Celestial Being Chronicles - Chapter 40
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.
In the cockpit of the Divinity Gundam, Kira Yamato's threat displays suddenly went crazy as an enormous incoming heat source showed up on his screens, an energy surge preceeding it, and ingrained reflex took over, taking his finger off the trigger and rolling the Divinity through the sky in a wide evasive turn, his team likewise breaking up around him to avoid the literally blinding white ball of pure anti-matter energy that seared up towards them before finally exploding some miles above them, the shockwaves of the distant explosion throwing the mobile suit around like a twig caught in a gale, white light blooming so brightly that it could be seen through closed eyes, even though the source was behind him! Kira knew exactly what that was, an anti-matter cannon blast and a strong one too, but that was impossible! Only Celestial Being possessed that kind of technology!
"Not that piece of shit again!" Kira snarled as he was forced dodge the now all too familiar snowflake-like shape of Nazi Germany's Retribution Gundam. Kira ignited his thrusters, moving towards the Retribution, but was forced to pull back behind his beam shield when the crimson machine raised a large rifle in its right hand as a warning began to sound in the cockpit.
"Oh shit!" Kira yelled as he realized what the weapon in the Retribution Gundam's right hand really was. "That thing has an anti-matter rifle!" The amethyst-eyed man snarled as he dodged another massive blast from the Retribution Gundam's anti-matter cannon. "Excalibur, I need the Lightning Striker!"
Even though the Divinity Gundam sported truly impressive firepower in its standard configuration, it could also augment its firepower by utilizing the Striker Packs from the original Strike Gundam, the Silhouette Modules used by ZAFT-built Impulse Gundam, and of course, the METEOR Unit.
A few short seconds later, the Lightning Striker launched from one of the few catapults located on the Excalibur's underside. As soon as it had cleared the catapult, the Striker ignited its integrated thrusters and plunged into the Earth's atmosphere, manuvering towards the Divinity Gundam. Both the Sword Striker and the Launcher Striker had consisted of several components, but this one seemed to be a single, solid component, with two large objects attached to a larger central component, about the size of the Aile Striker. Kira quickly set his twin beam rifles on the Divinity's hips, attached the Lightning Striker, combined the two components of a rail gun, which was the size of the Eclipse Gundam's M2000GX long-range hyper impulse cannon, and started firing at the Retribution Gundam.
Kira smirked as the Retribution Gundam raised the shield on its left arm, but the large rail gun shell posessed leading edge beam shields and Mirror Coated Phase Shift armor. The shell smashed into the Retribution Gundam's shield, effortlessly tearing through the large chunk of metal before then slicing through the crimson machine's torso.
"Well, that was easy." Kira smirked as he transformed the Divinity back into its mobile armor mode and streaked back towards the Excalibur.
Unbeknownst to virtually everyone, a group of men and women in GINN High-Maneuver Type IIs and worker pods were moving around the largest piece of Junius Seven, which Kira had placed in orbit with the hopes of eventually satiating his recently acquired bloodlust The men and women piloting the GINN High-Maneuver Type IIs were all people who'd lost loved ones to the original Bloody Valentine War, and many had lost friends and even more loved ones to the Second Bloody Valentine War. For them, ultimate victory, the freedom and survival of the PLANTs, would never be enough. For them, the deaths of Christian Balliet, the pilot who destroyed Junius Seven, Jonathon Michaels, the officer who'd made it possible, and Muruta Azrael, the man who'd ordered the attack, would never be enough. Like Patrick Zala, they'd become blind fanatics.
For them, like Patrick Zala, genocide was the only path. In their minds, the souls of their loved ones could only rest when the Earth, the home of the Naturals, had been wiped clean of life.
"Solar wind velocity is steady. Flare level S3. Estimated time to particle arrival, 30 seconds." One pilot reported.
"Hurry up." Another GINN pilot said. "What about Unit 9?"
"We're just about ready, sir." A third pilot replied.
A worker pod entered a code on the final motor. "Flare motor ignition countdown starting."
All of the mobile suits and pods quickly began to withdraw from Junius Seven as one of them started the countdown.
"Ten…nine…eight…seven…six…five…four…three…two…one…particles have arrived. Flare motors activating."
Hundreds of red lights appeared across Junius Seven as the flare motors caught the energy of the solar winds, increasing the speed of the massive wreckage, driving it towards Earth.
"Junius Seven…is moving."
Sato, the leader of the group, glanced at a group of photos taped to his console.
"Helen, Christine…we'll be reunited…after this." He whispered as his former home headed for Earth.
"Now fall! Our great tombstone!" Sato shouted to heavens. "On a world that has forgotten the voices of sorrow! That closes its eyes to the truth and chooses to wallow in deceit! The hour of correction is now at hand!"
"What's that?" One of the pilots asked, as a massive blob appeared on the radar, only to vanish less than two seconds later. No one had time to answer, however, as a pencil thin beam of pure white light lashed out of the blackness and slammed into the remains of the falling colony. The pilots watched in stunned silence as the remains of Junius Seven glowed for an instant but then it vanished without a trace, the ruined PLANT had been forced out of the timeline, essentially erased from existence.
Unknown to anyone at the time, the blast from the Excalibur's temporal inversion cannons had merged multiple realities and timelines into one, fracturing the blue planet and everything around it.
A meeting exclusive to the heads of the noble houses of Orb was rare, but it did happen on occasion. One of the nobles, Uzumi Nara Athha, frowned as he watched the video feed from the military observational UAV, showing the battle between the Earth Forces assault ship Archangel and the Aegis, Blitz and Duel Gundams, which was occuring just outside of Orb's territorial waters. A naval fleet had already been dispatched to defend the border from entry.
Everyone watched in stunned shock as the Archangel, along with all three of the stolen Gundams vanished, only to be replaced by a ship which had been proposed, but never built during the Second World War; the Imperial Japanese class of battleship known as the Super Yamato. The UAV quickly zoomed its camera in on the huge battleship.
The Super Yamato class of battleship was 853 feet long, 128 feet wide, and was armed with a total of nine 510mm guns in triple turrets, and dozens of 100mm anti-aircraft guns.
"What is that thing?" Uzumi asked, still in shock.
"I'm not sure." One of the other nobles replied. "But it appears to be an ancient warship of some kind."
"Tell our fleet to stay on their gaurd." Uzumi said after a moment. "Approach the unknown vessel and try to open a communications line."
Meanwhile in Alaska, the Earth Alliance headquarters JOSH-A was under a relentless ZAFT attack. A single GINN swooped down in front of the bridge of the Earth Alliance warship Archangel, its rifle aimed at the crew. Murrue and the bridge crew all stared down the barrel of the rifle in horror, many instinctively ducking, covering their heads with their arms, or closing their eyes in fear of death. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as the GINN pilot started to squeeze the trigger.
At that instant, a green beam shot from above and tore through the rifle, effectively destroying the weapon without hitting anything else. Everyone in the area looked up in shock, trying to find the source of the blast. Descending on the GINN and the Archangel with impossible speed was a white mobile suit none of them had ever seen before. The mobile suit drew a beam saber and sliced the GINN's head off. The GINN backed off as the newcomer took a position in front of the Archangel's bridge, its majestic blue wings outstretched shielding it from any further harm.
People couldn't help but stare in awe of the new mobile suit, the battle momentarily pausing. It was a majestic-looking machine, and even though it wasn't much larger than any of the original Gundams, it projected an aura of power that made it seem like a titan, all other machines, even the Archangel, seeming tiny in comparison.
"This is Kira Yamato, in the Freedom." A voice suddenly spoke over the Earth Forces communications channel. "I'll cover you. Meanwhile, please, withdraw to safety."
Everyone amongst the Archangel bridge crew and all of the warship's pilots gasped in shock. It couldn't be. But there was no mistaking that voice, that will to protect.
Shaking off their surprise, the GINNs and DINNs resumed their attacks on the Archangel and the other defenders. Kira, understanding as never before what it was that was special about him, felt an amethyst seed rush through his mind and explode behind his eyes. The winged mobile suit flew forward, its targeting system rising in the cockpit and locking onto every nearby ZAFT machine as the hip-mounted railguns unfolded and wing-concealed plasma beam cannons flipped over the shoulders.
Kira squeezed the Freedom's trigger.
Instantly, a beam lanced out from the beam rifle, a pair of beam blasts were launched from the plasma cannons, and a pair of hyper-velocity rounds were slugged from the rail guns. The massive and powerful barrage was perfectly aimed, hitting the heads, limbs and weapons of dozens of ZAFT mobile suits before proceeding to hit another one behind the first, and continuing on like this for several more machines. One victim was the crimson CGUE's head. Stunned pilots of both damaged and undamaged mobile suits backed away from the winged mobile suit and the legged ship, unsure of what to do against the power the newcomer had displayed. The defenders all gaped at the incredible firepower and unbelievably precise accuracy.
"What the hell was that?" Yzak Joule yelled in shock. Even Shiho Hahnenfuss was somewhat fearful of this powerful new machine.
With nerves of steel, many pilots proceeded to charge back in, all gunning for this new machine, but it dealt with them in a manner that seemed to be mocking to many of the onlookers, treating the ZAFT suits like they were nothing more than mild pests of no real concern.
"Please, stop wasting time, withdraw!" Kira said, suddenly appearing on the main monitor of the Archangel's bridge.
"Yes, but..." Murrue replied. "Well...there's...a Cyclops. Beneath Headquarters! We're all just bait. They planned this! We had no idea!"
Kira gasped slightly.
"That's why we can't withdraw." Murrue continued. "We have to get further away from the base."
"I understand." Kira answered, even as he blew away another GINN with the left plasma cannon. Bringing up the Freedom's targeting system again, Kira locked onto a mix of mobile suits and inbound missiles, flying forward with all weapons at the ready. He activated an outgoing communications line on all channels.
"Attention all ZAFT and Earth Alliances Forces!" Kira said. "Any moment now, the Cyclops System will activate and the Alaska Base will self-destruct!" Kira heard more than a few gasps of surprise as he began firing repeatedly, destroying missiles and disarming or otherwise disabling mobile suits. "Both sides, please, cease fighting and withdraw from this area immediately! I repeat: the Cyclops System will activate and the Alaska Base will self-destruct. Both sides, please, cease fighting and withdraw from this area immediately!"