Author's Notice: Greetings loyal fans, I regret to inform you all that my Gundam franchise will be cancelled

Just kidding lol, dont worry I'm still carrying on. I've had this chapter ready for a while now, but I havent updated because I had been waiting for my beta reader/editor Name Under Construction, unfortunately I am still unable to contact her and eagerly await the day she returns to the site. My beat-reader is now 00virtuezero, who has also helped me with OC's and ideas for future scenes.

I know its been a long wait and I'm sorry, I'm still updating my comic fics as part of my "comics season" but for now I thought I could check reader interest in the Gundam Seed rewrite series with this update. So please everyone review and tell me what you think of the chapter. In the future I might begin a Gundam Season with dedicated updates to my Gundam stories and even crossover one-shots. This chapter, a reinterpretation of Resurrected Wings is a game changing chapter that reveals the identity of Silver Mask...lol no it actually reveals who the mystery sniper gundam is, sorry Silver Mask fans you'll have to wait a while to find out who the new one is.

Disclaimer: I dont own Gundam

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Gundam Seed Destiny or Liberty?

Chapter 20: Resurrected Wings

One would think that a small army of special ops soldiers was a waste for an orphanage. But their targets were significant threats that had to be taken out. General Sin knew the stakes if he failed. The being that controlled him would put him through the worst pains imaginable; Lacus Clyne's sickening sympathy was nothing in comparison to the torture Sin expected from his master. He looked over the black ops soldiers, they were all coordinators and they had years of these kinds of missions. Failing was an impossibility. Sin loaded his pistol and drew his knife from his sheath. The black ops agents entered the house through their own path, intending to kill Lacus. Sin however would pursue his own target. The other Ultimate coordinator had to die.

The coordinator agents crept through the halls of the manor. They remained silent; all of the children were unaware of their presence. Murrue remained asleep, unbeknownst to the men sifting past her room. Men outside of the house checked over their rifles before moving towards the back entrance. They needed to cut off a potential escape route in case things did go to hell. Inside the house, one of the assassins entered Murrue's room. At the same time an assassin entered John's. He widened his eyes, seeing the bed empty but the window opened. A laser trailed over the assassin's head. The silenced shot dropped him to the floor without his comrades realizing. John climbed from the tree beside the house back into his bedroom, pulling the silencer off of his rifle.

'Soon, very soon,' Sin thought as he crept towards Kira's room.

"OI!"

Sin widened his eyes, turning to the back of the corridor. A red Haro was popping up and down, the Kanji symbol for Rage pasted onto his forehead.

"ASSHOLES IN THE HOUSE ASSHOLES IN THE HOUSE!" The Haro yelled, zipping down the corridor.

'SON OF A BITCH!' Sin screamed in his head.

Murrue threw her covers away, firing her pistol into the assassin's head. Andrew rushed out of his room, carrying a pistol and buttoning up his shirt. A Black ops agent rushed towards him, thrusting a knife forward. Andy blocked the blade with his prosthetic arm and pointed his gun at the assassin's head. But the agent grabbed Andy's arm, diverting the course of the gun. The gunshot echoed through the halls, distracting the agents long enough for Murrue and John to slip out of their rooms. Murrue rushed down the corridor, heading straight towards Lacus and the children.

"All right move in," An agent outside ordered his men.

"Not so fast."

The black ops agents stopped in their tracks. They had been surrounded by soldiers in brown and green armour, wearing helmets similar to flight suits. Inside, Murrue rushed into Lacus's room just as one of the assassins had his throat slit. Lacus watched in shock as the soldier dropped the assassin on the ground. All of the troops wore balaclavas, even the commander, whose eyes held vast experience. The soldier that had saved Lacus removed his helmet and pulled off his mask, revealing a brown haired boy no older than Kira, with cold emotionless eyes.

"Heero Yuy?" Lacus asked.

The boy turned around, nodding his head at Lacus. Sin cursed as two soldiers appeared before him, aiming their rifles at him.

"Damn it, my plan was perfect…DAMN IT I'M RUSTY! How could I forget? How could I not realise that Sensou would be watching too?" Sin cursed himself. "Sensou's secondary black ops group, the ECOAS unit."

Gunshots echoed outside of the house and the assassins engaged the ECOAS troops. One of the soldiers broke into a run, jumping at one of the assassins and kicking him in the chest. The assassin slammed against one of the rocks and was soon riddled with bullets. Then the soldier turned around, firing a full clip into two assassins. He watched two of his friends get gunned down and dived for cover. Heero opened the door to Lacus's room, regarding the children with cold indifference before switching on his radio.

"Target recovered," He said.

"Good, now let's get the fuck out of here," The red Haro said as it bounced around the corner.

"Mr Red no, we don't use language like that in front of the children," Lacus chided the Haro just as her Pink Haro and the Blue Haro Yamato bounced beside her.

"NO RUDENESS! NO RUDENESS!" Mr Pink screamed.

General Sin slammed his fist against the wall. Everything had gone to hell.

"Get down on the ground," One of the soldiers demanded.

'No, you can't fail…failure is an impossibility!' Sin thought.

He rushed forward, stabbing one of the soldiers in the neck. Then he sidestepped a shot from the other soldier, grabbing his head and neck. With a sharp twist, he broke the soldier's neck. The General's eyes were wide, his desperation reflected by his shining eyes.

"KIRA YAMATO!" Sin's scream echoed through the house as Kira ran with his mother and some of the children.

They met up with Lacus's group, taking cover as Murrue and Heero fired at the assassins.

"We're cut off from the exit," Heero spoke over the radio.

"There turned out to be more troops then we thought, some are wearing Uragiri outfits." The ECOAS leader said, ducking his head as a bullet flew past. "If there's a shelter get everyone you can into it and wait it out."

Heero nodded to Murrue, whom reloaded her pistol and laid down covering fire as Heero picked up Mr Red.

"Buy us some time," he ordered the little Haro.

"ROGER THAT!"

The Red Haro suddenly flew out of Heero's hand, slamming its head into one of the Assassins.

"DROP DEAD ASSHOLES!" It yelled.

The little Haro darted between the assassins, dodging their bullets and slamming into them. Heero grabbed Lacus by her hand and ran ahead of the group.

"Follow Heero," Kira said, pushing the children along.

"YAMATO!"

Kira turned around; Murrue widened her eyes in complete shock. General Sin had suddenly dashed past her, moving at a speed beyond human. His veins were throbbing as he pulled his arm back, thrusting his knife towards Kira's face. The assassin's movements were fast to the children and Murrue. But for Kira's enhanced reflexes, the man's speed was nothing. He grabbed Sin's wrist, twisting it back and tucking a foot behind the man's leg. Sin, realizing that Kira intended on pushing him to the ground quickly drew his second blade. Kira again blocked the blade, stopping Sin's hand with the knife inches from his eye.

"Kira," Caridad gasped in horror and concern.

Lacus slipped out of Heero's grip and looked in concern at Kira. The Ultimate Coordinator stood, holding both of Sin's arms. Much to everyone's shock, Kira did something that no one expected. He pulled his head back and slammed it straight into Sin's face, cracking the man's mask. Heero drew his pistol and coldly fired seven bullets past Kira's shoulder and into Sin's chest.

"NO!" Kira yelled.

"If you don't want to die then show them no mercy," Heero said.

"Good advice," Sin said.

Kira looked at Sin in shock and the children ran across the room. The General had seven holes in his chest, his blood pouring on the ground. His voice broke down, tears falling down his face as cracks ran across his mask. The mask shattered and the children immediately turned their faces away in horror.

"Oh my god," Kira and Lacus gasped at the same time.

"YOU SEE KIRA YAMATO! THIS IS WHY I HAVE TO KILL YOU!"

Kira pulled his fist back, slamming it into Sin's face.

"QUICKLY RUN!" Kira yelled.

The group ran as fast as they could, with Kira running behind them. Sin got up off the floor. His enhancements would enable him to stay alive for the whole night. The bullets wouldn't kill him, his master made sure of that. John joined up with the group, providing them with cover fire as Murrue entered the combination for the shelter.

"Where have you been?" Murrue asked.

"Getting supplies," John motioned to the bag he carried.

"THIS IS COFFEE!" Caridad yelled, pulling out a can of coffee beans. Murre just face palmed, honestly how could they just think about coffee at a time like this?

Andy ran round the corner, bullets flying behind him. He slid to a halt, firing the shotgun on his prosthetic arm.

"Finally got to use it eh?" John asked.

"Yep, told you it wasn't useless," Andy smirked.

"Well it still looks weird through."

Sin growled at the other assassins. They cowered, giving him another mask. His subordinates dared not say anything about his face, less they had the balls to feel his wrath! If they did, then they were sure as hell going to lose them!

"Leave them be, let them cower…get to your mobile suits and crush this hellhole to the ground, BURY THEM!" Sin's insane ranting was an order for the soldiers. The General squeezed his fists in frustration; this was REALLY not his night!

The group rushed into the shelter, locking the doors behind them. They were now deep underground, prepared to wait out the invasion. Lacus sat with the children in a huddle, comforting them. She tried to get their minds off of the image they had just seen. But Murrue knew that seeing what was hidden by General Sin's mask would haunt anyone. She would certainly get new nightmares. Kira leant against the wall, sitting down. He put his hands to his eyes, wiping them, his breathing heavy from the panic. That man's face was…was… unspeakably! Honestly, Kira felt like throwing up at the sight of it!

"What happened?" John asked.

"That man, he's a victim, he has to do this." Lacus said.

"We always have a choice," Heero said coldly. "You can either choose to die here feeling sorry for your enemy, or you can live…what's it going to be?"

John and Andy both looked at one another in confusion. Did Sensou know what they had been doing? Lacus left the children and walked towards Kira. Suddenly the ground shook and she stumbled forward. Kira immediately got up off the floor and caught Lacus.

"Thank you Kira," She said.

"Lacus, give me the keys," Kira said.

"Are you sure?" Lacus asked.

"If I let you die, Gekido would never forgive me."

Two years ago they were in the locker room, getting ready for the final battle. Gekido kept his back to Kira, putting his armour like suit on.

"Gekido, can you do me a favour?" Kira asked, looking at a picture of him and Flay.

"Shut up, you're not going to die in this battle. If anything it should be Flay asking for favours," Gekido said gruffly.

"Don't say that!" Kira snapped.

"Then protect them both," Gekido growled, slamming his locker shut.

"I'll protect Flay with my life."

"Good for you, take care of Lacus too, she's important."

"To you?"

Gekido shook his head, putting his helmet on. Kira could only see Gekido's eye, the helmet made Gekido look like a creature from outer space.

"She's important to the whole world, she's more important than you think," Gekido spoke softly.

"Is that why you fell in love?" Kira asked.

Gekido laughed, punching Kira in the arm. Kira rubbed his arm, taken aback by Gekido's attitude. The Cyber Psyche pilot floated towards the exit. He turned back, his eye narrowing at Kira.

"Protect her, do that favour for me," Gekido said. "Or I'll kick your ass."

When Kira thought back he realised that that was the last meaningful talk he had with Gekido. In the mist of battle they had flown past one another multiple times, but had never actually spoken. When the lights from the weapons faded, Kira floated onto the Eternal to see Lacus crying in her seat.

"Gekido," Lacus choked on her tears, curling up into a ball.

The bridge crew looked at their "captain" in a mix of shock and pity. Kira gasped as he saw a ring floating in front of Lacus. He'd seen her holding the ring, with the intention of giving it to Gekido. But Gekido had gotten onto a shuttle back to the Infernus, coldly ignoring Lacus.

'Damn you Gekido' Kira thought at the time that Gekido didn't care.

But then he realised that Gekido cared for everyone. He heard Gekido's yells and felt him cry as soldiers died around him. Coming back to the present, Kira looked Lacus in the eyes and nodded.

"I'm ready," he said solemnly. He would keep his promise to his friend no matter what.

Lacus nodded her head and picked up her pink Haro. The Haro opened, revealing a pair of keys. Murrue and Andy took the keys and walked over to a security door. They simultaneously twisted the keys and the heavy door slowly opened. The children gasped in awe as they looked upon something that filled them with hope. For a moment they ignored the explosions and shaking ground, overcome by the wonder of the two suits in front of them.

"I see, so you did rebuild them," Heero said.

"Flay knew about it, we ran the ideas through her first," Kira said.

Standing side by side were two Gundams. The Freedom had been fully repaired and Kira had every intention of piloting it. Not only to protect Lacus but to get Orb out of this war. Beside the Freedom was a Gundam with a different type of armour. It was the secret First Gundam. The Gundanium armour had been fully repaired, it was a long and arduous task and the labour didn't come cheaply. Kira gazed at the Gundam's blue and white armour in awe before walking towards the Freedom. He ran through the Freedom's activation process. The Gundam's armour changed from grey to the assortment of white and black colours.

"Hopefully the kid isn't rusty," John chuckled.

Ash mobile suits continued to bombard the manor with beams and missiles. Sin watched the suits work, piloting his own mobile suit. This was what he should have done, challenged Kira Yamato. The other Black Ops agents didn't have the motivation he had. When the Freedom burst out of the hatch in the ground, the agents were overcome by shock.

"It's the Freedom!" one the assassins screamed.

"NO SHIT! KILL HIM YOU IDIOTS!" Sin yelled.

The Ash mobile suits launched a barrage of missiles towards the Freedom. Kira's eyes darted across his screen as he bought up the Freedom's targeting computer. He locked on to every missile and engaged his mobile suit's HiMat system. The Freedom retracted its collection of weapons and let loose an arc of beams. Yellow and blue beams intercepted the missiles, shooting every one of them out of the sky. Kira then flew the Gundam forward, firing his beam rifle. The Ash mobile suits began to run across the rock, trying to dodge the beams. One was shot in the arm, then the leg. It fell to the ground, disabled by the Freedom. Kira wouldn't kill, he wouldn't allow others to kill and more importantly he would keep these men alive to find answers. Two Ash's fired their beam cannons at Kira, but he swooped downwards and drew his beam sabre. With precise skill and targeting he sliced off the Ash's weapons and then cut off their legs.

"We're trying to kill you Kira Yamato, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SAVE US ALL! YOU NAÏVE FOOL!" Sin yelled.

Kira turned around, bringing his shield up to block a beam sabre. It took five seconds to analyze his opponent. The mobile suit was a steel color with clawed fingertips. Its head had a small V-Fin Antenna and two glowing red eyes. But the head had no helmet or mouth, meaning that the suit wasn't a Gundam. The body was a simple design, but the left arm had a bigger shoulder guard than the other and a giant Shuriken was attached to the mobile suit's back. Sin yelled as he swung his red beam sabre. Kira again blocked the strike with his shield and flipped backwards, dodging the thrust of two Ashes.

"God damn you, shoot him before he can retract his guns," Sin ordered.

The Freedom landed in front of the Ash's, drawing a second beam sabre. Kira slashed off the mobile suits arms and then kicked them to the ground. Sin flew his mobile suit forward, the Shuriken on his back spinning. Blue particles flew behind his mobile suit as he put more power into his strikes. He slammed his sabre into the Freedom's blades, knocking the mobile suit back slightly.

"I won't lose to someone like you," Sin growled.

The mobile suit brought out its second beam sabre out, then thrust forward straight into the Freedom chest. However the Freedom uses its sabers to push the first sabre then barely dodging the second; not even gazing the Gundam's chest. Kira then kicked Sin in the chest pushing the General back. The machine went flying back until it came to stop only a few inches away from the Freedom.

"Someone like me? What do you mean?" Kira asked.

"What the hell do you even do for a living? Sit around all day? Bunk with Lacus Clyne? WHAT DO YOU DO YOU WASTE OF LAB MATERIAL!" Sin yelled.

Sin grunted in fury as he continually slammed his sabre against the Freedom. Kira blocked a strike and flew his Gundam backwards. He fired his shoulder cannons. But Sin's beam sabre suddenly bent around, intercepting the beams. Kira looked at the sabre in shock as it extended, going loose like a whip. The second beam sabre in the mobile suits right mirrored its twin by bending into the same shape as a whip. Sin cracked his beam whips, taking off chunks of the ground before flying forward. He swung his whip at the Freedom, which sidestepped the blow. Sin however took advantage of the Freedom sidestep and swung his right whip around toward the Gundam. Kira pulled the Freedom upwards, dodging the whip, but immediately his alarms went off inside his cockpit. Kira quickly looked to see two beams flying at him from the side. Kira grunted slightly as the beams caused the Freedom to rock a bit. Thanks to the Freedom's Phase Shift Armor a minimal amount of damage was done on his machine. Kira narrowed his eyes at the two Ashes as they were firing barrages of missiles and beams towards him. He targeted the mobile suits, but two beams suddenly flew into the sides of the mobile suits.

"Where did those come from?" Kira wondered.

"DON'T TURN YOUR BACK TO ME!" Sin yelled.

The left beam whip slammed into the Freedom's right leg, wrapping its self around the lower ankle.

'Shit!' Kira cursed in his thoughts. Sin however smirked beneath his mask. He had him know!

"GET OVER HERE!" The General screamed as he used his left beam whip to pull Kira down, with his right beam sabre ready for the kill. However the Freedom brought out its railguns and then quickly fired on its own ensnared right ankle. Yellow beams slammed on the ankle and the beam whip that covered it. With a small explosion, the beam whip lost its grip on the ankle. Sin cursed in surprise, then quickly swung his right whip at Freedom, however Kira summersaulted causing the whip miss him by an inch.

Kira quickly brought his beam sabres back up; crossing the two blades in defensive position. The 18 year old quickly checked to see what the damage was on the Freedom's right ankle. The damage by the beam whip covering around the ankle caused some the armor to melt even with PS armor, also due to him fireing his railguns on his ankle, caused a gash that reveled some the Freedom's metal skeletal structure. Overall it was not serious damage, but still he needed to be more cautious about those whips. Kira gripped on the controls hard as Sin began spin his whips around. With each swing the whips became faster, almost to beginning to look like moving circles.

"I don't want to fight you."

"WELL TOO BAD I WANT TO KILL YOU SO BADLY! I HAVE TO KILL YOU!" Sin screamed.

He flew upwards, clashing his right whip with the Freedom's sabres. Sparks started to fly as the beams collided.

"Please just stop, let me help you," Kira begged the assassin.

Sin however raised his left whip and swung it down the sabers joining the right in the power crossing.

"CAN'T HELP ME! DON'T WANT HELP! NOW SHUT UP AND FIGHT ME!"

The sparks began to increase more as both machines tried to push each other back. Neither one was willing to give in.

"I want to help, we can save you."

"YOU CAN'T GIVE ME WHAT I NEED! JUST DIE!"

Sin slammed his mobile suits head into the Freedoms; this caused the Freedom to be pushed back by 3 feet. He screamed as he swung his left whip around, missing the Freedom by inches. Kira moved the Freedom forward, causing Sin to switch his right whip back to blade mode. He blocked Kira's left hand strike, and then flipped backwards to avoid Kira's right sabre. Sin quickly changed his left whip into blade mode as well, then thrusted it forward to stab the Gundam in the chest. The Freedom side stepped the blade, but this did cause a slight cut on its shoulder.

"Everyone wants to live through the fighting, why would you bring the fight to the people who don't want to fight?" Kira asked.

The two machines just stared at each other as they floated in the air.

"Enough talk, just do what you have to do," Sin said.

"I don't have to kill you, we don't have to fight, whatever's wrong with you we can help."

"How many times do I have to tell you? I DON'T WANT YOUR HELP!"

Sin let out a roar, throwing his left arm forward. Kira suddenly swerved to the right, flying around Sin. He dragged his sabre across the mobile suit's back, cutting off the Shuriken shaped booster. Sin swung his sabre around, but Kira slashed the mobile suit's left arm off. Then he delivered a swift kick to the mobile suit's head, sending it falling to the ground. But as the mobile suit fell it turned around and threw its right beam sabre at the Freedom, however the winged machine blocked it with its left beam sabre knocking it into the sea. Kira landed on the beach just as the Ash mobile suits began to explode. Their mission was a failure, so to avoid capture they self-detonated their suits.

"Kira is everything all right?" John asked over the radio.

"It's all clear," Kira said.

"Good, we can make our way up then?" Murrue asked.

"The areas clear from my side," The Sensou soldier said as he stepped out of the trees.

General Sin let out a few deep breaths. The impact of his suit hitting the ground had broken his ribs and was even starting to crack his mask. He looked up at the back of the Freedom, his eyes wide with insanity. When his mask finally shattered he let out all of his anger. His roar echoed through the radio channels, an inhuman roar that actually shocked Kira. The Freedom turned around, coming face to face with General Sin's mobile suit. Its left arm was twisted back, the claws inhumanly long. The suit's head opened its mouth plate as if it was a jaw and let out a screech that shook the ground.

"I WONT DIE YET!" Sin yelled. He would kill Kira Yamato! He would not fail! This was his mission! He would not fail!

Suddenly a beam flew through the side of the mobile suit's cockpit. Kira widened his eyes before the monstrous mobile suit exploded, throwing him backwards. Suddenly flash of small white light appeared on his forehead and he started to feel pressure.

'I…I failed!' General Sin's last thoughts before the explosion consumed him.

Kira rubbed his head in pain as the man's life was put to an end.

"Kira are you all right?" Lacus asked.

"I'm fine but, they're all dead," Kira said.

He looked towards where the beam came from and gasped. A mobile suit stood by what was left of the house. A cloak was draped over its thick shoulders. The mobile suit had a bulky chest area and two rockets on its back. Its armour was a black colour and only one of its eyes was glowing. The other eye was barely repaired and even had bits of circuitry showing. It threw off the cloak, revealing its grey armour.

"It couldn't be," Kira gasped images of a mobile suit and its fiery pilot flashed before his eyes.

Lacus and the others looked at the mobile suit through the security camera. Their eyes were wide in shock, seeing a mobile suit that had been with them since Heliopolis. Lacus had tried to recover what was left of the Nenshou Kokoro, but Sensou had confiscated what was left of the machine. Then she tried to recover the Purpose, but again the remains had disappeared. Now she knew why, the Purpose was standing right on top of where the house once was.

"The Purpose, the first mobile suit of Gekido Jaeger, but who's piloting it?" The Sensou soldier wondered.

The Purpose turned to the Freedom, its single eye giving off a red light.

Construction of Dagger Thanos's main desert fortress would soon be complete. But just as the finishes touches were made to the positron cannon, Dagger told his men that he would be leaving. The Admiral stood on a box, addressing the pilots and soldiers under his command.

"Brave men and women under my command. I thank you for the support you have given me over the past year, I urge you to continue that support and remain strong. This is just the first stage of our campaign against the Earth forces and ZAFT. I know that some of you have been hesitant as of late, you're afraid of facing against a force with much greater resources. I share your skepticism, how can we win when they outnumber us a thousand to one? But then I throw that belief and trust each and every one of you to complete the tasks I have given them in a plan that guarantees us victory. We are not righteous, but we will be the ones that claim victory," The Speech inspired the soldiers enough for them to cheer.

Marcus suppressed a smirk at his friend's ability to inspire. He was no Lacus Clyne, if anything he commanded more respect than Lacus Clyne. His eyes saw the reality of the world and he had experienced much darker aspects of war and politics than Clyne ever would.

That's what they had! A leader who was experienced and realistic about the world.

"Hey Marcus, did you hear about Dagger's plan for ZAFT?" Lain asked.

"He'll propose negotiations to ZAFT and Sensou," Marcus said.

"I hope they consider joining us, everyone in the Plants has been talking about Durandal as if he's a good man."

"Don't be eager to meet them, they may become our enemies. Plus Sensou has done things that could potentially lead to their downfall. Such as the reformation of the Extended pilots," Marcus explained.

"But redemption is something everyone should have right?" Lain asked.

"If you say no Marcus, try to consider the fact that if the Commander's son survived the last war he would have hung quicker than the Extended were," Alistair said.

Lain lowered her head, remembering that Dagger had had an adopted son. The boy had gone through many aliases in his attempt to uncover the truth about Patrick Zala. But in the end he died thinking that his father hated him. Lain kept it to herself but she often spotted Dagger gazing at the photo he had kept of his son. She understood what it was like to lose family. But at least she still had her sister and Dagger was close enough to his men to consider them family. Lain walked over to Dagger's tent and checked the meeting he was having with Treize. The two men were practically whispering before turning to Lain.

"Excuse me sir, the tech experts tell me that the cameras are nearly ready to broadcast," Lain said nervously.

"Thank you Lain, and thank you Treize," Dagger said.

"It's no problem, I'm sure I can trust this data to you," Treize said.

Lain raised her eyebrows, watching as Treize handed Dagger a slip of paper. She saw the outline of what looked like a mobile suit.

"Lain, after you've escorted the Colonel back to his transport I want you to give this to the engineering division. I want them to begin production of that machine straight away." Dagger said.

"Yes sir!"

Nia took a few deep breaths as her Zaku was prepped for launch. She'd read the reports about the fanatical pilots of the Uragiri faction. But she'd also read that Uragiri's mobile suit had been blown to bits by ZAFT gunfire. Now it seemed some of Uragiri's pilots still remained and were still fanatically loyal, even to a dead woman's clichéd dream of world domination. Joe's Efreet Nacht was launched first, followed by the Sensou Gundams. The Kenshin immediately jumped on its flight platform as it launched out of the Minerva's catapult, with Murasama Rogue following whose rockets immediately ignited causing the demonic machine to fly into the sky.

"Hey Kojiro, you surprised that there are still some of this Uragiri idiots still around?" Branden asked.

"Honestly, no not really, after all since Uragiri died her followers most likely had no where to turn to. They are probably just looking for an excuse now." Kojiro calmly stated as he brought out his spear.

Branden merely snorted and narrowed his eyes at the Kratos battalion. "Well personally I think these idiots are pathetic. Anyone who even fell for that bitch is just a weakling!"

The Rogue brought out its three bladed gauntlets ready to tear through these lost servants of a deceased mad woman. However this battle needed more than just Gundams. This was a battle that required Minerva's whole mobile suit force.

"I never thought we'd be fighting numbers this great so soon after Orb," Luna said, sliding down her helmets faceplate. A Gunner Pack was attached to the Red Zaku Warrior as it moved to the catapult.

"We don't pick our battles we just fight," Rey said. The Blaze Pack slammed onto the White ZAKU as Rey checked his ammo.

Nia nodded, understanding Rey's point even if he was a bit cold. Outside, the Aero Gundam flew across the sky, easily dodging blasts fired by the Kratos's. Silver Mask raised his head, feeling an odd sensation in his head. He shot a Kratos down and smiled beneath his mask.

"I knew they'd get involved, well done Purpose," Silver Mask chuckled.

In Orb, Kira carefully climbed out of his machine. He looked up at the Gundam, which oddly looked straight down at him.

"Gekido is that you in there?" Kira asked.

The Purpose slowly kneeled down, bringing its head close towards Kira. Its red eye glowed as it looked at the Ultimate Coordinator.

"I am not Gekido, nor am I any other pilot you know," A cold voice boomed out of the Purpose's speakers. "However we have met and fought together in the past."

"Where did we first meet?" Lacus asked as she and Murrue approached the machine.

"You Lacus Clyne met me when you came to the Archangel, Ramias and Kira Yamato first met me at Heliopolis. However that was a time when I was less than chatty!"

"It can't be," Murrue whispered.

"It is" Lacus said.

The light left Yamato's eyes and Gekido held his fathers body tightly. Lacus hugged Gekido, knowing that he was doing everything to hold back the tears. Gekido stood up, giving Yamato's body one final look before he turned his head to the Purpose. He was ready to walk towards the machine, but today just wasn't hit day. A beam flew into the Gundam's chest, blowing a hole in the cockpit and melting all the controls. Gekido grabbed Lacus as the machine slammed into the ground. Lacus and Gekido rolled to the side, looking down the corridor. Their eyes widened as they saw Taithan's bulky Gundam, throwing its rifle aside and drawing its sword.

"Poor Gekido lost the daddy he always wanted and now you've lost your sword…and in a few seconds, you'd have lost both your life and the life of your lover" Taithan laughed as the Gundam flew forward.

Gekido knew at this point that it was pointless to try getting away. He merely looked into Lacus's eyes as Taithan raised his sword.

"HA HA HA HAA! DIIIIIE!" Taithan yelled as he swung the sword downwards.

Gekido waited for the blade to rip through his chest, but it never came. He and Lacus opened their eyes and looked up in shock.

"Impossible" Taithan whispered in pure shock.

The Purpose leant on its knee, holding the tip of Taithan's sword with its left hand. It shoved the Bulky Gundam back, stepping in front of Lacus and Gekido. The Purpose turned its head, is glowing red eyes piercing Lacus and Gekido's hearts.

"I'm right in saying that you don't have a pilot right?" Lacus asked.

The Purpose stood up and shook its head. Kira overcame his initial shock and smiled at the Gundam.

"It's good to see you again, my first comrades," The Sentient Purpose would have flashed his own smile if he could.

His mission was complete; his first friends were safe.

Next Chapter 21: Deadly remnants

Hope everyone liked the chapter, next time we take a break from the Archangel crew and return to the Minerva