Disclaimer: Ok I'll try and tone down the mushy stuff till after the war ends but no promises, there is still Flay and Shawn. As for how Azrael gets his hands on the N-Jammer specs, I haven't figured that part out yet. Oh and I should have put Siegel Clyne's death in earlier but it would have ruined the mood from the last few chapters, so I changed the way he died, I should warn you it's not pretty.
"Speech"
'Thought,'
"Communications"
Freedom, Justice and Wing-Zero.
Previously.
"At least three hours, but I am wondering what makes you think those three machines you want are even out there. They could be hiding in the debris belt," Natarle objected.
"If they weren't at L4 then ZAFT wouldn't be sending three Nazca class ships to the same area," Azrael explained reaching between her legs, despite her protests.
"Captain, it looks like those three Nazcas are increasing speed. Estimated time to L4 three hours, but we'll still beat them by 30 minutes,"
"Very well, maintain course. We'll only increase speed if they do," Natarle replied, glad Azrael had taken his hand away.
And now the Continuation.
Location Unknown.
Vesalius Bridge.
"An Earth Forces ship you say? And it's heading for the Mendel Colony as well?" Le Creuset asked, sitting in his usual seat on the bridge.
"Yes sir, Helsion detected it a few minutes ago and I thought I should inform you," Shawn answered, standing at attention.
"And how is it pilot Regal, that your machine can detect it before the ship's sensors?" Captain Ades, swivelling around in his chair.
"As you know Captain, the cockpit system in the Helsion can interface with the ship increasing it radar range considerably. For some reason I can't explain my machine thought to inform myself only instead of relaying the information to the bridge," Shawn explained, getting a doubtful look from the captain. "Also it is my belief the Earth Forces are intending to retrieve the Freedom and Justice before we can recapture them and possibly to destroy Wing-Zero. It is my recommendation that we delay them by at least two hours,"
"If we did that then they would discover us, have you and your machine taken that into consideration?" Ades demanded.
"That is why I am volunteering to go alone while the Vesalius, Heusinger and Helderton take a different route," Shawn said, hiding the real reason for his suggestion.
"Very well, we'll follow your recommendation pilot Regal. Give the helm your course adjustment then proceed to delay the Earth Forces. I just hope you and the Helsion are able to make it back in one piece," Le Creuset authorised, a smirk creeping onto his lips.
"Thank you sir," Shawn replied, floating over to the helm.
Kusanagi Bridge.
Same Time.
"Well this is a surprise. We didn't expect you two lovebirds to be seen unless there was a battle," Mu smirked, getting whacked on the back of his head by Murrue.
"You can be so childish at times," Murrue sighed, pretending to be vexed at her boyfriend's antics.
"Uh Lacus, what are you wearing?" Athrun asked, having never seen Lacus displaying so much skin.
Everyone on the bridge was unable to keep their jaws from detaching from their faces when Heero and Lacus floated through the door, though it wasn't the couple together that had their complete attention. It was the brown and gold outfit that exposed everything except the parts of her body that defined her as a woman that had the male crewmen gawking at the pink haired angel and the women envious of Lacus' flawless skin. If you didn't count the multiple red marks on her legs, shoulders and neck.
"I realise this isn't something I would normally wear, but I don't feel the need to be embarrassed in front of my friends in skimpy clothing. I am not a slut or a whore, as I dress this way for Heero only, but if I am making you uncomfortable I could go change into something a bit more conservative," Lacus replied, having no intention of changing either way.
"We're not uncomfortable Lacus, it's just unexpected to see you in something so revealing," Cagalli reassured, unzipping her jacket so her tight tank red top was showing. "Doesn't matter what you wear as long as you're comfortable,"
"Thank you Cagalli, but you shouldn't wear white after your first time unless you want people noticing the blood between your legs," Heero said, keeping a hand on Lacus' bare waist.
"And I thought I was the only one who noticed," Mu mumbled.
"We uh, didn't have time to shower before this meeting so we came straight here after visiting the mess hall (Cafeteria)," Cagalli stammered nervously, pink staining her and Athrun's cheeks.
"Oh man, that's sick, I didn't think Zala could get any more depraved," Heero mumbled, clenching his free hand in a fist so tight his knuckles were turning white.
"What's my father done this time?" Athrun asked, immediately wishing he hadn't asked when an image of Lacus' father appeared on one of the large bridge screens.
"Father," Lacus chocked at the image of her father's dead body.
It was more grotesque than anything Heero had seen. Siegel Clyne's body was crucified on the front of a Ginn, his body covered in multiple lacerations and carved into his chest was the word 'Traitor'.
"DADDY!" Lacus' high pitched scream filled the bridge, tears running down her face in streams as Heero pulled her tightly against him. Her hands clinging desperately to his shirt in a vice grip as she cried into his shoulder. Everyone on the bridge was silent, not saying a word even when her father's image disappeared, some of the women were also crying.
"Lacus! I swear to you! I will use all of my power to see that Zala pays for what he's taken from you! Zero and I will not rest until he is brought to justice!" Heero hissed, almost crushing Lacus against his body. "Nothing will stop us!"
Lacus continued to cry for a good hour before she was reduced to chocked sobs, Heero had taken her off the bridge to the infirmary to get a sedative to help her calm down, even just a little. She was so distraught she immediately fell asleep so Heero took her back to their quarters on the Eternal after asking Athrun, Cagalli, Kira and Shinobu to look after her while he when to the Plants to retrieve her father's body. Kira and Athrun offered to join him but if ZAFT or the Earth Forces showed up their fighting strength would be seriously hampered with just the M1s, Buster and Strike.
"Sorry guys, but I have to go alone. We haven't had time to install the Hyper-Jammers in the Freedom or Justice. And I'm not going to give Zala the opportunity to desecrate the body of my father-in-law," Heero said, changing into his flight-suit. "Besides, I'm placing Lacus in your care until I get back, so try and not let the Eternal be destroyed,"
"I dunno, we will be kinda busy guarding the Shinobu and Cagalli," Kira replied, seeing the glare Heero gave him almost had him losing bowel control. "But I'm sure we can guard all three,"
"I'm gonna borrow one of the Freedom's spare rifles, so have someone aiming the buster rifle at the harbour's exit at all times until I get back. I'll preset it to its widest dispersion so shoot anything that isn't one of our allies," Heero instructed, putting his helmet on as the airlock closed.
Alarms blared in the Eternal's hanger as the crew hurried to get Wing-Zero ready for launch and magnetically attach a spare beam rifle to the shield while the buster rifle was removed and handed it over to an Astray waiting at the bow. The lower deck opened up and mechanical arms lifted out to attach themselves to the Gundam as it transformed to its mobile armour mode and moved it to the catapult.
"Heero Yuy, Wing-Zero taking off!"
Location: Plants.
Three Hours Later.
'Hmm, Helsion's fighting the Earth Forces by itself. If he retreated now I'd still make it back with half an hour to spare before they attack. It's obvious we can detect each other's movements through the Zero-System so he should know when I leave, first I have to complete this mission,' Heero thought, flying Wing-Zero through the connecting airlocks to the main structure.
Zala had obviously been expecting them to show up as there were media crews swarming around the GINN Siegel Clyne was crucified to, with 6 another GINNs surrounding the area. The media would clear out easily enough and the GINNs only have standard rifles and as long as the Hyper-Jammers were still active no one could electronically identify Wing-Zero. Not know how much time before Siegel died from his wounds Heero went for the direct approach, transforming Zero just before reaching the ground he slammed into the GINN then into a building making sure not to crush his father-in-law. With only standard rifles Zero would hardly take that any damage so acting quickly Heero left the safety of the cockpit, freed Siegel from his crucifixion, got back in the cockpit with his dying passenger and hightailed it out of there as fast as Zero's thrusters could take it.
Helsion's Cockpit.
'Good, Wing-Zero's left the Plants. It'll take him three hours to get back to the Eternal, leaving them with an hour before the Earth Forces arrive. Our forces will arrive two minutes later," Shawn paused, thinking of Flay. 'Better get back fast and see if she's ok,'
Disclaimer: Ok I'm sorry for the lateness of this update but I've have massive writers block and that's the reason this chapter is so short. I'll try and make the next chapter a bit longer but no promises. Oh and if anyone's read Lacus and the Lord of the West please check out the poll on my profile. Thank you and leave a review on your way out.