This will be the final chapter of part 1 of this fanfiction. I will start uploading part 2 as soon as possible and I will add an extra chapter to this part with a link to part 2. I hope you have all enjoyed part 1 and will continue to read the second and third parts as well.
Thank you all for reading and please enjoy the final chapter of Gundam SEED Purity Pt. 1
Garret's eyes opened as he heard an announcement in his room. "All pilots please proceed to the hangar immediately" he heard the voice say as he groggily got to his feet. He remembered what Hilde had said and put on a pair of black jeans, a white t-shirt and a brown leather jacket. He left his room and headed towards the hangar. On the way he bumped into Victoria. The girl had her hair tied in a ponytail and was dressed in a blue long-sleeved shirt, white slacks and a loose, purple jacket. Garret noted she had removed her sling and the bandages she had been wearing.
"Are your injuries healed?" the blonde pilot asked as the two began walking together.
"Yeah, the doctor said last night that I was fine to take off my bandages" Victoria said, stretching her arms.
"Are you gonna be ok to do this?" Garret asked and Victoria simply nodded in response. The two arrived in the hangar and found Aston, Marcel and Hilde already waiting. Marcel was dressed in a sleeveless grey top, black fingerless gloves and a pair of black trackpants. Aston stood in a navy blue long-sleeved shirt with a black leather vest over the top and a pair of blue jeans with a pair of calf-length white boots. Hilde was wearing a black top and grey track pants with a black trench coat over the top that hung loose on her shoulders. Her left arm was suspended in a sling and she still had a bandage wrapped around her head and a piece of gauze on her cheek.
"Alright, so are we all good to go?" Aston asked and everyone nodded as they climbed into the jeep that sat at the exit to the hangar. Aston got into the driver's seat and Hilde sat in the passenger's seat while the other three pilots climbed into the back. The Commander sped out of the ship and drove along the sand, the Ceres sinking away behind them. "So we just keep heading straight from here?" Aston asked, looking at Hilde for a brief moment.
"Yes, we should be there soon" Hilde replied.
"I'm gonna get something powerful!" Marcel said with a grin.
"We can't really afford to be picky, we need to just get what we can" Garret said in response.
"Yeah I know. Let's just make sure we get something that can mess up the Tyranny" Marcel said. Garret noticed that Marcel had changed, he used to be so quiet and timid but now he was more confident and outspoken.
"Hilde, will you be ok to fly a mobile suit with your arm?" Victoria asked the purple haired pilot, leaning over near her.
"Yes I should be fine, I'll probably just pay for it later" Hilde replied, a smile on her face. After about forty-five minutes they arrived at the base, a large blocky structure was a massive steel wall around the complex. The jeep stopped at the checkpoint where several soldiers armed with machine guns stood.
"Halt! Identify yourselves!" the eldest of the men said loudly, aiming his gun at Aston. Hilde reached into her coat and pulled out an id card.
"Hilde Regent, id number 83620417" she spoke, showing the man the card. He studied it for a moment and then rubbed his chin.
"Alright, you're clear, but who are these?" the man asked, motioning to the ZAFT pilots.
"They're new recruits for Gundam pilots as chosen by Lord Alastair here to get their mobile suits. They're still waiting for their id, I'll vouch for their identities" Hilde explained. The man nodded and motioned for the jeep to enter the base. They pulled into a parking lot and climbed out of the vehicle. "Ok, don't screw around, let's get into the hangars while they're calling the base master and get some Gundams" Hilde said, looking towards a large door. The five of them walked quickly towards the door. "The base master knows me so he won't think anything straight away but he'll eventually pick up on the fact that he was never notified of new pilots so he'll make a call, we have to be getting out of here by then" the female pilot spoke as they slid the door up and went inside.
The group was eyed off by several Purity soldiers as they examined the mass-produced mobile suits stationed in the hangar. "Over there" Hilde hissed to the ZAFT pilots motioning to a grey mobile suit between two ZAKUs.
"Shotgun" Marcel said quickly and he began walking towards the Gundam. "That's a Chaos, one of ZAFT's second stage series" he said as he examined the mobile suit when he reached it. The group had decided that Hilde would send a message to each of their phones when they were to board the Gundams and make their getaway. Hilde led Garret, Aston and Victoria through the hangar until they found another Gundam, one that just about every soldier knew.
"I want that" Victoria said, her eyes narrowing in on the grey Gundam. She approached and looked up at the Strike, its grey body towering over her. "I'll fly you" Victoria whispered to the mobile suit.
"Well look at that, they put three together for us. A Duel, a Saviour and… I'm not actually too sure what that is" Aston said, gazing down the line of Gundams. The first two were the typical grey colour of a Gundam but the other was orange.
"I think I'll take the Duel, I'm familiar with it" Garret said moving towards the mobile suit.
"I'll take the Saviour" Hilde said walking over to it.
"So it looks like I'm left with you, not that I know what you are" Aston said to the large orange and red Gundam. Hilde flipped out her phone and typed "Gundam" on the keypad and then sent the message to the others. Four phones vibrated and five soldiers leapt into action, boarding the Gundams they were all in front of. They could hear the commotion below them which they ignored as they closed the cockpits.
"Garret Kross, Duel, soar!" Garret roared as he booted up the Gundam, making the announcement out of habit.
"Marcel North, Chaos, bring it on!"
"Victoria Mays, Strike, mobilise!"
"Hilde Regent, Saviour, let's rock!"
"Aston Falcon, Sword Calamity, engage!" Aston called, reading the name of the mobile suit on the screen as it appeared. All of the Gundams except for Aston's Calamity engaged their Phase Shift and watched as Purity soldiers scrambled for their machines. Hilde raised her beam rifle and blasted a hole in the wall of the hangar before running through it, tearing away the wall with her suit's hands where she didn't fit. Garret and Aston quickly followed her.
"Victoria, follow me!" Marcel called, taking out a section of the wall with his own beam rifle. Victoria pushed over several mobile suits and followed the green Gundam out into the open area of the base.
"Victoria, there's three containers over there holding the Striker packs for your Gundam, you, Marcel and Hilde all take one each. Garret and I will concentrate on holding off Purity mobile suits!" Aston called to the female pilot before he left the hangar. Victoria and Marcel hurriedly grabbed the containers and watched as Hilde walked through the hole Marcel had made and grabbed the last one. Aston drew both his Gundam's sword and watched as Garret readied his rifle and shield. They were quickly set upon by several GINNs.
"Commander, be careful! These Gundams still have Purity OS on them, they won't fight at full capacity!" Garret called, turning slightly to see the three Gundams escaping with the Striker packs.
"Ha! That'll just make it more fun!" the Commander spoke, readying his swords. The two ZAFT pilots slowly backed away as the GINNs approached, the Purity mobile suits raised their guns and fired a hail of bullets at the two Gundams which was deflected by their Phase Shift.
"You're no match!" Garret yelled, taking down two of the five suits with his beam rifle, blasting through their cockpits. Aston engaged the green beam blades in his swords and sliced clean through one of the remaining three as it charged at him with its sword. He raised the arms of the Sword Calamity and fired off the two rocket anchors, slamming them into the cockpits of the remaining GINNs and threw them to the ground.
"Come on, let's move it!" Aston called to Garret and the two turned to follow their comrades. They could see the Ceres appearing in the distance, coming full speed towards the base. "Everyone, when the Ceres gets here board it immediately, ignore the Purity mobile suits!" Aston called and everyone acknowledged the order. The ship reached them quickly and the three Gundams carrying the containers leapt on board.
"Aston, there are three Murasames and a Gaia heading this way, should we fight them?" Garret asked, noticing the marks on his radar.
"Reckon we can take them with these crap operating systems?" the red haired man asked.
"They've got the same problem, and no way they're as good as us" Garret said with a eager grin.
"Richard! Give us covering fire, we're gonna take on these three suits before they become a hassle when we try to fall back!" Aston called to the Ceres as he watched the three flying mobile armours approaching, the black wolf-like machine tearing towards himself on Garret on the ground. The Murasames closed in first, diving down at the Sword Calamity. "Oh no you don't!" Aston said, cleaving straight through one of them with his sword before the other two pulled up and sped away from the orange Gundam. Garret aimed and fired his rifle through another, leaving only one Murasame and the Gaia that was almost upon them. "I'll get you!" Aston called sheathing one of his sword and quickly taking one of the Gundam's beam boomerangs from its shoulder and hurling it at the mobile armour. The attack struck home, the boomerang sawing through the Murasame before circling around and returning to Aston.
"Gaia!" Garret called firing at the black machine, causing it to change its collision course with the Calamity. "I'll get you!" the blonde pilot roared, putting away his rifle and drawing one of his beam sabres as he charged at the Gaia that ran on all fours towards him. Aston fired off his anchors and latched onto the front legs of the Gaia with them, pulling the suit into the air as Garret drove his beam sabre through its cockpit. The black Gundam exploded and the two ZAFT pilots headed for the Ceres.
"Ok, I like this thing" Aston said as he leapt onto the ship.
"Nice moves out there, you're gonna be taking everything down in that thing once we rewrite the OS" Garret commented as he docked his suit next to Victoria's Strike. Garret and Aston climbed out and joined their comrades.
"Farris!" Aston called, motioning for the chief mechanic to come over.
"Yeah what is it?" the man asked in his rough voice.
"I want that Gundam recoloured, I'm not a fan of that orange and yellow. Make all of the orange silver and the yellow black" the Commander spoke to the older man.
"Well, someone has their priorities right" Marcel remarked.
"You're just jealous because you can't recolour yours" Aston said in response, not looking at the younger pilot.
"Are you ok Garret, you didn't get injured did you?" Victoria asked, looking at the silver-eyed pilot.
"Nope, I'm all good" Garret said with a smile, calming the brunette girl down.
"That's good then, I hoped you wouldn't get hurt because of that restricting OS" Victoria explained.
"It actually performed pretty close to my old Duel, I think Purity might be stepping it up a bit" Garret commented, looking at the now grey Gundam.
"Let's report to the bridge, we need to see if we have new orders" Aston said to the group. "Oh and Hilde, as far as I'm concerned, welcome to the team" he spoke to the purple haired woman. Hilde nodded and the group proceeded to the bridge of the Ceres.