Celestial Being Chronicles - Chapter 22
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.
"Excalibur to Divinity!" The voice of Lacus Clyne all but yelled through the Divinity Gundam's cockpit speakers; even as the Gundam in question continued to relentlessly and ruthlessly slice the swarming Japanese aircraft apart with the METEOR's beam sabers.
"Damnit, Kira!" The voice of Cagalli Yula Athha yelled, the tone of the blonde-haired woman's voice making it clear that she was more than a little upset. "You will return to the Excalibur now!"
"I'm not letting these assholes get away with attempting to kill you." Kira answered, before then forcing the communications line closed.
The Divinity Gundam rattled violently as a pair of Ohka suicide planes slammed into the right side of the METEOR unit; however, since the two aircraft had been armed with conventional warheads, they didn't cause any damage to the Divinity Gundam, or its massive weapons system.
"Is that it?" Kira laughed as he unleashed a cloud of guided missiles. The missiles were quick to lock-on to the Japanese aircraft, including a few of the fighters which had managed to get behind the Divinity Gundam. In the blink of an eye, dozens of explosions lit up the night sky as the missiles obliterated their targets.
"All hostile fighter aircraft in the immediate area have been eliminated." Kira scowled as his once more ignited the METEOR's primary engines. "Divinity is now proceeding towards the city of Tokyo."
As the Divinity Gundam entered Tokyo airspace an hour later, it was greeted by thousands of Japanese aircraft of all shapes and sizes, including now obsolete biplanes from the First World War and even modified civilian aircraft. The aircraft immediately opened fire on the angelic form of the Divinity Gundam with their machine guns.
"Pathetic." Kira muttered, even as countless numbers of machine gun rounds began to harmlessly bounce off of the Divinity Gundam's Mirror Coated Phase Shift armor. The amethyst-eyed man simply shook his head in disbelief as he continued towards the center of the city, completely unimpeded by the still swarming aircraft.
"God does not approve of you!" Kira screamed through the now open-channel communications line as the underside of his METEOR unit opened, revealing a large bomb bay which had been packed with nearly three dozen missiles and bombs.
The weapons themselves, whether they were guided or unguided, carried various types of ordnance, ranging from simple smoke and stink bombs, to high-explosive bunker buster bombs and nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. Kira had even outfitted his METEOR with a pair of anti-matter bombs. The weapons were arranged in layers, with each layer consisting of an equal number of missiles and bombs. This configuration allowed the unit to not only bomb its target, but to defend itself at the same time.
A grim smile crossed Kira's lips as he pulled the triggers on both control yolks, releasing the first wave of missiles and bombs. A few short seconds later, the city below erupted with multiple explosions and gas clouds as the weapons impacted, releasing their cargo.
Back on the Excalibur's bridge, Kira's five lovers watched in horror as the main screen lit up with nearly a dozen explosions, each of the explosions accompanied with various warnings. Murrue growled as she finally got out of her seat, quickly moving to Lacus and shoving the pink-haired princess out of the way before then picking up the radio transmitter and opening an open-channel, all-frequency communications line.
"KIRA YAMATO!" The brown-haired Captain screamed, the tone and volume of her voice making it undeniably clear that her patience was now completely gone, even as tears began to slowly slide from the corners of her eyes and down her cheeks. "YOU WILL RETURN TO THE EXCALIBUR NOW OR I WILL BE FORCED TO GIVE THE ORDER TO SHOOT YOU DOWN!"
Within the cockpit of the Divinity Gundam, Kira closed his eyes and let out a relaxing, centering sigh, watching as the purple, gold veined seed fell through the infinite vastness of his mind, before finally striking against some invisible but infinitely hard surface, shattering the Seed in a release of energy so profound, so visceral, that every living being in the entire universe, regardless of whether they were sentient or not, recoiled in shock.
An instant later, Kira once again pulled the triggers on both control yolks. This time, however, he unleashed the entire payload which the Divinity Gundam and its equipped METEOR unit possessed, including the METEOR's pair of World Devestator cannons; easily enough destructive firepower to reduce the entire planet to nothing more than a smoldering, highly radioactive cinder.
"KIRA, NO!" His five lovers screamed in unison from the Excalibur, even as the Divinity Gundam momentarily vanished within the blindingly bright light caused by the simultaneous firing of all of its weapons. All of the Excalibur's windows instantly tinted to a deep black in order to protect the crew from the harsh light.
An instant before the Divinity Gundam fired, the Excalibur pulled into a vertical climb, igniting all of its engines, while also activating its Wings of Light as well as its Trans-Am System. Less than twenty seconds later, the massive dagger-shaped vessel had cleared the atmosphere and was moving into a high orbit around the now dead planet.
After a moment of tense silence, the Divinity Gundam streaked up from the ruined planet and proceeded to land in the Excalibur's primary hanger bay.
"WHY?" Lacus Clyne shrieked, tears floating freely from her beautiful blue eyes as she followed Kira Yamato through one of the Excalibur's corridors less than ten minutes later.
"Because, Lacus." Kira growled. "I've been in so many battles over the years that I honestly don't care about humanity anymore." The pink-haired beauty was instantly frozen in place by her lover's words, and she became even more terrified as he continued. "Humanity is selfish and greedy. They are never satisfied with what they presently have, they always want more and, to be completely honest, I have gotten sick of it!"
"Kira." She whimpered. "What have you become?"
"That should be obvious." The amethyst-eyed man scoffed. "I've become God himself."
Lacus instantly expected Kira to vanish from the current plane of existence, but to her surprise, nothing happened.
"See?" Kira smirked. "Even God himself knows not to mess with me."
Unknown to anyone onboard the Excalibur; the Earth, along with all of its inhabitants, had been restored and all of the nations were now banding together.