the Burton and the Heusinger to remain here. If all goes well, we can easily bring a number of matters to a close. Now, get my GuAIZ ready."
"Yes, sir."
Mu suddenly felt a familiar feeling race up his spine. A feeling he hadn't felt since Alaska. And he knew exactly what the cause of it was. Creuset was here. Mu turned around and headed back towards the colony. Flying past the Raven, the Buster, the Neo Blitz and the Surge.
"Hey, Pops!" Dearka called out. "Where are you going?"
"Watch it with the Pops!" Mu warned. "There are ZAFT forces close by!"
'Zane.' Chris thought as he turned and followed the Strike. 'The Commander was always going about how he always knew when Le Creuset was around. And if he's around, Zane's not too far.'
Dearka and his teammates were bewildered by Mu's claim. They all wondered how La Flaga could actually know if ZAFT forces were nearby. However, if he was correct and a ZAFT force had followed the Eternal and the 11th Fleet here, then they had to action now. Before they found themselves pinned between ZAFT and the Alliance. The three pilots glanced at each other for a moment before firing their thrusters and followed after the Strike and the Raven.
The five mobile suits rushed back to the Mendel harbor, passing the Eternal and the two Nazca-class vessels and deeper into the colony.
Inside Mendel
The Duel and two GuAIZ flew through the colony interior. Rau smirked as they traveled. Everything thing was shaping out nicely. He now had the means to supply Azrael with the data he had obtained from his contacts in Aprilius One.
Though he would slightly miss the girl. It had been a long time since he indulged in such things, and he found it amusing how she always resisted and fought. Of course, had she stop fighting, he probably would have gotten tired of her and stopped.
Rau smirked. Soon her real purpose would be fulfilled. The final door will open. And at here of all places. It was certainly poetic. Mankind's end would begin here, the place that symbolizes Mankind's desires. Mankind's greed. Mankind's true self.
Suddenly, the Strike, the Raven, the Buster, the Surge and a machine that looked like the Blitz.
"The Buster and the Surge! Those bastards!" Yzak shouted. "They're not gonna get away with using their machines like that!"
The Duel sped off towards the two machines in question and the Neo Blitz. Zane turned his attention to the Raven. "It's been awhile Chris." Zane said, firing his beam rifle on the Raven. "But this is no GINN. You aren't gonna win this time!"
"Bring it on Zane. Even in a new machine, you can't beat me!" Chris replied, firing back with his railgun.
Rau turned his attention to the Strike. Then he felt it. His smirk widened. "So you're the one piloting that machine now, Mu La Flaga."
Mu fired the Agni cannon at the GuAIZ, but Rau was too fast for him. Evading the shots with ease. "Damn. I think I may have chosen the wrong armament for this." Mu said as he fired off more shots.
"Die! Die! Die!" Kevin screamed, firing all of his Gatling guns at the Freedom and the Justice.
At the same time, Shani wildly fired off his plasma induction cannon. Beams and bullets filled the area. Kira, Athrun, Clotho and Orga found themselves struggling to avoid getting hit.
"Kevin! Shani!" an annoyed Clotho shouted as he struggled to avoid the beams.
"What are you doing, you idiots?!!" Orga added.
The two Extended pilots paused at that moment, giving Kira and Athrun an opening. Kira fired his twin plasma beam cannons at the Forbidden, forcing Shani to stop and deflect the beams. At the same time, Athrun drew his sabers and lunged at the Massacre. Kevin instinctively pulled his beam Gatling guns up. But that's what Athrun wanted. The sabers sliced through the gun barrels. But at that moment, Kevin fired his beam cannon. But Athrun pulled the Justice's head out of the path of the beam.
Elsewhere, the Kusanagi was finally freed from the cable and headed to support the Archangel with it's Astrays. But it wasn't the only one. Appearing out of nowhere on the Alliance battlegroups' left flank, the Farsight and the Odin's GuAIZ's emerged, firing on the three Alliance warships. Behind, the Odin emerged from behind an asteroid, adding it's fire to battle. GuAIZs and Astrays gunned down Strike Daggers as the Archangel, the Odin and the Kusanagi fired at the Earth Forces warships.
The Dominion shook as several missiles impacted it's hull. "Captain! Orb and ZAFT warships and mobile suits approaching!"
"Oh my. It's seems they've come to the Archangel's rescue." Azrael commented.
The Kusanagi's Gottfrieds fired at the Dominion. But the ship managed to evaded the beams. "We're temporarily retreating! Fire the retreat signal!" Natarle ordered.
Azrael was stunned by this. "What?!"
"Right now, we're at a disadvantage." Natarle explained. "We can't win if we stay for now."
"But we had them cornered!"
"Maybe. Maybe not. The Nazca-class fled as the battle started. They weren't running, they were using all the debris around the colony to mask their presence as they moved to flank us." she answered. "Plus those four machines are starting to run low on power. If we don't retreat now, we'll be destroyed."
"So you're saying, run away today to come back and win another day?" Azrael said, a smirk forming on his face.
"Are you really that eager to die?" Natarle replied.
The Domion fired it's flares. The surviving Strike Daggers withdrew, returning to their ships. The Calamity and the Raider started to headed back. "Damn. I guess our time's up." Clotho cursed.
"Yeah. It looks that way." Orga said.
But their two other teammates were less than willing to retreat. Kevin was like a berserker, swinging his beam sabers at the Freedom wildly while Shani kept on firing his cannon at the Justice. But Kira and Athrun were more than able to dodge their attacks.
Clotho and Orga pulled up alongside their unbalanced teammates. "Kevin, Shani! We gotta go!" Orga called out.
"Screw that! I'm not stopping until these punks are dead!!" Kevin shouted back.
"Yeah!" Shani added.
"You idiots! We have to retreat! Do you want to feel that pain again?!" Orga shot back.
Both pilots scowled. They all hated loosing. But they hated the pain more. Seeing no other option, the four Biological CPUs fled, heading for the Dominion.
With their enemies retreating, Kira and Athrun both breathed a sigh of relief, along with many of their comrades. "Kira, are you alright?" Athrun asked as he pulled alongside the Freedom.
"Yeah." Kira replied. "But those pilots... Those pilots aren't Naturals."
Inside Mendel
Yzak swung the Duel's saber at the Buster, but the machine dodged the saber. Yzak swore as the three mobile suits circled him but didn't actually do anything. He was getting annoyed. It was bad enough these Naturals were piloting Dearka's and Saul's machines, but he hated this cheap copy of Nicol's Blitz even more. It was an insult to his fallen comrade's memory.
"Yzak! Please! Stop this!"
Yzak froze. He couldn't have heard that voice. It was impossible. "Nicol?"
"Yes Yzak. It's me. I survived that battle and my Blitz was rebuilt." Nicol answered.
"Come on Yzak." Dearka said. "We don't want to fight you."
"Yeah Scarface. Fighting you is two much trouble." Saul added.
Yzak was completely stunned but all of this. So much so, that he didn't even notice Saul's comment.
Outside Mendel
The Justice and the Freedom arrived at the Mendel Harbor as the Archangel, the Kusanagi and the Odin entered the harbor. "How is everyone?" Kira asked.
"We're alright. But we lose contact with Mu, Chris and the others inside the colony." Murrue replied. "Mu said that ZAFT was here and they went to investigate."
"Okay. I'll go and check on them. Athrun, you stay here in case the Dominion tries something." Kira said heading into the colony.
Inside Mendel
The Raven slowly walked inbetween the abandoned buildings of the colony. Chris glance back and forth. Zane had lured him into the buildings. No doubt he hoped that he would have the advantage on the ground. Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't.
"Where are you... Where are you hiding... There!"
The Raven spun around and fired as the crimson GuAIZ fired it's beam rifle. The beam passed by the Raven's chest, missing him by a few, few feet. While Zane sidestepped the railgun rounds. "It seems you've improved." Zane said.
"I could say the same for you." Chris replied.
Zane chuckled. "I have you to thank for that. You've pushed me to my limits and beyond them. I had gotten lazy and my skills had dulled fighting nothing but pathetic Naturals."
"What happened to you Zane? You were never like this. You always believed in the good of people!"
"I was a fool back then. There is no good in humanity! All we do is hate, fight and kill! That is all we know how to do! That is what we are! Bigots, soldiers and killers! And soon, humanity will receive the punishment that humanity as deserved for so long!"
"What? What the hell are you talking about?!"
Zane laughed. "You can only see the two warring sides. You can't see what lies beneath it all. You-"
Suddenly, the Freedom appeared, firing on the GuAIZ. But Zane dove out of the way, fleeing from the area. "Chris, are you alright?" Kira asked as he landed next to him.
Chris nodded. "Yeah. I'm fine."
"Where's Mu and the others?"
At that moment, they both glanced up. Above them, the Strike and Rau's GuAIZ battled. Rau fired, hitting the Strike's cannon, destroying it. Mu drew his knives as Rau fired his extensional arrestors at the Strike. They tore through the Strike's right arm and left side of it's waist. There was a small explosion in the Strike's cockpit, sending a shard of metal into Mu's side as the Strike fell to the ground.
Rau aimed at the Strike and was a about to fired when a beam tore through his rifle. He looked up, only to see the Freedom. Kira fired again, blowing off the GuAIZ's head. Then, Kira drew his saber and sliced through it's legs. Sending Rau's ruined machine to the ground.
Rau swore as he climbed out of his disabled machine and fled. But Mu saw this and tried to stop him. Rau fired his sidearm at him as he passed the Strike. "What do you say we put an end to this all today?" Rau said, running towards that building.
"Dammit." Mu cursed, chasing after his masked rival. "What are you up to now Creuset?!"
"Come with me!" Rau called back. "Come with me and I'll show where it all began and how it will end!"
Kira and Chris watched the two men enter a large building. Seeing no other option, they grabbed their sidearms and left their machines, heading after them.
Mu slowly moved through the hallways, a hand on his bloody side. Creuset had disappeared within the numerous hallways of the building. "Do you know what this place is, Mu?" Le Creuset called out, his voice echoing through out the building.
"Why would I, you psycho?" Mu replied.
He then squeezed off a couple of shots blindly in Rau's direction. Rau fired back, forcing Mu to duck for cover. Mu quickly moved once the firing stop, running to a column.
"It's such a tragedy that you don't know!" Le Creuset shouted.
"Mu!" Kira shouted at that moment, distracting the two.
Before either man could react, Kira and Chris fired at the ZAFT commander, forcing him to pull back from the trio.
"Kira, Chris, don't!" Mu warned as the two teens approached.
Rau was stunned by hearing the boy's man. Was that boy Kira Yamato? This made for an interesting twist. He already knew of the son of the Dantes' from Zane, but if Kira Yamato was indeed that child, than this was going to be far more interesting. "The prodigal son returns!" he called out.
Rau's words briefly confused Kira. He couldn't think about that at the moment. He and Chris both looked out to see if the coast was clear and rushed over to where Mu was hunkered down. They both immediately saw the wound on their senior and friend. "Mu, you're hurt." Kira said.
"It's nothing." Mu lied. "Listen, this is our chance to get this guy once and for all. Now both of you follow me and be careful."
The trio then slowly moved out, checking every corner and hallway for any sign of Le Creuset. They knew he was close, but had no idea where and he was likely lying in wait to ambush them at any moment.
"Kira! Do you remember this place Kira!" Le Creuset called out again, "This place is where you were born!
Kira stiffened. "What is he talking about?"
Mu glanced back over his shoulder. "Don't listen to anything he says. He's trying to play mind games with us."
"Yeah. Don't lower your guard for moment Kira." Chris added.
"And you, Mr. Dante! You were born here as well!" Rau shouted.
"Yeah right, psycho!" Chris shot back. "Play your mind games with someone else!"
Rau's laughter echoed through the halls. Seeing no other option, they continued on until they came to a door labeled 'HUMAN GENE MANIPULATION LAB'. Pressing the switch, it slid open and they ventured inside. They moved down a dark hallway before coming into lab's interior. All around them they found large dark cylinders lined in rows. What was eeriest about them was that they power sources were fully functioning. But why would that be if the colony had been abandoned years ago?
Moving across the catwalk, they found an even more disturbing find. In front of them was a cluster of glass tubes, each containing a dead human fetus. All of them were underdeveloped and malformed. They didn't even look human. A shutter crawled up Chris's spine. He was beyond creeped out. Though he was the son of doctors, he hated hospitals. They always made him feel creeped out. But this was much, much worse.
"What the hell is this place?" Mu muttered.
"Don't know. Don't care." Chris said. "Just want to get the hell out of here as soon as possible."
"Does any of this bring back memories, Kira?" Le Creuset mocked.
Mu twisted to the side, catching movement inside a room to the left. He rushed inside, firing his weapon. He then saw a figure and a muzzle flash. The bullet tore into his arm, the pain forcing him to drop his gun.
"Mu!" Kira shouted as he and Chris ran in, grabbing their comrade and shoving him behind a sofa. They then quickly joined him behind it as well.
Le Creuset finally emerged from the shadows and walked towards his enemies. "I won't kill just yet, not after all the trouble I went through to bring you here."
"Cut the crap, you maniac!" Mu growled, fighting back the pain of his wounds. "We're not playing your game!"
Le Creuset remained nonchalant. "I'll give both the full story before I finish you off." He then grabbed something and threw it at them.
It clattered to the floor and slid to a stop next to Kira. Glancing over to it, he was shocked by what he saw. It was another copy of the photo Cagalli had shown him. There was no mistaking the woman in the picture or her babies.
"And he's not the only one with secrets here." Le Creuset then tossed a folder at them.
The folder fell open as it landed, scattering the photos and the files it contained. One fluttered to the middle and it quickly caught Mu's attention. The photo was of a man carrying a small boy atop his shoulders.
"That's me." He gasped, "That's me and my dad. But why is…how…?"
But that wasn't those weren't only photos that caught someone's attention. Chris's eyes were locked onto a photo as well. The picture was of a group of men and women in white lab coats. Among them was two very familiar faces.
"Mom...Dad..."
Le Creuset smile was cruel and he laughed in wicked delight. "I'd like to tell you all a little story." he said. "One of the full extent of mankind's insatiable desires, and of the crazed fools who followed their insane dreams. All in the name of progress..."
Now, first and foremost, I reveal Chris's past in the next chapter. But he isn't an Ultimate Coordinator. I'm hoping the next chapter will be up before Friday. But if not by then, I won't be able to until next week cause I'll be out of town. As always, review!