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here it is, the Junius Seven fall, the beginning part of it anyway, I'd like to thank everybody who review and gave me their character's opinions on the drop
Gundam Seed Destiny or Liberty
Chapter 8: Falling Graveyard
The Minerva flew towards the crackling wreck of Junius Seven, unlike the smaller ZAFT ships than were in the area. Multiple mobile suits launched from the Salamis Kai class ships. Four GM's and two "ball" mobile pods, round pods with green circular visors, claws and cannons on the top. A red and white Gundam type mobile suit launched from the White Base, its rockets generating red particles. Nena sat inside the cockpit, wearing her custom flight suit and leading two Guncannon units behind her. A fourth mobile suit launched, a GM custom with blue and green armour. Strapped to its armour were also spare rifles. The brown haired pilot inside of it flexed his neck and folded out his long-range scope.
"Hmmm, that'll be a bitch to shoot apart" He said.
A G-flyer flew past the GM, carrying the parts for the Jegan's burning mode. The GM Custom, piloted by the pilot Nick Armstrong flew onto a falling meteor. He bought up a sniper rifle and waited for his chance to shoot. The parts of the Burning Jegan detached from the flyer and flew into the Jegan. Shinn's Impulse assembled with the Force Silhoutte, and the Dusk switched to its jet mode. Zack closed his eyes, reaching across the wreck of Junius Seven with a Newtype pulse.
"Shots are being fired over the dead, bodies are being ripped apart by explosions…someone is already fighting" Zack growled.
Anna and Mayura gasped.
"I feel it too, someone of immense anger, no they're all angry…they want people to die Zack" Anna said.
"Then lets kill them first!" Branden said.
The Kampfer cocked its shotgun while the Arche Gargoyle drew its sword. All of the mobile suits flew towards the explosions, shocked by what they saw. High Manoeuvre type GINN's were fighting with ZAFT Guaiz's and Sensou GM's. A GM took a blast to the shoulder, firing defiantly at the leading GINN before another GINN stabbed it in the back. Vincent gripped his controls tightly, suppressing the urge to yell as a GINN sliced a Ball in half. A green Zaku fired its beam rifle, but threw it aside and drew a long-range cannon identical to Luna's. It shot a GINN's arm off, but the terrorist unit defiantly fired back.
"It wasn't an accident" Rey said.
Kojiro narrowed his eyes at the scene while Branden growled in frustration.
"YOU DAMN COORDINATORS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS! I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU BEFORE YOU EVEN SEE THAT WRECKED HOURGLASS FALL" Branden yelled.
The young middle eastern man went into a bloody rage, his Gundam's eyes flashing as it drew the swords. He flew straight ahead of the unit, swinging his swords down at the GINN's.
"Everybody wait, we need to spare one of them so we can question them" Vincent said.
"No fucking way, I'm gonna shoot these bastards apart" Nia said.
The Slash Zaku fired its Gatling guns, followed by the Zaku Phantom launching its missiles. Beams and rockets flew across space, forcing the attacking mobile suits to fly across the wreckage. Luna drew her cannon, firing it into the group of GINN's. Kojiro span his spear around, throwing it into the chest of a GINN. With first blood drawn, the pilots broke off, firing upon the ones who broke Junius Seven. A GM drew its beam sabre, slamming it against a GINN's shield.
"Follow Commander Rach's orders, we need a prisoner to question" Linda said.
"But we can still kill the rest of them" Noah said.
He slammed his blade into a GINN's katana, smirking as the mobile suit knocked him back. A sudden explosion knocked Mayura and Anna off their flight course; they recovered by transforming into their mobile suit forms. They widened their eyes as they saw the Mongers and Liberty flying through the tunnels of the colony. The Liberty sliced a chunk off of a fallen mobile suit, firing its beam Vulcan's at one of the Monger's.
"What is that?" Mayura asked.
Suddenly, the Dusk flew in front of the Neo Raptors, drawing its beam cutlass. It's eye flashed before flying towards the Monger.
"They're the ones who pushed the colony out of orbit" Silver Mask said.
"What's it to you?" A Monger pilot asked.
"You've doomed the Earth"
"Maybe…although shouldn't you be trying to stop the colony?"
"I have absolute faith that Vincent and Athrun can prevent any catastrophic damage"
"Really, they must be good fighters"
"No they aren't, they just refuse to let the innocent die" Silver Mask smirked.
"That concept is useless to me, I will do what I was created to do, fight and test my strength" The Monger said.
"BASTARD!"
The Monger turned around, grabbing the wrist of a Neo Raptor. Zack swung his sabre at the Monger, Newtype Energy surging through his mobile suit. The Monger flew back, sheathing its rifle and pointing a fist at the Neo Raptor. Anna put her hands to her chest as she watched the showdown. Mayura flew in Anna's way, blocking a beam from the other Monger. It fired at the girls again before bringing its shield up to block the Liberty's sword.
"Your pressure, its different from Gekido Jaeger's but I still get the same feeling of disgust" Zack said.
"Oh really, are you sure that's disgust your feeling, I've got it pegged as fear" The Monger pilot said.
"Don't try to play cool, your assisting in the destruction of the Earth"
"Its no different from the numerous doomsday plans that Haman Karn wrote up"
"DON'T YOU DARE TALK CRAP ABOUT AUNT KARN!" Zack yelled, flying at the Monger.
The pilot sighed, dropping his hands into a fighting stance. He swung his fist forward, striking the Raptor's faceplate. A small crack ran across the visor, but that didn't stop Zack from swinging a leg at the Monger. But the pilot bought his arm up, and the machine followed the command, blocking Zack's kick.
"Touchy aren't we" The Monger pilot chuckled.
Simon yelled as he flew after the Monger, slashing apart bits of the colony to catch his target. The Monger swung around, firing his automatic rifle in an arc that cut apart several Guaiz units.
"What's that?" The pilot of the Green Zaku Gunner asked.
"I don't know Dearka but its shooting so its obviously an enemy" Yzak Joule, Commander of the colony breaking team said.
Gone was his scar and red coat, replaced with a White Commanders uniform. His Slash Zaku Phantom fired its beam rifle, then tossed it aside and drew a beam axe. Athrun and Vincent flew to the breaker team, Vincent took the left and Athrun the right closest to the commander's team.
"What's the situation?" Athrun asked.
"Athrun…is that you?" Yzak asked.
"Yzak"
"Well what do you know, a reunion" Dearka smirked.
"What the hell are you doing here Athrun?" Yzak asked.
"Good to see you haven't changed Joule" Joe said, flying to the teams flank.
Vincent narrowed his eyes at a group of approaching machines. They were the stolen prototypes plus the other Gundams. A Buster Archer was also following them, armed with midrange beam weaponry.
"My god, looks like the plans a success…but still I wish it didn't make me so sick" Jone said.
"Shut up Yuridate, this was his Lordships will, and we will carry out that will" Lucifer said.
"I don't care…I JUST WANT TO THIS HEADACHE TO STOP!" Darcel yelled.
Neo knew that he shouldnt have left Darcel out after what happened to Unit 1, but Darcel was still their best weapon against the Newtypes of the Ravens Nest. Anna put a hand to her head, moaning in pain. The Monger saw the hesitation in the Neo Raptor and immediately opened fire on the machine.
"ANNA!" Mayura yelled.
The former pilot of Orb flew into the path of the beams, blocking the barrage with her shield. Simon yelled as he dived towards the Monger, slashing its rifle in half.
"NO MORE RUNNING!" Simon yelled.
He threw his fist forward, slamming it into the Monger's face. The Monger pilot yelled as he flew into the side of the Junius Seven hourglass. With a kick of his feet, he flew into the air and looked at the Liberty. A hatch slid open on the Monger's waist and a beam sabre flew into its hand.
"You didn't think I would be just about long range weaponry did you?" The Monger pilot asked.
"Shut up, I'm not going to let you get away with what you did to my friends" Simon said.
"Your fighting for revenge, pitiful, still if it gives you the motivation then try to strike me down"
Simon flew forward, slamming his sword against the Monger's sabre. Shinn fired at the GINN's; widening his eyes as the Bogey One machines attacked the group. Sting launched his mobile pods and Auel fired his cannons. Kojiro easily dodged the blasts while Rey blocked the beams with his shield. Rey fired his beam rifle, flying around the Abyss. The Chaos drew its beam sabre, slashing at the Kenshin. But Kojiro flipped his machine over the long range Gundam, drawing his Katana's. He dived at the Chaos, slamming his swords against the machines shield.
"Hmmm, the ZAFT forces have several breakers with them" Lee said.
"What are they up to?" Neo asked.
Tyrant smirked, listening to the idiot's speculate while he fought. His Monger was vastly superior to the other Cyber Psyche machines. With a single thought he unclipped funnel bits on his machines waist and shoulder armour. The drill like bits span around, generating intensive heat in order to create a saw like blade. A Sensou breaker unit was cut apart by the blade, also destroying the three GM's carrying it. Nena widened her eyes as she looked at the Monger unit. She drew her beam rifle and fired at the unit. But the funnels flew around the Monger, generating a barrier. Tyrant then fired his rifle, hitting Nena's shoulder.
"NENA!" Don yelled.
Luna raised her cannon; ready to fire but widened her eyes as an orange blur flew past her machine. The Dusk Aero Gundam changed into its mobile suit form and slammed its fist into the Monger's barrier. Tyrant widened his eyes, as the barrier broke apart. He commanded his funnels to attack the separate units, drawing his beam sabre and slamming it into the Dusk's shield. Stella jumped from wreck to wreck in her quadruped form, firing her cannons at Luna. She bought her shield up, blocking the blasts and returning fire.
"Who are these guys?" Dearka asked.
"Right now you need to assume that they're working with these guys" Vincent said just as he shot off a GINN's arm.
Flay gripped her seat tightly as she watched the pilots fight. The Minerva was heading closer and closer towards the battlefield. Durandal had left for a nearby ZAFT ship, while Cagalli stayed for Athrun. But the only reason Flay stayed was so she could witness the end of the battle. She was the chairwoman of Sensou; she needed to see this battle through till the end. Vincent fired his gun, launching three beams at single units. The scarred terrorist growled as he drew his Katana. His two flank guards fired at the Sensou colony breaker, shooting the two GM's guarding it.
"Everyone protect the breakers, Earth's safety comes before revenge" Athrun said.
"I'm in charge here, don't go giving out orders civilian, but still do as he says" Yzak said.
Dearka shook his head as he fired his cannon, beheading a GINN. Yzak swung his beam axe round, slicing an arm off of a GINN. Athrun also fired his beam rifle, disarming two GINN's before drawing his tomahawk. He threw the axe into the Chaos's shield, knocking it back slightly. The Bombard swung around, firing explosive rounds at the Guaiz's. Dearka intercepted the rounds with a single blast from his cannon, and then threw a volley of grenades. Stark grinded his teeth together as the smoke obscured his view. Linda flew past the Bombard throwing her own collection of smoke grenades.
"Idiots, you don't seriously think a little smoke will stop me do you" The extended pilot said.
Suddenly, Joe fired his shotgun, hitting the Bopmbard's missile launchers. Noah then flew in, swinging his sword downwards and cutting off the Bombard's left arm.
"Impossible, I'M THE ULTIMATE EXTENDED!" Stark yelled.
He ignited his beam bayonet and swung his arm round, slicing the Arche Gargoyle across the face. Noah quickly kicked off of the Gundam, stabbing his blade into a GINN's chest.
"This is the strength of those who lived through the Bloody Valentine War" Luna said, looking at the scene in shock.
Shinn was also taken aback by their prowess, looking hesitantly to Vincent Rach's battle. He was shooting at the Mercy, firing both his Beam Gun and Vulcan's. Two GINN's flew over pieces of wreckage, firing at the Impulse. Shinn dodged the beams, returning fire. He clipped the rifle to his waist and drew a beam sabre, flying headfirst towards one of the GINN's. The Impulse slashed the GINN across the waist then slammed its sabre against the others shield.
"The world must change, my daughters grave must fall" The GINN pilot said.
Shinn swung his blade round, cutting the GINN in two.
"His daughter" he said.
Silver Mask grinded his sword against the Monger's sabre. He ducked underneath Tyrant's swing, slashing back with a horizontal thrust. But Tyrant rolled out of the path of the blade, aiming his pistol at the Aero's chest. He fired an explosive round into the Aero's shield, breaking it apart. Silver Mask threw the handle aside and drew his submachine gun. Holding both blade and gun he shot at the Monger, forcing it to block a combination of bullets and beams. He then swung his sword downwards, cutting the shield in half.
"That stance" Dearka said, watching the Dusk shoot its machine gun.
For a second he thought he saw the silhouette of an orange GINN before he focused his attention back on the real fight. The Fallen slammed its sabre against his shield, forcing him back slightly. Yzak swung his axe at the Fallen, which flipped backwards, releasing some explosive feathers. Suddenly Nia flew into the fight, firing her Gatling Guns. She intercepted the feathers before they exploded, focusing her attention on the Fallen. Suddenly a funnel fired a blast into her shoulder, knocking her back. More funnels flew around the breaker team, randomly firing at them.
"Your team mates are in trouble Zack, are you sure you don't want to stop and listen to their screams?" The Cyber Psyche pilot asked, continuing his hand-to-hand battle with Zack.
The Neo Raptor swung a fist towards the Monger. But the Monger grabbed the Neo Raptor's wrist and flipped it over its shoulder. Zack bounced off of one of the rocks, slamming his fist into the Monger's head. Simon chased after the other Monger unit, flying past Kojiro as he slammed his sword into the Buster Archer's shield. Lyna shoved the Kenshin back, firing her beam pistol at the Gundam. She threw both her shield and pistol aside and drew her more powerful rifle.
"Target locked, eliminating target" She said.
With a pull of the trigger she fired multiple blasts at the Kenshin, which barely managed to dodge the beams fired by Lyna and the surrounding funnels.
"All this death, all of the destruction, it'll be delicious" Darcel said.
He watched as the Murasama cleaved two GINN's in half, smirking as the thick shoulder Gundam turned its eyes to him. Darcel licked his lips together as he aimed his Gatling Guns. He rolled the barrels, sending a barrage of bullets flying at the Murasama. They scraped against the Murasama's armour, scratching bits off as the Gundam flew towards its target. Branden swung his swords down, slamming them against the Slaughter's guns. They slid their weapons together, taking off chunks of the ore that had been used to make them. Branden yelled in pure rage while Darcel yelled for the sheer enjoyment.
"Salamis Kai Class ships Shenyan, Moscow and Kyoto launch six missiles each into the general area of the breaker team" Vincent said over the radio.
"You heard the commander, load missile tubes six through seven" The Captain of the Moscow said.
"Yes Captain Smirnoff!"
"Prepare to fire torpedoes" Said the captain of the Kyoto.
"Hai Tokugawa Taicho!"
"Launch six missiles as Commander Rach ordered us" The young captain of the Shenyan said.
"You got it Ed"
"Captain Bernard not ED!" The Captain growled.
The three captains narrowed their eyes at the scene, never once questioning their Captain's orders. Vincent wouldn't use his last opportunity to communicate with them for nothing. Dust and gravity would disrupt the Jegan's short-range radio. The Commander had a plan and the soldiers of Sensou didn't question it. Each captain threw their arm forward and gave their orders.
"FIRE!"
"TEI!"
"LAUNCH!"
Eighteen missiles flew towards the colony, manoeuvring around debris and slamming against the surface of the lifeless island. They bombarded the greying husk, sending pieces of debris flying upwards. GINN's armed with Katana's and carbines flew from their hiding places. The Jegan swung around, firing a blast from its three-barrelled gun. Three beams cut apart a GINN right beside the leader of the terrorists. Sato narrowed his eyes at the Jegan, drawing his sword and flying straight towards the machine.
"Arming Arc, Shinn Asuka, please help me defend my men" Vincent said, clicking a few holographic buttons, then gripping his controls.
The Jegan braced itself, slamming its shield against Sato's katana. Sato yelled as he pushed the Jegan towards the surface of the colony. Debris and bodies bounced off of their armour as they slid across the falling graveyard.
"SIR!" The Sensou pilot yelled.
"Get the breaker to where you need to take it all ready" Shinn said.
"It wont be that easy!" Jone said.
He swung his beam rods, slicing a GM in half. One of the GM's drew its beam pistol, firing it at the Mercy. Jone flew from side to side, easily dodging the beams. Shinn flew at the mercy, swinging his sabre at the machine. Two GINN's fired at the Impulse, hitting its shield. Two shots suddenly flew out of space, hitting the two GINN's in their chest. Shinn overcame his initial curiosity and went back to his battle with the Mercy.
"Magnus cycle through my weapons" Simon said.
In an instant, the list of available weapons flashed in front of Simon's eyes. He reached his left hand for his right elbow and slid a rifle from one of the Liberty's hidden compartments. The rifle barrel extended and the Liberty swung around, firing multiple green beams at the Monger.
"Ha, they do say that people have the right to bare arms, but is it liberty when they hide their power?" The Monger pilot asked.
"Whoever put this suit here knew what had to be done, a long rang weapon to pierce the hearts of those who did this" Simon said.
He aimed his rifle, firing a blast that flew past the Monger and into the chest of a GINN. Simon flew forward, firing his beam rifle at the Monger. The Monger flexed its arms, suddenly igniting a pair of beam shields. It blocked the shots then ejected the beam shields, launching them at the Liberty. Simon flipped the suit round, kicking one shield away, and then jumping off of the other. He swung his sabre downwards, missing the Monger by inches. The Monger swung its sabre against the Liberty's sword, releasing a shower of sparks on the graveyard.
Zack's Newtype energy rebounded off of every side of the colony. He sensed the anger of his fellow pilots and the anger of Sato's men. Sato had lost family at Junius Seven. Suddenly, Zack put a hand to his head as he felt the intense insanity of the Slaughter's pilot. He bought up his hand just in time to block a punch from the Monger. The Monger pilot smirked as he looked at his opponent. Zack yelled, generating a pulse that caused the Monger pilot to clutch his head. Having temporarily lost control of his suit, the pilot was left defenceless against Zack's next attack.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Zack yelled.
He threw the Monger across the debris field, and then switched to mobile armour mode. The Neo Raptor slammed into the Monger, dragging it through debris big and small. Chunks of entire ships exploded when the Monger was thrown against it. The pilots visor cracked and a piece of the glass fell off, revealing a blue eye. He yelled, drawing a beam sabre and stabbing it into the side of the Neo Raptor. Zack widened his eyes, quickly returning to mobile suit mode. His left arm flew off but a smirk crossed his face as he pressed his sniper rifle into the Monger's head.
"HOW DARE YOU DESTROY THE BEAUTY OF EARTH!" Zack roared.
The Monger pilot widened his eyes as the Neo Raptor shot off his mobile suit's head. Zack was about to fire another shot until the Monger threw its beam sabre, slicing into the sniper rifle. He threw the rifle just as it exploded, knocking him and the Monger back.
"Don't talk to me about the beauty of Earth, every inch of it is a hellhole, especially the gathering ground for those pigs!" The Monger pilot said, his mouth plate shattering as he spat out a clot of blood.
He watched as the blood floated in front of the image of the Earth, half occupied by the visage of the falling colony. The pilot spat again, not to clear the blood from his mouth but just to convey his disgust of the supposed defenders of Earth's interests. Men who right now were sitting at a clubhouse, sipping wine and playing snooker. The disgusting rich and high class of the Earth, mostly American men with a problem with everything they couldn't control. But the pilot couldn't complain, after all it was those men's schemes that gave him what he needed. His purpose: to fight and to kill.
"Guess there's no point in staying here, this battle gives me a bad taste anyway" The pilot said.
He turned around and flew away from the falling colony. Zack grinded his teeth together, turning to the direction his comrades had taken their fights in. The Impulse swung its sabre at the Mercy; both mobile suits flew around the meteor breakers. Tyrant slammed his sabre against Silver Mask's sword, grinding his teeth together as he commanded his mobile suit to press on harder. Silver Mask coolly slid out of the way, sending the Monger stumbling forward.
"Whoever you are you should be in that mobile suit yourself, controlling your suit from a safe position is ineffective, you should be part of the fighting, part of the team" Silver Mask said.
Tyrant ignored the man and charged forward. The Minerva was just outside the colonies orbit, ready to fire any available weapons if it had to.
"Ma'am, those Purpose type mobile suits are approaching our position" One of the radar crewmen said.
"We don't have pilots to defend the ship" Arthur said.
Talia narrowed her eyes as the camera zoomed in on the three Purpose Mark 2's.
"One of the machines appears to be missing" Arthur pointed out.
"Arm all weapons and get ready to defend" Talia said.
The three machines armed their weapons, getting ready to fire upon the ship. Joe fired his shotgun repeatedly, trying to hit the funnels and explosive feathers flying around his mobile suit. Yzak swung his axe downwards, cleaving the Abyss's spear in half. Dearka slammed his shield against the Chaos, and then punched the machine across the face. Athrun fired a stream of missiles, hitting a GINN and forcing two away from the Joule team.
"Soon, very soon the graveyard will the point of no return and even if you break it apart the Earth will still burn" Sato said.
He sliced the Jegan's gun in half, and then kicked the machine in the chest. Vincent threw what was left of his gun aside and drew his beam sabre.
"Then we'll just have to get the breakers before they reach that point wont we?" Vincent asked.
Athrun sudden slammed into the back of Sato, slamming him against the surface of the colony.
"NOW VINCENT MOVE THE BREAKERS!" Athrun yelled.
Vincent flew to his breaker team, taking the place of one of the fallen GM's and helping the breaker team move the drill onto the edge of the colony.
"NO! ALL UNITS CONVERGE ON THE BREAKER TEAMS!" Sato yelled.
He pushed past Athrun and began firing his Carbine wildly at the GM's. Vincent swung around, blocking the shots withy his shield. He grinded his teeth together as he took the shots. But more of the hidden terrorists began flying from their ambush spots. Sato aimed his carbine, targeting the base of the breaker. Suddenly, a red blast flew into Sato's gun, blowing it in half. He looked up, his furious eyes widening further as he looked upon his new foe.
"I recognise your voice, Sato, you're a pathetic excuse for a soldier"
Three Black Zaku Kai's had accompanied him, Dagger Thanos, former soldier of ZAFT and pilot of the Black Gundam. The crew of the Minerva widened their eyes as a Customised Zaku Kai landed on the ship. It had less armour and bulk than the others, and as opposed to the Mono eye, two red slits glowed over its black visor. Armoured rockets and cannons were welded onto its shoulders while the cockpit area had black armour similar to the original High Manoeuvre type GINN's. The pilot wore a black flight suit with a clear visor, revealing strands of his gold hair. He drew a pair of anti ship swords with double-edged beam blades.
"I should be at the colony, after all that's the most dangerous place right now, but Thanos gave me orders I suppose…crew of the Minerva, this is Marcus Loussier, know that from this point on the Black Storm faction will aid you in anyway possible, but once the Earth is saved its all bets off" Marcus said before flying his mobile suit forward.
"Ma'am, that mobile suit is moving at six times the recommended speed for that kind of suit" Meyrin said, widening her eyes in shock.
Talia looked at the new arriving mobile suits in shock. Black Zaku Kai's were helping damaged GM's and Guaiz's onto their ships. It seemed that the rumours were true; Dagger Thanos had created a new army. First he'd help ZAFT, then he'd go to war with them. Durandal smirked from his shuttle, losing Thanos was a set back, but he still had an ace in the hole.
Next Chapter 9: Anger of the living
Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, next time it'll be a bit of stuff going on in space and on Earth. Djibril and his horde discuss their plans for the future while the leaders that are really interested in Earth's survival dispatch teams to restore order and save as many lives as they can