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Gundam Seed Destiny or Liberty
Chapter 17: Chosen Path's, proof of existence
I am Tasha Sanada, I am Black Ops, and the life of a soldier is the only life I have ever known. The first thing my Blue Cosmos handlers told me was that I no longer exist. That was a philosophy that carried on into the Black Ops section of Sensou.
The Forbidden's eyes flashed as it raised its scythe, cleaving two GINN Wasp types in half. Orga targeted a group of DINN's and fired his Mass Calamity's cannons, hitting each DINN dead centre in the chest. A Black and White Gundam raised its scythe, igniting a beam blade. It swung the scythe round, slashing two GINN's in half. The G-Wing mobile armour fired its beam cannons, shooting down two DINN's.
"All Gundam units, move away from the island" Tasha said emotionlessly.
The Gundam units began flying away from the island as the G-Wing launched its collection of napalm bombs. It covered the whole region in flames, completely annihilating the pirate base.
"How ruthless of you Sanada" Orga said.
"Well we weren't all that different you know" Shani said.
Tasha showed no emotion as she dropped the final bomb. Her job was to kill, to annihilate threats to Sensou. No one could know she existed, absolutely no one.
Vincent had experienced pain before, but the power of a Plasma Field was agony. The electric cables used by the Mercy Gundam utilised Plasma Fields to deliver electricity right into a machines cockpit. Tasha looked at the ReZel in shock as the Strike Noir approached it. Suddenly, Jone threw the ReZel aside, away from Strike Noir's swords.
"What are you doing Extended?" Mudie asked.
"Sorry, my finger slipped" Jone said.
Tasha dived towards the Strike Noir, firing her beam cannons rapidly. The beams flew at the Noir, but Sven easily managed to dodge them. He returned fire with his CIWS and Tasha quickly flew upwards. She let loose one of her bombs, hitting the Verde Buster's head. Shams fired his missiles and watched in amazement as the G-Wing manoeuvred around each and every one. Vincent switched his Rezel to wave rider mode and fired both his CIWS and beam rifle. The bullets and beams slammed against the side of the Mercy. But Jone quickly swung his heat rods round, singeing the Rezel's wings.
"Impressive flying, but not good enough" Jone said, drawing his beam sabre.
Suddenly, Tasha flew at the Mercy, igniting a beam blade on the G-Wing's nose cone. She sliced off the Mercy's fingers, sending its beam sabre falling to the water. Then she released the G-Wing's flares, hitting the Mercy in the face and scrambling its main camera.
"Truly impressive" Jone laughed.
Tasha flew to her commander's side, ready to watch his back no matter what. In her mind he had to be protected no matter what.
Shinn and his fellow pilots looked at the TV Screen in shock before it shut down. Gekido Jaeger, the most savage pilot in the Earth Alliance military was now part of ZAFT. Likewise Gekido's former comrades were shocked by the news, but particularly shocked by the revelation of him having a brother.
"That's impossible, he said so himself that he was created by Uragiri" Andy said.
John put a hand to his chin and looked to Lacus. He remembered that Simon had actually been recovered from an Uragiri facility; one that Kyusai/Akushi Thanos gave his life to destroy.
"Maybe Gekido wasn't the only one whom escaped Uragiri's control" John suggested.
"It may have been possible that there were other facilities that produced Cyber Psyche's like Gekido" Kira said.
"Possible yes, Uragiri was a smart woman"
Lacus rubbed her eyes, wondering whether Gekido had joined ZAFT to change it from within, like he tried to do with the Earth Alliance. Whatever Gekido was planning, Lacus had no intention of letting him face it alone. Likewise, former members of Gekido's makeshift alliance looked at the revelation with mixed reactions.
"So Gekido's now an enemy" Bhishma said to himself.
Canard Pars slammed his fist against the wall, angered by the turn of events. His crew weren't willing to get in his way, especially over a matter this sensitive. Dagger Thanos kept on re-watching the footage, leaning his chin on his hand.
"What are we going to do about this?" Lain asked.
"Nothing, nothing yet" Dagger said.
"He and your son were good friends once right?"
"No!"
The man's words shocked Lain; she was often confused over the complex relationship between Dagger and his adopted son. She knew that Dagger had loved his son at least in his own way, even though she had never seen him shed tears over Akushi's death.
"They understood one another at least, but they never had the chance to renew any kind of friendship" Dagger explained.
Lain nodded her head, leaning on her chair. She was covering the communication officer's shift. It was also a time she would take to get advice from the admiral. Calling him by the rank was difficult; often people still called him Commander. But many of the soldiers under Thanos's command were glad that he had gone his own way, instead of becoming an admiral in ZAFT. They said this because they knew that as an admiral of ZAFT Thanos would be away from the battlefield and would be unable to make a true difference.
A difference, that was something Vincent always wanted to make. He had been faced with great responsibility as the leader of Sensou, a responsibility he never had as a common soldier. Yet still he was inside the cockpit of a mobile suit, because that was where Gekido told him to stay no matter what.
"Be in charge of Sensou but above all don't sit behind a desk, don't assign advisors don't do anything that'll keep you away from the cockpit of your mobile suit because inside that suit, out on that battlefield is where you'll make the most difference"
They were words that Vincent held onto, especially in the midst of battle. This was where he needed to be.
This was where she needed to be, inside the cockpit of the G-Wing, by her Commander's side. She needed to protect him, he was Sensou, and his life was all that mattered. Tasha fired a volley of missiles at the Strike Noir. But Sven shot the missiles down with his CIWS. He then fired the cannons on his shoulders, clipping the G-Wing's side. Tasha yelled, firing both her cannons. Sven moved away just in time, flying around the G-Wing. Vincent ignited the beam bayonet on his rifle, slamming it into Sven's swords.
I exist only to serve Sensou. I am Black ops my existence is meaningless. War is the only life I have ever known. Once I was a Black Ops agent of Blue Cosmos, but I saw the battles of Gekido Jaeger and the crew of the Archangel.
Years ago, the Nenshou Kokoro released its fin funnels, shooting several GINN's down. The Freedom armed all of its guns, shooting out all the weapons of the enemy mobile suits. Athrun Zala ignited his beam sabres, cutting down Kratos mobile suits, and then shooting at several Blue Cosmos mobile suits. One of them, a Strike Dagger managed to block the beams and swung its beam sabre at the Justice. Suddenly, the Nenshou blocked the strike with its shield.
"Why are you fighting like this, we're putting an end to a threat?" Tasha asked.
"NO, your going to kill millions, those people didn't ask for war, they yelled for death but they didn't commit murder themselves, likewise the people of Earth don't deserve destruction either, if you say your fighting for a blue and pure world then you'd better be ready for people to disagree with your reason" Gekido explained.
"That's not why I'm fighting, I'm following orders" Tasha said.
"THIS IS THE TIME WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A CHOICE!" Gekido yelled.
He sliced off the Dagger's arms, and then kicked its head off.
"Find a reason to exist, find something better to dedicate your life to, BE HAPPY I STILL LET YOU HAVE A LIFE!"
His words echoed through my mind as the battle of Jachin Due waged on. I saw destruction beyond anything I thought humanity was capable of. But even in the midst of all the carnage and insanity, even when all hope was lost I managed to find a miracle.
"All you naturals mark this moment well, let this light usher in the creation of the coordinators world! NOW FIRE!" Patrick Zala yelled.
Gekido widened his eyes as the array on Genesis began to glow. He had read what Genesis would do on the information that Kyusai had given him, and Genesis was aimed at the Earth Alliance forces. Without hesitation, Gekido flew in the path of the weapon.
"ETERNAL! ALL OF YOU HARD TO PORT! GET OUT GENESIS'S FIRING RANGE!" Gekido yelled.
Genesis fired, releasing the nuclear energy, flickering through space. The Nenshou launched its funnels, which all combined beams to create an arc barrier. But the beam from genesis pierced through the shield, consuming the Nenshou. The Eternal was barely able to make it out; the Earth Alliance machines weren't as lucky.
"NO!" Gekido yelled as cracks appeared on his and the Nenshou's armour.
His bazooka blew up, and then half of the Gundam's face shattered. The Right side of Gekido's helmet shattered as well, and Gekido didn't waste a moment. He grabbed the roll of tape used to seal cuts on space suits and tied it around the right side of his head. Gekido closed his eye, seeing through the eye of the Gundam. Behind, Earth Alliances ships were being blown apart.
"NO! I WONT LET THAT HAPPEN!" Gekido roared, spreading his arms out.
The Nenshou spread its arms out, its armour taking on an incredible gold shine.
"STOP!" Gekido yelled, using the shields on his funnels again.
Patrick Zala widened his eyes, as did every other soldier on the battlefield as they turned to the Nenshou Kokoro. Its thrusters gave of a fiery effect that flew through space, overcoming the nuclear blast from Genesis. Lacus got off her chair, smiling as the Arc energy cancelled out the nuclear energy. Suddenly, the Nenshou's legs and lower chest blew up.
"GEKIDO!" Lacus, Canard and Cagalli yelled.
The smoke cleared and yet again every soldier on the battlefield was shocked. Gekido was alive, hanging out of the Nenshou, cables connecting him and machine together. He looked towards Genesis, glaring at it before looking to the Uragiri forces.
Gekido Jaeger saved so many lives, not just on the battlefield but at the lunar base as well. He never gave up; he never stopped fighting for what he believed in. I realised that I needed to rethink my life, for so long I had been killing for petty reasons. So I decided to join Sensou, and thus as time went by I eventually became leader of the Black Ops division. And even in Sensou, an organisation dedicated to war I still saw a show of emotion from a man whom I thought cold.
Sensou aircraft landed in the village in Bosnia. Most of the soldiers were shocked at the destruction and death around them, but for Tasha it was nothing new. However the sight of her commander shocked her slumped over a body. He stared at his blood stained hands, tears falling from his face.
"Commander Rach" Tasha said.
"Damn it, damn it…why couldn't they…AAAAAGH!"
Tasha hesitantly wrapped her arms around Vincent and began cradling him as he cried.
He committed an atrocity, but he still cried. I loved him for that and in time we both came to love one another. But our duty was to Sensou, and so our relationship didn't work. Yet still I fight for Sensou, I fight for him.
Vincent and Tasha lay together in bed, sharing a soft kiss. Tasha smiled at the memory before shooting the Mercy in the shoulder. Vincent then threw his rifle like a javelin, impaling the Mercy's hand. The Rezel drew its beam sabre, slicing off the Mercy's arm. Jone laughed as he flew backwards.
"Just as I expected from you" He said.
The Rezel got closer and closer towards the Mercy, beheading the machine with one final swing of his sword. Jone laughed again, increasing his speed. Beams suddenly began flying at the Rezel from one of the nearby islands. Vincent flew around, dodging the storm of beams. He fired his Vulcan's, trying to hit the Duel and the Buster from above. Shams fired his cannons and launched a volley of missiles, hitting the Rezel in the shoulder and pushing it backwards.
"Vincent" Tasha said in concern.
Vincent Rach is one of the greatest men I have ever known. He made the hard chooses that needed to be made. But he didn't lose himself to blood lust or become cold and bitter. And yet he still has great pain within his heart. I tried to repair him, to take his mind away from the pain. But I wasn't enough, is there anyone out there capable of easing my Captain's pain.
Athrun found himself looking up in astonishment at the new machine. Durandal had taken him to a small hanger and had shown him a new mobile suit, a Gundam type machine.
"The ZGMF-X23S Saviour, it was produced at the same time as the Armoury One mobile suits, what would you say if I gave this machine to you?" Durandal asked.
"Gave it to me?"
"Yes, as you are aware war is already raging across space, Dagger Thanos has released his men into the Earth's atmosphere and is beginning to establish footholds and gather his own list of allies, despite Sensou allying itself with us I believe that ZAFT will need as many pilots as it can get, especially on the Minerva" Durandal explained.
As Durandal spoke with Athrun, the explosions and gunshots of war echoed through space. On the far border of ZAFT territory, in the space where privately funded colonies were established, a search had already begun. Natarle led a small strike force, which had already met with fierce resistance. Casvall flew inside his new machine, the Hyaku Shiki, shooting down several Gaza C mobile suits. A Blue Zaku like mobile suit known as a Dijeh span its double-edged beam sabre round, slicing apart several missiles. Its pilot then drew his bazooka, shooting several of the invading mobile suits down. On the Earth Alliance Lunar base, automated turrets fired streams of missiles and beams at the Virtue Gundam.
"Target locked, disengaging GN Field, activating Hyber Burst!" Tieria said.
He raised his GN bazooka and fired an incredible pink beam at the lunar base. The beam struck one of the supply depots, blowing up the base's collection of spare missiles. Gunfire picked off members of the Lunar base defence force. Dagger L's were left to defend themselves against a barrage of bullets. The gunfire came from two Gundams. One of the Dagger L's got a look at the Leopard and Heavyarms before a missile flew into its head. The Leopard launched a volley of missiles and the Heavyarms opened its chest, firing its Gatling guns.
"WE NEED IMMEDIATE REINFORCEMENTS AAAAGH!" A dagger pilot screamed.
The bulky Gundam Physalis flew across space, cutting down Strike Daggers with its beam sabre. Anavel Gato raised his shield, blocking a hail of gunfire. A Slaughter Dagger flew at the Gundam, armed with an IWSP weapon pack. It fired its guns and drew its swords, using the gunfire to cover its sword attacks. However several Neo Raptors fired their beam cannons, destroying the Slaughter Dagger before it could attack the Physalis. The Neo Raptors flew across the battlefield, shooting down Windams and Daggers. One of the Neo Raptors transformed to mobile suit mode, while the Jegan's mounted on the other two Raptors jumped off. The three mobile suits drew their beam sabres and hacked at the side of an Earth Alliance ship.
"Already casualties are beginning to mount high, beyond the figures of the first way" Durandal said, lowering his head in regret.
On Earth, the CGUE Sword cleaved an Insurgent GINN in half. Then the red machine turned to two more approaching GINN's. They all had their swords drawn, causing the pilot to smile somewhat at their bravado. He folded out his rail guns and fired two blasts that impaled the GINN's cockpits. At the front of another Thanos battle, Rhondo Mina Sahaku fired her Triskeros missiles into a Mercenary type Astray, bringing the machine to the ground. Under the water, submariner type mobile suits were engaged in a hectic battle. Wasp type GINN's fired their torpedoes at numerous Mono-eye type mobile suits. A brown mobile suit with a head that seemed to be part of the body fired its torpedo missiles. The Thanos faction Acguy was a premier underwater type mobile suit. Its partner unit the Zock had green armour and beam cannons and claws that cut through navy ships. A grey armoured Z'Gok E popped out of the water, using its massive claws to crush a Windam unfortunate enough to fly low.
"If possible I hope to end this conflict quickly, if at all possible" Durandal said.
"Chairman" Athrun said.
"That is something your former comrades, even Gekido Jaeger himself wishes"
"That man, is he really Gekido Jaeger, not just some other person you convinced to perform?" Athrun asked.
Durandal laughed at that comment.
"There aren't many people whom could successfully mimic Gekido Jaeger, not many within the civilian community and that was where I found "Lacus" you can learn more once you meet her yourself, as for Gekido and his reasons you'd have to ask him, he wanted to help and I gave him the opportunity to do so" Durandal explained.
"By giving him a suit like this?"
"No, Gekido came to me with his suit"
"You mean he had that thing built in secret?"
"Yes, that would be one explanation as to where he's been all this time"
"But your offering me this machine?" Athrun asked.
"Yes, the opportunity to use your skills, the choice is yours Athrun, make whichever choice that you feel is right" Durandal said.
Athrun looked up at the saviour, thinking of what more he could do. He left the hanger and returned to his hotel room. When he got there he found a most shocking sight. His eyes widened as the perky Lacus impressionist waved towards him.
"ATHRUN!" She yelled in delight.
She certainly played the part of a lovesick fiancé well. Athrun often wondered why he didn't make his break up with Lacus public. Oh wait because it was none of the publics business! "Lacus" wrapped her arms around Athrun, knocking him off balance slightly. The girl bought her face away from Athrun's giving him a sly wink.
"I'm Meer, but call me Lacus when we're in public okay" She whispered. "Athrun I've missed you so much"
Athrun was at a loss for words; in fact he was so lost that he couldn't do anything to reject Meer's invitation to a private dinner. They sat awkwardly in Meer's room, eating dinner. Meer's eyebrow twitched wasn't Athrun going to at least strike up a conversation. Athrun himself however was thinking about something Durandal had said. When something bared a false name, was that object fake? And now here Durandal was using a girl he swept off the streets and changed into a fake Lacus.
"So Athrun what did you think of my performance?" Meer asked.
"It…well huh…it was certainly convincing" Athrun forced out.
"Was I just like Lacus?"
"If you want some advice try to improvise, the real Clyne didn't read off of a script"
Meer looked at the man standing at the doorway with bewilderment. Athrun however was shocked, standing before him was Gekido Jaeger alive and well.
"Wait a minute how did you get in here?" Meer asked.
"Airhead, through the door of course" Gekido said.
"There were two guards out there"
"The benefits of working Lacus Clyne is health insurance, I'm sure it covers mild concussions"
"And the locked door"
"Benefit of being Lacus Clyne is the money to pay for a new door"
Athrun practically dropped his jaw. Casual to a fault, no disregard for public property, violent when he didn't get his way and with remarkable tact, this man had to be Gekido Jaeger. Gekido stepped into the room, he wore the standard Commander's uniform of ZAFT, but he had the top button undone, revealing a grey turtleneck shirt underneath.
"Welcome home Athrun, cant say I'll be heading back to Orb or the lab anytime soon" Gekido said.
"Who are you really?" Athrun asked.
"Gekido Jaeger, I am myself Athrun and I have chosen of my own will to be here, what will you choose to do?" Gekido asked.
"After the battle of Jachin Due Lacus and the others shed tears for you, they thought you were dead, where have you been all this time?"
"Can't say and I don't particularly want to say, it's a long story and you've got better things to do, like visiting Nichol, Rusty and Akushi's graves"
"Miguel's too" Athrun said.
"Of course can't forget him, why did you come here Athrun?" Gekido asked.
"I came…because I couldn't figure out what to do in Orb, no there's actually nothing I can do there"
"Cagalli must be having a field day keeping the politicians in line…unless she's lost that spirit I remember her having, tell me Athrun has she changed, is she as capable a leader as her father?"
"You should have been there to find out" Athrun said bitterly as he walked towards the door.
"So you've accepted it then?"
"I've accepted that you look like Gekido Jaeger, that you sound and act like him…Gekido was a lot of things, but he wasn't the kind of man who abandoned his friends" Athrun explained.
"Time changes all Athrun, I wonder how much it changed Cagalli"
In Orb, the situation was already beginning to grow worse. A fleet of Earth Alliance navy ships had gathered outside of Orb. On a hilltop, General Sin smiled for everything was going according to plan. Activity on board the Minerva was hectic to say the least. Nia swore at some of the mechanics as they dropped parts for her Zaku. At the Orb Parliament building, Cagalli was arguing tirelessly with her advisors and critics.
"We can't join the Earth alliance, it would destroy everything our country stands for, we dedicated ourselves to following a path of neutrality, at the very least we can do that" Cagalli explained.
"Inspiring speech Cagalli but that doesn't change the fact that right now the Earth Alliance is giving us a reasonable offer, an offer we can't refuse, if we do then war will face this country yet again, there are no room for ideals in politics, it breaks my heart to do it yet we must protect our country no matter what" Yuuna said, his allies on the committee agreeing with his speech.
Cagalli lowered her head and grinded her teeth in frustration. Back and fourth Yuuna was challenging her authority. The other nobles and political advisors agreed with him, but in the end the decision was hers. Her father's ideals had to be preserved, especially since Casvall didn't wish to. But the people of Orb also needed to be protected. Cagalli kept on thinking about what Shinn had said to her, about the people who died because Orb held onto his ideals. Then she thought of Vincent and Kojiro, how the lesser of two evils would save lives. The hall was clear and Cagalli was left alone with Yuuna.
"I am sorry that this is happening so fast Cagalli, both you and I are Naturals and Orb will ally with the Atlantic Federation, at any rate its impossible for you and your coordinator boyfriend to stay together" Yuuna explained.
"What has that got to do with anything?" Cagalli asked.
"You're both from totally different worlds, but don't despair, I'll be ready to support you and our country"
"What are you talking about Yuuna?"
"Our marriage of course, to show that Orb is willing to join the alliance you must marry me, thus turning over control of the country to the most experienced of us, me"
If Cagalli were anywhere else she would have thrown up at the very idea. But there was a disturbing truth to Yuuna's proposal; he did have more experience that Cagalli. Meanwhile on the Minerva, Meyrin blinked in confusion as she received a message.
"Captain Gladys, I have someone on the radio whom wishes to speak with you" Meyrin said.
"Put it on speaker phone" Talia said.
"Hmmm…is this thing on, oh hello Captain Gladys I'll keep this brief, get the hell out Orb" A voice said abruptly.
Arthur was taken back by the robotic and fierce tone to the voice. Talia could tell that the man was using a synthesizer to alter his voice so as not to be identified. Meyrin however couldn't determine where the signal had come from. Andy and John both blinked in confusion, they had intended on warning the Minerva but now they had a complete stranger talking to the ship.
"Who is this?" Talia asked.
"It's not important, my point still stands, Orb is under increased pressure from the Alliance, either they'll join the Atlantic Federation or they'll enforce their neutrality policy, either way you'll have to leave Orb as fast as you can" The voice explained.
"Captain what should we do?" Arthur asked.
"We should follow his advice" Silver Mask said at the doorway.
Talia put a hand to her chin, considering the option before nodding her head. People would look down on ZAFT if they led a country like Orb to war. At the Sensou Hanger, Kojiro read a report sent to him by Sheryl.
"Sheryl and her men are moving onto the Minerva, that means we'd better get going too" Kojiro said.
"What about Commander Rach and Tasha?" Branden asked.
"They'll join up with us later, right now we need to prepare our machines for launch, I trust you'll adapt to the new machine?"
"Its basically a faster model of the Murasama isn't it?"
"It is Branden but its also so much more than that" Erica Simmons said as she walked into the hanger.
The Murasama Rogue was taller but less bulky than its original counterpart. It bared a darker and more demonic appearance and wielded heavier weapons.
"Murasama Rogue, my new machine, makes you wonder when you'll get a new one Kojiro" Branden said.
Kojiro huffed outwardly but did think inwardly think of a few makeshift upgrades they could do at the Minerva. At least until they reached a Sensou base, or a point in the war where a new or upgraded machine was called for.
"So my machine is in the black, what's in the red?" Branden asked, looking over a locked red container.
"I suppose I could tell you, its not as if it'll spoil any great surprise, its Lord Uzumi's inheritance to Casvall" Erica said.
"Casvall, he'd better make it back, I cant think of anyone who should sort Orb out more than him" Branden said.
"You'd better get inside your machine Branden, we need to be ready to launch at any time" Kojiro said, climbing up the foot line towards his mobile suit's cockpit.
Far away from the confusion of Orb, Heiwa Jaeger drank from a small beer bottle. His brothers and sisters gathered around him.
"So where do we go from here?" Stefan asked.
"Isn't it obvious, the company plays both sides, but the family itself picks a side" Nina said.
"Nii-san, are we going to get Simon and Gekido to join us? Are we going to fight together?" Tania asked.
"We'll meet Simon very soon, he'll be happy to see us but I cant say the same for Gekido" Heiwa said.
Tania lowered her head, hugging both her shoulders.
"Are we going to have to fight big brother?" She asked.
Heiwa got off his chair, walking over to the little girl and pulling her into a hug.
"I'm sorry, all of you, but Gekido isn't part of the family anymore" Heiwa said.
Tania's eyes watered and Nina joined in the hug. Stefan whistled, keeping his hands in his pockets as he walked towards the door.
"Stefan, get over here" Nina growled.
Stefan sighed before patting his sibling's backs. It was the best he could do considering he wasn't the emotional kind of guy. Several shadowed giants watched the family embrace one another, before their eyes blinked with power.
Because I am Black Ops no one will cry for me. I can't recall who told me, but I remember once hearing that if your going to die, die for something that matters or perhaps die with someone you love beside you. Unfortunately I can receive neither. The man I love does not love me back, and it is the fate of soldiers to die for unworthy causes.
Vincent dragged his sabre across the Strike Noir's sword, sending sparks flying towards the water. Both machines slammed their weapons together, while the Buster and Duel lined up shots. Jone landed on one of the islands, sighing as he watched the battle unfold.
"I never thought we'd be able to kill the leader of Sensou in our first battle" Mudie said.
"Hey don't be too premature about it Mudie, we may just end up regretting it" Shams said.
"Alls he has is a G-wing defending him, and his machine's mediocre"
I do not exist; I am just a ghost a ghost without a purpose. Undeserving of happiness for the lives I have taken. My parents didn't want me, Blue Cosmos never valued me and Sensou didn't acknowledge me.
"Plus lets not forget the fancy new toys we've been given Shams" Mudie said.
The Duel reached behind its back, removing a bazooka of some kind.
"Mudie, Heiwa told us not to use that weapon in this circumstance" Shams said.
"To hell with that, I'm about to show this guy he's been wrong, the only good coordinator is a dead coordinator and the same applies to their lovers…DIE!" Mudie yelled.
She fired the bazooka, sending a round flying towards the ReZel. Vincent knocked the Noir back and turned to the round. He widened his eyes as the round broke apart, releasing an electric wave. The pulse passed through the cockpit of the suit, causing Vincent to yell out in pain.
"VINCENT!" Tasha yelled.
"Now for the killing shot" Mudie said.
That's it, at Jachin Due that man Gekido Jaeger didn't give up. Even at the cost of his own life he was willing to give everything for his comrades. And if I am to have lived a worthwhile existence I need to be willing to die as well.
Jone lowered his head while the Duel fired its pistols. The beams flew towards the Rezel, ready to pierce the machines cockpit. Suddenly, the G-wing slammed into the side of the Rezel, pushing it sideways. The Duel's shots struck the top of the G-Wing, blowing pieces of its armour off. Vincent looked to his side to see the electricity from the plasma field bullet passing into the G-Wing's cockpit.
"TASH!" He yelled as the G-Wing began to fall towards one of the nearby islands.
Vincent's heartbeat drummed as he flew after the falling G-Wing. The small fighter crashed through the forest and the mobile suit landed beside it. Vincent jumped out of his cockpit, throwing his helmet off and running towards the G-Wing. He pried the cockpit open, looking the woman he once dated. She was curled up inside the machine, hugging her arms as blood ran down her nose.
"TASHA!" Vincent yelled.
"Vincent" She whispered.
"Oh god, the plasma field, the G-wing's armour wasn't strong enough to stop it" Vincent said, pulling Tasha out of the cockpit.
"My internal organs could cope with the G-Forces of the crash and the explosion overloaded one of the computers" Tasha explained, removing her hand from her side, revealing a horrid burn with a shard of glass pierced through the skin. "Don't grieve commander, I don't exist"
"STOP TALKING LIKE THAT!" Vincent yelled. "Stop it Tasha, you live, this gives you the right to choose your own path, your own ending because you exist" He explained, cupping the woman's cheeks.
"You…called me…beautiful, but above all that…you said…I exist" Tasha said weakly.
"Tasha, Tasha, don't give up, I order you not to give up, damn it soldier I gave you an order…please, please Tasha, not you, anyone but you"
Tasha planted a hand on Vincent's cheek and smiled.
"You exist", for so long I wanted to hear those words. Now not only have I heard those words, not only have I fought for something worth dying for but now I can die by the side of the man I love. I am Tasha Sanada, I existed and I was happy.
Vincent widened his eyes as Tasha's hand dropped. He held her body tighter, tears falling from his eyes as he yelled.
"We've done our job, its time to go" Sven said.
Mudie nodded her head, mounting the Duel's flight platform. The three Gundam's began their flight back to Alliance HQ, while a squadron of Jet Windam's flew towards the island, led by a dark silver colour Windam.
"Colonel Eunathas and his squad will deal with Commander Rach" Sven said.
"Commander Rach" Mudie scoffed. "I cant believe a bleeding heart like him became a Commander, I mean the guy seriously liked coordinators, look at all they've done, I'm betting that bitch in the fighter was a…"
Mudie's words were interrupted as a beam pierced her suits cockpit. The Duel exploded right before Shams and Sven's eyes.
"MUDIE!" Shams yelled.
Unbeknownst to the two pilots, Jeremiah had been watching the machines with one of his portable camera mobile suits, the ones he and Scirocco often used to watch current events. He had seen the glint of the mystery sniper's scope and had guessed that the Duel would be the easiest target to shoot. It was a great loss, redesigning the Duel would be hard work.
"The only good Blue Cosmos member…is a dead Blue cosmos member" Jeremiah said.
Vincent opened his dark eyes, flying the Rezel into the air. He'd need to give Tasha's body a proper burial, but before that time he'd need to clean up the area. He activated the G-Wing's pre-programmed sequence. The autopilot of the G-Wing took over, flying into the air while the Rezel flew beside it.
"This is for you Tasha, beginning Burning component uplink, switching to reflex cockpit mode" Vincent said.
His controls were replaced with holographic uplinks, with holographic target retinas over his eyes and controls at his hands. The G-Wing released a stream of missiles, all of which gave off clouds of smoke, obscuring the Windam squadron's vision. Upon Vincent's command, the Rezel began the first stages of its uplink process. It spread its arms out, folding out parts of its backpack to form V shaped wings. The burning components attached to the G-Wing then flew off, beginning to link with the Rezel. A faceplate and V-Fin attached themselves to the Rezel's head, lighting up two glowing blue eyes. Extra rockets slammed into the Rezel's back and layers of armour began to slam onto the Rezel's body. A shield attached itself to its right arm and a beam rifle with a scope flew into the Rezel's left hand. The beam rifle was the same kind used by the First Gundam.
"Activating Phase Shift armour system, releasing first battery, loading spare"
The Rezel ejected its first useless battery and then activated the spare, spreading a phase shift armour effect across the mobile suit. The Rezel's armour had changed from a Blue colour to a grey colour.
"Burning Rezel activated, launching attack!"
Next Chapter 18: Orbs path
I've imagined the Burning Rezel looking like a grey version of the Gundam Mark 3 from the Zeta Mobile Suit Variation designs, see if your curious. Thansk for the reviews everyone, tell me what you thought