Celestial Being Chronicles - Chapter 9
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Gundam series, nor any of the various series which are used or referenced in my fic, so please point that damned lawsuit cannon at someone else, also, don't read this if you are not of legal age to read such material. The story contains possibly disturbing content and should not be read by close-minded people (i.e., people who are easily offended.) Everything in the story is fictional. I am also not responsible for any actions taken by people who read this story and society's problems. I do, however, own my original character; Hope Yamato.
Kira Yamato snarled within the cockpit of the Divinity Gundam as he met Shinji Ikari in a deadlock, with the Divinity Gundam's beam shield pressed hard against the AT Field of the purple Evangelion Unit.
After a few short seconds, Kira's beam shield generator exploded from the intense pressure put on it and Kira growled as he quickly backed away from Evangeliom Unit 01.
As the Divinity Gundam came to a stop, its eyes glowed and flickered for a few moments, before steadily glowing with an eerie yellow light, causing Shinji to take a step back.
Kira smirked as he ejected the Gundam's right hand, which exploded upon hitting the ground, and allowed a razor-sharp, three-bladed claw to slide out of the machine's forearm. The amethyst-eyed man grinned ever so slightly as the three-bladed claw that now took the place of his machine's right hand, began to rapidly spin.
Within Evangelion Unit 01's entry plug, Shinji Ikari stared in horror as the Divinity Gundam brought its right arm back, before then thrusting it forward. The rapidly spinning claw rebounded an instant later, however, as it encountered Evangelion Unit 01's AT Field.
"Oh, that's right." Kira muttered within the Divinity Gundam's cockpit, his voice transmitting through the all-frequency, open-channel communications line, as the purple Evangelion Unit carefully backed away. "You people aren't smart enough to develop beam weapons, and as if that wasn't bad enough, you also use these shitty things which you refer to as Evangelion Units." The amethyst-eyed man smirked, even as his machine gestured towards Evangelion Unit 01.
"I don't know about you." Shinji Ikari sighed from within Evangelion Unit 01's entry plug. "But I am fighing to protect the human race."
"That's complete bullshit!" Kira roared. "You don't even want to be a pilot!" Shinji was about to reply, but suddenly, the Divinity Gundam's faceplate split, revealing a mouth full of bright white teeth, causing the pilot of Evangelion Unit 01 to freeze as he stared in horror at the angelic machine.
"Wha-what is that thing?" Shinji asked as he freed the progressive knife from his right shoulder and moved into a defensive stance.
"Shinji Ikari, do you even know why you able to synchronize with that Evangelion Unit?" Kira asked, completely ignoring the Evangelion pilot's question. Kira didn't even wait for Shinji to answer; instead, the amethyst-eyed man answered the question himself. "You are able to synchronize with that thing only because it contains the soul of your mother, Yui Ikari."
Shinji's eyes widened in disbelief. "Wh-what?"
"The soul of your mother, Yui Ikari, resides within Evangelion Unit 01." Kira repeated as he raised his beam rifle, aiming for the horned head of the purple beast. "Asuka Langley Soryu and Misato Katsuragi have both deicded to fight for Celestial Being. They have choosen that path of their own free will."
"Shinji!" The voices of Misato Katsuragi and Asuka Langley Soryu suddenly shouted through the communications line as Evangelion Unit 02 and Evangelion Unit 04 gently landed on either side of the Divinity Gundam.
"We don't want to fight you, Shinji!" Asuka begged. "Please surrender!"
"If you surrender now." Misato spoke. "You will not be held responsible for any actions taken while under the command of Nerv."
"The pilot of Evangelion Unit 02 and the Lieutenant Colonel are tratiors!" The voice of Gendo Ikari shouted. "Eliminate them!"
"Please shut the fuck up, Bastard Ikari!" Kira snarled as he forcibly closed the communications line from Nerv headquarters.
Evangelion Unit 00 lay prone on a nearby hill. Rei Ayanami watched the battle below as her finger slowly tightened on the trigger of the sniper rifle.
"All units, status report!" Murrue barked as the Strike Freedom Gundam launched from the Excalibur's centerline launch bay.
Kira cut her off as an alarm suddenly began to sound. "MASSIVE ENERGY READING, ON THE-"
There was a twinkle, but it instantly elongated into a lance of purple light. The lance slammed into the Akatsuki Gundam's chest and bounced harmlessly away, only to impact on a nearby skyscraper.
"Sniper on the hill! Asuka, handle it!" Kira growled as the Celestial Being forces quickly scattered.
"With pleasure." The red-headed pilot replied, freeing the recently equipped twin buster rifle from her back and unleashing a massive column of energy which vaporized the hillside, taking Evangelion Unit 00 along with it.
The few people whom were still alive within the Nerv Command Center watched in muted horror as Evangelion Unit 02 freed a massive, twin barreled rifle from its back and unleashed a blindingly bright column of yellow energy, completely vaporizing Evangelion Unit 00 an instant later.
"This is not what I joined Celestial Being to do." Shinn Asuka said with a heavy sigh, as he sat in the Destiny Gundam's cockpit.
"You joined Celestial Being to serve and protect the world from all threats, external and internal, right?" Rey replied from the Legend Gundam's cockpit, with a slight edge to his voice. "You may not agree with this course of action. You may not think it fair. You might even think that it is wrong and reprehensible. You are welcome to your differences in opinion...as long as you keep them to yourself. As a Gundam Miester, you are an instrument of Celestial Being, and it is against our code of conduct to publicly disagree with or cast doubt upon the motives of Celestial Being or its senior officials."
"I'm not sure that I want to be a Gundam Miester anymore, and I don't think Luna does either. We've both caught way too much shit off the fan, and we're most certianly not the only ones." Shinn admitted.
"I won't force either of you to stay." Rey responded at once, with narrowed eyes. "But you should think long and hard about what sort of benefits you are giving up if do decide to become civilians again. As a Gundam Miester, right now you have fame, the respect of your peers, superiors and subordinates, and automatic forgiveness for many different things. As the pilot of the Destiny, which has already become one of the many symbols of Celestial Being, you have a very successful and even luxurious career ahead of you, with privileges and benefits you could barely imagine. Just...be aware of what you might be turning your back on, over a little personal distaste."
"Are you...bribing me, Rey?" Shinn sounded like he was caught between anger and surprise. "Or threatening me?"
"I am explaining the realities of your situation to you, as your friend, because you don't seem to have been considering them to me." Rey countered neutrally. "As a Gundam Miester you're someone special...someone very special in your case. As just Shinn Asuka, you're just another young, jobless Coordinator, among hundreds of millions of other young, jobless, desperate men. You have Luna..." Rey paused. "But fierce young love doesn't put food on the table, and the reputation of your past career doesn't pay bills, especially as you won't be legally able to talk to anyone about any details of your time in Celestial Being."
"So...are we done here now?" Shinn asked in a louder voice, shelving the whole discussion for the moment.
"Not quite." Rey answered as he called up some data on one of his screens, and linked it to Shinn. "There are still two small problems; the Chimera Gundam and the Divinity Gundam. Once they are gone, we will be done, and then it's just a matter of waiting for our "special forces" to bring Gendo Ikari out to us. Before the sun sets, with the speed of your Gundam, you will be back together with Luna. But no one is going anywhere until those two Gundams are nothing but flaming scrap."
Not wasting any time, heart heavy but mind determined, Shinn raised his anti-ship sword and took aim at the Chimera Gundam and then swung with all the power of both hands, the heavy sword crashing into the middle of the Mirror Coated Phase Shift armored shield, failing to penetrate in an explosion of gold sparks, but the sheer force of impact knocked the Gundam down onto its side. In an instant, Shinn had kicked the shield away, sending it skittering away, and then stood poised over the Chimera with the sword raised high for a downward stab through the cockpit and reactor housing.
"WHAT THE FUCKING HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Lacus Clyne shrieked in surprise at the completely wanton and unexpected attack, even as she ignited the Chimera's thrusters, barely dodging the Destiny's next strike.
In less time than it took to blink an eye, the Destiny Gundam found itself tumbling through the sky, courtesy of a bone-jarring punch, which had been delivered by the recently upgraded Evangelion Unit 02. As the Destiny Gundam tumbled through the sky, the crimson Evangelion Unit pummeled the red, white and blue Gundam with a barrage of beam blasts and bazooka shells, disabling its thrusters and sending it slamming into the ground below.
A fraction of a second later, both the Providence and Legend Gundams vanished within massive fireballs, both of the grey machines having been pierced by beam blasts which had been fired by the Akatsuki as it stood in front of the Chimera Gundam, shielding the black and crimson machine with its own body.