Disclaimer: This chapter has the long awaited reunion with Wing-Zero and the Archangel, it's also where you will see the Zero System used in Zero for the first time in this fan fic. But remember I suck at writing fight scenes so don't expect much when the battle starts.
"Speech"
'Thought,'
"Communications"
Freedom, Justice and Wing-Zero.
Previously.
"Murrue Ramius here," she said.
"Captain, it's Kisaka. We've received a disturbing transmission from the Earth Forces. We're sending a transport to retrieve you and Commander La Flaga and bring you to Orb military HQ,"
"Understood. We'll be waiting outside the amusement park, Murrue out," she replied pressing the end call button.
"Well damn and we were next in line," Mu pouted childishly.
And now the Continuation.
Three hours before Attack.
Orb was in trouble. The Earth Forces had demanded that the neutral nation join them in their ongoing campaign against the Plants or be declared an enemy of the Atlantic Federation. Having no intention of giving in to the insane demands Orb ordered the entire evacuation of its people and the readiness of its military forces in anticipation of an attack. The Archangel having seen how corrupt the Earth Forces were decided to join the fight to protect Orb. Murrue had given the entire crew a choice to stay and fight or leave the ship, fortunately only 11 left which is what Mu told her as the stood on the bridge together. Totally alone.
"Commander, there's something I want to know about Joshua. Why'd you return?" Murrue asked leaning her head against the glass.
"Huh? Oh yeah, your question just made me remember what I'd forgotten to do," Mu replied gathering her up in his arms and crushing her lips under his.
At first she couldn't believe that Mu was actually kissing her but soon she closed her eyes, letting the shock fade away. Only to pull away for air.
"You ought to know I really can't stand mobile armour pilots," she said a faint blush staining her cheeks.
"Well, I guess it's a good thing I'm a Mobilesuit pilot now," Mu grinned, pulling her in for another kiss, adding a little tongue this time and placing a hand behind her head.
Heero's POV.
Alaska Base Ruins.
"I don't believe it! How could they blatantly sacrifice so many of their own soldiers like this?" Athrun asked as we circled the crater where the Earth Forces base used to be.
"Why does this surprise you Athrun? All they did was press a button and Junius seven was obliterated because it was easier than this. Here they needed it to look like there was something to defend so not one of the soldiers who died here were told they were being used as cannon fodder," I replied cynically transforming Zero and aiming the buster rifle at the Justice. "What if I told you I was going to kill you, would you just sit there if I ordered you to? Would you let yourself be killed just to lure the enemy into you base so they could be destroyed, yourself included?"
"No, I wouldn't?" he answered sullenly.
"I didn't think so," I said lowering the buster rifle. "Let's get going, it'll take us a good three hours to get to Orb,"
"Why Orb?" he asked.
"Don't you want to see Cagalli?" I inquired not missing the slight reddening of his cheeks. "Zero picked up a communication regarding an Earth Forces fleet heading that way and if I'm right Orb is the only place the Archangel could have gone after escaping from this place,"
"I guess you're right," he replied still shaken at the devastation.
"Alright then, let's get there fast. I have a feeling Shinobu's going to do something crazy like piloting the Buster," I said transforming Zero back to mobile armour mode. "That's assuming your friend Elsman isn't using it,"
Regular POV.
An Hour Later.
Orb Territory.
Morganraete Facility.
"What do you mean you're going to pilot an M1? Do you even know how to pilot a Mobilesuit under battle conditions?" Kira demanded, the second Shinobu hopped off the M1 descent cable Kira cornered her nearly begging her not to pilot an Astray.
"I wouldn't be volunteering if I didn't," Shinobu pointed out removing her helmet. "I've done all I can to upgrade the Archangel's weapons and this is the only way I can help defend Orb from the Earth Forces,"
"But an M1 doesn't have the mobility of the Strike or the Freedom. Hell the Buster would be a better choice," Kira replied grabbing her shoulders.
"I've tried the Buster and even with the OS you wrote I still have a hard time keeping track of the controls. Besides even when the battle starts I'll be with Asagi and the other girls. And if you don't let me pilot I'll never let you have sex with me again," Shinobu threatened swatting his hands away.
"I don't care about having sex with you Shinobu! I just don't want you to die out there!" Kira shouted halting all activity in the hanger. "You're only 14 and Heero's threats have nothing to do with this, if the Earth Forces shot you down I'd be helping him take revenge,"
"You'd kill every last human being for me?" She asked disbelievingly.
"Most likely, but I'd detonate the Freedom's reactor in the middle of their fleet if it meant keeping you safe," he replied tears threatening to fall from his eyes.
"Don't worry Kira, I know it won't come to that. And besides the EF will most likely ignore a damaged Mobilesuit so I just have to avoid getting hit in the cockpit or main body," she said trying her best to reassure him.
"I'm not going to get you to back out of this am I?" he asked secretly studying the way her flight-suit hugged her curves.
"No," she answered sweetly. "You could always tie me up in our room but then I wouldn't let you sleep with me for a whole year if you did,"
"Since when do I need an excuse to tie you up?" he smirked devilishly giving her butt a playful squeeze which made her squeak in surprise. "I see Cagalli's not the only one who likes bondage sex,"
"Kira Yamato you have a dirty mind," she stated poking him lightly on the nose.
"Yeah, I wonder why?" he wondered staring pointedly at her.
"All personnel level 1 battle stations! All personnel level 1 battle stations! The Earth Forces have been spotted entering our boarder! Mobilesuit forces standby to launch! Kira Yamato to the Archangel! Kira Yamato to the Archangel!"
"You better go," Shinobu whispered pulling him in for a deep passionate kiss.
"Don't worry I'll make sure we hold out till Wing-Zero gets here," he replied sprinting off to the Archangel's hanger bay.
Orb Boarder.
Earth Forces Fleet.
Command Carrier.
"So Captain, is everything underway?" Muruta Azrael asked stepping onto the bridge.
"Our forces have begun their attack, we're just waiting on your three machines," the captain answered looking back from his chair. "Just how effective are these pilots of yours?"
"Unfortunately that's classified information. Only people at the top can ask me those kinds of questions," Azrael replied taking his seat. "Hopefully with the Calamity, Raider and Forbidden joining the fight this battle should be over long before sunset,"
"Captain we're detecting a warship silhouette joining the Orb forces. Thermal patterns confirm it's the Archangel sir,"
"You mean it survived the destruction of the Alaska base?" Azrael wondered out loud.
"It must have been Mu La Flaga who warned them about the Cyclops system, he wasn't among those who were evacuated," the captain said.
"Oh well it doesn't really matter, we'll destroy it and there'll be nothing more to worry about," Azrael shrugged.
Onogoro Island.
Two Hours Later.
Surprisingly Shinobu was able to last two whole hours shooting down missiles and EF Mobilesuits with Asagi, Mayura and Juri backing her up so Kira was able to focus on fighting the Calamity, Raider and Forbidden Gundams. (A/N: Just to remind you not to expect any big battle scene here since I never really planned the battle in great detail.) Even more of a surprise was the Buster making an in prompt entry to the battle and backed up the Strike but without the Freedom to help, the Orb forces were steadily being overwhelmed by the Strike Daggers.
(A/N: Ok sorry you know what I can't do this battle scene. It's just too hard for me to do multiple view point for one thing so I'll just tell you what happens. Wing-Zero and the Justice come in and help fight the Earth Forces but when Shinobu's M1 takes a hit the Zero System for the first time hits its maximum intensity which makes the green thing in its chest glow and I think I end this little commentary.)
"Loss of strategic advantage. Maximum combat levels confirmed,"
"Heero! Heero what's going on?" Athrun asked still fighting the Raider and Forbidden alongside the Freedom as Wing-Zero just hovered above the battlefield.
"Number of enemy units confirmed, commencing attack,"
Location Unknown.
ZAFT Carrier Sub.
"Well this is an unexpected development," Le Creuset murmured watching Wing-Zero's unusual behaviour as it sliced up Strike Daggers effortlessly. "An M1 gets shot down and this happens. Perhaps Heero Yuy's sister was piloting that machine,"
"That would explain this sir, I've read the report from Andrew Waltfeld regarding a young man's behaviour when his sister was injured during a Blue Cosmos attack. Now that I've seeing this I believe it confirms your theory," the captain replied.
"Captain we've got an unauthorised Mobilesuit launch in progress!"
"Which suit?" the captain demanded.
"It's the Helsion sir! Reports say it's using the underwater Mobilesuit tubes!"
"Contact the Helsion! Tell Regal to stand down!" the captain ordered.
"Belay that order!" Le Creuset interrupted. "Open the doors and let him go,"
"You sure about the sir?" the captain asked.
"The Helsion is also equipped with the Zero System and its armour is the same as Wing-Zero's. Let's see what happens when they're pitted against each other," Le Creuset instructed calmly. (More like sadistically)
"Understood,"
Flashback.
Shawn's Quarters.
Five Minutes Prior.
After Flay's rape yesterday Shawn always made sure to bring her meals to his quarters and for some reason she trusted him enough to sleep naked only dressing when they had company, or she was too scared to sleep on her own. Today Shawn was just finishing his lunch when his head snapped up and he dropped his fork on his food tray.
"Shawn? What's wrong?" Flay asked from her place on his bed.
"An echo of the Zero System only far stronger than I've previously felt," Shawn replied heading for the door. "Lock the door after I leave, I'm going out in Helsion,"
End Flashback.
Back on the Battlefield.
Wing-Zero had taken out half of the Earth Forces Mobilesuits before they had to retreat leaving the Rader, Forbidden and Calamity pilots behind to deal with the Freedom and Justice until their bodies reached their limits forcing them to retreat as well.
"Heero, can you hear us? Heero respond, this is Kira in the Freedom please respond!" Kira shouted bring the Freedom closer to Wing-Zero.
"Additional targets confirmed, Freedom and Justice targeted. Locking on," came Heero's monotone voice as Zero aimed at the Freedom.
"Heero! What're you doing? Kira's not the enemy, why are you targeting him?" Athrun asked positioning the Justice behind Zero.
Archangel Bridge.
Having been retrieved from her M1 by the Strike Shinobu stood beside Murrue watching Zero decimate the Earth Forces Mobilesuits.
"Shinobu, has Wing-Zero ever done something like this before?" Murrue asked.
"No this is the first time I've seen its chest light up like that," Shinobu replied.
"What's causing it?" Miriallia asked.
"The Zero System must be at level 12, up till now it's only been at level 11," Shinobu answered.
"Can Heero handle it?" Sai asked getting an incoming alarm from his console. "Incoming unknown Mobilesuit!"
Battlefield.
"Unknown Mobilesuit detected. Additional Zero System presents confirmed. Commence interception and destruction,"
Lowering the buster rifle away from the Freedom Zero aimed and fired towards the open ocean which just happened to be void of any Earth Forces ships, the blast evaporating several hundred gallons of water instantly.
"Heero! What the hell are you firing at?" Athrun demanded pulling the shield in front of the Justice's torso just in time to block a horizontal strike from Zero's beam sabre. "Heero! Why are you attacking me?"
"Freedom and Justice presents not required. Retreat now or be destroyed," Heero replied, sounding like a computer.
"Athrun, let's just back off like he says. I think the Zero System's taken full control," Kira warned, urging his friend to fall back.
Shawn's POV.
Helsion's Cockpit.
"So, he can detect us through the Zero System and he seems intent on destroying us Helsion. But why hasn't he continued his assault if he's detected us?" Shawn wondered hiding Helsion behind the wreckage of an Earth Forces ship. 'I'm just lucky his buster rifle can't work underwater like all beam weapons. But why did I come out here? Do you want me to fight Wing-Zero? Then let's see what we can do Helsion,'
Disclaimer: Well at least chapter 20 is a bit longer, but I did warn you I sucked at writing battle scene fight scenes and any kind of scene with complex moves. So I'm giving you all a cliff hanger which I know you all hate and remember it might take me a lot longer to post chapter 21 because I'm writing 5 other fan fics aside from this one and I'm still working on Freedom, Justice and Wing-Zero: Alternant. So please be patient and suggest things for me, makes my job a little easier, I think. Now review.