Celestial Being Chronicles - Chapter 33
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.
"Hello, Talia Gladys, captain of the ZAFT warship Minerva." Murrue Ramius smiled as the captain of the now captured ZAFT warship stood across the table from her.
"And you are?" Talia asked.
"I'm Murrue Ramius, former captain of the Archangel." The marigold-eyed woman politely answered. "Although now; I command this vessel; the warship Excalibur." Murrue paused for a moment, then she continued. "Captain Gladys, I know who you really are."
"And who exactly am I then?" Talia challenged.
"You are Via Hibiki, biological mother of Cagalli Yula Athha and Kira Yamato." Murrue replied, smiling as a slightly shocked expression crossed the other woman's features.
Both women jumped when they suddenly heard a muffled explosion; the lights flickered briefly, then the shockwave shuddered through the ship.
'Lacus, what the hell was that?' Murrue asked, speaking telepathically.
"We have a minor hull breach and fire in hanger bay three," Lacus's voice spoke from the intercom. "Fire suppression systems activated before the fire could do any harm, and there is no danger to any of our aircraft, mobile suits or battleships. Emergency force fields are holding."
"Keep me posted." Murrue sighed.
"Yes, ma'am." Lacus replied.
Murrue was just about to continue speaking with the Captain of the Minerva, when an automated warning interrupted her. "Warning, the Excalibur will be commencing a dimensional jump in ten seconds. All hands are to brace for possible damage and combat."
"I want to know exactly why the ship made a dimensional jump, not to mention when and where we are!" Murrue shouted as she sprinted onto the bridge a few minutes later.
"We appear to be in a completely diffrent timelime." Lacus answered. "One which we've never encountered before called the Universal Century."
"Wonderful." Murrue sarcastically replied.
Lacus glanced down at her screen when the sensors suddenly detected a ship approaching. As an image of the ship appeared on the main screen a few seconds later, Kira struggled to contain his laughter as he spoke. "The inhabitants of this universe call that thing a warship?"
The ship on the screen had a similar color scheme to the Archangel, but was much less aerodynamic and much boxier in appearance.
"Ma'am." Lacus once again spoke. "A single mobile suit is launching from the ship."
"That thing looks like a Strike Dagger." Kira muttered as he rose from his seat and moved towards the door. "I'm taking the Divinity Gundam out."
Before being moved to the centerline catapult, the Divinity had been loaded with as many weapons as it could possibly carry. In addition to its standard weapons the angelic machine now possessed a pair of twin buster rifles on its back, a pair of beam rifles on its hips. In addition to the hand-carried weapons, the Divinity also sported a few weapons from the original Strike Gundam, specifically the combo-weapons pod from the Launcher Striker Pack on its left shoulder, as well as the forearm-mounted rocket anchor from the Sword Striker Pack, on its left forearm. Even with all of these optional armaments, the Divinity Gundam was still fully capable of transforming into its flight mode, although it could not utilize its mobile armor attack mode, nor its "Scylla" 580mm high energy beam cannon.
"Kira." Lacus asked as the Divinity Gundam was moved to the catapult. "Don't you think it might be a better idea to use Stargazer?"
The Divinity shuddered as it dropped into the catapult, and Kira smirked. "Lacus, Stargazer has no weapons. If I were to come under attack, I wouldn't be able to defend myself." He paused for a moment before announcing. "Kira Yamato, Divinity; launching!"
As the Divinity cleared the catapult, the unknown ship opened up on him with a pair of beam cannons, while the mobile suit opened fire with its beam rifle. Kira narrowed his eyes as he ignited his GN field, blocking the blasts.
"Unknown machines identified." The Divinity Gundams's compter spoke a few seconds later, even as the specifications of the mobile suit and its mothership appeared on one of the sub-screens within the cockpit. "Earth Federation Forces Pegasus-class warship SCV-70/LMSD-71 White Base, and mobile suit RX-78-2 Gundam."
Kira simply smirked as he forced open a communications line to the white mobile suit and its mothership, both of which were now being displayed as enemies. "Attention; crew of the Earth Federation Forces Pegasus-class warship SCV-70/LMSD-71 White Base, pilot of the mobile suit RX-78-2 Gundam." Kira spoke. "Please cease all combat operations immediately, or you will be found guilty of promoting conflict and will be eliminated."
Before anyone could reply, a red mobile suit streaked at the Gundam, slamming into the white mobile suit with its left shoulder. As the Gundam went tumbling, the Divinity's computer spoke again, this time identifying the newly arrived mobile suit. "Principality of Zeon mass-production mobile suit; MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type."
"Let's see if they even stand a chance against Celestial Being." Kira grinned as he unleashed his DRAGOON units, swarming them around the red Zaku and opening fire. Much to Kira's amusment, the first beam blast struck the Zaku in the left shoulder, causing a chain reaction of explosions which engulfed the crimson machine an instant later.
"Wow." Hope Yamato's voice spoke through the communications line after a few seconds of silence. "That was quite a pathetic mobile suit."
"Yeah it was." Kira laughed as the Divinity moved back towards the Excalibur. "Even ZAFT's GINNs don't completely explode when hit in the shoulder."
"Hope, lock all weapons onto that so-called Gundam and its mothership." Kira ordered as he strode onto the Excalibur's bridge a few moments later. Hope nodded, eager to destroy the poor excuse for a Gundam. "Fire!" The amethyst-eyed man roared.
Instantly, the Excalibur opened up with all of its weapons, completely obliterating both the mobile suit and its mothership with a hellish barrage consisting of billions upon billions of machine gun rounds, anti-aircraft shells and various beam blasts. Even the Sun Crusher cannons and World Devastator cannons were unleashed upon the two patheticly underpowered machines which were now in the Excalibur's midst.
"Cease fire." Kira finally ordered once the explosions had completely faded. "Cagalli, turn the Excalibur towards the Earth." The amethyst-eyed man grinned. "Hope, prime the World Devastator cannons for another volley. Cagalli, after we fire, I want to leave this pathetic universe."
Cagalli nodded, and the Excalibur quickly rotated so that its bow faced towards the Earth. "All World Devastator cannons are fully charged." Hope answered as the ship stopped rotating, its bow facing directly towards the blue sphere far below.
"Fire!" Kira smirked, and with a blinding flash, more than 100 beam blasts erupted from the Excalibur's bow, screaming towards the planet and impacting with a blood red flash of light. Within ten short seconds, the entire planet had been reduced to a massive ball of molten rock. With that done, the Excalibur's jump drives flared with a bright blue light, the massive ship speeding into the distance before vanishing with a bright flash of pure white light.