Celestial Being Chronicles - Chapter 21
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.
"Valkyrie 1 to Excalibur." The pilot of the lead XB-70 Valkyrie spoke as his own Valkyrie Squadron, which was being escorted by the Rapier Squadron sped over Japan, three short hours after taking off. "We are five minutes from drop point."
Just before Lacus could answer, one of the pilots in the escorting Rapier Squadron spoke up. "All aircraft, be on your guard, we've got multiple enemy fighters incoming."
"Whoa!" Rapier 1, or as he more commonly known, Andrew Waltfield, shouted a few short seconds later, as he barely managed to dodge a pair of modified Ohka suicide planes, both of which were spewing cannon fire. "These guys fly like maniacs!"
"All planes, arm your weapons! Defend the Valkyries!" Andrew growled as his orange and silver XF-108 Rapier turned to chase after his attacker, beam machine guns blazing. "Valkyrie Squadron, how long until you reach the drop point?"
"About two minutes, sir." Valkyrie 1 replied.
"Understood, we'll keep the enemy off your tail." Andy replied, narrowing his eyes as his computer analyzed the enemy aircraft, but as the analysis finished, his eyes widened in horror. "All planes, exercise extreme caution! Not only have these Ohkas been modified to function as jet-powered fighters, but they are also armed with a nuclear warhead in the nose!"
"And this is the kind of shit that happens when people become desperate." Kira sighed as the Divinity Gundam screamed onto the battlefield in its fighter-like mobile armor mode. Emanating from the machine's external speakers was a song from the early 21st century called "Vestige" which had been performed by a Japanese singer known as T.M. Revolution.
The Divinity Gundam was closely followed by Mobius, Strigon and Yellow Squadrons. "Celestial Being forces, you are clear to splash all hostile aircraft." The amethyst-eyed man ordered as he transformed his machine into its mobile suit mode and opened fire while the three newly arrived squadrons broke formation and began to dogfight with the attacking aircraft.
"Wha-what the hell is that thing?" One of the Japanese pilot yelled as he barely managed to barrel roll up and over the rapidly charging Divinity Gundam, even as the angelic machine continued to wildly fire a mixture of bullets and beam blasts from its head-mounted 76mm CIWS, chest-mounted 20mm CIWS and chest-mounted beam machine cannons.
"Kira." Hope's voice suddenly spoke through the open communications line. "I've launched a METEOR unit loaded with nuclear missiles for you."
"Something which she did without asking the rest of us." Cagalli added.
"If it ends the war sooner, I honestly don't care." Kira replied as he pulled out of the battle, only to streak back into the fight five short seconds later. "Kira Jesus Yamato doesn't approve of you!" The amethyst-eyed man roared as he cut down more than half of the enemy fighter aircraft with his beam swords in a single pass, before obliterating the remaining aircraft an instant later as he unleashed a cloud of conventional missiles.
"All enemy fighters are confirmed down." Andy said. "You're clear to commence your bombing run, Valkyrie Squadron."
"Understood." Valkyrie 1 replied as the bomb bays on the XB-70s opened.
"Bombs away!" All of the Valkyrie pilots chorused as a single nuclear tipped cruise missile dropped from each of the bombers and ignited their engines. With a flash of exhaust, the 20 missiles quickly streaked away, speeding towards their designated targets.
As the missiles screamed away from their launch aircraft they quickly changed course, with 10 of the missiles heading towards Nagasaki, while the other 10 missiles headed towards Hiroshima. As the weapons settled on their new course they moved into a single-file line, poised to deliver their lethal payloads in rapid succession.
After only 20 seconds of horizontal flight, each of the missiles abruptly pulled into a steep climb while simultaneously igniting their powerful F-1 rocket engines. The F-1 rocket engine utilized by Celestial Being was the same as the engines which had been used in the Saturn V rockets during NASA's Apollo Program. Even after what had technically been thousands of years, the F-1 was still one of the most powerful single-chamber, liquid-fueled rocket engines ever developed, capable of producing 1,522,000 lbs of thrust at full burn.
The altitude of all 20 missiles quickly increased, from only 1,000 feet to nearly 100,000 feet in only 25 seconds, until finally each of the weapons pitched over into a vertical nose-dive, plunging straight down upon their helpless targets. The ear-shattering thunderclap of nearly two-dozen sonic booms radiated out from the missiles as they relentlessly screamed towards their designated targets in single-file.
An instant later, all 20 nuclear missiles impacted the Earth in rapid succession, completely vaporizing the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a hell storm of nuclear fire.
"I still think that a single bomb for each city would have more than sufficed, Kira." Lacus calmly said through the communications line as the Divinity Gundam stood on the Excalibur's foredeck. The angelic machine was still docked with its METEOR unit and Kira could hardly wait for someone to attack them so that he could get back on the battlefield.
"I don't want to fight either, Lacus." Kira lied. "But the simple fact is that we have been charged, by God himself, to eliminate all conflicts."
"I understand that, Kira." Lacus answered. "I simply think that using ten nukes on a single target is excessive."
"It may be excessive," Kira sighed. "But human stupidity is a very powerful force."
"Kira does have a point, Lacus." Hope replied, glancing over her shoulder at the pink-haired woman. "Even with this ship, the Excalibur, we still weren't able to end the First Bloody Valentine War until after both sides had used their weapons of mass destruction on each other."
After a long moment of silence, Kira once again spoke up. "The real question is; why we should even care what these insignificant humans do. You all seem to keep forgetting that we are Gods. We can do whatever we want without having to worry about the consequences of our actions."
Complete silence fell over the communications line for a long moment, but suddenly Lacus spoke up. "Well, it seems that the Japanese didn't appricate the fact that we nuked two of their cities into oblivion."
"Why do you say that, Lacus?" Kira asked.
"Because we've got hundreds of Japanese aircraft coming towards us!" Lacus answered.
Kira simply smiled as he glanced at his radar, while simultaniously opening an all-frequency communications line. "Hmm, that is an impressive attack force." His grip tightened on the controls as he added. "Or rather, it would be impressive, if I had never fought against and defeated entire fleets of Earth Allaince and ZAFT warships with only a single Gundam!"
"What the hell are the Earth Alliance and ZAFT?" One of the Japanese pilots asked. Even though the massive squadron was still far beyond visual range, their radios had no trouble picking up the communications line which was now emanating from the Divinity Gundam.
"You are all so ignorent." The amethyst-eyed man replied, as his Gundam, which was still nesteled within the menacing confines of its METEOR unit, once more took to the air. "The Earth Alliance and ZAFT are massive armed forces, both of which could completely wipe your insignficent Japanese Empire from all existence!" As he finished speaking, Kira unleashed a huge cloud of muclear missiles.
The missiles streaked over the horizon before detonating, dozens of red-orange mushroom clouds quickly forming just over the horizon.